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REPRINTED FROM THE COPY IN THE LIBRARY OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, 

FOR SAMUEL BAGSTER, 15, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 

M.DCCC.XXXVIII. 






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Just Published, in One Volume 8vo. price 6s., in cloth boards and lettered, very full information respecting this First 
Translation of the Holy Scriptures, the Translator, and, the Times in which he flourished, entitled 

" MEMORIALS of the Right Reverend Father in God, MYLES COVERDALE, sometime 
Lord Bishop of Exeter, who first translated the whole Bible into English : together with divers 
matters relating to the Promulgation of the Bible, in the Reign of Henry the Eighth." 

Paternoster Row, July, 1838. 




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PREFACE 



A C CUSTOMED in the present day to the highest degree of civil and religious 
**■ ■*- liberty that man perhaps can ever expect to enjoy, free to express our opinions 
without the terrors of the stake or the tortures of the rack, to awe us into silence, or 
force us into dissimulation, it is with a mixture of curiosity and indignant surprise that 
we cast back our glance over a space of centuries, and see our ancestors struggling in all 
the mazes of ignorance and the labyrinths of superstition, alike passive under the 
mental tyranny of their monkish rulers and the bodily servitude of their despotic Lords. 

But every thing in this world changes, and excessive tyranny only more effectually 
prepares the way for perfect freedom. The minds of men in some degree induced to 
reason by the measures of Henry the Eighth, were no longer to be blinded by false 
pretences or intimidated by impotent threats ; and the commencement of the Refor- 
mation dawned steadily and beautifully through the mists of papistic craft that the 
mental sloth of ages had permitted to accumulate. 

It is difficult for us to imagine the despotic control at that time exercised over the 
whole faculties, whether physical or mental, of our ancestors; and it requires some 
effort to picture to ourselves the revivifying effect that must have attended the spreading 
of the reformed doctrines. Men, who had seldom exerted their reasoning powers, 
were at once invited to discuss theological difficulties, and to solve the deepest mysteries 
of religion : and as by the reformed tenets every matter was open for discussion, there 
were few bounds set to inquiry ; but various tenets and various opinions were as quickly 
spread, as eagerly adopted. 

At this critical moment a translation of that Book, by all allowed to be the only proper 
guide of conduct, the only safe chart by whose aid man could hope to steer through the 
stormy seas and dangerous shoals with which his course is surrounded, was published 
and set forth : and its effect in hushing controversy and silencing factious clamour, 



iv preface, 

may not unaptly be compared to that of the sun, when he breaks through the fast flitting 
clouds, and shining forth, dispels them by his brightness ; and day, beautiful day, reigns 
in all its splendour. 

The light that thus broke through the mental darkness of the reign of Henry the 
Eighth, fed as it was by the Holy Word of God, burnt purely and steadily ; and 
although adverse winds and hostile gusts shook its flame for a time during the reign of 
Mary, they could not extinguish it, but left it to throw its calm and heavenly rays on our 
own and future ages. 

That translation of the Bible is now for the first time reprinted, " and words of 
ours are not necessary either to point out its worth or to extol its merit, to cite it for 
its interest or celebrate it for its rarity — but it goes forth once again into the world as 
the labour of a man eminent for his piety and learning, as a faithful version of the 
original Scriptures, and as one of those means to which we may gratefully ascribe the 
establishment of our present national religion. 

• Sc. in modern days. 



Inner Temple, 
June, 1838. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION 



THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THIS BIBLE, PRINTED IN 1535. 



"TTTHILE the reprint of this Bible cannot fail to 

* be welcome to the public generally, there are 
many who, we feel certain, will not be dissatisfied 
to have some bibliographical details concerning so 
curious and valuable a book. 

The following account will be purely and strictly 
of a bibliographical nature ; both because it would 
exceed our limits to give any other, and because a 
work has been recently published," in which full in- 
formation on the subject renders any further notice 
on our part unnecessary. 

The book itself is printed in a very peculiar 
angular Swiss or German type. Its size is a small 
folio, and there is no name of place or printer in it. 

Many and various are the suppositions as to where 
it was printed. Some say Zurich, others Frankfort, 
and indeed most of the principal cities in Germany, 
in their turn, come in for a share of the honour. 
The only circumstance from which any satisfactory 
conclusion can be drawn, is the resemblance existing 
between the type or wood-cuts contained in it, and 
those in any work of which the printer is known. 
Proof of this description exists in favour of Frankfort, 
where some works were printed in the years 1533, 
1539, and 1551, by Christian Egenolph, in which 
similar wood-cuts appear ; but on very close examina- 
tion, although seemingly precisely alike, they will be 
found to be different wood-cuts, copies of each other ; 
so that this proof is of very little value, even inde- 
pendent of the fact, that other books, printed at other 
places, are to be found, which have some of the wood- 
cuts in them, apparently the same as those used in 

° Memorials of Myles Coverdale, 8vo., 1838. Bagster 



the Bible. Then as to the resemblance of the type, 
which was indeed what induced Mr. Wanley to con- 
clude it was printed at Zurich ; it appears to be no 
better criterion than that of the wood-cuts, since 
somewhat similar type is to be found in books 
printed at several different places. 

The only satisfactory proof that could be relied on, 
would be, tracing in the work of some known printer, 
precisely the same type as that used in this edition. 
Meantime we should be content to allow Zurich to 
enjoy the honour so long generally ascribed to it, 
of having put forth this volume ; at least until such 
time as its rivals shall bring forward some stronger 
proof of their claims than any hitherto adduced. 
Indeed it seems to be somewhat in favour of the title 
of Zurich, that the only other edition of this Bible, 
printed abroad (in 1550), was printed at that place, 
in the house of Christopher Forshower, or Froschover, 
in a similar type, only smaller and sharper. Although 
this circumstance is indeed urged by some as first 
giving rise to the report, that the present edition 
had likewise been printed there. 

The copies of this Bible known to exist, are those 
in the Libraries of the British Museum. — Bodleian. 
Public Library, Cambridge. — King's College, Cam- 
bridge. — Sion College. — All Souls' College. — Trinity 
College, Dublin. — Lambeth Library. — Bapt. Mus. 
Bristol. — Duke of Sussex. — Earl Jersey. — Earl 
Spencer.— Dr. Coombe. — The late William Coombes, 
Esq. — George Offor, Esq.— B. Harrison, Esq. — 
Rev. R. Daley. — Lea Wilson, Esq. ; and Mr. Reed. 4 

6 Two copies, besides those above enumerated, are in 
public libraries at Cambridge. 



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" Of seven copies of this edition," says Mr. Cot- 
ton, " which I have seen, that in the British Museum 
is the only one that has the title-page, and even that 
is made up from two copies. Of the others, the 
Bodleian copy is by far the finest." Not only is the 
title-page of the one in the Museum made up from 
two copies, but it is even made up from two separate 
wood-cuts of the same design ; for in the one, as will 
presently be seen, the texts in the scrolls are in 
English, in the other, in Latin. 

The title is as follows : — 

" Biblia 

The Bible, that 

is, the holy Scripture of the 

Olde and New Testament, faith 

fully and truly translated out 

of Douche and Latyn 

in to Englishe. 

M.D.XXXV. 

S. Paul. II. Tessa. III. 

Praie for vs, that the worde of God maie 

haue fre passage, and be glorified ?tt. 

S. Paul Col. III. 
Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plen 
teously in all wysdome $<t. 
Josue I. 
Let not the boke of this lawe departe 
out of thy mouth, but exercyse thyselfe 
therin daye and nighte $cr." 

This mention of its being translated " out of 
Douche and Latyn," was no doubt a bookselling 
artifice of the time, to make the work circulate better, 
as being intimately connected with the reformed 
doctrines, which were then equally well known by 
the term of German or Dutch doctrines. Nay, we 
are even told that the early reformers of that day 
were commonly called Germans, on account of their 
adoption of those reformed opinions which first 
sprung up in Germany. That Coverdale did not 
follow Luther's version, it only requires a very slight 
comparison of texts to prove; but he no doubt 



availed himself, where there occurred any difficult 
reading, of all the different means of assistance within 
his power, as indeed he himself intimates in his pro- 
logue to the reader. 

The above title is printed in a compartment of six 
wood-cuts, of which the top and bottom ones are of 
the whole width of the page. The wood-cut at the 
top represents original sin, and Christ's resurrection ; 
the one at the bottom represents the king seated on 
his throne, the bishops on his right hand, and the 
peers on his left, kneeling. The bishops are in the 
act of presenting the Bible to his Majesty, which he 
graciously receives. The royal arms underneath. 
A scroll on the bishops' side with the text, " O how 
swete are thy wordes vnto my throte : yee more then 
honey (jc Psal. 118." On the other side a scroll, of 
which the Latin is, " Non enim erubesco Euangeliu, 
virtus enim dei est in salutem Rom. i." On the 
right of this wood-cut, outside of the scroll, is a whole- 
length figure of St. Paul ; on the left, also outside of 
the scroll, the figure of David playing on the harp. 
The other four wood-cuts represent Moses receiving 
the tables ; Aaron reading the law to the people ; our 
Saviour giving his disciples power to preach and 
heal ; and St. Paul preaching. These cuts, as well 
as others, occurring throughout the work, are well 
executed, and Sebald Behem of Nuremberg was most 
probably the artist employed. 

On the reverse of the title is, " The bokes of the 
whole Byble, how they are named in Englysh and 
Latyn, how longe they are wrytten in the allegacions, 
how many chapters euery boke hath, and in what 
leafe every one begynneth." It contains, however, 
only references to the first four parts; those to the 
Apocrypha and the New Testament were probably on 
another leaf, which is missing in this copy (the 
Museum one). 

Then comes the dedication, " Vnto the most victo- 
rious Prynce and oure most gracyous soueraigne 
Lorde, kynge Henry the eyght, kynge of Englonde 
and of Fraunce, lorde of Irlonde, (Jc." signed " Youre 



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graces humble subiecte and daylye oratour, Myles 
Couerdale." 5 pages. The Museum copy has " Queue 
Anne " in the dedication ; Sion College has " Quene 
Jane ;" Lambeth Library has a copy with each ; the 
BodHan has "Quene Anne;" All Souls' College 
has neither ; Dr. Coombe's has neither ; the late Mr. 
Coombes's has " Quene Anne." 

Then " A prologe. Myles Couerdale Unto the 
Christen reader.'' 6 pages. 

Then " The bokes of the hole Byble " &c, 2 pages. 
This is evidently part of another edition inserted in 
this copy (the Museum one), or rather this set of 
preliminary pieces do not belong to this title-page ; 
since a portion of the same information is to be found 
printed on the reverse of the title-page. 

The contents of " The first boke of Moses,'' 1 page. 

" The first boke of Moses, called Genesis." Then 
should come, according to Herbert, a map of the 
Holy land. The four other books of Moses follow, 
with tables of contents prefixed to each : in all, 
fol. i — xc. Signature a i, to p vi, in sixes. The first 
leaf appears not to have any signature, or else it has 
been rubbed out in this copy (the Museum one), the 
second leaf being marked a ii. 

Then comes a title-page : " The seconde parte of 
the olde Testament." with the names of the books 
contained underneath. This in a compartment of 
wood-cuts. On the reverse " The boke of Josua. 
What this boke conteyneth." Joshua to Hester, 
fol. ii — cxx (the reverse of). Tables of contents at 
the commencement of each book. Signature a a ij, to 
v v vi, in sixes. 

" The boke of Job," table of contents. " The 
Psalter." " The Prouerbes of Salomon," table of 
contents. " Ecclesiastes,'' table of contents. " Sa- 
lomons Ballettes." From Job to Salomons Balettes, 
fol. i — lii. Signature A a, to Ji iiij, in sixes. 

Then comes another title-page : " All the Pro- 
phetes in Englishes' with the names of the books con- 
tained, underneath. This in a compartment of wood- 
cuts. On the reverse, the contents of " the Prophet 



Esay." The contents prefixed to each Prophet. In 
all, fol. ii — cii, (the reverse of). Signature Aaaij, to 
Rrrvi, in sixes. 

Another title-page : " Apocripha The bokes and 
treatises which amonge the fathers of olde are not 
rekened to be of like authorite with the other bokes 
of the byble, nether are they foude in the Canon of 
the Hebrue." Then follow the names of the books. 
At the bottom, "Vnto these also belongeth Baruc, 
whom we haue set amoge the prophetes next vnto 
Jeremy, because he was his scrybe, and in his tyme." 
This in a compartment of wood-cuts. On the reverse, 
" The translatoure vnto the reader." containing some 
observations on the nature of these books. Under- 
neath the contents of the first book. The contents 
are prefixed to each book, except to " Certayne 
chapters of Hester.'.' " The songe of the iij children." 
" The story of Susanna" and " The story of Bel," 
In all, fol. ii — lxxxiii (the reverse of), falsely num- 
bered lxxxi. Signature Aij to Ov, in sixes, the last 
leaf blank. 

Then the title page : " The new testament." under- 
neath, the books named. Also in a compartment of 
wood-cuts. On the reverse, the contents of "The 
gospell of S. Mathew." The contents before each 
book. In all, fol. ii — cxiii (the reverse of). Sig- 
nature AAij, to TTv, in sixes. 

On the reverse of the last leaf; " Prynted in the 
yeare of oure LORDE M.D.XXXV. and fynished 
the fourth daye of October." 

At the beginning of Genesis are six cuts in wood, 
describing the six days' work of the creation ; and in 
different parts of the work are other cuts, also in wood, 
some of them very spirited and well executed, repre- 
senting the history therein mentioned, and most 
probably done, as before stated, by Sebald Behem of 
Nurembergh. There are also some initial letters of 
a very elegant character, from designs of Holbein. 

This Bible, as will be seen by the above descrip- 
tion, is divided into six parts, of which four have 
separate title-pages. That there should be no separate 



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title-page to the first part is not odd, as it scarcely 
seemed to want one ; but it is rather curious that 
there should be none to the third part; and that 
there never was any printed, and that it is not miss- 
ing from the present copies, is clear, since the first 
leaf is numbered fol. i, which would not otherwise 
have been the case. The type, as before mentioned, 
is an angular Swiss or German. The title-page 
and its reverse are in the same letter as the body 
of the text. But the dedication, the prologue, the 
names of " the bokes of the whole Byble," and the 
contents of Genesis, are in a different character, and 
were most probably printed after the arrival of the 
volume in England. There are a few marginal 
references, which are in Roman letters. On fol. xli. 
of part I. is a large wood-cut of the Tabernacle and 
its contents ; this is repeated on the reverse of fol. lvi. 
The initial letter of Genesis is a large flourished text 
capital. A full page contains fifty-seven lines. 

Whether this edition ever had a table of the Epistles 
and Gospels for the Sundays, &c. at the end, is not 
known. No copy has yet been found, that we are 



aware of, containing any such table ; but it seems not 
improbable that it had, since we find one in the re- 
prints in quarto and in folio, by Nicholson, in 1537 ; 
and also in the edition of 1550. 

It is not known how many copies of this edition 
were issued from the press, but the number must have 
been very great, when we consider that it was the first 
edition of the whole Bible in English ever offered to 
the public, at a time, when, excited by the writings 
daily put forth by the reformers, they were most 
eager to peruse it ; and that Grafton, when he pub- 
lished Matthew's Bible in 1537, although of a much 
larger size, and consequently more expensive, ven- 
tured to print as many as 1500 copies. 

This Bible was reprinted in folio and in quarto in 
1537, by Nicholson, in Southwark, with a very few 
slight and trifling alterations. It. was also printed 
again in 1550, which last edition was put forth anew 
in 1553, with a reprinted title-page and preliminary 
pieces. The edition of 1535, as we find by a copy 
in the library of Earl Jersey, had also a reprinted 
title-page in 1536. 



VNTO THE MOST VICTORIOUS PRYNCE AND OURE MOST GRACYOUS SOUERAIGNE LORDE, 

KYNGE HENRY THE EYGHT, 

KYNGE OF ENGLONDE AND OF FKAUNCE, LORDE OF IRLONDE. (Jc. DEFENDOUR OF THE FAYTH, AND 
VNDER GOD THE CHEFE AND SUPPREME HEADE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLONDE. 

% Tlie ryght %, iust administracyon of the lawes that God gaue vnto Moses and vnto Iosua : the 
testimonye of faythfulnes that God gaue of Dauid : the plenteous abundaunce ofwysdome that God gaue 
vnto Salomon : the lucky and prosperous age with the multiplicacyon of sede whiche God gaue vnto 
Abraham and Sara his wyfe, be geue vnto you most gracyous Prynce, with your dearest iust wyfe, and 
most vertuous Pryncesse, Queue Anne, Amen. 



CAIPHAS beynge bysshope of that yeare, lyke a 
blynde prophete (not vnderstandyng what he 
sayd) prophecied,*that it was better to put Christ vnto 
death, then that all the people shulde perysshe : he 
meanyng, that Christ was an heretike, a deceauer of 
the people, (j a destroyer of the lawe, and that it was 
better therfore to put Christ vnto death, tha to suffre 
hym for to lyue, and to deceaue the people. &c. where 
in very dede Christ was the true prophete, the true 
Messias, and the onely true Sauiour of the worlde, sent 
of his heauenly father to suffre the moste cruell, most 
shamefull, and most necessary death for our redemp- 
cyon : accordyng to y e meanynge of the prophecie 
truely vnderstonde. 

Euen after the same maner y* blynde bysshoppe of 
Rome, (that blynde Baalam I saye) not vnderstond- 
ynge what he dyd, gaue vnto your grace this tytle : 
Defendour of the fayth, onely bycause your hyghnes 
suffred your bysshoppes to burne Gods worde the rote 
of fayth, and to persecute the louers and mynisters of 
y e same, where in very dede the blynde bysshoppe 
(though he knevve not what he dyd) prophecied, that 
by the ryghteous admynistracyon and contynuall dili- 
gence of youre grace, the fayth shulde so be defended, 
that Gods worde the mother of Fayth with the frutes 
therof, shulde haue his fre course thorowe out all 
Christendom e, but specyally in your realme. 



Yf your hyghnesse now of your pryncely benignite 
wyll pardon me to compare these two bysshoppes (I 
meane bysshoppe Caiphas and the bysshoppe of 
Rome) & theyr prophecies together, I doute not but 
we shal fynde them agree lyke brethren, though the 
one be a Iewe and the other a counterfayte Christian. 
Fyrst, Caiphas prophecied that it was better to put 
Christ vnto death, then that the people shulde perysshe. 
The bysshoppe of Rome also, not knowynge what he 
prophecied, gaue youre grace this tytle : Defendour of 
the fayth. The trueth of both these prophecies is of 
the holy goost (as was Baalams prophecie) though 
they that spake the, knevve not what they sayd. The 
trueth of Caiphas prophecie is, that it was necessary 
for mans saluacyon, that Christ by his death shulde 
ouercome death, and redeme vs. And the trueth of 
oure Baalams prophecie is, *y l your grace in very 
dede shulde defende the Fayth, Yee euen the true 
fayth of Christ, no dreames, no fables, no heresie, no 
papisticall inuencions, but the vncorrupte fayth of 
Gods most holy worde, which to set forth (praysed be 
the goodnes of God, and increace youre gracyous 
purpose) your hyghnes with youre most honorable 
councell, applyeth all his studye and endeuoure. 

These two blynde bysshopes now agree in y e vnder- 
stadyng of theyr prophecies : for Caiphas taketh 
Christ for an heretike, Oure Balaa taketh the worde 



an Cptetle 



of Christ for heresie. Caiphas iudgeth it to be a 
good dede to put Christ vnto death, that he shulde not 
deceaue the people. Oure Balaam calleth defendynge 
of the fayth, the suppressyng, kepyng secrete, and 
burnyng of the worde of fayth : lest the lyght thereof 
shulde vtter his darknes : lest his owne Decretales (j 
Decrees, his owne lawes and constitucions, his owne 
statutes and inuencions shulde come to none effecte : 
lest his intolerable exactions and vsurpacions shulde 
lose theyr strengthe : lest it shulde be knowen what a 
thefe and murtherer he is in the cause of Christ, and 
how haynous a traytoure to God and man in defraud- 
ynge all Christen kynges {j prynces of theyr due obedi- 
ence : lest we youre graces subiectes shulde haue eyes 
in the worde of God, at the last to spye out his crafty 
conueyauce and iuglynges : and lest men shulde se, 
how sore he and his false Apostles haue deceaued 
all Christendome, specyally youre noble realme of 
Englonde. 

Thus your grace seyth how brotherly the Iewysh 
bysshoppe and oure Balaam agree together, not onely 
in myter and outwarde appearaunce : but as the one 
persecuted the Lorde Iesus in his owne persone, so 
doth the other persecute his worde and resysteth his 
holy ordynaunce in the auctorite of his anoynted 
kynges. For so moche nowe as the worde of God is 
the onely trueth that dryueth awaye all lyes, and dis- 
closeth all iuglyng and disceate, therfore is oure Ba- 
laam of Rome so lothe that the scripture shulde be 
knowe in the mother tonge : lest yf kynges and 
prynces (specially aboue all other) were exercysed 
therin, they shulde reclame and chalenge agayne theyr 
due auctorite, which he falsely hath vsurped so many 
yeres, aud so to tye hym shorter : and lest the people 
beyng taught by the worde of God, shulde fall from 
y e false fayned obediece of hym and his disguysed 
Apostles, vnto the true obedience commaunded by Gods 
owne mouthe : as namely, to obey theyr prynce, to 
obey father and mother, gc. and not to steppe ouer 
father and mothers bely to enter in to his paynted 
religions, as his ypocrites teache : For he knoweth well 
ynough, that yf the cleare Sonne of Gods worde come 
ones to the heate of the daye, it shal dryue awaye all 
the foule myst of his deuelysh doctrines. Therfore 

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were it more to the mayntenaunce of Antichristes 
kyngdome, that the worlde were styll in ignoraunce 
and blyndnes, and that the scripture shulde neuer 
come to lyghte. For the scripture (both in the olde 
testament and in the new) declareth most aboutdauntly 
that the office, auctorite and power geuen of God 
vnto kynges, is in earth aboue all other powers : let 
them call the selues Popes, Cardynalles, or what so euer 
they will, "the worde of god declareth them (yee and 
commaundeth them vnder payne of dampnacion) to 
be obedient vnto the temporall swerde : As in the olde 
Testament all the Prophetes, Prestes and Leuites were. 
And in the new Testament * Christ £ his Apostles 
both were obedient them selues, and taught obedience 
of all men vnto theyr prynces ad temporall rulers : 
which here vnto vs in the worlde present the persone 
of God, and are called c Goddes in the scripture, by- 
cause of the excellecy of theyr office. And though 
there were no mo auctorities but the same, to proue 
the peminence of the temporall swerde, Yet by this the 
scripture declareth playnly, that as there is nothyng 
aboue God, so is there no man aboue the kynge in his 
realme but that he onely vnder God is the chefe heade 
of all the cogregacyon and church of the same. And 
in token that this is true, there hath ben of olde 
antiquite (and is yet vnto this daye) a louynge cere- 
monye vsed in your realme of Englonde, y' wha your 
graces subiectes reade your letters, or begynne to talke 
or come of your hyghnes, they inoue theyr bonettes 
for a signe (J token of reuerence vnto your grace, as 
to their most soueraigne lorde u. heade vnder God. 
which thyng no man vseth to do to eny bysshoppe. 
wherby (yf oure vnderstondyng were nat blynded) 
we myght euydently perceaue, that euen very nature 
teacheth vs the same, that scripture comaudeth vs : 
and that lyke as it is agaynst Gods worde that a 
kynge shulde not be the chefe heade of his people, 
euen so (I save) is it agaynst kynde that we shulde 
knowe any other heade aboue hym vnder God. 

And that no prest nor bysshoppe is exempte (nor 
can be lawfully) from the obedience of his prynce, the 
scripture is full both of strayte comaundemetes, (j 
practises of the holyest men. *Aaron was obedient 
vnto Moses, and called hym his lorde, though he was 

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his owne brother. " Eleasar and Phineas were vnder 
the obediece of Iosua. *Nathan the prophete fell 
downe to the grounde before kynge Dauid, he had 
his Prynce in such reuerence (He made not the 
kynge for to kysse his fote as the bysshoppe of Rome 
maketh Emperours to do) Notwithstondynge he 
spared not to rebuke hym, and that ryght sharply 
whan he fell from the worde of God to adultery j 
manslaughter. For he was not afrayed to reproue 
hym of his sinnes, nomore than Helyas the prophete 
stode in feare to saye vnto kynge Achab : fit is thou 
and thy fathers house that trouble Israel, because ye 
haue forsaken y e commaundementes of the Lorde, and 
walke after Baal. And as Johan Baptyste durst saye 
vnto Kynge Herode : * It is not lawful for the to take 
thy brothers wyfe. But to my purpose I passe ouer 
innumerable mo ensaples both of the olde Testament 
and of the new, for feare lest I be to tedyous vnto 
your grace. Suma, in all godly regimentes of olde 
tyme the kynge and teporall iudge was obeyed of 
euery man, and was alwaye vnder God the chefe and 
suppreme heade of the whole congregacyon, "and de- 
posed euen prestes whan he sawe an vrgent cause, as 
Salomon dyd vnto Abiathar. who coulde than stonde 
agaynst the godly obedience of his prynce (excepte 
he wolde be at defyaunce with God and all his holy 
ordinaunces) that were well acquaynted with the holy 
scripture, which so earnestly eomendeth vnto euery one 
of vs the auctorite and power geuen of God vnto 
kynges and temporall rulers ? Therfore doth Moses 
so strately rf forbyde the Israelites to speake so moche 
as an euell worde agaynst the prynce of y c people, 
moche lesse than to disobeye hym, or to withstonde 
hym. Doth not e Ieremy the prophete and /Baruc 
also exhorte the people in captiuite, to praye for the 
prosperous welfare of the kynge of Babilon, and to 
obeye hym, though he was an infidele ? In the new 
Testament wha oure sauioure Christ (beyng yet fre (j 
Lorde of al kynges (J prynces) shewed his obedience 
in payenge the trybute to oure ensample, J dyd he not 
a miracle there in puttynge the pece of money in the 
fysshes mouth (that Peter myght paye the customer 
therwith) and all to stablysshe the obedience due vnto 



3 Reg. I.e. 
Math. 14. a. 



+ 3 Reg. 18. b 
' 3 Reg. 2. A. 



prynces ? § Dyd not Ioseph and Mary the mother of 
our sauiour Christ departe fro Nazareth vnto Bethlee, 
so farre from home, to showe theyr obedience in payenge 
the taxe to the prynce ? And wolde not oure Sa- 
uioure be borne in the same obedience ? || Doth not 
Paule pronounce hym to resyste God hym selfe, that 
resysteth the auctorite of his prynce ? And (to be 
shorte) the Apostle Peter s dothe not onely stablysshe 
the obedience vnto prynces and temporall rulers but 
affirmeth playnly the kynge (and no bysshoppe) to be 
the chefe heade. Innumerable places mo are there in 
scripture, which bynde vs to the obedience of oure 
prynce, and declare vnto vs, that no man is nor can 
be lawfully excepte from the same : but that all the 
mynisters of Goddes worde are vnder the teporall 
swerde : (J Prynces onely to owe obedience vnto God 
(j his worde. 

And where as Anthichrist vnto youre graces tyme 
dyd thrust his heade into y e imperiall crowne of your 
hyghnes (as he doth yet with other noble prynces mo) 
that lerned he of Satha the authour of pryde, and 
therin doth he both agaynst the doctryne & also 
agaynst y e ensample of Christe : whiche because his 
kyngdome was not of this worlde, medled with no tem- 
porall matters, as it is euydent both by his wordes and 
practyse : Luc. xii. Math. xxvi. Ioh. vi. Ioh. xviii, 
where he y' hath eyes to se, maye se : (J he y* hath 
eares to heare, maye heare, y* Christes admynistra- 
cion was nothyng teporall, but playne spiritual, as he 
hym selfe affirmeth j proueth in the fourth chapter of 
saynt Luke out of the prophete Esay: where all 
bysshoppes and prestes maye se, how farre theyr bynd- 
ynge and lowsynge extendeth, and where in theyr 
office consisteth, namely in preachynge the Gospell. (jc. 

wherfore (most gracyous prynce) there is no tonge 
I thynke, that can fully expresse and declare the 
vntollerable iniuries, which haue bene done vnto God, 
to al prynces and to the comynalties of all christen 
realmes, sence they which shulde be onely the minis- 
ters of Gods worde, became lordes of the worlde, and 
thrust y e true and iust prynces out of theyr rowmes. 
whose herte wolde not pitie it (yee eue with lament- 
acyon) to remember but onely the vntollerable wrotige 

* Exod. 22. d. 'Ierem.29.b. /Bar.2.c. J Math. 17. d 
« Lu. 2. a. II Ro. 13. a. e l Petr. 2. b. 



an (0ptsftU 



done by that Antychrist of Rome vnto youre graces 
most noble predecessoure kyuge Iohn ? I passe ouer 
his pestilent pykynge of Peter pens out of youre 
realme : his stealynge awaye of youre money for par- 
dons : benefices and bysshoprykes : his disceauyng of 
youre subiectes soules with his deuelyshe doctrynes 
and sectes of his false religions : his bloudsheddyng 
of so many of your graces people, for bokes of the 
scripture, whose herte wolde not be greued (yee and 
that out of measure) to call to remebrauce, how 
obstinate and disobedient, how presumptuous J stub- 
burne that Antychrist made the bysshoppes of youre 
realme agaynst your graces noble predecessours in 
tymes past, as it is manyfest in y e Cronicles ? I trust 
verely there be no suche now within youre realme : 
Yf there be, let them remembre these wordes of scrip- 
ture : " Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccio, J 
after a proude stomacke there foloweth a fall. 

what is now the cause of all these vntollerable and 
nomore to be suffred abhominacions ? Truely euen 
the ignoraunce of the scripture of God. For how had 
it els ben possyble, that such blyndnes shulde haue 
come in to y e worlde, had not y e lyghte of Gods worde 
bene extyncte ? How coulde men (I saye) haue bene 
so farre from the true seruyce of God, and from the 
due obedience of theyr prynce, had not the lawe of God 
bene clene shut vp, depressed, cast asyde, and put out 
of remembraunce ? As it was afore the tyme of that 
noble kynge Iosias, and as it hath bene also amonge 
vs vnto youre graces tyme : by whose most ryghteous 
admynistracyon (thorowe the mercyfull goodnes of 
God) it is now founde agayne, *as it was in the dayes 
of that most vertuous kynge Iosias. And praysed be 
the father, the Sonne, and the holy goost worlde 
without ende, which so excellently hath endewed youre 
Pryncely hert with such feruentnes to his honoure, 
and to the welth of youre louyng subiectes, that I 
maye ryghtuously (by iust occasyons in youre persone) 
copare youre hyghnes vnto that noble and gracyous 
kynge, y* lanterne of lyghte amonge prynces, that fer- 
uent protectour and defender of the lawes of God 
which comaunded straytly (as youre grace doth) that 
the lawe of God shulde be redde and taught vnto all 
y e people : set the prestes to theyr office in the worde 

> Proue. 16. c. * 4 Re. 22. b. 2 Par. 24. c. b Ierem.4' 



of god : destroyed Idolatry and false ydols : put downe 
all euell customes and abusyons : set vp the true 
honoure of God : applyed all his studye and ende- 
uoure to the ryghtuous admynistracyon of the most 
vncorrupte lawe of God. (jc. what felicite was 
amonge y' people of Ierusalem in his dayes ? And 
what prosperous health both of soule j body foloweth 
the lyke mynistracion in youre hyghnes, we begynne 
now (praysed be God) to haue experience. * For as 
false doctryne is the origenall cause of all euell plages 
and destruccyon, so is y e true executynge of the lawe 
of God ad the preachyng of the same, the mother of 
all godly prosperite. The onely worde of god (I saye) 
is the cause of all felicite, c it bryngeth all goodnes 
with it, it bryngeth lernynge, it gedreth vnderstond- 
ynge, it causeth good workes, it rnaketh chyldren of 
obedience, breuely, it teacheth all estates theyr office 
and duety. Seynge then that the scripture of God 
teacheth vs euery thynge sufficiently, both what we 
oughte to do, and what we oughte to leaue vndone : 
whome we are bounde to obey, and whome we shulde 
not obeye : therfore (I saye) it causeth all prosperite, 
and setteth euery thyng in frame : and where it Is 
taught and knowen, it lyghteneth all darkenesses, co- 
forteth all sory hertes, leaueth no poore man vnhelped, 
suffreth nothynge amysse vnamended, letteth no prynce 
be disobeyed, permytteth no heresie to be preached : 
but refourmeth all thinges, amedeth that is amysse, 
and setteth euery thynge in order. And why ? because 
it is geuen by the inspiracyon of God, therfore is it 
euer bryngynge profyte and frute, by teachynge, by 
improuynge, by amendynge and refourmyng all the 
y'wyl receaue it, rf to make them parfecte a mete vnto 
all good workes. 

Considerynge now (most gracyous prynce) the in- 
estimable treasure, frute (j prosperite euerlastynge, 
that God geueth with his worde, and trustynge in his 
infynite goodnes that he wolde brynge my symple and 
rude laboure herin to good effecte, therfore as the 
holy goost moued other me to do the cost herof, so 
was I boldened in God, to laboure in the same. 
Agayne, consyderynge youre Imperiall maiestye not 
onely to be my naturall soueraigne liege Lorde (g chefe 
heade of y e church of EnglSde, but also the true 

« Sapie. 7. b. * l Tim. 3. b. 



imto tl)t Hpnges tysbnmt. 



defender and maynteyner of Gods lawes, I thought it 
my dutye and to belonge vnto my allegiaunce, whan 
I had translated this Bible, not onely to dedicate this 
translacyon vnto youre hyghnesse, but wholy to com- 
mytte it vnto the same : to the intent that yf any 
thynge therin be translated amysse (for in many 
thynges we fayle, euen whan we thynke to be sure) it 
may stode in youre graces handes, to correcte it, to 
amende it, to improue it, yee £ cleane to reiecte it, 
yf youre godly wysdome shall thynke it necessary. 
And as I do with all humblenes submitte myne vnder- 
stondynge and my poore translacyon vnto y e spirite 
of trueth in your grace, so make I this protestacyon 
(hauyng God to recorde in my coscience) that I haue 
nether wrested nor altered so moch as one worde for 
the mayntenaiice of any maner of secte : but haue 
with a cleare conscience purely j faythfully trans- 
lated this out of fyue sundry interpreters, hauyng onely 
the manyfest trueth of the scripture before myne eyes : 
Trustynge in the goodnes of God, that it shalbe rnto 
his worshippe : quietnes and tranquilite vnto your 
hyghnes : a perfecte stablyshment of all Gods ordy- 



naunces within youre graces domynion : a generall 
comforte to all Christen hertes, and a continuall thank- 
fulnesse both of olde and yonge vnto god, and to 
youre grace, for beynge oure Moses, and for bringynge 
vs out of this olde Egypte from the cruell handes of 
our spirituall Pharao. For where were the Iewes (by 
ten thousande partes) so moch bounde vnto " Kynge 
Dauid, for subduynge of greate Goliath and all theyr 
enemyes, as we are to your grace, for delyuerynge vs 
out of oure olde Babylonycall captiuyte ? For y e 
which delyueraunce and victory I beseke oure onely 
medyatoure Iesus Christ, to make soch meanes for vs 
vnto his heauenly father, y l we neuer be vnthankfull 
vnto him ner vnto youre grace : but that we euer 
increace in the feare of him, in obedience vnto your 
hyghnesse, in loue vnfayned vnto oure neghbours : 
and in all vertue that commeth of God. To whom 
for y e defendynge of his blessed worde (by your graces 
most rightfull administracyon) be honoure and thankes, 
glory and dominyon, worlde without ende, Amen. 

' 1 Reg. 17. g. 



youre graces humble subiecte and daylye oratour, 
MYLES COUERDALE. 



A PROLOG E. 
MYLES COUERDALE VNTO THE CHRISTEN READER. 



CONSIDERYNGE how excellent knowlege and 
lernynge an interpreter of scripture oughte to 
haue in the tongues, and ponderyng also myne owne 
insufficiency therin, (j how weake I am to perfourme 
y e office of a translatoure, I was the more lothe to 
medle with this worke. Notwithstondynge whan I 
cosydered how greate pytie it was that we shulde 
wante it so longe, g called to my remembraunce y e 
aduersite of them, which were not onely of rype 
knowlege, but wolde also with all theyr hertes haue 
perfourmed y' they beganne, yf they had not had 
impediment : considerynge (I saye) that by reason 
of theyr aduersyte it coulde not so soone haue bene 
broughte to an ende, as oure most prosperous nacyon 
wolde fayne haue had it : these and other reasonable 
causes consydered, I was the more bolde to take it in 
hande. And to helpe me herin, I haue had sondrye 
translacions, not onely in latyn, but also of the Douche 
interpreters : whom (because of theyr synguler gyftes 
tj speciall diligence in the Bible) 1 haue ben the 
more glad to folowe for the most parte, accordynge as 
I was requyred. But to saye the trueth before God, 
it was nether my laboure ner desyre, to haue this 
worke put in my hande : neuertheles it greued me 
y' other nacyos shulde be more plenteously prouyded 
for with y e scripture in theyr mother tongue, then 
we : therfore whan I was instantly requyred, though 
I coulde not do so well as I wolde, I thought it 
yet my dewtye to do my best, and that with a good 
wyll. 

where as some men thynke now y e many trans- 
lacyons make diuisyon in y e fayth and in the people 
of God, y' is not so : for it was neuer better with the 
congregacion of god, then whan euery church allmost 
had y e Byble of a sondrye traslacion. Amonge the 
Grekes had not Origen a specyall translacyon P Had 
not Vulgarius one peculyar, & lykewyse Chrysostom ? 
Besyde the seuentye interpreters, is there not the trans- 
lacyon of Aquila, of Theodotio, of Symachus, and 
of sondrye other ? Agayne amonge the Latyn men, 
thou findest y' euery one allmost vsed a specypll 



5 sondrye translacyon : for in so moch as euery bys- 
shoppe had the knowlege of y e tongues, he gaue his 
diligence to haue the Byble of his awne translacion. 
The doctours, as Hireneus, Cyprianus, Tertullian, 
S. Iherom, S. Augustine, Hylarius & S. Ambrose 
vpon dyuerse places of the scripture, reade not y e 
texte all alyke. 

Therfore oughte it not to be taken as euel, y* soch 
men as haue vnderstondynge now in oure tyme, exer- 
cyse them selues in y e tongues, (J geue their diligence 
to translate out of one language in to another. Yee 
we ought rather to geue god hye thankes therfore, which 
thorow his sprete stereth vp mes myndes, so to exercise 
them selues therin. wolde god it had neuer bene left 
of after y e tyme of S. Augustine, then shulde we 
neuer haue come in to soch blindnes (J ignorauce, 
in to soch erroures (J delusyons. For as soone as 
the Byble was cast asyde, (J nomore put in exercyse, 
then beganne euery one of his awne heade to wryte 
what so euer came in to his brayne and y' semed to 
be good in his awne eyes : and so grewe y e darknes of 
mes tradicios. And this same is y' cause y' we haue 
had so many wryters, which seldome made mecyon 
of y e scripture of the Byble : J though they some 
tyme aleged it, yet was it done so farre out of season 
U so wyde from y e purpose, that a ma maye well per- 
ceaue, how that they neuer sawe the oryginall. 

Seynge then y' this diligent exercyse of trans- 
latynge doth so moch good & edifyeth in other lan- 
guages, why shulde it do euell in oures ? Doutles 
lyke as all nacyons in y e dyuersite of speaches maye 
knowe one God in the vnyte of faith, and be one in 
loue : euen so maye dyuerse translacyons vnderstonde 
one another, {£ that in the head articles (j grounde 
of oure most blessed faith, though they vse sondrye 
wordes. wherfore me thynke we haue greate occasyon 
to geue thankes vnto God, that he hath opened vnto 
his church the gyfte of interpretacyon (j of prynt- 
yng, and that there are now at this tyme so many, 
which with soch diligece and faithfulnes interprete 
y* scripture to the honoure of god and edifyenge of 



Co tfte Meatier* 



his people, where as (lyke as whan many are shut- 
ynge together) euery one doth his best to be nyest the 
rnarke. And though they can not all attayne therto, 
yet shuteth one nyer then another, and hytteth it 
better then another, yee one can do it better the 
another. who is now then so vnreasonable, so 
despytefull, or enuyous, as to abhorre him y* doth all 
his diligence to hytte y e prycke, and to shute nyest 
it, though he mysse d come not nyest the mark ? 
Ought not soch one rather to be commeded, and to 
be helped forwarde, that he maye exercyse himselfe 
the more therin ? 

For the which cause (acordyng as I was desyred) 
I toke the more vpon me to set forth this speciall 
translacyon, not as a checker, not as a reprouer, or 
despyser of other mens translacyons (for amonge 
many as yet I haue founde none without occasyon of 
greate thankesgeuynge vnto god) but lowly & fayth- 
fully haue I folowed myne interpreters, (J that vnder 
correccyon. And though I haue fayled eny where 
(as there is noman but he mysseth in some thynge) 
loue shall constyrre all to y* best without eny peruerse 
iudgment. There is noman lyuynge y e can se all 
thynges, nether hath god geuen eny man to knowe 
euery thynge. One seyth more clearly then another, 
one hath more vnderstondyng then another, one can 
vtter a thynge better then another, but noman ought 
to enuye, or dispyse another. He that can do better 
then another, shulde not set him at naught y l vnder- 
stondeth lesse : Yee he that hath y e more vnderstond- 
yng, ought to remembre that the same gyfte is not 
his but Gods, and y' God hath geue it him to teach 
(5 enfourme the ignoraunt. Yf thou hast knowlege 
therfore to iudge where eny faute is made, I doute 
not but thou wilt helpe to amende it, yf loue be 
ioyned with thy knowlege. Howbeit wherin so euer 
I can perceaue by my selfe, or by the informacyon of 
other, that I haue fayled (as it is no wonder) I shall 
now by the helpe of God ouerloke it better (J amende it. 

Now wil I exhorte the (who so euer thou be y' 
readest scripture) yf thou fynde oughte therin y e thou 
vnderstondest not, or that apeareth to be repugnaunt, 
geue no temerarious ner hay stye iudgmet therof : but 
ascrybe it to thyne awne ignoraunce, not to the scryp- 
ture, thynke y' thou vnderstondest it not, or y' it hath 
some other meanynge, or y* it is happlye ouersene of 
y e interpreters, or wronge prynted. Agayne, it shall 
greately helpe y e to vnderstonde scripture, yf thou 
marke not onely what is spoken or wrytten, but of 



whom, (j vnto whom, with what wordes, at what tyme, 
where, to what intent, with what circumstaunce, con- 
syderynge what goeth before, and what foloweth after. 
For there be some thynges which are done (j wrytte, 
to the intente y' we shulde do lykewyse : as whan 
Abraham beleueth God, is obedient vnto his worde, j 
defendeth Loth his kynsman from violent wronge. 
There be some thynges also which are wrytte, to the 
intente y' we shulde eschue soch lyke. As whan Dauid 
lyeth with Vrias wyfe, J causeth him to be slayne. 
Therfore (I saye) whan thou readest scripture, be 
wyse j circumspecte : (t. whan thou commest to soch 
straunge maners of speakynge & darke sentences, to 
soch parables (J similitudes, to soch dreames or vysions 
as are hyd from thy vnderstondynge, comytte them 
vnto God or to the gyfte of his holy sprete in them 
y' are better lerned then thou. 

As for the commendacyon of Gods holy scripture, 
I wolde fayne magnifye it as it is worthy, but I am 
farre vnsufficiet therto. 5 therfore I thoughte it 
better for me to holde my tonge, then with few wordes 
to prayse or commede it : exhortynge y e (most deare 
reader) so to loue it, so to cleue vnto it, (j so to 
folowe it in thy daylye conuersacyon, y' other men 
seynge thy good workes 5 the frutes of y e holy goost 
in the, maye prayse the father of heauen, (J geue his 
worde a good reporte : for to lyue after the lawe of 
God, & to leade a vertuous conuersacyon, is the great- 
est prayse y* thou canst geue vnto his doctryne. 

But as touchy nge the euell reporte and disprayse 
that the good worde of God hath by the corrupte and 
euell conuersacyon of some, y' daylye heare it and 
professe it outwardly with theyr mouthes, I exhorte 
y e (most deare reader) let not y* offende the ner 
withdrawe thy mynde fro the loue of y e trueth, nether 
moue y e to be partaker in lyke vnthankfulnes : but 
seynge y e lighte is come in to the worlde, loue no- 
more the workes of darknes, receaue not the grace of 
god in vayne. Call to thy remembraunce how lou- 
ynge 5 mercifull God is vnto the, how kyndly and 
fatherly he helpeth the in all trouble, teacheth thyne 
ignoraunce, healeth the in all thy sycknesse, for- 
geueth the all thy synnes, fedeth y e , geueth the 
drynke, helpeth y e out of preson, norysheth the in 
straunge countrees, careth for the, (J seyeth y' thou 
wante nothynge. Call this to mynde (I saye) 5 that 
earnestly, and consydre how thou hast receaued of 
god all these benefites (yee and many mo then thou 
canst desyre) how thou art bounde lyke wise to she we 



a ^rolcige* 



thy selfe vnto thy neghboure as farre as thou canst, 
to teach him yf he be ignoraunt, to helpe him in all 
his trouble, to heale his sycknes, to forgeue him his 
offences, and that hartely, to fede him, to cherish 
him, to care for him, and to se y l he wante nothyng. 
And on this behalfe I beseke the (thou y' hast y e ryches 
of this worlde, and louest God with thy harte) to lyfte 
vp thyne eyes, and se how greate a multitude of poore 
people renne thorow euery towne : haue pitie on 
thyne awne flesh, helpe them with a good harte, and 
do with thy councell all that euer thou canst, that 
this vnshamefast beggynge inaye be put downe, that 
these ydle folkes maye be set to laboure, (j that soch 
as are not able to get theyr lyuynge, maye be pro- 
uyded for. At the leest thou y* art of councell with 
soch as are in auctoryte, geue them some occasyon 
to cast theyr heades together, and to make prouysyon 
for the poore. Put the in remembraunce of those 
noble cityes in other countrees, that by the auctoryte 
of theyr prynces haue so rychely ad well prouided 
for theyr poore people, to the greate shame J des- 
honestye of vs, yf we lykewyse receauynge y e worde 
of God, shewe not soch lyke frutes therof. wolde 
God y* those men (whose office is to maynteyne y e 
comon welth) were as diligent in this cause as they 
are in other. Let vs bewarre by tymes, for after 
vnthankfulnes there foloweth euer a plage : the mer- 
cyful hande of God be with vs, & defende vs, that we 
be not partakers therof. 

Go to now (most deare reader) & syt the downe 
at the Lordes fete and reade his wordes, (J ("as 
Moses teacheth the Iewes) take them in to theyr 
herte, (t, let thy talkynge (j communicacion be of 
them whan thou syttest in thyne house, or goest by 
y e waye, whan thou lyest downe, 5 whan thou ryseth 
vp. And aboue all thynges fasshyon thy lyfe, 5 co- 
uersacion acordyng to the doctryne of the holy goost 
therin, that thou mayest be partaker of y e good pro- 
myses of god in the Byble, & be heyre of his blessynge 
in Christ. In whom yf thou put thy trust, (J he an 
vnfayned reader or hearer of hys worde with thy 
hert, thou shalt fynde swetenesse theryn, (j spye 
woderous thynges, to thy vnderstondynge, to the 
auoydynge of all sedicyous sectes, to the abhorrynge 
of thy olde synfull lyfe, 5 to the stablyshynge of thy 
godly conuersacyon. 

In the first boke of Moses (called Genesis) thou 



mayest lerne to knowe the almightye power of god 
in creatynge all of naught, his infinite wysdome in 
ordryng the same, his ryghteousnes in punyshynge 
y e vngodly, his loue 5 fatherly mercy in comfortynge 
the righteous with his promes. (|c. 

In the seconde boke (called Exodus) we se the 
myghtye arme of god, in delyuerynge his people from 
so greate bondage out of Egypte, and what prouysyon 
he maketh for them in the wildemes, how he teacheth 
them with his wholsome worde and how the Taberna- 
cle was made and set vp. 

In the thyrde boke (called Leuiticus) is declared 
what sacrifices the prestes 5. Leuites vsed, and what 
theyr office & ministracyon was. 

In the fourth boke (called Numerus) is declared 
how the people are nombred and mustred, how the 
captaynes are chosen after y e trybes £ kynreds, how 
they wete forth to y e battayll, how they pitched theyr 
tentes, (j how they brake vp. 

The fyfth boke (called Deuteronomium) sheweth 
how that Moses now beynge olde, rehearseth the lawe 
of god vnto y c people, putteth them in remembraunce 
agayne of all the wonders 5 benefites that god had 
shewed for them, and exhorteth them earnestly to 
loue y e Lorde theyr god, to cleue vnto him, to put 
their trust in him and to herken vnto his voyce. 

After the death of Moses doth Iosue brynge the 
people in to the lode of promes where God doth 
wonderous thynges for his people by Iosue, which 
distributeth y e londe vnto them, vnto euery trybe 
theyr possession. But in theyr wealth they forgat 
the goodnes of God, so that oft tymes he gaue the 
ouer in to the hande of theyr enemies. Neuerthe- 
les whan so euer they called faithfully vpon him, and 
conuerted, he delyuered them agayne, as the boke of 
Iudges declareth. 

In the bokes of the kynges, is descrybed the regi- 
ment of good and euell prynces, and how the decaye 
of all nacions commeth by euel kynges. For in 
Ieroboam thou seyst what myschefe, what ydolatrye 
(j soch like abhominacyon foloweth, wha the kynge 
is a maynteyner of false doctryne, ad causeth the 
people to synne agaynst God, which fallinge awaye 
from gods worde, increased so sore amonge them, 
that it was the cause of all theyr sorowe and misery, 
j the very occasion why Israel first and then Iuda, 
were caryed awaye in to captyuite. 'Agayne, in Iosa- 



Co tfte ftea&ir* 



phat, in Ezechias and in Iosias thou seyst the nature 
of a vertuous kynge. He putteth downe the houses 
of ydolatrye, seyth that his prestes teach nothynge but 
y e lawe of God, comaundeth his lordes to go with 
them, and to se that they teach the people. In these 
kynges (I saye) thou seyst the c5dicyon of a true 
defender of y e fayth, for he spareth nether cost ner 
laboure, to manteyne the lawes of God, to seke the 
welth 5 prosperite of his people, and to rote out the 
wicked. And where soch a prince is, thou seyst 
agayne, how God defendeth him and his people, 
though he haue neuer so many enemyes. Thus 
wente it with the in the olde tyme, and euen after 
y e same rnaner goeth it now with vs : God be 
praysed therfore, ad graunte vs of his fatherly mercy, 
that we be not vnthankfull : lest where he now geueth 
vs a Iosaphat, an Ezechias, yee a very Iosias, he 
sende vs a Pharao, a Ieroboam, or an Achab. 

In the two first bokes of Esdras (J in Hester thou 
seyst the delyueraunce of the people, which though 
they were but fewe, yet is it vnto vs all a speciall co- 
forte, for so moch as God is not forgetful] of his 
promes, but bryngeth them out of captiuite, acord- 
ynge as he had tolde them before. 

In the boke of lob we lerne comforte and pacieuce, 
in that God not onely punysheth the wicked, but 
proueth & tryeth the iust and righteous (howbeit there 
is noman innocent in his sighte) by dyuerse troubles 
in this lyfe, declaryng therby, y* they are not his 
bastardes, but his deare sonnes, and that he loueth 
them. 

In the Psalmes we lerne how to resorte onely vnto 
God in all oure troubles, to seke helpe at him, to call 
onely vpon him, to satle oure myndes by paciece, J 
how we ought in prosperite to be thankfull vnto him. 

The Prouerbes and the Preacher of Salomon teach 
vs wysdome, to knowe God, oure owne selues, and the 
worlde, and how vayne all thynges are, saue onely to 
cleue vnto God. 

As for the doctryne of the Prophetes, what is it els, 
but an earnest exhortacion to eschue synne, (5 to turne 
vnto God ? a faythfull promes of the mercy ad par- 
don of God, vnto all them y e turne vnto him, and a 
threatenyng of his wrath to the vngodly ? sauynge 
that here and there they prophecye also manifestly of 
Christ, of y e expulsion of the Iewes, and callynge 
of the Heythen. 

Thus moch thought I to speake of y e olde Testa, 
ment, wherin almyghtie God openeth vnto vs his 



myghtye power, his wysdome, his louynge mercy £ 
righteousnesse ; for the which cause it oughte of no 
man to be abhorred, despysed, or lyghtly regarded, 
as though it were an olde scripture y* nothyng beloged 
vnto vs, or y' now were to be refused. For it is Gods 
true scripture (t. testimony, which the Lorde Iesus 
"cominaundeth the Iewes to search, who so euer be- 
leueth not the scripture, beleueth not Christ, and who 
so refuseth it, refuseth God also. 

The New Testament or Gospel], is a manyfest and 
cleare testymony of Christ how God perfourmeth his 
ooth and promes made in the olde Testament, how the 
New is declared and included in the Olde, and the 
Olde fulfylled and verifyed in the New. 

Now where as the most famous interpreters of all 
geue sondrye iudgmentes of the texte (so farre as it is 
done by y e sprete of knowlege in the holy goost) me 
thynke noman shulde be offended there at, for they 
referre theyr doinges in mekenes to the sprete of 
trueth in the congregacyon of god : 5 sure I am, that 
there commeth more knowlege and vnderstondinge 
of the scripture by theyr sondrie translacyons, then by 
all the gloses of oure sophisticall doctours. For that 
one interpreteth somthynge obscurely in one place, 
the same translateth another (or els he him selfe) 
more manifestly by a more playne vocable of the same 
meanyng in another place. Be not thou offended 
therfore (good Reader) though one call a scrybe, that 
another calleth a lawyer : or elders, that another 
caileth father (E mother : or repentaunce, that another 
calleth pennaunce or amendment. For yf thou be 
not disceaued by mens tradici5s, thou shalt fynde no- 
more dyuersite betwene these termes then betwene 
foure pens and a grote. And this maner haue I vsed 
in my translacyon, callyng it in some place pen- 
naunce, that in another place I call repentaunce, and 
that not onely because the interpreters haue done 
so before me, but that the aduersaries of the trueth 
maye se, how that we abhorre not this worde pe- 
naunce (as they vntruly reporte of vs) no more then 
the interpreters of latyn abhorre penitere, whan they 
reade resipiscere. Onely our hertes desyre vnto God, 
is, that his people be not blynded in theyr vnder- 
stondyng, lest they beleue pennaunce to be ought saue 
a very repetaunce, amedment, or conuersyon vnto 
God, and to be an vnfayned new creature in Christ, 
and to lyue aeordyng to his lawe. For els shall they 



a pnilage* 



fal in to the olde blasphemy of Christes bloude, and 
beleue, that they the selues are able to make satis- 
faction vnto God for theyr awne synnes, from the 
which erroure god of his mercy and pleteous goodnes 
preserue all his. 

Now to conclude : for so moch as all tbe scripture 
is wrytten for thy doctryne d ensample, it shalbe 
necessary for the, to take holde vpon it, whyle it is 
offred the, yee and with ten handes thankfully to 
receaue it. And though it be not worthely ministred 
vnto the in this translacyon (by reason of my rudnes) 
Yet yf thou be feruet in thy prayer, God shal not 
onely sende it the in a better shappe, by the mynis- 
tracyon of other that beganne it afore, but shall also 
moue the hertes of them, which as yet medled not 
withall, to take it in hande, and to bestowe the gifte of 
theyr vnderstondynge theron, as well in oure language 
as other famous interpreters do in other languages. 
And T praye God, that thorow my poore ministracyon 
here in, I maye geue them that can do better, some 
occasyon so to do : exhortyng the (most deare reader) 
in the meane whyle on Gods behalfe, yf thou be a 
heade, a Iudge, or ruler of y e people, that thou " let 
not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth, 
but exercise thyselfe therin both daye and nyghte, 
and be euer readyng in it as longe as thou lyuest : 
that thou mayest leme to feare the Lorde thy God, 
j not to turne asyde from the commaundement, ne- 
ther to the right hande ner to the lefte : lest thou be 
a knower of personnes in iudgmet, * and wrest the 
righte of the straunger, of the fatherles or of the 
wedowe, and so y e curse to come vpon the. But what 
office so euer thou hast c wayte vpon it, and execute it, 
to the mayntenaunce of peace, to the welth of thy 
people, defendynge the lawes of God, and the louers 
therof, and to the destruccyon of the wicked. 

d Yf thou be a preacher, and hast the ouersighte of 
the flocke of Christ, awake and fede Christes shepe 
with a good herte, & spare no laboure to do them 
good, seke not thy selfe, & bewarre of fylthy lucre, 
but e be vnto y e flocke an ensample, in y e worde, in 
couersacyon, in loue, in feruentnes of y e sprete, and 
be euer readynge, exhortynge, cj teachynge in Gods 
worde, that the people of God renne not vnto other 
doctrynes and lest thou thy selfe (whan thou shuldest 
teach other) be founde ignoraunt therin. And rather 



« Ios. 1. 
lPet.4.b. 



Deute. 17. d. * Deut. 24. c Roma. 12. b. 
Actu. 20.(1. tPetr.5.a. ' lTim. 4.b. Ti.2. a. 



then thou woldest teach the people eny other thvnge 
then Gods worde take the boke in thyne hande, tj 
reade the wordes eue as they stonde therin (for it is 
no shame so to do, it is more shame to make a lye) 
This I saye for soch, as are not yet experte in the 
scripture, for I reproue no preachyng without the 
boke as longe as they saye the trueth. 

Yf thou be a man that hast wyfe and childre, first 
■^loue thy wyfe, acordyuge to the ensample of the 
loue, wherwith Christ lotied the cogregacion, and 
remembre that so doynge, thou louest euen thyselfe : 
yf thou hate her, thou hatest thine awne flesh : yf 
thou cherishe her and make moch of her, thou cheri- 
sest (J makest moch of thyselfe, for she is bone of 
thy bones, j flesh of thy flesh. And who so euer 
thou be that hast children, g bryng them vp in the 
nurtour and informacion of the Lorde. And yf thou 
be ignoraunt, or art otherwyse occupied laufully that 
thou canst not teach them thy selfe, then be euen as 
diligent to seke a good master for thy childre, as thou 
wast to seke a mother to beare them : for there lieth 
as great weight in the one as in y e other. Yee better 
it were for the to be vnborne, then not to feare God, 
or to be euel brought vp. which thynge (I meane 
bryngynge vp well of children) yf it be diligently 
loked to, it is the vpholdinge of all comon welthes : 
and the negligence of the same, the very decaye ol 
all realmes. 

Fynally, who so euer thou be, take these wordes of 
scripture in to thy herte, and be not onely an out- 
warde hearer, but a doer therafter, and practyse thy- 
selfe therin : that thou mayest fele in thine hert, the 
swete promyses therof for thy consolacion in all 
trouble, j for the sure stablyshinge of thy hope in 
Christ, and haue euer an eye to y e wordes of scrip- 
ture, that yf thou be a teacher of other thou mayest be 
within the boundes of the trueth, or at the leest though 
thou be but an hearer or reader of another mans 
doynges, thou mayest yet haue knowlege to iudge all 
spretes, and be fre from euery erroure, to the vtter 
destmccion of all sedicious sectes tj straunge doctrynes, 
that the holy scrypture maye haue fre passage, and be 
had in reputacion, to the worshippe of the author 
therof, which is euen God himselfe : to whom for his 
most blessed worde be glory & domynion now tj euer. 
Amen. 



Epbe. 5. 



Ephe. 6. a. 



®bt fcofces of tbt bolt ligfcfe, 

HOW THEY ARE NAMED IN ENGLYSH AND LATYN, HOW LONGE THEY ARE WRYTTEN IN THE 
ALLEGACIONS, AND HOW MANY CHAPTERS EUERY BOKE HATH. 



Abbreuiacion. 

Gen. 
Exo. 
Leui. 
Num. 
Deut. 



If €i)c bolus of tl)e fgrst part*. 

Boke. 

Genesis, the fyrst boke of Moses. 
Exodus, the seconde boke of Moses. 
Leuiticus, the thyrde boke of Moses. 
Numerus, the fourthe boke of Moses. 
Deuteronomion,thefyfth boke of Moses, xxxiiii. 



Chapters. 

1. 

Xl. 

xxvii. 
xxx vi. 



H €bj bote of tb,e seton&e parte. 



Chapter!. 

xxiiii. 



Abbreuiacion. Boke. 

Ios. Iosue, the boke of Iosua. 

lud. Iudicum, the boke of the Iudges. xxi. 

Ruth. Ruth, the boke of Ruth. iiii. 

I. Reg. Regum, the fyrst boke of the kynges. xxxi. 

II. Reg. Regum, the seconde boke of the kynges. xxiiii. 

III. Reg. Regum, the thyrde boke of the kynges. xxii. 
IIII. Reg. Regum, the fourth boke of the kynges. xxv. 

I. Par. Paralipomenon,y e Lbokeofy e Cronicles xxx. 

II. Par. Paralipomenon,yTI.bokeofy e Cronicles xxxvi 

I. Esd. Esdre, the fyrst boke of Esdras. x. 

II. Esd. Esdre, the seconde boke of Esdras. xiii. 
Hester. Hester, the boke of Hester. x. 



1T €!)e bolus of tfje tfjgrtJe parte. 



lob. 
Psal. 

Pro. 

Eccle. 

Cant. 



Chapters 

xlii. 



Boke. 

lob, the boke of lob. 
Psalterium, the Psalter. cl. 

Prouerbia, the prouerbes of Salomon, xxj 
Ecclesiastes, the preacher of Salomon, xii. 
Cantica Canticoru, Salomons balettes. viii 



* Cf)e ^ropfjetes-. 

Boke. 

Esaias, Esay the prophete. 
Ieremias, Ieremy the prophete. 
Treni, the lamentacions of Ieremy. 
Baruc, Baruc the prophete. 
Ezechiel, Ezechiel the prophete. 
Daniel, Daniel the prophete. 
Oseas, Oseas the prophete. 
Ioel, Ioel the prophete. 
Amos, Amos the prophete. 
Abdias, Abdy the prophete-. 
Ionas, Ionas the prophete. 
Micheas, Micheas the prophete. 
Naum, Naum the prophete. 
Abacuc, Abacuc the prophete. 
Sophonias, Sophony the prophete. 
Aggeus, Aggeus the prophete. 
Zacharias, Zacbary the prophete. 
Malachias, Malachy the prophete. 

W\)t apocrgpba. 

Abbreuiacion. Boke. 

III. Esdre. Esdre, the thyrde boke of Esdras. 
IIII. Esdre. Esdre. the fourth boke of Esdras. 
Tob. Tobias, the boke of Tobias. 

Iudith. Iudith. the boke of Iudith. 

Certayne Chapiters of Hester. 
Sap. Sapientia. the boke of wysdome. 

Ecclesiasticus, Iesus Syrac. 

Susanna, the storye of Susanna. 

Bel, the storye of Bell. 

Machabeorum, the fyrst boke of the 
Mach. 

Machabeoru,the secode boke of theMac. 



Iere. 

Tren. 

Bar. 

Eze. 

Dan. 

Ose. 

Ioel. 

Amo. 

Abd. 

Ion. 

Mich. 

Na. 

Aba. 

Soph. 

&gg- 

Zach. 

Mai. 



Eccli. 



I. Mac. 



II. Mac. 



lxvi. 
lii. 



xlviii. 
xii. 



xvi. 

xiiii. 

xvi. 

vi. 

xix. 

li. 



Cfee fcofos of ti)t bolt 33pfcle» 



€fy rufo Ceatament. 



Abbreuiacion. Boke. 

Math. Mathew the Euangelist, 

Mar. Marke the Euangelist. 

Luc. Luke the Euangelist. 

Ioh. Ihon the Euangelist. 

Act. The Actes of the Apostles 

Rom. The Epistle to the Romaynes. 

I. Cor. The fyrst epistle to the Corinthians. 

II. Cor. The seconde epistle to the Corinthians, xiii. 
Gal. The epistle to the Galathians. 
Ephe. The Epistle to the Ephesians 
Phil. The epistle to the Philippians. 
Col. The epistle to the Collossians 

I. Tess. The first Epistle to the Tessalonians. 

II. Tess. The seconde Epistle to theTessalonians. iii. 



Chapters. 


Abbreuiacion 


xxviii. 


I. Timo. 


xvi. 


II. Tim. 


xxiiii. 


Tit. 


xxi. 


Phile- 


xxviii. 


I.Pe 


xvi. 


II. Pe 


xvi. 


I. Ioh. 


xiii. 


II. Ioh. 


vi. 


III. Ioh. 


vi. 


Heb. 


iiii. 


lac. 


iiii. 


Iud. 


v. 


Apo. 



The fyrst Epistle vnto Timothy. 
The seconde Epistle vnto Timothy. 
The epistle vnto Tytus 
The epistle vnto Philemon 
The fyrst epistle of S. Peter 
The seconde epistle of S. Peter. 
The fyrst epistle of S. Ihon. 
The seconde epistle of S. Ihon 
The thirde epistle of S. Ihon 
The epistle vnto the Hebrues 
The epistle of S. lames 
The epistle of S. Iude. 
The R«uelacion of S. Ihon. 



i. 
xiii. 



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Mfmt t&tsJ bote tonttynttf). 



Chap. I. 

The creacion of the worlde in sixe dayes, and of 
nan. 

Chap. II. 

The rest of the seuenth daye. The tre of know- 
lege of good cj euell is forbydde (jc. Of the 
creation of Eua. 

Chap. III. 
The serpent deceaueth the woman : they trans- 
gresse and are dryuen out of paradyse. 

Chap. IIII. 

Abels offerynge pleaseth God : therfore doth his 
brother Cayn hate hym : murthureth hym : (j 
is cursed. Of the chyldren of Cayn. 



Chap. V. 

Of the generacion, age & death of Ada : 
and his sonnes vnto Noe. 



Seth 



Chap. VI 

The occasion of the floude : 
parynge of the arcke. 



and of the pre- 



Chap. VII. 
Noe with his housholde is preserued in the arcke: 
where as all the worlde perisheth thorowe the 
floude. 

Chap. VIII. 

The floude abateth. Noe goeth out of arcke. (jc. 



Chap. IX. 

God blesseth Noe and his sonnes : forbyddeth to 
eate the bloude of beestes, and to shed mas 
bloude : maketh a conuenaunt (and geueth 
the raynbowe for a token of the same) that he 
wyll destroye the worlde no more by water. 
Noe is dronken. Ham vncouereth hym, and 
getteth his curse. 

Chap. X. 

The increace of mas generaci5 by Noes thre 
sonnes : which go abrode and begynne to 
buylde 

Chap. XI. 

The buyldynge of the towre of Babel is hyndreth 
thorowe the confusyon of the tonges. The 
generacion of Sem vntyll Abram : whiche 
goeth with Loth vnto Haran. 

CJjap. XII. 

Abram goeth with Loth into a straunge londe at 
the worde of the Lord : which appeareth vnto 
hym in Canaan : and promiseth to geue the 
same londe vnto his sede : Afterwarde goeth 
Abram into Egypte and fayneth Saray to be 
his syster. 

Chap. XIII. 

Abram and Loth departe ag-ayne out of Egypte: 
and haue so many cattell that they can not 
dwell together. Abram receaueth the bless- 
ynge and promes. 



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Chap. XIIII. 


Chap. XXV. 






Loth is taken presoner : Abratn deliuereth hym : 


Abraham begetteth mo chyldren by another 






Melchisedech fedeth Abram at his returnynge : 


wyfe : geueth his good vnto Isaac and dyeth. 






Abram geueth hym tythes of the spoyles : and 
holdeth nothinge of the kynge of Sodoms 

goodes. 


Isaac begynneth to growe : Esau selleth his 






byrth righte. 






Chap. XV. 


Chap. XXVI. 

Isaac goeth into Gerar : fayneth Rebecca to be 
his syster : increasseth in ryches : The Philis- 
tines stoppe his welles. Abimelech (j he are 






God conforteth Abram and promyseth hym sede : 






He beleueth and is iustified. 








sworne frendes. 






Chap. XVI. 








Sarai geueth Abram leue to take hyr mayde 


Chap. XXVII. 






whiche beareth hym Ismaell. 


Iacob is blessed before Esau : and Esau threat- 
ened hym : but he flyeth into Haram to 






Chap. XVII. 


Laban his mothers brother. 






The cSuenaunt of circumcisyon. (jc. 


Chap. XXVIII. 






Chap. XVIII. 


Isaac sendeth Iacob awaye to mary amonge 






Thre me appeare vnto Abraha to whom the de- 


Labans doughters, Iacob seyth a vision, God 






struction of Sodome is declared. 


confirmeth hym the promes made vnto Abraha : 
wher vpon Iacob maketh a vowe. 






Chap. XIX. 








Loth receaueth the two angels : the men of 


Chap. XXIX. 






Sodome go aboute to abuse them : Loth is 


Iacob geueth Labans shepe to drynke : serueth 






delyuered : Sodome is destroyed : Loths wyfe 


seuen yeare for Rachel! : Lea is geuen hym : 






is turned to a pyler of salt : and his doughters 


j yet serueth he seuen yeare mo for Rachell. 






beare chyldren vnto hym. 


Chap. XXX. 






Chap. XX. 


Rachel geueth Iacob hyr mayden and so doeth 






Abraham departeth as a straunger in to Gerar : 


Lea : they beare hym chyldren : his reward is 






and fayneth Sarai to be his syster : the kynge 


appoynted with a condicion : wherby he is 






taketh her and geueth hym her agayne. 


made ryche. 






Chap. XXI. 


Chap. XXXI. 






The byrth of Isaac : Agar is put out with hyr 


Iacob goeth home ward. Rachell stealeth hyr 
fathers ymages. Laban ouertaketh them and 






sonne. Abraham and Abimelech are sworne 






frendes. 


fyndeth not his ymages : they sweare together : 
the angell meteth Iacob. 






Chap. XXII. 








God tryeth Abraham whiche at his word wolde 


Chap. XXXII. 






offre his owne sonne. The promes is confirmed 


Iacob sendeth presentes vnto Esau : Putteth God 






vnto hym with an ooth. 


in remembraunce of his promes: and wresteleth 
with the angell : whiche chaungeth his name 






Chap. XXIII. 


and blesseth hym. 






The death of Sara : for whom Abraham byeth a 








pece of londe to burye her in. 


Chap. XXXIII. 
Iacob and Esau are agreed, (jc 






Chap. XXIIII. 








Abraham wyll haue his sonne to mary in his 


Chap. XXXIIII. 






owne kynred : the seruaunt bryngeth Rebecca : 


Dyna Iacobs doughter is forced by Sychem : 






wh5 Isaac taketh to wyfe. 


wherof there commeth great bloud sheddynge. 













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Chap. XXXV 
Rachell dyeth at the byrth of Beniamin. Ruben 
lyeth with his fathers concubvne. 

Chap. XXXVI. 

Of the princes that came of Esau : and how 
Esau departeth from his brother. 

Chap. XXXVII. 
Ioseph is hated of his brethren : and solde in to 
Egypte. 

Chap. XXXVIII. 
Iuda lyeth with his doughter in lawe which 
beareth hym two sonnes. 

Chap. XXXIX. 

Ioseph is beloued : & because he wyll not con- 
sente to the inordinate desyre of his mastresse, 
he is put in pryson. 

Chap. XL. 

Ioseph expoudeth the dreames of the two pre- 
soners. 

Chap. XLL 

Ioseph declareth Pharaos dreame : and is made a 

Lorde of Egypte. The derth begynneth. 

Chap. XLII. 
Iosephs brethren come in to Egypte to bye corne : 
and are troubled of hym. 



Chap. XLIII. 
They come agayne for come : brynge Ben-Iamyn 
with them : and are put to more trouble. 

Chap. XLIIII. 

As they go home he causeth the be brought 
agayne : and put to more feare. 

Chap. XLV. 
Ioseph vttereth hym selfe to his brethren : and 
sendeth for his father. 

Chap. XLVI. 
Iacob commeth in to Egypte with all his people : 
Ioseph receaueth hym. 

Chap. XLVII. 

Pharao geueth them the londe of Gosen : the 
derth is great, in Egypte. (jc. 



Iacob is sycke 



Chap. XLVIII. 

(S blesseth Iosephs sonnes. 



Chap. XLIX. 
Iacob before his death telleth his sonnes what 
shall happen vnto them, and dyeth 

Chap. L. 
Ioseph burieth his father : and chargeth his 
brethren concernynge his bones : and dyeth in 
Egypte. 



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Cfte first Cfiaptev. 

IN f begynnynge God created heauen g 
earth : and y earth was voyde and emptie, 
and darcknes was vpon the depe, 5 y sprete 
of God moued vpo the water. 

And God sayde : let there be light, j there 
was light. And God sawe the light that it 
was good. Then God deuyded f light from 
the darcknes, and called the light, Daye : and 
the darcknes, Night. Then of the euenynge 
and mornynge was made the first daye. 

And God sayde : let there be a firmament 
betwene the waters, and let it deuyde y waters 
a sunder. Then God made y- firmamet, and 
parted the waters vnder the firmamet, from 
the waters aboue the firmament: And so it 
came to passe. And God called f firmament, 
Heauen. Then of the euenynge j mornynge 
was made the seconde daye. 

a And God sayde : let the waters vnder 
heauen gather the selues vnto one place, y the 
drye londe maye appeare. And so it came to 
passe. And God called y drye londe, Earth : 
and the gatheringe together of waters called 
he, y See. And God sawe y it was good. 

And God sayde : let y earth bringe forth 
grene grasse and herbe, that beareth sede : 3. 
frutefull trees, that maye beare frute, euery 
one after his kynde, hauynge their owne 
sede in them selues vpon the earth. And so 
it came to passe. And the earth brought 
forth grene grasse and herbe, y beareth sede 
euery one after his kynde, u trees bearinge 
frute, (J hauynge their owne sede in them 
selues, euery one after his kynde. And God 
sawe that it was good. Then of the euenynge 
I mornynge was made the thirde daye. 



And God sayde : let there be lightes in y 
firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro 
the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, 
seasons, dayes, and yeares. And let them be 
lightes in f firmament of heauen, to shyne 
vpon the earth: And so it came to passe. 
And God made two greate lightes: one 
greater light to rule the daye, and a lesse 
light to rule the night, and (he made) starres 
also. And God set them in the firmament of 
heauen, y they might shyne vp5 earth, and 
to rule the daye and the night, and to deuyde 
the light from darcknes. And God sawe that 
it was good. Then of the euenynge and 
mornynge was made the fourth daye. 

* And God sayde : let the waters brynge 
forth creatures that moue and haue life, (j 
foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the 
firmamet of heauen. And God created greate 
whalles, and all maner of creatures that lyue 
and moue, which the waters brought forth 
euery one after his kynde : and all maner of 
fethered foules, euery one after his kynde. 
And God sawe that it was good, and blessed 
them, sayenge : Growe, and multiplie, and 
fyll the waters of the sees, and let the foules 
multiplie vpon the earth. Then of the euen- 
ynge and mornynge was made the fifth daye. 

And God sayde : let y earth brynge forth 
lyuynge soules, euery one after his kynde : 
catell, wormes (j what as hath life vpon earth, 
euery one after his kynde. And so it came 
to passe. And God made y- beastes of the 
earth euery one after his kynde, and catell 
after their kynde, and all maner wormes of 
the earth after their kynde. And God sawe 
that it was good. 

And God sayde : let vs make man in oure 



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similitude after oure licknesse, that he maye 
haue rule ouer the fysh of the see, and ouer 
the foules vnder y heauen, and ouer catell, 
and ouer all the earth, and ouer all wormes 
that crepe on y earth. a And God created 
man after his licknesse : after f licknesse of 
God created he him, male (j female created 
he them. 

And God blessed them, and sayde vnto 
them : b Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the 
earth, and subdue it, & haue domynion ouer 
the fish of the see, and ouer the foules of the 
ayre, and ouer all the beastes that crepe vpo 
the earth. 

c And God sayde : lo, I haue geuen you all 
maner herbes that beare sede vpon the whole 
earth, and all maner frutefull trees that beare 
sede, to be meate for you. And to all beastes 
of the earth, and to all foules vnder the 
heauen, and to euery worme that hath life 
(vpon earth) all maner grene herbes to eate. 
And so it came to passe. d And God behelde 
all y he had made, and lo, they were exceed- 
inge good. Then of the euenynge and morn- 
ynge was made the sixte day. 

Che t). Chapter. 

THUS was heaue and earth fynished 
with all their hoost, and thus in the 
seuenth daye God ended his worke, which 
he had made/ 5 rested in the seuenth daye 
from all his workes which he had made: And 
blessed the seuenth daye, j sanctified it, be- 
cause y in it he rested from all his workes, 
which God created and made. 

These are the generacions of heaue and 
earth whan they were created, in the tyme 
whan the LORDE God made heauen and 
earth: before there was eny twygg vpon 
earth, and or euer there grew eny grene 
herbe vpon the felde. For the LORDE God 
had yet sent no rayne vpon y earth, nether 
was there eny man to tylle the earth. But 
there arose a myst from the earth, (j watered 
all the londe. And y LORDE God shope 
man eue of the moulde of the earth, g brethed 
in to his face y breth of life, f And so was 
man made a lyuynge soule. 

The LORDE God also planted a garde of 
pleasure in Eden, towarde y east, and set 

Sap. 2. d. and 10. a. Eccli. 17. a. Mar. 10. a. 

» Iere. 29. b. Sap. 9. a. Psal. 8. b. <= Gene. 9. a. 

Psal. 103. 6. d Deut. 32. a. Eccli. 39. a. * Exo. 20. b. 

Heb. 4. a. / Sap. 10. a. Tob. 8. b. 1 Cor. 15. 



man therin whom he had made. And the 
LORDE God caused to sprynge out of the 
earth all maner trees, pleasaut to loke vp5. 
and good to eate : and the tre of life in the 
myddest of the garden/ and the tre of know- 
lege of good and euell. 

And out of Eden there wente a ryuer, to 
water the garden, and there deuyded it selfe 
in to foure heade waters. The first is called 
Phison, which renneth aboute all the londe of 
Heuyla. 'And there is founde golde, (j the 
golde of that countre is precious,) and there 
is founde Bedellion, and the precious stone 

* Onix. The second water is called Gihon, 
which runneth aboute the whole londe of y 
Morias. The thirde water is called Hydec- 
kell, which runneth towarde the east syde of 
f Assirias. The fourth water is Euphrates. 

And the LORDE God toke man, j set him 
in the pleasaunt garden of Eden, to dresse it 
d to kepe it. And the LORDE God com' 
maunded man, sayege : ' Thou shalt eate of 
all maner trees in y garden : But of y tre of 
knowlege of good and euell, shalt thou not 
eate. For loke in what daye so euer thou 
eatest therof, thou shalt dye the death. 

And the LORDE God sayde: It is not 
good y ma shulde be alone. I wil make him 
an helpe/ to beare him copany. And whan 
God the LORDE had made of the earth all 
maner beastes of the felde, & all maner foules 
vnder the heaue, he brought them vnto man, 
to se what he wolde call the : For as ma 
called all maner of liuinge soules, so are their 
names. And man gaue names vnto all maner 
catell, (j vnto the foules vnder the heaue, and 
vnto all maner beastes of y felde. But vnto 
man there was founde no helpe, to beare him 
company. 

Then the LORDE God caused an herde 
slepe to fall vpon man, and he slepte. And 
he toke out one of his rybbes, and (in steade 
therof) he fylled vp y- place with flesh. And 
the LORDE God made a woman/ of y rybbe 
that he toke out of man, and brought her 
vnto him. Then sayde man : This is once 
bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. 
She shalbe called woman, because she was 
take of man. Tor this cause shal a man leaue 
father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, j 

* Pro. 3. b. Apo. 2. a. * Eocl. 24. a. * Some 
call it Schoham. ' Eccli. 15. c. t Some reade : To 
stode nexte by bim. k 1 Cor. 11. a. ' Matt. 19. a. 
Mar. 10. a. Ephe. 5. c. 1 Cor. 6. c. Gen. 3. b. 



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they two shalbe one flesh. And they were 
both naked, the man and his wife and were 
not ashamed. 

©fit ttj. Cfiapttr 

BUT the serpent was sotyller then all the 
beastes of the felde" (which y LORDE 
God had made) and sayde vnto 'the woman : 
Yee, hath God sayde in dede : Ye shall not 
eate of all maner trees in the garden ? Then 
sayde the woman vnto the serpent : We eate 
of the frute of the trees in the garden : But 
as for the frute of the tre that is in the myddes 
of the garden, God hath sayde : Eate not ye 
of it, and touch it not, lest ye dye. 

Then saide the serpent vnto the woman : 
* Tush, ye shall not dye the death. For God 
doth knowe, that in what daye so euer ye eate 
of it, youre eyes shalbe opened, and ye shal 
be as God, and knowe both good and euell. 
And the woman sawe that y tre was good to 
eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a 
pleasaunt tre t to make wyse, and toke of the 
frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir hus- 
bande also therof, and he ate. Then were 
the eyes of them both opened, and they per- 
ceaued that they were naked/ and sowed 
fygge leaues together, and made them apurns. 

And they herde the voyce of the LORDE 
God, which walked in the garden in the coole 
of the daye. And Adam hyd him self with 
his wyfe, from the presence of y LORDE 
God amonge the trees of the garden. And y 
LORDE God called Adam, and sayde vnto 
him : Where art thou ? And he saide : I 
herde thy voyce in the garden, and was 
afrayed, because I am naked, and therfore I 
hyd my self. And he sayde : who tolde the, 
that thou art naked? Hast thou not eaten 
of the tre, wherof I commaunded the, y thou 
shuldest not eate ? 

Then sayde Adam : The woman which 
thou gauest me (to beare me company) gaue 
me of the tre, and I ate. And the LORDE 
God sayde vnto the woman: wherfore hast 
thou done this? The woman sayde: the 
erpent disceaued me so, that I ate/ Then 
sayde the LORDE God vnto the serpent: 
Because thou hast done this, cursed be thou 
aboue all catell and aboue all beastes of the 



" Eccli. 25. d. » 2 Cor. 11. a. * Iere. 14. b. and 23. c. 
Some reade : whyle it made wyse. c Gene. 2. d. 
Apo. 12. c. « Matt. 4. a. t Col. 2. b. § Some 



felde. Vpon thy bely shalt thou go, (j earth 
shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life. And 
I wyll put enemyte betwene the and the 
woman, and betwene thy sede* and hir sede.t 
The same shal treade downe thy heade, and 
thou shalt treade him on the hele. 

And vnto the woman he sayde : I will 
increase thy sorow, whan thou art with childe : 
with payne shalt thou beare thy childre, and 
§ thy lust shal pertayne vnto thy huszbande, 
and he shal rule the. 

And vnto Adam he sayde : For so moch as 
thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of thy 
wyfe, and hast eaten of the tre, wherof I 
commaunded the, sayenge : thou shalt not 
eate of it. Cursed be y earth for thy sake. 
With sorowe shalt thou eate therof, all the 
dayes of thy life. Thornes and thistles shalt 
it beare vnto the, and thou shalt eate the 
herbes of the felde. In the sweate of thy 
face shalt thou eate thy bred, tyll thou be 
turned agayne vnto earth, whece thou art 
take : -Tor earth thou art, and vnto earth shalt 
thou be turned agayne. 

And Adam called his wyfe Heua, because 
she is the mother of all lyuynge. And the 
LORDE God made Adam j his wyfe gar- 
mentes of skynnes, u those he put on them. 
And the LORDE God sayde : lo, Adam is 
become as it were one of vs, j knoweth good 
(S euell. But now lest he stretch his hande, 
and take also of the tre of life, and eate, 
and lyue for euer. Then the LORDE God 
put him out of the garden of Eden, to tyll f 
earth, whece he was take. And he cast Adam 
out. And before the garden of Eden he set 
Cherubes, and a naked fyrie swerde, to kepe 
y waye vnto the tre of life. 

Che tttj. Chapter. 

MOROUER Adam laye with Heua his 
wyfe, which coceaued & bare Cain, 
and sayde, I haue opteyned f man of the 
LORDE. And she proceaded forth, 5 bare 
his brother Abell. And Abell became a 
shepherde, but Cain became an huszbande 
man. 

And it fortuned after certaine daies, that 
Cain brought of the frute of the earth, an 
offrynge vnto y LORDE. And Abell brought 



reade : Thou shalt bowe downe thy self before thy hus- 
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also of the firstlinges of his shepe, and of y 
fat of them. "And the LORDE had respecte 
vnto Abell and to his offerynge : but vnto 
Cain and his offerynge he loked not. Then 
was Cain exceadinge wroth, and his coun- 
tenaunce chaunged. And the LORDE sayde 
vnto Cain : Why art thou angrie ? and why 
doth thy countenaunce chaunge? Is it not 
so ? that yf thou do well, thou shalt receaue 
it : but and yf thou do euell, thy synne lyeth 
open in the dore ? * Shal he then be subdued 
vnto the? and wilt thou rule him? And Cain 
talked with Abell his brother. 

And it happened, that whan they were in 
the felde, Cain arose agaynst Abell his brother, 
and slew him. Then sayde the LORDE vnto 
Cain: Where is Abell thy brother? He 
sayde : I can not tell. * Am I my brothers 
keper ? And he sayde : What hast thou done ? 
c The voyce of thy brothers bloude crieth vnto 
me out of the earth. And now shalt thou be 
cursed vpon the earth, which hath opened hir 
mouth, and receaued thy brothers bloude of 
thine hande. Whan thou tyllest y grounde, 
she shall henszforth not geue hir power vnto 
the. rf A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt 
thou be vpon y earth. And Cain sayde vnto 
y LORDE : e my synne is greater, then that it 
maye be forgeuen me. Beholde, thou castest 
me out this daye from out of y londe, and 
from thy sight must I hyde my self, and must 
be a vagabunde and a rennagate vpon y earth. 
And thus shal it go with me: that who so 
fyndeth me, shal slaye me. 

But the LORDE sayde thus vnto him: 
AVho so euer slayeth Cain, it shalbe auenged 
seuenfolde. And the LORDE put a marck 
vpon Cain, that no man which founde him, 
shulde kyll him. So Cain wente out from y 
face of the LORDE, and dwelt in the lande 
Nod, vpon the east syde of Eden. 

And Cain laye with his wyfe, which con- 
ceaued and bare Henoch. And he buylded a 
cite, and called it after the name of his sonne 
Henoch. And Henoch begat Irad, Irad begat 
Mahuiael. Mahuiael begat Mathusael. Ma- 
thusael begat Lamech. 

And Lamech toke him two wyues : y one 
was called Ada, (j the other Zilla. And Ada 
bare label, of whom came they that dwelt in 
tentes and had catell. And his brothers name 



Heb. 11. a. * Some reade : Let it be subdued vnto 
the, and rule thou it. b Sap. 10. a. 1 Ioh. 3. b. 



was Iuball : Of him came they that occupied 
harpes j pypes. And Zilla she also bare 
Tubalcain, a worker in all connynge poyntes 
of metall (j yron. And Tubalcains sister was 
called Naema. 

And Lamech sayde vnto his wyues Ada 
and Zilla : Heare my voyce (ye wyues of La- 
mech) and herken vnto my wordes: for I 
haue slayne a man, and wounded my selfe : 
and (haue kylled) a yonge man, and gotte 
my self strypes. Cain shalbe aueged seue 
tymes: but Lamech seuen and seuentie tymes. 

Adam laye yet with his wyfe agayne, & she 
bare a sonne, and called him Seth. For God 
(sayde she) hath apoynted me another sede, 
for Abell, whom Cain slew. And Seth begat 
a sonne also, and called him Enos. At the 
same tyme beganne men to call vpon the 
name of the LORDE. 



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Cfte b. Chapter. 
HIS is the boke of the generacion of 
J_ man, in the tyme whan God created 
man, and made him after the symilitude of 
God. Male and female made he them, and 
blessed the, & called their names Man, in the 
tyme whan they were created. s And Adam 
was an hundreth and thirtie yeare olde, and 
begat a sonne, which was like his owne 
ymage, and called his name Seth : (j lyued 
therafter eight hudreth yeare, and begat 
sonnes and doughters. And his whole age 
was nyre hundreth and thirtie yeares, and so 
he dyed. 

Seth was an hundreth and fyue yeare olde, 
and begat Enos : d lyued therafter eight 
hundreth and seuen yeare, and begat sonnes 
and doughters. And his whole age was nyene 
hudreth and twolue yeares, and so he dyed. 

Enos was nyentie yeare olde, and begat 
Kenan : and lyued therafter eight hundreth (j 
fyftene yeare, and begat sonnes & daughters. 
And his whole age was nyene hudreth and 
fyue yeares, and so he dyed. 

Kenan was seuetie yeare olde, and begat 
Mahalaliel : and lyued therafter eight hun- 
dreth and fourtie yeai-e, and begat sonnes g 
doughters. And his whole age was nyene 
hundreth and ten yeares, and so he dyed. 

Mahalaliel was thre score yeare olde (j fyue, 
and begat Iared : and lyued therafter eight 



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hundreth and thirtie yeare, and begat sonnes 
and doughters. And his whole age was eight 
hundreth, nyentie and fyue yeares, and so he 
dyed. 

Iared was an hundreth and two g sixtie 
yeare olde, and begat Henoch : g lyued ther- 
after eight hudreth yeare, and begat sonnes 
g doughters. And his whole age was nyene 
hundreth and two and sixtie yeare, and so he 
dyed. 

a Henoch was fyue and thre score yeare 
olde, and begat Mathusalah : and led a godly 
conuersacion thre hundreth yeares therafter, 
and begat sonnes g doughters. And his 
whole age was thre hundreth and fyue and 
thre score yeares. *And for so moch as he 
lyued a godly life, God toke him awaye, g he 
was nomore sene. 

Mathusalah was an hudreth g seue and 
foure score yeare olde, g begat Lamech : 
and lyued therafter seuen hundreth and two 
and foure score yeare, and begat sonnes g 
doughters. And his whole age was nyene 
hundreth and nyene and tre score yeares, and 
so he dyed. 

Lamech was an hundreth and two and 
foure score yeare olde, and begat a sonne, 
g called him Noe, .and sayde : This same 
shall coforte vs in oure workes, and in the 
sorowe of oure hondes vpon the earth, * which 
the LORDE hath cursed. After this he 
lyued fyue hudreth and fyue g nyentie yeare, 
and begat sonnes and doughters. And his 
whole age was seuen hundreth seuen and 
seuentie yeares, and so he dyed. 

Noe was fyue hundreth yeare olde, and 
begat Sem, Ham and Iaphet. 

Clje 6t. Chapter. 

SO whan men beganne to multiplie vpon 
the earth, and had begot them doughters, 
the children of God sawe the doughters of 
men, that they were fayre, and toke vnto the 
wyues soch as they liked. Then sayde y 
LORDE : My sprete shal not allwaye stryue 
with man, for he is but flesh also. C I wil 
yet geue him respyte an hundreth and twety 
yeares. There were giauntes also in the 
worlde at that tyme. For whan the children 
of God had lyen with the daughters of men, 
and begotten them children, f same (children) 



Eccll. 44. b. Heb. 11. a. 
4 Gen. 3. d. 



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1 Pet. 3. c. 



became mightie in the worlde, and men of 
renowne. 

But whan the LORDE sawe y the wick- 
ednes of man was increased vpon y earth, and 
that all f thought and imaginacion of their 
hert was but onely euell contynually, rf it 
repented him, that he had made man vpon 
the earth, and he sorowed in his hert, and 
sayde : I wyll destroye man kynde which I 
haue made, from the earth : both man, beest, 
worme, and foule vnder the heauen : for it 
repenteth me, that I haue made them. 
' Neuertheles Noe founde grace in the sight 
of the LORDE. 

This is f generacion of Noe. Noe was a 
righteous and parfecte ma, ^and led a godly 
life in his tyme, and begat thre sonnes: Sem, 
Ham and Iaphet. Notwithstondinge f earth 
was corrupte in y sight of God, and full of 
myschefe. Then God loked vpon f earth : 
and lo, it was corrupte (for all flesh had cor- 
rupte his waye vpon the earth.) 

Then sayde God vnto Noe : The ende of 
all flesh is come before me, for the earth is 
full of myschefe before them. And lo, I wyll 
destroye them with the earth. Make the an 
Arcke of Pyne tre, and make chambers in it, 
and pitch it within and without with pitch 
and make it after this fashion : The length 
shal be thre hundreth cubites, the bredth 
fiftie cubites, and the heyght thirtie cubites. 
A wyndow shalt thou make aboue of a cubyte 
greate : but the dore shalt thou set in the 
myddest in the syde of it : And the Arke 
shalt thou make with thre loftes one aboue 
another. For lo, I wyll bringe a floude of 
water vpon the earth, to destroye all flesh 
(wherin the breth of life is) vnder the heaue: 
All that is vpon earth, shal perishe. 

But with the wyll I make a couenaunt, 
and thou shalt go in to the Arcke with thy 
sonnes, with thy wyfe, and with thy sonnes 
wyues. And of all creatures what so euer 
flesh it be, thou shalt bringe in to the Arcke, 
euen a payre : the male and the female, that 
they maye lyue with the : Of foules after 
their kynde, of beastes after their kynde, and 
of all maner wormes of the earth after their 
kinde. Of euery one of these shal there a 
payre go in vnto the, that they maye lyue. 
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meate that maye be eaten, and shalt laye it 
vp in stoare by the, that it maye be meate for 
the and them. And Noe dyd acordinge to 
all that God commaunded him. 

CIjc bij. Chapter. 

AND f LORDE sayde vnto Noe: Go 
in to the Arcke thou 5 thy whole 
house: "for the haue I sene righteous before 
me at this tyme. * Of all cleane beastes take 
vnto the seuen and seuen, the male and his 
female. And of vncleane beastes a payre, 
the male and his female. Like wyse of the 
foules vnder the heauen, seuen and seuen, 
the male and his female, that there maye be 
sede left a lyue vpon the whole earth. 

For yet after seuen dayes, I wil sende 
raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie 
nightes, and wyll destroye all maner of thinges 
that I haue made, from of the face of the 
earth. 

And Noe dyd all that the LORDE com- 
maunded him. Sixe hudreth yeare olde was 
he, whan the water floude came vpon earth. 
c And he wente in to the Arcke, with his 
sonnes, his wyfe, and his sonnes wyues, for 
the waters of the floude. Of cleane beastes 
and of vncleane, of all fethered foules, 5 of 
all that crepeth vpon earth, wente in vnto 
him to the Arcke by pares, a male and a 
female, as y LORDE comaunded him. And 
whan the seuen dayes were past, the water 
floude came vpon the earth. 

In the sixe hundreth yeare of Noes age, 
vpon the seuentene daye of the seconde 
moneth, that same daye were all y foun- 
taynes of the greate depe broken vp, and the 
wyndowes of heauen were opened, and there 
came a rayne vpon y earth fourtie dayes and 
fourtie nightes. 

Vpon the selfe same daye wete Noe in to 
the Arcke, with Sem, Ham and Iaphet his 
sonnes, and with his wyfe, and the thre wyues 
of his sonnes, and all maner of beastes after 
their kynde, all maner of catell after their 
kynde, all maner of crepynge thinges (that 
crepe vpo the earth) after their kynde, and 
all maner of foules (what so euer coude flye 
(j what so euer had fethers) after their kynde : 
These wente all vnto Noe in to the Arcke by 
cooples, of all flesh in whom was the breth of 



2 Pet. 2. 



b Leuit. 11. 
Eccll. 39. d. 



' Mat. 24. d. Luc. 17. c. 
Sap. 10. a. 



life. And these were the male tj the female 
of all maner of flesh, and wente in, acordinge 
as God commauded him. And the LORDE 
shut (the dore) vpon him. 

d Then came the water floude fourtie dayes 
vpon the earth, and the water increased, 
and bare vp the Arcke, and lift it vp ouer 
y earth. Thus the water preuayled, and 
increased sore vpon the earth, so that the 
Arcke wente vpon the waters. Yee the 
waters preuayled and increased so sore vpon 
earth, that all the hye mountaynes vnder the 
whole heauen were couered. Fyftene cubytes 
hye preuayled y waters ouer the mountaynes, 
which were couered. 

Then all flesh that crepte vpon earth, 
perished, both foules, catell, beastes, and all 
y moued vpon earth, and all men. What so 
euer had the breth of life vpon the drye 
londe, dyed. 

e Thus was destroyed all that was . vpon 
the earth, both man and beast, both wormes 
and foules vnder y heaue : all these were 
destroyed from the earth, Saue Noe onely 
remayned, and they that were with him in 
the Arcke. And the waters preuayled vpon 
the earth, an hundreth and fiftie dayes. 

Cfie tmj. Chapter. 

THEN God remembred Noe and all the 
beastes, and all the catell that were 
with him in the Arcke, and caused a wynde to 
come vpon the earth : and y waters ceassed, 
and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyn- 
dowes of heauen were stopte, and the rayne 
of heaue was forbydden, and the waters ranne 
styll awaye from y earth, and decreased after 
an hundreth and fiftye dayes. 

Vpon the seuentene daye of the seuenth 
moneth rested the Arcke vpon the mountaynes 
of Ararat. And the waters wete awaye and 
decreased vntyll the tenth moneth : for the 
first daye of the tenth moneth, the toppes of 
the mountaynes appeared. 

After fourtie dayes Noe opened y- wyndow 
of the Arcke which he had made, a sent forth 
a rauen, which flew out, and * came agayne, 
vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpo the earth. 

Then sent he forth a doue from him, to 
wete, whether the waters were falle vpon the 
earth. But when y doue coude fynde no 

* Some reade : came not agayne. 



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restynge place for hir fete, she came agayne 
vnto him in to the Arcke, for the waters were 
yet vpon the face of all the earth. And he 
put out his hande, and toke her to him in to 
the Arke. 

Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo, & sent 
out the doue agayne out of the Arke : £ she 
returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde : and 
beholde, she had broken of a leaf of an olyue 
tre, ce bare it in hir nebb. Then Noe per- 
ceaued, that the waters were abated vpon the 
earth. Neuertheles he taried yet seuen other 
dayes, and sent forth the doue, which came 
nomore to him agayne. 

In the sixte hundreth and one yeare of 
Noes age, vpon the first daye of y first moneth 
the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth. Then 
Noe toke of the hatches of the Arke, and sawe 
y the face of the earth was drye. So vpon 
the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde 
moneth the whole earth was drye. 

Then spake God vnto Noe, and sayde : 
Go out of the Arke, thou and thy wyfe, and 
thy sonnes, and thy sonnes wyues with the. 
As for all the beastes that are with the, what 
so euer flesh it be (both foule & catell and all 
maner of wormes that crepe vpon the earth) let 
them go out with the, and be ye occupied vpon 
the earth, "growe and multiplye vpon the earth. 

So Noe wente out, with his sonnes, and 
with his wife, and with his sonnes wyues. All 
the beastes also and all the wormes, and all the 
foules, and all that crepte vpon the earth, wente 
out of the Arke, euery one vnto his like. 

And Noe buylded an altare vnto y^LORDE, 
* and toke of all maner of cleane beastes 5 of 
all maner of cleane foules, and offred bret 
sacrifices vpon f altare. And f LORDE 
smelled the swete sauoure, u sayde in his hert : 
I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for 
mas sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is 
euell, euen from the very youth of him. Ther- 
fore from hece forth I wil nomore smyte all 
that lyueth, as I haue done. Nether shall 
sowynge tyme and haruest, colde and heate 
Sommer and wynter, daye and night ceasse so 
longe as the earth endureth. 



Cfic tr. Chapttr. 
ND God blessed Noe and his sonnes, 
and sayde vnto them : increace & mul- 



A 



Gene. l.d. 
7. c. and 17. d. 



Leui. 11. a. 
' Exo. 21. c. 



Gen. 1. d. 
/Tren. 4. b. 



Leui. 
Mat. 



tiplye, and fyll the earth. The feare also and 
drede of you be vpon all beastes of the earth, 
vpon all foules vnder the heauen, and vpon 
all that crepeth on the earth, and all fyshes 
of the see be geuen in to youre hades. AH 
that moueth and hath life, be youre meate. 
c Euen as the grene herbe, so haue I geue 
you all. d Onely eate not the flesh with the 
bloude, wherin the soule is : For the bloude 
of you wherin youre soule is, wyll I requyre of 
the hande of all beastes : and the soule of ma 
wyll I requyre of mans hande, e yee euery 
mans soule of anothers hande. 

f He that sheddeth mas bloude, his bloude 
shal be shed by man agayne, for God made 
man after his owne licknesse. As for you, be 
ye frutefull, and increase, ? and be occupied 
vpon the earth, that ye maye multiplye therin. 

Farthermore, God sayde vnto Noe and to 
his sonnes with him : * Beholde, I make my 
couenaunt with you, and with youre sede after 
you, and with euery lyuynge creature that 
with you, both foule, catell, and all beastes 
vpon the earth with you, of all that is gone 
out of the Arke, what so euer beast of the 
earth it be : ' And thus I make my couenaunt 
with you, that hence forth all flesh shal not be 
destroyed with the waters of eny floude, and 
from hence forth there shall come no floude to 
destroye the earth. 

And God sayde : This is the token of my 
couenaunt which I haue made betwene me 
and you, and all lyuynge creatures amonge 
you for euermore : My bowe will I set in the 
cloudes, and it shal be the token of my coue- 
naunt betwene me and y earth : so that wha. 

brynge cloudes vpon the earth, the bowe 
shal appeare in the cloudes. And then wyll I 
thynke vpon my couenaunt betwixte me and 
you and all lyuynge creatures in all maner of 
flesh : so that from hence forth there shall no- 
more come eny floude of water to destroye 
all flesh. Therfore shall my bowe be in the 
cloudes, that I maye loke vpon it, and remem- 
bre the euerlastynge couenaunt, betwixte God 
and all liuynge creatures in all flesh that is 
vpon earth. God sayde also vnto Noe : This 
is the toke of the couenaunt, which I haue 
made betwene me and all flesh vpon earth. 

The sonnes of Noe which wente out of the 
Arke, are these : Sem, Ham and Iaphet. 



26. e. Apo. 13. 



s Gen. 1. i 

Ecclesiastici 44. 



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As for Ham, he is the father of Canaa. These 
are Noes thre sonnes, of whom all londes were 
ouerspred. 
2J Noe beganne to take hede vnto y tyllinge 
of the grounde, g planted a vyniarde. "And 
dranke of the wyne, and was dronken, and 
laye vncouered in his tente. Now when Hi. 
the father of Canaan sawe his fathers preuities, 
he tolde his two brethren without. The toke 
Sem and Iaphet a mantell and put it vpo 
both their shulders, and wente backwarde, 
and couered their fathers secretes : g their 
faces were turned asyde, y they shulde not se 
their fathers preuyties. 

So whan Noe awaked from his wyne, and 
perceaued what his yonger sonne had done 
vnto him, he sayde : Cursed be Canaan, and 
a seruaunt of seruauntes be he vnto his 
brethren. He sayde morouer: Praysed be 
the LORDE God of Sem, and Canaan be 
his seruaunt. God increase Iaphet, and let 
him dwell in the tentes of Sem, and Canaan 
be his seruaunt. 

And Noe lyued after the floude thre hun 
dreth g fiftie yeare, so y his whole age was 
ix. hudreth and fyftie yeare, and so he dyed, 

Cftc jr. Chapter. 

THIS is the generacion of the childre of 
Noe, Sem, Ham, and Iaphet, g they 
begat children after the floude. 

b The children of Iaphet are these : Gomer, 
Magog, Madai, Iauan, Tubal, Mesech, and 
Thyras. The childre of Gomer are these : 
Ascenas, Riphat and Togarma. The children 
of Iauan are these : Elisa, Tharsis, Cithim 
and Dodanim : Of these are deuided the lies 
of y Heithen in their countrees, euery one 
after his speach, kynred and people. 

The childre of Ham are these : Chus, 
Misraim, Phut and Canaan. The children 
of Chus are these : Seba, Heuila Sabtha, 
Reyma and Sabthecha. 

The children of Reyma are these : Sheba 
and Deda. Chus also begat Nemrod, which 
beganne to be mightie in the earth, and was 
a mightie hunter in the sight of the LORDE. 
Therof commeth the prouerbe: This is a 
mightie hunter before the LORDE like as 
Nemrod. And the origenall of his kyngdome 
was c Babel, Erech, Acad g Chalne in y londe 
of Synear. Out of that lode came Assur, 

Esa. 5. a. Matt. 21. a. b 1 Par. 1. a. c Gen. 11. b. 



and buylded Niniue, and f stretes of y cite, 
and Calah, and Ressen betwene Ninyue ct 
Calah: This is a greate cite/ Mizraim begat 
Ludim, Enamim, Leabim, Naphtuhim, Pa- 
thrusim g Casluhim, from whence came the 
Philistynes and Capthorims. Canaa also be- 
gat Zidon his eldest sonne, g Heth, Iebusi, 
Emori, Girgosi, Hiui, Arki, Sini, Aruadi, 
Zemari g Hamati: fro whence y kynreds of 
y Cananites are dispersed abrode. And f 
Coastes of y Cananites were fro Sido forth 
thorow Gerar vnto Gasa, tyll thou comest 
vnto Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama, Zeboim, 
vnto Lasa. These are the children of Ham 
in their kynreds, tunges, londes g people. 
And Sem which is y father of all the children 
of Eber, g the elder brother of Iaphet, begat 
childre also. And these are his children: EJa, 
Assur, Arphachad, Lud g Aram. The childre 
of Aram are these : Vz, Hul, Gether g Mas. 

And Arphachsad begat Sala, and Sala 
begat Eber. Eber begat two sonnes : the 
name of the one was Peleg, because that in 
his tyme the worlde was deuyded, and his 
brothers name was Iaketan, And laketan 
begat Almodad, Saleph, Hazarmaphet, Iarah, 
Hadoram, Vsal, Dikela, Obal, Abimael, Seba, 
Ophir, Heuila g Iobab : All these are f 
childre of Iaketan. And their dwellynge was 
from Mesa, tyll thou come vnto Sephar a 
mountayne of f east. These are y children 
of Sem in their generacions, tunges, londes 
and people. 

This is now y generacion of y children of 
Noe in their kynredes g people. Of these 
were y people vpon earth spred a brode after 
y floude. 

Cfie rt. Chapter. 

MOROUER all the worlde had one 
tonge g language. Now as they wente 
*towarde the East, they founde a playne in 
y londe of Synear, g there they dwelt, g saide 
one to another : Come on, let vs make bryck 
g burne it. And they toke bryck for stone, g 
slyme for morter, And sayde : Come, let vs 
buylde a cite g a tower, whose toppe maye 
reach vnto heaue, y we maye make vs a 
name, afore we be scatred abrode in all londes. 
Then came y LORDE downe, to se y cite g 
tower, y y childre of me had buylded. And 
y LORDE saide : Beholde, the people is one, 

a Ions 1. a. * Some reade : fro the east. 



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g haue one maner of language amoge the all, 

this haue they begonne to do, g wil not 
leaue of from all y they haue purposed to do. 
Come on, let vs go downe, g cofounde their 
tonge eue there, y one vnderstonde not what 
another saieth. "Thus y LORDE scatred the 
fro thece in all lodes, so y they left of to 
buylde the cite. Therfore is it called Babell, 
because the LORDE cofounded there the 
language of all the worlde, and from thece 
scatred them abrode in to all londes. 

These are y generacions of Sem. Sem 
was an hundreth yeare olde, and begat Ar- 
phachsad two yeare after the floude, and lyued 
therafter fyue hudreth yeare, and begat sonnes 
and doughters. 

Arphachsad was fiue g thirtie yeare olde, 
and begat Salah, and lyued therafter foure 
hundreth and thre yeare, and begat sonnes g 
doughters. 

Salah was thirtie yeare olde, and begat 
Eber, g lyued therafter foure hudreth g thre 
yeare, g begat sonnes and doughters. 

Eber was foure and thirtie yeare olde, g 
begat Peleg, and lyued therafter foure hun- 
dreth and thirtie yeare, and begat sonnes g 
doughters. 

Peleg was thirtie yeare olde, and begat 
Regu, and lyued therafter two hudreth and 
nyene yeare, and begat sonnes g doughters. 

Regu was two and thirtie yeare olde, and 
begat Serug, and lyued therafter two hun- 
dreth and seuen yeare, and begat sonnes and 
doughters. 

Serug was thirtie yeare olde, and begat 
Nahor, and lyued therafter two hundreth 
yeare, and begat sonnes g doughters. 

Nahor was nyene and twentye yeare olde, 
and begat Terah, and lyued therafter an 
hundreth and nyentene yeare, and begat sonnes 
and doughters. 

Terah was seuentie yeare olde, and begat 
Abram, Nahor and Haran. 

These are the generations of Terah : Terah 
begat Abram, Nahor and Haran. 'And Haran 
begat Lot, but Hara dyed before Terah his 
father in y londe where he was borne, at Vr 
in Chaldea. 

Then Abram and Nahor toke them wyues. 
Abrams wife was called Sarai, c g Nahors wyfe 



" Deu. 32. a. b Iosu. 24. a. 1 Par. 1. b. c Gen. 20. c. 
Gen. 22. d. d Iosu. 24. a. 2 Esd. 9. b. Iudit. 5. b. 

c Acto. 7. a. / Gen. 27. d. Gene. 18. c. Gen. 22. c. 



Milca the doughter of Haran, which was 
father of Milca and Iisca. But Sarai was 
baren, and had no childe. 

''Then toke Terah Abra his sonne, g Lot 
his sonne Harans sonne, g Sarai his doughter 
in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, g caried them 
with him from Vr in Chaldea, to go in to the 
lande of Canaan. And they came to Haran, 
ij dwelt there. And Terah was two hundreth 
g fyue yeare olde, and dyed in Haran. 

€ft« rrj. Cfiapter. 

AND y LORDE sayde vnto Abram: *Get 
the out of thy countre, and from thy 
kynred, and out of thy fathers house, in to a 
londe which I wil shew the. And I wil 
make of the a mightie people, and wyll blesse 
the, and make the a greate name, yee thou 
shalt be a very blessynge. ^1 wil blesse them 
that blesse the, and curse them that curse 
the : and in the shal all the generacions of 
the earth be blessed. 

Then wente Abram out, as the LORDE 
commaunded him, and Lot wente with him. 
Fyue g seuentie yeare olde was Abra, whan he 
wente out of Haran. So Abram toke Sarai 
his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, with all 
their goodes which they had gotten, and soules 
which they begat in Hara, and departed to go 
in to y londe of Canaan.? And whe they were 
come in to the same londe, he wente thorow. 
tyll he came vnto the place of Sichem, and 
vnto the Okegroue of More: *for y Cananites 
dwelt in y lode at y same time. 

Then the LORDE appeared vnto Abra 
g sayde: 'This londe wil I geue vnto thy sede. 
And there he buylded an aulter vnto y 
LORDE, which appeared vnto him. The 
brake he vp fro thece, vnto a mountayne 
laye on y east syde of the cite of Bethel, ~g 
pitched his tent : so y he had Bethel on the 
west side, and Ay on y east syde : g there 
buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE, 
g called vpon the name of the LORDE, 
Afterwarde departed Abram farther, g toke 
his iourneye southwarde. But there came a 
derth in the londe. 

Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to 
kepe himself there as a straunger, for the 
derth was sore in the londe. And whan h 



g Gen. 14. c. * Gen. 10. d. and 

* Gen. 17. a. 



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was come nye for to entre in to Egipte, he 
sayde vnto Sarai his wife : Beholde, I knowe 
y thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon. Now 
whan the Egipcians se the, a they wil saye : 
She is his wife, and so shal they slaye me, and 
saue the alyue. Therfore (I pray y) saye thou 
art my sister, that I maye fare the better by 
reason of the, and that my soule maye lyue 
for thy sake. 

Now whan he came in to Egipte, y Egip- 
cians sawe y woman, y she was very faire : (j 
Pharaos prynces sawe her also, j praysed her 
before him. Then was she brought in to Pha- 
raos house, and Abram was well intreated for 
hir sake : and he had shepe, oxe, and he Asses, 
seruauntes, maydes, she Asses and Camels. 

*But y LORDE plaged Pharao cj his house 
with greate plages, because of Sarai Abras 
wife. Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, 
and sayde : Why hast thou dealt thus with 
me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the 
first, y she was thy wife ? Why saydest thou 
then, that she was thy sister? Wherfore I toke 
her to my wife. And now lo, there is thy 
wife, take her, and go thy waye. He gaue 
his officers also a charge ouer him, to conveye 
him out, and his wife, and all that he had. 

€^e rttj. Chapter. 

SO Abra departed out ot Egipte, with his 
wife, (J with all y he had, & Lot with 
him also, towarde y south. Abram was very 
rich in catell, siluer j golde. And he wente 
on forth from the south vnto Bethel, vnto the 
place where his tent was at y first, betwene 
Bethel and Ay : euen vnto y place where he 
had made the altare before, g where he called 
vpon the name of the LORDE. Lot also 
which wente with him, had shepe, greate catell 
& tentes : so y the londe was not able to 
receauethem, that they might dwell together: 
for rf the substaunce of their riches was so 
greate, that they coude not dwell together. 
And there fell a strife betwene the hirdmen 
of Abrams catell, and the hirdmen of Lots 
catell. The Cananites also and the Pheresites 
dwelt at that tyme in the londe. 6 

Then sayde Abram vnto Lot : O let there 
be no strife betwene me and the, and betwene 
my hyrdmen and thine, for we are brethre. 
•^Is not all the whole londe open before the ? 



" Gen. 20. a. and 26. a. b Esa. 43. a. 
d Gen. 36. a. ' Gen. 12. b. / Eccll. 25. 



Gen. 12. 
Iere. 40. 



Departe fro me, I praye the. Yf thou wilt 
go to the left hande, I wil take the right : Or 
yf thou wilt go to the right hande, I wil take 
the left. Then Lot lift vp his eyes, and behelde 
all the countre rounde aboute Iorda, that it was 
a plenteous countre of water. For before the 
LORDE destroyed Sodoma and Gomorra, it 
was rounde aboute Zoar, euen as the pleasaunt 
garden of the LORDE, and as the londe of 
Egipte. 

Then Lot chose all the coastes of Iorda, 
and toke his iourney towarde f East. s And 
so the one brother departed from the other. 
Abram dwelt in the lande of Canaan, and 
Lot in the cities of the same coastes, and 
pitched his tent towarde Sodome. But y 
men of Sodome were wicked, and *synned 
exceadingly agaynst the LORDE. 

Now whan Lot was departed from Abram, 
the LORDE saide vnto Abram: Lift vp thine 
eyes, and loke from the place where thou 
dwellest, northwarde, southwarde, eastwarde, 
and westwarde : for all the londe that thou 
seist, wyll I geue vnto the 'and to thy sede for 
euer, and wyll make thy sede as the dust of 
the earth : so that yf a man can nombre the 
dust of the earth, he shall nombre thy sede 
also. Arise, and go thorow the londe, in the 
length and bredth, for I wyl geue it vnto the. 

So Abram remoued his tent, and k wente 
and dwelt in y Okegroue of Mamre, which is 
in Ebron, and buylded there an altare vnto 
the LORDE. 

Cf)t ptt}- Chapter. 

AND it chaunsed in the tyme of Amra- 
phel the kynge of Synear, Arioch 
the kynge of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer the kinge 
of Elam, (j Thydeal the kynge of y Heithen, 
That they made warre with Bera y kynge of 
Sodome, and with Birsa the kynge of Gomorra, 
I with Sineab the kynge of Adama, d with 
Semeaber the kynge of Zeboim, and with the 
kynge of Bela, which is called Zoar. The 
came all together in to the brode valley, 
where now the salt see is : for twolue yeares 
were they subiectes vnto kinge Kedorlaomer, 
(j in the thirtenth yeare they fell from him. 
Therfore in the fourtenth yeare came Kedor- 
laomer, and the kynges y were with him, (j 
smote the Giauntes in Astaroth Karnaim, g 



e Deut. 2. b. 



" Eze. 16. 
4 Gen. 14. 



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Susim at Ham, 5 Emim in the felde of Ki- 
riathaim, and f Horites in their owne mount 
Seir vnto the playne of Pharan, which bor- 
dreth vpo the wildernes. And then they 
turned, & came to the well of iudgment (which 
is Cades) (j smote all the countre of the Ama- 
lechites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in 
Hazezon Thamar. 

Then wente out the kynge of Sodome, & 
the kynge of Gomorra, & the kynge of Adama, 
and the kynge of Zeboim, and the kynge of 
Bela (called Zoar) j prepared them selues to 
fight in the brode valley with Kedorlaomer 
the kynge of Elam, & with Thideal f kynge 
of the Heithen, 5 with Amraphel y kynge of 
Synear, 5 with Arioch the kynge of Ellasar : 
foure kynges with fyue. And y brode valley 
had many slyme pyttes. But the kynge of 
Sodoma and Gomorra were put to flight, 5 
fell there, 5 the residue fled vnto y moun- 
taynes. Then toke they all the goodes at 
Sodoma and Gomorra, 5 all their vytales, j 
wente their waye. They toke Lot also Abrams 
brothers sonne, g his good (for he dwelt at 
Sodome) and departed. 

Then came one that had escaped, and tolde 
Abram the Aleaunt, which dwelt in the Oke- 
groue of " Mamre the Amoryte, which was the 
brother of Escol 5 Aner : for these were con- 
federate with Abram. 

6 Now whan Abram herde y his brother was 
taken, he harnessed his bonde seruauntes 
borne in his owne house, thre hundreth 5 
eightene, & folowed after them vntill Dan, 5 
deuyded the, & fell vpo them by night with 
his seruauntes, and smote the, and chased 
them awaye vnto Hoba, which lieth on y left 
hande of the cite of Damascos, "and brought 
agayne all the goodes, and also his brother 
Lot, and his goodes, y wemen also and the 
people. And as he came agayne from the 
slaughter of Kedorlaomer a of the kinges that 
were with him, the kynge of Sodome wente 
to mete him in to the playne felde, d which is 
called kynges dale. 

But Melchisedech the kynge of Salem 
brought forth bred and wyne. And he beynge 
the prest of the most hye God, e blessed him 
and sayde : Blessed be thou Abram vnto the 
most hye God possessor of heauen and earth. 



"Gen. 13. d. » Iosu. 10. b. lRe.SO.b. Iere.41. c. 
lob 39. b. d Num. 31. b. ' Hebr. 7. a. / Deu. 
10. d. Esa. 49. d. Iere. 33. d. * Ro. 4. d. e Psal. 



And praysed be God the Hyest, which hath 
delyuered thine enemies in to thy handes. 
And Abram gaue him tythes of all. 

Then sayde the kynge of Sodome vnto 
Abram: Geue me the soules, and take y 
goodes vnto thy self. But Abram sayde vnto 
the kinge of Sodome: I lift vp my honde 
vnto the LORDE the most hye God, possessor 
of heauen and earth, that I wyll not take of 
all that is thyne, so moch as a threde or a 
shue lachet, lest thou shuldest saye : I haue 
made Abram ryche : Saue onely that which 
the yonge men haue spent, and the men Aner 
Escol and Mamre, that wente with me, let 
them take their parte. 

Cfie rb. Cljapter. 

IT happened after these actes, y the worde 
of y LORDE came vnto Abra in a vysion, 
and sayde: Feare not Abram, I am thy 
shylde and thy exceadinge greate rewarde. 
But Abram sayde : LORDE LORDE, what 
wilt thou geue me ? I go childles, and the 
seruaunt of my house (this Eleasar of Da- 
mascos) hath a sonne. And Abram sayde 
morouer : Beholde, vnto me hast thou geuen 
no sede : and lo, the sonne of my housholde 
shal be myne heyre. And beholde, the worde 
of the LORDE spake vnto him, and saide : 
He shal not be thine heyre, but one that shal 
come out of thine owne body, he shal be 
thine heyre. And he bad him go forth, and 
sayde : Loke vp vnto heauen, -'and tell y 
starres : Canst thou nombre them ? And he 
sayde vnto him : * Euen so shal thy sede be. 

Abram beleued the LORDE, and y was 
counted vnto him for righteousnes. g And he 
sayde vnto him : I am y LORDE, t y brought 
the from Vr out of Chaldea, to geue y this 
londe to possesse it. But Abram sayde : 
LORDE LORDE, Wherby shall I knowe, 
that I shall possesse it ? And he sayde vnto 
him: Take a cow of thre yeare olde, ; 'and a 
she goate of thre yeare olde, and a ramme of 
thre yeare olde, and a turtyll doue, and a 
yonge pigeon. And he toke all these, and 
deuyded them in the myddes, and layde the 
one parte ouer agaynst the other, but the 
foules deuyded he not. And the foules fell 
vpo the flesh, but Abram droue them awaye. 



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* Iere. 34. d. 



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Now whan the Sonne beganne to go downe, 
there fell an heuy slepe vpo Abram. And 
lo, feare and greate darcknes fell vpon him 
And he sayde vnto Abram : knowe this of a 
suertye, that "thy sede shalbe a straiiger, in a 
londe that is not theirs. And they shall make 
bonde men of them, and intreate them euell 
foure hundreth yeares. But the people who 
they shal serue, wyl I iudge. Afterwarde 
shall they 'go forth with greate substaunce: 
and thou shalt departe vnto thy fathers in 
peace/ and shalt be buried in a good age. 
And after the fourth generation rf they shall 
come hither agayne, for the wickednes of f 
Amorites is not yet full. 

So whan the Sonne was downe, and it was 
waxed darcke : Beholde, there smoked a 
fornace, and a fyre brande wente betwene y 
partes. e The same daye made the LORDE 
a couenaut with Abram, and sayde : Vnto thy 
sede wil I geue this lode, from the water of 
Egipte, vnto the greate water Euphrates: 
the Kenytes, the Kenizites, the Kydmonites, 
the Hethites, the Pherezites, the Giauntes, 
the Amorites, the Cananites, the Gergesites, 
and the Iebusites. 



Cfie jrbt. CfjapUr. 

SARAI Abrams wife bare him no children : 
but she had an handmayde an Egipcian, 
whose name was Agar, and sayde vnto Abram: 
'Beholde, the LORDE hath closed me, that 
I can not beare. g Go in (I praye the) vnto 
my mayde : peraduenture I shalbe multiplied 
by her, more then by myself. And Abram 
herkened vnto the voyce of Sarai. Than 
Sarai Abrams wife toke Agar hir mayde f 
Egipcian (after they had dwelt ten yeare in 
the londe of Canaan) and gaue her vnto hir 
huszbande Abra, to be his wife. And he 
wente in vnto Agar, and she conceaued. Now 
whan she sawe y she had conceyued, she 
despysed hir mastresse. 

Then sayde Sarai vnto Abram : I must 
suffre wronge for thy sake. I layde my mayde 
by the : but now because she seyth, that she 
hath conceaued, I must be despysed in hir 
sight: the LORDE be iudge betwene me 
and the. And Abram sayde vnto Sarai : Be- 



° Act. 7. a. Exod. 12. f. Iudit. 5. b. Gala. 3. c. 

Exo. 12. e. c Gene. 25. a. d Deut. 20. c. ' Gen. 

24. a. 3 Re. 4. b. / Esa. 66. b. e Gen. 30. a. 



holde, thy mayde is vnder thine auctorite, do 
with her, as it pleaseth the. 

Now whan Sarai dealt hardly with her, 
she fled from her. But the angell of the 
LORDE founde her besyde a well of water 
in the wildernesse (euen by the well in the 
waye to Sur) and sayde vnto her: Agar Sarais 
maide, whence commest thou? ij whyther wylt 
thou go ? She sayde : I fle fro my mastresse 
Sarai. And the angel of the LORDE sayde 
vnto her : Returne to thy mastresse agayne, 
and submitte thyself vnder hir hande. 

And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto 
her : Beholde, I wil so encreace thy sede, that 
it shall not be nombred for multitude. And 
the angel of the LORDE sayde further vnto 
her: Beholde, thou art with childe,'' (j shalt 
bringe forth a sonne, and shalt call his name 
Ismael, because the LORDE hath herde thy 
trouble. He shal be a wylde man. His 
hande agaynst euery man, and euery mans 
hande agaynst him: and he shal dwel ouer 
agaynst all his brethren. 

And she called the name of the LORDE y 
spake vnto her : Thou art the God that seist 
me. For she sayde : Of a suertye I haue sene 
the back partes of him that sawe me. Ther- 
fore called she the well : The well of the 
liuinge that sawe me. Which (well) is be- 
twene Cades and Bared. 

And Agar bare Abram a sonne, 'and Abram 
called his sonnes name which Agar bare him, 
Ismael. And Abram was foure score yeare 
olde and sixe, whan Agar bare him Ismael. 

Cljf jftfj. Cfjaptor. 

NOW whan Abram was nyentye yeare 
olde and nyene, the LORDE appeared 
vnto him, g sayde vnto him : * I am the all- 
mightie God, walke before me, (j be vncor- 
rupte. And I wyll make my couenaunt 
betwene me & the, and wyl multiplye the 
exceadyngly. Then fell Abram vpon his face. 
And God talked furthur with him, and 
sayde : Beholde, It is I, and haue my coue- 
naut with the, and thou shalt be a father of 
many people. Therfore shalt thou nomore 
be called Abram, but thy name shal be 
Abraham : k For I haue made the a father of 
many nacions, g I wil multiplye the excead- 

h Gen. 17. c. Iudi. 13. b. ' Gal. 4. c. * Some 
reade I am the God Schadai (that is : plenteous in power, 
abundaunt, sufficiet, and full of all good.) * Rom. 4. c. 



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ingly, and wil make people of y, *yee and 
kynges also shal come out of the. Morouer I 
wil make my couenaut betwene me and the, 
& to thy sede after the thorow out their pos- 
terities, that it maye be an euerlastinge coue- 
naunt, so that I wyll be the God of the, and 
of thy sede after the. And vnto the and to 
thy sede after the, will I geue the lande, 
wherin thou art a straunger: euen all the 
lande of Canaan for an euerlastinge pos- 
session, and will be their God. 

And God sayde morouer vnto Abraham : 
Kepe my couenaunt then, thou and thy sede 
after the. This is my couenaunt which ye 
shal kepe betwene me and you, and thy sede 
after y thorow out their posterites. Euery 
manchilde that is amonge you, shalbe circum- 
cyded: and ye shall circumcyde the fore 
skynne of youre flesh. This same shalbe a 
token of the couenaunt betwene me and you. 
Euery manchilde whan it is eight dayes olde, " 
shalbe circiicyded thorow out youre posterities : 
In like maner all houszholde folkes borne at 
home, or bought, or eny other also that is a 
straiiger and not of thy sede. Thus shall my 
couenaunt be in youre flesh for an euer- 
lastinge couenaunt. And yf there shalbe 
any manchilde vncircumcided in the fore 
skinne of his flesh, his soule shalbe roted out 
from his people, because he hath broken my 
couenaunt. 

And God sayde vnto Abraham : Sarai thy 
wyfe shall nomore be called Sarai, but Sara 
shalbe hir name : for I will blesse her, and 
geue the a sonne of her. *I wil blesse her, 
and people shall come of her, yee and kynges 
of many people. Then fell Abraha vpo his 
face, and laughed, and sayde in his hert: 
Shal a childe be borne vnto me that am an 
hundreth yeare olde ? And shall Sara y is 
nyentie yeare olde, beare? And Abraha 
sayde vnto God : O that Ismael might lyue in 
thy sight. Then sayde God : c Yee euen Sara 
thy wyfe shall beare the a sonne, and thou 
shalt call his name Isaac : for with him wil I 
make my euerlastinge couenaunt, and with 
his sede after him. And as concernynge 
Ismael also, I haue herde thy request: Be- 
holde, I haue blessed him, and will increase 
him, and multiplye him exceadingly. d Twolue 



* Mat. 1. a. • Leui. 12. a. Gen. 21. a. b Matt. 1. a, 
'Gen. 16. c. Iudi.lS.b. 4 Re. 13. a. Luc. 1. c. ''Gen 
25. b. e Gen. 19. a. / 1 Re. 28. c. e Iudi. 19. b 



prynces shal he beget, and I wyll make a 
greate nacion of him. 

But my couenaunt wyll I make with Isaac, 
whom Sara shal beare vnto the, eue this tyme 
twolue moneth. And he left of talkynge 
with him, and God wente vp from Abraham. 
Than toke Abraham his sonne Ismael, and 
all the seruauntes borne in his house, and all 
that were bought, (as many as were men 
children in his house,) and circumcyded the 
foreskynne of their flesh, euen the same daye, 
as God had sayde vnto him. And Abraham 
was nyentie yeare olde and nyne, whan he 
cut of the foreskynne of his flesh. As for 
Ismael, he was thirtene yeare olde, whan the 
foreskynne of his flesh was circumcyded. Euen 
vpon one daye were they all circumcyded : 
Abraham, and Ismael his sonne, and all the 
men in his house, (whether they were borne 
at home, bought, or eny other straunger :) 
they were all circumcyded with him. 

€i)c ybii). Chapter. 

AND the LORDE apeared vnto him in 
the e Okegroue of Mamre, as he sat in 
his tent dore in the heate of y daie. And as 
he lift vp his eyes, and loked, beholde, there 
stode thre men ouer agaynst him. And whan 
he sawe them, he ranne to mete them from 
his tent dore, and bowed him self downe vpon 
the grounde, and sayde : -TORDE, yf I haue 
founde fauoure in thy sight, go not by thy 
seruaiit. There shalbe brought you a litle 
water, (t ye shall wash youre fete, j rest youre 
selues vnder the tre. g And I wyll fet you a 
morsell of bred, to comforte youre hertes 
withall, and then shall ye go youre wayes, for 
therfore are ye come to youre seruaunt. They 
sayde : do euen so as thou hast spoken. 

Abraham wente a pace in to the tent to 
Sara, and sayde : ; ' Make haist, & mengle thre 
peckes of fyne meele, knede it, and bake cakes. 
And he ranne to the beastes, (j fet a calf that 
was tender and good, and gaue it vnto a 
yonge man, which made it ready at once. 
And he toke butter and mylke and of the 
calfe that he had prepared, and set it before 
the, 'stode him self by them vnder the tre. 
(S they ate. Then saide they vnto him : 
where is Sara thy wyfe ? He answered 

Psal. 103. b. * Matt. 13. e. Luc. 13. b. ' Tol 

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within in y tent. Then sayde he : aboute 
this tyme twolue moneth, *(yf I lyue) I will 
come to the agayne, and Sara thy wyfe shal 
haue a sonne. And Sara herde that out of 
the tent dore, which was behynde his backe. 
And Abraham and Sara were both olde, & 
well stryken in age : so that it wente nomore 
with Sara after y maner of wemen : therfore 
laughed she with in hir self, and sayde: Now 
that I am olde (j my tlorde olde also, shal I 
yet geue my self to lust ? 

Then sayde y LORDE vnto Abraham : 
Wherfore doth Sara laugh, and saye : Is this 
true in dede, that I shal beare, and yet am 
olde ? Shulde eny soch thinge be to harde 
for the LORDE? " Aboute this tyme (yf I 
lyue) I wil come to the agayne, (j Sara shal 
haue a sonne. Then Sara denyed it, and 
sayde : I laughed not, for she was afrayed. But 
he sayde : It is not so, thou dyddest laughe. 
Then the men stode vp from thence, and turned 
them towarde Sodome : and Abraham wente 
with them, to brynge them on their waye. 

Then sayde the LORDE: How can I 
hyde from Abraham, y thinge that I wil do ? 
seynge he shal be a greate and mightie peo- 
ple, and all y people vpo earth shalbe blessed 
in him ? For I knowe him that he wil co- 
maunde his children and his housholde after 
him, to kepe the waye of y LORDE, and to do 
after right and conscience, that the LORDE 
maye bringe vpo Abraham what he hath 
promised him. And the LORDE sayde : 
There is a crie at Sodome and Gomorra, 
which is greate, d g their synnes are exceadinge 
greuous: therfore will I go downe (t se, whether 
they haue done all together, acordinge to that 
crye, c which is come before me, or not, that 
I maye knowe. And the men turned their 
face, and wete towarde Sodome. But Abra- 
ham stode still before y LORDE, and stepte 
vnto him, and sayde : 

Wilt thou then destroye the righteous with 
the vngodly ? Peradueture there maye be 
fiftie righteous within y cite : wilt thou de- 
stroye those, and not spare the place, for fiftie 
righteous sake that are therin ? That be farre 
fro the, y thou shuldest do this, and to slaye 
the righteous with the vngodly, and that the 
righteous shulde be as the vngodly. That be 
farre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all 



Some reade : As soone as the frute ca lyue. t 1 Pe 
3. a. Eccll. 25. a. - 4 Re. 4. b. Ro. 9. a. 



the worlde do acordinge to right ? And the 
LORDE sayde : Yf I fynde fiftie righteous 
at Sodome in the cite, I wil spare all the 
place for their sakes. 

Abraham answered, and sayde : O se, I 
haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the 
LORDE, howbeit I am but "'dust and aszhes. 
Peraduenture there maye be fyue lesse then 
fiftie righteous therin: Wilt thou then de- 
stroye the whole cite because of those fyue ? 
He sayde : yf I fynde fyue and fourtie therin, 
I will not destroye them. 

And he proceded further to speake vnto 
him, and sayde : Peraduenture there might 
be fourtie founde therin. And he sayde : 
I wil do nothinge vnto them for those fourtyes 
sake. Abraham sayde : Oh let not my 
LORDE be angrie, that I speake yet more. 
Peradueture there might be thirtie founde 
therin. And he sayde : Yf I fynde thirtie 
therin, I will do nothinge vnto them. And 
he sayde : O se, I haue taken vpon me to 
speake vnto my LORDE. 

Peradueture there might be twetie founde 
therin. He answered : I wyll not destroye 
them for those twenty es sake. And he sayde : 
O let not my LORDE be angrie, that I 
speake yet once more. Peraduenture there 
might be ten founde therin. He saide : I wil 
not destroye them for those ten sake. 

And the LORDE wente his waye, whan 
he had left talkynge with Abraham. And 
Abraham returned vnto his place. 

Che rtr. Chapter. 

IN the euenynge came the two angels vnto 
Sodome. And Lot sat vnder the gate of 
the cite. And whe he sawe them, he rose vp 
for to mete them, and bowed him self downe 
to the grounde vpon his face, & sayde : Se 
lordes, turne in (I praye you) in to youre 
seruauntes house, and tarye all night : let 
youre fete be waszshen, so maye ye ryse to- 
morow by tymes, and go youre waye. Neuer- 
theles they sayde : Nay, but we wyll byde in 
the stretes all night. c Then compelled he 
them sore : and they turned in vnto him, and 
came in to his house. And he made them 
a feast, and baked swete cakes, and t they ate. 
But before they wente to rest, the men of 
the cite of Sodome came and compased the 



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house rounde aboute, yonge and olde, all the 
people from all quai-ters, and called Lot, and 
sayde vnto him : Where are the me that came 
vnto the to night? Bringe them out here 
vnto vs, *that we maye knowe them. 

And Lot wente out at the dore vnto the, 
and shut the dore after him, and sayde : " O 
brethren, do not so wickedly. Beholde, I 
haue two doughters, which yet haue knowne 
no man : them will I brynge out vnto you, do 
with them as it liketh you. Onely do nothinge 
vnto these men of God, for therfore are 
they come vnder the shadowe of my rofe. 
But they sayde : Come thou hither. Then 
sayde they : Camest not thou onely herin as 
a straunger, and wilt thou now be a iudge ? 
Wei, we will deale worse with the the with 
them. 

And they pressed sore vpon y man Lot. 
'And whan they ranne to, and wolde haue 
broken vp the dore, the men put out their 
hondes, and pulled Lot vnto them in to the 
house, and shut to the dore. And the men 
at y dore of the house were c smytte with 
blyndnesse both small and greate, so that 
they coude not fynde the dore. 

And y men saide vnto Lot : Hast thou 
yet here eny sonne in lawe, or sonnes or 
doughters? Who so euer belongeth vnto the 
in the cite, brynge him out of this place : for 
we must destroye this place, because the crye 
of them is greate before the LORDE, which 
hath sent vs to destroye them. Then wente 
Lot forth, and spake to his sonnes in lawe, 
which shulde haue maried his doughters, and 
sayde : O stonde vp, and get you out of this 
place, for the LORDE wyll destroye this cite. 
Neuertheles they toke it but for a sporte. 

Now whan the mornynge arose, the angels 
caused Lot to spede him, and sayde : d Stonde 
vp, take thy wife £ thy two doughters which 
are at hande, that thou also perishe not in the 
synne of this cite. But whyle he prolonged 
the tyme, the men caught him and his wife, 
and his two doughters by the hande (because 
the LORDE was mercifull vnto him,) and 
brought him forth, a set him without the cite. 
And whe they had brought him out, they 
sayde : Saue thy soule, and loke not behynde 
the, nether stonde thou in all this countre : 
Saue thy self vpon the mountayne, that thou 



* Leui. 18. c. " Iudic. 19. b. b 2 Pet. 2. c. 

4 Re. 6. d. d Sap. 10. b. c Esa. 13. d. Iere. 50. g. 



perish not. Then sayde Lot vnto the : Oh 
no my LORDE, beholde, in as moch as thy 
seruaut hath founde grace in thy sight, now 
make thy mercy greate, which thou hast 
shewed vnto me, in that thou sauest my soule 
alyue. I can not saue my self vpon the 
mountayne. There might some mysfortune 
fall vpon me, that I shulde dye. Beholde, 
here is a cite by, that I maye flye vnto, and it 
is a litle one : let me saue myself there in. Is 
it not a litle one, that my soule maye lyue j 

Then sayde he vnto him : Beholde, I haue 
loked vpon the in this poynte also, that I will 
not ouerthrowe the cite, wherof thou hast 
spoken. Haist the, and saue thy self there 
for I can do nothinge tyll thou be come 
thither. Therfore is the cite called Zoar. 
And the Sonne was vp vpon the earth, whan 
Lot came in to Zoar. 

e Then the LORDE caused brymstone and 
fyi'e to rayne downe from the LORDE out 
of heauen vpon Sodoma and Gomorra, and 
ouerthrew those cities, the whole region, and 
all that dwelt in the cities, and that that 
grew vpon the earth. -'And his wife loked 
behynde her, and was turned in to a pillar of 
salt. 

Abraham rose vp early in the momynge, 
and gat him vnto the place, = where he had 
stonde before the LORDE, and turned his 
face towarde Sodoma and Gomorra, and all v 
londe of that countre, and loked. And be- 
holde, there rose vp a smoke from y countre, 
as it had bene f smoke of a fornace. For 
whan God destroyed y cities of the region, he 
thought vpon Abraham, and conueyed Lot 
out of the cities which he ouerthrew, wherin 
Lot dwelt. 

And Lot depai-ted out of Zoar, and dwelt 
in the mountaynes with both his daughters 
(for he was afrayed to tary at Zoar) and so re- 
mayned he in a caue with both his daughters. 
Then sayde y elder vnto the yonger: Oure 
father is olde, and there is not a man more 
vpon earth, that can come in vnto vs after the 
maner of all the woiide. Come therfore, let 
vs geue oure father wyne to drynke, and lye 
with him, that we maye saue sede of oure 
father. So they gaue their father wyne to 
drynke that same night. And the elder 
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and he perceaued it not, nether when she 
laye downe, ner when she rose vp. 

On the morow the elder sayde vnto the 
yonger : Beholde, yesternight laye I with my 
father : let vs geue him wyne to drynke this 
night also : that thou mayest go in and lye 
with him, that we maye saue sede of oure 
father. So they gaue their father wyne to 
drynke that night also : And the yonger arose 
like wyse, and laye with him: £ he perceaued 
it not, nether when she laye downe, ner when 
she rose vp. 

Thus were both the doughters of Lot with 
childe by their father. And the elder bare a 
sonne, and called him Moab, of whom come 
y Moabytes vnto this daye. And y yonger 
bare a sonne also, and called him the sonne 
Ammi, of whom come the children of Ammon 
vnto this daye. 

Che rr. Chapter. 

AS for Abraham, he departed thence, in 
to the south countre, and dwelt betwixte 
Cades and Sur, and was a straunger at Gerar, 
and sayde of Sara his wife : " She is my sister. 
Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for 
her, and caused her be fett awaye. 

But God came to Abimelech by night in a 
dreame, & sayde vnto him : Beholde, thou art 
but a deed man, for the womans sake which 
thou hast taken, for she is a mans wife. 
Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched 
her, and sayde : LORDE, wilt thou sley a 
righteous people ? Sayde not he vnto me : 
she is my sister? Yee and sayde not she 
her self also : he is my brother ? With a 
pure hert 5 with innocent handes haue I done 
this. 

And God sayde vnto him in a dreame : I 
knowe that thou dyddest it with a pure hert, 
and therfore I kepte the, that thou shuldest 
not synne agaynst me, nether haue I suffred 
the to touch her. Now therfore delyuer the 
man his wife ageyne, for he is a prophet : and 
let him pray for y, and thou shalt lyue. But 
and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne, be sure 
that thou shalt dye the death, and all that is 
thine. 

Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the 
mornynge, and called all his seruauntes, and 
tolde all these thinges in their eares, and the 
men were sore afrayed, and Abimelech called 

" Gen. 12. c. and 26. a. b Gen. 12. c. *Gen. If 



Abraham, and sayde vnto him : Wherfore 
hast thou done this vnto vs ? And what haue 
I offended y, that thou shuldest brynge on 
me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne ? 
Thou hast not dealt with vs, as a man shulde 
deale. And Abimelech saide morouer vnto 
Abraham: What sawest thou, y thou hast 
done this thinge ? 

Abraham sayde : I thought : Peraduenture 
there is no feare of God in this place, g they 
shall sleye me for my wifes sake, And of a 
trueth she is my sister, for she is my fathers 
doughter, but not my mothers doughter, and 
is become my wife. So whan God charged 
me to wadre out of my fathers house, I sayde 
vnto her : Shew this kyndnes vpon me, that, 
where so euer we come, thou saye of me, *that 
I am thy brother. 

Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen 
seruauntes and maydens, and gaue them vnto 
Abraham, and delyuered him Sara his wife 
agayne, and sayde : Beholde, my londe 
stondeth open before the, dwell where it 
liketh the. And vnto Sara he sayde : Be- 
holde, I haue geuen thy brother a thousande 
syluer pens : lo, he shalbe vnto the a couer 
ynge of" the eyes, for all that are with the, 
and euery where, and a sure excuse. 

As for Abraham, he prayed vnto God 
Then God healed Abimelech, and his wyfe, 
and his maydens, so that they bare childre. 
For afore the LORDE had closed all the 
matrices of Abimelechs house, because of 
Sara Abrahams wife. 

Che rrt. Chapter. 

THE LORDE also vysited Sara, acord 
inge *as he had promysed: (j dealt with 
her, euen as he had sayde. c And Sara was 
with childe, and bare Abraham a sonne in his 
olde age, euen in the tyme appoynted, like 
as God had spoken vnto him afore. And 
Abraham called his sonne which was borne 
vnto him (wh5 Sara bare him) Isaac, ^and 
circumcided him the eight daye, tlike as God 
commaunded him. An hundreth yeare olde 
was Abraha, whan his sonne Isaac was borne 
vnto him. 

And Sara sayde : God hath prepared a 
ioye for me, for who so euer heareth of it. 
wyll reioyse with me. She sayde morouer : 
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him a sonne in his olde age? And the childe 
grew, and was weened. And Abraham made 
a greate feast, in f daye whan Isaac was 
weened. 

And Sara sawe the sonne of Agar the 
Egipcian (whom she had borne vnto Abra- 
ham) that he was a mocker, and sayde vnto 
Abraham : " Cast out this bonde mayden and 
hir sonne, for this bonde maydes sonne shall 
not be heyre with my sonne Isaac. This 
worde displeased Abraham sore, because of 
his sonne. 

Neuertheles God sayde vnto him : let it 
not displease the because of the childe and 
the hand mayde : What so euer Sara hath 
sayde vnto the, folowe it, *for in Isaac shall 
the sede be called vnto the. c As for the 
bonde maydens sonne, I wyll make a people 
of him also, because he is of thy sede. 

Then Abraham rose vp early in the morn- 
ynge, and toke bred and a botell with water, 
and put it vpon Agars shulders, and gaue her 
the childe, and sent her awaye. Then de- 
parted she, and wandred out of the waye in 
y wyldernes beside Berseba. Now whan the 
water in the botell was out, she layed the 
childe vnder a bush, and wente, and sat hir 
downe ouer on y other syde, a bowe shote of. 
For she sayde : I can not se the childe dye. 
And she sat hir downe ouer on y other syde, 
and lifte vp hir voyce, and wepte. 

Then God herde the voyce of the childe, 
and the angell of God called vnto Agar out 
of heauen, and sayde vnto her : What ayleth 
the, Agar ? Feare not, for God hath herde 
f voyce of the childe, where he lyeth. Aryse 
and take the childe, and holde him by the 
hande, rf for I wyll make a greate people of 
him. <And God opened hir eyes, that she 
sawe a well of water. 

Then wente she and fylled y botell with 
water, and gaue y childe drynke. And God 

3 with the childe, which grew vp, and 
dwelt in y wildernes, and became a connynge 
archer, and dwelt in y wildernes of Pharan, 
and his mother toke him a wyfe out of the 
londe of Egipte. 

f At the same tyme talked Abimelech and 
Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham, and 
sayde : God is with the in all that thou doest. 

" Iudic. 11. a. Galat. 4. c. b Rom. 9. a. c Gen. 

17. c. rf Gen. 17. c. e Esa. 41. c. / Gen. 26. d. 



Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that 
thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner 
my childers children : but that thou shalt 
shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou 
art a straunger) s the same kyndnesse that I 
haue done vnto the. 

Then sayde Abraham: I wyll sweare. And 
Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of 
water, * which Abimelechs seruauntes had 
taken awaye by violence. Then answered 
Abimelech : I knewe not who dyd it, nether 
dyddest thou tell me, and I haue not herde of 
it but this daye. 

The toke Abraham shepe and oxen, and 
gaue them vnto Abimelech, and they both 
made a bonde together. And Abraham set 
seuen lambes by them selues. Then sayde 
Abimelech vnto Abraha : What meane those 
seuen lambes, which thou hast set by them 
selues? He answered: seue lambes shalt 
thou take of my hande, that they maye be 
wytnes vnto me, that I haue dygged this well, 
Therfore is the place called Berseba, because 
they sware there both together. And so they 
made the bonde at Berseba. 

Then rose Abimelech and Phicol his chefe 
captayne, and departed agayne in to the londe 
of y Philistynes. And Abraham planted 
trees at Berseba, and called vpon the name of 
the LORDE y euerlastinge God, and was 
straunger in f londe of the Philistynes a 
longe season. 

Cfie rrrj. Chapter. 

AFTER these actes God tempted Abra- 
ham, *" and sayde vnto him : Abraham. 
And he answered : I am here. And he sayde : 
Take thy sonne, this onely sonne of thine, 
eue Isaac whom thou louest, and go thy waye 
in to the londe of Moria, (j offre him there 
for a burntofferynge, vpon a mountayne that 
I shal shew the. Then Abraham stode vp 
by tymes in the mornynge, and sadled his 
Asse, and toke with him two yonge men, and 
his sonne Isaac, and cloue wodd for the brent 
offerynge, gat him vp, and wente on vnto the 
place, wherof the LORDE had sayde vnto 
him. 

Vpon the thirde daye Abraham lift vp his 
eyes, and sawe the place a farre of, and sayde 
vnto his yonge me : Tary ye here with the 



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Asse: as for me and the childe, we wyl go 
yonder : and whan we haue worshipped, we 
wyll come to you againe. And Abraha toke 
the wodd to the brentofferynge, and layed it 
vpon Isaac his sonne. As for him self, he 
toke the fyre and a knyfe in his hande, and 
wente on both together. 

Then sayde Isaac vnto his father Abraham : 
My father. Abraham answered: here I am, 
my sonne. And he sayde : lo, here is fyre 
and wodd, but where is the shepe for the 
brentofferynge ? Abraham answered : My 
sonne, God shall prouyde him a shepe for the 
brentofferynge. And they wente both together. 

And whan they came to the place which 
God shewed him, Abraham buylded there an 
altare, and layed the wodd vpon it, and bande 
his sonne Isaac, layed him on the altare, 
aboue vpo the wodd, and stretched out his 
hande, and toke the knyfe, to haue slayne his 
sonne. 

Then the angell of the LORDE called 
from heauen vnto him, and sayde : Abraham 
Abraham. He answered: Here am I. He 
sayde : Laye not thy handes vpon the childe, 
j do nothinge vnto him : "for now I knowe 
that thou fearest God, and hast not * spared 
thine onely sonne for my sake. Then Abra- 
ham lift vp his eyes, and sawe behynde him a 
ramme, holde fast by the homes in the breres, 
and wente, and toke the ramme, and offred 
him for a brent sacrifice, in steade of his 
ne. And Abraham called the place : The 
LORDE shall prouyde. Therfore it is a 
comon sayenge yet this daye : Vpon the 
mountayne shal the LORDE prouyde. 

And the angell of the LORDE cryed vnto 
Abraham from heauen the seconde tyme, and 
sayde : * I haue sworen by myne owne self 
(sayeth the LORDE) that for so moch as 
thou hast done this, and hast not spared thine 
onely sonne, I wyll prospere and multiplye 
thy sede as the starres of heauen, and as the 
sonde vpon the see shore. c And thy sede 
shall possesse the gates of his enemies: and 
thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth 
be blessed, because thou hast herkened vnto 
my voyce. 

So Abraham turned ageyne to the yonge 
men, and they gat vp, and wente together 
vnto Berseba, and dwelt there. 



1 Mac. 2. f. * Ro. 8 
c. c Gen. 24. er. 



6 Heb. 6. b. Ecclesiastici 
+ Gen. 12. a. Galat. 3. b. 



After these actes it fortuned, that it was 
tolde Abraham : Beholde, Milca hath borne 
children also vnto thy brother Nahor: namely, 
t Hus y eldest, and $ Bus his brother, and 
Kemnel, of whom came the Syrians: and 
Cesed, and Haso, and Pildas, and Iedlaph 
and Bethuel. And Bethuel begat Rebecca 
These eight dyd Milca beare vnto Nahor 
Abrahams brother. And his concubyne called 
Rehuma, bare also : namely, Theba, Sahan, 
Thahas, and Maacha. 

Cfic jrrttj. Chapter. 

SARA was an hundreth and seue and 
twentye yeare olde : so longe lyued she, 
and dyed in the head cite which is called 
Hebron, in the lande of Canaan. d Then 
wente Abraham, to mourne and wepe for her. 
Afterwarde he stode vp from his coarse, and 
talked with the Hethites, (j sayde: I am a 
strauger and an indweller amonge you, geue 
me a possession to bury in with you, that I 
maye bury II my coarse by me. 

Then the Hethites answered Abraham, and 
sayde vnto him : O heare lorde, thou art a 
prynce of God amonge vs : bury thy dead in 
the best of oure sepulcres, there shall none of 
vs forbyd y, that thou shuldest not bury thy 
deed in his sepulcre. Then Abraham stode 
vp, and thanked the people of y londe : 
namely the Hethites. 

And he talked with them, and sayde : Yf 
it be yourc wyll that I burye my coarse by 
me, heare me the, j speake for me to Ephron 
the sonne of Zoar, that he maye geue me the 
dubble caue, which he hath in y ende of his 
felde. For a reasonable money let him geue 
it me, for a possession to burye in amoge you. 
For Ephron dwelt amonge the Hethites. 

Then answered Ephron the Hethite vnto 
Abraham, that the Hethites might heare, 
before all that wente out and in at the gates 
of his cite, and sayde: No my lorde, but 
heare me : As for the felde, and the caue also 
that is therin, I geue it the : and in the sight 
of my people I geue it the, to burye thy 
deed in. 

Then Abraham thanked the people of the 
londe, and talked with Ephron, that the people 
of the londe might heare, and sayde : Heare 
me then, Receaue of me the money that I 

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geue the for the felde, and so wyll I burye my 
deed there. 

Ephron answered Abraham, and sayde 
vnto him : Heare me my lorde : The felde is 
worth foure hundreth Sycles of syluer: but 
what is that betwixte me and the? Burye 
thy deed. Abraham herkened vnto Ephron, 
and weyed him the money which he had 
sayde, that the Hethites might heare : namely 
foure hundreth syluer sycles of currant money 
amonge marchauntes. 

Thus Ephrons felde (where in the dubble 
caue is) which lyeth ouer before Mamre, 
euen the felde and the caue, was made sure 
for Abrahams owne good, with all the trees of 
the felde also rounde aboute, in the sight of 
the Hethites, and of all that go out and in at 
the gates of his cite. Then Abraham buried 
Sax-a his wife in the dubble caue of the felde, 
that lyeth ouer before Mamre (that is, Hebron) 
in the londe of Canaan. So the felde and 
the caue therin was made sure of the Hethites 
vnto Abraham, for a possession to bury in. 

Che rituj. Chapter. 

ABRAHAM was olde and well stricken in 
age, and the LORDE had blessed him 
in all thinges. And he sayde vnto his eldest 
seruaunt of his house, which had the rule of 
all his goodes : " Laye thine hade vnder my 
thye, that I maye make the sweare by y 
LORDE the God of heauen and earth, that 
thou *take no wife vnto my sonne amonge y 
doughters of y Cananites, (amonge whom I 
dwell) but that thou go in to my countre, 
and * to myne owne kynred, and brynge my 
sonne Isaac a wife. 

The seruaunt sayde : What and the woman 
wyl not folowe me in to this countre ? shal I 
then cary thy sonne agayne in to yonder londe, 
where thou earnest out of? Abraham sayde 
vnto him : Beware of that, that thou brynge 
not my sonne thither agayne. The LORDE, 
the God of heauen, which toke me fro my 
fathers house and from the londe of my 
kynred, and that talked with me, and sware 
also vnto me, and sayde : c Vnto thy sede 
wyll I geue this londe : Euen he shall sende 
his angell before the, that thou maiest brynge 
my sonne a wife from thence. But yf the 
woman wyll not folowe the, thou art dis- 
charged of this ooth: onely brynge not my 

" Gen. 47. g. * Gen. 28. a. Deut. 7. a. *Gen. 11. d. 



sonne thither agayne. Then y seruaunt layed 
his hade vnder his master Abrahams thye, 
and sware the same vnto him. 

So the seruaunt toke ten Camels of the 
Camels of his master and departed, and had 
with him of all maner of goodes of his master, 
and gat him vp, and departed vnto Mesopo- 
tamia, to the cite of Nahor. Then let he the 
Camels lye downe without before the cite 
besyde a well of water in the euenynge, aboute 
the tyme that the wemen vsed to go forth, 
and to drawe water. And he sayde : 

O LORDE, thou God of my master Abra- 
ham, mete me to daye, and shew mercy vnto 
my master Abraham. Lo, I stonde here 
besyde the well of water, (5 the mens doughters 
of this cite wyll come forth to drawe water : 
Now yf there come a damsell, to whom I 
saye: bowe downe thy pytcher, & let me 
drynke, and yf she saye : drynke, and I wyll 
geue thy Camels drynke also : That y same 
be she, whom thou hast prouyded for thy 
seruaunt Isaac : u that I maye knowe by f 
same that thou hast shewed mercy vpon my 
master. 

And or euer he had left of speakynge, be- 
holde, Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel 
(which was the sonne of Milca, that was the 
wyfe of Nahor Abrahams brother) came forth, 
and bare a pytcher vpon hir shulder, and she 
was a very fayre damsell of face, and yet a 
virgin, and vnknowne of eny man : She wente 
downe to the well, and fylled hir pitcher, and 
came vp agayne. Then ranne the seruaunt 
to mete her, and sayde : Let me drynke a 
litle water out of thy pitcher. And she sayde : 
drynke syr. 

And haistely let she downe the pitcher in 
hir hande, and gaue him drynke. And whan 
she had geuen him drynke, she sayde : I wyll 
drawe for thy Camels also, tyll they haue 
dronke ynough. And she made haist, and 
poured out hir pitcher in to the trough, and 
ranne agayne to the well to drawe, and drew 
for all his Camels. The ma marueyled at 
her, and helde his tonge, tyll he knewe whether 
the LORDE had prospered his iourney or not. 

Now whan the Camels had all dronken, he 
toke a golde earynge of half a Sycle weight, 
and two bracelettes for hir handes, weynge 
ten Sycles of golde, and sayde : Doughter, 
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vs in thy fathers house to lodge in ? She sayde 
vnto him : I am the doughter of Bethuel, the 
sonne of My lea, "whom she bare vnto Nahor. 
And sayde morouer vnto him : We haue 
plentye of litter and prouender, and rowme 
ynough to lodge in. 

Then the man bowed himself, and thanked 
the LORDE, and sayde : Praysed be the 
LORDE the God of my master Abraham 
which hath not withdrawen his mercy and his 
trueth fro my master, for the LORDE hath 
brought me the waye to my masters brothers 
house. And the damsell ranne and tolde all 
this in hir mothers house. And Rebecca had 
a brother called Laban. 

And Laban ranne to the man without by 
the well syde : and that came by the reason 
that he sawe the earynges, and the bracelettes 
vpon his sisters handes, and herde the wordes 
of Rebecca his syster, that she sayde : thus 
spake the man vnto me. 

And whan he came to the man, beholde, 
he stode by the Camels at the well syde. 
And he sayde : Come in * thou blessed of the 
LORDE, wherfore stondest thou without ? I 
haue dressed the house, and made rowme for 
y Camels. So he brought the man in to y 
house, and vnbridled the Camels, and gaue 
them litter and prouender, and water to wash 
his fete, and the mens that were with him, 
and set meate before him. 

Neuertheles he sayde : I wil not eate, tyll 
I haue fyrst tolde myne earade.* They an- 
swered : Tell on. He sayde : I am Abra- 
hams seruaunt, and the LORDE hath pros- 
pered my master richely, so y he is become 
greate : and he hath geuen him shepe and 
oxe, syluer and golde, seruauntes and maidens, 
Camels and Asses : yee and c Sara my masters 
wife hath borne my master a sonne in hir olde 
age : vnto him hath he geuen all that he hath. 

And my master hath taken an ooth of me 
and saide : Thou shalt not take a wife for my 
sonne amonge the doughters of the Cananites, 
in whose lande I dwell, but go thy waye to my 
fathers house and to myne owne kynred, and 
there take a wyfe for my sonne. But I sayde 
vnto my master : What and the woman wyl 
not folowe me ? Then sayde he vnto me : 
The LORDE (before whom I walke) shall 
sende his angell with the, and prospere thy 
iourney, that thou mayest take a wife for my 

" Gen. 22. d. * Some reade thou beloued. 



sonne of myne owne kynred, and of my fathers 
house. And so whan thou commest to my 
kynred, yf they geue her not vnto y, thou 
shalt be discharged of myne oothe. 

So I came this daye vnto the well of water, 
and sayde : O LORDE thou God of my 
master Abraham, Yf thou hast prospered my 
iourney that I go : Beholde, I stonde here by 
the well of water : Now yf there come forth a 
virgin to draw water, and I saye vnto her: 
geue me a litle water to drinke out of thy 
pitcher, and she saye vnto me : Drynke thou, 
and I wyll drawe water for thy Camels also : 
that the same be the woma, which the LORDE 
hath prouyded for my masters sonne. Now 
or euer I had spoken out these wordes in my 
hert, beholde, Rebecca commeth forth with a 
pitcher vpon hir shulder, and goeth downe to 
the well, and draweth. 

Then sayde I : geue me a drynke. And 
immediatly she toke downe the pitcher fro 
hir shulder, and sayde: drynke, and I wyll 
geue thy Camels drynke also. So I dranke, 
and she gaue the Camels also to drynke. 
And I axed her, and sayde : Doughter, whose 
art thou ? She answered : I am y doughter 
of Bethuel the sonne of Nahor, whom Milca 
bare vnto him. Then layed I the earinge 
vpon hir face, and the bracelettes vpon hir 
handes, and bowed myself, and thanked the 
LORDE, and praysed the God of my master 
Abraham, which had brought me y right waye, 
to take my masters brothers doughter vnto 
his sonne. 

Yf ye be they then that shew mercy and 
faithfulnes vnto my master, tell me : Yf not, 
yet tell me, that I maye turne me to y right 
hande or to the left. 

Then answered Laban and Bethuel, and 
sayde: This is come of the LORDE, ther- 
fore can we saye nothinge agaynst the, nether 
euell ner good. There is Rebecca before the, 
take her, and go thy waye, that she maye be 
thy masters sonnes wife, as the LORDE hath 

yde. When Abrahams seruaunt herde these 
wordes, he bowed him self vnto the LORDE 
flat vpon the earth, and toke forth Iewels of 
syluer and golde, and rayment, and gaue them 
vnto Rebecca. But vnto hir brethren and the 
mother, he gaue spyces. Then he ate and 
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But in the mornynge he arose, and sayde : 
Let me departe vnto my master. Neuer- 
thelesse hir brother and hir mother sayde : 
Let the damsell tary with vs at the leest ten 
dayes, and then shall she go. Then sayde he 
vnto them : holde me not, for the LORDE 
hath prospered my iourney : let me go, that I 
maye departe vnto my master. Then sayde 
they: let vs call the damsell, and axe her, 
what she sayeth therto. And they called 
Rebecca, and sayde vnto her : Wilt thou go 
with this man ? 

And she answered: Yee I wyll go with 
him. So they let Rebecca their syster go 
with hir norse and Abrahams seruaunt, and 
his men. And they blessed Rebecca, and 
sayde vnto her : Thou art oure syster, growe 
in to many thousande tymes thousandes, and 
"thy sede possesse the gates of his enemies. 

So Rebecca gat hir vp with hir damsels, 
and satt them vpon the Camels, and wente 
their waye after the man. And the seruaunt 
toke Rebecca, and departed. 

As for Isaac, he was commynge from * the 
well of f liuynge g seynge, for he dwelt in 
the south countre, and was gone forth to his 
meditacions in the felde aboute the euen 
tyde. And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe, that 
there were Camels commynge. And Rebecca 
lift vp hir eyes, and sawe Isaac. Then lighted 
she of the Camell, and sayde vnto f seruaunt: 
What man is this, that commeth agaynst vs 
in the felde ? The seruaiit sayde : The same 
is my master. 

Then toke she hir cloke, and put it aboute 
her. And the seruaunt tolde Isaac all the 
earande that he had done. Then Isaac 
brought her in to his mother Saras tent, and 
toke Rebecca, and she became his wife, and 
he loued her. So Isaac was comforted ouer 
his mother. 

Clje rrb. Chapter. 

ABRAHAM toke another wife called 
Ketura, which bare him Simram 5 
Iaksan, Medan & Midian, Ieszbak and Suah. 
Iaksan begat Seba and Dedan. The children 
of Dedan were Assurim, Latusim, and Leu- 
mim. The children of Midian were Epha, 
Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaa. All these 
are the children of Ketura. And Abraham 
gaue all his goodes vnto Isaac : As for the 



children that he had of the concubynes, he 
gaue them giftes, and (whyle he yet lyued) 
he sent the awaye from his sonne Isaac, east- 
warde in to the east countre. 

This is the age of Abraham which he lyued ; 
euen an hundreth and fyue and seuentye 
yeare, and fell sicke and dyed in a good age, 
whan he was olde, * (j had lyued ynough and 
was gathered vnto his people. And his sonnes 
Isaac and Ismael buried him in the dubble 
caue in the felde of Ephron the sonne of 
Zoar the Hethite, which lyeth ouer before 
Mamre, c in the felde that Abraham bought 
of the Hethites. There was Abraham buried 
with Sara his wife. And after the death of 
Abraham God blessed his sonne Isaac. And 
he dwelt by the well of the lyuynge and 
seynge. 

This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams 
sonne, whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian 
bare vnto him. And these are the names of 
Ismaels children, of whom their kynredes are 
named. The eldest sonne of Ismael, Nebaioth, 
Cedar, Abdeel, Mibsan, Misma, Duma, Masa, 
Hadar, Thema, Iethur, Naphis, and Kedma. 
These are the childre of Ismael with their 
names in their courtes and cities Uwoluc 
londeprynces. And this is the age of Ismael, 
euen an hundreth and seuen and thirtie yeare, 
and he fell sicke and dyed, and was gathered 
vnto his people. He dwelt from Heuila vnto 
Sur towarde Egipte, as men go to the Assi- 
rians. And he dyed in the presence of all his 
brethren. 

This is the generacion of Isaac the sonne 
of Abraha. Abraham begat Isaac. Isaac 
was fourtye yeare olde, whan he toke to wyfe 
Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel f Syrian of 
Mesopotamia, 5 Sister of Laban the Syrian. 

Isaac besought the LORDE for his wyfe 
(because she was baren) and the LORDE 
was intreated, and Rebecca his wyfe con- 
ceaued. And the children stroue together in 
hir wombe. Then sayde she : Yf it shulde 
go so with me, why am I then with childe ? 
And she wente for to axe the LORDE. 
And the LORDE sayde vnto her: Two 
maner of folke are in thy wombe, and two 
maner of people shall be deuyded out of thy 
body, and the one nacion shall ouercome 
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Now whan the tyme came that she shulde 
be delyuered, " beholde, there were two twyns 
in hir wombe. The first that came forth, was 
reed, all rough as an hyde, and they called 
him Esau. Anone therafter came his brother 
forth, which helde the hele of Esau with his 
hade/ and they called him Iacob. Thre 
score yeare olde was Isaac, whan they were 
borne. And whan the boies were growne vp, 
Esau became an hunter, & an huszbande man. 
As for Iacob, he was a symple man, and dwelt 
in the tentes. And Isaac loued Esau, because 
he ate of his venison. But Rebecca loued 
Iacob. 

And Iacob dight a meace of meate. The 
came Esau from the felde, and was weery, and 
sayde vnto Iacob : Let me proue of y reed 
meace of meate, for I am fayntie (therfore is 
he called Edom.) But Iacob sayde: Sell me 
this daye thy byrthright. Esau answered: 
Lo, I must dye neuerthelesse, what good then 
shall my byrthright do me ? Iacob sayde : 
Then sweare vnto me euen this same daye. 
And he sware vnto him, and so he solde his 
byrthright vnto Iacob/ Then Iacob gaue 
him bred and that meace of ryse. And he 
ate and dronke, and stode vp, and wente his 
waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrth- 
right. 

Cfte yrbt. Chapter. 

THERE came a derth in the londe, pass- 
ynge the other rf that was in Abrahams 
tyme. And Isaac wente to Gerar, vnto 
Abimelech the kynge of y Philistynes. Then 
the LORDE appeared vnto him, and sayde : 
6 Go not downe in to Egipte, but tary in the 
lande that I shall saye vnto the. Be thou a 
strauger in this lande, and I wil be with the 
and blesse the. For vnto the and thy sede 
wyll I geue all this londe, and wyll perfourme 
myne ooth that I sware to thy father Abra- 
ham. And I wyll multiplye thy sede as the 
starres of heauen, •> and vnto thy sede wyll I 
geue all this londe, and thorow thy sede shall 
all nacions be blessed, because Abraham was 
obedient vnto my voyce, and kepte myne 
ordinaunces, my comaundementes, my sta- 
tutes, and my lawes. 

So Isaac dwelt at Gerar. And whan the 
men of the same place axed him of his wife, 



" Iosu. 24. a. ' Ose. 12. a. 
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c Heb. 12. c. d Gen. 
/ Gen. 15. c. and 22. c. 



he sayde : she is my sister. s For he was 
afrayed to saye : she is my wife, (thinkinge 
thus :) they might slaye me for Rebeccas 
sake, for she was beutifull to loke vnto. Now 
whan he had bene there a longe season, Abi- 
melech the kynge of the Phylistynes loked 
out at a wyndow, and sawe Isaac sportinge 
with Rebecca his wife. 

Then Abimelech called Isaac, and sayde 
Beholde, she is thy wyfe, why saydest thou 
then : She is my sister ? Isaac answered him : 
I thought, I might peraduenture haue died 
because of her. Abimelech saide : Why hast 
thou then done this vnto vs ? It coude lightly 
haue come to passe, that some of the people 
might haue lyen with thy wyfe, and so haddest 
thou broughte synne vpo vs. The Abimelech 
commaunded all the people, and sayde : Who 
so toucheth this man or his wyfe, shal dye the 
death. 

And Isaac sowed in that londe, and foude 
the same yeare an hundreth buszshels, for the 
LORDE blessed him. And he became a 
greate man, wente forth, and grew, tyll he 
was exceadinge greate, so that he had moch 
good in shepe and greate catell, and a greate 
housholde. Therfore had the Philistynes 
envye at him, ; 'and stopped all the welles, 
that his fathers seruauntes had dygged in the 
tyme of Abraham his father, and fylled them 
with earth, In so moch that Abimelech also 
himself sayde vnto him : Departe from vs, 
for thou art farre mightier then we. 

Then departed Isaac from thence, and 
pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and 
dwelt there. And whan he was satled, he 
caused to dygge vp the welles agayne, that 
they had dygged vp in his father Abrahas 
tyme, which the Philistynes had stopte after 
the death of Abraham, and he called the after 
f same names that his father had named them 
withall. 

Isaacs seruauntes also dygged in the valley, 
and there they founde a well of lyuinge water. 
' But the hyrdmen of Gerar stroue with Isaacs 
hyrdmen, and saide: The water is oures. 
Then called he the well Eseck, because they 
had done him wronge. 

Then dygged they another well, and stroue 
for that also: therfore called he it Sytena. 
So he gatt him from thence, and dygged 

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another well, for the which they stroue not: 
therfore he called it Rehoboth, and sayde : 
Now hath the LORDE made vs rowme, and 
letten vs growe in the londe. Afterwarde he 
departed thence vnto Berseba. 

And the LORDE appeared vnto him the 
same night, and sayde : I am the God of thy 
father Abraham, feare thou not, for I am with 
the, and wyll blesse the, and multiplye thy 
sede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake. Then 
buylded he an altare there, and called vpon 
the name of the LORDE, and pitched his 
tent there, and there his seruauntes dygged a 
well." 

And Abimelech wente vnto him from Gerar, 
and Ahusath his frende, and Phicol his chefe 
captayne. *But Isaac sayde vnto them: 
Wherfore come ye to me? seynge ye hate 
me, and haue put me awaye from you ? They 
sayde : We se with open eyes, that the LORDE 
is with the, therfore we deuysed that there 
shulde be an ooth betwixte vs and the, and 
that we wolde make a bonde with the, that 
thou do vs no harme, like as we haue not 
hurte the, and as we haue done nothinge vnto 
the, but all good, and let the departe in peace. 

As for the, thou art y blessed of the 
LORDE. Then Isaac made them a feast, 
and they ate and dronke. And on the morow 
they arose, and sware one to the other. And 
Isaac let them go, and they departed from 
him in peace. 

The same daye came Isaacs seruauntes, and 
tolde him of the well that they had digged, 
and sayde vnto him : We haue founde water. 
And he called it Saba. Therfore is f cite 
called Bersaba vnto this daye. 

€l)t rvbt). Chapter. 

WHAN Esau was fourtye yeare olde, he 
toke wyues : Iudith the doughter of 
Beri the Hethite, and Basmath the doughter 
of Elon the Hethite : both these were disho- 
bedient vnto the sprete of Isaac and Rebecca. 
And it came to passe when Isaac was olde, 
his eyes waxed dymme of sight, and he called 
Esau his greater sonne, and sayde vnto him : 
My sonne. He answered him : Here am I. 
And he sayde : Beholde, I am olde, and 
knowe not whan I shal dye. Now therfore 
take thy geer, thy quyuer and thy bowe, and 
get the forth to the felde, and take me some 



venyson, and make me meate (soch as I loue) 
and brynge it me herein, that I may eate, y 
my soule maye blesse the, before I dye. 

But Rebecca herde these wordes, that 
Isaac sayde vnto his sonne. And Esau wente 
his waye in to the felde, to hunte venyson, 
and to brynge it home. Then sayde Re- 
becca vnto Iacob hir sonne : beholde, I haue 
herde thy father talkinge with Esau thy 
brother, and sayenge : Brynge me venyson, 
and make me meate, that I maye eate, and 
blesse the before y LORDE, yer I dye. Now 
therfore my sonne, heare my voyce, what I 
commaunde the : Go thy waye to the flocke, 
and fetch me two good kyddes, that I maye 
make meate of them for thy father, soch as he 
loueth : this shalt thou brynge in vnto thy 
father, that he maye eate, that he maye blesse 
the before his death. 

Neuertheles Iacob sayde vnto Rebecca his 
mother : Beholde, my brother Esau is rough, 
and I am smooth: then might my father per- 
aduenture fele me, and I shulde seme vnto 
him as though I begyled him, and so brynge 
a curse vpon me and not a blessynge. Then 
sayde his mother vnto him : That curse be 
vpon me my sonne, folowe thou my voyce : 
go thy waye and fetch it me. So he wente 
his waye, and fetched it, and brought it vnto 
his mother. 

Then his mother made meate, acordinge 
as his father loued, and toke Esaus hir elder 
sonnes costly rayment (which she had with 
her in y house) and put them vpon Iacob hir 
yonger sonne. But the kyddes skynnes put 
she aboute his handes, and where he was 
smooth aboute the neck : and so she put the 
meate with bred (as she had made it) in hir 
sonne Iacobs hande. 

And he brought it in vnto his father, and 
sayde : My father. He answered : here am 
I, who art thou my sonne ? Iacob sayde : I 
am Esau thy firstborne sonne, I haue done 
as thou saydest vnto me : aiyse, syt vp, and 
eate of my venyson, that thy soule maye 
blesse me. But Isaac sayde vnto his sonne : 
My sonne, how hast thou founde it so soone ? 
He answered: The LORDE thy God brought 
it to my hande. 

The sayde Isaac vnto Iacob : Come neare 
my sonne, that I maye fele the, whether thou 
be my sonne Esau or not. So Iacob wete 



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vnto Isaac his father. And whan he had felt 
him, he sayde : The voyce is Iacobs voyce, 
but the handes are the handes of Esau. And 
he knew him not, for his handes were rough 
like as f handes of his brother Esau. And 
he blessed him. 

And he sayde vnto him: art thou my sonne 
Esau? He answered: Yee I am. Then 
sayde he : Bringe me here then to eate of thy 
venyson my sonne,* that my soule maye blesse 
the. Then he brought it him, and he ate : 
and he brought him wyne also, and he dranke. 
And Isaac his father sayde vnto him : Come 
nye, and kysse me my sonne. So he came 
nye, and he kyssed him. 

Then smelled he the sauoure of his clothes, 
and blessed him, and sayde: Beholde, the 
smell of my sonne is as y smell of the felde, 
which f LORDE hath blessed. 3 God geue 
the of the dew of heauen, and of the fatnesse 
of the earth, and plenteousnes of corne and 
wyne. Nacions be thy seruauntes, and people 
fall downe at thy fote. Be thou lorde ouer 
thy brethren, and thy mothers children fall 
downe at thy fote. * Cursed be he, that curseth 
the : and blessed be he, that blesseth the. 

Now whan Isaac had made an ende of 
blessynge, and Iacob was scace gone out from 
his father Isaac, his brother Esau came from his 
huntinge, and made meate also, and brought 
it vnto his father, and sayde vnto him : Aryse 
my father, and eate of thy sonnes venyson, 
that thy soule maye blesse me. Then answered 
him Isaac his father: Who art thou? He 
sayde : I am Esau thy firstborne sonne. Then 
was Isaac exceadingly amased aboue measure, 
and saide : Who ? Where is then the hunter 
that brought me, and I haue eaten of all afore 
thou earnest, and haue blessed him ? And he 
shall be blessed still. 

Whan Esau herde these wordes of his 
father, he cried loude, and was exceadynge 
sory, and sayde vnto his father : O blesse me 
also my father. But he sayde : Thy brother 
came with sotyltie, and hath taken thy bless- 
inge awaye. Then sayde he : He maye well 
be called Iacob, for he hath vndermined me 
now two tymes. My byrth right hath he 
awaye, and beholde, now taketh he awaye my 



And he sayde: Hast thou not kepte 



* that my hert maye wysh the good. 
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blessynge for me ? Isaac answered, and sayde 
vnto him : I haue made him lorde ouer y, and 
all his brethren haue I made his seruaiites. 
With corne (t wine haue I prouyded him. What 
shal I do vnto the now my sonne ? Esau sayde 
vnto his father ? Hast thou not one blessynge 
more my father? O blesse me also my father. 

And he lift vp his voyce, % wepte/ Then 
Isaac his father answered and sayde vnto him : 
rf Beholde, thou shalt haue a fat dwellinge vpon 
earth, & of y dew of heauen from aboue : with 
thy swerde shalt thou get thy lyuynge, and 
shalt serue thy brother. And it shall come to 
passe, y thou shalt put of his yock,t and 
plucke it from thy neck. 

And Esau bare euell wyll vnto Iacob, 
because of the blessynge that his father had 
blessed him withall/ and sayde in his herte 
The tyme wyll come shortly, that my father 
shal mourne, for I wil slaye my brother Iacob. 
The was it tolde Rebecca of these wordes of 
hir elder sonne, and she sent, and bad call for 
Iacob hir yonger sonne, and saide vnto him 
Beholde, thy brother Esau threateneth the 
that he wil slaye the. And now my sonne 
heare my voyce : Get the vp, and flye vnto my 
brother Laban in Haran, and tary there with 
him a whyle, i tyll the furiousnes of thy 
brother be swaged, and till his wrath agaynst 
y be turned from the, and he forget what thou 
hast done vnto him. So wyll I then sende 
for the, and cause the be fetched from thece 
Why shulde I be robbed of you both in one 
daye? 

And Rebecca sayde vnto Isaac: I am weery 
of my life, because of the doughters of Heth: 
Yf Iacob take a wife of the doughters of 
Heth, § which are as the doughters of this 
londe, what shall this life then profit me ? 

Ci)« rr&itj. Chapter. 

THEN called Isaac his sonne Iacob and 
II blessed him, and charged him, & sayde 
vnto him: Take not a wife of the doughters 
of Canaan, but get the vp, and go in to 
Mesopotamia vnto the house of Bethuel thy 
mothers father, and take y there a wife of y 
doughters of Laban thy mothers brother. And 
the Allmightie God blesse the, and make the 
frutefull, and multiplye the, (that thou mayest 
be a multitude of people) and geue the the 

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blessynge of Abraham vnto y j thy sede with 
the, that thou mayest possesse the lande, 
wherin thou art a straunger,* which God gaue 
vnto Abraham. So Isaac let Iacob departe, 
that he might go in to Mesopotamia vnto 
Laban the sonne of Bethuel of Siria, f 
brother of Rebecca, his and Esaus mother. 

Now when Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed 
Iacob, and let him departe in to Mesopotamia, 
that he might take a wife there: and y, as he 
blessed him, he charged him, & sayde : Thou 
shalt not take a wife of the doughters of 
Canaan, and that Iacob obeyed his father and 
his mother, and was gone vnto Mesopotamia: 
seynge also that Isaac his father loked not 
gladly vpon the doughters of Canaan, he wente 
his waye vnto Ismael, and besyde the wyues 
that he had afore, he toke "Mahaloth the 
doughter of Ismael (Abrahas sonne) the sister 
of Nebaioth, to wife. 

As for Iacob, he departed from Bersaba, 
and wente vnto Haran and came to a place, 
where he taried all night : for the Sonne was 
downe. And he toke a stone of y place, (j 
put it vnder his heade, and layed him downe 
in y same place to slepe. And he dreamed, 
and beholde, there stode vpon f earth, a 
ladder, whose toppe reached vnto the heauen. 
And beholde, the angels of God b wente vp 
and downe vpon it, and the LORDE stode 
vpon it, and sayde : 

I am the LORDE God of thy father 
Abraham, and the God of Isaac: The londe 
y thou lyest vpon, wyl I geue vnto the/ and to 
thy sede : and thy sede shal be as y dust of f 
earth. And thou shalt sprede forth towarde 
the west, east, north, and south: and e thorow 
the and thy sede shall all the kynreds vpon 
earth be blessed. And beholde, I am with y, 
and wyll kepe the where so euer thou goest, u 
wyl brynge the hither agayne in to this lande : 
for I wil not leaue the, tyll I haue made good, 
all that I haue promysed the. 

Now whan Iacob awaked from his slepe, he 
saide : Surely the LORDE is in this place, 
and I knew not. And he was afraied, and 
sayde : How fearfull is this place ? here is no 
thinge els but an house of God, tt a gate vnto 
heaue. And Iacob arose early in the morn- 
ynge, and toke the stone f that he had layed 
vnder his heade, and set it vp, and poured oyle 



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vpon it. And he called the place Bethel, but 
afore the cite was called Lus. And Iacob 
made a vowe, and sayde : «Yf God wyll be 
with me, and kepe me in this iourney y I go 
I geue me bred to eate, and clothinge to put 
on, and brynge me peaceably home agayne 
vnto my father : The shall the LORDE be 
my God, and this stone that I haue set vp, 
shal be an house of God : and all that thou 
geuest me, I wyl geue the the tenth therof. 

Cfij rrtr. Chapter. 

THEN Iacob gat him vp vpon his fete> 
and wente in to the east countre, & 
loked aboute him, and beholde, there was a 
well in the felde, and y flockes of shepe 
therby, for the flockes dranke of the well. 
And there laye a greate stone at the welles 
mouth, and thyther they vsed to brynge the 
flockes, and to roule the stone from y mouth 
of the well, and to geue the shepe drynke, & 
so they put the stone agayne vpon the welles 
mouth in to his place. 

And Iacob sayde vnto them : Brethren, 
whece be ye? They answered: we are of 
Haran. He sayde vnto them : Knowe ye 
Laban the sonne of Nahor? They answered: 
We knowe him well. He sayde : * Is he in 
good health ? They answered : he is in good 
health. And lo, there commeth his doughter 
Rachel with the shepe. He sayde : It is yet 
hye daye, (j is not yet tyme to dryue in the 
catell : geue the shepe to drynke, 5 go youre 
waye, (j fede them. They answered: We can 
not, tyll all the flockes be brought together, 
and tyll we roule the stone from the welles 
mouth, & so geue the shepe drynke. 

Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel 
came with hir fathers shepe, for she kepte f 
shepe. Whan Iacob sawe Rachel y doughter 
of Laban his mothers brother, and the shepe 
of Laban his mothers brother, he wete, g 
rouled the stone from the welles mouth, and 
gaue his mothers brother shepe to drynke, and 
kyssed Rachel, lift vp his voyce, and wepte, 
and tolde her, y he was hir fathers brother, 
and y sonne of Rebecca. Then ranne she, 
and tolde her father. 

Wha Laban herde of Iacob his sisters sonne, 
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And so he tolde him all this matter. The 
sayde Laban vnto him: Wei, thou art my 
bone and my flesh. Abyde with me a moneth 
longe. But after that saide he vnto Iacob : 
Because thou art my brother, shalt thou ther 
fore serue me for nought ? Tell me, what 
shall thy wages be. Laban had two doughters. 
the eldest was called Lea, % the yongest 
Rachel. And Lea was tender eyed, but 
Rachel was beutyfull & well fauoured of face, 
and Iacob loued her well, and sayde : I will 
serue the seuen yeare, for Rachel thy yongest 
doughter. Laban answered : It is better that 
I geue her the, then vnto another : tary thou 
with me. 

So Iacob serued seuen yeare for Rachel, 
and they semed vnto him but few dayes, he 
loued her so well. And Iacob saide vnto 
Laban : geue me my wyfe, for the tyme is 
come that I shulde lye with her. The Laban 
bad all the people of that place, and made a 
mariage. But at eue he toke his doughter 
Lea, and brought her in vnto him, and he 
laye with her. And Laban gaue Zilpa his 
mayde vnto his doughter Lea to be hir mayde. 

But on the morow, beholde, it was Lea. 
And he sayde vnto Laban : Why hast thou 
done this vnto me ? Haue not I serued y for 
Rachel ? Why hast thou then begyled me ? 
Laban answered : It is not the maner in oure 
countre, to mary the yongest before the eldest. 
Holde out this weke, & I will geue the this 
also, for the seruyce y thou shalt do me yet 
seuen yeares more. Iacob dyd so, & helde 
out y weke. Then gaue he him Rachel his 
doughter to wyfe. And Laban gaue Bilha 
his mayden vnto Rachel his doughter to be 
hir mayden. So he laye with Rachel also, & 
loued Rachel more the Lea, and serued him 
yet seuen yeares more. 

But when the LORDE sawe, that Lea was 
nothinge regarded, he made her frutefull, and 
Rachel baren. And Lea coceaued, and bare 
a sonne, whom she called Ruben, and sayde : 
a The LORDE hath loked vpon my aduersite. 
Now wyll my huszbande loue me. And she 
conceaued agayne, and bare a sonne, and 
sayde : The LORDE hath herde that I am 
despysed, and hath geue me this also, and 
she called him Symeon. She coceaued yet 
agayne, and bare a sonne, and sayde : Now 
wyll my huszbande kepe me company agayne, 



for I haue borne him thre sonnes, therfore 
called she his name Leui. She conceaued y 
fourth tyme, and bare a sonne, and sayde: 
Now wyll I geue thankes vnto the LORDE. 
therfore called she him Iuda, and left bearynge 

€i)e rrr. Cljapter. 

WHEN Rachel sawe that she bare no 
children vnto Iacob, she had enuye at 
hir sister, j saide vnto Iacob : Geue me child " 
also, or els I am but deed. But Iacob was 
very wroth at Rachel, g sayde : Am I then in 
Gods steade, which kepeth y frute of thy 
wombe from y? Neuertheles she sayd 
Beholde, there is Bilha my mayden, lye with 
her, y she maye beare vpon my lappe, & that 
I maye be increased by her. And so she 
gaue him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe. 

And Iacob laye with her. So Bilha con- 
ceaued, and bare Iacob a sonne. Then sayde 
Rachel : God hath geuen sentence on my 
syde, and herde my voyce, and geue me a 
sonne, therfore called she him Dan. Bilha 
Rachels mayde cSceaued agayne, and bare 
another sonne vnto Iacob. Then sayde 
Rachel : God hath turned it with me, and 
my sister, and I haue gotte the vpper hande. 
And she called him Nephthali. 

Now whan Lea sawe that she had left 
bearynge, she toke Silpa hir mayde, and gaue 
her vnto Iacob to wyfe. So Silpa Leas mayde 
bare Iacob a sonne. Then saide Lea : This 
is good lucke, j she called him Gad. After 
this Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob another 
sonne. Then sayde Lea : Well is me, for the 
doughters will call me blessed, and she called 
him Asser. 

Ruben wente out in the tyme of y wheate 
haruest, and founde Mandragoras in the felde, 
and brought them home vnto his mother Lea. 
Then sayde Rachel vnto Lea : Geue me some 
of thy sonnes Madragoras. She answered : 
Hast thou not ynough that thou hast taken 
awaye my huszbande, but wilt take awaye my 
sonnes Mandragoras also ? Rachel saide : 
Wei, let him lye with the this night for thy 
sonnes Mandragoras. Now whan Iacob came 
home at euen from the felde, Lea wente forth 
to mete him, and sayde : Thou shalt lye with 
me, for I haue bought the for my sonnes 
Mandragoras. 

And he slepte with her that night. And 
God herde Lea, and she conceaued, and bare 



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Iacob the fifth sonne, g sayde : God hath re- I 
warded me, because I gaue my mayden vnto : 
my huszbande, and she called him Isachar. ! 
Lea conceaued yet agayne, and bare Iacob 
the sixte sonne, and sayde : God hath endewed j 
me with a good dowry. Now wyll my husz- 
bande dwell with me agayne, for I haue borne 
him sixe sonnes, g she called him Zabulon. 
After that she bare a doughter, whom she 
called * Dina. 

Neuertheles God thought vpo Rachel, and 
herde her, and made her frutefull. Then she 
conceaued, and bare a sonne, and sayde : 
God hath taken awaye my rebuke, and she 
called him Ioseph," and sayde : God geue me 
yet another sonne. 

Now whan Rachel had borne Ioseph, Iacob 
sayde vnto Laban : * Let me go, g departe in j 
to my place and vnto myne owne lande : geue j 
me my wyues and my children, (for the 
which I haue serued the) y I maye go : for 
thou knowest, what seruyce I haue done the. I 
Laban sayde vnto him : Can I not fynde 
fauoure in thy sight ? I perceaue, that God 
c hath blessed me for thy sake. Appoynte 
thou the rewarde, y I shal geue the. But he 
saide vnto him : Thou knowest how I haue 
serued the, and what maner of catell thou 
hast vnder me. Thou haddest but litle afore 
I came hither, but now is it growne in to a 
multitude, and the LORDE hath blessed f 
for my sake. And now whan shall I loke to 
myne owne house also? He saide: What 
shal I then geue the ? 

Iacob sayde : Thou shalt geue me nothinge 
at all, but yf thou wilt do this for me y I 
saye, then wyll I fede and kepe thy shepe 
agayne. I wyll go thorow all thy flockes to 
daye, and separate thou from amonge them 
all the shepe that be spotted and partye 
coloured, and all blacke shepe amonge the 
lambes. Now loke what shalbe partie coloured 
and spotted amoge the kyddes, the same shal 
be my rewarde : so shal my righteousnes 
testifie with me to daye or tomorow, whan it 
cometh vnto my rewarde before the, so that, 
what so euer is not spotted and partye coloured 
amonge the kyddes, and blacke amoge the 
lambes, let that be theft with me. 

Then sayde Laban : Beholde, let it be so 
as thou hast sayde. And that same daye he 
sundered out the speckled and partye coloured 



goates, and all the spotted and partye coloured 
kyddes (where there was eny whyte vpon 
them) and all that was black amonge the 
lambes, and put them vnder the hande of his 
children, and made rowme of thre da 
iourney wyde betwixte him and Iacob. So 
Iacob kepte the residue of Labans flocke. 

But Iacob toke staues of grene wyllies, 
hasell and of chestnottrees, and pylled whyte 
strekes in them, and layed the staues that he 
had pylled, in the drynkinge troughes before 
the flocke, which came there to drynke, that 
they shulde conceaue, whan they came to 
drynke. So the flockes conceaued ouer f 
staues, and brought forth speckelde, spotted 
and partye coloured. 

Then Iacob parted y lambes, and put them 
to the flocke vnto the spotted : and all that 
was blacke in Labans flocke, that put he vnto 
the spotted. And he made him a flocke of 
his owne, which he put not vnto Labans 
flocke. Neuertheles in the first buckynge 
tyme of the flockes, he layed the staues in the 
drynkinge troughes before the eyes of the 
flockes, that they shulde conceaue ouer the 
staues. But in the latter buckynge tyme he 
layed them not in. So the later were Labans, 
but the firstlinges were Iacobs. Thus the 
man became exceadinge riche, so that he had 
many shepe, maydens g seruauntes, Camels 
and Asses. 

Cfic rrvt. Chapter. 

HE herde also of f wordes of Labans 
children, that they sayde : Iacob hath 
brought all oure fathers good vnto him self, g 
of oure fathers good hath he gotten these 
riches. And Iacob behelde Labans counte- 
naunce, g beholde, it was not towarde him as 
yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto him: ''De- 
parte agayne to thy fatherlade, and to thy 
kynred, I wyll be with the. Then sent Iacob 
and bad call Rachel and Lea in to the felde 
to his flockes, and sayde vnto them: I se 
youre fathers countenaunce, that it is not 
towarde me like as yesterdaye and yeryester- 
daye : but the God of my father hath bene 
with me. And ye knowe, that I haue serued 
youre father with all my power. 

And he hath disceaued me, and chaunged 
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suffred him, to do me harme. Yf he sayde : 
The partye coloured shalbe thy rewarde, then 
the whole flocke bare partye coloured. Yf he 
yde : The speckelde shalbe thy rewarde, 
the the whole flocke bare speckelde. Thus 
hath God withdrawen youre fathers goodes 
from him, and geuen them vnto me. For 
whan the buckynge tyme came, I lift vp myne 
eyes and sawe in a dreame, and beholde, the 
rammes leapte vpon the flocke that was 
speckelde, spotted, g partye coloured. 

And the angel of God sayde vnto me in a 
dreame : Iacob. And I answered : here am 
I. He sayde : lift vp thine eyes, and be- 
holde, the rammes leape vpon the speckelde, 
spotted, and partie coloured flocke : for I 
haue sene all y Laban doth vnto the. I am 
y God at * Bethel, where thou dyddest anoynte 
the stone, g maydest a vowe there vnto me. 
Get the vp now, g departe out of this londe, 
g go agayne in to the londe of thy kynred. 

Then answered Rachel and Lea, and sayde 
vnto him : As for vs, we haue no porcion ner 
inheritance more in oure fathers house, g he 
hath coiited vs as straiigers, for he hath solde 
g spent vp oure wages. Therfore hath 
God withdrawe oure fathers riches from him 
vnto vs ij oure children. What so euer now 
God hath sayde vnto the, that do. 

So Iacob gat vp, and set his children and 
wyues vpon Camels, and caried awaye all his 
catell and all his substaunce, that he had 
gotten at Mesopotamia, y he might come 
vnto Isaac his father in the lande of Canaan. 
Laba was gone to clyppe his flocke, ° and Rachel 
stale hir fathers t ymages. Thus dyd Iacob 
steale awaie y hert of Laban y Syrian, in y 
he tolde him not that he fled. So he fled, g all 
that was his, gat vp, and passed ouer the water, 
ij wente straight towarde the mount Gilead. 

Vpon the thirde daye it was tolde Laban, 
that Iacob fled. And he toke his brethre 
vnto him, and folowed after him seuen dayes 
iourney, and ouertoke him vpon the mount 
Gilead. But God came vnto Laban the 
Syi'ian in a dreame by night, g sayde vnto 
him : Bewarre, that thou speake nothinge to 
Iacob but good. And Laba drew nye vnto 
Iacob. As for Iacob, he had pytched his tente 
vpon the mount. And Laban with his brethre 
pytched his tent also vpon the same mount 
Gilead. 

* Gen. 28. d. " Gen. 38. b. 2 Re. 13. e. t Gen. 35. a. 



Then sayde Laban vnto Iacob: What hast 
thou done, that thou hast stollen awaie my 
hert, and caried awaye my doughters, as 
though they had bene taken captyue with f 

erde ? Wherfore keptest thou that secrete, 
that thou woldest flye, and hast stollen awaye 
fro me, and toldest me not, that I might haue 
brought the on the waye with myrth, with 
synginge, with tabrettes and harpes ? and hast 
not suffred me to kysse my children and 
doughters ? Thou hast done foolishly, and so 
moch might I haue made, that I coude haue 
done you euell : but youre fathers God saide 
yesterdaye vnto me : Bewarre, that thou 
peake nothinge vnto Iacob but good. And 
for so moch then as thou woldest nedes de- 
parte, and longedest sore after thy fathers 
house, why hast thou stollen away my goddes? 

Iacob answered and sayde vnto Laban : I 
was afrayed, that thou shuldest haue taken 
away thy doughters fro me : but loke by whom 
thou fyndest thy goddes, let the same dye 
here before oure brethren. Seke that thine 
is by me, and take it awaye. (But he knew 
not, that Rachel had stollen them.) Then 
wente Laban in to Iacobs tent and in to Leas 
tent, and in to both the maydens tetes, and 
founde nothinge : and out of Leas tente he 
wente in to Rachels tent. Then toke Rachel 
the ymages, and layed them vnder the Camels 
strawe, and sat downe vpon them. But Laban 
searched the whole tent, and founde nothinge. 
Then sayde she vnto hir father: Be not 
angrie my lorde, that I can not ryse vp vnto 
the : for it goeth with me after the maner of 
wemen. So he sought, and founde not the 
ymages. 

And Iacob was wroth, and chode with 
Laban, answered g sayde vnto him: What 
haue I trespased or offended, y thou art so 
whote vpon me ? Thou hast searched all my 
housholde stuff, g what hast thou founde of 
thy housholde stuff? Laye it here before my 
brethren g thyne, y they maye iudge betwene 
vs both. Twentye yeare haue I bene with 
the : thy shepe g goates haue not bene v 
frutefull, the rammes of thy flocke haue I not 
eaten: Loke what was ttome of beastes, I 
brought it not vnto y, I was fayne to paie it 
my self: thou requyredest it of my hande, 
whether it were stollen fro me by daye or by 
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me, and the frost on the night, and my slepe 
departed fro myne eyes. 

Thus haue I serued twentye yeare in thy 
house, fourtene yeares for thy doughters, 5 
sixe for thy fiocke, and ten tymes hast thou 
chaunged my rewarde : 5 yf the God of my 
father the God of Abraham, and the feare of 
Isaac had not bene on my syde, thou had- 
dest latten me go awaye emptye. But God 
hath loked vpon myne aduersite and laboure, 
and rebuked the yesterdaye. 

Laban answered and sayde : The dough- 
ters are my doughters, (j the children are my 
childre, and the flockes are my flockes, g all 
that thou seist is myne. What can I do this 
daye vnto these my doughters, or to their 
children whom they haue borne ? Now ther- 
fore come on, let vs make a couenaunt (I 5 
thou) which maye be a wytnesse betwene me 
and the. Then toke Iacob a stone, (j set it 
vp (for a piler or markstone) and sayde vnto 
his brethren : Gather stones. And they toke 
the stones, and made an heape, u ate vpon 
the same heape. And Laba called it Iegar 
Sahadutha, but Iacob called it Gilead : (either 
of them after the properte of his language.) 

Then sayde Laban : * This heape be wyt- 
nesse betwene me and the this daye (therfore 
is it called Gilead) and a testimony, for he 
sayde: The LORDE loke betwene me and 
yf whan we are departed y one from y other: 
y, thou vexe my doughters, or take other 
wyues vnto them. There is no ma with vs, 
but lo, God is the wytnesse betwene me and 
the. And Laban sayde morouer vnto Iacob: 
Beholde, this is the heape, and this is the 
marckstone that I haue set vp betwixte me 
and the : the same heape be wytnesse, and the 
same marckstone also be wytnesse, yf I passe 
ouer vnto the, or yf thou passe ouer this heape 
tj marckstone vnto me, to do eny harme. The 
God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, and 
the God of their fathers, be iudge betwene vs. 

And Iacob sware vnto him by the feare of 
his father Isaac. And Iacob offred an offerynge 
vpon the mount, and called his brethre to 
eate bred. And whan they had eaten, they 
taried vpon the mount all night. But vpon 
the morow Laban rose vp early, kyssed his 
childre & doughters, 5 blessed the, & departed, 
and came agayne vnto his place. As for 
Iacob, he wente on his iourney, & the angels 

* Iosu. 22. f. & 24. f. t Iosu. 24. a. 



of God met him. And whan he sawe them, 
he sayde : It is Gods hoost, g called the same 
place Mahanaim. 

Wfye rrrtj. Cfiaptet. 

IACOB sent messaungers before him to his 
brother Esau tin to the lande of Seir, of 
the felde of Edom, (j commaunded the, j 
sayde : Saye thus vnto my lorde Esau : Thy 
seruaunt Iacob sendeth y this worde : I haue 
bene out with Laban, j haue bene hither to 
amonge straungers, cj haue oxen g Asses, 
shepe, seruauntes (j maydes, and haue sent 
forth to shewe it the my lorde, y I might 
fynde fauoure in thy sight. 

The messaungers came agayne vnto Iacob, 
and sayde : We came vnto thy brother Esau, 
d he commeth forth also agaynst the with 
foure hundreth men. Then was Iacob sore 
afrayed, and wyst not what waye to turne him 
self, (j deuyded the people that was with him, 
and the shepe, and the oxen, (j the Camels in 
to two droues, (t sayde : Yf Esau come vpon the 
one droue, and smyte it, the other shal escape. 

Iacob sayde morouer : O God of my father 
Abraha, God of my father Isaac, LORDE 
thou that saydest vnto me : $ Departe agayne 
to thine owne londe and to thy kynred, and I 
wyl do the good : I am to litle for all the 
mercies and all the trueth that thou hast 
shewed vnto thy seruaunt (for I had nomore 
but this staff whan I wente ouer this Iordan, 
and now am I become two droues) delyuer 
me from y hande of my brother, fro the hade 
of Esau, for I am afrayed of him, lest he come 
and smyte me the mother with the children. 
Thou saydest : I wyll do the good, and wyll 
make thy sede as the sonde of y see, which 
can not be nombred for multitude. 

And there he taried that night, and toke ol 
soch as came to hande, a a present vnto his 
brother Esau, two hiidreth she goates, twen- 
tye he goates, two hundreth shepe, twentye 
rammes and thirtie mylck camels with their 
foales, fourtye kyne, ten bullockes, twentye 
she Asses with ten foales, and put them in 
the handes of his seruauntes, euery flock by 
them selues, (j sayde vnto them : Go ye forth 
before me, g put a space betwixte one flocke 
after the other, and commaunded the first 
and sayde : 

When my brother Esau meteth the, and 

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axeth the : Whose art thou ? a whyther goest 
thou ? and whose are these that thou dryuest 
before the ? Thou shalt saye : They be thy 
seruaunt Iacobs, which sendeth a present vnto 
his lorde Esau, and commeth behynde vs 
him self. 

Thus commaunded he the seconde also, 
and the thirde, and all them that folowed the 
flockes, and sayde : Like as I haue tolde you, 
so speake ye vnto Esau, whan ye mete him, 
and saye vnto him also: Beholde, thy seruaut 
Iacob is behynde vs. For he thought : I wyll 
reconcyle him with the present that goeth be- 
fore me, after warde wyll I se him my self, 
peraduenture he shall receaue me to grace. 

So the present wente before him, but he 
taried in the tente the same night, and rose 
vp in y night, and toke his two wyues and the 
two maydens and his eleuen sonnes, and 
wente vnto the foorde of Iacob, toke them 
and caried them ouer the water, so that all 
that he had came ouer, and taried him self 
alone on this syde. 

"Then wrestled there a man with him 
vntyll the breake of f daye. And whan he 
sawe y he might not ouercome him, he touched 
the senowe of his thye, and y senowe of his 
thye shrancke in wrestlinge with him. And 
he sayde : Let me go, for y daye breaketh on. 
But he answered : I will not let y go, excepte 
thou blesse me. He sayde: What is thy 
name ? He answered : Iacob. He sayde : 
* Thou shalt nomore be called Iacob, but 
Israel, for thou hast stryuen with God and 
with men, and hast preuayled. And Iacob 
axed him, g sayde: Tell me, what is thy 
name ? But he sayde : ° Why axest thou what 



my name is! 



And he blessed him there. 



And Iacob called the place Peniel, for I haue 
sene God face to face, & my soule is recouered. 
And as he came ouer fro Peniel, y Sonne 
rose vpo him, (j he halted vpon his thye. 
Therfore eate the children of Israel no vane 
vpon the senow of y thye vnto this daye, 
because f vane vpon the senow of Iacobs thye 
was touched. 

Che jrrrtt). Chapter. 

IACOB lift vp his eyes, & sawe his brother 
Esau comynge with foure hundreth men : 
and he deuyded his children vnto Lea vnto 
Rachel, and to both the maydes, and set the 

* Ose. 12. a. 6 Gen. 35. b. 3 Re. 18. d. ' Iudic. 13. c. 



maydens with their children before, and Lea 
with hir childre after, and Rachel with Ioseph 
hynder most. And he wente before them, 
and bowed him self to the grounde seuen 
tymes, tyll he came to his brother. * But 
Esau ranne to mete him, and enbraced him, 
and fell aboute his neck, & kyssed him, and 
wepte, and lift vp his eyes, and sawe the 
wyues with the children, and sayde: What 
are these with the ? He answered : They are 
the children, which God hath geuen vnto thy 
seruaunt. And the maydens came forth with 
their children, and dyd their obeysaunce vnto 
him. 

Lea came forth also with hir childre, and 
kneled vnto him. Afterwarde came Ioseph 
and Rachel forth, and kneled vnto him like- 
wyse. And he sayde: What meanest thou 
with all the droue that I met ? He answered : 
that I might fynde grace in the sight of my 
lorde. Esau sayde : I haue ynough my 
brother, kepe that thou hast. Iacob answered: 
Oh nay, but yf I haue founde grace in thy 
sight, receaue my present of my hande (for I 
sawe thy face, rf as though I had sene the face 
of God) and be at one with me. Take this 
present in good worth, that I haue brought f, 
for God hath geuen it me, & I haue ynough of 
all thinges. So he compelled him to take it. 

And he sayde : Let vs go on and take oure 
iourney, I wyll go in thy company. But he 
sayde vnto him : My lorde, thou know est that 
I haue tender children by me, and small and 
greate catell also, which are yet but yonge : 
yf they shulde be dryue ouer in one daye, 
the whole flocke wolde dye. Let my lorde 
go on before his seruaut. I wyll dryue after 
fayre and softly, (there after as the catell (t 
the children can go,) tyll I come to my lorde 
in Seir. Esau sayde : Yet wil I leaue some 
of my people with the. He answered : What 
nede is it? Let me but onely fynde grace in 
the sight of my lorde. 

So Esau departed againe the same daye 
towarde Seir, and Iacob toke his iourney to- 
warde Sucoth, and buylded him an house, and 
made tetes for his catell. Therfore is the 
place called Sucoth. 

Afterwarde came Iacob peaceably vnto the 
cite of Sichem, which lyeth in y lande of 
Canaan/ after that he was come agayne out 
of Mesopotamia, and pitched before the cite, 

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"and bought a pece of londe of the children of 
Heraor y father of Sichem for * an hundreth 
pens. There pitched he his tent, and there 
he set vp an altare, and called vpon the name 
of the mightie God of Israel. 

€f)e rrrtuj. Chapter. 

DIN A y doughter of Lea, which she bare 
vnto Iacob, wente out to beholde the 
doughters of the londe. Whan Sichem the 
sonne of Hemor the Heuite (which was lorde 
of the lode) sawe her, he toke her, and laye 
with her, and forced her, and his hert hanged 
vpon her, and he loued y damsell, and talked 
louyngly with her, and spake to his father 
Hemor : Get me this mayden to wife. 

And Iacob vnderstode, that Dina his 
doughter was defyled, and his sonnes were 
with the catell in the felde, and Iacob helde 
his tonge tyll they came. Then Hemor the 
father of Sichem wente forth vnto Iacob to 
comen with him. In the meane season came 
lacobs sonnes from y felde. And whan they 
herde it, it greued the men, and they were 
very wroth, that he had wrought foly in Israel, 
and lyen with lacobs doughter: for so was 
not the vse to do. 

Then comened Hemor with the, and sayde : 
My sonne Sichems hert longeth for youre 
doughter, O geue hir him to wife: make 
frendshipe with vs, geue vs youre doughters, 
and take ye oure doughters, and dwell with 
vs, the londe shall be open vnto you, dwell 
and occupie, and haue youre possessions 
therin. And Sichem sayde vnto hir father 
and brethren : Let me fynde grace with you : 
loke what ye appoynte me, I will geue it: 
requyre the dowrye and gift of me hardely, I 
wyll geue it acordinge as ye wyll axe, onely 
geue me the damsell to wife. 

Then lacobs sonnes answered Sichem and 
Hemor his father (and spake disceatfully, 
because their sister Dina was defyled) (t sayde 
vnto them : That can we not do, to geue oure 
sister to an vncircumcided man : for that were 
a shame vnto vs. 

Neuertheles we wyll consente vnto you, yf 
ye wylbe like vnto vs, and be circumcided as 
many as are males amonge you : then will we 
geue you oure doughters, and take youre 
doughters vnto vs, and dwell with you, and be 
one people. But yf ye wyll not herken vnto 

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vs, to be circumcided, then wyl we take oure 
doughter, and go oure waye. 

These wordes pleased Hemor and his sonne 
wel, and the yonge man deferde not to do the 
same, for he had lust to lacobs doughter: 
and he was holden in honoure aboue all in 
his fathers house. Then came Hemor and 
Sichem his sonne vnder y gate of cite, and 
comened with the citisens of the cite, and 
saide : These men are peaceable with vs, and 
will dwell in the lande and occupye : now is 
the londe brode of both the sydes, we wyl 
take their doughters vnto vs, and geue them 
oure doughters. 

But then wyll they consent vnto vs, to 
dwell by vs, and to be one people with vs, yf 
we circumcyse all the men children amonge 
vs, like as they are circumcysed : their eatell 
and goodes, and all that they haue, shal be 
ours, yf we consent vnto them, that they 
maye dwel with vs. 

And they herkened vnto Hemor and Sichem 
his sonne, as many as wente out and in at y 
gate of his cite, and circumcided all the males, 
that wente out and in at his cite. And vpon 
the thirde daye (whan it was panefull to them) 
*the two sonnes of Iacob Simeon and Leui 
Dinas brethren, toke euery man his swerde, 
and wente boldly in to the cite, tand slew all 
the males, and slew Hemor also and Sichem 
his sonne with the edge of the swerde, and 
toke their sister Dina out of Sichems house, 
and wente their waye. 

Then came lacobs sonnes ouer the slayne, 
and spoyled the cite (because they had defyled 
their sister) and toke their shepe, oxen, Asses, 
and what so euer was in the cite and in the 
londe, and all maner of goodes: All their 
children and wyues toke they captyue, and 
spoyled all y was in the houses. 

And Iacob sayde vnto Symeon and Leui : 
Ye haue brought it so to passe, y I stynke be- 
fore the inhabiters of this lande, y Cananites 
and Pheresites, 5 I am but a small nombre : 
Yf they gather them selues now together 
against me, they shal slaye me, so shal I be 
destroyed with my house. But they answered : 
Shulde they the deale with oure sister as with 
an whoore ? 

Cl)e rrrb. Chapter. 

AND God sayde vnto Iacob: Get the vp, 
and go vnto Bethel, & dwell there, and 



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make there an altare vnto the God, that 
appared vnto the, *whan thou fleddest from 
thy brother Esau. Then sayde Iacob vnto 
his housholde and to all y were with him : 
Put awaye from you y straunge tgoddes, that 
are amonge you, and dense youre selues, and 
chaunge youre clothes, and let vs get vp, and 
go vnto Bethel, that I maye there make an 
altare vnto the God, a which herde me in the 
tyme of my trouble, and hath bene with me in 
the waye that I haue gone. 

Then gaue they him all the straunge goddes 
that were vnder their handes, and their 
earynges, and he buried them vnder an Oke 
that stode besyde Sichem, & departed. And 
there came a feare of God vpon the cities that 
laye roude aboute, so that they folowed not 
after y sonnes of Iacob. So came Iacob vnto 
Lus in y lande of Canaan (which is called 
Bethel) and all the people that were with 
him, and there he buylded an altare, and 
called y place Bethel, because the LORDE 
appeared vnto him there, whan he fled from 
his brother. Then dyed iDebora Rebeccas 
norse, and was buried beneth Bethel vnder the 
Oke, and it was called the Oke of lamentacion. 

* And God appeared agayne vnto Iacob, after 
that he was come out of Mesopotamia, and 
blessed him, & saide vnto him : c Thou art 
called Iacob, neuertheles thou shalt nomore 
be called Iacob, but Israel shal be thy name. 
And so was he called Israel. 

And God sayde vnto him : § I am the All 
mightie God, be frutefull and multiplye : peo- 
ple and a multitude of people shal come of 
the, and llkynges shall come out of thy loynes: 
and the lande that I gaue vnto Abraham and 
Isaac, wyll I geue vnto the, & wyl geue it vnto 
thy sede after the. So God departed from 
him, from y place where he talked with him. 
And Iacob set vp a piler of stone, in the place 
where he talked with him, j poured drynk- 
offerynges theron, and poured oyle vpon it. 
And Iacob called y place where God talked 
with him, Bethel. 

And he departed from Bethel : and whan 
he was yet a felde brode from Ephrath, Rachel 
traueyled, 5 the byrth came harde vpon hir. 
But whan she had soch payne in trauelynge, 
y myd wife sayde vnto her : d feare not, for thou 



Ge. 28. b. t Ge. 31. e. " Ge. 28. d. t Gen. 
24. g. i Ose 12. a. c Gen. 32. e. 3 Re. 18. d. 

§ Ge. 17. a. || Mat. 1. a. d 1 Re. 4. d. c Gen. 



shalt haue this sonne also. But as hir soule 
was departynge, y she must dye, she called 
him Ben Oni: neuertheles his father called 
hi Be Iamin. e So Rachel died, (t, was buried 
in the waye towarde Ephrath, which now is 
called Bethlehe. And Iacob set vp a piller 
vpon hir graue, there is Rachels grauestone 
vnto this daye. And Israel departed, and 
pitched his tent beyonde the tower of f Eder. 

And it chaunsed, that when Israel dwelt in 
that londe, Ruben wen te ** and laye with Bilha 
his fathers concubyne, and that came to Israels 
eares. 

And Iacob had twolue sonnes. The sonnes 
of Lea were these : Ruben Iacobs first borne 
sonne, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, & Zabulo. 
The sonnes of Rachel, were Ioseph and Ben 
Iamin. The sonnes of Bilha Rachels mayde : 
Dan, and Nepthali. The sonnes of Silpa 
Leas mayde : Gad and Aser. These are y 
sonnes of Iacob, which were borne vnto him 
in Mesopotamia. And he came to his father 
Isaac to Mamre in to the head cite which is 
called Hebron, where in Abraha & Isaac were 
straiigers. And Isaac was an hundreth (t foure 
score yeare olde, (j fell sicke, and dyed, j was 
gathered vnto his people, whan he was olde, 
(j had lyued ynough : and his sonnes Esau g 
Iacob buried him. 

€h? rjrrbt. Chapter. 

THIS is the generacio of Esau, which is 
called Edom. Esau toke wyues of the 
doughters of Canaan, tt Ada the doughter of 
E16 the Hethite : cs Ahalibama the doughter 
of Ana, the childes childe of Zibeon the 
Heuyte : And Basmath II Ismaels doughter, 
the sister of Nebaioth. And Ada bare Eliphas 
vnto Esau. Basmath bare Reguel. Ahali- 
bama bare Ieus, Iaelam, (t, Korah. These 
are the childre of Esau, y were borne vnto 
him in the lande of Canaan. 

And Esau toke his wiues sonnes j dough- 
ters, and all the soules of his house, his sub- 
staunce, and all the catell with all the goodes 
that he had gotten in the lande of Canaan, 
and wente in to a countre awaye fro his bro- 
ther Iacob : for their substaunce was so greate, 
that they coude not dwell together : and the 
londe wherin they were straungers, might not 



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holde them because of their goodes. So Esau 
dwelt vpon mount Seir. And Esau is Edom. 

This is y generacio of Esau, of who are 
come y Edomites vpon y mount Seir. And 
these are y names of the childre of Esau : 
Eliphas y sonne of Ada Esaus wife : Reguel y 
sonne of Basmath Esaus wife : The sonnes of 
Eliphas were these : Theman, Omar, Zepho, 
Gaetham 5 Kenas. And *Thimna was a 
concubyne of Elyphas y sonne of Esau, and 
bare him Amaleck. These are y children of 
Ada Esaus wyfe. 

The children of Reguel are these : Nahath, 
Serah, Samma, Misa. These are the children 
of Basmath Esaus wife. 

The children of Ahalibama Esaus wife, the 
do ughter of Ana, that was the childes childe 
of Zibeon (which she bare vnto Esau) are 
these : Ieus, Iaelam and Korah. 

These are the prynces amoge the childre of 
Esau. The children of Eliphas the first sonne 
of Esau, were these : The prynce Theman, y 
prynce Omar, the prynce Zepho, the prynce 
Kenas, the prynce Korah, the prynce Gaethan, 
the prynce Amaleck. These are the prynces 
of Eliphas in the lade of Edo, and are the 
children of Ada. 

And these are the children of Reguel Esaus 
sonne : y prynce Nahath, y prynce Serah, y 
prynce Sama, y prynce Misa. These are y 
prynces of Reguel in y londe of y Edomites, 
(E they are y children of Basmath Esaus wife. 
These are the children of Ahalibama Esaus 
wife : The prynce Ieus, y prince Iaelam, the 
prynce Korah. These are the prynces of 
Ahalibama, y doughter of Ana Esaus wife. 
These are y childre of Esau and their princes. 
He is Edom. The children of Seir y Horite 
y dwelt in the londe, are these : Lothan, Sobal, 
Zibeon, Ana, Dison, Ezer & Disan. These 
are the prynces of the Horites, all children of 
Seir in the londe of Idumea. But y childre 
of Lothan were these : Hori, j Hema, j 
Lothas sister was called t Thimna. 

The children of Sobal were these : Alua, 
Manahat, Ebal, Sepho g Ona. The childre 
of Zibeo were : Aia & Ana. This is the same 
Ana y foude t Mules in y wyldernes, wha he 
kepte his fathers Zibeons Asses. The children 
of Ana were : Dison : 5 Ahalibama, y is y 
doughter of Ana. The childre of Dison were : 
Hemdan, Eszban, Iethra j Charan. The 

* Ge. 36. d. f Ge. 36. b. 



children of Ezer were: Bilhan, Seaua, (j Ackan. 
The children of Disan were : Vz & Aran. 

These are y prices of y Horites : The prince 
Lothan, y prynce Sobal, y prynce Zibeo, y 
prynce Ana, y prynce Dison, y prince Ezer, 
y prynce Disan. These are the prynces of 
the Horites, which ruled in y londe of Seir. 

"The kynges that reigned in the londe of 
Edumea (before the childre of Israel had eny 
kynge) are these : Bela y sonne of Beor was 
kynge in Edumea, & y name of his cite was 
Dinhaba. And wha Bela died, Iobab y sonne 
of Serah of Bosra was kinge in his steade. 
When Iobab dyed, Husam out of y lode of 
the Themanites was kynge in his steade. 
Whan Husam dyed, Hadad y sonne of Bedad 
(which slewe y Madianites in y Moabites felde) 
was kinge in his steade, & the name of his cite 
was Auith. Whan Hadad dyed, Samla of 
Masreck was kinge in his steade. Wha Samla 
died, Saul of Rehoboth by y water syde, was 
kinge in his steade. Whan Saul dyed, Baal 
Hana. the sonne of Achbor was kynge in his 
steade. Wha. Baal Hana the sonne of Achbor 
dyed, Hadad was kinge in his steade, j the 
name of his cite was Pagu, g his wifes name 
was Mehet Abeel, the doughter of Matred, 
the doughter of Mesahab. Thus are the 
princes of Esau called in their kynreds, places 
& names : The prynce Thymna, y prynce 
Alua, y prynce Ietheth, the prynce Ahali- 
bama, the prynce Ela, the prynce Pynon, the 
prynce Kenas, y prynce Theman, y prince 
Mibzar, the prince Magdiel, y prynce Ira. 
These are the prynces in Edumea, like as 
they dwelt in y la.de of their possessions. And 
Esau is y father of y Edomites. 

%\)t rrrbi). Chapter. 

IACOB dwelt in y lande, wherin his father 
was a straunger, namely in the lade of 
Canaa. And these are y generacios of Iacob. 
Ioseph was seuetene yeare olde, wha. he be- 
came a keper of the catell with his brethren, 
I the lad was with the children of Bilha (j 
Silpa his fathers wyues, and tolde their father 
of y euell reporte y was of the. Israel loued 
Ioseph more the all his childre because he 
had begotte him in his olde age, and he made 
him a cote of many coloures. 

Now wha his brethre sawe, y his father 
loued him more the all his brethre, they had 

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euell wyll at him, 5 coude not speake a fredly 
worde vnto hi. *Ioseph also had once a 
dreame, and tolde his brethre therof. The 
hated they him y more, for he sayde : Heare 
I praye you what I dreamed. Me thought 
we were byndinge sheeues vpo y felde, & my 
shefe arose, and stode vp, and youre sheeues 
rounde aboute made obeysaunce vnto my shefe. 

Then sayde his brethre vnto him: Shalt 
thou be oure kinge, and haue domynio ouer 
vs ? And they hated him yet y more, be- 
cause of his dreame, & his wordes. And he 
had yet another dreame, which he tolde his 
brethre, g saide : Beholde, I had yet another 
dreame : Me thought y Sonne & y Moone ij 
eleuen starres made obeisauce to me. And 
wha this was tolde his father and his brethre, 
his father reproued him, u sayde vnto him: 
What maner of dreame is this, y thou hast 
dreamed ? Shall I & thy mother, (j thy bre- 
thren come j fall before y vpon the groiide ? 
And his brethre had envie at him. But his 
father marcked this sayenge. 

Now wha, his brethren were gone forth to 
kepe their fathers catell in Siche, Israel sayde 
vnto Ioseph : Do not thy brethren kepe the 
catell in Sichem? Come, I wil sende the 
vnto the. He answered : + Here am I. And 
he sayde : Go thy waye, and loke whether it 
be well with thy brethren and with y catell, 
and brynge me worde agayne how it is. And 
he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, to go 
vnto Sichem. 

Then a certayne man founde him, wan- 
dringe out of his waye in the felde, which 
axed him, and sayde : Whom sekest thou ? He 
answered : I seke my brethren : tell me I pray 
the where they kepe. The man sayde : They 
are gone from hence, for I herde them saye : 
let vs go vnto Dothan. Then folowed Ioseph 
after his brethren, and founde them at Dothan. 

Now whan they sawe him a farre of, afore 
he came at the, they deuysed to sleye him, 
and sayde one to another : Lo, there cometh 
the dreamer, i come on, and let vs sley him, 
I cast him in a pytt, and saye : a wicked beast 
hath deuoured him : the shal it be sene, what 
his dreames are. 

When Ruben herde that, he wolde haue 
delyuered him out of their handes, <j sayde : 
$ O let vs not sley a soule. Ruben sayde 



* Gen. 42. a. 
12. a. Luc. 20. 



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■ § Gen. 42. c. « Act. 7. b. 



morouer vnto him : Shed no bloude, but cast 
him in to this pytt y is in the wyldernes, j 
laye ye no hades vpon him. (He wolde haue 
delyuered him out of their hades, y he might 
haue brought him agayne vnto his father.) 

Whan Ioseph now came to his brethre, 
they stryped him out of his cote, that partye 
coloured cote which he had vpon him, tj toke 
him and cast him in to a pytt. But the same 
pytt was emptye, and no water in it, & they 
sat them downe to eate. In the meane season 
they lift vp their eyes, and sawe a cdpany of 
Ismaelites comynge from Gilead, with their 
camels, which bare spyces, balme, and myrre, 
and were goinge downe in to Egipte. 

Then saide Iuda vnto his brethre : what 
helpeth it vs, that we sleye oure brother, and 
hyde his bloude ? Come, let vs sell him vnto 
the Ismaelites, that oure handes be not de- 
fyled vpon him, for he is oure brother, oure 
flesh and bloude. And they herkened vnto him. 

And as the Madianites marchaunt men 
wente by, they drew Ioseph out of the pytt, 
" and solde him vnto the Ismaelites (for twetye 
syluer pens) which brought him in to Egipte. 

Now whan Ruben came agayne vnto the 
pytt, d founde not Ioseph therin, he rent his 
clothes, and came agayne to his brethre and 
sayde : The lad is not yonder, whyther shal I 
go ? Then toke they Iosephs cote & slewe a 
goate, and dypped the cote in y bloude, and 
sent awaye that partie coloured cote, and 
caused it be brought vnto their father and 
sayde : This haue we founde, loke, whether it 
be thy sonnes coate, or no. 

But he knewe it, and sayde : It is my sonnes 
coate, II a wicked beast hath deuoured him, a 
rauyshinge beast hath rauyshed Ioseph. And 
Iacob rete his clothes, and put a sack cloth 
aboute his loynes, j mourned for his sonne a 
longe season. And all his sonnes (j doughters 
came vnto him to coforte him. But he wolde 
not be coforted, & saide : With sorowe wil I 
go downe in to the graue vnto my sonne. 
And his father wepte for him. But the Ma- 
dianites b solde him in Egipte vnto Potiphar 
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called Hyra at Odollam. And there Iuda 
sawe a ma of Canaas doughter called Sua, 
and toke her. And whe he had lyen with 
her, she conceaued and bare a sonne, whom 
she called Er. 

And she conceaued agayne, (j bare a sonne 
who she called Ona. She proceaded yet 
further, g bare a sonne, who she called Sela. 
And wha she had borne him, she left of 
bearinge. 

And Iuda gaue his first sonne Er a wife, 
whose name was Thamar. But he was wicked 
before the LORDE, therfore the LORDE 
slew him. Then sayde Iuda vnto his sonne 
Onan : Go he with thy brothers wife, and 
marye thyself with her, that thou mayest rayse 
vp sede vnto thy brother. But when Onan 
knewe that the sede ° shulde not be his owne, 
whan he laye with his brothers wife, he let it 
fall vpon the earth and destroyed it, y he 
shulde not geue sede vnto his brother. This 
thinge that he dyd displeased the LORDE 
sore, and he slewe him also. 

Then sayde Iudas vnto Thamar his sonnes 
wyfe. Remayne a wyddow in thy fathers 
house, tyll my sonne Sela be growne : for he 
thought : peraduenture he might dye also like 
as his brethren. So Thamar wente hir waye, 
and remained in hir fathers house. Now wha 
many dayes were past, y doughter of Sua 
Iudas wife dyed. And whan Iuda had left 
mournynge, he wente vp vnto Thimnath * to 
clyppe his shepe with his shepherde Hyra of 
Odollam. 

Then was it tolde Thamar: beholde, thy 
father in lawe goeth vp vnto Thimnath, to 
clyppe his shepe. Then put she of f wyd- 
dowes garmentes that she had vpon her, 
couered and dysgysed hir self, g sat hir downe 
without the porte by the waye syde towarde 
Thymnath. For she sawe that Sela was 
growne, and she was not geuen vnto him to 
wife. 

Now whan Iuda sawe her, he thought it 
had bene an whoore, for she had couered hir 
face : and he gat him to her in the waye, and 
saide : I praye the let me lye with the, for he 
knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe. 
She answered : What wilt thou geue me, that 
thou mayest lie with me ? He sayde : I wil 
sende the a kydd from the flocke. She 
answered : Geue me a pledge then, tyll thou 

Deut. 25. a. * Ge. 31. c. 2 Re. 13. e. 



sende it me. He sayde : What pledge wilt 
thou that I geue the ? 

She answered : Thy signet, and thy brace- 
let, and thy staff that thou hast in thy hade. 
Then he gaue it her, and laye with her, and 
she was with childe of him. And she gat hir 
vp, and wente hir waye, and layed of hir cloke, 
and put on hir wyddowes garmetes agayne. 

Iuda sent the kydd by his shepherde of 
Odolla, to fetch the pledge agayne from the 
woman, and he founde her not. Then axed 
he the men of the same place, g sayde : Where 
is the whoore y sat without in the waye ? 
They answered : There hath no whoore bene 
here. And he came agayne vnto Iuda, and 
saide : I haue not founde her, morouer y men 
of the same place saide : that there hath no 
whoore bene there. Iuda sayde: Let her 
take it vnto her, lest we happly be shamed, 
for I haue sent the kydd, and thou hast not 
founde her. 

After thre monethes it was tolde Iuda: 
Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath plaied the 
whoore: and beholde, by whordome is she 
gotten with childe. Iuda sayde : brynge her 
forth, that she maye be brent. And whan she 
was brought forth, she sent vnto hir father in 
lawe, and sayde : By the man y oweth these, 
am I with childe. And she sayde : Knowest 
thou whose is this signet, this bracelet g this 
staff? Iuda knewe the, g sayde : She is 
more righteous the I, for I gaue hir not my 
sonne Sela : But he laye nomore with her. 

Whan the tyme came that she shulde be 
delyuered, there were two twyns founde in hir 
wombe. And as she was now in trauelynge, 
the one put out his hande. Then the mydwife 
toke and boiide a reed threde aboute it, and 
saide : This shal come out first. But whan 
he pluckte in his hande agayne, his brother 
came forth. And she sayde: Wherfore is 
there a rent mayde for thy sake ? And he was 
called t Phares. Afterwarde came his brother 
forth, which had f reed threde aboute his 
hande, and he was called Zarah. 

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IOSEPH was brought downe in to Egipte, 
g Potiphar an Egipcia *Pharaos chefe 
marshall bought him of y Ismaelites, y brought 
him downe. And y LORDE was with Ioseph, 
in so moch y he became a luckye ma, g was 

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in his master y Egipcians house. And his 
master sawe y the LORDE was with him: 
for what so euer he dyd, the LORDE made 
it to prospere in his hade : so y he founde 
fauoure in his masters sight, & was his ser- 
uaunt. He made him ruler of his house, and 
put all that he had, vnder his hande. And 
from the tyme forth that he had made him 
ruler of his house and all his goodes, y 
LORDE blessed the Egipcians house for 
Iosephs sake : and there was nothynge but 
the very blessynge of the LORDE in all y 
he had in y house j in the felde, therfore left 
he all y he had, in Iosephs hande. And 
medled with nothinge himself, saue onely 
the bred that he ate. And Ioseph was fayre 
of bewtye, and well fauoured of face. 

And it fortuned after these actes, that his 
masters wife cast hir eyes vpon Ioseph, and 
sayde : Slepe with me. But he denyed, and 
saide vnto her : Beholde, my master knoweth 
not what is in y house, and all that he hath, 
that hath he put vnder my hande. And there 
is no man so greate in the house as I, and he 
hath kepte nothinge fro me, excepte the : for 
thou art his wife. How shulde I then do so 
greate euell, and synne agaynst God? But 
she spake soch wordes vnto Ioseph daylie. 
Neuertheles he herkened not vnto her, to 
slepe by her, or to be in her company. 

It fortuned vpon a tyme, that Ioseph wente 

to the house to do his busynesse, and there 
was none of y folkes of the house thereby. 
And she caught him by his garment, & sayde : 
Slepe with me. But he left the garment in 
hir hande, and fled, and gat him out of the 
house. 

Now wha she sawe that he had left his 
garmet in hir hande, and fled out, she called 
the folkes in the house, and sayde vnto the : 
Lo, he hath brought vs in the Hebrue, to do 
vs shame. He came in here vnto me, to 
slepe by me : but I cried with loude voyce. 
And whan he herde that I made a noyse j 
cried, he left his garmet here by me, and fled, 
and ranne out. 

And she layed vp his garmet by her, tyll 
his master came home, and tolde him euen 
the same wordes, and sayde : The Hebrue 
seruaunt whom thou broughtest here vnto vs, 
came in here to me, for to do me shame. 
But whan I made a noyse and cried, he left 



his garment here by me, and fled out. Whan 
his master herde the wordes of his wyfe 
which she tolde him, and sayde : Thus hath 
the Hebrue seruaunt done vnto me, he was 
very wroth. 

Then his master toke him, and put him in 
the preson, "wherin the kinges presoners laie. 
And there he laye in preson. But the 
LORDE was with him, and had mercy vpon 
him, j caused him to fynde fauoure in the 
sight of the officer of y preson, so that he 
committed all the presoners of the preson 
vnto his hades : that what so euer were done, 
might be done by him. For the officer of 
the preson sawe, y the LORDE was with 
him in all y was vnder his handes, and that 
what so euer he dyd, the LORDE made it 
to come prosperously to passe. 

Che rl. Cfiapter. 

AND it fortuned after this, that y kynge 
of Egiptes chefe butlar and y chefe 
baker offended their lorde the kynge of Egipte. 
And Pharao was angrie with them, j caused 
them be put in preson in y chefe marshals 
house, where Ioseph laye presoner. And the 
chefe marshall put Ioseph vnto them, y he 
might serue them. And so they were in 
preson for a season. 

And they dreamed, both the butlar j the 
baker in one night, euery ma. his owne dreame, 
and euery dreame had his interpretacio. Now 
in the mornynge whan Ioseph came in vnto 
them, and sawe that they loked sadly, he 
axed them and sayde : Why loke ye so sadly 
to daye ? They answered : We haue dreamed, 
and haue no man to declare it vnto vs. Ioseph 
sayde : Interpretinge belongeth vnto God, but 
tell it me yet. 

Then the chefe butlar tolde Ioseph his 
dreame, and saide vnto him: I dreamed that 
there was a vyne before me, which had thre 
braunches, and it budded, grewe and bare 
blossoms, and the grapes therof were rype. 
And I had Pharaos cuppe in my hande, u 
toke (the grapes) and wronge the in to y cuppe, 
and gaue Pharao the cuppe in his hade. 

Ioseph sayde : This is the interpretacio : 
The thre braunches are thre dayes, and ouer 
thre dayes shall Pharao take the, and putt 
the in thine office agayne, that thou mayest 
geue him the cuppe in his hande after the 
olde maner, wha thou wast his butlar. But 



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whan thou art in thy prosperite, thynke vpon 
me, and shewe me kyndnesse, that thou mayest 
certifie Pharao of me, y he maie bringe me 
out of this house : for I was preuely caried 
out of the lande of the Hebrues, and here 
also haue I done nothinge, that they shulde 
haue put me in this dongeon. 

Whan the chefe baker sawe, that the in- 
terpretacion was good, he sayde vnto Ioseph 
I dreamed, that I bare thre wyker baskettes 
vpon my heade, and in y vppermost baszket 
all maner of bake meates vnto Pharao, and 
the foules ate out of the baszket vpon my 
heade. 

Ioseph answered, and sayde : This is the 
interpretacion : The thre baszkettes are thre 
dayes, and after thre dayes shall Pharao take 
the, and hange the vpon the galowe, and the 
foules shal eate thy flesh from of y. 

And vpon the thirde daye it came to passe, 
that Pharao helde his * byrth daye, and made 
a feast vnto all his seruauntes, and toke the 
chefe butlar and the chefe baker before all 
his seruauntes, and restored the chefe butlar 
to his butlarshipe agayne, so that he reached 
the cuppe in to Pharaos hande. As for the 
chefe baker, he caused him be hanged like as 
Ioseph had interpretated vnto him. Neuer- 
thelesse the chefe butlar thought not on Ioseph, 
but forgat him. 

ftfie rlt. Chapter. 

AND after two yeares Pharao had a 
dreame, how that he stode by a water 
syde : and beholde, out of the water there 
came seuen goodly kyne, and fatfleshed, and 
wente fedinge in the medowe. After these 
he sawe other seuen kyne come out of the 
water, which were euell fauoured and leane 
fleshed, and wente by the kyne vpon y water 
syde : and the euell fauoured leene kyne ate 
vp the seuen goodly and fatt kyne. Then 
Pharao awaked. 

And he slepte agayne, and dreamed the 
seconde tyme. And he sawe that seuen eares 
of come grewe vpon one stalke, full and good. 
Afterwarde he sawe seue thynne and blasted 
eares come vp, and the seuen thynne eares 
deuoured the seuen greate and full eares. 
Then Pharao awaked, and sawe that it was a 
dreame. And whan it was daye, his sprete 
was troubled, and he sente out, (i caused to 



call all the soythsayers in Egipte g all the wyse 
men, and tolde them his dreame. But there 
was none, that coude tell Pharao the inter- 
pretacion of it. 

Then spake the chefe butlar vnto Pharao, 
and saide: This daye do I remembre my 
fawte. Whan Pharao was angrie with his 
seruauntes, and put me in preson with y chefe 
baker in y chefe marshals house, we dreamed 
both in one night euery ma his dreame, hau- 
inge his owne interpretacion. Then was there 
with vs a yonge man an Hebrue, the chefe 
marshals seruaunt, vnto whom we tolde it, 
and he declared oure dreames vnto vs, vnto 
euery ma acordinge to his dreame. And as 
he declared it vnto vs, so came it to passe. 
For I was restored vnto myne office, and he 
was hanged. 

Then Pharao sent and called for Ioseph 
and they let him out of the dongeon. And 
he let himself be shauen, and chaunged his 
clothes, and came in vnto Pharao. Then 
saide Pharao vnto him: I haue dreamed a 
dreame, and there is no man that can inter- 
prete it : but I haue herde tell of the, that 
wha thou -nearest a dreame, thou declarest it. 
Ioseph answered Pharao, and sayde : God 
shall geue Pharao a prosperous answere, yee 
well without me. 

Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph : I dreamed that 
I stode by a water syde, and beholde, out of 
the water there came seuen kyne, fatfleshed 
and goodly, and wente fedinge in y medowe. 
And after them I sawe other seue kyne come 
out, thynne, euell fauoured, and leenfleshed. 
So euell fauoured sawe I neuer in all the 
lande of Egipte. And the seuen leene and 
euell fauoured kyne, ate vp the seuen first 
fat kyne. And whan they had eate them vp, 
a man coude not perceaue that they had eaten 
them, & were as euell fauoured as they were 
afore. Then I awaked. 

And I sawe agayne in my dreame seuen 
eares of corne, growinge vp5 one stalke, full 
and good. Afterwarde there spronge vp seuen 
wythred eares, thynne and blasted, and the 
seuen thynne eares deuoured the seuen good 
eares. And I haue shewed it vnto my soith- 
sayers, but they can tell me nothinge therof. 

Ioseph answered Pharao : Both Pharaos 
dreames are one. God sheweth Pharao what 
he wil do. The seuen good kyne are seuen 
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yeares also. It is one dreame. The seuen 
leene and euell fauoured kyne, that came vp 
after them, are seuen yeares. And the seuen 
thynne and blasted eares, shalbe seuen yeares 
of' derth. This is now the thinge which I 
tolde Pharao, that God sheweth Pharao, what 
he wyll do. 

Beholde, there shal come seuen yeares with 
greate plenteousnes in y whole lande of Egipte, 
and after the same there shall come seuen 
yeares of derth, so that all this plenteousnes 
shalbe forgotten in y lande of Egipte: and 
the derth shall consume the lande, so that the 
plenteousnes shal not be perceaued in the 
lande, because of the derth that commeth 
therafter, for it shall be very greate. Where 
as Pharao dreamed the seconde tyme, it 
signifieth that this thinge is surely prepared 
of God, and that God wil shortly brynge the 
same to passe. 

Let Pharao now prouyde for a man of 
vnderstondinge & wyszdome, whom he maye 
set ouer the lande of Egipte, and se that he 
ordene officers in the londe, and take y fifth 
(parte) of the lande of Egipte in the seuen 
plenteous yeares, and gather all y foode y 
shal come of the plenteous yeares, that they 
maye laye vp corne vnder Pharaos power for 
sustenaunce in the cities, and kepe it, y there 
maye be foode founde prepared for the lande 
in the seuen deare yeares, which shall come 
vpon the lande of Egipte, that the lande be 
not destroyed of honger. The sayenge pleased 
Pharao well and all his seruautes. And 
Pharao sayde vnto his seruauntes : How 
might we fynde soch a man, in whom is the 
sprete of God ? And sayde vnto Iosep : For 
so moch as God hath shewed y all this, there 
is none of soch vnderstondinge & wyszdome 

thou. 

Thou shalt be ouer my house, and acordinge 
vnto thy worde ° shall all my people obeye : 
onely in the kynges seate wyll I be more 
then thou. And he sayde : Beholde, I haue 
set the ouer the whole lande of Egipte. And 
he toke of his ringe from his hade, and gaue 
it Ioseph in his hade, and clothed him with 
hyte sylke, and honge a cheyne of golde 
aboute his neck, and made him ryde vpo the 
seconde charet: and caused it be proclamed 
before him, that men shulde bowe their knees 



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vnto him, as to him who Pharao had set ouer 
the whole lande of Egipte. 

And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I am 
Pharao : without thy wyll shall no man moue 
his hande or his fote in all the lade Egipte. 
And he called him * Zaphnath Paena, g 
gaue him a wife, euen Asnath the doughter 
of Potiphar the prest of On. So Ioseph 
wente out, for to vyset the lande of Egipte. 
(And he was thirtie yeare olde, whan he stode 
before Pharao. ) And he departed from Pharao, 
and wente thorow all the lande of Egipte. 

And the londe dyd so those seuen plente- 
ous yeares, and they gathered all the foode of 
the seuen yeares that were in the lande of 
Egipte, rj layed it in the cities. Loke what 
foode grewe in the felde rounde aboute euery 
cite, they put it therin. So Ioseph layed vp 
the corne in stoare, and that moch aboue 
measure, as the sonde of the see : in so moch 
y he left of nombiynge of it, for it coude not 
be nombred. 

* And vnto Ioseph there were borne two 
sonnes (before f derth came) whom Asnath 
the doughter of Potiphar prest of On bare 
vnto him. And the first called he Manasses : 
for God (sayde he) hath caused me to forget 
all my laboure, and all my fathers house. The 
seconde called he Ephraim : for God (sayde 
he) hath caused me to growe in y lande of mv 
trouble. 

Now whan y seuen plenteous yeares were 
ended in Egipte, then beganne the seuen 
deare yeares to come, c wherof Ioseph had 
sayde. And there was derth in all landes, 
but in all the lade of Egipte there was foode. 
Now whan the lande of Egipte beganne to 
suffre honger also, the people cryed vnto 
Pharao for bred. But Pharao sayde vnto all 
y Egipcians : Go vnto Ioseph, what he sayeth 
vnto you, y doo. So whan there was derth 
in all y lade, Ioseph opened all y was by him, 
CE solde vnto the Egipcians. Thus y derth 
preuayled in the lande, (j all countrees came 
to Egipte to bye at Ioseph : for the derth was 
mightie in all landes. 

Oje rlrj. Chapter. 

WHAN Iacob sawe that there was moch 
corne in Egipte, he sayde vnto his 
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there is moch corne in Egipte, go downe 5 
bye vs corne, y we maie lyue, g not dye. So 
Iosephs ten brethre wente downe to bye corne 
in Egipte. As for Ben Iamyn Iosephs brothei* 
Iacob wolde not let him go with his brethre, 
for he sayde: Some mysfortune might happen 
vnto him. So f childre of Israel came to 
bye corne, amonge other y came with them 
for there was derth also in y lande of Canaan 
But Ioseph was gouernoure in the lande, and 
solde corne vnto all the people in the lande. 

Now wha his brethre came to him, they 
fell downe to the grounde before him vpon 
their faces. And he sawe them, 5 knewe the 
and helde him self straunge towarde them, 
and talked roughly with them, and saide vnto 
them : Whence come ye ? They sayde : Out 
of the lande of Canaan to bye vytayle. Neuer- 
theles though he knewe them, yet knewe 
they not him. And Ioseph thought vpon f 
dreames that he had dreamed of them," and 
sayde vnto them: Ye are spyes, and are come 
to se where the lande is open. 

They answered him : No my lorde, thy 
seruauntes are come to bye vytayle : we are 
all one mans sonnes, we are vnfayned, and thy 
seruauntes were neuer spyes. He sayde vnto 
the : No, but ye are come to se where the 
lande is open. They answered him : We thy 
seruauntes are twolue brethren, the sonnes of 
one man in the lade of Canaan, and the 
yongest is with oure father : as for one, he is 
awaye. 

Ioseph sayde vnto them : This is it that 
I sayde vnto you : spyes are ye. Here by 
wyll I proue you : By the life of Pharao ye 
shall not get hence, excepte youre yongest 
brother come hither. Sende awaye one of 
you to fetch youre brother, but ye shalbe in 
preson. Thus wyll I trye out youre wordes, 
whether ye go aboute with trueth or not: 
for els, by the life of Pharao ye are spyes. 
And he put the together in warde thre dayes 
longe. 

Vpon the thirde daye he sayde vnto the : 
Yf ye wil lyue, the do thus, for I feare God : 
Yf ye be vnfayned, let one of youre brethren 
lye bounde in youre preson : but go ye youre 
waye, and cary home the necessary foode, 5 
brynge me youre yongest brother, so wyll I 
beleue youre wordes, that ye shall not dye. 
And so they dyd. 



And they sayde one to another: This haue 
we deserued against oure brother, in that we 
sawe the anguysh of his soule, whan he be- 
sought vs, and we wolde not heare him : 
therfore cometh now this trouble vpon vs. 
Ruben answered them, and saide : Tolde not 
I you y same, whan I sayde : * O synne not 
agaynst y lad, but ye wolde not heare. Now 
is his bloude requyred. But they knew not 
that Ioseph vnderstode it, for he spake vnto 
the by an interpreter. And he turned him 
from them, and wepte. Now whan he had 
turned him to them agayne, and talked with 
them, he toke Symon from amonge them, g 
bounde him before their eyes, and com 
maunded to fyll their sackes with corne, and 
to put euery mans money in his sack, and to 
geue euery one his expenses by the waye. 
And so was it done vnto them. 

And they laded their corne vpon their 
Asses, and departed thence. But whan one 
opened his sacke to geue his Asse prouender 
in the Inne, he spyed his money in his sack 
mouth, and sayde vnto his brethren: My 
money is restored me agayne : lo, it is in my 
sack. Then their hertes fayled them, and 
they were afrayed amonge them selues, and 
sayde : Wherfore hath God done this vnto vs 

Now whan they came home to Iacob their 
father in the lade of Canaan, they tolde him 
all that had happened vnto them, & sayde 
The man that is lorde of the londe, spake 
roughly to vs, and toke vs for spyes of the 
countre. And whan we answered: we are 
vnfayned, 5 were neuer spyes, but are twolue 
brethren the sonnes of oure father : one is 
awaye, and the yongest is yet this daye with 
oure father in the lande of Canaan, He sayde : 
Hereby wyl I marke, that ye are vnfayned: 
Leaue one of youre brethren with me, (t take 
foode necessary for youre houses, a go youre 
waye, and brynge youre yongest brother vnto 
me : so shal I knowe that ye are no spyes, but 
vnfayned: the shal I delyuer you youre brother 
also, and ye maye occupie in the lande. 

And whan they opened their sackes, euery 
man founde his boundell of money in his 
sacke. And wha they and their father sawe, 
that it was the bundels of their money, they 
were afrayed. 

Then sayde Iacob their father: Ye haue 
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Simeon is awaye, and ye will take Ben Iamin 
awaye: It goeth all ouer me. Ruben an 
swered his father g sayde : Yf I brynge him 
not to the againe, then slaye my two sonnes 
delyuer him but in to my hande, I wyl brynge 
him agayne vnto the. He sayde : my sonne 
shal not go downe with you : for his brother is 
deed, and he is left alone. Yf eny mysfortune 
shulde happen vnto him by the waye y ye go. 
ye shulde bringe my graye hayre with sorowe 
downe vnto the graue. 

Che rlttj. Cfiapttr. 

BUT the derth oppressed f lande. And 
whan all the vytales that they had brought 
out of Egipte were spent, Iacob their father 
sayde vnto them : Go agayne, and bye vs a 
litle foode. 

The Iuda answered him, and sayde : The 
man sware vnto vs, and sayde : ye shal not se 
my face, excepte youre brother be with you. 
Yf so be now that thou wilt sende oure brother 
with vs, we wil go downe, and bye the foode. 
But yf thou wilt not sende him, we wyl not 
go downe. For the man sayde vnto vs : Ye 
shal not se my face, excepte youre brother be 
with you. 

Israel sayde : Wherfore haue ye done this 
euell vnto me, to tell y man, that ye had yet 
a brother ? They answered : The man en- 
quered so strately of vs and of oure kynrede, 5 
sayde : Is youre father yet a lyue ? Haue ye 
yet a brother? Then tolde we him, as he axed 
vs. How coulde we knowe, that he wolde 
saye : brynge youre brother downe with you ? 
Then sayde Iuda vnto Israel his father : Let 
the lad go with me, that we maye get vs vp 
and take oure iourney, and lyue, and not dye, 
both we and thou, and oure childre. * I wyll 
be suertye for him, of my handes shalt thou 
requyre him. Yf I brynge him not vnto the 
agayne, (j set him before thine eyes, I wil 
beare f blame my life longe. For yf we had 
not made this tarienge, we had now bene 
come agayne twyse. 

Then sayde Israel their father vnto the: 
Yf it must nedes be so, then do this : take of 
the best frutes of the lande in youre sackes, 
and brynge the man a present: a curtesy 
balme, and hony, and spyces, and myrre, and 
dates, and almondes. Take other money with 
you also, and the money that was brought 



agayne in your sacke mouthes, cary it agayne 
with you : peraduenture it was an ouersight. 
And take youre brother, get you vp, g go 
agayne vnto the man. The Allmightie God 
geue you mercy in the sight of f man, that he 
maye let you haue youre other brother, and 
Ben Iamin. As for me, I must be as one, 
that is robbed of his children. 

Then they toke the present, and other money 
with them, and Ben Iamin, gat the vp, and 
wente in to Egipte, and stode before Ioseph. 
Then Ioseph behelde them with Ben Iamin, 
and sayde vnto the ruler of his house: Bringe 
these men in, and sley, & make ready, for they 
shal dyne with me at noone. And the man 
dyd as Ioseph bad him, 5 brought the men 
to Iosephs house. 

Whan they were brought in to Iosephs 
house, they were afrayed, and sayde : We are 
brought hither because of the money, that 
came agayne in oure sackes at the first, to 
pyke a quarell with vs, and to laye somethinge 
to oure charge, and to take vs for bonde ser- 
uauntes with oure Asses. 

Therfore came they to y man, that was 
ruler of Iosephs house, and talked with him 
at the doore, and sayde : Syr, t we came 
downe at the first to bye foode, and whan we 
came in the Inne, and opened oure sackes. 
beholde, euery mans money was in his sack 
mouth with full weight: therfore haue we 
brought it with vs agayne, j haue brought 
other money with vs also, to bye foode : but 
we can not tell, who put oure money in oure 
sackes. 

He sayde : Be content, feare you not, youre 
God euen f God of youre fathers hath geue 
you y treasure in youre sackes, I had youre 
money. And he brought forth Simeon vnto 
them, and led them in to Iosephs house, and 
gaue them water to wash their fete, a gaue 
their Asses prouender. 

And they made readye f present, ageynst 
Ioseph came at noone : for they herde, y 
they shulde dyne there. Now whan Ioseph 
wente in to the house, they brought him home 
y present that they had, and fell downe to the 
grounde before him. But he welcomed them 
curteously, and sayde : Is youre father (that 
olde man which ye tolde me of,) in good 
health ? Is he yet alyue ? They answered : 
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and is yet alyue. And they bowed them 
selues, and fell downe before him. 

And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe his bro- 
ther Ben Iamin his mothers sonne, and saide : 
* Is this youre yongest brother, that ye tolde 
me of? And he sayde morouer : God be mer- 
cifull vnto the my sonne. And Ioseph made 
haist (for "the grounde of his hert was kyndled 
towarde his brother) and sought how he might 
wepe, s wente in to his chamber, and wepte 
there. 

And whan he had washed his face, he wente 
out, and refrayned him self, and sayde: set 
bred (on the table.) And they brought vnto 
him by him self, and vnto them by the selues, 
and to the Egipcians also that ate with them, 
by them selues. (For the Egipcians darre 
not eate bred with the Ebrues, that is an 
abhominacion vnto them.) And they were 
set ouer agaynst him, the first borne acord- 
inge to his first byrth, and the yongest after 
his youth. They marueled at it amonge 
them selues, and thei'e were brought them 
sundrye meates from his table. But Ben 
Iamins parte was fyue tymes more then the 
other. And they dronke, and were mery with 
him. 



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ND Ioseph commaunded the ruler of 
_ his house, and sayde : Fyll the mens 
sackes with foode, as moch as they maye 
carye, and put euery mans money in his sacke 
mouth, & put my syluer cuppe in the sack 
mouth of the yongest with the money for f 
vytayles. He dyd as Ioseph had sayde. And 
on the morow whan it was daye, they let y 
men go with their Asses. 

But whan they were out of the cite, and 
not come farre, Ioseph sayde to the ruler of 
his house : Vp, and folowe after the me, and 
whan thou ouertakest them, saie vnto them : 
Wherfore haue ye rewarded euell for good ? 
Is not that it, that my lorde drynketh out of? 
and that he prophecieth withall ? It is euell 
done of you, that ye haue done. 

And whan he had ouertaken them, he sayde 
the same wordes vnto them. They answered 
him : Wherfore saieth my lorde soch wordes ? 
God forbyd, that thy seruauntes shulde do 
eny soch thinge ? Beholde, the money that 
we foude in oure sackes mouthes, that brought 



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we vnto the agayne, out of the lande of 
Canaan: how shulde we then haue stollen 
either syluer or golde out of thy lordes house ? 
Loke by whom it shall be founde amonge thy 
seruauntes, let him dye : yee and we also wyll 
be my lordes bondmen. He sayde : let it so 
be, as ye haue spoken. Loke by whom it 
shall be founde, let him be my seruaunt, but 
ye shalbe harmlesse. 

And they made haist, and toke downe euery 
man his sack to the grounde, and euery man 
opened his sack : And he searched g beganne 
at the greatest vnto the yongest, and the 
cuppe was founde in Ben Iamins sacke. Then 
rente they their clothes, and euery man lade 
the burthen vpon his Asse, g wente agayne 
vnto the cite. And Iuda wente with his 
brethren vnto Iosephs house (for he was there 
yet) and they fell before him on the groude. 
Ioseph sayde vnto them : What maner of dede 
is this, that ye haue done ? Knewe ye not, 
that soch a man as I am, can prophecy ? 

Iuda sayde : What shall we saye vnto my 
lorde? or how shal we speake? and what 
excuse shal we make ? God hath founde out 
f wickednesse of thy seruauntes. Beholde, 
we and he, by whom the cuppe is founde, are 
my lordes seruauntes. But he sayde : God 
forbyd that I shulde do so. The man by 
whom the cuppe is founde, shall be my ser- 
uaunt, but go ye vp in peace vnto youre father. 

The stepte Iuda vnto him, and sayde : 
My lorde, let thy seruaunt speake one worde 
in thine eares my lorde, be not displesed at 
thy seruaunt also, for thou art eue as Pharao. 
My lorde axed his seruauntes, and sayde : 
Haue ye yet a father or brother? Then 
answered we : We haue a father, which is 
olde, and a yonge lad begotten in his age, and 
his brother is deed, & he is left alone of his 
mother, and his father loueth him. 

Then saydest thou: Brynge him downe 
vnto me, and I wil sehim. But we answered 
my lorde: The lad can not come from his 
father, yf he shulde come from him, he were 
but a deed man. Then saydest thou vnto thy 
seruauntes : * Yf youre yongest brother come 
not hither with you, ye shall se my face no- 
more. Then wente we vp vnto thy seruaunt 
my father, and tolde him my lordes wordes. 
Then sayde oure father : Go youre waye 
agayne, and bye vs a litle foode. But we 



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sayde: We can not go downe, excepte oure 
yongest brother be with vs, then wyll we go 
downe : for we darre not loke the man in the 
face, yf oure yongest brother be not with vs. 
Then sayde thy seruaunt my father vnto vs : 
Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes, 
one wente out fro me, and I sayde : he is 
tome in peces. " Yf ye take this fro me also, 
and eny mysfortune happe him, then shal ye 
* brynge my gray heer with sorowe downe 
vnto the graue. 

Yf I now come home vnto my father, & 
the lad be not with me (seynge his soule 
hangeth by the soule of this) then shall it 
come to passe, that yf he se not the lad there, 
he shal dye. So shal we thy seruauntes brynge 
the gray heer of thy seruaunt oure father with 
sorowe downe to the graue. For I thy ser- 
uaunt "became suertye for the lad vnto my 
father, and sayde : yf I brynge him not 
agayne, I will beare the blame all my lyfe 
longe. Therfore let thy seruaunt byde here 
in steade of y lad, to be my lordes bonde 
man, and let the lad go vp with his brethren. 
For how can I go vp vnto my father, yf the 
lad be not with me ? Then shulde I se the 
mysery that shulde happen vnto my father. 

€f)t rib. Chapter. 

THEN coude not Ioseph refrayne him 
self before all them that stode aboute 
him : and he c5maunded euery man to go out 
from him, and there stode no man by him, 
whan Ioseph vttred him self vnto his bre- 
thren. And he wepte loude, so that y Egip- 
cians and Pharaos housholde herde it. d And 
he sayde vnto his brethren : I am Ioseph, is 
my father yet alyue? And his brethren 
coulde not answere him, they were so abashed 
before his face. But he sayde: Come nye 
vnto me. And they came nye. And he 
sayde : I am Ioseph youre brother, * whom 
ye solde in to Egipte. And now vexe not 
youre selues, 5 thinke not y there is eny 
wrath, because ye solde me hither, t For 
God sent me hither before you, for youre 
lyues sake. For these are now two yeares, 
that y derth hath bene in the lande, and there 
are yet fyue yeares behynde, wherin there 
shalbe no plowinge ner haruest. 

But God sent me hither before you, y he 
might let you remayne vpon earth, and to 



saue youre lyues by a greate delyueraunce. 
And now, it was not ye then that sent me 
hither, but God which hath made me a father 
vnto Pharao, & lorde ouer all his house, and a 
prynce in the whole lande of Egipte. Haist 
you therfore, and go vp vnto my father, and 
saye vnto him: Thy sonne Ioseph sendeth 
the this worde : God hath made me lorde in all 
Egipte, come downe vnto me, tarye not, thou 
shalt dwel in the lande of Gosen, and be with 
me : thou and thy children, and thy childers 
childre, thy small and greate catell, and all 
that thou hast. There wyll I make prouysion 
for the (for there are yet fyue yeares of derth) 
that thou perishe not with thine house, and 
all that is thyne. Beholde, youre eyes and 
the eyes of my brother Ben Iamin se, that I 
myne owne self speake vnto you by mouth. 
Shewe my father all my worshipe in Egipte, 
and all that ye haue sene : haist you, and 
come downe hither with my father. 

And he fell aboute his brother Ben Iamyns 
neck, and wepte, and Ben Iamin wepte vpon 
his neck also. And he kyssed all his brethren, 
and wepte vpon them. And afterwarde talked 
his brethren with him. And this tydinges 
came in to Pharaos house : Iosephs brethren 
are come, which pleased Pharao well, and all 
his seruauntes. 

And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph : Saye vnto 
thy brethren : Do thus, lade youre beastes, 
go youre waye, and whan ye come in to the 
lande of Canaan, take youre father and youre 
housholdes, and come vnto me, I wyl geue 
you of the goodes in the lade of Egipte, so 
that ye shall eate the fatt in the lande. And 
he commaunded them, Do thus, Take you 
charettes out of y lande of Egipte for youre 
children and wyues, and brynge youre father, 
and come, and regarde not youre housholde 
stuff: for the goodes of all the lade of Egipte 
shalbe yours. 

The children of Israel dyd so, and Ioseph 
gaue the charettes acordynge to Pharaos 
commaundement, and expenses by the waye, 
and gaue them all, vnto euery one a chaunge 
of rayment : but vnto Ben Iamin he gaue thre 
hundreth syluer pens, and fyue chaunge of 
rayment. As for his father, he sent him ten 
Asses laden with goodes out of Egipte, and 
ten Asses with corne and bred, and vytayles 
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his brethren, and sayde vnto them : Stryue 
not by the wave. 

Thus they departed out of Egipte, and 
came to the lande of Canaan vnto lacob their 
father, and tolde him, and sayde : Thy sonne 
Ioseph is yet alyue, and is a lorde in all the 
lande of Egipte. But his hert wauered, for 
he beleued them not. The tolde they him 
all the wordes of Ioseph, which he had sayde 
vnto them. And whan he sawe y charettes 
that Ioseph had sent to fetch him, his sprete 
reuyued, g he sayde : I haue ynough, that my 
sonne Ioseph is yet a Hue I wil go, and se 
him, before I dye. 

Cfte rlbt. Cljapter. 

ISRAEL toke his iourney with all that he 
had. "And whan he came to Berseba, he 
offred offerynges vnto y God of his father 
Isaac. And God spake vnto him in a vision 
by night: lacob lacob. He sayde: here am I. 
And he saide : I am y mightie God of thy 
father, be not afrayed to go in to Egipte, for 
there wyl I make a greate people of the. I 
wyll go downe with the, j wil brynge the vp 
also. And Ioseph shal laye his hande vpon 
thine eyes. 

Then lacob gat him vp from Berseba, and 
y children of Israel caried lacob their father 
with their children and wyues vpon the 
charettes that Pharao had sent to cary him, 
And they toke their catell & substaunce which 
they had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and 
so came in to Egipte : * lacob (j all his sede 
with him, his children & his childers children 
with him, his doughters, and the doughters of 
his children, g all his sede. 

These are y names of the children of Israel, 
hich came in to Egipte, lacob (j his sonnes. 
t The first borne sonne of lacob : Ruben. 
The children of Ruben: Hanoch, Pallu, 
Hezron and Charmi. * The children of 
Simeon : Iemuel, Iamin, Ohad, Iachim, 
Zohar and Saul the sonne of the Cananitish 
woman. The childre of Leui : Gerson, 
Cahath 5 Merari. The childre of Iuda : Er, 
Onan, Sela, Phares <£ Serah. But Er and 
Onan dyed in the lande of Canaan. The 
childre of Phares : Hesron and Hamul. The 
children of Isachar: c Thola, Phua, lob u 
Semron. The children of Zabulon : Sered, 



Iosu. 24. a. Act. 7. b. 
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Elon and Iahleel. These are the childre of 
Lea, which she bare vnto lacob in Mesopo- 
tamia with his doughter Dina. These all 
together with sonnes g doughters make thre 5 
thirtie soules. 

The childre of Gad : Zipheon, Haggi, Suni, 
Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli. The children 
of Asser : Iemna, Iesua, Iesui, Bria & Sera 
their sister. The children of Bria : Heber and 
Malchiel. These are the children of Silpa, 
t whom Laban gaue vnto Lea his doughter, 
and she bare vnto lacob these sixtene soules. 

The childre of Rachel Iacobs wife : Ioseph 
and Ben Iamin. And vnto Ioseph in y lande 
of Egipte §were borne Manasses and Ephraim, 
whom Asnath the doughter of Potiphar prest 
of On bare vnto him. The children of Ben 
Iamin: Bela, Becher, Asber, Gera, Naama, 
Ehi, Ros, Mupim, Hupim and Ard. These 
are the children of Rachel, which were borne 
vnto lacob, fourtene soules altogether. 

The children of Dan : Husim. The childre 
of Nephtali: Iahzeel, Guni, Iezer, Sillem. 
These are the children of Bilha, whom Laban 
gaue vnto his doughter Rachel, & she bare 
lacob these seuen soules. All the soules y 
came with lacob in to Egipte, d which pro- 
ceaded out of his loynes (besyde the wyues of 
his childre) are alltogether sixe (j sixtie soules. 
And Iosephs childre which were borne vnto 
him in Egipte, were two soules : so that all 
the soules of the house of lacob which came 
in to Egipte, were seuentye. 

And he sent Iuda before him vnto Ioseph, 
to shew him the waye to Gosen, (j they came 
in to the lande of Gosen. Then Ioseph 
bended his charett fast, and wente vp to mete 
Israel his father vnto Gosen. And whan he 
sawe him, he fell aboute his neck, g wepte 
sore vpon his neck. Then sayde Israel vnto 
Ioseph : Now am I content to dye, for so 
moch as I haue sene thy face, that thou art 
yet alyue. 

Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, j to his 
fathers house : I will go vp, & tell Pharao, & 
saye vnto him : My brethre and my fathers 
house are come vnto me out of the lande of 
Canaan, and are kepers of catell (for they are 
men that deale with catell:) their small j 
greate catell, and all that they haue, haue 
they brought with them. Now yf Pharao call 

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you, and saye : what is youre occupacio? then 
ye shal saye : Thy seruauntes are men y haue 
dealt with catell from oure youth vp hytherto, 
both we 5 oure fathers, that ye maye dwell in 
the lande of Gosen : for the Egipcians abhorre 
all kepers of catell. 

Cfie jrtbtj. Chapter. 

THEN came Ioseph, and tolde Pharao 5 
sayde : My father and my brethren, 
their small % greate catell, 5 all y they haue, 
are come out of y lande of Canaan : j beholde, 
they are in the lande of Gosen. And he toke 
fyue of his brethren, j presented them vnto 
Pharao. Then sayde Pharao vnto his brethren : 
What is youre occupacion ? They answered: 
Thy seruauntes are kepers of catell, we and 
oure fathers also. And they sayde morouer 
vnto Pharao : We are come to dwell with you 
in the lande, for thy seruaiites haue no pasture 
for their catell, so sore doth the derth oppresse 
the lande of Canaan. Now therfore let thy 
seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosen. 

Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph : Thy father and 
thy brethren are come vnto the : the lande of 
Egipte is open before the, let them dwell in 
the best place of the lande, % se y they dwell 
euen in the lande of Gosen. And yf thou 
knowest that there be men of actiuyte amoge 
the, make the rulers of my catell. 

Ioseph brought in Iacob his father also, (j 
set him before Pharao. And Iacob thanked 
Pharao. But Pharao axed Iacob : How olde 
art thou ? Iacob sayde : The tyme of my 
*pylgremage is an hudreth and thirtie yeares : 
litle and euell is the tyme of my pilgremage, 
and attayneth not vnto the tyme of my fathers 
in their pylgremages. And Iacob thanked 
Pharao, and wete out from him. 

So Ioseph prepared dwellinges for his father 
and his brethren, 5 gaue them a possession in 
the lande of Egipte, euen in the best place of 
the lande, namely, in the lande of Raemses, 
as Pharao comaunded. And he made pro- 
uysion for his father and his brethren, and all 
his fathers house with bred, euen as yonge 
children. 

There was no bred in all the londe, for the 
derth was very sore : so y the lande of Egipte 
& the lande of Canaan were fameshed by f 
reason of the derth. And Ioseph brought 

* lob 14. c. Psal. 118. c. 



together all the money that was founde in 
Egipte and Canaan, for f come that they 
bought. And he layed vp all the money in 
Pharaos house. 

Now whan money fayled in the lande of 
Egipte and Canaan, all the Egipcians came 
vnto Ioseph, g saide : Geue vs bred. Why 
suffrest thou vs to dye before f, because we 
are without money ? Ioseph saide : Brynge 
hither youre catell, so wil I geue you for youre 
catell, seynge ye are without money. Then 
brought they their catell vnto Ioseph. And 
he gaue the bred for their horses, shepe, oxen 
and Asses. So he fed them with bred y yea 
for all their catell. 

Whan y yeare was ended, they came vnto 
him the next yeare, j sayde vnto him: We 
wil not hyde it from oure lorde, y not onely 
the money, but all the catell also is spent vnto 
oure lorde : j there is nothinge left more for 
oure lorde, but onely oure body g oure lande. 
Wherfore suffrest thou both vs to dye, and 
oure londe ? Take vs and oure lade for bred, 
that we and oure lande maye be bonde vnto 
Pharao: geue vs sede, that we maye lyue 
and not dye, j y the lande become not a 
wildernesse. 

So Ioseph toke all the lande of Egipte in 
for Pharao: for the Egipcians solde euery 
man his lande, because y derth was so mightie 
vpon them : and so the lode became Pharaos, 
with the people that wente out and in at his 
cities, from one syde of Egipte vnto the other, 
excepte the prestes londe, that toke he not in : 
For it was ordened of Pharao for the prestes, 
that they shulde eate that which was appoynted 
them, which he gaue them, therfore they neded 
not to sell their londes. 

Then sayde Ioseph vnto the people : Be- 
holde, I haue taken possession of you and 
youre lande this daye for Pharao, Beholde, 
thei'e haue ye sede, sowe the londe, and of 
the corne ye shall geue the fifth parte vnto 
Pharao : foure partes shalbe youres, to sowe 
the londe for youre sustenaunce, and for youre 
houses and children. 

They sayde : Let vs but lyue, (j fynde 
grace before the oure lorde, we wyl gladly be 
Pharaos seruauntes: So Ioseph made the a 
lawe vnto this daye ouer the Egipcians londe, 
to geue Pharao the fifth parte, excepte the 
prestes londe, which was not bonde vnto 
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So Israel dwelt in Egipte in the londe of 
Gosen, and had it in possession, and grew and 
multiplied exceadingly. And Iacob lyued 
seuentene yeare in the lande of Egipte, so 
that his whole age was an hudreth and seuen 
and fourtye yeares. 

Now whan the tyme came that Israel shulde 
dye, he called Ioseph his sonne, and sayde 
vnto him: Yf I haue founde grace in thy sight, 
*then laye thine honde vnder my thye, y thou 
shalt shewe mercy and faithfulnes vpon me, 
and not burye me in Egipte, but I will lye 
by my fathers, and thou shalt carye me out of 
Egipte, g burye me in their buryall. He 
sayde : I wil do as thou hast sayde. But he 
sayde : t Then sweare vnto me. And he sware 
vnto him. The Israel bowed himself towarde 
the bed heade. 

Cfjc rlbttj. Cljaptcr. 

AFTER this it was tolde Ioseph: Be- 
holde, thy father is sicke. And he toke 
with him his two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim. 
Then was it tolde Iacob: beholde, thy sonne 
Ioseph cometh vnto y. And Israel toke a 
corage vnto him, g sat vp vpo f bed, g sayde 
vnto Ioseph : The Allmightye God appeared 
vnto me tat Lus in y lade of Canaan, g blessed 
me, g saide vnto me : Beholde, I wil cause y 
to growe g increase g wyll make a multitude 
of people of y, g wil geue this lade vnto thy 
sede after y for an euerlastinge possession. 
Therfore shal now thy two sonnes "Manasses 
I Ephraim (which were borne vnto the in 
Egipte, before I came hither vnto the) be 
myne, like as Ruben g Simeon. As for those 
that thou begettest after the, they shal be 
thine owne. But these shalbe named with the 
names of their brethren in their inheritaunce. 

And wha I came out of Mesopotamia, 
Rachel dyed by me in the b lande of Canaan, 
by the waye, whan there was yet but a feldes 
brede vnto Eprath : and I buryed her in the 
waye towarde Ephrath, which now is called 
Bethleem. 

And Israel loked vpon losephs sonnes, g 
sayde : What are these ? Ioseph answered : 
They are my sonnes, which God hath geuen 
me here. He sayde: Brynge the hither to 
me, y I maye blesse the. (For Israels eyes 
were heuy for age, is he coude not well se.) 

* Ge. 24. a. t Ge. 25. d. J Ge. 28. c. ' Gen. 
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And he brought the vnto him. So he kyssed 
them, g enbraced the, g saide vnto Ioseph : 
Beholde, I haue sene thy face, which I thought 
not : g lo, God hath caused me to se thy sede 
also. And Ioseph toke them from his lappe. 
and they fell downe to the grounde vpon 
their face. 

Then Ioseph toke them both, Ephraim in 
his right hande towarde Israels left hade, and 
Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels 
right hade, g brought the vnto him. But 
Israel stretched out his right hande, g layed it 
vpo y heade of Ephraim y yogest g his left 
hande vpo Manasses heade, g did so wyttingly 
with his handes, for c Manasses was y firstborne. 
And §he blessed Ioseph, g saide : The God 
before who my fathers Abraha g Isaac haue 
walked : y God y hath fed me my lyfe longe 
vnto this daye : the angell which hath dely- 
uered me fro all euell, blesse these laddes, y 
they maye be called after my name, g after y 
name of my fathers Abraha g Isaac, y they 
maye growe g multiplye vpon earth. But 
wha Ioseph sawe y his father layed y right 
hade vpo Ephraims heade, it displeased him 
g he lift vp his fathers hande, to remoue it 
fro Ephraims heade vnto y heade of Manasses, 
g sayde vnto him : Not so my father, this is f 
firstborne, laye thy right hade vpo his heade. 
Neuertheles his father wolde not, g saide : I 
knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well, this 
shall be a people also, g shal be greate : but 
his yonger brother shal be greater the he, g 
his sede shal be full of people. So he blessed 
them the same daye g saide : In f shal Israel 
blesse, so y it shal be sayde : God set the as 
Ephraim g Manasses. d And so he set Ephraim 
aboue Manasses. 

And Israel saide vnto Ioseph : Beholde, I 
dye, g God shall be with you, g brynge you 
agayne in to f lande of youre fathers. Ill 
haue geuen the a pece of londe, without thy 
brethren, which I gat with my swerde and my 
bowe out of the hande of the Amorites. 

Cfie rltr. Chapter. 

AND Iacob called his sonnes, g sayde : 
Gather you, y I maie tell you, what 
shal happen vnto you in y last times : Come 
together, and heare ye childre of Iacob : 
Herken vnto Israel youre father. 

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Rube my first sonne, *thou art rny power 
and the begynnynge of my strength, chefe 
tin gouernaunce, $ chefe in auctorite. Thou 
passest forth swiftly as y water. Thou shalt 
not be the chefest : For $ thou hast clymmed 
vp vpon thy fathers bed, euen than defyledest 
thou my couch with goynge vp. 

Symeon and Leui brethren, their deedly 
weapens are perlous instrumentes. In to 
their secretes come not my soule, and my 
worshipe be not ioyned with their congre- 
gacion: §for in their wrath they slew a man, 
and in their self wyll they houghed an oxe. 
Cursed be their wrath, because it is so fearce : 
and their indignacion, because it is so rigorous. 
I wil deuyde them in Iacob, and scater them 
in Israel. 

Illuda, thou art he. Thy brethren shall 
prayse the : for thy hade shal be in thine ene- 
mies neck : thy fathers children shall stoupe 
vnto the. IT Iuda is a yonge lyon, thou art 
come vp hye my sonne, fro the spoyle. **He 
kneled downe and couched himself as a lyon 



as a lionesse : who wil 



rayse 



him vp ? The 



cepter shal not be remoued fro Iuda, ner a 
master fro his fete, tyll the Worthye come, and 
vnto him shal the people fall. He shall bynde 
his foale vnto the vyne, and his Asses colte to 
y noble braunch. He shal wash his garment 
in wyne, and his mantell in the bloude of 
grapes. His eyes are roudier then wyne, and 
his teth whyter then mylck. 

a Zabulon shal dwell in the hauen of the see, 
and in the porte of shippes, and shal border 
vpon Sydon. 

Isachar shal be a stronge Asse, (j laye him 
downe betwixte y borders. And he saw rest, 
that it was good, and the lande, that it was 
pleasaunt. And bowed downe his shulder to 
beare, and became a seruaiit vnto trybute. 

*Dan shal be iudge in his people, as well as 
a trybe in Israel. Dan shalbe a serpent in 
the waye, and an edder in the path, and byte 
the horse in the heles, that his ryder maye 
fall backwarde. LORDE I loke for thy 
saluacion. 

As for Gad, a wapened hoost of men shal 
fall violently vpon him, but he shall hurte 
them in the hele. 

Of Asser cometh his fat bred, and he shal 
geue delicates vnto kynges. 



*Gen. 29. f. t Deu. 21. c. 
Gen. 34. d. || lPa.6. a. 



t Gen. 35. c. 1 Pa 
IT Mich. 5. b. 



"Nepthali is a swift hynde, and geueth 
goodly wordes. 

The fruteful sonne Ioseph, that florishinge 
sonne to loke vpon, the doughters go vpo the 
wall. And though the shoters angered him, 
stroue with him, and hated him, yet his bowe 
bode fast, and the amies of his hades were 
made stroge by the handes of y Mightie in 
Iacob. Of him are come herdmen & stones 
in Israel. Of thy fathers God art thou helped, 
5 of the Allmightie art thou blessed, with 
blessynges of heauen from aboue, with bless- 
inges of y depe y lyeth vnder, with blessynges 
of brestes (j wombes. The blessinges pro 
mised vnto thy father and my fore elders go 
mightely, after the desyre of the hyest in the 
worlde : these shal light on Iosephs heade. 
and on the toppe of his heade, that was se- 
parate from his brethren. 

Ben Iamin, a rauyshinge wolfe. In the 
mornynge shal he deuoure the praye, but ir 
the euenynge he shal deuyde the spoyle. 

All these are the twolue trybes of Israel 
and this is it that their father spake vnto them 
whan he blessed them, euery one with a sun- 
drye blessynge. 

And he commaunded them, and sayde vnto 
them : I shal be gathered vnto my people, 
ttburye me with my fathers in y caue which is 
in the felde of Ephron the Hethite, in the 
dubble caue that lyeth ouer against Mamre in 
y lande of Canaa, which Abraha bought with 
the felde, of Ephron the Hethite for a pos- 
session to burye in. d There buryed they 
Abraha g Sara his wife, there buried they 
Isaac also (j Rebecca his wife : & there buried 
I Lea, in the good of the felde (j of the caue 
therin, which was bought of the Hethites. 

And whan Iacob had ended this commaun- 
dement vnto his children, e he pluckte his fete 
together vpon the bed, and died, and was 
gathered vnto his people. The fell Ioseph vpon 
his fathers face, and wepte, and kyssed him. 

Cfie I. ChapUr. 

AND Ioseph comauded his seruaiites y 
Phisicias, to embawme his father. And 
the Phisicians embawmed Israel, tyll fourtye 
dayes were ended (for so longe endured the 
dayes of embawminge) tt the Egipcians be- 
wayled him seuentye dayes. 



23. d. 
Iud. 4. 



Ios. 19. a. 
ft Gen. 23. c. 



Iud. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. IE 
d Gen. 25. c. ' Act. 7.1 



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Now whan the mournynge dayes were 
ended, Ioseph spake vnto Pharaos housholde, 
I sayde : Yf I haue founde fauoure in youre 
sight, the speake vnto Pharao and saie: My 
father hath taken an ooth of me, 5 sayde: 
Beholde, I dye, "burye me in myne owne 
graue, which I dygged for myself in the lade 
of Canaan. Therfore wyl I now go vp, and 
burye my father, and come agayne. Pharao 
saide : Go thy waye vp, and burye thy father, 
acordinge as thou hast sworne vnto him. 

So Ioseph wete vp, to burye his father. And 
there wete with him all Pharaos seraautes y 
were the elders of his courte, and all y elders 
of the lande of Egipte, 5 all Iosephs hous- 
holde, and his brethren, and his fathers hous- 
holde. Onely their children, shepe g oxen 
left they in y la.de of Gosen, j toke their iour- 
ney vp with him, vpo charettes and horses, 
and the company was exeeadinge greate. 

Now whan these came to the playne of 
Atad y lyeth beyonde Iordane, they made 
there a very greate and bytter lamentacion, 
(S * he mourned for his father seue dayes. And 
wha the people in the lande (the Cananites) 
sawe the mournynge in the playne of Atad, 
they sayde : The Egipcias make there greate 
lametacion. Therfore is the place called: 
The lamentacion of the Egipcians, which lyeth 
beyonde Iordane. 

And his children dyd as he had comaunded 
them, *and caried him to y lande of Canaan, 
and buried him in y dubble caue, that 
Abraham c bought with the felde for a pos- 
session to bury in, of Ephron y Hethite ouer 
ageynst Mamre. So Ioseph toke his iourney 
agayne in to Egipte with his brethren, and 
with all those that wente vp with him to burye 
his father, whan they had buried him. 



" Gen. 47. g. 
7. b. ' Gen. 23. 



Eccll. 22. b. ' Gen. 49. e. Act. 
d Gen. 37. d. < Tob. 14. a. 



But Iosephs brethre were afrayed, wha their 
father was deed, and sayde: Ioseph might 
happly haue indignation at vs, and recompense 
vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him, d therfore 
let they saye vnto him: Thy father com- 
maunded before his death, and sayde : Thus 
shal ye saye vnto Ioseph: O forgeue thy 
brethren the offence and their synne, that 
they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now 
this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy 
fathers God. But Ioseph wepte, whan they 
spake so vnto him. 

And his brethren wente, and fell downe 
before him, and sayde : Beholde, here are we 
thy seruauntes. Ioseph sayde vnto the : Feare 
ye not, for I am vnder God. Ye thought 
euell ouer me, but God hath turned it vnto 
good, to do as it is come to passe this daye, 
for the sauynge of moch people. Therfore 
be not ye now afrayed, I wyl care for you and 
youre children. And he comforted them, and 
spake louyngly vnto them. 

Thus dwelt Ioseph in Egipte with his 
fathers house, and lyued an hiidreth and ten 
yeare, *and sawe Ephrayms children, vnto f 
thirde generation : In like maner the children 
of Machir the sonne of Manasses, begat chil- 
dren also vpon Iosephs lappe. 

And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren : f\ dye, 
and God wyl vyset you, and brynge you out 
of this lande, to the lande that he sware vnto 
Abraham, Isaac and Iacob. Therfore toke 
he an ooth of the childre of Israel, and sayde : 
Whan God shal vyset you, t the cary my 
bones fro hence. So Ioseph dyed, wha he 
was an hiidreth and ten yeare olde, and they 
embawmed him, (j layed him in a chest in 
Egipte. 



lob 42. c. Psal. 127. a. / Hebr. 
Iosu. 24. f. 



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Chap. I. 

The childre of Israel increase in Egipte. The 
kynge commaundeth to slaye the, and to 
drowne them. 

Chap. II. 

The byrth of Moses, which is layed vpo the water. 
Pharaos doughter taketh him and bringeth him 
vp. He slayeth one of the Egipcians, and fly- 
eth his waye in to Madian, where he marieth. 
The children of Israel crye vnto the LORDE. 

Chap. III. 

God appeareth vnto Moses in the bush, and 
sendeth him vnto the kynge and the people. 

Chap. IIII. 

Moses is loth to go, J excuseth himself. But 
the LORDE enfourmeth him, maketh him 
stronge, and comforteth him. Moses taketh 
leue of his father in lawe, to go vnto his people. 

Chap. V. 

Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge, which 
oppresseth the people the more. 



Chap. VI. 

God geueth Moses more instruccio and sendeth 
him vnto the people. The trybes are nombred. 

Chap. VII. 

Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge, and shewe 
tokens before him : but the kynge waxeth hard 
harted. 



Chap. VIII. 

After many tokens Pharao graunteth to let the 
people go : but assone as the plage ceaseth, 
he is as vngodly as afore 

Chap. IX 

There commeth a death amoge all the catell : the 
commeth the sores, blaynes, and the hayle. 

Chap. X. 

The greshoppers and darcknes in Egipte. Pharao 
forbyddeth Moses to come eny more in his sight. 

Chap. XI. 

The LORDE promiseth to brynge yet another 
plage vpon Egipte, and comaundeth the Is- 
raelites to borowe Iewels of syluer and golde of 
the Egipcians. 

Chap. XII. 

The vse of the Easterlambe. God slayeth all the 
firstborne. Pharao dryueth all the people out 
of the lande. 

Chap. XIIL 

God commaundeth to sanctifie all the firstborne 
vnto him, and carieth them towarde the lande 
of promyse, not the next waye but thorow the 
wyldernes, by a cloude in the daye tyme, and 
a pyler of fyre in the night. 

Chap. XIIII. 

Pharao foloweth vp5 the people of God, which 
delyuereth his owne, carieth them thorow the 
reed see, g drowneth the enemies therin. 



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Cfjap. XV. 

Moses and the people synge a songe of thankes- 
geuynge vnto the LORDE, and come to Ma- 
rath, where the bytter water is made swete. 

Cfjap. XVI. 

The LORDE sendeth quayles and the Manna to 
the vnpacient people. 

Cljap. XVII. 

Water c5meth out of the stonye rocke. They 
fight agaynst Amaleck. 

CI;ap. XVIII 

Iethro bryngeth Moses his wife and children, and 
geueth him a good councell. 

Cfjap. XIX. 

The LORDE appeareth vnto Moses vpon mount 
Sinai. Moses sheweth the people. 

Cljap. XX. 

The LORDE geueth Moses the two tables of the 
commaundementes vnto the people. 

Cljap. XXI. 

Lawes and statutes concernynge bodely thinges. 
Of murthur, theft and other mo. 

Cljap. XXII. 

Of theft. Of hurte that is done with wyll or 
vnawarres. Of thinges geue to kepe. Of 
borowynge and pledges. 

Cljap. XXIII. 

Many dyuerse lawes & statutes. 

Cljap. XXIIII. 

Of the boke and bloude of -the couenaunt. 

Cf)ap. XXV. XXVI. 

The LORDE comaundeth Moses to make the 
Sanctuary, and the thinges belonginge therto. 

Cljap. XXVII. 

Of the altare and the apparell therof. Of the 
courte of the habitacio. Of the oyle and 
lampes. 



CJjap. XXVIII. 
How the prestes were arayed and consecrated. 

Cf)ap. XXIX. 

The consecratinge of Aaron, of his sonnes, and of 
the altare. 

Cljap. XXX. 

Of the altare of incense, and thebrasen lauer, the 
anoyntinge oyle and incense. 

Cfjap. XXXI. 

The workmen are called. The kepynge of the 
Sabbath. The two tables of wytnes are geuen 
Moses. 

Cfjap. XXXII. 

They make the golden calf, Moses in his dis 
pleasure breaketh the tables, and punysheth 
the transgressours 

Cljap. XXXIII. 

The people mourne. Moses pitcheth the taber- 
nacle, and the LORDE talketh with him. 

Cljap. XXXIIII. 

Moses receaueth other tables of the LORDE with 
certaine lawes. The people are afrayed at the 
brightnes of his face. 

CI)ap. XXXV. 

Certaine statutes c5cerninge the Tabernacle. The 
workemen are appoynted. 

Cljap. XXXVI. 
What the thinges be that they made. 

Cljap. XXXVII. 
The tabernacle of witnesse with the staues, Che- 
rubins, the table, candelsticke. 

Cljap. XXXVIII. 
The altare of bretofferiges with the thinges be- 
longinge therto. 

CI>ap. XXXIX. 
Of the prestes garmentes. 

C Ijap. XL. 

The LORDE commaundeth Moses to set vp the 
tabernacle, & to order the apparell therof. 



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Cfte fitat Chapter. 

THESE are f names of the "childre of 
Israel, that came with Iacob in to Egipte : 
euery one came in with his house, Ruben, 
Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Zabulo, Ben 
Iamin, Dan, Nephtali, Gad and Aser. And 
of all the soules that came out of the loynes 
of Iacob, there were seuentie. 

As for Ioseph, he was in Egipte all ready. 
Now wha Ioseph was deed, and all his brethren, 
and all they that lyued at that tyme, the 
children of Israel grewe/ and increased, and 
multiplied, and became exceadinge mightie, 
so y the lande was full of them. 

The came there a new kynge ouer Egipte, 
which knewe nothinge of Ioseph, and sayde 
vnto his people : Beholde, the people of the 
children of Israel are many, 5 mightier then 
we : Vp, let vs deale wysely with them, y 
there be not so many of them. For yf there 
shulde ryse vp eny warre agaynst vs, they 
might ioyne them selues also vnto oure ene- 
mies, and ouercome vs, 5 so get them out of 
the lande. 

And he set worke masters ouer them, to 
kepe them vnder with burthens. (For they 
buylded the cities Phiton and Raemses, for 
treasuries vnto Pharao.) But the more they 
vexed them, the more they multiplied andgrew. 

Therfore had they indignacio at the children 
of Israel, and the Egipcians compelled the 
children of Israel without mercy to do seruyce, 
and made their lyues bytter vnto them with 
greuous laboure in claye and brycke, and with 
allmaner of bondage in f felde, and with all- 
maner of laboure, which they layed vpon them 
without mercy. 

And the kynge of Egipte sayde vnto the 
mydwyues of the Hebrueswemen. (Of the 
which one was called Siphra, and the other 
Pua :) Whan ye helpe the wemen of the 
Hebrues, and se vpon the stole, that it is a 
sonne, then slaye him : but yf it be a doughter, 
let her lyue. Neuertheles the mydwyues 
feared God, (t dyd not as the kinge of Egipte 
commaunded them, but let the children lyue. 

Then the kynge of Egipte called the myd- 
wyues, and sayde vnto them : Wherfore do 
ye this, that ye let the children lyue ? The 
mydwyues answered Pharao : The wemen of 
the Hebrues are not as the wemen of Egipte, 

" Gen. 46. b. » Psal. 104. c. Act. 7. c. * Psalmo 



for they are sturdy wemen : or euer the myd- 
wyues come at them, they are delyuered. 

Therfore God dealt well with the myd- 
wyues. And the people multiplied, and be- 
came exceadinge mightie. And for so moch 
as the mydwyues feared God, * he made 
them houses. Then Pharao commauded all 
his people and sayde : All the sonnes that 
are borne, cast in to the water, but let all the 
doughters lyue. 

Wi)t tj. Chapter. 

AND there wente forth a man of the 
house of Leui/ and toke a doughter of 
Leui. t And the wife conceaued and bare a 
sonne. And whan she sawe y it was a proper 
childe, she hyd him thre monethes. And 
whan she coude hyde him no longer, she toke 
an Arke of redes, and dawbed it ouer with 
slyme and pitch, and layed the childe therin, 
and set it amonge the redes by the waters 
brynke. But his sister stode a farre of, to 
wete what wolde come of him. 

And Pharaos doughter came downe, to 
wash herself in the water : And hir maydens 
walked by the water syde : and whan she 
sawe the Arke amonge the redes, she sent 
one of hir maydens, and caused it to be fett. 
And whan she opened it, she sawe y childe : 
and beholde the babe wepte. Then had she 
pytie vpon it, and sayde : It is one of the 
Hebrues children. 

Then sayde his syster vnto Pharaos dough- 
ter : Shal I go, and call the a nurse of the 
Hebrues wemen, to nurse y the childe? 
Pharaos doughter sayde vnto her : Go thy 
waye. The mayde wente, and called the 
childes mother. Then sayde Pharaos doughter 
vnto her : Take this childe, and nurse it for 
me, I wyll geue f thy rewarde. The woman 
toke the childe, and nursed it. 

And whan the childe was growne, she 
brought it vnto Pharaos doughter, and it 
became hir sonne, and she called him Moses. 
For she sayde : I toke him out of the water. 

Vpon a tyme whan Moses was greate, he 
wente forth vnto his brethren, and loked vpon 
their burthens, and sawe, that an Egipcia 
smote one of his brethren y Hebrues. And 
he loked rounde aboute him : and whan he 
sawe that there was no man, he slew the 
Egipcian, and buried him in the sonde. 

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The next daye he wente forth also, and 
sawe two men of the Hebrues stryuynge to- 
gether, and sayde to the vngodly : Wherfore 
smytest thou thy neghboure ? But he sayde : * 
Who made the a ruler or iudge ouer vs? 
Wilt thou slaye me also, as thou slewest the 
Egipcian? The was Moses afrayed, and sayde: 
How is this knowne ? And Pharao herde of 
it, and sought for Moses, to slaye him. But 
Moses fled from Pharao, and kepte him in the 
lande of Madian, and sat him downe by a 
wells syde. 

The prest Madian had seuen doughters, 
which came to drawe water, and fylled the 
troughes, to geue their fathers shepe to drinke. 
Then came the shepherdes, and droue the 
awaye. But Moses gat him vp, and helped 
them, and gaue their shepe to drynke. And 
whan they came to Reguel their father, he 
saide : How came ye so soone to daie ? They 
sayde : A man of Egipte delyuered vs from y 
shepherdes, and drew vnto vs, and gaue the 
shepe to drynke. He sayde vnto his doughters : 
Where is he? Wherfore let ye the man go, 
that ye called him not to eate with vs ? 

And Moses was content to dwell with the 
man. And he gaue Moses his doughter 
Zipora, which bare him a sonne, and he t 
called him Gerson, for he sayde : I am become 
a straunger in a straunge lande. And she bare 
him yet a sonne, whom he called Elieser, and 
sayde : The God of my father is my helper, 
and hath delyuered me from Pharaos hade. 

But after this in processe of tyme, the kynge 
of Egipte dyed. And the childre of Israel 
sighed ouer their laboure, and cried. And 
their crye ouer their laboure, came before 
God. And God herde their coplaynte, j 
remebred his couenaunt t with Abraham Isaac 
and Iacob. And God loked vpon the childre 
of Israel, and God knew it. 

Cf)t tij. Chapter. 

MOSES kepte the shepe of Iethro his 
father in lawe prest of Madian, & droue 
the shepe on the backsyde of the wyldernes, 
and came to the mountayne of God, Horeb. 
a And the angell of y LORDE appeared vnto 
him in a flame of fyre out of the bush. And 
he sawe that y bush brent with fyre, and yet 

* Ge. 19. b. Mat. 21. c. Act. 7. c. t Nu. 12. a. 

Exo.l8.a. % ludic. 2. c. Gen. 15. c. "4Es. 14. a. 
Act. 7. d. * Iosu. 5. d. e Matt. 22. d. Mar. 12. c. 



was not consumed, and saide : I wil go hence, 
and se this greate sight, why y bush is not 
brent. 

Whan the LORDE sawe, that he wente 
his waye to se, God called vnto him out of 
the bush, and sayde : Moses, Moses. He 
answered: Here am I. He sayde: Come 
not hither, put thy shues of thy fete,* for the 
place where vpon thou stondest, is an wholy 
groiide. And he sayde morouer : c I am the 
God of thy father, the God of Abraham, y 
God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. And 
Moses couered his face, for he was afrayed to 
loke vpon God. 

And the LORDE sayde : I haue sene the 
trouble of my people in Egipte $ u haue herde 



their crye ouer those that oppresse them 
knowe their sorowe, and am come downe to 
delyuer them from the power of the Egipcians 
and to carye them out of that lode, in to a 
good and wyde londe, euen in to a londe that 
floweth with mylke and hony : namely, vnto 
the place of the Cananites, Hethites, Amor- 
ites, Pheresites, Heuytes j Iebusites. For so 
moch now as the complaynte of the children 
of Israel is come before me, & I haue sene 
their oppression wherwith the Egipcians op- 
presse them : Go now thy waye therfore, d I 
wil sende the vnto Pharao, that thou mayest 
brynge my people the children of Israel out 
of Egipte. Moses sayde vnto God: Who am 
I, e f I shulde go vnto Pharao, and brynge the 
children of Israel out of Egipte ? 

He sayde : I wyll be with the : a this shall 
be the token, y I haue sent the. Whan thou 
hast brought my people out of Egipte, ye 
shal serue God vpon this mountayne. Moses 
sayde vnto God : Beholde, whan I come to 
the childre of Israel, and saye vnto them 
The God of youre fathers hath sent me vnto 
you, (j they saye vnto me: What is his name" 
what shal I saye vnto them ? God saide vnto 
Moses : I wyl be what I wyll be. And he 
sayde : Thus shalt thou saye vnto f children 
of Israel : II I wyl be hath sent me vnto you. 
And God sayde morouer vnto Moses: -Thus 
shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel 
The LORDE God of youre fathers, the God 
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, y God of 
Iacob hath sent me vnto you, this is my name 



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for euer, and my memoriall from childe to 
childes childe. Go thy waye therfore, and 
gather the elders of Israel together, and saye 
vnto them: The LORDE God of youre 
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of 
Isaac, the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto 
me, and sayde : I haue vysited you, and sene 
what is done vnto you in Egipte, and haue 
sayde : I wil brynge you out of the trouble of 
Egipte, in to f lande of y Cananites, Hethites, 
Amorites, Pheresites, Heuites 5 Iebusites: in 
to a lode y floweth with mylke and hony. 
And yf they heare thy voyce, then shalt thou 
and the elders of Israel go in to the kynge of 
Egipte, and saye vnto him : " The LORDE 
God of f Hebrues hath called vs. "Let vs go 
now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wyl- 
dernes, y we maye do sacrifice vnto the 
LORDE oure God. 

But I knowe, that the kynge of Egipte wil 
not let you go, but thorow a mightie hade. 
For I will stretch out myne hande, g smyte 
Egipte with all maner of wonders which I will 
do therin : after y shal he let you go. c And 
I wil geue this people fauoure in the sight of 
the Egipcians : so that whan ye go forth, ye 
shal not go forth emptie : but euery wife shall 
borowe of hir neghbouresse g of her that 
sogeourneth in hir house, Iewels of syluer and 
golde and rayment : those shal ye put vpon 
youre sonnes and doughters, and spoyle the 
Egipcians. 

Cfc* tit). Chapter. 

MOSES answered, 5 sayde : Beholde, 
they shall not beleue me, ner heare my 
voyce, but shal saye : The LORDE hath not 
appeared vnto the. The LORDE sayde vnto 
him : What is y, that thou hast in thine hande? 
He saide a staff. He sayde : Cast it from the 
vpon the grounde. And he cast it fro him : 
then was it turned to a serpent. And Moses 
fled fro it. But y LORDE saide vnto him : 
Stretch forth thine hande, g take it by the 
tayle. Then stretched he forth his hande, 
and toke it, and it became a staff agayne in 
his hande. Therfore shal they beleue that y 
LORDE God of their fathers, the God of 
Abraham, the God of Isaac y God of Iacob 
hath appeared vnto the. 

And the LORDE sayde furthermore vnto 
him : Thrust thine hade in to thy bosome. 

" Exo. 5. a. b Exo. 8. f. c Exo. 11. a. and 12. e. 



And he thrust it in to his bosome, g toke it 
out : beholde, the was it leper like snowe. 
And he saide : Put it in to thy bosome agayne. 
And he put it agayne in to his bosome, g toke 
it out : beholde, the was it turned againe as 
his flesh. Yf they wil not beleue the, ner 
heare f voyce of the first token, yet shal they 
beleue the voyce of the seconde token. But 
yf they wil not beleue these two tokens ner 
heare thy voyce, then take of the water of the 
ryuer, and poure it vpon the drye londe : so 
shall the same water y thou hast take out of y 
ryuer, be turned vnto bloude vpo f drye londe. 

But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE : d Oh 
my LORDE, I am a man that is not eloquet, 
from yesterdaye g yeryesterdaye, g sence the 
tyme y thou hast spoken vnto thy seruaunt : 
for I haue a slowe speach, g a slowe tunge. 
The LORDE sayde vnto him: Who hath 
made the mouth of man ? Or who hath made 
the domme, or the deaf, or the seynge or y 
blynde ? Haue not I the LORDE done it ? 
Go now thy waye therfore, I wil be with thy 
mouth, g teach the what thou shalt saye. 

But Moses sayde : My LORDE, sende 
whom thou wilt sende. Then was the 
LORDE very angrie at Moses, and saide : 
Do not I knowe then, y thy brother Aaron 
the Leuite is well spoken ? And beholde, he 
shal go forth to mete y : e g whan he seyth 
the, he shal reioyse from his hert. Thou 
shalt speake vnto him, g put the wordes in his 
mouth : g I wil be with thy mouth (j his, and 
teach you what ye shall doo : g he shall speake 
vnto the people for the. He shal be thy 
mouth, g thou shalt be his God. And take 
in thine hande this staff, wherwith thou shalt 
do tokens. 

Moses wete, and came agayne vnto Iethro 
his father in lawe, and sayde vnto him : Let 
me go (I praye the) that I maye turne agayne 
vnto my brethre, which are in Egipte, and se 
whether they be yet alyue. Iethro sayde vnto 
him : Go thy waye in peace. The LORDE 
sayde also vnto him in Madian : Go thy waye, 
turne againe in to Egipte, for y me are deed, 
that sought after thy life. So Moses toke his 
wife, and his sonnes, and caried them vpon 
an Asse, g wente againe in to the lande of 
Egipte, g toke the staff of God in his hande. 
And the LORDE saide vnto Moses : When 
thou comest agayne in to Egipte, se y thou do 

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all the wonders (before Pharao) which I haue 
put in thy hade. a But 1 wil harde his hert, 
y he shall not let the people go. And thou 
shalt saie vnto Pharao: Thus sayeth y 
LORDE : Israel is my firstborne sonne, (j I 
saye vnto the : Let my sonne go, y he maye 
serue me : Yf thou wilt not let him go, * then 
wil I slaye thy firstborne sonne. 

And as he was by the waye in the Inne, 
the LORDE met him, and wolde haue slayne 
him. Then toke Zipora *a stone, and cir- 
cumcyded the foreskynne of hir sonne, and 
touched his fete, and sayde : A bloudy bryde- 
grome art thou vnto me. The let he him go. 
But she sayde : A bloudy brydegrome, because 
of the circumcision. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron : Go 
mete Moses in the wildernes. And he wete, 
I met him on the mount of God, and kyssed 
him. And Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes 
of the LORDE, which had sent him: £ all 
the tokens y he had charged him withall. 
And they wete, £ gathered all the elders of 
the childre of Israel. And Aaron tolde all y 
wordes, y the LORDE had spoke vnto 
Moses : £ dyd the tokens before the people, £ 
the people beleued. And whan they herde y 
the LORDE vysited the children of Israel, 
and loked vpon their trouble, they bowed 
them selues, and worshipped. 

%ty b. Chapter. 

AFTERWARDE wente Moses £ Aaron, 
£ spake vnto Pharao : Thus sayeth the 
LORDE the God of Israel : let my people 
go, y they maye kepe holy daye vnto me 
in the wildernes. Pharao answered : t What 
felowe is the LORDE, that I must heare his 
voyce, and let Israel go? I knowe not the 
LORDE, nether wil I let Israel go. 

They sayde: The God of the Hebrues 
hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre 
dayes iourney in the wildernes, £ do sacrifice 
vnto the LORDE oure God, y there happen 
not vnto vs pestilece or swerde. The sayde y 
kynge of Egipte vnto the : Why make ye y 
people (thou Moses £ Aaron) to leaue their 
worke? Get you hece to youre laboure. 
Pharao saide morouer : Beholde, y people are 
to many in y lande, and yet wil ye byd them 
ceasse from their laboure. 

The same daye therfore dyd Pharao 



comaunde the workmasters of the people, and 
their officers, and sayde : Ye shal not gather 
and geue the people eny more strawe, to 
burne bryck, as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye. 
Let them go, and gather them strawe them 
selues. And the nombre of the brycke which 
they made yesterdaye £ yeryesterdaye, shall 
ye laye vpon them neuertheles, and mynish 
nothinge therof : for they are ydle. Therfore 
crye they and saye : We wil go, and do sacri- 
fice vnto oure God. Let the men be kepte 
downe with laboure, y they maye haue to do, 
not to turne them selues to false wordes. 

Then wente the workmasters of the people 
£ their officers out, 5 spake vnto the people : 
Thus sayeth Pharao : There shall no strawe 
be geuen you, go youre waye youre selues, 
and get you strawe, where ye can fynde it. 
But of youre laboure there shall nothinge be 
mynished. Then were the people scatred in 
all y lande of Egipte, to gather stubble, that 
they might haue strawe. 

And the workmasters haistied them for- 
warde, & sayde : Fulfill youre daye worke, like 
as whan ye had strawe. And the officers of 
y children of Israel, whom Pharaos worck- 
masters had set ouer them, were beaten, ij it 
was saide vnto them : Wherfore haue ye not 
fulfilled youre appoynted daye worke to daye 
and yesterdaye, like as in tymes past ? 

Than wente the officers of the children of 
Israel, £ coplayned vnto Pharao : Wherfore 
wilt thou deale thus with thy seruauntes? 
Thy seruauntes haue no strawe geuen the, £ 
yet must we make the brycke that are ap- 
poynted vs. And beholde, thy seruauntes 
are beaten, £ thy people are euell intreated. 
Pharao sayde : Ye are ydle, ydle are ye, ther- 
fore saye ye : we will go, and do sacrifice vnto 
the LORDE. Go now youre waye therfore, 
& worke : there shall no strawe be geuen you, 
but the nombre of brycke shal ye delyuer. 

Then sawe the officers of the children of 
Israel, y it was not amended, for it was sayde 
ye shal mynish nothinge of the daye worke of 
the brycke. And whan Moses £ Aaron wente 
from Pharao, they came forth to mete them, 
£ sayde vnto them : The LORDE loke vpon 
you, £ iudge it, for ye haue made the sauoure 
of vs to stynke before Pharao and his ser- 
uauntes, and haue geuen them a swerde in 
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But Moses came agayne vnto the LORDE, 
and sayde: LORDE, wherfore dealest thou 
so euell with this people ? Wherfore hast thou 
sent me ? For sence the tyme that I wente 
in vnto Pharao, to speake vnto him in thy 
name, he hath dealt euell with this people, 
and thou hast not delyuered thy people. The 
LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Now shalt thou 
se, what I will do vnto Pharao, for thorow 
mightie hande must he let them go, thorow a 
mightie hande "must he dryue them from him 
out of his londe. 

€i)e 6t. Chapter. 

AND God spake vnto Moses, g sayde vnto 
him : I am f LORDE, & I appeared 
vnto Abraham, Isaac 5 Iacob, an Allmightie 
God: but * my name, LORDE, haue I not 
shewed vnto them : My couenaunt also haue 
I made with them, h that I wil geue them the 
londe of Canaan, the londe of their pilgremage, 
wherin they haue bene straungers. Mor- 
ouer I haue herde the complaynte of the 
children of Israel, whom y Egipcians oppresse 
with laboure, and haue remembred my coue- 
naunt. 

Therfore saye vnto the childre of Israel : 
I am the LORDE, j wil brynge you out from 
youre burthens in Egipte, g wil rydd you from 
youre laboure, and wil delyuer you thorow a 
stretched out arme (j greate iudgmetes, and 
will receaue you for my people, & will be 
youre God: so that ye shal knowe, that 
I the LORDE am youre God, which brynge 
you out from the burthen of Egipte, and 
will brynge you in to the lande, ouer the 
which I haue lift vp my hande, to geue it 
vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, f same wil 
I geue vnto you for a possession. I the 
LORDE. 

Moses tolde this vnto the childre of Israel. 
But they herkened not vnto him, for very 
anguysh of sprete, & for sore laboure. The 
spake the LORDE vnto Moses, & sayde : Go 
thy waye, 5 speake vnto Pharao the kynge of 
Egypte, y he let the childre of Israel go out 
of his lande. But Moses spake before f 
LORDE, (j saide: Beholde, y childre of Israel 
herke not vnto me, how shulde Pharao the 
heare me? c And I am also of vncircumcised 



" Exo. 14. b. *Ge. 32. e. * Gen. 17. a. c Exo. 4. c. 
Ge. 46. b. Nu. 26. a. 1 Par. 6. a. ' Num. 3. c. 



So the LORDE spake vnto Moses j Aaron 
5 gaue the a commaundemet vnto the childre 
of Israel, & vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte, 
y they shulde brynge the childre of Israel out 
of Egipte. 

d These are y heades of the house of their 
fathers. The children of Ruben the first 
sonne of Israel, are these : Hanoch, Pallu 
Hezron, Charmi : These are the generacions 
of Ruben. 

The children of Simeon are these : Iemuel. 
Iamin, Ohad, Iachin, Zophar, and Saul the 
sonne of the Cananitish woman : These are 
the generacions of Symeon. 

These are the names of the childre of Leui 
in their generacios : e Gerson, Kahath and 
Merari : Leui was an hnndreth and seuen 5 
thirtie yeare olde. The children of Gerson 
are these : Libni and Semei in their genera- 
cions. The childre of Kahath are these: 
Amram, Iezear, Hebron, Vsiel. f Kahath was 
an hundreth & thre & thirtie yeare olde. The 
children of Merari are these: Maheli and 
Musi. These are y generacions of Leui in 
their kynreds. 

And Amram toke ? his vncles doughter t 
Iochebed to wife, which bare him Aaron 5 
Moses. Amram was an C. j vij. & thirtie 
yeare olde. The childre of Iezear are these : 
Korah, Nepheg, Sichri. The children of 
Vsiel are these : Misael, Elzaphan, Sithri. 

Aaron toke Elizaba y doughter of Aminadab 
Nahassons sister to wife, which bare him 
Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar, Ithamar. 

The childre of Korah are these : Assir, 
Elkana, g Abiassaph. These are y gene- 
racios of y Korahites. Eleasar Aarons sonne 
toke one of the doughters of Putiel to wife, 
which bare him Phineas. These are the 
heades amonge the fathers of the generacions 
of the Leuites. 

This is y Aaron d Moses, vnto whom y 
LORDE sayde : Bringe y childre of Israel 
out of the lande of Egipte with their armies. 
It is they (namely Moses a Aaron) y spake 
vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte, y they 
might brynge the children of Israel out of 
Egipte. The same daie spake y LORDE 
vnto Moses in y lande of Egipte, g sayde : I 
am f LORDE, speake thou vnto Pharao y 
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he answered before y LORDE : Beholde, I 
am of vncircumcised lippes," how shall Pharao 
the heare me ? 

€ht 6ij. Chapter. 

THE LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Be- 
holde, I haue made the a God ouer 
Pharao, g Aar5 thy brother shal be thy 
prophet. Thou shalt speake all y I comaude 
y : but Aaron thy brother shal speake vnto 
Pharao, y he maye let the childre of Israel 
go out of his lande. * Neuertheles I wil harden 
Pharaos hert, y I maye multiply e my tokens 
g wonders in the londe of Egipte. And 
Pharao shal not heare you, y I maye shewe 
my hande in Egipte, g brynge myne armyes, 
euen my people the childre of Israel out of y 
lande of Egipte, by greate iudgmetes. And 
y Egipcians shal knowe, y I am the LORDE, 
whan I shal stretch out my hande vpon Egipte, 
and brynge the children of Israel out from 
amonge them. 

Moses and Aaron dyd as the LORDE 
comauded them. And Moses was foure score 
yeare olde, g Aaron thre g foure score yeare 
olde, whan they spake vnto Pharao. And y 
LORDE sayde vnto Moses g Aaron : Whan 
Pharao sayeth vnto you : Shew youre wonders, 
then shalt thou saye vnto Aaron : Take thy 
staff, and cast it before Pharao, g it shal turne 
to a serpent. 

Then wete Moses g Aaron in vnto Pharao, 
g dyd as the LORDE comaunded them. 
And Aaron cast his staff before Pharao g 
before his seruauntes, g it turned to a serpet. 
Then Pharao called for y wyse men g Sor- 
cerers. And the Sorcerers of Egipte also 
dyd like wyse with their Sorceries, and euery 
one cast his staff before him, g they turned 
vnto serpentes. But Aarons staff deuoured 
their staues. So Pharaos hert was hardened, 
and he herkened not vnto them, euen as the 
LORDE had sayde. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses : The 
hert of Pharao is hardened, he refuseth to 
let y people go. Get y vnto Pharao in the 
mornynge, beholde, he shal come vnto y water, 
mete thou him vpo the waters brynke, g take 
y staff which turned to a serpet, in thine 
hande, g saye vnto him : The LORDE God 
of the Hebrues hath sent me vnto the, g sendeth 
y worde : c Let my people go, that they maye 



serue me in the wyldernesse : but hither to 
thou woldest not heare. 

Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE: Hereby 
shalt thou knowe, y I am y LORDE. Be- 
holde, with the staff y I haue in my hande, 
wil I smyte the water which is in y ryuer, g 
it shal be turned in to bloude: so that the 
fishes in the ryuer shall dye, g the ryuer shall 
stynke : g it shall greue the Egipcians to 
drynke of y water of the ryuer. 

And y LORDE spake vnto Moses : Saye 
vnto Aaron: Take thy staff, g stretch out 
thine hade ouer y waters of Egipte, ouer their 
ryuers g brokes g pondes, g ouer all water 
poles, y they maye be turned to bloude, g 
that there maye be bloude in all y lande of 
Egipte, both in vessels of wodd and stone. 

"Moses g Aaron dyd as y LORDE co- 
maunded them, g lift vp the staff, g smote the 
water y was in the ryuer, before Pharao g his 
seruauntes, g all the water in the ryuer was 
turned in to bloude, g the fysh in the ryuer 
dyed, g the ryuer stanke, so y the Egipcians 
coulde not drynke of the water of y ryuer, g 
there was bloude in all the lande of Egipte. 
And the Sorcerers also of Egipte, dyd like- 
wyse with their Sorceries. But Pharaos hert 
was hardened, g he herkened not vnto the, 
like as the LORDE had sayde. And Pharao 
turned him self, g wente home, g set not his 
hert there on. All the Egipcias dygged roiide 
aboute y ryuer, for water to drinke : for they 
coude not drynke of y water out of the ryuer. 
And this endured seuen dayes longe, that the 
LORDE smote the ryuer. 

Che buj. Chapter. 

THE LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Go 
thy waye to Pharao, g speake vnto him : 
Thus saieth the LORDE: Let my people 
go, y they maye serue me : Yf thou wilt not 
let the go, beholde, I wil smyte all y borders 
of thy lode with frogges, so y the ryuer shal 
scraule with frogges : these shal clymme vp, 
g come in to thine house, in to thy chamber, 
where thou slepest, vpon thy bed, and in to 
the houses of thy seruauntes, amonge thy 
people, in to thine ouens, and vpon thy dowe : 
and the frogges shall come vp vpon the, and 
vpon thy people, and vpon all thy seruauntes 
e And the LORDE spake vnto Moses: Saie 
vnto Aaron: Stretch forth thine hande with 



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thy staff ouer the streames, g ryuers, g pondes, 
and let frogges come vpon the londe of Egipte. 
And Aaron stretched his hade ouer the waters 
in Egipte, g there came vp frogges, so y the 
londe of Egipte was couered. 

The Sorcerers also dyd likewyse, with their 
Sorcerirs, g caused frogges to come vp5 y 
lode of Egipte. The called Pharao for Moses 
g Aaron, g sayde: *Praye the LORDE for 
me, y he maye take awaye the frogges fro me 
g fro my people, g I will let y people go, y 
they maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE. 

Moses sayde : "Haue thou the honoure be- 
fore me, g appoynte me, wha I shal praye for 
y, for thy seruauntes and for thy people : y the 
frogges maye be dryuen awaye fro the g fro 
thy house, tg remayne onely in the ryuer. He 
yde : Tomorow. He sayde : Euen as thou 
hast sayde, y thou mayest knowe, y there is 
none hke vnto the LORDE oure God : And 
the frogges shal be take from the, g from thy 
house, from thy seruauntes, g from thy people, 
g remayne onely in the ryuer. 

So Moses g Aaron wete from Pharao, g 
Moses cried vnto the LORDE for the ap- 
poyntment ouer the frogges, which he had 
promysed vnto Pharao. And y LORDE dyd 
as Moses sayde. And the frogges dyed in y 
houses, in y courtes, g vpon y felde : g they 
gathered the together, here an heape, g there 
an heape, g the lande stanke of them. But 
whan Pharao sawe y he had gotten breth, his 
hert was hardened, and he herkened not vnto 
the, euen as the LORDE had sayde. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses : Saie 
vnto Aaron : Stretch out thy staff, g smyte 
the dust vpon the earth, y there maye be lyse 
in the whole lode of Egipte. They dyd so. 
And Aaron stretched out his hande with his 
staff, g smote the dust vpon the earth, g there 
were lyse vpon men and vpon catell : AH the 
dust of the lande was turned vnto lyse in all 
the lande of Egipte. 

The Sorcerers also assayde likewyse with 
their Sorcerirs y they might biynge forth lyse, 
but they coude not. And y lyse were vpon 
men g catell. Then sayde y Sorcerers vnto 
Pharao: It is the fynger of God. But Pharaos 
hert was hardened, g he herkened not vnto 
the, euen as the LORDE had sayde. 

And y LORDE saide vnto Moses : Get y 
vp tomorow by tymes, g stonde before Pharao : 

* 3 Re. 13. b. Exod. 9. f. and 10. c. Acto. 8. c. 



beholde, he wil go vnto the water, g speake 
thou vnto him : Thus saieth f LORDE : let 
my people go, y they maye serue me; yf not, 
beholde, I wil cause cruell wormes (or flyes) 
to come vpon the, thy seruauntes, thy people, 
g thy house, so y all the Egipcians houses, g 
the felde, and what theron is shall be full of 
cruell wormes : g the same daye wil I separate 
the londe of t Gosen, wherin my people are, 
so y no cruell worme shalbe there, that thou 
mayest knowe, that I am y LORDE in the 
myddest of the earth. And I wil set a de- 
lyueraunce betwene my people and thyne. 
Tomorow shal this token come to passe. 

And the LORDE dyd so. And there 
came perlous cruell wormes in to Pharaos 
house, in to his seruauntes houses, g vpon all 
the londe of Egipte : and the londe was 
marred with noysome wormes. 

The called Pharao for Moses g Aaron, g 
sayde: Go youre waye, g do sacrifice vnto 
youre God in y londe. Moses sayde : It is 
not mete, y we shulde so do, so shulde we 
offer f abhominacion of y Egipcians vnto the 
LORDE oure God. Beholde, yf we shulde 
offer the abhominacion of y Egipcians before 
their eyes, shulde they not stone vs ? Thre 
dayes iourney will we go in the wyldemes, 
and do sacrifice vnto the LORDE oure God 
t like as he hath sayde vnto vs. 

Pharao sayde : I wil let you go, y ye maie 
do sacrifice vnto the LORDE youre God in 
the wyldemes (onely y ye go no farther) g 
praye for me. Moses sayde : Beholde, whan 
I am come forth from y, I wil praye vnto f 
LORDE, y the cruell wormes maye be taken 
from Pharao, g from his seruautes, g fro his 
people, euen tomorow : onely disceaue me 
nomore, that thou woldest not let the people 
go to do sacrifice vnto the LORDE. 

And Moses wete out from Pharao, and 
prayed vnto the LORDE. And the LORDE 
dyd as Moses sayde, g toke awaye the cruell 
wormes from Pharao, from his seruauntes, 
and from his people, so y there remayned not 
one. But Pharao hardened his hert eue then 
also, and let not y people go. 

€i)c tr. Chapter. 

THE LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Go in 
to Pharao, and speake vnto him : Thus 
sayeth the LORDE God of y Hebrues: 

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let my people go, y they maye serue me. Yf 
thou wilt not, but holde them longer, beholde, 
the hande of the LORDE shal be vpon thy 
catell in the felde, vpon horses, vpon Asses, 
vpon Camels, vpon oxen, vpon shepe with a 
very sore pestilence. And y LORDE shall 
make a diuysion betwene the catell of the 
Israelites g the Egipcians, so y there shal 
nothinge dye of all that the children of Israel 
haue. And f LORDE appoynted a tyme, 
and sayde : Tomorow shal the LORDE do 
this vpon earth. 

And the LORDE dyd the same on the 
morow. And there dyed of all maner of 
catell of the Egipcians : but of y catell of y 
childre of Israel there dyed not one. And 
Pharao sent thither, g beholde, there was not 
one of the catell of Israel deed. But Pharaos 
hert was hardened, so y he let not y people 
go. Then sayde y LORDE vnto Moses g 
Aaron : Take youre handes full of aszshes out 
of the fornace, g let Moses sprenkle it towarde 
heauen before Pharao, that it maye be dust in 
all the lande of Egipte, g that there maye be 
sores g blaynes vpon men g vpon catell in all 
the lande of Egipte. 

And they toke aszshes out of y fornace, g 
stode before Pharao, g Moses sprenkled it 
towarde heaue. Then were there sores and 
blaynes vpon men g vpon catell, so that the 
Sorcerers might not stode before Moses by 
reason of the sores. For there were sores 
vpo the Sorcerers as well as vpon all the 
Egipcians. But the LORDE hardened Pha- 
raos hert, so that he herkened not vnto them, 
eue as the LORDE had sayde vnto Moses. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses: 
Get the vp tomorow by tymes, g stonde be- 
fore Pharao, g speake vnto him : Thus sayeth 
y LORDE God of the Hebrues : let my 
people go, y they maye serue me, els wyll I at 
this tyme sende all my plages in to thine hert, 
g vpon thy seruaiites g vpon thy people : that 
thou mayest knowe, y there is none like me 
in all londes. For I will now stretch out my 
hande, g smyte the g thy people with pesti- 
lence, so y thou shalt be roted out from the 
earth. Yet haue I *stered f vp for this cause, 
euen to shew my power vpon f, and that my 
name might be declared in all londes. 

Thou holdest my people yet, g wilt not let 
them go, beholde, tomorow aboute this tyme 

* Some reade : I haue holden the vp. 



wyll I cause a mightie greate hayle to rayne, 
soch as hath not bene in the londe of Egipte, 
sence the tyme that it was groiided, hither to. 
And now sende thou, g saue thy catell, g all y 
thou hast in the felde : for all men g catell 
that shalbe founde in the felde, g not brought 
in to the houses, yf the hayle fall vpon them, 
they shall dye. Now who so feared the 
worde of the LORDE amonge Pharaos ser- 
uauntes, caused his seruauntes g catell to flye 
in to the houses: but loke whose hertes re- 
garded not the worde of f LORDE, left their 
seruauntes and catell in the felde. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses : 
Strech out thy hande towarde heaue, that it 
maye hayle vpon all the lande of Egipte, 
vpon men, vpon catell, g vpon all herbes of 
the felde in the lande of Egipte. " So Moses 
stretched out his staff towarde heauen, and 
the LORDE caused it to thonder g hayle, so 
y the fyre ranne alonge vpon the earth. Thus 
the LORDE hayled g rayned vpon the londe 
of Egipte, so that the hayle g fyre wente so 
horrybly together, as neuer was in all the lade 
of Egipte, sens the tyme that there were 
people therin. And the hayle smote the whole 
land of Egipte, all that was vpon y felde, both 
men g catell, g smote all the herbes vpon the 
felde, g brake all the trees vpon y felde, saue 
onely in the lande of Gosen, where the childre 
of Israel were, there it hayled not. Then 
sent Pharao g called for Moses g Aaron, g 
sayde vnto them : Now haue I synned, y 
LORDE is righteous, but I (j my people are 
vngodly. Yet praye ye vnto the LORDE, 
that the thonder g hayle of God maye ceasse, 
then wyl I let you go, that ye shal tary here 
no longer. Moses sayde vnto him : Whan I 
am come out of the cite, I wyll stretch out 
myne handes vnto the LORDE, so shal the 
thonder ceasse, g there shal be nomore hayle: 
that thou mayest knowe, that the earth is the 
LORDES. But I knowe, y both thou g thy 
seruauntes feare not yet the LORDE God. 
Thus the flax and the barlye were smytten : 
for the barlye was shot vp, g y flax was boulled : 
but the wheate and y rye were not smytten, 
for they were late sowen. 

So Moses wente from Pharao out of y cite, 
g stretched out his hades vnto y LORDE. 
And y thoder g the hayle ceassed, g the rayne 
dropped not vp5 the earth. But wha Pharao 

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sawe y the rayne g thonder g hayle ceassed, 
he synned agayne, and herdened his hert, he 
g his seruauntes. So Pharaos hert was hard- 
ened, y he let not the childre of Israel go, 
eue as the LORDE had sayde by Moses. 

Cfie r. Chapter. 

A ND the LORDE saide vnto Moses : Go 
j^~\_ in vnto Pharao, for I haue hardened 
his hert g the hertes of his seruaiites, y I 
might do these my tokes amonge the, j that 
thou mightest shewe it in the eares of thy 
children g of thy childers children, what I 
haue done in Egipte, and how I haue shewed 
my tokens amoge the, that ye maye knowe, 
how that I am the LORDE. 

So Moses g Aaron wente in vnto Pharao, 

spake vnto him: Thus sayeth y LORDE 
God of the Hebrues : How longe refusest 
thou to submyt thy self vnto me, to let my 
people go, y they maye serue me? Yf thou 
wilt not let my people go, beholde, tomorow 
wil I cause greshoppers to come vpon all 
places, y they maye couer the lande, so y the 
lande can not be sene, g they shal eate vp y 
is left you g was delyuered fro the hayle : g 
shal eate vp all youre grene trees vpon the 
felde, g shal fyll thy house, all thy seruaiites 
houses, ij all the Egipcians houses: soch as 
thy fathers g thy fathers fathers haue not sene, 
sens the tyme y they were vpon earth vnto 
this daye. And he turned him, g wente 
out from Pharao. Then saide Pharaos ser- 
uauntes vnto him : How longe shall we be 
snared after this maner? Let the men go, 
that they may serue y LORDE their God. 
Knowest thou not yet, y Egipte is destroyed ? 
Moses g Aaron were brought agayne to Pha- 
rao, which saide vnto them : Go youre waye, 
g serue f LORDE youre God. But who are 
they y shall go ? Moses sayde : We wil go 
with yonge g olde, with sonnes and doughters, 
with shepe and oxe : for we haue a feast of 
the LORDE. He sayde vnto the : Let it be 
so, the LORDE be with you : Shulde I let 
you go g youre childre also? loke that ye 
haue not some myschefe in hade. Not so, 
but go ye that are men, and serue the 
LORDE, for that was youre desyre. And 
they thrust them out from Pharao. 

The saide f LORDE vnto Moses: Stretch 
out thine hande ouer y londe of Egipte, for 



Psal. 104. d. Sap. 16. 



Apo. ! 



the * greshoppers, y they maye come vpo y 
londe of Egipte, g eate vp all the herbes in 
the londe, with all y escaped the hayle. Moses 
stretched out his staff ouer y lande of Egipte, 
g the LORDE brought an east wynde in to 
the londe all y daye g all y night, g in the 
momynge, the east wynde brought the gres- 
hoppers. And they came ouer the whole 
lande of Egipte, and lighted in all places of 
Egipte, so exceadinge many, that before tyme 
there were neuer soch, nether shalbe here 
after : for they couered the londe, and made 
it darcke. And they ate vp all the herbes in 
f londe, ij all the frutes vpon the trees which 
remayned from y hayle, g left no grene thinge 
behinde in the trees g herbes vpon the felde 
in all the lande of Egipte. 

Then Pharao called for Moses g Aaron in 
all f haist, g saide : I haue synned against 
the LORDE youre God, g agaynst you : for- 
geue me my synne this once also, ij pray the 
LORDE youre God, y he maye take awaye 
fro me this death onely. And he wete out 
from Pharao, g prayed vnto the LORDE. 
The the LORDE turned a maruelous stroge 
west wynde, and toke vp the greshoppers, g 
cast them in to the reed see, so that there 
was not one left in all the quarters of Egipte. 
But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert, 
that he let not the childre of Israel go. The 
LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Stretch out 
thine hade towarde heauen, that it be so 
darck in the londe of Egipte, y it maye be 
felt. And Moses stretched out his hade to- 
warde heauen, the was there a thicke darck- 
nesse " in all the londe of Egipte thre dayes, 
so y in thre dayes no ma sawe another, nor 
rose vp from y place where he was. But with 
the childre of Israel there was light in their 
dwellinges. Then Pharao called for Moses, 
g sayde : Go youre waye g serue the LORDE : 
onely leaue youre shepe g youre oxen here : 
let youre childre go with you also. Moses 
sayde : Thou must geue vs offringes and brent 
offerynges, that we maye do sacrifice vnto the 
LORDE oure God. Oure catell shal go with 
vs, and there shal not one hooffe be left 
behynde : for we must take therof for the 
seruyce of the LORDE oure God. Morouer 
we knowe not wherwithall we shal serue y 
LORDE, tyll we come thither. But the 
LORDE hardened Pharaos hert, y he wolde 



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not let them go. And Pharao sayde vnto 
him : Get the hence fro me, g bewarre, that 
thou come nomore in my sight: For loke what 
daie so euer thou comest in my sight, thou 
shalt dye. Moses answered: Eue as thou 
hast sayde, I wil come no more in thy sight. 

%f)t jet, Chapter. 

AND the LORDE sayde vnto Moses : I 
wil yet brynge a plage vpon Pharao 
and Egipte : after y shal he let you go from 
hence, g shal not onely let all go, but also 
dryue you hence. Therfore saye now vnto 
the people, y euery man borowe of his negh- 
boure, g euery woman of hir neghbouresse, 
Iewels of syluer g golde: " for the LORDE 
shal geue the people fauoure in the sight of 
y Egipcias. *And Moses was a veiy greate 
man in the lande of Egipte, in y sight of Pha- 
raos seruauntes, g in the sight of the people. 

And Moses sayde : Thus sayeththe LORDE: 
At mydnight wil I go out in the lande of 
Egipte, g all f first borne in the lande of 
Egipte shall dye : from Pharaos first sonne 
(y sytteth vpon his seate) vnto the first sonne 
of the mayde seruaunte which is behynde y 
myll : g all the first borne amonge the catell: 
g there shalbe a greate crie in all the lande of 
Egipte, soch as neuer was, ner shalbe. But 
amonge all the childre of Israel there shall 
not a dogg quatch with his tonge, fro men 
vnto catell, y ye maye knowe, how^- the 
LORDE hath put a differece betwixte Egipte 
g Israel. The shal all these thy seruauntes 
come downe vnto me, g fal at my fote, g saye: 
Get the out, thou g all the people that are 
vnder the. After that wyl I departe. And 
he wete fro Pharao with a wroth full dis- 
pleasure. The LORDE saide vnto Moses : 
Pharao herkeneth not vnto you, y many 
woders maye be done in y lade of Egipte. 
And Moses g Aaron dyd all these woders 
before Pharao : but y LORDE hardened his 
hert, y he wolde not let f childre of Israel go 
out of his londe. 

%\)t vrj. Chapter. 

THE LORDE sayde vnto Moses g Aaron 
in the londe of Egipte : This moneth 
shal be with you y first moneth g at it ye shall 
begynne the monethes of the yeare. Speake 



Exo. 3. e. and 



2. e. * EccII. 45. a. 
t Psa. 135. a. 



*Ioh. 1. 
d Heb. 11. 



ye vnto all the congregacion of Israel, g saye : 
Vpon y tenth daye of this moneth let euery 
one take a * labe (or a kydd) where a hous- 
holder is, to euery house a labe. But yf 
the housholde be to few for a lambe, the let 
him g his neghboure y is next vnto his house, 
take it acordinge to the nombre of y soules, 
and counte to the lambe, what euery man 
maye eate. But it shal be a lambe without 
blemish, a male, g of a yeare olde. From 
amonge the lambes g goates shal ye take it. 

And ye shal kepe it vnto y fourtene daye 
of the moneth. And euery man of the con- 
gregacion of Israel shal slaye it aboute the 
eueninge. "And they shal take of his bloude, 
and stryke it on both the syde postes of the 
dore, and on the vpperdore post of the house, 
that they eate it in. And so shal they eate 
flesh y same night, rosted at the fyre, g 
vnleuended bred, and shal eate it with sowre 
sawse. Ye shal not eate it rawe, ner sodden 
with water, but onely rosted at the fyre, his 
heade with his fete and pertenaunce. And 
ye shal leaue nothynge of it ouer vntyll the 
mornynge : but yf eny thinge be left ouer vn- 
tyll the mornynge, ye shal burne it with fyre. 

Of this maner shal ye eate it : Ye shal be 
gyrded aboute youre loynes, and haue youre 
shues vpon youre fete, and staues in youre 
handes, and ye shal eate it with haist : for it 
is y LORDES Passeouer. t For in the same 
night wil I go thorow the londe of Egipte, g 
smyte all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte, 
from men vnto catell, g vpon all the goddes of 
Egipte wyll I do execucion. Euen I the 
LORDE. rf And the bloude shal be youre 
token, vpon the houses wherin ye are : y whan 
I se the bloude, I maye passe ouer, and that 
the plage happen not vnto you, to destroye 
you, whan I smyte the londe of Egipte. 

And this daye shall ye haue for a remem- 
braunce, and ye shall kepe it holy for a feast 
vnto the LORDE, ye g all youre posterities, 
for a perpetuall custome. e Seuen dayes shall 
ye eate vnleuended bred: namely, vpon the 
first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred 
in youre houses. Who so euer eateth leuended 
bred from the first daye vnto y seuenth that 
soule shall be roted out from Israel. The 
first daye shall be called holy amonge you, 
and the seuenth also. No maner of worke 

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shall ye do therin, saue what belongeth to the 
meate for all maner of soules, that onely maye 
ye do for you. And kepe you to leuended bred. 

For euen vpon that same daye wil I brynge 
youre armies out of the londe of Egipte, 
therfore shall ye and all youre posterities kepe 
this daye for a perpetuall eustome. Vpon the 
fourtene daye of the first moneth, a at euen, 
shall ye eate vnleuended bred, vnto the one 
and twentye daye of the moneth, at euen: so 
that there be no leuended bred founde in 
youre houses seuen dayes. For who so euer 
eateth leuended bred, that soule shall be roted 
out from the congregacion of Israel, whether 
it be a straunger or borne in the londe. 
Therfore eate no leuended bred, but onely 
vnleuended bred in all youre dwellynges. 

And Moses called all the Elders of Israel, 
and sayde vnto them : Chose out, and take 
to euery housholde a shepe, and kyll Passeouer 
vnto the LORDE; and take a bunch of 
ysope, and dyppe it in the bloude in the basen, 
and stryke it vpon the vpperposte and vpon 
the two syde postes, and none of you go out at 
the dore of his house vntyll f mornynge, for 
the LORDE wyll go aboute and plage the 
Egipcians. And whan he seyth the bloude 
vpo the vpperposte, and vpon the two syde 
postes, he wyl passe ouer by the dore, and not 
suflre the destroyer to come in to youre 
houses to plage. Therfore kepe this eustome 
for the and thy children for euer. 

And whan ye be come in to f londe that 
the LORDE shal geue you, (as he hath 
sayde) then kepe this seruyce.* And whan 
youre children saye vnto you : What seruyce 
is this, that ye haue ? Ye shal saye : It is the 
sacrifice of the LORDE S Passeouer, which 
passed ouer by the children of Israel in Egipte, 
whan he plaged the Egipcians, and saued oure 
houses. Then the people bowed them selues, 
and worshipped. And the children of Israel 
wente and dyd, as the LORDE had com- 
maunded Moses and Aaron. 

5 And at mydnight the LORDE smote all 
the firstborne in the lande of Egipte : from 
Pharaos first sonne (which sat vpon his seate) 
vntyll the first sonne of the presoner that was 
in the preson, and all the firstborne of the 
catell. Then Pharao arose y same night, and 
all his seruauntes, and all the Egipcians, g 



" Leui.23. a. Nu. 28. 
Psal. 77. e. and 134. c. 



Sap. 



Ios. 4. d. 



4 Exo. 11. 
1 Reg. 6. b. 



there was a greate crye in Egipte : for there 
was no house wherin there was not one deed 

And he called for Moses and Aaron in y 
night, and sayde : c Get you vp, and departe out 
fro my people, ye and the children of Israel 
go youre waye, and serue the LORDE, as ye 
haue sayde : and take youre shepe and youre 
oxen with you, tas ye haue sayde, and de 
parte, and blesse me also. And the Egip 
cians were fearce vpon the people, to dryue 
them haistely out of the londe, for they saide : 
we are all but deed. 

And the people toke the rawe dowe, before 
it was leuended (for their foode) bounde in 
their clothes vpon their shulders. And the 
children of Israel had done t as Moses sayde, 
and borowed Iewels of syluer and golde, and 
clothes of the Egipcians: the LORDE also 
had geuen the people fauoure in the sight of 
the Egipcians, that they lent them, and so 
they spoyled the Egipcians. 

Thus y children of Israel toke their iourney 
from Raemses^ to Suchoth, §sixe hundreth 
thousande men of fote, besyde childre. There 
wente with them also moch como people, and 
shepe, and oxen, and exceadinge many catell. 

And of the rawe dowe that they brought 
out of Egipte, they baked vnleueded cakes : 
for it was not leuended, in so moch as they 
were thrust out of Egipte, and coude not tary : 
nether had they prepared them eny other 
meate. 

The tyme y the children of Israel dwelt in 
Egipte, is foure hondreth and thirtie yeares. 
Whan the same were ended, the whole hoost 
of the LORDE wente out of the londe of 
Egipte in one daye. Therfore shall this 
night be kepte vnto the LORDE, because he 
brought them out of the londe of Egipte 
And the children of Israel shall kepe it vnto 
the LORDE, they and their posterities. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses and 
Aaron : This is the maner of the kepynge of 
Passeouer : There shal no straiiger eate of it. 
But who so is a bought seruaunt let him be 
circumcysed, g then eate therof. A straunger 
and an hyred seruaiit shal not eate of it. In 
one house shal it be eate. Ye shal cary none 
of his flesh out of the house, and II ye shal not 
breake a bone of him. The whole congre- 
gacion of Israel shal do it. 



t Exo. 10. f. 
Hebr. 11. e. 



t Exo. 3. e. 
§ Nu. 11. e. 



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9. b. Ioh. 19. - 



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But yf there dwel a straunger with the, g 
wil holde Passeouer vnto the LORDE, let 
him circumcyse euery one that is male, and 
then let him first come, and do it, and be as 
one that is borne in the londe : for there shal 
no vncircumcysed eate therof. One maner of 
lawe be vnto him y is borne in the londe, g 
vnto the straiiger y dwelleth amoge you. And 
all the childre of Israel dyd as the LORDE 
commaunded Moses g Aaron. So vpd one 
daye the LORDE brought the childre of Israel 
out of the lode of Egipte with their armyes. 

Cfie ruj. Cfjapttr. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 
saide : " Sanctifie vnto me euery first- 
borne, y breaketh all maner of Matrices 
amonge the childre of Israel, both of men g 
catell : for they are myne. Then saide Moses 
vnto y people : Thinke vpo this daye, in the 
which ye are gone out of Egipte from the 
house of bodage, how y y LORDE brought 
you out fro thence with a mightie hade. Ther- 
fore shall ye eate no sowre dowe. This daye 
are ye gone out, eue in y moneth of Abib. 

*Nowwha y LORDE hath brought y in to 
y lande of f Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, 
Heuites g Iebusites, which *he sware vnto thy 
fathers to geue y (euen a londe that floweth 
with mylke g hony) then shalt thou kepe this 
seruyce in this moneth. Seue dayes shalt 
thou eate vnleuended bred, g vpon the seuenth 
daye is the LORDES feast: therfore shalt 
thou eate vnleuended bred seue dayes, that 
there be no sowre dowe, ner sowred bred sene 
in all thy quarters. 

And thou shalt tell thy sonne at the same 
tyme, g saye : Because of that, which f 
LORDE dyd for me, whan I departed out of 
Egipte. Therfore shalt it be a signe vnto y 
in thine hande, and a token of remembraunce 
before thine eyes, that the lawe of y LORDE 
maye be in thy mouth, how that y LORDE 
brought the out of Egipte with a mightie hande : 
Therfore kepe this maner yearly in his tyme. 

Whan the LORDE now hath brought y in 
to f lande of the Cananites (as he hath sworne 
vnto the and thy fathers) c and hath geuen it 
the, then shalt thou sunder out vnto the 
LORDE all that breaketh the Matrice, and 
firstborne amonge thy catell, soch as is male. 



° Exo. 22. d. and 34. c. Num. 8 
2. d. » Exo. 23. c. 32. g. 33. a. 



1 Re. 1. d 

> Ge. 15. d. 



Luc, 

Exod, 



The firstborne of the Asse shalt thou bye out 
with a shepe : but yf thou redeme it not, then 
breake his neck. All the firstborne of men 
amonge thy children shalt thou redeme. 

And whan thy childe axeth the to daie or 
tomorow: What is this? Thou shalt saye 
vnto him : The LORDE brought vs out of 
Egipte from the house of bondage with a 
mightie hande : for whan Pharao was loth to 
let vs go, the LORDE slew all the firstborne 
in the lande of Egipte, from the firstborne of 
men vnto y firstborne of the catell : therfore 
offer I vnto the LORDE all that breaketh y 
Matrice, beynge a male, and y firstborne of 
my children I redeme. And this shal be a 
signe vnto the in thine hande, and a token to 
thinke vpon before thine eyes, how that the 
LORDE brought vs out of Egipte with a 
mightie hande. 

Now whan Pharao had let y people go, 
God led them not the waye thorow the lode 
of the Philistynes, which was y nexte : for he 
thoughte : The people might repet, wha they 
se warre, and so turne in agayne in to Egipte. 
Therfore led he the people aboute, euen the 
waye thorow the wyldernes by y reed see. 
And the childre of Israel wente harnessed out 
of the londe of Egipte. And Moses toke 
Iosephs bones with him, t for he toke an ooth 
of the children of Israel, and sayde : God wyll 
surely vyset you, therfore cary awaye my bones 
with you from hence. 

So they toke their iourney fro Suchoth, g 
pitched their tetes in Etha in y edge of the 
wildernes. d And y LORDE wete before the 
by daye in a piler of a cloude, to lede the y 
right waye : and by night in a piler of fyre, 
that he might shewe the light to walke both 
by daie and night. The piler of the cloude 
departed neuer from the people by daye, and 
the pyler of fyre departed not from the by 
night. 

Cfi« rtttj. Cfiapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, 
and sayde : Speake vnto the children 
of Israel, and e byd them that they turne 
aboute, g pitch their tentes before the valley 
of Hyroth, betwixte Migdol g the see towarde 
Baal Zepho, and there pitch f tentes right 
ouer by the see. For Pharao shall saye of 

3. d. c Gen. 15. d. t Ge. 50. d. Iosu. 24. f. " Nu. 
14. b. Neem. 9.c. 1 Cor. 10. a. Esai<e4.b. <Nuin.33.b. 



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the children of Israel : They can not tell how 
to get out of the londe, the wyldernesse hath 
shut them in. And I wyll harden his hert, y 
he shal folowe after them, u I wil get me 
honoure vpon Pharao, and vpon all his power. 
And y Egipcias shal knowe, y I am the 
LORDE. And they dyd so. 

And whan it was tolde y kinge of Egipte, y 
y people fled, his hert (j his seruauntes were 
turned agaynst f people, & saide : Why haue 
we done this, that we haue let Israel go, y 
they shulde not serue vs ? And he bounde 
his charettes fast, and toke his people with 
him, and toke sixe hudreth chosen charettes, 
and the other charettes besyde that were in 
Egipte, and the captaynes ouer all his : for 
the LORDE hardened y hert of Pharao kynge 
of Egipte, that he folowed after the children 
of Israel. And the children of Israel wente 
out with an hye hande. 

And the Egipcians folowed after the, & 
ouertoke them (where they had pitched by y 
see) with horses and charettes, and horsme, 
and with his power, in the valley of Hyrath 
towarde Baal Zephon. And whan Pharao 
came nye them, "the children of Israel lift vp 
their eyes, and beholde, y Egipcians wente 
behinde the, and they were sore afrayed, and 
cried vnto the LORDE. 

And sayde vnto Moses : Were there no 
graues in Egipte, *y thou hast brought vs 
awaye to dye in the wyldernes? Wherfore 
hast thou done this vnto vs, that thou hast 
caried vs out of Egipte ? Is not this it, that 
we sayde vnto the in Egipte ? Leaue of, & let 
vs serue the Egipcians : for it were better for 
vs to serue the Egipcians, then to dye in the 
wyldernes ? Moses sayde vnto the people : 
c Feare you not, stonde styll, and beholde, 
what a saluacion the LORDE shall shewe 
vpon you this daye : *for these Egipcians 
whom ye se this daye, shall ye neuer se more 
for euer: the LORDE shal fight for you, 
onely quyete youre selues. 

The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Wher- 
fore criest thou vnto me ? Speake vnto y 
children of Israel, j they go forwarde. But 
lift thou vp thy staff, 5 stretch out thine hade 
ouer y see, d g parte it asunder, y the children 
of Israel maye go in thorow y middest of 



Iosu. 24. b. » Psal. 105. a. c 2 Pa. 20. c. Esa. 
30. c. * Deu. 28. g. * Sap. 14. a. « Psal. 104. c. 
/ Neem. 9. b. s Iosu. 2. b. and 4. d. Iudith 5. c. 



it vpon the drye grounde. Beholde, I wyll 
harden y hert of the Egipcians, y they shall 
folowe after you. Thus wyl I get me honoure 
vpon Pharao, <j vpon all his power, vpo his 
charettes and horsmen : and the Egipcians 
shal knowe, that I amy LORDE, whan I 
haue gotten me honoure vpon Pharao, vpon 
his charettes, and vpon his horsmen. 

e Then the angell of God y wente before 
the armies of Israel, remoued, and gat him 
behynde them : and the cloudy piler remoued 
also from before them, and stode behinde the 
and came betwixte the armies of the Egip- 
cians and the armies of Israel. It was a 
darcke cloude, and gaue light that night, so 
that all the night longe these and they coude 
not come together. 

Wha Moses now stretched forth his hade 
ouer y see, -''the LORDE caused it to passe 
awaye thorow a mightie eastwynde all that 
night, and made the see drye, =and y water 
deuyded it self a sunder. And the children 
of Israel wente in thorow the middest of y see 
vpon the drye grounde : and y water was vnto 
them as a wall, vpon their right hande & vpo 
their lefte. And y Egipcias folowed, j wente 
in after the, all Pharaos horses, j charettes, & 
horsme, eue in to y middest of y see. 

Now whan the mornynge watch came, the 
LORDE ''loked vpo the armies of the Egip- 
cians out the piler of fire and y cloude, 5 
troubled their armies, and smote the wheles 
from their charettes, & ouerthrew them with a 
storme. Then sayde the Egipcians : t Let vs 
flye from Israel, the LORDE fighteth for the 
agaynst the Egipcians. 

But y LORDE saide vnto Moses: Stretch 
out thyne hande ouer the see, that y water 
maye come agayne vpon the Egipcians, vpon 
their charettes, and horsmen. Then Moses 
stretched out his hande ouer the see, and the 
see came agayne before daye in his course 
and strength, and the Egipcians fled agaynst 
it. Thus the LORDE ouerthrew them in 
the myddest of the see, 'so that the water 
came agayne, and couered y charettes and 
horsmen, and all Pharaos power which folowed 
after them in to the see, so that there re- 
mayned not one of them. But the children 
of Israel * wente drye thorow y myddest of the 



Iudith 9. a. t Deu. 32. 

10. d. * Esa. 11. f. 



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see, and the water was vnto them as a wall 
vpon their right hande and vpon their lefte 

"Thus the LORDE delyuered Israel in y 
daye from the hande of the Egipcians. And 
they sawe the Egipcians deed vpon y see syde, 
and the greate hande y the LORDE had 
shewed vpon the Egipcians. And y- people 
feared y LORDE, and beleued him, and his 
seruaunt Moses. 

Ci)c rb. Chapter. 

THEN sange Moses and the childre of 
Israel this songe vnto the LORDE, 
and sayde : 

I will *synge vnto y LORDE, for he hath 
done gloriously, horse 5 charet hath he ouer 
throwne in the see. 

c The LORDE is my strength, and my 
songe, and is become my saluacion. 

This is my God, I wil magnifie him : He 
is my fathers God, I wil exalte him. 

The LORDE is the right man of warre, 
LORDE is his name. The charettes of 
Pharao & his power, hath he cast in to the see. 

His chosen captaynes are drowned in the 
reed see, y depe hath couered them: they 
fell to the grounde as a stone. 

Thy right hande (O LORDE) is glorious 
in power: thy right hade (O LORDE) hath 
smytten the enemies. 

And with thy greate glory thou hast de- 
stroyed thine aduersaries: thou sentest out 
thy wrath, (j it cosumed them, euen as stobble. 

In the breth of thy wrath the waters fell 
together, the floudes wente vpon a heape : 
The depes plomped together in y myddest of 
the see. 

The enemie thought: I will folowe vpon 
them, and ouertake them, and deuyde y spoyle, 
and coole my mynde vpon them. 

I wil drawe out my swerde, and my hande 
shal destroye them. 

Thou blewest with thy wynde, the see 
couered them, and they sancke downe as leed 
in the mightie waters. 

LORDE, who is like vnto the amonge y 
goddes ? Who is so glorious in holynes, fear 
full, laudable, and doinge wonders ? 

Whan thou stretchedest out thy right hande, 
the earth swalowed them vp. 

Thou of thy very mercy hast led this people, 



Ma. 4. a. 
Esa. 12. a. 



Exod. 15. 
Exo. 15. a. 



e Psal. 117. 
Num. 33. b. 



whom thou hast delyuered, and with thy 
strength thou hast brought them vnto the 
dwellynge of thy Sanctuary. 

Whan y nacions herde this, they raged, 
sorowe came vpon the Philistynes. 

Then were y prynces of Edom afrayed, 
tremblynge came vp5 f mightie of Moab, 
all the indwellers of Canaan waxed faynte 
harted. 

Let feare and drede fall vpon them thorow 
thy greate arme, that they maye be as styll 
as a stone, tyll thy people (O LORDE) be 
gone thorow, tyll thy people whom thou hast 
gotten, be gone thorow. 

Brynge them in, and plante them vpon the 
mountayne of thy enheritaunce, vnto y place 
that thou hast made for thyne owne dwellynge: 
euen to thy teple (O LORDE) which thy 
handes haue prepared. 

The LORDE shal be kynge for euer u. 
euer. For Pharao wente in to the see with 
horses, and charettes, and horsmen, and the 
LORDE made the see fall agayne vpon them. 

But the children of Israel wete drye thorow 
the myddest of the see. 

And Miriam the prophetisse, Aarons sister, 
toke a tymbrell in hir hande, and all the 
women folowed out after her with timbrels in 
a daunse. And Miriam sange before the: 

let vs synge vnto the LORDE, d for he hath 
done gloriously, man and horse hath he ouer 
throwne in the see. 

e Moses caused the children of Israel to de- 
parte out from the reed see, vnto the wyldernes 
of Sur, s they wente thre dayes in f wildernes, 
y they founde no water. Then came they to 
Marath, but they coude not drinke y water 
for bytternes, for it was very bytter. Ther- 
fore was it called Marah, (y is bytternes.) 
Then y people murmured against Moses, j 
sayde : What shal we drynke ? f And Moses 
cried vnto y LORDE, which shewed him a 
tre : this he put in f water, the was it swete. 

There he made the a statute, and a lawe, 
and tempted them, and sayde : Yf thou wylt 
herken vnto the voyce of f LORDE thy God, 
(E do that which is right in his sighte, and geue 
eare vnto his commaundementes, 5 s kepe all 
his statutes, then wyl I laye vpon f none of 
the sicknesses, that I layed vpon Egipte, for 

1 am the LORDE thy surgione. 

/ Iudith 5. d. Eccll. 38. a. 4 Re. 4. f. e Deut. 28. f. 



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€$e jrin. Chapter. 

A ND they came vnto Elim, where there 
J^\_ were twolue welles of water, and seuentie 
palme trees, and there they pitched by y 
water syde. From Elim they toke their 
iourney, and the whole congregacion of the 
children of Israel came in to the wyldernesse 
of Sin (which lyeth betwene Elim and Sinai) 
vpon the fyftene daye of the seconde moneth, 
after that they were departed out of the londe 
of Egipte. And y whole multitude of the 
children of Israel * murmured agaynst Moses 
and Aaron in f wildernes, and saide vnto 
them : Wolde God we had dyed in the londe 
of Egipte by the hande of the LORDE, whan 
we sat by f flesh pottes, and had bred ynough 
to eate : for ye haue brought vs out in to this 
wyldernes, to cause this whole multitude dye 
of honger. 

The sayde f LORDE vnto Moses: beholde 
I wyl rayne you bred from heauen, and let 
the people go out, and gather daylie, what 
they nede, that I maye proue whether they 
walke in my lawe or not. But vpon the sixte 
daye they shal prepare the selues, that they 
maye brynge in twyse as moch as they gather 
daylie. 

Moses and Aaron saide vnto all the children 
of Israel : At euen ye shall knowe, that the 
LORDE hath brought you out of the lode of 
Egipte, and in the mornynge shall ye se the 
glory of the LORDE: for he hath herde 
youre grudginges agaynst the LORDE. For 
what ai*e we, that ye grudge agaynst vs ? 

"Moses sayde morouer: At euen shall the 
LORDE geue you flesh to eate, and in the 
mornynge bred ynough : because y LORDE 
hath herde youre grudginges, that ye haue 
grudged agaynst him. For what are we? 
Youre murmuringe is not agaynst vs, but 
against the LORDE. And Moses sayde vnto 
Aaron : Speake vnto the whole multitude of 
f children of Israel : Come forth before the 
LORDE, for he hath herde youre murmur- 
inges. 

And whyle Aaron spake thus vnto the 
whole congregacion of the childre of Israel, 
they turned them towarde the wyldernes: 
and beholde, the glory of the LORDE ap- 
peared in a cloude, and the LORDE sayde 
vnto Moses : I haue herde the murmuringe 



of y children of Israel. Tell them : At euen 
shall ye haue flesh to eate, and in the morn- 
ynge shal ye be fylled with bred, 5 ye shall 
knowe, that I am the LORDE youre God. 

And at euen the quayles came vp, and 
couered the tentes: and in the mornynge the 
dewe laye rounde aboute the tentes. And 
whan the dew was falle, beholde, there laye a 
thinge in the wildernes, thynne and small, as 
the horefrost vpon the grounde. 

And whan the children of Israel sawe it, 
they saide one to another : t This is Ma. For 
they wyst not what it was. But Moses sayde 
vnto them: It is the bred that y LORDE 
hath geue you to eate. This is it that y 
LORDE hath commauded: Euery one gather 
for himself as moch as he eateth, and take a 
Gomor for euery heade, acordinge to the 
nombre of the soules in his tente. 

And the children of Israel dyd so, and 
gathered some more, some lesse. But whan 
it was measured out with y Gomor, *be that 
gathered moch, had not the more : and he y 
gathered litle, wanted nothinge, but euery 
one gathered for himself, as moch as he ate. 
And Moses sayde vnto them: Let no ma 
leaue ought therof vntyll the mornynge. But 
they harkened not vnto Moses. And some 
left of it vntill the morninge. Then waxed it 
full of wormes and stanke. And Moses was 
angrie at them. 

And euery mornynge they gathered for 
them selues, as moch as euery one ate : but 
as soone as it was whote of the Sonne, it 
melted awaye. And vpon the sixte daye they 
gathered twyse as moch of bred, two Gomors 
for one. And all the rulers of the congre- 
gacio came in, and tolde Moses. And he 
sayde vnto them : This is it, that the LORDE 
hath sayde : Tomorow is the Sabbath of the 
holy rest of the LORDE : loke what ye wil 
bake, that bake : and what ye wyll seeth, that 
seeth and that remayneth ouer, let it remayne, 
y it maye be kepte vntyll the mornynge. 
And they let it remayne tyll the morow, as 
Moses commaunded. Then stanke it not, 
nether was there eny worme therin. The 
sayde Moses : Eate that to daye, for to daye 
is f Sabbath of the LORDE, to daye shal ye 
fynde none in the felde. Sixe dayes shall ye 
gather it, but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath 
wherin there shal be none. 

t Some reade : What is this ? * 2 Cor. 8. b. 



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But vpon the seuenth daye there wente out 
some of the people to gather, and founde 
nothinge. Then sayde y LORDE vnto 
Moses: "How longe refuse ye to kepe my 
commaundementes and lawes? Beholde, y 
LORDE hath geuen you the Sabbath, ther- 
fore vpon the sixte daye he geueth you bred 
for two dayes: therfore let euery man now 
byde at home, and noman go forth of his 
place vpon the seuenth daye. 

So the people rested vpo y seuenth daye. 
And the house of Israel called it Man, and it 
was like Coriander sede, and whyte,* g had a 
taist like symnels with hony. 

And Moses sayde : This is it that f 
LORDE hath commaunded: Fill a Gomor 
therof to be kepte for youre posterities, y they 
maye se the bred, wherwith I fed you, whan I 
brought you out of y lande of Egipte. And 
Moses sayde vnto Aaron : Take a cruse, and 
put a Gomor full of Man therin, c and laye 
it vp before the LORDE, to be kepte for 
youre posterities, as the LORDE com- 
maunded Moses. So Aaron layed it vp there 
for a testimony to be kepte. 

d And the children of Israel ate man fourtye 
yeares, tyll they came vnto a lande, where 
people dwelt : euen vntyll they came to y 
borders of the lande of Canaan ate they Man. 
A Gomor is the tenth parte of an Epha. 

Che rbtj. Chapter. 

AND the whole multitude of the children 
of Israel wete on their iourneys out of 
the wyldernes of Sin (as the LORDE co- 
maunded the) j pitched in Raphidim. 'Then 
had the people no water to drynke. And they 
chode with Moses, & sayde : Geue vs water, 

we maye drynke. Moses sayde vnto the : 
Why chyde ye with me ? Wherfore tepte ye 
f LORDE? But whan the people thyrsted 
there for water, they murmured agaynst 
Moses, J sayde : f Wherfore hast thou caused 
vs to come out of Egipte ? to let vs, oure 
children, and oure catell dye of honger ? 

Moses cried vnto the LORDE, and sayde: 
What shal I do with this people ? They are 
all most ready to stone me. The LORDE 
saide vnto him : Go before the people, g take 
some of the elders of Israel with y, and take 



Eze. 20. b. » Num. 11. b. c Heb. 9. a. d Iudit. 5. d. 
Neera. 9. d. Iosu. 5. c. c Nu. 33. b. / Nu. 20. a. 

Iudit. 7. d. e Psal. 77. b. 1 Cor. 10. a. h Nu. 20. b. 



in thine hande thy staff, wherwith thou smotest 
the water, and go thy waye : Beholde, s I wyl 
stonde there before the vpon a rock in Horeb, 
there shalt thou smyte the rocke, so shall 
there water runne out, that the people maye 
drynke. Moses dyd so before the elders of 
Israel. ; ' Then was that place called Massa 
Meriba, because of the chydinge of the 
children of Israel, and because they tempted 
y LORDE, and sayde: Is the LORDE 
amonge vs, or not ? 

Then came Ameleck, j fought agaynst 
Israel in Raphidim. And Moses sayde vnto 
Iosua : Chose vs out men, go out, 5 fight 
against Amaleck, tomorow wil I stode vpo 
the toppe of the hyll, j haue f staff of God 
in my hande. And Iosua dyd as Moses bade 
him, 1 fought agaynst Amalek. Moses & 
Aaron 5 Hur wente vp to f toppe of the hyll. 
And wha Moses helde vp his hade, Israel had 
the victory : ' but whan he let downe his 
hande, Amalek had the victory. 

But Moses hades were heuy, therfore toke 
they a stone, & layed it vnder him, that he 
might syt vpon it. And Aaron (j Hur stayed 
vp his hades, the one vpon the one syde, and 
the other vpon f other syde. So his handes 
were stedfast vnto f Sonne wente downe. 
And Iosua discomfited Amalek, & his people 
thorow the edge of the swerde. 

And f LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Wryte 
this for a remebraunce in a boke, j comytte it 
vnto y eares of Iosua: *for I wyll rote out 
Amalek from vnder heauen, so that he shall 
nomore be remembred. And Moses buylded 
an altare vnto the LORDE, and called it : 
tThe LORDE Nissi, for he sayde: The 
battayll of the LORDE shalbe agaynst 
Amalek thorow an hande vnder the defence 
of God from childe to childes childe. 



A 



Che rbttj. Chapter. 
ND whan Iethro f prest in Madian 
_ Moses father in lawe herde of all y God 
had done with Moses j his people of Israel, 
how y the LORDE had brought Israel out of 
Egipte, he toke Zipora Moses wife, whom he 
had sent backe, with her two sonnes. The 
one was called Gerson, for he saide : * I am 
become a straunger in a straunge londe. 



Deu. 9. d. * Iudit. 4. c. * Nu. 24. d. 1 Re. 15. a, 

t That is: The LORDE is he that lifteth me vp, 
* Exod. 2. d. 



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And the other was called Eliaser, for he sayde : 
The God of my fathers hath bene my helpe, 
and hath delyuered me from Pharaos swerde. 

Now wha Iethro Moses father in lawe, and 
his sonnes and his wife came vnto him in the 
wyldernes by the mount of God, where he 
had pitched his tent, he sent worde vnto 
Moses : I Iethro thy father in lawe am come 
vnto the, and thy wife and both hir children 
with her. Then wente Moses forth to mete 
him, and dyd obeysaiice vnto him, and kyssed 
him. And whan they had saluted ech other, 
they wente in to the tente. 

Then Moses tolde his father in lawe all 
that the LORDE had done vnto Pharao and 
the Egipcians for Israels sake, and all the 
trauayle that had happened them by y waye, 
and how the LORDE had delyuered them. 
Iethro reioysed ouer all f good that the 
LORDE had done for Israel, y he had de- 
lyuered them from the hade of the Egipcians. 
And Iethro sayde : Praysed be the LORDE, 
which hath delyuered you from the hande of 
the Egipcians and of Pharao, (and) that 
knoweth how to delyuer his people from the 
Egipcians hande. Now I knowe, that the 
LORDE is greater the all goddes, because 
they dealt proudly with them. And Iethro 
toke brentofferynges, and offered vnto God. 
Then came Aaron and all y elders of Israel 
to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before 
God. 

On the next morow sat Moses to iudge the 
people, and the people stode rofide aboute 
Moses from the mornynge vntyll f euen. 
But whan his father in lawe sawe all that he 
dyd with the people, he sayde : What is this, 
that thou doest with the people ? Wherfore 
syttest thou alone, and all y people stonde 
rounde aboute from the morninge vntyll the 
euen? Moses answered him: The people 
come to me, g axe councell at God : for whan 
they haue eny thinge to do, they come vnto 
me, that I maye iudge betwixte euery one (j 
his neghboure, and shewe them the statutes of 
God, and his lawes. 

His father in lawe sayde vnto him: It is 
not well that thou doest. Thou weeriest thy 
self, and the people that is with the. This 
busynesse is to sore for the, thou canst not per- 
fourme it alone. But herken vnto my voyce, 
I will geue the councell, and God shall be 



" Deut. 



' Num. 11. d. 



Nu. 33. b. 



with the. Be thou vnto the people to God 
warde, and brynge the causes before God, 
and prouide them with statutes and lawes, 
that thou mayest shewe the the waie wherin 
they shulde walke, and the workes that they 
shulde do. 

But loke out amonge all the people, for 
honest men, that feare God, soch as are true, 
& hate couetousnes: make these rulers ouer 
them, some ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, 
ouer fiftie, and ouer ten, that they maye all- 
waye iudge the people. But where there is 
eny greate matter, "that they brynge the same 
vnto the, and iudge the small causes them 
selues : so shall it be lighter for the, yf they 
beare the burthen with the. Yf thou shalt do 
this, then mayest thou endure the thinge that 
God chargeth the withall, and all this people 
maie go peaceably vnto their place. 

* Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his 
father in lawe, and dyd all that he sayde. 
And he chose honest men out of all Israel, 
and made them heades ouer the people, some 
ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fiftie, 
and ouer ten, that they might allwaye iudge 
the people. As for soch causes as were herde, 
they brought them vnto Moses, and iudged 
the small matters them selues. So Moses let 
his father in lawe departe in to his owne londe. 

€i)t rtr. Chapter. 

IN the thirde moneth after that the children 
of Israel were gone out of the londe of 
Egipte, they came the same daye in to the 
wyldernes of Sinai (for they were departed 
from Raphidim, and wolde in to the wyl- 
dernes of Sinai) c and there they pitched in 
the wyldernes ouer against the mounte. And 
Moses wente vp vnto God. 

d And the LORDE called vnto him out of 
the mount, and sayde : Thus shalt thou saye 
vnto the house of Iacob, and tell the children 
of Israel: Ye haue sene what I haue done 
vnto the Egipcians, and how I haue borne 
you vpon Aegles wynges, (j brought you vnto 
my self. *Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my 
voyce, and kepe my couenaunt, ye shal be 
myne owne before all people : for the whole 
earth is myne: and ye shall be vnto me *a 
presterly kingdome, and an holy people. 
These are the wordes that thou shalt saye 
vnto the children of Israel. 

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Moses came and called for the elders of 
the people, and layed before them all these 
wordes, that the LORDE had commaunded. 
And all the people answered together, and 
sayde : *A11 that the LORDE hath sayde, 
wyll we do. 

And Moses tolde the wordes of the people 
vnto the LORDE agayne. And the LORDE 
sayde vnto Moses : Beholde, I wyll come vnto 
the in a thicke cloude, that the people maye 
heare my wordes, which I speake vnto the, 
and beleue the for euer. And Moses shewed 
the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE. 

The LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Go vnto 
the people, and sanctifie the to daye and to- 
morow, y they maye wash their clothes, and 
be ready agaynst the thirde daye : for vpon 
the thirde daye shall the LORDE come 
downe vpon mount Sinai before all the people. 
And set markes rounde aboute the people, 
and saye vnto them : Bewarre, that ye go not 
vp in to y mount, ner touch y border of it. 
t For who so euer toucheth y moiit, shal dye 
y death. There shal no hade touch it, but 
he shall either be stoned, or shot thorow : 
whether it be beest or man, it shal not lyue. 
Whan the home bloweth, then shal they come 
vp vnto the mounte. 

Moses wente downe from the mount vnto 
the people, and sanctified them. And they 
waszshed their clothes. And he sayde vnto 
them : Be ready agaynst the thirde daye, and 
no man come at his wife. 

Now whan the thirde daye came (and it 
was early) it beganne to thonder and lighten, 
and there was a thicke cloude vpon the mount, 
and a noyse of a trompet exceadinge mightie. 
And the people that were in the tentes, were 
afrayde. "And Moses brought the people out 
of the tentes to mete with God, and they 
stode vnder the mount. 

But all mount Sinai smoked, because f 
LORDE came downe vp5 it with fyre. And 
the smoke therof wente vp as the smoke of a 
fornace, so that the whole mount was excead- 
inge terrible. And the noyse of the trompet 
wete out, and was mightie. Moses spake, g 
God answered him loude. Now whan the 
LORDE was come downe vpon mount Sinai, 
euen vpon the toppe of it, he called Moses 



* Exo. 24. a. Deut. 5. d. and 26. d. t Heb. 12. c 

Deut. 4. b. b Deut. 5. a. t Exo. 14. c. § Deu. 4. c, 
nd 27. b. || Nau. 1. a. Exo. 34. a. Deu. 7. b 



vp vnto f toppe of the mount. And Moses 
wente vp. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto him : Go 
downe, and charge the people, y they preasse 
not vnto the LORDE to se him, and so many 
of them perishe. The rulers also that come 
nye vnto f LORDE, shal sanctifie them 
selues, lest the LORDE smyte the. But 
Moses sayde vnto the LORDE : The people 
can not come vp vpon mount Sinai, for thou 
hast charged vs, i sayde: Set markes aboute 
the mount, and sanctifie it. 

The LORDE sayde vnto him: Go thy 
waye, get y downe. Thou and Aaron with 
the shalt come vp : but the rulers and y people 
shal not preasse to come vp vnto y LORDE, 
lest he smyte the. And Moses wente downe 
to the people, and tolde them. 

Cfie rr. Chapttr. 

AND the LORDE spake all these wordes, 
and sayde : T am the LORDE thy God, 
which t haue brought the out of the londe of 
Egipte from y- house of bondage. 

Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my 
sight. § Thou shalt make the no grauen 
ymage ner eny symilitude, nether of it that 
is aboue in heauen, ner of it that is beneth 
vpon earth, ner of it that is in the water 
vnder the earth. Worshipe them not, and 
serue them not: for I the LORDE thy God 
am a II gelouse God, vysitinge f synne of the 
fathers vpon the children, vnto y thirde and 
fourth generacion, of them that hate me : 
And do mercye vpo many thousandes, that 
loue me, and kepe my commaundementes. 

Thou shalt not take the name of f LORDE 
thy God in vayne/ ITFor the LORDE shal 
not holde him vngiltie, that taketh his name 
in vayne. 

Remembre the Sabbath daie, that thou 
sanctifie it. rf Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure 
and do all thy worke : But vpon the seuenth 
daye is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy 
God : thou shalt do no maner worke in it, 
nether thou, ner thy sonne, ner thy doughter, 
ner thy seruaunt, ner thy mayde, ner thy 
catell, ner thy straunger that is within thy 
gates. For in sixe dayes 6 the LORDE made 
heauen and earth, and the see, and all that 



Leui. 19. c. Eccli. 23. b. f Le. 24. b. ■* Exo. 23. b. 
34. c. 35. a. Eze. 20. b. « Gene. 2. a. 



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therin is, and rested vpon the seuenth daye : 
therfore the LORDE blessed the seuenth 
daye, 5 halowed it. 

"Honoure thy father and thy mother, that 
thou mayest lyue longe in the londe, which 
the LORDE thy God shal geue the. 

Thou shalt not kyll. 

Thou shalt not breake wedlocke. 

Thou shalt not steale. 

Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst 
thy neghboure. 

Thou shalt not *lust after thy neghbours 
house. 

Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours wife, 
ner his seruaut, ner his mayde, ner his oxe, 
ner his Asse, ner all that thy neghboure hath. 

And all the people sawe the thonder and 
the lightenynge, and the noyse of the trompet, 
and how that the mountayne smoked, and 
were afrayed, and stackerd, g stode afarre of, 
and sayde vnto Moses : * Talke thou with vs, 
we wil heare : and let not God talke with vs, 
we might els dye. And Moses sayde vnto 
the people : Be not afrayed, for God is come 
to proue you, and that his feare maye be 
before youre eyes, y ye synne not. 

And the people stode afarre of. But Moses 
gat him in to the darcke cloude, where in 
God was. And the LORDE spake vnto 
him : Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children 
of Israel : Ye haue sene, that I haue talked 
with you from heauen : therfore shal ye make 
nothinge with me : goddes of syluer and golde 
shal ye not make you. 

Make me an altare of earth, wher vpon 
thou mayest offer thy burntofferynges, (j 
peaceofferynges, thy shepe and thine oxen. 
For loke in what place so euer I make y 
remembraunce of my name, there wil I come 
vnto the, and blesse the. 

*And yf thou wilt make me an altare of 
stone, thou shalt not make it of hewen stone : 
For yf thou lift vp thy tole vpon it, thou shalt 
vnhalowe it. Morouer thou shalt not go vp 
vpon steppes vnto myne altare, that thy shame 
be not discouered before it. 

Cfie rvt. CfjapUr. 

THESE are the lawes, that thou shalt 
laye before them. c Yf thou bye a ser- 



a Matt. 15. a. Epbe. 6. a. * Ro. 7. b. and 13. b, 

+ Deu. 18. c. Heb. 12. c. * Deu. 27. a. Iosu. 8. g 

1 Mac. 4. f. c Leuit. 25. f. Deu. 15. b. Iere. 34. b 



uaunt that is an Hebrue, he shal serue the sixe 
yeares, in the seuenth yeare shall he go out 
fre and lowse. Yf he came alone, then shal 
he go out alone also : but yf he came maried, 
then shall his wife go out with him. Yf his 
master haue geue him a wife, j she haue borne 
him sonnes or doughters, the shal the wife 
and f children be the masters, but he shall go 
out alone. Neuerthelest yf the seruaunt 
saye: I loue my master, and my wife and 
children, I wil not go out fre: then let his 
master brynge him before the Goddes, and 
holde him to the dore or post, and bore him 
thorow the eare with a botkin, and let him be 
his seruaunt for euer. 

Yf a man sell his doughter to be an hand 
mayde, then shal she not go out as the men 
seruauntes. But yf she please not hir master, 
and he haue not maried her, then shal he let 
her go fre : but to sell her vnto a straiige 
people he hath no auctorite, for so moch as he 
hath despysed her. Yf he promyse her vnto 
his sonne, then shal he do vnto her after the 
lawe of doughters. But yf he geue him 
another wife, then shall he mynishe nothinge 
of hir foode, rayment, and dewtye of manage. 
Yf he do not these thre, then shal she go out 
fre, and paye nothinge. 

He that smyteth a man that he dye, d shall 
dye the death. § Yf he haue not layed wayte 
for him, but God let him fall in his hande 
vnawares, then wil I appoynte the a place, 
where he shal flye vnto. But yf a man pre- 
sume vpon his neghboure, and slaye him with 
disceate, II then shalt thou take the same fro 
myne altare, that he maye be slayne. Who 
so smyteth his father or mother, shall dye the 
death. 

He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, so 
that he be founde by him/ the same shall dye 
the death. 

t Who so curseth father and mother, shal 
dye the death. Yf men stryue together and 
one smyte another with a stone, or with his 
fist, so that he dye not, but lyeth in bedd : 
Yf he ryse, and go forth vpon his staff, the 
shall he that smote him, be vngiltie : saue 
that he shal paye the losse of his tyme, and 
geue y money for healynge him. 

He that smyteth his seruaunt or mayde 



t Deu. 15. c. d Leu. 14. d. Matth. 5. c. 4 Nu. 35. b 
Deut. 19. a. || 3 Re. 1. g. e Deu. 24. b. T Deu. 21. d 
and 27. c. Leu. 20. b. Pro. 20. c. Mar. 7. b. 



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with a staff, that he dye vnder his handes, the 
same shall suffre vengeaunce therfore. But 
yf he endure a daye or two, then shall he 
suffre no vegeaunce therfore, for it is his 
money. 

Yf men stryue, and hytt a woman with 
childe, so that y frute departe from her, and 
no harme happen vnto her, then shall he be 
punyshed for money, as moch as the womans 
huszbande layeth to his charge, and he shall 
geue it, acordinge to the appoyntement of the 
dayes men. But yf there come harme vnto 
her there thorow, *then shal he paye soule 
for soule, eye for eye, toth for toth, hande for 
hande, fote for fote, burnynge for burnynge, 
wounde for wounde, strype for strype. 

Yf a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde 
in the eye, and destroye it, he shal let them 
go fre and lowse for the eye sake. In like 
maner yf he smyte out a tothe of his seruaunt 
or mayde, he shall let them go fre and lowse 
for the tothes sake. 

+Yf an oxe gorre a man or a woman, that 
he dye, then shall that oxe be stoned, and his 
flesh not eaten : so is the master of the oxe 
vngiltie. But yf the oxe haue bene vsed to 
push in tymes past, j it hath bene tolde his 
master, and he hath not kepte him, and 
besydes that slayeth a man or a woman, then 
shal y oxe be stoned, and his master shal 
dye. But yf there be money set vpon him, 
then, loke what is put vpon him, that shall he 
geue, to delyuer his soule. Likewyse shall he 
be dealte withall, yf he gorre a sonne or a 
doughter. But yf he gorre a seruaunt or a 
mayde, then shall he geue their master 
thirtie syluer Sycles : and the oxe shalbe 
stoned. 

Yf a man open a well, or dygge a pytt, 
and couer it not, and there fall an oxe or Asse 
therin, then shall the owner of the pytt make 
it good with money, and restore it vnto his 
master: but the deed carcase shalbe his 
owne. 

Yf one mans oxe gorre another, that he dye, 
then shall they sell the lyuynge oxe, and 
deuyde the money, and the deed carcase shal 
they deuyde also. But yf it be knowne, that 
the oxe haue bene vsed to gorre afore, then 
shal he paye his oxe for the other, g the deed 
carcase shal be his owne. 



* Deu. 19. d. Matt. 5. e. t Gen. 9. : 
t 2 Re. 12. b. § 2 Re. 14. c. 



' Pro. 6. d. 

|| 2 Mac. 3. c. 



Che rrf). Chapter. 

YF a man steale an oxe or shepe, and 
slaye it, or sell it, " he shall restore fyue 
oxen for an oxe, and t foure shepe for a shepe. 

Yf a thefe be taken breakinge in, (t. vpon 
that be smytten that he dye, then shall not 
he that smote him, be giltie of his bloude. 
But yf the sonne be gone vp vpo him, then 
hath he committed manslaughter, and he 
shal dye. 

A thefe shall make restitucion. Yf he 
haue nothlge, the let him be solde for his theft. 
But yf y theft be founde by him alyue (from 
the oxe vnto the Asse or shepe) then shall he 
restore dubble. 

Yf a man hurte a felde or vynyarde, so y 
he let his catell do harme in another mans 
felde, the same shall make restitucion euen of 
the best of his owne felde and vynyarde. 

§ Yf a fyre come out, and take holde of y 
thornes, so that the sheeues be consumed, or 
the corne that stondeth yet vpon the felde, he 
that kyndled the fyre shall make restitucion. 

II Yf a man delyuer his neghboure money 
or vessels to kepe, and it be stollen from him 
out of his house : yf the thefe be founde, he 
shal restore dubble. But yf the thefe be not 
founde, then shal the good man of the house 
be brought before the TI Goddes (and shal 
sweare) that he hath not put his hande vnto 
his neghbours good. 

Yf one accuse another in eny maner of 
trespace, whether it be for oxe, or Asse, or 
shepe, or rayment, what so euer it be that is 
lost: then shall both their causes come before 
the Goddes : Loke whom the Goddes con- 
dempne, the same shal restore dubble vnto 
his neghboure. 

Yf a man delyuer vnto his neghboure an 
Asse, or oxe or shepe, or eny maner of catell 
to kepe, and it dye, or be hurte, or dryuen 
awaye that no man se it, then shall there an 
ooth of the LORDE go betwene them, that 
he hath not put his hande vnto his neghbours 
good : and the owner of y good shal accepte 
it, so that the other shall not make it good. 
Yf a thefe steale it from him, then shal he 
make restitucio vnto the owner therof. But 
yf it be rauyshed (of beastes) then shal he 
brynge recorde therof, and not make it good. 

1[ Psal. 81. a. Ioh. 10. d. 



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Yf a man borowe ought of his neghboure, 
and it be hurte, or dye, so that the owner 
therof be not by, then shall he make it good. 
But yf the owner therof be by, then shal 
he not make it good, yf he hyred it for his 
money. 

" Yi a man begile a mayde, that is not yet 
spoused, and lye with her, the same shal geue 
her hir dowry, and take her to his wife. But 
yf hir father refuse to geue her vnto him, the 
shall he weye there the money, acordinge to 
the dowry of virgins. 

'Thou shalt not suffre a witch to lyue. 
* Who so lyeth with a beest, shal dye the 
death. Who so offreth to eny goddes, saue 
vnto the LORDE onely, let him dye without 
redempcion. 

c Thou shalt not vexe ner oppresse a straun- 
ger, for ye youre selues were straungers also 
in the londe of Egipte. 

d Ye shall truble no wyddowe ner fatherlesse 
childe. Yf thou shalt trouble them, they shall 
crie vnto me, and I shall heare their crye : 
then shal my wrath waxe whote, so y I shal 
sley you with the swerde, and youre wyues 
shalbe wedowes, and youre children father- 
lesse. 

t Yf thou lende money vnto my people that 
is poore by the, thou shalt not behaue thy 
self as an vsurer vnto him, nether shalt thou 
oppresse him with vsury. 

Yf thou take a garment of thy neghboure 
to pledge, thou shalt geue it him agayne be- 
fore the Sonne go downe : e for his raymet is 
his onely couerynge of his skynne : wherin he 
slepeth. But yf he shall crie vnto me, I wyll 
heare him : for I am mercifull. 

f Thou shalt not speake euell of the Goddes, 
% and the ruler of thy people shall thou not 
blaspheme. 

Thy drie and moist frutes shalt thou not 
kepe backe. Thy first sonne shalt thou geue 
vnto me. So shalt thou do also with thine 
oxen and shepe. Seuen dayes let it be with 
the dame : Vpon the eight daye shalt thou 
geue it vnto me. Ye shalbe holy people 
before me. Therfore shal ye eate no flesh, 
that is torne of beestes in the felde, but cast 
it vnto the dogges. 



Gen. 34. a. Deu. 22. d. * 1 Re. 28. a. * Deu. 
27. c. c Leui. 19. g. Zacb. 7. b. d lob 24. a. 

t Leu. 25. f. Deut. 23. c. Eze. 22. b. <• Deu. 24. b. 

f 2 Re. 16. b. % Act. 23. a. s Leui. 22. a. Eze. 44. d. 



Cfie rrftj. Cfiapter. 

THOU shalt not accepte a vayne tale, 
that thou woldest manteyne the vngodly, 
and be a false wytnesse. 

Thou shalt not folowe the multitude vnto 
euell, ner answere at the lawe that thou 
woldest (to folowe the multitude) turneasyde 
from the right. 

Thou shalt not paynte a poore mas cause. 
h Yf thou mete thine enemies oxe or Asse, 
goinge astraye, thou shalt brynge the same 
vnto him agayne. 

' Yf thou se the Asse of him that hateth 
the, lye vnder his burthen, thou shalt not let 
him lye, but shalt helpe him vp. 

Thou shalt not wraist the righte of thy poore 
in his cause. Kepe the farre from false mat- 
ters. k The innocent and righteous shalt thou 
not sley, for I iustifie not y vngodly. 

' Thou shalt not take giftes : for giftes 
blinde euen them y are sharpe of sight, cj 
wraist the righteous causes. 

Ye shall not oppresse a straunger, for ye 
knowe the hert of straungers, $for so moch 
as ye youre selues also haue bene straungers 
in the londe of Egipte. 

Sixe yeares shalt thou sowe thy londe, and 
gather in the frute therof : m In the seuenth 
yeare shalt thou let it rest and lye still, that 
the poore amonge thy people maye eate 
therof: and loke what remayneth ouer, let 
beestes of the felde eate it. Thus shalt thou 
do also with thy vynyarde and olyue trees. 

71 Sixe dayes shalt thou do thy worke, but 
vpon the seuenth daye thou shalt kepe holy 
daye, that thine oxe and Asse maye rest, and 
that the sonne of thy handmayden and the 
straunger maye refresh them selues. 

All that I haue sayde vnto you, that kepe 
And as for the names of other goddes, ye 
shall not remembre them, and out of youre 
mouthes shal they not be herde. 

Thre tymes in the yeare shalt thou kepe 
feast vnto me : namely the feast of vnleuended 
bred shalt thou kepe, that thou eate vnleuen- 
ded bred seuen dayes (II like as I commaunded 
y) in the tyme of f moneth Abib, for in 
the same wentest thou out of Egipte. (But 



* Deu. 22. a. • Deu. 22. a. Luc. 14. a. k Susan, g. 
Deu. 17. a. Eccl. 20. d. § Ge. 46. a. m Leui. 25. a. 
Exo. 20. b. 34. c. 35. a. Deut. 5. b. || Exo. 12. a. 



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appeare not empty e before me.) And y feast 
a whan thou first reapest thy labours, y thou 
hast sowen vpon the felde. And the feast of 
ingatherynge in the ende of y yeare, whan 
thou hast gathered in thy laboures out of the 
felde. b Thre tymes in the yeare shal euery 
male that thou hast, appeare before the 
LORDE the Gouernoure. 

Thou shalt not offre the bloude of my sa- 
crifice with sowre dowe, and the fat of my 
feast shal not remayne till the mornynge. 

c The first of the first frutes of thy felde 
shalt thou brynge in to the house of the 
LORDE thy God. * And shalt not seeth a 
kydd, whyle it is in his mothers mylke. 

d Beholde, I sende an angell before the, to 
kepe the in the waye, and to brynge the vnto 
the place, that I haue prepared. Therfore 
bewarre of his face, and herken vnto his 
voyce, and anger him not, for he shall not 
spare youre myszdedes, g my name is in him. 
But yf thou shalt herken vnto his voyce, e and 
do all that I shal tell the, then wyl I be 
enemie vnto thy enemyes, and aduersary vnto 
thy aduersaries. 

Now wha myne angell goeth before the, g 
bryngeth the vnto f Amorites, Hethites, Phe- 
resites, Cananites, Heuites g Iebusites, g I 
shall haue destroyed them : then + shalt thou 
not worshipe their goddes, ner serue them, 

ther shalt thou do as they do, but shalt 
ouerthrowe their goddes, g breake the downe. 
'But f LORDE youre God shal ye serue, so 
shal he blesse thy bred g thy water, and I 
wyl remoue all sicknesse from the. 

There shalbe nothinge baren ner vnfrute- 
full in thy londe, and I wil fulfill the nombre 
of thy dayes. I wil sende my feare before 
the, and sley all the people where thou comest, 
g will make all thine enemies to turne their 
backes vpo the. g I wyll sende hornettes be- 
fore f, and dryue out the Heuytes, Cananites 
and Hethytes before the. 

In one yeare wyl I not cast the out before 
the, y the londe become not waist, g wylde 
beastes multiply agaynst f : By litle g litle 
wyll I dryue them out before the, tyll thou 
growe, g haue the londe in possession. And 
I wil set the borders of thy londe, euen from 
the reed see vnto y see of the Philistynes, g 

Deu. 16. b. b Deu. 16. c. ' Exo. 34. c. Deut. 
26. a. * Deu. 14. b. Exo. 34. c. d Exo. 13. a. 32. g. 
33. a. ' Gen. 12. a. 4 Re. 19. d. Acto. 9. a. t Nu. 
25. a. / Deut. 7. c. e Deut. 7. d. h Iosu. 11. c. 



from the wyldernes vnto the t water. For I 
wil delyuer the indwellers of the londe in to 
thine hande, y thou shalt dryue them out 
before the. ' Thou shalt make no couenaunt 
with them ner with their goddes, but let the 
not dwell in thy lande, that they make the 
not synne ageynst me. § For yf thou serue 
their goddes, it wil surely be thy decaye. 

Cije rrtttj. Chapter. 

AND he sayde vnto Moses: Come vp 
vnto the LORDE thou g Aaron, Nadab 
and Abihu, and the seuetie elders of Israel, 
g worshipe afarre of. But let Moses onely 
come nye vnto the LORDE, and let not them 
come nye, and let not the people also come 
vp with him. 

Moses came and tolde the people all the 
wordes of the LORDE, 5 all the lawes. Then 
answered all the people with one voyce, and 
sayde : II All y wordes that the LORDE hath 
sayde, wyl we do. 

Then wrote Moses all the wordes of f 
LORDE, g gat him vp by tymes in the 
mornynge, g buylded an altare vnder y mount 
with twolue pilers, acordinge to the twolue 
trybes of Israel : g sent twolue yonge me of the 
children of Israel, to offre burntofferynges, and 
peace offerynges theron of bullockes vnto the 
LORDE. 

And Moses toke the half parte of the 
bloude, and put it in a basen, the other half 
sprenkled he vpon the altare : g toke the boke 
of y couenaunt, g cried in the eares of the 
people. And whan they had sayde : All y 
the LORDE hath sayde, wil we do, g herken 
vnto him: If Moses toke the bloude, g sprenkled 
it vpon the people, g sayde : Beholde, this is 
y bloude of the couenaunt that the LORDE 
maketh with you vpon all these wordes. 

Then wente Moses g Aaron, Nadab g 
Abihu, i g the seuentye elders of Israel vp, g 
sawe y God of Israel. Vnder his fete it was 
like a stone worke of Saphyre, g as the fashion 
of heaue, wha it is cleare, g he put not his 
hade vpo the pryncipall of Israel. And whan 
they had sene God, they ate g dronke. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses : 'Come 

vp vnto me vpon the mount, g remayne there, 

I maye geue the tables of stone, g y lawe g 

t Ge. 15. d. 3 Re. 4. b. ' Exo. 34. b. Deut. 7. a. 

§ 3 Re. 11. a. || Exo. 19. b. f 1 Pet. 1. a. Heb. 

. and 10. c. k Exo. 19. d. ' Exo. 31. d. and 

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commaundemetes y I haue wrytten, which 
thou shalt teach the. Then Moses gat him 
vp u his mynister Iosua, g wente vp in to the 
mount of God, g sayde vnto the elders : Tary 
ye here, tyll we come to you agayne : be- 
holde, Aaron and Hur are with you, yf eny 
ma haue a matter to do, let him brynge it 
vnto them. 

Now whi. Moses came vp in to f mout, a 
cloude couered f mount : g the glory of y 
LORDE abode vpon mount Sinai, g couered 
it with the cloude sixe dayes, g vpon the 



seueth daye he called Moses out of y cloude. 
And y fashion of y glory of y LORDE was 
like a cosumynge fyre vpon the toppe of y 
mount in the sight of the children of Israel. 
And Moses wente in to the myddest of the 
cloude, and asceded vp in to the mount, and 
abode vpon the mount fourtye dayes g fourtye 
nightes. " 

Cfie rrb. Chapter. 

AND y LORDE talked with Moses g 
sayde : * Speake vnto y childre of Israel, 
y tney geue me an Heue offerynge, g take 
the some of euery man, that hath a fre wyll- 
ynge hert therto. And this is the Heue- 
offerynge that ye shal take of them: Golde, 
syluer, brasse, yalowe sylke, scarlet, purple, 
whyte twyned sylke, goates hayre, reed skynnes 
of rammes, doo skynnes, Fyrre tre, oyle for 
lampes, spyces for the anoyntynge oyle, and 
for swete incense. Onix stones and set stones 
for the ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe. 

And they shall make me a Sanctuary, that 
I maie dwell amonge them. Like as I shal 
shewe y a patrone of the Habitacion, and of 
all the ornamentes therof, so shall ye make it. 

Make an Arke of Fyrre tre two cubytes g 
a half longe, c a cubyte g a half brode, and a 
cubyte g an half hye : this shalt thou ouer 
leye with pure golde within and without, g 
make an hye vpo it a crowne of golde rounde 
aboute, and cast foure rynges of golde, g put 
them in the foure corners of it, so that two 
rynges be vpon the one syde, and two vpon 
the other syde. And make staues of Fyrre 
tre, and ouer laye them with golde, and put 
them in the rynges alonge by the sydes of the 
Arke, to beare it withall : and they shal abyde 
styll in the rynges, g not be take out. And 



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*Exo.37.b. 



in y Arke thou shalt laye the wytnesse, that 
I wyl geue the. Thou shalt make a Mercy- 
seate also of pure golde, two cubytes and a 
half longe, and a cubyte g a half brode. 

And thou shalt make two Cherubyns of 
beaten golde vpo both y endes of the Mercy- 
seate, y the one Cherub maye be vpon the 
one ende, g the other vpon the other ende, g 
so to be two Cherubyns vpon the endes of 
the Mercyseate. And the Cherubyns shall 
sprede out their wynges ouer an hye, y they 
maye couer y Mercyseate with their wynges : 
g y either of their faces maye be right ouer 
one agaynst another, and their faces shal loke 
vnto the Mercyseate. 

And thou shalt set y Mercyseate aboue 
vpon the Arke. And in the Arke thou shalt 
laye the wytnesse, y I shal geue the. ''From 
y place wyll I testifie vnto y, and talke with 
the, namely, from y * Mercyseate (betwixte 
the two Cherubyns) which is vpon the Arke 
of wytnesse, of all that I wyl comaunde y vnto 
the children of Israel. 

e Thou shalt make a table also of Fyrre tre, 
two cubites longe, and one cubyte brode, and 
a cubyte and a half hye, and ouerlaye it with 
pure golde, and make a crowne of golde 
rounde aboute it, and an whope of an hade 
brede hye, and a crowne of golde vnto y 
whope rounde aboute. 

And vnto it thou shalt make foure rynges 
of golde, on the foure comers in the foure 
fete of it : harde vnder the whope shall y 
rynges be, to put in staues and to beare the 
table with all : and thou shalt make the staues 
of Fyrre tre, g ouerlaye them with golde, y 
the table maye be borne therwith. 

Thou shalt make also his diszshes, spones, 
pottes, and fiat peces of pure golde, to poure 
out and in. -^ And vpon the table thou shalt 
all waye set shewbred before me. 

Morouer thou shalt make a candelsticke of 
fyne beaten golde, 'where vpon shall be the 
shaft with braunches, cuppes, knoppes, and 
floures. Sixe braunches shall proceade out 
of the sydes of the candelsticke, out of euery 
syde thre braunches. Euery braunch shal 
haue thre cuppes, (like allmondes) thre 
knoppes, and thre floures. These shalbe the 
sixe braunches of the candilsticke. But the 
shaft of the candilsticke it self shal haue foure 



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cuppes, knoppes and floures, and allwaie a 
knoppe vnder two braunches, of the sixe that 
proceade out of the candilsticke. For both 
the knoppes and braunches shall proceade 
out of the shaft, all one pece of fyne beaten 
golde. 

And thou shalt make seuen lampes aboue 
there on, that they maye geue light one ouer 
agaynst another, and snoffers and out quench- 
ers of pure golde. Out of an hundreth pounde 
weight of pure golde shalt thou make it, with 
all this apparell. *And se that thou make it 
after the patrone that thou hast sene in the 
mount. 

Cfte rr&i. Chapter. 

THE habitacion shalt thou make of ten 
curteynes, of whyte twyned sylke, of 
yalowe sylke, of scarlet and purple. Cheru- 
byms shalt thou make theron of broderd 
worke. The length of one curteyne shalbe 
eight and twentye cubytes y bredth foure 
cubytes : and all the ten shalbe like, and 
shalbe coupled fyue and fyue together, one 
vnto the other. And thou shalt make loupes 
of yalowe sylke by the edge of euery curtayne, 
where they shalbe coupled together, that there 
maye be euer two and two fastened together 
vpon their edges: fiftie loupes vpon euery 
curteyne, that one maye fasten the other 
together. And thou shalt make fiftie buttons 
of golde, wherwith the curteynes maye be 
coupled together, one to the other, that it 
maye be one couerynge. 

Thou shalt make a coueringe also of goates 
heyer for a tente ouer the habitacion, a of 
eleuen curteynes. The length of one curteyne 
shalbe thirtie cubytes, the bredth foure cu- 
bytes. And all the eleuen shalbe alike greate : 
fyue shalt thou couple together by the selues, 
I sixe also by them selues, y thou mayest 
dubble the sixte curteyne in the fore front of 
the Tabernacle. And vpon euery curteyne 
thou shalt make fiftie loupes vpo the edges 
of them, that they maie be coupled together 
by the edges. And fiftie buttons of brasse 
shalt thou make, and put the buttons in to 
the loupes, that the tent maye be coupled 
together, and be one couerynge. 

As for the remnaunt of the curteynes of 
the tente, thou shalt let the halfe parte hange 
ouer behynde y tete, vpon both the sydes a 



cubyte longe, y the resydue maye be vpon 
the sydes of the Tabernacle, & couer it vpon 
both the sydes. 

Besydes this couerynge thou shalt make a 
couerynge of reed skynnes of rammes. And 
aboue this a coueringe of doo skinnes. 

Thou shalt make bordes also for the habi 
tacion, of Fyrre tre, which shall stonde : one 
borde shalbe ten cubytes longe, g a cubyte & 
a half brode. Two fete shal one borde haue, 
that one maye be set by the other. 

Thus shalt thou make all the bordes for y 
Tabernacle : Twentye of them shal stode 
towarde the south, which shal haue fourtye 
sokettes of syluer vnder them, two sokettes 
vnder euery borde for his two fete. 

Likewyse vpon the other syde towarde the 
north there shall stonde twentye bordes also, 
and fourtye sokettes of syluer, two sokettes 
vnder euery borde. 

But behynde the habitacion towarde y 
west thou shalt make sixe bordes, and two 
bordes mo for the two corners of the habi- 
tacion, that euery one of them both maye be 
coupled from vnder vp with his corner borde, 
and aboue vpon the heade to come eauen 
together with a clape : so that there be eight 
bordes with their syluer sokettes, wherof there 
shalbe sixtene, two vnder euery borde. 

And thou shalt make barres of fyrre tre, 
fyue for the bordes vpon the one syde of the 
Tabernacle, and fyue for the bordes vpon the 
other syde of the Tabernacle, and fyue for 
the bordes behinde y Tabernacle towarde 
the west. And the barres shalt thou shute 
thorow y myddest of the bordes, and faste 
alltogether from y one corner to y other. 
And thou shalt ouerlaye the bordes with 
golde, and make their rynges of golde, that the 
barres maye be put therin. And the barres 
shalt thou ouerlaye with golde, and so shalt 
thou set vp the Tabernacle, acordinge to f 
fashion as thou hast sene vpon y mount. 

And thou shalt make a vayle of yalow 
sylke, scarlet, purple, j whyte twyned sylke. 
And Cherubyns shalt thou make theron of 
broderd worke, and shalt hange it vpon foure 
pilers of Fyrre tre which are ouerlayed with 
golde, hauynge knoppes of golde, and foure 
sokettes of syluer. And the vayle shalt thou 
festen with buttons, and set the Arke of wyt- 
nesse within the vayle, that it maye be vnto 



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vou a difference betwixte the holy and the 
Most holy. 

And thou shalt set the Mercy seate vpon 
the Arke of wytnesse in the Most holy. But 
set the table without the vayle, and the can- 
dilsticke ouer agaynst y table vpon y south 
syde of the Tabernacle, that the table maie 
stonde on the north syde. 

And in the dore of the Tabernacle thou 
shalt make an hanginge, of yalow sylke, purple, 
scarlet and whyte twyned sylke. And for the 
same hanginge thou shalt make fyue pilers of 
Fyrre tre, ouerlayed with golde, with knoppes 
of golde. And shalt cast fyue sokettes of 
brasse for them. 

Che rrbrj. Chapter. 

AND thou shalt make an altare of Firre 
tre, Tyue cubytes longe & brode, y it 
maye be foure square, g thre cubytes hye : 
thou shalt make homes vpon the foure corners 
of it, (j shalt ouer laye it with brasse. Make 
ashpanes, shouels, basens, fleshokes, cole 
panes. All y apparell therof shalt thou make 
of brasse. Thou shalt make a gredyron also 
like a nett, of brase, 5 foure brasen rynges 
vpon the foure corners of it : from vnder vp 
aboute the altare shalt thou make it, so that 
the gredyron reach vnto y myddest of the 
altare. Thou shalt make staues also for the 
altare, of Fyrre tre, ouer layed with golde, 
and shalt put the staues in the rynges, that 
the staues maye be on both the sydes of y 
altare, to beare it withall. And holowe with 
bordes shalt thou make it, like as it is shewed 
the in the mount. 

And to y habitacion thou shalt make a 
courte, an hangynge of whyte twyned sylke : 
vpo f one syde an C. cubytes loge towarde 
the south, (j xx. pilers vpon xx. brasen sokettes, 
5 the knoppes with their whopes of syluer. 
Likewyse vpon y north syde there shal be an 
hanginge of an C. cubytes loge, twenty pilers 
vpon twenty brasen sokettes, and their knoppes 
with their whopes of syluer. 

But vpon the west syde the bredth of y 
courte shal haue an hanginge of fiftie cubites 
longe, j ten pilers vpon ten sokettes. Vpo 
the east syde also shal the bredth of the courte 
haue fiftie cubytes, so that the hangynge haue 
vpon one syde fyftene cubites, and thre pilers 
vpo thre sokettes : And vpon f other syde 



fiftene cubytes also, and thre pilers vpo thre 
sokettes. 

And in the courte gate there shalbe an 
hangynge twenty cubytes brode, of yalowe 
sylke, scarlet, purple, and whyte twyned sylke, 
wrought with nedle worke, and foure pilers 
vpon their foure sokettes. All the pilers 
rounde aboute the courte shall haue syluer 
whopes, g syluer knoppes, g sokettes of brasse. 
And the length of f courte shal be an hudreth 
cubytes, the bredth fiftie cubytes, the heygth 
fyue cubytes, of whyte twyned sylke and y 
sokettes therof shalbe of brasse. All y vessels 
also of the habitacion to all maner seruyce, 
and all the nales of it, and all the nales of the 
courte shalbe of brasse. 

Commaunde y children of Israel, *y they 
bringe vnto y the most cleare g pure oyle 
oliue beaten, to geue lighte, y it maye all waye 
be put in the lapes in the Tabernacle of wytnes 
without the vayle, that hangeth before the 
wytnesse. And Aaro and his sonnes shal 
dresse it from the euenynge vntyll y mornynge 
before the LORDE. This shalbe vnto you 
a perpetuall custome for youre posterities 
amonge the children of Israel. 

Che jrrbttj. Chapter. 

AND thou shalt take vnto the Aaron thy 
brother and his sonnes frd amonge the 
childre of Israel, that he maye be my prest : 
namely Aaron g his sonnes Nadab, Abihu, 
Eleazar and Ithamar : g thou shalt make holy 
clothes for Aaro thy brother, honorable and 
glorious, g shalt speake vnto all them that are 
wise of hert, whom I haue fylled with the 
sprete of wiszdome, that they make garmentes 
to Aaron for his consecracion, that he maye 
be my prest. 

These are y garmentes which they shal 
make : a brestlappe, an ouerbody cote, a 
tunycle, an albe, a myter and a girdell. Thus 
shal they make holy garmentes for thy brother 
Aaro and his sonnes, that he maye be my 
prest. They shal take therto golde, yalow 
silke, scarlet, purple, and whyte sylke. 

The ouerbody cote shal they make of golde, 
yalow sylke, scarlet, purple, g whyte twyned 
sylke of broderd worke, that it maye be 
festened together vpon both the sydes by y 
edges therof. And his gyrdell vpo it shall be 
of y same workmashippe g stuff, euen of golde 



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yalowe sylke, scarlet, purple, & whyte twyned 
sylke. And thou shalt take two Onix stones, 
and graue in them the names of the children 
of Israel. Syxe names vpon the one stone, 
and the sixe other names vpon the other 
stone acordinge to the order of their age, 
This shalt thou do by the stonegrauers that 
graue signettes, so that y stones with the 
names of the children of Israel to be set 
rounde aboute with golde : and thou shalt put 
them vpon the two shulders of the ouer body 
cote, that they maye be stones of remem- 
braunce for the children of Israel, that Aaron 
maye beare their names vpon both his shulders 
before the LORDE for a remembraunce. 

Thou shalt make hokes of golde also, and 
two wrethe cheynes of pure golde, and shalt 
fasten them vnto the hokes. 

The brestlappe of iudgment shalt thou 
make of broderd worke, euen after the worke 
of the ouerbody cote : of golde, yalow sylke, 
scarlet, purple, and whyte twyned sylke. 
Foure square shall it be and dubble, an 
hande bredth longe, and an handebredth 
brode. And thou shalt fill it with foure rowes 
full of stones. Let the first rowe be a Sardis, 
a Topas, and a Smaragde. The seconde : a 
Ruby, a Saphyre, and a Dyamonde. The 
thirde: a Ligurios, an Achatt, and an Ametyst. 
The fourth : a Turcas, an Onix, and a Iaspia. 
In golde shall they be sett in all the rowes, 
and shal stonde acordinge to y twolue names 
of the children of Israel, grauen of the stone- 
grauers, euery one with his name acordinge 
to the twolue trybes. 

And vpon the brestlappe thou shalt make 
wrethen cheynes by y corners of pure golde, 
and two golde rynges, so, that thou faste the 
same two rynges vnto two edges of the brest- 

pe, and put the two wrethe cheynes of 
golde in the same two rynges, that are in two 
edges of the brestlappe. But the two endes 
of f two wrethen cheynes shalt thou fasten in 
the two hokes vpon the ouerbody cote one 
ouer agaynst another. 

And thou shalt make two other rynges of 
golde, and fasten them vnto y other two 
edges of f brestlappe, namely to y borders 
therof, wherwith it maye hange on the ynsyde 
vpon the ouerbody cote. And yet shalt thou 
make two rynges of golde, and fasten them 
vpon the two edges beneth to the ouerbody 



cote, vpon the outsyde one ouer agaynst 
another, where the ouerbody cote ioyneth to- 
gether. And the brestlappe shall be fastened 
by his rynges vnto the rynges of the ouerbody 
cote with a yalow lace, that it maye lye close 
vpon the ouerbody cote, and that the brest- 
lappe be not lowsed from the ouerbody cote, 

Thus shall Aaron beare the names of the 
children of Israel in y brestlappe of iudgment 
vpon his hert, whan he goeth in to the Sanc- 
tuary, for a remembraunce before the LORDE 
allwaye. And in the brestlappe of iudgment 
thou shalt put * light and perfectnesse, that 
they be vpon Aaros hert, whan he goeth in 
before the LORDE, and that he maye beare 
the iudgment of the children of Israel vpon 
his hert before the LORDE allwaye. 

Thou shalt make the tunykle also to the 
ouerbody cote all of yalow sylke, and aboue in 
the myddest there shal be an hole, and a 
bonde folden together rounde aboute the hole, 
that it rente not. And beneth vpon the hemme 
thou shalt make pomgranates of yalow sylke, 
scarlet, purple rounde aboute, and belles of 
golde betwixte the same rounde aboute : that 
there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate, 
a golden bell and a pomgranate " rounde aboute 
the hemme of the same tunycle. And Aaron 
shall haue it vpon him wha he mynistreth, 
that the soude therof maye be herde, whan 
he goeth out and in at the Sanctuary before 
the LORDE, that he dye not. 

Thou shalt make a foreheade plate also of 
pure golde, and graue therin (after the work- 
manshipe of the stone grauer) : the holynes 
of the LORDE, (t with a yalow lace shalt 
thou fasten it vnto the fore front of the myter 
vpon Aarons fore heade, y Aaron maie so 
beare y synne of the holy thinges, which the 
childre of Israel halowe in all their giftes and 
Sanctuary. And it shall be allwaye vpon his 
fore heade, that he maye reconcyle them 
before the LORDE. 

Thou shalt make an albe also of whyte 
sylke, and a myter of whyte sylke, and agyrdle 
of nedle worke. 

And for Aarons sonnes thou shalt make 
cotes, gyrdles and bonetes, honorable and 
glorious, and shalt put them vpon thy brother 
Aaron and his sonnes, and shalt anoynte 
them, and fyll their handes, and consecrate 
them, that they maye be my prestes. And 



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thou shalt make them lynnen breches, to 
couer the flesh of their preuities, from the 
loynes vnto the thyes. And Aaron and his 
sonnes shall haue them on, whan they go in 
to the Tabernacle of wytnesse, or go vnto the 
altare to mynister in the Holy, that they 
beare not their synne, and dye. This shalbe 
a perpetual custome for him, and his sede 
after him. 

Cfie yrtr. Chapter. 

THIS is it also, that thou shalt do vnto 
them, that they maye be consecrated 
prestes vnto me. " Take a yonge bullocke, 
and two rammes without blemish, vnleuended 
bred, g vnleuended cakes myxte with oyle, 
and wafers of swete bred tempered with oyle : 
Of wheate floure shalt thou make them all, 
and put them in a maunde, g brynge them in 
the maunde, with the bullocke g two rammes. 

And thou shalt brynge Aaron g his sonnes 
vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse, 
g wash them with water, & take the garmentes, 
and put vpon Aaron the albe and the tunycle, 
g the ouer body cote, g the brestlappe to y ouer 
body cote, g shalt gyrde him on the out syde 
vpon the ouer body cote, and set the myter 
vpon his heade, and the holy crowne vpon the 

yter: and shalt take the anoyntinge oyle, 
and poure it vpon his heade, and anoynte him. 

Thou shalt brynge forth his sonnes also, g 
put the albes vpon them, and gyrde both 
Aaron g them with gyrdles, g set the bonettes 
vpon their heades, that they maye haue the 
presthode for a perpetuall custome. 

And thou shalt fyll the hades of Aaron and 
his sonnes, and brynge forth the bullocke 
before the Tabernacle of wytnesse. * And 
Aaron and his sonnes shall laye their hades 
vpon the heade of the bullocke, and thou shalt 
sley the bullocke before the LORDE, at the 
dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse, and shalt 
take of his bloude, and put it vpon the homes 
of the altare with thy fynger, and poure all the 
other bloude vpon the botome of the altare. 

And thou shalt take all the fat that 
couereth the bowels and the nett vpon the 
leuer, and the two kydneys with the fat that 
is aboute them, and burne them vpon the 
altare. But the bullockes flesh, skynne and 
donge, shalt thou burne with fyre without the 
hoost : for it is a synneofferynge. 



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The one ramme shalt thou take also, and 
Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes 
vpon his heade. Then shalt thou sleye him, 
and take of his bloude, and sprenkle it vpon 
the altare rounde aboute. But the ramme 
shalt thou deuyde in peces, and wash his 
bowels and his legges, and laye them vpon 
the peces and the heade, and burne the whole 
ramme vpon the altare: for it is a burnt- 
offerynge, and a swete sauoure of the sacrifice 
vnto the LORDE. 

'As for the other ramme, thou shalt take 
him, and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye 
their handes vpon his heade, and thou shalt 
slaye him, and take of his bloude, and put it 
vpon the typpe of the right eare of Aaron 
and his sonnes, and vpon y thombe of their 
right handes, and vpon the greate too of their 
right fete, and thou shalt sprenkle the bloude 
vpon the altare rounde aboute, and shalt take 
of the bloude vpon the altare and the anoynt- 
inge oyle, and sprenckle it vpon Aaron and 
his vestymentes, vpon his sonnes and their 
vestymentes. So shall he and his clothes, his 
sonnes and their clothes be consecrated. 

''Then shalt thou take the fat of the ramme, 
the rompe, and the fatt that couereth y bowels, 
the net vpon the leuer, and the two kydneys 
with the fatt that is aboute them, and the 
right shulder (for it is a ramme of cosecracion) 
and a symnel of bred, and an oyled cake, and 
a wafer out of the maunde of the vnleuended 
bred t that stondeth before y LORDE, and 
put all in to the handes of Aaron and of his 
sonnes, and waue it vnto the LORDE. The 
take it out of their handes, and burne it vpon 
the altare for a burnt offeringe, to be a swete 
sauoure vnto f LORDE. For it is the 
LORDE S sacrifice. 

'And thou shalt take the brest of the ramme 
of Aaros consecracio, g shalt waue it before 
y LORDE, y shal be his parte. And thus 
shalt thou halowe y Wauebrest g y Heue- 
shulder (y are waued g heaued) of y ramme 
of the consecracion of Aaron g his sonnes: 
And it shalbe a perpetuall custome for Aaro 
and his sonnes of y children of Israel : for it 

an Heue offrynge, and the Heue offrynge 
shalbe the LORDES dewtye of the children 
of Israel, in their Ideade offrynges and Heue 
offrynges which they do vnto the LORDE. 

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And the holy garmentes of Aaron shall his 
sonnes haue after him, that they maie be 
anoynted 'therin, g f their handes maye be 
fylled. a Loke which of his sonnes shalbe 
prest in his steade, the same shal put them on 
seue dayes, that he maye go in to the Taber- 
nacle of wytnesse, to mynister in the Sanctuary. 

But the ramme of consecracion shalt thou 
take, b and seeth his flesh in an holy place. 
And Aaron with his sonnes shal eate the flesh 
of the same ramme with the bred in the 
maunde, at the dore of the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse : for there is an attonement made 
therwith, to fyll their handes, that they maye 
be consecrated. A straiiger shal not eate 
therof, for it is holy. 

But yf eny of the flesh of the consecracion, 
and of the bred remaine vntyll the mornynge, 
thou shalt burne it with fyre, and not let it 
be eaten, for it is holy. And thus shalt thou 
do with Aaron and his sonnes all that I haue 
commaunded f. Seuen dayes shalt thou fyll 
their handes, and offer a bullocke daylie for a 
synne offeringe, because of them y shalbe 
reconciled. And thou shalt halowe the altare, 
whan thou reconcylest it : j shalt anoynte it, 
that it maye be consecrated. Seuen dayes 
shalt thou reconcyle the altare, 5 consecrate 
it, that it maye be an altare of the Most holy. 
Who so wyll touch the altare, must be con- 
secrated. 

And this shalt thou do with the altare : 
c Two lambes of one yeare olde shalt thou 
offer euery daye vpon it : the one lambe in 
the mornynge, and the other at euen. And 
to one lambe a tenth deale of wheate floure, 
megled with y fourth parte of an Hin of 
beaten oyle, and y fourth parte of an Hin of 
wine for a drynk offerynge. With the other 
lambe at euen shalt thou do like as with y 
meate offerynge and drynk offerynge in the 
mornynge, for a swete sauoure of sacrifice 
vnto y LORDE. This is the daylie burnt- 
offerynge amonge youre posterities, at the 
dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the 
LORDE, *where I will proteste vnto you, and 
talke with the. There wil I proteste vnto the 
children of Israel, and be sanctified in my 
glory, and wyl halowe the Tabernacle of 
wytnes and the altare, and consecrate Aaro 
and his sonnes, to be my prestes. d And I 



» Nu. 20. d. b Leui. 8. 
Leui. 1. a. Num. 12. a. 



" Nu. 28. a. 1 Par. 17. e. 
Leu. 26. b. 2 Cor. 6. b, 



wyl dwell amonge the children of Israel, & 
wyll be their God : so y they shal knowe, 
how that I am the LORDE their God, which 
brought them out of the londe of Egipte, that 
I might dwell amonge them, euen I the 
LORDE their God. 

Che w. Chapter. 

THOU shalt make also an incense altare 
to burne incense, of Fyrre tre, a cubyte 
longe (j brode, eauen foure squared, and two 
cubytes hye with his homes, g shalt ouerlaye 
it with pure golde, the rofe g the walles of it 
rounde aboute, and the homes therof, g a 
crowne of golde shalt thou make rounde 
aboute it, and two golde rynges on ether syde 
vnder the crowne, that there maie be staues 
put therin, to beare it with all. 

The staues shalt thou make of Fyrre tre 
also, and ouerlaye the with golde : and shalt 
set it before the vayle, that hangeth before 
the Arke of wytnesse, and before the Mercy 
seate y is vpon the wytnesse, from whence I 
wyl proteste vnto the. And Aaron shal burne 
swete incense theron euery morninge, wha he 
dresseth the lampes. In like maner whan he 
lighteth the lampes at euen, he shall burne 
soch incense also. This shal be the daylie 
incense before the LORDE amonge youre 
posterities. 

e Ye shall put no straunge incense therin, g 
offer no burntofferynge, ner meatofferynge, 
nether drynkofferynge theron. And tvpon y 
homes of it shall Aaron reconcyle once in a 
yeare, with y bloude of the synneofferynge, 
which they shall offer that are reconcyled. 
This shal be done amonge youre posterities 
for this is the most holy vnto the LORDE. 

/And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde: Whan thou nombrest the heades of 
the children of Israel, then shal euery one 
geue vnto the LORDE the reconcylinge of 
his soule, y there happe not a plage vnto 
them, whan they are nombred. Euery one 
that is tolde in the nombre, shall geue half a 
Sycle, after the Sycle of the Sanctuary : t one 
Sycle is worth twentye Geras. This half 
Sycle shal be f LORDES Heue offerynge. 
Whoso is in the nombre from twenty yeare 
and aboue, shal geue this Heue offerynge vnto 
y LORDE. The riche shal not geue more, 

e Leui. 10. a. t Leu. 16. g. Heb. 9. a. / Num. 1. a. and 
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and the poore shal not geue lesse in the half 
Sycle, which is geuen vnto the LORDE to be 
an Heue offerynge for the reconcylinge of 
their soules. 

And this money of recocilinge shalt thou 
take of the children of Israel, is put it to the 
Gods seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnes, 
that it maye be a remembraunce vnto the 
children of Israel before the LORDE, that 
he maye let himself be reconcyled ouer their 
soules. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde : a Thou shalt make a brasen lauer also 
with a fote of brasse to wash, and shalt set it 
betwixte the Tabernacle of witnesse and y 
altare, and put water therin, that Aaro and 
his sonnes maye wash their handes and fete 
therout, whan they go in to the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse, or to the altare, to mynistre vnto 
the LORDE with offerynge incense, y they 
dye not. This shalbe a perpetuall custome 
for him and his sede amonge their posterities. 

And y LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde : * Take vnto the spyces of the best, fyue 
hundreth Sycles of Myrre, and of Cynamo 
half so moch, euen two hundreth and fyftie, 
and of Kalmus two hundreth and fiftye, and 
of Cassia fyue hundreth (after the Sycle of 
the Sanctuary) & an Hin of oyle olyue, and 
make an holy anoyntinge oyle, after the craft 
of the Apotecary. 

And there with shalt thou anoynte the 
Tabernacle of wytnesse, c g the Arke of wyt- 
nes, the table with all his apparell, y candil- 
sticke with his apparell, the altare of incense, 
the altare of burntofferynges with all his 
apparell, j the lauer with his fote: and 
thus shalt thou consecrate them, that they 
maye be most holy : for who so wil touch the, 
must be consecrated. Thou shalt anoynte 
Aaron also, and his sonnes, and consecrate 
them to be my prestes. 

And thou shalt speake vnto the childre of 
Israel, and saye : This oyle shalbe an holy 
oyntment vnto me amonge youre posterities : 
It shal not be poured vpon mans body, nether 
shalt thou make eny soch like it, for it is holy : 
therfore shal it be holy vnto you. Who so 
maketh eny soch like, or geueth a strauger 
therof, the same shalbe roted out from amonge 
his 



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1 Par. 2. b. 



And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: 
Take vnto the spyces: Balme, Stacte, Gal- 
ban, and pure franckencense, of one as moch 
as of another, and make incense therof (after 
the craft of the Apotecary) myngled together, 
that it maye be pure (j holy. And thou 
shalt beate it to poulder, and shalt put of the 
same before the wytnesse in the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse, from whence I wyll proteste vnto the, 
but it shalbe holy vnto the for the LORDE. 
Who so maketh soch to cense therwith, shalbe 
roted out from amoge his people. 

Che jtrrt. Chapter. 

A ND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, 5 
XJL sa -ide : d I haue called by name Bezaleel 
the sonne of Vri f sonne of Hur, of y trybe 
of Iuda, *and haue fylled him with y sprete 
of God, with wyszdome and vnderstodynge 
and knowlege, and to worke with all maner 
of connynge worke, in golde, syluer, brasse, 
to graue stones connyngly, and to set them, 
to carue well in tymbre, and to make all 
maner worke. And beholde, I haue geuen 
him Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the 
trybe of Dan, to be his companyon, and haue 
geuen wyszdome in to the hertes of all that 
are wyse, that they shall make all that I haue 
commaunded the : the Tabernacle of wyt- 
nesse, e the Arke of wytnesse, the Mercyseate 
theron, and all the ornamentes of y Taber- 
nacle : the table and his apparell, the can- 
dilsticke and all his apparell, the altare of 
incense, the altare of burntofferynges with all 
his apparell, the lauer with his fote, the my- 
nistrynge vestimentes of Aaron y prest, and 
the garmentes of his sonnes to serue like 
prestes, the anoyntinge oyle, and the incese 
of spyces for y Sactuary. All that I haue 
commaunded the, shal they make. 

And the LORDE talked vnto Moses, and 
sayde : Speake vnto the children of Israel, 
and saye : f Kepe my Sabbath, for it is a 
token betwene me and you, and youre pos- 
terities, that ye maye knowe, how that I am 
the LORDE which haloweth you: therfore 
kepe my Sabbath, for it shalbe holy vnto you. 
t Who so vnhaloweth it, shall dye the death : 
For who so doth eny worke therin, shalbe 
roted out from amonge his people. 

Sixe dayes shall men worke, but vpon the 

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seuenth daye is the Sabbath * the holy rest of 
the LORDE. Who so doth eny worke vpon 
the Sabbath daye, shall dye the death. 

Therfore shal the children of Israel kepe 
the Sabbath, that they maye kepe it also 
amonge their posterities for an euerlastynge 
couenaunt. An euerlastynge token is it be- 
twixte me and the children of Israel. For 
in sixe dayes made the LORDE heaue g 
earth, but vpon ;y- seuenth daye he i-ested, and 
was refreshed. 

"And whan the LORDE had made an 
ende of talkinge with Moses vpon the mount 
Sinai, he gaue him two tables of witnesse, 
which were of stone, and wrytten with the 
fynger of God. 

Che wij- Chapter. 

BUT whan the people sawe that Moses 
made loge taryenge to come downe fro 
the mount, they gathered the together agaynst 
Aaron, g sayde vnto him : i Vp, and make vs 
goddes, to go before vs, for we can not tell 
what is become of this man Moses, that 
brought vs out of Egipte. Aaron sayde vnto 
them : c Plucke of the golden earynges from 
the eares of youre wyues, of youre sonnes, g 
of youre doughters, g brynge them vnto me. 
Then all the people pluckte of their golden 
earynges from their eares, g brought them 
vnto Aaron. And he toke them of their 
handes, g fashioned it with a grauer. d And 
they made a molten calfe, and sayde : These 
are thy goddes (O Israel) that brought the out 
of the londe of Egipte. 

Whan Aaron sawe that, he buylded an 
altare before him, and caused it be proclamed, 
and sayde: Tomorow is the LORDES feast. 
And they arose vp early in the mornynge, 
and offred burntofferynges, and brought dead- 
offerynges also: e Then the people sat them 
downe to eate and drynke, g rose vp to 
playe. 

But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Go 
get the downe, for thy people whom thou 
broughtest out of the londe of Egipte, haue 
marred all : they are soone gone out of the 
waie, which I commaunded them. They haue 
made them a molten calfe, and haue wor- 
shipped it, g offred vnto it, g sayde : + These 



Gene. 2. a. " Exo. 24. c. and 32. d. Deut. 5. c. 

and 9. b. » Acto. 7. e. c Iudic. 8. e. d Psal. 105. c. 
Cor. 10. a. / Deut. 9. c. t 3 Reg. 12. e. 



are thy goddes (O Israel) that brought the 
out of the lande of Egipte. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: I 
? that it is a styfmecked people, and now 
sufFre me, that my wrath maye waxe whote 
ouer them, g that I maye consume them, so 
wil I make a greate people of the. 

But Moses be sought the LORDE his 
God, g sayde : Oh LORDE, wherfore wil thy 
wrath waxe whote ouer thy people, whom thou 
hast brought out of the lode of Egipte with 
greate power g a mightie hade? Wherfore 
shulde the Egipcians speake, g saye : He 
hath brought the for their myschefe, to slaye 
them in the mountaynes, and to destroye the 
vtterly from the earth? O turne the from 
the fearcenesse of thy wrath, g be gracious 
ouer the wickednesse of thy people. Remem- 
bre thy seruaiites Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, 
vnto wh5 t thou swarest by thyne owne self, 
and saydest: I wil multiplye youre sede as 
the starres of heauen, and all the londe that 
I haue promysed you, wil I geue vnto youre 
sede, g they shall inheret it for euer. Thus 
the LORDE repented of the euell, which he 
sayde he wolde do vnto his people. 

Moses turned him, g wente downe from the 
mount, and in his hande he had the two tables 
of wytnesse, which were wrytte vpon both the 
sydes, and were Gods worke, g the wrytinge 
was the wrytinge of God therin. Now whan 
Iosua herde the noyse of f people, as they 
shouted, he sayde vnto Moses: This is 
noyse of warre in the hoost. He answered : 
It is not a noyse of them that haue the vie 
tory, and of them that haue the worse, but I 
heare a noyse of synginge at a daunse. 

Whan he came nye vnto the hoost, and 
sawe the calfe, and the daunsynge, ''he was 
moued with wrath, and cast the tables out of 
his hande, and brake them beneth the mount. 
* And he toke the calfe that they had made, 
and brent it with fyre, and stamped it vnto 
poulder, and strowed it in the water, g gaue 
it vnto the children of Israel to drynke, g 
sayde vnto Aaron : What dyd this people vnto 
the, that thou hast brought so greate a synne 
vpon them ? 

Aaron sayde : Let not the wrath of my 
lorde waxe fearce : thou knowest, that this is 



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Deut. 9. d. 



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a wicked people. They sayde vnto me : Make 
vs goddes to go before vs, for we can not tell 
what is become of this man Moses, y brought 
vs out of the londe of Egipte. I sayde vnto 
them : Who so hath golde, let him plucke it 
of, and geue it me : and I cast it in the fyre, 
therof came this calfe. 

Now whan Moses sawe, that the people 
were naked (for Aaron, whan he set them vp, 
made them naked to their shame) he wete in 
to the gate of the hoost, and sayde : who so 
belongeth vnto the LORDE, let him come 
hither vnto me. Then all the children of 
Leui gathered them selues vnto him, and he 
sayde vnto them : Thus sayeth the LORDE 
the God of Israel: Euery man put his swerde 
by his syde, and go thorow in and out from 
one gate to another in the hoost, and slaye 
euery man his brother, frende, ct neghboure. 

The children of Leui dyd, as Moses sayde 
vnto them. And there fell of the people the 
same daye thre thousande men. The sayde 
Moses : Cosecrate youre handes this daie vnto 
the LORDE, euery man vpon his sonne and 
brother, that the prayse maye be geuen ouer 
you this daye. 

On the morow Moses sayde vnto the people : 
Ye haue done a greate synne. Now I wil go 
vp vnto the LORDE, yf peraduenture I maye 
make an attonement for youre synnes. 

Now wha Moses came agayne vnto y 
LORDE, he saide : Oh this people haue 
done a greate synne, (j haue made them 
goddes of golde. * Now for geue them their 
synne : yf not, the wype me out of thy boke, 
that thou hast wrytten. The LORDE sayde 
vnto Moses : What ? Him that synneth against 
me, wil I wype out of t my boke. Go thou thy 
waye therfore, and brynge f people thither 
as I haue sayde vnto the, "Beholde, myne 
angell shall go before the. But in the daye 
of my visitacion I wyll vyset their synnes 
vpon them. So the LORDE plaged the 
people, because they made y calfe which 
Aaron made. 

Che yrrttj. Chapter. 

THE LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Go, 
departe hence, thou and the people, 
whom thou hast brought out of the lande of 
Egipte, vnto f londe that I sware vnto Abra- 

* Ro. 9. a. t Psal. 68. d. " Exo. 13. a. and 23. c. 
4 Gene. 22. c. t Exo. 23. d. Deut. 7. d. losu. 24. c. 



ham, Isaac and Iacob, and sayde: *vnto thy 
sede wil I geue it, $ and I wyl sende an angell 
before the (and cast out the Cananites, Amor- 
ites, Hethites, Pheresites, Heuites and Iebus- 
ites) in to the londe that floweth with mylke 
and hony, for I wyll not go vp with the : 
§ for thou art an hardnecked people, I might 
consume the by the waye. Whan the people 
herde this euell tydinges, they sorowed, and 
no man put on his best rayment. 

And y LO RDE sayde vnto Moses : Speake 
vnto the children of Israel: Ye are a styf- 
necked people, I must once come sodenly 
vpon the, and make an ende of the. And 
now put of thy goodly araye from the, y I 
maie knowe what to do vnto the. So the 
children of Israel laied their goodly araye 
from the, euen before the mount Horeb. 

Moses toke the Tabernacle, ij pitched it 
without afarre of from y hoost, and called it 
the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And who so 
euer wolde axe eny question at the LORDE, 
wente out vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse 
before the hoost. And whan Moses wente 
out vnto the Tabernacle, all the people rose 
vp, and stode euery one in his tent dore, and 
loked after Moses, tyll he was gone in to the 
Tabernacle. I And whan Moses entred in 
to the Tabernacle, the cloudy pyler came 
downe, and stode in the dore of the Taber- 
nacle, and he talked with Moses. And all 
the people sawe the cloudy piler stonde in the 
dore of the Tabernacle, and rose vp, and 
worshiped, euery one in his tent dore. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses face 
to face/ as a man speaketh vnto his frende. 
And whan he turned agayne to the hoost, y 
yonge ma Iosua y- sonne of Nun rf his minister, 
departed not out of y Tabernacle. And 
Moses sayde vnto the LORDE : Beholde, 
thou saydest vnto me : Brynge y people vp, 
and lettest me not knowe, whom thou wilt 
sende with me, & yet hast thou sayde : I knowe 
the by name, and thou hast founde grace in 
my sight. Let me knowe thy waye therfore, 
wherby I maye be certified, y I fynde grace 
in thy sight: And consydre yet, that this 
people is thy people. 

He sayde : My presence shal go before the, 
there with wyll I lede the. But he sayde 
vnto him : Yf thy presence go not, then cary 



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vs not vp from hence : for wherby shal it be 
knowne, y I and thy people haue founde 
fauoure in thy sight, but in y thou goest with 
vs? that I (j thy people maye haue some 
preemynence before all people that are vpon 
the face of the earth. The LORDE sayde 
vnto Moses : I wyll do this also that thou hast 
sayde, for thou hast foude grace in my sight, 
and I knowe the by name. 

He sayde : Oh let me the se thy glory. 
And he sayde : I wyl cause all my good go 
ouer before thy face, and wyl let the name of 
y LORDE be called vpon before the. "And 
I shewe mercy, to whom I shewe mercy : and 
haue compassion, on whom I haue compassion. 
And he sayde morouer : Thou mayest not se 
my face,* for there shall no ma lyue, y seyth 
me. And y LORDE sayde farthermore : 
beholde, there is a place by me, there shalt 
thou stode vpon the rocke. Now whan my 
glory goeth forth, I wil put y in a clyfte of y 
rocke, ij my hande shal holde styll vpo the, 
tyll I be passed by. And whan I take awaye 
myne hande from the, thou shalt se my back 
partes, but my face shal not be sene. 

Cije vrrtttj. Cfiaptcv. 

AND the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: 
Hew the two tables of stone,* like as y 
first were, that I maye wryte in them the 
wordes, y were in the first tables, which thou 
brakest : and be ready in the mornynge, that 
thou mayest come vp early vnto moiit Sinai, 
and stonde me vpon the toppe of the mount. 
And let no man come vp with the, that there 
be no man sene thorow out all y mount: 
and let nether shepe ner oxen fede before the 
mount. 

And Moses hewed two tables of stone, like 
as the first were, & arose early in the mornynge, 
I wente vp vnto mount Sinai, as y LORDE 
comaunded him, j toke y two tables of stone 
in his hade. The came the LORDE downe 
in a cloude. And there he stepte vnto him, 
I called vpo y name of y LORDE. And 
whan f LORDE passed by before his face, 
he cryed: LORDE LORDE, God, mercifull 
(j gracious/ & longe sufferinge, and of greate 
mercy and trueth, thou that kepest mercy in 
stoare for thousandes, and forgeuest wickednes, 



" Ro. 9. b. * Deu. 4. b. Iudic. 6. e. and 13 d. 

Ioh. 1. b. * Deu. 10. a. c Psal. 85. c. and 102. a. 
Deut. 5. b. Iere. 32. c. and 30. b. Nail 1. a. t Exo. 



trespace and synne (before whom there is no 
man innocent) t thou that visitest the wick 
ednesse of the fathers vpon f children and 
childers children, vnto the thirde and fourth 
generacion. 

And Moses bowed him self downe vnto 
the earth, and worshiped him, and saide 
LORDE, yf I haue founde grace in thy 
sight, the let the LORDE go with vs (for it 
is an hard necked people) that thou mayest 
haue mercy vpon oure wickednesses and 
synnes, and let vs be thyne inheritaunce. 

And he sayde : Beholde, I make a coue- 
naunt before all thy people, u wil do wonders, 
soch as haue not bene done in all londes, and 
amonge all people. And all y people amoge 
whom thou art, shal se y worke of y LORDE, 
for a terryble thinge shal it be, y I wyl do 
with the. Kepe that I commaunde y this 
daye. Beholde, I wyl cast out before the : y 
Amorites, Cananites, Hethites, Pheresites, 
Heuytes and Iebusites. t Bewarre, that thou 
make no couenaunt with the indwellers of the 
lande y thou commest in to, lest they be 
cause of thy ruyne in the myddest of the : 
but their alters shalt thou ouerthrowe, g breake 
downe their goddes, and rote out their groaues : 
for thou shalt worshipe no other god. For y 
LORDE is called gelous, because he is a 
gelous God : lest (yf thou make any agrement 
with the indwellers of the londe, and whan 
they go a whoringe after their goddes, and do 
sacrifice vnto their goddes) they §call y, and 
thou eate of their sacrifice, and lest thou take 
of their doughters vnto thy sonnes to wyues, 
and the same go a whoringe after their goddes, 
(j make thy sonnes go a whoringe after their 
goddes also. 

Thou shalt make f no goddes of metall. 
II The feast of swete bred shalt thou kepe. 
Seuen daies shalt thou eate vnleueded bred, 
like as I comaunded the in the tyme of the 
moneth Abib : for in the moneth Abib thou 
wentest out of Egipte. All y first breaketh 
the Matrix, is myne, soch as shalbe male 
amoge thy catell, y breaketh the Matrix, 
whether it be oxe or shepe. But the first of 
thyne Asse shalt thou bye out with a shepe : yf 
thou redeme it not, then breake his necke. All 
the first borne of thy children shalt thou redeme. 



20. a. Deut. 7 



t Exo. 23. d. Deut. 7. a. 3 Re 

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"And se that no man appeare before me 
emptye. 

*Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure, vpon y 
seueth daye shalt thou rest both from plowinge 
and reapynge. The feast of wekes shalt thou 
kepe with the firstlinges of the wheate haruest: 
and the feast of yngaderynge at f yeares ende. 
Thryse in a yeare shal all youre men children 
appeare before the Gouernoure, euen the 
LORDE and God of Israel. 

Whan I shal cast out the Heithen before 
the, g enlarge thy borders, there shal no man 
desyre thy lode : for so moch as thou goest vp 
thre tymes in the yeare, to appeare before y 
LORDE thy God. Thou shalt not offer the 
bloude of my sacrifice with leueded bred. 
And the offerynge of the Easterfeast shal not 
remayne ouer night vntill the mornynge. The 
firstlinges* of f first frutes of thy lode shalt 
thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE 
thy God. t Thou shalt not seith a kydd, whyle 
it is yet in his mothers mylke. 

And the LORDE saide vnto Moses: wryte 
these wordes, for because of these wordes haue 
I made a couenaunt with the (j with Israel. 
And c he was there with the LORDE fourtye 
dayes and fourtye nightes, and ate no bred, 
and dranke no water. And the wrote in 
the tables the wordes of the couenaut, euen 
ten verses. 

Now wha Moses came downe fro mout 
Sinai, he had the two tables of wytnesse in 
his hande, g wyst not y the skynne of his face 
shyned, because he had talked with him. 
And wha. Aaron g all the childre of Israel 
sawe y the skynne of his face shyned, they 
were afrayed to come nye him. The Moses 
called them. And they returned vnto him, 
both Aaron g all the chefest of the cogrega- 
cion. And he talked with them. Afterwarde 
came all the children of Israel vnto him. And 
he comaunded the, all y the LORDE had 
sayde vnto him vpon the mount Sinai. Now 
whan he had made an ende of talkynge with 
the, § he put a couerynge vpo his face. And 
whan he wete in before y LORDE to talke 
with him, he toke y couerynge of, till he wete 
out agayne. And whan he came forth g spake 
with the childre of Israel what was comaunded 
him, the the childre of Israel sawe his face, 
how y the skynne of his face shyned : so he 



° Eccli. 35. a. 
23. c. Deut. 26. a. 



Ex. 20. b. 23. b. 35. 
t Exo. 23. c. 



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put the couerynge vpo his face agayne, tyll 
he wente in agayne to talke with him. 

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AND Moses gathered all the cogregacion 
of y childre of Israel together, and sayde 
vnto them: This is it, y the LORDE hath 
commaunded you to do: rf Sixe dayes shall ye 
worke, but the seuenth daye shall ye kepe 
holy: a Sabbath of the LORDES rest. Who 
so euer doeth eny worke therin, shall dye. 
Ye shal kyndle no fyre vpon the Sabbath daye 
in all youre dwellynges. 

And Moses sayde vnto y whole congregacion 
of the children of Israel : This is it, that the 
LORDE hath commaunded: *Geue from 
amonge you Heue offerynges vnto y LORDE, 
so that euery one brynge the LORDES Heue 
offerynge with a fre hert : golde, syluer, brasse, 
yalowe sylke, scarlet, purple, whyte sylke, 
and goates hayre, reed skynnes of rammes, 
doo skynnes, and Fyrre tre, oyle for the 
lampes, and spyces for the anoyntinge oyle 
and for swete incense. Onix stones, and 
stones to be set in y ouerbody cote, and for 
the brestlappe. 

And who so is wyse of hert amonge you, let 
him come, g make what the LORDE hath 
commaunded : namely, the Habitacion with 
the tent g couerynge therof, the rynges, bordes, 
barres, pilers g sokettes : The Arke with the 
staues therof, the Mercyseate g the vayle : 
the table with his staues g all his apparell : g 
the shewbred : The cadilsticke of light and 
his apparell, and his lampes, g the oyle for 
the lightes: The altare of incense with his 
staues : The anoyntynge oyle and spyces for 
incense : The hangynge before f Tabernacle 
dore: The alter of burntofferynges with his 
brasen gredyron, staues and all his apparell : 
The lauer with his fote : The hanginges of 
the courte, with the pilers and sokettes therof; 
g the hangynge of the courte dore : The nales 
of the habitacion and of y courte with their 
coardes : The mynistringe garmentes for the 
seruyce in the Holy, y holy vestimentes of 
Aaron the prest with the vestimentes of his 
sonnes for y prestes office. 

Then wente all the congregacion of the 
childre of Israel out fro Moses, g euery one 
brought the gift of his hert : g all that they 



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wolde of fre will, the same brought they for 
an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE for y 
worke of the Tabernacle of witnesse, & for all 
the seruyce therof, g for the holy vestimetes. 
Both men g wemen that were of a wyllynge 
hert, brought bracelettes, earynges, rynges g 
gyrdels, and all maner Iewels of golde: 
Euery man also brought golde for Waue 
offerynges vnto the LORDE. 

And who so euer foude by him yalow sylke, 
scarlet, purple, whyte sylke, goates hayre, 
reed skynnes of rames, and Doo skynnes, 
brought it. And who so euer houe up syluer 
g brasse, brought it for y Heue offerynge vnto 
the LORDE. And who so euer founde 
Fyrre tre by him, brought it for all maner of 
worke of the Gods seruyce. And soch wemen 
as were wyse herted, spanne with their hades, 
and brought their sponne worke of yalow 
sylke, scarlet, purple, and whyte sylke. And 
soch wemen as had hye vnderstondinge in 
wyszdome, spanne goates hayre. 

As for y prynces, they brought Onix stones, 
and set stones, for y ouerbody coate, and for 
the brestlappe, and spyces, and oyle for y 
lightes, and for the anoyntinge oyle, and for 
swete incense. Thus the children of Israel 
brought fre wyllynge offerynges, both man and 
weme, for all maner of worke, that the LORDE 
had commaunded by Moses, to be made. 

And Moses saide vnto the childre of Israel: 
"Beholde, y LORDE hath called by name 
Bezaleel y sonne of Vri, y sonne of Hur of 
the trybe of Iuda, g hath fylled him with the 
sprete of God, that he maye haue wyszdome, 
vnderstondinge, g knowlege for all maner of 
worke, to worke connyngly in golde, syluer g 
brasse, to graue precious stones g to set them, 
to carue in wodd, to make all maner of con- 
nynge workes, and hath geue instruccion in 
his hert, both him and Ahaliab the sonne of 
Ahisamach of y trybe of Dan. These hath 
he fylled with wyszdome of hert, to make all 
maner of worke, to carue, to broder, to worke 
with nedle worke, with yalow sylke, scarlet, 
purple and whyte sylke, and with weeuynge 
to make all maner of worke, and to deuyse 
connynge workes. 

Cfie rrrbt. Cfiapter. 

THEN wrought Bezaleel g Ahaliab g all 
the wyse herted men, vnto whom the 
LORDE had geuen wyszdome g vnderstond- 
inge to knowe, how they shulde make all 



maner worke for the seruyce of the Sanctuary, 
acordinge vnto all y the LORDE com- 
maunded. And Moses called for Bezaleel g 
Ahaliab, g all the wyse herted men, vnto 
whom the LORDE had geuen wyszdome in 
their hertes, namely, all soch as wyllingly 
offred them selues there, g came to laboure 
in the worke. And they receaued of Moses 
all the Heue offerynges, that the children of 
Israel had brought for the worke of the ser- 
uyce of the Sanctuary, that it might be made : 
g euery morninge brought they their willinge 
offerynges vnto him. 

Then came all the wyse men y wrought in 
the worke of the Sanctuary, euery one fro 
his worke that he made, g sayde vnto Moses: 
The people bryngeth to moch, more the nede 
is for the worke of this seruice, which the 
LORDE hath comaunded to make. The 
commaunded Moses, that it shulde be pro- 
clamed thorow out the hoost : No man brynge 
more to the Heue offerynge of the Sanctuary. 
Then were the people forbydden to brynge : 
for there was stuff ynough for all maner of 
worke, that was to be made, and to moch. 

So all f wyse herted men amonge the y 
* wrought in y worke of the Habitacion, made 
ten curtaynes of whyte twyned sylke, yalow 
sylke, scarlet, purple, with Cherubyns of 
broderd worke. The legth of one curtayne 
was eight and twentye cubites, and the bredth 
foure cubites, g were all of one measure : g he 
coupled the curtaynes fyue g fyue together 
one to the other. 

And made yalow loupes a longe by y edge 
of euery curtayne, where they shulde be cou- 
pled together: fiftie loupes vpo euery curtayne, 
wherby one might be coupled to another. 
And made fiftie buttons of golde, and with the 
buttons he coupled the curtaynes together one 
to the other, that it might be one couerynge. 

c And he made xj. curtaynes of goates hayre 
(for the tent ouer the habitacion) of thirtie 
cubytes longe, g foure cubytes brode, all of 
one measure, g coupled fyue together by them 
selues, and sixe by them selues, g made fiftie 
loupes a longe by y edge of euery curtayne, 
wherby they might" be coupled together, g 
made fiftie buttons of brasse, to couple y tent 
together withall. And made ouer y tent a 
couerynge of reed skynnes of rammes, and 
ouer that a couerynge of Doo skynnes 



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And made stondinge bordes for the Habi- 
tacion, a of Fyrre tre, euery one ten cubytes 
longe, and a cubyte and a half brode, 5 two 
fete vnto euery one, wherby one might be 
ioyned to another : that on the south syde there 
stode twentye of the same bordes : and made 
fourtye syluer sokettes there vnder, vnder 
euery borde two sokettes for his two fete. In 
like maner for the other syde of the Habi- 
tation towarde the north, he made twentye 
bordes also with fourtye syluer sokettes, vnder 
euery borde two sokettes : But behynde the 
Habitacion vpon the west syde, he made sixe 
bordes, and two other for the corners of the 
Habitacion behynde, that either of them both 
might be ioyned with his corner borde from 
vnder vp, and aboue vpon the heade to come 
together with a clampe : so that there were 
eight bordes, and sixtene sokettes of syluer, 
vnder euery one two sokettes. 

And he made barres of Fyrre tre, fyue for 
the bordes vpon the one syde of the Ha- 
bitacion, and fyue vpon the other syde, and 
fyue behynde towarde the west: and made the 
barres to shute thorow the bordes, from the 
one ende to the other, and ouerlayde the 
bordes with golde. But their rynges made 
he of golde for the barres, and ouerlayde f 
barres with golde. 

And made Cherubyns vpon the hangynge 
with broderd worke, of yalow sylke, scarlet, 
purple, (t whyte twyned sylke. And made for 
the same, foure pilers of Fyrre tre, and ouer- 
layed them with golde, and their knoppes of 
golde, and cast foure sokettes of syluer for them. 

And made an hanginge in the Tabernacle 
dore, of yalow sylke, scarlet, purple, and whyte 
twyned sylke, of nedle worke, and fyue pilers 
therto with their knoppes (j ouerlayed their 
knoppes and whopes with golde) and fyue 
sokettes of brasse there to. 

Cfie vrrbtj. Chapter. 

AND Bezaleel made the Arke of Fyrre 
tre, *two cubites and a half loge, a 
cubyte and a half brode, and a cubyte g a half 
hye, and ouerlayed it with fyne golde within 
and without, and made a crowne of golde vnto 
it rounde aboute, and cast for it foure rynges 
of golde to the foure corners of it, vpon euery 
syde two. And made staues of Fyrre tre, 
and ouerlayed the with golde, and put them 
in the rynges a longe by f sydes of the Arke, 
to beare it withall. 



And he made f Mercyseate of pure golde 
two cubytes and a half longe, and a cubite 
and a half brode, & made two Cherubyns of 
fyne beaten golde vpon the two endes of the 
Mercyseate : One Cherub vpon the one ende, 
and the other Cherub vpon the other ende: 
and the Cherubyns spredde out their wynges 
aboue an hye, and couered f Mercyseate ther 
with : and their faces stode one ouer agaynst 
the other, and loked vnto the Mercyseate. 

And he made f table, of Fyrre tre, two 
cubytes longe, c a cubyte brode, and a cubyte 
d a half hye, and ouerlayed it with fyne golde, 
and made therto a crowne of golde rounde 
aboute, and made vnto it an whoope of an 
hande bredth hye, and made a crowne of golde 
rounde aboute the whoope. And for it he 
cast foure golde rynges, & put them in the 
foure corners by the fete harde by the whoope, 
that the staues might be therin, to beare the 
table withall : cj made the staues of Fyrre tre, 
and ouerlayed the with golde, to beare the 
staues withall. And the vessels vpon the 
table made he also of fyne golde : the disshes, 
spones, flat peces and pottes, to poure in and 
out withall. 

And he made the candilsticke of fyne beat- 
en golde, d where vpon was the shaft with 
brauches, cuppes, knoppes, & floures. Sixe 
braunches proceaded out of y sydes therof, 
vpon either syde thre brauches : vp5 euery 
braiich were thre cuppes like allm5des, with 
knoppes and floures. Vpon the candilsticke 
self were foure cuppes with knoppes and 
floures, vnder euery two brauches a knoppe. 
The knoppes u braunches therof proceaded 
out of it, and were all one pece of fyne 
beaten golde. And he made the seuen lampes 
with their snoffers & outquenchers of pure 
golde. Of an hudreth weight of golde made 
he it, and all the apparell thereof. 

He made also the altare of incense, of Fyrre 
tre, a cubyte longe and brode, eauen foure 
squared, and two cubytes hye with the homes 
of it, and ouerlayed it with fyne golde, the 
toppe and the sydes of it rounde aboute, and 
the homes therof, and made a crowne vnto it 
rounde aboute of pure golde, & two golde 
rynges vnder the crowne on both the sydes 
to put the staues therin, and to beare it 
withall : but the staues made he of Fyrre tre : 
and ouerlayed them with golde. 

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And he made the holy anoyntinge oyle 
the incense of pure spyces, after y craft of the 
Apotecary. 

Che rrrbtij. Chapter. 

AND the altare of bumtoffrynges made 
he of Fyrre tre, " fyue cubytes I5ge (t. 
brode, eauen foure squared, & thre cubites 
hye. And made foure homes, which pro 
ceaded out of the foure corners therof, and 
ouerlaied it with brasse. And he made all 
maner of vessels for the altare, cauldrons, 
shouels, basens, fleshokes, and colepannes all 
of brasse. And vnto the altare he made a 
brasen gredyron of net worke rounde aboute, 
from vnder vp vnto the myddest of the altare, 
& cast foure rynges in the foure comers of the 
brasen gredyron, for the staues : which he 
made of Fyrre tre, and ouerlayed them with 
brasse, and put them in the rynges by the 
sydes of the altare, to beare it withall, and 
made it holowe with hordes. 

And he made the Lauer of brasse, (j his fote 
also of brasse vpon the place of y hoost, that laye 
before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse. 

And he made the courte on f south syde : 
hangynges an hundreth cubytes longe, of 
whyte twyned sylke, with the twetye pilers 
therof, and twentye sokettes of brasse : but 
the knoppes and whopes of syluer. In like 
maner vpon the north syde an hundreth cu- 
bytes with twentye pilers, and twentye sokettes 
of brasse, but their knoppes & whoopes of 
syluer. Vpon the west syde fiftie cubytes 
with ten pilers and te sokettes, but their 
knoppes and whoopes of syluer. Vpon the 
East syde fiftie cubytes. Fiftene cubytes vpon 
either syde of the courte dore, with thre pilers 
and thre sokettes : So that all the hanginges 
of the courte were of whyte twyned sylke, and 
the sokettes of the pilers were of brasse, & their 
knoppes and whoopes of syluer : their heades 
were ouerlayed with syluer, g all the pilers of 
the courte were whooped aboute with syluer. 

And the hangynge in y courte gate made 
he with nedle worke, of yalowe sylke, scarlet, 
purple, (t whyte twyned sylke, twentye cubytes 
longe, u fyue cubytes hye, after the measure 
of the hanginges of the courte : foure pilers 
also therto, 5 foure sokettes of brasse, and 
their knoppes of syluer, and their heades 
ouerlayed, and their whoopes of syluer. And 
all the nales of the Habitacion and of the 
courte rounde aboute, were of brasse. 



This is now the summe of the Habitacion 
of wytnesse (which was counted at the co- 
maundemet of Moses to y Gods seruice of 
the Leuites vnder the hade of Ithamar the 
sonne of Aaron the prest) which Bezaleel the 
sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur of the trybe 
of Iuda made, all as the LORDE com- 
maunded Moses. And with him Ahaliab f 
sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan, a 
connynge grauer, to worke nedle worke, with 
yalow sylke, scarlet, purple, (t whyte sylke. 

All the golde y was wrought in all this 
worke of the Sanctuary (which was geuen to 
the Waue offerynge) is nyne u twenty hiidreth 
weight, seuen hundreth (t thirtie Sycles, after 
y Sycle of y- Sanctuary. * The syluer y came 
of the congregacion, was fyue score hundreth 
weight, a thousande, seuen hundreth, fyue and 
seuentye Sycles, after y- Sycle of the Sanc- 
tuary : so many heades so many half Sycles, 
after the Sycle of the Sanctuary, of all that 
were nombred from twentye yeare olde and 
aboue, euen sixe hundreth thousande, thre 
thousande, fyue hundreth and fiftye. 

Of the fyue score hundreth weight of syluer. 
were cast the sokettes of the Sanctuary, and 
the sokettes of the vayle, an hiidreth sokettes 
of the fyue score hundreth weight, an hundreth 
weight to euery sokett. Of the thousande 
seuen hundreth and fyue and seuentye Sycles 
were made the knoppes of the pilers (and 
their heades ouerlayed) and their whoopes. 

As for the Waue offerynge of brasse, it was 
seuentye hundreth weight, two thousande and 
foure hundreth Sycles : Wherof were made 
the sokettes in the dore of the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse, and the brasen altare, and the 
brasen gredyron therto, and all the vessels of 
the altare, and the sokettes of y courte rounde 
aboute, and the sokettes of f courte gate, all 
y nales of the Habitacion, g all f nales of y 
courte rounde aboute. 

Che rrrtr- Chapter. 

OF the yalowe sylke, scarlet, g purple, they 
* made Aarons mynistringe vestimentes, 
to do seruyce in the Sanctuary, as y LORDE 
comaunded Moses. 

And he made the ouer body cote, of golde, 
yalowe sylke, scarlet, purple, & whyte twyned 
sylke, and bett the golde in to thinne plates, 
and cut it in to wyres, that it might be 

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wrought amonge the yalowe sylke, scarlet, 
purple and whyte sylke, & made it so, that y 
ouerbody cote came together by the edge's 
on both the sydes. And his gyrdel was after 
the same craft (j worke : eue of golde, yalowe 
sylke, scarlet, purple and whyte twyned sylke, 
as the LORDE commaunded Moses. 

And they wrought two Onix stones, set 
rounde aboute with golde, grauen by the stone 
grauer with the names of the childre of Israel: 
and fastened them vpo the shulders of the 
ouerbody cote, that they might be stones of 
remebraunce vnto the children of Israel, as 
the LORDE comaunded Moses. 

And they made the brestlappe after the 
craft & worke of the ouerbody cote : of golde, 
yalowe sylke, scarlet, purple, g whyte twyned 
sylke, so that it was foure square tg dubble, an 
hande bredth longe and brode, and fylled it 
with foure rowes of stones. The first rowe 
was : a Sardis, a Topas, and a Smaragde. 
The secode : a Ruby, a Saphyre, and a Dya- 
monde. The thirde : a Ligurios, an Achat, 
and an Amatist. The fourth : a Turcas, an 
Onix u a Iaspis : closed rounde aboute with 
golde in all the rowes. And the stones stode 
after the twolue names of the children of 
Israel, grauen by the stone grauer, euery one 
with his name, acordinge to the twolue trybes. 

And vpon the brestlappe they made wrythen 
cheynes of pure golde, and two hokes of 
golde, (j two golde rynges, and fastened the 
two rynges vpon the two edges of the brest- 
lappe : and f two wrythen cheynes put they 
in the two rynges vpon the corners of the 
brestlappe. But the two endes of f wrethen 
cheynes put they to the two hokes, (j fastened 
them vpon the corners of the ouer body cote, 
one ouer agaynst another. 

And they made two other rynges of golde, 
(t fastened them to the other two corners of 
the brestlappe by the edge of it, that it might 
hange vpon the out syde of the ouerbody cote. 
And they made yet two other golde rynges, 
which they put beneth vpon the two corners of 
the ouerbody cote, one ouer agaynst another 
where the ouerbody cote ioyneth together, that 
the brestlappe might be festened by his rynges 
vnto y rynges of the ouerbody cote with 
yalowe lace, that it might lye close vpon y 
ouerbody cote, and not be lowsed from y ouer- 
body cote, as the LORDE commaunded Moses 
And he made the tunycle vnto the ouer- 



body cote, wrought all of yalow sylke, g the 
hole therof aboue in the myddest, g a bonde 
folde together rounde aboute the hole, that it 
shulde not rente. And beneth vpon y hemme 
of it, they made pomgranates of yalow sylke, 
scarlet, purple, (j whyte twyned sylke : & they 
made belles of pure golde, which they put be- 
twixte y pomgranates rounde aboute vpon the 
hemme of the tunycle, a bell g a pomgranate, 
a bell & a pomgranate rounde aboute, to do ser- 
uyce in, as the LORDE commaunded Moses. 

And they made albes also wrought of whyte 
sylke for Aaron & his sonnes, 5 y myter of 
whyte sylke, and the goodly bonettes of whyte 
sylke, and breches of twyned whyte lynnen, 
and the girdle of nedle worke euen of whyte 
twyned sylke, yalow sylke, scarlet, and purple, 
as the LORDE commaunded Moses. 

They made the fore heade plate also to f 
holy crowne, of pure golde, and wrote therin 
with grauen worke : the holynes of the LO RDE, 
and festened a yalowe lace theron, to tye it 
vnto the myter aboue, as the LORDE co- 
maunded Moses. 

Thus the whole worke of y Habitacion of y 
Tabernacle of wytnesse, was fynished. And 
the childre of Israel dyd all that the LORDE 
c5maunded Moses, (j brought the Habitacion 
vnto Moses : the Tabernacle & all the apparell 
therof, the buttons, bordes, barres, pilers, 
sokettes, f couerynge of reed skynnes of 
rammes, the couerynge of doo skynnes, & the 
vayle, y Arke of wytnesse with the staues 
therof, the Mercyseate, the table 5 all his 
apparell, <j the shewbred, the candilsticke, 
with the lampes prepared, and all his apparell, 
& oyle for the lightes, the golden altare, the 
anoyntinge oyle 5 incense, the hanginge in the 
Tabernacle dore, the brasen altare, 5 his 
brasen gredyron with his staues, & all his 
apparell, y lauer with his foote, the hangynges 
of y courte with the pilers ij sokettes therof, 
y hanginge in the courte gate with his pilers j 
nales, j all the ordynaunce for the seruyce of 
the Habitacion of y Tabernacle of wytnesse, 
y mynistringe vestimetes of Aaro y prest, to 
do seruyce in y Sanctuary, g the garmetes of 
his sonnes, y they might execute y prestes 
office. Acordinge to all that f LORDE 
comaunded Moses, eue so dyd the childre of 
Israel in all this seruyce. And Moses saw 
all y worke, y they dyd it eue as f LORDE 
had commaunded, and he blessed them. 



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Cfje jrt. Chapter. 

AND y LORDE spake vnto Moses, 5 
sayde: In the fyrst daye of the first 
moneth shalt thou set vp y Habitacio of y 
Tabernacle of wytnesse, and shal put the 
Arke of wytnes therin, and hange the vayle 
before y Arke. And thou shalt bringe in the 
table, and garnish it, and brynge in the cadil- 
sticke, and put the lampes theron. And y 
golde altare of incense shalt thou set before y 
Arke of wytnesse, (t hange vp the hanginge in 
the dore of the Habitacio. But the altare of 
burntofferinges shalt thou set before the dore 
of the Habitacion of the Tabernacle of wyt- 
nesse : (j the lauer betwixte the Tabernacle 
of wytnesse and the altare, and put water 
therin, <j set the courte rounde aboute, and 
hange vp the hanginge in the courte gate. 

And thou shalt take the anoyntynge oyle, 
and anoynte the Habitacion and all that is 
there in, *and shalt consecrate it, and all y 
apparell therof, that it maye be holy. And 
thou shalt anoynte the altare of burntoffer- 
ynges and all his vessels, and consecrate it, 
that it maye be most holy. The lauer also 15 
his fote shalt thou anoynte a consecrate. 

"And thou shalt brynge Aaron (j his sonnes 
vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, 
and wash them with water, g put the holy 
vestimentes vpon Aaron, and anoynte him, 
and consecrate him, that he maye be my prest. 
And thou shalt brynge his sonnes also, and 
put the albes vpon them, and anoynte them, 
as thou hast anoynted their father, y they 
maye be my prestes. And this anoyntinge 
shall they haue for an euerlastinge presthode 
amonge their posterities. tAnd Moses dyd 
all as the LORDE comaunded him. 

*Thus was the Tabernacle set vp in the 
seconde yeare vpon the first daye of the first 
moneth. And whan Moses reared it vp, he 
fastened y sokettes and the bordes, and barres, 
and set vp the pilers, and spred out the tent 
ouer the Habitacion, and put the couerynge of 
the tent aboue an hye, as the LORDE com- 
maunded him. And he toke the wytnesse, and 
layed it in the Arke, and put y staues in the 
Arke, and set the Mercyseate aboue vpon the 



Arke, and brought the Arke in to the Habita- 
cion, and hanged the vayle before the Arke of 
wytnesse, as the LORDE commaunded him. 

And he set the table in the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse, in the corner of the Habitacion 
vpon the north syde without the vayle, and 
prepared bred theron before y LORDE tas 
the LORDE commaunded him. 

And he set in the candilsticke also, euen 
ouer agaynst the table, in the corner of the 
Habitacion vpon the south syde, and put the 
lampes theron before y LORDE, as the 
LORDE commaunded him. And the golden 
altare set he in also before the vayle, and 
brent swete incense theron, as the LORDE 
commaunded him. And hanged vp the 
hangynge in the Tabernacle dore. As for 
the altare of bumtofferynges, he set it before 
the dore of the Habitacion of y Tabernacle 
of wytnesse, and offred bumtofferynges and 
meate offerynges theron, as the LORDE 
commaunded him. 

"And the Lauer set he betwixte the Taber- 
nacle of wytnesse and y altare, and put water 
therin to wash withall. And Moses, Aaron 
and his sonnes washed their hades and fete 
ther at: for they ought to wash the, whan 
they wente in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse, 
or whan they wente vnto the altare, as the 
LORDE commaunded him. 

And he set vp the courte rounde aboute 
the Habitacion and the altare, and hanged vp 
y hanginge in y courte gate. Thus Moses 
fynished the whole worke. 

Then a cloude couered y Tabernacle of 
wytnesse, and the glory of the LORDE fylled 
the Habitacion. And Moses coulde not go 
in to the Tabei*nacle of wytnesse, whyle the 
cloude abode theron, and the glory of y 
LORDE fylled the Habitacion. 

And whan the cloude remoued from the 
Habitacion, then wente the children of Israel 
forth, as oft as they toke their iourney. But 
yf the cloude remoued not, then toke not they 
their iourney, tyll the daie that it remoued: 
for in the daye tyme was the cloude of the 
LORDE vpon the Habitacion, g in the night 
season was fyre therin, in y sight of all y 
house of Israel, in all their iourneis. 

6 Num. 9. c. t Exo. 25. c. c Exo. 30. c. 



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callrtf Utuititw. 



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Chap. I. 

The ordre and vse of burntofferynges, whether it 
be of small or greate catell, or of foules. 

Chap. II 
Of meatofferynges with fyne floure, (jc. 

Chap. III. 
Of deedofferynges, otherwyse called health- 
offrynges, peace offrynges, or thakofferyDges, 
and of the fatt. 

Chap. IIII. 
The offringe for the sinne of a prest, of the whole 
congregacion, of the ruler, or of eny other 
meane man. 

Chap. V. 
The offerynge for swearinge, for an erroure or 
ignoraunce. 

Chap. VI. 
Of daylie burntofferynges (J other oblacions : 
The ofFerynge of the prest in the daye of his 
anoyntinge. 

Chap. VII. 
Of thankofferynges. Of the fat j bloude, and 
of the anoyntinge of the prestes. 

Chap. VIII. 

Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron 
and of his sonnes. 

Chap. IX. 

How Aaron and his sonnes ofFred for synne, & 
how the fyre of God consumed the burnt- 
offer ynge. 

Chap. X. 

The death of Nadab £ Abihu. The prestes were 
forbydden to drynke wyne, and their porcion 
of the offerynges appoynted them. 



Of cleane and 



Chap. XI. 
lcleane beastes 



foules. 



Chap. XII. 

Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd, of 

hir clensynge or purificacion & of hir offerynge 

Chap. XIII 
Of Leprosy or Mezell. 

Chap. XIIII. 

The clesynge of lepers, and of their offerynge. 

Chap. XV. 

Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues, both 
of men and wemen. 

Chap. XVI. 

Aaro might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary. 
Of the two goates. Of fastinge in the seuenth 
moneth. 

Chap. XVII. 

All offrynges were first brought to the Taber- 
nacle dore. No bloude ner deed caryon was 
to be eaten. 

Chap. XVIII. 
The degrees of consanguynite and affynite : And 
what wemen men ought not to marye. 

Chap. XIX. 
Dyuerse and many commaundemetes and statutes. 

Chap. XX. 

To geue sede vnto Moloch, 5 other vnlaufull 
thinges are forbydden. 



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Chap. XXI. 

How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to 
lyue. 

Chap. XXII. 

How the prestes and their housholdes ought to 

be: & how the offerynges ought to be vsed. 

Chap. XXIII. 

Of the holy dayes and hye feastes : namely, the 
Sabbath, Easter, Whyt sondaye (otherwise 
called the feast of wekes) the feast of Taber- 
nacles, {JC. 

Chap. XXIIII. 
Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes. Of 
the shewbred. Punyshment for cursynge and 
blasphemy. 



Chap. XXV. 

Of the rest of the seuenth yeare, g libertye of 

the Fiftieth yeare, otherwyse called the yeare 

of Iubylie, the yeare of homes blowinge, or 

the trompet yeare. 

Chap. XXVI 
Swete j louynge promyses of God for all soch 
as wyl kepe his commaundemetes : Agayne, 
Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto 
them, that wyll not harken to his worde. 

Chap. XXVII. 
Of vowes, and of the fre yeare. Of redemynge 
or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe, 
that a man promyseth, voweth or dedicateth 
vnto the LORDE. 



Che first Chapter. 

AND the LORDE called Moses,* and 
spake vnto him out of y Tabernacle of 
wytnesse, and sayde : Speake vnto y childre 
of Israel, & saie vnto them: Who so euer 
amoge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the 
LORDE, let him brynge it of y catell, euen 
of the oxen, g of the shepe. 

Yf he wyl brynge a burntofferynge of y 
oxen (or greate catell) the let him offre a 
male without blemysh, before y dore of the 
Tabernacle of wytnesse, to reconcyle him self 
before the LORDE,t let him laye his hande 
vpon the heade of the burntofferynge, then 
shal he be reconcyled, so y God shalbe mer- 
cifull vnto him. 

And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y 
LORDE : and y prestes Aarons sonnes shal 
brynge the bloude, and sprenkle it rounde 
aboute vpon the altare, that is before the dore of 
the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And the skynne 
halbe flayne from of the burntofferynge, and 
it shalbe hewen in peces. And the sonnes of 
Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the 
altare, and laye wod aboue theron: and y 
peces, the heade, and the fatt shal they laye 
vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y fyre on the 
altare. But y bowels & legges shal be waszshen 
with water, and the prest shal burne alto- 
gether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice : 

* Exo. 29. g. + Exo. 29. b. Leui. 3. a. 



this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto 
the LORDE. 

Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small 
catell, that is, of the lambes or goates, then 
let him offre a male without a blemysh. And 
he shall kyll it before the LORDE, euen at 
the corner of the altare on the north syde 
before y LORDE. And (the prestes) Aarons 
sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute 
vpon y altare, and it shal be hewen in peces. 
And the prest shall laye them with the heade 
and the fatt, vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon 
the fyre on the altare. But the bowels and 
y legges shal be waszshen with water. And 
y prest shal offre it altogether, and burne it 
vpon y altare for a burntsacrifice. This is an 
offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE. 

But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y 
foules vnto the LORDE, then let him offre it 
of the turtill doues or of y yonge pigeons. 
And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare, 
and wrynge the neck of it a sunder, that it 
maye be burnt vpon the altare, and let the 
bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the 
altare, and the croppe of it with the fethers 
shalbe cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde 
the altare towarde the east, and he shall 
deuyde the wynges of it, but not breake the 
cleane of. And thus shall the prest burne it 
vpon the altare, euen vpon the wodd that 
lyeth vpo the fyre, for a burntsacrifice. This 
is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the 
LORDE. 



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Ci)c i). Chapter. 

WHAN a soule wyll offre a meatoffer- 
ynge vnto the LORDE, 3 then shal it 
be of fyne floure, and he shal poure oyle vpon 
it, and put frankencense theron, tg so brynge 
it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes. Then 
shal one of them take his handefull of the 
same floure, and oyle with all the frankecense, 
and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the 
altare. This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure 
vnto the LORDE. *As for f remnaunt of 
the meatofferynge, it shalbe Aarons and his 
sonnes. This shalbe y most holy of the 
offerynges of the LORDE. 

But yf he wyll brynge a meatofferynge of 
that which is baken in the ouen, then let him 
take swete cakes of wheate, mixte with oyle, 
and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle. 
Neuertheles yf thy meatofferynge be eny 
thinge of that which is fryed in the panne, 
then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte 
with oyle : And thou shalt cut it in peces, & 
poure oyle theron: so is it a meatofferynge. 
But yf thy meatofferinge be ought broyled on 
the gredyron, then shalt thou make it of fyne 
floure with oyle. And the meatofferynge 
that thou wilt make of soch thinges for the 
LORDE, shalt thou brynge vnto f prest, 
which shal brynge it vnto the altare, & shal 
Heue vp the same meatofferynge for a reme- 
braunce, and burne it vpon the altare. This 
is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the 
LORDE. As for the remnaunt, it shal be 
Aarons and his sonnes. This shall be the 
most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE. 

All the meatofferynges that ye wil offre 
vnto the LORDE, shal ye make without leuG. 
For there shal no leue nor hony be burnt for 
an offerynge vnto the LORDE. But for the 
offerynge of the firstlinges shal ye offer the 
vnto the LORDE. Neuertheles they shal 
come vpon no altare for a swete sauoure. 

All thy meatofferynges shalt thou t salt. 
And thy meatofferynge shal neuer be with- 
out f salt of the couenaunt of thy God : for 

all thy offerynges shalt thou offre salt. 

But yf thou wilt offre a meatofferynge of 
the first frutes vnto f LORDE, then shalt 
thou drye that which is grene, by the fyre, a 
beate it small, and so offre the meatofferynge 
of thy first frutes. And thou shalt put oyle 

Leui. 6. b. and 9. c. Nu. 15. a. * Leui. 10. d. 



vpon it, and laye frankecense theron, so is it 
a meatofferynge. And then shall the prest 
beate it, and burne of the oyle with all the 
frankecense for a remembraunce. This is an 
offerynge vnto the LORDE. 

€3)e iij. Chapter. 

BUT yf his offerynge be a deedofferinge 
of greate catell (whether it be oxe or 
cowe) then shal he offre soch as is without 
blemysh before the LORDE, & shal laie his 
hande vpon the heade of it, and kyll it before 
the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And 
the prestes Aarons sonnes, shall sprenkle the 
bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare, and shal 
offre of y deadofferynge vnto the LORDE : 
namely, all the fat that is within, and the two 
kydneyes with the fat that is theron vpon the 
loynes, and the nett on the leuer vpo the 
kydneyes also. And Aarons sonnes shal burne 
it vpon the altare for a burntofferynge, euen 
vpon the wod that lyeth on the fyre. This is 
an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the 
LORDE. 

Yf his deadofferynge be of small catell, 
whether it be male or female, it shal be with- 
out blemish : Yf it be a lambe, then shall he 
brynge it before the LORDE, & shal laye his 
hande vpon the heade of it, and sleye it before 
the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And Aarons 
sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute 
vpon the altare, and so offre of the dead- 
offerynge vnto the LORDE : namely, the fat 
of it, all the rompe with the backe, and the 
fat that couereth the bowels, with all y fat 
that is within, and the two kydneys with the 
fat that is theron vpon the loynes, j the nett 
on the leuer vpon the kydneys also. And 
the prest shal burne it vpon the altare, for f 
meate of the offerynge vnto y LORDE. 

But yf his offeringe be a goate, and bringeth 
it before the LORDE, he shal laye his hande 
vpon the heade of it, and kyll it before the 
Tabernacle of wytnesse. And Aarons sonnes 
shal sprekle the bloude rounde aboute vpo 
the altare, (j shal offer therof a sacrifice vnto 
the LORDE : namely, the fat y couereth 
the bowels, and all the fat y is within, the 
two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon 
the loynes, & the net on the leuer vpon the 
kydneys. And the prest shal burne it vpo 

t Matt. 5. b. Marc. 9. c. Col. 4. a. 



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Cfeaju iiij. 



the altare, for the meate of the sacrifice to a 
swete sauoure. 

"All the fatt is the LORDES. Let this be 
a perpetuall lawe amonge youre posterities in 
all youre dwellynges, that ye eate no fatt, 
* ner bloude. 

Che 1113. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 
sayde : Speake vnto the childre of Israel, 
and saye: Whan a soule synneth thorow 
ignoraunce in any commaundemet of the 
LORDE, which he ought not to do : As 
namely, yf a prest which is anoynted, synne, 
that he make the people do amysse, he shall 
brynge for f synne that he hath done, a yonge 
bullocke without blemysh vnto the LORDE 
for a synofFerynge. *And the bullocke shal 
he brynge to the dore of the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse before the LORDE, g laie his hade 
vpo his heade, g kyll him before y LORDE. 
"And y prest y is anoynted, shal take of his 
bloude, g brynge it in to the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse. And he shall dyppe his fynger in 
to the bloude, g sprenkle therwith seue tymes 
before the LORDE, towarde the vayle of y 
Holy. And he shal put of the same bloude 
vpon the homes of the altare of incense, y 
stondeth before y LORDE in the Tabernacle 
of wytnesse : g all the bloude of the bullocke 
shal he poure vpon the botome of the altare 
of burntofferinges, y stondeth at the entringe 
in of y Tabernacle of wytnesse. And all the 
fat of the synofFerynge shal he Heue vp: 
namely, the fat y couereth the bowels, g all 
the fat y is within, y two kydneys with the 
fatt that is theron vpon the loynes, and the 
net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also (like 
as he Heueth it from the oxe in the dead- 
offerynge) and shall burne it vpon the altare 
of burntofferynges. But the skynne of the 
bullocke, rf and all the flesh, with the heade g 
legges, g the bowels and the donge, shal he 
cary altogether out of the hoost, in to a cleane 
place, where y aszshes are poured out, g shal 
burne it vpon wodd with fyre. 

Whan the whole cogregacion of Israel syn- 
neth thorow ignorauce, g the dede be hyd 
from their eyes, so y they do ought agaynst 
eny of the comaundementes of the LORDE, 
which they shulde not do, g come afterwarde 
to the knowlege of the synne that they haue 

<• Leuit. 7. e. * Gen. 9. a. Leuit. 17. d. and 19. f. 



done, they shal bringe a yonge bullocke for 
synofFerynge, and set him before y dore of y 
Tabernacle of wytnesse. And the Elders of 
the congregacion shall laye their handes vpon 
his heade before the LORDE, <j kyll y bul- 
locke before the LORDE. And y prest y 
is anoynted shal brynge of y bullockes bloude 
in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse, g dyppe 
ther in with his fynger, and sprenkle therwith 
seuen tymes before the LORDE, eue before 
the vayle of the Holy. And shall put of the 
bloude vpon the homes of the altare, y 
stondeth before the LORDE in the Tabernacle 
of wytnesse: 5 all y other bloude shal he 
poure vpo the botome of y altare of burnt- 
offerynges, y stondeth before the dore of y 
Tabernacle of wytnesse. But all his fatt shal 
he Heue vp, g burne it vp5 the altare : g shal 
do with this bullocke, as he dyd with y bullocke 
of the synofFeringe : Thus the prest shal make 
an attonement for them, g it shall be forgeuen 
them. And the bullocke shall he brynge 
without the hoost, and bume him, as he brent 
f first bullocke. This shalbe y synofFerynge 
of the congregacion. 

Whan a prynce synneth, g doth agaynst 
the comaundement of the LORDE his God, 
y he ought not to do, g offendeth ignorauntly, 
g commeth to the knowlege of his synne y he 
hath done, he shal bringe for his ofFeringe an 
he goate without blemysh, g laye his hande 
vp5 the goates heade, g slaye him in y place 
where y bumtofFeringes are slayne before y 
LORDE. The shal y prest take of y bloude 
of y synofFeringe with his fynger, and put it 
vpon the altare of burntofferynges, g poure 
the other bloude vpon the botome of the 
altare of burntofferynges. But all the fat of 
it shal he burne vpo the altare, like as the fat 
of the healthofFerynge. And so the prest shal 
make an attonement for his synne, and it shal 
be forgeuen him. 

Wha a soule of y comon people synneth 
ignorauntly, doinge eny thinge agaynst the 
comaundement of the LORDE, y he ought 
not to do, g so offendeth, g cometh to y know- 
lege of the synne y he hath done, he shal 
bringe for his offerynge a she goate without 
blemysh, for the synne y he hath done, and 
shal laye his hande vpon the heade of the 
synofFerynge, g slaye it in the place of the 
bumtofFerynges. And the prest shall take of 

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the bloude with his fynger, s put it vpon the 
homes of f altare of burntofferynges, g poure 
all the bloude vpon the botome of the altare. 
But all the fat of it shal he take awaye, like 
as he taketh awaye the fat of the dead- 
offerynge, and shal burne it vpon the altare 
for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE. And 
so shal the prest make an attonemet for him, 
and it shal be forgeuen him. 

But yf he brynge a lambe for a synofferynge, 
then let him brynge a female without blemysh, 
and laye his hande vpon the heade of the 
synofferynge, g kyll it for a synofferynge, in 
the place where the burntofferynges are slayne. 
And the prest shal take of y bloude with his 
fynger, 5 put it vpon the homes of the altare 
of burntofferynges, g poure all the bloude 
vpon the botome of the altare. But all y fatt 
therof shall he take fro it, like as he dyd the 
fat of the lambe of the healthofferynge, g shal 
burne it vpon y altare for the LORDES 
sacrifice. And so y prest shal make an at- 
tonement for the synne that he hath done 
and it shalbe forgeuen him. 

Wife 6. Chapter. 

WHAN a soule synneth," y he heare £ 
cursynge, and is wytnesse therof, or 
hath sene it, or knowne it, g telleth it not/ he 
is giltie of a trespace. Or whan a soule * 
toucheth eny vncleane thige, whether it be f 
carion of an vncleane beast, or catell, or 
worme, g was not awarre of it, he is vncleane, 
and hath offended. Or whan he toucheth an 
vncleane man (what vn clennesse so euer a 
man is defyled withall) g was not awarre of it, 
g afterwarde cometh to y knowlege therof, 
y same hath offended. Or whan a soule 
sweareth, so y he pronounceth with his mouth 
to do euell or good (what so euer it be that a 
man pronounceth with an ooth) g was not 
awarre of it, g afterwarde cometh to the know- 
lege therof, he hath offended in one of these. 

Now whan it so is, y he hath offended in 
one of these, g is enfourmed therof, what he 
hath synned, he shal bringe vnto f LORDE 
for his trespace of this his synne y he hath 
done, a female from the flocke, either a yewe 
or a she goate for a synofferynge : so shal the 
prest make an attonement for him concernynge 
his synne. t But yf he be not able to brynge 

shepe, then let him brynge vnto y LORDE 



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for his offence that he hath done, two turtill 
doues or two yonge pigeons : one for a syn 
offerynge, the other for a burntofferynge, and 
brynge them to the prest : Which shall make 
the first a synofferynge, and fyrst wringe the 
neck of it, so that he plucke it not cleane of, 
and sprenkle with the bloude vpo the sydes 
of the altare, and let the resydue of the bloude 
blede out vpon the botome of the altare : 
This is the synofferynge. As for the other, 
he shal make it a burntofferynge, after the 
maner therof. And thus shall the prest make 
an attonement for him concernynge the synne 
that he hath done, g it shalbe forgeuen him. 
But yf he be not able to brynge two turtill 
doues or two yonge pigeons, then let him 
brynge his offerynge for his synne, a tenth 
deale of an Epha of fyne floure for a syn- 
offerynge. But he shall put no oyle theron, 
ner laye frankecense vpon it, for it is a syn- 
offerynge. And he shal brynge it vnto the 
prest, g y prest shal take his had full of it for 
a remembraunce, and burne it vpon the altare 
for an offerynge vnto the LORDE. This is 
a synofferinge. And so shal the prest make 
an attonement for him, concernynge his synne 
that he hath done, g it shalbe forgeuen him. 
And the remnaunt shall be the prestes, like a 
meatofferynge. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 
sayde : Yf a soule trespace, so y thorow 
ignorauce he offendeth in any thinge y is 
halowed vnto the LORDE, he shal bxynge his 
trespaceofferinge vnto the LORDE, euen a 
ramme from y flocke without blemysh, worth 
two Sycles of syluer, t after the Sycle of the 
Sanctuary, for a trespace offerynge : and lok 
what he hath offended in the halowed thinge, 
he shall make restitucion, g geue the fifth 
parte more therto. And he shal delyuer it 
vnto y prest, which shall make an attonement 
for him with the ramme of the trespace 
offeringe, g it shalbe forgeuen him. 

Whan a soule synneth, and doth ought 
agaynst eny cdmaundement of the LORDE, 
y he shulde not do, g is infourmed therof, he 
hath trespased, g is giltie of the synne. And 
he shall brynge from the flocke a ramme with 
out blemysh (that is worth a trespaceofferinge) 
vnto the prest, which shal make an attone- 
ment for him concernynge his ignoraunce 
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shalbe forgeuen him. This is the trespace- 
offerynge, because he trespaced agaynst the 
LORDE. 

And y LORDE talked with Moses, and 
sayde: Whan a soule synneth, 5 trespaceth 
agaynst the LORDE, so that he denyeth vnto 
his neghboure that which he gaue him to 
kepe, or that was put vnder his hande, or that 
he hath violently taken awaye, or gotten 
vnrighteously, or founde that was lost, and 
denyeth it with a false ooth, what so euer 
it be, wherin a man synneth agaynst his 
neghboure. Now whan it commeth so to 
passe, "that he synneth after this maner, g 
trespaceth, he shal restore agayne that he 
toke violently awaye, or gat wrongeously, or 
that was geuen him to kepe, or that he hath 
founde, or what so euer it be aboute y which 
he hath sworne falsely, he shal restore it againe 
whole alltogether, and geue the fifth parte 
more therto, euen to him that it belonged 
vnto, the same daye that he geueth his tres- 
pace offerynge. But for his trespace he shall 
brynge for the LORDE (euen vnto the prest) 
a ramme from the flocke without blemysh, 
that is worth a trespace offerynge. Then 
shall the prest make an attonement for him 
before the LORDE, and all that he hath 
synned in, shalbe forgeuen him. 

€3)e hi. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, 
and sayde : Commaunde Aaron and his 
sonnes, and saye : This is the lawe of the 
burntofferynge. The burntofferynge shall 
burne vpon the altare all night vntyll the 
mornynge. But the fyre of the altare onely 
shal burne theron. } And y prest shal put on 
his lynen albe, and his lynen breches vpon his 
flesh, and shal take vp the aszshes, that the 
fyre of the burntofferynge vpon the altare 
hath made, and shall poure them besyde the 
altare. Then shall he put of his rayment, 
and put on other rayment, and cary out the 
aszshes without the hoost, in to a cleane place. 

The fyre vpon the altare shal burne, and 
neuer go out. The prest shal kyndle wod 
theron euery mornynge, and dresse the burnt- 
offerynge vpon it, and burne the fat of the 
deed offerynges theron. The fyre shall euer 
burne vpon the altare, and neuer go out. 

And this is the lawe of the meatofferynge, 

im. 5. a. * Exo. 28. g. c Num. 15. a. Leui. 2. a. 



which Aarons sonnes shall offre before the 
LORDE vpon the altare. One of them 
shall Heue his handfull of fyne floure of y 
meatofferynge, and of the oyle, and all the 
frankencense that lyeth vpon the meatoffer- 
ynge, and shall burne it vpon the altare for 
a swete sauoure a remembraunce vnto the 
LORDE. As for the remnaunt, Aaron and his 
sonnes shal eate it, and vnleuended shal they 
eate it in the holy place, namely, in the courte 
of the Tabernacle of witnesse. With leue shal 
they not bake their porcion, which I haue 
geuen them of my offerynges. It shalbe vnto 
them most holy, as the synofferynge and 
trespace offerynge. All the males amonge 
the children of Aaron shall eate of it. Let 
this be a perpetuall lawe for youre posterities 
in the sacrifices of the LORDE. No man 
shall touch it, excepte he be consecrated. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde : This shalbe the offerynge of Aaron 
and of his sonnes, which they shall offre vnto 
the LORDE in the daie of their anoyntinge 
The tenth parte of an Epha of fyne floure for 
a meatofferynge daylie, the one half parte in 
the mornynge, the other half parte at euen. 
In the panne with oyle shall thou make it 
and brynge it fryed, and in peces shalt thou 
offer it for the swete sauoure of the LORDE 
And the prest which amonge his sonnes shalbe 
anoynted in his steade, shall do this. This 
a perpetuall dewtye vnto the LORDE. It 
shal be burnt alltogether: for all the meat- 
offerynges of the prest shalbe consumed with 
the fyre, and not be eaten. 

And y LORDE talked with Moses, and 
sayde: Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes, 
and saye : This is the lawe of the synofferynge : 
In the place where thou slayest y burntoffer- 
ynge, shalt thou slaye the synofferynge also 
before the LORDE. This is most holy. 
* The prest that offereth the synofferynge, 
shal eate it in the holy place, in the courte of 
y Tabernacle of wytnesse. No man shal 
touch y flesh therof, excepte he be halowed. 
And yf eny garment be sprenkled with the 
bloude of it, it shalbe washe in the holy place. 
And t the earthe pot that it is sodden in, 
shalbe broken. But yf it be a brasen pot, it 
shalbe scoured, and resed with water. All y 
males amonge the prestes shall eate therof, 
for it is most holy. Notwithstondinge all y 



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synofferynge whose bloude is brought in to the 
Tabernacle of wytnesse to make an attone- 
ment, shall not be eaten, but burnt with fyre. 

Che bij. Chapter. 

AND this is the lawe of the trespace- 
offerynge, and it shal be most holy. In 
the place where the burntofferynge is slayne, 
shall the trespaceofferynge be slayne also, g 
there shall of his bloude be sprenkled rounde 
aboute vpon the altare. And all his fat shalbe 
offered : the rompe and the fat y couereth the 
bowels, the two kydneys with the fat y is 
theron vpon the loynes, and the net on the 
leuer vpon the kydneys also. And the prest 
shal burne it vpon the altare for an offerynge 
vnto the LORDE. This 13 a trespace- 
offerynge. 

All the males amonge the prestes shal eate 
it in the holy place, for it is most holy : euen 
as the synofferynge, so shall the trespace- 
offerynge be also, they shall both haue one 
lawe : and it shal be the prestes, that recon- 
cyleth ther with. Loke which prest offereth 
eny mans burntofferynge, the skynne of the 
same burntoffrynge that he hath offered, shalbe 
his. And euery meatofferynge that is baken 
in the ouen, rosted vpon the gredyron, or 
fryed in the panne, shal be the prestes y 
offereth it. And euery meatofferynge y is 
myngled with oyle, or drye, shal belonge vnto 
all Aaron sonnes, vnto one as well as another. 

And this is y lawe of the healthofferinge, 
that is offered vnto the LORDE, * Yf they 
wyll offre a sacrifice of thankesgeuynge, then 
shal they offre vnleueded cakes megled with 
oyle, and swete wafers straked ouer with oyle, 
and fryed cakes of fyne floure mengled with 
oyle. This offerynge also shall they brynge 
vpon a cake of leuended bred, to the thank- 
offerynge of his healthofferynge : and of them 
all he shall offre one for an Heueofferynge 
vnto the LORDE. And it shalbe the prestes, 
that sprenkleth the bloude of the health- 
offerynge. And the flesh of the thankofferynge 
in his healthofferynges, shalbe eaten the same 
daye that it is offred, and there shall nothinge 
be left ouer vntyll the mornynge. 

And whether it be a vowe or a fre wyl- 
offerynge, tit shalbe eaten the same daye that 
it is offred : yf ought be left ouer vntyll the 
mornynge, yet maye it be eaten. But loke 

* Psal. 115. a. t Leui. 19. b. " Leui. 3. c. * Gen. 9. a. 



what remayneth vnto y thirde daye of the 
flesh that is offred, it shalbe brent with the 
fyre. And yf eny man vpon the thirde daie 
eate of y offred flesh of his healthofferynge, 
he shall not be accepted that offred it. Nether 
shall it be rekened vnto him, but it shalbe 
refused. And loke which soule eateth therof, 
the same is giltie of a mysdede. 

And the flesh that toucheth eny vncleane 
thinge, shal not be eaten, but burnt with the 
fyre. But who so euer is cleane of body, shal 
eate of the flesh : and the soule that eateth of 
f flesh of y healthofferynge which belongeth 
vnto the LORDE, his vnclennes be vpon 
him, and he shalbe roted out from amonge 
his people. 

And whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane 
thinge, whether it be an vncleane man, catell, 
or eny other abhominacion that is, and eateth 
of the flesh of the burntofferynge, that be- 
longeth vnto the LORDE, the same shalbe 
roted out from amonge his people. 

And the LORDE talketh with Moses, and 
sayde : Speake vnto the children of Israel, g 
saye: "Ye shall eate no fat of oxen, lambes, 
and goates : neuerthelesse the fat of it that 
dyeth alone, and of soch as is torne of wylde 
beastes, that maye ye occupye to all maner of 
vses, but ye shall not eate it. 

For who so euer eateth the fat of y beest 
that is geuen vnto the LORDE for an offer- 
ynge, the same soule shalbe roted out from his 
people. Morouer, t ye shall eate no bloude, 
nether of catell, ner of foules, where so euer 
ye dwell. What soule eateth eny bloude, the 
same shall be roted out from his people. 

And the LORDE talked with Moses, and 
sayde : Speake vnto the children of Israel, and 
saye : Who so wyll offre his healthofferynge 
vnto the LORDE, the same shall also brynge 
with all, that belongeth vnto y healthofferynge 
for the LORDE. But he shall brynge it 
with his hande for the offerynge of the 
LORDE : namely the fat vpon the brest shall 
he brynge, with the brest, to be a Waueoffer- 
ynge before the LORDE. And the prest 
shall burne the fat vpon the altare, and the 
brest shalbe Aarons and his sonnes. 

And the right shulder shal they geue vnto 
the prest for a gift of their healthofferynges. 
And loke which of Aarons sonnes offreth the 
bloude of the healthofferynges, and the fat, 

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the same shall haue the right shulder for his 
parte. *For the Wauebrest and the Heue- 
shulder haue I taken of the children of Israel, 
and of their healthofferynges, and haue geuen 
them vnto Aaron the prest and vnto his sonnes 
for a perpetuall dewtye. 

This is the anoyntinge of Aaron and of his 
sonnes, of the offerynges of the LORDE, in 
the daye wha Moses presented them to be 
prestes vnto the LORDE, what tyme as the 
LORDE commaunded (in the daye whan he 
anoynted them) to be geuen them of the 
children of Israel for a perpetuall dewtye, 
and vnto all their posterities. And this is the 
lawe of the burntofferynge, of the meatoffer- 
ynge, of the synofferynge, of the trespace 
offerynge, of the offerynge of consecracion, 
and of the healthofferynges, which the 
LORDE commaunded Moses vpon mount 
Sinai, in the daye whan he gauo him ir 
commaiidement vnto the children of Israel, 
to offre their offerynges vnto f LORDE in 
the wyldernesse of Sinai. 

Cfie biij. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, (j 
sayde : Take Aaron and his sonnes with 
him, & their vestimentes, tt the anoyntinge 
oyle, tand a bullocke for a synofferynge, two 
rammes, and a maunde with vnleuended bred, 
and call the whole congregacion together, 
before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse. 
Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him, 
and gathered the congregacion together vnto 
the dore of f Tabernacle of wytnesse, and 
sayde vnto them : This is it, that the LORDE 
hath commaunded to do. 

And he toke Aaron and his sonnes, and 
waszshed them with water, and put the albe 
vpo him, and girde him with the girdell, and 
put vpon him the yalowe tunycle, and put the 
ouerbody cote vpon him, and girde him vpon 
the ouerbody cote, a put the brestlappe theron, 
and in y brestlappe light and perfectnesse : 
And set the myter vpon his heade. And 
vpon the myter euen aboue his foreheade, put 
he a plate of golde on the holy crowne : as f 
LORDE comaunded Moses. 

And Moses toke the t anoyntinge oyle, a 
anoynted the Habitacion, and all that was 
therin, and consecrated it, and sprenkled ther- 
with seue tymes vpon the altare, and anoynted 

* Num. 18. c. t Exo. 29. a. t Exo. 30. d. § Psal. 



the altare with all his vessels, the lauer with 
his fote, that it might be consecrated: §and 
poured the anoyntinge oyle vpon Aarons 
heade, and anoynted him, y he might be 
consecrated. 

And he brought Aarons sonnes, and put 
albes vpon them, and girde them with the 
girdle, and put bonettes vpon their heades, as 
the LORDE commaunded him. 

And he caused bringe a bullocke for a syn 
offrynge. And Aaron with his sonnes layed 
their handes vpon his heade, and then was he 
slayne. And Moses toke of the bloude, a 
put it vpon the homes of the altare rounde 
aboute with his fynger, and purified the altare 
and poured the bloude vpon the botome of 
the altare, and consecrated it, that he might 
reconcyle it. And toke all the fat vpo the 
bowels, the nett vpon the leuer, and the two 
kydneys with the fat theron, and burned it 
vpon the altare. But the bullocke with his 
skynne, flesh, j donge, burned he with fyre 
without the hoost, lias the LORDE com- 
maunded him. 

And he brought a ramme for a burnt- 
offerynge. And Aaron with his sonnes layed 
their handes vpon his heade, j then was he 
slayne. And Moses sprenkled of y bloude 
vpon the altare rounde aboute, hewed the 
ramme in peces, and burnt the heade, the 
peces, and the fatt. And waszshed the bowels 
and the legges with water, and so burnt f 
whole ramme vpo the altare. This was a 
burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure, euen a 
sacrifice vnto the LORDE, If as the LORDE 
commaunded him. 

He brought also the other ramme of the 
offerynge of the consecracion. And Aaron 
with his sonnes layed their hades vpon his 
heade, and then was it slayne. And Moses 
toke of his bloude, and put it vpon the typpe 
of Aarons right eare, and vpon the thombe 
of his right hande, and vpon the greate too 
of his right fote. 

And he brought Aarons sonnes, and put of 
the bloude vpon the typpe of the right eare 
of them, and vpon f thombes of their righte 
handes, and vpon the greate toes of their 
righte fete, and poured the resydue of the 
bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute. And 
he toke the fat and the rompe, "and all the 
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leuer, the two kydneys with the fat theron, 
and the righte shulder. And out of the maunde 
of vnleuended bred before the LORDE, he 
toke an vnleueded cake, and a cake of oyled 
bred, and a wafer, and layed them vpo the 
fat, and vpon the right shulder, and put alto- 
gether vpon the handes of Aaron and of his 
sonnes, and waued it for a Waueofferynge 
before the LORDE. 

And afterwarde toke he all agayne from 
their hondes, and burned them on the altare, 
euen vpon the burntofferinge : for it is an 
offerynge of consecracion for a swete sauoure, 
euen a sacrifice vnto f LORDE. And Moses 
toke the brest, and "waued it a Waueofferynge 
before the LORDE, of the ramme of the 
offerynge of consecracion : the same was Moses 
parte, as the LORDE commaunded Moses. 
And Moses toke of y anoyntinge oyle, 5 of 
the bloude vpon the altare, a sprenkled it 
vpon Aaron g his vestimentes, vpon his sonnes 
IE vpon their vestimentes, and so cosecrated 
Aaron 5 his vestimentes, his sonnes and their 
vestimentes with him. 

And he sayde vnto Aaron & his sonnes : 
Seeth y flesh before the dore of the Taber- 
nacle of wytnesse, (j there eate it, j the bred 
in y maunde of the c5secracion offeringes, as 
it is comaunded me, 5 sayde: Aaron u his 
sonnes shall eate it. As for y which re- 
mayneth of the flesh (t bred, ye shal burne it 
with fyre. And in seue dayes shall ye not 
departe from f dore of the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse, vntyll the daye, y the dayes of 
youre consecracion offerynges be at an ende : 
for seue dayes must youre handes be conse- 
crated, as it is come to passe this daye : The 
LORDE hath comaunded to do it, that ye 
might be reconcyled. And ye shal tary before 
the Tabernacle of wytnesse daye and night 
seuen dayes longe, (t shal kepe f watch of y 
LORDE, that ye dye not, for thus am I 
comaunded. And Aaron with his sonnes dyd 
all, that y LORDE commaunded by Moses. 

Cfie if. Chapter. 

AND vpon the eight daye Moses called 
Aaron and his sonnes, and the Elders 
in Israel, and sayde vnto Aaron : Take vnto 
the a yonge calfe for a synofferinge, and a 
ramme for a burntofferynge, both without 
blemysh, and brynge them before the LORDE, 

J Exo. 29. e. * Heb. 5. b. and?, d. ' Leui. 4. a. 



and speake vnto the children of Israel, and 
saye: Take an he goate for a synofferynge : 
and a calf, and a shepe, both of a yeare olde, 
and without blemysh for a burntofferynge : 
and an oxe and a ramme for an health- 
offerynge, that we maye offre before the 
LORDE: and a meatofferynge myngledwith 
oyle. For to daye shal the LORDE appeare 
vnto you. 

And they toke what Moses commaunded 
before y dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, 
and the whole cogregacion came nye, and 
stode before the LORDE. Then sayde 
Moses: This is it, which the LORDE com- 
maunded that ye shulde do, and then shall 
the glory of y LORDE appeare vnto you. 
And Moses sayde vnto Aaron : Go vnto y 
altare, and * offre thy synofferynge and thy 
burntofferynge, and make an attonemet for the 
and for the people. Then offre the peoples 
offerynge, and reconcyle them also, as the 
LORDE hath commaunded. 

*And Aaron wente vnto the altare, and 
slewe y calfe for his synofferynge, & his sonnes 
brought the bloude vnto him. And he dypte 
his fynger in the bloude, and put it vpon the 
homes of the altare, and poured y bloude 
vpon y botome of the altare. As for the fat 
and the kydneys j the net vpon the leuer of 
the synofferynge, he burnt the vpon the altare, 
as the LORDE c5maunded Moses. The 
flesh also and the hyde burnt he with fyre 
without the hoost. 

Afterwarde he slewe the burntofferinge, 
and Aarons sonnes brought the bloude vnto 
him, & he sprenkled it rounde aboute vpon 
the altare. And they brought him the burnt- 
offerynge in peces, (j the heade : (t he burnt it 
vpon the altare. And he washed the bowels 
and the legges, and burnt them aboue vpon 
the burntofferynge on the altare. 

"Then brought he the offerynge of the 
people, and toke the goate, that synofferynge 
of the people, and slewe it, and made a syn- 
offerynge therof, as of the fyrst. And brought 
the burntofferynge, and dyd as the lawe is: 
and brought the meatofferynge, and toke his 
handfull, rf and burnt it vpon the altare, besyde 
the burntofferinge of the mornynge. 

Afterwarde slewe he the oxe and the ramme 
for the healthofferynge of the people. And 
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sprenkled vpon the altare rounde aboute. But 
the fat of the oxe & of the ramme, the rompe, 
and the fat that couereth the bowels, j the 
kydneyes, g the net vpon the leuer, all soch 
fat laied they vpon the brest, and burnt the 
fat vpon the altare. But the brest and the 
"right shulder waued Aaron for a Waue- 
offerynge before the LORDE, as the LORDE 
commaunded Moses. 

And Aaron lift vp his hade ouer the people, 
and blessed them, and came downe from the 
worke of the synofferynge, burntofferynge, and 
healthofferynge. And Moses and Aaron wente 
in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And whan 
they came out agayne, they blessed the peo- 
ple. Then appeared the glory of the LO RDE 
vnto all the people. For there came *a fyre 
from the LORDE, and vpon the altare it 
consumed the burntofferynge and the fat. 
Whan all the people sawe that, they reioysed, 
and fell vpon their faces. 

Che jr. Chapter. 

AND y sonnes of Aaron, Nadab and 
Abihu, *toke ether of the his censoure, 
I put fyre therin, 5 layed incense vpon it, and 
brought straunge fyre before the LORDE, 
T which he commanded them not. Then wente 
there out a fyre from y LORDE, and con- 
sumed them, so that they dyed before the 
LORDE. Then sayde Moses vnto Aaron: 
This is it, that the LORDE sayde : I wil be 
sanctified vpo them that come nye me, and 
before all the people wil I be glorified. And 
Aaron helde his peace. 

Moses called Misael and Elzaphan the 
sonnes of Vsiel Aarons vncle, and sayde vnto 
them : Go to, and cary youre brethren out of 
the Sanctuary, without the hoost. And they 
wente, and caried them forth in their albes 
without the hoost, as Moses sayde. 

Then sayde Moses vnto Aaron (j to his 
sonnes Eleasar and Ithamar : t Ye shall not 
vncouer youre heades, ner rente youre clothes, 
that ye dye not, and the wrath come vpon the 
whole congregacion : Let youre brethre of the 
whole house of Israel bewepe this burnynge, 
which the LORDE hath done. As for you, ye 
shall not go out from the dore of the Taber- 
nacle of wytnesse, lest ye dye : for the anoynt- 

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inge oyle of the LORDE is vpon you. And 
they dyd as Moses sayde. 

The LORDE spake vnto Aaron, (j sayde : 
c Thou & thy sonnes with the shal drynke no 
wyne ner stronge drynke, whan ye go in to 
the Tabernacle of wytnesse : that ye dye not. 
Let this be a perpetuall lawe vnto all youre 
posterities: y ye maye haue knowlege to 
discerne, what is holy and vnholy, what 
is cleane (j vncleane : g that ye maye teach 
the children of Israel all the lawes, which 
the LORDE hath spoken vnto you by 
Moses. 

And Moses sayde vnto Aaron, and vnto 
Eleasar and Ithamar his sonnes that were 
left : d Take the remnaunt of the meatofferynge 
in the sacrifices of y LORDE, and eate it 
without leuen besyde the altare, for it is most 
holy, euen in the holy place shal ye eate it. 
For it is thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye in 
the sacrifices of the LORDE : for thus am I 
commaunded. But the Wauebrest and the 
Heueshulder shalt thou eate, and thy sonnes 
and thy doughters with the in a cleane place. 
For this dutye is geuen vnto the and thy 
children in the deedofferynges of the children 
of Israel. For the Heueshulder and the 
Wauebrest to the offerynges of the fat, shalbe 
brought in, that they maye be waued for a 
Waueofferinge before the LORDE. Ther- 
fore is it thine and thy childrens for a perpe- 
tuall dutye, as the LORDE commaunded. 

And Moses sought for the goate of the 
synofferynge, and founde it burnt. And he 
was angrie at Eleasar and Ithamar y sonnes 
of Aaron, which were left alyue, and sayde : 
Wherfore haue ye not eaten the synofferynge 
in the holy place ? for it is most holy, g he 
hath geuen it you, that ye might beare y 
synne of the cdgregacion, to make agremet 
for them before the LORDE. Beholde, the 
bloude of it came not in to the Sanctuary: 
Ye shulde haue eaten it in the Sanctuary, as 
I was commaunded. 

Aaron sayde vnto Moses: Beholde, this 
daye haue they offred their synofferynge (t 
their burntofferynge before f LORDE. And 
it is chaunsed me after this maner. And shulde 
I eate of the synofferynge to daye, g be mery 
before the LORDE? Whan Moses herde 
that, he was content. 

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Wf)t fi. Chapter. 
ND y LORDE talked with Moses 5 
_ Aaron j sayde : Speake vnto y childre 
Israel, and saye : " These are the beestes 
which ye shal eate amoge all y beestes vpo 
earth : What so euer hath hoffe, (j deuydeth 
it in to two clawes, 5 cheweth cud amonge the 
beestes, that shal ye eate. But loke what 
cheweth cud & hath hoffe, u deuydeth it not, 
as the Camell, the same is vncleane vnto you, 

ye shal not eate it. The Conyes chewe 
cud, but they deuyde not the hoffe in to two 
clawes, therfore are they vncleane vnto you. 
The Hare cheweth cud also, but deuydeth 
not y hoffe in to two clawes, therfore is he 
vncleane vnto you. And the Swyne deuydeth 
y- hoffe in to two clawes, but cheweth not the 
cud, therfore is it vncleane vnto you. Of the 
flesh of these shall ye not eate, ner touch 
their carcases, for they are vncleane vnto you. 

These shall ye eate of all that are in the 
waters : What so euer hath fynnes and scales 
in the waters, sees (j ryuers, that shal ye eate. 
But what so euer hath not fynnes and scales 
in the sees and ryuers, amonge all y moue in 
the waters, 5 of all that lyue in the waters, it 
shalbe an abhominacion vnto you, so that ye 
eate not of their flesh, and that ye abhorre 
their carcases. For all that haue not fynnes 
(£ scales in the waters, shall ye abhorre. 

And these shal ye abhorre amonge y foules, 
so that ye eate them not : The Aegle, the 
Goshauke, the Cormoraunte, the Vultur, y 
Kyte, and all his kynde, and all Rauens with 
their kynde : the Estrich, y Nightcrow, the 
Cocow, the Sparow hauke with his kynde, the 
litle Oule, the Storke, the greate Oule, y 
Backe, the Pellycane, the Swanne, the Pye, 
the Heron, y Iaye with his kynde, the Lap- 
wynge, and y Swalowe. And what so euer 
crepeth amonge the foules, and goeth vpon 
foure fete, shalbe an abhominacio vnto you. 
Yet these shal ye eate of the foules that crepe 
and go vpon foure fete ; euen those that haue 
no knyes aboue vpon y legges, to hoppe 
withall vpon earth. Of these maye ye eate, 
as there is the Arbe with his kynde, and the 
Selaam with his kynde, & the Hargol with 
his kynde, j the Hagab with his kynde. But 
what so euer els hath foure fete amonge the 
foules, it shalbe an abhominacion vnto you, 



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and ye shal take it for vncleane. * Who so 
euer toucheth the carcase of soch, shall be 
vncleane vntill y euen : and who so euer 
beareth the carcase of eny of these, shall 
wash his clothes, and shalbe vncleane vntyll 
the euen. 

Therfore euery beest that hath hoffe, and 
deuydeth it not in to two clawes, (j cheweth 
not cud, shalbe vncleane vnto you. Who so 
euer toucheth soch, shalbe vncleane. And 
what so euer goeth vpon handes amonge y 
beestes that go vpon foure fete, shalbe vn- 
cleane vnto you. Who so euer toucheth the 
carcases of the, shalbe vncleane vntyll euen. 
And he y beareth their carcase, shall wash 
his clothes, and be vncleane vntyll the eue : 
For soch are vncleane vnto you. 

These shalbe vncleane vnto you also, 
amonge the beestes that crepe vpon earth: 
y Wesell, the Mouse, the Tode, euery one 
with his kynde, the Hedgehogge, the Stellio, 
the Lacerte, the Snale, and the Moule, these 
are vncleane vnto you amonge all that crepe. 
Who so euer toucheth the deed carcase of 
the, shalbe vncleane vntyll the euen. And 
what so euer eny soch deed carcase falleth 
vpon, it shalbe vncleane, what so euer vessell 
of wodd it be, or rayment, or skynne, or 
bagge. And euery vessell that eny thinge is 
occupyed withall, shalbe put in the water, and 
is vncleane vntyll the euen, and then shal it 
be cleane. c All maner of earthen vessell that 
eny soch carcase falleth in to, shal all be 
vncleane that therin is, j ye shal breake it. 
All meat'e which is eate, that eny soch water 
commeth in to, is vncleane : & all maner of 
drynke that is dronke in all maner of soch 
vessell, is vncleane. And what so euer eny 
soch carcase falleth vpo, it shalbe vncleane, 
whether it be ouen or kettell, so shal it be 
broke, for it is vncleane, and shalbe vncleane 
vnto you. Neuertheles the fountaynes, welles, 
(t poundes of water are cleane. But who so 
euer toucheth their carcases, is vncleane. 

And though the deed carcase of eny soch 
fell vpon the sede that is sowne, yet is it 
cleane. But whan there is water poured vpon 
the sede, and afterwarde eny soch deed car- 
case falleth theron, then shall it be vncleane 
vnto you. 

Whan a beest dyeth that ye maye eate, he 
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vncleane vntyll euen. Who so eateth of eny 
soch carcase, shall wash his clothes, and be 
vncleane vntyll the euen. Likewyse he that 
beareth eny soch carcase, shal wash his clothes, 
and be vncleane vntyll the euen. 

What so euer crepeth vpon earth, shall be 
an abhominacion vnto you, and shall not be 
eaten. And what so euer crepeth vpon f 
bely, or all that goeth vpon foure or mo fete, 
amoge all that crepeth vpon earth, shall ye 
not eate, for it shalbe an abhominacion vnto 
you. Make not youre soules abhominable, and 
defyle you not in them, to stayne youre selues : 
for I am the LORDE youre God. " Ther- 
fore shal ye sanctifie youre selues, that ye 
maye be holy, for I am holy. And ye shal 
not defyle youre selues on eny maner of 
crepynge beest, that crepeth vpon earth : for 
I am the LORDE, which brought you out of 
the londe of Egipte, that I might be youre 
God : therfore shal ye be holy, for I am holy. 

This is the lawe ouer f beestes and foules, 
(j all maner of soules of crepynge beestes in 
the waters, and all maner of soules y crepe 
vpon earth : that ye maie knowe to discerne 
what is vncleane (j cleane, and what maner 
of beestes are to be eaten, and which are not 
to be eaten. 



A 1 

Israel, 



Che rtj. Chapter. 
ND the LORDE talked with Moses 
and sayde : Speake vnto the children of 
and saye : Whan a woman hath con- 
ceaued, and beareth a manchilde, she shalbe 
vncleane seuen dayes, so longe as she suffreth 
hir disease, * and in y eight daye shal y flesh 
of his foreskynne be cut awaie. And she 
shal byde at home thre and thirtie dayes in f 
bloude of hir purifienge : she shal touch no 
holy thinge, ner come in to y Sactuary, tyll 
the daies of hir purifienge be out. But yf 
she beare a maydechilde, the shal she be vn- 
cleane two wekes, so longe as she suffreth hir 
disease, and sixe and thre score daies shall she 
byde at home in the bloude of hir purifienge. 
And whan the dayes of hir purifienge are 
out, for the sonne or for the doughter, she 
shal brynge a lambe of one yeare olde for a 
burntofferynge, and a yonge pigeon or a tur- 
till doue for a synofferynge to the dore of y 
Tabernacle of wytnesse vnto f prest, which 
shal offre it before the LORDE, and make 

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an attonemet for her, and so shal she be 
clensed from her bloudyssue. This is the 
lawe for her that beareth a manchilde or 
mayde childe. 

* But yf she be not able to bringe a shepe 
then let hir take two turtill doues, or two 
yonge pigeons, the one for a burntofferynge, 
the other for a synofferynge, then shall the 
prest make an attonement for her, so that she 
shal be cleane. 

Cfie rtt). Chapter. 

AND y- LORDE spake vnto Moses a 
Aaron, j sayde : Whan there ryseth vp 
eny thinge in the skynne of a mans flesh, 
whether it be a scabbe or a glistrynge whyte 
(as though there wolde be a leprosy in f 
szkynne of his flesh) he shal be brought vnto 
Aaron the prest, or to one of his sonnes 
amonge f prestes. And whan the prest seyth 
the plage vpon the szkynne of the flesh, that 
the hayres are turned to whyte, and it seme 
deper in that place then the other szkynne of 
his flesh, then is it surely a leprosy, therfore 
shal the prest loke vpon him, and iudge him 
vncleane. 

But whan there is eny whyte plecke in the 
szkynne of his flesh, and yet seme no deper 
then the other szkynne of the flesh, and the 
hayres be not turned to whyte, the shal the 
prest shut him vp seuen dayes, and on y 
seuenth daye loke vpon him : yf the plage 
seme vnto him as afore, a hath frett no deper 
in the szkynne, then shall the prest shut him 
vp yet seuen dayes mo. And whan he loketh 
on him agayne vpon the seuenth daye, and 
fyndeth, that the plage be darkish, and hath 
frett no deper in the szkynne, the shal he 
iudge him cleane, for it is but a szkyrfe, and 
he shal wash his clothes, u then is he cleane. 

But whan the scabbe fretteth farther in the 
szkynne (after that he is sene of the prest, and 
iudged cleane) and he be now sene of the 
prest agayne : whan the prest seyth the, y 
the scabbe hath frett farther in the szkynne, 
he shal iudge him vncleane, for it is surely a 
leprosy. 

Whan a plage of leprosy is vpo a man, he 
shalbe brought vnto the prest. Whan he 
seyth and fyndeth, that there is whyte rysen 
vp in the szkynne, and the hayre turned vnto 
whyte, and there be rawe flesh in the sore, 

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the is it surely an olde leprosy in y szkynne 
of his flesh, therfore shal the prest iudge him 
vncleane, and not shut him vp, for he is 
vncleane allready. 

But whan the leprosy breaketh out in the 
szkynne, and couereth the whole szkynne, 
from the heade vnto the fote, all that the 
prest can se, So whan the prest loketh vpon 
it, and fyndeth, that y leprosy hath couered 
all the flesh, he shal iudge him cleane, for so 
moch as it is turned all in to whyte vpon 
him, for he is cleane. 

Notwithstodinge yf there be rawe flesh 
there, in the daye whan he is loked vpon, the 
is he vncleane. And whan the prest seyth y 
rawe flesh, he shall iudge him vncleane, for 
he is vncleane, u it is surely a leprosye. But 
yf the rawe flesh chaunge agayne, and be 
turned in to whyte, then shall he come vnto 
the prest. And whan the prest loketh vpon 
him, and fyndeth, that the plage is turned 
to whyte, he shall iudge him cleane, for he is 
cleane. 

Whan there is a byle in the szkynne of eny 
mans flesh, and healeth agayne, and after- 
warde in the same place there aryse vp eny 
whyte thinge, or a glisterynge whyte somwhat 
reedish, he shal be sene of the prest. So 
whan the prest, seyeth, that it appeareth to be 
lower then the other szkynne, and the hayre 
turned to whyte, then shall he iudge him 
vncleane, for it is surely a plage of leprosye 
broken out of the byle. But yf the prest se 
and fynde, that the hayres are not whyte, 
and it not lower then the other szkynne, and 
is darkysh, he shal shut him vp seuen dayes. 
Yf it hath frett farther in the szkynne, then 
shal he iudge him vncleane, for it is surely a 
plage of leprosye. But yf the glysterynge 
whyte abyde styll, and freate no farther, the 
is it but a prynte of the byle, and the prest 
shal iudge him cleane. 

Whan the szkynne of eny mans flesh is hurt 
with fyre, and the prynte of the burninge be 
reedysh or whyte, and the prest loketh vpon 
him, and fyndeth the hayre turned to whyte 
vpon the mark of the burnynge, & it apeare 
deper then the other szkynne, the is there 
surely a leprosy broke out of y prynte of f 
burnynge : therfore shal y prest iudge hi 
vncleane, for it is a plage of leprosye. But 
yf the prest se and fynde, that y hayre vpon 
the prynte of the burninge is not turned vnto 



whyte, £ is no lower then the other skynne, 
and is darkish also, he shall shut him vp seuen 
dayes. 

And vpon the seuenth daye he shall loke 
vpon him: yf it hath frett farther in y skynne, 
then shal he iudge him vncleane, for it is a 
leprosy. But yf it stode styll vpo the mark 
of the burnynge, and frett no farther in the 
szkynne, and is darkysh, then is it a sore in f 
mark of the burnynge, (j the prest shal iudge 
him cleane, for it is but the prynte of the 
burnynge. 

Whan a man or woman is skyruye vpon the 
heade or beerd, and the prest seyth the mark, 
and fyndeth that it appeareth deper then the 
other skynne, and the hayre be there golde 
and thynne, then shal he iudge him vncleane : 
for it is a skyrfe of leprosy of the heade or 
of the beerde. But yf the prest se that y 
skyrfe apeare no deper the the skynne, and 
that the hayre is not of a pale coloure, he 
shall shut him vp seue dayes. And vpo the 
seuenth daye whan he loketh, and fyndeth, 
that the skyrfe hath frett no farther, and there 
be no golden hayre there, and that the skyrfe 
appeare no deper then the other skynne, then 
let him be shauen : but so that he shaue not 
of the scabbe, and the prest shall shut him vp 
yet seuen dayes moo. And vpon the seueth 
daye wha he loketh, and fyndeth that the 
skyrfe hath frett no farther in the skynne, and 
that it apeareth no deper then the other 
skynne, then shall the prest iudge him cleane. 
And he shall wash his clothes, for he is cleane. 
But yf the scabbe freate farther in the skynne 
(after y he is iudged cleane) and the prest 
loketh, and fyndeth, that f scabbe hath frett 
farther in the skynne, then shal he seke 
nomore for golden hayres, for he is vncleane. 
Neuerthelesse yf he se that the scabbe stond- 
eth styll, (S that pale hayres are there rysen 
vp, then is y scabbe hole, and he is cleane, 
therfore shall y prest iudge him to be cleane. 

Wha there is eny glisteringe whyte vpo y 
skynne of the flesh of a man or woman, and 
the prest seyth there that the glisterynge 
whyte vanysheth: then is it but a whyte 
scabbe rysen vp in y skynne, g he is cleane. 

Whan the hayres fall out of the heade of a 
man or a woman, so that he is balde, the same 
is cleane. Yf they fall out of his fore heade, 
then is he fore heade balde g cleane. But 
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heade, or balde fore heade, then is there a 
leprosy rysen vp in the balde heade or balde 
foreheade : therfore shal y prest loke vpon him. 
And whan he fyndeth the whyte reedysh sore 
rysen vp in his balde heade or balde fore 
heade, then shal y skynne of the flesh be as 
leporous, therfore is he a leporous man and 
vncleane. And the prest shall iudge him vn- 
cleane, because of y same sore vpo his heade. 

Who so now is leporous, his clothes shal be 
rent, and the heade bare, j the lippes moffled, 
and shall in eny wyse be called vncleane. 
And as longe as the sore is vpon him, he 
shal be vncleane, dwell alone, and haue his 
dwellinge without the hoost. 

Whan the plage of leprosy is in a cloth, 
whether it be wollen or lynnen, in the warpe 
or weft, whether it be lynnen or wollen, or in 
a skynne, or in eny maner thynge that is 
made of skynne. And whan y plage is pale 
or reedish in the cloth or skynne, either in the 
warpe or weft, or in eny maner thinge that is 
made of skynne, the same is surely the plage 
of leprosy, therfore shall the prest loke vpon 
it. And whan he seyth the plage, he shal 
shut it vp seuen dayes. And vpon the seueth 
daye whan he seyth that y- plage hath frett 
farther in the cloth, in the warpe or weft, in a 
skynne or in eny maner thinge that is made of 
skynne, then is it a fretinge plage of leprosye, 
and is vncleane. And the cloth shal be burnt, 
either warpe or weft, whether it be wollen or 
lynne, or eny thynge made of skynne, wherin 
is eny soch plage. For it is a plage of leprosy, 
and shal be burnt with fyre. 

But yf the prest se that the plage hath frete 
no farther in y cloth, either in the warpe or 
weft, or eny thinge made of skynne, then shal 
he commaunde to wash the thinge that the 
plage is in, and shall shut it vp other seuen 
dayes. And whan the prest seyth (after that 
the plage is waszshen) y the plage is not 
chauged before his eyes, and hath frett no 
farther also, yet is it vncleane, (j shal be burnt 
with fyre: for it is depe frete inwarde, and 
hath made skyrfes. Neuertheles whan the 
prest seyth that the prynte is vanyshed after 
the washinge of it, then shall he rente it out 
of the clothe, and of the skynne, out of the 
warpe or weft. But yf it appeare eny more 
in the clothe (either in the warpe, or in the 
weft) or eny maner thinge made of skynne, 

" Num. 5. a. 4 Re. 15. a. 



then is it a waxinge plage: and with fyre 
shal it be burnt that eny soch plage is in. As 
for the cloth, either warpe or weft, or eny 
maner thynge made of skynne that is waszshe, 
and the plage be departed from it, it shalbe 
waszshen once agayne, g then is it cleane. 

This is the lawe ouer the plage of leprosy 
in clothes, whether they be wollen or lynne 
(ether in the warpe or in the weft) and in eny 
maner of thinge made of skynne, to iudge 
them cleane or vncleane. 

Ch? rttij. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, 
and sayde : This is the lawe ouer f 
leper, whan he shalbe clensed. *He shall 
come vnto y prest, and the prest shal go out 
of the hoost, and loke how the plage of le- 
prosye is healed vpon the leper. And he 
shal commaunde him that is to be clensed, to 
take two lyuinge byrdes, which are cleane, and 
Ceder wodd, and purple woll, and ysope : and 
shall commaunde the one byrde to be kylled 
in an earthen vessell ouer sprynginge water. 
And he shall take the lyuynge byrde with the 
Ceder wodd, the purple woll, and ysope, and 
dyppe them in the bloude of the slaine byrde 
vpon the springynge water, and sprenkle it 
seuen tymes vpon him that must be clensed 
from y leprosy. And so dense him, and let 
the lyuynge byrde flye at libertye in to the felde. 

But he that is clensed, shal wash his clothes, 
and shaue of all his hayre, and bathe him self 
with water, so is he cleane. Afterwarde let 
him go in to the hoost, yet shall he tarye 
without his tent seuen dayes. And vpon the 
seuenth daye shal he shaue of all y hayre vpon 
his heade, vpo his beerde, vpon his browes, 
so that all the hayre be shauen of, and he 
shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in 
water, then is he cleane. 

And vpo the eight daye shal he take two 
lambes without blemysh, and a shepe of a 
yeare olde without blemysh, and thre tenth 
deales of fyne floure for a meatofferynge, 
myngled with oyle, & a Logg of oyle. The 
shall the prest presente him that is clensed 
and these thinges before the LORDE, before 
the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and 
shal take y one lambe, and offre it for trespace 
offerynge, with the Logg of oyle, (j shall waue 
them, before y LORDE, and afterwarde 

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slaye the lambe, where the synofferynge and 
burntofferynge are slayne, namely, in the holy 
place. For as the synofferynge, so is the 
trespace offerynge the prestes also, for it is 
most holy. 

And the prest shall take of the bloude of 
the trespace offerynge, and put it vpon the 
typpe of f right eare of him that is clesed, 
and vpon the thombe of his right hande, and 
vpon the greate too of his right fote. After- 
warde shall he take of the oyle out of the 
Logg, and poure it in to his awne left hande, 
and dyppe his right fynger in the oyle that is 
in his left hande, and sprenkle the oyle with 
his fynger seuen tymes before the LORDE. 
As for the remnaunt of the oyle in his hande, 
he shall put it vpon the typpe of the right 
eare of him that is clensed, and vpon the 
thombe of his right hande, & vpon the greate 
too of his right fote, euen aboue vpon the 
bloude of the trespace offerynge. But the 
remnaunt of the oyle in his hande, shall he 
poure vpon the heade of him that is clensed, 
and make an attonement for him before the 
LORDE. And he shall make the syn- 
offerynge, and reconcyle him that is clesed, 
because of his vnclennesse. And afterwarde 
shall he sleye the burntofferynge, and shal offre 
it vpon the altare with the meatofferynge, 
and make an attonement for him, g than is 
he cleane. 

But yf he be poore, and getteth not so 
moch with his hande, then let him take one 
lambe for a trespaceofferynge to waue it, to 
make an attonement for him, and a tenth 
deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a 
meatofferynge, and a Logg of oyle, & two 
turtyll doues, or two yonge pigeons which he 
is able to get with his hande, let the one be a 
synofFerynge, the other a burntofferynge : and 
let him brynge them vpon the eight daye of 
his clensynge vnto the prest before the dore 
of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the 
LORDE. 

Then shall the prest take the lambe for the 
synofferynge, and the Logg of oyle, and shall 
waue them all before the LORDE, and sley 
the lambe of the trespace offerynge : and take 
of y bloude of the same trespaceofferynge, 
and put it vpon the typpe of the righte eare 
of him that is clensed, and vpon the thombe 
of his right hande, and vpon the greate too of 
his righte fote, and poure of the oyle in to his 



awne lefte hande, and with his right fynger 
sprenkle the oyle that is in his left hande, 
seuen tymes before the LORDE. 

As for the remnaunt of the oyle in his 
hande, he shal put it vpon the typpe of the 
right eare of him that is clensed, and vpon 
the thombe of his right hande, g vpon the 
greate too of his right fote, euen aboue vpo y 
bloude of y trespaceofferynge. The other 
oyle in his hade shal he poure vpd y heade of 
him y is clensed, to make an attonement for 
him before the LORDE. And afterwarde of 
the one of the turtill doues or yonge pigeons 
(acordinge as his handes are able to get) he 
shal make a synofferynge, of y other a burnt- 
offerynge, with the meatofferynge : and so 
shal the prest make an attonemet for him 
that is clensed before the LORDE. 

Let this be the lawe for the leper, which is 
not able with his hande to get, that belongeth 
vnto his clensynge. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and 
Aaron, and sayde : Whan ye are come in to 
the lande of Canaan, which I geue you to 
possesse : and yf there happen a plage of le- 
prosy in any house of youre possession, then 
shal he that owneth the house, come and tell 
the prest, and saye : Me thynke there is as it 
were a plage of leprosy in my house. Then 
shal the prest commaunde to rydde all thynge 
out of the house or euer the prest go in to se 
y plage, lest all that is in the house be made 
vncleane. Afterwarde shall y prest go in, to 
se the plage. 

Now whan he loketh, and fyndeth, y there 
be holowe strakes yalowe or reedish in the 
walles of the house, g they seme to be lower 
then the wall besyde, then shall he go out at 
the dore of the house, and shut vp the house 
for seuen dayes. And vpon the seuenth daye 
whan he commeth, and seyth that the plage 
hath fretten farther in the walles of the house, 
the shall he commaunde to breake out the 
stones wherin the plage is, g to cast the in a 
foule place without the cite, g the house to be 
scraped within rounde aboute, and the dust y 
is scraped of, to be poured without y cite in 
an vncleane place, g to take other stones, and 
put them in the place of the other, and to 
take other playster, and playster the house. 

Whan the plage then commeth agayne, and 
breaketh forth in the house, after y the stones 
are broke out, the playster scraped of, and the 



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house playsterd of the new, the shal the prest 
go in : and whan he seyth that the plage hath 
fretten farther in the house, then is there 
surely a fretinge leprosy in the house, and it 
is vncleane : therfore shal the house be broken 
downe, both the stones, and f tymber and all 
the dust of the house, and shal be caried out 
of the cite in to an vncleane place. And who 
so goeth in to the house, whyle it is shut vp 
is vncleane vntyll y euen. And he y lyeth 
therin, or eateth therin, shal wash his clothes 

But yf the prest se (wha he goeth in) that 
this plage hath frett no farther in the house, 
after that the house is new playsterd, the shal 
he iudge it to be cleane, for the plage is 
healed. And to a synofferinge for the house, 
he shal take two byrdes, Ceder wodd, j purple 
woll, and ysope, and slaye the one byrde in 
an erthen vessell vpon sprynginge water, and 
shall take the Ceder wodd, the purple woll, 
the ysope, and the lyuinge byrde, j dyppe 
them in the bloude of the slayne byrde vpon 
the sprynginge water, and sprenkle the house 
with all seue tymes: and so shal he purine 
the house with the bloude of the byrde, with 
the springinge water, with the lyuinge byrde, 
with the Ceder wodd, with the ysope, and 
with the purple woll. And the lyuynge byrde 
shall he let flye at libertye out of the towne 

to the felde, & make an attonement for the 
house, and then is it cleane. 

This is the lawe ouer all maner plage of 
leprosye & skyrfe, ouer y leprosye of clothes 
and of houses, ouer sores, scabbes, and glis- 
terynge whyte, that it maye be knowne, whan 
eny thinge is vncleane or cleane. This is y 
lawe of leprosy. 

Che jrS. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE talked with Moses and 
Aaron, and sayde : Speake to the 
children of Israel, and saie vnto him : Whan 
a man hath a runnynge yssue from out of his 
~ h, y- same is vncleane : but the is he vn- 
cleane by the reason of this yssue, whan his 
flesh is fretten of y yssue or wounde. Euery 
bed where on he lyeth, (j what so euer he 
sytteth vpon, shalbe vncleane. 

And he that toucheth his bed shall wash 
his clothes, and bathe him self with water, and 
be vncleane vntyll the euen. 

And he y sytteth where he sat, shal wash 
his clothes, and bathe him self with water, 
and be vncleane vntyll the eue. Who so 



toucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes, j 
bathe him self with water, and be vncleane 
vntyll the euen. Whan he spytteth vpon him 
that is cleane, f same shal wash his clothes, 
and bathe him self with water, £ be vncleane 
vntyll the euen. 

And the saddell and what so euer he rydeth 
vpo, shalbe vncleane. And who so euer 
toucheth eny thinge that hath bene vnder 
him, shalbe vncleane vntyll the euen. And 
who so beareth eny soch, shall wash his clothe: 
and bathe him self with water, and be vncleane 
vntyll the euen. And whom so euer he touch 
eth, and washeth not his handes first, the 
same shal wash his clothes, and bathe him 
self with water, and be vncleane vntyll the 
euen. *Whan he toucheth an erthen vessell, 
it shal be broken : but the treen vessell shal 
be rensed with water. And wha he is cleane 
of his yssue, he shal nombre vij. dayes, after 
y he is made cleane, 5 wash his clothes, 
bathe him self with sprynginge water, the is 
he cleane. And vpon the eight daye shal he 
take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeos, 
and brynge them before the LORDE before 
the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and 
geue them vnto the prest. And the prest 
shal make of the one a synofferinge, of the 
other a burntofferynge, and make an attone- 
ment for him before the LORDE, as con- 
cernynge his yssue. 

Whan a mans sede departeth from him in 
slepe, the same shal bathe all his flesh with 
water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen. And 
all clothes, and euery skynne that is stained 
with soch sede, shall he wash with water, j be 
vncleane vntyll the euen. A woman, by 
whom soch one lyeth, shall bathe hir self with 
water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen. 

Whan a woman hath the bloude yssue of 
hir flesh, she shalbe put a parte vij. daies in to 

sundrie place. Who so euer toucheth her, 
shal be vncleane vntyll the eue. And all 
that she lyeth vpon (as longe as she is put 
aparte) shalbe vncleane. And that she syt- 
teth vp5, shalbe vncleane. And who so euer 
toucheth hir bed, shal wash his clothes, and 
bathe him self with water, and be vncleane 

tyll the euen. And who so euer toucheth 
eny maner thinge that she hath sytten vpo, 
shal wash his clothes, and bathe him self with 
water, and be vncleane vntyll the eue. 

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"And yf a man lye with her (whyle she is 
put a parte) he shalbe vncleane seuen dayes, 
and the bed that he laye vpon, shalbe vncleane. 

* But whan a woman hath hir bloude yssue 
a longe season, not onely at the tyme of hir 
naturall course, but also out of the tyme of 
hir naturall course, then shall she be vncleane 
so longe as she hath the yssue : eue as she is 
at the tyme whan she is put aparte, so shall 
she be vncleane here also. What so euer she 
lyeth vpon all the tyme of hir yssue, shalbe 
as hir bed, whan she is put aparte. And all 
that she sytteth vpon, shalbe vncleane, as is 
hir vnclennesse, whan she is put aparte. Who 
so euer toucheth eny of them, shal be vncleane, 
and shal wash his clothes, and bathe him self 
with water, 5 be vncleane vntyll the euen. 

But yf she be cleane of hir yssue, the shal 
she nombre seuen dayes, afterwarde shall she 
be cleane : and vpon the eight daye shall she 
take two turtill doues, or two yonge pigeons, 
and brynge them vnto the prest before the 
dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And 
the prest shall make of the one a synofferynge, 
of the other a burntofFerynge, and make an 
attonement for her before the LORDE, as 
concernynge the yssue of hir vnclennesse. 

Thus shal ye se that the childre" of Israel 
kepe them selues from their vnclenesse, that 
they dye not in their vnclennesse, whan they 
defyle my habitacion, which is amoge you. 

This is the lawe ouer him that hath a run- 
nynge sore, & him whose sede departeth from 
him in slepe, so that he is vncleane therof. 
And ouer her that hath hir bloude yssue, and 
who so euer hath a runnynge sore, whether 
it be man or woman, and whan a man lyeth 
with her that is vncleane. 

Cfte jrbt. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses 
(after that Aarons two sonnes were 
deed, * whan they offered before the LORDE) 
yde : Speake vnto Aaron thy brother, y 
he go not at all tymes in to the ynnermer 
Sanctuary, within the vale before the Mercy- 
seate, which is vpon the Arke, y he dye not : 
tfor I wyll appeare in a cloude vpon y 
Mercyseate. But herewithall shal he go in, 
euen with a yonge bullocke for a synofferynge, 
and with a ramme for a burntofFerynge, and 
shal put on the holy lynnen albe, and haue 



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lynnen breches vpon his flesh, and gyrde him 
with a lynne girdell, and haue the lynnen 
myter vpon his heade. 

For these are y holy garmentes : 5 he shal 
bathe his flesh with water, u put them on : g 
of the cogregacion of the childre of Israel he 
shal take two he goates for a synofferynge, and 
a ramme for a burntofFerynge. 

And Aaron shal brynge the bullocke his 
owne synofferynge, tand make an attonemet 
for himself and his house : and afterwarde 
shall he take the two goates, and present 
them before the LORDE, euen before the 
dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse, and shall 
cast lottes ouer the two goates : the lot of the 
one goate for the LORDE, and the other 
for the fre goate. And the goate that y 
LORDES lot fell vpon, shal he offre for a 
synofferynge. But the goate, that the fre 
goates lot fell vpon, shal he present alyue 
before y LORDE, to make an attonement 
for him, and to let the fre goate go in to y 
wyldernes. And so shal he brynge the bul- 
locke of his synofferynge, and make an 
attonement for him and his housholde, and 
shal kyll him. 

And he shall take a censor full of coales 
from the altare that stondeth before the 
LORDE, and his handfull of beaten incense. 
and brynge them in within y vayle, and put 
the incense vpon the fyre before y LORDE 
that the cloude of the incense maye couer the 
Mercyseate, which is vpon the witnesse, that 
he dye not. <And he shall take of the bloude 
of the bullocke, and sprenkle it with his 
fynger towarde the Mercyseate on the fore- 
yde. Seuen tymes shall he sprenkle of the 
bloude thus with his fynger before the Mercy- 
seate. The shal he kyll the goate which is 
the peoples synofferynge, 5 brynge in of his 
bloude within the vayle, g shall do with his 
bloude, as he dyd with the bloude of the 
bullocke, and sprenkle therwith also on the 
foresyde towarde the Mercyseate, and so shal 
he reconcyle the Sactuary from the vnclen- 
nesse of the childre of Israel, and fro their 
trespaces in all their synnes. Thus shal he 
do vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse, which is 
the habitacion with them amoge their vn- 
clennesses. 

No man shalbe in the Tabernacle of wit- 
nesse, whan he goeth in to make an attone- 

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ment in the Sactuary, vntyll he go out : and 
so shall he make an attonement for him self 
and his house, and for the whole congregacion 
of Israel. And wha he goeth forth vnto the 
altare that stondeth before the LORDE, he 
shal reconcyle it, and shal take of y bullockes 
bloude, and of the goates bloude, g put it 
vpon the homes of the altare rounde aboute. 
And with his fynger shal he sprekle of the 
bloude theron seuen tymes, and halowe it, 
and consecrate it from the vnclennesse of the 
children of Israel. 

And whan he hath made an ende of recon- 
cylinge the Sanctuary, and the Tabernacle of 
witnesse, and the altare, he shal bringe the 
lyuynge goate. 

The shal Aaron laie both his hades vpo f 
heade of him, j confesse ouer him all the 
myszdedes of f childre of Israel, & all their 
trespaces in their synnes, j shal laye the vp5 
f heade of the goate, g by some man y is at 
hande, shal he let him runne in to the wilder- 
nes : y the goate maye so beare all their 
mysdedes vpon him in to y wyldernesse, and 
he shal leaue him in the wyldernesse. 

And Aaron shal go in to the Tabernacle of 
witnesse, and put of the lynnen clothes, which 
he put on wha he wente in to y Sactuary, and 
shal leaue them there, and bathe his flesh 
with water in the holy place, and put on his 
awne rayment. 

And he shal go forth, and make his burnt- 
offeringe, and the burntofferinge of the people, 
and make an attonement both for himself and 
for the people, and burne the fat of the syn- 
offerynge vpon the altare. But he y caried 
out the fre goate, shal wash his clothes, and 
bathe him self with water, j then come in to 
the hoost. 

The bullocke of the synofferynge, and y 
goate of the synofferynge (whose bloude was 
brought in to the Sanctuary to make an 
attonemet) shalbe caried out of y hoost, & 
brent with fyre, both their skynnes, flesh, and 
donge. And he that burneth them, shal wash 
his clothes, and bathe him self with water, 
and then come in to the hoost. 

And this shalbe a perpetuall lawe vnto you : 
" Vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth 
shal ye humble youre soules, and do no worke, 
whether it be one of youre selues, or a 
straunger amonge you. For in this daye is 



youre attonemet made, that ye maye be 
clensed from all youre synnes before the 
LORDE : therfore shall it be a fre Sabbath 
vnto you, and ye shal humble youre soules. 
Let this be a perpetuall lawe. 

But the prest that is anoynted, and whose 
hande was fylled to be prest in his fathers 
steade, shal make this attonement, and shal 
put on the lynnen clothes, namely the holy 
vestimetes, so shal he recocyle the holy 
Sactuary, and the Tabernacle of wytnesse, 
and the altare, and y prestes, and all the 
people of the congregacion. * This shal be a 
perpetuall lawe vnto you, that ye reconcyle f 
children of Israel from all their synnes once 
a yeare. And Moses dyd, as the LORDE 
commaunded him. 

Wi)t rbtj. Chaptev. 

AND y LORDE talked with Moses, <t 
sayde : Speake vnto Aaron j his sonnes, 
d to all y childre of Israel, j saye vnto them : 
This is it that y LORDE hath commaunded : 
What so euer he be of y house of Israel, y 
kylleth an oxe, or labe, or goate in the hoost, 
or out of the hoost, and bryngeth it not before 
the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, that it 
maye be brought vnto the LORDE for an 
offerynge before the Habitacion of y LORDE, 
the same shal be giltie of bloude, as though 
he had shed bloude, and soch a man shal be 
roted out from amonge his people. 

Therfore shall the children of Israel brynge 
their offerynges (that they wyll offre vpon 
the wyde felde) before the LORDE, euen 
before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse, 
vnto the prest, (j there offre their health- 
offerynges vnto the LORDE. And the prest 
shal sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare of 
the LORDE before the dore of the Taber- 
nacle of wytnesse, and burne the fat for a 
swete sauoure vnto the LORDE : and they 
shall offre their offerynges nomore vnto deuels, 
with whom they go a whorynge. This shal 
be a perpetuall lawe vnto them amonge their 
posterities. 

Therfore shalt thou saie vnto the : What 
man so euer he be of the house of Israel, or 
a straunger also that is amonge you, which 
offereth a burntofferynge or eny other offer- 
ynge, and bringeth it not before the dore of 
the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre it vnto the 

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LORDE, he shal be roted out from amoge 
his people. 

"And what man so euer it be (either of the 
house of Israel, or a straunger amonge you) 
that eateth eny maner of bloude, agaynst him 
wyll I set my face, and wil rote him out from 
amonge his people : for the soule of y body is 
in the bloude, and I haue geuen it you for 
the altare, that youre soules maye be recon- 
cyled ther with: For the bloude that is in the 
soule maketh attonement. Therfore haue I 
sayde vnto the children of Israel : No soule 
amonge you shall eate bloude, no ner eny 
straunger that dwelleth amonge you. 

And what man so euer it be amonge you 
(whether he be of the house of Israel, or a 
straunger amoge you) that at the huntynge 
taketh a beest or foule which maye be eaten, 
he shall poure out the bloude of the same, u 
couer it with earth: for all flesh lyueth in the 
bloude. 

And I haue sayde vnto the children of 
Israel: 4 Ye shall eate the bloude of no body: 
for the life of all flesh is in his bloude. Who 
so euer eateth it, shalbe roted out. And what 
so euer soule eateth that which dyed alone, or 
y was torne of wylde beestes (whether he be 
one of youre selues or a straunger) the same 
shal wash his clothes, and bathe himself with 
water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen, and 
then is he cleane. But yf he wash not his 
clothes, nor bathe him self, then shal he beare 
his synne. 

Cfje rbuj. Chapter. 
ND the LORDE talked with Moses, a 

_ saide: Speake vnto the childre of Is- 
rael, a saye vnto them : I am the LORDE 
youre God, Ye shall not do after y workes of 
the lande of Egipte, wherin ye dwelt : nether 
after the doynges of the lande of Canaan, in 
to the which I will brynge you. Ye shal not 
walke after their customes, but after my lawes 
shall ye do, & my statutes shall ye kepe, that 
ye maye walke therin: fori am the LORDE 
youre God. Therfore shal ye kepe my statutes 
and my lawes. *For the man that doth the 
same, shal liue therin, for lam the LORDE. 

No ma shal come at his nexte kinszwoma, 
to vncouer hir preuytie: for I am f LORDE 



" Leui. 7. c. 
* Ro. 10. a. c Gen. 
and 27. c. 1 Cor. 5. a 



b Gen. 9. a. Leui. 3. c. 7. c. 19. f. 

14. g. Eze. 22. b. <* Deu. 22. d. 

' Deu. 27. c. 2 Re. 13. c. 



Thou shalt not vncouer f preuytie of thy 
father j of thy mother. It is thy mother, 
therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuytie. 

d Thou shalt not vncouer f preuytie of thy 
fathers wife, for it is thy fathers preuytie. 

Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy 
sister, which is the doughter of thy father or 
of thy mother, whether she be borne at home 
or without. 

Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of 
thy sonnes doughter, or of thy doughters 
doughter, for it is thine awne preuytie. 

Thou shalt not vncouer f preuytie of thy 
fathers wiues doughter, which is borne vnto 
him, and is thy sister. 

Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of 
thy fathers sister, for it is thy fathers nexte 
kynszwoman. 

•'Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of 
thy mothers sister, for it is thy mothers nexte 
kynszwoman. 

Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy 
fathers brother, to take his wife, for she 
thine awnte. 

Thou shalt not vncouer y preuytie of thy 
doughter in lawe, for she is thy sonnes wife, 
therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuitie. 

/; Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of 
thy brothers wife, for it is thy brothers pre^ 
uytie. 

Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy 
wife and of hir doughter also, nether shalt 
thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters 
doughter, to vncouer their preuyties, for they 
are hir nexte kynszwomen. And it is wicked- 
nesse. 

! ' Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister 
also, to vncouer hir preuytie, whyle she is yet 
alyue. 

*Thou shalt not go vnto a woman to 
vncouer hir preuytie, so longe as she hath hir 
disease in hir vnclennesse. 

' Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours 
wife to medle with her, for to defyle thy self 
withall. 

m Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also, to 
be burnt vnto Moloch, lest thou vnhalowe the 
name of thy God, for I am the LORDE. 

tThou shalt not lye with mankynde as 
with womankynde, for y is abhominacion. 



/ Leui. 20. c. s Gen. 38. d. Deu. 27. c. A Leui. 20. 
Mat. 14. a. ' Gen. 29. e. * Leu. 15. d. Eze. 22. 
' 2 Re. 11. a. m Leu. 20. a. t Rom. 1. d. Leu. 20. 



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Cfrap* xiv* 



" Thou shalt lye with no maner of beest, to 
defyle thy self therwith. And no woman 
shal haue to do with a beest, for it is abhomi- 
nacion. 

Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these 
thinges. For y Heithen (whom I wil cast out 
before you) haue stayned them selues in all 
these, and the londe is defyled there thorow. 
And their wickednesse wyl I vyset vpo them, 
so that the londe shal spue out the indwellers 
therof. Therfore kepe ye my statutes and 
lawes, and do not one of these abhominacions, 
nether one of youre awne selues ner the 
straunger amonge you (for all soch abhomi- 
nacions haue y people of this lode done which 
were before you, (j haue defyled the lande) 
that the lande spue not you out also, whan ye 
haue defyled it, as it spewed out the Heythe, 
that were there before you. For who so euer 
commytte these abhominacios, the same soules 
shalbe roted out from amonge their people. 
Therfore kepe ye my statutes, that ye do not 
after f abhominable customes, which were 
before you, that ye be not defyled therwith : 
For I am the LORDE youre God. 

Ci)f ru\ Chapter. 

AND the LORDE talked with Moses, 
and sayde : Speake to the whole con- 
gregacion of the children of Israel, and saye 
vnto them:* Ye shall be holy, for I am holy, 
euen the LORDE youre God. Euery one 
feare his father and his mother. Kepe my 
holy dayes : for I am the LORDE youre 
God. Ye shal not turne youre selues vnto 
Idols, g ye shal make you no goddes of metall : 
for I am the LORDE youre God. 

And whan ye wyll offre healthofferynges 
vnto the LORDE, then shal ye offre the, that 
he maye be mercifull vnto you, t and ye shal 
eate them the same daye that ye offre them, 
and on the morow : what so euer is left on 
the thirde daye, shalbe burnt with fyre. But 
yf eny man eate therof vpon the thirde daye, 
then is he vnholy, and shall not be accepted, 
and the same eater shal beare his synne, 
because he hath vnhalowed the Sanctuary of 
the LORDE: and soch a soule shalbe roted 
out from amonge his people. 

h Whan thou reapest thy londe, thou shalt 



" Deu. 27. c. * Leui. 11. g. and 20. c. 1 Pet. 1. c. 

t Leuit. 7. b. * Leui. 23. d. Deu. 24. d. c Exo. 20. b, 
Matt. 5. d. i Deut. 24. b. Tob. 4. c. § Deu. 27. c, 



not reape downe the vttemost borders of it 
rounde aboute, ner gather it all cleane vp. 
Euen so likewyse thou shalt not plucke thy 
vynyarde cleane also, ner gather vp the grapes 
that are fallen downe, but shalt leaue them 
for f poore and straungers: for I am the 
LORDE youre God. 

Ye shal not steale, nether lye, ner deale 
falsely one with another. 

Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name, j 
so to vnhalowe the name of thy God : for I 
am the LORDE. 

Thou shalt do thy neghboure no wronge, 
ner robbe him.t The workmas laboure shal 
not byde with the vntyll the mornynge. 

Thou shalt not curse the deaf. "Thou shalt 
put no stomblynge blocke before y blinde, but 
shalt feare thy God : for I am the LORDE. 

Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment, 
nether shal ye accepte the personne of the 
poore, ner honnure the parsonne of the greate, 
but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righte- 
ously. 

Thou shalt let no preuy accuser go amoge 
thy people. Nether shalt thou stonde agaynst 
thy neghbours bloude : for I am f LORDE. 

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine 
hert, II but shalt tell thy neghboure his faute, 
that thou beare not synne for his sake. 

Thou shalt not auenge thy self, ner beare 
euell will agaynst the childre of thy people. 

J Thou shalt loue thy neghboure, as thy 
self: for I am the LORDE. 

My statutes shal ye kepe, that thou ** let 
not thy catell gendre with beestes of another 
kynde : nether sowe thy felde with myngled 
sede. And let no garment come vpon the, y 
is mixte with wollen and lynnen. 

Whan a man lyeth with a woman, and hath 
to do with her, which is a bonde woman, and 
hath bene medled withall of another man, but 
not lowsed out, ner hath optayned fredome, it 
shalbe punyshed, but they shal not suffre 
death, because she was not fre. But he shal 
brynge for his trespace vnto y LORDE 
(euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse) a ramme for a trespace offerynge : 
and the prest shal make an attonement for 
him with the trespace offerynge before the 
LORDE, concernynge the synne that he hath 



Mat. 18. b. Eccli. 19. 
Rom. 13. b. 



T Mat. 22. 
Gen. 36. d. 



Cfcap* XV* 



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So. w. 



done : * so shall God be merciful! vnto him, 
as concernynge his synne which he hath done. 

What tyme as ye are come in to the londe, 
and plante all maner trees wherof men eate, 
ye shall circumcise the foreskynne of the 
same with their frutes : thre yeares shall 
ye holde them for vncircumcysed, so that ye 
eate them not : but in the fourth yeare shall 
all their frutes be holy and praysed vnto y 
LORDE. In the fifth yeare shall ye eate the 
frutes, and gather them in : for I am y 
LORDE youre God. 

3 Ye shal eate nothinge with bloude. Ye 
shall not regarde y foules cryenge, ner chose 
out dayes. 

* Ye shal shaue no crownes vpo youre heade, 
nether shalt thou clyppe thy beerde cleane off. 

Ye shal rente out no markes in youre body 
(for eny that is deed) ner make lettres vpo 
you : for I am the LORDE. 

Thou shalt not holde thy doughter to 
whordome, that the londe fall not to whor- 
dome, and waxe full of wickednesse. 

Kepe my holy dayes, and stonde in awe of 
my Sanctuary : for I am the LORDE. 

tYe shal not turne youre selues to y Soyth 
sayers, and axe nothinge at the expounders of 
tokes, that ye be not defyled by them : for I 
am the LORDE youre God. 

c Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade, 
and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged. For 
thou shalt feare God : for I am y LORDE. 

^Whan there dwelleth a straunger amonge 
you in youre londe, ye shall not vexe him. 
He shal dwell with you, euen as one that is 
at home amonge you, j thou shalt loue him 
as thy self: for ye youre selues also were 
straungers in the lande of Egipte. I am the 
LORDE youre God. 

Ye shal not deale wrogeously in iudgmet, 
with meteyarde, with weight, with measure : 
A true balaunce, a true weight, a true Epha, 
a true Hin shalbe amoge you. For I am the 
LORDE youre God, which brought you out 
of the londe of Egipte, that ye shulde kepe n 
do all my statutes and lawes : for I am the 
LORDE. 

Cfie rr. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE talked with Moses, 
and saide: Tell the children of Israel: 

*Heb. 10. a. " Leui. 3. c. Deu. 18. b. 'Leui. 21. a 
Eze. 44. c. 1 1 Reg. 28. b. . c Eccll. 8. a. 1 Tim. 5. a 
d Exo. 22.c. t Leui 18. c. Deut. 27. a. § Leui. 19. a 
Nu. 11. d. Iosu. 3. b. c Exo. 21. b. Pro. 20. c 



X Who so euer he be amonge the children of 
Israel, (or eny straunger that dwelleth ii 
Israel) which geueth of his sede vnto Moloch 
the same shall dye the death : the people of 
the lande shal stone him, & I wyll set my face 
agaynst that man, and wyll rote him out from 
amoge his people, because he hath geuen of 
his sede vnto Moloch, and defyled my Sane 
tuary, (j vnhalowed my holy name. And 
though the people of the londe loke thorow 
the fyngers vpon that man, which hath geuen 
of his sede vnto Moloch, so that they put him 
not to death, yet wyl I set my face agayn 
the same man, g agaynst his generacion : And 
him, and all that go a whorynge with him 
after Moloch, wyll I rote out from amonge 
their people. 

Yf eny soule turne him to y soythsayers 
and expounders of tokens, so that he goeth a 
whorynge after them, I wyl set my face agaynst 
the same soule, and wyl rote him out from 
amonge his people. $ Sanctifie youre selues 
therfore, (j be holy : for I am holy euen youre 
God. And kepe ye my statutes, and do 
them: for I am y LORDEthat sanctifieth you 

Who so euer curseth his father or his 
mother, shall dye the death: e his bloude be 
vpon him, because he hath cursed his father 
or mother. 

-Tie that breaketh wedlocke with eny mas 
wife, shal dye the death (both the aduouterer 
and y aduouteresse) because he hath broken 
wedlocke with his neghbours wife. 

s Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife, so y 
he vncouer his fathers preuyte, they shal both 
dye the death : their bloude be vp5 the. 

h Yf eny man lye with his doughter in lawe, 
they shall dye both of them, for they haue 
wrought abhominacion : their bloude be vpon 
them. 

»Yf eny man lye with the mankynde, as with 
womankynde, they haue wrought abhomina- 
cion, 5 shal both dye the death : their bloude 
be vpon them. 

*Yf eny man take a wyfe, and hir mother 
therto, the same hath wrought wickednes : he 
shalbe burnt with fyre, and so shal they also, 
that there be no wickednes amoge you. 

Yf eny man lye with a beest, he shall dye 
the death, and the beest shal be slavne. 



Matt. 15. 
* Leui. 1 
' Leui. If 



/Deu. 22. c. f Leuit. 18. a. Deu. 27. c, 
'Leui. 18. c. Rom.l. d. k Leui. 18. b, 
Deu. 27. a. 



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Yf a woman medle with a beest, so y she 
haue to do with it, thou shalt put her to death, 
and the beest also, they shall dye the death : 
their bloude be vpon them. 

Yf eny man take his sister, his fathers 
doughter, or his mothers doughter, and se hir 
preuyte, and she agayne se his secretes, it is a 
wicked thinge. They shalbe roted out in the 
sight of their people. For he hath vncouered 
frs sisters preuyte, he shal beare his synne. 

" Yf a man lye with a woman in the tyme of 
hir sicknesse, and vncouer hir secretes, (t 
open vp hir founteyne, and she vncouer the 
fountayne of hir bloude, they shall both be 
roted out from amonge their people. 

'Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy 
mothers sister, and of thy fathers sister : for 
soch one hath vncouered his nexte kynswoman, 
and they shal beare their synne. 

Yf eny man lye with his vncles wyfe, the 
same hath vncouered the preuytie of his vncle : 
they shal beare their synne, without children 
shal they dye. 

*Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe, y is 
an vn cleane thinge : they shalbe without 
children, because he hath vncouered his bro- 
thers secretes. 

So kepe now all my statutes g my lawes, & 
do them, y the lode whither I brynge you to 
dwell therin, spewe you not out. And walke 
not ye in y statutes of the Heithen, which I 
shal cast out before you. t For all soch thinges 
haue they done, 5 I haue abhorred the. 

Uut I saye vnto you: Ye shall possesse 
their londe. For I wyll geue you to en- 
heritaunce a l5de, that fioweth with mylke 
and hony. I am the LORDE youre God, 
which haue separated you from the nacions, 
that ye also shulde separate the cleane beestes 
fr5 the vn cleane, and the vn cleane foules 
from the cleane : 5 not to defyle youre soules 
pon beestes, vpon foules & vpon all that 
repeth on the grounde : c which I haue se- 
parated vnto you, that they shulde be vncleane. 
Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me : for I the 
LORDE am holy, which haue separated you 
fro the nacions, that ye shulde be myne. 

d Yf a man or woman be a soythsayer or an 
expounder of tokens, the same shall dye the 
death : they shalbe stoned, their bloude be 
vpon them. 



" Leui. 15. d. and 18. c. ' Leui. 18. b 
Matt. 14. a. + Deut. 9. a. c Leui. 11 



* Leu. 18. 
Deut. 14. 



€fi« rrt. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: 
Speake to y prestes f sonnes of Aaron, 
(j saye vnto the: *A prest shal defyle him 
self vpo no soule of his people, but vpon his 
nexte kynne y belongeth vnto him : as vpon 
his mother, vpo his father, vpo his sonne, vpo 
his doughter, vpon his brother, (j vpon his 
sister, which is yet a virgin, u hath bene no 
mans wife (which belongeth vnto him) vpon 
her maie he defyle himself. Morouer he shal 
not defyle him self vpo eny ruler in his people, 
to vn halowe him self. 

$He shall make no crowne also vpon his 
heade, ner shaue of his beerd, nether shall 
they cut out eny markes i their fleshe. They 
shalbe holy vnto their God, and not vnhalowe 
y name of their God: for they offre the 
sacrifice of the LORDE, the bred of their 
God, therfore shal they be holy. 

They shal take no whore, ner one that is 
defy led, e or y is put awaye from hir huszbande, 
for he is holy vnto his God : therfore shal he 
sanctifie him self, for he offreth the bred of 
thy God. He shal be holy vnto the, for 
I am holy, euen the LORDE that sancti- 
fieth you. 

Yf a prestes doughter fall to whoringe, she 
shalbe burnt with fyre, for she hath shamed 
hir father. He that is hye prest amonge his 
brethren, vpo whose heade the anoyntinge 
oyle is poured, and his hande fylled (y he 
might be arayed with the vestimentes) shal 
not vncouer his heade, ner cut his clothes, j 
shal come at no deed, II 5 shal defyle him self 
nether vpon father ner mother. He shall not 
go out of the Sanctuary, that he vnhalowe not 
the Sanctuary of his God. For y crowne of 
the anoyntinge oyle of his God is vpon him, 
for I am the LORDE. 

A virgin shal he take to wife, but ■'"no 
wedowe, ner deuorsed, ner defyled, ner whore, 
but a virgin of his awne people shal he take 
to wife, y he vnhalowe not his sede amonge 
his people. For I amy LORDE, which 
sanctifie him. 

And y LORDE talked with Moses, (t sayde : 
Speake vnto Aaron, j saie : Yf there be a 
blemysh vpo eny of thy sede in y-oure genera- 
cions, the same shal not preasse to offre the 



<<Deu. 
44. c. 



i. b. lRe. 
1 Tim. 2. i 



,b. J Eze. 44. d. $ Leui. 19. f. Eze. 
|| Luc. 9. f. / Eze. 44. d. Mai. 2. b. 



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bred of his God: *For who so euer hath a 
blemysh vpon him, shal not come nere, 
whether he be blynde, lame, with an euell 
fauoured nose, with eny myszshappen membre, 
or y hath a broken fote or hande, or is croke 
backed, or hath eny blemysh in the eye, or is 
gleyd, or is skyrvye or scaulde, or hath his 
stones broken. 

Who so euer now of the sede of Aaron f 
prest hath eny blemysh vpo him, shal not 
come nye to offre f sacrifice of the LORDE. 
For he hath a deformyte. Therfore shall he 
not preasse vnto the bred of his God, to offre 
it. Notwithstondinge he shal eate of the bred 
of his God, both of the holy, g of y most holy: 
but he shal not go in to y vayle, ner come 
nye the altare (for so moch as he hath a 
blemysh vpo him) y he vnhalowe not m 
Sactuary. For I am y LORDE y sanctified 
the. And Moses spake this vnto Aaron j to 
his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel. 

Cfie jrjtt}. Cljaptar. 
A ND the LORDE talked with Moses, j 

A\_ sayde : Speake vnto Aaron, (t his sonnes, 
y they absteyne from y halowed thinges of the 
childre of Israel, which they haue halowed 
vnto me, & y they vnhalowe not my holy 
name : for I am y LORDE. Saie now vnto 
them & their posterities : Who so euer he be 
of youre sede, y commeth nye vnto the holy 
thinges, which the childre of Israel halowe 
vnto the LORDE, & so defyleth him self 
vpon the same, his soule shal perishe before 
my face : for I am the LORDE. 

Who so euer of the sede of Aaron is a 
leper, or hath a runnynge yssue, shall not eate 
of the holy thinges, tyll he be clensed. Who 
so toucheth eny vncleane thinge, or whose sede 
departeth from him by night, or who so 
toucheth eny worme that is vncleane vnto 
him, or a ma y is vncleane vnto him, ij what 
so euer defyleth hi, loke what soule toucheth 
eny soch, is vncleane vntyll the euen, (j shall 
not eate of the holy thinges, but shall first 
bath his flesh with water. And wha y Sonne 
is gone downe, and he cleane, then maye he 
eate therof, for it is his foode. Loke what 
dyeth alone, or is rent of wylde beestes, shall 
he not eate, y he be not vncleane theron : for 
I am y LORDE. Therfore shal they kepe 
my lawe, y they lade not synne vpon them, j 



dye therin, whan they vnhalowe them selues 
in it. For I am y LORDE, y halowe them. 

A straunger shal not eate of the holy thinges. 
ner an housholde gest of the prestes, ner an 
hyred seruaiit. But yf f prest bye a soule 
for his money, y same maye eate therof. And 
loke who is borne in his house, maye eate of 
his bred also. Neuertheles yf the prestes 
doughter be a straungers wife, she shal not 
eate of the Heueofferinges of holynes. But 
yf she be a wedowe, or deuorced, or haue no 
sede, & commeth agayne to hir fathers house 
as afore (whan she was yet a mayden in hir 
fathers house) then shall she eate of hir fathers 
bred. But no strauger shal eate therof. 

Who so els eateth of the halowed thynge: 
vnwyttingly, shal put y fifth parte there 
vnto, and geue it vnto the prest with the 
halowed thinge, that they vnhalowe not f 
halowed thinges of the children of Israel, 
which they Heue vp vnto the LORDE, lest 
they lade them selues with myszdoinge and 
trespace, wha they eate their halowed thynges, 
for I am y LORDE which halowe the. 

And y LORDE talked with Moses, (j saide: 
Speake vnto Aaron 5 his sonnes, (t to all y 
childre of Israel : tWhat so euer Israelite or 
straunger in Israel wyll do his offerynge ; 
whether it be their vowe, or of fre wyl, that 
they wyll offre a burntofferynge vnto the 
LORDE, to reconcyle them selues, it shal be 
a male, and without blemysh, of the oxen, or 
lambes or goates. t What so euer hath eny 
blemish, shal they not offre, for they shal fynde 
no fauoure therwith. 

And who so wyl offre an healthofferinge 
vnto the LORDE to separate out a vowe, or 
of fre wyl, oxen or shepe, it shalbe without 
blemysh, y it maye be accepted. It shal haue 
no deformite. Yf it be blynde, or broke, or 
wounded, or haue a wen, or skyrvye, or 
scabbed, they shal offre none soch vnto the 
LORDE, ner put an offerynge of eny soch 
vpd the altare of the LORDE. 

An oxe or shepe y hath myszshappe mem- 
bres, or no i-ompe, mayest thou offre of a fre 
wyll : but to a vowe it maye not be accepted. 
Thou shalt offre also vnto the LORDE no- 
thinge y is brused, or broken, or rent, or cutt 
out, (j ye shal do no soch in youre londe. 
Morouer ye shall offre no bred vnto youre 
God of a straungers hande : for it is marred 

+ Deut. 15. c. and 17. a. i Mai. 1. b. 



tfo. w'ttj* 



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of him, and he hath a deformite, therfore shal 
it not be accepted for you. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, % 
sayde : Wha an oxe, or labe, or goate is 
brought forth, it shal be seuen dayes with the 
dame, and vpon the eight daye (j therafter it 
maie be offered vnto the LORDE, the is it 
accepted. Whether it be oxe or lambe, it 
shall not be slayne with his yonge in one 
daye. 

But wha ye wil offre a thakoffringe vnto 
the LORDE y it maye be accepted, ye shal 
eate it the same daye, g kepe nothinge ouer 
vntyll the mornynge: for I am the LORDE. 
Therfore kepe now my commaundementes, 
and do them : for I am the LORDE, y ye 
vnhalowe not my holy name, j that I maye 
be halowed amonge the children of Israel. 
For I am he that halowe you, eue y LORDE, 
which brought you out of f lode of Egipte, 
y I might be youre God : Euen I y LORDE. 

Che rrfrj. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE talked with Moses, 5 
sayde : Speake vnto y children of Is- 
rael, and saye vnto them : These are y feastes 
of the LORDE, which ye shal call holy dayes. 
Sixe dayes shalt thou worke, "but the seuenth 
daie is the rest of the Sabbath, and shalbe 
called holy. Ye shal do no worke therin, for 
it is the Sabbath of the LORDE, where so 
euer ye dwell. 

These are the feastes of the LORDE, y are 
called holy, which ye shal call youre feastes : 

Vpon y fourtene daye of y first moneth at 
euen, is the LORDES Easter. And vpon y 
fiftene daye of the same moneth is the feast 
of vnleueded bred of the LORDE. Then 
shall ye eate vnleuended bred seuen dayes. 

The first daie shalbe called holy amonge 
you,* ye shal do no worke of bodage therin, (j 
seue daies shal ye offre vnto y LORDE. The 
seueth daie shalbe called holy likewise, wherin 
ye shal do no worke of bondage also. 

And f LORDE talked with Moses, 5 
sayde : Speake to the childre of Israel, (j 
saye vnto them: Whan ye come in to the 
lande y I shall geue you, and reape downe 
youre haruest, ye shal brynge a shefe of the 
first frutes of youre haruest vnto the prest, the 
shall the shefe be waued before the LORDE, 



° Exo. 23. b. Deu. 5. 
Eze. 45. c. » Nu. 28. 



* Exo. 12. 
Iosu. 5. c. 



Nu. 28. c. 
Deu. 16. b. 



that ye maye be accepted: but this shal the 
prest do the nexte daye after the Sabbath. 
And y same daie that youre shefe is waued, 
shalyeoffre a burntofferinge vnto the LORDE, 
of a lambe which is without blemysh and of 
one yeare olde, with the meatofferynge, two 
tenth deales of fyne floure mengled with oyle, 
for an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the 
LORDE : a the drynkofferynge also, eue the 
fourth parte of an Hin of wyne. 

" And ye shall eate nether bred, nor cakes, 
ner furmentye (of new corne) tyll the same 
daye that ye brynge an offerynge vnto youre 
God. This shalbe a lawe vnto youre posteri- 
ties, where so euer ye dwell. 

d Then shal ye nombre (from the nexte 
daye after the Sabbath, whan ye brought y 
Waueshefe) seuen whole wekes, vntyll the 
nexte daie after y seueth weke, namely, fiftie 
daies, shal ye nombre, and offre new meat- 
offerynges vnto the LORDE. And out of all 
youre dwellinges shal ye offre, namely, two 
Waue loaues of two tenth deales of fyne floure 
leueded, and baken for the first frutes vnto y 
LORDE. "And with youre bred ye shal 
brynge seuen lambes of one yeare olde with- 
out blemysh, and a yonge bullocke, and two 
rammes: this shalbe the LORDES burnt- 
offerynge, meatofferynge, and drynkoffrynge. 
This is a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the 
LORDE. 

Morouer ye shal offre an he goate for a 
synofferynge, and two lambes of a yeare olde 
for an healthofferynge. And y prest shal 
waue it vpon the bred of the first frutes 
before the LORDE with the two lambes. 
And they shalbe holy vnto the LORDE, and 
shal be the prestes. And this daye shal ye 
proclame, for it shalbe called holy amonge 
you : no seruyle worke shal ye do therin. A 
perpetuall lawe shall it be amonge youre 
posterities, where so euer ye dwell. 

•^Whan ye reape downe y haruest of youre 
londe, ye shal not cut it cleane downe vpo the 
felde, ner gather vp all, but shal leaue it for 
the poore and straungers. I am the LORDE 
youre God. 

And y LORDE talked with Moses, and 
sayde: Speake vnto the children of Israel, (j 
saye : t Vpon the first daye of the seuenth 
moneth shal ye haue the holy rest of the 



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remembraunce of blowinge, wherin ye shal do 
no seruyle worke, and ye shal offre sacrifice 
vnto the LORDE. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde :* Vpon the tenth daye in this seuenth 
moneth is the daye of reconcylinge, which 
shalbe an holy conuocacion with you. Ye 
shal humble youre soules therin, and offre 
vnto the LORDE, and shal do no seruyle 
worke in this daye: for it is the daye of 
attonement, that ye maye be reconcyled before 
the LORDE youre God. For what soule 
so euer humbleth not him self vpon this daye, 
the same shalbe roted out from amonge his 
people. And what soule so euer doth eny 
worke this daye, the same wil I destroye from 
amonge his people : therfore shall ye do no 
worke. This shalbe a perpetuall lawe vnto 
youre posterities, where so euer ye dwell. It 
is the rest of youre Sabbath, that ye maye 
humble youre soules. Vpon the nyenth daye 
of y moneth at euen, shal ye kepe this holy 

T e from the euen forth vntyll the eue 
agayne. 

And the LORDE talked with Moses, (j 
sayde : a Vpon the fiftene daye of the seuenth 
moneth, is the feast of Tabernacles seuen 
dayes vnto the LORDE. The first daye shal 
be an holy couocacion : no seruyle worke shal 
ye do therin. Seuen dayes shal ye offre vnto 
the LORDE. The eight daye shalbe an 
holy conuocacion vnto you also, and ye shal 
offre vnto the LORDE : for it is the daye of 
gatheringe together : No seruyle worke shall 
ye do therin. 

These are the holy daies of the LORDE, 
which ye shall proclame and holde for holy 
conuocacions, that ye maye offre vnto the 
LORDE burntofferynges, meatofferynges, 
drynkofferynges and other offerynges, euery 
one acordinge to his daye, besyde y Sabbathes 
of y LORDE, and youre giftes, and vowes, 
and frewylofferynges, that ye offre vnto the 
LORDE. 

So vpon the fiftene daye of the seuenth 
moneth, whan ye haue brought in the increase 
of the londe, ye shall kepe the LORDE S 
feast seuen dayes longe. The first daye shalbe 
kepte holy daye, and the eight daye shalbe 
kepte holy daye also. And vpon the first 
daie ye shal take of y goodly frutefull trees, 

* Leui. 16. g. Nu. 29. a. <■ Nu. 29. b. 3 Esd. 5. e. 

2 Mac. 1. b. » Exo. 27. d. c Exo. 25. c. t 1 Re. 21. a. 



braunches of palme trees, & bowes of thicke 
trees, and Wyllies of the broke, and seue 
dayes shal ye be mery before f LORDE youre 
God: and thus shal ye kepe the feast vnto 
the LORDE seuen dayes in the yeare. This 
shalbe a perpetuall lawe amonge youre pos- 
terities, that they kepe holy daye thus in f 
seuenth moneth. Seuen dayes shal ye dwell 
in bothes. Who so euer is an Israelite borne, 
shal dwell in bothes, that they which come 
after you, maye knowe, how that I made f 
children of Israel to dwell in bothes, whan I 
brought them out of the lode of Egipte. I 
am the LORDE youre God. And Moses 
tolde the children of Israel these holy daies of 
the LORDE. 

©fie rrtitj. Cfiapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, (t 
sayde : b C5maunde the children of 
Israel, that they brynge pure oyle olyue 
beaten for lightes, that it maye be allwaye 
put in the lampes, without before the vayle of 
wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And 
Aaron shall dresse it allwaye at euen (t in y 
mornynge before the LORDE. Let this be 
a perpetuall lawe vnto your posterities. The 
lapes shal he dresse vpon the pure candilsticke 
before the LORDE perpetually. 

And thou shalt take fyne floure, and bake 
twolue cakes therof: c two teth deales shal 
euery cake haue, g thou shalt laye them sixe 
on a rowe vpo the pure table before the 
LORDE. And vpon the same shalt thou 
laye pure frankencense, that it maye be bred 
of remembraunce for an offerynge vnto y 
LORDE. Euery Sabbath shal he prepare 
the before the LORDE allwaye, and receaue 
them of the children of Israel for an euer- 
lastinge couenaunt. + And they shalbe Aarons 
& his sonnes, which shal eate them in the 
holy place. For this is his most holy of the 
offerynges of the LORDE for a perpetuall 
dewtye. 

And there wente out an Israelitish womans 
sonne, which was the childe of a man of 
Egipte (amonge the children of Israel) and 
stroue in y hoost with a man of Israel, tg 
named the name of God blasphemously, & 
cursed. Then brought they him vnto Moses. 
His mothers name was Selomith, the doughter 



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of Dibri, of the trybe of Dan. *And they 
put him in preson, tyll they were infourmed 
by the mouth of the LORDE. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde: Brynge him that cursed, out of the 
hoost, and let all the that herde it, laye their 
handes vpon his heade, and let the whole 
congregacion stone him. And saye vnto the 
childre of Israel : t Who so euer blasphemeth 
his God, shall beare his synne : and he that 
blasphemeth the name of the LORDE, shal 
dye the death. The whole congregacio shal 
stone him. As the straunger, so shal he of 
the housholde be also. Yf he blaspheme the 
name, he shal dye. 

He that slayeth a man, shall dye y death, 
but " he that slayeth a beest, shall paye for it. 
Soule for soule. And he that maymeth his 
neghboure, it shall be done vnto him, euen as 
he hath done : broke for broke, t eye for eye, 
tothe for tothe : euen as he hath maymed a 
man, so shal it be done vnto him agayne, so 
that, who so slayeth a beest, shall paye for it : 
But he that slayeth a man, shal dye. There 
shal be one maner of lawe amonge you, to y 
straunger as to one of youre selues : for I am 
the LORDE youre God. 

Moses tolde the children of Israel. And 
they brought him that had cursed, out of y 
hoost, and stoned him. Thus dyd the childre 
of Israel as the LORDE comaunded Moses. 

Wi)t rrb. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE talked with Moses 
vpon mount Sinai, and sayde : Speake 
to the children of Israel, and saye vnto them : 
h Whan ye come in to the londe, y I shal geue 
you, the londe shal rest vnto the LORDE, so 
that thou sowe thy felde sixe yeares, and 
sixe yeares cut thy vynes, and gather in the 
frutes. But in the seuenth yeare the lode 
shal haue his Sabbath of rest for a Sabbath 
vnto the LORDE, wherin thou shalt not 
sowe thy felde ner cut thy vynes. 

Loke what groweth of it self after thy har- 
uest, thou shalt not reape it. And the grapes 
that growe without thy laboure, shalt thou not 
gather, for so moch as it is the yeare of the 
londes rest : c But the rest of the londe shalt 
thou kepe for this intent, that thou mayest 
eate therof, thy seruaunte, thy mayde, thy 

* Nu. 15. d. + Mat. 26. g. Ioh. 19. a. " Exo. 21. b. 
Deut. 19. a. Iudic. 1. b. Math. 5. c. 



hyrelinge, thy gest, thy strauger with the, thy 
catell, and the beestes in thy londe. All the 
increase shal be meate. 

And thou shalt nombre seuen of these 
yeare Sabbathes, that seuen yeares maye be 
tolde seuen tymes, and so the tyme of the 
seuen yeare Sabbathes make nyne and fourtye 
yeares. Then shalt thou let the blast of the 
home go thorow all youre londe, vpon the 
tenth daye of the seuenth moneth, euen in y 
daye of attonement. And ye shal halowe the 
fiftieth yeare, and shall call it a fre yeare in y 
londe, for all them that dwell therin : for it is 
the yeare of Iubilye. § Then shall euery one 
amonge you come agayne to his possession 
and to his kynred : for the fiftieth yeare is y 
yeare of Iubilye. Ye shal not sowe ner reape 
it that groweth of it self, ner gather the grapes, 
that growe without labour. For the yeare of 
Iubilye shall be holy amonge you. But loke 
what the felde beareth, that shall ye eate. 
This is the yeare of Iubilye, wherin ye shal 
come againe euery man to his owne. 

Now whan thou sellest ought vnto thy 
neghboure, or byest eny thinge of him, there 
shal none of you oppresse his brother : but 
acordinge to the nombre of the yeare of 
Iubilye shalt thou bye it of him : and acord- 
inge to the nombre of the yeares of increase 
shall he sell it vnto the. Acordinge to the 
multitude of the yeares shalt thou rayse the 
pryce, and acordynge to the fewnesse of the 
yeares shalt thou mynish the pryce : for he 
shall sell it vnto the acordinge to the nombre 
of the increase. Therfore let no man de- 
fraude his neghboure, but feare thy God. 
For I am the LORDE youre God. Wher- 
fore do after my statutes, and kepe my lawes, 
so y ye do them that ye maye dwell safe in 
the londe. For the londe shal geue you hir 
frute, so that ye shal haue ynough to eate, and 
dwell safe therin. 

And yf ye wolde saye : What shall we eate 
in the seuenth yeare, in as moch as we shal 
not sowe, ner gather in oure increase ? I wyll 
sende my blessynge vpon you in the sixte 
yeare, that it shal brynge forth frute for thre 
yeare : so that ye shal sowe in y eight yeare, 
and eate of the olde frute vntyll the nyenth 
yeare, that ye maye eate of the olde tyll new 
frutes come agayne. Therfore shall ye not 



% Math. 5. c. 



' Exo. 23. 
i Eze. 46. 



'■ Deut. 15. a 



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sell the londe for euer, *for the lode is myn 
And ye are straungers and indwellers before 
me. And in all youre lande shall ye geue the 
londe to lowse. 

" Whan thy brother waxeth poore, and sell- 
eth y his possession, and his nexte kynszma 
commeth to him, y he maye redeme it : then 
shall he redeme that his brother solde. But 
whan a man hath none to redeme it, and ca 
get so moch with his hande as to redeme one 
parte, then shall it be rekened how many 
yeares it hath bene solde, and the remnaunt 
shal be restored vnto him to whom he solde 
it, y he maie come agayne to his possession. 
But yf his hande can not get so moch, as to 
haue one parte agayne, the shal it y he solde 
be styll in the hande of the byer vntyll y 
yeare of Iubilye : In y same shal it go out. 
and returne to his owner agayne. 

He that selleth a dwellinge house within 
the walles of the cite, hath an whole yeare 
respyte to lowse it out agayne : that shall be 
the tyme, wherin he maye redeme it. But yf 
he redeme it not afore the whole yeare be 
out, then shal he that bought it, and his sue 
cessours kepe it for euer, and it shall not go 
out lowse in the yeare of Iubylie. Neuer- 
theles yf it be an house in a vyllage that hath 
no wall aboute it, it shall be counted like 
vnto the felde of the coiitre, and maye be 
redemed and shal go out fre in the yeare of 
Iubilye. 

The cities of the Leuites, and the houses 
in the cities that their possession is in, maye 
allwaye be redemed. Who so purchaceth 
ought of the Leuites, shal leaue it in the 
yeare of Iubilye, whether it be house or cite 
that he hath had in possession. For the 
houses in the cities of the Leuites are their 
possession amonge the children of Israel. 
But the felde before their cities shal not be 
solde, for it is their awne for euer. 

Whan thy brother waxeth poore, and falleth 
in decaye besyde the, thou shalt receaue him 
as a straunger, or gest, that he maye lyue by 
the : and thou shalt take no + vsury of him, 
ner more then thou hast geue, but shalt feare 
thy God, that thy brother maye lyue besydes 
the. For thou shalt not lende him thy money 
vpon vsury, ner delyuer him thy meate vpon 
vauntage. For I am the LORDE youre God, 

Psal. 23. a. » Nu. 36. c. Iere. 32. a. Ruth 4. a. 

t Exo. 22. c. Deut. 23. c. Eze. 18. a. and 22. b. 



which haue brought you out of the l5de of 
Egipte, to geue you the lande of Canaan, and 
to be youre God. 

4 Whan thy brother waxeth poore besyde 
the, and selleth himself vnto the, thou shalt 
not holde him as a bode ma : but as an hyred 
seruaunte and as a soiourner shal he be with 
the, and serue the vntyll f yeare of Iubilye. 
Then shal he departe lowse from the, g his 
childre with him, j shal returne to his awne 
kinred, and to his fathers possession : for they 
are my seruauntes, whom I brought out of 
the londe of Egipte. Therfore shal they not 
be solde like bondmen. And thou shalt not 
raigne ouer them with crueltie, but shalt feare 
thy God. But yf thou wylt haue bode ser- 
uauntes and maydens, thou shalt bye them of 
the Heithen, that are rounde aboute you : of 
the children of the soiourners and straunger; 
amonge you, and of their generacions with 
you, and that are borne in youre londe, tb 
same shal ye haue for bonde seruautes, <j shal 
possesse them, & youre children after you for 
an euerlastinge possession, these shalbe your 
bondmen, t But ouer youre brethren the 
children of Israel, there shall none of you 
raigne ouer another with crueltie. 

Whan a straunger or soiourner waxeth ryche 
by the, and thy brother waxeth poore besyde 
him, (j selleth him self vnto y straunger or 
soiourner by the, or to eny of his kynne, th 
shall he haue right (after that he is solde) to 
be redemed agayne. And eny of his brethren 
maye lowse him out : or his vncle or his vncles 
sonne, or eny other kynszman of his kynred : 
Or yf his awne hande getteth so moch, he 
shal lowse him self out, and shal reken with 
him that bought him, from y yeare that he 
solde him self, vntyll the yeare of Iubilye. 
And y money shal be counted acordinge to 
the nombre of the yeares that he was solde, 
and his wages of the whole tyme shalbe 
rekened withall. 

Yf there be yet many yeares vnto y yeare 
of Iubilye, then shal he (acordinge to the 
same) geue the more for his delyueraunce, 
therafter as he is solde. Yf there remayne 
but few yeares vnto the yeare of Iubilye, then 
shall he geue agayne therafter for his redemp- 
cion. And his wages from yeare to yeare 
shall he reken withall, and thou shalt not let 

» Exo. 21. a. Deut. 15. b. Iere. 34. b. ±3 Res. 9. <I. 



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the other raigne cruelly ouer him in thy sight. 
But yf he bye not him self out after this 
maner, then shal he go out fre in the yeare of 
Iubilye, and his childre" with him : for the 
childre of Israel are my seruauntes, which I 
haue brought out of the londe of Egipte. I 
am the LORDE youre God. 

* Ye shall make you no Idols ner ymage 
and ye shal reare you vp no piler, ner set vp 
eny markstone in youre londe, to bowe youre 
selues therto. For I am the LORDE youre 
God. Kepe my Sabbathes, and stonde in 
awe of my Sanctuary. I am the LORDE, 

€f)e ry&t. Cfiapter. 

YF ye wyll walke now in my statutes, "and 
kepe my commaundementes and do 
them, the wyl I geue you rayne in due season, 
and y londe shal geue hir increase, and the 
trees of y felde shal brynge forth their frute. 
And the threszshinge tyme shall reache vnto 
the wyne haruest, and the wyne haruest shal 
reache vnto the sowynge tyme. And ye shall 
eate youre bred in plenteousnes, and shal 
dwell safe in youre londe. I wil geue peace 
in youre londe, so that ye shall slepe, and no 
man shall make you afrayed. I wyl ryd euell 
beestes out of youre londe, and there shall no 
swerde go thorow youre londe. 

Ye shal chace youre enemies, 5 they shal 
fall in to f swerde before you. t Fyue of you 
shal chace an hundreth : and an hundreth of 
you shal chace ten thousande. For youre 
enemies shall fall in to the swerde before you. 
And I wyl turne me vnto you, and wyl cause 
you to growe and increase, and wyl set vp 
my couenaunt with you. And ye shal eate of 
the olde stoare, and shall let go the olde for 
plenteousnesse of the new. 1 1 will haue my 
dwellynge amonge you, and my soule shall 
not refuse you. And I wyll walke amonge 
you, and wyl be youre God, and ye shalbe 

y people. For I am the LORDE youre 
God, which brought you out of the londe of 
Egipte, that ye shulde not be their bondmen. 
And I haue broke the cepter of youre yocke, 
and caused you to go vp right. 

b But yf ye wil not harken vnto me, ner do 
all these commaundementes, and wyl despyse 
my statutes, and yf youre soules refuse my 
lawes, y ye wyll not do all my commaunde- 



Deu. 5. a. a Deut. 28. a. 
t Exo. 29. g. 



t Iosu. 23. c. Esa. 30. 
! Cor. 6. c. 



mentes, g shal let my couenaunt stonde, then 
wyll I do this agayne vnto you. I wyl vyset 
you shortly with swellynges and feuers, which 
shal destroye f eyes, & consume awaie y hert. 
Ye shal sowe youre sede in, vayne, and youre 
enemies shal eate it vp. 

And I wyl set my face agaynst you, and ye 
shal be slayne before youre enemies. And 
they that hate you, shal haue dominion ouer you. 
§ And ye shall flye, wha no man chaseth you. 

But yf ye wyll not herken vnto me for all 
this, then wyl I make it yet seuen tymes 
more, to punysh you for youre synnes, that I 
maye breake y pryde of youre strength, and 
wyl make youre heauen lyke yron, and youre 
earth as brasse : and youre trauaile and laboure 
shal be but lost, so that youre londe shall not 
geue hir increase, and the trees in the londe 
shal not brynge forth their frute. 

Yf ye walke yet agaynst me, and wyll not 
harken vnto me, then wyl I make it yet seuen 
tymes more, to punysh you because of youre 
synnes: g wyl sende wylde beestes amoge 
you, which shal robbe you, and destroie youre 
catell, and make you fewer, and youre hye 
waye shal become waist. 

But yf ye wyl not yet be refourmed here 
withall, and wyll walke contrary vnto me 
then wyl I walke contrary vnto you also, 5 
wyll punysh you yet seuen tymes for youre 
synnes. And I wyl brynge vpon you a swerde 
of vengeaunce, which shall auenge my Testa 
ment. And though ye gather you together 
in to youre cities, yet wyll I sende the pesti- 
lence amonge you, and wyll delyuer you in 
to the handes of youre enemies. For I wil 
destroye youre prouysion of bred, so y ten 
wemen shall bake youre bred in one ouen, 
and youre bred shal be delyuered out by 
weight. II And whan ye eate, ye shall not 
haue ynough. 

Yf ye wyl not yet for all this harken vnto 
me, (j wyl walke contrary vnto me, then wyll 
I also walke cotrary vnto you in wrathfull 
displeasure, and wyll punysh you seuenfolde 
because of youre synnes, so that ye shal eate 
the flesh of youre sonnes and doughters. And 
I wyl destroye youre hye altares, and rote out 
youre ymages, and wyll cast youre bodies vpon 
the bodies of youre Idols, and my soule shall 
abhorre you. And youre cities wyll I make 



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waist, and brynge youre churches to naught, 
and wyll not smell youre swete odoures. 

Thus wyll I make the londe desolate, so 
that youre enemies shall dwell therin, and 
make it waist : but you will I scater amonge 
the Heythen, and drawe out the swerde after 
you, so that youre londe shal be waist, g 
youre cities desolate. 

Then shall the londe reioyse in hir Sab- 
bathes, as longe as it lyeth wayst, and ye be 
in the enemies londe. Yee then shal the 
londe kepe holy daye, and reioyse in hir rest, 
as longe as it lieth wayst, because it coude not 
rest in youre Sabbathes, whan ye dwelt therin. 

And as for them that remayne of you, I 
wyll make them faynte harted in the londe of 
their enemies, so that a shakynge leaf shall 
chace them. And they shall flye from it, as 
though a swerde persecuted them, and shal 
fall noman folowynge vpon them. And they 
shall fall one vpon another (as it were before 
the swerde) and noman yet chacynge them. 
And ye shall not be so bolde, as to withstonde 
youre enemies, and shal perishe amonge the 
Heithen, and the londe of youre enemies shal 
eate you vp. 

And they that are left of you, shall pyne 
awaye in their myszdede, euen in the enemies 
londe, and in the myszdedes of their fathers 
shall they consume awaye. Then shall they 
knowlege their myszdedes, and the myszdedes 
of their fathers in the trespace, wherwith they 
haue trespaced agaynst me, and walked con- 
trary vnto me. Therfore wyll I also walke 
contrary vnto the, and wyll brynge them in 
to the enemies londe. 

Then shal their vncircumcysed herte be 
tamed. And then shall they ende their mysz- 
dedes. "And I shal thinke vpo my couenaut 
with Iacob, and vpon my couenaunt with 
Isaac, and vpon my couenaunt with Abraham, 
and wyl thynke vpon the l5de. As for the 
londe, whan it shalbe left of them, it shal re- 
ioyse in hir Sabbathes, euen then, whan it 
lyeth waist, and they tylle it not. And they 
shall make attonement for their myszdedes, 
because they despysed my lawes, g their soules 
refused my statutes. Morouer I haue not so 
refused them, that they shulde be in the 
enemies londe : nether haue I so vtterly 
abhorred them, that I wolde brynge them to 
naught, and breake my couenaunt with them 



for Iamf LORDE their God. And for 
their sake I wyl remebre *my first couenaut, 
wha I brought them out of y londe of Egipte 
in the sight of the Heythen, y I might be 
their God. Euen I the LORDE. 

These are the ordinaunces, statutes and 
lawes, which y LORDE made betwixte him 
and the children of Israel vpon mount Sinai, 
by the hande of Moses. 

Cfte vrbtj. Cfiapter. 

AND the LORDE talked with Moses, a 
sayde : Speake to f children of Israel, 
g saye vnto them : Yf eny man make a speciall 
vowe vnto y LORDE, so y he piyse a soule, 
then shal this be the valuacion: A ma of 
twentye yeare olde vnto the thre score yeare, 
shalt thou set at fiftie syluer Sycles, after the 
Sycle of the Sanctuary : but a woman at 
thirtie Sycles. Yf it be fyue yeare olde vnto 
twentye yeare, thou shalt set it at twentye 
Sycles, whan it is a man childe: *but a 
woman at ten Sycles. Yf it be a moneth olde 
vnto fiue yeare, thou shalt set it at fyue Sycles 
of syluer, whan it is a machilde : but a woman 
at thre Syluer Sycles. Yf he be thre score 
yeare olde and aboue, the shalt thou set him 
at fiftene Sides wha it is a ma. : a woma at te 
Sides. Yf he be to poore so to be set, the 
let him present himself to y- prest, g f prest 
shal value him. Neuertheles he shal value 
him, acordinge as y hade of him that vowed, 
is able to get. But yf it be a beest y maye 
be offred vnto y LORDE, all y is offred vnto 
f LORDE of soch, is holy : it shal not be 
altered ner chaunged, a good for a bad, or a 
bad for a good. Yf eny man chaunge it, one 
beest for another, then shal they both be holy 
vnto f LORDE. But yf y beest be vncleane 
which maye not be offred vnto y LORDE. 
the shal it be set, before f prest, and y- prest 
shal value it, whether it be good or bad, g it 
shal stonde at the prestes valuynge. But yf 
eny man wil bye it out, he shal geue the fifth 
parte more, to that it was set at. 

Whan eny ma sanctifieth his house vnto 
the LORDE for y Sanctuary, the prest shall 
value it, whether it be good or bad. And as 
the prest valueth it, so shal it stonde. But yf 
he y sanctified it, wyl redeme it, he shal geue 
y fifth parte of syluer therto, aboue that it 
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Yf eny man halowe a pece of lode of his 
heretage vnto the LORDE, it shalbe set 
acordinge to y it beareth. Yf it beare an 
Homer of barlye, it shalbe valued at fiftye 
Sycles of syluer. But yf he halowe his londe 
immediatly from the yeare of Iubilye forth, 
then shal it be set acordinge to y value therof. 
Yf he haue halowed it after the yeare of 
Iubilye, then shal the prest reke it, acordinge 
to y yeares y remayne vnto y yeare of Iu- 
bilye, (j therafter shal he set it the lower. 

But yf he y sanctified the londe, wil redeme 
it agayne, then shal he geue the fifth parte of 
syluer therto, aboue that it was set at: So 
shal it be his. Yf he wil not lowse it out, but 
selleth it vnto another, then shal he redeme it 
nomore : but the same londe whan it goeth 
out fre in y yeare of Iubilye, shal be holy 
vnto the LORDE, as a dedicated felde, and 
shalbe the prestes inheritaunce. 

Yf eny man halowe vnto the LORDE a 
felde, which he hath bought, and is not his 
inheritaunce, then shal y prest reken it, what 
it is worth vnto the yeare of Iubilye, (j the 
same daye shall he geue the pryce that it is 
set at, vnto the LORDE for the Sanctuary. 
But in f yeare of Iubilye it shal returne vnto 
him that bought it, y it maye be his inherit- 
aunce in the londe. All maner of prysinge 
shalbe made acordinge to the Sycle of the 
Sactuary." One Sycle maketh xx. Geras. 

Exo. 30. b. Nu. 3. g. Eze. 45. b. 



*The first borne amonge y catell (which 
belongeth vnto the LORDE) shall no man 
Sanctifie vnto the LORDE, whether it be 
oxe or shepe, for it is the LORDES all ready 
But yf there be eny vncleane thinge vpon the 
beest, the shal it be lowsed out therafter as it 
is worth, and the fifth parte shalbe geuen 
more therto. Yf he wil not redeme it, the 
let it be solde, as it is worth. 

There shall no dedicated thinge be solde 
ner bought out, y eny man dedicateth vnto y 
LORDE, of all y is his good, whether it be 
me, catell or lode. For euery dedicated 
thige, is most holy vnto y LORDE. There 
shal no dedicated thige of ma be bought out, 
but shal dye the death. All the tythes in the 
londe, both of the sede of the londe, g of y 
frutes of the trees, are the LORDES, j shal 
be holy vnto the LORDE. But yf eny 
man wil redeme his tithes, he shall geue 
the fifth parte more therto. And all the 
tithes of oxen g shepe, & that goeth vnder the 
rod, the same is an holy tythe vnto the 
LORDE. It shall not be axed whether it be 
good or bad, nether shall it be chaunged. 
But yf eny man chaunge it, then both it (j 
that it was chaunged withall, shal be holy, (t 
not redemed. 

These are the comaundementes, which y 
LORDE gaue Moses in charge vnto childre 
of Israel vpon mount Sinai. 

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Cfjap. I. 

The children of Israel are nombred and musterd 
out, as many as are mete for the batayll : The 
captaynes are ordeyned, and Leui appoynted 
to the seruyce of the Tabernacle. 

Cfjap. II. 
The ordre and maner how the tetes were pitched, 
and how the children of Israel laye aboute 
the Tabernacle of wytnes. 

Cfiap. HI. 
The office of Leui, (j of the sonnes of Aaron. 

Cfjap. IIII. 
The office of the sonnes of Kahath, Gerson and 
Merari. 

CJ)ap. V. 
What maner of people were dryuen out of the 
hoost. The lawe of Gelousy of the man 
towarde the wife 

Cfjap. VI. 
The lawe and ordinaunce concerninge the Naza- 
rees or absteyners. The blessynge of the 
Israelites. 

Cljap. VII. 
The offerynges of the captaynes at the dedicacio 
of the altare, after that the Tabernacle was 
set vp 

Ciiap. VIII. 
Of the candilsticke, offerynges, purifienge, and 
altare of the Leuites. 

Ciiap. IX. 

Of the feast of Easter, (j how the vncleane shulde 
kepe it. Of the cloude vpon the Tabernacle. 



Cljap. X. 



The vse of the syluer trompettes, 5 how the 
children of Israel brake vp, and toke their 
iourney with Hobab Moses brother in lawe. 

Cljap. XI. 

The people are weery and vnpaciet by the waye, 
murmur agaynst Moses, desyre flesh, and 
abhorre the Manna. The LORDE geueth 
them after their lust, but punisheth them sore. 

Cljap. XII. 

Miriam and Aaron grudge agaynst Moses, & 
Miriam is smytten with Leprosy. 



Cljap. XIII. 

that were sent in to the lande of 
come agayne, and put the people in 



The spyes 
Canaan, 
feare. 

Cljap. XIIII. 

The people are vnpacient, wepe, and murmur 
agaynst Moses, Iosue & Caleb geue the londe 
a good worde, (j coforte them. The LORDE 
is angrie, 3. punysheth the people. 

Ctjap. XV. 
Of dyuerse offerynges, and how he was punyshed 
that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath. The 
people are commauded to make gardes of 
remembraunce vpon their garmentes, to thinke 
vpon the commaundementes of the LORDE. 

Ci)ap. XVI. 

Of the vproure and insurreccion of Corah, Dathan 
and Abyram, (j their punyshment. The peo- 
ple murmur. Fourtene thousande and seuen 
hundreth dye in the plage. 



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Chap. XVII. 

By the florishinge staff of Aaron, it is declared, 
that the trybe of Leui and the presthode of 
Aaron is chosen of God. 

Chap. XVIII. 

The office & mynistracion of Aaron, of the prestes 
(£ Leuites, g their dewtye. 

Chap. XIX. 

Of the reed cowe that was brent, and how the 
sprynklinge water was made of the aszshes 
of her. 

Chap. XX. 

Miriam dyeth at Cades. The people chyde with 
Moses and Aaron for faute of water, the 
LORDE geueth it them out of the hard stonye 
rocke. Moses desyreth the kynge of Edom, 
to let them go thorow his londe. Aaron dyeth 
vpon mount Hor. 

Chap. XXI. 

The battaill betwene Israel and Arad the kynge 
of the Cananites. The people murmur, and 
are plaged with the serpentes. They wynne 
the victory of Og and Sihon. 

Chap. XXII. 
Of Balac the kynge of the Moabites, and of 
Balaam the Soythsayer. 

Chap. XXIII. 

Balaam is brought to curse the people of God. 

Chap. XXIIII. 
The LORDE turneth Balaams curse in to a 
blessynge and prayse. 

Chap. XXV. 

The people fall to whordome and Idolatrye with 
the wemen of Moab, and ioyne them selues 
to the seruice of Ball Peor. Foure and twen- 
tye thousande are destroyed. Phineas in his 
feruent zele slayeth a man and woman in their 
synne. 



Chap. XXVI. 

The people are nombred agayne and musterd. 

Chap. XXVII. 

What inheritauce the doughters haue, where 
there is no sonne. Iosua is made captayne of 
the people in Moses steade. 

Chap. XXVIII. 

Offeringes apoynted for euery tyme. 

Chap. XXIX. 
The feast of the seuenth moneth and the offer- 
ynges therof. 

Chap. XXX. 
Of vowes made by me or women. 

Chap. XXXI. 

Israel wynneth the victory of the Madianites, and 
deuydeth the spoyle. 

Chap. XXXII. 
Ruben, Gad, and the half trybe of Manasse haue 
their inheritauce apoynted them on this syde 
of Iordan. 

Chap. XXXIII. 
The iourneys of the children of Israel are nom- 
bred. The people are commaunded (whan 
they come in to the londe of Canaan) to de- 
stroye all vtterly. 

Chap. XXXIIII. 

The deuydinge of the londe of Canaan with the 
borders therof, and what they be that deuyde it. 

Chap. XXXV. 
The porcion of the Leuites. Fredome for soch 
as commytte slaughter vnawares. Dyuerse 
slaughters. 

Chap. XXXVI. 
The inheritauce of the tribe maie not be mixte 
nor chaunged. 



Che first Chapter. 
A ND the LORDE spake vnto Moses in y 
J^\^ wyldernesse of Sinai, in the Tabernacle 
of witnesse, the first daye of the secode 
moneth in the seconde yeare, wha they were 
gone out of the lade of Egipte, and sayde : 

* Exo. 30. b. Nu. 26. a. 



*Take y summe of the whole congregacion 
of the children of Israel, after their kynredes 
(j their fathers houses, with the nombre of the 
names, all that are males, heade by heade, 
fro twentye yeare and aboue, as many as are 
able to go forth in to y warre in Israel. And 
ye shal nombre them acordinge to their armyes 
thou and Aaron, and of euery trybe ye shal 



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take vnto you one captayne ouer his fathers 
house. 

These are the names of the captaynes that 
shal stonde with you. Of Ruben, Elizur the 
sonne of Sedeur. Of Simeon, Selumiel the 
sonne of Zuri Sadai. Of Iuda, Nahasson the 
sonne of Aminadab. Of Isachar, Nathaneel 
the sonne of Zuar. Of Zabulon, Eliab the 
sonne of Helon. Amonge the children of 
Ioseph : Of Ephraim, Elisama y- sonne of 
Amihud. Of Manasse, Gamaliel the sonne 
of Pedazur. Of Ben Iamin, Abidam y sonne 
of Gedeoni. Of Dan, Ahieser the sonne of 
Ammi Sadai. Of Asser, Pagiel the sonne 
of Ochram. Of Gad, Eliasaph f sonne of 
Deguel. Of Nephthali, Ahira the sonne ol 
Enan. 

These are the awncient men of the congre- 
gacion, the captaynes amonge the trybes of 
their fathers, which were heades and prynces 
in Israel. 

And Moses 5 Aaron toke them (like as 
they are there named by name) and gathered 
the whole c5gregacion together also, f first 
daye of the secode moneth, and rekened the 
after their byrth, acordinge to their kynreds 
and fathers houses by their names, fro twetye 
yeare and aboue, heade by heade, as the 
LORDE commaunded Moses, and nombred 
them in the wyldernes of Sinai. 

The children of Ruben Israels first sonne, 
their kynreds & generacions after their fathers 
houses, in y nombre of their names heade by 
heade, all y were males, from twentye yeare 
(S aboue, and were able to go forth to the 
warre, were nombred to the trybe of Ruben, 
sixe and fourtye thousande, and fyue hundreth. 

The children of Simeon their kynreds d 
generacions after their fathers houses in the 
nombre of the names heade by heade, all that 
were males from twetye yeare and aboue, and 
were able to go forth to the warre, were 
nombred to the trybe of Symeon, nyne and 
fiftye thousande and thre hundreth. 

The children of Gad their kynreds and 
generacions after their fathers houses in f 
nombre of the names, from twentye yeare 
and aboue, all that were able to go forth to 
the warre, were nombred to the trybe of Gad, 
fyue and fourtye thousande, sixe hundreth 
and fiftie. 

The children of Iuda their kynreds and 
generacions after their fathers houses in y 



nombre of the names, from twentye yeare and 
aboue, all that were able to go forth to the 
warre, were nombred to the trybe of Iuda, 
foure and seuentye thousande, d sixe hundreth 

The children of Isachar their kynreds q 
generacions, after their fathers houses in y 
nombre of the names from twentye yeare 3 
aboue, all that were able to go forth to the 
warre, were nombred to f trybe of Isachar. 
foure and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth 

The children of Zabulon their kynreds and 
generacions after their fathers houses in the 
nombre of the names from twentye yeare d 
aboue, all that were able to go forth to the 
warre, were nombred to the trybe of Zabulon 
seuen and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth 

Iosephs children of Ephraim, their kynreds 
d generacions after their fathers houses in f 
nombre of the names, from twetye yeare d 
aboue, all y were able to go forth to f warre, 
were nobred to the trybe of Ephraim, fourtye 
thousande g fyue hundreth. 

The children of Manasse their kynreds j 
generacions, after their fathers houses in y 
nombre of the names from twentye yeare j 
aboue, all y were able to go forth to the 
warre, were nombred to the trybe of Manasse, 
two d thirtie thousande & two hundreth. 

The childre of Ben Iamin their kynreds 
and generacions, after their fathers houses, in 
the nombre of the names from twentye yeare 
d aboue, all that were able to go forth to the 
warre, were nombred to the trybe of Ben 
Iamin, fyue and thirtie thousande and foure 
hundreth. 

The children of Dan their kynreds and 
generacions after their fathers houses, in the 
nombre of the names, from twentye yeares 
and aboue, all that were able to go forth to 
the warre, were nombred to the trybe of Dan, 
two and thre score thousande, and seuen 
hundreth. 

The children of Asser their kynreds & 
generacions, after their fathers houses in the 
nombre of the names, from twentye yeare g 
aboue, all y were able to go forth to f warre, 
were nombred to the trybe of Asser, one d 
fourtye thousande and fyue hundreth. 

The childre of Nephthali, their kynreds 
and generacions after their fathers houses in 
the nombre of the names, from twentye yeare 
d aboue, all that were able to go forth vnto 
the warre, were nombred to the trybe of 



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Nephthali, thre and fiftie thousande and foure 
hundreth. 

These are they whom Moses and Aaron 
nombred with f twolue prynces of Israel, 
wherof euery one was ouer f house of their 
fathers. *And the summe of the children of 
Israel after their fathers houses, from twentye 
yeare and aboue (what so euer was able to go 
forth to the warre in Israel) was sixe C. 
thousande, thre thousande, fyue C. g fiftie. 
But the Leuites after the trybe of their 
fathers, were not nombred amonge them. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
saide : The trybe of Leui shalt thou not 
nombre, ner take the summe of them amonge 
y children of Israel : but shalt appoynte them 
to the Habitacion of wytnesse, and to all y 
apparell therof, and to all that belongeth 
therto. t And they shall beare the Tabernacle 
g all the ordinaunce therof, and shal wayte 
vpon it, and shal pitch their tentes rounde 
aboute it. And whan men shal go on their 
iourney, the Leuites shal take downe y Ta- 
bernacle. And whan the hoost pitch their 
tetes, they shal set vp the Tabernacle. And 
yf a straunger preasse nye vnto it, he shall 
dye. The children of Israel shal pitch their 
tentes, euery one in his awne armye, and by 
the baner of his awne companye. But the 
Leuites shall pitch rounde aboute the Ta- 
bernacle of wytnesse, that there come no 
wrath vpon y congregacion of the children of 
Israel : therfore shal the Leuites wayte vpon 
the Habitacion of wytnesse. And the children 
of Israel dyd all, as the LORDE commaunded 
Moses. 

Cf)c t). Chapter. 

ND y LORDE spake vnto Moses and 
Aaron, g sayde: The childre of Israel 
snai pitch rounde aboute f Tabernacle of 
wytnesse, euery one vnder his banner g tokens, 
after their fathers houses. 

On the East syde shall Iuda pitch with his 
banner g hoost, their captayne Nahasson the 
sonne of Aminadab. And his armie in the 
summe, foure & seuentie thousande - and sixe 
hundreth. Nexte vnto him shal the trybe of 
Isachar pitch, their captayne Nathaneel the 
sonne of Zuar : and his armye in the summe, 
foure and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth. 
The trybe of Zabulon also, their captayne 

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A 



Eliab the sonne of Helon : his armye in the 
summe, seuen and fiftie thousande and foure 
hundreth. 

So y all they which beloge to y hoost of 
Iuda, be in the summe an C. sixe and foure 
score thousande, g foure hundreth be longinge 
to their armye, g they shall go before. 

On the South side shall lye the pauylions g 
baner of Ruben with their hoost, their cap- 
taine Elizur y sonne of Sedeur : g his armie 
in the summe, sixe g fourtie thousande, g fyue 
C. Nexte vnto him shal the trybe of Simeon 
pitch, their captayne Selumiel f sonne of 
Zuri Sadai : g his armie in y summe, nyne 
and fiftie thousande, and thre hundreth. The 
trybe of Gad also, their captayne Eliasaph y 
sonne of Deguel : g his armye in the summe, 
fyue g fourtye thousande, sixe hundreth g 
fiftie. So that all they which belonge to the 
hoost of Ruben, be in the summe, an hun- 
dreth, one g fiftie thousande, foure hudreth 
and fiftye, belonginge to their armye. And 
they shall be the seconde in the ioumey. 

After that shall the Tabernacle of wytnesse 
go with the hoost of the Leuites eue in y 
myddes amoge the hoostes : g as they lye in 
their tentes, so shal they go forth also, euery 
one in his place vnder his baner. 

On the West syde shall lye f pauylions g 
baner of Ephraim with their hoost : their cap- 
tayne shalbe Elisama sonne of Amihud, and 
his armye in the summe, fourtye thousande 
and fyue hundreth. Nexte vnto him shal y 
trybe of Manasse pitch, their captayne Ga 
maliel the sonne of Pedazur: his armye h 
the summe, two and thirtie thousande g two 
hudreth. The trybe of Ben lamin also, their 
captayne Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni r his 
armye in the summe, fyue and thirtie thou- 
sande g foure hundreth. So y all they which 
belonge to the hoost of Ephraim, be in the 
summe, an hundreth thousande, eight thou- 
sande, g an hudreth, belonginge to his armie, 
And they shal be the thirde in the iourney. 

On the North syde shal lye y pauylions q 
baner of Dan with their hoost : their captayne 
Ahieser y- sonne of Ammi Sadai, his armye 
in the summe, two and sixtye thousande and 
seue hundreth. Nexte vnto him shal the 
trybe of Asser pitche : their captayne Pagiel 
y sonne of Ochran, his army in the summe, 
one and fourtie thousande, and fyue hundreth. 

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The trybe of Nephthali also, their captayne 
Ahira the sonne of Enan : his armye in the 
summe, thre g fiftye thousande g foure hiidreth. 
So y all they which belonge to the hoost of 
Dan, be in the summe, an hiidreth thousande, 
seuen g fiftie thousande, g sixe hundreth. 
And they shalbe the last in the iourney with 
their baners. 

This is the summe of the children of Israel, 
after their fathers houses and armyes with 
their hoostes : euen sixe hundreth thousande, 
g thre thousande, fyue hiidreth g fiftie. But 
y Leuites were not nombred in y summe 
amonge the childre of Israel, * as y LORDE 
comaunded Moses. And f childre of Israel 
dyd all as the LORDE comaunded Moses. 
And so they pitched vnder their baners, g 
toke their iourney, euery one in his kynred, 
acordinge to the house of their fathers. 

©fie in. Chapter. 

THESE are the generacions of Aaron g 
Moses, whan f LORDE spake vnto 
Moses at y same tyme vpon mount Sinai. 
And these are y names of the sonnes of Aron. 
"The firstborne, Nadab: then Abihu, Eleasar 

Ithamar. These are y names of the sonnes 
of Aaron, + which were anoynted to be prestes, 
g their handes fylled for y presthode. * But 
Nadab g Abihu dyed before y LORDE, wha 
they offred strauge fyre before y LORDE, in 
f wildernesse of Sinai, g had no sonnes. But 
Eleasar and Ithamar executed y prestes office 
with their father Aaron. 

c And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 

yde : Bringe hither the trybe of Leui, and 
set them before Aaron the prest, y they maye 
serue with him, (j wayte vpon him g vp5 the 
whole congregacion before y Tabernacle of 
witnesse, and execute the seruyce of the 
habitacion, and kepe all the apparell of the 
Tabernacle of wytnesse, and wayte vpon the 
children of Israel, to mynistre in the seruyce 
of the habitacion. 

And thou shalt geue y Leuites vnto Aaron 
and his sonnes for a gift, vnto euery one his 
awne, from amonge the children of Israel. 
As for Aaron g his sonnes, thou shalt appoynte 
them to wayte on their prestes office. *Yf 
another preasse therto, he shal dye. 

§And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 



Num. 1. j 
b Leui. 10. a. 



' Leui. 10. a. Nu. 26. g. 
c Nu. 16. b. and 18. a. 



t Leui. 8. a. 
1 Par. 10. b. 



saide : Beholde, I haue take the Leuites fro 
amonge the childre of Israel, for all the first 
borne that open the Matrix amonge the 
children of Israel, so that the Leuites shalbe 
myne. II For the firstborne are myne, sence y 
tyme that I smote all the first borne in f 
lande of Egipte, wha I sanctified vnto me all 
the first borne in Israel, from me vnto catell, 
that they shulde be myne. I the LORDE. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the 
wyldernesse of Sinai, and sayde : Nombre the 
children of Leui after their fathers houses and 
kynreds, all that are males of a moneth olde 
and aboue. 

So Moses nombred them acordinge to the 
worde of the LORDE, as he had commaunded. 
And these were the children of Leui with 
their names: ^ Gerson, Kahath, Merari. The 
names of the children of Gerson in their 
kynreds, were : Libni and Semei. 

The childre of Kahath in their kynreds 
were, Amram, Iezehar, Hebron and Vsiel. 

The children of Merari in their kym-eds, 
were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds 
of Leui after their fathers houses. 

These are y kynreds of Gerson : The Lib- 
nites and Semeites, the summe was founde in 
nombre, seuen thousande and fyue hundreth, 
of all that were males of a moneth olde and 
aboue. And the same kynreds of the Ger- 
sonites shal pitche behinde the Habitacion on 
the west syde : Let Eliasaph the sonne of 
Lael be their ruler. And they shal waite 
vpon the Tabernacle of wytnesse, of the 
habitacion, and of the tent, and couerynges 
therof, and the hangynge in the dore of the 
Tabernacle of wytnesse, the hangynge aboute 
the courte, g the hangynge in y courtedore, 
which (courte) goeth aboute the habitacion 
and the altare, and the cordes of it, g all that 
belongeth to the seruyce therof. 

These are the kynreds of Kahath : The 
Amramites, the Iezeharites, the Hebronites, 
and Vsielites, all that were males of a moneth 
olde g aboue, in nombre eight thousande and 
sixe hundreth, waytinge vpon the Tabernacle 
of the Sanctuary, g shal pitch on the south 
yde of y Habitacion: Let Elisaphan the 
sonne of Vsiel be their ruler. And they shal 
kepe the Arke, the table, the candilsticke, 
the altare and all the vessels of the Sanctuary, 



t Num. 3. f. and 16. 
13. 



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d Exod. 6. c. 



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to do seruyce in, and the vayle, and all that 
belongeth to the seruice therof. But the chefe 
of all the rulers of the Leuites, shalbe Eleasar 
the sonne of Aron the prest, ouer them that 
are apoynted to kepe the watch of the Sanc- 
tuary. 

These are y kynreds of Merari : The Ma- 
helites and Musites, which were in nombre 
sixe thousande and two hudreth, all that were 
males of a moneth olde and aboue : Let Zuriel 
f sonne of Abihail be their ruler, and they 
shall pitche vpon the north syde of the Ha- 
bitacion. And their office shalbe to kepe the 
bordes, and barres, and pilers, and sokettes 
of the Habitacion, and all the apparell therof 
and that serueth therto : y pilers also aboute y 
courte, with the sokettes, and nales, and cordes. 

But before the Habitacion and before y 
Tabernacle on the East syde shal Moses g 
Aaron g his sonnes pytche, that they maye 
wayte vpon the Sanctuary, g the children of 
Israel. *Yf eny other preasse therto, he 
shal dye. 

"All the Leuites in the summe, whom Moses 
and Aaron nombred after their kynreds, 
acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, all 
that were males, of a moneth olde and aboue, 
were two and twentye thousande. 

And y LORDE saide vnto Moses : Nombre 
all the first borne, that are males amonge the 
children of Israel, of a moneth olde and aboue, 
and take the nombre of their names. 'And y 
Leuites shalt thou take out vnto me the 
LORDE, for all y first borne of y childre of 
Israel, g the catell of the Leuites for all the 
first borne amonge the catell of y children of 
Israel. And Moses nombred all the first 
borne amoge the childre of Israel, as the 
LORDE commaunded him. And in the 
nombre of the names of all the first borne, 
that were males of a moneth olde g aboue, 
in their summe, there were foiide two and 
twentye thousande, two hundreth, and thre 
and seuentye. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 
sayde : Take the Leuites for all y first borne 
amonge the childre of Israel, g the catell of y 
Leuites for their catell, y the Leuites maye 
be myne the LORDES. 'But the redemp- 
cion money of the two hundreth thre g seuentye 
y remayne of the first borne of the children 



Num. 3. b. and 16. a. 
and 8.b. 



" Nu. 26. g. 
Leui. 27. a 



of Israel, aboue the nombre of the Leuites, 
shalt thou take, euen fyue Sycles of euery 
heade, after the Sycle of the Sanctuary t (one 
Sycle is worth twentye Geras) g the money y 
remayneth ouer their n5bre, shalt thou geue 
vnto Aaron and his sonnes. 

Then toke Moses f redempcion money 
(that remayned ouer aboue the nombre of 
the Leuites) from y first borne of the childre 
of Israel, euen a thousande, thre hundreth, 
and fyue and thre score Sycles, after f Sycle 
of the Sanctuary, g gaue it vnto Aaron and his 
sonnes, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, 
as the LORDE commaunded Moses. 

Cftf tttj. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses g 
Aaron, g sayde : Take y summe of the 
childre of Kahath from amonge the childre of 
Leui, after their kynreds g fathers houses t 
from thirtie yeare and aboue vntill fiftye 
yeare, all that are mete for the warre, that 
they maye do the worke in the Tabernacle 
of witnesse. This shal be the office of the 
children of Kahath in the Tabernacle of wyt- 
nesse, which is most holy. 

Whan the hoost breaketh vp, Aaron and 
his sonnes shall go in, and take downe the 
vayle, and couer the Arke of wytnesse ther- 
with, and laye the couerynge of doo skynnes 
vpon it, and sprede a whole yalowe clothe 
aboue theron, and put his staues therin. And 
vpon the shewe table they shal sprede a yalowe 
clothe also, and set theron the disshes, spones, 
flatpeces and pottes to poure out and in, and 
the daylie bred shal lye vpon it, and they 
shall sprede a purple clothe therouer, and 
couer it with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and 
put the staues of it therin. 

And they shal take a yalowe clothe, and 
couer the cadilsticke of light therwith, and 
his lampes, with his snoffers and outquenchers, 
and all the oyle vessels that belonge to the 
seruyce, and aboute all this shal they put a 
couerynge of doo skynnes, and put it vpon 
staues. 

So shal they sprede a yalowe clothe ouer 
the golden altare also, and couer the same 
with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put it 
vpon staues. All the vessels that they occupye 
in the Sanctuary, shal they take, and put a 

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yalowe clothe ther ouer, j couer them with a 
couerynge of doo skynnes, and put them vpon 
staues. They shal swepe the asshes also from 
the altare, and sprede a clothe of scarlet ouer 
it, and set all his vessels theron, that they 
occupye vpon it : colepannes, fieshokes, shouels, 
basens, with all the apparell of the altare, and 
they shal sprede a couerynge of doo skynnes 
theron, and put his staues therto. 

Now whan Aaron and his sonnes haue done 
this, and haue couered the Sanctuary 5 all 
the ornametes therof, whan the hoost breaketh 
vp, "then shal the children of Kahath go in, 
that they maye beare it, and the Sanctuary 
shall they not touche, * lest they dye. This 
is the charge of the childre" of Kahath in the 
Tabernacle of wytnesse. 

And Eleasar the sonne of Aaron f prest, 
shal haue the office, to prepare the oyle for 
the light, and the spyces for the incense, and 
the daylie meat offerynge, and the anoyntinge 
oyle, to order the whole habitacion, g all that 
therin is, in the Sanctuary and the ornamentes 
therof. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and 
Aaron, j sayde: Ye shal not destroye the 
trybe of the kynred of the Kahathites amSge 
the Leuites, but this shal ye do with them, y 
they maye lyue g not dye, yf they touche the 
most holy. Aaron and his sonnes shal go in, 

d appoynte euery one vnto his office 5 
charge. But they shal not go in, presump- 
tuously to loke vpo y Sanctuary, lest they die. 
And y LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron 
j sayde : Take the summe of the children of 
Gerson also, 6 after their fathers house 5 
kynred, from thirtye yeare & aboue, vntyll 
fiftye yeare, cj appoynte them all y are mete 
for the warre, to haue an office in the Taber- 
nacle of wytnesse. 

This shalbe the office of the kynred of the 
Gersonites, eue to serue g to beare. They 
shal beare the curtaynes of the habitacion 
and of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and his 
couerynge and the coueringe of doo skynnes, 
that is aboue theron, and the hanginge in the 
dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and the 
hanginge aboute the courte, which goeth 
aboute the habitacion and the altare, and 
their cordes, and all the instrumentes y serue 
for the, and all that belongeth to their occu- 
pienge. Acordinge vnto the worde of Aaron 



and of his sonnes, shal all the office of the 
children of Gerson be done, what so euer they 
shall beare and occupye. And ye shal se, 
that they wayte vpon all their charge. This 
shal be y office of y kinred of y childre of y 
Gersonites in y Tabernacle of witnes. And 
their waytinge shal be vnder f hade of Ithamar, 
the sonne of Aaro the prest. 

The children of Merari after their kynred 
and fathers house, shalt thou appoynte also, 
from thirtie yeare and aboue, vnto fiftie yeare, 
all that are mete for the warre, y they maye 
haue an office in the Tabernacle of wytnesse. 
But vpon this charge shall they wayte acord- 
inge to all their office in y Tabernacle of 
witnesse, that they beare the bordes of the 
Habitacion, and the barres, and pilers, and 
sokettes : the pilers of the courte also rounde 
aboute, and the sokettes and nales and cordes, 
with all their apparell, acordynge to all their 
seruyce. And vnto euery one shall ye ap- 
poynte his porcion of charge to waite vpon 
the apparell. Let this be the office of the 
kynred of the children of Merari, all that 
they shall do in the Tabernacle of wytnesse 
vnder the hande of Ithamar the sonne of 
Aaron the prest. 

And Moses and Aaron with the captaynes 
of the congregacion, nombred the children of 
y Kahathites, acordinge to their kynreds and 
houses of their fathers, from thirtie yeare and 
aboue, vntyll fyftye, all that were mete for the 
warre, to haue offyce in the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse. And the summe was, two thou 
sande, seuen hundreth and fyftie. This i 
the summe of the kynred of the Kahathite 
(which all had seruyce in the Tabernacle of 
witnesse) whom Moses and Aaron nombred, 
acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by 



The children of Gerson were nombred 
also in their kynreds and fathers houses from 
thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftie, all that 
were mete for the warre, to haue office in f 
Tabernacle of witnesse, and the summe was 
two thousande, syxe hundreth and thirtie 
This is y summe of the kinred of the childre 
of Gerson, which all had to do in the Taber 
nacle of wytnesse, whom Moses and Aaron 
nombred, acordinge to y worde of y LORDE, 

The children of Merari were nombred also 
acordinge to their kynreds and fathers houses. 



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from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye, all 
that were mete for the warre, to haue office 
in the Tabernacle of witnesse, & the summe 
was thre thousande, and two hundreth. This 
is the summe of the kynred of the childre of 
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron nombred, 
acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by 
Moses. 

The summe of all the Leuites, whom 
Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of 
Israel tolde, after their kinreds and fathers 
houses, from thyrtie yeare and aboue vntyll 
fyftye, all that wente in to do euery one his 
office, and to beare the burthen in y Taber- 
nacle of wytnesse, was eight thousande fyue 
hundreth and foure score, which were nombred 
acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by 
Moses, euery one to his office 5 charge, as the 
LORDE commaunded Moses. 

®I)e b. Chapter. 

AND y LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde : Commaunde the children of 
Israel, y they put out of the hoost * all f 
lepers, and all that haue yssues, and that are 
defyled vpon the deed, both men and wome 
shall they putt out of the hoost, that they 
defyle not their tentes, wherin I dwell amonge 
them. And f children of Israel dyd so, and 
put them out of the hoost, as y LORDE had 
sayde vnto Moses. 

And the LORDE talked with Moses, and 
sayde : Speake vnto the children of Israel (t 
saye vnto them: Whan a man or woman doth 
a synne to eny body, and offendeth therwith 
agaynst the LORDE, then hath that soule a 
trespace vpon it. t And they shall knowlege 
their synne, that they haue done, and shall 
make amendes for their trespace, euen with 
the whole summe, and put y fifth parte more 
therto, and geue it vnto him, agaynst whom 
they haue trespaced. But yf there be noman 
to make the amendes vnto for the offence y 
he hath trespaced agaynst him, then shal the 
reconcylynge be made vnto the LORDE for 
the prest, besydes the ramme of the attonemet, 
wherwith he shalbe reconcyled. 

Likewyse all the Heueofferynges of all 
that the children of Israel halowe vnto the 
LORDE, and offre vnto the prest, shall be 
his. And who so haloweth eny thinge, it shalbe 



his. And who so geueth the prest eny thinge, 
it shal be his also. 

And the LORDE talked with Moses, and 
sayde : Speake to the children of Israel, and 
saye vnto them : Whan eny mans wife goth 
asyde, and trespaceth agaynst him, (j eny ma 
lye with her fleshlye, and the thinge be yet 
hyd from his eyes, and is not come to light 
that she is defiled, and he can brynge no wit- 
nesse agaynst her (for she was not take therin) 
and the sprete of gelousye kyndleth him, so 
that he is gelous ouer his wife : whether she 
be vncleane or not vncleane, then shal he 
brynge her vnto the prest, and brynge an 
offerynge for her, euen the tenth parte of an 
Epha of barlye meele, and shal poure no 
oyle theron, ner put frankensence vpon it : for 
it is an offerynge of gelousy, and an offeringe of 
remembraunce, that remembreth synne. 

Then shall the prest brynge her, and sett 
her before the LORDE, and take of the 
t holy water in an earthen vessell, and put of 
y dust that is on the floore of the habitacion, 
m to the water. And he shal set the wife 
before f LORDE, and vncouer hir heade, 
and the offeringe of remembraunce which is 
an offeringe of gelousy, shall he laye vpon 
hir handes. And the prest shal haue in his 
hande bytter cursinge water, and shal coniure 
the wife, cj saye vnto her : Yf no man haue 
lye with the, and thou hast not gone asyde 
from thy huszbande, to defyle thy self, then 
shall not these bytter cursinge waters hirrte 
the. But yf thou hast gone asyde from thy 
huszbande, so that thou art defyled, and some 
other man hath lyen with the besyde thy 
huszbande, then shall the prest coniure the 
wife with this curse, and shal saye vnto her : 
The LORDE sett the to a curse and a con- 
iuracion amonge thy people, so that the 
LORDE make thy thye rotte, and thy wombe 
to berst. So go this cursed water in to thy 
body, that thy wombe berst, and thy thye 
rotte. And the wife shal saye : Amen Amen. 

So the prest shall wryte this curse in a byll, 
and wash it out with the water, and shall geue 
the wife of the bytter cursinge waters to 
drynke. And wha the cursinge water is gone 
in her, so y it is bytter vnto her then shal the 
prest take the gelousy offerynge out of the 
wyues hande, and waue it for a meatofferynge 
before the LORDE, and offre it vpon the 

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altare : namely, he shall take an handfull of 
the meatofferynge for hir remebraunce, 5 
burne it vp5 the altare, 5 then geue the wife 
the water to drinke. And wha she hath 
dronken the water, yf she be defyled and 
haue trespaced agaynst hir huszbande, then 
shal the cursinge water go in to her, and be 
so bytter, that hir wombe shal berst, and hir 
thye shall rotte, and the wife shal be a curse 
amonge hir people. But yf the same wife be 
not defyled, but is cleane, then shall it do her 
no harme, so that she maye be with childe. 

This is the lawe of gelousy, whan a wyfe 
goeth asyde from hir huszbande, and is de- 
fyled : Or whan y sprete of gelousy kyndleth 
a man, so that he is gelous ouer his wyfe, y he 
brynge her before the LORDE, and that y 
prest do all with her acordinge vnto this lawe. 
And y man shalbe giltlesse of the synne, but 
the wife shall beare hir myszdede. 

Cije bt. Chapter. 

A ND the LORDE talked with Moses, 
XjL an d sayde: Speake vnto the children 
of Israel, and saye vnto them : Whan a man 
or woman separateth them selues, to vowe a 
vowe of abstinence vnto the LORDE, he 
shal absteyne from wyne and stroge drynke. 
* Vyneger of wyne a of stronge drynke shal 
he not drynke, ner that is pressed out of 
grapes: he shall nether eate fresh ner drye 
grapes, so longe as his abstinence endureth. 
Morouer he shall eate nothinge that is made 
of the vyne tre, from the wyne cornels vnto 
the hulle. 

As longe as the vowe of his abstynence 
endureth, there shall no rasoure come vpon 
his heade, tyll the tyme be out which he ab- 
steyneth vnto the LORDE, for he is holy. 

And he shall let the heer of his heade 
growe, and stonde bare openly. All the tyme 
oner y he absteyneth vnto the LORDE, shal 
he go to no deed. Nether shal he defyle him 
self at y death of his father, of his mother, 
of his brother, or of his sister. For the 
abstinence of his God is vpon his heade, and 
y whole tyme of his abstinence shall he be 
holy vnto the LORDE. 

And yf it chaunce eny man to dye sodenly 
before him, then shal y heade of his absty- 
nence be defyled. Therfore shal he shaue 
his heade in the daye of his clensynge, that 
is vpon the seuenth daye : and vpon y eight 



daye shall he brynge two turtill doues, or 
two yonge pigeons, vnto the prest before y 
dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And 
the prest shall make the one a synofferynge, 
and the other a burntofferynge, and make an 
attonement for him, because he defyled him 
self vpon y deed, and so shal he halowe his 
heade the same daye, that he maye holde out 
the tyme of his abstinence vnto the LORDE, 
and he shall brynge a lambe of a yeare olde 
for a trespaceofferynge. But y daies afore 
shal be but lost, because his abstinence was 
defyled. 

This is the lawe of the absteyner. Whan 
the tyme of his abstinence is out, he shal be 
brought before the dore of the Tabernacle of 
wytnesse. And he shal brynge his offeringe 
vnto the LORDE, euen an he lambe of a 
yeare olde without blemysh for a burntoffer- 
inge, (t a she lambe of a yeare olde without 
blemysh for a synofferynge, and a ramme with 
out blemish for an healthofferynge, (j a maude 
with vnleuended cakes of fyne floure myngled 
with oyle, and swete wafers anoynted with 
oyle, 1 their meatofferinges & drynkofferynges. 

And the prest shall brynge it before the 
LORDE, and shal make his synofferynge 
and his burntofferynge, and y ramme shal he 
make an healthofferynge vnto the LORDE, 
with y maunde of the vnleuended bred. His 
meatofferynge and drinkofferinge shal he make 
also. And he shall shaue the heade of the 
absteyners abstinence before the dore of the 
Tabernacle of wytnesse, and shall take the 
heade heer of his abstinence, and cast it vpon 
the fyre that is vnder y healthofferynge. 

And the sodden shulder of the ramme shall 
he take, and an vnleuended cake out of the 
maunde, and a swete wafer, and laye them 
vpon the handes of the absteyner : (after that 
he hath shauen of his abstinence.) And he 
shal Waue them before the LORDE. This 
is holy for the prest with the Waue brest, and 
Heue shulder. After that, maye the absteyner 
drynke wyne. This is the lawe of the ab- 
steyner, which voweth his offeringe vnto the 
LORDE for his abstynence, besydes that, 
which his hande can get. As he hath vowed, 
so shall he do acordinge to the lawe of his 
abstinence. 

And the LORDE talked with Moses, and 
sayde : Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes, 

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and saye : Thus shal ye saye vnto the childre 
of Israel, whan ye blesse them. 

* The LORDE blesse the, and kepe the. 

The LORDE make his face to shyne vpo 
the, and be mercifull vnto the. 

The LORDE lift vp his countenaunce 
vpon the, and geue the peace. 

For they shal put my name vpo the children 
of Israel, that I maye blesse them. 

E3je bi). C^apttr. 

A ND whan Moses had set vp the Habita- 
x\_ cion and anoynted it,* and sanctifyed it 
with all the apparell therof : and had anoynted 
and halowed the altare also with all his vessels, 
Then offred the captaynes of Israel, which 
were the rulers in their fathers houses. 

For they were the captaynes amonge y 
kynreds, and stode ouer the that were nom- 
bred. And they brought their offerynges 
before the LORDE, sixe couered charettes, 
and twolue oxen, for euery two captaynes a 
charett, and an oxe for euery one, and brought 
them before the habitacion. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Take 
it of them, that it maye serue for the mynis- 
tracion of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and 
geue it vnto the Leuites, vnto euery one 
acordinge to his office. Then toke Moses the 
charettes and oxen, and gaue them vnto the 
Leuites. 

Two charettes and foure oxen gaue he 
vnto y- children of Gerson acordinge to their 
office : and foure charettes and eight oxen gaue 
he vnto the children of Merari acordinge to 
their office, vnder the hande of Ithamar the 
sonne of Aaron the prest. 

But vnto the children of Kahath he gaue 
nothynge, because + they had an holy office 
vpon them, and must beare vpo their shulders. 
And the captaines offred to the dedicacion of 
the altare, in the daye whan it was anoynted, 
and offred their giftes before the altare. 

And f LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Let 
euery captayne brynge his offerynge vpon his 
daye to the dedicacion of the altare. 

On the first daye, Nahasson the sonne of 
Aminadab, of the trybe of Iuda, offred his 
gifte. And his gifte was a syluer charger, 
worth an hundreth and thyrtie Sycles : A 
syluer boule, worth seuentye Sycles (after the 
Sycle of the Sanctuary) both full of fyne 
floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferinge : 



And a golden spone, worth ten Sycles of 
golde, full of incense: A bullocke from 
amonge the greate catell, a ramme, a lambe 
of a yeare olde for a burntofferynge, an he 
goate for a synofferynge : And for an health 
offerynge two oxen, fyue rammes, fyue he 
goates, and fyue lambes of a yeare olde. This 
is the gifte of Nahasson the sonne of Amina- 
dab. 

On the seconde daye offred Nathaneel the 
sonne of Zuar, the captayne of Isachar. His 
gifte was a syluer charger, worth an hundreth 
and thirtie Sycles : A syluer boule, worth 
seuentye Sycles (after the Sycle of the Sanc- 
tuary) both full of fyne floure myngled with 
oile for a meatofferinge : And a golden spone, 
worth ten Sycles of golde, full of incense : A 
bullocke from amonge the greate catell, a 
rame, a lambe of a yeare olde for a burnt- 
offerynge, an he goate for a synofferynge: 
And for an healthofferynge two oxen, fyue 
rammes, fyue he goates, and fyue lambes of a 
yeare olde. This is the gifte of Nathaneel 
the sonne of Zuar. 

On the thirde daye, the captayne of the 
children of Zabulon, Eliab the sonne of He- 
Ion. His gifte was a syluer charger, worth 
an hundreth and thirtie Sycles : A syluer 
boule, worth seuentye Sycles (after the Sycle 
of the Sanctuary) both full of fyne floure 
myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge : And 
a golden spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, 
full of incense : A bullocke from amonge the 
greate catell, a ramme, a lambe of a yeare 
olde for a burntofferynge, an he goate for a syn- 
offerynge : And for an healthofferinge two 
oxen, fyue rammes, fiue he goates, and fiue 
lambes of a yeare olde. This is the gifte 
Eliab the sonne of Helon. 

On the fourth daye, the captayne of the 
children of Ruben, Elizur the sonne of Se- 
deur. His gifte was a syluer charger, worth 
an hundreth and thirtie Sycles: A syluer 
boule, worth seuentye Sycles (after the Sycle 
of the Sanctuary) both full of fyne floure 
myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge : And 
a golde spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, full 
of incense : A bullocke from amonge the 
greate catell, a ramme, a lambe of a yeare 
olde for a burntofferinge, an he goate for a 
synofferynge : And for an healthofferynge two 
oxen, fyue rammes, fyue he goates, j fyue 

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lambes of a yeare olde. This is the gifte of 
Elizur the sonne of Sedeur. 

On the fifth daye, the captayne of f 
children of Simeon, Selumiel the sonne of 
Zuri Sadai. His gifte was a syluer charger, 
worth an hundreth and thirtie Sycles : A 
sillier boule, worth seuentye Sycles (after the 
Sycle of the Sanctuary) both full of fyne 
floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferinge : 
And a golde spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, 
full of incise: A bullocke from amoge the 
greate catell, a ramme, a lambe of a yeare 
olde for a burntofferinge, 5 an he goate for a 
synofferynge : And for an healthofferynge two 
oxe, fyue rammes, fyue he goates, and fiue 
lambes of a yeare olde. This is the gifte of 
Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai. 

On the sixte daye, the captayne of y children 
of Gad, Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel. His 
gifte was a siluer charger, worth an hudreth j 
thirtie Sides : A syluer boule, worth seuentye 
Sycles (after the Sycle of y Sanctuary) both 
full of fine floure myngled with oyle for a 
meatofferynge : And a golden spone, worth 
ten Sycles of golde, full of incense : A bul- 
locke from amonge y greate catell, a ramme, 
a lambe of a yeare olde for a burntofferinge, 
an he goate for a synnofferynge : And for an 
health offerynge two oxen, fyue rammes, fyue 
he goates, and fyue lambes of a yeare olde. 
This is the gifte of Eliasaph the sonne of 
Deguel. 

On the seuenth daye the captayne of the 
children of Ephraim, Elisama, the sonne of 
Amihud. His gifte was a syluer charger, 
worth an hundreth and thirtie Sycles: A 
syluer boule, worth seuentye Sycles (after y 
Sycle of the Sanctuary) both full of fyne 
floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge : 
And a golde spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, 
full of incense : A bullocke from amonge the 
greate catell, a rame, a lambe of a yeare olde 
for a burntofferynge, an he goate for a syn- 
offerynge : And for an healthofferynge two 
oxe, fyue rammes, fyue he goates, and fyue 
lambes of a yeare olde. This is f gifte of 
Elisama the sonne of Amihud. 

On the eight daye, the captayne of the 
children of Manasse, Gamaliel the sonne of 
Pedazur. His gifte was a syluer charger, 
worth an hundreth and thirtie Sycles: A 
syluer boule, worth seuentye Sycles (after the 
Sycle of y Sanctuary) both full of fyne floure 



myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge : And 
a golde spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, full 
of incese. A bullocke from amoge the greate 
catell, a ramme, a lambe of a yeare olde for a 
burntofferynge, an he goate for a synofferynge. 
And for an healthofferynge two oxen, fyue 
rammes, fyue he goates, 5 fyue lambes of a 
yeare olde. This is the gifte of Gamaliel the 
sonne of Pedazur. 

On the nyenth daye, the captayne of the 
children of Ben Iamin, Abidan the sonne of 
Gedeoni. His gifte was a syluer charger, 
worth an hundreth and thirtie Sycles: A 
syluer boule, worth seuentye Sycles (after the 
Sycle of the Sanctuary) both full of fyne floure 
myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge : And 
a golden spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, full 
of incese : A bullocke from amonge the greate 
catell, a ramme, a lambe of a yeare olde for a 
burntofferynge : And for an healthofferynge 
two oxen, fyue rammes, fyue he goates, and 
fyue lambes of a yeare olde. This is the gifte 
of Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni. 

On the tenth daye, the captayne of the 
children of Dan, Ahieser the sonne of Ammi 
Sadai. His gifte was a siluer charger, worth 
an hundreth & thirtie Sycles : A syluer boule, 
worth seuentie Sycles (after the Sycle of the 
Sactuary) both full of fyne floure myngled 
with oyle for a meatofferynge : And a golden 
spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, full of in- 
cense : A bullocke from amonge the greate 
catell, a ramme, a lambe of a yeare olde for 
burntofferynge, an he goate for a synofferynge : 
And for an healthofferynge two oxen, fyue 
rammes, fyue he goates, (j fyue lambes of a 
yeare olde. This is the gifte of Ahieser the 
sonne of Ammi Sadai. 

On the eleuenth daye, the captayne of y 
childre of Asser, Pagiel the sonne of Ochra 
His gifte was a syluer charger, worth an 
hundreth and thirtie Sycles : A syluer boule 
worth seuentie Sycles (after the Sycle of the 
Sactuary) both full of fyne floure myngled 
with oyle for a meatofferynge : And a golden 
spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, full of incese 
A bullocke from the greate catell, a ramme, 
a lambe of a yeare olde for a burntofferynge. 
an he goate for a synofferynge : And for an 
healthofferynge two oxe, fyue rammes, fyue 
he goates, and fyue lambes of a yeare olde. 
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On the twolfte daye, the captayne of the 
children of Nephtah, Ahira the sonne of 
Enan. His gifte was a syluer charger, worth 
an hundreth and thirtie Sycles: A syluer 
boule, worth seuentye Sycles (after the Sycle 
of the Sanctuary) both full of fyne floure 
myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge : And 
a golden spone, worth ten Sycles of golde, 
full of incense : A bullocke from amonge the 
greate catell, a ramme, a lambe of a yeare 
olde for a burntofferinge, an he goate for a 
synnofferinge : And for an health offeringe two 
oxen, fyue rammes, fyue he goates, and fyue 
lambes of a yeare olde. This is the gifte ol 
Ahira the sonne of Enan. 

This is f dedicacion of the altare, what 
tyme as it was anoynted, vnto the which y 
captaynes of Israel offered these twolue syluer 
chargers, twolue syluer boules, twolue spones 
of golde : euery charger conteynynge an hu- 
dreth and thirtie Sycles of syluer, and euery 
boule seuentye Sycles. So that y summe of 
all the syluer in the vessels, was two thousande 
and foure hundreth Sycles (after the Sycle of 
the Sanctuary). And the twolue spones of 
golde full of incense, conteyned euery one ten 
Sycles, after the Sycle of the Sanctuary : So 
that the summe of the golde in the spones, 
was an hundreth and twentye Sycles. 

The summe of the catell for the burntofifer- 
inges, was twolue bullockes, twolue rammes, 
twolue labes of a yeare olde with their meat- 
offeringes : And twolue he goates for synn- 
offeringes. And the summe of the catell for 
the healthofferinges, was foure and twetye 
oxen, thre score rammes, and thre score he 
goates, thre score labes of a yeare olde. This 
is the dedicacion of the altare, after that it 
was anoynted. 

"And whan Moses wente in to the Taber- 
nacle of wytnes, y he might be commoned 
withall, he herde the voyce speakynge vnto 
him fro of the Mercy seate, which was vpo 
the Arke of witnes betwixte the two Cherubins, 
from thence was he comoned withall. 

€Ijt buj. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE talked with Moses, 5 
sayde : Speake to Aaron, 5 saye vnto 
him : * Whan thou settest vp f lapes, thou 
shalt set the so, that they maye all seue geue 
light aboue vpo y candilsticke. And Aaron 



dyd so, 5 set y lampes vpo f candilsticke, as 
y LORDE comaunded Moses. The worke 
of y cadilsticke was of beate golde, both y 
shaft (j floures therof : Acordynge to f visio 
that the LORDE had shewed Moses, euen so 
made he the candelsticke. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde: Take the Leuites fro amonge the 
children of Israel, 5 dense them. But thus 
shalt thou do with them, that thou mayest 
dense them. Thou shalt sprenkle purifienge 
water vpon them, and lett a rasure go ouer 
their whole body, and washe their clothes, and 
then are they cleane. Then shall they take 
a yonge bullocke, and his meatofferynge of 
fyne floure myngled with oyle. And another 
yonge bullocke shalt thou take for a syn- 
offeringe. 

And thou shalt brynge the Leuites before 
the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and gather to- 
gether the whole congregacion of f children 
of Israel, and brynge the Leuytes before 
the LORDE. And the children of Israel 
shall laye their handes vpon the Leuites. 
And Aaron shal waue y Leuites before the 
LORDE for the children of Israel, that they 
maye mynistre in the seruyce of the LORDE. 

And the Leuites shall laye their handes 
vpon the heedes of the bullockes, and the one 
shalbe made a synnofferynge, the other a 
burn tone ringe vnto the LORDE, to make an 
attonement for the Leuites. And thou shalt 
set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes, 
and waue them before the LORDE, and so 
shalt thou separate them from y children of 
Israel, that they maye be myne. The shall 
they go in, that they maye do seruyce in the 
Tabernacle of witnesse. Thus shalt thou 
dense the, g waue them : for they are my 
gifte of the children of Israel, +and I haue 
taken them vnto me for all that openeth the 
Matrix, namely for the first borne of all the 
children of Israel. 

For euery first borne amonge the children 
of Israel is myne, both of men and of catell,* 
sens the tyme that I smote all the first borne 
in the lande of Egipte, and sanctified them 
vnto myself, and toke the Leuites for all the 
first borne amonge the childre of Israel, and 
gaue them for a gifte vnto Aaro and his sonnes 
from amonge the children of Israel, y they 
shulde do the seruyce of the children of Israel 

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in the Tabernacle of witnesse, to make at- 
tonemet for the children of Israel, that there 
be not a plage amonge the children of Israel, 
yf they wyll come nye f Sanctuary. 

And Moses with Aaron and the whole con- 
gregaci5 of the childre of Israel, dyd with the 
Leuites all as the LORDE had commaiided 
Moses. And they purified the Leuites, and 
waszshed their clothes. And Aaron waued 
them before the LORDE, and made attone 
ment for them, that they might be cleane. 

After that wente they in, to do their office 
in the Tabernacle of witnesse before Aaron 
and his sonnes : as the LORDE commauded 
Moses concernynge the Leuites, euen so dyd 
they with them. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses 
sayde : This is it that belongeth vnto the 
Leuites : * From fyue and twentye yeare and 
aboue, shal they go in to the office of the 
Tabernacle of witnesse. But fro fyftie yeare 
forth, they shal ceasse from the waitinge of 
the seruyce therof, and shall mynister nomore, 
but shal appoynte their brethren to waite and 
to serue in the Tabernacle of wytnesse : but 
the office shal not they execute. Thus shalt 
thou do with the Leuites in their seruyces, that 
euery one maye wayte vpon his awne charge. 

Che ir. CftapUr. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses in 
the wildernesse of Sinai, in f first 
moneth of the seconde yeare that they were 
departed out of the lande of Egipte, j sayde : 
Let the children of Israel kepe Easter in his 
season, euen vpon the fourtene daye of this 
moneth at euen, in his season shall they kepe 
it, acordynge to all the statutes j lawes therof. 
And Moses spake to y childre of Israel, y 
they shulde kepe Easter. And they kep 
Easter vpo the fourtene daye of the first 
moneth at euen in the wildernes of Sinai. 
Acordinge to all that the LORDE comaunded 
Moses, euen so dyd the children of Israel. 

Then were there certayne men defyled of 
a deed man, so that they coulde not kepe 
Easter vpon that daye : these came before 
Moses and Aaron the same daye, and sayde 
vnto him : We are defiled of a deed ma : 
wherfore shulde we be despysed, that we must 
not bringe oure giftes in his season amonge 



* Num. 4. c. «Exo. 12. a. Leui. 23. a. Num.28. 
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the children of Israel ? Moses sayde vnto 
them: Stonde styll, I wil heare what the 
LORDE commaundeth you. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde : Speake vnto the children of Israel, j 
saie : Wha eny man is defyled of a deed coarse, 
or is gone farre from you ouer the felde, *or is 
amonge youre kynszfolkes, yet shall he kepe 
Easter, but in the seconde moneth vp5 y 
fourtene daye at euen, and they shal eate it 
with vnleuended bred and sowre sawse, and 
shall leaue none of it vntyll the mornynge 
ner breake eny bone therof, and shal kepe it 
acordinge to all y maner of f Easter. 

But he that is cleane, and not gone in a 
iourney, and is negligent to kepe the Easter, 
the same soule shal be roted out from amoge 
his people : because he brought not his gifte 
to the LORDE in his season, he shal beare his 
synne. And whan there dwelleth a straunger 
amonge you, he shal kepe Easter also vnto 
the LORDE, j shal holde it acordinge to f 
ordinaunce and lawe of y Easter. This sta 
tute shal be vnto you alike, to the straunger 
as to him that is borne in the londe. 

And y same daye y the Habitacion was 
set vp, a cloude couered it vpo the Taber- 
nacle of witnesse, j at euen there was a symi- 
litude of fyre vpon the Habitacion vntill the 
mornynge. So came it to passe allwaye, y 
the cloude couered it by daye, g the symilitude 
of fyre by night. And whan the cloude was 
take vp from the Habitacion, then the children 
of Israel wente on their iourney. And loke 
in what place the cloude abode, there the 
childre of Israel pitched their tentes. Acor- 
dinge to the worde of the LORDE toke the 
children of Israel their iourney, and acordinge 
to his worde pitched they their tentes. So 
longe as the cloude abode vpon the Habi- 
tacion, they laye styll. And whan the cloude 
taried many dayes vpon the Habitacion, the 
childre of Israel wayted vpon the LORDE, g 
wente not on their iourney. 

And whan it chaunced that the cloude 
abode vpo y Habitacion eny space of dayes, 
then pitched they acordinge to the worde of 
the LORDE, g after the worde of the LORDE 
wente they on their iourney. Whan the cloude 
was there from the euenynge vntyll the mor- 
nynge, and so was taken vp, then wete they 

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on their iourney : and whether it was take vp 
by daye or by night, they iourneyed. But 
whan it taried vpon the habitacion two dayes, 
or a moneth, or a longe season, then laye the 
children of Israel, and iourneyed not : and so 
whan it was taken vp, they wente on their 
iourney. For acordinge to the mouth of the 
LORDE they laye, and after the mouth of 
the LORDE they iourneyed, so y theykepte 
the LORDES watch, acordinge to the worde 
of the LORDE by Moses. 

Clje r. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, 
and sayde: Make the two trompettes 
of beaten syluer, that thou mayest vse them, 
to call the cogregacion together, and whan the 
hoost shal breake vp. Whan they blowe with 
both, then shall the whole congregacion gather 
them selues together vnto the before the dore 
of the Tabernacle of witnesse. Whan they 
blowe but with one, then the captaynes, the 
rulers ouer the thousandes in Israel shal 
gather them selues together vnto the. Whan 
ye trompe, then shal the hoostes that lye on 
the East syde, breake vp. And whan ye 
trompe the seconde tyme, the hoostes that lye 
on the South syde, shal breake vp. For ye 
shall trompe, whan they shal take their iour- 
neys. *But whan y congregacion is to be 
gathered together, ye shal blowe, and not 
trompe. This blowinge with the trompettes 
shal the sonnes of Aaron the prest do. And 
it shall be youre lawe for euer amonge youre 
posterities. 

Whan ye go to a battayll in youre londe 
agaynst youre enemies y vexe you, ye shall 
trompe with the trompettes, that ye maye be 
remembred before the LORDE youre God, 
and delyuered from youre enemies. 

Like wyse whan ye are mery, and in youre 
feast dayes, & in youre new Monethes, ye shal 
blowe with the trompettes ouer youre burnt- 
sacrifices (j healthofferinges, y it maie be a 
remembraunce vnto you before youre God. 
I am the LORDE youre God. 

Vpon the twentye daye in the seconde 
moneth of the seconde yeare, arose the cloude 
from the habitacion of witnesse. And the 
childre of Israel wente on their iourney out 
of the wyldernesse of Sinai, "and the cloude 
abode in the wyldernesse of Paran, First brake 

*Iudic.3.d. " Num. 33. c. Deut. 1. a. 



vp (acordinge to the worde of the LORDE 
by Moses.) Namely, the baner of the hoost 
of Iuda wente forth first with their armies, 
*and ouer their hoost was Nahasson the sonne 
of Aminadab. And ouer the hoost of the 
trybe of the children of Isachar was Nathaneel 
the sonne of Zuar. And ouer the hoost of 
the trybe of the children of Zabulon was 
Eliab the sonne of Elon. c And the habi- 
tacion was taken downe, and the children of 
Gerson and Merari bare the habitacion. 

After that wente the baner of the hoost of 
Ruben with their armies, and ouer their hoost 
was Elizur the sonne of Sedeur. And ouer 
the hoost of the trybe of the children of 
Simeon was Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai. 
And Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel ouer the 
hoost of the trybe of the children of Gad. 
Then wente the Kahathites forwarde also, and 
bare the Sanctuary, and caused y habitacion 
be set vp agaynst they came. 

After that wente the baner of the hoost of 
the children of Ephraim with their armies, 
and ouer their hoost was Elisama the sonne of 
Amihud. And Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur 
ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of 
Manasse. And Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni 
ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of 
Ben Iamin. 

After that wente the baner of the hoost of 
the children of Dan with their Armyes, (and 
so were all the hoostes vp) and Ahieser the 
sonne of Ammi Sadai was ouer their hoost. 
And Pagiel f sonne of Ochran, ouer the hoost 
of the trybe of the children of Asser. And 
Ahira the sonne of Enan ouer the hoost of the 
trybe of the children of Nephthali. Thus the 
childre of Israel wete forth with their armyes. 

And Moses spake vnto his brother in lawe, 
Hobab the sonne of Raguel of Madian : We 
go vnto the place, of the which y LORDE 
sayde : I wil geue it you : Come now with vs 
therfore, and we wil do y best with the, for 
the LORDE hath promysed good vnto Israel. 
But he answered : I wil not go with you, but 
wil go in to myne awne londe vnto my kynred. 
He sayde: Oh nay, leaue vs not: for thou 
knowest where is best for vs to pytche in the 
wyldernesse, and thou shalt be oure eye. And 
yf thou goest with vs, loke what good the 
LORDE doth vnto vs, the same wil we do 
vnto the. So they departed from the mount 



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of the LORDE thre dayes iourney, & the 
Arke of the LORDES couenaunt wente 
before them those thre dayes iourney, to 
shewe the where they shulde rest. And y 
cloude of the LORDE was ouer them in the 
daye tyme, whan they wete out of y tetes. 

And whan the Arke wente forth, Moses 
sayde : *Aryse LORDE, let thine enemies be 
scatered, and let them that hate the, flye 
before the. And whan it rested, he sayde : 
Come agayne O LORDE vnto the multitude 
of the thousandes of Israel. 

€Ije rt. Cfiapter. 

AND whan y people waxed vnpaciet, °it 
displeased sore y eares of y LORDE. 
And whan the LORDE herde it, his wrath 
waxed whote, £ the fyre of y LORDE burnt 
amoge them, so y it cosumed the vttemost of 
y hoost. The cryed the people vnto Moses. 
And Moses prayed vnto the LORDE. So 
y fyre quenched. And the place was called 
Tabera, because the fyre of the LORDE 
burnt amonge them. 

Then the comon sorte of people y was 
amoge them, fell a lustinge, and sat 5 wepte 
with the children of Israel, and sayde : Who 
wyll geue vs flesh to eate? We remembre 
the fish, the we ate in Egipte for naught, g 
Cucumbers, Melouns, lekes, onyons, 5 gar- 
leke : But now is oure soule dryed awaye, oure 
eyes se nothinge then the Manna. 

The Manna was like Coriader sede, and to 
loke vpon, like Bedellion. *And the people 
ranne here and there, J gathered it, g grounde 
it in Milles, and beate it in morters, and 
baked it in panes, and made cakes of it, and 
it had a taist like an oyle cake. And whan y 
dew fell vpon the tetes in the night, y Manna 
fell therwith. 

Now whan Moses herde the people wepe 
amoge their kynreds, euery one in his tet dore, 
then the wrath of the LORDE waxed ex- 
ceadinge whote. And it greued Moses also. 
And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE: Why 
vexest thou thy seruaunte? And why fynde 
not I fauoure in thy sight, y thou layest y 
burthen of all this people vpo me ? Haue I 
the coceaued all this people, or begotten them, 
that thou shuldest saye vnto me : Cary them 
in thine armes (as a nurse beareth a childe) 



■ Psal. 67. a. <■ Exo. 16. a. Deut. 9. 
f. tEze.8.b. c Leui.20.a. Iosu. 3. b. 1 Re. 16. 



Exod. 



vnto the londe, that thou hast sworne vnto 
their fathers ? Where shal I get flesh, to geue 
all this people ? They wepe before me, and 
saye : Geue vs flesh, that we maye eate. I 
am not able to beare all this people alone, for 
it is to heuy for me. And yf thou wylt deale 
thus with me: O kyll me then, yf I haue 
founde fauoure in thy sight, that I se not my 
wrechednesse. 

And the LORDE saide vnto Moses : Ga- 
ther vnto me tseuentye men amonge the El- 
ders of Israel, whom thou knowest y they are 
the Elders in y people and officers ouer them, 
and brynge them before the Tabernacle of 
witnesse, and set them there with the : then 
wil I come downe, and talke with the euen 
there, cj take of thy sprete that is vpon the, 
and putt it vpon them, that they maye beare 
the burthen of the people with the, y thou 
beare not all alone. 

And vnto y people thou shalt saye : Sactifye 
youre selues agaynst tomorow, c y ye maye 
eate flesh : for youre wepynge is come in to 
the eares of the LORDE, ye that saye: Who 
shal geue vs flesh to eate ? for we were well 
at ease in Egipte. ^Therfore shal the LORDE 
geue you flesh to eate, not one daye, not two, 
not fyue, not ten, not twentye dayes longe, 
but a moneth longe, tyll it go out at youre 
noses, and tyll ye lothe it : euen because ye 
haue refused the LORDE, which is amonge 
you, and haue wepte before him, g sayde : e 
Wherfore wente we out of Egipte ? 

And Moses sayde : Sixe hundreth thou- 
sande /fote men are there of the people 
amoge whom I am, and thou sayest: I wyll 
geue you flesh to eate a moneth loge. Shal 
the shepe and oxen be slayne to be ynough 
for them ? Or shal all the fishes of the see 
be gathered together, to be sufficient for 
them? The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: 
t Is the LORDES hande shortened then ? 
But now shalt thou se, whether my wordes 
shall be fulfilled in dede, or no ? 

And Moses wete out, and tolde the people 
y worde of the LORDE, and gathered the 
seuentye men amonge the Eldest of the peo- 
ple, & set them rounde aboute the Tabernacle. 
Then came the LORDE downe in a cloude, 
I spake vnto him, (t toke of the sprete y was 
vpon him, j put it vpon the seuentie Elders. 

d Exo. 16. b. e Nu. 21. a. / Exo. 12. f. Num. 

1. f. and 33. a. t Esa. 50. a. and 59. a. 



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And whan the sprete rested vpon them, they 
prophecied, and ceassed not. 

But in the hoost there remayned yet two 
men, of whom the one was called Eldad, y 
other Medad, g the sprete rested vpo them 
For they were wrytten vp also, 5 yet were 
they not gone out vnto the Tabernacle, and 
they prophecied in the hoost. Then ran there 
a lad, g tolde Moses, g sayde : Eldad and 
Medad prophecie in the hoost. Then an 
swered Iosua y sonne of Nun Moses ser- 
uaunte (whom he had chosen) and sayde 
My lorde Moses for bydde them. But Moses 
sayde vnto him : Art thou gelous for my sal 
* wolde God, y all the people of y LORDE 
coulde prophecie, and that y LORDE wolde 
geue them his sprete. So Moses and the 
Elders of Israel gat them to the hoost. 

Then wente out the wynde from y LORDE, 
" g caused quayles to come from the see, g 
scatred the ouer the hoost, here a dayes iour- 
ney, there a dayes iourney rounde aboute y 
hoost, two cubytes hye aboue y earth. Then 
the people stode vp all that daye and all y 
night, and all the nexte daye, and gathered 
quayles : and he that gathered the leest, 
gathered ten Homers, g they kylled them 
rounde aboute the hoost. 

* But whyle y flesh was yet betwene their 
tethe, g or euer it was vp, the wrath of the 
LORDE waxed whote amonge the people, 
t and slewe them with an exceadinge greate 
slaughter. Therfore is the same place called 
the graues of lust, because the voluptuous 
people were buried there. From the lust- 
graues c toke the people their iourney vnto 
Hazeroth, and abode at Hazeroth. 

CIjc yi). Chapter. 

AND Miriam g Aaron spake agaynst 
d Moses because of his wife the Mo- 
rian X which he had taken, because he had 
take a Morian to wife, and they sayde : Doth 
the LORDE speake onely thorow Moses? 
Speaketh he not also by vs? And the LORDE 
herde it. § But Moses was a very meke man, 
oue all men vpon earth. And haistely 
spake the LORDE vnto Moses, and to 
Aaron, and to Miriam : Go out ye thre vnto 



Ioel 2. f. 1 Cor. 14. a. ' Exo. 16. c. ' Psal. 

77. c. t 1 Cor. 10. a. c Num. 33. c. <* Deu. 24. b. 
* Exo. 2. d. §EcclI. 45. a. 'Psal. 98. b. / Heb. 3. a. 



y Tabernacle of wytnesse. And they wente 
out all thre. 

'* Then came the LORDE downe in the 
cloudy piler, 5 stode in the dore of the Taber- 
nacle, g called Aaron g Miriam, g they both 
wete out. And he sayde : Heare my wordes : 
Yf eny man be a prophet of the LORDE, 
vnto him wil I shewe my self in a vision, or 
wil speake vnto him in a dreame. But not 
so with my seruaunt Moses, f which isfaithfull 
in all my house. II Mouth to mouth speake I 
vnto him, g he seyth the LORDE in his 
fashion, not thorow darke wordes or licknesses 
Wherfore were ye not afrayed then to speake 
agaynst my seruaunt Moses ? 

And y wrath of the LORDE waxed whote 
ouer them, g he turned him awaye, and f 
cloude also departed from the Tabernacle 
s And beholde, then was Miriam become 
leporus, as it were snowe. And Aaron turned 
him vnto Miriam, and sawe that she was 
leporous, and sayde vnto Moses : Oh my lorde. 
put not the synne vpon vs, which we haue 
foolishly committed and synned, that she be 
not as one that commeth deed out of his 
mothers wombe : It hath eaten vp half hir 
flesh allready. 

But Moses cried vnto the LORDE, g 
sayde : Oh God, heale her. The LORDE 
sayde vnto Moses : Yf hir father had spytte 
in hir face, shulde she not be ashamed seuen 
dayes ? If Let her be shut out of y hoost 
seue dayes, after y let her be receaued agayne. 
So Miriam was shut out of the hoost seue 
dayes, g the people wente no farther, tyll 
Miriam was l'eceaued againe. Afterwarde 
departed the people from Hazeroth, 'and 
pitched in f wildernesse of Paran. 

Clje ru'j. Chapter. 
A ND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 

_/\ sayde : • Sende forth men to spye out 
y lande of Canaan (which I wil geue vnto y 
children of Israel) of euery trybe of their 
fathers a man, and let them all be soch as are 
captaynes amonge them. Moses sent the 
out of the wildernes of Paran, acordinge to 
the worde of the LORDE, soch as were all 
heades amonge the children of Israel, and 
these are their names : 



Exo. 33. c. f2 Pa. 26. d. If Leu. 13. 14. 

* Num.33, c. ' Deut. 1. d. 



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Samma the sonne of Zacur, of the trybe 
of Ruben. Saphat the sonne of Hori, of the 
trybe of Simeon. Caleb y sonne of Iephune, 
of the trybe of Iuda. Igeal the sonne of 
Ioseph, of the trybe of Isachar. Hosea the 
sonne of Nun, of y trybe of Ephraim. Palti 
the sonne of Raphu, of the trybe of Ben 
Iamin. Gadiel the sonne of Sodi, of y tryb 
of Zabulon. Gaddi the sonne of Susi, of the 
trybe of Ioseph of Manasse. Ammiel the 
sonne of Gemalli, of the trybe of Dan. Se- 
thur y sonne of Michael, of the trybe of Asser, 
Nahebi the sonne of Vaphsi, of the trybe of 
Nephtali. Guel the sonne of Machi, of the 
trybe of Gad. These are the names of the 
men, whom Moses sent forth to spye out the 
lande. As for Hosea the sonne of Nun, 
Moses called him Iosua. 

Now whan Moses sent the forth to spye 
out the lande of Canaan, he sayde vnto the : 
Go vp southwarde, and get you vp to the 
mountaynes, and loke vpon the londe how it 
is : and the people that dwell therin, whether 
they be stx*onge or weake, fewe or many : and 
what maner of lande it is that they dwell in, 
whether it be good or bad : & what maner of 
cities they be that they dwell in, whether they 
be fenced with walles, or not : and what 
maner of lande it is, whether it be fatt or 
leane, and whether there be trees therin, or 
not. Be of a good corage, and bringe of the 
frutes of the londe. It was euen aboute the 
tyme, that grapes are first rype. 

They wente vp, (j spyed the lande, from f 
wildernes of Zin, vntyll Rehob, as me go 
vnto Hemath. They wente vp also towarde 
the south, and came vnto Hebron, where 
Ahiman was, and Sesai and Thalmai, the 
children of Enack (Hebron was buylded seuen 
yeare before Zoan in Egipte.) 

And they came to the ryuer of Escol, and 
there they cut downe a cluster of grapes, 
and caused two to beare it vpon a stafFe, pom- 
granates also and fygges. The place is called 
the ryuer of Escol, because of the cluster ol 
grapes, which the children of Israel cut 
downe there. 

And whan they had spyed out the lande, 
they turned bake againe after fourtye daies, 
and wente, and came to Moses and Aaron, (t 
to the whole congregacion of y children of 
Israel in to f wyldernesse of Paran, eue vnto 

' Deut. 1. d. * Nu. 14. f. ' Deut. 1. a. Psal. 105. c. 



Cades, and brought them worde agayne, and 
to the whole congregacion, how it stode, and 
let them se the frute of the lande, and tolde 
them, and sayde : We came in to y lande, 
whither ye sent vs, where it floweth with 
mylke and hony, and this is the frute therof : 
sauynge that stronge people dwell therin, and 
the cities are exceadinge stronge and greate. 
And we sawe the children of Enack there also. 
The Amalechites dwell in the south countre, 
the Hethites, and Iebusites and Amorites 
dwell vpon the mountaynes, but the Cananites 
dwell by the see, and aboute Iordane. 

Howbeit Caleb stylled y people that was 
agaynst Moses, and sayde vnto them : Let vs 
go vp, and conquere the lande, for we are 
able to ouercome it. But the men that wente 
vp with him, sayde : h We are not able to go 
vp agaynst that people, for they are to stronge 
for vs. And of the lande that they had 
searched, they brought vp an euell reporte 
amonge the childre of Israel, and saide : The 
lade that we haue gone thorow to spye out, 
eateth vp the indwellers therof: and all the 
people that we sawe therin, are men of greate 
stature. We sawe giauntes there also, yee 
giauntes as the children of Enack: and we 
semed in oure sighte as y greshoppers, and so 
dyd we in their sighte. 

Wk)t rttij. Chapter. 

THEN the whole cogregacion toke on, 
and cryed, c and the people wepte y 
night. And all the childre of Israel mur- 
mured agaynst Moses and Aaron, and the 
hole congregacion sayde vnto them: Oh 
that we had dyed in the lande of Egipte, or 
that we might dye yet in this wyldernesse. 
Wherfore bryngeth the LORDE vs in to this 
lande, that oure wyues shulde fall thorow the 
swerde, and oure children be a praye ? Is it 
not better, that we go agayne in to Egipte ? 
And they sayde one to another : Let vs make 
a captayne, and go in to Egipte agayne. 

But Moses (t Aaron fell vpo their faces 
before y whole cogregacion of the multitude 
of the childre of Israel. *And Iosua y sonne 
of Nun, (t Caleb y sonne of Iephune (which 
also had spyed out the lande) rente their 
clothes, (j spake to the whole cogregacion of 
the children of Israel : The londe y we haue 
walked thorow to spye it out, is a very good 

* Eccll. 46. b. 1 Mach. 2. f. 



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lande. Yf the LORDE haue lust vnto vs, 
he shal brynge vs in to the same londe, g 
gene it vs, which is a lade that floweth with 
mylke g hony. But in anye wyse rebell not 
ye agaynst the LORDE, g * feare not y 
people of this lande, for we wil eate the vp 

bred. Their defence is departed fro them, 
t but the LORDE is with vs, be not ye 
afrayed of them. 

And all the people, bad stone them with 
stones. Then appeared the glory of the 
LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto 
all the children of Israel, g the LORDE sayde 
vnto Moses: How longe shal this people 
blaspheme me? And how longe wil it be, 
or they beleue me, for all the tokes that I 
haue shewed amonge them? I wil smyte 
them with pestilence g destroye the, "g wil 
make of the a greater g mightier people then 
this is. 

* But Moses sayde vnto f LORDE : Then 
shal y Egipcians heare it (for with thy power 
hast thou brought this people from amoge 
the) so shal it be tolde the inhabiters of this 
lande also, which haue herde, y thou O 
LORDE art amonge this people, y thou art 
sene from face to face, g that thy cloude 
stondeth ouer them, c and that thou goest 
before them in the cloudy piler on the daye 
tyme, and in the fyrie piler on the night 
season. Yf thou shuldest now slaye this 
people as one man, then the Heythen that 
haue herde so good reporte of the, shulde 

e : rf The LORDE was not able to brynge 
the people in to the londe, that he sware vnto 
them, therfore hath he slayne them in the 
wyldernes. 

So let the power of the LORDE now be 
greate, acordinge as thou hast spoken and 
sayde : The LORDE is of longe sufferaunce 
and of greate mercy, and forgeueth synne 
and trespace, and leaueth no man innocenr, 
g vysiteth the myszdede of the fathers vpon 
the children in to the thirde and fourth gene- 
racion. O be gracious now vnto the synne 
of this people acordinge to thy greate mercy, 
like as thou hast forborne this people also, 
euer from Egipte vnto this place. And the 
LORDE sayde: I haue forgeue it, as thou 
hast saide. But as truly as I lyue, all y 
worlde shal be full of my glory. e For of all 



* Deut. 20. a. t Rom. 
?. d. c Exo. 13. d. 



. d. - Exo. 32. 
Exo. 32. c. 



i. b Deu. 
Nu. 26. st. 



y men that haue sene my glory g my tokens, 
hich I dyd in Egipte and in the wildernesse, 
and tempted me now ten tymes, g haue not 
herkened vnto my voyce, there shall not one 
se the londe that I sware vnto their fathers : 
nether shal eny of them that haue blasphemed 
me, se it. t But my seruaiit Caleb, because 
there is another maner sprete with him, g 
because he hath folowed me, him wil I brynge 
in to the lande, which he hath gone thorow, g 
his sede shal conquere it, and f Amalechites 
also and the Cananites, that dwell in the lowe 
countrees. Tomorow turne you, and get you 
to the wyldernesse, in the waye towarde the 
reed see. 

And f LORDE spake vnto Moses g Aaron, 
g sayde : How loge shal this euell multitude 
murmur agaynst me ? For I haue herde the 
murmuringe of the childre of Israel, y they 
haue murmured agaynst me. Tell them ther- 
fore : § As trulye as I lyue (sayeth f LORDE) 
I wil do vnto you, euen as ye haue spoken in 
myne eares : Youre carcases shal lye in this 
wildernesse. And all ye that II were nombred 
from twentye yeare and aboue, which haue 
murmured agaynst me, shall not come in to 
the lande (cocernynge the which I lift vp my 
hade, y I wolde let you dwell therin) saue 
Caleb y sonne of Iephune, and Iosua the 
sonne of Nun. 

Youre children, of whom ye sayde : ■'"They 
shalbe a spoyle, them wyll I brynge in, so y 
they shal knowe the lande, which ye haue 
refused. But ye with youre carcases shall lye 
in this wildernesse, and youre children shal 
wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares, g 
beare youre whordome, tyll youre carcases be 
waisted in the wildernesse, acordinge to the 
nombre of f fourtye dayes, wherin ye spyed 
out the londe. IT A daye for a yeare, so y 
fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede 
that ye maye knowe what it is, whan I with- 
drawe my hande. Euen I the LORDE haue 
sayde it, g wil do it in dede vnto all this euell 
congregacion, that haue lift vp them selues 
agaynst me : In this wildernesse shal they be 
consumed, and there shal they dye. 

g So there dyed and were plaged before the 
LORDE all the me, whom Moses sent to 
spye out the lade, g came agayne, and made 
the whole cSgregacion to murmur agaynst it, 



Deut. 1. c. and 2. c. 
II Num. 1. a. / Deut. 



t Iosu. 14. b. 
1. f. f Eze. 4. 



§ Nu. 32. b. 
e 1 Cor. 10 



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fa. emit* 



because they brought vp a myszreporte of the 
lande, that it was euell. But Iosua the sonne 
of Nun, and Caleb y sonne of Iephune were 
left alyue, of the men that wente to spye out 
the lande. And Moses spake these wordes 
vnto all the children of Israel. The toke the 
people greate sorowe. 

And they arose early in y mornynge, and 
wente vp to the toppe of y mountayne, and 
sayde : a Lo, here are we, and will go vp to the 
place, wherof the LORDE hath sayde : for 
we haue synned. But Moses sayde : wherfore 
go ye on this maner beyonde y- worde of the 
LORDE ? It shall not prospere with you : 
go not vp (for f LORDE is not amoge you) 
y ye be not slayne before youre enemies. For 
the Amalechites and Cananites are there before 
you, (j ye shal fall thorow y swerde, because ye 
haue turned youre selues from the LORDE, 
and the LORDE shal not be with you. 

But they were blynded to go vp to the 
toppe of the mountaine : neuertheles the Arke 
of the LORDES couenaunt cj Moses came 
not out of the hooste. Then came downe f 
Amalechites j Cananites which dwelt vpon 
that mountayne, and smote them and hewed 
them, euen vnto Horma. 

€3)e vb. Chapter 
A ND the LORDE talked with Moses, 
f\ and sayde: Speake to the childre of 
Israel, (j saye vnto them : Whan ye come in 
to the lande of youre dwellinge, which I shal 
geue you, and wil do sacrifice vnto the 
LORDE, whether it be a burntofferynge, or 
an offrynge for a speciall vowe, or a frewyll 
offerynge, or youre feast offerynges, that ye 
maye make a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE, 
of oxen or of shepe. 

He y wil offre now his gifte vnto f LO RDE, 
shal brynge for the meatofferinge a teth deale 
of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the fourth 
parte of an Hin, and wyne for y drynkofferynge 
the fourth part of an Hin also : to the burnt- 
offeringe, or eny other offeringe, whan a lambe 
is offred. But wha there is a ramme offred, 
thou shalt make the meatofferynge two teth 
deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle, of 
the thirde parte of an Hin, and y thirde parte 
of an Hin of wyne also for a drynkofferinge : 
this shalt thou offre for a swete sauoure vnto 
the LORDE. 

rat. 1. f. b Leuit. 2. a. and 6. b. c Exo. 23. c. 



But yf thou wilt offre an oxe for a burnt- 
offerynge, or for a speciall vowe offerynge, or 
for an healthofferinge vnto the LORDE, 
thou shalt brynge to the oxe, the meatoffrynge, 
euen thre tenth deales of fyne floure mingled 
with half an Hin of oyle, (t half an Hin of 
wyne for a drynkoffrynge. This is an of- 
ferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE. 
Thus shalt thou do with an oxe, with a ramme, 
with a lambe, and with a goate. Acordinge 
as the nombre of the offerynges is, therafter 
shall the nombre of the meatofferynges and 
drynkofferynges be also. 

He that is one of youre selues, shall do this, 
that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete 
sauoure vnto the LORDE. And yf there 
dwell a straunger with you, or is amoge youre 
kynszfolkes, and wil do an offerynge vnto the 
LORDE for a swete sauoure, the same shal 
do as ye do. Let there be one statute for the 
whole cogregacion, both vnto you and to the 
straungers. A perpetuall statute shal it be 
vnto youre posterities, that the straunger be 
eue as ye before f LORDE. One lawe, and 
one ordinaunce shalbe vnto you and to the 
straunger that dwelleth with you. 

And the LORDE talked with Moses 
sayde : Speake to the children of Israel, and 
saye vnto them : Whan ye come in to the 
lande, in to f which I shal brynge you, f so 
that ye eate the bred of the londe, ye shal 
heue vp an Heueofferynge vnto the LORDE, 
namely, a cake of the firstlinges of youre 
dowe shall ye geue for an Heueofferynge : * 
as the Heueofferynge of the barne, euen so 
shal ye geue the firstlinges of youre dowe 

) vnto the LORDE, for an Heueofferynge 
amonge youre posterities. 

And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se 
eny of these commaundementes, d which the 
LORDE hath spoken by Moses, and all y 
the LORDE hath commaunded you by Moses 
(from the daye that the LORDE beganne to 
commaunde for youre posterities) and the 
cogregacion do ought ignorauntly, the shal 
the whole congregacion offre a yonge bullocke 
from amonge the greate catell to a burnt- 
offerynge, for a swete sauoure vnto the 
LORDE, with his meatofferynge and drynk- 
offerynge as the maner is, and an hegoate for 
a synofferynge. And so shal the prest make 
an attonement for the whole congregacion 



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of the children of Israel, and it shalbe for- 
geuen them: for it is an ignoraunce. And 
they shal brynge these their giftes for an 
offerynge vnto the LORDE, and their syn- 
offerynge before the LORDE for their ig- 
noraunce, and it shalbe forgeuen the whole 
congregacion of the childre of Israel, j the 
straunger also y dwelleth amonge you, for so 
moch as all the people is in soch ignoraunce. 

Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce, 2 the 
same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde 
for a synofferynge. And the prest shall make 
an attonement for soch an ignoraunt soule 
with the synofferinge for the ignoraunce be- 
fore the LORDE, that he maye reconcyle 
him, and it shal be forgeuen him. And it 
shal be one lawe, (that ye shal do for y igno- 
raunce) both vnto him that is borne amonge 
the children of Israel, and to the straunger 
that dwelleth amonge you. 

* But yf a soule do ought presumptuously, 
whether he be one of youre selues or a 
straunger, he hath despysed the LORDE : y 
same soule shalbe roted out from amoge his 
people : because he hath despysed the worde 
of the LORDE, and hath left his com- 
maundement vndone : that soule shall vtterly 
perishe, his synne shalbe vpon him. 

Now whyle the children of Israel were in 
the wyldernesse, they founde a man gather- 
ynge stickes vpon the Sabbath daye. And 
they that founde him gatherynge stickes, 
brought him vnto Moses and Aaron, and be- 
fore the whole congregacion. *And they put 
him in preson, for it was not declared what 
shulde be done vnto him. The LORDE 
sayde vnto Moses : The man shall dye the 
death, the whole congregacion shal stone him 
without the hoost. Then the whole cogrega- 
cion brought him out of y hoost, and stoned 
him that he dyed, as y LORDE commaunded 
Moses. 

And y LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Speake 
to the childre of Israel, & saye vnto the, c f 
they make them gardes vpon y quarters of 
their garmentes amonge all youre posterities, 
and put yalowe rybandes vpon the gardes in y 
quarters. And y gardes shal serue you, y ye 
maye loke vpon the, and remembre all the 
comaundementes of the LORDE, & do them: 
that ye order not youre selues after f mean- 
vnge of youre awne hert, ner go a whorynge 

" Leui. 4. f. b Heb. 10. c. * Leui. 24. c. c Deut. 22. b. 



after youre awne eyes. Therfore shal ye re- 
membre and do all my commaundementes, 
and be holy vnto youre God. I am the 
LORDE youre God, which brought you out 
of the lande of Egipte, to be youre God. 
Euen I the LORDE youre God. 

Cfie riu. Chapter. 

AND Corah the sonne of Iezehar the 
sonne of Kahath, rf the sonne of Leui, 
with Dathan and Abiram the sonne of Eliab, 
and On the sonne of Peleth, y sonnes of 
Rube, stode vp agaynst Moses, with certayne 
men amonge the childre of Israel, two hundreth 
X fyftie captaynes of the congregacion, coun- 
celers, j famous men. And they gathered 
them selues agaynst Moses j Aaro !t sayde 
vnto them : Ye make to moch a doo, t for all 
the congregacion is holy euery one, and the 
LORDE is amonge them : Why lifte ye 
youre selues vp then aboue the congregacion 
of the LORDE? 

Whan Moses herde y, he fell vpo his face, 
% saide vnto Corah, <j to all his company: 
Tomorow shal y LORDE she we who is his, 
(5 who is holy to come vnto him. Who so 
euer he choseth, y same shal come vnto him, 
This do : Take y censors, thou Corah j all 
thy c5panye, j do fyre therin, g put incense 
theron tomorow before the LORDE : then 
whom so euer the LORDE choseth, the same 
shal be holy. Ye make to moch a doo, ye 
children of Leui. 

And Moses sayde vnto Corah: Heare ye 
childre of Leui, Is it not ynough vnto you, 
i y y God of Israel hath separated you fro y 
multitude of Israel, y ye shulde come nye 
him, to do the seruyce of the dwellynge place 
of the LORDE, and stonde before the peopl 
to mynister vnto them ? He hath caused the 
and all thy brethren the childre of Leui with 
the, to come nye vnto him : and now ye seke 
the presthode also. Thou and all thy copany 
conspyre agaynst the LORDE. What is 
Aaron, that ye shulde murmur against him ? 

And Moses sent to call Datha 5 Abira y 
sonnes of Eliab. But they saide : We wil 
not come vp. Is it to litle y thou hast 
brought vs out of y lande of Egipte (y floweth 
with mylke 5 hony) to kyll vs in y wildernesse: 
but thou must raigne ouer vs also? How 
goodly well hast thou brought vs in to a londe, 



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that floweth with milke and hony, g geue vs 
feldes and vyniardes in possession ? Wilt 
thou put out these mens eyes ? We will not 
come vp. 

Then was Moses very wroth, g saide vnto f 
LORDE : Turne f not vnto their meatoffer- 
inges. I haue not take so moch as an Asse 
fro the, nether haue I hurte eny of the. And 
Moses sayde vnto Corah : Tomorow be thou 

all thy companye before y LORDE, thou, 
and they, g Aaron. And take euery one his 
censer, and put incense therin, and come be- 
fore the LORDE, euery one with his censer 
(that is two hundreth and fiftye censers) and 
both thou and Aaron take either his censer. 

And euery one toke his censer, and put 
fyre therin, and layed incense theron, and 
came before the dore of the Tabernacle of 
witnes, and Moses and Aaron also. And 
Corah gathered f whole congregacio agaynst 
the before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes. 

But y glory of the LORDE appeared be- 
fore y whole congregacion. And y LORDE 
spake vnto Moses g Aaron, g sayde : Separate 
youre selues fro this congregacio, y I maye 
shortly consume them. And they fell vpon 
their faces, g sayde : O God, thou God of the 
spretes of all flesh, yf one man haue synned, 
wilt thou therfore be wroth ouer the whole 
congregacion ? And the LORDE spake vnto 
Moses, g saide : Speake to the congregacio, 
and saye : Come vp from y dwellynge of 
Corah, and Dathan, and Abiram. 

And Moses stode vp, g wente vnto Dathan 
g Abiram, g the Elders of Israel folowed him, 
g he spake to f cogregacio, g saide : Departe 
fro y tentes of these vngodly me g touche 
notmnge y is theirs, y ye perishe not in eny 
of their sinnes. And they gat them vp from 
the dwellynge of Corah, Dathan, g Abiram. 
But Dathan and Abira came out, and stode 
in the dore of their tentes, with their wyues, 
and sonnes and children. 

And Moses sayde : Hereby shal ye knowe 
that the LORDE hath sent me, to do all 
these workes, and that I haue not done them 
of myne awne hert. Yf these men dye the 
comon death of all men, or be vysited as all 
men are vysited, then hath not the LORDE 
sent me. But yf the LORDE make a new 
thinge, and the earth open hir mouth, and 
swalowe them with all that they haue, so y 
they go downe quycke in to hell, the shal ye 



knowe, that these men haue blasphemed the 
LORDE. 

And wha he had spoke out all these wordes, 
y groude cloue asunder vnder the, "g the earth 
opened hir mouth, g swalowed the, with their 
houses, g all the me y were with Corah, g all 
their substauce, and they wente downe quycke 
in to the hell, with all that they had. 

And the earth closed vpo them, g so they 
perished from amonge y congregacio. And 
all Israel y were aboute the, fled at y crye of 
the, for they sayde : That y earth swalowe 
not vs also. Morouer the fyre came out fro 
the LORDE, and consumed the two hundreth 
and fyftye men, that offred the incense. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 
sayde : Speake to Eleasar y sonne of Aaron y- 
prest, y he take vp y censers out of y buminge, 

scater y fyre here g there (For the censers 
of these synners are halowed thorow their 
soules) y they maye be beate in to thinne 
plates, g fastened vpon y altare. For they 
are offred before y LORDE, g halowed: and 
they shalbe a token vnto y childre of Israel. 

And Eleasar the prest toke y brasen censers 
which they y were burnt, had offred, g bet the 
to plates, to fasten the vpon y altare for a 
remebraunce vnto y children of Israel y no 
straunger (and he that is not of f sede of 
Aaron) come nye to offre incense before the 
LORDE, y it happe not vnto him as vnto 
Corah and his companye, acordynge as the 
LORDE sayde vnto him by Moses. 

On the nexte morow murmured f whole 
congregacion of y childre of Israel against 
Moses g Aaro, g saide : Ye haue slayne y 
people of y LORDE. And whan the c5gre- 
gacio was gathered agaynst Moses g Aaro, 
they turned the towarde y Tabernacle of 
witnes. And beholde, thejy cloude couered y 
Tabernacle, g f glory of y LORDE appeared. 
And Moses g Aaro wete in before y Taber- 
nacle of witnes. And y LORDE spake vnto 
Moses g sayde : Get you out of this cogrega- 
cion, I wil shortly consume the. And they 
fell vpon their faces. And Moses sayde vnto 
Aaron : Take the ceser g put fyre therin fro 
of the altare, g laye incese theron, g go soone 
to the cogregacion, g make an attonement for 
them. For the wrath is gone out from the 
LORDE, and the plage is begone amonge the 
people. 

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And Aaron dyd as Moses sayde, g ranne in 
the myddest amonge f congregacio. And 
beholde, f plage was begone. And he burnt 
incese g made an attonemet for the people, 
*5 stode betwene the deed g the lyuynge, and 
the plage ceassed. But there were fourtene 
thousande, and seue hundreth deed in the 
plage, besydes them that dyed aboute the 
busynesse of Corah. And Aaron came agayne 
vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle 
of witnesse. And the plage ceassed. 

Cfie >brj. Chapter. 

A ND y LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 
/\ sayde : Speake to the children of Israel, 
I take of the twolue staues, of euery captayne 
of his fathers house one, and wryte euery mans 
name vpon his staffe. But Aarons name shalt 
thou wryte vpon the staffe of Leui. For 
euery heade of their fathers house shal haue 
a staffe. And laye the in the Tabernacle of 
witnesse, before the witnesse where I testifie 
vnto you. And loke whom I shall chose, his 
staffe shal florishe, y I maye stylle the grudg- 
inges of the children of Israel, which they 
grudge agaynst you. 

And Moses spake vnto the childre of Is- 
rael, g all their captaynes gaue him twolue 
staues, euery captayne a staffe, after f house of 
their fathers. And Aarons staffe was amonge 
their staues also. And Moses layed the staues 
before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of 
witnesse. 

On the morow wha. Moses wete in to f 
Tabernacle of witnesse, he foiide y t Aaros 
rodde of the house of Leui florished, and 
brought forth blossoms, g bare allmondes. 
And Moses brought forth all y staues fro f 
LORDE before all y childre of Israel, that 
they might se it. And they toke euery ma 
his staffe. 

The LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Bringe 
Aar5s staffe againe before the wytnesse, y it 
maye be kepte for a toke to the children of 
rebellion, that their murmuringes maye ceasse 
fro me, lest they dye. 

Moses dyd as f LORDE comaunded him. 
And y childre of Israel sayde vnto Moses : 
Beholde, we cosume awaie, we are destroied, 

perishe. Who so cometh nye f dwellynge 
place of y LORDE, he dyeth. Shal we the 
vtterly cosume awaie ? 



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Cfie rbttj. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron 
Thou g thy sonnes, g thy fathers house 
with the shal beare the myszdede of f 
Sactuary : g thou g thy sonnes with the, shall 
beare the myszdede of youre presthode. tBut 
thy brethren of the trybe of Leui thy father, 
shal come nye the, g be ioyned vnto the, that 
they maye mynistre vnto y. But thou g thy 
sonnes with the, shal mynistre before y Taber- 
nacle of witnesse. And they shal wayte vpo 
thy seruyce g vpon f seruyce of the whole 
Tabernacle. But nye vnto the vessels of y 
Sactuary g to the altare, shall they not come, 
y both they g ye dye not : howbeit they shal 
be ioyned vnto the, to wayte vp5 the mynis- 
tracion in the Tabernacle of witnesse, in all 
the seruice of the Tabernacle. And there 
shal no straunger come nye vnto you. 

Therfore wayte now vpon the seruyce of 
the Sanctuary, and vpon the seruyce of the 
altare, that there come no more wrath vpon 
the children of Israel. For lo, I haue take 
youre brethre the Leuites fro amonge the 
children of Israel, to be youre gifte, for a 
presente vnto f LORDE, to do y seruyce in 
y Tabernacle of witnes. As for y, and thy 
sonnes with the, ye shal waite vpon youre 
prestes office, that ye maye ministre in all 
maner busynes of the altare, and within the 
vayle: for youre prestes office geue I vnto 
you for a gifte to do seruyce. Yf a straunger 
come nye, he shall dye. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron : be- 
holde, I haue geuen the my Heueofferynges : 
And all that the children of Israel halowe, 
haue I geuen vnto the, and to thy sonnes for 
a perpetual! dewtye. This shalt thou haue of 
the most holy thinges that they offer. All 
their giftes with all their meatofferinges, and 
with all their synofferynges, and with all their 
trespace offerynges, that they geue me, the 
same shal be most holy vnto the and thy 
sonnes. In the most holy place shalt thou 
eate it. All that are males shall eate therof : 
For it shal be holy vnto the. 

The Heue offerynge of their giftes in all 
the Waueofferynges of the children of Israel, 
haue I geuen vnto the also, and to thy sonnes, 
and to thy doughters for a perpetuall dewtye. 
Who so is cleane in thy house, shal eate 

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therof. All the fat of the oyle, and all y fat 
of the wyne and come of their firstlinges, that 
they geue vnto the LORDE, haue I geueh 
vnto f. The first frutes of all that is in their 
londe, which they bringe vnto the LORDE, 
shal be thine. Who so euer is cleane in thine 
house, shal eate therof. 

All dedicate thinges in Israel shal be thine. 
All that breaketh the Matrix amonge all 
flesh, which they brynge vnto the LORDE, 
whether it be man or beest, shalbe thine. But 
so, that thou cause the firstborne of ma to be 
redemed, and that thou cause the first borne 
of vncleane beestes to be redemed also (They 
shal redeme it whan it is a moneth olde, and 
shall geue it lowse for money, euen for fyue 
Sycles, after the Sycle of the Sanctuary, 
* which Sycle is worth twentye Geras.) 

But the first frutes of an oxe, or lambe, or 
goate shalt thou not cause to be redemed 
for they are holy. Their bloude shalt thou 
sprenkle vpon the altare, and their fat shalt 
thou burne for an offerynge of a swete sauoure 
vnto y LORDE. Their flesh shalbe thine, 
like as f Wauebrest and y right shulder is 
thine also. All the Heueofferinges that y 
childre of Israel halowe vnto y LORDE, haue 
I geuen vnto the, & to thy sonnes, g to thy 
doughters with the for a perpetuall dewtie. 
This shalbe a salted couenaut for euer before 
y LORDE, vnto the and thy sede with the. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaro : Thou 
shalt inheret nothinge in their londe, 3 ner haue 
eny porcio amonge them : for I am thy por- 
cion, and thine enheritaunce amoge the chil- 
dren of Israel. Vnto the children of Leui 
haue I geuen all the tithes in Israel to inherit- 
aunce, for y seruyce which they do vnto me 
in the Tabernacle of witnesse, that from hece 
forth the children of Israel come not nye the 
Tabernacle of witnes, to lade them selues with 
synne, and to dye : But the Leuites shal do 
the seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnes, g shal 
beare their synne, for a perpetuall lawe amonge 
youre posterities. tAnd they shall inheret 
none inheritaunce amonge the children of Is- 
rael. For y tithes of the childre of Israel, which 
they Heue vnto y LORDE, haue I geuen 
vnto the Leuites for an heretage. Therfore 
haue I sayde vnto them, that they shall inheret 
no inheritaunce amonge the children of Israel. 

•Exo. 30. b. Leu. 27. d. Eze.45. b. » Deut. 18. a. 
Eze. 44. d. Hos.l3.b. 



And y LORDE talked with Moses, g saide : 
Speake to the Leuites, g saye vnto them : 
Wha ye take of y childre of Israel y tithes, 
y I haue geuen you of the for youre inherit- 
ance, ye shal take an Heueofferinge of the 
same vnto the LORDE, euen the tenth of 
the tithe. And the same youre Heueoffer- 
ynge shall ye reken, as though ye gaue corne 
out of the barne, and fullnesse out of the 
wynepresse. 

Thus shal ye geue an Heueofferynge vnto 
the LORDE of all youre tithes, which ye 
take of the children of Israel, y ye maie geue 
the same Heueofferynge of y LORDE, vnto 
Aaro y prest. And all y ye geue of y tythes, 
g halowe vnto y LORDE for a gifte, y same 
shall be his of the best. And saye thou vnto 
them : Whan ye thus Heue vp y fat therof, it 
shal be rekened vnto the Leuites as the in- 
creace of the barne, and as the increace of the 
wine presse. And ye maye eate it in all places, 
ye g youre children : for it is youre rewarde 
for youre seruyce in the Tabernacle of wit- 
nesse : and ye shal not lade synne vpon you 
in the same, whan ye Heue the fat therof, and 
vnhalowe not the halo wed thinges of the 
children of Israel, and ye shal not dye. 

%\)t rtr. Cfiaptrc. 

A ND the LORDE spake vnto Moses g 
Xj^ Aaro g sayde : This custome shall be a 
lawe, which the LORDE hath cSmaunded, g 
sayde : Speake vnto y children of Israel, y 
they brynge vnto y a reed cow without spot, 
wherin is no blemysh, g vpon who there came 
neuer yock: and ye shal geue her vnto Eleasar 
the prest, t which shall brynge her without the 
hooste, and cause her to be slayne there before 
him. 

And Eleasar y prest shal take of hir bloude 
with his fynger, and sprenckle it seuen tymes 
straight towarde the dore of the Tabernacle 
of witnesse, and * cause the cow to be burnt 
before him, both hir szkynne and hir flesh, 
and hir bloude also with hir donge. And the 
prest shal take Ceder wodd and ysope, and 
purple woll, and cast it vpo the cow as she 
burnetii, g he shal washe his clothes, and bathe 
his body with water, and the go in to the 
hoost, and be vncleane vntyll y eue. 

And he that burnt her, shal wash his clothes 

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also with water, and bathe his body in water, 
g be vncleane vntyll f euen. And one y is 
cleane, shal gather vp the * aszshes of y cow, 
and poure them without the hoost in a cleane 
place, that they may e be kepte there, for sprenk- 
linge water to the congregacion of the childre 
of Israel, for it is a synofferinge. And he that 
gathered vp the aszshes of the cow, shall wash 
his clothes, and be vncleane vntyll the euen. 
This shalbe a perpetuall lawe vnto f chil- 
dren of Israel, and to the straungers that dwell 
amonge you. 

"Who so now toucheth a deed ma, shal be 
vncleane seuen dayes : the same shall purine 
himself here with, on the thirde daye and on 
the seuenth daie, and then shall he be cleane. 
And yf he puryfye not himself on the thirde 
daye, g on the seuenth daye, the shall he not 
be cleane. But wha eny ma toucheth a deed 
personne, and wil not purine himself, he defy- 
leth the dwellynge of the LORDE, and the 
same soule shal be roted out of Israel, because 
the sprenklinge water is not sprenkled vpon 
him : and he is vncleane, as longe as he let- 
teth not himself be pourged therof. 

This is the lawe. Whan a ma dyeth in f 
tente, who so euer goeth in to the tente, and 
all y is in the tente, shal be vncleane seue 
daies. And euery open vessel that hath no 
lydd nor couerynge, is vncleane. And who 
so euer toucheth one y is slayne with the 
swerde vpon y felde, or eny other deed, or a 
deed mans bone, or a graue, y same is vn- 
cleane seue dayes. 

So now for the vncleane personne, they shal 
take of y aszshes of this burnt synofferinge, (j 
put springinge water theron in to a vessell, 
and a cleane man shall take t ysope, g dyppe 
it in the water, and sprenkle it vpon the tente, 
and vpon all the vessels, and all the soules that 
are therin. Likewyse also vpon him, y hath 
touched a deed mans bone, or a slayne per- 
sonne, or a deed body, or a graue. 

And he that is cleane, shal sprenkle vpon 
the vncleane, y thirde daye, g the seueth daie, 
g purifye him on y seueth daye. And he shal 
washe his clothes, g bathe him self with water, 
and so at euen he shalbe cleane. 

But he y is vncleane, and wil not purifye 
him self, y same soule shal be roted out of f 
cogregacion. For he hath defyled the Sanc- 



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t Psal. 50. a. 



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t Leui. 17. d. * Nu. 33. d. 



tuary of the LORDE, g is not sprekled with 
spreklinge water, therfore is he vn cleane. 
And this shalbe a perpetuall lawe vnto the. 
And he y sprenkled with the spreklinge 
water, shall wash his clothes also. And who 
so euer toucheth the spreklinge water, shal be 
vn cleane vntill the euen. t And what so 
euer he toucheth, shalbe vn cleane: g loke 
what soule he toucheth, shalbe vn cleane vntill 
the euen. 

Cije rr. Cfiapfcr. 

AND the childre of Israel came with the 
whole cogregacion in to the wildernesse 
of Zin in the first moneth,* §g the people 
abode at Cades. And there dyed Miriam, g 
was buried there. And the congregacion had 
no water, g they gathered them selues toge- 
ther agaynst Moses g Aaron, g the people 
chode with Moses, g sayde : Wolde God y we 
had perished, II whan oure brethre perished 
before the LORDE. Wherfore haue ye 
brought the congregacion of the LORDE in 
to this wildernesse, y we shulde dye here with 
oure catell ? And wherfore haue ye brought 
vs out of Egipte in to this place, where men 
can not sowe, where are nether fygges, ner 
vynes, ner pomgranates, g where there is no 
water to drynke ? 

And Moses g Aaron wete fro the congre- 
gacion vnto y dore of y Tabernacle of wit- 
nesse, g fell vpon their faces. And the glory 
of the LORDE appeared vnto them. And 
the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and sayde : 
c Take the staffe, g gather the cogregacion 
together, thou g thy brother Aaron, g speake 
vnto the rocke before their eyes, g it shall 
geue his watei\ And thus shalt thou prouyde 
the water out of the rocke, g geue the con- 
gregacion drynke, and their catell also. 

The toke Moses the staffe before y LORDE, 
as he commaunded him, g Moses g Aaron 
gathered the congregacion together before the 
rocke, g sayde vnto the : Heare ye rebellions : 
Shal we prouyde you water out of this rocke ? 
And Moses lift vp his hande, g smote y rocke 
with the staffe two tymes. ''Then came f 
water out abudantly, so y the cogregacion 
dranke, and their catell also. 

But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses g 
Aaron: e Because ye beleued me not, to 

§ Deut. 1. f. || Nu. 16. e. c Exo. 17. b. 1 Cor. 10. a. 
d Psal. 77. b. Deut. 1. f. and 31. a. 



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sanctifye me before y childre of Israel, ye 
shal not bringe this congregacion in to the 
londe that I shal geue the. This is y water 
of strife, where the children of Israel stroue 
with the LORDE and he was sanctified vpon 
them. 

"And Moses sent messaungers fro Cades 
vnto y kynge of y Edomites: This worde 
sendeth the thy * brother Israel : Thouknow- 
est all y trauayle that happened vnto vs, how 
that oure fathers wente downe in to Egipte, {j 
how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longe tyme, % 
how the Egipcians dealte euell with vs % oure 
fathers. And we cryed vnto y LORDE 
which herde oure voyce, and sent his angell, (t 
hath brought vs out of Egipte : And beholde, 
we are at Cades in y cite without the borders 
of thy londe. + O let vs go thorow thy londe, 
we wyl not go thorow y feldes ner vynyardes, 
ner drynke the water out of the foutaynes. 
We wyl go the hye strete, and turne nether to 
y right hande ner to y lefte, tyll we be come 
past y borders of thy countre. 

But the Edomite answered him: Thou 
shal not go by me, } or I wyl come agaynst y 
with y swerde. The children of Israel saide 
vnto him : We wil go y como hye waye, c (j yf 
we or oure catell drynke of thy water, we wil 
paye for it : we wil do nothinge, but passe 
thorow on fote only. But he sayde : Thou 
shalt not go thorow, And the Edomites came 
out against them with a mightie people j a 
stroge hande. Thus y Edomites denied to 
graiite Israel passage thorow the borders of the 
lande. And Israel turned awaye from them. 

''And the children of Israel brake vp fro 
Cades, and came with the whole congregacion 
vnto mount Hor. And the LORDE spake 
vnto Moses (j Aaron at mount Hor harde 
vpon the coastes of y lande of y Edomites, j 
sayde : Let Aaro be gathered vnto his people : 
for he shal not come in to y lande y I haue 
geuen vnto y children of Israel, because ye 
were dishobedient vnto my mouth at the water 
of strife. Take Aaron and Eleasar and his 
sonne, and brynge them vp vnto mount Hor, 
and strype Aaron out of his vestimentes, and 
put the vpon Eleasar his sonne and there 
shall Aaron be gathered (vnto his people) 
and dye. 



' Iudic. 11. c. * Gen. 25. c. t Num. 21. c. 

1 Mac. 5. e. » Eze. 35. a. Abd. 1. b. c Deut. 2. a. 
<* Num. 33. d. c Deut. 10. b. and 33. g. / Nu. 33. d. 



Then dyd Moses as the LORDE 
maunded him, and they wente vp vnto Mount 
Hor in y sight of the whole congregacion 
And Moses toke Aarons clothes, g put the 
vpon Eleasar his sonne. e And Aaron dyed 
there, euen aboue vpon the mount. And 
Moses ij Eleasar came downe from the mount 
And whan the whole congregacion sawe that 
Aaron was awaye, they mourned for him 
thirtie daies thorow out the whole house of 
Israel. 

Che rrt. Chapter. 

AND whan Arad^ the kynge of the Ca- 
nanites (which dwelt towarde the south) 
herde, that Israel came in by y waie y the 
spyes had founde out, he fought agaynst 
Israel, and toke some of them presoners. 
Then vowed Israel a vowe vnto y LORDE. 
and sayde : Yf thou wylt geue this people 
vnder my hande, I wyll vtterly destroye their 
cities. And the LORDE herde y voyce of 
Israel, and delyuered them the Cananites, and 
they vtterly destroyed them with their cities 
also. g And he called the place Horma. 

* Then departed they fro mount Hor on y 
waye towarde the reed see, that they might 
go aboute the lande of the Edomites. And 
the soules of the people faynted by the waie 
'and they spake agaynst God and agaynst 
Moses : Wherfore hast thou brought vs out of 
the lande of Egipte, to slaye vs in the wilder- 
nesse? For here is nether bred ner water, 
and oure soule lotheth this lighte meate. 

Than sent the LORDE fyrie serpentes 
amonge the people, which bote the peple, so 
that there dyed moch people in Israel. The 
came they vnto Moses, and sayde : We haue 
synned, because we haue spoken agaynst the 
LORDE and agaynst the. t Praye thou vnto 
the LORDE, that he take awaye the ser- 
pentes from vs. And Moses prayed for the 
people. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses: 
Make the a brasen serpente, and set it vp for 
a token. Who so euer is bytten, and loketh 
vpon it, shal lyue. *Then made Moses a 
serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a token : 
and whan a serpent had bytten eny man, he 
behelde the brasen serpente, and recouered. 



s Iudic. 1. d. 
t Exo. 8. b. 3 Re. 
Re. 18. a. 



h Deut. 2. a. 
i.b. Act. 8. c. 



Num. 11. d. 
* Ioh. 3. b. 



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a And the children of Israel departed, and 
pitched in Oboth. And from Oboth they 
wente on, and pitched in Igim by Abarim in 
the wyldernesse ouer agaynst Moab, on the 
Eastsyde. From thence departed they, g 
pitched by the ryuer of Sared. From thence 
departed they, and pitched on this syde Arnon, 
which is in the wyldernesse, and commeth 
out of the coastes of the Amorites. For 
Arnon is the border betwixte Moab and f 
Amorites. Wherfore it is spoken in the boke 
of the warres of the LORDE : And go with 
violence both on the ryuer of Arnon, g on the 
founteyne of the riuer, which boweth downe- 
warde to dwell at Ar, 5 leaneth theron, to be 
the border of Moab. 

And from thence they came to the well. 
This is the well, wherof the LORDE spake 
vnto Moses : gather the people together, I 
wil geue them water. Then sange Israel this 
songe, and they sange one after another ouer 
the well : This is the well, that the prynces 
dygged : the nobles amonge the people haue 
digged it thorow y teacher and their staues. 

And from this wildernes they wente vnto 
Mathana, g from Mathana vnto Nahaliel, and 
from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and fro Bamoth 
vnto the valley that lieth in y felde of Moab 
at the toppe of Pisga, and turneth towarde 
the wyldernesse. 

And Israel sent messaungers vnto Siho the 
kynge of the Amorrites, g caused to saye vnto 
him : Let me go thorow thy lande, we wyl not 
turne in to y feldes ner in to the vynyardes : 
nether will we drynke the water of the welles, 
y hye strete wil we go, till we be past the 
borders of thy countre. 

Howbeit Sihon wolde not geue the children 
of Israel licence to go thorow the coastes of 
his londe, but gathered all his people together, 
and wente out agaynst Israel in the wylder- 
nesse. And whan he came to Iaheza, he fought 
agaynst Israel. Neuerthelesse Israel smote 
him with the edge of the swerde, and con- 
quered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabock, 
and vnto the children of Ammon. For the 
borders of the children of Ammon were 
stroge. So Israel toke all these cities, and 
dwelt in all the cities of y Amorites, namely 
at Heszbon, and in the townes belonginge 
therto. For Heszbon the cite was Sihons 
the kynge of the Amorites, and he had 



foughten before with the kynge of the Moab- 
ites, and conquered all his londe from him 
vntyll Arnon. 

Wherfore it is sayde in the prouerbe : Come 
vnto Heszbon, let vs buylde and prepare y 
cite of Sihon. For there is a fyre gone out 
of Heszbon, and a flamme from the cite of 
Sihon, which hath consumed Ar of y- Moabites, 
and the citisens of y toppe of Arnon. Wo 
vnto the Moab, thou people of Camos art 
vndone. His sonnes are put to flighte, g his 
doughters brought captyue vnto Sihon the 
kynge of the Amorites. Their glory is come 
to naught from Heszbon vnto Dibon : waisted 
are they vnto Nopha, which reacheth vnto 
Mediba. Thus dwelt Israel in the lande of 
the Amorites. 

And Moses sent out spyes vnto Iahesar, g 
they toke the townes belongynge therto, g 
coquered the Amorites y were therin. And 
they turned, '(j wente vp the waye towarde 
Basan. Then Og the kynge of Basan wete 
out agaynst them with all his people, to fight 
in Edrei. And y LORDE sayde vnto Moses : 
Feare him not, for I haue geuen him with his 
lande g people in to thy hande, g thou shalt 
do with him, as thou dyddest with Sihon the 
kynge of the Amorites, which dwelt at Hesz- 
bon. And they smote him, g his sonnes, g 
all his people (so y there remayned none) g 
coquered the londe. Afterwarde wete y chil- 
dren of Israel, g pitched in f felde of Moab 
beyonde Iordane by Iericho. 

Eije rrtj. Chapter. 

AND whan Balac y sonne of Ziphor sawe 
all that Israel had done vnto the Amo- 
rites, and that the Moabites were sore afrayed 
of the people (y was so greate) and that the 
Moabites stode in feare of the children of 
Israel, he sayde vnto y Elders of the Madian- 
ites : Now shal this heape licke vp all that is 
aboute vs, eue as an oxe licketh vp the grasse 
in the felde. (And Balac y sonne of Ziphor 
was kynge of the Moabites at that tyme.) 

And he sent out messaungers vnto * Balaam 
the sonne of Beor, which was an interpreter. 
(The same dwelt by the water of the lande of 
y children of his people) that they shulde call 
him, and he caused to saye vnto him: Be- 
holde, there is come out of Egipte, a people, 
which couereth y face of y earth, and lyeth 



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ouer agaynst me. Come now therfore, and 
curse me this people, for they are to mightie 
for me, yf peraduenture I might be able to 
smyte them, and to dryue them out of the lande. 
For I wote, that whom thou blessest, he is 
blessed : and whom thou cursest, he is cui'sed. 

And the Elders of the Moabites wente on 
with y Elders of the Madianites, and had the 
rewarde of f soyth sayenge in their handes, 
and they came vnto Balaam, g tolde him the 
wordes of Balaac. And he saide vnto the : 
Tary here all night, g I will bringe you worde 
agayne, euen as the LORDE shal saye vnto 
me. So y prynces of y Moabites abode with 
Balaam. 

And God came vnto Balaam, g sayde : 
What men are these, which are with y ? Ba- 
laam sayde vnto God: Balac y sonne of Ziphor 
the kynge of the Moabites hath sent vnto me : 
Beholde, there is a people come out of Egipte, 
and couereth the face of the earth, come now 
therfore, g curse me the, yf peradueture I 
maye be able to fighte with them, & to dryue 
the out. But God sayde vnto Balaam : Go 
not with them, g curse not that people, for 
they are blessed. 

Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge, 
g sayde vnto the prynces of Balac : Get you 
vnto youre londe, for the LORDE wyll not 
suffer me to go with you. 

And the prynces of f Moabites gat the vp, 
came to Balac, g saide : Balaam refuseth to 
come with vs. Then sent Balac yet a greater 
copany of prynces, g more honorable the they. 
Whan they came to Balaam, they tolde him: 
Balac y sonne of Ziphor sendeth y this worde : 
Oh refuse not to come vnto me, for I wyll 
promote the vnto hye honoure, g wil do what 
so euer thou sayest vnto me. Come I praye 
the, curse me this people. 

Balaam answered, g sayde vnto y seruautes 
of Balac : * Yf Balac wolde geue me his house 
full of syluer g golde, yet coulde I not go 
beyonde y worde of the LORDE my God, to 
do litle or greate. Neuertheles tary ye here 
this night, y I maye wete, what the LORDE 
wil saye more vnto me. Then came God to 
Balaam by night, g saide vnto him : Yf the 
men are come to call the, get the vp then, 
and go with the : but what I shal saye vnto 
the, that shalt thou do. 

Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge, g 

* Nu. 24. c. 



sadled his Asse, g wente with the prynces of y 
Moabites. But the wrath of God waxed 
whote, because he wete. And the angell of y 
LORDE stode in the waye, to withstdde him. 
But he rode vpo his Asse, n two seruauntes 
with him. And y Asse sawe y angell of y 
LORDE stodinge in f waye, g his swerde 
drawen in his hade. And f Asse turned a 
syde out of y waye, g wete in to the felde. But 
Balaam smote her, y she shulde go in the waye. 

Then stode the angell of the LORDE in y 
pathe by the vynyardes, where there were 
walles on both the sydes. And whan f Asse 
sawe the angell of the LORDE, she wrenshed 
vnto the wall, g thrust Balaams fote vnto the 
wall. And he smote her agayne. The wete 
the angell of the LORDE farther, g stode in 
a narow place, where there was no waye to 
turne, nether to the righte hade ner to y lefte. 
And whan the Asse sawe the angell of the 
LORDE, she fell downe vnder Balaam. Then 
was Balaams wrath furious, g smote the Asse 
with a staffe. 

Then opened the LORDE the mouth of y 
Asse, and she sayde vnto Balaam : What haue 
I done vnto the, that thou hast smytten me 
now thre tymes ? Balaam sayde vnto y Asse : 
Because thou hast mocked me. Oh y I had 
a swerde now in my hande, I wolde kyll the. 
The Asse sayde vnto Balaam : Am not I thine 
Asse, which thou hast rydden vpon in thy 
tyme vnto this daye ? Was I euer wonte to 
do so vnto the ? He sayde : No. 

Then opened the LORDE the eyes of 
Balaam, y he sawe y angell of the LORDE 
stondinge in y waye, & a drawe swerde in his 
hade. And he enclyned him selfe, j bowed 
downe with his face. And the angell of the 
LORDE sayde vnto him: Wherfore hast thou 
smytte thine Asse now thre tymes ? Beholde, 
I am come out to resiste y, for thy waye is 
frowarde, g cotrary vnto me. And y Asse 
sawe me, g auoyded fro me thre tymes : or els 
yf she had not turned asyde fro me, I had 
slayne the, g saued the Asse alyue. 

Then sayde Balaam vnto y angell of y 
LORDE : I haue synned, for I wyst not, that 
thou stodest in the waye agaynst me. And 
now yf it displease y, I wil turne agayne. 
The angell of y LORDE saide vnto him : Go 
with the me : but thou shalt speake nothinge 
els, then y I shal saye vnto y. So Balaam 
wente forth with the princes of Balac. Whan 



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Balac herde y Balaam came, he wente out to 
mete him (in the cite of the Moabites y lieth 
on the coaste of Arnon, which is on y vttemost 
border) g sayde vnto him: Dyd not I sende 
for y to call the ? Wherfore earnest thou not 
then vnto me ? Thinkest thou y I am not 
able to promote y vnto honoure? Balaam 
answered him : Lo, I am come vnto f. * But 
how can I saye eny thinge els, the y God 
putteth in my mouth ? y I must speake. 

So Balaam wente with Balac, and they 
came vnto the cite on the vttemost border of 
his lande. And Balac slewe oxen and shepe, 
and sent for Balaam, and for the prynces that 
were with him. 

Cljf rvttj. Chapter. 

AND in the mornynge, Balac toke Ba- 
laam, and they wete vp to the hye place 
of Baal, that from thece he might se vnto the 
vttemost parte of y people. And Balaam 
sayde vnto Balac: Buylde me here seuen 
altares, and prouyde me here seuen bullockes, 
and seue rammes. Balac dyd as Balaam 
sayde. And both Balac and Balaam offred, 
on euery altare a bullocke g a ramme. And 
Balaam sayde vnto Balac : Stonde thou by thy 
burntofferynge, Iwil go, yf happly the LORDE 
wil mete me, g call me, y I maye tell the, 
what so euer he sheweth me. And he wente 
his waye, as he sayde. 

And y LORDE mett Balaam. And Ba- 
laam saide vnto him : Seuen altares haue I 
prepared, and offred on euery altare a bul- 
locke and a ramme. The LORDE put y 
worde in Balaams mouth, and sayde : Go 
agayne vnto Balac, and saye on this wise. And 
whan he came agayne vnto him, beholde, he 
stode by his burntofferynge, with all y prynces 
of the Moabites. 

Then toke he vp his parable, g sayde : Balac 
the kynge of the Moabites hath caused to fet 
me out of Syria from the moiitaynes towarde 
the East, (g sayde:) Come, curse me Iacob: 
come, defye me Israel. How shall I curse, 
whom God curseth not ? How shal I defye, 
whom y LORDE defyeth not? For fro y 
toppe of y stonye rockes I se him, & from the 
hilles I beholde him. Beholde, y people shal 
dwell by the selues, g shal not be rekened 
amoge the Heithe. Who can tell the dust of 
Iacob, g the nombre of the fourth parte of 



Israel ? My soule die y death of y righteous, 
and my ende be as the ende of these. 

The saide Balac vnto Balaam : What doest 
thou vnto me ? I caused to fet f for to curse 
myne enemies, g beholde, thou blessest the. 
He answered g saide: tMust I not kepe g 
speake y, which the LORDE putteth in to 
me mouth? Balac saide vnto him: Come 
with me yet vnto another place, fro whence 
thou mayest se y vttemost parte of them, g 
not se them all, and curse me them there. 

And he toke him vp to a fre place, eue vnto 
the toppe of Pisga, g buylded seuen altares, 
and offered on euery altare a bullocke g a 
ramme. And he sayde vnto Balac : Stonde 
so by thy burntoffrynge, whyle I go yonder. 
And the LORDE mett Balaam, g put the 
worde in his mouth, g sayde : Go agayne vnto 
Balac, g saye on this wyse. And whan he 
came to him agayne, beholde, he stode by 
his burntofferynge with the prynces of the 
Moabites. And Balac sayde vnto him : What 
hath the LORDE sayde ? 

And he toke vp his parable, g sayde : Ryse 
vp Balac g heare, marke my testimony with 
thine eares thou sonne of Ziphor. t God is 
not a man y he shulde lye, ner a mans childe 
y eny thinge shulde repente him. Shulde he 
saye and not do? Shulde he speake g not 
make it good ? Beholde, I am brought hither 
to blesse, I blesse, g can not go back there fro. 
There is no weerynesse sene in Iacob, nether 
eny laboure in Israel. The LORDE his 
God is with him, g the kynges trompet is 
amoge the. a God hath brought the out of 
Egipte, his stregth is as of an Vnicorne. For 
there is no Sorcerye in Iacob, g no Soyth 
sayer in Israel. Whan the tyme cometh, it 
shal be saide vnto Iacob, g to Israel, what 
God doth. Beholde, the people shall ryse vp 
as a Lyonesse, g heue vp him self as a Lyon. 
He shal not lye downe, tyll he eate of the 
pray, and drynke the bloude of the slayne. 

Then sayde Balac vnto Balaam : Thou shalt 
nether curse him ner blesse him. Balaam 
answered, g sayde vnto Balac : Haue I not 
tolde the : All y the LORDE speaketh, y 
must I do ? Balac saide vnto him : Oh 
come, I wil brynge f to another place, yf it 
maye happly please God, y thou mayest curse 
the there. And he brought him vp to the 
toppe of mount Peor, y boweth towarde the 

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wyldernesse. And Balaam sayde vnto Balac: 
Buylde me here seuen altares, and prouyde 
me seuen bullockes and seuen rammes. 
Balac dyd as Balaam sayde, and offered on 
euery altare a bullocke and a ramme. 

Cfte rrittj. Chapter. 
"V TOW whan Balaam sawe y it pleased the 
1\ LORDE, that he shulde blesse Israel, 
he wente not (as he dyd before) to seke 
witches, but set his face straight towarde the 
wyldernesse, lifte vp his eyes, and sawe Israel, 
how they laye acordinge to their trybes, and 
the sprete of God came vpon him, and he 
toke vp his parable, and sayde : a Thus sayeth 
Balaam the sonne of Beor : Thus sayeth the 
man whose eyes are opened : Thus sayeth he 
which heareth the wordes of God, which sawe 
the vision of f Allmightie : which fell downe, 
and his eyes were opened. 

How goodly are thy tetes O Iacob, and thy 
habitacions O Israel? Euen as the brode 
valleys, as the gardens by the waters syde, as 
f tentes which the LORDE hath plated, & as 
the Ceder trees vpon y water. The water 
shal flowe out of his boket, and his sede shalbe 
a greate water. His kynge shal be hyer then 

ag, (j his kyngdome shalbe exalted. God 
hath broughte hi out of Egipte/ his strength 
is as of an vnicorne. He- shal eate vp the 
Heithen his enemies, and grynde their bones 
to poulder, and shute thorow them with his 
arowes. + He hath layed him downe as a 
Lyon and as a Lyonesse. Who wyll rayse 
him vp ? Blessed be he, y blesseth the : and 
cursed, that curseth the. 

The was Balac furious 1 wrath against 
Balaam, j smote his hades together, j sayde 
vnto him : I haue called the, y thou shuldest 
curse myne enemies, and beholde, thou hast 
blessed the now thre tymes : tg now get the 
hece to thy place. I thoughte y I wolde 
promote the vnto honoure, but the LORDE 
hath kepte the backe from that worshipe. 

Balaam answered him : Tolde not I thy 
messaungers (whom thou sendedst vnto me) (j 
sayde : t Yf Balac wolde geue me his house 
full of syluer and golde, yet coulde I not go 
beyonde the worde of the LORDE, to do 
either euell or good after myne awne hert: 
but what y LORDE speaketh, that must I 



*Num. 
X Nu. 22. . 



3. « Nu. 24. c. » Nu. 23. d. 
c Nu. 24. a. <* Matt. 2. a. 



+ Ge.49.b. 
§ 2 Re. 8. a. 



speake also. And now beholde, for so moch 
as I go to my people, come therfore, I wyll 
shewe the what this people shall do vnto thy 
people after this tyme. 

And he toke vp his parable, and sayde : 
c Thus sayeth Balaam the sonne of Beor : 
Thus sayeth y man, whose eyes are opened : 
Thus sayeth he which heareth the wordes of 
God, (j y hath the knowlege of y hyest, eue 
he y sawe f visio of f Allmightie, sg fell 
downe, (j his eyes were opened : I shal se 
him, but not now : I shal beholde him, but 
not nie at hade. d There shal a starre come 
out of Iacob, & a cepter shall come vp out of 
Israel, §and shal smyte y rulers of the Moab- 
ites, and ouercome all the children of Seth. 

II Edom shalbe his possession, and Seir 
shalbe his enemies possessio, but Israel shal 
do manfully. Out of Iacob shal come he y 
hath dominion, and shall destroye the rem- 
naunt of the cities. 

And wha he sawe f Amalechites, he toke 
vp his parable, & sayde: e Amalec the first 
amoge the Heithe, H but at y last thou shalt 
perishe vtterly. And whan he sawe the 
Kenites, he toke vp his parable, & sayde: 
Stroge is thy dwellinge, and on a rocke hast 
thou put thy nest, neuertheles thou shalt be a 
burninge vnto Kain, tyll Assur take y presoner. 

And he toke vp his parable agayne, j sayde : 
Alas, who shal lyue, wha God doth this ? And 
shippes out of Citim shall subdue Assur and 
Eber. He him self also shal perishe vtterly. 
And Balaam gat him vp, and departed, and 
came againe vnto his place, and Balac wente 
his waye also. 

Che rrb. Chapter. 
A ND Israel dwelt in Sittim, /and the 
_/X. people beganne to commytte whordome 
with the doughters of the Moabites, which 
called the people vnto the sacrifice of their 
goddes. And the people ate and worshipped 
their goddes/ **and Israel submytted him self 
vnto Baal Peor. Then the wrath of the 
LORDE waxed whote vpon Israel, and he 
sayde vnto Moses : Take all the rulers of the 
people, and hange them vp vnto the LORDE 
agaynst y Sonne, that the terryble wrath of 
the LORDE maye be turned awaye from 
Israel. And Moses sayde vnto the iudges of 



Exo. 17. c. IT 1 Re. 15. a. / Num. 
s Psal. 105. d. **Ios. 22. d. 



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Israel: Euery man slaye his captayne, that 
haue submytted them selues vnto Baal Peor. 

And beholde, one of the childre of Israel 
wete in against his brethre," g ioyned him self 
to a Madianitish woma, in f sighte of Moses 
g of the whole cogfegacion of f childre of 
Israel, which weped before the dore of y 
Tabernacle of wytnesse. 5 Whan Phineas y 
sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron f prest 
sawe y, he rose vp out of the congregacion, g 
toke a swerde in his hande, g wente after the 
man of Israel in to the whore house, g thrust 
the thorow, both the man of Israel and the 
woman, eue thorow the bely of her. Then 
ceassed the plage from the children of Israel, 
*and there were slayne in the plage foure and 
twentye thousande. 

And f LORDE spake vnto Moses, g saide : 
c Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of 
Aaron y prest, hath turned my wrath awaie 
from the childre of Israel thorow his gelousy 
for my sake amonge them, y I shulde not 
cosume the childre of Israel in my gelousy. 
Wherfore saye : beholde, I geue him my 
tcouenaunt of peace, and he shal haue it, g 
his sede after him, eue the couenaunt of an 
euer lastinge presthode, because he was gelous 
for his Gods sake, and made an attonement 
for the children of Israel. 

The man of Israel that was slayne with 
the Madianitish woman, was called Simri the 
sonne of Salu, a captayne of the house of the 
father of the Simeonites. The Madianitish 
woman also that was slayne, was called Coszbi, 
y doughter of Zur, which was a ruler of the 
people of a kynred amonge the Madianites. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 
sayde : d Vexe the Madianites, g smyte them, 
for they haue vexed you with their wyles, 
wherby they haue bigyled you thorow Peor, 
and thorow their sister Coszbi the doughter 
of a captayne of y Madianites, which was 
slayne in the daye of the plage, for Peors 
sake, and the plage came after. 

Wl)t jtrbt. Chapter 

AND whan the giltye bloude was shed, 
the LORDE sayde vnto Moses g vnto 
Eleasar y sonne of Aaron f prest : e Take the 
summe of the whole cogregacion of the childre 
of Israel from twentye yeare g aboue, after 



« Deut. 23. 
Eccll. 45. c. 



;. " 1 Mac. 2. c. 

1 Mac. 2. f. t Mai. 2. 



1 Cor. 10. a, 
* Num. 31. a, 



their fathers houses, all y are able to go forth 
to the warre in Israel. And Moses g Eleasar 
the prest spake vnto them (in the felde of the 
Moabites besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho) 
namely vnto all the that were twentye yeare 
olde g aboue, as the LORDE comaunded 
Moses. And these are y childre of Israel, 
that came out of Egipte. 

f Ruben y first borne sonne of Israel. The 
childre of Ruben were, Hanoch : of whom 
cometh y kynred of the Hanochites. Pallu : 
of whom c5meth the kynred of the Palluites. 
Hesron : of whom cometh the kynred of the 
Hesronites. Carmi : of whom cometh y 
kynred of the Carmites. These are the 
kynreds of the Rubenites. And the nombre 
of the was, thre g fourtye thousande, seuen 
hundreth g thirtye. But the childre of Pallu 
were, Eliab. And the children of Eliab were 
Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram. 

This is y Dathan g Abira, those famous 
men in the congregacion, s which stode vp 
agaynst Moses and Aaron in the copany of 
Corah, whan they rose vp agaynst the 
LORDE, g the earth opened hir mouth, and 
swalowed the with Corah, wha the copany 
dyed, what tyrne as the fyre consumed two 
hundreth g fiftye men, g they became a toke. 
But the children of Corah dyed not. 

''The childre of Simeon in their kynreds 
were, Nemuel : of who cometh the kynred of 
y Nemuelites. Iamin: of whom cometh y 
kynred of f Iaminites. Iachin : of who co- 
meth the kynred of the Iachinites. Sera : of 
whom cometh y kynred of the Sarahites. 
Saul : of whom commeth the kynred of the 
Saulites. These are the kynreds of the 
Simeonites, two g xx. M. g two hundreth. 

The childre of Gad in their kynreds were 
Zephon : of whom cometh f kynred of ;y 
Zephonites. Haggi : of whom cometh the 
kynred of y- Haggites. Suni : of whom 
cometh y kynred of y Sunites. Aseni : of 
whom commeth y kynred of the Asenites, 
Eri : of who cometh the kynred of the Eri- 
nites. Arod: of whom cometh the kynred of 
the Arodites. Ariel : of whom cometh y 
kynred of f Arielites. These are the children 
of Gad, in their nombre fourtye thousande 
and fyue C. 

' The children of Iuda, Er g Onan, which 



Exo. 30. b. Num. 
e Num. 16. a. 



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both dyed in the lade of Canaan. But f 
children of Iuda in their kynreds, were, Sela: 
of whom cometh the kynred of the Selanites. 
Phares : of whom c5meth the kynred of the 
Pharesites. Serah : of whom cometh y kynred 
of f Serahites. The childre of Phares, were 
Hesron: of whom commeth the kynred of 
the Hesronites. Hamul: of whom cometh 
the kynred of the Hamulites. These are the 
kynreds of Iuda, in their nombre, sixe and 
seuentye thousande and fyue hundreth. 

The children of Isachar in their kynreds 
were, Thola: of whom commeth the kynred 
of the Tholaites. Phuua : of whom cometh 
y kynred of the Phuuaites. Iasub : of who 
commeth the kynred of the Iasubites. Sim- 
ron : of whom cometh the kynred of y Sim- 
ronites. These are the kynreds of Isachar, in 
nombre, foure and thre score thousande, 5 
thre hundreth. 

The children of Zabulon in their kynreds 
were, Sered, of whom cometh the kynred of 
y Seredites. Elon : of whom cometh y- kynred 
of y Elonites. Iahelel: of whom cometh the 
kynred of the Iahelelites. These are y kyn- 
reds of Zabulon, in their nobre, thre score 
thousande, and fyue hundreth. 

The children of Ioseph in their kynreds 
were, Manasses & Ephraim. The childre of 
Manasse were, Machir : "of whom commeth 
the kynred of the Machirites. And Machir 
begat Gilead : of whom cometh y kynred of 
y Gileadites. And these are y childre of 
Gilead, Hieser: of whom cometh the kynred 
of f Hieserites. Helech : of whom cometh 
f kynred of the Helechites. Asriel : of whom 
commeth the kynred of the Asrielites. Siche : 
of whom cometh the kynred of y- Sichemites. 
Simida : of who c5meth y- kynred of f Si- 
midites. Hepher : of whom cometh y kynred 
of y- Hepherites. And Zelaphead was y sonne 
of Hepher, *j had no sonnes, but dough ters, 
whose names were : Mahela, Noa, Hagla, 
Milca and Thyrza. These are the kynreds 
of Manasse, in their nombre, two and fiftye 
thousande and seuen hundreth. 

The childre of Ephraim in their kynreds 
were, Suthelah: of whom cometh y kynred of 
the Suthelahites. Becher : of whom cometh 
y kynred of the Becherites. Thahan : of 
whom cometh the kynred of the Thahanites. 
The childre of Suthelah were, Eran: of whom 



cometh y- kynred of f Eranites. These are 
f kynreds of the childre of Ephraim, in their 
nombre, two and thirtie thousande and fyue 
hundreth. These are the childre of Ioseph 
in their kynreds. 

The childre of Ben Iamin in their kynreds 
were, Bela : of whom cometh f kynred of 
the Belaites. Aszbel : of whom cometh f 
kynred of the Aszbelites. Ahiram: of whom 
cometh the kynred of the Ahiramites. Su- 
pham: of whom cometh the kynred of the 
Suphamites. Hupham: of whom commeth 
the kynred of the Huphamites. And the 
childre of Bela were, Ard & Naeman: of 
whom commeth the kynred of the Ardites & 
Naemanites. These are the children of Ben 
Iamin in their kynreds, in nombre, fyue g 
fourtye thousande and sixe hundreth. 

The childre of Dan in their kynreds were, 
Suham : of whom cometh the childre of y 
Suhamites. These are f kynreds of Dan 
in their generacions, g they were all together 
in nombre, foure and thre score thousande cs 
foure hundreth. 

The childre of Asser in their kynreds were, 
Iemna: of whom cometh the kynred of the 
Iemnites. Iesui : of whom commeth the 
kynred of the Iesuites. Bria: of whom 
cometh the kynred of the Bryites. And y 
childre of Bria, were Heber : of whom com- 
meth the kynred of the Hebrites. Melchiel : 
of wh5 commeth the kynred of the Melchiel- 
ites. And the doughter of Asser was called 
Sarah. These are the kynreds of the children 
of Asser, in their nombre, thre and fiftye 
thousande and foure hundreth. 

The childre of Nephtali in their kynreds 
were, Iaheziel : of whom cometh the kynred 
of the Iahezielites. Guni: of whom cometh y 
kynred of y Gunites. Iezer: of whom co- 
meth y kynred of the Iezerites. Sillem : of 
who cometh y kynred of f Sillemites. These 
are y kynreds of the childre of Nephtali 
in their generacions, in their nombre, fyue g 
fourtye thousande and foure hundreth. 

This is the summe of the children of Israel : 
c sixe hundreth thousande, a thousande seuen 
hundreth and thirtye. 

And y LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde: 
Vnto these shalt thou deuyde the lode to 
enheritaunce, acordinge to the nombre of y 
names. d To many shalt thou geue the more 



Ecoli. 16. b. 



d Num. 32. f. Iosu. 11. d. 



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enheritaunce, and to few the lesse, vnto euery 
one shall be geue acordinge to their nombre : 
yet shall the londe be deuyded by lott. 
Acordinge to y names of the trybes of their 
fathers shal they enheret it : for after the lot 
shalt thou deuyde their enheritaunce, both 
betwixte many and fewe. 

And this is the summe of the Leuites in 
their kynreds. Gerson : of whom cometh the 
kynred of the Gersonites. Kahath : of who 
cometh the kynred of the Kahathites. Merari: 
of whom cometh y kynred of y Merarites. 
These are f kynreds of Leui, the kynred of 
y Libnites, y kynred of y Hebronites, y kynred 
of the Mahelites, y kynred of the Musites, 
the kynred of the Corahites. 

Kahath begat Amram. " And Amrams 
wife was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui, 
which was borne him in Egipte : And vnto 
Amram she bare Aaron g Moses, g Miriam 
their sister. And vnto Aaron were borne 
Nadab, Abihu,* Eleasar g Ithamar. As for 
Nadab g Abihu, they dyed, whan they offred 
straunge fyre before y LORDE. c And the 
summe of the was thre g twentye thousande, 
all males fro fyue monethes g aboue. For 
they were not nombred am5ge the childre of 
Israel, for there was no enheritaunce geuen 
the amonge the children of Israel. 

This is y summe of y childre of Israel, 
who Moses g Eleasar the prest nombred in 
the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane 
ouer agaynst Iericho : Amonge whom there 
was not one of the summe of those children 
of Israel,* whom Moses g Aaron the prest 
nombred in the wildernesse of Sinai. For y 
LORDE sayde vnto the,t y they shulde dye 
in the wildernesse. And there was not one of 
them lefte, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune 
and Iosua the sonne of Nun. 

©he rrbtj. Chapter. 

AND the doughters of t Zelaphead f 
sonne of Hepher y sonne of Gilead, 
the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasse, 
amonge the kynreds of Manasse the sonne 
Ioseph (whose names were, Mahela, Noa, 
Hagla, Milca, g Thirza) came g stode before 
Moses g Eleasar the prest, g before the rulers 
g the whole congregacion, euen before the 
dore of y Tabernacle of witnesse, g sayde : 



a Exod. 6. 
Num. 1. f. 



* Leui. 10. a 
t Nu. 14. c. 



Nume. 3. a. 
% Nu. 26. d. 



Num. 3. f. 
Nu. 36. a. 



Oure father is deed in the wildernesse, g was 
not in the company of them y rose vp agaynst 
y LORDE^in the cogregacion of Corah: but 
dyed in his awne synne, and had no sonnes. 
Wherfore shulde oure fathers name perishe 
then amonge his kynred, though he haue no 
sonne? Geue vs a possession also amonge 
oure fathers brethren. 

Moses broughte their cause before f 
LORDE. And the LORDE sayde vnto 
him : The doughters of Zelaphead haue spoke 
righte. Thou shalt geue the a possession to 
inheret amonge their fathers brethren, g shalt 
turne their fathers enheritaunce vnto them. 
And saye vnto the childre of Israel : Whan a 
ma dyeth g hath no sonne, ye shall turne his 
enheritaunce vnto his doughter. Yf he haue 
no doughter, ye shal geue it vnto his brethre. 
Yf he haue no brethren, ye shal geue it vnto 
his fathers brethren. Yf he haue no fathers 
brethre, ye shal geue it vnto his nexte kynsz- 
folke which beloge vnto him in his kynred, y 
they maye possesse it. This shalbe an ordy- 
naunce and a perpetuall lawe vnto the chil- 
dren of Israel, as the LORDE comaunded 
Moses. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Get 
the vp in to this mount Abarim/ g beholde 
the lode, which I shal geue vnto the childre 
of Israel. And whan thou hast sene it, thou 
shalt be gathered vnto thy people § as Aaron 
thy brother was gathered : for ye were disho- 
bedient vnto my worde in the wyldernesse of 
Zin, in f strife of the cogregacion, whan ye 
shulde haue sanctified me, thorow the water 
before them. -^This is the water of stryfe at 
Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin. 

And Moses spake vnto the LORDE g sayde : 
O let the LORDE God of the spretes of all 
flesh set a ma ouer the congregacion, which 
maye go in g out before them, g to leade the 
out g in, y the congregacion of the LORDE 
be not as the shepe without a shepherde. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Take 
vnto the Iosua the sonne of Nun/ which is a 
man in whom is the sprete, and put thine 
handes vpon him, g set him before Eleasar 
the prest, and before the whole congregacion, 
and geue him a charge in their sighte, g 
beutyfye him with thy bewty, that the whole 
congregacion of the children of Israel maye 



Iosu. 17. a. 
$ Nu. 20. d. 



d Nu. 16. a. 
/ Exo. 17. b. 



« Deut. 1. f. 3. d. e. 34. a. 
Nu. 20. b. el Mac. 2. f. 



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be obediet vnto him. And he shal stonde 
before Eleasar the prest, which shall axe 
councell for him after the maner of the * lighte, 
before the LORDE. At the mouth of him 
shall both he and all the children of Israel 
with him, and the whole congregacion go in 
and out. 

Moses dyd as the LORDE cornaunded 
him, & toke Iosua, and set him before Eleasar 
the prest, and before all the congregacion, 
and Hayed his handes vpon him, and gaue him 
a charge, as the LORDE sayde vnto Moses. 

C^e rrbtt}. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, a 
sayde : Comaunde y childre of Israel, & 
saye vnto the: The offerynge of my bred 
which is my offerynge of the swete sauoure, 
shal ye kepe in his due season, that ye maie 
ofFre vnto me. And saye vnto the : " These 
are the offerynges that ye shal offre vnto the 
LORDE : Lambes of a yeare olde which are 
without blemysh, euery daye two for a daylie 
burntofferynge : the one lambe in the morn- 
ynge, the other at euen. And therto a tenth 
deale* of an Epha of fyne floure for a meat- 
offerynge, myngled with beate oyle of the 
fourth parte of an Hin, this is a daylie burnt- 
offerynge, which ye offred vpon mout Sinai, 
for a swete sauoure of a sacrifice vnto the 
LORDE: And the drynkofferinge of the 
same, f fourth parte of an Hin to a lambe, 
and this shalbe poured in the Sanctuary for a 
gifte vnto the LORDE. The other lambe 
shalt thou prepare at eue (like as the meat- 
offerynge in the mornynge) (j the drynk- 
offeringe therof, for a sacrifice of a swete 
sauoure vnto the LORDE. 

On the Sabbath daye, two lambes of a 
yeare olde without blemysh, (j two teth deales 
of fyne floure myngled with oyle, & the drynk- 
offerynge therof. This is the burntofferynge 
of euery Sabbath, besyde the daylie burnt- 
offerynge, with his drynkofferinge. 

And on the first daye of youre monethes ye 
shal offre a burntofferynge vnto y LORDE: 
two yonge bullockes, a ramme, seue lambes 
of a yeare olde without blemysh, and allwaye 
thre tenth deales of fyne floure for a meat- 
offerynge myngled with oyle vnto euery bul- 
locke : two tenth deales of fyne floure for a 



1 Par. 17. e. 1 Esd. 3. 



L. d. and 6. a. 
Heb. 9. a. 



Exo.29. 
' Nu. 15. 



meatofferynge myngled with oyle vnto the 
ramme : and a tenth deale of fyne floure for 
a meatofferynge myngled with oyle vnto euery 
lambe. This is the burntofferynge of a swete 
sauoure, a sacrifice vnto f LORDE. 

And their drynkofferynges shalbe, half an 
Hin of wyne vnto euery bullocke, the thirde 
parte of an Hin to the ramme, y fourth parte 
of an Hin to euery lambe. This is the burnt- 
offerynge of euery moneth in the yeare. 
There shalbe offered an he goate also for a 
synofferynge vnto the LORDE, to the daylie 
burntofferynge with his drynkofferynge. 

"And on the fourtene daye of the first 
moneth is the Easter vnto the LORDE, and 
on the fyftene daye of the same moneth is the 
feast. Seue dayes shal vnleuended bred be 
eaten. The first daye shalbe an holy con- 
uocacion : No seruile worke shal ye do therin, 
and ye shal offre a burntofferynge vnto the 
LORDE: rf two yonge bullockes, one ramme, 
seuen labes of a yeare olde without blemysh, 
with their meatofferynge: thre tenth deales 
of fyne floure myngled with oile to either 
bullocke, and two tenth deales to the ramme, 
and one tenth deale to euery lambe amonge 
the seuen lambes. And an he goate for a 
synofferinge, to make an attonement for you. 
And these shal ye offre in the mornynge, 
besydes the burntofferynge, which is a daylie 
burntofferynge. After this maner shal ye 
offre f bred euery daye seuen dayes longe for 
an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the 
LORDE, to the daylie burntofferynge, and 
drynkofferynge also. And the seuenth daye 
shal be called an holy conuocacion with you : 
no seruyle worke shal ye do therin. 

And the daye of the fyrst frutes (wha ye 
offre the meatofferynge of the moneth vnto y 
LORDE in youre wekes) shal be an holy 
c5uocacion also : No worke of bondage shal 
ye do therin. And ye shal offre a burnt- 
offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE : 
e two yonge bullockes, a ramme, seuen lambes 
of a yeare olde, with their meatofferynges : 
thre tenth deales of fyne floure myngled with 
oyle to euery bullocke, two tenth deales to the 
ramme, and one tent deale to euery lambe 
of the seuen lambes. And an he goate to 
make an attonement for you. This shal ye do, 
besydes f daylie burntofferynge with his meat 



Leui. 23. a. Deut. 16. 
e Leui. 23. b. 



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offerynge and his drynkofferinge. Without 
blemyeh shal they be all. 

Cf)e vrtr. Chapter. 

AND the fyrst daye of the seuenth moneth 
"shal be with you an holy couocaeion. 
No seruyle worke shal ye do therin, for it is 
the daye of youre trompet blowinge. And 
ye shal offre a burntofferinge for a swete 
sauoure vnto the LORDE: a yonge bullocke, 
a ramme, seuen lambes of ayeare olde without 
blemish. And their meatofferinges : thre tenth 
deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle to the 
bullocke, two tenth deales to y rame, and one 
tenth deale vnto euery lambe of y seuen labes. 
An he goate also for a synofferinge, to make 
an attonement for you, beside f burntofferinge 
of f moneth (j his meatofferinge, £ besyde ;y 
daylie burntofferynge with his meatofferynge 
j with their drinkofferinges, acordinge to the 
maner of the for a swete sauoure. This is a 
sacrifice vnto the LORDE. 

The tenth daye of this seuenth moneth 
shalbe an holy conuocacion with you also, and 
ye shal humble youre soules, and do no seruyle 
worke therin, but offre a burntofferynge vnto 
the LORDE for a swete sauoure : a yonge 
bullocke, a ramme, seuen lambes of a yeare 
olde without blemish, with their meatoffer- 
inges : thre tenth deales of fine floure myngled 
with oyle to the bullocke, two tenth deales to 
the rame, (j one tenth deale to euery one of 
the seuen lambes. And an he goate for a 
synofferinge, besyde the synofferinge of the 
attonemet, and f daylie burntofferige with his 
meatofferinge, and with his drynkofferinge. 

The fiftenth daye of the seuenth moneth 
shal be an holy couocaeion with you, no seruyle 
worke shal ye do therin, and seue dayes shal 
ye kepe a feast vnto the LORDE. And ye 
shal offre the LORDE a burntofferinge for a 
sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE: 
thirtene yonge bullockes, two rames, fourtene 
labes of a yeare olde without blemish, with 
their meatofferynges : thre tenth deales of 
fyne floure myngled with oyle to euery one of 
the thirtene bullockes, two tenth deales to 
ether of the two rammes, n one tenth deale to 
euery one of the fourtene lambes: (j an he 
goate for a synofferynge, besyde y daylye 
burntofferynge with his meatofferynge and his 
drynkofferynge. 

" Leui. 23. d. b Leu. 16. g. 



On the seconde daye, twolue yonge bul- 
lockes, two rammes, fourtene lambes of a yeare 
olde without blemysh with their meatoffer- 
inges and drinkofferynges to the bullockes, 
to the rammes and to the lambes in f nombre 
of them acordinge to the maner. And an he 
goate for a synofferinge, besyde the daylie 
burntofferinge with his meatofferinge, and with 
his drynkofferynge. 

On the thirde daye, eleuen bullockes, two 
rammes, fourtene lambes of a yeare olde with- 
out blemish, with their meatofferinges, and 
drynkofferinges to the bullockes, to the rammes 
and to the lambes in their nombre acordinge 
to the maner. And an he goate for a syn- 
offerynge, besyde the daylye burntofferinge 
with his meatofferynge and his drynkofferynge. 

On the fourth daye, ten bullockes, two 
rames, fourtene lambes of a yeare olde with- 
out blemysh, with their meatofferynges and 
drynkofferynges, to the bullockes, to the rames, 
and to the lambes in their nombre acordynge 
to the maner. And an he goate for a syn- 
offerynge, besyde the daylie burntofferinge 
with his meatofferinge, 5 his drynkofferinge. 
On the fifth daye, nyne bullockes, two rames, 
fourtene lambes of a yeare olde without 
blemysh, with their meatofferynges (j drink- 
offerynges to the bullockes, to y rammes 5 to 
the lambes in their nombre acordynge to the 
maner. And an he goate for a synofferinge, 
besyde y- daylie burntofferynge with his meat- 
offerynge and his drynkofferynge. 

On the sixte daye, eight bullockes, two 
rames, fourtene labes of a yeare olde without 
blemysh, with their meatofferynges 5 drynk- 
offeringes to the bullockes, to the rammes, j 
to the lambes in their nombre acordinge to 
the maner. And an he goate for a syn- 
offeringe, beside the daylie burntofferinge with 
his meatofferynge and his drynkofferynge. 

On the seuenth daye, seuen bullockes, two 
rammes, fourtene lambes of a yeare olde 
without blemysh, with their meatofferinges 
and drynkofferinges to the bullockes, to the 
rammes, and to the lambes in their nombre 
acordynge to the maner. And an he goate 
for a synofferynge, besyde the daylie burnt- 
offeringe with his meatofferynge and his drynk- 
offerynge. 

On the eight daye shal ye gather the people 
together, No seruyle worke shall ye do therin. 



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And ye shall offre a burntofferynge for a 
sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto y LORDE. 
A bullocke, a ramme, seue lambes of a yeare 
olde without blemysh, with their meatoffer- 
ynges and drynkofferynges to y bullocke to 
the ramme, and to the lambes in their nobre 
acordinge to the maner. And an he goate 
for a synofferinge, besyde the daylie burnt- 
offerynge with his meatofferynge g his drink- 
offerynge. 

These thinges shal ye do vnto y LORDE 
in youre feastes, besyde that ye vowe and 
geue of a frewyll for burntofferinges, meat- 
offerynges, drynkofferynges and healthoffer- 
inges. And Moses tolde the children of Israel 
all that the LORDE commaunded him. 

Che rrr. Chapter. 

AND Moses spake vnto the rulers of the 
trybes of the children of Israel, and 
saide : This is it that the LORDE hath com- 
manded : * Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the 
LORDE, or sweare an ooth, so that he binde 
his soule, he shal not breake his worde, but do 
all that is proceaded out of his mouth. 

Yf a damsell make a vowe vnto y LORDE, 
and bynde hirself, whyle she is in hir fathers 
house, and vnmaried, and hir vowe or bonde 
that she maketh ouer hir soule, commeth to 
hir fathers eares, g he holde his peace therto, 
the all hir vowes (j bondes y she hath boude 
hir self withall ouer hir soule, shal stode in 
effecte. But yf her father forbyd her y same 
daye that he heareth it, the shal no vowe ner 
bonde that she hath bounde hir self withall 
ouer hir soule, be of vayle. And the LORDE 
shalbe mercifull vnto her, for so moch as hir 
father forbad her. 

Yf she haue an huszbande, g hath a vowe 
vpon her, or yf she haue letten go out of hir 
lippes a bode ouer hir soule, (j hir huszbande 
heare it, g holdeth his peace therat, the same 
daye that he heareth it, then hir vowe g bonde 
wherwith she hath boude hir self ouer hir 
soule, shal stonde in effecte. But yf hir 
huszbande forbyd her the same daye that he 
heareth it, the is the vowe lowse y she hath 
vpo hir, g the bonde also that she hath letten 
go out of hir lippes ouer hir soule, and the 
LORDE shalbe gracious vnto her. 

The vowe of a wyddowe, g of her y is 
deuorced, all y she byndeth hir self with- 



all ouer hir soule, shal stonde in effecte vpo 
her 

Yf she vowe in hir huszbades house, or 
binde hir self with an ooth ouer hir soule, g 
hir husbande heare it, g holde his peace 
therto, and for byddeth it not, the shal all y 
same vowe, g all y she hath boude hir self 
with all ouer hir soule, st5de I effecte. But 
yf hir huszbade disanulle it, y same daye y 
he heareth it, the is it of no value y is pro- 
ceaded out of hir lippes, which she hath 
vowed or boude ouer hir soule : for hir husz- 
bade hath made it lowse, g the LORDE 
shalbe gracious vnto her. And all vowes g 
oothes y bynde to humble y soule, maie hir 
huszbade stablish or breake, thus : Yf he 
holde his peace therto fro one daie to another, 
then stablisheth he all hir vowes g bondes, y 
she hath vpon her, because he helde his 
peace, the same daye y he herde the. But yf 
he disanulle the after y he hath herde the, 
then shal he take awaie hir miszdede. 

These are the statutes y the LORDE co- 
maunded Moses betwene a man g his wife, g 
betwene the father g his doughter, whyle she 
is yet a damsell in hir fathers house. 

Cfie rrrt. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, g 
sayde : * Auenge the childre of Israel of 
the Madianites, y thou mayest afterwarde be 
gathered vnto thy people. The spake Moses 
vnto the people, g sayde : Harnesse some men 
amonge you to the warre agaynst the Ma- 
dianites (y they maye auenge y LORDE 
vpon the Madianites) out of euery trybe a 
thousande, y out of euery trybe of Israel ye 
maye sende some to the battayll. And from 
amonge the thousandes of Israel they toke 
one thousande out of euery tribe, euen twolue 
thousande prepared vnto the battayll. And 
Moses sent them with Phineas the sonne of 
Eleasar the prest in to the battayll, and the 
holy vessels and y trompettes to blowe in his 
hande. 

And they fought agaynst y Madianites as y 
LORDE comaunded Moses, g slew all y 
males, g the kynge of the Madianites slew 
they also amonge the other that were slaine 
namely, Eui, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, the 
fyue kynges of the Madianites. And they 
slew * Balaam the sonne of Beor with the 



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swerde. And y children of Israel toke the 
wemen of the Madianites presoners, & their 
childre : all their catell, all their substaunce, 
and all their goodes spoiled they, and all 
their cities of their dwellynges cj castels 
burnt they with fyre. And they toke all y 
spoyles, (j all y they coulde catche men 5 
catell, and brought the vnto Moses (j to 
Eleasar the prest, and to y congregacion of 
the children of Israel (namely y presoners, 
and the catell y were take, and the good that 
was spoyled) in to the hoost in the felde of 
the Moabites, which lyeth besyde Iordane 
ouer against Iericho. 

And Moses and Eleasar the prest and all 
the captaines of y congregacion, * wete out of 
the hoost to mete the. And Moses was angrie 
at the officers of the hoost, which were cap- 
taynes ouer thousandes and hiidreds, y came 
from the battayll, and sayde vnto the : Haue 
ye saued all y wemen alyue ? Beholde, t haue 
not they (thorow Balaams busynes) turned 
awaye y childre of Israel to synne agaynst 
the LORDE vpo Peor, j there came a plage 
ouer the whole cdgregacion of y LORDE ? 
" Now therfore slaie all the males amoge y 
childre, (j kyll all y wemen y haue knowne 
men g lyen with them. But all the wemen 
children y haue knowne no me ner lien with 
them, kepe those alyue for youre selues. And 
lodge ye without the hoost, t all y haue slayne 
any man, or touched the slayne, that on the 
thirde and seuenth daie ye maie purifie youre 
selues and those whom ye haue taken pre- 
soners. And all the clothes, and all stuffe 
that is made of szkynnes, and all maner 
furres, and all vessels of wod shal ye purifie. 

And Eleasar the prest sayde vnto y cap- 
taynes of the hoost, y wente out to the bat- 
tayll : This is the statute of the lawe, which 
the LORDE comaunded Moses : Golde, 
siluer, brasse, yron, tynne and leed, and all 
that suffreth the fyre, shall ye cause to go 
thorow the fyre, and dense it, that it maye 
be purified with y sprencklyngo water. As 
for all soch as suffreth not the fyre, ye shal 
cause it to go thorow y water, and shal washe 
youre clothes vpon the seuenth daye, and the 
shall ye be cleane. After that shall ye come 
in to the hooste. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde : * Take the summe of the spoyle of 

* Gen. 14. c. t Num. 25. a. Apo. 2. c. d Iud. 21 



those that are taken, both of wemen and of 
catell, thou and Eleasar the prest, and the 
chefe fathers of the congregacion, and geue y 
halfe vnto those that toke the warre vpon 
them, and wente out to the battayll, and y 
other halfe to the congregacion. And of the 
men of warre that wente out to y battayll, 
thou shalt heue vnto the LORDE one soule 
of fyue hundreth, both of the wemen, oxen 
Asses and shepe : Of their halfe parte shalt 
thou take it, and geue it vnto Eleasar the 
prest for an Heueofferynge vnto the LORDE. 
But of the children of Israels halfe parte, 
thou shalt take one heade of fyftie, both of 
the wemen, oxen, Asses and shepe, and of all 
the catell, and shalt geue them vnto the 
Leuites, that wayte vpon the habitacio of the 
LORDE. 

And Moses and Eleasar the prest dyd as 
the LORDE commaunded Moses. And the 
spoyle and praye which y men of warre had 
spoyled, was sixe hundreth thousande and 
fyue and seuentye thousande shepe, two and 
seuentye thousande oxen, one (j thre score 
thousande Asses : and the wemen y had 
knowne no men ner lyen with them, were two 
and thirtie thousande soules. 

And the halfe parte which belonged vnto 
them that wente to the warre, was in nobre 
thre hundreth thousande, and seuen and 
thirtie thousande, and fyue hundreth shepe : 
of the which the LORDE had sixe hundreth, 

fyue and seuentye shepe. Item sixe and 
thirtie thousande oxen : wherof the LORDE 
had two cs seuentye. Item thirtie thousande 
(S fyue hundreth Asses : wherof the LORDE 
had one (j thre score. Item sixtene thousande 
soules of wemen : wherof the LORDE had 
two (j thirtie. And Moses gaue this heue- 
offerynge of the LORDE vnto Eleasar the 
prest, as the LORDE commaunded him. 

As for the other halfe which Moses deuyded 
vnto the children of Israel fro y men of warre 
(namely y halfe that fell to the congregacion) 
it was also thre hundreth thousande, and 
seuen and thyrtie thousande, j fyue hundreth 
shepe, sixe and thirtie thousande oxen, thyrtie 
thousande j fyue hundreth Asses, and sixtene 
thousande wemen soules. And of this halfe 
of the childre of Israel toke Moses one of 
euery fyftie, both of the catell & of the wemen, 
and gaue them vnto y Leuites, that waited 

t Nu. 19. b. * Deu. 20. b. and 22. b. Ios. 8. f. 2 Mac. 8. e. 



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vpon the habitacio of the LORDE, as y 
LORDE comauded Moses. 

And the captaynes ouer y thousandes of the 
hoost, namely they that were ouer thousandes 
and ouer hundreds, came forth vnto Moses, 
and sayde vnto him : Thy seruauntes haue 
taken y summe of y men of warre, that were 
vnder oure hande, and there lacked not 
one : therfore brynge we a present vnto the 
LORDE, what euery one hath foude of Iewels 
of golde, cheynes, bracelettes, rynges, earinges, 
and taches, that oure soules maye be recon- 
cyled before the LORDE. 

And Moses and Eleasar y prest toke of 
them y golde of all maner ornamentes. And 
all the golde of the Heueoflferynge that they 
Heued vnto the LORDE, was sixtene thou- 
sande and seuen hundreth and fyftye Sycles, 
of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hun- 
dreds. For loke what euery one had spoyled, 
that was his awne. And Moses with Eleasar 
the prest toke the golde of the captaynes 
ouer thousandes and hundreds, and broughte 
it in to the Tabernacle of witnesse for a 
remembraunce of the children of Israel before 
the LORDE. 

€f)e rrrtj. Chapter. 

THE children of Ruben and the children 
of Gad had an exceadinge greate mul- 
titude of catell, and sawe the londe of Iaeser 
and Gilead y it was a mete place for catell, 
and came 5 spake vnto Moses and to Eleasar 
the prest, and to the captaynes of the con- 
gregacion : The londe of Atroth, Dibon, 
Iaesar, Nimra, Heszbo, Eleale, Seban, Nebo, 
g Beon, which the LORDE smote before y 
congregacion of Israel, is a mete londe for 
catell, and thy seruauntes haue many catell. 
And they sayde morouer: Yf we haue founde 
fauoure before the, the geue thy seruauntes 
this londe in possession, and we wyl not go 
ouer Iordane. 

Moses sayde vnto them : Youre brethren 
shall go to the warre, and wyll ye tary here ? 
Wherfore turne ye y hertes of the children of 
Israel, that they shulde not go ouer in to the 
londe that the LORDE shall geue them? 
* Thus dyd youre fathers also, whan I sent 
them out from Cades Bernea, to spye out y 
londe. And whan they were come vp to y 
ryuer of Escol, and sawe y londe, they turned 



the hertes of the children of Israel, so y they 
wolde not in to the londe which y LORDE 
wolde haue geuen them. 

And the LORDE was wroth at the same 
tyme, g sware, g sayde : " These men y are 
come out of Egipte, from twetye yeare olde g 
aboue, shall not se the lande which I sware 
vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, because they 
haue not wholy folowed me : saue Caleb y 
sonne of Iephune y Kenisite, g Iosua y sonne 
of Nun : for they haue wholy folowed y 
LORDE. So the LORDE was wroth with 
Israel, g let the wander in the wildernesse 
fourtye yeares, tyll all y generacion y had done 
euell before the LORDE, was consumed. 

And beholde, ye are rysen vp in youre 
fathers steade, to increase the nombre of syn- 
full men, g to augmente yet the wrath j indig- 
nacion of the LORDE agaynst Israel. For 
yf ye turne you backe from folowinge him, he 
shal yet leaue them more in the wildernes, g 
so shal ye destroye all this people. 

Then stepte they to him, g sayde : we wyll 
but buylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe g 
catell, g cities for oure children : As for oure 
selues, we will go ready armed before the 
children of Israel, tyll we haue broughte them 
vnto their place : Oure childre shal remayne 
in the fenced cities, because of y indwellers of 
the londe. We will not turne home agayne, 
tyll the children of Israel haue taken euery 
one his inheritaunce in possession : for we wyll 
not inheret with them beyonde Iordane : for 
oure inheritaunce shal fall vnto vs vpon this 
syde Iordane Eastwarde. 

Moses sayde vnto them : t Yf ye wil do this, 
that ye wil harnesse youre selues to the warre 
before the LORDE, then go ouer Iordane 
before the LORDE, who so euer is harnessed 
amonge you, tyll he haue dryuen out his ene- 
mies before his face, and vntyll the londe be 
subdued before the LORDE, then shal ye 
returne, g be vngiltye before the LORDE, 
and before Israel, g so shal ye haue this londe 
in possession before the LORDE. But yf ye 
will not do so, beholde, ye shal offende agaynst 
the LORDE, and be sure, that youre synne 
shal fynde you out. Buylde cities now ther- 
fore for youre children, and shepefoldes and 
stalles for youre shepe and catell, and do as 
ye haue spoken. 

The childre of Gad, g the childre of Ruben 

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sayde vnto Moses : Thy seruauntes shal do 
as my lorde hath comaunded. Oure children, 
wyues, substaunce, & all oure catell, shal be 
in y cities of Gilead. But we thy seruauntes 
will go all harnessed for the warre vnto bat- 
taill before y LORDE, as my lorde hath saide. 

The Moses comaunded Eleasar y- prest & 
Iosua the sonne of Nun, & the chefe fathers of 
the tribes of the children of Israel, and saide 
vnto them: Yf the children of Gad & the 
children of a Ruben go ouer Iordane with you, 
all prepared to fight before the LORDE, (t 
whan the londe is subdued vnto you, the geue 
them the londe of Gilead in possessiS. But 
yf they go not ouer with you in harnes, then 
shal they inheret with you in y lode of Canaa. 

The children of Gad and the children of 
Rube answered, n sayde : As y- LORDE hath 
spoken vnto thy seruauntes, so wyll we do : 
we wil go harnessed before the LORDE in to 
f lade of Canaan, and possesse oure enherit- 
aunce on this syde Iordane. 

So Moses gaue vnto y children of Gad and 
to the children of Ruben, b and to the halfe 
trybe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph, y 
kyngdome of Sihon kynge of the Amorites 
and the kyngdome of Og the kynge of Basan, 
the londe with the cities therof in all y coastes 
of f countre rounde aboute. The y children 
of Gad buylded Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, 
Atroth, Sophan, Iaeser, £ Iegabeha, Beth- 
nimra, (j Betharan, stronge fenced cities, & 
shepe foldes. The children of Ruben buylded 
Heszbo, Eleale, Kiriathaim, Nebo, Baal 
Meon, (s turned y names, j Sibamas ij gaue 
names vnto y cities which they buylded. And 
y children of Machir the sonne of Manasse 
wente in to Gilead, g conquered it, and droue 
out the Amorites y were therin. Then Moses 
gaue Gilead vnto Machir y sonne of Manasse, 
& he dwelt therin. lair y sonne of Manasse 
wente and conquered the vyllagies therof, and 
called them Hauoth lair. Nobah wente, and 
coquered Kenath, with the townes belonginge 
therto, and called it Nobah, after his awne 
name. 

%\)t vrrtij. Chapter. 

THESE are y iourneys of the childre of 
Israel, which wete out of y lande of 
Egipte acordinge to their armies, by Moses 
(5 Aaro. And Moses wrote their goige out as 



Ios. 4. c. h Deut. 3. 

12. f. c Exod. 13. d. 



a. Ios. 22. 
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* Exod. 
Exo. 14. e. 



they iourneyed, after y comaundement of y- 
LORDE. And these (namely) are the 
yourneyes of their outgoinge. *They de> 
parted fro Raemses vpon y fiftene daye of the 
first moneth (euen the morow after the Easter) 
thorow an hye hande, so that all the Egipcians 
sawe, and buried then their firstborne, whom 
the LORDE had slayne amonge them: for 
the LORDE executed iudgment also vpon 
their goddes. When they were departed from 
Raemses, they pitched in Sucotn. And fro 
Sucoth they departed, j pitched their tentes 
in Etha, which lyeth in f edge of y wildernes. 
c Fro Etham they departed, and abode in the 
valley of Hiroth^ (which lyeth towarde Baal 
Zephon) & pitched ouer agaynst Migdol. 
From Hyroth they departed, e g wente in 
thorow f middes of the see in to f wyldernes. 
and wente thre dayes yourney in the wildernes 
of Etham, /j pitched in Marah. From Marah 
they departed, and came vnto Elim, where 
there were twolue welles of water, and seuen 
tye palme trees, eg there they pitched. From 
Elim they departed, and pitched by the reed 
see. From y reed see they departed, and 
pitched in the wildernesse of Sin. From the 
wildernes of Sin they departed, and pitched 
in Daphka. Fro Daphka they departed, and 
pitched in Alus. A From Alus they departed, 
and pitched in Raphidim, where the people 
had no water to drynke. ' From Raphidim they 
departed and pitched in the wildernes of Sinai. 
From Sinai they departed, and pitched at 
the Lustgraues. *Fro the Lustgraues they 
departed, and pitched in Hazeroth. + From 
Hazeroth they departed, j pitched in Rithma. 
From Rithma they departed, and pitched in 
Rimon Parez. From Rimon Parez they de- 
parted, and pitched in Libna. From Libna 
they departed, and pitched in Rissa. Fro 
Rissa they departed, j pitched in Kehelatha. 
Fro Kehelatha they departed, 5 pitched in 
moiit Sapher. From mout Sapher they de- 
parted, d pitched in Harada. Fro Harada 
they departed, pitched in Makeheloth. From 
Makeheloth they departed, tj pitched in Ta- 
hath. From Tahath they departed, and pitched 
in Tharah. From Tharah they departed, and 
pitched in Mitka. From Mitka they depart- 
ed, and pitched in Hasmona. From Hasmona 
they departed, and pitched in Mosseroth. 

/ Exo. 15. d. e Exo. 16. a. h Exo. 17. a. •" Exo. 
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*From Mosseroth they departed, and pitched 
in Bne Iaekon. From Bne Iaekon they de- 
parted, and pitched in Horgadgad. From 
Horgadgad they departed, & pitched in Iath- 
batha. From Iathbatha they departed, and 
pitched in Abrona. From Abrona they de- 
parted, and pitched in Ezeon gaber. From 
Ezeon gaber they departed, and pitched in f 
wildernes of Zin, which is Cades. 

From Cades they departed, and pitched at 
mount Hor, *on the border of the londe of 
Edom. Then Aaron the prest wente vp vnto 
mount Hor (acordynge to the commaunde- 
ment of the LORDE) and died there in the 
fourtyeth yeare, after y the children of Israel 
departed out of the londe of Egipte, in the 
first daie of the fifte moneth, wha he was an 
hundreth and thre and twentye yeare olde. 
And Arad the kynge of the Cananites, which 
dwelt in the south countre of Canal herde y 
the children of Israel came. 

And from mount Hor they departed, and 
pitched in Zalmona. From Zalmona they 
departed, and pitched in Phimon. From 
Phimon they departed, t and pitched in Oboth. 
From Oboth they departed, and pitched in 
Igim by Abarim vpon the border of the lode 
of f Moabites. From Igim they departed, 
and pitched in Dibon Gad. From Dibo Gad 
they departed, and pitched in Almon Dibla- 
thama. Fr5 Almon Diblathama they de- 
parted and pitched in the mountaynes of 
Abarim ouer agaynst Nebo. From the moii- 
taynes of Abarim they departed, and pitched 
in y felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane 
ouer agaynst Iericho. Fro Beth haiesmoth 
vnto the playne of Sitim c laye they in the 
felde of the Moabites. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the 
felde of the Moabites, by Iordane ouer agaynst 
Iericho, and sayde : Speake to the children of 
Israel, and saie vnto them: Wha ye are come 
ouer d Iordane in the lande of Canaan, ye 
shal dryue out all the inhabiters before youre 
face, and plucke downe all their pilers, and 
all their ymages of metall, and destroye all 
their thye places: that ye maye so take the 
londe in possession and dwell therin. For I 
haue geue you the londe to enioye it. 

And the londe shall ye deuyde out by lott 
amonge youre kynreds. Vnto those that are 



* Deut:. 10. b. «Nu. 20. a. * Nu. 20. d. Deu. 10. 
+ Num. 21. b. « Num. 25. a. * Deut. 7. a. Iosu. 16. 



many, shall ye deuyde the more : And vnto 
them that are fewe, shall ye deuyde the lesse. 
Euen as the lott falleth there vnto euery one, 
so shal he haue it, acordinge to the trybes of 
their fathers. 

But yf ye wyll not dryue out the inhabiters 
of f lande before youre face, *then they who 
ye suffre to remayne, shall become thornes in 
youre eyes, and dartes in youre sydes, g shall 
vexe you in the londe where ye dwell. Then 
wil it come to passe, that I shal do vnto you 
euen as I thought to do vnto them. 

Che rrrtti). Chapter. 
A ND the LORDE spake vnto Moses, 
__/~\_ and sayde : Commaunde the childre of 
Israel, and saye vnto them : Whan ye come in 
to the londe of Canaan, the londe y falleth to 
youre inheritaunce, shall haue hir borders in 
the londe of Canaan. The South quarter 
shall begynne at the wyldernesse of Zin by 
Edom, so that youre South quarter be from 
the edge of the Salt see, which lyeth towarde 
the South : and that y same quarter fet a 
compasse from the South vp to Acrabim, (j 
go thorow Zimma : j that his out goinge be 
from the South vnto Cades Barnea, % reache 
vnto Hazor Adar, and go thorow Azmona, 
and stretch out from Azmona vnto the ryuer 
of Egipte, and that the ende therof be at the 
greate see. 

But the West quarter shal be this : namely 
the greate see, let y be youre border towarde 
the West. 

The North quarter shalbe this : Ye shall 
compasse from the greate see vnto mount 
Hor. And fro mount Hor ye shall compasse 
tyll a man come vnto Hemath, that the out 
goynge therof be the coast of Zedada, and that 
the border of the same go out vnto Siphron 
and that the goynge out of it be at Hazoi 
Enan. Let this be youre North quarter. 

And youre East quarter shall ye copasse 
from Hazor Enan vnto Sephan, j let the 
coaste go downe from Sephan and Ribla on 
the East syde of Ain. The let it go downe, 
& reache vnto the syde of the see of Chinereth 
East warde, and come downe by Iordane, so 
y the goynge out of it be the Salt see. Let 
this be youre londe with the borders therof 
rounde aboute. 



t Hill chapels, or altares builded vpon hilles. 
I.e. f. s. 



4ftu llv+ 



€i)t iiij. bote of Mo$t$* 



Cfcap, mb. 



And Moses commaunded the children of 
Israel, and sayde : This is youre londe that 
ye shal deuyde out amonge you by lott, which 
the LORDE hath commaunded to geue vnto 
the nyne trybes, and to the halfe trybe. *For 
the trybe of the children of Ruben after their 
fathers house, and the trybe of the children of 
Gad acordinge to their fathers house, and the 
half trybe of Manasse haue receaued their 
porcion. Thus the two trybes and the halfe 
trybe haue their enheritaunce allready, on this 
syde Iordane, ouer agaynst Iericho, Eastwarde. 

And the LORDE spake vnto Moses, and 
sayde : " These are y names of the men, which 
shal deuyde the londe amonge you. Eleasar 
the prest, and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And 
the captayne of euery trybe shal ye take, to 
deuyde the londe. 

And these are the names of the men: 
Caleb the sonne of Iephune of the trybe of 
luda. Semuel the sonne of Ammihud of the 
trybe of Simeon. Elidad y sonne of Cislon 
of the trybe of Ben Iamin. Buki the sonne 
of Iagli of the trybe of the childre of Dan. 
Hamuel the sonne of Ephod, of the trybe of 
the children of Manasse amonge the children 
of Ioseph. Kemuel the sonne of Siphthan, 
of the trybe of the children of Ephraim. 
Elizaphan the sonne of Parnach, of the trybe 
of the childre of Zabulon. Palthiel the sonne 
of Asan, of the trybe of the childre of Isaehar. 
Abihud the sonue of Selomi, of y trybe of the 
children of Asser. Pedahel the sonne of 
Ammihud, of the trybe of the children of 
Nephtali. These are they whom y LORDE 
commaunded, that they shulde deuyde the 
inheritaunce vnto the children of Israel in the 
londe of Canaan. 

Che rrrfc. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Moses in 
the felde of the Moabites by Iordane 
ouer agaynst Iericho, a sayde : Commaunde 
the childre of Israel, *that they geue vnto f 
Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, 
cities to dwell in. The suburbes also aboute 
the cities shal ye geue vnto the Leuites, that 
they maye dwell in the cities, and in the 
suburbes to haue their catell, and substaunce, 
and all their beestes. 

The suburbes which ye geue vnto f Leuites, 
shal reache fro the wall of y cite outwarde, a 

um. 32. f. " Deut. 3. e. Iosu. 14. a. h Iosu. 21. a. 



M. cubites rounde aboute. Thus ye shal 
measure without the cite on y East syde, two 
thousande cubites : j on y "South syde, two 
thousande cubites : (j on f West syde, two 
thousande cubites : & on y North syde, two 
thousande cubites, so y the cite be in the 
myddes. This shal be their suburbes, 

+And amoge the cities which ye shal geue 
vnto the Leuites, ye shall geue the sixe fre 
cities, that he which comitteth a slaughter, 
maie flye thither. Besydes the same ye shal 
geue the yet two a fourtie cities : so y all f 
cities which ye geue vnto f Leuites, be eight 
I fourtye with their suburbes. And of y same 
ye shal geue the more, from the y haue moch 
in possession amonge the children of Israel 
(j the lesse from them, that haue litle in 
possession. Euery one (acordinge to his en 
heritaunce that is deuyded vnto him) shall 
geue of his cities vnto the Leuites. 

And the LORDE talked with 
saide : Speake to the childre of Israel, ij saye 
vnto the : c Whan ye come ouer Iordane in to 
y londe of Canaan, ye shall chose out cities to 
be fre cities, y who so comytteth slaughter 
vnawarres, maye flye thither. And soch fre 
cities shalbe amonge you because of the 
avenger of bloude, that he which hath com' 
mytted slaughter, dye not, tyll he stonde in 
iudgment before the congregacion. And of 
these cities which ye shall geue, there shalbe 
sixe fre cites. Thre shal ye geue on this side 
Iordane, and thre in the londe of Canaan. 

These are the sixe fre cities, both for y 
childre of Israel j for the straungers, g for 
soch as dwell amoge you, y who so euer hath 
slaine eny soule vnawarres, maye flye thither. 

d He y smyteth eny man with an yron weapo, 
y he dye, the same is a murthurer, j shal dye 
the death. Yf he cast at him with a stone 
(wherwith eny man maye be slayne) y he dye 
therof, then is he a murthurer, and shal dye 
the death. Yf he smyte him with an hand- 
weapon of wodd (wherwith eny man maie be 
slayne) that he dye, then is he a murthurer, 
and shal dye the death. The auenger of 
bloude shal bringe y murthurer to death. 
Whan he fyndeth him, he shal slaye him. Yf 
he thrust at him of hate, or cast ought at him 
with laienge of wayte, or smyte him of envye 
with his hande, that he dye, then shal he that 
hath slayne him, dye the death: for he is a mur- 

t Iosu. 20. a. c Exo. 21. b. Deut. 19. a. * Exo. 21. b. 



Cfiap* jrjrjrtiu 



€bt iiij. bote of Closes* 



#0. rlru 



thurer. The auenger of bloude shal brynge 
him to death, as soone as he fyndeth him. 

" But yf he thrust him by chaunce, j not of 
envye, or hurle ought at him without eny 
layenge of wayte, or cast at him with a stone 
(wherof a man maye dye, 5 sawe it not) so y 
he dye, j is not his enemie, nether thought 
him eny euell, the shal the cogregacion iudge 
betwene him y hath comytted y slaughter, 
and the auenger of bloude, in soch cases. 
And the cogregacion shal delyuer the deed 
slayer from the hande of y auenger of bloude, 
CE shal let him come agayne to the fre cite, 
whither he was fled : j there shall he abyde 
vnto f death of the hye prest, which was 
anoynted with y holy oyle. But yf the deed 
sleyer go out of the borders of his fre cite, 
that he was fled vnto, and the auenger of 
bloude fynde him without y- borders of his fre 
cite, and kyll him, he shal not be gyltye of 
bloude. For he shulde haue bydden in his 
fre cite vntyll y death of the hye prest, & after 
y hye prestes death to come agayne vnto the 
londe of his enheritaunce. This shalbe a 
statute of the lawe vnto you amoge youre 
posterities in all youre dwellinges. 

The deed slayer shal be slayne at y mouth 
of witnesses. *One witnesse shal not answere 
ouer a soule to death. And ye shal receaue 
none attonement ouer the soule of the deed- 
slayer (for he is giltye of death) but he shal 
dye the death. And ye shal receaue none 
attonement of him, which is fled to the fre 
cite, y he shulde come agayne to dwell in the 
londe, tyll the hye prest dye. And defyle 
not ye y londe wherin ye dwell. For who so 
is giltye of bloude, defyleth the londe : and 
the londe can not be reconcyled from the 
bloude that is shed therin, but onely thorow 
the bloude of him that shed it. Defyle not 
ye the londe that ye dwell in, wherin I dwell 
also. For I am the LORDE, which dwell 
amoge y children of Israel. 

Cfic yyybi. Chapter. 
A ND y chefe fathers of the kynred of the 
J^\_ childre of Gilead y sonne of Machir 
(which was the sonne of Manasse of the 
kynred of the children of Ioseph) came forth, 
and spake before Moses, and before the cap- 

o Deu. 19. a. * Deii. 17. b. and 19. c. t Nu. 26. f. 

» Nu. 27. a. t Tob. 1. b. and 7. c. 



taynes amonge the chefe fathers of the children 
of Israel, and saide : Syr, the LORDE hath 
t commaunded, that ye shulde geue the londe 
by lott vnto the childre of Israel to inheret. 
And thou my lorde hast commaunded thorow 
the LORDE, b that the enheritaunce of oure 
brother Zelaphead shulde be geue vnto his 
doughters. Now yf eny men out of the trybes 
of Israel take them to wyues, then shal oure 
fathers enheritaunce be lesse : and as moch 
as they haue, shal come to f enheritaunce of 
the trybe that they come vnto. Thus shal 
the lott of oure inheritaunce be mynished. 
So whan the yeare of Iubilye commeth vnto 
the childre of Israel, then shal their enherit- 
aunce come to y enheritaunce of the trybe, 
where they are. Thus shal oure fathers en- 
heritaunce be mynished, as moch as they haue. 

Moses charged the childre of Israel (acord- 
inge to the commaundement of the LORDE) 
and sayde: The trybe of the children of 
Ioseph hath sayde righte. This is it that y 
LORDE commaundeth the doughters of 
Zelaphead, and sayeth : $ Let them mary as 
they like best, onely that they mary in y 
kynred of the trybe of their father, that the 
enheritaunce of the children of Israel fall not 
fro one trybe to another. For euery one 
amonge the children of Israel shall cleue to 
the enheritaunce of the trybe of his father : (j 
euery doughter that possesseth eny enherit- 
aunce amonge the trybes of the children of 
Israel, shal be maryed vnto one of the kynred 
of the trybe of bir father : c y euery one 
amonge the children of Israel maye enioye his 
fathers enheritaunce, and that the enheritaunce 
fall not from one trybe to another: but that 
euery one maye cleue to his awne enheritaunce 
amonge the trybes of the children of Israel. 

As the LORDE comaunded Moses, eue 
so dyd y doughters of Zelaphead, Mahela, 
Thirza, Hagla, Milca j Noa j were maried 
vnto their fathers brothers sonnes, of y kynred 
of the children of Manasse the sonne of 
Ioseph. So their enheritauce remayned in 
the trybe of the kynred of their father. 

These are the commaundemetes rt lawes, 
which y LORDE commaunded by Moses 
vnto the childre of Israel, in the felde of the 
Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho. 

c Leui. 25. d. Iere. 32. b. Ruth 4. b. 



CI)e tviat of t\)t frturtfj bote of iHosses, raMr ^.urnmi^ 



called JSeuteronomton* 



Cljap. I. 
Moses putteth the childre of Israel in remem- 
braunce of the greate benefites that they haue 
receaued of God, and rebuketh them for their 
vnthankfulnesse and myszbeleue. 

Cfjap. II. 

They are commaunded not to fighte agaynst 
Seir, the Moabites and Ammonites. But Sihon 
the kynge of the Amorrites is delyuered vnto 
them. 

Cfjap. III. 

Og the kynge of Basan is slayne, the londe taken 
in, and destroyed. Ruben, Gad, and the halfe 
trybe of Manasse haue their enheritaunce on 
this syde Iordane. Iosua is ordeyned in Moses 
steade. 

<q»ap. mi. 

After he hath rehearsed vnto them the benefites of 
God, he exorteth them to kepe his commaunde- 
mentes, that they forget them not. Fredome 
for soch as committe slaughter vnawarres. 

Cljap. V. 
He rehearseth the commaundementes of God 
vnto them agayne, (j exorteth them earnestly 
to kepe them. 

Cljap. VI. 
He telleth them of the statutes (j ordinauces of 
God, exortinge them to kepe them, and to 
teache their children the same. 

Cljap. VII. 
They are commaunded (whan they come in the 
lode of Canaan) to make no frendshipe ner 
to kepe company with the people therof, but 
vtterly to rote them out, and not to be afrayed 
of them. 



CJ)ap. VIII. 
He exorteth them, not to forget the commaunde- 
mentes of God, but to remembre what singuler 
kindnes God hath shewed them, g from what 
troubles he hath delyuered them. And geueth 
the londe that they are to go vnto, a good 
reporte. 

Cfjap. IX. 
He warneth them that they ascrybe not the 
goodnes that God hath done for them, to their 
awne power : for yf he had serued them after 
their awne deseruinge, he had destroyed them 
euerychone. 

Cljap. X. 
He proceadeth forth in tellinge them their wicked- 
nes, J how they departed from Beroth. 

Cf)ap. XI. 

Consyderinge the multitude of the benefites of 

God that they had receaued and the pleasaunt 

londe that they were to receaue, he exorteth 

them againe to kepe Gods commaundementes. 

Cljap. XII. 

He descrybeth vnto them againe the statutes g 
ordinaunces of the LORDE. 



C^ap. XIII. 
How men shal knowe false prophetes and how 
they ought to be punished. 

Cijap. XIIII. 
For so moch as they are a cleane people of God, 
they are commaunded to avoyde the customes 
of the Hey then, as in shauynge their heades 
in eatinge certayne meates, jc. 



Cfte b* bote of iltoses* 




Chap. XV. 


Chap. XXV. 






Of the seuenth yeare (wherof thou readest also 


How the iudge ought to punyshe, £ how one 






in the XXV. chapter of the thirde boke of 


brother shulde rayse vp sede to another. Of 






Moses) 5 how the poore folkes and bonde men 


true weightes and measures, and destroyenge 






oughte to be intreated. 


of Amaleck. 

Chap. XXVI. 






Chap. XVI. 


Of the first frutes and ty thes, how they are to be 






The feaste of Easter, Whytsondaye, and of 


broughte with prayse and thankesgeuynge vnto 






tabernacles. 


God. 

Chap. XXVII. 






Chap. XVII. 


Of the stones to be set vp beyonde Iordane, and 






Certayne statutes. The office of kynges and 


the commaundementes of God to be wrytten 






iudges. 


theron. Of the blessinge and cursinge vpon 






Chap. XVIII. 


the two mountaynes. 






The porcion of the Leuites. Of the prophete 


Chap. XXVIII. 






that is promised vnto the people, and how the 






false prophetes maye be knowne. 


Swete and gracious promyses for all soch as loue 
the commaundementes of God to do them. 






Chap. XIX. 


Agayne, Maruelous sore and fearfull plages, 






threatened vnto all the that regarde not Gods 






Of the fre cities for the deedslayers. How many 


worde. 






witnesses are to be accepted in a matter, and 


Chap. XXIX. 






how the false oughte to be punished. 






The couenaunt is renewed in the londe of Moab. 








Moses putteth them in mynde of the louynge 






Chap. XX. 


benefites of God, that they maie be stedfast in 






A godly ordinaunce concernynge warre and 


the LORDE. 






strykinge of battayll. 


Chap. XXX. 
Of the merciful kyndnesse of God, yf men wil 






Chap. XXI. 


herken vnto his voyce, and conuerte fr5 their 






What ought to be done with one that is founde 
slaine in the felde, and with a woman which is 


awne euell wayes. Of his sore punyshment, 
yf they wil not obeye. 






taken presoner. Children that wil not obeye 








father and mother, are to be stoned to death. 


Chap. XXXI 






The deed bodies maye not hange styll vpon 


Iosua is geue vnto the people, to be their captayne 






the tre. 


in Moses steade. A prophecie that they wyl 






Chap. XXII. 


forsake the waye of God, 5 be punyshed 
therfore. 






Of loue towarde a mans neghboure, with dyuerse 






other commaundemetes. How a man shal 


Chap. XXXII. 






ordre him self with his wife, whom he founde 


The songe of Moses, which goeth vp to the 






no mayden. 


mount, J seyth the londe of promesse, but 
commeth not in to it. 






Chap. XXIII. 








What they are, that maye not come in to the 


Chap. XXXIII. 






congregacion of the LORDE, and other com- 


A swete blessinge, wherwith Moses blesseth the 






maundementes. 


people before his death. 






Chap. XXIIII. 


Chap. XXXIIII. 






Of deuorcement, of the fredome of him that is 


Moses goeth vp to the mount, where he dyeth. 






new maried, with other commaundementes 


The children of Israel make lamentacion for 






concernynge loue towarde a mans neghboure. 


him. 













rfo* ilviiij. 



Wt)t b, bote of Jflos*& 



Cfrap, u 



€\)t fiv<St Chapter. 

THESE are the wordes that Moses spake 
vnto all Israel on the other syde Iordane 
in the wildernesse, in the playne felde towarde 
the reed see, betwene Paran, Thophel, Laban, 
Hazeroth, and Disahab, eleuen daies iourney 
from Horeb, by the waye of mount Seir vnto 
Cades Bernea. And it fortuned the first daye 
of the eleuenth moneth in the fortieth yeare, 
that Moses spake vnto y children of Israel 
acordinge vnto all as y LORDE commaunded 
him, * after he had smytten Sihon y kynge of 
the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon : and 
Og the kynge of Basan, that dwelt at Asta- 
roth, and at Edrei. 

On the other syde Iordane in y lande of 
the Moabites, beganne Moses to declare this 
lawe, and sayde: The LORDE oure God 
spake vnto vs vpon mount Horeb, g sayde : 
Ye haue bene loge ynough vpon this moun- 
tayne, turne you, g departe hence, that ye 
maye come to the mountaynes of the Amor- 
ites, and to all their neghbours in y feldes, 
vpon mountaynes, and in the valleys towarde 
the South and towarde the see syde, of the 
lande of Canaan : and to mount Libanus, 
euen vnto the greate water Euphrates. Be- 
holde, I haue delyuered you the londe, go in, 
and take it in possession, which the LORDE 
sware vnto youre fathers, Abraham, Isaac and 
Iacob,t that he wolde geue it vnto the, and 
their sede after them. 

Then saide I vnto you at the same tyme : 
" I am not able to beare you my self alone, for 
the LORDE youre God hath increased you, 
so that this daye ye are as y starres of heauen 
in multitude. (The LORDE God of youre 
fathers make you yet many thousande tymes 
mo, g blesse you, as he hath promysed you.) 
How can I alone beare soche cobraunce, g 
charge, g stryfe am5ge you? Prouyde here 
men of wyszdome g vnderstondinge, soch as 
are knowne amonge youre trybes, the wil I 
set to be heades vnto you. 

Then answered ye me, and sayde : It is a 
good thinge, that thou sayest thou wilt do. 
Then toke I y heades of youre trybes, wyse and 
famous me, and set them ouer you to be heades, 
ouer thousandes, ouer hundreds, ouer fiftye and 
ouer ten: and officers amonge youre trybes. 



* Num. 21. d. t Gene. 15. d. and 17. b. 
t Ioh. 7. b. » Deu. 17. b. Exo. 18. d. 



§ Deu. 20. a. 



And I charged youre iudges at y same 
tyme, g sayde: Heare youre brethre, g iiudge 
righteously betwene euery man and his brother, 
and the straunger. Ye shall knowe no per- 
sonne in iudgment, but shall heare the small 
as well as the greate, and be afrayed of no 
man : for the Iudgment is Gods. But yf eny 
cause be to harde for you, *let it be broughte 
vnto me, y I maye heare it. Thus com- 
maunded 1 you at the same tyme, all y ye 
shulde doo. 

Then departed we from Horeb, and walked 
thorow the whole wyldernesse (which is greate 
and terryble as ye haue sene) by the waye to 
y mountaynes of the Amorites, as the LORDE 
oure God commauded vs, and came vnto 
Cades Bernea. Then sayde I vnto you : Ye 
are come to y mountaynes of y Amorites, 
which the LORDE oure God shal geue vs. 
Beholde, there the londe before the, which 
the LORDE thy God hath geue vnto the : 
Go vp, g conquere it, as y LORDE God of 
thy fathers hath sayde vnto the : § feare not, 
and be not discoraged. 

Then came ye all vnto me, and sayde : 
Let vs sende men before vs, c to spye vs out 
the londe, and to brynge vs worde agayne, by 
what waye we shal go vp, and to what cities 
we shal come. That pleased me well, and I 
toke twolue men from amonge you, of euery 
trybe one. Which whan they were departed, 
and wente vp to hye countre, and came to the 
ryuer Escol, they spyed it out, and toke of 
the frute of y londe with the/ and broughte 
it downe vnto vs, and broughte vs worde 
agayne, and sayde : It is a good londe, that 
the LORDE oure God hath geuen vs. 

But ye wolde not go vp, and were disho- 
bedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre 
God, and murmured in youre tentes, and 
sayde : Because the LORDE hateth vs, ther- 
fore hath he broughte vs out of the londe of 
Egipte, to delyuer vs in to the handes of the 
Amorites, to destroye vs. Whither shal we 
go vp ? Oure brethren haue discoraged oure 
hertes, g saide: *The people is greater g of 
hyer stature the we, f cities are greate, g 
walled euen vp to heauen. Morouer we haue 
sene there the children of Enakim. 

But I sayde vnto you : Feare not, and be 
not afrayed of them : for the LORDE youre 



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God goeth before you, and shall fighte for 
you, like as he dealte with you in Egipte 
before youre eyes, and in the wyldernesse: 
where thou sawest, that the LORDE thy 
God bare the (euen as a man beareth his 
sonne) thorow out all the waye that ye haue 
walked, tyll ye came to this place. And yet 
for all this ye haue not beleued on the LORDE 
youre God, which wente before you, to searche 
you out a place, where ye shulde pitch youre 
tentes : by night in the fyre (to shewe you the 
waye, wherin ye shulde go) a j on the daye 
tyme in the cloude. 

Whan the LORDE herde y voyce of youre 

wordes, he was wroth, and swore, and saide : 

There shall none of this euell generacion se 

that good londe, which I sware to geue vnto 

oure fathers, excepte Caleb the sonne of 

ephune, he shal se it. c And vnto him wyl I 

geue the londe that he hath trodde vpon, & to 

his children, because he hath perfectly folowed 

the LORDE. 

The LORDE was angrye with me also for 
youre sakes, and sayde: ^Thou also shalt not 
go in thither. But Iosua y sonne of Nun, 
which stondeth before the, he shal go in 
thither : Corage him, for he shal deuyde the 
enheritaunce out vnto Israel. And youre 
childre, 'of who ye sayde they shulde be a 
praye, and youre sonnes which this daie 
vnderstonde nether good ner bad, they shal 
go in thither, vnto them wil I geue it, and 
they shall enioye it. But as for you, turne 
you, and take youre iourney to the wylder- 
nesse, euen the waye to the reed see. 

J Then answered ye, j sayde vnto me : We 
haue synned agaynst y LORDE, we wil go 
vp, and fighte, acordinge to all that the 
LORDE hath commaunded vs. Now whan 
ye had prepared youre selues, euery one in 
his harnesse, (j were at the poynte to go vp to 
the mountaynes, y LORDE sayde vnto me : 
Speake vnto them, y they go not vp, j that 
they fighte not (for I am not amoge you) that 
ye be not smytten before youre enemies. 
Whan I tolde you this, ye wolde not heare, & 
were dishobedient vnto the worde of the 
LORDE, and were presumptuous, and wente 
vp to y mountaines. Then the Amorites that 
dwelt vpon the moutaynes, came out against 
you, and chaced you, as Bees do, and smote 



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you at Seir, euen vnto Horma. Now whan ye 
came againe, and wepte before the LORDE, 
he wolde not heare youre voyce, and enclyned 
not his eares vnto you. * So ye abode in 
Cades a longe season. 

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THEN turned we vs, and toke oure iourney 
to the wildernesse, ? euen the waye to the 
reed see (as the LORDE sayde vnto me) and 
compassed mount Seir a longe season. And 
y LORDE saide vnto me : Ye haue cSpassed 
this mountayne now loge ynough, turne you 
Northwarde, and commaude the people, and 
saye : Ye shal go thorow y coastes of youre 
brethren the children of Esau, which dwell at 
Seir: cj they shal be afrayed of you. But 
take diligente hede to youre selues, that ye 
prouoke them not : for I wyl not geue you 
one fote bredth of their londe. t For mount 
Seir haue I geuen to the children of Esau to 
possesse. Ye shal bye meate of them for 
moneye, that ye maye eate. And water shal 
ye bye of them for money, that ye maye 
drynke. For the LORDE thy God hath 
blessed the in all the workes of thy hondes. 
He hath considered thy iourneyes thorow this 
greate wyldernesse : and this fortye yeares 
hath the LORDE thy God bene with the, so 
that thou hast wanted nothinge. 

Now whan we were departed from oure 
brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt vpon 
mount Seir, by the waye of the felde from 
Elath & Ezeon gaber, we turned vs, (t wente 
by the waye of the wyldernesse of y Moabites. 
Then sayde the LORDE vnto me : * Thou 
shalt not vexe the Moabites, ner prouoke the 
vnto battayll, for I wil not geue the of their 
londe to possesse. For Ar haue I geuen vnto 
the children of Lot in possession. §The 
Emims dwelt there before tyme, which were 
a greate stronge people, & hye of stature, as 
the Enakims : and were taken for giauntes, 
like as f Enakims. And f Moabites called 
them Emims. II The Horites also dwelt in 
Seir afore tyme, & f children of Esau droue 
them out, and destroyed them before them, & 
dwelt in their steade : like as Israel dyd in y 
lode of his possession, that the LORDE gaue 
them. 

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And we wente ouer. The tyme that we were 
goinge fro Cades Barnea, tyll we came ouer 
the ryuer Sared, was eight g thirtye yeares : 
tyll all the men of warre were waysted out of 
the hoost, *as the LORDE sware vnto them. 
The hande of the LORDE also was agaynst 
them, to destroye the out of the hoost, tyll 
they were consumed. 

And whan all the men of warre were c5- 
sumed, so y they were deed amonge the 
people, the LORDE spake vnto me, and 
sayde: This daie shalt thou go thorow the 
coast of f Moabites by Ar, & shalt come nye 
vnto f children of Ammon, t whom thou shalt 
not vexe ner prouoke. For I wyll not geue 
the of the lode of the childre of Ammon to 
possesse, for I haue geue it vnto the childre 
of Lot in possession. It was take for a lode 
of giauntes also, <j giauntes dwelt therin afore 
tyme. And y Ammonites calle the Sam- 
sumims, which was a people that was greate, 
many, and of hye stature, as the Enakims. 

And these y LORDE destroyed before the, 
and let them possesse the same, so that they 
dwelt in their steade. t Like as he dyd with 
the childre of Esau, which dwell vpo mount 
Seir, whan he destroyed the Horites before 
them : and let them possesse the same, so that 
they haue dwelt in their steade vnto this daye. 
And the Caphthorims came out of Caphther, 
and destroyed y Auims (y dwelt at Hazarim 
euen vnto Gaza) (j there dwelt they in their 
steade. 

Get you vp now, and departe, and go ouer 
the ryuer Arnon. Beholde, I haue geue 
Sihon y kynge of the Amorites at Heszbon 
in to thy hande: go to and conquere, and 
prouoke him vnto battayll. This daye wyll I 
begynne, so that all nacios vnder all the 
heauen, shal feare & drede y : In so moch y 
wha they heare of the, they shal tremble and 
quake for thy commynge. 

Then sent I messaungers from f wylder- 
nesse of the East vnto a Sihon the kynge at 
Heszbon § with peaceble wordes, and caused 
to saye vnto him: I wil go but thorow thy 
lode, I wil go a longe by the hye waye, I wil 
nether turne to the righte hade ner to f lefte. 
Thou shalt sell me meate for money, that I 
maye eate : (j water shalt thou sell me for 
money, that I maye drinke. Onely let me 



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go thorow by fote, *as the children of Esau 
(which dwell at Seir) dyd vnto me : and the 
Moabites that dwell at Ar : vntyll I be come 
ouer Iordane, in to the londe which the 
LORDE oure God shal geue vnto vs. 

But Sihon the kynge at Heszbon wolde not 
let vs go by him : for the LORDE thy God 
herdened his mynde, j made his hert tough 
that he mighte delyuer him in to thy hades, 
as it is come to passe this daye. 

And f LORDE sayde vnto me : Beholde, 
I haue begonne to delyuer Sihon with his 
londe before the: go to and coquere, and 
possesse his lode. c And Siho came out with 
all his people to fight agaynst vs at Iahza. 
But the LORDE oure God delyuered him in 
to oure handes, so that we smote him with his 
children and all his people. 

Then toke we all his cities at the same 
tyme, and destroyed vtterly all the cities, men, 
wemen, and children, and let none remayne : 
saue the catell, which we caught to oure selues, 
& the spoyle of the cities that we wanne from 
Aroer, which lyeth vpon the ryuer syde of 
Arnon, and from the cite on the ryuer vnto 
Gilead. There was no cite that coulde de- 
fende it selfe from vs: the LORDE oure 
God delyuered vs all before vs. II But vnto 
the londe of the children of Ammon thou 
earnest not, ner to all that was on the ryuer 
Iabok, ner to y cities vpo f mountaines, ner 
vnto what so euer the LORDE oure God 
forbad vs. 

Che ttj. Chapter. 



ND we turned vs, & wente vp y waie 
s of Basan, 



J^\_ vnto Basan. And Og f kynge 
came out rf with all his people to fight agaynst 
vs at Edrei. But the LORDE sayde vnto 
me: Be not afrayed of him, for I haue 
delyuered him (j all his people with his londe 
in to thy hande : (j thou shaft do with him, as 
thou dyddest with Sihon kynge of y Amorites. 
which dwelt at Heszbon/ Thus f LORDE 
oure God delyuered Og y kynge of Basan in 
to oure handes also with all his people: so 
that we smote him, tyll there was nothinge 
left ouer vnto him. 

Then wanne we at the same tyme all his 
cities, j there was not one cite that we toke 
not from him, euen thre score cities, the 



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whole region of Argob in the kyngdome of 
Og at Basan. All these cities were stroge, 
with hye walles, gates, and barres, besyde 
many other vnwalled townes. 

And we vtterly destroyed them, as we dyd 
with Sihon the kynge at Heszbon.* All the 
cities destroyed we vtterly, and the men, 
wemen, and children. But all the catell and 
spoyle of the cities caughte we for oure selues. 

Thus toke we at the same tyme the londe 
out of the honde of the two kynges of the 
Amorites beyonde Iordane, from the ryuer of 
Arnon vnto mount Hermon (which the Sidons 
call Sirion, but the Amorites call it Senir) all 
the cities vpon the playne, and all Gilead, 
and all Basan vnto Salcha and Edrei, the 
cities of the kyngdome of Og at Basan. For 
onely Og the kynge of Basan remayned ouer 
of the giauntes. Beholde, his yron bed is 
here at Rabath amonge the children of Am- 
nion, nyne cubites longe, and foure cubites 
brode, after the cubite of a man. 

This londe conquered we at the same tyme, 
from Aroer that lyeth on f ryuer of Arnon. 
" And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I 
gaue halfe mount Gilead with the cities therof : 
but f remnaunt of Gilead, & all Basan the 
kyngdome of Og, gaue I vnto the halfe trybe 
of Manasse. The whole region of Argob 
with all Basan was called the giauntes londe. 

lair the sonne of Manasse toke all the 
region of Argob vnto the coastes of Gessuri 
and Maachati, and Basan called he Hauoth 
lair after his awne name, vnto this daye : But 
vnto Machir I gaue Gilead. And vnto the 
Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue one parte of 
Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon (at the myd- 
des of the ryuer is y border) and vnto the 
ryuer Iabok, which is the border of the chil- 
dren of Ammon : the felde also, and Iordane 
(which is the coaste) from Cinereth vnto the 
see in the felde, namely, y Salt see vnder 
mount Pisga, Eastwarde. 

h And I commaunded you at the same tyme, 
and sayde: The LORDE youre God hath 
geuen you this londe to take possession of it, 
Go youre waye forth therfore harnessed before 
youre brethren the children of Israel, all ye 
that be mete for the warre. As for youre 
wyues, and children and catell (for I knowe 
that ye haue moch catell) let them remayne 

* Deu. 20. b. - Num. 32. f. Deu. 29. b. Iosu. 12. a. 
4 Nu. 32. (1. ° Nu. 27. c. <* Deu. 1. f. and 4. c. 



in youre cities, which I haue geuen you, vntyl 
the LORDE youre God haue broughte youre 
brethren to rest also as well as you, that they 
also maye take possession of the londe, which 
y LORDE youre God shal geue the beyonde 
Iordane : and then shal ye turne agayne to 
youre awne possession, which I haue geuen 
you. 

c And I warned Iosua at the same tyme, 
and sayde : Thine eyes haue sene all that the 
LORDE youre God hath done vnto these 
two kynges: eue so shal the LORDE do also 
vnto all f kyngdomes whither thou goest. 
Feare them not, for the LORDE youre God 
shal fighte for you. 

And I besoughte the LORDE at the same 
tyme, 5 sayde: O LORDE LORDE, thou 
hast begonne to shewe thy seruaunte thy 
greatnesse and thy mightie hade. For where 
is there a God in heauen cj earth, that can do 
after thy workes and after thy power ? O let 
me go & se y good londe beyonde Iordane, y 
goodly hye countre, and Libanus. 

But the LORDE was angrie with me for 
youre sakes, and wolde not heare me/ but 
sayde vnto me : Be content, speake nomore to 
me of this matter. e Get the vp to the toppe 
of mount Pisga, and lifte vp thine eyes to- 
warde the west, and towarde the north, and 
towarde the south, and towarde f east : and 
beholde it with thine eies, for thou shalt not 
go ouer this Iordane. And geue Iosua his 
charge, and corage him, and bolde him, for he 
shal go ouer Iordane before the people/ and 
shal deuyde vnto them the londe, that thou 
shalt se.t And so we abode in the valley 
ouer agaynst the house of Peor. 

Ei)t u'rj. Chapter. 

AND now herken Israel vnto the ordi- 
nances and lawes, which I teach you 
that ye do them, y ye maye lyue, and come 
in, (t, take possession of the londe, which the 
LORDE God of youre fathers geueth vnto 
you. tYe shal put nothinge vnto the worde 
which I commaunde you, nether do oughte 
there from, that ye maye kepe the commaunde- 
mentes of the LORDE youre God, which I 
commaunde you. Youre eyes haue sene what 
the LORDE hath done with Baal Peor : all 
them that walked after Baal Peor, hath the 

e Nu. 27. c. / Nu. 34. c. Iosu. 14. a. t Nu. 25. a. 
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LORDE thy God destroied from amonge you. a 
But ye that cleue vnto the LORDE youre 
God, are all aliue this daye. Beholde I haue 
taughte you ordinances and lawes, soch as the 
LORDE my God commaunded me, that ye 
shulde do eue so in the londe, in to f which 
ye shal come, to possesse it. 

Kepe them now therfore and do them:* for 
that is youre wyszdome and vnderstondinge in 
the sight of all nacions, which wha they haue 
herde all these ordinaunces, shall saye : O 
what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this? 
and how excellent a people ? For where is 
there so excellent a nacion, that hath goddes 
so nye him, as the LORDE oure God is nye 
vnto vs,t as oft as we call vpon him ? And 
where is there so excellent a nacion, that hath 
so righteous ordinaunces and lawes, as all this 
lawe which I laye before you this daye. 

Take hede to thy selfe now, and kepe well 
thy soule, that thou forget not the thinges 
which thine eyes haue sene, and that they 
departe not out of thy hert all the dayes of 
thy life. *And thou shalt teach them thy chil- 
dren and thy childers children, the daye wha 
thou stodest before the LORDE thy God by 
mount Horeb, whan the LORDE sayde vnto 
me: Gather me the people together, that I 
maye make them heare my wordes, which they 
shal lerne, that they maye feare me all the 
dayes of their life vpon earth, t g that they 
also maye teach their children. 

And ye came nye, & stode vnder y mount. 
But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes 
of heauen, and there was darknesse, cloudes, 
and myst. And f LORDE spake vnto you 
out of the myddes of the fyre. The voyce of 
his wordes ye herde, neuerthelesse ye sawe no 
ymage, c but herde the voyce onely. §And he 
declared vnto you his couenaunt, which he 
comaunded you to do, namely, the ten verses, 
and wrote them vpon two tables of stone. 
And the LORDE commauded me at the 
same time, to teach you ordinaunces u lawes 
that ye might do therafter in the londe, in to 
the which ye go to possesse it. 

Kepe well youre soules therfore, for ye 
sawe no maner of ymage, in the daye wha the 
LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon 
mount Horeb,ll that ye destroye not youre 

» Num. 25. a. and 81. c. Exo. 32. f. * Psal. 18. b. 

t Psa. 144. c. b Deut. 6. d. X Ephe. 6. a. c 1 lob. 4. b. 
4 Exo. 20. a. || Deut. 5. a. d Deut. 17. b. Sap. 13. a. 
lob 31. c. % Gen. 1. b. 4 Esd. 6. e. Mat. 5. c. 



selues, and make you eny ymage, that is like 
a man, or woman, or beest vpon earth, or 
fethered foule vnder the heauen, or worme 
vpon the grounde, or fyszshe in the water 
vnder y earth : d f thou lifte not vp thine eyes 
towarde heauen, and se the Sonne and the 
Moone & the staiTes, and the whole hoost of 
heaue, and be disceaued, and worshippe, and 
serue them : 1T which the LORDE thy God 
hath made to serue all nacios vnder f whole 
heaue. 

'But you hath the LORDE taken, and 
broughte you out of the yron fornace, namely, 
out of Egipte, that ye shulde be the people 
of his enheritaunce, as it is come to passe this 

r e. And the LORDE was angrie with me 
for youre sakes/ so that he sware, y I shulde 
not go ouer Iordane, ner come in to that good 
londe, which the LORDE thy God shall geue 
the to enheritaunce. As for me,** I must dye 
in this londe, and shal not go ouer Iordane : 
But ye shal go ouer, and shall haue that good 
lode in possession. 

Take hede therfore vnto youre selues, that 
ye forget not the couenaunt of the LORDE 
youre God, and that ye make no ymages of 
eny maner of faszhion+t as the LORDE thy 
God hath commaunded. For the LORDE thy 
God is a consumynge fyre 5 and a gelous God. 

Yf whan ye haue begotten children, and 
childers children, and haue dwelt in the londe, 
ye marre youre selues, ttj make you ymages 
of eny maner of faszhion, and do euell in the 
sighte of y LORDE youre God, to prouoke 
him : §§ I call heauen and earth to recorde ouer 
you this daie, that ye shall shortly perishe fro 
the londe, in to y which ye go ouer Iordane 
to possesse it. Ye shal not dwell longe therin, 
but shal vtterly be destroyed. And y LORDE 
shal scater you amonge y nacions'' and ye shall 
be left a small people amoge y Heythen, 
whyther the LORDE shall brynge you. 
There shal ye serue goddes, which are y 
workes of mens handes, euen wodd (t stone, 
which nether se ner heare, ner eate ner smell. 

But yf thou seke the LORDE thy God 
there thou shalt fmde him, 'yee yf thou seke 
him with thy whole hert and with all thy soule. 
Whan thou shalt be strately troubled, (t wha. 
all these thinges shal come vpo the in y latter 

« Deut. 6. c. and 32. b. /Nu. 27. c. Deut. 1. f. and 3.c 
** Deu. 34. a. ft Exo. 20. a. e Heb. 12. d 

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dayes, then shalt thou turne agayne to f 
LORDE thy God, and be obedient vnto his 
voice. For y LORDE thy God is a mercifull 
God, he shal not forsake the, ner destroye the : 
nether shall he forget the couenaunt with thy 
fathers, * which he sware vnto them. 

For axe after the tymes past, which haue 
bene before the, sens the daie y God created 
man vpon earth, from one ende of the heaue 
vnto the other, whether there was euer eny 
soch greate thinge done, or eny soch like herde, 
that a people hath herde y voyce of God 
speake out of the fyre (as thou hast herde) g 
yet liued. Or whether God assaied to go g 
take vnto him a people out of y myddes of 
a nacion, thorow tentacions, thorow tokens, 
thorow wonders, thorow warre, g thorow a 
mightie hande, g thorow a stretched out arme, 
and thorow greate visios, acordinge vnto all as 
the LORDE youre God hath done with you 
in Egipte before thine eyes. 

a Thou hast sene it, y thou mightest knowe 
that the LORDE is God, and that there is none 
other but he onely. t Out of heauen made 
he the to heare his voyce, that he might 
nurtoure the : and vpon earth he shewed the 
his greate feare, g out of y fyre thou herdest 
his wordes: t because he loued thy fathers, g 
chose their sede after the. And he brought 
y out with his presence thorow his mightie 
power out of Egipte, to dryue out (before the) 
nacions greater and mightier then thou, and 
to bringe y in, y he might geue the their lode 
to enheritaunce, as it is come to passe this daye. 

Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye, 5 turne 
it into thine herte, Uhat the LORDE is God 
aboue in heauen, and beneth vpon earth, and 
that there is no mo. Kepe his ordinaunces 
therfore and commaundementes, which I com- 
maunde the this daie, the shal it go well with 
the and thy children after the, so that thy 
life shal longe endure in y londe, which the 
LORDE the God geueth the thy life longe. 

Then separated Moses thre cities beyonde 
Iordane, *towarde the Sonne rysinge, y he 
might flye thither, which had slayne his negh 
boure vnawarres, g hated him not a fore tyme, 
y he might flye in to one of these cities, g 
lyue. Bezer in y wildernes in the playne 
countre amonge the Rubenites, g Ramoth in 

* Gen. 12. a. « Deut. 6. b. and 32. f. t Exo. 19. b, 
t Epbe. 1. a. Deut. 10. c. § 3 Reg. 10. d 

>> Exo. 21. b. Nu. 35. b. Deut. 19. a. || Nu. 21. d 



Gilead am5ge f Gaddites, g Golan in Basan 
amonge the Manassites. 

This is the lawe which Moses layed before 
the children of Israel: these are the testi- 
monies, ordinaunces, g lawes, y Moses spake 
vnto the children of Israel (after they were 
departed out of Egipte) beyonde Iordane in 
the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor, in 
y londe of Sion kynge of y Amorites which 
dwelt at Heszbon, II whom Moses g the childre 
of Israel smote after they were departed out 
of Egipte, g conquered his lade, 5 the londe 
of Og kynge of Basan, two kynges of the 
Amorites which were beyonde Iordane to- 
warde the Sonne rysinge fro Aroer (which 
lyeth vpon y ryuer syde of Arnon) vnto mount 
Sion, which is Hermon : 5. all y playne felde 
beyonde Iordane eastwarde vnto the see in y 
plaine felde vnder mount Pisga. 

Cfte b. CfiapUr. 

AND Moses called all Israel, g sayde vnto 
the: Heare Israel the ordinaunces g 
lawes which I speake in youre eares this daye : 
lerne them, g kepe the so, that ye do therafter. 
IT The LORDE oure God made a couenaunt 
with vs at Horeb : he made not this coue- 
naunt with oure fathers, but with vs, that are 
here this daie, and lyue euery one. He 
talked with vs face to face out of the fyre vp5 
the mount. I stode at the same tyme be- 
twixte the LORDE and you, that I mighte 
she we you the worde of the LORDE. For 
ye were afrayed of the fyre, g wente not vp to 
the mount, and he sayde : 

' I am the LORDE thy God, which haue 
brought the out of the londe of Egipte, out 
of the house of bondage. Thou shalt haue 
none other goddes in my sighte. # *Thou 
shalt make the no grauen ymage of eny maner 
of licknesse of the thinges y are aboue in 
heauen, g beneth vpon earth, g in the water 
vnder the earth. Thou shalt not honoure 
them, ner serue the. d For I y LORDE 
thy God am a gelous God, vysitinge the 
synne of the fathers vpo the children, vnto 
the thirde and fourth generacion, of the y 
hate me : g shewe mercye vpon many thou 
sandes y loue me, and kepe my commaunde' 
mentes. 



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Thou shalt not take y name of y LORDE 
thy God in vayne : * for y LORDE shal not 
holde him vngiltie, y taketh his name in 
vaine. 

Kepe y Sabbath daye, that thou sanctifye 
it, as the LORDE thy God hath commauded 
the. Sixe daies shalt thou laboure, and do 
all thy worke, but vpon the seuenth daye it is 
the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God : No 
maner worke shalt thou do in it, thou, and 
thy sonne, and thy doughter, and thy seruaunt, 
and thy mayde, and thine oxe, and thine Asse, 
and all thy catell, and the straunger which is 
within thy gates, that thy seruaunt and thy 
mayde maye rest as well as thou. For thou 
shalt remebre, that thou thyself also wast a 
seruaunte in the londe of Egipte, and how 
that the LORDE thy God brought the out 
from thence with a mightye hande, and a 
stretched out arme. Therfore hath the 
LORDE thy God commaunded y to kepe the 
Sabbath daye. 

6 Honoure thy father and thy mother, as the 
LORDE thy God hath commaunded the that 
thou mayest lyue longe vpo earth, and that it 
maye go well with the in the londe, which the 
LORDE thy God shall geue the. 

Thou shalt not kyll. t 

Thou shalt not breake wedlocke. 

Thou shalt not steale. 

Thou shalt beare no false witnes against 
thy neghboure. 

Thou shalt not *lust after thy neghbours 
wyfe. 

Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours 
house, londe, seruaunt, mayde, oxe, Asse, or 
what so euer he hath. 

These are the wordes that the LORDE 
spake to all youre congregacion, vpon the 
mount out of the fyre of the cloude and dark- 
nesse with a greate voyce, and added nothinge 
therto. § And he wrote them vpon two tables 
of stone, and delyuered the vnto me. 

But whan ye herde the voyce out of the 
darknes, and sawe the mount burne with fyre, 
ye came vnto me all ye rulers amonge youre 
trybes, and youre Elders and sayde : Beholde, 
the LORDE oure God hath shewed vs his 
glory 5 his greatnes, and we haue herde his 
voyce out of y fyre. This daye haue we sene. 
that God maie talke with a man, and he yet 



* Leu. 24. 
Ephe. 6. a. 



lyue. And now wherfore shulde we dye, that 
this fire shulde cosume vs? Yf we shulde 
heare the voyce of the LORDE oure God 
eny more, we shulde dye. For what is all 
fleshe, that it shulde be able to heare y voyce 
of the lyuynge God speakynge out of y fyre, 
as we haue done, and yet lyue ? Go thou and 
heare all y the LORDE oure God sayeth, 
and tell us. c All y the LORDE sayeth vnto 
the, that will we heare and do. Whan the 
LORDE herde the voyce of youre wordes 
which ye spake vnto me, he sayde vnto me : 
I haue herde y voyce of the wordes of this 
people, which they haue spoken vnto y. It 
is all good that they haue spoken. II But who 
shal geue them soch an herte, y they maye 
feare me, & kepe all my comaundementes as 
longe as they lyue, y it maye go well with 
them, and with their childre for euer ? Go 5 
saye vnto them : Get you in to youre tentes 
agayne. But thou shalt stonde here before 
me, that I maye tell the all the commaunde- 
mentes, and ordinauces and lawes which thou 
shalt teach them y they maye do therafter in 
the lode, which I shal geue the to possesse. 
Take hede now therfore that ye do, as the 
LORDE youre God hath commaunded you 
IT and turne not asyde nether to y right hande 
ner to the lefte : but walke in all y wayes 
which the LORDE youre God hath com 
maunded you, that ye maie lyue, and that it 
maie go well with you, and y ye maye lyue 
longe in y londe which ye shall haue in pos- 
session. 

Che tit. Chapter. 

THESE are the commaundementes, ordi- 
naunces j. lawes which y LORDE youre 
God hath comaunded, y ye shulde lerne them 
I do them, in the londe whyther ye go to 
possesse it, **that thou mayest feare the 
LORDE thy God, g kepe all his ordinances 
(j commaundementes, which I commaunde 
the, thou and thy children, and thy childers 
children all y dayes of youre life, that ye 
maye lyue loge. Thou shalt heare (O Israel) 
U take hede, y thou do therafter, y it maye go 
well with y, (j that thou mayest multiplye 
greatly, as y LORDE God of thy fathers 
hath promysed the a londe y floweth with 
mylke & hony. Heare O Israel, the LORDE 



, "Exo. 29. b. 6 Exo. 21. b. Mat. l5.a. and 13. b. §Exo.31.d. « Exo. 19. b. || Ier. 24. b. 
t Matb. 5. c. Rom. 13. b. % Rom. 7. b. and 31. f. IT Deut. 17. c. ** Deut. 10. c 



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oure God is one LORDE onely. "And thou 
shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy 
hart, with all thy soule, g with all thy mighte. 

* And these wordes, which I commaude the 
this daie, shalt thou take to hert, 5 shalt whet 
them vpon thy children, and shalt talke of 
them, wha thou syttest in thyne house, % 
whan thou walkest by the waie: whan thou 
lyest downe, 5 wha thou rysest vp. And thou 
shalt bynde them for a signe vpon thine 
hande, and they shall be a token of reme- 
braunce before thine eyes, and thou shalt 
wryte them vpon the postes of thine house, 
and vpon thy gates. 

Now whan y LORDE thy God shal bringe 
the in to y londe wherof he sware vnto thy 
fathers Abraham, Isaac, 5 Iacob, and shal 
geue the greate 5 goodly cities, which thou 
hast not buylded : and houses full of all 
goodes, which thou hast not filled : 5 digged 
welles which thou hast not digged : and vyn- 
yardes and olyue trees, which thou hast not 
plated, so y thou eatest and art full : then 
bewarre that thou forget not the LORDE, 
which brought the out of the londe of Egipte, 
fro the house of bondage: *but thou shalt 
feare the LORDE thy God, and him onely 
shalt thou serue, and sweare by his name. 
t And ye shal not folowe the other goddes of 
the nacions which are aboute you (for the 
LORDE thy God is a gelous God in the 
myddest of the) that the wrath of the 
LORDE thy God waxe not whote ouer the, 
and destroye the from the earth. 

" Ye shal not tempte y LORDE youre God, 

* as ye tempted him at Massa : but kepe the 
commaundementes of the LORDE youre 
God, and his witnesses, & his ordinaunces, 
which he hath commaunded the, that thou 
mayest do that which is right 5 good in f 
sighte of the LORDE, y thou mayest pros- 
pere, and y thou mayest go in g conquere 
that good londe, which the LORDE sware 
vnto thy fathers, that he maye chace out all 
thine enemies before the, as the LORDE 
hath sayde. 

Now whan thy sonne axeth the todaye or 
tomorow, and sayeth : d What meane these 
witnesses, ordinaunces and lawes, that the 
LORDE oure God hath comaunded you? 

"Mat. 22. d. Mar. 12. c. Luc. 10. c. * Deut. 11. c. 

* Deut. 10. d. Mat. 4. b. Luc. 4. b. t Exo. 32. f. 
Num. 25. a. c Mat. 4. a. Luc. 4. b. t Exo. 17. a. 
Num. 20. a. <* Deut. 4. b. & Exo. 23. c. and 34. b. 



Then shalt thou saye vnto thy sonne : We 
were Pharaos bondmen in Egipte, and the 
LORDE brought vs out of Egipte with a 
mightie hande, and the LORDE did greate & 
euell tokens j wonders in Egipte vp5 Pharao 
and all his house before oure eyes, and brought 
vs from thence, to bringe vs in and to geue 
vs f londe, that he sware vnto oure fathers. 
And therfore hath the LORDE commaunded 
vs to do acordinge vnto all these ordinaunces, 
that we might feare the LORDE oure God, 
that we might prospere all the dayes of oure 
life, as it is come to passe this daye. And 
it shall be righteousnes vnto vs before the 
LORDE oure God, yf we kepe and do all 
these commaundementes, as he hath com- 
maunded vs. 

Wt)t hi). Chapter. 

WHAN f LORDE thy God bringeth 
the in to f londe where in to thou 
shalt come to possesse it, 5 roteth out many 
nacions before the: the Hethites, Girgosites 
Amorites, Cananites, Pheresites, Heuites, and 
Iebusites, seue nacions which are greater and 
mightier then thou: $ and whan the LORDE 
thy God delyuereth the before y, that thou 
mayest smyte them, thou shalt vtterly destroye 
them, so that thou make no couenaunt with 
them, nor shewe them fauoure, and shalt 
make no manages with them : Ye shall not 
geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes, ner 
take their doughters vnto youre sonnes. II For 
they will make youre sonnes departe fro me, 
to serue straunge goddes : then shall the wrath 
of the LORDE waxe whote vpon you, and 
destroye you shortly. 

But thus shal ye do with them: e Ye shal 
ouerthrowe their altares, breake downe their 
pilers, cut downe their groues, & burne their 
ymages with fyre. -Tor thou art an holy peo- 
ple vnto the LORDE thy God. HThe hath 
the LORDE thy God chosen, that thou 
shuldest be his awne peculier people, from 
amonge all nacions that are vpon the earth. 

It was not because of the multitude of you 
aboue all nacions, that f LORDE had lust 
vnto you and chose you. (For ye were the 
leest amonge all nacions) but because he loued 
you, and that he mighte kepe the ooth,** which 

Iosu. 23. e. 2 Cor. 6. c. 2 Esd. 13. a. 3 Re. 3. a. || Nu. 
25. a. * Exo. 34. b. Num. 33. f. f Deu. 14. a. 

and 26. d. 1 Pet. 2. b. IT Exo. 19. a. ** Gen. 22. c. 



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he sware vnto youre fathers, he broughte you 
out with a mightie hade, and delyuered you 
fro the house of bondage, out of the hande of 
Pharao kynge of Egipte. 

Thou shalt vnderstonde now therfore, that 
the LORDE thy God is a mightie and true 
God, which kepeth couenaunt and mercy vnto 
them that loue him, "and kepe his comaunde- 
mentes, euen thorow out a thousande gene- 
racions : And rewardeth them that hate him, 
before his face, that he maye destroye them : 
and wyll not be longe in tarienge to rewarde 
them (before his face) that hate him. Kepe 
now therfore the commaundementes, and 
ordinaunces and lawes, which I commaunde 
the this daye, that thou do therafter. 

And yf ye shall heare these lawes and kepe 
them, and do therafter, then shal the LORDE 
thy God } also kepe the couenaunt and mercy 
with the, which he sware vnto thy fathers: 
and shal loue the, blesse the, and multiplye 
the : he shal blesse the frute of thy wombe, 
and the frute of thy londe, thy corne, wyne 
and oyle, the frute of thy kyne, and the frute 
of thy shepe, in the londe that he sware vnto 
thy fathers to geue the. Blessed shalt thou 
be aboue all nacions, there shal no vnfrutefull 
personne be in the, ner amonge thy catell. 
The LORDE shall put from the all maner of 
dysease, and shal brynge vpon the none of y 
euell sicknesses of Egipte, * which thou hast 
sene, but shall put them vpon all those that 
hate the. 

Thou shalt brynge to naught all the nacions, 
which the LORDE thy God shal delyuer the. 
Thine eye shall not spare them, and their 
goddes shalt thou not serue, for that shalbe 
thy decaye. Yf thou shalt saye in thyne 
hert : These nacios are mo then I, how ca I 
dryue them out? c Feare them not. Re- 
membre what the LORDE thy God did vnto 
Pharao and to all the Egipcians, thorow greate 
tentacions (which thou hast sene with thine 
eyes) thorow tokens and woders, thorow a 
mightie hande and a stretched out arme, wher- 
with the LORDE thy God brought the out. 
Euen so shall the LORDE thy God do vnto 
all f nacions of who thou art afrayed. 

<*The LORDE thy God also shal sende 
hornettes amonge them, vntyll they that re- 



' Exo. 20. a. and 34. a. » Exo. 23. c. Leui. 26. a. 

Deu. 28. a. * Exo. 9. a. c Deu. 20. a. Iosu. 8. a. 

d Exo. 23. d. and 33. a. Ios. 24. c. « Exo. 23. d. 



mayne and hyde them selues from the, be 
destroyed. Be not thou afrayed of them: for 
the LORDE thy God is in the myddes of the, 
euen the mightie and fearfull God. He (euen 
the LORDE thy God) shall rote out the 
nacions before the by litle and litle. Thou 
canst not consume them at one time, e y the 
beestes of the felde increase not vpon the. 
The LORDE thy God shall delyuer them 
before the, and shall smite them with a greate 
slaughter, tyll they be destroyed. And he 
shal delyuer their kynges in to thine hade, 
■^and thou shalt destroie their names from vnder 
heauen. There shal noman make the resist- 
aunce before the, vntyll thou haue destroyed 
them. 

The ymages of their goddes shalt thou 
burne with fyre, s g shalt not desyre the syluer 
or golde that is on them tor to take it vnto 
the, that thou snare not thy self therin : for it 
is abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God. 
Therfore shalt thou not brynge the abhomi- 
nacion in to thine house, y thou be not damned 
as it is, but shalt vtterly defye it, and abhorre 
it, for it is damned. 

Cfte bitj. Chapter. 

ALL the commaundementes which I com- 
maunde y this daye, shal ye kepe, so y 
ye do therafter, that ye maye lyue and multi- 
plye, and come in, and take possession of the 
lande, which f LORDE sware vnto youre 
fathers : and thynke vpon all y waie thorow 
the which the LORDE thy God hath led the 
this fortye yeares in the wyldernesse, tthat he 
mighte chasten the, and proue the, to wete 
what were in thyne herte, whether thou 
woldest kepe his comaundemetes or no. He 
chastened the, and let the hunger, A and 
fed the with Manna (which thou and thy 
fathers knewe not) to make the knowe, that 
§man lyueth not by bred onely, but by all 
that proceadeth out of the mouth of the 
LORDE. ! Thy clothes are not waxed olde 
vpon the, and thy fete are not swolle this 
fortye yeare. 

Vnderstonde therfore in thine hert, that as 
a man nurtoureth his sonne, euen so hath the 
LORDE thy God nurtured the. Kepe ther- 
fore the commaundementes of the LORDE 



f Ios. 10. 11.12. sDeut.lS.c. + Ios. 7. a. 2 Ma. 12. f. 
tDeut.l3.a. Iud.2.d.and 3. a. ''Exo. 16. d. Num. 11. b. 
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thy God, that thou walke in his wayes, and 
feare him. For the LORDE thy God bryng- 
eth the in to a good londe : " A londe where in 
are ryuers of water, fountaynes and sprynges, 
which flowe by the hilles and valleys : A londe 
wherin is wheate, barlye, vines, fygge trees, 
and pomgranates: A londe wherin growe 
Olyue trees and honye : A londe where thou 
shalt not eate bred in scarcenes, and where 
thou shalt lacke nothinge : *A lode where y 
stones are yron, where thou shalt dygge brasse 
out of hilles : * That wha thou hast eaten and 
art fylled, thou mayest praise the LORDE 
thy God, for that good londe, which he hath 
geuen the. 

Bewarre now therfore, that thou forget not 
the LORDE thy God, that thou woldest not 
kepe his commaundementes, and his ordi- 
naunces, and lawes, which I commaunde the 
this daye : that (whan thou hast eaten g art 
fylled, and hast buylded goodly houses, 5 
dwellest therin, and whan thy beestes and 
shepe, and syluer, and golde, and all y thou 
hast, increase th) thine hert ryse not then, and 
'thou forget the LORDE thy God (which 
brought the out of the londe of Egipte, fro y 
house of bondage, and led f thorow this greate 
a terrible wyldernes, d where were serpentes 
that spouted fyre, and Scorpions, j drouth, 
and where there was no water, and brought 
the water out of the hard fiynte, and fed the 
in the wyldernesse with Manna wherof thy 
fathers knewe not, that he might chasten the, 
and proue the (to do the good afterwarde) and 
lest thou saye in thine hert : t My power and 
the mighte of myne awne hande hath done me 
all this good : But that thou thynke vpon the 
LORDE thy God. 'For it is HE, which 
geueth the power to exercyse strength, that 
he maye perfourme the couenaunt, which he 
sware vnto thy fathers, as it is come to passe 
this daye. 

But yf thou shalt forget the LORDE thy 
God, tand folowe other goddes, and serue 
them, and worshipe the, I testifye ouer you 
this daye, that ye shal vtterly perishe. Euen 
as the Heythen whom f LORDE destroyeth 
before youre face, so shall ye perishe also, be- 
cause ye are not obedient vnto the voyce of 
the LORDE youre God. 



"Deut. 11. b. * lob 28. a. * Nu. 15. b. 1 Co. 10. a. 
1 Tim. 4. a. c Deut. 31. e. Prou. 30. a. d Num. 21. a. 
t 1 Reg. 2. b. ' Eze. 36. e. Phil. 2. b. % Deut. 4. d. 



Cftc tr. Chapter. 

HEARE O Israel, This daie shalt thou 
go ouer Iordane, that thou maiest come 
in to conquere the nacions, which are greater 
and mightier then thou, f greate cities, walled 
vp vnto heauen, a greate people and of an 
hye stature, namely the childre of Enakim, 
whom thou hast knowne, and of whom thou 
hast herde saye : Who is able to stonde agaynst 
the children of Enakim? Therfore shalt thou 
knowe this daye, that the LORDE thy God 
goeth before the, §a cosumynge fyre. He 
shal destroye the, and shall subdue them be- 
fore the, and shal driue them out, j shortly 
shall he brynge the to naught, as the LORDE 
hath promysed the. 

s Now whan the LORDE thy God hath 
expelled them out before the, saye not thou 
the in thine hert : The LORDE hath brought 
me in to take possession of this lande for myne 
awne righteousnes sake, where as y LORDE 
yet dryueth out the Heithen before the, be- 
cause of their vngodlynes. ; ' 

For thou commest not in to take their londe 
in possession, for thine awne righteousnes sake, 
and because of thy right hert: but the LORDE 
dryueth out these Heythen, for their awne 
vngodlynesse sake, and that he maye per- 
fourme the worde, which the LORDE hath 
sworne vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and 
Iacob. 

Vnderstonde now therfore, that the LORDE 
thy God geueth not the this londe to possesse 
it, for thine awne righteousnes sake. For thou 
art a styffnecked people. 

Remembre and forget not, how thou dis- 
pleasedest the LORDE thy God in the wil- 
dernesse. Sence y daye that thou departedst 
out of the londe of Egipte, tyll ye came vnto 
this place, haue ye bene dishobedient vnto 
the LORDE. 

'For in Horeb ye angred the LORDE, so 
that of wrath he wolde haue destroyed you, 
whan I was gone vp to y mount, to receaue 
the tables of stone, namely the tables of the 
couenaunt II which the LORDE made with 
you, and I abode fortye dayes g fortye nightes 
vpon the mount, and ate no bred, (j dranke 
no water : and the LORDE gaue me y two 



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h Leu. 36. d. * Exo. 32. c. || Deut. 5. a. 



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tables of stone, wrytten with the fynger of 
God, and in them was acordinge to all the 
wordes, which the LORDE sayde vnto you 
vpon the mount out of the fyre, "in the daye 
of the gatheringe together. 

*And after the fortye dayes and fortye 
nightes, y LORDE gaue me y two tables of 
stone, namely f tables of the couenaunt, and 
sayde vnto me : c vp, & get y downe quyckly 
from hence, for thy people whom thou 
broughtest out of Egipte, haue marred the 
selues, they are soone gone out of the waye, 
which I commaunded them, and haue made 
them a molten ymage. 

And the LORDE saide vnto me : I se this 
people, that it is a styffhecked people : let me 
alone, that I maye destroye them, and put 
out their name from vnder heaue. I wyl 
make of the a people mightier and greater 
the this is. 

d And as I turned me, & wente downe fro 
the mount which brent with fyre, g had y two 
tables of the couenaunt in both my hades, I 
loked, d beholde, ye had synned agaynst y 
LORDE youre God, so y ye had made you 
a molten calfe, (t were soone turned out of y 
waie which the LORDE had commaunded 
you. Then toke I the two tables, u cast them 
out of both my handes, c (t brake the before 
youre eyes, g I fell before the LORDE *(euen 
as at the first tyme) fortye dayes 5 fortye 
nightes, g nether ate bred, ner drake water, 
because of all youre synnes which ye had 
synned, whan ye dyd soch euell in the sighte 
of the LORDE, to prouoke him vnto wrath. 
For I was afrayed of the wrath and indigna- 
cion, wherwith the LORDE was angrie with 
you, euen to haue destroyed you. And the 
LORDE herde me at that tyme also/ 

Morouer the LORDE was very angrie 
with Aaron, so that he wolde haue destroyed 
him, but I made intercession for Aaron also 
at y same tyme. As for youre synne (namely, 
the calfe that ye had made) s I toke it, and 
burnt it with the fyre, and smote it a sunder, 
(j grynde it in peces, euen vnto dust, and cast 
the dust in to the broke that descended from 
the mount. 

Ye displeased the LORDE also, +at Tabera, 
tand at Massa, §and at the lustgraues, Hand 

° Exo. 19. c. and 24. a. Deut. 4. b. » Exod. 31. d. 

Exo. 32. b. <* Exo. 32. d. < Exo. 34. d. * Exo. 

24. d. / Deu. 10. b. s Exo. 32. e. f Nu. 11. a. 

X Exo. 17. b. § Nu. 11. g. || Nu. 13. d. f Act. 7. f. 



wha. he sent you from Cades Barnea, and 
sayde : Go vp, and conquere the londe which 
I haue geuen you. And ye were disobedient 
vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God, 
and beleued not on him, and herkened not 
vnto his voyce : IT for ye haue bene disobediet 
vnto the LORDE, as longe as I haue knowne 
you. 

The fell I before y LORDE fortye daies 
and fortye nightes, which I laye there. For 
f LORDE sayde, he wolde destroye you. 
But I made intercession vnto the LORDE, 
and sayde : h O LORDE LORDE, destroye 
not thy people and thine enheritaunce, which 
thou thorow thy greate power hast delyuered, 
and broughte out of Egipte with a mightie 
hade. Remembre thy seruauntes Abraham, 
Isaac and Iacob. Loke not vpon the stub- 
burnesse, and vngodlynesse and synne of this 
people (that the londe wherout thou hast 
broughte vs, saye not : The LORDE was not 
able to bringe them in to the lande, that he 
promysed them, and because he hated them, 
therfore hath he broughte them out, to de- 
stroye the in the wyldernesse :) For they are 
thy people j thine enheritaunce, which thou 
hast broughte out with thy greate power, and 
with thy stretched out arme. 

Cfie jr. Chapter. 

A T the same tyme sayde the LORDE 
J\_ vnto me : ' Hew f two tables of stone 
like vnto the first, and come vp vnto me in to 
the mount, and make f an Arke of wod, and 
in the tables I wyll wryte the wordes, that 
were in the first, **which thou brakest, and 
thou shalt laye them in the Arke. So I made 
an Arke of Fyrre tre, and hewed two tables 
of stone (like as the first were) (j wente vp into 
the mount, and y two tables were in my hande. 

*Then wrote he in y tables (acordinge as 
the first wrytinge was) the ten verses, which 
the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre 
vpon the mountayne, at the tyme of the 
gatheringe together. And the LORDE gaue 
the vnto me. And I turned me, 5 wente 
downe from the mount, and layed the tables in 
the Arke which I had made, 'that they mighte 
be there, as the LORDE commaunded me. 

"And the childre of Israel departed from 

h Exo. 34. a. Nu. 14. b. Iosu. 7. b. ■' Exo. 34. a. 

** Exo. 32. e. Deut. 9. c. k Exo. 34. d. and 24. c. 

1 Deu. 31. f. m Nu. 33. d. 



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Beroth g Bne Iaekan vnto Mosera (there 
*dyed Aaron, 5 there was he buried : 5 Eleasar 
his sonne became prest in his steade.) Fro 
thence they departed from Gadgad. From 
Gadgad to Iathbath, a londe of ryuers of 
water. "At the same season the LORDE 
separated out the trybe of Leui, to beare the 
Arke of the LORDES couenaunt, and to 
stonde before the LORDE, to mynister vnto 
him, and to prayse his name vnto this daye. 
1 Therfore shal the Leuites haue no porcion 
ner enheritaunce with their brethren : for the 
LORDE is their enheritaunce, as the LORDE 
thy God hath promysed them. 

But I taried vpo the mount (like as afore) 
euen fortye dayes and fortye nightes, and the 
LORDE herde me at that tyme also, and 
wolde not destroye the. But he sayde vnto 
me: Vp, g get the forth, y thou mayest go 
before the people, y they maye come in, and 
coquere the lode, which I sware vnto their 
fathers to geue them. 

Now Israel, what requyreth the LORDE 
thy God of the, 'but y thou feare the LORDE 
thy God, and that thou walke in all his wayes, 
<j loue him, g serue the LORDE thy God 
with all thy hert, g with all thy soule : and y 
thou kepe the comaundementes of y LORDE, 
g his ordinaunces, which I comaunde the this 
daye, y thou mayest prospere ? e Beholde, 
the heauen g the heauen of all heaues and the 
earth, and all y is therin, is y LORDES thy 
God. tYet hath he had a pleasure vnto thy 
fathers, to loue the : and hath chosen their 
sede after the, namely you, aboue all nacions, 
as it is come to passe this daye. 

Circumcyse therfore y foreszkynne of youre 
hert, g be nomore styffnecked. -^For the 
LORDE youre God is God of all goddes, g 
LORDE ouer all lordes, a greate God, mightie 
terryble, which regardeth no personne, g 
taketh no giftes, and doeth righte vnto the 
fatherlesse and wedowe, and loueth the 
straunger, to geue him fode g rayment. 
Therfore shal ye loue a strauger, for ye 
youre selues also were straungers in the londe 
of Egipte. 

Thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God, 
him onely shalt thou serue, vnto him shalt 
thou cleue tj sweare by his name. He is thy 



* Nu. 20. d. » Nu. 3. 4. 18. b Nu. 18. a. Iosu. 13. d. 

Deut. 9. d. d Deut. 6. a. Iosu. 22. a. « Psal. 25. a. 

Iere. 27. a. t Deu. 4. f. / Deu. 30. b. e Exod. 22. c. 



prayse g thy God, which hath done for f these 
greate g terryble thinges, y thine eyes haue 
sene. > Thy fathers wete downe in to Egipte 
with seuentye soules, but now hath y LORDE 
thy God made the §as f starres of heauen 
multitude. 

Cije rt. Cijapter. 

THERFORE shalt thou loue the LORDE 
thy God, g kepe his comaundemetes, his 
ordinaunces, his lawes, g his preceptes all thy 
life loge. And vnderstode this daye, that 
which youre childre knowe not : Which haue 
not sene the nurtoure of the LORDE youre 
God, g his greatnesse, g his mightie hande, g 
his stretched out arme, g his tokens and actes 
which he dyd amonge the Egipcias, vnto 
Pharao the kynge of Egipte, g to all his londe, 
g what he dyd to the power of y Egipcians, 
g vnto their horses g charettes, *whan he 
broughte the waters of the reed see vpo them, 
as they folowed after you, g how y LORDE 
hath broughte them to naught vnto this daye : 
g what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse, 
vntyll ye came vnto this place : II what he dyd 
vnto Dathan and Abiram the children of Eliab 
the sonne of Ruben, how the earth opened 
hir mouth and swalowed them with their 
housholdes g tetes all their good that they 
had in the myddes amonge all Israel. 

For youre eyes haue sene the greate workes 
of y LORDE, which he hath done. Ther- 
fore shal ye kepe all the commaundementes 
which I commaunde you this daye, that ye 
maye be stronge to come in, and to conquere 
the londe, whither ye go to possesse it, g that 
ye maye lyue longe in the londe, l which the 
LORDE sware vnto youre fathers, to geue 
vnto them and to their sede, eue a londe that 
floweth with mylke and hony : For the londe 
whither thou commest in, to possesse it, is not 
as the londe of Egipte, whence ye came out, 
where thou sowedest thy sede, and waterdest 
it at thy fote as a garden of herbes : m but it 
hath hilles and valleys, which drynke water 
of the rayne of heauen, a londe that the 
LORDE thy God careth for. And the eyes 
of the LORDE thy God are allwaye therin 
from the begynnynge of the yeare vnto the 
ende. 



h Deut. 6. c. t Matth. 5. d. i Gen. 46. d. § Gene. 
15. a. Deut. 28. g. k Exo. 14. f. || Num. 16. c. and 
26. b. ' Exo. 23. d. m Deut. 8. b. 



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Yf ye shal herken therfore vnto my com- 
maundementes, which I commaunde you this 
daye, y ye loue the LORDE youre God, and 
serue him, with all youre hert and with all 
youre soule *then wyl I geue rayne vnto 
youre lode in due season, early and late, that 
thou mayest gather in thy come, thy wyne 
and thine oyle : and I wyll geue grasse vpon 
thy felde for thy catell, that ye maye eate ts 
be fylled. 

But bewarre, y youre hert be not disceaued, 
that ye go asyde, g serue other goddes, (t 
worshipe them, and then the wrath of the 
LORDE waxe whote vpo you, "and he shut 
vp the heaue, that there come no rayne, and 
the earth geue not hir increase, a ye perishe 
shortly from the good lode, which the LORDE 
hath geuen you. 

* Put vp therfore these my wordes in youre 
hertes and in youre soules, and bynde the for 
a signe vpon youre handes, y they maye be a 
token of remembraunce before youre eyes : 
and teach them youre children, so that thou 
talke therof, whan thou syttest in thine house, 
or walkest by the waye : whan thou lyest 
downe, and whan thou rysest vp : and wryte 
them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon 
thy gates, that thou and thy children maye 
lyue longe in the londe, which the LORDE 
sware vnto thy fathers to geue them, as longe 
as the dayes of heauen endure vpon earth. 

For yf ye shal kepe all these commaunde- 
mentes which I commaunde you, so that ye 
do therafter, that ye loue the LORDE youre 
God, and walke in all his wayes, and cleue 
vnto him, then shall the LORDE dryue out 
all these nacions before you, so that ye shall 
coquere greater and mightier nacions then ye 
youre selues are. 

All the places that the soles of youre fete 
treade vpon, shalbe yours, from the wyldernes, 
and fro mount Libanus, and from the water 
Euphrates vnto y vttemost see shal youre 
coastes be. Noman shal be able to with- 
stonde you. The LORDE youre God shal 
let the feare and drede of you come vpon all 
y londes wherin ye go, like as he hath pro- 
mysed you. 

'Beholde, I laye before you this daye the 
blessynge and the curse. + The blessynge, yf 



* Deut. 28. b. Ioel 2. c. Amos 4. b. « Deu. 28. c. 

3 Re. 17. a. and 18. a. b Deut. 6. b. Pro. 3. a. " Deu. 
30. c. t Deu. 28. a. J Deu. 27. b. § Deu. 7. a. 



ye be obedient vnto the commaundementes 
of the LORDE youre God, which I com- 
maunde you this daye. The curse, yf ye wyl 
not be obedient to the commaundementes of 
the LORDE youre God, but turne out of 
the waye, which I comaunde you this daye, 
so that ye walke after other goddes, whom ye 
knowe not. 

Whan y- LORDE thy God hath broughte 
the in to the londe, whither thou commest in 
to possesse it,* then shalt thou geue the 
blessynge vpon mount Grisim, and the curse 
vpon mount Ebal, which are beyonde Iordane 
the waye towarde the goinge downe of the 
Sonne, in the lode of the Cananites, which 
dwell in f playne felde ouer agaynst Gilgal, 
besyde the Oke groue of More. For ye shal 
go ouer Iordane, that ye maye come in to take 
possession of the londe, which the LORDE 
youre God hath geuen you, to conquere it, 
and to dwell therin. Take hede now therfore, 
that ye do acordinge vnto all the ordinaunces 
and lawes, which I laye before you this daye. 

Cfit rtj. Chapter. 

THESE are the ordinaunces and lawes 
which ye shal kepe, that ye do therafter 
in the londe, which the LORDE God of thy 
fathers hath geuen the to possesse, as longe 
as ye lyue vpon earth. §Destroye all the 
places, wherin y Heithen (who ye shal con- 
quere) haue serued their goddes, whether it 
be vpo hye mountaynes, vpo hilles, or amonge 
grene trees. And ouerthrowe their altares, 
and breake downe their pilers, and burne 
their groues with fyre, and hewe downe the 
ymages of their goddes, (j brynge the names 
of them to naught out of the same place. Ye 
shal not do so vnto the LORDE youre God : 
but the place II which y LORDE youre God 
shal chose out of all youre trybes (that he 
maye let his name dwell there) shal ye seke, 
and come thither, tand thither shal ye brynge 
youre burntsacrifices, a youre other offerynges, 
and youre tithes and the Heueofferynges of 
youre handes, and youre vowes, and youre 
fre wyll offerynges, and the firstborne of youre 
oxen and shepe: and there shall ye eate 
before the LORDE youre God, and **reioyse 
ouer all that ye and youre houses haue geue 



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with youre handes, because the LORDE thy 
God hath blessed the. *Ye shall do none of 
the thinges, y we do here this daye, euery 
man what semeth him good in his awne eyes. 
For ye are not yet come to rest, ner to y 
enheritauce which the LORDE thy God shal 
geue the. 

But ye shal go ouer Iordane, and dwell in 
the londe y the LORDE youre God shall 
deuyde out vnto you, & he shal geue you rest 
from all youre enemies rounde aboute, and 
ye shal dwell safe. Now whan the LORDE 
thy God hath chosen a place, to make his 
name dwell there, ye shall brynge thither all 
y I haue commaunded you, namely, youre 
burnt sacrifices, youre other offerynges, youre 
tythes, the Heueofferynges of youre handes, 
I all youre fre vowes, which ye shall vowe 
vnto f LORDE : and there shal ye eate, and 
reioyse before the LORDE youre God, ye 
and youre sonnes, and youre doughters, and 
youre seruauntes, and youre maydes, and the 
Leuites that are within youre gates, t for they 
haue no porcion ner inheritance with you. 

Take hede vnto thy selfe, that thou offer 
not thy burntofferynges in what so euer place 
thou seyst : but in the place which y- LORDE 
shall haue chosen in one of thy trybes, there 
shalt thou offer thy burntofferynges, and do 
all that I commaunde the. Not withstondinge 
thou mayest kyll and eate flesh within all 
thy gates, after all the desyre of thy soule, 
acordynge to the blessynge of the LORDE 
thy God, which he hath geue the: tboth 
the cleane and vncleane maye eate it, as 
of the Roo and herte, onely the bloude shalt 
thou not eate, but poure it out as water vpon 
the earth. 

But within thy gates mayest thou not eate 
of the tythes of thy corne, " of thy wyne, j of 
thy oyle, ner of y first borne of thine oxen 
and of thy shepe, or of eny of thy vowes 
hich thou hast vowed, or of thy frewyl- 
offeringes, or Heueofferinges of thy handes : 
but before the LORDE thy God shalt thou 
eate them, in the place which the LORDE 
thy God choseth, thou & thy sonne, and thy 
doughter, thy seruaunt, thy mayde, and the 
Leuite that is within thy gates, 5 thou shalt 
reioyse before f LORDE thy God, ouer all 
y thou puttest thine hande vnto. § And be- 



Deu. 29. c. t Deut. 10. b. t Deut. 15. c. 

Deut. 14. c. § Eccll. 7. d. b Deut. 15. c. II 1 Re. 14. e. 



warre, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as 
longe as thou lyuest vpon the earth. 

But whan the LORDE thy God shal en- 
large thy bordes of thy londe (as he hath 
promysed the) and thou saye : I wil eate flesh 
(for so moch as thy soule longeth to eate 
flesh) then eate flesh acordinge to all the 
desyre of thy soule. But yf the place that 
the LORDE thy God hath chosen (to let his 
name be there) be farre from the, then kyll 
of thy oxen and of thy shepe, which the 
LORDE hath geuen the, as he hath com- 
maunded the, and eate it within thy gates 
acordinge to all y desyre of thy soule. l Euen 
as a Roo or Hert is eaten, maiest thou eate 
it : both the cleane and vncleane maie eate it 
indifferently. II Onely bewarre, that thou eate 
not the bloude : for the bloude is the life 
Therfore shalt thou not eate the life with the 
flesh, but shalt poure it out like water vpon 
the earth, y thou mayest prospere, and thy 
children after the, whan thou hast done that 
which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE. 

But whan thou halowest oughte that is 
thine, or makest a vowe, c thou shalt take it, 
and brynge it vnto the place, that the LORDE 
hath chosen, and do thy burntofferynges with 
the flesh and bloude vpon the altare of the 
LORDE thy God. The bloude of thine 
offrynge shalt thou poure vpon the altare of 
the LORDE thy God, and eate the flesh. 
Take hede, and heare all these wordes, which 
I commaunde the, y it maye go well with the, 
and thy children after y for euer, whan thou 
hast done y which is righte and acceptable in 
the sighte of the LORDE thy God. 

Whan the LORDE thy God hath roted out 
the Heithen before the, whither thou commest 
in to conquere them, & whan thou hast 
coquered them, g dwelt in their londe, bewarre 
then, y thou fall not in the snare after the, 
whan they are destroyed before the : g that 
thou axe not after their goddes, j saye : Eue 
as these nacions haue serued their goddes, so 
wil I do also. If Thou shalt not do so vnto 
the LORDE thy God. For all that is abho- 
minacion vnto the LORDE, g that he hateth, 
f same haue they done vnto their goddes. 
For they haue burnt euen their sonnes and 
their doughters with fyre vnto their goddes. 
All that I commaunde you, shal ye kepe, 



Deu. 14. b. and 15. 
f Deut. 18. 



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that ye do therafter. * Ye shal put nothinge 
therto, ner take ought there from. 

Cfje riij. Chapter. 

YF there ryse vp a t prophet or dreamer 
amonge you, and geue the a token or a 
wonder, and that token or wonder which he 
spake of, come to passe, and then saye : Let 
vs go after other goddes (whom thou knowest 
not) and let vs serue the: Thou shalt not 
herken vnto the wordes of soch a prophet or 
dreamer. 

"For y LORDE youre God proueth you, 
to wete whether ye loue him with all youre 
hert, (j with all youre soule. For ye shall 
walke after the LORDE youre God, and 
feare him, and kepe his commaundementes, 
& herken vnto his voyce, and serue him, and 
cleue vnto him. t As for that prophet or 
dreamer, he shal dye : because he hath spoken 
to turne you awaye from the LORDE youre 
God (which broughte you out of the londe of 
Egipte, and delyuered you from the house of 
bondage) to thrust the out of the waye, which 
the LORDE thy God commaunded the to 
walke in, and so shalt thou put awaie the 
euell from the. 

Yf thy brother, the sonne of thy mother, 
or thine awne sonne, *or thy doughter, or the 
wyfe in thy bosome, or thy frende which is 
vnto the as thine owne soule, entyse the 
secretly, and saye : Let vs go and serue other 
goddes (whom thou knowest not, ner yet thy 
father) which are amonge the nacions rounde 
aboute you, whether they be nye vnto the or 
farre from the, from the one ende of the earth 
vnto the other: consente not vnto him, and 
herke not vnto him. c Thine eye also shal not 
pytie him, and thou shalt haue no compassion 
vpon him, ner kepe him secrete, but shalt 
cause him to be slayne : thine hade shal be 
first vpon him, to cause him to be slayne, 
and then the handes of all the people. He 
shalbe stoned to death, because he wente 
aboute to thrust the awaye from the LORDE 
thy God, which broughte the out of the londe 
of Egipte from the house of bodage : § y all 
Israel maye heare, and feare him, and do 
nomore soch euell amonge you. 

Yf thou hearest in eny cite which y LORDE 



* Deu. 4. a. Iosu. 1. b. 
$ Iere. 28. c. and 29. d. 
Luc. 17. a. c Deut. 17. b. 



t Mat. 7. b. " Deut. 8. a. 
b Zach. 13. a. Mat. 18. a. 
i> Deu. 19. d. || Deu. 17. b. 



thy God hath geue the to dwell in, that it is 
sayde: There are certayne men, the children 
of Belial, gone out from amonge you, and 
haue disceaued the inhabiters of their cite, 
and sayde : let vs go, and serue other goddes, 
whom ye knowe not. II Then shalt thou seke, 
make search, and enquere diligently. 

And yf it be founde of a trueth, that it is so 
in dede, y soch abhominacion is wroughte 
amonge you, then shalt thou smyte the in- 
dwellers of the same cite and their catell, 
with the edge of the swerde, and damne the 
cite with all that is therin : and all the spoyle 
therof shalt thou gather together in the 
myddes of the stretes of it, and burne with 
fyre, both the cite and all the spoyle therof 
together vnto the LORDE thy God, that it 
maye lye vpon a heape for euer, and neuer be 
buylded eny more, f And let nothinge of the 
damned thinge cleue vnto thy hande, that the 
LORDE maye be turned from the indig- 
nacion of his wrath, and graunte the mercy, 
and haue compassion on the, and multiplye 
the (as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers) be- 
cause thou hast herkened vnto y voyce of the 
LORDE thy God, to kepe all his com- 
maundementes, which I commaunde the this 
daye, so that thou doest the thinge which is 
righte in the sighte of the LORDE thy God. 

Cfie rttij. Chapter. 

YE are the children of the LORDE youre 
God, d Cut not youre selues therfore, (j 
make you no baldnesse betwene youre eyes 
ouer eny deed. e For thou art an holy people 
vnto the LORDE thy God. **And the 
LORDE hath chosen the to be his awne 
peculier people, from amoge all the nacions 
that are vpon the earth. 

f Thou shalt eate no abhominacion. These 
are the beestes which ye shal eate : Oxen, 
shepe, Goates, Hert, Roo, Bugle, wylde 
goate, Vnicorne, Origen, and Camelion. And 
euery beest that deuydeth his clawe, & cheweth 
cudd, shal ye eate. Neuertheles these shal ye 
not eate of them that chewe cudd, and deuyde 
not the hoffe in to two clawes : The Camell, 
the hayre, a the conye, for though they chewe 
cudd, yet deuyde they not the hoffe, therfore 
shal they be vncleane vnto you. The swyne, 



IT Deut. 7. e. Ioau. 7. a. 2 Ma. 12. c. d Leui. 10. 
c Deut. 7. a. and 26. d. ** Exo. 19. a. /Leui. 11. 



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though he deuyde the hoffe, yet cheweth he 
not cudd, he shall be vncleane vnto you : ye 
shall not eate of the flesh of the, and their 
deed carcases shal ye not touche. 

° This is it that ye shall eate of all that is 
in the waters : All that hath fynnes and scales 
shall ye eate. But what so euer hath no 
fynnes ner scales, that shal ye not eate, for it 
is vncleane vnto you. 

Eate of all cleane foules. But these are 
they, wherof ye shal not eate : The Aegle, y 
Goshauke, the Cormoraunte, the Ixion, the 
Vultur, the Kyte with his kynde, g all Rauens 
in their kynde, the Estriche, the Night crowe, 
the Cocow, the Sparow hauke with his kynde, 
the litle Oule, the greate Oule, y Backe, the 
Bytture, the Swanne, the Pellicane, the Pye, 
the Storke, the Heron, the Iaye with his 
kynde, the Lapwynge, y Swalowe: And all 
foules y crepe, shal be vn cleane vnto you, 
and ye shal not eate them. 

Ye shall eate of nothinge y dyeth alone : 
thou mayest geue it vnto y straunger with in 
thy gate, that he eate it, or sell it to a straunger. 
For thou art an holy people vnto y LORDE 
thy God. * Thou shalt not seeth a kydd, 
whyle it yet sucketh his mother. 

Thou shalt separate out the tythe of all the 
increase of thy sede,* y cometh out of thy 
felde euery yeare : j shalt eate it before y 
LORDE thy God (tin f place which He 
choseth, yhis name maye dwell there) namely 
of y tythes of thy come, of thy wyne, of thy 
oyle, (j the first borne of thine oxen, and of 
thy shepe, y thou mayest lerne to feare the 
LORDE thy God, all thy life longe. 

t But yf the waye be to moch for y, and 
the place, which y LORDE thy God hath 
chosen to set his name there, be to farre from 
the : (j thou canst not cary it that f LORDE 
thy God hath blessed the withall, Then geue 
it for money, u take y money in thyne hande, 
and go vnto the place which the LORDE 
thy God hath chosen, and geue the money for 
all that thy soule desyreth, whether it be oxe, 
shepe, wyne, stronge drynke, or for what so 
euer thy soule desyreth, and eate there before 
the LORDE thy God, and be mery, thou 
and thine housholde, and y Leuite that is 
within thy gates. Thou shalt not forsake 



Leui. 11. b. * 

34. c. t Esa. 65. 

Leui. 18. c. 



Exod. 23. c. and 34. c. » Ex 

:. X Deut. 12. c. Baruc. 1. 

c Deu. 26. c. '' Leui. 25. 



him, § for he hath no porcion nor inheritaunce 
with the. 

c In the thirde yeare shalt thou brynge forth 
all the tithes of thine increase of the same 
yeare, and shalt laye it within thy gates. Tb 
shal the Leuite (which hath no porcion ner 
enheritaunce with the) and y straunger, and 
the fatherlesse, and the wedowe, which are 
within thy gates, come and eate, and fyll 
them selues, that the LORDE thy God maye 
blesse the in all the workes of thy handes 
which thou doest. 

Che I*. Chapter. 

IN the seueth yeare shalt thou make a Fre 
yeare. d This is y maner of the Fre yeare. 
II Who so euer ledeth oughte with his hande 
vnto his neghboure, shal not requyre it of his 
neghboure or his brother : for it is called the 
Fre yeare vnto the LORDE. Of a strauger 
mayest thou requyre it : but vnto him that is 
thy brother, shalt thou remytte it. 1T There 
shall be no begger amoge you: for the 
LORDE shal blesse f in the lode which the 
LORDE thy God shal geue f to inheritaunce 
to take it in possession, onely f thou herke 
vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God, j 
kepe all these comaundemetes which I co- 
maunde the this daye, that thou maiest do 
therafter. For the LORDE thy God shal 
blesse the, as he hath promysed the. The 
shalt thou lende vnto many nacions, & e shalt 
borowe of noman. Thou shalt raigne ouer 
many nacions, j noman shal reigne ouer y. 
** Whan one of thy brethre is waxed poore 
eny cite within thy londe, which y LORDE 
thy God shal geue y, thou shalt not harden 
thine hert, ner withdrawe thine hande from 
thy poore brother : but shalt open thine hande 
vnto him, and lende him, acordinge as he 
hath nede. 

Bewarre, that there be not a poynte of 
Belial in thine hert, that thou woldest saye : 
The seuenth yeare, the yeare of Fredome is 
at honde. For yf thou lokest not fredly vpo 
thy poore brother, and geuest him nothinge 
then shall he crye ouer the vnto the LORDE, 
and it shall be synne vnto the : tt But thou 
shalt geue him, and let it not greue thine hert 
that thou geuest him. For because of it, shall 



|| Exo. 22. c. Esa. 58. b. 
** 1 Ioh. 3. 



% Eccli. 4. a. 
tt Ro. 12. b. 



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Cfrap, jrtri. 



the LORDE thy God blesse the in all thy 
workes, and in all that thou puttest thine 
hande vnto. " The londe shal neuer be with- 
out poore, therfore commaunde I the and 
saye, that thou open thine hande vnto thy 
brother, which is neady and poore in thy londe 

h Yf thy brother an Hebrue or Hebruesse 
be solde vnto the, he shal serue the sixe yeare. 
in the seuenth yeare shalt thou let him go 
Fre. And wha thou deliuerest him fre, thou 
shalt not let him go from the emptye, but 
shalt geue him of thy shepe, of thy corne, and 
of thy wyne, so that thou geue him of that, 
which the LORDE thy God hath blessed the 
withall. And remembre that thou also wast 
a seruaunte in the lode of Egipte, and how 
that the LORDE thy God delyuered the, 
therfore commaunde I the this thinge to daye. 

But yf he saye vnto the : I wyll not go out 
awaye from the, " for I loue f and thine house 
(in so moch as he is well at ease with the) 
then take a botkyn, and bore him thorow his 
eare to the dore, and let him be thy seruaunt 
for euer. And with thy mayde shalt thou do 
likewyse. And let it not seme greuous vnto 
the, to let him go fre from the (for he hath 
serued the sixe yeares as a dubble hyred ser- 
uaunt) then shall the LORDE thy God blesse 
the in all that thou doest. 

d All the first borne that come of thine oxen 
and shepe, y are males, shalt thou halowe 
vnto the LORDE thy God. Thou shalt not 
plowe with the firstborne of thine oxe, and 
shalt not clyppe the firstborne of thy shepe : 
Before the LORDE thy God shalt thou eate 
the euery yeare, * in the place that the 
LORDE choseth, thou and thine housholde. 

+ But yf it haue a deformyte, so that it is 
lame or blynde, or hath any other euell ble- 
mysh, thou shalt not offre it vnto y LORDE 
thy God, but shalt eate it within thine awne 
gates (i whether thou be vncleane or cleane) 
euen as the Roo and Hert. Onely se that 
thou eate not of the bloude therof, but poure 
it out as water vpon the grounde. 

Cljt rbi. Chapter. 

OBSERUE the moneth Abib, y thou 
offre Easter vnto the LORDE thy 
God : e for in the moneth Abib the LORDE 



<"Mat.26.a. »Exo.21.a. Leui. 25. f. Ier. 34. b. c. 
Exo. 21. a. d Exod. 13. a. Leui. 27. d. Num. 3. b, 
Deu. 12. a. d. 14. b. 16. a. t Leu. 22. c. Deut. 17. a. 



thy God broughte y out of Egipte by nighte. 
And for the Easter vnto f LORDE thy God, 
thou shalt offre oxen j shepe, in y § place 
which y LORDE shal chose, y his name maye 
dwell there. Thou shalt eate no leuended 
bred in y feast. Seuen dayes shalt thou eate 
the vnleuended bred of thy tribulacion : For 
with soroufull haist earnest thou out of the 
londe of Egipte, that thou mayest remebre 
the daye of thy departinge out of f londe of 
Egipte, all thy life longe. In seue dayes shal 
there no leueded bred be sene within all thy 
coastes : (j of the flesh that is offred y first 
daye at euen, there shal nothinge be lefte 
ouer night vntyll the mornynge. 

Thou mayest not offre Easter with in eny 
of thy gates, which the LORDE thy God 
hath geuen the : but II in the place which the 
LORDE thy God hath chosen, that his name 
maye dwell there, there shalt thou offre this 
Easter, at euen whan the Sonne is gone 
downe, euen in the same season that thou 
earnest out of Egipte : and thou shalt dighte 
it, and eate it in the place that the LORDE 
thy God hath chosen, and then turne the on 
the morowe, (j go home in to thy tente. Sixe 
dayes shalt thou eate vnleuended bred, and 
on the seuenth daye is the gatheringe together 
of the LORDE thy God. Thou shalt do no 
worke therin. 

f Seuen wekes shalt thou nombre vnto y, 
and begynne to nombre whan the sycele be- 
gynneth in the corne, and thou shalt kepe 
the f Feast of wekes vnto the LORDE thy 
God, that thou geue a frewyllofferynge of 
thine hande, acordinge as the LORDE thy 
God hath blessed the, and shalt reioyse before 
the LORDE thy God, thou and thy sonne, 
thy doughter, thy seruaunt, thy mayde, and 
the Leuite that is within thy gates, y straunger, 
the fatherlesse, and the wedowe, that are 
amonge you, in the place which y LORDE 
thy God hath chosen, that his name maye 
dwell there. And remembre, y thou wast a 
seruaunte in Egipte, so that thou kepe and 
do these ordynaunces. 

The feast of Tabernacles shalt thou kepe 
seuen dayes, whan thou hast gathered in the 
frutes of thy barne (j of thy wyne presse, and 
thou shalt reioyse in thy feast, thou and thy 

X Deu. 12. b. <■ Exod. 12. a. and 23. b. Leui. 23. a. 

Num. 9. a. and 28. c. § Deut. 12. a. 14. b. 15. c. 

|| 2 Par. 35. a. / Exo. 23. b. Leu. 23. c. f Act. 2. a. 



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sonne, thy doughter, thy seruaunte, thymayde, 
the Leuite, the straunger, the fatherlesse, and 
the wedowe that are within thy gates. * Seuen 
dayes shalt thou kepe y feast vnto the LORDE 
thy God, in the place that he hath chosen. 
For the LORDE thy God shal blesse the " 
all thy frutes and in all the workes of thine 
hades. Therfore shalt thou be glad. 

"Thre tymes in the yeare shal all thy males 
appeare before the LORDE thy God (in the 
place that he shall chose) namely, in the feast 
of vnleuended bred, in the feast of wekes, and 
in the feast of Tabernacles. He shal not 
appeare emptie before the LORDE, but 
euery one after the gifte of his hande, acor- 
dinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy 
God hath geuen the. 

Wl)t rbi). Chapter. 

IUDGES 5 officers shalt thou ordeyne 
within all thy gates, which y LORDE thy 
God geueth the amoge thy trybes, y they 
maye iudge the people with righteous iudg- 
ment. Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. * Thou 
shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. 
For t giftes blynde the eyes of y wyse, ij per- 
uerte y righteous causes. Loke what righte 
is, y shalt thou folowe, that thou mayest lyue 
(j possesse the londe, which the LORDE thy 
God shal geue the. 

Thou shalt plante no groue (of what so euer 
trees it be) nye vnto the altare of the LORDE 
thy God, which thou makest the. c Thou 
shalt set the vp no piler, which y LORDE 
thy God hateth. t Thou shalt offre vnto the 
LORDE thy God no oxe or shepe, that hath 
a blemish or eny euell fauourednesse on it : 
for that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE 
thy God. 

d Y( there be founde amonge you (within 
eny of thy gates which the LORDE thy God 
shal geue y) a man or woman, that worketh 
wickednesse in y sighte of the LORDE thy 
God, so that he transgresseth his couenaute 
and goeth, and serueth other goddes, 5 wor- 
shipped them, § whether it be Sone or Mone, 
or eny of the hooste of heauen, which I haue 
not commaunded, and it is tolde the, & thou 
hearest of it, ' Then shalt thou make diligent 
search therfore. And yf thou fyndest that it 

*3Re. 8. i. «Exo, 23. b. » Deut. 24. c. 1 Re. 8. a. 
t Exo. 23. a. Eccll. 20. d. « 1 Reg. 15. c. 2 Re. 18. d. 
t Leu. 22. c. Deu. 15. c. " Exo. 32. f. 3 Re. 18. e. 

4 Re. 10. d. § Deut. 4. c. « Deut. 13. b. and 19. d. 



is so of a trueth, that soch abhominacion is 
wroughte in Israel, then shalt thou brynge 
forth the same man or f same woma (which 
haue done soch euell) vnto thy gates and shalt 
stone them to death. r At the mouth of two 
or thre witnesses shal he dye, that is worthy 
of death. At the mouth of one witnes shal 
he not dye. The handes of the witnesses 
shal be the first to kyll him, and the y handes 
of all the people, that thou mayest put awaye 
the euell from the. 

Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgmet 
betwixte bloude and bloude, betwixte plee 
and plee, betwixte stroke and stroke, and yf 
there be matters of stryfe within thy gates 
II then shalt thou ryse, and go vp vnto y place 
that f LORDE thy God hath chosen: and 
shalt come to the prestes the Leuites, (j to 
the iudge which shalbe at that tyme, and shalt 
axe. s They shal shewe the how to iudge, and 
thou shalt do therafter, as they saye vnto the, 
in y place which the LORDE hath chosen: 
and thou shalt take hede that thou do acor- 
dinge vnto all y they teach the. Acordinge 
to the lawe y they teach the, d after the iudg- 
ment that they tell y, shalt thou do ^ so that 
thou turne not asyde from f same, nether to 
the righte hande ner to the lefte. 

And yf eny man deale presumptuously, so 
that he herkeneth not vnto the prest (which 
stondeth to do seruyce vnto the LORDE thy 
God) or to the Iudge, the same shal dye: and 
thou shalt put awaye the euell from Israel, 
that all y people maye heare, and feare, and 
be nomore presumptuous. 

Whan thou art come in to y londe which 
the LORDE thy God shal geue the, & takest 
it in possession, and dwellest therin, and shalt 
saie : ** I wil set a kinge ouer me, as all the 
nacions haue aboute me, the shalt thou set 
him to be kynge ouer the, whom the LORDE 
thy God shal chose. 

One of thy brethren shalt thou sett to be 
kynge ouer the. Thou mayest not set a 
straiiger ouer the, which is not thy brother. 
Onely let him not haue many horses, A y he 
brynge not y people againe in to Egipte 
thorow y multitude of horses, for as moch as y 
LORDE hath sayde vnto you, that from hence 
forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne. 



Iosu L 7. d. /Num. 35. c. Deut. 19. c. 
Eccli. 45. d. ?Eze. 44. d. If Deut. 5. d. 
3 Reg. 4. c. 2 Par. 9. e. 



Deut. 21. a. 
f lReg. 8. a. 



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Cftap* vbiij. 



"He shall not haue many wyues also, that 
his hert be not turned awaye. * Nether shal 
he gather him syluer and golde to moch. 

And whan he is set vpon the seate of his 
kingdome, he shal take of the prestes the 
Leuites this seconde lawe, and cause it be 
wrytten in a boke, and that shall he haue by 
him, tand he shall rede therin all the dayes of 
his life, that he maye lerne to feare f LORDE 
his God, to kepe all the wordes of this lawe, 
all these ordinances, so that he do therafter. 
He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his bre- 
thren, and shall not turne asyde from the 
commaundement, nether to the right hade ner 
to the lefte, that he maye prologe his dayes in 
his kyngdome, he and his children in Israel. 

Che r&ttj. Chapter. 

THE prestes, *the Leuites, all the trybe 
of Leui shal haue no parte ner enhe- 
ritaunce with Israel. The offerynges of y 
LORDE & his enheritaunce shal they eate. 
Therfore shal they haue no inheritaunce 
amonge their brethren, because the LORDE 
is their enheritauce, as he hath saide vnto the. 
This shalbe y prestes dutye of the people, g 
of the that offre, whether it be oxe or shepe, 
so that they geue vnto the prest the shulder 
and both the chekes, and the brest. And the 
first frutes of thy come, of thy wyne and of 
thy oyle, and the first of thy shepe sheringe. 
tFor the LORDE thy God hath chosen him 
out of all thy trybes, to stonde and mynyster 
in the name of the LORDE, he and his 
sonnes all the dayes of their life. 

Yf a Leuite come out of eny of thy gates 
or out of eny place of all Israel, where he is 
a gest, and cometh with all the desyre of his 
soule (vnto the place which the LORDE hath 
chosen) to mynister in the name of the 
LORDE his God, like as all his brethren 
y Leuites, which stonde there before the 
LO RDE, the shal he haue like porcion of 
meate with the other : besydes that which he 
hath of the solde good of his fathers. 

Whan thou commest in to f londe which 
the LORDE thy God shal geue y, c thou shalt 
not lerne to do y abhominacions of these 
nacions, that there be not founde amonge you, 
y maketh his sonne or doughter go thorow 

"3 Re. 11. a. *3Re. 10. c. Esa. 2.b. t Iosu. l.b. 
6 Num. 18. c. Deu. 10. b. 12. b. 14. c. Eze. 44. d. 
t Num. 3. b. and 18. a. c Leu. 18. a. and 20. d. Deut. 
12. d. and 17. b. 4 Re. 21. a. Iere. 7. a. and 19. a. 



the fyre, or a prophecier, or a choser out of 
dayes, or that regardeth the foules cryenge, 
or a witch, or a coniurer, or soythsayer, or an 
expounder of tokens, or y axeth eny thinge of 
the deed. 

For who so euer doth soch, is abhominacion 
vnto the LORDE: and because of soch abho- 
minacions doth the LORDE thy God dryue 
the out before the. But thou shalt be per- 
fecte with the LORDE thy God. For these 
nacios whom thou shalt conquere, whom the 
LORDE thy God hath geuen the, herken to 
the chosers out of dayes, and to the soyth- 
sayers : but so shalt not thou do vnto the 
LORDE thy God. 

d A prophet, like vnto me, shall the LORDE 
thy God raise the vp euen out of the, (j 
from amonge thy brethren, §vnto him shal ye 
herke, acordinge as thou desyredest before 
the LORDE thy God in Horeb, (in the daye 
of y- gatheringe together) g saydest: 'Let me 
heare the voyce of the LORDE my God no- 
more, and se nomore this greate fyre, that I 
dye not. And y LORDE saide vnto me: 
They haue well spoken. I wil rayse them vp 
a prophet from amonge their brethren like 
vnto the, and wyl put my wordes in his mouth, 
I he shal speake vnto them all that I shal 
comaunde him. II And who so euer wyl not 
herken vnto my wordes, which he shal speake 
in my name, of" him wil I requyre it. 

'But yf a prophete presume to speake 
ought in my name, which I haue not co- 
mauded him to speake : and he that speaketh 
in y name of other goddes, f same prophete 
shal dye. But yf thou saye in thine hert : 
How can I knowe what worde the LORDE 
hath not spoken ? Euen whan the prophete 
speaketh in the name of y LORDE, and the 
thinge foloweth not, and commeth not to 
passe, y same is the worde, y the LORDE 
hath not spoke. The prophet hath spoke it 
presumtuously, therfore be not afrayed of him. 

Che rtr. Chapter. 

WHAN y LORDE thy God shall haue 
roted out f nacios, whose londe f 
LORDE thy God shal geue the, so y thou 
hast conquered them, and dwellest in their 
cities and houses, Hthou shalt appoynte the 

d Act. 3. d. and 7. e. § Mat. 17. a. * Exo. 20. c. 

Deut. 5. c. || Ioh. 12. f. Heb. 2. a. / Num. 16. a. 

Deut. 13. a. Iere. 28. a. Eze. 14. a. f Deut. 4. g. 
Num. 35. b. Iosu. 20. a. 



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out thre cities in the myddes of the lode, y 
the LORDE thy God shal geue f to pos- 
sesse. Thou shalt prepare the waye, and parte 
the coastes of thy londe (which y LORDE 
thy God shal deuyde out vnto the) in to thre 
partes, that whosoeuer hath commytted a 
slaughter, maye flie thither. And this shalbe 
the cause, "that whosoeuer hath committed a 
laughter, maye flye thyther, and lyue. 

J Yf eny man smyte his neghboure vna- 
rarres, and hath not hated him in tyme 
passed (as whan a man goeth vnto the wod 
with his neghboure to hew downe tymber, and 
he turneth his hande with the axe to hewe 
downe the wod, and the yron slyppeth from 
the helue, and hytteth his neghboure, that he 
dyeth) the same shal flye in to one of these 
cities, that he maye lyue, lest the auenger of 
bloude folowe after the deedsleyer, whyle his 
hert is whote, and ouertake him, whyle the waye 
is so farre, and slaye him, where as yet no cause 
of death is in hi, for so moch as he hated him 
not in tyme passed. Therfore commaunde 
I the, that thou appoynte out thre cities. 

And whan the LORDE thy God enlargeth 
thy borders, as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, 
tj geueth the all the lode which he promysed 
thy fathers to geue (so that thou kepe all these 
comaundementes, and do y I commaunde the 
this daye, y thou loue the LORDE thy God, 
and walke in his wayes all thy life longe) the 
shalt thou adde yet thre cities vnto these thre, 
that innocent bloude be not shed in thy londe 
(which the LORDE thy God geueth the to 
enheritaunce) and so bloude come vpon the. 

* But yf eny man beare hate agaynst his 
neghboure, and layeth waite for him, and 
ryseth agaynst him, and smyteth him that he 
dye, and flyeth in to one of these cities, then 
shall the Elders of the same cite sende thither, 
and cause him to be fetched from thence, and 
delyuer him in to the handes of the auenger 
of bloude, that he maye dye : thine eye shal not 
pitie him, and the giltye bloude shalt thou put 
awaye fro Israel, that thou mayest prospere. 

c Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours 
marck, which they of olde tyme haue set in 
thine enheritaunce, that thou enheretest in 
the londe, which the LORDE thy God hath 
geuen the to possesse it. 

" Exo. 21. b. * Num.35, d. Deut. 27. c. * 2 Re. 14. a. 
c Deu. 27. c. lob 24. a. * Nu. 35. d. Mat. 18. b. 

Ioh. 3. b. 2 Cor. 13. a. t Susan. 1. i Deut. 13. b. 



''One witnesse shal not stonde vp alone 
agaynst a man, ouer eny trespace or synne, 
what maner of synne so euer it be, y a man 
can do, but in the mouth of two or thre wit- 
nesses shal euery matter be stablished. 

t But yf an vnrighteous wytnesse stonde vp 
agaynst eny man, to testifye eny trespace vpon 
him, then shall both the men that stryue 
together, stonde before the LORDE, before 
the prestes and Iudges, which shall be at the 
same tyme. tAnd the iudges shall make dili- 
gent inquisicion : (t yf the witnesse be founde 
false, and hath geue false witnesse agaynst his 
brother, then shall ye do vnto him, euen as 
he thoughte to do vnto his brother: that thou 
mayest put awaye the euell from the § that 
other maye heare and feare, and take nomore 
vpon them to do soch wicked poyntes amonge 
you. Thine eye shall not pitie him. II Soule 
for soule, eye for eye, tothe for tothe, hande 
for hande, fote for fote. 

Cfte rjr. Chapter. 

WHAN thou goest out to battayll agaynst 
thine enemies, and "seyst horses and 
charettes of the people more then thou, be 
not afrayed of them: for the LORDE thy 
God which brought y out of the londe of 
Egipte, is with the. Now wha ye are come 
nye vnto the battayll, the prest shal steppe 
forth, re speake to the people, and saye vnto 
the : Heare Israel : Ye go this daye in to the 
battayll agaynst youre enemies, let not youre 
hert faynte. ■> Feare not, be not afrayed, ner 
a drede of them. If For the LORDE youre 
God goeth with you, to fyghte for you agaynst 
youre enemies, y he maye saue you. 

And the captaynes shal speake to y people, 
and saye : Who so hath buylded a new house, 
and hath not dedicate it, let him go, and byde 
in his house, that he dye not in f battayll, and 
another dedicate it. **Who so hath planted 
a vynyarde, and hath not yet made it comen, 
lett him go, and byde at home, that he dye 
not in the battayll, and another make it comen. 
t+Who so hath spoused a wyfe, and hath not 
yet brought her home, let him go, and byde 
at home, y he die not in the battayll, & 
another brynge her home. 

And the captaines shal speake further vnto 



§ Deu. 13. b. || Exod. 21. c. Leui. 24. d. Math. 5. e, 

e Deut. 7. d. / Deut. 1. c. Num. 14. a. 1 Mac. 4. a 
If Deu. 28. a. ** 1 Mac. 3. g. tt Deu. 24. a. 



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[the people, and saye : *He that feareth and 
hath a faynte hert, lett him go, and byde at 
home, that he make not his brethrens hert 
fainte also, like as his hert is. And whan the 
captaynes haue made an ende of speakinge 
vnto the people, they shall set the rulers of 
the hoost before the people in the forefronte. 

"Whan thou commest nye vnto a cite to 
fight against it, thou shalt offre them peace. 
Yf they answere the peaceably, and open vnto 
the, then shal all f people y is founde therin, 
be tributaries vnto the, and serue f. But yf 
they wyl not deale peaceably with the, and 
wyll warre with the, then besege it: and whan 
the LORDE thy God delyuereth it in to thy 
hande, thou shalt smyte all the males that are 
therin, with the edge of the swerde : saue the 
wemen and the children, t As for the catell, 
and all that is in the cite, and all the spoyle, 
thou shalt take them vnto thy selfe, and eate 
the spoyle of thine enemies, which the LO RDE 
thy God hath geuen the. Thus shalt thou do 
vnto all the cities, that are very farre from the, 
and are not of the cities of these nacions. 

But in the cities of these nacions, which the 
LORDE thy God shall *geue the to enherit- 
aiice, thou shalt leaue nothinge alyue that hath 
breth, but shalt vtterly destroye the, namely t 
the Hethites, Amorites, Cananites, Pheresites, 
Heuites, (j Iebusites, as the LORDE thy God 
hath commaunded the, y they teache you not 
to do all y abhominacions, which they do 
vnto their goddes, 5 so ye to synne agavnst 
the LORDE youre God. 

Whan thou must lye a longe season before 
a cite, against the which thou makest warre to 
take it, thou shalt not destroye y trees therof 
that thou woldest hew them downe with the 
axe, for thou mayest eate therof: and ther- 
fore shalt thou not hew them downe. For it 
is but wodd vpon the felde, and no man, and 
can not come j be bullworkes agaynst the. 
But the trees which thou knowest y me eate 
not of, those shalt thou destroye, and rote out, 
and make bullworkes therof, agaynst the cite 
that warreth with the, tyll thou haue ouer- 
come it. 



w 



Che rrt. Chapter. 
HAN there is one slayne founde in y 
londe which y LORDE thy God shall 



* Iudic. 
and 11. c. 



" Num. 21. c. Deut. 2. e. t Iosu. 
Deut.31.a. Iosu. 6.c. 8 f. 10. e. Iud. 



geue y to possesse it, (j lyeth in y felde, (j it is 
not knowne who hath slaine him, then shal 
thy Elders (t iudges go forth, and meet from 
the slayne vnto the cities that lye rounde 
aboute. Loke which cite is the nexte, y 
Elders of the same shal take a yoge cowe, 
which hath not bene laboured, ner hath drawe 
in the yocke, ij they shal brynge her in to a 
valley, where as is nether earinge nor sowinge, 
and strike of hir heade there in the valley. 

Then shal the prestes f- children of Leui 
come forth. (§For the LORDE thy God 
hath chosen them, to serue him, and to prayse 
his name : and at their mouth shal all plees 
and strypes be tryed.) And all the Elders of 
the same cite shall come forth vnto the slayne, 
d wash their handes ouer y yonge cowe, whose 
heade is stricken of in the valley, and shal 
answere and saie : Oure hades haue not shed 
this bloude, nether haue oure eyes sene it. 
Be mercifull (O LORDE) vnto thy people of 



Israel, wh5 thou hast delyuered, || laye r 

"y people of Is 
charge : then shall they be reconcyled from 



innocent bloude vnto thy people of Israels 



the bloude. Thus shalt thou put awaye the 
innocent bloude from the, in that thou doest 
the thinge which is righte in the sighte of y 
LORDE. 

Wha thou goest forth to warre against thine 
enemies, & the LORDE thy God delyuereth 
them in to thine handes, so that thou cariest 
awaye their presoners, and seist amoge the 
captyues a bewtyfull woman, 5 hast a desyre 
vnto her to take her to thy wife, the brynge 
her home to thine house, and let her shaue 
hir heade, and pare hir nayles, and put of hir 
clothes that she was taken presoner in, and let 
her sit in thine house, and mourne for hir 
father and mother a moneth longe after that 
lye with her, and mary her, and let her be thy 
wife. But yf thou haue no fauoure vnto her, 
then shalt thou let her go whither she wyll, 
and not to sell her, ner to make cheuesaunce 
of her, because thou hast dishonoured her. 

Yf a man haue two wyues, one that he 
loueth, and one that he hateth, and they beare 
him children, both the beloued and the hated, 
so that the firstborne be hirs that is hated, 
and the tyme commeth that he dealeth out 
the inheritaunce vnto his children, then can 
he not make the sonne of y beloued first 



t Deut. 7. 



1 Deut. 17. b. Eccli. 45. 
' Gen. 29. 30. 



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borne before the firstborne sonne of the hated, 
but he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for 
f first sonne, so that he geue him dubble of 
all that is at hande: *for the same is f begyn- 
nynge of his strength, j the first byrth righte 
is his. 

t Yf eny man haue a stubborne and disho- 
bedient sonne, which herkeneth not vnto the 
voyce of his father, and mother, and whan 
they teach him nurtoure, wyll not folowe 
them, then shall his father and mother take 
him, and brynge him to y Elders of their cite, 
and to the gate of the same place, and saye 
vnto the Elders of the cite : This oure sonne 
is stobburne and dishobediet, and herkeneth 
not vnto oure voyce, and is a ryoter and a 
dronkarde. Then shal all the men of f same 
cite stone him to death : and thus shalt thou 
put awaye the euell fro the, that all Israel 
maye heare and feare. 

"Yf a man haue commytted a synne y is 
worthy of death, and is put to death, so that 
he is hanged on tre, then shal not his body 
remayne all night on tre, but thou shalt 
burye him the same daye (iFor cursed is he 
of God that is hanged) that thou defyle not 
thy londe, which the LORDE thy God geueth 
the to enheritaunce. 

£f)e rrtj. Chapter. 

YF thou se thy brothers oxe or shepe, go 
astraie, *thou shalt not withdrawe thy 
selfe from them, but shalt brynge the againe 
vnto thy brother. But yf thy brother be not 
nye vnto the, ij thou knowest him not, then 
shalt thou take the in to thine house, y they 
maye be with the, tyll thy brother axe after 
them, 5 then delyuer him the agayne. In 
like maner shalt thou do with his Asse, with 
his rayment, (j with euery lost thinge of thy 
brother, which he hath lost, j thou hast founde 
it : thou mayest not withdrawe thy selfe. 

c Yf thou se thy brothers oxe or Asse fallen 
downe by the waye, thou shalt not withdrawe 
thy selfe from him, but shalt helpe him vp. 

$A woman shall not weere y which per- 
tayneth to a man, nether shal a man put on 
womans raymet. For who so euer doth soch, 
is abhominacion vnto y LORDE thy God. 

Yf thou chaunce vpon a byrdes nest by y 
waye in a tre, or on the grounde, with yonge 



* Gen. 49. a. + Exo. 2 
t Gala. 3. b. * Exod. 23. 



Iosu. 8. f. and 10. c. 
Mat. 12. b. Luc. 13. b. 



or with egges, and the dame syttinge vpon 
the yonge or vpon the egges, thou shalt not 
take the dame with the yonge, but shalt let 
the dame flye, and take the yonge, that thou 
mayest prospere and lyue longe. 

Whan thou buyldest a new house, make a 
battelment aboute thy rofe, that thou lade 
not bloude vpon thine house, yf eny man fall 
therof. 

d Thou shalt not sowe thy vynyarde with 
dyuerse sedes, that thou halowe not (to the 
fullofferynge) the sede which thou hast sowne. 
with the increase of the vynyarde. 

Thou shalt not plowe with an oxe and an 
Asse together at one tyme. 

e Thou shalt not weere a garmet, y is mixte 
with wollen and lynnen together. 

II Thou shalt make gardes vpon the foure 
quarters of thy garment, wherwith thou 
couerest thy selfe. 

Yf a man take a wife, and hate her whan 
he hath lyen with her, and layeth eny shame- 
full thinge vnto hir charge, and bryngeth vp 
an euell name vpon her, and sayeth : I toke 
this wife, % whan I came to her, I founde her 
not a mayde. Then shall the father and 
mother of the damsell take her, and brynge 
forth the tokens of the damsels virginite be- 
fore the Elders of the cite, euen vnto the gate. 
And f damsels father shal saie vnto y Elders : 
I gaue this man my doughter to wyfe. Now 
hateth he her, and layeth a shamefull thinge 
to hir charge, and sayeth : I founde not thy 
doughter a mayde. And lo, these are the 
tokens of my doughters virginite. And they 
shal sprede out the clothe before the Elders of 
the cite. So shal the Elders of the cite take 
that man, and chastice him, and put a pen- 
naunce vpon him of an hundreth Sycles of 
yluer, and geue the same vnto the father of 
the damsell, because he hath broughte vp an 
euell name of a mayde in Israel, and he shall 
haue her to wyfe, so y he maye not forsake 
her all his fife longe. But yf it be of a trueth, 
that the damsell is not founde a virgin, the 
shal she be brought forth vnto the dore of hir 
fathers house, and the me of the cite shal 
stone her to death, li because she hath wrought 
foly in Israel, and played the whore in hir 
fathers house. And so shalt thou put awaye 
the euell from the. 



§ 1 Cor. 11. a. d Leui. 

II Nu. 15. d. 



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s Yf a man be founde lienge with a woma 
that hath a maried huszbande, they shal dye 
both the man, g the woma that he hath lien 
withall. And so shalt thou put awaye euell 
from Israel. 

Yf a mayde be handfested to eny man, g 
another man getteth her in the cite, g lyeth 
with her, ye shal brynge them both out vnto 
the gate of the cite, and stone them both, y 
they dye. The damsell, because she cryed 
not, beynge in the cite. The man, because 
he hath brought his neghbours wife to shame. 
And thou shalt put awaye the euell from the. 

But yf a man get an handfested damsell 
vpon the felde, and take her, and lye with her, 
then the man that laye with her, shal dye 
alone, and vnto the damsell thou shalt do 
nothinge : for she hath done no synne worthy 
of death. It is like as yf a man rose against 
his neghboure, and slewe him, euen so is this 
also. For he founde her in the felde, and the 
handfested damsell cryed, and there was no 
man to helpe her. 

* Yf a man fynde a mayde that is not had- 
fested, and take her, and lye with her, and be 
founde, then shal he that laye with her, geue 
hir father fyftie Sycles of syluer, and shall 
haue her to wyfe, because he hath shamed 
her : he maye not forsake her all his life loge. 

" Noma shal take his fathers wife, ner vn- 
couer his fathers couerynge. 

Wtye rrttj. Chapter. 

THERE shal none that hath his stones 
broken or y is gelded, d come in to the 
cogregacion of the LORDE. There shal no 
whores childe also come in to the cogregacion 
of y LORDE, no not after y tenth generacio, 
but shal neuer come in to y cogregacio of f 
LORDE. * The Ammonites g Moabites shal 
not come in to f cogregacid of y LORDE, 
no not after y tenth generacion, but shall 
neuer come in, because they met you not 
with bred g water in y waye, wha ye came out 
of Egipte. t And besides y, they hired 
of Beor, v inter- 



agaynst you Balaa y 



y 



preter out of Mesopotamia, to curse y. But 
y LORDE thy God wolde not heare Balaam, 
and turned the curse to a blessynge vnto the : 
because the LORDE thy God loued the. 



Leui. 20. b. » Exo. 22. c. c Leui. 18. a. Deu. 

26. c. <*Esa.56. a. * 2 Esd. 13. a. t Num. 22. a. 
Iosu. 24. b. t Gen. 25. c. ^2 Co. 10. a. Ephe. 6. b. 



Thou shalt wysh him nether prosperite ner 
health all thy life longe for euer. Thou shalt 
not abhorre an Edomite: tfor he is thy 
brother. 

An Egipcian shalt thou not abhorre, for 
thou wast a straunger in his londe. The 
children whom they beget in the thirde gene- 
racion, shal come in to the congregacion of y 
LORDE. 

§Wha thou goest out to fighte agaynst 
thine enemies, kepe the from all wickednesse. 

Yf there be eny man amonge you which is 
vncleane, so that eny thinge is chaunced to 
him by nighte, the same shal go out of y hoost 
vntyll he haue bathed himselfe with water 
before euen : and whan the Sonne is gone 
downe, he shall come in to the hoost agayne. 

And without the hoost thou shalt haue 
place to resorte vnto for necessyte, g thou 
shalt haue a shouell vnder the gyrdle: and 
whan thou wilt set y downe without, thou 
shalt dygge therwith : and whan thou hast 
done thine easement, thou shalt couer that 
which is departed from the. For the LORDE 
thy God walketh in thine hooste, to delyuer 
the, and to geue thine enemies before the, 
Therfore shall thy hooste be holy, that he se 
no vncleane thinge in the, and so turne him- 
selfe from the. 

Thou shalt not delyuer vnto his master the 
seruaunt, which is escaped fro him vnto the 
He shall dwell with the in the place that he 
choseth within eny of thy gates, for his wealth, 
and thou shalt not vexe him. 

e There shal be no whore amonge y 
doughters of Israel, nether whorekeper amonge 
the sonnes of Israel. II Thou shalt not bringe 
y hyre of an whoore ner the price of a dogg 
in to the house of the LORDE thy God for 
y maner of vowe : for they both are abho- 
minacion vnto the LORDE thy God. 

•^Thou shalt occupye no vsury vnto thy 
brother, nether with money, ner with fode, 
ner with eny maner thinge that vsury maye 
be vsed withall. (Vnto a strauger thou maiest 
lende vpo vsury, but not vnto thy brother) y 
the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in all 
y thou takest in hade, in the ldde whither 
thou commest in to possesse it. 

Whan thou makest a vowe vnto y LORDE 



; Num. 25. b. Deut. 22. c. 
Leuit. 25. f. 2 Esd. 5. a. 
Baruc 6. e. Act. 5. a. 



Mich. 1. b. f Exo. 22. c. 
s Num. 30. a. Eccls. 5. a. 



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thy God, thou shalt not be slacke to per- 
fourme it: for the LORDE thy God shal 
requyre it of the, and it shal be synne vnto 
the. Yf thou leaue vowinge, then is it no 
synne vnto the. But that which is proceaded 
out of thy lyppes shalt thou kepe, and do there- 
after, acordinge as thou hast vowed vnto the 
LORDE of a frewyll, which thou hast spoken 
with thy mouth. 

Whan thou goest in to thy neghbours 
vyniarde, thou mayest eate of the grapes 
acordinge to thy desyre, tyll thou haue ynough. 
But thou shalt put none in to thy vessell. 

* Whan thou goest in thy neghbours corne- 
felde, thou mayest plucke the eares with thine 
hande, but with a syccle mayest thou not 
reape therin. 

©ije rrttrj. Cftapttr. 

WHAN a man taketh a wife, "and 
marieth her, and she findeth no fa- 
uom'e in his eyes because of eny vnclennesse, 
the shal he wryte a byll of deuorcemet, and 
geue it her in hir hade, and sende her out of 
his house. Yf whan she is gone out of his 
house, she go, and be another mans wyfe, and 
the same seconde man hate her also, <j wryte 
a byll of deuorcement, and geue it her in hir 
hande, and sende her out of his house : Or yf 
the same seconde man dye, which toke her to 
wife, then hir first huszbande that put hir 
awaie, maie not take hir againe to be his wife, 
in so moch as she is defyled, for that is abho- 
minacion before the LORDE: that thou make 
not the londe to synne, which the LORDE 
thy God hath geuen the to enheritauce. 4 

Whan a man hath newly taken a wyfe, he 
shall not go a warrefare, nether shall he be 
charged withall. He shal be fre in his house 
one yeare longe, that he maye be mery with 
his wife which he hath taken. 

Thou shalt no take f nethermost and vp- 
permost mylstone to pledge, for he hath set y 
his lyuynge to pledge. 

Yf eny man be founde that stealeth one of 
his brethren, from amonge the childre of 
Israel, and setteth him to pledge, or selleth 
him soch a thefe shal dye, that thou maiest 
put awaye the euell from the. 

Kepe the from the plage of leprosie, that 



* Mat. 12. a. ' Iere. 3. a. Mai. 2. c. Mat. 19. a. and 5. 
Deut. 20. a. t Deut. 17. c. Mat. 23. a. J Num. 12. 
Leu. 19. c. Eccli. 7. c. Tob. 4. c. 



Iere. 



thou tobserue diligently and do acordynge 
vnto all that the prestes the Leuites teach the, 
as I haue commaunded them, y shal ye ob- 
serue and do therafter. Remembre what the 
LORDE thy God dyd vnto Miriam t by the 
waye, whan ye were come out of Egipte. 

Yf thou lendest thy brother eny dett, thou 
shalt not go in to his house, and take a pledge, 
but shalt stonde without : and he, to who thou 
lendest, shal brynge out his pledge vnto the. 
But yf it be a poore body, thou shalt not lye 
downe to slepe, with his pledge, but shalt 
delyuer him his pledge agayne, whan the 
Sonne goeth downe, that he maye slepe in his 
awne rayment, and blesse the, so shall the 
same be rekened vnto the for righteousnes 
before the LORDE thy God. 

c Thou shalt not withdrawe the hyre of y 
nedye and poore amonge thy brethren, or 
straunger that is in thy londe, or within thy 
gates, but shalt geue him his hyre the same 
daye, that the Sonne go not downe theron, 
for so moch as he is nedye, and his life 
susteyned therwith : that he call not vpon the 
LORDE agaynst the, and it be synne vnto the. 

''The fathers shal not dye for the children, 
ner the childre for the fathers, but euery one 
shal dye for his awne synne. 

§ Thou shalt not wrest the righte of the 
straunger and of the fatherlesse. And y 
wedowes rayment shalt thou not take to 
pledge : For thou shalt remembre, that thou 
wast a seruaunte in Egipte, and how that y 
LORDE thy God delyuered the from thence, 
therfore commaunde I the to do this. e 

Whan thou hast reaped downe thine haruest 
in the felde, and hast forgotten a shefe in the 
felde, thou shalt not turne agayne to fetch it, 
but it shal be for the straunger, f fatherlesse 
and the wedowe, that the LORDE thy God 
maye blesse the in all the workes of thy 
handes. 

Whan thou hast plucked thine Olyue trees, 
thou shalt not plucke them vp cleane after- 
warde : it shal be for the straunger, the father- 
lesse and the wedowe. Whan thou hast 
gathered thy vynyarde, thou shalt not gather 
it vp cleane afterwarde : it shalbe for the 
straunger, the fatherlesse and the wedowe, 
And thou shalt remembre, that thou wast a 



4 Re. 14. a. 2 Para. 25. a. Ezec. 18. c. § Deut. 17. 
and 27. c. c Leuit. 19. c. 



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seruaunt in the londe of Egipte : therfore 
comaunde I the to do this. 

Che rrb. Chapter. 

WHAN there is a stryfe betwene men, 
they shalbe brought before f lawe 
and iudged : and the iudges shall iustifye the 
righteous, and condemne the vngodly. And 
yf the vngodly haue deserued strypes, the 
iudge shall commaunde to take him downe, 
and they shall beate him before him, acordynge 
to the measure and nombre of his trespace. 
* Whan they haue geue" him fortye strypes, 
they shall beate him nomore, lest (yf there be 
mo strypes geuen him) he be beaten to moch, 
and thy brother be horrible before thine eyes. 

"Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the 
oxe, that treadeth out the come. 

* Whan brethren dwell together, and one of 
them dye without children, then shall not y* 
wife of the deed take a straunge man without, 
c but hir kynsman shal go in vnto her, and take 
her to wyfe : and the first sonne that she 
beareth, shal he set vp after the name of his 
brother which is deed, that his name be not 
put out of Israel. 

But yf the man wyl not take his kynswoman, 
then shal his kinszwoman go vp vnder the 
gate to the Elders, and saye : My kynsman 
refuseth to stere vp a name vnto his brother 
in Israel, and wyl not marye me. Then shal 
the Elders of the cite call him, and comen 
with him. Yf he stonde then and saye : I 
wyl not take her, then shal his kynszwoman 
steppe forth vnto him before the Elders, and 
lowse a shue fro his fote, and spyt in his face, 
and shal answere, and saye : Thus shal it be 
done vnto euery man, that wyl not builde his 
brothers house. And his name shalbe called 
in Israel, the vnshodd house. 

Yf two men stryue together, and the wyfe 
of one renne to, to delyuer hir huszbande 
from the hande of him that smyteth him, (t 
put forth hir hande, and take him by the 
secretes, then shalt thou cut of hir hande, and 
thine eye shal not pitie her. 

Thou shalt not haue in thy bagg two maner 
of weightes, a greate and a small. d Nether 
shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse mea- 
sures, a greate and a small. Thou shalt haue 
a perfecte and iust weighte, and a perfecte 



2 Cor. 11. a. "lCor. 9. b. 
i. c Mat. 22. b. Luc. 20. d. 



1 Timo. 5. 
Leui. 19. g. 



* Rut. 
Mich. 6. b. 



and iust measure, that thy life maye be longe 
in the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal 
geue the. For who so euer doth soch (yee 
all they that do euell) are abhominacion vnto 
the LORDE thy God. + Remebre what the 
Amalechites did vnto the by the waye, wha 
ye were departed out of Egipte, how they 
buckled with the by the waye, and smote thy 
hynmost, euen all that were feble, which came 
after the whan thou wast weerye and fainte, 
and they feared not God. Now wha the 
LORDE thy God bryngeth the, to rest fro 
all thine enemies rounde aboute in the londe 
which the LORDE thy God geueth the for 
inheritaunce to possesse, then shalt thou put 
out the remembraunce of the Amalechites 
from vnder heauen. Forget not this. 

Che rrbt. Chapter. 

WHAN thou commest in to the londe 
that the LORDE thy God shal geue 
the to inheritaunce, and enioyest it, and 
dwellest therin, thou shalt take of all maner t 
first frutes of the londe, that come out of thy 
grounde, which the LORDE thy God geueth 
the, (j shalt put them in a maunde, and go 
vnto the place which the LORDE thy God 
shal chose (y his name maye dwell there) and 
thou shalt come vnto the prest which shalbe 
at that tyme, and saye vnto him : I knowlege 
this daye vnto the LORDE thy God, that I 
am come in to the londe, which y LORDE 
sware vnto oure fathers to geue vs. And the 
prest shal take the maunde out of thine hande, 
and set it downe before the altare of the 
LORDE thy God. 

Then shalt thou answere and saye before 
the LORDE thy God : The Syrians wolde 
haue destroyed my father, § which wete downe 
in to Egipte, and was a straiiger there with a 
small folke, and became there a nacio greate, 
mightie g full of people. II But the Egipcias 
intreated vs euell, and troubled vs, and layed 
an harde bondage vpo vs. Then cried we 
vnto y LORDE, the God of oure fathers. 
And the LORDE herde oure cryenge, c and 
loked on oure aduersite, laboure, and op- 
pression & brought vs out of Egipte with a 
mightie hande, and a stretched out arme, and 
with greate terryblenesse thorow tokens and 
woders, and hath broughte vs vnto this place 



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and hath geuen vs this londe, that floweth 
with mylke and hony. Therfore brynge I 
now the first frutes of the londe, which the 
LORDE hath geuen vs. And thou shalt 
leaue them before the LORDE thy God, and 
geue thankes before the LORDE thy God, and 
reioyse ouer all the good, that the LORDE 
thy God hath geuen the, and thyne house : 
thou and the Leuite, and the straunger that 
is with the. 

Whan thou hast brought together all y 
tythes of thine increase in the thirde yeare,* 
which is a yeare of tithes, thou shalt geue it 
vnto the Leuite, to the straunger, to the 
fatherlesse, and to the wedowe, that they maie 
eate within thy gates, and be filled. And thou 
shalt saye before the LORDE thy God: 
* I haue broughte that halowed is, out of my 
house, and haue geuen it vnto the Leuyte, 
the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the wedowe, 
acordinge to all thy commaundement which 
thou hast comaunded me. I haue not trans- 
gressed thy commaundementes, ner forgotten 
them. I haue not eaten therof in my heuy- 
nesse, ner taken awaye therof in vnclennesse. 
I haue not geue therof vnto the deed. I 
haue bene obedient vnto the voyce of the 
LORDE my God, and haue done all as he 
hath commaunded me. t Loke downe from 
thy holy habitacion, from heauen, and blesse 
thy people of Israel, and y londe that thou hast 
geuen vs, as thou swarest vnto oure fathers, a 
londe that floweth with mylke and hony. 

In the daye whan the LORDE thy God 
commaunded the, to do acordynge vnto all 
these ordinauces and lawes, that thou shuldest 
kepe them and do therafter with all thy hert 
and with all thy soule. tThe same daye 
maydest thou a promysse vnto the LORDE, 
that he shulde be thy God, and y thou woldest 
walke in all his wayes, and kepe his ordy- 
naunces, his commaundementes, and his lawes, 
and to herken vnto his voyce. §And the 
LORDE promysed the vpo the same daye, 
that thou shuldest be his awne peculier people, 
like as he hath sayde vnto the (so y thou kepe 
all his commaundementes) and that he wolde 
make the hye in prayse name and honoure 
aboue all nacions which he hath made II y thou 
mayest be an holy people vnto f LORDE 
thy God, as he hath sayde vnto the. 

' Deu. 14. c. * Luc. 18. b. t Bar. 2. c. $ Exo. 19. b. 
and 24. a. Deut.5. d. § Exo. 19. a. Deut. 7. a. and 14. a. 



Che rrbtj. Chapter. 

A ND Moses with f Elders of Israel, com- 
j[\_ maunded the people, d sayde : Kepe 
all the commaundementes which Icommaunde 
you this daye. If And what time as ye go 
ouer Iordane, in to the londe y f LORDE 
thy God shal geue the, thou shalt set vp greate 
stones, and playster them with playster, and 
wryte vpon them all the wordes of this lawe : 
(whan thou art come ouer) y thou mayest 
come in to the londe, which the LORDE thy 
God shall geue the, a londe y floweth with 
milke and hony, as f LORDE God of thy 
fathers hath promysed the. 

Now whan ye go ouer Iordane, ye shall set 
vp these stones (wherof I comaunde you this 
daye) vpon mount Eball, and playster them 
with playster: **and there shalt thou buylde 
vnto the LORDE thy God an altare of stone, 
whervpon thou shalt lifte no yron. tt Of whole 
stones shalt thou builde this altare vnto the 
LORDE thy God, and offre burntofferinges 
theron vnto the LORDE thy God: and thou 
shalt offre healthofferinges, and eate there, 
and reioyse before the LORDE thy God : 
and vpon the stones thou shalt wryte all the 
wordes of this lawe manyfestly and well. 

And Moses with the prestes and Leuites 
spake vnto all Israel, and sayde : Take hede 
and heare O Israel : This daye art thou be- 
come the people of the LORDE thy God, 
that thou mayest be obedient vnto the voyce 
of the LORDE thy God, and do acordinge 
vnto all his commaundementes and ordi- 
naunces, which I comaunde the this daye. 

it And Moses charged the people the same 
daye, and sayde : These shal stonde vpon 
mount Grisim to blesse the people, whan ye 
are gone ouer Iordane : Simeon, Leui, Iuda, 
Isachar, Ioseph, and Ben Iamin. And these 
shal stonde vpon mount Eball to curse : Ru- 
ben, Gad, Asser, Zabulon, Dan g Nephtali. 
And the Leuites shal begynne, and saye vnto 
euery man of Israel, with a loude voyce : 

1 Cursed be he, that maketh eny carued 
Idoll or molten ymage (an abhominacion of 
the LORDE, a worke of the handes of y 
craftesman) and putteth it in a secrete place. 
And all the people shal answere and saye, 
Amen. 



|| Iere. 13. b. f Iosu. 4. a. 
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* Cursed be ho, that curseth his father and 
mother. And all the people shall saye, Amen. 

° Cursed be he, y remoueth his neghbours 
mark. And all the people shal saye, Amen. 

b Cursed be he, that maketh a blynde man 
go out of his waye. And all the people shal 
saye, Amen. 

Cursed be he, that wresteth y righte of y 
straunger, of the fatherlesse, j wedowe. And 
all the people shal saye, Amen. 

d Cursed be he, that lyeth with his fathers 
wife, to vncouer his fathers couerynge. And 
all the people shal saye, Amen. 

e Cursed be he, y lyeth with eny maner 
beest. And all the people shal saye, Amen. 

t Cursed be he, y lyeth with his sister, which 
is the doughter of his father or of his mother. 
And all the people shal saye, Amen. 

/ Cursed be he, y lyeth with his mother in 
lawe. And all the people shal saye, Amen. 

e Cursed be he that slayeth his neghboure 
secretly. And all the people shal saye, Amen. 

t Cursed be he, that receaueth giftes to 
slaye the soule of innocent bloude. And all 
the people shal saye, Amen. 

; ' Cursed be he, that contynueth not in all 
y wordes of this lawe, to do them. And all 
y people shal saye, Amen. 

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AND yf thou shalt herken vnto y voyce 
of the LORDE thy God, ' to obserue 
and do all his commaundementes which I co- 
maunde y this daye, then shall the LORDE 
thy God set y an hye aboue all nacions vpo 
eai'th, and all these blessynges shal come vpon 
the, and ouertake the, because thou hast bene 
obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy 
God. Blessed shalt thou be in the towne, and 
blessed in the felde. Blessed shalbe the frute 
of thy body, the frute of thy grounde, and the 
frute of thy catell, and the frute of thine 
oxen, and the frute of thy shepe. Blessed 
shal be thy baszkett, j thy stoare. Blessed 
shalt thou be wha thou goest in, and blessed 
whan thou goest out. § And thine enemies 
that ryse vp agaynst the, shal y LORDE 
cause to be smytten before thy face. They 
shal come out agaynst the one waye, (j flye 
before the seuen wayes. 

* Exo. 21. b. - Deut. 19. c. » Leui. 19. d. 
c Deu. 24. c. d Leui. 18. a. and 20. b. Deut. 22. d. 
c Exo. 22. c. Leui. 20. b. t Leui. 18. a. 2 Re. 13. d. 
/ Leui. 18. c. s Exo. 21. b. Leui. 24. d. Deu. 19. a 



The LORDE shal commaunde the bless- 
ynge to be with y in thy cellers, and in all 
that thou takest in hande, and shal blesse the 

y londe that the LORDE thy God hath 
geue the. The LORDE shal set the vp to 
be an holy people vnto himselfe (as he hath 
sworne vnto the) yf thou kepe the com- 
maundementes of the LORDE thy God : so 
that all nacions vpon earth shal se, that thou 
art called after the name of the LORDE : g 
they shal be afrayedof you. And y LORDE 
shal make y plenteous in goodes, in the frute 
of thy wombe, in the frute of thy catell, j in 
the frute of thy grounde, in the londe that the 
LORDE sware vnto thy fathers, to geue the. 

II And the LORDE shal open vnto f his 
good treasure, euen the heauen, to geue 
rayne vnto thy londe in due season, and to 
prospere all the workes of thine handes. 1T And 
thou shalt lede vnto many nacios, but thou 
shalt borowe of no man. And y LORDE 
shal set the before, and not behynde : (t thou 
shalt be aboue onely, and not benethe, yf thou 
be obedient vnto the commaundementes of f 
LORDE thy God, which I commaunde the 
this daye to kepe and to do them : g yf thou 
** bowe not asyde from eny of these wordes, 
which I commaunde y this daye, either to the 
righte hande or to the lefte, y thou woldest 
walke after other goddes to serue them. 

* But yf thou wylt not herken vnto the 
voyce of the LORDE thy God, to kepe and 
to do all his commaundementes and ordi- 
naunces, which I commaunde f this daie, 
tt then shall all these curses come vpon the, 
and ouertake the. Cursed shalt thou be in the 
towne, and cursed in y felde : cursed shal thy 
baszket be, and thy stoare. Cursed shall be 
the frute of thy body, the frute of thy londe, 
the frute of thine oxen, and the frute of thy 
shepe. Cursed shalt thou be whan thou 
goest in, and cursed wha thou goest out. The 
LORDE shal sende in to the, consuminge, 
and complayninge, and cursynge, in all that 
thou takest in hande to do, tyll he haue de- 
stroyed the & shortly broughte the to naughte, 
because of thy wicked inuencions, in that thou 
hast forsaken me. 

The LORDE shall make the pestylence to 
byde longe with the, tyll he haue consumed 

t Eze. 22. b. Mich. 3. c. h Gal. 3. b. • Leu. 26. a. 
§ Deu. 20. a. || Deut. 11. b. % Deu. 15. a. ** Deu. 
4. a. and 17. c. * Leu. 26. b. tt Bar. l.b. Dan. 9.b. 



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the out of the londe, in to the which thou 
commest to possesse it. The LORDE shall 
smyte the with swellynge, feuers, heate, burn- 
ynge, venome, drouth, and palenesse, g shall 
persecute the, tyll he haue destroyed the. 
* Thy heauen, that is ouer thy heade, shalbe 
of brasse, and the earth vnder the, of yron. 
The LORDE shall geue thy londe dust for 
rayne, and aszshes from heauen vpon the, 
vntyll thou be broughte to naught. The 
LORDE shall cause the be smytten before 
thine enemyes. Thou shalt come out one 
waye agaynst them, and seuen wayes shalt 
thou flye before them, and shalt be scatered 
amoge all the kyngdomes vpon earth. Thy 
carcase shalbe meate vnto all maner foules of 
the ayre, and to all the beestes vpon earth, 
and there shalbe no man to fraye them 
awaye. 

The LORDE shal smyte the with f botches 
of Egipte, with the Emorodes, with scalle, and 
maungynesse, that thou shalt not be healed 
therof. t The LORDE shall smyte the with 
madnesse, blyndnesse and dasynge of hert. 
And thou shalt grope at the noone daye, as f 
blynde gropeth in darknesse, and shalt not 
prospere in thy waye. And thou shalt suffre 
vyolence and wronge all thy life longe, 5 no 
man shal helpe y. t Thou shalt spouse a 
wife, but another shal lye with her. S Thou 
shalt buylde an house, but another shall dwell 
therin. Thou shalt plante a vynyarde, but 
shalt not make it comen. 

Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes, 
but thou shalt not eate therof. Thine asse 
shalbe violently taken awaye (euen before thy 
face) and shal not be restored y againe. Thy 
shepe shalbe geuen vnto thine enemies, and 
no man shal helpe the. Thy sonnes and thy 
doughters shalbe geuen vnto another nacion, 
and thine eyes shal se it, and dase vpon them 
all the daye longe, and thy hande shal not be 
able to delyuer them. The frute of thy londe 
and all thy laboure, shall a nacion eate, which 
thou knowest not : and thou shalt but onely 
be he that shalbe oppressed and suffre wronge, 
all the dayes of thy life. And thou shalt be 
cleane besyde thy selfe for the sighte, which 
thine eyes shal se. 

The LORDE shal smyte the with a mys- 
cheuous botch in y knees $ legges, so that 



* Deut. 10. c. -t Mich. 3. 
12. c. 4 Deu. 20. a. 



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Deu. 4. d. 



. t 2 Re. 

4 Re. 24. d, 



thou canst not be healed, euen from the sole 
of thy fote vnto the crowne of thy heade. 

a The LORDE shal brynge the and thy 
kynge (which thou hast set ouer the) vnto a 
nacion, whom thou knowest not, nether thy 
fathers : and there shalt thou serue other 
goddes, euen wodd and stone : and thou shalt 
go to waist, and become a byworde, tj a laugh- 
inge stocke amoge all nacions, whither y 
LORDE hath caryed the. 

* Thou shalt cary out moch sede in to y 
felde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the 
greshoppers shal destroye it. Thou shalt 
plante vynyardes and dresse the, but thou 
shalt nether drynke of the wyne, ner gather 
of y grapes : for y wormes shal consume it. 
Thou shalt haue Olyue trees in all thy coastes, 
but shalt not be anoynted with the oyle : for 
thyne Oliue trees shalbe roted out. Thou 
shalt get sonnes and doughters, and yet not 
haue them : for they shal be caried awaye 
captiue. All thy trees and frutes of thy 
londe shall be marred with blastinge. 

The straunger that is with y, shal clymme 
vp ouer the, and be allwaye aboue the : but 
thou shalt come downe alowe, and lye euer 
beneth. He shal lende vnto the, but thou 
shalt not lende him. He shalbe before, but 
thou shalt be behynde. 

And all these curses shall come vpon the, 
and folowe the, and ouertake y, tyll thou be 
destroyed, because thou herkenest not vnto y 
voyce of the LORDE thy God, to kepe his 
commaundemetes and ordinaunces, which he 
hath commaunded the. Therfore shal there 
be tokens and wonders vpon the, u vpon thy 
sede for euer, because thou hast not serued y 
LORDE thy God with a ioyfull and good 
hert, whan thou haddest abundaunce of all 
thinges. And therfore shalt thou serue thine 
enemye, which the LORDE shal sende vpon 
the, in hunger and thyrst, in nakednesse, and 
neade of all thinge : g he shal put a yocke of 
yron vpon thy necke, vntyll he haue broughte 
the to naughte. 

The LORDE shal brynge a nacion vpon 
the from farre, euen from the ende of y worlde, 
as a flyenge Aegle : a people, whose speache 
thou canst not vnderstonde, an harde fauoured 
people, which regarde not the personne of the 
olde, ner haue compassion on the yonge. And 



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they shal eate vp y frute of thy catell, g the 
frute of thy londe, tyll they haue destroyed 
the, and shall leaue the nothinge in corne, 
wyne, oyle, in the frute of thy oxen and shepe, 
vntyll they haue broughte the to naughte : and 
shal laye sege vnto the with in all thy gates, 
tyll they cast downe thy hye and stronge 
walles, wherin thou trustest thorow out all thy 
londe. And thou shalt be beseged within all 
thy portes, thorow out all thy londe which the 
LORDE thy God hath geuen the. 

*Thou shalt eate the frute of thine awne 
body, the flesh of thy sonnes and of thy 
doughters, which the LORDE thy God hath 
geue the, in that straytnesse and sege, wher- 
with thine enemye shall besege the : so that 
it shal greue the man y afore hath lyued ten- 
derly and in voluptuousnes amonge you, to 
loke vpon his brother and vpon his wife y 
lyeth in his bosome, and on the sonne that is 
left ouer of his sonnes, lest he shulde geue 
eny of them of the flesh of his children that 
he eateth, in as moch as there is nothinge left 
him in that straytnesse and sege, wherwith 
thine enemye shal besege y within all thy 
gates. And the woman that afore hath lyued 
so tenderly and voluptuously amonge you, that 
she durste not set the sole of hir fote vpon the 
grounde for tendernes and voluptuousnes, shal 
be greued to loke vpon hir huszbande that 
lieth in hir bosome, and on hir sonne, and on 
hir doughter : euen because of hir doughters 
which she hath norished betwixte hir legges in 
hir lappe, and because of hir sonnes that she 
hath borne : For she shall eate them secretly 
for very scarcenesse of all thinges, in the 
straytnesse and sege, wherwith thine enemye 
shal besege y within thy gates. 

Yf thou wilt not be diligent to do all the 
wordes of this lawe which are wrytten in this 
boke, that thou mayest feare this glorious and 
fearfull name, euen the LORDE thy God, 
then shal the LORDE entreate y wonderously, 
with plages vpon y and thy sede, yee with 
greate and continuall plages, with euell and 
contynuall sicknesses, and shal brynge vpo y 
all y* sicknesses of Egipte (wherof thou wast 
afrayed) and they shal cleue vnto the. Therto 
all maner sicknesses and all maner plages, 
which are not wrytten in the boke of this lawe, 
shal the LORDE thy God cause to come 



4 Re. 6. f. Tren 
" Iere. 



4. b. Bar. 2. a. t Deut. 10. d, 

31. c. X Exo. 14. c. 



vpon the, vntyll he haue destroyed the. And 
there shal be left but a fewe people of you, 
t which afore were as the starres of heauen in 
multitude : because thou hast not herkened 
vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God. 

"And as y LORDE reioysed ouer you 
afore, to do you good, and to multiplye you, 
eue so shall he reioyse ouer you, to destroye 
you, and to brynge you to naughte, and ye 
shalbe waysted from of the londe, whither thou 
goest now to possesse it. For the LORDE 
shal scater the amonge all nacions, from the 
one ende of the worlde vnto another, and 
there shalt thou serue other goddes, whom 
thou knowest not, ner yet thy fathers, euen 
wodd and stone. 

And amonge those same nacions shalt thou 
haue no quyetnesse, nether shal the sole of 
thy fote haue eny rest: for the LORDE shal 
geue the there a fearfull hert, and dasynge of 
eyes, and a troubled soule, so that thy life 
shal hage before the : Night and daye shalt 
thou feare, and shalt haue no trust in thy life. 
In the mornynge thou shalt saye : Who shall 
geue me the euenynge ? And at euen shalt 
thou saye: Who shal geue me the mornynge? 
For the very greate feare of thine hert, which 
shal make the afrayed : and for the sighte of 
thine eyes which thou shalt se. 

And the LORDE shal brynge the agayne 
in to Egipte by shippe fulles, euen thorow the 
waye wherof I sayde vnto the : i Thou shalt 
se it nomore : and there shal ye be solde vnto 
youre enemies for bonde seruauntes and bonde 
maidens, and there shalbe no man to bye you. 

Ci)e rvt'r. Chapter. 

THESE are y wordes of the couenaunt, 
which the LORDE comaunded Moses 
to make with the children of Israel * in the 
londe of the Moabites, § besyde f couenaunt 
which he made with them in Horeb. And 
Moses called all Israel, and sayde vnto them : 
Ye haue sene all that the LORDE dyd before 
youre eyes in the londe of Egipte, vnto Pharao 
with all his seruaiites, and all his londe, the 
greate tentacions which thine eyes haue sene, 
that they were greate tokes and wonders. 
"And yet vnto this daye hath not the LORDE 
geuen you an hert that vnderstondeth, eyes 
that se, (t eares that heare. 

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He hath caused you to walke fortye yeares 
in the wyldernesse. a Youre clothes are not 
waxed olde vpon you, nether is thy shue waxed 
olde on thy fote. Ye haue eaten no bred, and 
dronken no wyne, ner stronge drynke, that ye 
mighte knowe, that he is f LORDE youre 
God. 

*And whan ye came vnto this place, Sihon 
the kynge of Heszbon, and Og f kynge of 
Basan, 'came out agaynst vs vnto battayll, 
and we smote them, and toke their londe, and 
gaue it to enheritaunce vnto y Rubenites and 
Gaddites, and to the halfe trybe of the Manas- 
sites. *Kepe now therfore the wordes of this 
couenaunt, and do therafter, that ye maye 
haue vnderstondinge in all that ye do. 

Ye stonde this daye all before the LORDE 
youre God, the chefe rulers of youre trybes, 
youre Elders, youre officers, euery man in Is- 
rael, youre children, youre wyues, y straungers 
that are in thine hoost, tfrom the hewer of 
thy wodd vnto f drawer of thy water : that 
thou shuldest enter in to the couenaunt of the 
LORDE thy God, and in to the ooth which 
the LORDE thy God maketh with the this 
daye, that he mighte set the vp this daye to be 
a people vnto himself, and that he mighte be 
thy God, as he hath sayde vnto the, t and as 
he sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac 
and Iacob. 

For I make not this couenaunt and this 
ooth with you onely, but both with you y are 
here this daye, and stonde with vs before the 
LORDE oure God, and also with them that 
are not here with vs this daye. For ye knowe 
how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte, 
and how we came thorow the myddes of the 
Heythen, whom ye passed by, and sawe their 
abhominacions and their Idols, wodd and 
stone, syluer and golde, which were with them : 
Lest there be amoge you man or woman, or 
an housholde, or a trybe, which turneth awaye 
his hert this daye from the LORDE oure 
God, to go and to serue f goddes of these 
nacions : and lest there be amonge you some 
rote, that beareth gall j wormwodd : so that 
though he heare the wordes of this curse, he 
blesse him selfe yet in his hert, and saye : 
$ Tush, it shal not be so euell. I wil walke 
after the II meanynge of myne awne hert, that 
the dronken maye perishe with the thyrstie. 



" Deu. 8. a. » Nu. 21. d. e. ' Deu. 2. f. and 3. a, 

Deu. 4. a. t Iosu. 9. d. J Gen. 17. a. § Iere. 5. b, 



Then shall not the LORDE be mercifull 
vnto him, but his wrath and gelousy shall 
smoke ouer soch a man, and all the curses that 
are wrytten in this boke, shall lighte vpon 
him : and the LORDE shal put out his name 
from vnder heauen, and shall separate him 
vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israel, 
acordinge vnto all the curses of the couenaunt, 
that is wrytten in the boke of this lawe. 

So the posterities of youre childre which 
shal ryse vp after you, and the straungers that 
come out of farre countrees, shall saye (whan 
they se the plages of this londe, and the dis- 
eases wherwith the LORDE hath smytten it) 
that he hath brent vp all their londe with 
brymstone and salt, so y it can not be sowne, 
ner is frutefull, nether groweth there eny 
grasse therin, 1f Like as Sodom, Gomor, 
Adamaand Zeboim are ouerthrowne, which the 
LORDE ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger. 

Then shall all nacions saye : ** Wherfore 
hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe ? 
What greate wrothfull displeasure is this ? 
Then shalt it be sayde : Euen because they 
haue forsaken the couenaunt of f LORDE 
God of their fathers (which he made with 
them whan he broughte them out of the londe 
of Egipte) and they wete, and serued other 
goddes, and worshipped the, euen soch goddes 
as they knewe not, and whom he had not 
deuyded vnto them. Therfore the wrath of 
the LORDE waxed whote ouer this londe, to 
brynge vpon it all the curses that are wrytten 
in this boke. And the LORDE thrust them 
out of their londe with greate wrath, indigna- 
cion ii displeasoure % hath cast them in to 
another londe, as it is come to passe this daye. 

These are the tt secretes of the LORDE 
oure God, which are opened vnto vs and oure 
children for euer, y we shulde do all the 
wordes of this lawe. 

Che rrr. Chapter. 
IV TOW whan all this commeth vpon the, 
J_^ whether it be the blessinge or y curse 
which I haue layed before the/ and thou goest 
in to thine hert, beynge amoge the Heithen, 
whither the LORDE thy God hath thrust the, 
and thou turnest vnto the LORDE thy God, 
so that thou herkenest vnto his voyce, thou 
and thy children with all thy hert and with 



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all thy soule, in all that I commaunde the this 
daye, *then shal the LORDE thy God turne 
thy captiuyte, and haue compassion vpon the, 
and shal gather thy congregation agayne from 
amonge all the nations, whither the LORDE 
thy God hath scatered the. 

And though thou werest thrust out vnto the 
vttemost partes of the heauen, yet shall the 
LORDE thy God gather the from thence, 
and from thece shal he fetch the, and shal 
brynge the in to the londe, which thy fathers 
haue possessed, and thou shalt enioye it, and 
he shal do the good, and multiplye the aboue 
thy fathers. 

tAnd the LORDE thy God shall circum- 
cyse thine hert, and the hert of thy sede, that 
thou mayest loue the LORDE thy God with 
all thy hert and with all thy soule, that thou 
mayest lyue. But all these curses shall the 
LORDE thy God laye vpon thine enemyes, 
and vpon them that hate the and persecute 
the. But thou shalt turne, and herken vnto 
the voyce of the LORDE, to do all his com- 
maundementes, which I commaunde the this 
daye. And the LORDE thy God shal make 
the plenteous in all the workes of thine hades, 
in the frute of thy body, in the frute of thy 
catell, in the frute of thy londe to good. 

t For the LORDE shall turne, to reioyse 
ouer the to good, as he reioysed ouer thy 
fathers, so that thou herken vnto the voyce of 
the LORDE thy God (to kepe his com- 
maundementes and ordinaunces, which are 
wrytten in the boke of this la we) and turne 
vnto the LORDE thy God with all thy hert 
and with all thy soule. 

§For the commaundement which I com- 
maunde f this daye, is not to wonderfull for 
the, ner to farre, ner yet in heauen, that thou 
neadest to saye : Who wil go vp for vs in to 
heauen, and brynge it vnto vs, that we maie 
heare it and do it? Nether is it beyonde the 
see, that thou neadest to saye : Who wyll go 
ouer the see for vs, and fetch it vs, that we 
maye heare it, and do it ? For the worde is 
very nye vnto the, eue in thy mouth and in 
thine hert, that thou do it. 

° Beholde, I haue layed before you this 
daye, life and good, death and euell. For I 
c5maunde the this daye, to loue the LORDE 



* Iere. 32. e. t Deut. 10. d. t Iere. 32. e. 

§ Rom. 10. a. ' Deut. 11. d. Iere. 21. b. || Deu. 4. d. 
and 31. g. f Nu. 20. b. ** Nu. 27.d. » Num. 21. d. 



thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to 
kepe his commaundementes, ordinaunces, and 
lawes, that thou mayest lyue and multiplye, 
and that the LORDE thy God maye blesse 
the in the londe, whither thou goest to pos- 

But yf thou turnest awaye thine hert, so 
that thou wilt not heare, but fall a waye, to 
worshipe other goddes and to serue them, I 
certifye you this daye, that ye shal perishe, 
(t not lyue longe in the londe, whither thou 
goest ouer Iordane to possesse it. 

Ill take heauen and earth this daye to 
recorde ouer you: I haue layed before you 
life and death, blessinge and cursinge, that 
thou mayest chose life, and that thou and thy 
sede maye lyue, f ye maye loue the LORDE 
youre God, and herken vnto his voyce, and 
cleue vnto him: (For he is thy life and thy 
loge age) that thou mayest dwell in the londe, 
which the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers 
Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, to geue them. 

Cfic rrrt. Chapter. 

AND Moses wente, 5 spake these wordes 
to all Israel, and saide vnto them : I 
am this daye an hundreth and twetye yeare 
olde, lean nomore go out and in: the LORDE 
also hath sayde vnto me : If Thou shalt not go 
ouer this Iordane. The LORDE thy God 
himselfe shall go before the ouer Iordane : and 
HE himselfe shal destroye these nations before 
the, that thou mayest conquere them : and 
Iosua he shall go ouer before the, ** as the 
LORDE hath sayde. And the LORDE 
shal do vnto them, as he dyd vnto Sihon and 
Og the kynges of the Amorites and vnto 
their lode,* which he destroyed. 

tt Now whan the LORDE shal deliuer the 
before you, ye shal do vnto them acordynge 
vnto all the commaundementes which I haue 
commaunded you. Be manly and stroge, 
feare not, and be not afrayed of them. For 
the LORDE thy God himselfe shal go with 
the, tt and shal not fayle the, ner forsake the. 

And Moses called Iosua, and sayde vnto 
him before all Israel : Be stronge and bolde, 
for thou shalt brynge this people in to the 
londe, which c the LORDE hath sworne vnto 
their fathers to geue them, and thou shalt 



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parte it amonge them by lott. But the 
LORDE himselfe that goeth before you, euen 
HE shal be with the, and shal not fayle the, 
ner forsake the: Feare not, and be not 
afrayed. 

And Moses wrote this lawe, and delyuered 
it vnto the prestes the children of Leui (* which 
bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE) 
and vnto all the Elders of Israel. 

And he commaunded them, and sayde: 
t At the ende of seuen yeares, in the tyme of 
the Fre yeare, in the feast of Tabernacles 
whan all Israel come to appeare before the 
LORDE thy God, in the place that he shall 
chose, thou shalt cause this lawe to be pro- 
clamed before all Israel in their eares, namely, 
before the congregacion of the people, both 
of men, wemen, children, and thy straungers 
which are within thy gates : that they maye 
heare and lerne to feare the LORDE their 
God, and be diligent to do all the wordes of 
this lawe : and that their children also which 
knowe nothinge, maye heare and lerne to 
feare the LORDE youre God, all youre lyue 
dayes which ye lyue in the londe, whither ye 
go ouer Iordane to possesse it. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Be- 
holde, thy tyme is come that thou must die, 
call Iosua, and stonde in the Tabernacle of 
witnesse, that I maye geue him a charge. 
Moses wente with Iosua, and stode in the 
Tabernacle of witnesse. And the LORDE 
appeared in the Tabernacle in a cloudy pyler 
t and the same cloudy pyler stode in the dore 
of the Tabernacle. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses : Be- 
holde, thou shalt slepe with thy fathers, and 
this people wyll ryse vp, and go a whoringe 
after straunge goddes of the londe in to the 
which they come, § and wyll forsake me, and 
breake the couenaunt which I haue made with 
them. And then shall my wrath waxe whote 
agaynst them, at the same tyme, g I shal 
forsake the, and hyde my face fro them, that 
they maye be consumed. II And so whan 
moch aduersite & trouble commeth vpo the, 
they shal saye : Is not all this euell come vpo 
me, because God is not with me ? But I shal 
hyde my face at the same tyme because of all 
the euell that they haue done, in that they 
haue turned vnto other goddes. 



*Num. 
1 Reg. i 



t 2 Esdr. 8. a. 
II Iere. 2. d. 



t Exo. 33. b. 
IT Deut. 32. a. 



Wryte now therfore this songe, 5 teach it 
the children of Israel, and put it in their 
mouth, that this f songe maye be a witnesse 
vnto me amonge the children of Israel. For 
I wil brynge them in to the londe which I 
sware vnto their fathers, that floweth with 
mylke andhony. **And whan they eate, and 
are full and fatt, they shal turne vnto other 
goddes, and serue them, and blaspheme me, 
and breake my couenaunt. 

And so whan moch myschefe and tribu- 
lacion is come vpon them, this songe shall 
answere before them for a witnesse. It shall 
not be forgotten out of the mouth of their 
sede : for I knowe their ymaginacion, that 
they go aboute euen now, before I brynge 
them in to the londe, which I sware vnto 
them. 

So Moses wrote this songe at the same 
tyme, and taughte it the children of Israel. 
And the LORDE gaue Iosua the sonne of 
Nun a charge, and sayde : tf Be stronge and 
bolde, for thou shalt brynge the children of 
Israel in to the londe, which I sware vnto 
them, and I wil be with the. 

Now whan Moses had wrytten out all 
the wordes of this lawe in a boke, he com- 
maunded the Leuites (which bare the Arke 
of the LORDES couenaunt) and sayde: Take 
the boke of this lawe, and laye it by the syde 
of the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE 
youre God, that it maye be there a wytnesse 
agaynst the : for I knowe thy stubburnesse 
and thy harde neck. " Beholde, whyle I am 
yet alyue with you this daye, ye haue bene 
disobedient vnto the LORDE: how moch 
more after my death ? 

Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre 
trybes, and youre officers, y I maye speake 
these wordes in their eares, ttand take heauen 
and earth to recorde agaynst them. For I 
am sure that after my death ye shall marre 
youre selues, and turne asyde out of the waye, 
which I haue commaunded you : and so shall 
mysfortune happen vnto you herafter, be- 
cause ye haue done euell in the sighte of the 
LORDE, in prouokynge him thorow the 
workes of youre handes. 

So Moses spake out the wordes of this 
songe euen to the ende, in the eares of all the 
congregacion of Israel. 

** Deut. 8. c. tt Iosu. 1. b. and 23. c. 3 Reg. 2. a. 

' 4 Reg. 17. c. Mala. 3. b. XX Deut. 4. d. and 30. d. 



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Cfij rrrt). Chapter. 

HERKEN (O ye heauens) I wyll speake: 
"and let the earth heare the wordes of 
my mouth. 

"My doctryne droppe as doth the raine, 
and my speach flowe as doth the dew. 

Euen as the rayne vpon the grasse, and as 
the droppes vpon the herbe. 

For I wyl call vpon the name of the LO RDE, 
geue ye the glory vnto oure God. 

Perfecte are the workes of the Stone, for 
all his wayes are righteous. 

God is true, and no wickednes is there in 
him, righteous and iust is he. 

The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion 
hath marred them selues to himwarde and are 
not his children, because of their deformyte. 

Thankest thou the LORDE thy God so, 
thou foolish and vnwyse people ? 

Is not he thy father* and thy LORDE ?* 
Hath he not made the, and prepared the ? 

Remembre the dayes that are past, considre 
the yeares of the generacions afore tyme. 

Axe thy father, he shall shewe the : thine 
elders, they shal tell the. 

^Whan the most Hyghest deuyded y- na- 
cions and scatred the children of men. 

Then set he the borders of the nacions 
acordinge to the nombre of the children of 

II For the LORDES parte is his folke, 
Iacob is the meetlyne of his enheritaunce. 

He founde him in the wyldernesse, euen in 
the drye deserte where he roared. 

He led him aboute, and gaue him vnder- 
stondinge : He kepte him as the aple of his eye 

As an Aegle stereth vp hir nest, and floter- 
eth ouer hir yonge : Euen so stretched he out 
his fethers, and toke him IT and bare him on 
his wynges. 

The LORDE onely was his gyde, & there 
was no straunge God with him. 

He caried him ouer y heigth of the earth 
and fed him with the increase of the felde. 

He caused him sucke hony out of the rocke 
and oyle out of the harde stone. 

Butter of the kyne, and mylke of the shepe 
with the fat of the lambes, and rammes of the 
sonnes of Basan, and hegoates with the fat of 



" Esa. 1. a. Mich. 1. a. * Esa. 55. c. 
Eccli. 42. d. b Mala. 1. a. $ Gen. 1. d. 
Act. 17. d. ||Deut.4. c. f Exo. 19. a. 



+ Gen. l.d 
> Gen. 11. b 
Psal. 80. b 



the kydneys, and wheate : And gaue him 
drynke of the very bloude of grapes. 

** And whan he was fat and had ynough, he 
waxed wanton. 

He is fat, and thicke, and smothe, & hath 
letten God go, that made him, and despysed 
the rocke of his saluacion. 

He hath prouoked him to indignacion, 
thorow straunge goddes, and thorow abhomi- 
nacion hath he angred him. 

^They offred vnto felde deuels, ij not vnto 
their God. 

Vnto goddes whom they knewe not, eue 
vnto new goddes, y came newly vp, whom 
their fathers honoured not. 

Thy rocke that begat y, hast thou despysed : 
and hast forgotten God that made the. 

And whan the LORDE sawe it, he was 
moued vnto wrath ouer his sonnes and his 
doughters. 

And he sayde : I wyll hyde my face from 
them, I wyll se what their ende shal be : for 
it is a frowarde generacion, they are childre 
in whom is no fayth. 

They haue prouoked me in it that is not 
God : with their vanites haue they angred me. 

ttAnd I agayne wil prouoke them, by those 
that are no people : by a foolish nacion wil I 
anger them. 

For the fyre is kyndled in my wrath, and 
shal burne vnto y nethermost hell, and shal 
consume the londe with the increase therof, 
and set the foundacions of y mountaynes on 
fyre. 

I wil heape myscheues vpo them, I wil 
spende all myne arowes at them. 

They shal pyne awaye thorow honger, j be 
consumed of the feuers, and of bytter sick- 
nesses. 

e I wil sende amonge them y tethe of beestes, 
and furious serpentes. 

Without shall the swearde robbe them, (j 
feare in the chambers, both the yonge man 
and yonge woman, the suckynge children with 
the gray headed man. 

I wyll saye : Where are they ? I shall make 
their remembraunce to ceasse from amonge 
men. 

Yf the wrath of the enemies were not 
gathered, lest their enemies shulde be proude. 



Psal. 105. e. 
e Iere. 5. b. 



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Ioel 1. a. 



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S might saie : Oure hande is hye, and : The 
LORDE hath not done all this. 

For it is a people, wherin is no councell, 
and there is no vnderstondinge in them. 

that they were wyse j vnderstode this, 
that they wolde cosidre what shulde happe 
vnto them herafter. 

How cometh it, y one shall chace a thou- 
sande of them, and y two shal put ten thou- 
sande to flyghte ? 

Is it not so, euen because their rocke hath 
solde them, and because the LORDE hath 
geuen them ouer? 

For oure rocke is not as their rocke, *of 
this are oure enemies iudges them selues. 

Their vyne is of the vyne of Sodom, and of 
the feldes of Gomorra : their grapes are the 
grapes of gall, they haue bytter clusters. 

Their wyne is the poyson of Dragons, & 
the furious gall of Adders. 

Is not this hid with me, and sealed vp in 
my treasures ? 

"Vengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde 
in due season. Their fote shall slyde, for the 
tyme of their destruccio is at honde, and the 
thinge that is to come vpon them, maketh 
haiste. 

For the LORDE shall iudge his people, 
t and shal haue compassion on his seruauntes. 
For he shal considre that their power is awaie, 
and that it is gone with them, which were 
shut vp and remayned ouer. 

And he shal saye : t Where are their goddes, 
their rocke wherin they trusted ? 

Of whose sacrifices they ate y fatt, and 
dranke the wyne of their drynkofferinges ? 
Let them ryse vp and helpe you, and be youre 
proteccion. 

Se now that I I am, and that there is none 
other God but I. 

1 can kyll and make alyue : * what I haue 
smytten, that can I heale : §and there is noman 
able to delyuer out of my hande. 

For I wil lifte vp my hande to heauen, 5 
wyl saye : I lyue euer. 

Yf I whet y edge of my swerde, and my 
hande take holde of iudgment, then wyll I 
auenge me on myne enemies, and rewarde 
them that hate me. 

I wil make myne arowes dronken with 



* Exo. 14. c. 1 Reg. 5. b. a Rom. 12. c. Heb. 10. d. 
t 2 Ma. 7. b. % Iere. 2. d. <• Deut. 4. f. 1 Reg. 2. b. 
§ Job 10. a. c Rom. 15. a. || Deut. 6. b. and 11. c. 



bloude, and my swerde shal eate flesh ouer y 
bloude of the slayne, and ouer the captyuite, 
and in that the enemies heade shall be dis- 
couered. 

c Reioyse ye Heythen with his people : for 
he wil auenge the bloude of his seruauntes, 
and wyl auenge him on his enemies, £ wil be 
mercifull vnto the londe of his people. 

And Moses came and spake all the wordes 
of this songe in the eares of the people, he 
and Iosua the sonne of Nun. Now wha. Moses 
had made an ende of speakinge all these wordes 
vnto all Israel, he sayde vnto the : II Take to 
hert all y wordes, which I testifye vnto you 
this daye, that ye commaunde youre children, 
to obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe. 
For it is no vaine worde vnto you, but it is 
youre life : j this worde shal prolonge youre 
life in y londe, whither ye go ouer Iordane to 
conqnere it. 

And y LORDE spake vnto Moses f same 
daie, j sayde : Get the vp to this mount Aba- 
rim, vpon mount Nebo, which lyeth in y londe 
of the Moabites ouer agaynst Iericho, 5 be- 
holde the londe of Canaan, which I shall geue 
vnto the children of Israel in possessio. And 
dye thou vpon the mount, whan thou art 
come vp, and be gathered vnto thy people, 
IF like as Aaron thy brother dyed vpon mount 
Hor, and was gathered vnto his people : Be- 
cause ye trespaced agaynst me amonge the 
children of Israel by the ** water of stryfe at 
Cades in the wildernesse of Zin, and sancti- 
fied me not amonge the children of Israel. 
For thou shalt se the londe ouer against the, 
which I geue vnto y children of Israel but 
thou shalt not come in to it. 

Ci)e rrrtij. Chapter. 

THIS is the blessynge, wherwith Moses 
the man of God blessed y childre of 
Israel before his death, and saide : rf The 
LORDE came from Sinai, ttand rose vp vnto 
the from Seir. He appeared fro mount Paran, 
and came with many thousande sayntes. At 
his righte hande is there a lawe of fyre for 
them : O how loued he the people ? All his 
sayntes are in his hande, ttthey shall set them 
selues downe at thy fete, and receaue of thy 
wordes. Moses commaunded vs the lawe, 



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which is the enheritaunce of the congregacion 
of Iacob. And he was in the fulnesse of the 
kynge, & helde y rulers of y people together, 
with the trybes of Israel. 

Let Ruben lyue, and not dye, and his peo- 
ple be fewe in nombre. 

This is the blessynge of Iuda. And he 
sayde : LORDE heare the voyce of Iuda, and 
brynge him vnto his people : Let his hades 
multiplye him, and let him be helped fr5 his 
enemies. 

And vnto Leui he sayde : Thy perfectnes 
and thy lighte be acordinge vnto the man of 
thy mercy, * who thou hast tempted at Massa, 
whan ye stroue by the water of stryfe. + He 
that sayeth vnto his father and to his mother: 
I se him not : and to his brother, I knowe him 
not: and to his sonne, I wote not of him, 
those haue obseraed thy wordes, and kepte 
thy couenaunt : they shal teach Iacob thy 
iudgmentes, and Israel thy lawe : they shal 
laie incense before thy nose, g burnt offer- 
inges vpon thine altare. LORDE, blesse 
thou his power j accepte the workes of his 
handes : smyte the loynes of them y ryse vp 
agaynst him, (r. of them that hate him, that 
they lifte not vp them selues. 

And to Ben Iamin he saide : The beloued 
of the LORDE shal dwell in hope on him: 
All the daye longe shal he wayte vpon him, 
and shal dwell betwene his shulders. 

And to Ioseph he sayde : t His londe lieth 
in the blessynge of the LORDE, there are 
noble frutes of heauen, of the dew, and of the 
depe that lyeth beneth : There are noble frutes 
of the increase of the Sonne, and noble rype 
frutes of y monethes : And of y toppes of the 
mountaynes of olde, and of the hilles allwaye, 
and of the noble frutes of y earth, and of the 
fulnesse therof. The good will of him Uhat 
dwelleth in the buszshe, come vpon the heade 
of Ioseph, and II vpon y toppe of his heade 
that was separated fro amonge his brethren. 

His bewtye is as a firstborne oxe, and his 
homes are as f homes of an Vnicorne : with 
the same shal he puszshe the nacions together, 
uen vnto the endes of the worlde. These 
are the thousandes of Ephraim, and the thou- 
sandes of Manasse. 

And vnto Zabulon he sayde : Reioyse Za- 
bulon of thy outgoynge: but reioyse thou 



* Deut. 33. b. Mala. 2. b 
Luc. 14. d. tlosu. 16. 17. 



Num.2 
& Exod 



t Math. 19. d. 
II Gen. 49. d. 



Isachar of thy tentes, They shall call the 
people vnto y hyll, and there shal they oflre 
y offeringes of righteousnes. For they shal 
sucke the abundaunce of the see, and the trea- 
sures hyd in the sonde. 

And to Gad he sayde : Blessynge haue Gad, 
which maketh rowme. He dwelleth as a lyon, 
and spoyleth the arme and the toppe of the 
heade. And he sawe his begynnynge, that f 
heape of the teachers laye hydd there, and 
came with the rulers of the people, and exe- 
cuted the righteousnesse of the LORDE, and 
his iudgment on Israel. 

And to Dan he sayde : Dan a yonge lyon, 
he shal flowe from Basan. 

And to Nephtali he saide : Nephtali shal 
haue abundaunce of pleasure, (j shalbe full of 
the blessynge of the LORDE : his possession 
shalbe towarde the west and south. And to 
Asser he sayde : Asser be blessed with sonnes, 
accepted be he with his brethren, and dyppe 
his fote in oyle. Yron and brasse be on thy 
shues. Thyne age be as thy youth. 

There is no God as the God of the iust. 
He that sytteth vpon heauen, be thy helpe. 
And his glory is in the cloudes, that is the 
dwellynge of God from the beginnynge, and 
vnder the armes of the worlde. And he shal 
dryue out thyne enemye before the, and saye: 
Be destroyed. IT And Israel shall dwell safe 
alone. The eye of Iacob shalbe vpon y londe 
where come and wine is, heauen also shal 
droppe with dewe. Happye art thou Israel, 
who is lyke vnto the ? O thou people y art 
saued by the LORDE, which is thy helpe, 
shylde, and the swerde of thy glorye. Thyne 
enemies shal pyne awaye, and thou shalt treade 
vpon the height of them. 

€h? rrrtu'j. Chapter. 

AND Moses wente from the felde of f 
Moabites vp vnto mount Nebo, fl vp6 y 
toppe of mout Pisga ouer agaynst Iericho. 
And the LORDE shewed him all the londe 
of Gilead vnto Dan, and all Nephtali, and 
the londe of Ephraim and Manasse, and all 
the londe of Iuda, vnto y vttemost see, and 
towarde the south, and the region of the playne 
of Iericho the cite of the palme trees euen 
vnto Zoar. And the LORDE sayde vnto 
him: This is the londe that I sware vnto 



f lerem. 23. 



Num. 17. c. 2 Ma. 7. 



Cfcap* miiij. 



Wbt b. vokt of Mo#t& 



So. cm* 



Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, and sayde : I wyll 
geue it vnto thy sede. Thou hast sene it with 
thine eyes, *but thou shalt not go ouer thither. 
So Moses f seruaunt of the LORDE died 
there in the londe of the Moabites, acordinge 
vnto the worde of f LORDE. And he buried 
him in a valley, in the londe of the Moabites 
ouer agaynst the house of Peor. And noman 
knewe of his graue vnto this daye. And 
Moses was an hundreth and twentye yeare 
olde whan he dyed : his eyes were not dymme, 
and his chekes were not fallen. And the 
children of Israel weped for Moses in f felde 
of the Moabites thirtie daies, and the dayes 



of the wepynge and mournynge for Moses 
were fulfilled. 

And Iosua the sonne of Nun was filled with 
y- sprete of wyszdome (tfor Moses had layed 
his hande vpon him) and the children of Israel 
herkened vnto him, and dyd as the LORDE 
commaunded Moses. And there arose no 
prophet more in Israel, like vnto Moses, whom 
the LORDE knewe face to face in all tokens 
and wonders (which the LORDE sent him to 
do in y londe of Egipte, vnto Pharao, and to 
all his seruautes, and his londe) and in all 
this mightie hande and greate visions which 
Moses dyd in the sighte of all Israel. 



€f)t tvtot of tfa fffte oofce of Jflosesi, railed IBeuteronomiom 



Zfyt gecontre parte 



of lilt 



olUe QttitHmttit. 



Cfje bofee of Sostia* 
€fo boite of tf)t 3u&jje& 
%\)t bofee of &utb* 
Cbe first bofee of tbe Hpnges* 
Cbe seronfce boite of tbe Hinges* 
Cbe tbtrfce bofee of tbe Hpitges* 
Cbe fourth bofee of tbe fepges* 
Cfte first bofee of tbe CromrIe& 
dfc serontie bofee of tfte Cromclesu 
Cbe first bofee of Claras;* 
Cfte serontre bofee of O^tiras* 
€i)t bofee of Hester* 











Wfyt faifte of SMtta. 






asftat tin's! twite rontepmtf). 






Chap. I. 


Chap. IX. 






After the death of Moses, God cSmaudeth Iosua 


The Heythen kynges prepare the selues agaynst 






to get him vp, and to go with the people ouer 


Israel. The Gabaonites saue their lyues by 






Iordane in to the londe of promes. 


crafte and suttyltie. 






Chap. II. 


Chap. X. 
The Heythen laye sege to Gabaon, but Iosua 






Two spyes are sent vnto Iericho, and Rahab 


helpeth them, and wynneth a greate felde, 






lodgeth them. 


commaundeth the Sonne to stonde styll, hang- 






Chap. III. 


eth vp fyue kynges, and taketh the cities. 






Iosua goeth forth with the people vnto Iordane : 


Chap. XI. 






The Leuites are ordeyned to go before with the 
Arke. The one parte of Iordane stondeth styll, 


The Heythe kynges gather the selues together 
agaynst Israel : but they are discomfited, and 
their cities wonne. 






the other renneth downe, and the people go 






thorow it drye shodd. 


Chap. XII. 






Chap. IIII. 


The names of the kynges whom Iosua and the 






Twolue stones doth Iosua cause to be taken out 


Israelites slewe, are here rehearsed, euen one 






of Iordane, and setteth them vp at Gilgall for 


and thirtye. 






a remembraunce. 


Chap. XIII. 
The remnaunt of the londe on this syde Iordane. 






Chap. V. 








The kynges beyonde Iordane are afrayed. The 


Chap. XIIII. 






people in Gilgall are circumcysed. They eate 
the Passeouer and vnleuended bred. 


The dealinge out of the londe. 














Chap. XV. 






Chap. VI. 


The londe that fell vnto Iuda by lott. 






How Iericho is wonne and taken. 


Chap. XVI. 
The lot of Ephraim. 






Chap. VII. 






The Israelites are put to flight before their ene- 


Chap. XVII. 






mies, because one of the had stollen of it that 


The lot and porcion of Manasse. 






shulde haue bene damned and vtterly de- 








stroyed. The trespacer is stoned vnto death. 


Chap. XVIII. 

Men are sent out of the seuen trybes, to consyder 






Chap. VIII. 


the londe, and to deale it out. The porcion 






The cite of Hai is wonne, the people slayne, the 


of Ben Iamin. 






kynge taken alyue and hanged, the cite brent. 


Chap. XIX. 






Iosua buyldeth an altare vnto the LORDE. 


The porcion of Simeon, Zabulon, Isachar, Aser, 






The blessynges and curses are red. 


Nephtali and Dan. 











Cijap* ij* 



Wt)t bote of Sosiua. 



Chap. XX. 

The partinge out of the fre cities. 

Chap. XXI. 
Of the cities and suburbes of the Leuites. 

Chap. XXII. 

The two tribes and a halfe are sent home agayne, 
with a charge to be diligent in kepynge Gods 
commaundement. Of the altare of witnesse. 



tfo. mij, 



Chap. XXIII. 
Iosua calleth the people together before his death, 
(E exovteth them to cleue fast to the commaun- 
dementes of the LORDE. 

Chap. XXIIII. 

He calleth the people together in Sichem, and 
rehearceth the benefites of God vnto the. The 
couenaut with God is renewed. Iosua dyeth 
and so doth Eleasar. 



Che fi'r$St Chapter. 

AFTER the death of Moses the seruaunt 
of the LORDE, spake the LORDE 
vnto Iosua f sonne of Nun Moses mynister : 
My seruaunt Moses is deed, vp now, and go 
ouer this Iordane, thou and all this people in 
to the londe that I haue geuen the children of 
Israel. * All the places that the soles of youre 
fete shal treade vpon, haue I geuen vnto you, 
as I sayde vnto Moses : From the wyldernesse 
and this Libanus vnto the greate water Eu- 
phrates : all the londe of the Hethites vnto 
the greate see towarde the west, shal be youre 
border. There shall noman be able to with- 
stonde y all thy life longe. " And like as I 
was with Moses, so wil I be with the also. 
+ 1 will not fayle the nether forsake the. Be 
stronge and bolde : for vnto this people shalt 
thou deuyde y londe, which I sware vnto their 
fathers, to geue it them. 

tBe stroge therfore and very bolde, that 
thou mayest kepe and do euery thynge acord- 
inge to the lawe, that Moses my seruaunt 
commaunded the. Turne not asyde from it, 
nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte, * y 
thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou 

iSt. §And let not the boke of this lawe 
departe out of thy mouth, but exercyse thy 
selfe therin daie and nighte, that thou mayest 
kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that 

wrytte therin: Then shalt thou prospere in 
thy waies, and deale wysely. Lo, I haue com- 
maunded the to be stronge and bolde. Feare 
not, and be not afrayed: for the LORDE thy 
God is with y, whither so euer thou goest. 

Then commaunded Iosua the officers of 
the people, and sayde : Go thorow the hoost, 



* Deut. 11. d. " Iosu. 3. d. t Deut. 31. b. 

Heb. 13. a. % Deu. 31. b. b Deut. 5. d 



and charge y people, and saye: Prepare you 
vytayles, for ouer thre dayes shal ye go ouer 
this Iordane, that ye maye come in and take 
possession of the londe, which the LORDE 
youre God shal geue you. 

And to the Rubenites, Gaddites, and to the 
halfe trybe of Manasse, sayde Iosua: Thynke 
vpon the worde, II that Moses the seruaunt of 
f LORDE spake vnto you, and sayde : The 
LORDE youre God hath brought you to rest, 
and geuen you this londe. Let youre wyues 
and children and catell remayne in y londe, 
that Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane : 
But ye youre selues (as many as be fightinge 
men) shal go forth before youre brethren in 
harnesse, and helpe them, tyll the LORDE 
haue broughte youre brethren to rest also as 
well as you: that they also maye take posses- 
sion of the londe, which the LORDE youre 
God shal geue them : Then shal ye turne 
agayne in to the londe of youre possession, 
that ye maye enioye it, which Moses the ser- 
uaunt of the LORDE hath geuen you on this 
syde Iordane towarde y Easte. And they 
answered Iosua and sayde : % All that thou 
hast commaunded vs, wyll we do: and whither 
so euer thou sendest vs, we wyl go thither. 
Like as we haue obeyed Moses, so wyl we 
be obedient also vnto the : Onely that the 
LORDE thy God be with y, like as he was 
with Moses. Who so euer disobeyeth thy 
mouth, and herkeneth not vnto thy wordes in 
all that thou hast commaunded vs, shal dye : 
Onely be thou stronge and bolde. 



Che vj. Chapter. 
OSUA the sonne of Nun sent out two 
spyes preuely from Setim, and sayde vnto 



§ Deut. 17. d. || Nu. 32. d. 

1 Mac. 2. d. Iere. 42. a. 



IT Deu. 



tfo. ttiiiji 



Cfte oofee of Sossua, 



C&ap* tij. 



them : Go youre waye, loke vpon the londe 
and Iericho. They wente forth, *and came 
in to f house of an harlot, called Rahab, and 
laye there. Then was it tolde the kynge of 
Iericho : Lo, there are men come in this nighte 
from the childre of Israel, to spye the londe. 
Then sent the kynge of Iericho vnto Rahab, 
saynge : Delyuer the men forth that are come 
vnto the in to thy house, for they are come to 
spye out the whole londe. Now as for the 
two men, the woman had hyd them, and sayde : 
There came men in vnto me in dede, but I 
knewe not whence they were. And at the 
shuttinge in of the gate whan it was darcke 
they wente out, so y I can not tell whither 
they be gone : folowe soone after them, for ye 
shal ouertake them. But she had caused them 
to clymme vp vnto the house toppe, and hyd 
them vnder the stalkes of flaxe, that she had 
prepared her vpo the toppe of the house. 
Howbeit the men folowed after them in y 
waye towarde Iordane, euen vnto the ferye : 
and whan they that folowed vpon them were 
gone forth, the gate was shut. 

And or euer the men layed them downe to 
slepe, she wente vp to them vnto the house 
toppe, and sayde vnto the : I knowe that the 

~>RDE shal delyuer you the londe, tfor 
the feare of you is fallen vpon vs, and all the 
inhabiters of the londe are discoraged at youre 
commynge. For we haue herde, how the 
LORDE "dryed vp the water in the reed see 
before you, wha ye departed out of Egipte : t 
and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the 
Amorites, Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane, 
how ye roted them out, and destroyed them. 
And sence we herde therof, oure hert hath 
failed vs, nether is there a good stomacke 
more in eny man, by the reason of youre com- 
mynge. For the LORDE youre God is both 
the God aboue in heaue and beneth vpon earth. 

Sweare now then vnto me$ euen by the 
LORDE (for so moch as I haue dealte mer- 
cifully with you) that ye wyl also she we mercy 
vpon my fathers house : and geue me a true 
token, that ye wyl let my father lyue, and my 
mother, my brethren, and my sisters, and all 
that they haue, and delyuer oure soules from 
death. The men sayde vnto her: II Yf we 
shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon the, 
whan the LORDE geueth vs the londe, then 
let oure soule dye for you, so farre as thou 



losu. o. a. 



betrayest not oure deuyce. Then let she them 
downe thorow the wyndowe by a coarde : for 
hir house was in the wall of the cite, and in 
the wall was hir dwellynge. And she sayde 
vnto them : Go youre waye vp to the moun- 
taynes, lest they mete you that folowe vpon 
you: and hyde youre selues there thre dayes, 
tyll they be come againe y folowe after you: 
and then get you youre waye. 

But the men sayde vnto her : As for this 
ooth that thou hast taken of vs, we wyll be 
discharged of it whan we come in to y londe 
excepte thou knyttest in the wyndowe y lyne 
of this rosecoloured rope (y thou hast lette 
vs downe with all) & gatherest vnto f in to 
the house, thy father, thy mother, thy brethren 
& all thy fathers house. And loke who so euer 
goeth out at the dore of thy house, his bloude 
be vpon his owne heade, and we giltlesse, 
But of all those y are in thy house, yf a hande 
be layed vpon the, their bloude shalbe vpo 
oure heade. And yf thou bewrayest eny of 
this deuyce of ours, the wil we be discharged 
of the ooth y thou hast take of vs. She 
yde : Let it be so as ye saye, and she let 
the go. And they wente their waye. And she 
knyt the rose coloured lyne in the wyndowe. 

They wente on their waye, and came to the 
mountaynes, and remayned there thre dayes, 
tyll they that folowed vpon them were come 
agayne : for they soughte them thorow euery 
strete, & yet they founde them not. So the 
two men turned agayne, and departed from 
the mountaynes, and passed ouer (Iordane) 
and came to Iosua the sonne of Nun, and 
tolde him euery thinge, as they had founde it, 
& they sayde vnto Iosua : The LORDE hath 
geue vs all the londe in to oure handes, and 
all they that dwell in the londe, are sore 
afrayed of vs. 

CJje ttj. Chapter. 

AND Iosua rose vp early, and they de- 
parted from Setim, g came vnto Iordane, 
he and all the children of Israel, and re- 
mayned there all night, afore they wete ouer. 
But after thre dayes wente the officers thorow 
y hoost, and comrnaunded the people, and 
sayde : Whan ye se the Arke of y couenaunt 
of the LORDE youre God, and the prestes 
from amoge the Leuites bearinge it, departe 
ye then out of youre place, and folowe after 



L4. e. t Nu. 21. d. 



10. d. || losu. 6. d. 



Cfoap* iiij. 



Wi)t bokt of Sosiua* 



tfo. ab. 



(but so, that there be rowme betwene you and 
it by two thousande cubites, a that ye come 
not nye it) y ye maye knowe what waye ye 
shulde go: for ye neuer wente that waye afore. 

"And Iosua sayde vnto the people: Halo we 
youre selues, for tomorow shal thy LORDE 
bringe wonderous thinges to passe amoge you. 
And vnto the prestes he sayde: Beare ye the 
Arke of y couenaut, and go before the people. 
Then *bare they the Arke, and wente before 
the people. And the LORDE sayde vnto 
Iosua : This daye wyl I begynne to make the 
greate in the sighte of all Israel, that they 
maie knowe, how that like as I was with 
Moses, so am I with the also. And com- 
maunde thou the prestes that beare the Arke, 
and saye : Whan ye come before in the water 
of Iordane, stonde styll. 

And Iosua sayde vnto the children of Israel: 
Come hither, g heare the worde of the LORDE 
youre God. He sayde morouer : By this shal 
ye perceaue, that the lyuynge God is amonge 
you, and that he shall dryue out before you 
y Cananites, Hethites, Heuites, Pheresites, 
Girgosites, Amorites and Iebusites. Beholde, 
the Arke of the couenaunt of him y hath 
domynion ouer all londes, shall go before you 
in Iordane. Take now therfore twolue men 
out of y trybes of Israel, out of euery trybe 
one. And whan the soles of the fete of the 
prestes that beare y Arke of the LORDE 
the gouernoure of all londes, are set in the 
water of Iordane, then shal y water of Iordane 
withdrawe it selfe from the water that floweth 
from aboue, that it maye stonde on a heape. 

Now whan the people departed out of their 
tentes, to go ouer Iordane, 5 the prestes bare 



the Arke of the couenaunt before the people, 
and came in to Iordane, cj dypte their fete 
before in the water (as for Iordane on all his 
banckes it was full of all maner waters t of 
the londe) then the water that came downe 
fro aboue, stode straight vp vpon one heape, 
very farre from the cite of Adorn, that lyeth 
on the syde of Zarthan : But the water that 
ranne downe to the see (euen to the salt see) 
fell awaye, and decreased. 

*So f people wente thorow ouer agaynst 
Iericho. And the prestes that bare the Arke 
of the LORDES couenaunt, stode drye in y 
myddes of Iordane, readye prepared: 5 all 



° Leui. 20. a. Nu. 11. <1. 1 Re. 16. a. 
t Some reade : of the haruest. * Psal. 65. 



* Nu. 7. b. 
| Deu. 27. a. 



Israel wete thorow drye shod, vntyll y whole 
people were all come ouer Iordane. 

Cfie Hi). Chapter. 

AND f LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: Take 
you twolue men, out of euery trybe one, 
& comaunde them, & saye : t Take vp twolue 
stones out of Iordane, from the place where 
the fete of the prestes stode in their araye : 
& cary them with you, y ye maie leaue them 
in f lodginge, where ye shal lodge this night. 
The Iosua called twolue me which were pre- 
pared of the children of Israel, out of euery 
trybe one, & sayde vnto the : Go youre waye 
ouer before the Arke of the LORDE youre 
God in the myddes of Iordane, a take euery 
man a stone vpon his shulder, after the nombre 
of the trybes of y children of Israel, y they 
maye be a token amonge you. And whan 
youre children axe their fathers here after, 
and saye : What do these stones there ? That 
ye maye then saye vnto them, how that the 
water of Iordane claue in sunder before the 
Arke of the LORDES couenaunt, whan it 
wente thorow Iordane, & that these stones are 
set for a perpetuall remembraunce vnto the 
children of Israel. 

Then dyd the children of Israel as Iosua 
commaunded them, and bare twolue stones 
out of the myddes of Iordane (as the LORDE 
had sayde vnto Iosua) § acordinge to the 
nombre of the trybes of the children of Israel, 
and broughte the same with them in to the 
lodginge, and lefte them there. And Iosua 
set vp twolue stones in y myddes of Iordane, 
where y fete of the prestes stode, that bare y 
Arke of the couenaunt : and there they be yet 
vnto this daye. As for y prestes that bare y 
Arke, they stode in the myddes of Iordane, 
vntyll all was perfourmed that the LORDE 
charged Iosua to saye vnto f people II acordinge 
as Moses gaue Iosua in commaundemet. The 
people also made haist, and wente ouer. Now 
whan all the people was gone ouer, the Arke 
of the LORDE wente ouer also, and the 
prestes wente before the people. 

T And the Rubenites, % Gaddites, and y 
halfe trybe of Manasse wente harnessed before 
the childre of Israel, like as Moses had sayde 
vnto the : Aboute a fortye thousande men 
ready harnessed to the warre, wente before 

§3 Re. 18. d. || Deu. 27. a. IT Num. 32. c. Iosu. 1. c. 



tfo* ttbu 



Cfte bote of Sosua, 



Cfcap* b. 



the LORDE to the battayll, vpon y felde of 
Iericho. * In that daye the LORDE made 
Iosua greate in the sighte of all Israel : and 
like as they feared Moses, so stode they in 
awe of him, all his life longe. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua : Com- 
maunde the prestes which beare the Arke of 
witnesse, that they come vp out of Iordane. 
So Iosua comaunded the prestes, (j sayde : 
Come vp out of Iordane. And whan the 
prestes y bare the Arke of the couenaiit of f 
LORDE were come out of Iordane, and trode 
with the soles of their fete vpon the drye londe, 
f water of Iordane came agayne in to his 
place, and flowed (like as afore tyme) vpon all 
his banckes. 

It was y tenth daye of the first moneth, 
whan the people came vp out of Iordane : g 
they pitched their tentes in Gilgall vpon y 
East syde of y cite of Iericho. And y twolue 
stones which they had taken out of Iordane, 
dyd Iosua set vp at Gilgall, 3. saide vnto th 
children of Israel : t Whan youre children axe 
their fathers herafter, 5. saie : What meane 
these stones ? Ye shall tell the, g saye : Israel 
wete drye thorow Iordane, what tyme as f 
LORDE youre God dryed vp y water of 
Iordane before you, vntyll ye were ouer : like 
as the LORDE youre God dyd in the reed 
see, t which he dryed vp before vs, y we 
mighte go thorow : that all the people vpon 
earth mighte knowe the hade of the LORDE, 
how mightie it is, to the intent that ye shulde 
allwaye feare the LORDE youre God. 

Wf)t b. Chapter. 

NOW whan all the kynges of y Amorites 
that dwelt beyonde Iordane westwarde, 
and all the kynges of y Cananites by the see 
syde herde, how y LORDE had dryed vp the 
water of Iordane before the children of Israel, 
tyll they were come ouer § their hert fayled 
them, nether was there eny more corage in 
them at the presence of the children of Israel. 
At the same tyme sayde y LORDE vnto 
Iosua : Make the knyues II of stone, and cir- 
cumcyse the children of Israel agayne the 
seconde tyme. Then Iosua made him knyues 
of stone, and circumcysed the childre of Israel 
vpon the toppe of the foreszkynnes. And the 
cause why Iosua circumcysed all the males of 



* Iosu. 3. c. 
Exod. 4. e. 



+ Exo. 12. d. 
f Nu. 1 



} Exo. 14. 
. d. 



§Iosu. 2.b. 
Exod. 12. a. 



the people y were come out of Egipte, is this 
for all the men of warre dyed in y wildernesse 
by the waye, after they were departed out of 
Egipte: for all the people that came forth, 
were circumcysed. 

But all the people that were borne in f 
wyldernesse by the waye (after they departed 
out of Egipte) were not circumcysed: for the 
children of Israel walked fortye yeares in the 
wyldernesse, vntyll all the people of the men 
of warre that came out of Egipte, were con- 
sumed, because they herkened not vnto the 
voyce of the LORDE, like as the LORDE 
sware vnto them, f that they shulde not se 
the londe, which the LORDE sware vnto 
their fathers to geue vnto vs, euen a londe 
that floweth with mylke j honye : their children 
which were come vp in their steade, dyd Iosua 
circumcyse : for they had the foreszkynne, and 
were not circumcysed by the waye. 

And whan all the people were circumcysed, 
they abode in their place, eue in y tetes, tyll 
they were whole. Andy LORDE saide vnto 
Iosua: To daie haue I turned y shame of 
Egipte awaye from you, 5 the same place was 
called Gilgall vnto this daye. And whyle the 
children of Israel laye thus at Gilgall, they 
kepte Easter ** the fourtenth daye of the 
moneth at eue in the felde of Iericho. And 
they ate of the come of the lode the seconde 
daye of the Easter : namely, vnleuended bred, 
& fyrmentye of y yeare, eue the same daye. 
And vpon the morow, the tt Manna fayled 
whan they ate of the corne of y londe, so that 
the children of Israel had nomore Manna, but 
ate of the corne of the londe of Canaan the 
same yeare. 

And it fortuned that wha Iosua was by 
Iericho, he lifte vp his eyes, (j was awarre, that 
there stode a ma agaynst him, and had a 
naked swerde in his hande. And Iosua wete 
to him, d sayde vnto him : Art thou one of vs, 
or of oure enemies ? He sayde : No, but I 
am tt the prynce of the LORDE S hoost, and 
now am I come. Then fell Iosua downe to 
the earth vpon his face, 5 worshipped him, 
and sayde vnto him : What sayeth my LORDE 
vnto his seruaunt ? And the prynce ouer the 
LORDES hoost sayde vnto him: §§Put thy 
shues of thy fete, for the place whervpo thou 
stondest, is holy. And Iosua dyd so. 

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Wtft bi. Chapter. 

AS for Iericho, it was shut (j kepte because 
of the childre of Israel, so that no man 
mighte go out ner in. But the LORDE sayde 
vnto Iosua: Beholde, I haue geuen Iericho 
with y kynge and men of warre therof, in to 
thy hande. Let all the men of warre go once 
rounde aboute y cite, and do so sixe dayes. 
But vpon the seuenth daye let the prestes 
take the seuen trompettes of the yeare of 
Iubilye before the Arke, and go the same 
seuenth daye seuen tymes aboute the cite, and 
let the prestes blowe the trompettes. And 
whan the home of the yeare of Iubilye bloweth 
and maketh a sounde, so that ye heare the 
trompettes, all the people shal make a greate 
shoute, then shal the walles of the cite fall 
downe, and y people shal fall in, euery one 
traight before him. 

Then Iosua the sonne of Nun called y 
prestes, and sayde vnto them : Beare ye the 
Arke of the couenaunt, and let seuen prestes 
take the seuen trompettes of the yeare of 
Iubilye before the Arke of the LORDE. 
But vnto the people he sayde: Get you 
hence, and go roude aboute the cite : and let 
him that is harnessed, go before the Arke of 
the LORDE. Whan Iosua had spoken this 
vnto the people, the seuen prestes bare the 
seuen trompettes of the yeare Iubilye before 
the Arke of the LORDE, and wente j blew 
the trompettes, and the Arke of theLORDES 
couenaut folowed after them : and who so was 
harnessed, wente before the prestes that blewe 
the trompettes, and the multitude folowed 
the Arke. And all was full of y noyse of 
the trompettes. But Iosua commaunded the 
people, and sayde : Ye shall make no shoute, 
ner let youre voyce be herde, nether shall ye 
geue one worde out of youre mouth, vntyll 
the daye y I saye vnto you : Make a shoute, 
then make a shoute. 

So the Arke of the LORDE wente once 
rounde aboute the cite, and came agayne in 
to f hooste, (j remayned therin : for Iosua 
vsed to ryse vp early in the mornynge. And 
the prestes bare the Arke of the LORDE : 
so dyd the seuen prestes beare the seuen trom- 
pettes of the yeare of Iubilye before y- Arke 
of the LORDE, and wente and blewe the 
trompettes : and who so was harnessed, wente 

* Iosu. 2. c. t Iosu. 7. a. J Heb. 11. e. 



before the, but y multitude folowed y Arke of 
the LORDE. And all was full of the noyse 
of the trompettes. 

The seconde daye wente they once aboute 
the cite also, and came agayne in to the hoost. 
Thus dyd they sixe dayes. But vpon the 
seueth daye whan the mornynge sprynge arose, 
they gat them vp early, and wente after the 
same maner seuen tymes aboute f cite, so 
that vpon the same one seuenth daye they 
wente seuen tymes aboute the cite. 

And at the seueth tyme whan the prestes 
blewe the trompettes, Iosua sayde vnto the 
people : Make a shoute, for f LORDE hath 
delyuered you the cite : Howbeit this cite, & 
all that is therin, shalbe damned vnto the 
LORDE: * onely the harlot Rahab shal 
lyue, & all that are with her in y house, for 
she hyd the messaungers, whom we sent forth. 
t Onely bewarre of it that is damned, lest ye 
damne youre selues (yf ye take ought of it 
which is damned) and make the hoost of 
Israel to be damned, and brynge it in to mys- 
fortune. But all the syluer and golde, with 
the ornametes of brasse 5 yron, shalbe sanc- 
tified vnto the LORDE, that itmaye come to 
the LORDE S treasure. 

Then made the people a greate shoute, and 
the prestes blewe the trompettes (for whan 
the people herde the noyse of the trompettes, 
they made a greate shoute) t and the walles 
fell, and the people clymmed vp in to the cite, 
euery one straight before him. Thus they wanne 
y cite, and § destroyed all that was in the cite 
with the edge of the swerde, both man and 
woman, yonge and olde, oxe, shepe, and Asse. 

But Iosua sayde vnto y two men which 
had spyed out the londe : Go in to the house 
of the harlot, and bringe out the woman fro 
thence with all that she hath, acordynge as ye 
haue sworne vnto her. Then y yonge men 
(thespyes) wente in, and brought forth Rahab 
with hir father and mother, j brethren, and 
all that she had, and all hir kynred, and 
caused her to dwell without the hoost of 
Israel. As for the cite, they brent it with 
fyre, (j all that was therin : onely the syluer 
and golde, and the ornamentes of brasse and 
yro put they vnto the treasure in the house 
of y LORDE : but Iosua let II the harlot 
Rahab lyue, with hir fathers house, and all 
that she had : & she dwelt in Israel vnto this 



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daie, because she had hyd the messaungers 
who Iosua sent vnto Iericho to spye. 

At the same tyme sware Iosua, and sayde : 
* Cursed be that man before the LORDE, 
which setteth vp this cite of Iericho j buyldeth 
it : Whan he laieth f foundacio therof, let it 
cost him his first sonne : And wha he setteth 
vp the gates of it, let it cost him his yogest 
sonne. Thus the LORDE was with Iosua, 
so that he was spoken of in all londes. 

€i)e bij. Chapter. 

BUT the children of Israel had comytted 
a sinne in the a thinge y was damned 
for Achan the sonne of Charmi the sonne of 
Sabdi the sonne of Serah, of y trybe of Iuda, 
toke some of it y was daned. Then was the 
wrath of the LORDE fearce ouer the children 
of Israel. 

Now whan Iosua sent out men from Iericho 
vnto Hai, which lyeth besyde Bethaue on f 
east syde of Bethel, he sayde vnto the : Go 
vp, and spye the londe. And whan they had 
gone vp, and spyed out Hai, they came agayne 
to Iosua, and sayde vnto him : Let not all the 
people go vp, but vpon a two or thre thou- 
sande, that they maye go vp and smyte Hai, 
lest all the people weerye them selues there, 
for they are but fewe. 

So there wente vp, of the people vpon a 
thre thousande men, and they fled before the 
men of Hai, and they of Hai smote vpon a 
syxe and thyrtie men of them, and chaced 
them from the porte vnto Sebarim, and smote 
them downe the waye. Then was the hert 
of the people discoraged, t and became like 
water. As for Iosua he rente his clothes, and 
fell vpon his face vnto the earth before the 
Arke of the LORDE, vntill the eueninge, 

~th the Elders of Israel, and cast dust vpon 
their heftQes 

And Iosua sayde : Oh LORDE LORDE, 

herfore hast thou broughte this people ouer 
Iordane, to delyuer vs in to the handes of the 
Amorites to destroye vs? O that we had 
taried beionde Iordane, as we begane. Oh 
my LORDE, what shal I saye, whyle Israel 
turneth his backe vpon his enemies? Wha 
the Cananites heare of this, they shal com- 
passe vs rounde aboute, yee and rote out oure 
names from of the earth. What wylt thou do 
then vnto thy greate name ? 



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Then sayde the LORDE vnto Iosua 
Stode vp, why lyest thou so vpon thy face '. 
Israel hath offended, and trasgressed ouer my 
couenaunt, which I commaunded the. They 
haue taken also of the thinge that was damned, 
and haue stollen, and dyssembled, and layed 
it amonge their ornamentes. The children 
of Israel are not able to stonde before their 
aduersaries, but must turne their backes vpon 
their enemies : for they are acursed. I wyll 
no more be with you from hece forth yf ye 
put not out the damned from amonge you. 

Stonde vp, and sanctifie the people, and 
saye: * Sanctifie youre selues agaynst tomorow 
for thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel : 
t There is a damned thinge in the O Israel, 
therfore canst thou not stonde before thine 
enemies, tyll ye put awaye the damned from 
amonge you. And ye shall ryse vp early, one 
trybe after another : and loke which trybe so 
euer the LORDE taketh, the same shall come 
forth, one kynred after another: and loke 
which kynred the LORDE taketh, the same 
shall come forth, one house after another. 
And loke what house the LORDE taketh, 
the same shal come forth, one housholder 
after another. And who so euer is founde in 
y curse, the same shalbe burnt in the fyre 
with all that he hath : because he hath gone 
beyonde the couenaunt of the LORDE, and 
committed folye in Israel. 

Then Iosua gat him vp by tymes in the 
mornynge, and brought forth Israel, one trybe 
after another, and y trybe of Iuda was taken. 
And whan he had brought forth the kynreds 
in Iuda, f kinred of the Serahites was taken. 
And whan he had brought forth the kynred 
of the Serahites, one housholde after another 
Sabdi was taken. And wha. he had brought 
forth his house, one housholder after another, 
Achan the sonne of Charmi y sonne of Sabdi 
the sonne of Serah of the trybe of Iuda, was 
taken. 

And Iosua sayde vnto Achan : My sonne, 
geue the glory vnto the LORDE the God of 
Israel, and geue him the prayse, and tell me, 
what thou hast done, and hide nothinge fro me. 

Then answered Achan vnto Iosua, and 
sayde : Verely I haue synned agaynst y 
LORDE God of Israel, thus j thus haue I 
done : I sawe amoge f spoiles a costly Babi- 
lonish garment, and two hudreth Sycles of 

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syluer and a tunge of golde, worth fiftye 
Sycles in weight, vnto the which I had a lust, 
and toke it: and beholde, it is hyd in the 
grounde in my tente, and the syluer vnder it. 

Then Iosua sent messaungers thither, which 
ranne to the tente, and beholde, it was hyd 
in his tente, and the siluer vnder it. And 
they toke it out of the tente, and broughte it 
vnto Iosua, and to all the children of Israel 
and poured it before the LORDE. Then 
Iosua and all Israel with him, toke Achan the 
sonne of Serah with the siluer, the garment 
and golde tunge, his sonnes and doughters, his 
oxen and asses, and shepe, and all that he had 
broughte they in to y valley of Achor. 

And Iosua sayde : For so moch as thou 
hast troubled vs, the LORDE trouble the 
this daye. And all Israel stoned him, and 
burned him with fyre with all that he had. 
And whan they had stoned him, they made 
ouer him a greate heape of stones, which 
remayneth vnto this daye. (So the LORDE 
turned from the rigorousnes of his wrath.) 
Therfore is the same place called f valley of 
Achor vnto this daye. 

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AND y LORDE saide vnto Iosua: Feare 
not, and be not afrayed. "Take all the 
men of warre with the, and ryse, and get the 
vp vnto Hai. Beholde, I haue geuen in to 
thy hande, the kynge of Hai with his people 
in his cite j countre. And thou shalt do with 
Hai and the kynge of it, *as thou dyddest 
with Iericho and the kynge therof, sauynge 
that ye shal deale amoge you their spoyle j 
catell : but set thou a t preuy watch behynde 
the cite. 

Then Iosua arose, and all y men of warre, 
to go vp vnto Hai: and Iosua chose thirtie 
thousande fightinge men, and sent them out 
by night, and commaunded them, and sayde : 
Take hede, ye shal be y preuye watch behynde 
the cite, but go not to farre from the cite, and 
se that ye be redye alltogether. As for me 
and all the people that is with me, we wyll 
make vs to the cite. And whan they come 
forth agaynst vs (tas afore) we wyll flye before 
them, that they maye folowe out after vs, tyll 
we haue prouoked them forth of the cite : for 
they shal thinke that we flye before them, like 
as at f first. And whyle we flye before them, 



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ye shal get you vp out of the preuy watch, and 
wynne the cite. For f LORDE youre God 
shal delyuer it in to youre handes. But whan 
ye haue wonne the cite, set fyre vpon it, doinge 
^acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE. 
Beholde, I haue commaunded you. 

So Iosua sent them awaye, & they wente 
vnto the place of the preuy watch, and laye 
betwixte Bethel and Hai, on the west syde of 
Hai. But Iosua abode that night amoge the 
people. And in the mornynge he arose early, 
and set the people in order, and wente vp 
with the Elders of Israel before the people 
towarde Hai : and all the men of warre that 
were with him, wente vp, (j gat them forth, 
and came ouer agaynst the cite, and pitched 
their tentes on the north syde of Hai, so y 
there was but a valley betwene him and Hai. 

He had taken aboute a fyue thousande men, 
and set them in the hynder watch betwene 
Bethel and Hai, on the west syde of the cite, 
and they ordred the people of the whole hoost 
that was on the north syde of the cite, so that 
the vttemost of the people reached vnto the 
west ende of the cite. So Iosua wente the 
same nighte in to the myddes of the valley. 

But whan the kynge of Hai sawe that, he 
made haist, and gat him vp early, and the 
men out of the cite, to mete Israel to y bat- 
tayll, with all his people, euen righte before 
the felde : for he wyst not that there was a 
preuy watch behynde him on the backe syde 
of the cite. But Iosua and all Israel were 
feble before them, and fled by the waye to y 
wyldernesse. Then cried all the people in 
the cite, that they shulde folowe vpon them, 
and they folowed after Iosua and ruszshed out 
of the cite, so that there remayned not one 
man in Hai and Bethel, which wente not out 
to folowe vpon Israel, and they lefte the cite 
stondinge open, that they mighte persecute 
Israel. 

The sayde y LORDE vnto Iosua : Reach 
out the speare that thou hast in thine hande, 
towarde Hai : for I wyll delyuer it in to thy 
hande. And whan Iosua reached out the 
speare that was in his hande, towarde y cite, 
y hinder watch brake vp out of their place, 
and ranne (whan he had stretched out his 
hande) and came in to the cite, and wanne 
it, and made haist, g set fyre vpon it. And 
the men of Hai turned them, and loked 



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behynde them, and the smoke of the cite wente 
vp towarde heauen, and they had no place to 
flie vnto, nether hither ner thither : and the 
people that fled towarde the wyldernes turned 
aboute, to folowe vpon them. 

And whan Iosua and all Israel sawe, y the 
hynder watch had wonne the cite (for y 
smoke of the cite ascended) they turned 
againe, and smote the men of Hai. And 
they in the cite came forth also agaynst them, 
so y they came in the myddes amonge Israel 
on both the sydes, and they slewe them, so 
that there was not one man of them left ouer 
or escaped : and they toke the kynge of Hai 
alyue, and broughte him vnto Iosua. And wha 
Israel had slayne all the inhabiters of Hai, 
which had folowed vpon them in the felde 
and in the wildernesse : and whan they were 
all fallen thorow the edge of the swerde, tyll 
they were destroied, the turned all Israel vnto 
Hai, and smote it with the edge of y swerde. 
And of all them which fell that daye fro man 
vnto woma, there were twolue thousande, all 
men of Hai. 

But Iosua withdrue not his hande (wher- 
with he reached out the speare) tyll all the 
inhabiters of Hai were vtterly destroyed, 
* sauynge the catell and the spoyle of y cite, 
dyd Israel parte amonge them selues, acord- 
inge vnto the worde of the LORDE, which 
he comaunded Iosua. And Iosua burned vp 
Hai and made an heape therof for euer, which 
is there yet vnto this daye. And the kynge 
of Hai caused he to be hanged on a tre vntyll 
the euen. 

° But wha the Sonne was gone downe, he 
commaunded to take his body from the tre, 
and to cast it vnder the gate of the cite, and 
made vpon him a greate heape of stones, 
which is there yet vnto this daye. 

* Then buylded Iosua an altare vnto the 
LORDE God of Israel vpon mount Ebal 
acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of y LORDE 
commaunded the children of Israel, as it is 
wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses euen 
an altare of whole stone, whervpon there was 
no yron lifted : and he offred burntofferinges 
and healthofferinges, and there vpon the stones 
he wrote the seconde lawe of Moses, which 
he wrote before the childre of Israel. 

And all Israel with their Elders and officers 
and iudges, stode on both the sydes of the 

Num. 31. d. Deut. 20. c. Iosu. 8. a. and 22. b. ' Deut. 



Arke, right ouer agaynst the prestes y bare 
the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE, 
the straunger as well as one of them selues. 
the one halfe besyde mount Grysim, and the 
other halfe beside mount Ebal, t as Moses the 
seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded afore 
to blesse the people of Israel. Afterwarde 
caused he to proclame all the wordes of the 
lawe of the blessynge and cursynge, as it is 
wrytten in the boke of the lawe. There was 
not one worde that Moses commaunded, but 
Iosua caused it to be proclamed before all the 
congregacion of Israel, and before the weme, 
and children, and straugers which walked 
amonge them. 

Che tr. Chapter. 

NOW whan all the kynges that were be- 
yonde Iordane vpon the mountaynes, 
and in the lowe countrees, & in all the hauens 
of the greate see, and besyde mount Libanus, 
herde this (namely, y Hethites, Amorites, 
Cananites, Pheresites, Heuites, and Iebusytes) 
they gathered the selues together with one 
acorde, to fighte agaynst Iosua, and agaynst 
Israel. 

But whan the inhabiters of Gibeon herde, 
what Iosua had done with Iericho and Hai, 
they dealte craftely, wete on their waie, and 
made a message, and toke olde sackes vpon 
their asses, and olde rente wyne hotels, and 
olde mended shues vpon their fete, and put 
on olde and peced garmentes, and all y bred 
of their vytayles was harde and moulde, and 
they wente vnto Iosua in to y hoost at Gilgall 
and sayde vnto him, and to euery man in 
Israel : We are come out of a farre countre 
therfore make now a couenaunt with vs. Then 
sayde euery man in Israel vnto y Heuyte : 
Peraduenture thou dwellest amonge vs, how 
can I then make a couenaunt with the ? 

They saide vnto Iosua: We are thy ser- 
uautes. Iosua sayde vnto them: What are 
ye, (t whence come ye ? They sayde : Thy 
seruauntes are come out of a very farre 
countre, because of the name of the LORDE 
thy God : for we haue herde the reporte of 
him, and all that he dyd in Egipte, and all 
that he dyd vnto the two kynges of the 
Amorites beyode Iordane, Sihon the kynge at 
Heszbo, and Og the kynge of Basan, which 
dwelt at Astaroth. Therfore sayde oure 



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Elders and all the inhabiters of oure countre : 
Take fode with you for youre iourney, and 
go mete them, and saye vnto them : We are 
youre seruautes, therfore make now a bonde 
with vs : This oure bred that we toke out of 
oure houses for oure foode, was new whan we 
toke oure iourney towarde you : but now lo, it 
is harde g moulde. And these bottels fylled 
we new, and lo, they are rete. And these 
oure clothes and shues are waxed olde, by y 
reason of the sore longe iourney. 

Then the captaynes toke their vytayles, and 
axed not the mouth of the LORDE. *And 
Iosua made peace with them, and set vp a 
couenaunt with them, that they shulde be 
saued alyue, and the rulers of the congregacion 
sware vnto them. But thre dayes after that 
they had made a couenaunt with them, they 
herde, that they were their neghbours, and 
dwelte amonge them : For as the children of 
Israel wente forth on their iourney, they came 
on the thirde daye vnto their cities, which are 
called Gibeon, Caphira, Beeroth, and Cirath 
Iearim, and smote the not, because that the 
rulers of the congregacion had sworne vnto 
them by the name of the LORDE the God 
of Israel. 

But whan all the congregacion murmured 
agaynst the rulers, all the rulers sayde vnto 
the whole congregacion : We haue sworne 
vnto them by the LORDE the God of Israel, 
therfore maye we not touch them. But this 
wil we do vnto them: Let them lyue, that 
there come no wrath vpon vs, because of the 
ooth that we haue made vnto them. 

And the rulers sayde vnto them : Let them 
lyue, that they maye be + hewers of wodd and 
bearers of water for the whole congregacion, 
as the rulers haue sayde vnto them. Then 
Iosua called them, and commened with them, 
and sayde : Wherfore haue ye disceaued vs, 
and sayde, that ye were farre from vs, where 
as ye dwell amonge vs ? Therfore shall ye be 
cursed, so that of you there shall not ceasse 
seruauntes to hew wodd and to beare water 
for the house of my God. 

They answered Iosua, (j sayde : It was tolde 
thy seruauntes, that the LORDE thy God 
commaunded Moses his seruaunt, that he 
shulde geue you the whole lode, and that he 
wolde destroye all the inhabiters of the londe 
before you: therfore were we sore afrayed of 



oure lyues before you, and thus haue we done. 
But now lo, we are in thy handes: loke what 
thou thinkest good and righte to do vnto vs, 
that do. 

And he dyd euen so vnto them, and dely- 
uered them from the children of Israels hade, 
that they shulde not slaye them. So vpo the 
same daye Iosua made them hewers of wodd 
and water bearers for the congregacion, and 
for the altare of the LORDE vnto this daye, 
in the place that he shall chose. 

Cftc v. Chapter. 

WHAN Adonisedech the kynge of Ieru- 
salem herde, that Iosua had wonne 
Hai, and damned it, and done vnto Hai and 
f kynge of it, like as he dyd vnto Iericho and 
to the kynge therof, t and that they of Gibeon 
had made peace with Israel, and were come 
vnder them, they were sore afrayed. For 
Gibeon was a greate cite, like as one of the 
kynges cities, and greater then Hai, and all 
the citesyns therof were men of armes. Ther- 
fore sent he vnto Hoham the kynge of Hebron, 
and to Pirea the kynge of Iarmuth, and to 
Iaphia the kynge of Lachis, and to Debir the 
kynge of Eglon, and caused to saie vnto them : 
Come vp vnto me, and helpe me, that we 
maie smyte Gibeon, for they haue made peace 
with Iosua and the children of Israel. Then 
came the fyue kynges of the Amorites to- 
gether, and wente vp, the kynge of Ierusalem, 
the kynge of Hebron, y kynge of Iarmuth, 
the kynge of Lachis, the kynge of Eglon, 
with all their armies, d layed sege vnto Gibeon, 
and foughte agaynst it. 

Howbeit they of Gibeon sent vnto Iosua to 
Gilgall, and caused to saye vnto him : With- 
drawe not thine hande from thy seruauntes, 
come vp soone vnto vs : delyuer and helpe vs, 
for all the kynges of the Amorites that dwell 
vpon the mountaynes, are gathered together 
agaynst vs. Iosua wente vp from Gilgall, 
and all the warryers and all the men armes 
with him. And the LORDE sayde vnto 
Iosua: §Feare them not, for I haue geue 
them in to thy hande. There shall not one 
of them be able to stonde before the. So 
Iosua came sodenly vpon them, for all that 
night wente he vp from Gilgall. II And the 
LORDE discomfyted the before Israel, and 
smote them with a greate slaughter at Gibeon : 

t Iosu. 9. c. § Iosu. 8. a. || Esa. 28. d. 



4fo* imu 



Cfrefiofee of Sfosua* 



Cfcap* jc 



I they chaced them the waie downe to Beth 
Horon, and smote them vnto Aseka and 
Makeda. 

And whan they fled before Israel, the waye 
downe to Bethoron, the LORDE caused a 
greate hayle from heauen to fall vpon them, 
vnto Aseka, so that they dyed: (j many mo of 
them dyed of the hayle, then the children of 
Israel slewe with the swerde. 

Then spake Iosua vnto the LORDE (the 
same daye that the LORDE gaue ouer the 
Amorites before the children of Israel) and 
sayde in the presence of Israel : * Sonne, holde 
styll at Gibeon, and thou Moone in the valley 
of Aialon. 

Then the Sonne helde styll, and f Moone 
stode, vntyll the people had auenged the 
selues on their enemies. Is not this wrytten 
in the boke of the righteous? Thus the Sonne 
stode styll in the myddes of heauen, and 
dyfferred to go downe for the space of a whole 
daye after. And there was no daye like 
vnto this (nether before ner after) whan the 
LORDE herkened vnto the voyce of one 
man : for the LORDE fought for Israel. And 
Iosua wente agayne to Gilgall in to the tetes, 
and all Israel with him. As for the fyue 
kynges, they were fled, and had hyd the selues 
in the caue at Makeda. 

Then was it tolde Iosua : We haue foude 
the fyue kynges hyd in the caue at Makeda. 
Iosua sayde : Rolle greate stones then before 
the hole of the caue, and set men there to 
kepe them. 

As for you, stonde not ye styll, but folowe 
after youre enemies, and smyte them behynde, 
and let them not come in their cities, for the 
LORDE youre God hath delyuered the in to 
youre hande. And whan Iosua and f children 
of Israel had ended the sore greate slaughter 
vpo them, so y they were brought to naught, 
the remnaunt of them came in to the stronge 
cities. 

So all the people came agayne to the hoost 
vnto Iosua to Makeda in peace, and no man 
durst moue his tunge agaynst the children of 
Israel. Iosua sayde : Open the mouth of the 
caue, and brynge the fyue kynges forth vnto 
me. They dyd so, and broughte the kynges 
vnto him out of the caue : the kinge of Ieru- 
salem, the kynge of Hebro, the kynge of Iar- 
muth, the kynge of Lachis, the kinge of Eglon. 



Whan these fyue kynges were broughte 
forth vnto him, Iosua called euery man of 
Israel, and sayde vnto the rulers of the men 
of warre that wente with him: Come forth 
and treade vpon the neckes of these kynges 
with youre fete. And they came forth, and 
trode vpon their neckes with their fete. And 
Iosua saide vnto them: Be not afrayed, and 
feare not : be stronge and bolde, for thus shal 
the LORDE do vnto all youre enemies, 
agaynst whom ye fighte. 

And Iosua smote them afterwarde, and put 
them to death, and hanged them vpon fyue 
trees. And they hanged styll vpon the trees 
vntyll the euenynge. t But whan the Sonne 
was gone downe, he commaunded to take 
them of from the trees : and they cast them 
in the caue, wherin they had hyd them selues, 
j before the hole of the caue they layed greate 
stones, which are there yet vnto this daye. 
The same daye wanne Iosua Makeda also, 
and smote it with the edge of the swerde, and 
the kynge therof, and t damned it, and all the 
soules that were therin, and let none remayne 
escaped : and dyd vnto the kynge of Makeda 
§ as he dyd vnto the kynge of Iericho. 

Then Iosua and all Israel with him de- 
parted fro Makeda vnto Lybna, (j foughte 
agaynst it. (And the LORDE gaue it with 
y kynge therof in to the hande of Israel) and 
smote it and all the soules that were therin, 
with the edge of the swerde, and let not 
one remayne in it: and dyd vnto the kinge 
therof as he had done vnto the kynge of 
Iericho. 

Afterwarde wente Iosua and all Israel with 
him from Lybna vnto Lachis, and layed sege 
vnto it, and fought agaynst it. And the 
LORDE delyuered Lachis also in to the 
hande of Israel, so that they wanne it vpon 
the seconde daye, and smote it with y edge 
of the swerde, and all the soules that were 
therin, acordinge to all as he had done vnto 
Lybna. At the same tyme Horam y kynge 
of Gazer wente vp, to helpe Lachis. But 
Iosua smote him with all his people, tyll there 
remayned not one. 

And Iosua wente with all Israel from Lachis, 
vnto Eglon, and layed sege vnto it, and fought 
agaynst it, and wanne it the same daye, and 
smote it with the edge of the swerde, and 
damned all the soules that were therin the 

t Deut. 20. c. §Iosu. 6. e. 



Cfeap. vu 



€t)t toke of 3osua, 



So* wii). 



same daye, acordynge vnto all as he had done 
vnto Lachis. 

After that wente Iosua with all Israel from 
Eglon vnto Hebron, and foughte agaynst it, 
and wanne it, and smote it with y edge of the 
swerde, and the kynge of it, and all the cities 
therof, and all the soules that were therin, 
and let not one remayne, acordynge vnto all 
as he had done vnto Eglon : and damned it, 
and all the soules that were therin. 

Then turned Iosua agayne with all Israel 
towarde Debir, and fought agaynst it, and 
wanne it, with the kinge of it, and all y cities 
therof, and smote them with the edge of the 
swerde, and damned all f soules that were 
therin, and let not one remayne ouer. Euen 
as he had done vnto Hebro and Lybna with 
their kynges, so dyd he also vnto Debir, and 
the kynge therof. 

Thus Iosua smote all the londe vpon the 
mountaynes, and towarde the south, and in 
the lowe countrees, and by the ryuers, with 
all their kynges, and let not one remaine ouer 
and damned all that had breth, *as the 
LORDE God of Israel had commaunded. 
And Iosua smote them from Cades Bernea 
vnto Gaza, and all the londe of Gosen vnto 
Gibeon, and toke all these kynges with their 
lode at one tyme : for the LORDE God of 
Israel foughte for Israel. And Iosua wente 
agayne with all Israel to the tentes vnto Gilgal. 

Cfie rt. Chapter 

WHAN Iabin the kynge of Asor herde 
this, he sent vnto Iabob the kynge of 
Madon and to the kynge of Samron, and to 
the kynge of Achsaph, and to the kynges that 
dwelt towarde the north vpon the mountaynes, 
and in the playne on the southsyde of Cineroth, 
and in the lowe countrees, and in the lord- 
shippes of Dor by the see syde : and to the 
Cananites towarde f east and west, to y 
Amorites, Hethites, Pheresites, and Iebusites, 
vpon the mountaynes and to the Heuites, 
vnder mount Hermon in the londe of Mispa. 
These wete out with all their armies, a greate 
people, as many as y sonde of the see, and 
exceadinge many horses and charettes. All 
these kinges gathered the selues, and came, 
and pitched together by y water of Meram, 
to fighte with Israel. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua : Feare 



Deut. 20. 



t Iosu. 10. b. t Deut. 20. c. 



them not, for tomorow aboute this tyme wil I 
delyuer them all slayne, before the children 
of Israel: thou shalt lame their horses, and 
burne their charettes with fire. tAnd Iosua 
came sodenly vpon them, and all the men of 
warre with him by the water of Merom, g 
fell vpon them. And the LORDE delyuered 
them in to y handes of Israel, and they smote 
them, and chaced them vnto greate Sido and 
to the warme water, and to the playne of 
Mispa towarde y east : and smote them, vntyll 
there remayned not one. 

Then dealte Iosua with them as y LORDE 
had saide vnto him, g lamed their horses, g 
brent their charettes. And he turned backe 
at the same tyme, g wanne Hasor, g smote y 
kynge of it with the swerde (for Hasor was 
afore tyme y head cite of all these kyngdomes) 
and smote all the soules that were therin with 
the edge of the swerde, and damned it, g let 
nothinge remayne that had breth, g damned 
Hasor with fyre. All the cities of these kyng- 
domes wane Iosua also, and smote the with 
the edge of the swerde, and damned them, 
$ acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of the 
LORDE commaunded. 

Howbeit the cities that stode vpon the 
hilles, dyd not the children of Israel burne 
with fyre : but Hasor onely dyd Iosua burne. 
§ And all the spoyles of these cities and the 
catell, dyd the children of Israel deale amonge 
them, but smote all the men with the edge of 
the swerde, tyll they had destroyed them, and 
let nothinge remayne that had breth. As the 
LORDE commaunded his seruaunt Moses, 
and as Moses commaunded Iosua, euen so 
dyd Iosua, so that there was nothinge vndone 
of all that the LORDE comaunded Moses. 

So Iosua toke all this lode vpon y mou- 
taynes, g all y lyeth towarde the south, g all 
the londe of Gosen, and the lowe countre, g 
the playne felde, and the mountayne of Israel 
with the valley therof, from the mountayne 
that parteth the londe vp towarde Seir, vnto 
Baalgad, in the playne of moiit Libanus beneth 
mount Hermon. All their kynges toke he, 
and smote them, and put the to death. 
II Howbeit he warred a longe season with 
these kynges. 

Yet was there not one cite, that yelded it 
selfe peaceably vnto the children of Israel 
1 (excepte the Heuites, which dwelt at Gibeon) 

§ Num. 31. d. || Exo. 23. d. % Iosu. 9. a. 



tfQ. Mjrittj, 



€f)t bokt of Sosua* 



CJjap* xij. 



but they wanne them all with battayll. And 
this was done so of the LORDE that their 
hert was so hardened, to come against the 
children of Israel with battayll, y they mighte 
be daned, u no fauoure to be shewed vnto 
them, but to be destroyed, *as the LORDE 
commaunded Moses. 

At the same tyme came Iosua, and roted 
out the Enakims from y mountayne, from 
Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from euery 
mountayne of Iuda, and from euery mountayne 
of Israel, and damned the with their cities, 
and let none of the Enakims remayne in the 
londe of the children of Israel, saue at Gasa, 
tat Gath, at Asdod, there remayned of them. 

Thus Iosua conquered all the londe acord- 
inge vnto all as the LORDE sayde vnto 
Moses, j gaue it vnto Israel to enheritaunce, t 
vnto euery trybe his porcion, and f londe 
rested from warre. 

Cftc rij. Chapter. 

THESE are y kynges of the londe, wh5 
the childre of Israel smote, u conquered 
their lode, beyonde Iordane, eastwarde, fro 
the water of Arnon, vnto mount Hermon, and 
vnto all y playne felde towarde the east: 
§Sihon the kynge of the Amorites, which 
dwelt at Heszbon, and had dominion from 
Aroer that lieth by the water syde of Arnon, 
and vnto the myddes of y water : and ouer 
halfe Gilead, vnto the water of Iabok, which 
is the border of the childre of Ammon : and 
ouer the playne felde, vnto the see of Cynneroth 
eastwarde, and vnto the see of the playne felde, 
namely the Salt see towarde the east, the 
waye vnto Beth Iesimoth : and from the south 
beneth by the ryuers of mount Pisga. 

And the border of Og the kynge of Basan, 
which remayned yet of Raphaim, " and dwelt at 
Astaroth and Edrei, and had the dominion 
ouer mout Hermon, ouer Salcha, and ouer all 
Basan vnto the border of Gessuri (j Maachati, 
(t of halfe Gilead, which was the border of 
Sihon the kynge at Hesbon. Moses the 
seruaunt of the LORDE and the childre of 
Israel smote them. II And Moses the seruaunt 
of y LORDE gaue it vnto the Rubenites, 
Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse 
in possession. 

These are the kynges of the lode, whom 



* Deu. 20. c. 1 

$Nu.21.d. Deut. 2. f. 



t Nu. 26. 
Deut. 3. 



Iosua (j the children of Israel smote on this 
syde Iordane westwarde, fro Baalgad vpo the 
playne of mount Libanus, vnto f mout that 
parteth the londe vp towarde Seir, & that 
Iosua gaue vnto the trybes of Israel in pos- 
session, vnto euery one his parte, what so euer 
was in y moutaynes, valleyes, playne feldes, 
by the ryuers, in f wyldernesses & towarde the 
south, the Hethites, Amorites, Cananites, 
Pheresites, Heuites, and Iebusites. 

The kynge of Iericho, *the kynge of Hai, 
which lyeth besyde Bethel, Tthe kynge of 
Ierusalem, the kynge of Hebron, the kynge of 
Iarmoth, the kynge of Lachis, the kynge of 
Eglon, the kynge of Geser, the kynge of Debir, 
the kynge of Geder, the kynge of Horma, the 
kynge of Arad, f kynge of Libna, the kynge 
of Adulla, the kynge of Makeda, the kynge of 
Bethel, the kynge of Tapnah, the kynge of 
Hepher, the kynge of Aphek, the kynge of 
Lasaron, the kynge of Madan, the kynge of 
Hasor, the kynge of Simron Meron, the kynge 
of Achsaph, the kynge of Tahenah, the kynge 
of Megido, the kynge of Cades, the kynge of 
Iakneam by Carmel, the kynge in the lord- 
shippes of Dor, the kynge of the Heithen at 
Gilgall, the kynge of Thirza. These are one 
and thirtie kynges. 

Cfie ritj. Chapter. 

NOW whan Iosua was olde and wel stricken 
in age, the LORDE sayde vnto him : 
Thou art olde (j well aged, and there remayneth 
yet moch of the londe to conquere, namely all 
Galile of the Philistynes, and all Gessuri, from 
Sihor which floweth before Egipte, vnto the 
border of Ekron, northwarde, which is rekened 
vnto the Cananites : fyue lordes of the Phi- 
listynes, namely, the Gasites, the Aszdodites, 
the Ascalonites, the Gethites, the Ekronites g 
the Hauites. But from the north it is all y 
londe of the Cananites, and Maara of the 
Sidonians vnto Aphek, euen vnto the border 
of the Amorites. Morouer the londe of the 
Giblites eastwarde, from Baalgad vnder mount 
Hermon, tyll a ma come vnto Hamath. All 
they that dwell vpon the mount, from Libanus 
vnto the warme waters, and all the Sidonians. 
I wyl dryue them out before the children of 
Israel : Onely let them be dealte out amonge 
Israel, as I haue commaunded the. 



Nu. 32. d. and 34. c. 
6. a. and i 



Deut. 3. b. Iosu. 13. b. 
. a. 1f Iosu. 10. a. 



Cftap* jrtttj* 



Cfje tjofee of Stositia* 



So. ccjrfj* 



Deuyde thou this lode now to enheritaiice 
amonge the nyne trybes and y halfe trybe of 
Manasse. *For the Rubenites 5 Gaddites 
with y halfe trybe of Manasse, haue receaued 
their enheritaiice, which Moses gaue the be- 
yonde Iordane Eastwarde, * acordinge as Moses 
the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue them the 
same, from Aroer which lieth vp by the water 
syde of Arnon, and the cite in the myddes of 
the water, & all the coastes of Medba vnto 
Dibon, and all the cities of Sihon the kynge 
of the Amorites, which, dwelt at Heszbon, 
tvnto the border of the children of Ammon : 
and Gilead and y border of Gessuri and 
Maachati, and all mout Hermon, and all Basan 
vnto Salcha : all y kyngdome of Og at Basan, 
which dwelt at Astaroth and Edrei, that re- 
mained yet ouer of Raphaim. But Moses 
smote them and droue them out. 

The children of Israel droue not out the 
Gessurites 5 Maachathites, but both Gessur 
and Maachat dwelt amonge the childre of 
Israel vnto this daye. § But vnto y trybe of 
the Leuites he gaue no enheritaunce : for the 
offeringe of the LORDE God of Israel is their 
enheritaunce, acordinge as he hath promysed 
them. 

So Moses gaue vnto the trybe of y children 
of a Ruben after their kynreds, so that their 
border was Aroer, which lyeth vpon the water 
syde of Arnon, and the cite in the myddes of 
the same water, with all the playne felde vnto 
Medba: Heszbon, and all the cities therof 
which lye in the playne felde : Dibon, Bamoth 
Baal, 5 Beth Baal Meon, Iahza, Kedemoth, 
Mephaath, Kiriathaim, Sibama, Zeretha Sahar, 
ypon mount Emek, Beth Peor : the ryuers by 
Pisga, and Beth Iesimoth, and all the cities 
vpon the playne, and all the realme of Sihon 
kynge of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heszbon, 
II whom Moses smote with the prynces of 
Madian, Eui, Rekem, Zur, Hur, 5 Reba, the 
mightie men of kynge Sihon, which were 
inhabiters of the londe. And Balaam the 
sonne of Beor the prophecier, dyd the children 
of Israel kyll with the swerde amonge the 
other that were slayne : and the border of f 
childre of Ruben was Iordane. This is the 
enheritaunce of the children of Ruben amonge 
their kynreds, cities and vyllages. 



*Iosu. 12. b. t Nu.32. d. J Iosu. 12. a. § Nu. 18. d. 
Iosu. 14. a. " Nu. 33. f. || Nu. 21. d. and 31. a. 
' Iosu. 17. a. 1 Par. 6. d. % Iosu. 13. b. and 18. a. 



Vnto the trybe of the children of Gad 
amonge their kynreds gaue Moses, so that 
their border was, Iahesar and all the cities in 
Gilead, and the halfe londe of the children 
of Ammon, vnto Aroer, which lyeth before 
Rabbath: and from Heszbon vnto Ramath 
Mispe (i Betomim : and fro Mahanaim vnto 
the border of Debir. But in the valley, Beth 
Haram, Beth Nimra, Suchoth and Zaphon 
(which remayned yet of the realme of Sihon 
kynge of Heszbon) and was by Iordane, vnto 
the edge of the see of Cyneroth, on this syde 
Iordane eastwarde. This is the inheritaunce 
of the children of Gad in their kynreds, cities 
(j vyllagyes. 

*Vnto the halfe trybe of the children of 
Manasse after their kynreds, gaue Moses, so 
that their border was fro Mahanaim, all Basan, 
all the kyngdome of Og kynge of Basan, and 
all the townes of lair which lye in Basan, 
namely thre score cities. And halfe Gilead, 
Astaroth, Edrei, the cities of the kyngdome of 
Og at Basan, vnto the children of Machir the 
sonne of Manasse. This is the halfe porcion 
of the children of Machir after their kynreds. 

This is it that Moses dealte out vpon the 
felde of Moab beyonde Iordane ouer agaynst 
Iericho eastwarde. ^ But vnto y trybe of 
Leui gaue Moses no enheritaunce : for the 
LORDE God of Israel is their enheritaunce, 
as he hath promysed them. 

Cfic rtitj. Chapter. 

THIS is it that the children of Israel haue 
enheretedin the londe of Canaan,** which 
Eleasar the prest, and Iosua the sonne of Nun, 
and the chefe of the fathers amonge the trybes 
of the children of Israel parted out amonge 
them, tt But by lot dyd they deuyde it out 
amoge them, acordinge as the LORDE co- 
maunded Moses to geue vnto the nyne trybes 
and y halfe : for vnto the two trybes and the 
halfe dyd Moses geue enheritaunce beyonde 
Iordane. tt But vnto the Leuites he gaue no 
enheritaunce amonge them. $§For of the 
childre of Ioseph there were two trybes, 
Manasses and Ephraim. Therfore gaue they 
the Leuites no porcion in the londe, but 
cities, to dwell therin, and suburbes for their 
catell and goodes. IIIIEuen as the LORDE 



Nu. 34. c. tt Nu. 26. f. and 33. f. tt Iosu. 13. b. 
&& Gen. 48. c. III! Num. 35. a. 



tfo. tt?bl 



%\)t tiofee of Sostoa, 



Cfcap* vb. 



comaunded Moses, so dyd the childre of 
Israel, and deuyded the londe. 

Then came forth the children of Iuda to 
Iosua at Gilgall : and Caleb y sonne of Ie- 
phunne the Kenisite sayde vnto him : Thou 
knowest what f LORDE * sayde vnto Moses 
the man of God, concerninge me and the in 
Cades Bernea. I was fortye yeare olde, whan 
Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE tsent me 
out from Cades Bernea, to spye out the londe, 
and I broughte him worde agayne, euen as I 
had it in my hert. Howbeit my brethren that 
wente vp with me, discoraged the hert of the 
people : but I folowed f LORDE my God 
vnto the vttemost. 

Then sware Moses vnto me the same daye, 
and sayde : The londe whervpon thou hast 
troden with thy fote, shalbe thine enheritaunce 
and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast 
folowed the LORDE my God vnto the vtte- 
most. And now hath the LORDE letten me 
lyue, t acordinge as he sayde. It is now fyue 
and fortie yeare sence y LORDE spake this 
vnto Moses, wha Israel walked in the wilder- 
nesse. And now lo, this daie am I fyue and 
foure score yeare olde§ and am yet as stronge 
to daye, as I was in that daye whan Moses 
sent me out : euen as my strength was then, 

is it now also to fighte, and to go out 
and in. 

Geue me now therfore this mountayne, 
wherof the LORDE spake in that daye, and 
thou herdest it the same daye : for now the 
Enakims dwell theron, and it hath greate and 
stronge cities: yf happly the LORDE wylbe 
with me, that I maye dryue the out, as he 
hath sayde. Then Iosua blessed him, \\ and 
so gaue Hebron vnto Caleb the sonne of 
Iephune. Therfore was Hebron the enherit- 
aunce of Caleb the sonne of Iephune the 
kenisite, vnto this daye, because he folowed 
the LORDE God of Israel vnto the vttemost. 
IT But afore tyme was Hebron called Kiriath- 
arba, cj greate people were there amonge the 
Enakims. And the lode ceassed from warre. 

€f}t rb. Chapter. 

THE lot of the trybe of the children of 
Iuda amonge their kynreds, was f 
coaste of Edom by the wyldernesse of Zin, 
which borderth southwarde on the edge of 

* Nu. 14. c. t Nu. 13. a. + Nu. 14. c. 

§ Eccl. 46. b. || 1 Par. 7. d. Iosu. 21. b. f Iosu. 15. c. 



the south coiitrees. Their south borders were 
from the vttemost syde of the salt see, that is, 
from the coast that goeth southwarde, and 
commeth out from thece towarde y eastsyde 
of Acrabbim, and goeth forth thorow Zinna, 
and yet goeth vp from the south towarde 
Cades Bernea, and goeth thorow Hesron, and 
goeth vp to Adara, j fetcheth a compase 
aboute Carcaa, g goeth thorow Asmona, and 
commeth forth to the ryuer of Egipte, so that 
the see is the ende of y border. Let this be 
youre border southwarde. 

But the east border is from the salt see to 
the vttemost parte of Iordane. 

The border northwarde, is from the see 
coast which is on f edge of Iordane, and goeth 
vp vnto Beth Hagla, and stretcheth out from 
the north vnto Betharaba, and commeth vp 
vnto the stone of Bohen the sonne of Ruben, 
and goeth vp vnto Debir from y valley of 
Achor, and from the north coaste that is 
towarde Gilgall, which lyeth ouer agaynst 
Adumim vpwarde, which is on the north syde 
of the water. Then goeth it vnto f water of 
Ensemes, and commeth out vnto the ** well of 
Rogell. Then goeth it vp to the valley of 
the sonne of Hinnam, a longe besyde the 
Iebusite that dwelleth from y southwarde, 
that is Ierusalem : and commeth vp vnto the 
toppe of the mount which lyeth before the 
valley of Hinnam from the westwarde, that 
borderth on the edge of the valley of Raphaim 
towarde the north. 

Then commeth it from the toppe of the 
same mount vnto the water well of Nephtoah, 
and commeth out vnto the cities of mount 
Ephron, and boweth towarde Baala, that is 
Khiath Iarim, and fetcheth a copasse aboute 
from Baala westwarde vnto mount Seir, and 
goeth by the north syde of the mount Iarim, 
that is Chessalon: and cometh downe to Beth- 
semes, and goeth thorow Thimna, and breaketh 
out on the north syde of Acron, and stretcheth 
forth towarde Sicron, and goeth ouer mount 
Baala, and commeth out vnto Iabueel: so 
that their vttemost border is the see. 

The weste border is the greate see. This 
is the border of the children of Iuda rounde 
aboute in their kynreds. Caleb the sonne of 
Iephune had his porcion geue him amoge the 
children of Iuda (as the LORDE comaunded 



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Iosua) namely * Kiriatharba of the father of 
Enak, that is Hebron. 

tAnd Caleb droue from thence the thre 
sonnes of Enak, Sesai, Ahiman, and Thalmas 
begotten of Enak. And from thece he wente 
vp to the inhabiters of Debir. (As for Debir, 
it was called Kiriath Sepher afore tyme.) 
And Caleb sayde : t Who so smyteth Kiriath 
Sepher and wynneth it, I wyll geue him my 
doughter Achsa to wyfe. Then Athniel the 
sonne of Kenas the brother of Caleb wanne 
it : and he gaue him his doughter Achsa to 
wife. 

And it fortuned whan they wente in, that 
she was counceled of hir houszbande, to axe 
a pece of londe of hir father. And she fell 
downe from the asse. Then sayde Caleb vnto 
her: What ayleth the? She sayde : Geue me 
ablessynge, for thou hast geue me a south (and 
drye) londe : geue me welles of water also. 
Then gaue he her welles aboue and beneth. 

This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of 
Iuda amonge their kynreds. And the cities 
of the trybe of the children of Iuda, from one 
to another by the coastes of the Edomites 
towarde the south, were these : Cabzeel, Eder, 
Iagur, Kina, Dimona, Adada, Kedes, Hazor, 
Iethnam, Siph, Telem, Bealot, Hazor Hada- 
tha, Kirioth Hezron that is Hasor: Ama, 
Sema, Molada, Hazor Gadda, Hesmon, Beth 
palet, Hazer Sual, Beer Seba, Bisziothia, 
Baala, Iim, Azem, Eltholad, Chesil, Harma, 
Ziklag, Madmanna, San Sana, Lebaoth, Sil- 
him, Ain, Rimo. § These are nyne and 
twentye cities 5 their vyllages. 

But in the lowe countrees was Esthaol, 
Zaren, Asna, Saroah, Engannim, Thapua, 
Enam, Iarmoth, Adullam, Socho, Aseka, 
Saaraim, Adithaim, Gedera, Giderothim. 
These are fourtene cities j their vyllages. 

Zena Hadasa, Migdal Gad, Dilean, Mispa, 
Iakthiel, Lachis, Bazekath, Eglo, Chabon, 
Lachma, Chithlis, Gedoroth, Beth Dagon, 
Naama, Makeda. These are sixtene cities 
and their vyllages. 

Libna, Ether, Asen, Iephthah, Asua, Nezib, 
Keila, Achsib, Maresa. These are nyne 
cities and their vyllages. Ekron with hir 
doughters and vyllages. From Ekron vnto 
the see, all that reacheth vnto Asdod and the 
vyllages therof. Asdod with the doughters 
and vyllages therof. Gasa with hir doughters 

* Iosu. 14. d. t Iudic. 1. b. t lud. 1. c. 1 Re. 17. c. 



and vyllages vnto the water of Egipte. And 
the greate see is his border. 

But vpon the mount was Samir, Iatir, 
Socho, Danna, Kiriath Sanna, that is Debir : 
Anab, Esthemo, Annim, Gosen, Holon, Gilo. 
These are eleuen cities and their vyllagies. 
Maon, Carmel, Siph, Iuta, Iesrael, Iakdea, 
Sanoah, Kain, Gibea, Thimna. These are 
ten cities and their vyllages. Halhul, Beth- 
zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth Anoth, Elthekon. 
These are sixe cities and their vyllages. 
Kiriath Baal (that is Kiriath Iearim) Harabba, 
two cities & their vyllages. And in the wylder- 
nesse was Betharaba, Middin, Sechacha, Nib- 
san, and the Salt cite, and Engaddi. These 
are sixe cities and their vyllagies. II But the 
Iebusites dwelt at Ierusalem, and the children 
of Iuda coude not dryue them awaye. So 
the Iebusites remayne with the children ol 
Iuda at Ierusalem vnto this daye. 

Cije rbt. Chapter. 

A ND the lot fell vnto the children of 
X\^ Ephraim fr5 Iordane ouer agaynst 
Iericho, vnto the water on the east syde of 
Iericho, and the wyldernesse, y goeth vp from 
Iericho thorow the mountayne of Bethel, and 
commeth out from Bethel vnto Lus, and 
goeth thorow the coast of Arciataroth, and 
stretcheth downe westwarde vnto y coaste 
of Iaphleti to y border of the lower Bethoron, 
and vnto Gaser: and the ende therof is by 
the greate see. This the children of Ioseph 
(Manasses (j Ephraim) receaued to enherit- 
aunce. 

The Border of the children of Ephraim 
amonge their kynreds of their enheritaunce 
from the east, was Ataroth Adar vnto the 
vpper Bethoron, & goeth out westwarde by 
Michmethath that lyeth towarde the north, 
there fetcheth it a compasse towarde the east 
syde of the cite Thaenath Silo, and goeth 
there thorow from the east vnto Ianoha, and 
commeth downe from Ianoha vnto Ataroth 
and Naaratha, and bordreth on Iericho, and 
goeth out at Iordane. From Thapuah goeth 
it westwarde vnto Naalkama, and the out 
goinge of it is at the see. 

This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of 
the children of Ephraim amonge their kyn- 
reds. And all the borders, cities with their 
vyllages of the childre of Ephraim laye scatred 



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amonge the enheritaunce of the children of 
Manasse. And they droue not out f Cananites, 
which dwelt at Gaser. So f Cananites re- 
mayned amoge Ephraim vnto this daye, and 
became tributaries. 

Cfic rbrj. Chapter. 

AND the lot fell vpo the trybe of Ma- 
nasse (for * he is Iosephs first sonne) 
and it fell vpon Machir the first sonne of 
Manasse f father of Gilead : for he was a 
ma of amies, therfore had he Gilead and 
Basan. It fell also vnto the other* children of 
Manasse, namely vnto y childre of Abieser, 
the children of Helek, the children of Asriel, 
the children of Sechem, the children of 
Hepher, and the children of Semida : These 
are the childre of Manasse the sonne of 
Ioseph, males, amonge their kynreds. 

" But Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher the 
sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne 
of Manasse, had no sonnes, but doughters, 
and their names are these: Mahala, Noa, 
Hagla, Milca, Tirza, and they came before 
Eleasar the prest, and before Iosua the sonne 
of Nun, and before the rulers, and sayde : 
The LORDE commaunded Moses, to geue 
vs enheritaunce amonge oure brethren. And 
so they had enheritaunce geuen them amonge 
their fathers brethren, acordinge to the com- 
maundement of the LORDE. 

There fell vpon Manasse ten meetlynes 
without the londe of Gilead and Basan, which 
lyeth beyode Iordane. For f doughters of 
Manasse receaued enheritaunce amonge his 
sonnes: but the other children of Manasse 
had the londe of Gilead. And the border of 
Manasse was fro Asser forth vnto Michmeth- 
ath, that lyeth before Sichem, and reacheth 
vnto the righte syde of them of En Tapuah : 
for the londe of Tapuah fell vnto Manasse, 
and the border of Manasse is Vnto the childre 
of Ephraim. Then commeth it downe to 
Nahelkana towarde the south syde of the 
ryuer cities, which are Ephraims amonge the 
cities of Manasse. But from the north is the 
border of Manasse by the ryuer, and goeth 
forth by the see syde, south warde vnto 
Ephraim, and to Manasse northwarde, and 
the see is his coaste. And it shal border on 
Aser from the north, and on Isachar from the 
easte. 



So (amoge Isachar and Asser) Manasses 
had Beth Sean and the townes therof, and 
Ieblaam and the townes therof, and them of 
Dor and their townes, and them of En Dor 
and their townes, j them of Taanach and 
their townes, and them of Mageddo and their 
townes, and the thirde parte of (the cite) 
Nophet. And the children of Manasse coude 
not dryue awaye the inhabiters of these cities, 
but the Cananites beganne to dwell in the 
same londe. Howbeit whan the children of 
Israel were able, they made the Cananites 
tributaries, and droue them not out. 

Then spake the children of Ioseph vnto 
Iosua, and sayde : Wherfore hast thoU geue 
me but one porcion and one meetlyne of en- 
heritaunce, and I am yet a greate people, as 
the LORDE hath blessed me so largely? 
Then sayde Iosua vnto them : For so moch 
as thou art a greate people, go vp therfore in 
to f wodd, and make thy selfe rowme there 
in the londe of the Pheresites and Raphaim, 
seynge mout Ephraim is to narowe for the. 

Then sayde the children of Ioseph: We 
shal not be able to attayne vnto the moun- 
taynes, for there are yron charettes amonge 
all the Cananites, that dwell in the londe of 
Emek, by whom lyeth Beth Sean and the 
vyllages therof, and Iesrael in Emek. Iosua 
sayde vnto the house of Ioseph, euen to 
Ephraim and Manasses: Thou art a greate 
people, J for so moch as thou art so greate, 
thou must not haue one lot, but the moun- 
tayne where f wod is, shal be thine : rote y 
out for y, so shall it be the outgoinge of thy 
porcion, whan thou dryuest out the Cananites, 
which haue yro charettes, j are mightie. 

Cfie rbttj. Chapter. 

AND all the multitude of the children of 
Israel gathered them selues together 
vnto Silo, and they set vp y Tabernacle of 
witnesse, and the londe was subdued vnto 
them. But there were yet seuen trybes of 
the childre of Israel, vnto whom they had not 
deUyded their enheritaunce. And Iosua sayde 
vnto the children of Israel: How longe are 
ye so slowe, to go and coquere the londe, 
which the LORDE God of youre fathers 
hath geuen you ? Chose you thre men out of 
euery trybe, y I maye sende them, and that 
they maye get them vp and go thorow the 

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londe, and descrybe it acordinge to the en 
heritaunces therof, and come vnto me. 

Deuyde the londe in seuen partes. Iudas 
shal remayne vpon his borders of the south 
syde, and the house of Ioseph shal remayne 
vpon his borders of the north parte : but de- 
scrybe ye the londe in seuen partes, and brynge 
them vnto me, then shal I cast y lot for you 
before the LORDE oure God. * For the 
Leuites haue no porcion amonge you, but the 
presthode of the LORDE is their enherit- 
aunce. a As for Gad g Ruben and y halfe 
trybe of Manasse, they haue receaued their 
enheritaunce beyonde Iordane eastwarde, 
which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE 
gaue them. 

Then the men gat vp, to go their waye. 
And whan they were aboute to go for to de- 
scrybe the londe, Iosua commaunded them, 
and sayde : Go youre waye, and walke thorow 
the londe, and descrybe it, and come agayne 
vnto me, that I maye cast y lot for you before 
the LORDE at Silo. So the men departed, 
and wente thorow the londe, and descrybed it 
in seuen partes vpon a letter acordinge to the 
cities, and came to Iosua in to the hoost at 
Silo. Then Iosua cast the lot ouer them at 
Silo before the LORDE, and there distributed 
the londe amonge the children of Israel, vnto 
euery one his parte. 

And the lot of the trybe of the children of 
Ben Iamin fell acordinge to their kynreds, 
and the border of their lot wente out betwene 
the children of Iuda (j the children of Ioseph. 
And their border was on y north quarter of 
Iordane, and goeth vp from the north syde of 
Iericho, and commeth vp to the mountayne 
westwarde, and goeth out by the wyldernesse 
of Bethauen, and goeth from thece towarde 
Lus, euen by the south syde of Lus (that is 
Bethel) and commeth downe vnto Ataroth 
Adar by the mountayne which lyeth on y 
south syde of the lower Bethoron. Then 
boweth it downe, and fetcheth a compasse 
vnto the south west quarter from the mount 
that lyeth ouer agaynst Bethoron towarde the 
south, and goeth out vnto Kiriath Baal, y is 
Kiriath Iearim, a cite of the children of Iuda. 
This is the west border. 

But the south border is from Kiriath-Iearim 
forth, and goeth out towarde the west, and 
commeth forth vnto y water well of Nepthoah: 

* Iosu. 13. d. and 14. a. 



and goeth downe by the edge of the mount, 
that lyeth before the valley of the sonne of 
Hinnam : and goeth downe thorow the valley 
of Hinnam on y south syde of the Iebusites, 
and commeth downe to the well of Rogell, 
and stretcheth from the northwarde, and 
commeth out vnto En Semes, and commeth 
forth to the heapes that lye vp towarde Adu- 
mim, and cometh downe vnto the stone of 
Bohen the sonne of Ruben, and goeth a longe 
besyde y playne felde which lyeth north warde, 
and commeth downe vnto y playne felde, and 
goeth besyde Beth Hagla that lyeth towarde 
the north, and his ende is at the north border 
of the Salt see, vnto y edge of Iordane south 
warde. This is the south border. 

But Iordane shal be the ende of the east 
quarter. This is the enheritaunce of y children 
of Ben Iamin in their borders rounde aboute, 
amonge their kynreds. 

The cities of the trybe of the children of 
Ben Iamin amoge their kynreds are these : 
Iericho, Beth Hagla, Emek Kezitz, Betharaba, 
Zemaraim, Bethel, Auim, Haphar, Aphra, 
Caphar Amonai, Aphni, Gaba: these are 
twolue cities and their vyllages. 

Gibeon, Rama, Beeroth, Mispa, Caphira, 
Moza, Rekem, Ieerpeel, Thareala, Zela, 
Eleph, and the Iebusites, that is Ierusalem, 
Gibeath, Kiriath : these are fourtene cities 
and their vyllages. This is the enheritaunce 
of the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds. 

Ci)« rtr. Chapter. 

THEN fell the seconde lot of the trybe of 
the children of Simeon acordinge to 
their kynreds, and their enheritaunce was 
amonge the enheritaunce of y children of 
Iuda. t And to their enheritaunce they had 
Beer Seba, Molada, Hazar Sual, Baala, 
Azem, El Tholad, Bethul, Harma, Ziklag, 
BethaMarkaboth, Hazar Sussa, Beth Lebaoth, 
and Saruhen : these are thirtene cities & their 
vyllages. Ain, Rimon, Ether, Asan : these 
are foure cities and their vyllages. And all y 
vyllages that lye aboute the cities vnto Balath 
Beer Ramath towarde the south. This is the 
enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of 
Simeon in their kynreds : for the enheritaunce 
of the children of Simeon is vnder the porcion 
of the children of Iuda. For so moch as the 
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greate for them, therfore inhere ted the children 
of Simeon amonge their enheritaunce. 

The thirde lot fell vpon the childre of 
Zabulon after their kynreds. And the border 
of their enheritaiice was vnto Sarid, g goeth 
vp westwarde to Mareala, cj bordreth vpon 
Dabaseth, and reacheth vnto the ryuer that 
floweth ouer agaynst Iakneam : tg turneth from 
Sarid eastwarde vnto the border of Cisloth 
Thabor, and cometh out vnto Dabrath, and 
reacheth vp to Iapia, and from thece goeth it 
westwarde thorow Githa Hepher, and Itha 
Kazim, and commeth out towarde Rimon 
Hamthoar Hanea, 5 fetcheth a compasse 
aboute from the north vnto Nathon, & the 
goynge out of it is in y valley Iephtha El 
Katath, Nahalal, Simron, Iedeala, g Beth- 
lehem: These are twolue cities and their 
vyllages. This is the enheritaiice of the 
childre of Zabulon in their kynreds : these 
are their cities and vyllages. 

The fourth lot fell vpo the childre of 
Isachar after their kynreds, g their border was 
Iesraela, Chessulloth, Sunem, Hapharaim, 
Sion, Anaharath, Raabith, Kision, Abez, 
Kemeth, En Ganim, Enhada, Beth Pazez, 
g bordreth vpon Thabor, Sahazima, Beth 
Semes, and f outgoinge of it was at Iordane. 
These are sixtene cities and their vyllages. 
This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the 
children of Isachar in their kynreds, cities and 
vyllages. 

The fifth lot fell vpon the trybe of the 
children of Asser, after their kynreds. And 
their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Ach- 
aph, Alamelech, Amead, Miseal, and borderth 
on Carmel vnto the see, and on Sihor, and 
Libnath, and turneth towarde the east vnto 
Beth Dagon, and bordreth on Zabulon, and 
on the valley of Iephtael, and towarde the 
north syde of Beth Emek and Negiel : g 
commeth out vnto Cabul on the lefte syde of 
Ebron, Rehob, Hamon and Cana, vnto greate 
Sidon. And turneth towarde Rama, vnto the 
stronge cite of Zor, and turneth towarde Hossa, 
and goeth out vnto the see, after f meetlyne 
towarde Achsib, Vma, Aphek, Rehob. 

These are two and twentye cities and their 
vyllages. This is the enheritaunce of the 
trybe of the children of Asser in their kinreds 
cities and vyllages. 

The syxte lot fell vpon the children of 

* Iud. 18. £. t Iosu. 24. f. 



Nephtali in their kynreds. And their border 
was fro Heleph Elon thorow Zaanaim, Adai 
Nekeb, Iabne El vnto Lakum, and goeth out 
vnto Iordane, and turneth westwarde to Asnoth 
Thabor, and cometh out from thence vnto 
Hukok, and bordreth on Zabulon towarde the 
south, and on Asser towarde the west, and on 
Iuda by Iordane towarde the east : and hath 
stronge cities, Zidimzer, Hamath Rakath. 
Chinnaret, Adama, Rama, Hazor, Kedes. 
Edrei, En Hazor, Iereon, Migdal Elhare, 
Beth Anath, Beth Sames. These are nyen 
tene cities and their vyllages. This is the 
enheritaunce of y trybe of the children of 
Nephtali in their kynreds, cities, and vyllages, 

The seuenth lot fell vpon the trybe of the 
children of Dan after their kynreds. And 
the border of their enheritaunce was Zarea, 
Esthaol, Irsames, Saalabin, Aialon, Iethla, 
Elon, Thimnata, Ekron, Eltheke, Gibetho 
Baalath, Iehud, Bnerbarak, Gat Rimon, Me 
Iarkon, Rakon with the border by Iapho, and 
on the same goeth the border of the children 
of Dan out. And the children of Da wente 
vp, and foughte agaynst Lesem, and wanne 
it, and smote it with the edge of the swerde, 
and toke it in possession, g dwelt therin, and 
* called it Dan, after y name of their father. 
This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the 
children of Dan in their kynreds, cities, and 
vyllages. 

And wha y lode was all parted out with 
the borders therof, the children of Israel gaue 
Iosua the sonne of Nun, an enheritaunce 
amonge them, and (acordynge to the com- 
maundement of the LORDE) they gaue him 
y cite that he requyred, namely, t Thimnath 
Serah, vpon mout Ephraim : there buylded 
he the cite, and dwelt therin. 

These are the enheritaunces which Eleasar 
the prest and Iosua y sonne of Nun, and the 
chefest of the fathers amonge y tribes, deuided 
out by lot vnto the childre of Israel at Silo 
before the LORDE, euen before the dore of 
the Tabernacle of wytnes, and so they ended 
the deuydinge out of the londe. 

Che rr. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE spake vnto Iosua, and 
sayde : Speake to the children of Israel : 
Geue amonge you fre cities, t wherof I spake 
vnto you by Moses, that a deedsleyer which 

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sleyeth a soule vnawarres and vnwittingly, 
maye flye thither, y they maye be fre amoge 
you from the avenger of bloude. And he 
that flyeth to one of those cities, shal stonde 
without before the porte of the cite, and shewe 
his cause before the Elders of the cite, then 
shall they take him to them in to the cite, and 
geue him place to dwell with them. 

And yf the auenger of bloude folowe vpon 
him, they shall not delyuer the deedslayer in 
to his handes, for so moch as he hath slayne 
his neghboure vnawarres, and was not his 
enemye afore : but he shall dwell in y cite, 
tyll he stonde before the congregacion in 
iudgment, vntyll the hye prest dye, which 
shall be at that tyme. Then shall the deed- 
sleyer returne, and go vnto his awne cite, and 
vnto his house to the cite, from whence he 
was fled. 

Then appoynted they Kedes in Galile vpon 
mount Nepthali, and Sechem vpon mount 
Ephraim, and Kiriatharba, that is Hebron 
vpon moiit Iuda. And beyode Iordane on 
the east syde of Iericho, they gaue Beser in 
the wildernes vpon the playne out of the trybe 
of Ruben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the 
trybe of Gad, and Golan in Basan out of the 
trybe of Manasse. 

These were the cities appoynted for all f 
children of Israel, and for the straungers which 
dwelt amonge them, that whosoeuer had slayne 
a soule vnawarres, might flye thither, that he 
shulde not be put to death by the auenger of 
bloude, tyll he had stonde before the con- 
gregacion. 

Cfie rrt. Chapter. 

THEN the chefe fathers amonge the 
Leuites came forth vnto Eleasar the 
prest and to Iosua the sonne of Nun, and to 
y awncient fathers amoge the trybes of the 
children of Israel, and spake vnto them at 
Silo in the londe of Canaan, and sayde : *The 
LORDE commaunded by Moses, that we 
shulde haue cities geuen vs to dwell in, and 
the suburbes of the same for oure catell. 
Then the children of Israel gaue of their 
enheritaunce these cities and the suburbes 
therof, vnto the Leuites, acordynge to the 
commaundement of the LORDE. 

And the lot fell vpon the kynred of the 
Kahathites, and the children of Aaron the 



prest amonge the Leuites, had by the lott 
thyrtene cities of the trybe of Iuda, of the 
trybe of Simeon, and of the trybe of Ben 
Iamin. The other childre of Kahath of the 
same kynred, had by the lot ten cities, of the 
trybe of Ephraim, of the trybe of Dan, and 
of the halfe trybe of Manasse. 

But the children of Gerson of the same 
kynred had by the lot thyrtene cities, of the 
trybe of Isachar, of the trybe of Asser, of y 
trybe of Nepthali, and of the halfe trybe of 
Manasse at Basan. 

The children of Merari of their kynred 
had twolue cities, of the trybe of Ruben, of 
the trybe of Gad, and of the trybe of Zabulon. 
So the children of Israel gaue these cities and 
their suburbes vnto the Leuites by lott, as the 
LORDE commaunded by Moses. 

Of the trybe of the children of Iuda, and 
of the trybe of the children of Simeon, they 
gaue these cities (which they named by name) 
vnto the children of Aaron of the kynred of 
the Kahathites amonge the children of Leui : 
for the first lot was theyrs. 

So they gaue them Kiriatharba, which was 
the fathers of Enak, that is Hebron vpon the 
mount Iuda, and the suburbes therof rounde 
aboute. t But the felde of the cite and the 
vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the 
sonne of Iephune for his possession. 

Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron 
the prest, the fre cite of the deed sleyers, 
Hebron and the suburbes therof, Libna and 
the suburbes therof, Iathir and the suburbes 
therof, Esthuma and the suburbes therof, 
Holon and the suburbes therof, Debir and 
the suburbes therof, Ain and the suburbes 
therof, Iuta and the suburbes therof, Beth 
Semes and the suburbes therof, euen nyne 
cities of these two trybes. 

But of the trybe of Ben Iamin they gaue 
foure cities, Gibeon and f suburbes therof, 
Gaba, and the suburbes therof, Anathot and 
the suburbes therof, Almon and the suburbes 
therof: so that all the cities of the children 
of Aaron the prest were thirtene with their 
suburbes. 

The kynreds of the other children of Kahath 
the Leuites, had by their lott foure cities, of 
the trybe of Ephraim, and they gaue the the 
fre cite of the deedsleiers, Seche and the 
suburbes therof vpon mount Ephraim Gaser 

t Iosu. 14. d. 1 Par. 7. d. 



tfo* itvnh 



Wbt fcofee of Soisua* 



Cfrap, mi* 



and the suburbes therof, Kibzaim and the sub- 
urbes therof, Bethron and the suburbes therof. 

Of the trybe of Dan foure cities, Eltheke 
and y suburbes therof, Gibthon and the 
suburbes therof, Aialon and the suburbes 
therof, Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof. 
Of the halfe trybe of Manasses two cities, 
Thaenach and the suburbes therof, Gath 
Rimon and the suburbes therof: so that all 
the cities of the other children of f kynred of 
Kahath, were ten with their suburbes. 

But vnto the children of Gerson amonge 
the kynreds of the Leuites were geuen, Of 
the halfe trybe of Manasse two cities, the fre 
cite for the deedslayer, Gola in Basan and the 
suburbes therof, Beasthra, and the suburbes 
therof. Of the trybe of Isachar foure cities, 
Kision and the suburbes therof, Dabrach and 
the suburbes therof, Iarmuth and the suburbes 
therof, Engannim and the suburbes therof. 
Of the trybe of Asser foure cities, Miseal, 
Abdon, Helkath and Rehob with the suburbes 
therof. Of the trybe of Nephtali thre cities, 
the fre cite Kedes (for the deedsleyer) in 
Galile, Hamoth, Dor, and Karthan with the 
suburbes therof: so that all the cities of the 
kynred of the Gersonites were thirtene with 
their suburbes. 

Vnto the kynreds of Merari the other 
Leuites were geuen, Of the trybe of Zabulon 
foure cities, Iakneam, Kartha, Dimna and 
Nahalal with y suburbes therof. Of the trybe 
of Ruben foure cities, Bezer, Iahza, Kedemoth 
and Mephaat with their suburbes. Of the 
trybe of Gad foure cities, the fre cite for the 
deedsleyer, Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, 
Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes : so 
that all the cities of the children of Merari 
amonge their kynreds of y other Leuites, were 
twolue. Thus all the cities of the Leuites 
amonge y possession of the children of Israel, 
were eight and fortye with their suburbes. 
And these cities were so dealte out, that euery 
one had their suburbes rounde aboute, the one 
as the other. 

Thus the LORDE gaue the children of 
Israel all the londe, which he had sworne vnto 
their fathers to geue : & they toke possession 
of it, and dwelt therin. And the LORDE 
gaue the rest before all those y were aboute 
them *like as he sware vnto their fathers, & 
none of their enemies stode agaynst the, but 

* Gen. 17. a. t Num. 32. f. Deut. 3. b. Iosu. 12. a. $ Deut. 



all their enemies delyuered he in to their 
hande. And their myssed nothinge of all the 
good that the LORDE had promysed vnto 
the house of Israel, it came euery whyt. 

€f)e rrij. Chapter. 

THEN Iosua called f Rubenites and 
Gaddites, and f halfe trybe of Manasse, 
and sayde vnto them: Ye haue kepte all, 
Hhat Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE 
commaunded you, and haue herkened vnto 
my voyce in all y I haue commauded you. 
Ye haue not forsaken youre brethre a longe 
season, vnto this daye, and haue wayted vpon 
the commaundement of the LORDE youre 
God. For so moch now as the LORDE 
youre God hath broughte youre brethre to 
rest, as he promysed them, turne you now, and 
go youre waye to youre tentes in to the londe 
of youre possession, which Moses the seruaunt 
of the LORDE gaue you beyode Iordane. 

But take diligent hede now, that ye do 
acordinge to the commaundement and lawe 
which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE 
hath commaunded : t That ye loue the 
LORDE youre God, and walke in all his 
wayes, and kepe his commaundementes, and 
cleue vnto him, and serue him with all youre 
hert and with all youre soule. So Iosua 
blessed them, and let them go. And they 
wente vnto their tentes. 

Vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse had Moses 
geuen possession at Basan : vnto the other 
halfe gaue Iosua amonge their brethren on 
this syde Iordane westwarde. And whan he 
let them go to their tentes and blessed them 
he sayde vnto them : Ye come home agayne 
with greate good vnto youre tetes, with ex- 
ceadyngemoch catell, syluer, golde, brasse, yron 
and rayment, § distribute therfore the spoyle 
of youre enemyes amonge youre brethren. 

So the Rubenites, Gaddites, and the halfe 
trybe of Manasse returned, and wente from 
the children of Israel out of Silo (which lyeth 
in the londe of Canaan) to go in to the 
countre of Gilead to the londe of their posses- 
sion, that they mighte possesse it, acordynge to 
the commaundement of the LORDE by Moses 

And whan they came vnto the heapes by 
Iordane, which lye in the londe of Canaan 
the same Rubenites, Gaddites, and the halfe 
trybe of Manasses buylded there besyde lor 

10. c. § Deut. 20. b. Num. 31. d. Iosu. 8. f. lRe.30.e 



Cfoap* 0fr 



Cfoe bokt of Bo&m. 



So. ami)* 



dane, a fayre greate altare. But whan the 
children of Israel herde saye: Beholde, the 
children of Ruben, the children of Gad, and 
the halfe trybe of Manasse haue buylded an 
altare ouer agaynst the londe of Canaan vpon 
the heapes by Iordane on this syde the children 
of Israel, they gathered them selues together 
with the whole congregacion at Silo, to go vp 
agaynst the with an armye. And (in the 
meane season) they sent to them in to the 
londe of Gilead, Phineas the sonne of Eleasar 
the prest, and with him ten chefe prynces 
amonge the houses of their fathers, out of 
euery tribe in Israel one. And they came to 
the children of Ruben, to the children of Gad, 
and to the halfe trybe of Manasse in the londe 
of Gilead, and sayde : 

Thus sayeth the whole congregacion of the 
LORDE vnto you : * What trespace is this, y 
ye haue trespaced agaynst the God of Israel, 
that ye shulde turne backe from y LORDE 
this daye, to builde you an altare, for to fall 
awaye from the LORDE? 

t Haue we not ynough of the wickednesse of 
Peor ? from the which we are not yet clensed 
this daye, and there came a plage amonge the 
congregacion of the LORDE : and ye turne 
you backe this daye from the LORDE, and 
this daye are ye fallen awaye from the LORDE, 
that he maye be wroth to daye or tomorow at 
the whole congregacion of the LORDE. 

Yf the londe of youre possession be vncleane, 
then come ouer in to the londe that the 
LORDE possesseth, where the dwellynge of 
the LORDE is, and take possessions amonge 
vs, and fall not awaye from the LORDE and 
from vs, to builde you an altare without the 
altare of the LORDE oure God. tDid not 
Achan the sonne of Serah trespace in the 
thinge that was damned, and the wrath came 
ouer y whole congregacion of Israel and he 
wente not downe alone for his myszdede ? 

Then answered the children of Ruben, and 
the children of Gad, and the halfe trybe of 
Manasse, and sayde vnto the heades and 
prynces of Israel: The mightie God f LORDE, 
the mightie God the LORDE knoweth, and 
Israel knoweth also, yf this be a trangressynge 
or trespacynge agaynst the LORDE, then let 
it not helpe vs this daye : Yf we haue buylded 
the altare, because we wolde turne awaye 
backe from the LORDE, to ofFre burnt- 

* Iudi. 20. b. t Num. 25. a. * Iosu. 7. a. 



offerynges or meatofferinges theron, or to 
make eny deedofferynges vpon it, then let the 
LORDE requyre it: And yf we haue not 
done it rather for very feare of this thinge 
and sayde : To daye or tomorow mighte youre 
children saye vnto oure children : 

What haue ye to do with the LORDE the 
God of Israel? The LORDE hath set Iordane 
for a border betwene vs and you ye children 
of Ruben and Gad, ye haue no porcion in the 
LORDE: By this shulde youre children 
make oure children to turne awaye from the 
feare of the LORDE. 

Therfore sayde we : Let vs make oure 
children an altare, not for sacrifice, ner for 
burntofferinge, §but that it maye be a toke 
betwene vs and you, and oure posterities, that 
we maye serue the LORDE in his sighte with 
oure burntofferinges, deedofferinges, and other 
offeringes : and y youre children to daye or 
tomorow neade not to saye vnto oure children : 
Ye haue no parte in the LORDE. 

And we sayde : But yf they shulde speake 
so vnto vs, or to oure posterities to daye or to- 
morow, then maye we saye : Beholde the symi- 
litude of y altare of the LORDE, which oure 
fathers made, not for sacrifyce, ner for burnt- 
offerynge, but for a wytnesse betwene vs and you. 

God forbydde, that we shulde fall awaye 
from the LORDE, to turne backe from him 
this daye, and to buylde an altare for sacrifice, 
for burntofferinge and for eny presente, with- 
out y altare of the LORDE oure God, that 
stondeth before his Habitacion. 

But whan Phineas the prest, and the chefe 
of the congregacion, the prynces of Israel 
which were with him, herde these wordes, that 
the children of Ruben, Gad, and Manasse had 
spoken, they pleased them well. And Phineas 
the sonne of Eleasar the prest sayde vnto the 
children of Rube, Gad and Manasse: This 
daye we knowe, that f LORDE is amonge 
in that ye haue not trespaced agaynst the 
LORDE in this dede. Now haue ye de- 
lyuered the children of Israel out of the hande 
of the LORDE. 

Then Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the 
prest, and the rulers returned out of the londe 
of Gilead, from the children of Ruben and Gad 
vnto y londe of Canaa to the children of Israel, 
and brought them worde agayne of the matter. 

Then were the children of Israel well 

4 Gen. 31. s. Deu. 30. d. Iosu. 24. f. 



tfo. ttmiih 



Wot bote of 3osua + 



Cfoap* jqrfij. 



cotente with the thinge. And they praysed 
the God of Israel, and sayde nomore that they 
wolde go vp agaynst them with an armye, to 
destroye the londe that the childre of Ruben 
and Gad dwelt in. And y childre of Ruben 
and Gad called the name of the altare : This 
altare be witnesse betwene vs, that the 
LORDE is God. 

CIjc rrttj. Chapter. 

A ND after a longe season, whan the 
_f\_ LORDE had broughte Israel to rest 
from all their enemies rounde aboute : and 
Iosua was now olde and well stricken in age, 
he called all Israel and their Elders, heades, 
iudges, and officers, and sayde vnto them : I 
am olde and well aged, and ye haue sene all 
that the LORDE youre God hath done vnto 
all these nacions in youre sighte. For the 
LORDE youre God himself hath foughte for 
you. Beholde, I haue parted amonge you y 
renaunt of the nacions by lot, vnto euery 
trybe his enheritaunce from Iordane forth, 
and all the nacions whom I haue roted out 
vnto the greate see westwarde. 

And the LORDE youre God shal thrust 
them out before you, and dryue them awaye 
from you, that ye maye haue their londe in 
possession, as the LORDE youre God hath 
promysed you. Be stroge now therfore, that 
ye maye obserue and do all that is wrytten in 
the boke of the lawe of Moses : * so that ye 
turne not asyde from it, nether to the righte 
hande ner to the lefte : that ye come not 
amonge y remnaunt of these nacios, which 
are with you : And se that ye make no men- 
cion ner t sweare by the names of their goddes, 
nether serue them, ner bowe youre selues vnto 
them: But cleue vnto the LORDE youre 
God, as ye haue done vnto this daye : the 
shal the LORDE dryue awaye greate and 
mightie nacions before you, like as there hath 
no man bene able to stonde before you vnto 
this daye. t One of you shall chace a thou- 
sande : for the LORDE youre God fighteth 
for you, acordinge as he promysed you. Take 
diligent hede therfore vnto youre soules, that 
ye loue the LORDE youre God. 

"But yf ye turne backe, and cleue vnto these 
other nacions, and make manages with them, 
so that ye come amoge them, and they amonge 

* Deu. 4. a. and 6. d. t Deu. 10. d. % Leui. 26. a. 
Esa. 30. c. ' Deu. 7. a. and 12. d. § Nu. 33. g. 

II 3 Re. 2. a. ITDeut. 28. b. **Gen. 11. d. ft Gen. 12. a. 



you, be ye sure then, that the LORDE youre 
God shall nomore dryue out all these nacions 
before you, §but they shall be vnto you a 
snare and net, and prickes in youre sydes, and 
thornes in youre eyes, vntyll he haue destroyed 
you from the good lode, which the LORDE 
youre God hath geuen you. 

Beholde, II this daye do I go the waye of 
all the worlde, and ye shal knowe euen from 
all youre hert and from all youre soule, that 
there hath not fayled one worde of all the good 
that the LORDE youre God promysed you. 
Now like as all the good is come that the 
LORDE youre God promised you : Heuen so 
shal the LORDE cause all euell to come vpon 
you, tyll he haue destroied you from this good 
londe, which the LORDE youre God hath 
geuen you : yf ye transgresse y couenaunt of 
the LORDE youre God, which he hath com- 
maunded you. And yf ye go youre waye and 
serue other goddes, and worshipe the, then 
shall the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote 
ouer you, (j shall shortly destroye you out of 
the good londe, y he hath geuen you. 

Che rrtuj. Chapter. 

IOSUA gathered all the trybes of Israel 
together vnto Sichem, and called the 
Elders of Israel, the heades, iudges and officers. 
And wha they were come before God, he 
sayde vnto all the people : Thus sayeth the 
LORDE the God of Israel: ** Youre fathers 
dwelt afore time beyode y water, Abraha j 
Nahor with Tarah their father & serued other 
goddes. tt Then toke I youre father Abraham 
beyonde the water, g caused him to walke in 
the londe of Canaan, & multiplied his sede, 
and gaue him Isaac,* and vnto Isaac I gaue 
Iacob and Esau, and gaue Esau moiit Seir to 
possesse. it As for Iacob, j his childre, they 
wente downe in to Egipte. 

Then sent I Moses and Aaron, and plaged 
Egipte" as I haue done amonge the. After 
y §§ brought I you and youre fathers out of 
Egipte. And whan ye came to f see, and the 
Egipcians folowed vpon youre fathers with 
charettes and horse men vnto the reed see, 
then cryed they vnto the LORDE, which put 
a darcknesse betwene you and the Egipcians, 
and broughte the see vpon them, and ouer- 
whelmed them. And youre eyes haue sene 

» Gen. 21. a. Gen. 25. c. Gen. 32. a. # Ge. 46. a. 

o Exod. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. <& Exod. 14. 



Cf)ap. jgrffij. 



Cfce bofee of Sosua, 



jTo* rcjrj:b* 



what I dyd to f Egipcians, g ye dwelt in y 
wildernes a loge season. * And I broughte 
you in to f londe of the Amorites, which 
dwelt beionde Iordane : g wha they fought 
agaynst you, I delyuered them in to youre 
hande, that ye mighte haue their countre in 
possession, and I destroyed them before you. 
t Then Balac the sonne of Ziphor the kynge 
of the Moabites gat him vp, and foughte 
agaynst Israel : and he sente and bad call 
Balaam the sonne of Beor,to curse you, neuer- 
theles I wolde not heare him, but I blessed 
you, and delyuered you out of his hande. 

And whan ye wente ouer Iordane, and 
came vnto Iericho, the citesyns of Iericho 
foughte agaynst you, the Amorites, Pheresites, 
Cananites, Hethites, Girgosites, Heuites, g 
Iebusites : howbeit I delyuered the in to youre 
hande. tAnd I sent hornettes before you, 
which droue them out before you, namely the 
two kynges of y Amorites: not thorow thy 
swerde, ner thorow thy bowe. "And I haue 
geuen you a londe whervpon ye bestowed no 
laboure, and cities which ye haue not buylded, 
that ye might dwell therin, and that ye might 
eate of the vynyardes and olyue trees which 
ye haue not planted. Feare the LORDE 
now therfore,* and serue him perfectly and in 
the trueth, and let go the goddes, whom youre 
fathers serued beyonde the water and in 
Egipte, and serue ye y LORDE. 

But yf ye like not to serue the LORDE, 
the chose you this daye whom ye wyll serue : 
the God whom youre fathers serued beionde y 
water, or y goddes of the Amorites, in whose 
lode ye dwell. As for me and my house, we 
wyll serue the LORDE. Then answered the 
people, and saide : God forbidde, that we shulde 
forsake the LORDE, g serue other goddes. 
For the LORDE oure God brought vs and 
oure fathers out of the londe of Egipte fro the 
house of bondage, and did soch greate tokens 
before oure eyes, and preserued vs all f waye 
that we wente, and amonge all the nacions, 
whom we trauayled by. And the LORDE 
thrust out before vs all the people of the Amo- 
rites that dwelt in the londe. Therfore wyll 
we also serue the LORDE, for he is oure God. 

Iosua sayde vnto the people : Ye can not 

* Num. 21. d. t Num. 22. a. Deut. 23. a. 

t Exo. 33. a. Deu. 7. d. " Deut. 6. b. * 1 Reg. 7. a. 
Tob. 14. c. c Iosu. 23. d. §4 Re. 23. a. 



serue the LORDE : for he is an holy God, 
mightie, and gelous, which spareth not youre 
trangressions and synnes. But yf ye forsake 
the LORDE, and serue a straunge god, then 
shall the LORDE turne him, c and do you 
euell, and consume you, after that he hath 
done you good. The people sayde vnto Iosua : 
Not so, but we will serue the LORDE. Then 
sayde Iosua vnto the people : Ye are wit- 
nesses ouer youre selues, that ye haue chosen 
you the LORDE, to serue him. And they 
sayde : Yee. Then put awaye from you (sayde 
he) the straunge goddes y are amonge you, 
and enclyne youre hert vnto the LORDE the 
God of Israel. And the people sayde vnto Io- 
sua : We wyll serue the LORDE oure God, and 
be obedient vnto his voyce. § So Iosua made 
a couenaunt with the people f same daye, and 
laied statutes g lawes before them at Sichem. 

And Iosua wrote this acte in the boke of 
the lawe of God/ and toke a greate stone, g 
set it vp there vnder an oke, which was in f 
Sanctuary of f LORDE, and sayde vnto all 
the people : Beholde, this stone shall be wit- 
nesse ouer you: For it hath herde all the 
wordes of the LORDE, which he hath spoken 
vnto vs, and shall be a witnesse ouer you, that 
ye denye not youre God. So Iosua let the 
people go euery one to his enheritaiice. 

And it fortuned after these actes," y Iosua 
the sonne of Nun y seruaut of the LORDE 
dyed, whan he was an hundreth and ten yeare 
olde, and was buried in the border || of his 
enheritaiice at Thimnath Serah, which lyeth 
on the mount Ephraim, on the north side of 
mount Gaas. And the children of Israel 
serued the LORDE as longe as Iosua lyued/ 
and the Elders (that lyued longe after Iosua) 
which knewe all the workes of y LORDE, 
that he had done vnto Israel. fThe bones 
of Ioseph, which the children of Israel had 
broughte out of Egipte, buried they at Sichem, 
in the pece of the londe,** y Iacob boughte of 
the children of Hemor y father of Sichem for 
an hundreth pens, and was the enheritaunce of 
the children of Ioseph. Eleasar the sonne of 
Aaron died also, and they buried him at 
Gibeath, which was Phineas his sonnes, that 
was geuen him vpon mount Ephraim. 



* 1 Reg. 7. c. 
f 2 Par. 34. f. 



'Iudic. 2. b. || Iosu. 19. d, 

1" Gen. 50. d. Exo. 13. d. Acto. 7. b, 
** Gen. 33. d. 



ftbe tittle of tbe boke of Sosfua* 



2 G 











Zi)t fculte of fyt $uftQt£ 






calletr, fjutrtaitn* 




»at tW faifee contepnetfr. 




Cfjap. I. 


Cfjap. XI. 






Iudas is made captayne of the people, subdueth 


Iepthe is made ruler of the people, and ouer- 






the Cananytes, and wynneth Ierusalem. Israel 


cometh Ammon in Maspha. 






roteth not out the Cananites as God com- 








maunded them 


Cfjap. XII. 






Cfjap. II. 

The angell of God punysheth them, because 


The Ephraites rise vp against Iepthe, and there 






are slayne of them two and fortye thousande. 






they cosente to their enemies. The childre of 


Cfjap. XIII. 






Israel serue Baal, for the which cause God 


The byrth of Samson is shewed vnto his father 






geueth them ouer in to captiuyte. 


and mother by an angell. 






Cfjap. III. 
God punysheth Israel, and yet delyueveth them 
wonderously. 


Cfjap. XIIII. 
Samson taketh a wife ITimnath, renteth a yonge 
Lyon in peces, and putteth forth a dark sen- 
tence vnto his companyons. 






Cijap. IIII. 








Debbora the prophetisse with Barach ouerco- 
meth Sissara, and delyuereth the people of the 
LORDE 


Cfjap. XV. 

How Samson hurteth the Philistynes with the 
foxes. He slayeth a thousande me with the 






Cljap. V. 


cheke bone of an asse. 






The songe of prayse which Debbora and Barach 


Cfjap. XVI. 






songe because of the victory. 


Samson taketh both the portes of the gate of the 
cite vpon his backe, 5 beareth them vp to the 






Cljap. VI. 


mount. Dalila the harlot bryngeth him in 






For their synnes God geueth them ouer in to the 


dotage, so that he telleth her his secretes, and 






handes of the Madianites, from the which 


is blynded of his enemies. 






Gedeon delyuereth them. 


Cfjap. XVII. 






Cfjap. VII. 


Of Micha and his ymage jc. 






How Gedeon parteth his boost, (J discomfiteth 


Cljap. XVIII. 






the Madianites. 


Dan sendeth out men to spye the lode, which take 






Cfjap. VIII. 


Michas ymage, 5 carie awaye the prest. 






Gedeon punysheth the at Suchoth, dyeth, and is 


Cfjap. XIX. 






buried. 

iff v\ _ „ TV 


How shamefully the Gabeonites deale with the 






Ctjap. IX. 


Leuites wife. 






Abimelech seketh the superiorite, slayeth his 


Chap. XX. 






seuentye brethren, wynneth Siche and Thebes. 


How the same synne is punyshed. 






Cfjap. X. 


Chap. XXI. 






Thola j lair rule the people. The Israelites 


The Ben Iamites optayne wyues in Israel, who 






synne, and are punyshed. 


the Israelites had sworne not to geue them. 








1 



Cftap* u 



Cfte tiufee of tf)t SUtfrgesi. 



jfru wnrfuj. 



€3)e first Chapter. 
FTER the death of Iosua the children 
_ of Israel axed the LORDE, and sayde: 
o shall go vp i be oure captayne of warre 
against y Cananites? The LORDE sayde: 
Iuda shall go vp. * Beholde, I haue delyuered 
the londe in to his hande. Then sayde Iuda 
vnto his brother Simeon : Go vp with me in 
to my lot, and let vs fighte against the Ca- 
nanites, then wyl I go agayne with the in to 
thy lot : So Simeon wente with him. 

Now whan Iuda wente vp the LORDE 
delyuered the Cananites and Pheresites in to 
their hades, a they slewe te thousande me at 
Besek : & they foiide Adoni Besek at Besek, 

foughte agaynst him, and slewe the Ca- 
nanites and Pheresites. But Adoni Besek 
fled, and they folowed after him: and whan 
they had ouertaken him, they cut of the thobes 
of his handes and fete. 

Then sayde Adoni Besek : Thre score and 
ten kynges with the thombes of their hades (j 
fete cut of, gathered vp the meate y was lefte 
vnder my table. +Now as I haue done, so 
hath God rewarded me agayne. And he was 
broughte vnto Ierusale, where he dyed. 

But y childre of Iuda foughte agaynst 
Ierusalem, and wane it, tand smote it with 
the edge of the swerde, and set fyre vpon the 
cite. Then wente the children of Israel downe, 
to fighte agaynst y Cananites, y dwelt vpon 
the mount, and towarde the south, and in the 
valleys. § And Iuda wente agaynst the Ca- 
nanites, which dwelt at Hebron. (As for 
Hebron, it was called Kiriatharba afore 
tyme) and they smote Sesai, (j Achiman, and 
Thalmai. 

And from thence he wente agaynst f inha- 
bited of Debir (but Debir was called Kiriath 
Sepher aforetyme.) And Caleb sayde : II He 
y smyteth Kiriath Sepher, (j wynneth it, I wyl 
geue him my doughter Achsa to wife. Then 
Athniel the sonne of Kenas, Calebs yongest 
brother wane it. And he gaue him his dough- 
ter Achsa to wife. And it fortuned y whan 
they wete in, she was counceled of hir housz- 
bande, to axe a pece of londe of hir father. 
And she fell from the asse. The sayde Caleb 
vnto her : What ayleth y ? She sayde : Geue 



Iosu. 23. a. t Leu. 24. d. Iudic. 15. c. jDeu.20. c. 
§ Iosu. 15. d. || Iosu. 15. d. 2 Par. 12. a. 1 Re. 17. c. 
1T Deu. 34. a. ** Nu. 10. d. 1 Re. 15. d. " Num. 21. a. 



me a blessynge, for thou hast geuen me a 
south 5 drye londe, geue me also a watery 
londe. Then gaue he her a londe that was 
watery a boue and beneth. 

And the childre of y Kenyte Moses brother 
in lawe, wente vp out of the ITpalme cite, 
with the children of Iuda in to the wylder- 
nesse of Iuda, that lyeth on y south syde of 
the cite Arad: **and wente their waye, j 
dwelt amonge the people. And Iuda wente 
with his brother Simeon, g they smote the 
Cananites at Zephath, g damned them, 5 
called the name of the cite Horma.° ttluda 
also wanne Gasa with the borders therof, (t 
Ascalon with hir borders, j Accaron with the 
coastes therof. And the LORDE was with 
Iuda, so that he conquered the mountaynes : 
but them that dwelt in the valley coulde he 
not conquere, because they had yron charettes. 
And acordinge as Moses had sayde, they gaue 
Hebron vnto Caleb, which droue out the thre 
sonnes of Enak/ JtHowbeit f children of 
Ben Iamin droue not out y Iebusites which 
dwelt at Ierusalem, but y Iebusites dwelt 
amonge the children of Ben Iamin at Ieru- 
salem vnto this daye. 

Likewyse the children of Ioseph wete vp 
also vnto Bethel, c g the LORDE was with 
the. And the house of Ioseph spyed out 
Bethel (which afore tyme was called Lus) and 
the watch men sawe a man goinge out of the 
cite, and saide vnto him: Shewe vs where we 
maye come in to the cite, %& we wyll shewe 
mercy vpon the. And whan he had shewed 
them where they mighte come in to the cite, 
they smote y cite with the edge of the swerde: 
but they let the man go j all his frendes. 

Then wete the same man vp in to y coun- 
tre of the Hethites, (j buylded a cite, and 
called it Lus, j so is the name of it yet vnto 
this daye. And Manasses II II droue not out 
Beth Sean with the vyllages therof, ner 
Thaenah with the vyllages therof, ner the in- 
habiters of Dor with the vyllages therof: ner 
the inhabiters of Iebleam with the vyllages 
therof, ner the inhabiters of Mageddo with 
the vyllages therof, and f Cananites beganne 
to dwell in the same londe. But whan Israel 
was mightie, he made the Cananites tribu- 
taries, and droue them not out. 



tt Iosu. 15. a. * Iosu. 14. d. Jf Iosu. 15. g. c Iosu. 16. 
§§ Iosu. 2. c. mi Nu. 33. g. Iosu. 17. c. 



tfo. tiwbiij. 



€f)t tjofee uf tf)t Sutrgesu 



Cfrap* ij. 



"In like maner Ephraim droue not out y 
Cananites that dwelt at Gaser, but the Ca 
nanites dwelt amonge them at Gaser. 

Zabulon also droue not out the inhabiters 
of Kitron and Nahalol, but y Cananites dwelt 
amonge them, g were tributaries. 

Asser droue not out y inhabiters of Aco. 
S y inhabiters of Sidon, of Ahelab, of Achsib. 
of Helba, of Aphik g of Rehob, but y Asser- 
ites dwelt amoge the Cananites that dwelt in 
the lode, for they droue the not out. 

Nephtali droue not out y inhabiters of Beth 
Semes, ner of Beth Anath, but dwelt amonge 
the Cananites which dwelt in the londe : how- 
beit they of Beth Semes and of Beth Anath 
were tributaries. 

And the Amorites subdued the childre of 
Dan vpon the mountaine, and suffred them 
not to come downe in to the valley. And the 
Amorites beganne to dwell vpo mount Heres 
at Aiolon and at Saalbim. Howbeit y hande 
of y house of Ioseph was to sore for them, and 
they became tributaries. And the border of 
the Amorites was, as a ma goeth vp towarde 
Acrabim. and from the rocke, g from the toppe. 

©he ij. Cljaptev. 

BUT there came vp a messauger of y 
LORDE from Gilgall vnto Bochim, and 
sayde : I haue caried you vp hither out of 
Egipte, and broughte you in to the londe 
that I sware vnto youre fathers, g saide: *I 
wyl neuer breake my couenaunt with you, 
that ye shulde make no couenaunt with the 
indwellers of this londe, but breake downe 
their altares : Neuertheles ye haue not herk- 
ened vnto my voyce. Wherfore haue ye done 
this ? Then saide I morouer: I wil not dryue 
them out before you, that they maye be a fall 
vnto you, and their goddes a snare. And 
whan y messaunger of the LORDE had 
spoken these wordes vnto all the children of 
Israel, the people lifte vp their voyce, g wepte, 
and called y name of the place Bochim, and 
offred there vnto the LORDE. 

For whan Iosua had sente awaye y people, 
and the childre of Israel were gone, euery one 
to his enheritauce, for to take possession of 
the londe, tthe people serued the LORDE 
as longe as Iosua lyued and y Elders, which 
lyued longe after Iosua, and y sawe all the 



" Iosu. 16. b. * Deut. 7. a. and 12. 
Iosu. 24. f. c Iud. 3. a. 4. a. 6. i 



t Iosu. 24. f. 
d Deu. 28. 



greate workes of the LORDE, which he dyd 
for Israel. 

Now whan Iosua the sonne of Nun, the 
seruaunt of the LORDE, *was deed (whan 
he was an hudreth and ten yeare olde) they 
buried him in y border of his inheritaunce at 
Timnath Heres vpon mount Ephraim on 
the north syde of mount Gaas. And whan 
all the same generacion was gathered vnto 
their fathers, there came vp after them 
another generacion, which knew not the 
LORDE, ner the workes that he had done 
for Israel. 

'Then wroughte the children of Israel euell 
before the LORDE, and serued Baalim, and 
forsoke y LORDE the God of their fathers 
(which broughte them out of the londe of 
Egipte) and folowed other goddes g the goddes 
ol the nacions that dwelt rounde aboute them, 
g worshipped them, g displeased the LORDE: 
for they forsoke y LORDE euer more and 
more, and serued Baal and Astaroth. 

Then y wrath of the LORDE waxed whote 
vp5 Israel, g he delyuered the in to y handes 
of those y spoyled the, that they mighte spoyle 
them, g solde the in to the handes of their 
enemies roiide aboute, g they were not able 
to withstonde their enemies eny more, but 
what waye so euer they wolde out, y hade of 
the LORDE was agaynst the to their hurte 
(euen as the LORDE ''sayde and sware vnto 
them) and they were sore oppressed. 

Now whan the LORDE raysed them vp 
iudges, which helped them out of the hande 
of soch as spoyled the, they folowed not the 
iudges nether, but wente a whoringe after 
other goddes, g worshipped them, and were 
soone gone out of y waye y their fathers 
walked in, to heare the comaundementes of 
the LORDE, g dyd not as they dyd. 

But whan y LORDE raysed vp iudges 
vnto them, the LORDE was with y iudge, 
and helped them out of the hande of their 
enemies, as longe as the iudge lyued. t For 
the LORDE had pitie of their complaynte, 
which they made ouer those y subdued the 
and oppressed them. 

Neuertheles whan the iudge dyed, they 
turned backe, e and marred all more the their 
fathers, so that they folowed other goddes to 
serue them and to bowe them selues vnto 

± Exod. 2. d. c Iud. 3. b. 



Cfcaj), tij* 



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them: they wolde not fall from their pur- 
poses, ner from their obstinate waye. 

Therfore waxed the wrath of the LORDE 
allwaie so whote ouer Israel, that he sayde : 
For so moch as the people haue transgressed 
my couenaunt, which I commaunded their 
fathers, j folowe not my voyce, I wil from 
hence forth dryue out none of the Heythen, 
who Iosua lefte behynde him, wha he dyed, 
that by them I maye proue Israel, whether 
they wil kepe the waye of the LORDE, to 
walke therin, as their fathers dyd, or not. 
Thus the LORDE suffred all these nacions, 
so that in a shorte tyme he droue them not 
out, whom he had not geuen ouer in to Iosuas 
hande. 

Che ii). Chapter. 

THESE are the nacions, whom the 
LORDE suffred to remayne, y by 
them he mighte proue Israel, which had no 
vnderstondinge in the warres of Canaan : 
onely because y the trybes of the childre of 
Israel might knowe (j leme to warre, which 
afore had no knowlege therof, namely : The 
fyue lordes of y Philistynes, & all the Ca- 
nanites, g Sidonians, 5 the Hethites y dwelt 
vpon mount Libanus, fro mount Baal Her- 
mon, vntyll a man come vnto Hemath. The 
same remayned, that Israel mighte be proued 
by them, that it mighte be known e whether 
they wolde herken to the commaundementes 
of the LORDE, which he commaunded their 
fathers by Moses. 

Now whan the children of Israel dwelt 
thus amoge the Cananites, Hethites, Amo- 
rites, Pheresites, Heuites & Iebusites, t they 
toke their doughters to wyues, and gaue their 
doughters vnto their sonnes, 5 serued their 
goddes, and wroughte wickednes before the 
LORDE, 5 forgat the LORDE their God, 5 
serued Baalim 5 Astaroth. Then y wrath of 
y LORDE waxed whote ouer Israel, 5 he 
solde the vnder the hade of Cusan Risathaim 
kynge of Mesopotamia, j so y childre of Israel 
serued Cusan Risathaim viij. yeare. 

The cried the childre of Israel vnto the 
LORDE, (j the LORDE raysed the vp a 
sauioure which delyuered the, namely, t Ath- 
niel y sonne of Kenas, Calebs yongest brother 
And the sprete of the LORDE came vpon 
him, g he was iudge in Israel, 5 wente out a 



Deut. 8. a. and 13. a. 



Deut. 7. a. and 12. a. 



warre fare. And y LORDE delyuered Cusan 
Risathaim the kynge of Syria in to his hade, 
so y his hande was to stroge for him. § Then 
was the londe in rest fortye yeares. And 
Athniel the sonne of Kenas dyed. 

But the children of Israel dyd yet more 
euell before the LORDE. Then the LORDE 
trengthed Eglon the kynge of y Moabites 
agaynst f childre of Israel, because they 
wrought wickednesse before y LORDE. And 
he gathered vnto him y childre of Ammon, 
% the Amalechites, & wete and smote Israel, 
and conquered the II cite of the palme trees. 
And the children of Israel serued Eglon y 
kynge of y Moabites eightene yeare. The 
cried they vnto the LORDE. And the 
LORDE raysed the vp a sauioure, namely 
Ehud the sonne of Gera f sonne of Temini, 
which was a man that mighte do nothinge 
with his righte hande. 

And wha the childre of Israel sent a pre- 
sent by him vnto Eglon the kynge of the 
Moabites, Ehud made him a two edged dagger 
of a spanne longe, g gyrded it vnder his gar- 
met vpo his righte thye, & broughte y present 
vnto Eglon the kynge of y Moabites. As for 
Eglon, he was a very fat man. 

And whan he had delyuered the presente, 
he let the people go that had caried the pre- 
sent, and he himselfe turned backe from the 
Idols at Gilgall, g caused to saye thus (vnto 
the kynge:) I haue a secrete thinge to tell 
the O kynge. And he commaunded to kepe 
sylence, g all they that stode aboute him, 
wente out from him. 

And Ehud came in vnto him. He sat in a 
syled Sommer perler, which was for him selfe 
alone. And Ehud saide : I haue somwhat to 
saye vnto the of God. The rose he vp fro 
his seate. But Ehud put forth his lefte hande, 
& toke the dagger from his righte thye, % thrust 
it in to his bely, so y the hefte wente in also 
after the blade, & the fatt closed the hefte 
for he drue not f dagger out of his bely, j y 
fylthines departed fro him. But Ehud gat 
him out at the backe dore, g put to y dore 
after him, and lockte it. 

Now whan he was gone, his seruauntes 
came in, and sawe that the dore of the Som- 
mer perler was lockte, and they sayde : per- 
aduenture he is gone to the preuye in the 
syled Sommer perler. 



t Iud. I.e. §2 Par. 



|| Deut. 30. a. 



tfo. um* 



%\)t bote of t\)t Sutigesu 



Cfjap* iiij. 



m 



But whan they had wayted so loge tyll they 
were ashamed (for no man opened the perler 
dore) they toke the keye, and opened it. 
Beholde, then laye their lorde deed vpon the 
earth. As for Ehud, he was gotten awaye, 
whyle they made so longe tariege, (j he wente 
ouer by the Idols, and ranne his waye vnto 
Seirath. 

And whan he came in * he blewe y trompet 
vpo mount Ephraim, and the children of 
Israel wente with him from the mount, and 
he before them, and he saide vnto them : 
Folowe me, for the LORDE hath delyuered 
the Moabites youre enemies in to youre 
hande. And they folowed him, j wanne y 
ferye of Iordane, y goeth towarde Moab, (j 
suffred no man to go ouer, and at y same 
tyme they smote of the Moabites vpo a ten 
thousande men, all nobles and men of amies, 
so that there escaped not one. Thus were 
the Moabites broughte vnder the hande of the 
children of Israel at that tyme, and the londe 
was in rest foure score yeares. 

Afterwarde was + Samgar y sonne of Anath, 
which slewe sixe hundreth Philistynes with an 
oxes gadd, and delyuered Israel also. 

Che iiij. Chapter. 

BUT the children of Israel dyd yet more 
euell before y LORDE, whan Ehud 
was deed. And the LORDE solde the in to 
the hande of Iabin the kynge of the Cananites, 
which dwelt at Hazor, (j the chefe captayne of 
his hooste was Sissera, and he dwelt at Haro- 
seth of the Heythen. And the childre of 
Israel cried vnto the LORDE : for he had 
nyne hudreth yron charettes, and subdued the 
children of Israel by violence twentye yeare. 
At f same tyme was Iudgesse in Israel the 
prophetisse Debbora, the wyfe of Lapidoth, 
and she dwelt vnder y palme of Debbora be- 
twene Rama 5 Bethel, vpon mount Ephraim, 
and the children of Israel came vp vnto her 
to the lawe. She sent forth, tj called for 
Barak the sonne of Abi Noam of Kedes 
Nephtali, and sayde vnto him: Hath not ;y 
LORDE the God of Israel comaunded the : 
Go thy waye, and get the vp vnto mount 
Thabor, & take with the ten thousande men 
of the children of Nephtali & Zabulon? For 
I wil make Sissera the chefe captayne of 
Iabins hoost to come to the vnto y § water of 

* Nu. 10. a. + Iud. 5. a. } Iud. 5. b. 



Cyson, with his charettes and with his multi- 
tude, and I wyll delyuer him in to thy hande. 
Barak sayde vnto her : Yf thou wilt come 
with me, I wil go : but yf thou wilt not come 
with me, I wil not go. 

She sayde : I wyll go with the : neuerthe- 
lesse the prayse shal not be thine in this 
iourney that thou goest, but y LORDE shal 
delyuer Sissera in to a womas hande. So 
Debbora gat hir vp, and wente with Barak 
vnto Kedes. Then Barak called Zabulon and 
Nephtali vnto Kedes, and wete on fote with 
ten thousande men. And Debbora wente 
with him also. As for Heber the Kenyte he 
was departed from the Kenytes from the 
children of II Hobab Moses brother in lawe, 
and had pitched his tent by y Oke of Zaanaim 
besyde Kedes. 

Then was it tolde Sissera, y Barak the 
sonne of Abi Noa, was gone vp vnto moiit 
Thabor: 5 he gathered all his charettes 
together, nyne C. yron charettes, a all the 
people y was with him from Haroseth of the 
Heythe, vnto the water Cyson. Debbora 
sayde vnto Barak : Vp, this is the daie wherin 
the LORDE hath delyuered Sissera in to thy 
hande : for y LORDE shal go forth before y. 
So Barak wente fro mount Thabor, and y ten 
thousande men after him. 

But the LORDE discomfited Sissera with 
all his charettes j hoost, & made the afrayed of 
the edge of the swerde before Barak, so y 
Sissera leapte of his charet, £ fled on fote. 
Neuerthelesse Barak folowed vpon the cha- 
rettes & the hoost vnto Haroseth of the Hey- 
then, j all Sisseras hoost fell thorow f edge of 
the swerde, so y not one escaped. As for 
Sissera, he fled on fote vnto the tente of Iael, 
y wife of Heber y Kenite. For there was 
peace betwene kynge Iabin at Hasor, g the 
house of Heber the Kenite. 

Iael wete forth to mete Sissera, (j sayde 
vnto him: Turae in my lorde, turne in to me, 
(j be not afrayed. And he turned in vnto her 
in to the tente, (t she couered him with a gar- 
met. He sayde vnto her : I praye y geue me 
a litle water to drynke, for I am a thyrst. 
IT The opened she a mylke pot, (j gaue him 
to drynke, and couered him. And he sayde 
vnto her: Stode in the tente dore, j yf one 
come (J axe, is there eny man here? saye 
Noman. 

§ Psal. 82. a. || Nu. 10. d. ' f Iud. 5. d. 



Cfcap* b* 



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Then Iael the wife of Heber toke a nale 
of the tente, and an hammer in hir hande, g 
wente in preuely vnto him, 5 smote the nale 
in thorow the temples of his heade, so y he 
sancke to y earth. As for him, he was fallen 
on a slomber, and weery, and so he dyed. 

But wha Barak Mowed after Sissera, Iael 
wente for to mete him, and sayde vnto him : 
Come hither, I wil shewe the the man, whom 
thou sekest. And whan he came in vnto her, 
he sawe Sissera deed, g the nale stickinge in 
his temples. Thus God broughte downe 
Iabin the kynge of the Cananites before the 
children of Israel at that tyme, g the hande 
of the children of Israel wente & subdued 
Iabin f kynge of the Cananites, tyll they had 
roted him out. Then Debbora and Barac 
the sonne of Abi Noam, sange at the same 
tyme, and sayde : 

Cfie f>. Chapter. 

NOW that ye are come to rest, ye quyete 
men in Israel, prayse f LORDE, 
amonge soch of the people as be fre wyllinge. 

Heare ye kynges, 5 herken to ye prynces : 
I wyl, I wyl synge to the LORDE, euen vnto 
the LORDE y God of Israel wil I playe. 

* LORDE, whan thou wentest out from 
Seir, d earnest in from the felde of Edom, y 
earth quaked, the heauen dropped, and the 
cloudes dropped with water. 

tThe hilles melted before the LORDE, 
Sinai before the LORDE the God of Israel. 

In the tyme of t Sanger the sonne of Anath: 
In the tyme of § Iael the wayes fayled : and 
they that shulde haue gone in pathes, walked 
thorow croked wayes. 

There was scarcenesse, there was scarce- 
nesse of houszbande men in Israel, vntyll I 
Debbora came vp, vntyll I came vp a mother 
in Israel. 

God hath chosen a new thinge. He hath 
ouercome y portes in battayll : and yet was 
there sene nether shylde ner speare amonge 
fortye thousande in Israel. 

My hert loueth y teachers of Israel : ye y 
are frewyllinge amonge the people, prayse the 
LORDE. 

Ye that ryde vpo fayre Asses, ye that syt 
in iudgment and geue sentence, ye that go 
by the waye, prayse the LORDE. 

Wha y archers cried betwene y drawers of 

* Exo. 19. c. Deut. 4. b. f Psal. 96. a. t Iud. 3. d 



water, then was it spoke of f righteousnes of 
the LORDE, of the righteousnes of his husz- 
bande men in Israel : then ruled the people 
of the LORDE vnder the gates. 

Vp Debbora vp, get the vp, get the vp, & 
rehearse a songe. II Arise Barak, & catch him 
y catched the, thou sonne of Abinoam. 

Then had the desolate the rule with the 
mightie of the people. The LORDE had y 
dominion thorow the giauntes. 

IT Out of Ephraim was their rote against 
Amalek, and after him Ben Iamin in thy 
people. 

Out of Machir haue teachers ruled, and 
out of Zabulo are there become gouernours 
thorow the wrytinge penne. 

And out of Isachar there were prynces 
with Debbora, and Isachar was as Barak in f 
valley, sent with his people on fote : As for 
Ruben, he stode hye in his awne consayte, 
and separated him selfe from vs. 

Why abodest thou betwixte the borders, 
whan thou herdest the noyse of the flockes ? 
because Ruben stode hye in his awne cosayte, 
and separated him selfe from vs. 

Gilead abode beyonde Iordane, and why 
dwelt Dan amonge the shippes ? Asser sat in 
the hauen of the see, and taried in his porcions, 

But Zabulons people ioperde their life vnto 
death : Nephtali also in the toppe of y felde 
of Merom. 

The kynges came tj foughte, then foughte 
y- kynges of the Cananites at Thaanah by 
the water of Megiddo, but spoyle of money 
broughte they not there from. 

From heaue were they foughte agaynst, the 
starres in their courses foughte with Sissera 

The broke Cyson ouerwhelmed them, the 
broke Kedumim, yee the broke Cyson. My 
soule treade thou vpon the mightie. 

Then made the horse fete a ruszshinge to 
gether, for the greate violence of their mightie 
horse men. 

Curse the cite of Meros (sayde y angell of 
the LORDE) curse the citesyns therof, be 
cause they come not to helpe y LORDE, to 
helpe the LORDE to the giauntes. 

Blessynge amonge wemen haue Iael the 
wife of Heber the Kenite: blessinge haue 
she in the tente amonge the wemen. 

**Whan he axed water, she gaue him mylke, 
& broughte forth butter in a lordly diszshe. 

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She toke holde of the nale with hir hande, 
g the smyth hammer with hir righte hande ; 
and smote Sissera, cut of his heade g pearsed 
and bored thorow his temples. 

He bowed him selfe downe at hir fete, he 
fell downe, and laye there. He sanke downe. 
and fell at hir fete : whan he had soncke 
downe, he laye there destroyed. 

His mother loked out at the wyndowe, g 
cried piteously thorow the trallace: Why 
tarieth his charet out so loge, that he cometh 
not ? Wherfore do the wheles of his charet 
make so longe tarienge ? 

The wysest amoge his ladies answered, g 
sayde vnto her : Shulde they not finde g de- 
uide the spoyle, vnto euery man a fayre mayde 
or two for a pray, g partye coloured garmetes 
of nedle worke to Sissera for a spoyle, partye 
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Thus all thine enemies must perishe O 
LORDE : but they that loue the, shal be 
euen as the Sonne rysinge vp in his mighte. 

And the londe had peace fortye yeares. 

Eftc bt. Chapter. 

AND whan the children of Israel dyd 
euell in the sighte of the LORDE, the 
LORDE delyuered them vnder the hande of 
the Madianites vij. yeares. And wha the 
hande of the Madianites was to mightie ouer 
the children of Israel, the children of Israel 
made them clyffes in y mountaynes, and caues 
and holdes, to defende them selues from y 
Madianites. And whan Israel sowed eny 
thinge, y Madianites and Amalechites, and 
the children towarde the south came vp vpon 
them, and pitched their tetes agaynst them, 
and destroyed the increase of the londe downe 
vnto Gasa, g let nothinge remayne ouer of the 
beestes in Israel, nether shepe, ner oxen, ner 
asses. For they came vp with their catell 
and tentes, as it had bene a greate multitude 
of greshoppers (so that nether they ner their 
camels mighte be nombred) and fell in to the 
londe, that they mighte destroy e it. Thus was 
Israel exceadinge small before the Madianites. 
Then cried the children of Israel vnto the 
LORDE. 

But whan they cried vnto the LORDE 
because of y Madianites, y LORDE sent the 
a prophet, which sayde vnto the : Thus saieth 

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the LORDE the God of Israel : I caried you 
out of Egipte, g broughte you out of y house 
of bondage, g delyuered you from the hande 
of the Egipcians, g from the hade of all them 
that oppressed you, and I haue thrust them 
out before you, g geuen you their lode and 
sayde vnto you : I am the LORDE youre 
God. * Feare not ye the goddes of the 
Amorites, in whose londe ye dwell : neuer- 
theles ye haue not herkened vnto my voyce. 

And there came an angell of the LORDE, 
g sat him downe vnder an Oke at Aphra, 
which belonged vnto Ioas the father of y 
Esrites, and his sonne Gedeon was throsshinge 
wheate in the barne, that he mighte flye awaye 
before the Madianites. 

Then appeared vnto him the angell of y 
LORDE, and sayde vnto him: The LORDE 
with y thou mightie giaunte. But Gedeon 
sayde vnto him : Syr, yf the LORDE be with 
vs, wherfore is all this then happened vnto vs ? 
And where are all the wonders, which oure 
fathers tolde vs, g sayde : The LORDE 
brought vs out of Egipte? But now hath 
the LORDE forsaken vs, and delyuered vs in 
to the hande of the Madianites. 

The LORDE turned him vnto him, g 
sayde : Go thy waye in this thy strength, thou 
shalt delyuer Israel out of the hande of y 
Madianites. I haue sent the. But he sayde : 
My LORDE, wherwithall shal I delyuer 
Israel ? Beholde, my kynred is the smallest 
in Manasse, j I am the leest in my fathers 
house ? The LORDE sayde vnto him : I 
will be with the, so y thou shalt smyte the 
Madianites, euen as though they were but 
one man. 

He sayde vnto him : Yf I haue foiide grace 

thy sighte, then make me a token, that it 
is thou, which speakest with me : go not 
awaye, tyll I come to y, and brynge a meat- 
offerynge, to set before the. He sayde: I 
wyll tary, tyll thou comest agayne. And 
Gedeon wete, and made ready a kydd, and an 
Epha of vnleuended floure, and layed the 
flesh in a maunde, and put the broth in a pot, 
and broughte it forth vnto him vnder the Oke, 
and came nye. But the angell of God sayde 
vnto him : t Take the flesh and the vnleuended 
bred, g set it vpon the stonye rocke that is 
here, and poure the broth theron. And he 
dyd so. Then the angell of the LORDE 

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stretched out the staffe that he had in his 
hande, and with the ende of it he touched the 
flesh and the vnleuended floure : *and the 
fyre came out of the rocke, and consumed the 
flesh and the vnleuended floure. And the 
angell of the LORDE vanyshed out of his 
sighte. 

Now wha Gedeon sawe that it was an 
angell of y LORDE, he sayde : "O LORDE 
LORDE, haue I thus sene an angell of y 
LORDE face to face ? The LORDE sayde 
vnto him : Peace be with the, feare not, thou 
shalt not dye. The Gedeon buylded an altare 
there vnto y LORDE, 5 called it: The 
LORDE of peace. The same stondeth yet 
vnto this daye at Apra, y belogeth vnto the 
father of y Esrites. 

And in y same night sayde y LORDE vnto 
him : Take a fedd bullocke fro am5ge thy 
fathers oxen, (j another bullocke of seuen yeare 
olde, and breake downe the altare of Baall 
which is thy fathers, and cut downe the groue 
that stondeth by it, and buylde thou an altare 
vnto the LORDE thy God aboue vpon the 
toppe of this rocke, and make it ready, and 
take the other bullocke, and offre a burnt- 
offerynge with the wodd of the groue that 
thou hast hewen downe. Then toke Gedeon 
ten men of his seruauntes, and dyd as y 
LORDE sayde vnto him : but he was afrayed 
to do this by daye tyme, for his fathers house 
and the people in y cite, and so he dyd it by 
nighte. 

Now whan the people in the cite rose vp 
early in the mornynge, beholde, Baals altare 
was broken, and the groue hewen downe by 
it, and the other bullocke a burntofferynge 
vpon the altare that was buylded, g one sayde 
vnto another: Who hath done this? And 
whan they soughte & made searche, it was 
sayde : Gedeon the sonne of Ioas hath done 
it. The sayde the people of y cite vnto Ioas : 
Brynge forth thy sonne, He must dye, because 
he hath broken Baals altare, and hewen downe 
the groue therby. But Ioas sayde vnto all 
them that stode by him : Wyl ye stryue for 
Baal ? Wil ye delyuer him ? He y stryueth 
for him, shal dye this mornynge. Yf he be 
God, let him auege him selfe, because his 
altare is broken downe. From y daye forth 
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Let Baal auenge him selfe, that his altare is 
broken downe. 

Whan y Madianites now j y Amalechites, 
(E the childre towarde the south had gathered 
the selues together, j were passed thorow 
(Iordane) 15 had pitched their tentes in the 
valley of Iesrael, the sprete of the LORDE 
endued Gedeon, cj he caused the trompet to 
be blowne, (j called (the house of) +Abieser. 
that they shulde folowe him : j he sent mes- 
saungers vnto all Manasse, (t called them, y 
they shulde folowe him also : and he sent 
messaungers likewyse vnto Asser (j Zabulon & 
Nephtali, which came vp to mete him. 

And Gedeon sayde vnto God: Yf thou wilt 
delyuer Israel thorow my hande, as thou hast 
saide, the wil I laye a flese of woll in the 
eourte: yf y dew be onely vpon y flese, a drye 
vpon all the grounde, then wyll I perceaue, 
that thou shalt delyuer Israel thorow my 
hande, as thou hast sayde. And it came so to 
passe. And whan he rose vp early on the 
morow, he wrage y dew out of the flese, and 
fylled a dyszshe full of water. And Gedeon 
sayde vnto God : t Be not wroth at me, that 
I speake yet this one tyme, I wyl proue yet 
but once with the flese, let it be drye onely 
vpon the flese, and dew vpon all the grounde. 
And God dyd so the same nighte : so that it 
was drye onely vpon the flese, and dew vpon 
all the grounde. 

Che bij. Chapter. 

THEN Ierubaal (that is Gedeon) gat him 
vp early, *and all the people that was 
with him, and pitched their tentes besyde the 
well of Harod, so that he had the hoost of the 
Madianites on the north side behynde the 
hyll of More in the valley. But the LORDE 
sayde vnto Gedeon : The people that be with 
y are to many for me to delyuer Madian in to 
their hande, lest Israel boost them selues 
agaynst me, and saye : My hande hath dely- 
uered me. Cause a proclamacion now to be 
made in the eares of the people, and saye : 
§ He that feareth, and is afrayed, let him 
turne backe, and get him soone fro mount 
Gilead. Then returned there of the people 
aboute a two and twenty thousande so that 
there was left but ten thousande. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon. 



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The people are yet to many : brynge them 
downe to the water, there wyl I proue them 
for y : and of whom I saye that he shal go 
with the, the same shal go with the : but of 
wh5 I saie that he shal not go with the, the 
same shall not go. And he broughte the 
people vnto y water. And the LORDE sayde 
vnto Gedeon : Whosoeuer licketh of the water 
with his tiige, as a dogg licketh, make him 
stonde asyde and lykewyse who soeuer falleth 
downe vpo his knees to drynke. Then was 
the nombre of them that had licked out of 
the hande to the mouth, thre hundreth men. 
And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon : 
Thorow the thre hiidreth which haue licked, 
wyl I delyuer you, and geue ouer the Ma- 
dianites in to thy hade : As for the other peo- 
ple, let them go euery one vnto his place. 

And they toke vytayles with them for f 
people, and their trompettes : but the other 
Israelites let he go, euery one vnto his tente. 
And he strengthed himselfe with the thre hun- 
dreth men, and the Madianites hoost laye 
before him beneth in the valley. And the 
same night sayde the LORDE vnto him : 
Vp, and go downe in to the hoost, for I haue 
geuen them ouer in to thy hande. But yf 
thou be afrayed to go downe, then let thy ser- 
uaunt Pura go downe with the vnto the hoost, 
y thou maiest heare what they saie : after that 
shalt thou be bolde, and thy honde stronge, 
that thou mayest go downe in to the hoost. 

Than wente Gedeon downe with his ser- 
uaunt vnto y vttemost parte of f watchme of 
armes y were in y hoost. And y- Madianites 
and Amalechites, and all the children of the 
south, had layed them selues beneth in the 
valley, as a multitude of greshoppers, and 
their Camels were not to be nombred for mul- 
titude, eue as the sonde on f see shore. Now 
whan Gedeon came, beholde, one tolde ano- 
ther his dreame, ri sayde: Beholde, I haue 
dreamed a dreame : Me thoughte a bake 
barlye lofe came rollinge downe to y hoost of 
f Madianites : and whan it came to the tente, 
it smote it, and ouerthrew it, and turned it 
vpsyde downe, so that the tente fell. Then 
answered the other: That is nothinge els 
then y swerde of Gedeon the sonne of Ioas 
y- Israelite: God hath geue ouer the Ma- 
dianites with all the hoost in to his hande. 

Whan Gedeon herde this dreame tolde, re 



the interpretacion of it, he worshipped, and 
came agayne in to the hoost of Israel, and 
sayde : Vp, for the LORDE hath delyuered 
y hoost of the Madianites in to youre hade. 
And he deuyded the thre hundreth men in to 
thre partes, and gaue euery one a trompet in 
his hande, and emptye pytchers, and lampes 
therin, and sayde vnto them : "Loke vnto me, 
and do ye eue so, and beholde, wha I come to 
the vttemost parte of the hoost, euen as I do, 
so do ye also. Whan I blowe y trompet, and 
all that are with me, then shal ye blowe f 
tropettes also rounde aboute all the hoost, and 
saye : Here the LORDE g Gedeon. Thus 
came Gedeon and the thre hundreth men 
with him vnto the vttemost parte of y hoost 
(aboute the tyme whan the mydwatch begyn- 
neth) and waked vp the watchme, and blewe 
with the trompettes, and smote asunder the 
pitchers in their handes. 

So all the thre companies blewe with f 
trompettes, and brake the pitchers. But the 
lampes helde they in their lefte hande, and 
the trompettes in their righte hade, so that 
they blewe, and cried: Here the swerde of 
the LORDE and Gedeon. And euery one 
stode in his place aboute the hoost. Then 
ranne all the hoost, and cried and fled. And 
whyle the thre hundreth men blewe the trom- 
pettes, y LORDE broughte it so to passe, 
that * euery mans swerde in all f hoost was 
agaynst another, and the hoost fled vnto Beth- 
sitha Zereratha, and vnto the border of the 
playne of Mehohab besyde Tabath. And y 
men of Israel of Nephtali, of Asser, rx of Ma- 
nasse cried, and folowed vpon the Madianites. 

And Gedeon sent messaungers vp vnto 
all mount Ephraim, sayenge : Come downe 
against the Madianites, and stoppe the water 
from them vnto Beth Bara and Iordane. And 
then cryed all they that were of Ephraim, and 
stopped the water from them vnto Bethbara 
and Iordane, and toke two prynces of the 
Madianites Oreb and Zeb, and slewe Oreb 
vpon the rocke of Oreb, and Zeb in the wyne- 
presse of Zeb, and folowed vpon the Ma- 
dianites, and broughte the heades of Oreb 
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ND the men of Ephraim sayde vnto 
him : Wherfore hast thou done this vnto 

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vs, that thou hast not called vs, wha thou 
wentest forth to fight agaynst f Madianites? 
and they chode sore with him. But he sayde 
vnto them: What haue I done now that is 
like youre acte ? Is not the aftergadderynge 
of Ephraim better then the whole haruest of 
Abieser ? ° God hath delyuered y prynces of 
the Madianites Oreb and Zeb in to youre 
hande, how coulde I do that ye haue done ? 
Wha he had sayde this, their blast was swaged 
from him. 

Now whan Gedeon came vnto Iordane, he 
wente ouer with the thre hundreth me that 
were with him, and they were weery, and 
folowed vpon their chace. And he sayde 
vnto the men of Sucoth : I praye you geue 
the people that are with me, some loaues of 
bred (for they are weery) that I maye folowe 
vpon Zebea and Salmana the kinges of the 
Madianites. 

But the rulers of Sucoth sayde : Are the 
handes of Zebea and Salmana in thy handes 
allready, that we must geue bred vnto thy 
men of warre ? Gedeon sayde : Well, whan 
the LORDE delyuereth Zebea and Salmana 
in to my hade, I wyll threszshe youre flesh 
with thornes of the wyldernesse and with 
breares. And from thence he wente vp vnto 
Penuel, and spake euen so vnto them. And 
the me of Penuel gaue him like answere as 
they of Sucoth. And he sayde also vnto the 
men of Penuel: Yf I come peaceably agayne, 
I wil breake downe this tower. 

As for Zebea and Salmana, they were at 
Karkar, and their hoost with them vpon a 
fyftene thousande, which were all that were 
lefte of the whole hoost of the children of the 
Easte : for there were fallen an hundreth and 
twentye thousande, that coulde drawe the 
swerde. 

And Gedeon wente vp by the waye, where 
they dwell in the tentes on the east side of 
Nobah and Iakbeha, j smote the hoost, for 
the hoost was carelesse, and mystrusted no- 
thinge. And Zebea and Salmana fled, but 
he folowed after them, and toke y two kynges 
of the Madianites Zebea and Salmana, and 
put all the hoost in feare. 

Now whan Gedeon y sonne of Ioas came 
agayne fro the battayll out of y east, he toke 
a lad of the men of Sucoth, g examyned him, 
which wrote him vp the names of the rulers of 



Sucoth, and their Elders, eue thre score and 
seuentene men. 

And he came to the men of Sucoth, g 
sayde : Beholde, here is Zebea {j Salmana, 
cocernynge who ye laughed me to scorne, {j 
sayde : Are the handes of Zebea and Salmana 
in thy hades all ready, that we must geue bred 
vnto thy men which are weery ? And he toke 
the Elders of the cite, and thornes out of the 
wildernes, and breres, and caused y men of 
Sucoth to be torne therwith. * And the tower 
of Penuel brake he downe, and slewe the men 
of the cite. 

And he saide vnto Zebea and Salmana: 
What maner of me were they who ye slewe 
at Thabor ? They sayde : They were euen 
like the, g goodly men, as yf they had bene a 
kynges childre. He sayde : They were my 
brethren, euen my mother sonnes : As truly 
as the LORDE lyueth, yf ye had lette them 
lyue, I wolde not slaye you. 

And he saide vnto his first borne sonne 
Iether : Stonde vp, g slaye them. Howbeit 
the lad drue not out his swerde, for he was 
afrayed, for so moch as he was yet but a lad. 
Zebea & Salmana sayde : Stonde thou vp, & 
slaye vs, for as the man is, soch is also his 
stregth. So Gedeon arose, and slewe Zebea 
and Salmana, and toke the ornamentes that 
were aboute their Camels neckes. 

Then sayde certayne in Israel vnto Gedeon : 
Be thou lorde ouer vs, thou and thy sonne, 
and thy sonnes sonne, for so moch as thou 
hast delyuered vs from y hande of y Ma- 
dianites. Neuertheles Gedeon saide vnto 
them: I wil not be lorde ouer you, nether 
shal my sonne be lorde ouer you, but the 
LORDE shalbe lorde ouer you. 

Gedeon sayde vnto them : One thinge I 
desyre of you, Euery man geue me the earinge 
that he hath spoyled. (For in so moch as 
y men were Ismaelites, they had earinges.) 
They sayde : Them wyll we geue the. And 
they spred out a cloth, and euery man cast 
the earinge theron that he had spoyled. And 
the golden earynges which he requyred, had 
in weight, a thousande and seuen hundreth 
Sycles of Golde, besyde the spanges and 
cheynes, and scarlet rayment which the kynges 
of the Madianites dyd weere, and besyde the 
neckbandes of their Camels. And Gideon 
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cite at Aphra. And all Israel wente there a 
whoringe after it, and it turned to an occasion 
of fallinge vnto Gedeon and his house. 

Thus were y Madianites brought downe 
before the children of Israel, and lifte vp their 
heade nomore : and the londe was in rest 
fortye yeares, as loge as Gedeon lyued. 

And Ierubaal the sonne of Ioas wete & dwelt 
in his house. "And Gedeon Had thre score 
ten sonnes, which were come out of his thye : 
for he had many wyues. And his concubyne 
which he had at Siche, bare him a sonne also, 
whom he called Abimelech. And Gideon the 
sonne of Ioas dyed in a good age, & was buried 
at Aphra in f sepulcre of his father Ioas the 
father of the Esrites. 

But whan Gedeon was deed, the childre of 
Israel turned backe, and wente awhoringe after 
Baalim, and made a couenaunt with Baal 
Berith, y he shulde be their God. And y 
childre of Israel thoughte not on y LORDE 
their God, which had delyuered them fro the 
hande of their enemies rounde aboute : and 
they shewed not mercy vnto the house of 
Ierubaal Gedeon, acordinge to all the good 
that he had done vnto Israel. 

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ABIMELECH the sonne of Ierubaal, 
wente vnto Siche to his mothers brethren, 
I spake vnto them, & to all the kynred of his 
mothers fathers house, and sayde : I praye you 
speake in the eares of all the men at Sichem : 
What is better for you, that thre score and 
ten men all children of Ierubaal shulde be 
lordes ouer you, or that one man shulde be 
lorde ouer you ? Remembre also that I am 
youre bone and youre flesh. 

Then spake his mothers brethre all these 
wordes for him, in y eares of all y men at 
Sichem. And their hert enclyned to Abime- 
lech, for they thoughte : He is oure brother : 
and gaue him thre score and ten syluerlinges 
out of y house of Baal Berith. And with 
them Abimelech hyred men that were vaga- 
bundes and of light condicions, which folowed 
him. And he came to his fathers house vnto 
Aphra, and slew his brethren the children of 
Ierubaal,* euen thre score men and te vpon 
one stone. But Iotham the yongest sonne of 
Ierubaal remayned ouer, for he was hydd. 
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of Millo gathered them selues together, and 
wente and made Abimelech kynge by the Oke 
that stondeth at Sichem. 

Whan this was tolde Iotham, he wente, and 
stode vpon the toppe of mount Grisim, and 
lifte vp his voyce, cried, and sayde: Heare 
me ye men of Sichem, that God maye heare 
you also. * The trees wente to anointe a kinge 
ouer them, and sayde vnto the Olyue tre 
Be thou oure kynge. But the Olyue tre 
answered them: Shall I go and leaue my 
fatnesse (which both God and men commende 
in me) and go to be puft vp aboue the trees? 
Then sayde the trees vnto the fygge tre: 
Come thou and be kynge ouer vs. But the 
fygge tre sayde vnto the: Shal I leaue my 
swetnes and my good frute, and go to be puft 
vp aboue the trees? Then sayde the trees 
vnto the vyne : Come thou and be oure kinge 
But the vyne sayde vnto them : Shal I leaue 
my swete wyne, which reioyseth God and men 
and go to be puft vp aboue the trees ? The 
sayde all the trees vnto the thorne buszshe 
Come thou, and be kynge ouer vs. And the 
thorne buszshe sayde vnto the trees : Yf it be 
true, y ye anoynte me to be kynge ouer you, 
the come, and put youre trust vnder my 
shadowe. Yf no, then go fyre out of the 
thorne buszshe, & cosume y Ceder trees of 
Libano. 

Yf ye haue done right now and iustly, y ye 
haue made Abimelech to be kynge : and yf 
ye haue done well vnto Ierubaal and to his 
house, and haue done vnto him as he deserued 
vnto you. Which (euen my father) foughte 
for youre sakes, and ioperde his lyfe, to delyuer 
out of the Madianites hade, eue you, which 
are rysen vp this daye agaynst my fathers 
house, a haue slaine his childre, thre score 
personnes & ten vpon one stone, and haue made 
you a kynge (euen Abimelech the sonne of 
his handmaide) ouer the men at Sichem, for 
so moch as he is youre brother. 

Yf ye haue done right now and iustly vnto 
Ierubaal and his house this daye, then reioyse 
ouer Abimelech, and let him reioyse ouer you. 
Yf no, then go fyre out from Abimelech, and 
cosume the men of Sichem and the house of 
Millo : And fyre go out also fro the men of 
Sichem, and from the house of Millo, and 
consume Abimelech. And Iotha (whan he 
had spoken this out) fled, and gat him out of 

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the waye, and wente vnto Ber, and dwelt 
there because of his brother Abimelech. 
19 Now whan Abimelech had reigned thre 
yeare ouer Israel, * God sent an euell mynde 
betwene Abimelech and the men of Sichem 
(for the men of Sichem despysed Abimelech), 
and rehearsed the wronge done to the sonnes 
of Ierubaal, and their bloude, and layed it 
vpon Abimelech their brother which slewe 
them, and vpon the men of Sichem that 
strengthed his hande therto, that he mighte 
slaye his brethren. 

And the men of Sichem set an hynder 
watch vpon the toppes of the mountaynes, 
and spoyled all them that walked nye them 
by the waye, and it was tolde Abimelech. 
But there came Gaal the sonne of Ebed and 
his brethren, and entred in to Sichem, and 
the men of Sichem put their trust in him, 
and wete out in to the felde, and gathered 
their vynyardes, and pressed them, and made 
a daunse, and wente in to their gods house, 
and ate and dranke, and cursed Abimelech 

And Gaal y sonne of Ebed sayde : Who is 
Abimelech? and what is Sichem, that we 
shulde serue him? Is he not the sonne of 
Ierubaal, and hath set Sebul his seruaiit ouer 
the men of tHemor the father of Sichem? 
Wherfore shulde we serue him ? Wolde God 
the people were vnder my hade, y I mighte 
put downe Abimelech. 

And it was tolde Abimelech: Increace 
thine hooste, and departe. For Sebul the 
chefe ruler of the cite, whan he herde the 
wordes of Gaal y sonne of Ebed, he was wroth 
fully displeased, and sente message secretly to 
Abimelech, and caused to saye vnto him : 
Beholde, Gaal the sonne of Ebed and his 
brethren are come to Sichem, and make the 
cite to be agaynst the. 

Arise therfore by nyght, thou and thy people 
that is with the, and laye wayte for the in the 
felde : and tomorow whan the Sonne aryseth, 
get the vp soone, and fall vpon the cite : and 
yf he and the people that is with him come 
out vnto the, the deale with him, as thyne 
hande fyndeth. 

Abimelech stode vp by night, and all the 
people that was with him, and layed wayte 
for Sichem with foure companies of men of 
warre. And Gaal the sonne of Ebed wete out 
and stode at the dore of the gate of the cite. 



But Abimelech gat him vp out of the hinder 
watch, and the people that was with him. 
Now whan Gaal sawe the people, he sayde 
vnto Sebul : Beholde, there commeth a people 
downe from the toppe of y mount. Sebul 
saide vnto him : Thou seist y shadowe of the 
mountaines as though they were me. Gaal 
spake yet more and sayde: Beholde, there 
commeth a people downe from y myddes of 
the londe, g one bonde of men cometh by 
the waye to y witch Oke. The sayde Sebul : 
Where is now thy mouth y sayde : Who is 
Abimelech, that we shulde serue him ? Is not 
this y people, whom thou hast refused? Go 
forth now, and fighte with him. 

Gaal wente forth before the citesyns of 
Sichem, and foughte with Abimelech. But 
Abimelech chaced him, so that he fled, and 
there fell many slayne euen vnto the gate of 
the cite. And Abimelech abode at Aruma, 
But Sebul droue awaye Gaal and his brethren, 
so that they must not remayne at Sichem, 
Vpon the morowe wente the people forth in 
to y felde. Wha this was tolde Abimelech, he 
toke the people, and parted them in to thre 
bodes of men, and wayted for the in the felde 
Now whan he sawe y the people wete out of 
the cite, he rose agaynst the, and smote them. 
Abimelech and y company of men that was 
with him, fell vpon them, and stepte vnto the 
dore of the porte : but the other two com- 
panies fell vpon all them that were in the felde, 
and slewe them. The foughte Abimelech 
agaynst the cite all y- same daye, and wanne 
it, and slewe the people that was there in, and 
brake downe y cite, and sowed salt theron. 

Whan all the men of the tower of Sichem 
herde this, they wente in to a stronge holde of 
y house of their God Berith. But whan Abi- 
melech herde, that all the men of the tower of 
Sichem had gathered the selues together, he 
wente vp vnto mount Zelmon, and all the 
people that was with him, and toke an axe in 
his hade, and hewed downe a braunch of a 
tre, and toke it vp, g layed it vpon his shulder, 
and sayde vnto all the people that was with 
him : t As ye haue sene me do, make ye haist, 
and do euen so as I. Then all the people 
hewed downe euery one a brauch, and folowed 
Abimelech: and they layed them to the holde, 
and set fyre vpon them agaynst them and the 
holde : and all the men of the tower of Sichem 



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dyed thorow the smoke and fyre, vpon a thou- 
sande men and wemen. 

As for Abimelech, he wete vnto Thebetz, 
and layed sege vnto it, and wanne it. But in 
the myddes of the cite, there was a stronge 
tower, vnto the which all the men and wemen, 
and all the citesyns of the cite fled, and shutt 
it after them, and clymmed vp to the toppe 
of the tower. Then came Abimelech vnto 
the tower, and foughte agaynst it, and came 
nye vnto the dore of the tower, that he might 
burne it with fyre. * But a woman cast a pece 
of a mylstone vpon Abimelechs heade, and 
brake his brane panne. Then Abimelech in 
all the haist, called the seruaunt that bare his 
wapen, and sayde vnto him : Drawe out thy 
swerde,* and kyll me, that it be not sayde of 
me : A woman hath slayne him. Then his 
seruaunt thrust him thorow, and he dyed. 
Whan the Israelites which were with him, 
sawe, y Abimelech was deed, they gatt them 
awaye euery one vnto his awne place. 

Thus God recompenced Abimelech the 
euell that he had done vnto his father, wha he 
slewe his thre score and ten brethren : like 
wyse all the euell of the men of Sichem, dyd 
God rewarde them vpon their heade : and so 
the t curse of Iotham f sonne of Ierubaal 
came vpon them. 

€f)e r. Chapter. 

A FTER Abimelech there rose vp another 
±\_ sauioure in Israel, Thola a man of 
Isachar, and the sonne of Pua, the sonne of 
Dodo. And he dwelt at Samir vpo the 
mount Ephraim, and iudged Israel thre and 
twentye yeare, and died, and was buried at 
Samir. 

After him stode vp one lair a Gileadite, 
and iudged Israel two and twentye yeare, and 
had thirtie sonnes,* rydinge vpon thirtie asses 
foales: and had thirtie cities, whose names 
are Hauoth lair (that is, the cities of lair) 
vnto this daye, and lye in Gilead. And lair 
dyed, and was buried at Camon. 

But the children of Israel wrought wicked- 
nes in the sighte of the LORDE, and serued 
Baalim and Astaroth, and the goddes of Siria, 
and the goddes of Sidon, and the goddes of 
Moab, and the goddes of f children of Am- 
nion, and the goddes of the Philistines, and 
forsoke y LORDE, and serued him not. Then 

* 2 Re. 11. c. "1 Reg. 31. a. 1 Par. 11. a. t Iud. 9. c. 



was f wrath of y- LORDE fearce vpon Israel, 
and he gaue the ouer vnder the hade of the 
Philistynes, and of the children of Ammo. 
And they vexed and oppressed y children of 
Israel eightene yeare longe, all the children of 
Israel that were beyonde Iordane in the londe 
of the Moabites, which lyeth in Gilead. The 
children of Ammon also wente ouer Iordane, 
and fought agaynst Iuda, Ben Iamin, and 
agaynst the house of Ephraim, so that Israel 
was very sore troubled. 

Then cryed the children of Israel vnto the 
LORDE, and sayde: We haue synned agaynst 
the, for we haue forsaken oure God, (t serued 
Baalim. But the LORDE sayde vnto the 
childre of Israel : Did not the Egipcias, the 
Amorites, the children of Ammon, y Phili- 
stines, the Sidonians, the Amalechites and 
Maonites oppresse you, and I helped you out 
of their hande, whan ye cryed vnto me ? Yet 
haue ye forsaken me, and serued other goddes? 
Therfore wyll I helpe you nomore. § Go youre 
waye, and crye vpon the goddes whom ye 
haue chosen, let them helpe you in the tyme 
of youre trouble. 

But the childre of Israel sayde vnto the 
LORDE : We haue synned, do thou vnto vs 
what pleaseth the, onely delyuer vs at this 
tyme. And they put the straunge goddes 
fro them, and serued the LORDE, And his 
soule had pytie on the mysery of Israel. 

And the children of Ammon called them 
selues together, and pitched in Gilead : But 
the children of Israel gathered them selues 
together also, and pitched at Mispa. And f 
people of the chefest of Gilead sayde amoge 
them selues : Who so euer begynneth to fight 
agaynst the children of Ammon, shalbe heade 
ouer all them that dwell in Gilead. 

€I)e n- Chapter. 

IEPHTHAE a Gileadite was a valeaiit 
man of armes, but an harlottes childe. 
Gilead begat Iephthae. But whan the wyfe 
had borne children vnto Gilead, and the same 
wyues childre were waxe greate, they thrust 
out Iephtae, and sayde vnto him : Thou shalt 
not be heire in oure fathers house, for thou 
art another womas sonne. The fled he from 
his brethre, and dwelt in the londe of Tob. 
And there resorted vnto him vagabudes, and 
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tyme foughte the children of Ammon with 
Israel. 

Now wha. the childre of Ammon foughte 
thus with Israel, the Elders wente from Gilead 
to fetch Iephthae out of the londe of Tob, 
and sayde vnto him : Come, and be oure cap- 
tayne, and fight agaynst the children of Am- 
mon. But Iephthae sayde vnto the Elders of 
Gilead : Are not ye they that hate me and 
haue thrust me out of my fathers house, and 
now come ye to me whan ye are in trouble ? 

The Elders of Gilead sayde : Therfore come 
we now againe vnto the, that thou mayest go 
with vs, and fighte agaynst the children of 
Ammon, and be oure captayne oner all that 
dwell in Gilead. Iephthae sayde vnto the 
Elders of Gilead : Yf ye fetch me agayne to 
fighte agaynst the childre of Ammon, and the 
LORDE delyuer them before me shal I then 
be youre heade ? The Elders of Gilead saide 
vnto Iephthae: The LORDE be hearer 
betwene vs, yf we do not as thou hast sayde. 
So Iephthae wete with the Elders of Gilead. 
And the people made him heade and duke 
ouer them. And Iephthae spake all this 
before the LORDE at Mispa. 

Then sente Iephthae messaungers to the 
kynge of the children of Ammon, and caused 
to saye vnto him : What hast thou to do with 
me, that thou comest vnto me to fight agaynst 
my londe ? The kynge of the childre of 
Ammo answered Iephthaes messaungers Be- 
cause that Israel toke awaye my londe (whan 
they departed out of Egipte) from Arnon 
vnto Iabock, and vnto Iordane : geue it me 
agayne now therfore peaceably. 

But Iephthae sent yet mo messaungers to 
f kynge of the children of Ammon, which 
sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth Iephthae:* 
Israel hath taken no londe, nether from the 
Moabites ner from the children of Ammon : 
for when they departed out of Egipte, Israel 
walked thorow the wyldernes vnto the reed see, 
and came to Cades, and t sent messaungers 
to the kynge of the Edomites, and sayde : Let 
me go thorow thy londe. But the kynge of 
} Edomites wolde not heare the. They sent 
ykewyse vnto the kynge of the Moabites, 
which wolde not also. Thus Israel abode in 
Cades, and compased the lode of the Edom- 
ites and Moabites, and came on the eastsyde 
of the londe of the Moabites and pitched 



beyonde Arnon, and came not within the 
coaste of the Moabites. tFor Arnon is the 
border of the Moabites. 

And Israel sent messaungers vnto Sihon 
the kynge of the Amorites at Heszbon, "and 
caused to saye -vnto him : Let me go thorow 
thy londe vnto my place. Neuertheles Sihon 
wolde not trust Israel to go thorow the border 
of his londe, but gathered all his people, and 
pitched at Iahza, and foughte with Israel. 
Howbeit the LORDE God of Israel gaue 
Sihon with all his people in to Israels hade, 
so that they slewe them. Thus Israel con- 
quered all the londe of the Amorites that 
dwelt in f same countre. And they toke 
possessio of all the borders of the Amorites. 
from Arnon vnto Iabok, & from f wyldernesse 
vnto Iordane. So y LORDE God of Israel 
droue awaye the Amorites before his people 
of Israel, and wilt thou coquere them ? Is it 
not so, yf thy God Camos gaue the oughte to 
possesse, woldest thou not possesse it ? What 
so euer the LORDE oure God hath geue vs 
before vs to possesse, that shal we conquere 
and take in possession. 

Hast thou better right (thinkest thou) the 
§ Balac the sonne of Ziphor, the kynge of y 
Moabites ? Dyd he euer go to lawe or fighte 
agaynst Israel? Though Israel haue dwelt 
now vpo a thre hudreth yeare in Hesbon, and 
in the vyllages therof, in Aroer and in the 
vyllages therof, and in all the cities that lye 
by Arnon. Why dyd not ye rescue it at the 
same tyme ? I haue not offended the, tg thou 
doest me euell to fighte agaynst me. The 
LORDE geue sentence this daie betwene 
Israel and the children of Ammon. 

Neuertheles the kynge of the children of 
Ammon wolde not heare y wordes of Iephthae, 
which he sent vnto him. Then came y sprete 
of the LORDE vpon Iephthae, and he wente 
thorow Gilead and Manasse, and thorow Mispa 
which lieth in Gilead, and fro Mispa that lieth 
in Gilead, vnto f children of Ammon. 

And Iephthae vowed a vowe vnto the 
LORDE, and sayde : II Yf thou wilt delyuer 
the childre of Ammon in to my hande, what 
so euer commeth (first) out at the dore of my 
house in my waye, whan I returne agayne 
peaceably from the childre of Ammon, that 
same shalbe the LORDE S, and I wyl offre it 
for a burntofferynge. 

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So Iephthae wente vpon the children of 
Ammon, to fighte against them. And f 
LORDE gaue them in to his hande, and he 
smote the from Aroer tyll thou comest vnto 
Minnith, euen twentye cities, and vnto the 
playne of f vynyardes a very greate slaughter, 
and thus were the children of Ammon sub- 
dued before the children of Israel. 

Now whan Iephthae came to Mispa vnto 
his house, beholde, his doughter wente out to 
mete him with tabrettes and daunces: and 
she was his onely childe, cj he had els nether 
sonne ner doughter. And whan he sawe 
her, he rente his clothes, 5 sayde : Alas my 
doughter, thou makest my hert soroufull, and 
discomfortest me : for I haue opened my 
mouth vnto the LORDE, and can not call it 
agayne. 

She sayde : My father, yf thou hast opened 
thy mouth vnto the LORDE, then do vnto 
me as it is proceaded out of thy mouth, acord- 
inge as the LORDE hath aueged the of thyne 
enemies the children of Ammon. And she 
sayde vnto hir father : Do this for me, geue 
me leue to go downe vpo the mountaynes two 
monethes, that I maye bewepe my virginite 
with my playfeeres. He sayde: Go thy waye. 
And he let her go two monethes. Then wente 
she with her playefeeres, and bewayled hir 
mayden heade vpon the mountaynes. And 
after two monethes she came agayne vnto hir 
father. And he dyd vnto her acordinge as 
he had vowed. And she had neuer bene in 
daunger of eny man. And it was a custome 
in Israel, that the doughters of Israel shulde 
go euery yeare, and mourne for the doughter 
of Iephthae the Gileadite, foure dayes in the 
yeare. 

Clje rtj. Chapter. 

AND they of Ephraim made insurrec- 
cion, & wente northwarde, & sayde vnto 
Iephthae : * Wherfore wetest thou to the bat- 
tayll agaynst the children of Ammon, j hast 
not called vs, that we mighte go with the? 
We wil burne thy house and the with fyre. 
Iephthae sayde vnto the : I and my people 
had a greate matter with y children of Amnion, 
and I cried vpon you, but ye helped me not 
out of their handes. Now whan I sawe y 
there was no helper, I put t my soule in my 
honde, and wente agaynst the children of 



Ammon, and the LORDE delyuered them 
in to my hande. Wherfore come ye vp to 
me, to fighte agaynst me ? 

And Iephthae gathered all the men in 
Gilead, j foughte agaynst Ephraim. And 
the men in Gilead smote Ephraim, because 
they sayde : Ye Gileadites are as they y fie 
awaye before Ephraim, (and dwell) amoge 
Ephraim j Manasse. And the Gileadites 
toke y ferye of Iordane from Ephraim. Now 
wha one of y fugityue Ephraites dyd saye : 
Let me go ouer, f men of Gilead sayde : Art 
thou an Ephraite ? yf he answered : No, they 
bad him saye : Schiboleth, (t he sayde : Sibo- 
leth, j coulde not speake it righte : then they 
toke him, (j slew him at y ferye of Iordane, 
so y the same tyme there fell of Ephraim two 
5 fortye M. Iephthae iudged Israel sixe 
yeares. And Iephthae y Gileadite dyed, 5 
was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 

After him iudged Israel one Ebzan of 
Bethleem, which had thirtie sonnes and as 
many doughters : and his thirtie doughters 
gaue he forth to mariage, and thirtie doughters 
toke he from without for his sonnes, and 
iudged Israel seuen yeare, and died, and was 
buried at Bethleem. 

After him iudged Israel one Elon a Zabu 
lonite, (j he iudged Israel ten yeare, (j wai 
buried at Aialon in the londe of Zabulon. 

After him iudged Israel one Abdo a sonne 
of Hillel, a Pirgathonite, which had fortye 
sonnes, <j thirtie neuies (+ which rode vpo 
seuentye Asses foales) and he iudged Israel 
eighte yeare, and dyed, g was buried at Pir- 
gathon in the londe of Ephraim vpon the 
mount of the Amalechites. 

CI)« r "3- Cfiaptcv. 

AND the children of Israel wroughte 
more euell before the LORDE, §j the 
LORDE gaue them ouer in to the hades of 
the Philistynes fortye yeares. 

But there was a man at Zarga, of one of f 
kynreds of the Danites, named Manoah, and 
his wife was vnfrutefull (j bare him no children. 
And the angell of the LORDE appeared vnto 
f woman, g sayde vnto her : Beholde, thou 
art baren, j bearest not : but thou shalt con- 
ceaue, & beare a sonne. Take hede therfore, 
y thou drynke no wyne ner stronge drynke, 
and y thou eate no vncleane thinge, for thou 



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shalt conceaue, and beare a sonne, *vpo whose 
heade there shal come no rasoure : for y 
childe shal be a Nazaree of God, euen from 
his mother wombe, and shall begynne to de- 
lyuer Israel out of the hande of the Philistynes. 

Then came y woman and tolde hir husbande, 
g sayde : There came a ma of God vnto me, 
g his proporcion was to loke vpon as an angell 
of God, very terrible, so y I axed him not 
whence he came, g whither he wolde : nether 
tolde he me his name. But he sayde vnto me: 
beholde, thou shalt conceaue g beare a sonne : 
drynke no wyne therfore ner stroge drynke, g 
eate no vncleane thinge : t for the childe shal 
be called a Nazaree of God, euen fro his 
mother wombe vnto his death. 

Then Manoah prayed the LORDE, g 
sayde : Oh LORDE, let y man of God whom 
thou hast sent, come to vs agayne, y he maye 
enfourme vs what we shall do vnto the childe 
which shalbe borne. And God herde the 
voyce of Manoah, g the angell of God came 
to his wife agayne. But she sat in y felde, 
and hir huszbade Manoah was not with her. 
The ranne she in all the haist, g tolde hir 
huszbande, 5 saide vnto him : beholde, y man 
hath appeared vnto me, y came to me to daye. 

Manoah gat him vp, g wente after his wife, 
and came to the man, and sayde vnto him : 
Art thou y man that spake to the woman ? 
He sayde : Yee. And Manoah sayde : wha 
it commeth to passe that thou hast sayde, 
what shal be the maner and worke of y childe ? 
The angell of the LORDE sayde vnto Ma- 
noah : He shal kepe him from all that I tolde 
the woman : he shal not eate that which "com- 
meth of the vyne, and shal drynke no wyne 
ner stronge drynke, and eate no vncleane 
thinge : g all that I haue comaunded her, shal 
he kepe. 

Manoah sayde vnto y angell of the 
LORDE : let vs holde the here (I praye the) 
we will prepare a kydd for the. Neuertheles 
y angell of the LORDE answered Manoah: 
t Though thou kepest me here, yet wyll I not 
eate of thy bred. But yf thou wilt make 
a burntofferynge vnto the LORDE, thou 
mayest offre it. (For Manoah wist not that 
it was an angell of the LORDE.) And Ma- 
noah sayde vnto the angell of the LORDE : 
What is thy name, that we maye prayse y, 



Reg. 



b. t Matt. 2. d. 

« Gen. 32. e. Exo. 3. c. 



t Tob. 12. d. 



whan it commeth now to passe, that thou hast 
sayde ? But the angell of the LORDE sayde 
vnto him : § Why axest thou after my name, 
which is wonderfull ? 

Then toke Manoah a kyd and a meatoffer- 
ynge, g layed it vpo a rocke vnto the LORDE, 
II which doth y wonders him selfe. But 
Manoah and his wife behelde it. And wha 
the flamme wente vp from y altare towarde 
heauen, the angell of the LORDE asceded 
vp in the flamme of the altare. Whan Ma- 
noah g his wife sawe y, they fell downe to y 
earth vpo their faces. And the angell of y 
LORDE appeared nomore vnto Manoah g 
his wife. The knewe Manoah, that it was an 
angell of the LORDE, and he sayde vnto his 
wife : f We must dye the death, because we 
haue sene God. But his wife answered him : 
Yf the LORDE wolde haue slaine vs, he had 
not receaued the burntofferynge and meat- 
offerynge of oure handes : nether had he 
shewed vs all these thinges, ner letten vs 
heare soch as is now come to passe. 

And the woman broughte forth a sonne, 
and called his name Samson. And the childe 
grewe, and the LORDE blessed him. And 
the sprete of the LORDE begane to be with 
him in the tentes of Dan, betwene Zarga and 
Esthaol. 

Clje rtttj. Chapter. 

SAMSON wente downe vnto Thimnath, 
g there he sawe a woman amoge the 
doughters of y Philistynes. And whan he 
came vp, he tolde his father g his mother, g 
sayde : I haue sene a woman amoge the 
doughters of the Philistynes, I praye you 
geue me the same to wife. His father g his 
mother sayde vnto him : Is there not a woman 
amonge the doughters of thy brethren, g in 
all thy people, but thou must go g take a wife 
amoge the Philistynes, which are vncircum- 
cised ? 

Samson sayde vnto his father: Geue me 
this woma, for she pleaseth myne eyes. But 
his father g his mother knewe not y it came of 
the LORDE, g that he soughte an occasion 
agaynst the Philistynes. For the Philistynes 
reigned ouer Israel at y same tyme. So 
Samson wente downe with his father and with 
his mother vnto Thimnath. 



Psal. 71. c. and 135. a. 



1T Exo. 33. d. Iud. 6. 



tfo. tttftj. 



€f)t fcofo of fyt Sutrge& 



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And whan they came to the vynyardes of 
Thimnath, beholde, there came a yonge roar- 
inge lyon against him. And the sprete of the 
LORDE came vpon him, and he rente him 
in peces, euen as a kydd is parted a sunder, 
and yet had he nothinge at all in his hade, and 
he tolde it not vnto his father g his mother. 

Now whan he came downe, he spake with 
the woman, and she pleased Samsons eyes. 
And after certayne dayes he came agayne, to 
receaue her, g wente out of y waye, that he 
mighte se y deed carcas of the lyon : and be- 
holde, in f lyons carcas there was a swarme 
of beyes, and hony : and he toke of it in his 
hande, and ate therof by the waye : and wete 
vnto his father and to his mother, and gaue 
them to eate also. But he tolde them not, 
that he had taken the hony out of the lyons 
carcas. 

And whan his father came downe to the 
woman, Samson made a feast there, as the 
yonge men vsed to do. And whan they sawe 
him, they gaue him thirtie companyons to be 
with him. Samson sayde vnto them: I wil 
expresse a darke sentence vnto you, yf ye 
expounde me the same with in these seuen 
dayes of the feast, I wyll geue you thirtye 
shertes, and thirtie chaunge of raymente. 
But yf ye can not expounde it, then shall ye 
geue me thirtie shertes, g thirtie chaunge of 
rayment. And they sayde vnto him : She we 
forth thy ryddle, let vs heare it. He sayde 
vnto them: Meate wente out from the de- 
uourer, and swetenesse from the mightie. 
And in thre dayes they coulde not expounde 
the ryddle. 

Vpon the seuenth daye they sayde vnto 
Samsons wife : Persuade thy huszbade, that 
he tell vs what the ryddle meaneth, or els we 
shal burne the and thy fathers house with fyre. 
Haue ye called vs hither, to brynge vs to 
pouerte ? Then wepte Samsons wife before 
him, and sayde : Thou art displeased at me, 
and louest me not: thou hast expressed a 
darke sentence vnto the children of my people, 
and hast not tolde it me. 

But he sayde vnto her : Beholde, * I haue 
not tolde it vnto my father and mother, and 
shulde I tell it the ? And she wepte before 
him those seuen dayes, whyle they had y feast. 
But on the seueth daye he tolde it her, for 
she was so importune vpon him. And she ex- 



pounded the darke sentence vnto the children 
of her people. Then sayde the men of the 
cite vnto him vpon the seuenth daye or euer 
the Sonne wente downe: What is sweter then 
hony ? What is stronger then the lyon ? But 
he sayde vnto the: Yf ye had not plowed with 
my calfe, ye shulde not haue founde out my 
ryddle. And the sprete of y LORDE came 
vpon him, and he wente downe vnto Ascalon, 
and slewe thirtie men of them, g toke their 
spoyles, and gaue chaunge of rayment vnto 
the, y had expounded the ryddle. And he 
was wrothfully displeased, g wente vp vnto his 
fathers house. As for Samsons wife, she was 
geuen vnto one of his companyons, which 
belonged vnto him. 

Cfic rb. Chapter. 

IT fortuned after certaine daies aboute the 
wheate haruest tyme, y Samson visited 
his wife with a kydd. And wha he thoughte, 
I wyl go to my wife in to the chamber, hir 
father wolde not let him in, and sayde: I 
thoughte thou wast displeased at her, and I 
gaue her vnto thy frende. But she hath a 
yonger sister which is more beutyfull then 
she, let y same be thine for her. The sayde 
Samson vnto the : I haue once gotte a righte 
occasion agaynst the Philistynes, I wyl do you 
displeasure. 

And Samson wete and catched thre hun- 
dreth foxes, and toke fyre brandes, and 
festened one tayle to another, and put euer a 
fyre brande betwene two tayles, and kynled 
the same with fyre, and let them go amonge 
the Philistynes come, and thus he brent y 
stoukes and the stondinge corne, and y vyn- 
yardes, and the olyue trees. 

Then sayde the Philistynes : Who hath 
done this ? And they sayde : Samson the 
husbande of the Thimnites doughter, because 
he toke awaye his wife from him, and gaue 
hir vnto his frende. Then wente the Philis- 
tynes vp, and brent her and hir father also 
with fyre. 

But Samson sayde vnto them: I can suffre 
you to do this, neuertheles I wyl be aueged 
vpon you my selfe, and then wyl I leaue of. 
And he smote them sore both vpo the shulders 
g loynes : and wete downe, g dwelt in the stone 
clyffe at Etam. Then wente the Philistynes 
vp, and layed sege vnto Iuda, g pitched at 
Lechi. But they of Iuda sayde : Wherfore 



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Wi)t hokt of ti)t Surges;* 



4fa* tixluj. 



are ye come vp against vs ? They answered : 
we are come vp to bynde Samson, y we maye 
do vnto him, as he hath done vnto vs. 

Then wete there thre M. men of Iuda 
downe to the stone clyffe of Etam, g sayde 
vnto Samson : Knowest thou not that the 
Philistynes raigne ouer vs? Wherfore hast 
thou done this then vnto vs ? He sayde : As 
they dyd vnto me, so haue I done vnto the 
agayne. They sayde vnto him: We are 
come downe to bynde the, g to delyuer f in 
to the hade of the Philistynes. Samson sayde 
vnto the : Then sweare g promyse me, y ye 
wyll not slaye me. They answered him : We 
wyll not kyll the, we wil but bynde the, g 
delyuer the in to their hande, g wyl not slaye 
f. And they bounde him with two new 
coardes g caried him from the stone. And 
whan he came vnto Lechi, the Philistynes 
shouted, and rane vnto him. But y sprete of 
y LORDE came vpon him, g the coardes 
aboute his armes were like thredes burnt in 
the fyre, so y the bondes were lowsed from his 
hondes. 

And he founde the cheke bone of a deed 
asse : then pat he forth his hande, and toke it, 
g slewe a thousande men therwith: And Sam- 
son sayde: With an olde asses cheke bone, 
yee eue with the cheke bone of an asse haue 
I slayne a thousande men. And whan he had 
sayde y, he cast y cheke bone out of his 
hande, j called the place Ramath Lechi. But 
wha he was sore a thyrst, he called vpo the 
LORDE, g saide : Soch greate health hast 
thou geue by the hade of thy seruaunt, but 
now must I dye a thyrst, g fall in to y hande 
of y vncii-cucised. The God opened a gome 
tothe in y chekebone, so y water wete out : g 
whan he dranke, his sprete came agayne, g he 
was refreszshed. Therfore vnto this daye it is 
yet called y well of y cheke bone of him y 
made intercession. And he iudged Israel in 
the tyme of the Philistynes twetye yeare. 

Che rbt. Chapter. 

SAMSON wente vnto Gasa, g there he 
sawe an harlot, g laye with her. The 
was it saide vnto the Gasites : Samson is 
come hither. And they compased him aboute, 
g caused to laye wayte for him preuely, g 
watched all the 'nighte in the gate of y cite, g 
all that nighte they helde them styll, g sayde : 
Abyde, tomorow whan it is lighte, we wyll 



slaye him. But Samson laye vnto mydnighte, 
then rose he at mydnighte, g toke holde on 
both y syde portes of y gate of the cite, with 
both the postes, g lifte them out with the 
barres, g layed them vpon his shulders, ij bare 
them vp to y toppe of y mount ouer agaynst 
Hebron. 

After this he fell in to the loue of a woman 
by y broke of Sorek, whose name was Dalila, 
vnto whom the prynces of the Philistynes 
came vp, and sayde vnto her : Persuade him, 
and loke wherin he hath soch greate stregth, 
g how we maye ouercome him, y we mighte 
bynde him g subdue him, so wyll we geue the 
euery man a M. and an C. syluerlinges. And 
Dalila sayde vnto Samson : I praye the tell 
me, wherin thy greate stregth is, g how thou 
mightest be bounde to be subdued. Samson 
sayde vnto her : Yf I were bounde with seue 
roapes of fresh senowes, which are not yet 
dryed vp, I shulde be weake, and as another 
man. The the prynces of the Philistynes 
broughte vp vnto her seuen new roapes, which 
were not yet dryed vp. And she bounde him 
therwith. (But there was wayte layed for him 
besyde her in the chamber) and she sayde 
vnto him : The Philistynes vpon the Samson. 
Neuertheles he brake the roapes in sunder, 
eue as a twyned threde breaketh, whan it 
hath catched the heate of the fyre. And it 
was not knowne wherin his strength was. 

Then sayde Dalila vnto Samson : beholde, 
thou hast begyled me g dyssembled with me : 
tell me yet, wherwithall mayest thou be 
bounde? He answered her: Yf they bounde 
me with new coardes, wherwith no laboure 
hath bene done, I shulde be feble, g as another 
man. Then toke Dalila new coardes, g 
bounde him withall, and sayde : The Philis- 
tynes vpo the Samson (but there was wayte 
layed for him in the chamber.) And he brake 
them from his armes, euen as it had bene a 
threde. 

Dalila sayde vnto him : Yet hast thou be- 
gyled me g dessembled with me : O tell me 
yet, wherwithall mightest thou be bounde ? 
He answered her : Yf thou playtest seue 
hayrie lockes of my heade together in a fyllet, 
and fastenest them in with a nayle (I shulde 
be weake.) And she saide vnto him : The 
Philistynes vpo the Samson. But he awaked 
out of his slepe, g drue out y playted hayrie 
lockes with the nale and the fyllet. 



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Wt)t iofee of ti)t Su&g*& 



Cfeap, jririj. 



The sayde she vnto him: How cast thou 
saye y thou louest me, where as thine hert 

not yet with me ? Thre tymes hast thou 
disceaued me, and not tolde me wherin thy 
greate strength is. So whan she was euery 
daye importune vpon him with her wordes, g 
wolde not let him haue rest, his soule was 
faynte euen vnto the death, g he shewed her 
his whole hert, g sayde vnto her : * There 
came neuer rasoure vpon my heade, for I am 
a Nazaree of God fro my mothers wombe. 
Yf I were shauen, my strength shulde departe 
fro me, so that I shulde be weake, and as all 
other men. Now whan Dalila sawe that he 
had opened all his hert vnto her, she sent g 
called for the prynces of the Philistynes, g 
sayde : Come yet once vp, for he hath opened 
his whole' hert vnto me. 

The came the prynces of the Philistynes 
vp vnto her, g broughte the money with them 

their handes. And she made him to slepe 
vpon hir lappe, g called one which shoue of 
the seue hayrie lockes of his heade. And she 
beganne to vexe him. The was his strength 
departed fro him. And she sayde vnto him : 
The Philistynes vpon the Samson. Now wha 
he awoke out of his slepe, he thoughte : I wil 
go forth as I haue done afore tyme, g ease my 
selfe, g knewe not y the LORDE was de- 
parted from him. But the Philistynes toke 
him, g put out his eyes, and broughte him 
downe to Gasa, g bounde him with fetters, and 
made him to grynde in the preson. But the 
heer of his heade beganne to growe agayne, 
where it was shauen of. 

Whan f prynces of the Philistynes were 
gathered together, to make a greate sacrifice 
vnto Dagon their god, and to be ioyfull, they 
sayde : Oure god hath delyuered Samson oure 
enemye in to oure hande. Like wyse whan y 
people sawe him, they praysed their god, g 
sayde : Oure god hath delyuered in to oure 
handes oure enemye, y destroyed oure londe, 
g slewe many of vs. Now whan their hert 
was ioyfull, they sayde: Let vs fetch Samson, 
that he maye make some pastyme before vs. 
Then fetched they Samson out of the preson, 
g he made pastyme before them. And they 
set him betwene two pilers. But Samson 
sayde vnto the lad f led him by the hande : 
Let me touche the pilers wher vpon the house 
stondeth, y I maye leane ther vnto. As for 



f house, it was full of men g wemen. All the 
prynces of the Philistynes were there also, and 
vpon the rofe were aboute a thre thousande 
men and wemen, which behelde what pas- 
tyme Samson made. 

But Samson called vpon the LORDE, g 
yde: O LORDE LORDE, thynke vpon 
me, g strength me but this once O God I 
beseke the, y for both myne eyes I maye 
auege me on the Philistynes. And he toke 
holde of y two mydpilers, that the house stode 
vpon g was holden by, the one in his righte 
hade, g f other in his lefte, g saide : My 
soule dye with the Philistynes, g he bowed him 
selfe mightely. Then fell the house vpon the 
prynces g vpon all the people that were therin, 
so that there were mo of y slayne which dyed 
in his death, the he slewe whyle he lyued. 
Then came his brethren downe and all his 
fathers house, and toke him, and caried him 
vp, and buried him in the graue of his father 
Manoah betwene Zarga and Esthaol. He 
iudged Israel twentye yeare. 

Che rbtj. Chapter. 

THERE was a man vpo mount Ephraim, 
named Micha, which sayde vnto his 
mother : The thousande and hundreth syluer- 
linges which thou hast taken vnto the, g sworne, 
and spoken of before myne eares : beholde, y 
same money is by me, I haue taken it vnto 
me. Then sayde his mother : The blessinge 
of the LORDE haue thoU my sonne. So he 
gaue his mother the thousande g hundreth 
syluerlinges agayne. And his mother saide : 
That money haue I sanctified vnto the 
LORDE with my hande for my sonne, to 
make a molten ymage : therfore I geue it the 
agayne. Neuertheles he delyuered f money 
agayne vnto his mother. 

Then toke his mother two hundreth syluer- 
linges, (j put them forth to y goldsmyth, 
which made a molten ymage, y was after- 
warde in Michas house. And thus the man 
Micha had a gods house, g made an ouerbody 
cote, g Idols, and fylled y handes of one of 
his sonnes, y he mighte be his prest. t At y 
tyme was there no kynge in Israel, g euery 
man dyd the thinge y was righte in his awne 
eyes. There was a yoge man of Bethleem 
Iuda, amoge the kynreds of Iuda, and he was 
a Leuite, and was a straunger there. The 

t Iud. 18. a. and 21. d. 



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ftfyt bote of tf)t Sufcrgt£S, 



tfo. ttflb. 



same wente out of the cite of Bethleem Iuda, 
to walke whither he coulde. 

And wha he came vp to mount Ephraim 
vnto the house of Micha, to go on his iourney, 
Micha axed him : Whence comest thou ? He 
answered him : I am a Leuite of Bethleem 
Iuda, and am walkynge where I can. Micha 
sayde vnto him : Tary with me, thou shalt be 
my father and my prest, I will geue the euery 
yeare ten syluerlinges and thy appoynted 
raymet, and meate and drynke : and the 
Leuite wete on. And the Leuite agreed to 
abyde with the man : and he helde the yonge 
ma, as one of his owne sonnes. And Micha 
fylled the Leuites hande, that he mighte be 
his prest, and so he was in Michas house. 
And Micha sayde: I am sure the LORDE 
wyll do me good now, that I haue a Leuite to 
my prest. 

Che rbtrj. Chapter. 

AT that tyme was there no kynge in Israel. 
And y trybe of y Danites soughte 
them an enheritaunce to dwell in, * for vnto 
that daie there was no enheritaunce fallen 
vnto them amonge the trybes of Israel. And 
the childre of Dan sent out of their kynreds 
fyue captaynes (which were men of armes) 
from Zarga and Esthaol, to spye and search 
out the londe. And they sayde vnto them : 
Go youre waie, and search out the londe. 
And they came vp to mount Ephraim in to 
y house of Micha, and taried there all nighte. 
And whyle they were there with Michas 
huszsholde, they knewe y voyce of the yonge 
man the Leuite, and sayde vnto him : Who 
broughte y hither? What makest thou here? 
and why woldest thou come hither ? 

He answered the : Thus & thus hath Micha 
done vnto me, g hath hyred me to be his 
prest. They sayde vnto him: O axe at God, 
y we maye perceaue, whether oure iourney 
which we go, shal prospere well or not. The 
prest answered them : Go youre waye in peace, 
youre iourney y ye go, is before the LORDE. 
Then the fyue men wente their waye, j came 
vnto Lais, and sawe that the people which was 
therin, dwelt sure, euen as y Sidonians, at 
rest, and carelesse, and that there was no lorde 
in the londe to vexe them, and were farre from 
the Sidonias, and had nothinge to do with 
eny man. 



And they came to their brethre to Zarga 
and Esthaol. And their brethren saide vnto 
them : How is it with you ? They sayde : 
Arise, let vs go vp vnto them, for we haue sene 
the londe, y it is a very good londe : make 
haist therfore, & be not slacke to go, that ye 
maye come to take possession of the londe. 
Whan ye come, ye shall come to a carelesse 
people, and the londe is wyde : for God hath 
delyuered this place in to youre hande, where 
nothinge wanteth of all y is vpon earth. 

Then wente there thence out of the kynreds 
of Dan from Zarga and Esthaol, sixe hundreth 
men ready wapened to y battayll, and wente 
vp, and pitched at Kiriath Iearim in Iuda : 
therfore called they the same place, y hoost 
of Dan, vnto this daye, which is behinde 
Kiriath Ieai'im. 

And fro thence they wete vp vnto moiit 
Ephraim, and came to the house of Micha. 
Then answered the fyue men that wete out 
to spye the londe of Lais, 5 sayde vnto their 
brethren : Knowe ye not that in these houses 
there is an ouerbody cote, Idols, g molten 
ymages ? Now maye ye loke what ye haue to 
do. They departed thence, and came to the 
house of the yonge man the Leuite in Michas 
house, and saluted him fredly. But the sixe 
hundreth men, which were of y children of 
Dan, stode ready harnessed before y gate. 
And the fyue men that were gone out to spye 
y londe, wete vp, and came thither, and toke 
the ymage, the ouerbody cote, & the molten 
Idols. In the meane whyle stode y prest 
at the gate, with the sixe hundreth readye 
harnessed. 

Now wha these were come in to Michas 
house, and toke the ymage, the ouerbody cote, 
and the molten Idols, the prest sayde vnto 
them : What do ye ? They answered him : 
Holde thy peace, and laye thine hande vpon 
thy mouth, and go with vs, y thou mayest be 
oure father j prest. Is it better for the to be 
prest in one mans house, then amonge a whole 
trybe (t kynred in Israel ? This pleased the 
prest well, 5 he toke both the ouerbody cote, 
and the Idols, and the ymage, and came in 
amonge the people. And whan they turned 
them and wente thence, they sent their chil- 
dren, and catell, and soch precious thynges as 
they had, before them. 

Whan they were come farre now from the 
house of Micha, the men y were in Michas 



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CJjap, jtfjr. 



houses gathered the together by Michas house, 
g folowed y childre" of Dan, and cried vpon 
the childre of Dan. They turned their faces 
aboute, and sayde vnto Micha : What ayleth 
the, y thou makest soch a crienge ? He 
answered : Ye haue taken awaye my goddes, 
and the prest, g are goinge youre waie, and 
what haue I behynde? What is here ? And 
yet ye saye vnto me : What ayleth the ? But 
the childre of Dan saide vnto him : Let not 
thy voyce be herde amoge vs, that some wroth- 
full me thrust not at the, and so thy soule 
and the soule of thy house be destroyed. So 
the childre of Dan wete on their waye. And 
Micha, whan he sawe y they were to stronge 
for him, turned backe, and came agayne to 
his house. 

But they toke that Micha had made, g the 
prest whom he had, g came vnto Lais, to a 
quyete carelesse people, and slewe them with 
the edge of the swerde, and burnt the cite 
with fyre, and there was no man to delyuer 
them : for they laye farre fro Sidon, and had 
to do with no man. And they laye in the 
valley, which is besyde Beth Rehob. Then 
buylded they the cite, g dwelt therin, *g called 
it Dan, after the name of their father Dan, 
whom Israel begat. And y cite was called 
Lais afore tyme. 

And the children of Dan set vp the ymage 
for them, and Ionathan y sonne of Gerson 
the sonne of Manasse, g his sonnes were prestes 
amoge the trybe of y Danites, t vnto the tyme 
y they were led awaye captyue out of the 
londe. And thus they set amonge the the 
ymage of Micha, which he had made, as loge 
as y house of God was at Silo. 

©he rtr. Chapter. 

AT the same tyme was there no kynge in 
Israel, and there was a man of Leui, 
which was a strauger besyde moiit Ephraim, 
and had taken him a cocubine of Bethleem 
Iuda to wife. And wha she had played the 
harlot besyde him, she ranne fro him to hir 
fathers house vnto Bethleem Iuda, g was 
there foure monethes longe. And hir husz- 
bade gat him vp, g wente after her, to speake 
fredly with her, g- to fetch her againe, 5 had a 
seruaunt g a couple of asses with him. And 
she led him in to hir fathers house. But 
whan the damsels father sawe him, he was 

* Iosu. 19. d. t 4 Re. 17. a. 



glad, g receaued him : g his father in lawe, f 
damsels father kepte him, so y he taried thre 
dayes with him: thus they ate and droke, and 
remayned there all nighte. 

But on y fourth daye he gat him vp early, 
g wolde go his waye. Then sayde f damsels 
father vnto his sonne in lawe : t Refresh thine 
hert first with a morsell of bred, and then 
shal ye go. And they sat them downe, g ate 
and dronke both together: Then sayde the 
damsels father vnto the man : Oh tarye all 
nighte, y we maie refresh thine hert. But y* 
ma arose, g wolde nedes go. And his father 
in lawe constrayned him to tarye all nighte, 
On the fifth daye in the mornynge he gat him 
vp, and wolde be gone. Then sayde the 
damsels father : I praye the comforte thine 
hert, g let vs tary tyll y daye be farther past, 
and so they ate both together. 

And the man gat him vp, and wolde go 
with his concubyne and with his seruaunt. 
But his father in lawe the damsels father, 
saide vnto him agayne : Lo, the daye is spente, 
g it begynneth to be euen, tary all night: 
beholde, here is lodginge yet this daye, abyde 
here this night, it shal refresh thine hert : to- 
morow by times get you vp, and go youre 
waye vnto thy tent. Neuertheles the man 
wolde not tary, but gat him vp, g wete his 
waye, and came ouer agaynst Iebus (that is 
Ierusalem) and his couple of asses lade, and 
his concubyne with him. 

Now whan they were come nye vnto Iebus, 
the daye fell fast awaye. And f seruaut 
saide vnto his master : I praie you go on, and 
let vs turne in to this cite of the Iebusites, 
and tarye therin allnight. Notwithstondinge 
his master sayde vnto him : I wil not turne in 
to f cite of the aleauntes, that are not of the 
children of Israel, but I wyl go ouer vnto 
Gibea. And he sayde vnto his seruaut: Go 
thou before, that we maye come to some place, 
and tarye at Gibea or at Ramah allnight. 
And they wente on and walked, and the 
Sonne wente downe vpon the harde by Gibea, 
which lyeth in the trybe of Ben Iamin: and 
they turned in there, y they mighte come in, 
and tarye at Gibea all nighte. But whan he 
came in, he sat him downe in f strete of the 
cite : for there was noman that wolde lodge 
them in his house that night. 

And beholde, then came there an olde ma IE 

J Gen. 18. a. Psal. 105. b. 



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from his worke out of the felde in the euen 
inge : and he was also of mount Ephraim, and 
a straiiger at Gibea : but y me of that place 
were y childre of Iemini. And whan he lifte 
vp his eies, j sawe the straunger in the strete 
he sayde vnto him : Whither wilt thou go ? g 
whence comest thou? He answered him : 
We are goinge on oure iourney from Bethlee 
Iuda, vntyll we come besyde mount Ephraim, 
whece I am, and wente vnto Bethleem Iuda, 
and now I go vnto y house of y LORDE & 
no ma wil harbarow me. We haue strawe 
and proueder for oure asses, and bred and 
wyne for me and thy handmayden, and for the 
yonge man which is with thy seruaunt, so y 
we wante nothinge. 

The olde man sayde : Peace be with the : 
what soeuer thou wantest, thou findest it with 
me, onely tarye not in the strete all nighte. 
And he broughte him in to his house, and 
gaue the asses prouender : and they washed 
their fete, and ate ij dronke. And wha their 
hert was now ioyfull, the men of the cyte, the 
children of Belial, came, and compased the 
house rounde aboute, and ruszshed at y dore, 
and sayde vnto y olde man, which was the 
good man of y house : Bringe out the ma 
which is come in to thy house, that we maye 
knowe him. 

^But the good man of the house wente 
forth to them, and sayde vnto them : Oh no 
y brethren, do not so wickedly, consideringe 
this man is come in to my house : Oh do not 
soch folye. Beholde, I haue a doughter yet a 
virgin, and this man hath a cocubine, those 
wil I brynge forth vnto you, that ye 
humble them, and do with them as ye lyk 
but do not soch foly vnto this man. Neuer- 
theles the men wolde not herken vnto him. 
Then toke y man his concubine and broughte 
her forth vnto them : and they knewe her, and 
dealte shamefully with her all y night vntill 
the mornynge. And whan the mornynge 
brake on, they let her go. 

Then came the woman early in the morn- 
ynge, and fell downe at the dore of the mas 
house that her lorde was in, and laye there 
tyll it was light. Now whan hir lorde rose 
vp in the mornynge, and opened the dore of 
the house, and wente forth to go on his iour- 
ney, beholde, his concubyne laye at the dore 
of the house, and hir handes vpon the thres- 

* Gen. 19. b. 



holde. He saide vnto her : stonde vp, let vs 
go. Neuertheles she gaue him no answere, 
The toke he her vp vpon his asse, gat him vp, 
and wente vnto his place. 

Now whan he came home, he toke a swerde 
and helde his concubyne, and cut her with 
the bones and all in to twolue peces, and sent 
them in to all the coastes of Israel. Who so 
euer sawe it, sayde : Soch a thinge hath not 
bene done ner sene, sence the tyme that y 
children of Israel departed out of the londe 
of Egipte, vnto this daye. Now as concern 
ynge this, take youre advysement, and geue 
youre councell, and shew it forth. 

Che rr. Chapter. 

THEN wente the children of Israel out 
and gathered a congregacion together 
as one man, frd Dan vntill Bersaba, and from 
the londe of Gilead vnto the LORDE to 
Mispa : and there came together of all the 
quarters of the people, and of all the trybes 
of Israel in to the congregacion of the people 
of God, foure hundreth thousande fote men 
that drue out y swerde. But the children of 
Ben Iamin herde, how that y children of 
Israel were gone vp vnto Mispa. And the 
children of Israel sayde : Tell vs, how hap- 
pened this euell ? 

Then answered the Leuite the huszbande 
of the woman that was slayne, and sayde : I 
came to Gibea in Ben Iamin with my concu- 
byne, to tary there allnight, then the cytesins 
of Gibea gat them vp agaynst me, and com- 
pased me aboute in the house by night, and 
thoughte to slaye me, and defyled my cocu- 
byne, so that she dyed : then toke I my cocu- 
byne, and cut her in peces, and sent the peces 
in to euery countre of the inheritaunce of 
Israel: for they haue done an abhominacion 
and folye in Israel. Beholde, here are ye 
children of Israel : aduyse you well, and take 
this matter in hande. 

So all the people gat them vp as one ma, 
and sayde : Noma shal go in to his tente, ner 

jarte to his house, but this wil we do now 
agaynst Gibea : Let vs cast lot, and take ten 
men of an hundreth, and an hundreth of a 
thousande, and a thousande of ten thousande, 
out of all y trybes of Israel, y they maie take 
fode for y people, to come g do with Gibea 
Ben Iamin, acordynge to their folye which 
they haue done in Israel. Thus all the men 



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of Israel beynge confederate, gathered them 
selues together as one man vnto the cite : and 
the trybes of Israel sent men vnto all the kin- 
reds of Ben Iamin, and caused to saye vnto 
them: What maner of wickydnes is this, that 
is done amonge you? Delyuer here therfore 
the men the children of Belial at Gibea, that 
we maye put them to death, and do awaye the 
euell out of Israel. Neuertheles the children 
of Ben Iamin wolde not folowe the voyce of 
their brethren the children of Israel, but 
gathered them selues out of y cities vnto 
Gibea, to go forth in battayll agaynst the 
children of Israel. 

And the same daye were there nombred of 
the children of Ben Iamin out of the cities, 
sixe and twentye thousande men, that drue 
the swerde, beside the citesyns of Gibea of 
whom there were tolde seue hundreth chosen 
men. And amoge all this people there were 
chosen out seuen hundreth men, which vsed 
not the right hande but the lefte, and yet with 
the slynge coulde they touch an heer, and not 
mysse. But the men of Israel, beside them 
of Be Iamin, were nobred foure hudreth thou- 
sande, which drue the swerde, (j were all men 
of armes. And the children of Israel arose, 
and wente vp to the house of God (in Silo) 
and axed at God, and sayde : Who shall go vp 
for vs to beginne the battayll with y children 
of Ben Iamin ? The LORDE saide : Iuda 
shall begynne. 

So the children of Israel gat the vp in y 
mornige, g pitched ouer agalst Gibea, & euery 
man of Israel wete out to fighte with Ben 
Iamin, and set them selues in araye to fighte 
agaynst Gibea. Then fell the children of Ben 
Iamin out of Gibea, and slewe the same daye 
amonge Israel two j twentye thousande to the 
grounde. 

But the people of the men of Israel com- 
forted them selues, and made them ready to 
fighte yet more in the same place, after they 
had prepared them selues the daye afore. 
And the children of Israel wente vp, and 
wepte before the LORDE vntyll the euenynge, 
and axed at the LORDE, a sayde: Shall we 
go eny more to fighte with oure brethren the 
children of Ben Iamin ? The LORDE sayde : 
Go vp vnto them. And whan the children 
of Israel gat them vp to the childre of Ben 
Iamin on y next daye, the Ben Iamites fell 
out of Gibea agaynst them the same daye, and 



slewe yet eightene thousande of y children 
of Israel to the grounde, which all drue the 
swerde. 

Then wente all the children of Israel vp, 
and all the people, and came to the house of 
God, and wepte, and taried there before the 
LORDE, g fasted that daye vntyll the euen, 
and offred burntofferynges and deedofferinges 
before the LORDE. And the children of 
Israel axed at the LORDE (the Arke of the 
couenaunt of God was there at that tyme, and 
Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of 
Aaron stode before him at the same tyme) g 
they sayde : Shal we go forth eny more to 
fighte with oure brethren the childre of Ben 
Iamin, or shal we leaue of? The LORDE 
sayde : Go vp, tomorow wyll I delyuer them 
in to youre handes. 

And the children of Israel set a preuy watch 
agaynst Gibea rounde aboute, and so the 
children of Israel wente vp to the children of 
Ben Iamin on the thirde daye, and set them 
selues in araye agaynst Gibea like as the other 
two tymes afore. The came the children of 
Ben Iamin out agaynst the people, g brake 
out of the cite, g beganne to slaye certayne 
wounded of the people (like as the other two 
times afore) in the felde vpon two stretes : 
wherof one goeth towarde Bethel, the other 
vnto Gilead vpon a thirtye men in Israel. 
Then thought the childre of Ben Iamin: 
They are smytten before vs like as afore. But 
the childre of Israel sayde : Let vs flye, that 
we maie prouoke them out of the cite in to 
the hye stretes. 

Then all the men of Israel gat them vp 
from their place, and prepared them selues 
vnto Baal Thamar. And the hinder watch 
of Israel brake out of their place, from f caue 
of Gaba, and came vnto Gibea, twentye 
thousande chosen men out of all Israel, so 
that it was a sore battayll : but they knewe 
not that the euell shulde happen vnto them. 
Thus the LORDE smote Ben Iamin before 
the children of Israel, so that the same daye 
the children of Israel destroyed fyue g twentye 
thousande and an hundreth men in Ben Iamin, 
which all drue the swerde. 

For whan the childre of Ben Iamin sawe 
that they were smitten, the men of Isi'ael gaue 
them rowme (to flye). For they trusted to 
the watch, which they had sett by Gibea. 
And the watch made haist also, g brake forth 



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vnto Gibea, and wente vpon it, and smote all 
the cite with the edge of y- swerde. They 
were appoynted betwene them selues the men 
of Israel and the hynder watch, to fall vpon 
them with the swerde, whan the smoke of the 
cite arose. Now whan the men of Israel 
turned them in the battayll, and Ben Iamin 
beganne to smyte the wounded in Israel vpon 
a thirtie men, and thoughte, they are smytten 
before vs, like as in the battayll afore, then 
beganne there a piler of smoke to arise vp 
from the cite. And Ben Iamin loked behinde 
them : and beholde, the flamme of f cite 
wente vp vnto heauen. And the men of Israel 
turned them, and were fearce vpon f men of 
Ben Iamin : for they sawe that the euell wolde 
happen vnto them. 

And they turned them before the men of 
Israel in the waye to the wyldernesse, but the 
battayll folowed vpon them. And them of 
the cite destroyed they amoge them. And 
they compased Ben Iamin rounde aboute, and 
folowed vpon them vnto Menuah, and trode 
them downe tyll afore Gibea eastwarde. And 
there fell of Ben Iamin eightene thousande 
men, which were all men of armes. 

Whan the remnaunt of Ben Iamin sawe 
that, they turned them and fled towarde the 
wildernesse vnto the stonye rocke of Rimon. 
But in the same strete they slewe fyue thou- 
sande men, and folowed vpon them vnto 
Gideom, and slewe two thousande of the : and 
so there fell the same daye of Ben Iamin fyue 
and twenty thousande men which drue f 
swerde, and were all me of armes. Onely 
sixe hundreth men turned backe, and fled 
towarde the wyldernesse vnto the stonye rocke 
of Rimon, and abode in the rocke of Rimon 
foure monethes. And the men of Israel came 
agayne to the children of Ben Iamin, and 
smote them that were in the cite with y edge 
of the swerde, both me and catell and all that 
was founde : and what soeuer was foiide in the 
cite, they cast it in to the fyre. 

Che rrt. Chapter. 

THE men of Israel had swore at Mispa, and 
sayde : Noman shal geue his doughter 
to the Ben Iamites to wife. And the people 
came to the house of God (in Silo) j abode 
there before God vntill the euenynge, and 
lifte vp their voyce, and wepte sore, and sayde : 



O LORDE God of Israel, wherfore is this 
come to passe in Israel this daye ? But on 
the morow the people gat the vp early, and 
builded there an altare, and offred burnt- 
offeringes and deedofferynges. 

And the children of Israel sayde : Where is 
there eny ma of the trybes of Israel, that is 
not come vp with the congregacion vnto the 
LORDE ? For there was a greate ooth made, 
that who so came not vp to Mispa vnto the 
LORDE, shulde dye the deeth. And the 
children of Israel were sory for Ben Iamin 
their brother, and sayde : This daye is there 
one trybe lesse in Israel. How wyll we do 
that the remnaunt maye haue wyues? For 
we haue sworne by the LORDE, that we wyl 
not geue the wyues of oure doughters. And 
they saide : Where is there eny ma of the 
trybes of Israel, that is not come vp to the 
LORDE vnto Mispa? And beholde, there 
was not one man of the citesyns of Iabes in 
Gilead. 

Then sent the congregacion twolue thou- 
sande men of armes thither, and commaunded 
them, and sayde : Go youre waye, and smite 
the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead with the swerde, 
the wemen also and the children, but so that 
ye do after this maner : * Se that ye damne 
all them that are males, and all the wemen 
that haue lyen with men. And amonge the 
citesins of Iabes in Gilead they foude foure 
hundreth damsels, which were virgins, and had 
lyen with noman : those they broughte in to 
the hoost vnto Silo, which lyeth in the londe 
of Canaan. 

Then sent the whole congregacion, "and 
caused to talke with the children of Ben Iamin, 
which were in the stonie rocke of Rimd and 
called vnto them frendly. So the children of 
Ben Iamin came agayne at the same tyme. 
and they gaue them wemen which they had of 
the wemen of Iabes in Gilead, and founde no 
mo after that maner. Then were the peopl 
sory for Ben Iamin, that f LORDE had made 
a gappe in the trybes of Israel. And the 
Elders of the congregacio sayde: What wil 
we do, that the remnaunt maye haue wyues 
also? for the weme in Ben Iamin are destroied, 
and they sayde : The enheritaunce of them 
of Ben Iamin that are escaped, must nedes 
remayne, that there be not a trybe destroyed 
out of Israel : (j we can not geue them oure 



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doughters to wiues. For the children of Israel 
haue sworne and sayde : Cursed be he that 
geueth a wyfe to the Ben Iamites. 

And they sayde : Beholde there is a yearly 
feast of the LORDE at Silo, which lieth on 
the northsyde of the Gods house, and on the 
eastside of the strete as a ma goeth from Bethel 
vnto Sichem, and lieth on the south side of 
Libona. And they commaunded the children 
of Ben Iamin, j sayde: Go youre waye, and 
wayte in the vynyardes. And whan ye se that 
the doughters of Silo go forth by copanyes to 
daunse, get you out of the vynyardes, and 
euery man take him a wyfe of the doughters 
of Silo, and go youre waye in to the lode of 
Ben Iamin. As for their fathers and brethren, 
whan they come to lawe with vs, we wyll saye 



vnto them : Be fauourable to them, for they 
haue not taken the in battaill : but ye gaue the 
not vnto them by time, and it is youre faute. 

The children of Ben Iamin did so, and 
acordinge to their nombre toke them wyues 
from the daunse, whom they caught by vio- 
lence, and wente their waye, <j dwelt in their 
awne inheritaunce, and buylded cities and 
dwelt therin. The children of Israel also gat 
them vp from thence at the same time, euery 
one to his trybe and to his kinred, and departed 
thece, euery man to his awne inheritaunce. 
* At y time was there no kynge in Israel, and 
euery man dyd y thinge y was right in his 



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Chap. I. 
Elimelech departeth from Bethleem with his wife 
and two sonnes in to the londe of the Moabites, 
where the father dyeth and both the sonnes. 
Ruth the wife of the one sonne goeth home 
with hir mother in lawe. 

Chap. II. 
Ruth gathereth vp eares of corne in the felde of 
Boos hir houszbandes kynsma. 



Chap. III. 
Ruth lyeth her downe in the barne at Boos fete, 
and he geueth her good wordes, and ladeth 
her with sixe measures of barlye. 

Chap. IIII. 
Boos marieth Ruth, which beareth him Obed 
Dauids graundfather. 



Che ffnSt Chapter. 

IN f tyme whan the Iudges ruled, there 
was a derth in the londe. And there 
wente a ma from Bethlee Iuda to take his 
iourney in to the londe of the Moabites with 
his wife and two sonnes, which man was called 
Eli Melech, and his wife Naemi, 5 his two 
sonnes, the one Mahelon, and the other 
Chilion: these were Ephrates of Bethleem 
Iuda. And whan they came in to the londe 



of f Moabites, they dwelt there. And Eli 
Melech Naemis huszbande dyed, 3, she was 
left behinde with hir two sonnes, which toke 
Moabitish wyues: the one was called Arpa, 
the other Ruth. And whan they had dwelt 
there ten yeare, they dyed both, Mahelon and 
Chilion, so that the woman remayned desolate 
of both hir sonnes and hir huszbande. 

Then gat she her vp with both hir sonnes 
wyues, (5 wente agayne out of the lode of y 
Moabites (for she had herde in the londe of 



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the Moabites, y the LORDE had visited his 
people g geuen them bred) & so she departed 
from f place where she was, & both hir sonnes 
wyues with her. And as they wete by the 
waye to come agayne in to the londe of Iuda, 
she sayde vnto both hir sonnes wyues : Go 
youre waye, g turne backe ether of you to hir 
mothers house: the LORDE shewe mercy 
vpon you, as ye haue done on the y are deed 
g on me. The LORDE graunte you, y ye 
maie fynde rest ether of you in hir huszbades 
house (whom ye shal get) and she kyssed them. 

Then lift they vp their voyce, and wepte, 
g sayde vnto her: We wil go with the vnto 
thy people. But Naemi sayde : Turne agayne 
my doughters, why wolde ye go with me ? 
How can I haue children eny more in my 
body, to be youre huszbandes? Turne agayne 
my doughters, and go youre waye, for I am 
now to olde to take an huszbande. 

And though I shulde saye : I hope this 
night to take an huszbande g to brynge forth 
children, yet coulde ye not tary till they were 
growne vp : for ye shulde be to olde, so that 
ye coulde haue no huszbandes. No my 
doughters, therfore am I sory for you, for y 
hade of the LORDE is gone forth ouer me. 

Then lifte they vp their voyce, and wepte 
yet more, and Arpa kyssed hir mother in lawe 
(and turned backe againe) but Ruth abode 
styll by her. Neuertheles she sayde : Be- 
holde, thy syster in lawe is turned backe vnto 
hir people and to hir god, turne thou againe 
also after thy sister in lawe. Ruth answered : 
Speake not to me therof, that I shulde forsake 
the, and turne backe from the : whither so 
euer thou goest, thither wil I go also : and 
loke where thou abydest, there wil I abide 

) : Thy people is my people, g thy God is 
my God. Loke where thou diest, there wil 
I dye, and euen there wil I also be buried. 
The LORDE do this and that vnto me, 
death onely shal departe vs. 

Now whan she sawe, that she was stedfastly 
mynded to go with her, she spake nomore to 
her therof. So they wente on both together, 
till they came vnto Bethleem. And whan 
they were come in to Bethleem, the whole 
cite was moued ouer them, and sayde : Is not 
this Naemi ? Neuerthelesse she sayde vnto 
them : call me not Naemi, but Mara : for the 
Allmightie hath made me very sory. I de- 
parted full, but the LORDE hath brought 



me home agayne emptye. Why call ye me 
then Naemi? wha the LORDE hathbroughte 
me lowe, and the Allmightie hath made me 
sory? 

It was aboute the tyme of the begynninge 
of the barlye haruest, whan Naemi and hir 
sonnes wife Ruth y Moabitysse, came agayne 
from the londe of the Moabites vnto Bethleem. 
There was a kinsman also of y kynred of Eli 
Melech Naemis huszbande, whose name was 
Boos, which was an honest man. 

C^e ij. Chapter. 

AND Ruth the Moabitisse saide vnto 
Naemi : Let me go in to y felde, g 
gather eares of corne, after him, in whose 
sight I shal finde fauoure. She sayde vnto 
her: Go thy waie my doughter. She wete 
on, g came g gathered after y reapers in y 
feld. And it fortuned that the same felde 
was the enheritaunce of Boos, which was of 
the kynred of Elimelech, and beholde, Boos 
came from Bethleem, and sayde vnto the 
reapers : The LORDE be with you. They 
answered: The LORDE blesse the. And 
Boos sayde vnto his yongman which had the 
ouersight of y reapers : Whose damsell is 
this? The yonge man that was set ouer y 
reapers, answered and sayde : It is the damsell 
the Moabitisse, which came agayne with 
Naemi from the londe of the Moabites. And 
she sayde : Let me plucke vp and gather (I 
praie the) betwene the sheues after the reapers : 
and thus is she come, and hath stonde here 
euer sence the mornynge, and within a litle 
whyle she wolde haue bene gone home agayne. 

Then sayde Boos vnto Ruth : Hearest thou 
my doughter? Thou shalt not come vpon 
another mans londe to gather, and go not 
awaye from hence, but tary with my dasels, 
and loke where they reape in y felde, go thou 
after them : for I haue comaunded my ser- 
uauntes that no man touch the. And yf thou 
be a thyrst, go thy waye to the vessell g drynke, 
where my seruauntes drawe. Then fell she 
downe vpon hir face, and bowed hir self 
downe to the earth, and sayde vnto him : How 
haue I founde this fauoure in thy sighte, that 
thou woldest knowe me, which am yet a 
straunger ? 

Boos answered and sayde vnto her : It is 
tolde me altogether, what thou hast done vnto 
thy mother in lawe after thy huszbades death, 



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how that thou hast left thy father and thy 
mother, and thy natiue countre, and art come 
to a people, whom thou hast not knowne afore. 
The LORDE recompence the thy doinge, 
and thy rewarde be parfecte with the LORDE 
God of Israel, vnto whom thou art come to 
put thy trust vnder his wynges. She sayde : 
let me fynde fauoure (syr) before thyne eyes, 
for thou hast comforted me, and spoken frendly 
vnto thy handmayde, where as I am not yet 
like one of thy handmaydes. 

Boos sayde vnto her : Whan it is eatinge 
tyme, come hither, and eate of the bred, and 
dyppe thy morsell in the vyneger. And she 
sat hir downe besyde the reapers. And he set 
parched corne before her, and she ate, (j was 
satisfyed, and lefte ouer. And wha she rose 
to gather, Boos commaunded his seruauntes, 
and sayde : Let her gather betwene the sheues 
also, and do her no dishonestye : and cast of 
the sheues vnto her, and let it lye that she 
maye gather it vp, and se that noman reproue 
her for it. 

So she gathered in the felde vntyll euen 
and she shaked out what she had gathered, 
and it was allmost an Epha of barlye : and 
she toke it vp, and came in to the cite, and 
shewed hir mother in lawe what she had 
gathered. She toke forth also, and gaue her 
of that which was left, wherof she was satys- 
fyed. The sayde hir mother in lawe vnto her: 
Blessinge haue the man that hath knowne the, 
where thou hast gathered and laboured this daye. 

She tolde hir mother in lawe by whom she 
had laboured, and sayde : The mans name, 
by whom I haue wroughte to daye, is Boos. 
Naemi sayde vnto hir doughter in lawe : The 
blessynge of the LORDE haue he, for he 
hath not lefte of to be mercifull vnto the 
lyuynge * and to the deed. And Naemi 
sayde vnto her: The same man belongeth 
vnto vs, and is oure nye kynsman. Ruth the 
Moabitisse saide : He saide morouer vnto me : 
Thou shalt resorte vnto my seruauntes, tyll 
they haue made an ende of all my haruest. 
Naemi sayde vnto Ruth hir doughter in lawe : 
It is better my doughter, that thou go forth 
with his damsels, lest eny man withstode the 
in another felde. Thus she kepte herselfe 
with Boos damsels, so that she gathered vntill 
the barlye haruest and the wheate haruest was 
out, and came againe to hir mother in lawe. 



Cfie iij. Chapter. 

AND Naemi hir mother in lawe sayde 
vnto her : My doughter, I wyll prouyde 
rest for the, that thou maiest prospere. Boos 
oure kynsman, by whose damsels thou hast 
bene, casteth vp barlye now this night in his 
barne. Bathe thyselfe therfore, and tmoffell 
the, and put on thy clothes, and go downe 
vnto the barne, so y noma knowe the, tyll 
they haue all eaten and dronken. 

Whan he layeth him downe then to sleape, 
mark f place where he lyeth downe, and 
come thou, and take vp the couerynge at his 
fete, and laye the downe, so shall he tell the 
what thou shalt do. She sayde vnto her: 
what so euer thou saiest vnto me, I wil do it. 

She wente downe to the barne, (j dyd all 
as hir mother in lawe had comaunded her. 
And wha Boos had eate 5 dronke, his hert 
was mery, g he came and layed him downe 
behynde a heape of sheues. And she came 
secretly, and toke vp the coueringe at his fete, 
and layed hir downe. Now wha it was mid- 
night, the man was afrayed, and groped aboute 
him, and beholde, a woman laye at his fete. 
And he sayde : Who art thou? She answered: 
I am Ruth thy handmayden, sprede thy 
wynges ouer thy hadmayden: for thou art 
the nexte kynsman. 

He sayde : The LORDES blessinge haue 
thou my doughter. Thou hast done a better 
mercy here after then before, y thou art not 
gone after yonge men, nether riche ner poore. 
Feare not now my doughter : All y thou hast 
sayde, will I do for the : for all the cite of my 
people knoweth, y thou art a vertuous woma. 
Trueth it is now, y I am a nye kynsma, but 
there is one nyer then I. Tarye thou all- 
nighte. Tomorow yf he take the, well: yf he 
like not to take y, then wil I take f my selfe, 
as truly as y LORDE lyueth. Slepe thou 
tyll y mornynge. And she slepte at his fete 
vntyll f morow. And she rose vp or euer 
one coulde knowe another. And he thoughte 
thus: That no ma knowe now y there hath 
come a woman in to the barne, and he sayde : 
Reach me the cloke y thou hast on the, 3. 
holde it forth. And she helde it forth. And 
he meet her sixe measures of barlye, and 
layed it vpon her, 5 she wente in to the cite, 
& came to hir mother in lawe, which sayde : 

t Some reade : Anoynte the. 



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How is it with the my doughter? And she 
tolde her all y the ma had done vnto her, 5 
sayde : These sixe measures of barlye gaue 
he me, for he sayde: Thou shalt not come 
emptye vnto thy mother in lawe. She sayde : 
Abyde my doughter, tyll thou se what y mat- 
ter wil growe to : for the man wilt not ceasse, 
tyll he brynge it to an ende this daye. 

©he titj. Chapter. 

BOOS wente vp to f gate, and sat him 
downe there: 5 beholde, whan f nye 
kynsman wente by, Boos spake vnto him, 5 
sayde: Come (t. syt the downe here (and called 
him by his name.) And he came & sat him 
downe, (j he toke ten men of the Elders of y 
cite, (j sayde : Syt you downe here. And 
they sat the downe. The sayde he to the 
nye kynszman : Naemi which is come againe 
fro the I5de of the Moabites * offreth to sell 
y pece of londe, y was oure brothers Eli 
Melech, therfore tnoughte I to shewe it be- 
fore thine eares, cj to tell the : Yf thou wilt 
redeme it, then bye it before the citesyns j 
before the Elders of my people : but yf thou 
wylt not redeme it, then tell me, y I maie 
knowe : for there is no nye kynsma excepte 
thou, and I nexte after the. 

He sayde : I wil redeme it. Boos saide : 
In the daye y thou byest the lode out of y 
hande of Naemi, thou must take Ruth also 
the Moabitisse the wife of the deed, that thou 
mayest rayse vp a name to y deed in his in- 
heritaunce. The sayde he : I can not re- 
deme it, lest I happlye destroye myne awne 
enheritaunce. Redeme thou y I shulde 
redeme, for I can not redeme it. But this 
was an olde custome in Israel concernynge the 
redemynge (j chaiiginge, y all matters mighte 
be stable, the one put of his shue, 5 gaue it 
vnto y other : y was the testimony in Israel. 

And the nye kynsman sayde vnto Boos: 
Bye thou it, 5 he put of his shue. And Boos 

Leui. 25. d. Iere. 32. b. t Deut. 25. a. t Ge. 29. 30. 



sayde vnto the Elders and to all the people 
Ye are witnesses this daie, y I haue boughte 
out of the hande of Naemi, all that belonged 
to Eli Melech, and all that was Chilions and 
Mahelons : And Ruth the Moabitisse Mahe 
Ions wife, take I to wife, t that I maye rayse 
vp a name vnto y deed in his inheritaunce, 
and that his name be not roted out from 
amonge his brethren, and out of the gate of 
his place : Of this are ye witnesses. And all 
the people that was in the gate with the Elders 
saide : We are witnesses. The LORDE 
make the woman that commeth in to thy 
house, as Rachel and Lea (t which both haue 
buylded vp the house of Israel) that she maye 
be an ensample of vertue in Ephrata, and 
haue an honorable name in Bethleem. And 
thy house be as y house of Phares (§wh5 
Thamar bare vnto Iuda) thorow the sede, that 
the LORDE shall geue the of this damsell 

So Boos toke Ruth, and she became his 
wife. And whan he laye with her, the 
LORDE graunted her y she conceaued, and 
bare a sonne. The sayde the wemen vnto 
Naemi: Praysed be the LORDE, which hath 
not suffred a kynsman to ceasse from the at 
this tyme, that his name maye contynue 
Israel : he shal restore thy life agayne, and 
prouyde for thine age. For thy sonnes wife 
which hath loued the, hath borne him that is 
better vnto the, then seuen sonnes. 

And Naemi toke the childe, and layde it 
vpon hir lappe, and became the norse of it, 
and hir neghbours gaue him a name & sayde : 
There is a childe borne vnto Naemi, and they 
called his name Obed. The same is the father 
of Isai, which is y father of Dauid. 

This is y generacion of Phares. II Phares 
begat Hesrom. Hesrom begat Aram. Aram 
begat Aminadab. Aminadab begatt Naasson. 
Naasson begat Salmon. Salmo begat Boos. 
Boos begat Obed. Obed begat Isai. Isai 
begat Dauid. 

§ Gen. 38. e. || 1 Par. 2. a. Matth. 1. a. 



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Chap. I. 
Of Elcana and his two wyues. Vnto Anna geueth 
God Samuel which is appropriated vnto the 
LORDE. 

Chap. II. 
The thankfull songe of Anna. The sonnes of 
Eli do wickedly, their father refourmeth them 
not, therfore is the presthode take from him 
and his sonnes. 

Chap. III. 
The reuelacion shewed vnto Samuel, and vnto Eli. 

Chap. IIII. 

Israel fighteth agaynst the Philistynes, loseth the 
victory, and is smytten the seconde tyme. The 
Philistynes wynne the Arke of the LORDE : 
The two sonnes of Eli perishe, the father 
falleth downe and breaketh his necke. 

Chap. V. 
The Philistynes bringe the Arke of the LORDE 
in to the temple of Dagon, which falleth 
downe before it. 

Chap. VI. 

The Philistynes sende the Arke agayne vnto the 
people of God, with certayne giftes and offer- 
ynges. 

Chap. VII. 

The Arke is broughte in to Aminadabs house. 

Samuel exhorteth the people to amendment. 



Chap. VIII. 

Samuels sonnes rule not well, 
syre to haue a kynge. 



The people de- 



Chap. IX. X. 

Saul seketh his fathers asses, and cometh vnto 
Samuel, which (at the c5maundement of the 
LORDE) anoynteth him kinge, and sheweth 
him vnto the people 

Chap. XI. 
Saul defendeth Iabes from Nahas the Ammonite. 

Chap. XII. 
Samuel sheweth his innocency vnto the people, 
and geueth them a godly exhortacion. 

Chap. XIII. 

The Philistynes gather them selues agaynst Israel. 
Saul is disobedient vnto the LORDE. Samuel 
reproueth him. 

Chap. XIIII. 
Ionathas discSfiteth the enemies by sotyltie, Saul 
helpeth him : the father wolde slaye the sonne, 
the people delyuer him. 

Chap. XV. 
Samuel comaundeth Saul to damne Amalek and 
vtterly to destroye him. Saul is dishobedient, 
J therfore is he deposed from the kyngdome. 
Chap. XVI. 
Dauid is anoynted kynge. The euell sprete 
vexeth Saul, Dauid easeth him with playenge 
at the harpe. 

Chap. XVII. 
Dauid destroyeth Goliath the giaiite. The Phi- 
listynes fle. 

Chap. XVIII. 
Ionathas and Dauid are sworne louers. Dauid 
behaueth himselfe wysely in all thinges. The 
people loue him. Saul geueth him his doughter 
of purpose, that the Philistynes mighte de- 
stroye him. 



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Chap. XIX. 

Saul commaiideth to kyll Dauid. Ionathas geueth 
him warnynge. Dauid flyeth his waye. His 
wife delyuereth him. 

Chap. XX. 
Dauid auoydeth from the kynges displeasure 
Ionathas warneth him. 

Chap. XXJ. 

Dauid flieth vnto Noba to the prest Ahirnelech, 
and eateth of the shewbred. 

Chap. XXII. 
Dauids fredes helpe him. Doeg the Edomite 
slayeth Ahirnelech j the other prestes of the 
LORDE. 

Chap. XXIII. 

Saul layeth wayte for Dauid. He getteth him 
out of the waye, and the LORDE defendeth 
him. 

Chap. XXIIII. 
Saul commeth in to Dauids hande, which wil not 
slaye him, but cutteth of a pece of his gar- 
ment, cjc. 

Chap. XXV. 

Samuel dyeth. Nabal displeaseth Dauid. Abi- 
gail pacifieth him. 



Chap. XXVI. 

Dauid fyndeth Saulslepynge, and where as Abisai 
wolde slaye him, he wil not suffre him, but 
taketh awaye his speare and the cuppe of 
water. 

Chap. XXVII. 

Dauid flyeth vnto Achis the kynge at Geth. 

Chap. XXVIII. 

Dauid is made Achis captayne. Saul axeth 
councell at the Sothsayer. Samuel appeareth 
vnto him and rebuketh him. 

Chap. XXIX. 

The Philistynes are not contente, that Dauid 
shulde be their captayne. The kynge sendeth 
him home agayne. 

Chap. XXX. 

The Amalechites fall vp5 Sicelek. Dauid foloweth 
vpon them, and recouereth the spoyle agayne. 

Chap. XXXI. 

The Philistynes fighte agaynst Israel. Sauls 
sonnes are slayne, (j he wounded, and slayeth 
him selfe. 



Che first Chapter. 

THERE was a man of Ramathaim Sophim 
of mount Ephraim, * whose name was 
Elcana y sonne of Ieroham, y sonne of Elihu, 
y sonne of Tohu, y sonne of Zuph, y was an 
Ephrate. And he had two wyues, y one was 
called Anna, y other Peninna. As for Pe- 
ninna, she had children, but Anna had no 
childre. And y same man wete vp fro his 
cite tat his tyme, to worshippe and to offer 
vnto the LORDE Zebaoth at Silo. There 
were the prestes of the LORDE Ophni and 
Phineas, the two sonnes of Eli. Now whan 
it came vpon a daye that Elcana offred, he 
gaue partes vnto his wife Peninna, and to all 
his sonnes and doughters. But vnto Anna 
he gaue one deale heuely, for he loued Anna. 
Neuertheles ithe LORDE had closed hir 

* 1 Par. 7. b. t Exo. 23. b. Deut. 16. a. 



wombe, 5 hir aduersary cast her in the tethe 
with hir vnfrutefulnes, because the LORDE 
had closed hir wombe : thus dyd she euery 
yeare, whan they wente vp to the house of 
the LORDE, and thus she prouoked her. 
So she wepte, and ate nothinge. But Elcana 
hir huszbande sayde vnto her : Wherfore 
wepest thou ? and why eatest thou not ? And 
wherfore is thine hert so greued ? Am not I 
better vnto the then ten sonnes ? 

Then stode Anna vp, whan she had eaten 
and dronken at Silo. But Eli the prest sat 
vpon a stole by the poste of the temple of the 
LORDE. And she was full of heuynes in 
hir herte, and prayed vnto the LORDE, and 
wepte, and vowed a vowe, and sayde: O 
LORDE Zebaoth, yf thou wilt loke vpon the 
aduersite of thy handmayden, and thynke vpon 
me, and not forget thy handmayden, and wilt 

t Gen. 29. d. and 30. a. 



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geue thy handmayden a sonne, I wil geue him 
vnto the LORDE all his life longe, *and 
there shal no rasoure come vpon his heade 

And wha she had prayed longe before y 
LORDE, Eli toke hede to hir mouth, for 
Anna spake in hir hert, hir lippes onely moued, 
but hir voyce was not herde. Then thoughte 
Eli she had bene dronken, and sayde vnto 
her : How longe wilt thou be dronken ? Let 
come from the the wyne that thou hast by 
the. Neuertheles Anna answered and sayde : 
No my lorde, I am a soroufull woman, wyne 
and stronge drynke haue I not dronken t but 
haue poured out my hert before f LORDE. 
Counte not thy handmayden a doughter of 
Belial : for out of my heuy thoughte and sorow 
haue I spoken hitherto. 

Eli answered her, and sayde : Go thy waye 
in peace, the God of Israel shal graunte y 
thy peticion that thou hast desyred of him 
She sayde : Let thy handmayden fynde fa- 
uoure in thy sighte. So the woman wente 
hir waye and ate, and loked nomore so sorou- 
fully: and on y morow they gat them vp by 
tymes. And whan they had worshipped be 
fore y LORDE, they returned, and came 
home vnto Ramatha. 

And Elcana laye with Anna his wife, and 
the LORDE remembred her. And after 
certayne dayes, she c5ceaued and bare a sonne. 
and called his name Samuel, for I haue de- 
syred him (sayde she) of the LORDE. And 
whan the man Elcana wente vp with all his 
houszholde to offre sacrifice and his vowe vnto 
the LORDE at soch tyme as y custome was, 
Anna wente not vp, but sayde vnto hir husz- 
bande : (I wil not go vp) tyll y childe be 
weened : then will I brynge him, that he maye 
appeare before the LORDE, and cotynue 
there ifor euer. 

Elcana hir huszbande sayde vnto her : The 
do as thou thynkest best, tary tyll thou haue 
weened him: but the LORDE perfourme 
that he hath spoken. So the woman abode, 
and gaue hir sonne sucke, tyll she weened 
him. And whan she had weened him, she 
broughte him vp with her, with thre bullockes, 
with an Ephi of fyne floure, and a bottell of 
wyne, and broughte him in to f house of the 
LORDE at Silo. 

Neuertheles the childe was yet but yonge. 



Iud. 13. a. Num. 6. a 
§ Deut. 32. f. 



tPsal.41. a. $Ni 
Sap. 16. c. Tob. 13. a. 



And they slewe a bullocke, and broughte the 
childe vnto Eli. And she sayde : O my lorde 
as truly as thy soule lyueth my lorde, I am 
the woman that stode here by y, and made 
intercession vnto the LORDE, whan I prayed 
for this childe. Now hath f LO RDE graunted 
me my peticion, which I desyred of him, ther- 
fore haue I geuen him ouer vnto the LORDE, 
as longe as he is lent vnto the LORDE. And 
they worshipped y LORDE there. 

5H)e rj. Chapter. 

AND Anna prayed, and sayde : 
My hert reioyseth in the LORDE, g 
my home is exalted in the LORDE. 

My mouth is opened wyde vpo myne ene- 
mies, for I am glad of thy saluacion. 

There is no man holy as the LORDE, for 
without the is nothinge, and there is no co- 
forte like vnto oure God. 

Let go youre greate boostinge of hye 
thynges, let go out of youre mouth that olde 
byworde : for the LORDE is a God y know- 
eth all thinges, g he hath set allworkes in order, 

The bowe of the mightie is broken, and 
the weake are gyrded aboute with strength, 

They that were fylled afore, are soldo for 
bred : and they that were hongrie, are satis^ 
fied : vntyll the baren bare seuen, and tyll she 
that had many childre, was become weake 

$ The LORDE slayeth, and geueth life : he 
ledeth vnto hell, and bryngeth out agayne. 

The LORDE maketh poore and maketh 
riche: He bryngeth lowe and exalteth. 

II He taketh vp the neady out of the dust, 
and lifteth vp f poore out of the myre, that 
he maye set them amonge the prynces, and 
to let them inheret the seate of honoure : for 
the foundacions and corners of the worlde are 
the LORDES, and he hath set the compase 
of the earth theron. 

He shall preserue the fete of his sayntes, 
but f vngodly shal be put to sylece in darc- 
nesse. IT For there is no ma that can do oughte 
of his owne power. 

The LORDES enemies shal be put in feare 

before him, he shal thoder vpo the in heaue. 

The LORDE shall iudge the endes of the 

worlde, (j shal geue stregth vnto his kynge, j 

shall exalte the home of his anoynted. 

Elcana wente his waye to Ramath vnto his 



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So. albtj. 



house. And the childe became the LORDES 
raynister before Eli the prest. But Elis sonnes 
were the childre of Belial, and knewe not the 
LORDE, ner the dutye of the prestes vnto 
the people: but whan eny man wolde offre 
oughte, the prestes boye came, whyle the flesh 
was seethinge, and had a thre forked fleshoke 
in his hande, and thrust it in to the cauldron, 
or ketell, or panne, or pot: and loke what he 
drue forth with the fleshoke, that toke the 
prest therof. Thus dyd they vnto all Israel, 
which came thither vnto Silo. 

Like wyse, or euer they burned the fatt, the 
prestes lad came, and sayde vnto him that 
broughte the offerynge : Geue me the flesh, 
that I maye roste it for the prest, for he wyl 
receaue no sodden flesh of y, but rawe. Yf 
eny man sayde then vnto him: Let the fat 
burne as it oughte to do this daye, and after- 
warde take what thine hert desyreth, then 
sayde he vnto him: Thou shalt geue it me 
euen now : yf no, I wyll take it from the by 
violece. Therfore was the synne of y childre 
very greate before the LORDE, for f people 
spake euell of y meatofferynge of y LORDE. 
But Samuel was a mynister before the 
LORDE, and the childe was gyrded with an 
ouer body cote of lynnen. His mother also 
made him a litle cote of sylke, and broughte 
it vp vnto him at couenient tymes, wha. she 
wente vp with hir huszbande to offer y offer- 
ynge in due season. 

And Eli blessed Elcana g his wife, and 
sayde : The LORDE geue the sede of this 
woman, for this good that thou hast lent vnto 
the LORDE. And they wete vnto their 
place. And the LORDE vysited Anna, so 
that she coceaued and bare thre sonnes and 
two doughters : but the childe Samuel grewe 
vp with the LORDE. 

As for Eli, he was very olde, and herde of 
all that his sonnes dyd vnto all Israel, and 
how they laye with the wemen that serued 
God before the dore of the tabernacle of wit- 
nesse, and he sayde vnto them: wherfore do 
ye this ? For I heare of youre euell conuer- 
sacion of all this people. Not so my childre, 
this is no good reporte that I heare, ye cause 
the people of the LORDE to offende. *Yf 
eny ma synne agaynst a man, the iudge ca 
redresse it. But yf eny ma synne agaynst y 
LORDE, who can redresse it ? Neuertheles 

* Matt. 12. c. t Leu. 10. d. Deut. 12. b. t 3 Re. 2. d. 



they herkened not vnto the voyce of their 
father, for the LORDES wyll was to slaye 
them. But the childe Samuel wente and 
grewe vp, g was accepted of the LORDE g 
of me. 

There came a man of God to Eli, and 
sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth the LORDE: 
I shewed my selfe vnto thy fathers house, 
whan they were yet in Egipte vnder y house 
of Pharao, and chose him there vnto my selfe 
before all the trybes of Israel, for the prest- 
hode, that he shulde offer vpon myne altare, 
and burne incense, and weere the ouerbody 
cote before me, t and vnto thy fathers house I 
gaue all the offeringes of the children of 
Israel. Why layest thou thy selfe then agaynst 
my sacrifices and meatofferinges, which I com- 
maunded (to offer) in the habitacion: and thou 
honourest thy sonnes more then me, that ye 
mighte fede youre selues with the firstlinges 
of all the meatofferynges of my people of 
Israel ? 

Therfore sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: 
I haue spoken, that thy house and thy fathers 
house shulde walke before me for euer. But 
now sayeth the LORDE : That be farre fro 
me. But who so euer honoureth me, him wil 
I honoure also : as for those y despyse me, 
they shal not be regarded. Beholde, t the 
tyme shal come, that I wyll breake thyne arme 
in two, and the arme of thy fathers house, so 
that there shal no oldeman be in thy house. 
And thou shalt se thine aduersaries in the 
habitacion, in all the good of Israel, and there 
shal neuer be olde man in thy fathers house. 
Yet wyll I not rote out euery man of the fro 
myne altare, but y thyne eyes maye be con- 
sumed, <j that thy soule maye be sory: §ja 
greate multitude of thy house shal dye, whan 
they are come to be men. 

And this shalbe a token vnto the, that shal 
come vpon thy two sonnes Ophni and Phineas: 
"They shall both dye in one daye. II But vnto 
my selfe I wyll rayse vp a faithfull prest, which 
shal do acordinge as it is in my hert g in my 
soule : vnto him wyll I buylde a sure house, 
that he maye allwaye walke before myne 
anoynted. And who so euer remayneth of thy 
house, shall come and worshipe him for a 
syluer peny and for a pece of bred, and shall 
saye: I praye the leaue me to one prestes 
parte, that I maye eate a morsell of bred. 



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Che it). Cftaptev. 

AND whan the childe Samuel mynistred 
vnto the LORDE vnder Eli, the worde 
of y LORDE was deare at the same tyme, 
nether was there eny sure d manifest vision. 
And it fortuned at the same tyme, that Eli 
laye in his place, *and his eyes beganne to be 
dymme, so that he coulde not se. And Samuel 
had layed him downe in f temple of the 
LORDE (where the Arke of God was) before 
y lampe of God was put out. And the LORDE 
called Samuel. He answered : Beholde, here 
am I. And he ranne vnto Eli, 5 sayde : Be- 
holde, here am I, thou hast called me. But 
he saide: I haue not called the, go thy 
waye agayne, and laye the downe to slepe. 
And he wente his waye, and layed him downe 
to slepe. 

The LORDE called againe: Samuel. And 
Samuel arose, j wente vnto Eli, 5 sayde: 
Beholde, here am I, thou hast called me. 
Neuertheles he sayde : My sonne, I haue not 
called the. Go thy waye agayne, and laye the 
downe to slepe. As for Samuel, he knewe not 
the LORDE as yet, 5 the worde of y LORDE 
was not yet shewed vnto him. And y LORDE 
called Samuel f thirde tyme. And he arose, 
& wente vnto Eli, 5 sayde : Beholde, here am 
I, thou hast called me. Then perceaued Eli 
y the LORDE called y childe, (j he sayde vnto 
him : Go thy waye agayne, 5 laye the downe 
to slepe : and yf the LORDE call the eny 
more, then saye : Speake LORDE, for thy 
seruaunt heareth. Samuel wete his waye, and 
layed him downe in his place. The came y 
LORDE, (j stode, and called like as afore: 
Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel sayde : Speake 
(LORDE) for thy seruaunt heareth. And 
the LORDE saide vnto Samuel : Beholde, I 
do a thinge in Israel, y who so euer shall 
heare it, both his eares shal glowe. In y daie 
will I rayse vp vpon Eli t all y I haue spoke 
cocernynge his house. I will take it in hande, 
d perfourme it: for I haue tolde him, y I 
wilbe Iudge ouer his house for euer, because 
of the wickednes, y he knewe how shamefully 
his childre behaued the selues, and hath not 
once loked sowerly therto. Therfore haue I 
sworne vnto y house of Eli, y this wickednes 
of y house of Eli shall not be recocyled nether 
with sacrifice ner with meatoffringe for euer. 



And Samuel laye vnto y morow, & opened the 
dores of the house of the LORDE. 

But Samuel was afrayed to tell the vysion 
vnto Eli. Then Eli called him (j sayde: 
Samuel my sonne. He answered : Beholde, 
here am I. He sayde : What is f worde y 
the LORDE hath spoke vnto the ? hyde it 
not fro me. God do this j that vnto f, yf 
thou hyde oughte fro me, of all that he hath 
talked with the. Then Samuel tolde him all- 
together, n hyd nothinge from him. He 
sayde: It is the LORDE, let him do what 
pleaseth him. 

Samuel grewe vp, 5 the LORDE was with 
him, (j there fell none of all his wordes vpo 
the earth. And all Israel fro Dan vnto Ber- 
saba, knewe y Samuel was faithfull to be a 
prophet of the LORDE. And the LORDE 
appeared agayne at Silo: for the LORDE 
shewed him selfe vnto Samuel at Silo, thorow 
the worde of the LORDE. 

©he tit). Chapter. 

A ND all Israel spake of Samuel. And 
^\_ Israel wente forth to the battayll against 
the Philistynes, 5 pitched besyde the t Helpe 
stone : As for the Philistynes, they pitched at 
Aphek, and prepared them selues agaynst 
Israel. And whan the battayll beganne, the 
hoost was deuyded, so that Israel was smytte 
before the enemies, 5 in the edge in the felde 
they slewe aboute a foure thousande men. 
And whan the people came in to the hoost, 
the Elders of Israel sayde : Wherfore hath the 
LORDE caused vs to be smytten this daie 
before the Philistynes ? Let vs take vnto vs 
the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt from 
Silo, j let it come amoge vs, that it maye 
helpe vs from the hande of oure enemies. 
And the people sent vnto Silo, 5 caused to 
fet thece the Arke of y couenaunt of the 
LORDE Zebaoth, that sytteth vpon the 
Cherubins. And with the Arke of the co- 
uenaunt of God there were the two sonnes of 
Eli, Ophni and Phineas. 

And whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the 
LORDE came in to the hoost, all Israel 
shouted with a greate shoute, so that the earth 
sounded withall. But whan the Philistynes 
herde f noyse of y shoute, they sayde : what 
noyse is this of soch greate shoutinge in the 
tentes of the Hebrues ? And whan they per- 

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ceaued y the Arke of the LORDE was come 
in to the hoost, they were afrayed & sayde : 
God is come in to the hoost. And they sayde 
morouer : Wo vnto vs, for it hath not bene 
thus afore tyme. Wo vnto vs. Who wil de- 
lyuer vs fro the hande of these hye goddes ? 
These are the goddes that smote Egipte with 
all maner of plages in the wyldernesse. Be 
stronge now and manly ye Philistynes, that 
ye serue not the Hebrues *as they haue serued 
you. Be manly and fighte. 

Then foughte the Philistynes, j Israel was 
smytten, 5. euery one fled vnto his tete, g there 
was a very greate slaughter, so that there fell 
of Israel thirtye thousande foteme, n the Arke 
of God was take, +j the two sonnes of Eh, 
Ophni and Phineas dyed. 

Then rane there one of Ben Iamin out of 
the fore fronte of the battayl, (j came vnto 
Silo the same daye, j had his clothes rente, 
and had earth vpo his heade. And whan he 
came in, Heli sat vpon the seate, that he 
mighte loke towarde the waye : for his herte 
was fearfull aboute y Arke of God. And 
whan the man came in to the cite, he tolde it 
forth : and all the cite cried. And whan Eh 
herde y noyse of the cryege, he axed : What 
noyse of busynes is this? The man came 
haistely, and tolde Eh. (As for Eh, he was 
fourescore and eightene yeare olde, iand his 
eyes were dymme, so that he coulde not se.) 
The man sayde vnto Eh : I come and am fled 
this daye out of the hoost. He sayde : How is 
it my sonne ? 

Then answered the tydinge bringer, (j sayde : 
Israel is fled before the Philistynes, and a 
greate slaughter hath there bene amonge the 
people, (t thy two sonnes Ophni g Phineas are 
deed, yee & the Arke of God is take awaye. 
Whan he bad made mencion of the Arke of 
God, he fell downe bacwarde from the seate 
by the gate, and brake his neck, and dyed : 
for he was olde, (j an heuy man. He iudged 
Israel fortie yeares. The wife of his sonne 
Phineas was with childe, cj shulde shortly be 
delyuered, whan she herde the tydinges y the 
Arke of God was taken, and y hir brother in 
lawe and hir huszbade were deed, she bowed 
hir selfe and trauayled : for hir payne came 
vpon her. And whan she was now at the 
poynte of death, the wemen that stode by her. 
sayde: Feare not, thou hast a yoge sonne 



I But she gaue no answere, nether regarded it, 
and she called the childe Icabod, and sayde : 
The glory is gone from Israel, because the 
Arke of God was taken awaye, and hir brother 
in lawe and hir huszbande. And she sayde 
morouer : The glory is gone from Israel, for 
the Arke of God is take awaye. 

Ch« b. Chapter. 

AS for the Arke of God, the Philistynes 
toke it and broughte it from the stone 
of helpe vnto Aszdod in to the house of Dagon, 
and set it besyde Dagon. And whan they of 
Aszdod rose vp early on the morowe, they 
founde Dagon lyenge on his face vpon the 
earth, before the Arke of the LORDE. But 
they toke vp Dagon, and set him agayne in 
his place. Neuertheles whan they rose vp 
early on the nexte morowe, they founde Dagon 
lyenge on his face agayne vpon the earth 
before the Arke of the LORDE: but his 
heade and both his hades hewen of vpon the 
threszholde, so that the block laie there onely. 
Therfore the prestes of Dagon, and all they 
that go in to his house, treade not vpo the 
threszsholde of Dagon at Aszdod vnto this daye 

But the hande of the LORDE was heuy 
vpon them of Aszdod, and destroyed them, 
and smote Aszdod and all the borders therof 
in secrete places. Whan the men of Aszdod 
sawe that they were so plaged, they sayd 
§ Let not the Arke of the God of Israel tary 
with vs, for his hande is to harde vpo vs (j 
vpon oure god Dagon. And they sent forth 
and gathered all the prynces of the Philistynes 
vnto them, and sayde: What shal we do 
with the Arke of the God of Israel? Then an- 
swered they of Geth : Let the Arke of the God 
of Israel be borne aboute. And they caried 
the Arke of the God of Israel rounde aboute. 

But wha they bare it aboute, there was 
a very greate rumoure in the cite thorow the 
hande of the LORDE, and smote the people 
of the cite, from the smallest vnto the greatest, 
and destroyed them in the secrete places. 
Then sent they the Arke of the LORDE vnto 
Ekron. But wha the Arke of the LORDE 
came vnto Ekron, they of Ekron cried: They 
haue caried the Arke of God aboute vnto me, 
to slaye me and my people. 

Then sente they forth, and gathered all y 
prynces of the Philistynes together, and sayde : 

t 1 Reg. 3. a. § Deut. 32. e. 



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Cfcap. bu 



Sende awaye the Arke of the God of Israel 
agayne vnto hir place, that it slaye not me 5 
my people : for there is a very greate rumoure 
with the deed in all the cite, and the hande 
of God is there. And the people that dyed 
not, were smytten in secrete places, so that 
the noyse of the cite wete vp vnto heauen. 

€ty bi. Chapter. 

THUS was the Arke of the LORDE in 
the londe of the Philistynes seuen 
monethes. And the Philistynes called their 
prestes and soythsayers, and sayde: What 
shal we do with the Arke of the LORDE ? 
Shewe vs, wher with shal we sende it vnto hir 
place ? They sayde : Yf ye wyll sende awaye 
the Arke of the God of Israel, sende it not 
awaye emptye, but geue a trespace offerynge: 
so shal ye be made whole, and ye shal knowe, 
why his hande departeth not from you. 

They sayde : What is the trespace offeringe 
that we shall geue him? They answered: 
Fyue hynder partes of golde, and fyue golden 
myce, acordinge to the nombre of the fyue 
prynces of f Philistynes. For there hath 
bene one maner of plage vpon you all, and 
vpon youre prynces. Therfore must ye make 
youre hynder partes of one faszshion and youre 
myce, which haue destroyed youre londe, that 
ye maye geue the God of" Israel the honoure : 
peraduenture his hade shal be the lighter vpon 
you and vpon youre God, and vpon youre 
londe. Why harden ye youre hert, as the 
Egipcians and Pharao hardened their hert? 
Whan he shewed him selfe vpon them * dyd 
not they let them departe to go their waye ? 

Go to now therfore, and make a new cart, 
and take two mylke kyne, vpon f which there 
neuer came yock, and yocke them to y cart, 
and let their calues tary behynde them at 
home: and take ye the Arke of the LORDE 
and laye it vpon the cart : and the Iewels of 
golde that ye geue him for a trespace offeringe 
put in a coffer beside it, (j sende it awaye and 
let it go. And loke well : yf it go the waie 
of hir awne coaste Beth Semes, the hath he 
done vs all this greate euell : Yf no, then shal 
ye knowe that his hande hath not touched vs, 
but y it is happened vnto vs by chaiice. 

The men dyd so, and toke two yonge mylke 
kyne, and yocked them to a cart, and helde 
their calues at home, and layed the Arke of the 



LORDE vpon the cart, and the coffer with 
the golden myce, and with the ymages of their 
disease. And the kyne wente straight waye 
vnto Beth Semes vpon one hye strete, and 
wente on blearynge, and turned nether to the 
righte hande ner to the lefte. And the 
prynces of the Philistynes wente after them 
vnto y coast of Beth Semes. 

The Beth Samites were euen reapynge 
downe their wheate haruest in the valley, and 
lyfte vp their eyes, and sawe the Arke, and 
reioysed to se it. The cart came in to the 
felde of Iosua the Beth Semite, and there it 
stode styll. And there was a greate stone, 
and they claue the tymber of the cart, and 
offred the kyne vnto the LORDE for a 
burntofferynge. 

But the Leuites toke downe the Arke of 
the LORDE, and the coffer that was by it, 
wherin the Iewels of golde were, and set the 
vpon the greate stone. The men of Beth 
Semes offred burntofferynges, and other offer- 
ynges also vnto the LORDE the same daye. 
And whan the fyue prynces of the Philistynes 
had sene it, they departed agayne the same 
daye towarde Ekron. 

These are the golden diseases, that the 
Philistynes offred for a trespace offerynge 
vnto the LORDE : Aszdod one, Gasa one : 
Ascalon one, Gath one, and Ekron one : and 
golden myce, acordynge to the nombre of all 
the cities of the Philistynes amonge the fyue 
prynces, from the walled cite vnto the vyllage, 
and vnto the greate playne felde, wher vpon 
they set the Arke of the LORDE (which 
was) vnto this daye vpon the felde of Iosua 
the Beth Semite. 

And certaine of Beth Sames were slaine 
because they had sene y Arke of the LORDE, 
and he slewe fyftye thousande and seuentye 
men of the people. Then mourned the people, 
because the LORDE had done so greate a 
slaughter in the people. And the men at 
Beth Semes sayde : Who maye stode before 
the LORDE so holy a God? And to who 
shal he go fro vs? And they sent messaungers 
to y inhabiters of Kiriath Iearim, saiege : 
The Philistynes haue brought the Arke of God 
agayne, come downe, & fetch it vp vnto you. 

Wi)t bi). Cljapter. 

SO the men of Kiriath Iearim came downe, 
5 fetched vp f Arke of f LORDE, g 



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brought it in to y house of *Abinadab at 
Gibea, g they consecrated Eleasar his sonne, 
y he might kepe y Arke. And fro y daye 
that the Arke of y LORDE abode at 
Kiriath Iearim, y tyme extended forth so longe 
tyll it came to twentye yeares: and all the 
house of Israel wepte after the LORDE. 

But Samuel sayde vnto all the house of 
Israel : + Yf ye turne you withall youre hert 
vnto the LORDE, then put awaye from you 
the straunge goddes and Astaroth, and directe 
youre hert vnto the LORDE and tserue him 
onely, so shall he delyuer you out of the hande 
of the Philistynes. Then the childre of Israel 
put awaye Baalim and Astaroth from them, 
and serued the LORDE onely. 

Samuel saide : Gather all Israel together 
vnto Mispa, that I maye praye for you vnto 
the LORDE. And they came together vnto 
Mispa, and drue water, g poured it out before 
the LORDE, and fasted the same daye, and 
there they sayde : We haue synned vnto the 
LORDE. So Samuel iudged the children of 
Israel at Mispa. 

But whan the Philistynes herde that y 
children of Israel were come together vnto 
Mispa, the prynces of the Philistynes wete vp 
against Israel. Whan y childre of Israel 
herde that, they were afrayed of y Philistynes, 
g sayde vnto Samuel : Ceasse not to crye vnto 
the LORDE oure God for vs, y he maie 
helpe vs out of the hande of y Philistynes, 
Samuel toke a fat lambe, g oirred an whole 
burntofferynge vnto the LORDE, g cried vnto 
the LORDE for Israel, and the LORDE 
herde him. And whyle Samuel was offerynge 
y burnt sacrifice, y Philistines came to fight 
agaynst Israel. But the LORDE thondred a 
thonder vpon the Philistynes the same daye g 
discofyted the, so y they were smytte before 
Israel. The wente y men of Israel forth, j 
chaced y Philistynes, g smote them till vnder 
Beth Car. Then toke Samuel a stone, ij set 
it vp betwene Mispa g Sen, g called it y Help 
stone, g sayde : " Hither to hath the LORDE 
helped vs. Thus were the Philistynes brought 
downe, g came nomore within the border of 
Israel. And y hade of y LORDE was against 
the Philistynes, as longe as Samuel lyued. 

So Israel gat the cities agayne, that the 
Philistynes had conquered, fro Ekron vnto 



* 2 Re. 6. a. + Iosu. 24. 
Mat. 4. b. § Eccli. 46. c. 



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Gath, with the borders therof, those did Israel 
rescue out of the hande of the Philistynes : g 
Israel had peace with the Amorites. Samuel 
ged Israel as loge as he liued, g wete 
aboute euery yeare vnto Bethel & Gilgal & 
Mispa: g wha he had iudged Israel in all 
these places, he came agayne vnto Ramath for 
there was his house, g there he iudged Israel, 
g builded an altare there vnto y LORDE. 

Cfic bttj. Chapter. 

BUT whan Samuel waxed olde, he set his 
sonnes to be iudges ouer Israel. His 
firstborne sonne was called Ioel g the secode 
Abia, g they were iudges at Bersaba. Ne- 
uertheles his sonnes walked not in his wayes, 
but enclyned vnto couetousnes, g || toke giftes, 
g wraysted the lawe. Then all y Elders in 
Israel gathered the selues together, g came 
to Ramath vnto Samuel, g saide vnto him : 
Beholde, thou art waxen olde, g thy sonnes 
walke not in thy wayes, f set a kynge now 
ouer vs therfore, to iudge vs, as all y Heithe 
haue. The was Samuel displeased wha. they 
sayde : Geue vs a kynge, to iudge vs. And 
Samuel prayed before the LORDE. 

The LORDE saide vnto Samuel: Herken 
vnto the voice of the people in all y they haue 
sayde vnto the. **For they haue not refused 
the, but me, y I shulde not be kinge ouer 
them. They do vnto the as they haue done 
euer, sence the daie y I brought them out of 
the londe of Egipte vnto this daye, and haue 
forsaken me, and serued other goddes. Herke 
now therfore vnto their voyce. Yet testifye 
vnto them, and she we them ttthe lawe of the 
kynge that shall raigne ouer them. 

And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the 
LORDE vnto y people, that requyred a kinge 
of him. This shal be the lawe of the kynge 
y shal raigne ouer you : H Youre sonnes shall 
he take for his charettes, and for horsmen to 
runne before his charettes, and to be rulers g 
captaynes, to be plowemen to tyll his londe 
and to be reapers in his haruest, and to make 
his harnesse, and soch thinges as belonge to 
his charettes. As for youre doughters, he 
shall take the, to be Apotecaries, cokes and 
bakers. 4 Youre best londe and vynyardes, and 
oyle-gardens shall he take, and geue vnto his 
seruauntes : Of youre sedes also and viniardes 



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tt Deut. 17. 



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shal he take the Tithes, 5 geue vnto his cha- 
berlaynes and seruauntes. And youre ser- 
uautes and youre maydes, and youre best 
yonge men, and youre asses shal he take, and 
do his busynes withall. Of youre flockes shal 
he take the Tithes, and ye shal be his ser- 
uaiites. Whan ye shal crye then at the same 
tyme ouer youre kynge, whom ye haue chosen 
you, the LORDE shall not heare you at the 
S same tyme. Neuerthelesse the people refused 
to heare the voyce of Samuel, and sayde : 
Not so, but there shall be a kynge ouer vs, y 
we maye be as all other Heithe, y oure kynge 
maie iudge vs, 5 go forth before vs, and go- 
uerne oure warres. The herkened Samuel 
vnto all y y people sayde, 5 tolde it before f 
eares of the LORDE. The LORDE sayde 
vnto the : Herken thou vnto their voyce, and 
make them a kynge. And Samuel sayde 
vnto the men of Israel : Go youre wave euery 
one vnto his cite. 



©fie tr. Cfiapttr. 

THERE was a man of Ben Iamin named 
* Cis, the sonne of Abiel, the sonne of 
Zeor, the sonne of Bethorah, f sonne of 
Apiah, the sonne of a man of Iemini, a 
valeaunt man, which had a sonne named 
Saul, which was so goodly a yonge man, that 
there was not a goodlier amonge the children 
of Israel, higher by the heade then all the 
people. Cis the father of Saul had lost his 
asses, and he sayde vnto Saul his sonne : 
Take one of the children with the, get the 
vp, go thy waye, and seke the asses. And he 
wente his waye thorow mount Ephraim, and 
thorow the lode of Solisa, and founde them 
not. They wente thorow the lode of Saalim, 
5 there they were not. They passed thorow 
y lode of Iemini, (j foiide the not. But wha 
they came in to the londe of Zuph, Saul 
sayde vnto the childe that was with him : 
Come, let vs go home agayne, lest my father 
let go the asses, and take care for vs. He 
sayde : Beholde, here is an honorable man of 
God in this cite, all that he sayeth, commeth 
to passe. Let vs go thither now, peraduenture 
he maye shewe vs oure waye which we go. 
But Saul saide vnto his childe : Though we 
shulde go, what brynge we the man? For 
the bred is gone out of oure walet, and els 
haue we no gifte to brynge the man of God, 



what haue we? The childe answered agayne, 
and sayde : Beholde, I haue the fourth parte 
of a syluer Sycle by me, f same wyll we geue 
the man of God, that he maye shewe vs oure 
waye. 

(Afore tyme in Israel, whan a man wente 
to axe councell at the LORDE, he sayde: 
Come, let vs go to the Seer: for they that now 
are called prophetes, were called Seers afore 
tyme.) Saul sayde vnto his childe: Thou 
hast well spoken, come let vs go. And whan 
they wente vnto the cite where the man of 
God was, and came vp to the cite, they 
founde damsels which were gone forth to 
drawe water, vnto them they sayde: Is the 
Seer here ? They answered them and sayde : 
Yee. Beholde, he is there, make haist, for 
he came in to the cite this daye, because the 
people haue a sacrifice to do to daye in the 
hye place. Whan ye come in the cite, ye shal 
fynde him, afore he go vp to the hye place for 
to eate : for the people wyll not eate tyll he 
come. For he shall blesse the offerynge, then 
shal they eate that are called. Therfore go 
youre waie vp, for eue now shal ye finde him. 
And whan they came vp to the cite, and 
were euen in the myddes of the cite, beholde, 
Samuel came forth in their waye, and wolde 
go vp to the hye place, (t But the LORDE 
had opened Samuels eare the daye afore, or 
euer Saul came, and sayde : Tomorow aboute 
this tyme wyll I sende a man vnto the out of 
the lode of Ben Iamin, him shalt thou anoynte 
to be prynce ouer my people of Israel, that he 
maye delyuer my people from the hande of 
the Philistynes : for I haue loked vpon my 
people, and their crye is come before me.) 
Now whan Samuel behelde Saul, the LORDE 
answered him : lo, y is the man of whom I 
tolde the, that he shulde raigne ouer my 
people. 

Then came Saul vnto Samuel vnder f gate, 
and sayde : Tell me (I praye the) where is 
the Seers house ? Samuel answered Saul, and 
sayde : I am the Seer. Go vp before me vnto 
the hye place: for ye shall eate with me to 
daye, tomorow wyll I lett the go, and all that 
is in thyne hert, wyll I tell the : and as for the 
Asses which were lost thre dayes agoo, care 
not thou for them, for they are founde. And 
to whom shall belonge all that is pleasaunt in 
Israel? Shall it not belonge vnto the and to all 



C&ap* jr* 



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thy fathers house ? Saul answered : Am not 
I a sonne of Iemini, * and of the smallest 
trybe, and my kynred the leest amonge all 
the kynreds of f trybe of Ben Iamin ? Why 
speakest thou so the vnto me ? Samuel toke 
Saul 5 his childe 5 brought them in to the 
perler where they shulde eate, and satt them 
aboue those that were called, of whom there 
were aboute a thirtie men. And Samuel 
sayde vnto the coke : Geue me the porcion 
that I gaue the, and bad the kepe it by the. 
Then the coke toke vp a shulder, and bare it 
forth, and set it before Saul. And (Samuel) 
sayde : Beholde, this is left, laye it before the, 
and eate : for it was kepte for the agaynst this 
tyme, whan I called the people. Thus Saul 
ate with Samuel the same daye. 

And whan they were gone downe from the 
hye place vnto the cite, he talked with Saul 
in the chamber. And they rose vp early on 
the morow. And whan the mornynge sprynge 
arose, Samuel called Saul in the chamber, and 
sayde: Vp, y I maye sende the thy waye. 
And Saul gat him vp : 5 they both wete forth 
together, he and Samuel. And whan they 
came downe to the ende of the cite, Samuel 
sayde vnto Saul : Speake vnto y* childe, that 
he go on forth before vs, but stode thou styll 
now, that I maie shewe the what God hath 
sayde : 

Cfie r. Chapter. 

THEN toke Samuel a glasse of oyle, and 
poured it vpo his heade, and kissed him, 
and sayde: Seist thou that the LORDE hath 
anoynted the, to be the prince ouer this enhe- 
ritaiice ? Whan thou goest now fro me, thou 
shalt fynde two men besyde * Rachels graue 
in the coast of Ben Iamin at Zelzah, which 
shal saie vnto the : The asses are founde, 
whom thou wentest to seke : and beholde, thy 
father hath put the asses out of his mynde, 
and taketh thoughte for the, and sayeth : 
What shall I do for my sonne ? 

And whan thou goest on forth from thence, 
thou shalt come to the Oke of Thabor, there 
shall thre men fynde the, which go vp vnto 
Godtowarde Bethel: onebeareth thre kiddes, 
another thre loaues of bred the thyrde a bottel 
with wyne : and they shall salute the, and 
geue the two loaues, which thou shalt take of 



Iudi. 20. e. 1 Re. 15. d. 
d. % 1 Reg. 13. a. 



t Deut. 9. e. J Gen. 
Re. 7. a. 1 Par. 18. a 



their hande. After that shalt thou come to 
the hyll of God, $ where the Philistynes watch 
is : and wha thou comest there in to the cite, 
there shall mete the a company of prophetes 
commynge downe from the hye place, and 
before them a Psaltery, and tabret, a pype and 
a harpe, and they them selues prophecienge. 
And the sprete of the LORDE shall come 
vpon the, and thou shalt prophecye with them, 
and shalt be chaunged in to another man. 

Whan these tokens now come vnto the, 
II then do what so euer commeth vnder thyne 
hande : for God is with the. Thou shalt go 
downe before me vnto Gilgall: Beholde, 
thither wyl I come downe vnto the, that thou 
mayest oflre burntofferynges and deedoffer- 
ynges. " Seuen dayes shalt thou tarye till I 
come to the, and shewe the what thou shuldest 
do. And whan he turned his shulder to go 
from Samuel, God chaunged him another 
hert, and all these tokes came the same daye. 

And whan they came vnto the hill, beholde, 
there met him a company of prophetes T and 
the sprete of God came vpon him, so that he 
prophecyed amonge them. But wha. they 
which knewe him before, sawe him that he 
prophecied with the prophetes, they sayde all 
amonge them selues : What is happened vnto 
the sonne of Cis? Is Saul also amonge the 
prophetes ? And one y was there, answered 
and sayde : Who is their father ? ** Hereof 
came the prouerbe : Is Saul also amonge the 
prophetes? And wha. he had left of pro- 
phecienge, he came vp to the hyll. 

Sauls vncle sayde vnto him and to his 
childe : Whither wente ye ? They answered : 
To seke the asses. And whan we sawe that 
they were awaye, we came vnto Samuel. 
Then sayde Sauls vncle : Tell me, what sayde 



Samuel vnto 



? Saul answered his vncle 



He tolde vs, y the asses were foiide. But of 
y kyngdome he tolde him nothinge what 
Samuel had sayde. 

Samuel called the people together vnto 
the LORDE to Mispa, and spake vnto the 
children of Israel : Thus saieth y LORDE 
the God of Israel : I broughte Israel out of 
Egipte, and delyuered you from the hande of 
y Egipcians, and from the hande of all the 
kyngdomes that oppressed you. tt But now 
haue ye refused youre God, which hath helped 



1T 1 Re. 11. 
tt 1 Re. 8. 



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you out of all youre sorowes and troubles, g 
ye haue saide vnto him : Set a kinge ouer vs. 
Well, stonde ye now before y LORDE acord- 
inge to youre trybes and kynreds. 

Now whan Samuel had brought forth all 
the trybes of Israel, the trybe of Ben Iamin 
was taken. And whan he had broughte forth 
the trybe of Ben Iamin with his kynreds, the 
kynred of Matri was take, g Saul the sonne of 
Cis was take. And they sought him, but they 
founde him not. 

Then axed they further at the LORDE, 
whether he was for to come thither. The 
LORDE answered: Beholde, he hath hyd 
him selfe amonge y vessels. Then ranne 
they thither, and fetched him. And whan he 
stode amonge the people, he was hygher by 
the heade then all the people. And Samuel 
sayde vnto all the people: There se ye him 
whom the LORDE hath chosen, for in all 
the people there is none like him. Then 
gaue all the people a shoute, and sayde : *God 
saue the new kynge. 

Samuel tolde the people all the tlawe of 
the kyngdome, and wrote it in a boke, and 
layed it before the LORDE. And Samuel 
let all the people go, euery one to his awne 
house. And Saul wente home also vnto Gibea, 
and there wente with him one parte of the 
hoost, whose hertes God had touched. But the 
childre" of Belial sayde : What shal this felowe 
helpe vs, t and despysed him, (t broughte him 
no presente. But he made him as though he 
herde it not. 

Cije ri. Chapter. 

NAHAS f Ammonite wete vp (j layed 
sege vnto Iabes in Gilead. And all 
the men of Iabes sayde vnto Nahas : Be at 
one with vs, & we wyll serue the. But Nahas 
y Ammonite answered them: I wil make a 
couenaunt with you, of this condicion, that I 
maye thrust out all youre right eyes, and put 
you to shame amonge all Israel. Then sayde 
all the Elders of Iabes vnto him: Geue vs 
seuen dayes respyte, that we maye sende mes- 
saungers in to all y coastes of Israel : Yf there 
be then no sauioure, we wyl go forth vnto the. 
So the messaungers came vnto Gibea of 
Saul, and spake this before the eares of the 
people. Then all y people lifte vp their 
voyce, and wepte. And beholde, Saul came 

*3Reg.t.d. +Deu.l7.d. J Iud. 8. b. $lRe. lO.c. 



after the oxen out of the felde, and sayde 
What ayleth the people that they wepe ? So 
they tolde him the earande of the men of 
Iabes. §Then came the sprete of God vpon 
him, whan he had herde these wordes, and 
his wrath was sore moued, and he toke a 
couple of oxen, and hewed them in sunder, 
and sent them in to all the coastes of Israel 
by the messaungers, sayenge: Who so euer 
goeth not forth after Saul and Samuel, his 
oxen shalbe thus dealte withall. 

Then fell the feare of the LORDE vpon 
the people, so that they wente forth like as 
one man, II and they were tolde at Basek, and 
of the childre of Israel there were thre hun- 
dreth thousande men, and thirtie thousande 
of the children of Iuda. And they spake 
vnto the messaungers that were come : Saye 
thus to the men of Iabes in Gilead: Tomorow 
shal ye haue helpe, whan y Sonne is at the 
whotest. Whan y messaungers came and tolde 
this to the men of Iabes, they were glad. And 
the men of Iabes sayde : Tomorow wyll we 
come forth vnto you, that ye maye do vnto 
vs, what so euer it pleaseth you. And on y 
nexte morow Saul set the people in thre partes, 
and came in to the hoost aboute the mornynge 
watch, and smote the Ammonites tyll the daye 
was at the whotest. As for those y remayned, 
they were so scatred, that two of them abode 
not together. 

Then sayde the people vnto Samuel: 
Where are they that sayde : If Shulde Saul 
raigne ouer vs? Delyuer vs here the men, 
that we maye put them to death. But Saul 
sayde : There shal noman dye this daye, for 
to daye hath the LORDE geuen health in 
Israel. Samuel sayde vnto the people : Come, 
let vs go vnto Gilgall, and renue the kyng- 
dome there. Then wente all the people vnto 
Gilgall, and there they made Saul kinge be- 
fore the LORDE at Gilgal, and offred deed- 
offeringes before the LORDE. And Saul 
with all the men of Israel reioysed there greatly. 

Che rf). Chapter. 

SAMUEL sayde vnto all Israel: Beholde, 
I haue herkened vnto youre voyce in all 
that ye sayde vnto me, and haue made a 
kynge ouer you. And now lo, there goeth 
youre kynge before you. As for me, I am 
waxen olde and graye heered, and my sonnes 



|| 1 Re. 13. c. and 15. 



f 1 Re. 10. c. 



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are with you: and I haue gone before you fro 
my youth vp vnto this daye. Beholde, here 
am I: answere ye agaynst me before the 
LORDE and his anoynted, *yf I haue taken 
eny mans oxe or asse, yf I haue done eny man 
violence or wronge, If I haue oppressed eny 
ma, yf I haue receaued a gifte of eny mans 
hande, and kepte it secretly, I wil restore it 
you agayne. 

They saide : Thou hast done vs nether vio- 
lence ner wronge, nether oppressed, ner taken 
ought of eny mans hande. He sayde: The 
LORDE be witnesse agaynst you, and so be 
his anoynted this daye, that ye haue founde 
nothinge in my hade. They saide : Yee they 
shalbe witnesses. And Samuel sayde vnto 
the people: The LORDE which made Moses 
and Aaron, and broughte youre fathers out of 
the londe of Egipte (is here present.) Stode 
forth now therfore, that I maye iudge you 
before the LORDE ouer the righteousnes of 
the LORDE, which he hath done for you 
and youre fathers. 

t Whan Iacob was come in to Egipte, youre 
fathers cryed vnto the LORDE. t And he 
sent Moses and Aaron to brynge youre fathers 
out of Egipte, and to cause them for to dwell 
in this place. 

§But whan they forgat the LORDE their 
God, he solde them vnder the power of Sis- 
sera, the captayne at Hazor Hand vnder the 
power of the Philistynes 1T and vnder the power 
of the kinge of the Moabites, which foughte 
agaynst them. But they cried vnto the 
LORDE, and sayde : We haue synned, in 
that we haue forsaken the LORDE, and 
serued Baalim and Astaroth. But now de- 
liuer vs from the hande of oure enemies, and 
we wyl serue the. **Then the LORDE sent 
Ierubaal, ttBedan, tt Iephthae, §§and Samuel, 

delyuered you from youre enemies rounde 
aboute, and caused you to dwell safe. 

But whan ye sawe that Nahas the kynge of 
the children of Ammon came agaynst you 
llll ye sayde vnto me: Not thou, but a kynge 
shal raigne ouer vs, where as notwithstodinge 
youre God was youre kynge. Now, there 
haue ye youre kynge, who ye haue chosen 
and desyred : for lo, the LORDE hath set a 
kinge ouer you. Yf ye shal feare the LORDE 
now, and serue him, and herken vnto his voice, 



* Eccli. 46. d. Act. 20. d. t Gen. 46. a. Exod. 2. d. 
*Exo.3.b. Uud.4. a. || Iud. 13. a. flud.3.b, 



and not be dishobedient vnto the mouth of 
the LORDE, then shall both ye and youre 
kynge that raigneth ouer you, folowe f 
LORDE youre God. But yf ye herken not 
vnto y voyce of the LORDE, but be disho- 
bedient vnto his mouth, then shal the hande 
of the LORDE be agaynst you, and agaynst 
youre fathers. 

Stonde forth now also, and beholde this 
greate thinge, that the LORDE shal do be- 
fore youre eyes. Is not now the wheate har- 
uest ? Yet wyll I call vpo the LORDE, so 
that he shal cause it thonder and rayne, that 
ye shall knowe and se the greate euell, which 
ye haue done in the sight of the LORDE, in 
that ye haue desyred to haue a kynge. 

And whan Samuel called vpon the LORDE, 
the LORDE caused it to thoder and raine the 
same daye. 

Then all the people feared the LORDE 
greatly and Samuel, and they sayde all vnto 
Samuel : Praie thou vnto the LORDE thy 
God for thy seruauntes, that we dye not : for 
beside oure sinnes we haue done this euell 
also, that we haue desyred vnto vs a kinge. 
Samuel sayde vnto the people : Feare not, ye 
haue done all this euell in dede. Neuertheles 
departe not backe from the LORDE, but 
serue the LORDE with all youre hert, and 
go not asyde after vanite, for it profyteth you 
nothinge, and can not delyuer you, in so 
moch as it is but a vayne thinge. ITU For the 
LORDE shall not forsake his people because 
of his greate names sake: for the LORDE 
hath begonne to make you a people vnto him 
selfe. But God forbyd that I shulde synne so 
vnto the LORDE, to ceasse from prayenge 
for you, and from teachinge you the good g 
righteous waye. Feare ye the LORDE ther- 
fore, and serue him faithfully with all youre 
hert : for ye haue sene, how greate thinges he 
doth vnto you. But yf ye do wickedly, both 
ye J youre kynge shal perishe. 

Wt)t rtt). Chapter. 

SAUL had bene kynge one yeare, and wha 
he had raigned ouer Israel two yeares, he 
chose him thre thousande me out of Israel: 
two thousande were with Saul at Michmas 
vpon the mount of Bethel, and one thousande 
with Ionathas at Gibea of Ben Iamin. As 



Iud. 6. c. ttludi. 13. d. ft Iud. 11. a. §§1 Reg. 7. a. 
1 Reg. 8. a. ff Exo. 34. b. Deut. 9. e. Iosu.7. b. 



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for the other people, he let them go euery one 
vnto his tente. But Ionathas smote y Phi 
listynes in their awne * watch, which was at 
Gibea. That came to y Philistynes eares, 
And Saul caused to blowe the trompes in all 
the londe, g to saye : Let the Hebrues heare 
And all Israel herde saye: Saul hath smytten 
the Philistynes watch, for Israel stanke before 
the Philistynes. And all the people cried 
after Saul vnto Gilgal. 

Then the Philistynes gathered them selues 
together to fighte with Israel, thirtie thou- 
sande charettes, sixe thousande horsmen, and 
other people besyde, in nombre as the sonde 
by the See shore, and wente vp, and pitched 
at Michmas on the eastsyde of Bethauen. 
Whan the men of Israel sawe that mysfortune 
laye vpon the neckes of the (for the people 
was come therto) they crope in to caues and 
dennes, in to rockes, and holes and welles. 
But the Hebrues wente ouer Iordane in to y 
lande of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul he 
was yet at Gilgal, and all the people were 
fayntharted after him. t Then taried he seuen 
dayes acordinge to the tyme apoynted of Sa- 
muel. And whan Samuel came not vnto 
Gilgal, the people were scatered abrode from 
him. Then sayde Saul : Brynge me hither 
a burntofferinge and deedofFeringes. And he 
offred a burntofferynge. But whan he had 
made an ende of the burntofferynge beholde, 
Samuel came. Then wente Saul forth to 
mete him, that he might salute him. 

But Samuel sayde: What hast thou done? 
Saul answered: I sawe that the people was 
scatered abrode fro me, and thou earnest not 
in due season: and the Philistynes were ga- 
thered together at Michmas. Then sayde I : 
Now shall the Philistynes come downe to me 
vnto Gilgal, and I haue not besoughte the 
face of the LORDE: i so I boldened my 
selfe, (j offred a burntofferynge. 

Samuel sayde vnto Saul : Thou hast done 
foolishly, and not kepte the commaundement 
of the LORDE thy God, which he com- 
maunded the. For (yf thou haddest not done 
this) he had prospered thy kyngdome vpo 
Israel for euer : but now shall not thy kyng- 
dome contynue. * The LORDE hath soughte 
him out a man after his owne hert : him hath 
the LORDE commaunded to be prynce ouer 
his people, for thou hast not kepte y the 



and wente vp from Gilgal vnto Gibea Ben 
Iamin. 

And Saul nombred the people that was 
founde with him, vpon a sixe hundreth men. 
Saul (j his sonne Ionathas, and y people that 
was with them, taried at Gibea Ben Iamin : 
but y Philistynes had pitched their tentes at 
Michmas. And out of the hoost of the Phi- 
listynes there wente thre bondes of men to 
destroye : one turned the waye towarde Ephra 
in to the londe of Sual : another turned to- 
warde the waye of Bethoron : the thirde turned 
towarde the waye, that reacheth to the valley 
of Zeboim vnto the wyldernes. 

But there was not a smyth founde in all 
the lode of Israel : for y Philistynes thoughte : 
The Hebrues mighte happly make swerdes 
and speares. And all Israel were fayne to go 
downe to the Philistynes, whan eny man had 
a plowshare, a mattock, an axe, or a sythe to 
sharpe : and the edges of the plowshares, and 
mattockes, 5 forckes, and axes, were laboured, 
and the poyntes blont. Now whan the daye 
of the battayll came, there was nether swerde 
ner speare founde in the hande of all the 
people, that was with Saul and Ionathas : but 
for Saul and Ionathas his sonne there was 
somwhat founde. And y Philistynes watch 
wete out ouer by Michmas. 

©fie rutj. ©fiapter 

IT fortuned at y same tyme, y Ionathas 
sayde vnto his lad which was his wapen 
bearer : Come, let vs go ouer to the Philistynes 
watch y lyeth aboue, & he tolde not his father. 
Saul dwelt at y ende of Gibea vnder a Pom- 
granate tre, which was in the suburbe. § And 
the people y were by him, were vpon a sixe 
hundreth men. And Ahia the sonne of 
Achitob the brother of Icabod, the sonne of 
Phineas y sonne of Eli y prest of the LORDE 
at Silo, wayre the ouerbody cote. But the 
people knewe not that Ionathas was gone. 

Betwene the passages where Ionathas 
soughte to go ouer vnto the Phylistynes 
watch, there were two hye rockes, the one on 
the one syde, the other on the other : the one 
was called Bozez, the other Senne. And y 
one laye on the north syde towarde Michmas, 
and the other on the south syde towarde Gaba. 
And Ionathas sayde vnto his wapen bearer : 

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Come, let vs go ouer to y watch of these vn- 
circumcised, peraduenture the LORDE shall 
worke with vs, *For it is no harde matter 
for the LORDE to helpe by many or by fewe. 
Then answered him his wapen bearer : Do all 
that is in thine hert, go on thy waie, beholde, 
I am with the, euen as thine hert wyll. 

Ionathas sayde : Well than, Whan we are 
gone ouer to the men, and come within the 
sighte of them, yf they saye : stonde styll, tyll 
we come to you, then wyll we stonde styll in 
oure place, and not go vp to them. But yf 
they saye : Come vp to vs, we wyll go vp to 
them, the hath the LORDE delyuered them 
in to oure hande, and this shalbe a token for 
vs. Now whan they came both in the sighte 
of the Philistynes watch, the Philistynes sayde : 
Se, t y Hebrues are gone out of their holes, 
that they were crepte in to. And the men in 
the watch answered Ionathas and his wape 
bearer, and sayde : Come vp to vs, and we 
wyll teach you what the matter is. Then 
sayde Ionathas to his weapen bearer, t Come 
vp after me, the LORDE hath delyuered 
them into Israels hande. And Ionathas 
clamme vp with handes and fete, and his 
wapen bearer after him. And Ionathas smote 
them downe before him, and his wape bearer 
slewe behynde him, so that the first slaughter 
that Ionathas and his wapen bearer dyd, was 
vpo a twentye men, with in the length of halue 
an aker of londe, which a pare of oxen maye 
tyll in one daye. 

§ And there came a fearfulnes and flight in 
the hoost vpon the felde, and amonge all the 
people of the watch : and vpon the li destroyers 
there came a fearfulnes also and flight, so that 
the londe was in a rumoure, and ^ there came 
a flight thorow God. And Sauls watchme at 
Gibea Be Iamin sawe, that y multitude gat 
them awaye, and ranne to and fro. 

Saul sayde vnto the people that was with 
him : Tell and se which of vs is gone awaye. 
And whan they nombred, beholde, Ionathas j 
his wapen bearer was not there. Then saide 
Saul vnto Ahia : Brynge hither the Arke of 
God (for at that tyme was the Arke of God 
with the children of Israel.) And whyle Saul 
was yet speakynge to the prest, the multitude 
in the Philistynes hoost gat vp, ranne, and 
was greate. And Saul sayde vnto the prest : 



§ Iudi. 14. 



t Iudit. 14. b. 



Withdrawe thine hande. And Saul cried, and 
all the people that was with him, and came 
to the battayll. And beholde, ** euery mans 
swerde was agaynst another, and there was a 
very greate rumoure. 

The Hebrues also that were with y Philis- 
tynes afore, and had gone vp with them in the 
hoost on euery syde, ioyned them selues vnto 
Israel which were with Saul and Ionathas. 
And all the men of Israel which tthad hyd 
the selues vpon mount Ephraim, whan they 
herde that the Philistynes fled, fofowed after 
them in the battayll. Thus y LORDE 
helped Israel at that tyme, and y battayll 
lasted vnto Bethauen. 

And whan the men of Israel came forth, 
Saul charged all the people the same daye, 
and sayde : Cursed be euery man, which 
eateth bred vntyll euen, that I maye auenge 
me on myne enemies. Then all the people 
taisted no bred. And all the people of the 
londe came in to the wodd. But there laye 
hony vpon the felde : and whan the people 
came in to the wodd, beholde, the hony 
flowed, but no man put of it to his mouth 
with his hade : for the people were afraied 
because of the ooth. As for Ionathas he had 
not herde, that his father had charged the 
people, and he put forth his staff that he had 
in his hande, and dypped the ende of it in y 
hony combe, and turned his hande to his 
mouth, and his eyes were lighted. 

Then answered one of the people, and 
sayde : Thy father hath charged the people, 
and sayde : Cursed be euery ma that eateth 
oughte this daye. Neuertheles the people 
were faynte. Then sayde Ionathas : My 
father hath troubled the londe : Se how lighte 
myne eyes are become, because I haue taisted 
a litle of this hony. Yf the people this daie 
had eate of the spoyle of their enemies that 
they founde, the slaughter shulde haue bene 
greater agaynst the Philistynes. Yet smote 
they the Philistynes the same daye fro Michmas 
vnto Aialon, and the people were very weery. 

And y people turned to the spoyles, and 
toke shepe and oxen, and calues, and slewe 
them vpon the earth, Hand ate them with the 
bloude. Then was it tolde Saul : Beholde, 
the people synne agaynst the LORDE, in that 
they eate bloude. He sayde : Ye haue done 



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euell : roll vnto me now a greate stone. And 
Saul sayde morouer: Go abrode amoge the 
people, and saye vnto them, that euery one 
brynge me his oxe and his shepe, and slaye 
them here, that ye maye eate, and not to 
synne agaynst the LORDE with eatynge of 
bloude. Then broughte all the people euery 
one his oxe with his hade the same nighte, 
and slewe them there. And Saul buylded an 
altare vnto f LORDE. This is the first 
altare that he buylded vnto the LORDE. 

And Saul sayde : Let vs go downe after 
the Philistynes, by nighte, and spoyle them 
tyll it be cleare mornynge, that we let none 
escape. They answered: Do what so euer 
pleaseth the. But the prest sayde : Let vs 
go nye here vnto God. And Saul axed at God. 
Shal I go downe here after y Philistines ? (t 
wilt thou delyuer the in to Israels hande ? 
Neuertheles he answered him not at that tyme. 

Then sayde Saul : Let all the armyes of 
the people come hither, and make search and 
se, in whom is this synne at this tyme. For 
as truly as God the Sauioure of Israel lyueth, 
(j though it be in my Sonne Ionathas, he shal 
dye. And no man answered him of all the 
people. And he sayde vnto all Israel : Be ye 
on the one syde, I & my sonne Ionathas wyl 
be on this syde. The people sayde vnto Saul : 
Do as it pleaseth the. And Saul sayde vnto 
the LORDE the God of Israel: Do thou 
that right is. The was Ionathas and Saul 
taken : but the people wente forth fre. Saul 
sayde : Cast the lot ouer me and my sonne 
Ionathas. So Ionathas was take. And Saul 
sayde vnto Ionathas : Tell me, what hast thou 
done ? Ionathas tolde him, j sayde : I taisted 
a litle hony with the staff that I had in my 
hande, and beholde, must I dye therfore ? 
The sayde Saul : God do this and that vnto 
me, Ionathas thou must dye the death. 

But the people sayde vnto Saul: Shulde 
Ionathas dye, that hath done so greate health 
in Israel this night? God forbyd. *As 
truly as the LORDE lyueth, there shal not 



one heer of his heade fall 



vpon y 



earth : for 



with God hath he wroughte at this tyme. So 
the people delyuered Ionathas, that he dyed 
not. Then wente Saul vp from the Philistynes : 
and the Philistynes wente vnto their place. 
But whan Saul had coquered the kyngdome 

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ouer Israel, he foughte against all his enemyes 
rounde aboute, against the Moabites, agaynst 
the childre of Ammon, agaynst the Edomites, 
agaynst the kynge of Zoba, agaynst f Philis- 
tynes : and whither so euer he turned him, he 
gat y victory. And he made an hoost, and 
smote y t Amalechites, and delyuered Israel 
from the hande of all those that spoyled them. 

Saul had these sonnes : Ionathas, Isui, and 
Malchisua. And these were y names of his 
two doughters : the firstborne Merob, u y 
yogest Michol. And Sauls wife was called 
Ahinoam, the doughter of Ahimaas. And his 
chefe captaynes name was Abner, the sonne 
of Ner, Sauls vncle. t Cis was y father of 
Saul. But Ner y- father of Abner was the 
sonne of Abiel. 

There was a mightie sore warre against the 
Philistynes, as loge as Saul lyued. And where 
Saul sawe a man that was stronge and mete 
for y- warre, he toke him to him. 

Ci;t rb. Cljaptev. 

SAMUEL sayde vnto Saul: § The LORDE 
sent me to anoynte the for to be kynge 
ouer his people of Israel : heare now therfore 
the voyce of the wordes of the LORDE. 
Thus sayeth y LORDE Zebaoth : I haue 
remembred what Amaleck dyd vnto Israel, II & 
how he layed wayte for him in f waye, whan 
he wente out of Egipte : Go thy waye now 
therfore, and smyte the Amalechites, q, damne 
them with all that they haue, g spare him not: 
but slaye both man and woman, children j 
sucklynges, oxen & shepe, Camels and asses. 
Saul commaunded the people the same, and 
nombred them at Talaim, two hudreth thou- 
sande fote men, j ten thousande men of Iuda. 

And whan Saul came to the cite of the 
Amalechites, he set an hynder watch by the 
ryuer, and sayde vnto y Kenites : Get you 
hence, departe, and go downe from f Amale- 
chites, y I smyte you not with them, IT for ye 
shewed mercy vnto all the children of Israel, 
wha they departed out of Egipte. So the 
Kenites gat them awaye from amonge the 
Amalechites. 

Then smote Saul the Amalechites from 
Heuila vnto Sur (which lyeth ouer against 
Egipte) i toke Agag the kynge of y Amale- 
chites alyue, & damned all y people with the 



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edge of the swerde. Neuertheles Saul and 
the people spared Agag, and the shepe and 
oxen y were good and fat, and the lambes ; 
and all that was good, and wolde not damne 
the: but loke what was foule and nothinge 
worth, that they damned. 

Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto 
Samuel, and sayde : It repenteth me that I 
made Saul kynge, for he hath turned him 
selfe backe fro me, and not cofirmed my 
wordes. Therfore was Samuel angrye, (j cried 
vnto the LORDE all that nighte. And 
Samuel gat him vp early, that he might mete 
Saul in y mornynge. And it was tolde him, 
that Saul was come vnto Carmel, * g had set 
him vp a piler, and was gone aboute, and 
come downe to Gilgall. 

Now wha Samuel came to Saul, Saul sayde 
vnto him : Blessed be thou vnto y LORDE, 
I haue perfourmed the worde of y LORDE. 
Samuel answered : What crye is this then of 
shepe in myne eares, and the crye of oxen 
which I heare ? 

Saul sayde : They haue broughte them 
from the Amalechites : for the people spared 
the best shepe (j oxen for the offerynge of y 
LORDE thy God, the other haue we damned. 
Neuertheles Samuel answered Saul : Let me 
tell the what y LORDE hath sayde vnto me 
this nighte. He sayde : Saye on. Samuel 
sayde : t Whan thou wast but small in thine 
awne eyes, wast thou not y heade amoge the 
trybes of Israel? (j the LORDE anoynted 
the to be kynge ouer Israel? and y LORDE 
sent y in to the waye, (j sayde : Go thy waie 
I damne the synners the Amalechites, and 
fighte agaynst them, tyll thou haue vtterly 
destroyed the ? Wherfore hast thou not 
herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, but 
hast turned thy selfe to the spoyle, and done 
euell in the sighte of the LORDE ? 

Saul answered Samuel : Yee I haue herk- 
ened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, & haue 
gone the waye that y LORDE sent me, and 
broughte Agag the kynge of the Amalechites, 
I damned the Amalechites: but y people haue 
take of the spoyle, shepe & oxen, and y best 
amoge the damned, to offer vnto y LORDE 
thy God in Gilgall. Samuel saide : Hath 
the LORDE pleasure in sacrifices and burnt 
offerynges, as in obeynge the voyce of the 



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LORDE ? Beholde, t obedience is better 
then offerynge, and to herken is better then 
the fat of rammes. For disobedience is as 
y" synne of § witchcrafte, and rebellion is 
the blasphemy of Idolatrye. In so moch 
now as thou hast refused the worde of the 
LORDE, he hath refused the also, that thou 
shuldest not be kynge. 

Then sayde Saul vnto Samuel : I haue 
synned, y I haue transgressed the commaun- 
dement of the LORDE and thy worde : for 
I was afrayed of the people, and herkened 
vnto their voyce. And now forgeue me my 
synne, & returne with me, that I maye wor- 
shippe y LORDE. Samuel saide vnto Saul: 
I wil not turne backe with y, for thou hast 
refused the worde of the LORDE, and the 
LORDE hath refused the also, y thou shuldest 
not be kynge in Israel. And whan Samuel 
turned him backe to go his waye, he gat him 
by f edge of his garment, j rete it. Then 
sayde Samuel vnto him : The LORDE hath 
rente the kyngdome of Israel from y this daye, 
(t. geuen it vnto thy neghboure, which is better 
then thou. The ouerwynner in Israel also 
shal not lye, nether shal he repente : for he 
is no man, that he shulde repente. 

He sayde : I haue synned, yet honoure me 
now before the Elders of my people and before 
Israel, and turne backe with me, that I maye 
worshippe the LORDE thy God. So Samuel 
turned agayne after Saul, that Saul mighte 
worshippe the LORDE. But Samuel sayde: 
Bringe me hither Agag the kynge of the 
Amalechites. And Agag wente vnto him, 
tederly. And Agag saide : Thus departeth 
the bytternesse of death. Samuel sayde : II 
Like as thy swerde hath made wemen child- 
lesse, so shal thy mother also be with out 
children amonge wemen. So Samuel hewed 
Agag in peces before y LORDE in Gilgall. 

IT And Samuel departed vnto Ramath.- But 
Saul wente vp to his house at Gibea Saul. 
And Samuel sawe Saul nomore vnto the daye 
of his death. Neuertheles Samuel mourned 
for Saul, because it repented the LORDE, 
that he had made Saul kynge ouer Israel. 



CIjc jrbi. Cljapter. 
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How longe mournest thou for Saul, 



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whom I haue refused, that he shulde not be 
kynge ouer Israel? Fyll thine home with oyle, 
go thy waye, I wyll sende the to Isai the 
Bethleemite : for amonge his sonnes haue I 
prouyded me a kynge. But Samuel sayde : 
How shal I go ? Saul shal perceaue it, and 
shal slaye me. The LORDE sayde : Take 
the a calfe from the droue, & saye : I am come 
to do sacrifice vnto f LORDE. And thou 
shalt call Isai to y sacrifice, so shall I tell the 
what thou shalt do, that thou mayest anoynte 
me him, whom I shall she we the. Samuel 
dyd as the LORDE sayde, and came to 
Bethleem. Then were the Elders of the cite 
astonnyed, and wente forth to mete him, and 
sayde : * Is thy commynge peaceable ? He 
sayde : Yee. I am come to do sacrifice vnto 
the LORDE. Sanctifye youre selues, i come 
with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified 
Isai and his sonnes, and called them to the 
sacrifice. 

Now wha they came in, he behelde Eliab, (j 
thoughte, whether he shulde be his anoynted 
before the LORDE. But f LORDE sayde 
vnto Samuel: loke not vpon his countenaunce, 
ner vpon the tallnesse of his person, For I 
iudge not after the sighte of man. A man 
hath respecte vnto the thinge that is before 
his eyes, but the LORDE loketh vpon the 
hert. Then Isai called Abinadab, & broughte 
him before Samuel. And he sayde : This 
hath not the LORDE chosen. Then Isai 
broughte Samma. But he sayde : This also 
hath not the LORDE chosen. Then broughte 
Isai his seuen sonnes before Samuel. Neuer- 
theles Samuel saide vnto Isai ; The LORDE 
hath chosen none of these. 

And Samuel sayde vnto Isai : Are here all 
the childre ? He sayde : There is yet one f 
leest of all, and beholde, he kepeth the shepe. 
The sayde Samuel vnto Isai : Sende & cause 
him to be fetched, for we will not syt downe 
at the table, vntyll he come. Then sent he, 
j caused him be broughte. And he was well 
coloured with fayre eyes a of a beutyfull coun- 
tenaunce. And the LORDE saide : Aryse, 
and anoynte him, that is he. 

The toke Samuel his oyle home, 5 anoynted 
him amonge his brethre. And the sprete of 
the LORDE came vpo Dauid fro y daye 
forth. As for Samuel, he gat him vp, (j wente 
vnto Ramath. 

* 3 Re. 2. b. 



But the sprete of the LORDE departed 
from Saul, and an euell sprete from y LORDE 
vexed him. Then sayde Sauls seruauntes 
vnto him : Beholde, an euell sprete from God 
vexeth the. Let oure lorde saie vnto his 
seruauntes which stonde before him, y they 
seke a man which can playe vpon the harpe. 
and instrumente, that whan the euell sprete 
of God cometh vpon the, he maye playe with 
his hande, to ease the withall. Then sayde 
Saul vnto his seruautes : Prouyde me a ma, 
that can playe well vpon the instrumente, ij 
brynge him vnto me. 

Then answered one of the children, j sayde : 
Beholde, I sawe a sonne of Isai f Bethleemite, 
which can playe vpon the instrumete, an 
honest 5 valeaut man, and one y hath vnder- 
stodinge in matters, j is welfauoured. The 
Saul sent messaungers vnto Isai, sayege: 
Sende me Dauid thy sonne, which is with the 
shepe. Then toke Isai an asse with bred, & a 
bottell with wyne, and a kyd, and sent it vnto 
Saul by Dauid his sonne. So Dauid came 
to Saul, & stode before him, & he loued him 
well, and he became his wapen bearer. And 
Saul sente vnto Isai, sayege : Let Dauid re> 
mayne before me, for he hath founde fauoure 
in my sighte. Now whan the sprete of God 
came vpo Saul, Dauid toke y harpe, j played 
with his hande : so was Saul refreszshed, j 
eased, (j the euell sprete departed from him. 

©he riuj. Chapter. 

THE Philistynes gathered their hoost to 
f battayl, and came together to Socho 
in Iuda, (j pitched their tentes betwene Socho 
d Aseka, at the ende of Damin. But Saul 5 
the me of Israel came together, j pitched in 
the Oke valley, g prepared them selues to the 
battayll agaynst the Philistynes. And the 
Philistynes stode vpon a hyll on the one syde, 
and the Israelites vpon a hyll on the other 
syde, so that there was a valley betwene them. 
Then stepte there forth from amoge the 
Philistynes a stoute bolde man, named Goliath 
of t Gath, sixe cubites and an hande breth hye, 
and had an helmet of stele on his heade, and 
a fast habergion vpon him, and the weight of 
his habergion was fyue thousande Sides of 
stele, and harnesse of stele had he vpon his 
legges, and a shylde of stele vpon his shulders : 
and the shaft of his speare was like a weuers 



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lome, and the yron of his speare had sixe 
hundreth Sides of yron, and his wapen bearer 
wente before him. 

And he stode and called vnto the hoost of 
Israel, and sayde vnto them: Wherfore are 
ye come forth to prepare youre selues to the 
battayll ? Am not I a Philistyne, and ye the 
seruauntes of Saul ? Chose one amonge you 
to come downe vnto me: yf he can flghte 
agaynst me and slaye me, then wil we be 
youre seruauntes : but yf I can ouercome him 
and slaye him, then shal ye be oure seruauntes, 
to do vs seruyce. And the Philistyne sayde : 
I haue spoke diszdanedly vnto the hoost of 
Israel this daye. Geue me one, and let vs 
fighte together. Whan Saul and all Israel 
herde these wordes of y Philistyne, they were 
astonnyed, and sore afrayed. 

But Dauid was the sonne of a man of 
Ephrata of Bethleem Iuda, whose name was 
Isai, which had eight sonnes, and was an olde 
man in Sauls tyme, and was well strycken in 
age amonge men. And the thre eldest sonnes 
of Isai were gone with Saul to the battayll. 
And there names were these : Eliab the first 
borne, Abinadab the seconde, and Samma the 
thirde. But Dauid was the yongest of all. 
So whan the thre eldest were gone with Saul 
to the battayll, Dauid wente agayne from 
Saul, to kepe his fathers shepe at Bethleem. 
But the Philistyne stepte forth early in the 
mornynge and at euen, and stode there fortye 
dayes. 

Isai sayde vnto Dauid his sonne : Take this 
Epha of firmentye for thy brethren, and these 
ten loaues of bred (and runne to the hoost 
vnto thy brethren) (j these ten new cheses, and 
brynge them to f captayne, and loke how thy 
brethren do, whether it go well with them or 
and take what they byd the. But Saul 
and they, and all the men of Israel were in 
the Oke valley, and foughte agaynst the 
Philistynes. 

Then Dauid gat him vp early in the morn- 
ynge, and commytted the shepe to f keper, 
and toke his burthen, wente his waye, as Isai 
commaunded him, and came to the tit. And 
the hoost was gone forth, and had prepared 
them selues, and cried in the battayl: For 
Israel had set them selues in araye, and the 
Philistynes were agaynst their hoost in their 
araye also. 

Then lefte Dauid the vessell that he bare, 



with the keper of the stuffe, and ranne to the 
hoost, and wente in, and saluted his brethren. 
And whyle he was yet talkynge with them, 
beholde, then came vp the stoute bolde man, 
whose name was Goliath, the Philistine of 
Gath, out of the Philistynes hoost, and spake 
like as afore, and Dauid herde it. But euery 
man of Israel, whan he sawe the man, fled from 
him, and was sore afrayed of him. 

And euery man in Israel sayde : Haue ye 
sene the man commynge vp hither ? For he is 
come vp hither, to speake diszdanedly vnto 
Israel. And who so euer smyteth him, him 
wyll the kynge make ryche, and geue him 
his doughter, and make his fathers house fre 
in Israel. 

Then sayde Dauid vnto the men that stode 
by him: What shalbe done to the man, that 
smyteth this Philistyne, and turneth this shame 
awaye from Israel ? For what is he this 
Philistyne this vncircucysed, that defyeth the 
hoost of y lyuynge God ? Then the people 
tolde him as afore : Thus shall it be done 
vnto f man that smyteth him. And Eliab 
his greater brother herde him talke with the 
men, and was very wroth agaynst Dauid, and 
sayde : Wherfore art thou come downe ? and 
why hast thou left a fewe shepe in the wyl- 
dernesse? I knowe thy presumptuousnesse 
well ynough, and the wickednesse of thine 
hert: for thou art come downe to se the 
battayll. Dauid answered : What haue I 
downe now ? Is there not an occasion ? And 
he turned him selfe from him vnto another, 
and spake acordinge as he had sayde before. 
Then the people answered him like as afore. 

And whan they herde the wordes which 
Dauid sayde, they tolde them in the presence 
of Saul, and he caused him be fetched. And 
Dauid sayde vnto Saul : Let no mans hert be 
discoraged because of him. Thy seruaunt 
shall go, and fighte with the Philistyne. Ne- 
uertheles Saul sayde vnto Dauid: Thou art 
not able to go agaynst this Phylistyne to 
fighte with him, for thou art but a childe : but 
this is a man of warre from his youth vp. 

Dauid sayde vnto Saul : Thy seruaunt kepte 
his fathers shepe, and there came a lyon and 
a Bere, and caried awaye a shepe from the 
flocke, then wente I forth after him, and smote 
him, and delyuered it out of his mouth. * And 
whan he wolde haue bene vpon me, I toke 

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him by his beerde, and smote him, and slewe 
him. So thy seruaunt smote both the Lyon 
and f Bere. Therfore shall this Philistyne 
this vncircumcysed be euen as one of them : 
for he hath defyed the hoost of the lyuynge 
God. And Dauid sayde : The LORDE that 
delyuered me from y Lyon and Beer, shall 
delyuer me also from this Philistyne. 

And Saul sayde vnto Dauid : Go thy waye, 
the LORDE be with the. And Saul clothed 
Dauid with his clothes, and set an helmet of 
stele vpon his heade, and put an habergion 
vpo him. And Dauid girded his swerde aboue 
his clothes, and beganne to go, for he had 
neuer bene vsed to it afore. Then sayde 
Dauid vnto Saul : I can not go thus, for I 
haue not bene vsed to it, and so he laied it 
from him, and toke his staff in his hande, and 
chose fyue slighte stones out of the ryuer, and 
put them in the shepardes bagge which he 
had by him, and toke a slynge in his hande, 
and made him to the Philistyne. And the 
Philistyne wente forth, and made him to Dauid, 
and his wapen bearer before him. 

Now whan the Philistyne loked & sawe 
Dauid, he thoughte scorne of him : for he 
was but a childe, well coloured, and beutyfull 
to loke vpon. And the Philistyne sayde vnto 
Dauid : Am I a dogg then, that thou commest 
vnto me with a staffe ? And he cursed Dauid 
by his God, and sayde vnto Dauid: Come 
hither to me, I wil geue thy flesh to the foules 
vnder the heauen, and to the beastes in the 
felde. Neuertheles Dauid sayde vnto the 
Philistyne: Thou commest vnto me with 
swerde, speare and shylde. But I come vnto 
the in the name of the LORDE Zebaoth the 
God of the hoost of Israel, whom thou hast 
despysed. This daye shall the LORDE de- 
lyuer the in to my hade, that I maye smyte 
the, and take thy heade from the, and geue 
the bodies of the hoost of the Philistynes this 
daye vnto the foules vnder the heauen, and 
to the wylde beestes vpon the earth, that all 
the londe maye knowe y Israel hath a God. 
And all this congregacion shal knowe, that the 
LORDE saueth nether thorow swerde ner 
speare : for the battayll is the LORDES, g 
he shal delyuer you in to oure handes. 

Now whan the Philistyne gat him vp, and 
wente forth and drue nye vnto Dauid, Dauid 
made haiste, and ranne from f hoost vnto the 

* Eccli. 47. a. t 1 Par. 12. d. 



Philistyne. And Dauid put his hade in his 
bagg, and toke out a stone, j thrue it with 
the slynge, *and hytt the Philistyne euen in 
the fore heade, so that the stone stacke in his 
fore heade, and he fell downe to the grounde 
vpon his face. 

So Dauid ouercame f Philistyne with the 
slynge and with f stone, and smote him, and 
slewe him. And for so moch as Dauid had no 
swerde in his hande, he ranne and stode 
ouer y Philistyne, +and toke his swerde, and 
drue it out of the sheeth, and slewe him, and 
smote of his heade withall. Whan the Phi- 
listynes sawe that the strongest of them was 
deed, t they fled. And the men of Israel and 
Iuda gat the vp, and cryed and folowed vpon 
the Philistynes, tyll they came vnto the 
valley, and to the Portes of Ekron. And the 
Philistynes fell downe slayne vnto Gath and 
to Ekron. And the children of Israel turned 
agayne from chasynge of the Philistynes, and 
spoyled their tentes. But Dauid toke the 
heade of the Philistyne, and broughte it vnto 
Ierusalem, as for his armoure, he layed it in 
his tente. 

Whan Saul sawe Dauid go forth agaynst 
the Philistyne, he saide vnto § Abner his 
chefe captayne : Abner, whose sonne is this 
childe ? Abner sayde : As truly as thy soule 
lyueth O kynge, I wote not. The kynge 
sayde : Axe the whose sonne the yonge ma is. 
Now whan Dauid came agayne from the 
slaughter of the Philistyne, Abner toke him, 
and broughte him before Saul, and he had the 
Philistynes heade in his hande. And Saul 
sayde vnto him : Whose sonne art thou, thou 
yonge man ? Dauid sayde : I am a sonne of 
thy seruaunt Isai the Bethleemite. 

Cfic rbttj. Cfjapttv. 

AND whan he had made an ende of talk- 
ynge with Saul, the soule of Ionathas 
was bounde with the soule of Dauid, and 
Ionathas loued him as his owne soule. And 
Saul toke him the same daye, and let him not 
go agayne to his fathers house. And Ionathas 
and Dauid made a couenaunt together, for he 
loued him as his owne soule. And Ionathas 
put of his owne cote that he had vpon him, 
and gaue it vnto Dauid: yee and his cloke, 
his swerde, his bowe, and his girdell. And 
Dauid wente forth whither so euer Saul sent 



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him, and behaued him selfe wysely. And 
Saul set him ouer the men of warre, and he 
pleased all the people well, and all the ser- 
uauntes of Saul. 

It fortuned, that whan Dauid was come 
agayne from the slaughter of the Philistyne, 
the wemen wente out of all the cities of Israel 
with songes j daunses, to mete kynge Saul, 
with tymbrels, with myrth, and with fyddels. 
And the wemen sange one to another, and 
played 5 sayde : * Saul hath smytten his 
thousande : but Dauid his ten thousande. 

Then was Saul very wroth, and y worde 
displeased him sore, and he sayde : They haue 
ascrybed ten thousande vnto Dauid, and but 
one thousande vnto me : what shal he haue 
more but the kyngdome ? And from that 
daye forth, Saul loked sowerly vpo Dauid. 

The nexte daye after came the euell sprete 
of God vpon Saul, and prophecyed in y 
myddes of the house. But Dauid played on 
the instrumente with his hande, as he was 
wonte daylie. And Saul had a iauelynge in 
his hande, and cast it, and thoughte : I wyll 
stycke Dauid fast to the wall. Neuerthelesse 
Dauid turned hhnselfe twyse awaye from him. 
And Saul was afrayed of Dauid : for the 
LORDE was with him, and was departed 
from Saul. Then Saul put him from him, 
and set him to be prynce ouer a thousande 
men, and he went out and in before the peo- 
ple. And Dauid behaued himselfe wysely in all 
his doynges, and the LORDE was with him. 

Now whan Saul sawe that he was so excead- 
ynge wyse, he stode in feare of him. But all 
Israel and Iuda loued Dauid, for he wente 
out and in before them. And Saul sayde 
vnto Dauid: Beholde, my greatest doughter 
Merob t wyl I geue the to wyfe : be stronge 
now, 5 gouerne the warres of the LORDE. 
For Saul thought : my hade shal not be vpon 
him, but the hande of y Philistynes. Neuer- 
theles Dauid answered Saul : Who am I ? j 
what is my life & the kynred of my father in 
Israel, that I shulde mary the kinges doughter? 

But whan the tyme came, that Merob y 
doughter of Saul shulde haue bene geue vnto 
Dauid, she was geuen vnto Adriel y Meho- 
lathite to wyfe. Neuerthelesse Michol Sauls 
doughter loued Dauid. Whan this was tolde 
Saul, y matter pleased him well, 5 he sayde : 
I wyl geue him her, y she maye be a snare 

* 1 Re. 21. d. and 29. b. 1 1 Re. 17. c. 



vnto him, 5 that the handes of y Philistynes 
maye come vpon him. And he sayde vnto 
Dauid : This daye shalt thou be my doughters 
huszbade y secode time. And Saul spake 
vnto his seruaiites : Talke with Dauid secretly 
ij saye : Beholde, the kinge hath pleasure in 
the, and all his seruauntes loue the, mary thou 
therfore the kynges doughter. 

And Sauls seruauntes spake these wordes 
in the eares of Dauid. But Dauid saide : 
Thynke ye it but a small matter, to mary the 
kynges doughter? As for me, I am but a 
poore symple man. And Sauls seruauntes 
tolde him agayne, and sayde : Soch wordes 
hath Dauid spoken. Saul sayde : Then saye 
ye vnto Dauid : The kynge desyreth no dowry, 
but onely an hundreth foreszkynnes of the 
Philistynes, that vengeaunce maye be taken 
of the kinges enemies. Howbeit Saul thought 
to cause Dauid be slayne by the hades of the 
Philistynes. Then his seruauntes tolde Dauid 
these wordes, and Dauid was contente with 
the matter, to mary the kynges doughter. 

And after a fewe dayes Dauid gatt him 
vp, and wente with his men, and smote two 
hundreth men amonge the Philistynes. And 
Dauid broughte their foreszkynnes, and made 
their nombre sufficient vnto the kynge, y h 
mighte mary the kynges doughter. The Saul 
gaue him his doughter Michol to wyfe. And 
Saul sawe and perceaued, that the LORDE 
was with Dauid. And Michol Sauls doughter 
loued him. Then was Saul the more afrayed. 
and became his enemye as loge as he lyued 
And whan the prynces of the Philistynes 
wete forth, Dauid behaued him selfe more 
wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul in thei 
outgoynge : so that his name was in greate 
reputacion. 

€h? vir. Chapter. 

SAUL spake to Ionathas his sonne, and to 
all his seruauntes, that they shulde kyll 
Dauid. t Neuerthelesse Ionathas the sonne 
of Saul loued Dauid exceadingly, and tolde 
him, and sayde: Saul my father goeth aboute 
to slaye the. Kepethe therfore (I praye the) 
in the momynge and abyde in secrete, and 
hyde the. But I wyll go forth, and stonde 
besyde my father in the felde where thou art, 
and wyll speake of the vnto my father: and 
what soeuer I se I shal brynge the worde. 

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And Ionathas reported f best of Dauid 
vnto Saul his father, and sayde vnto him : Oh 
let not the kynge synne agaynst his seruaunt, 
for he hath not synned agaynst the, and his 
doynge is very necessary for the, * he put his 
lyfe in his hande also, and smote the Phi- 
listyne, j the LORDE dyd a greate health 
vnto all Israel : this hast thou sene, and re- 
ioysed therof. Wherfore wylt thou then offende 
agaynst innocent bloude, that thou woldest 
kyll Dauid without a cause ? Then herkened 
Saul vnto the voice of Ionathas and sware 
As truly as the LORDE lyueth, he shal not 
dye. Then Ionathas called Dauid, and tolde 
him all these wordes, and brought him to Saul, 
so that he was in presence like as afore tyme. 

But there arose a battayll agayne, and 
Dauid wente forth, and fought agaynst the 
Philistynes, and smote a greate slaughter, so 
that they fled before him. Neuertheles f 
euell sprete of the LORDE came vpon Saul, 
and he sat in his house, and had a iauelynge 
in his hande. But Dauid plaied vpon the in- 
strument with his hade. And Saul thought 
with the iauelinge to sticke Dauid fast to the 
wall. Howbeit, he wente asyde fro Saul and 
the iauelynge smote in the wall. And Dauid 
fled, and escaped that night. 

Notwithstondinge Saul sent his messaungers 
to Dauids house, that they shulde laye wayte 
for him, and kyll him in the mornynge. Mi- 
chol Dauids wyfe tolde him this, and sayde : 
Yf thou saue not thy soule this night, thou 
shalt dye tomorow. t Then Michol let him 
downe thorow the wyndow, so that he wente 
his waye, fled, and escaped. And Michol 
toke an ymage, and layed it in the bed, and 
laied a goates szkinne at the heade of it, and 
couered it with clothes. Then Saul sent 
messaiigers, to fetch Dauid. But she sayde : 
He is sicke. Neuerthelesse Saul sent mes- 
saungers to se Dauid, & sayde : Bringe him 
vp to me with the bed, that he maye be slayne. 

Now whan the messaungers came, beholde, 
the ymage laye in the bed, and a goates 
szkynne at the heade of it. Then sayde Saul 
vnto Michol: Why hast thou begyled me, and 
let myne enemye go, that he mighte escape ? 
Michol sayde vnto Saul : He sayde vnto me : 
Let me go, or I wyl kyll the. As for Dauid, 
he fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel 
vnto Ramath, and tolde him all y Saul had 



Iud. 12. a. Psal. 118. o. 



Iosu. 2. c. Act. 9. c. 



done vnto him. And he wente with Samuel, 
and they abode at Naioth. 

And it was tolde Saul : Beholde, Dauid is 
at Naioth in Ramath. Then Saul sente 
messaungers to fetch Dauid. And they sawe 
a company of prophetes prophecienge, and 
Samuel had the ouersight of" them. Then 
came the sprete of God vpon the messaungers 
of Saul, so that they prophecyed also. 

Whan this was tolde Saul, he sent other mes- 
saungers, which prophecied likewyse. Then 
sente he messaungers the thyrde tyme, and 
they in like maner prophecyed. Then wente 
he himselfe also vnto Ramath, and whan he 
came to the greate well which is at Secho, 
he axed and sayde : Where is Samuel and 
Dauid ? Then was it tolde him : beholde, 
at Naioth in Ramath. And he wente thither, 
euen vnto Naioth in Ramath. And y sprete 
of God came vpon him also, and he wete j 
prophecied till he came vnto Naioth in Ra- 
math. And he put of his clothes, (j pro- 
phecied likewise before Samuel, & fell downe 
naked all that daye and all that nighte. t Here 
of came the prouerbe: Is Saul also amonge 
the prophetes ? 

Che rr. Chapter. 

DAUID fled fro Naioth in Ramath, and 
came, (t. spake before Ionathas: What 
haue I done ? What trespace haue I made ? 
What haue I synned in y sighte of thy father, 
y he seketh to kyll me ? He sayde vnto him : 
God forbyd, thou shalt not dye. Beholde, 
my father doth nothinge, nether greate ner 
small, but he sheweth it before myne eares, 
Wherfore shulde my father the hyde this fro 
me? It shal not be so. The sware Dauid 
agayne, and sayde: Thy father knoweth well, 
y I haue founde fauoure in thy sighte, therfore 
shal he thynke : Ionathas shal not knowe of 
this, lest it greue him. Verely, as truly as 
the LORDE lyueth, and as truly as thy soule 
lyueth, there is but one steppe betwene me & 
death. Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid : I wil do 
for the what so euer thy hert desyreth. Dauid 
sayde vnto him : Beholde, tomorow is the new 
Mone, that I shulde syt at the table with the 
kynge. Let me hyde my selfe therfore in the 
felde vnto the thirde daye at euen. Yf thy 
father then axe after me, saye : Dauid prayed 
me, y he mighte runne to Bethleem vnto his 

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cite, for all his kynred haue there a yearly 
sacrifice. Yf he saye then: It is good, th" 
stondeth it well with thy seruaunt. But yf 
he be wroth, thou shalt perceaue that he in 
tendeth euell. Do mercy therfore vpon thy 
seruaunt: *for with me thy seruaunt hast thou 
made a couenaunt in the LORDE. But yf 
there be eny trespace in me, then slaye me 
thy selfe, for why woldest thou brynge me 
vnto thy father ? 

Ionathas sayde: That be farre from the, 
that I shulde perceaue my father to intende 
eny euell agaynst the, and shulde not tell the. 
Dauid sayde : Who shal brynge me worde, yf 
thy father geue the an harde answere ? Iona- 
thas sayde vnto Dauid : Come, let vs go forth 
in to the felde. And they wente out both in 
to f felde. And Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid : 

LORDE God of Israel, yf I perceaue by 
my father tomorow or on the thirde daye, that 
it goeth well with Dauid, (j sende not vnto the, 
and shewe the before thine eares, then let the 
LORDE do this and that vnto Ionathas. But 
yf my father delyte in euell agaynst the, I wil 
shewe it before thine eares also, and let y go, 
that thou mayest departe in peace. 

And the LORDE be with the, as he hath 
bene with my father. Yf I do it not, then do 
thou no mercy of the LORDE on me, while 
I lyue, no not whan I dye, and plucke thy 
mercy fro my house for euer. And whan the 
LORDE roteth out y enemies of Dauid, 
euery one out of the londe, then let Dauid 
rote out Ionathas also with his house, and the 
LORDE requyre it of the hande of Dauids 
enemies. 

And Ionathas proceaded further, and sware 
vnto Dauid (he loued him so well : for he 
loued him euen as his owne soule) and Iona- 
thas sayde vnto him : Tomorow is f new 
Mone, and thou shalt be axed after : for thou 
shalt be wanted where thou wast wonte to sit. 
But on the thirde daye come downe soone, g 
go in to y place where thou hydest the on 
the worckdaye, & set the downe by the stone 
of Asel : then wyl I shute thre arowes on y 
side, as though I wolde shute at a marck: and 
beholde, I wil sende the boye, and saye vnto 
him, Go seke f arowes. Yf I saye now vnto 
the lad : Lo, the arowes lye hitherwarde be- 
hynde y, fetch them, then come thou, for it 
is peace, and there is no parell, as truly as the 



LORDE lyueth. But yf I saye vnto the lad: 
beholde, the arowes lye yonderwarde before 
the, then go thou thy waye, for the LORDE 
hath let the go. t As for that which thou and 
I haue spoke together, the LORDE is be^ 
twene me and the for euer. 

Dauid hid himself in the felde. And whi 
the new Mone came, the kynge sat him downe 
at the table to eate. Whan the kynge had 
set him downe in his place as he was wonte by 
the wall, Ionathas stode vp, but Abner sat 
him downe besyde Saul. And Dauid was 
myssed in his place. And Saul spake no 
thinge that daye, for he thoughte : There is 
somwhat happend vnto him, that he is not 
cleane. On the seconde daye of the new 
Mone, whan Dauid was myssed in his place, 
Saul saide vnto Ionathas his sonne : Wherfore 
is not the sonne of Isai come to the table 
nether yesterdaye ner to daye ? 

Ionathas answered Saul: He prayed me 
that he mighte go vnto Bethleem, and sayde: 
Let me go, for oure kynred hath a sacrifyce 
to do in the cyte, and my brother hath sent 
for me himselfe : yf I haue founde fauoure 
now in thy syghte, I wyll go, and se my bre- 
thren : therfore is he not come to the kynges 
table. Then was the kynge wroth at Iona- 
thas, and sayde vnto him : Thou wicked and 
vnthrifte, I knowe how that thou hast chosen 
the sonne of Isai, to the shame of thy selfe 
and of thy shamefull mother. For as longe 
as f sonne of Isai lyueth vp5 earth nether 
thou ner thy kingdome shal prospere. Sende 
now therfore, and cause him to be fetched 
vnto me, t for he is a childe of death. 

Ionathas answered his father Saul and sayde 
vnto him : Wherfore shal he dye ? what hath 
he done ? Then shot Saul the iauelynge at 
him, that he might smite him. The per- 
ceaued Ionathas, that his father was vtterly 
determed to kyll Dauid, and he rose vp from 
y table in a wrothfull displeasure, and ate no 
bred y same seconde daye of the new Mone: 
for he was vexed because of Dauid, that his 
father had done him soch dishonoure. 

On the morow wente Ionathas forth in to 
the felde, at the tyme appoynted of Dauid, 
and a litle boy with him, and sayde vnto y 
boy: Runne and seke me the arowes which I 
shute. Whan the boy ranne, he shot an arowe 
ouer him. And whan the boy came to the 

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place whither Ionathas had shot y arowe, 
Ionathas cryed after him, and sayde : The 
arowe lyeth yonderwarde before the. And he 
cryed after him agayne : haist the, and stonde 
not styll. Then the boy gathered vp Iona- 
thas arowes, and brought them to his lorde. 
And the boy knewe nothinge, onely Ionathas 
and Dauid knewe of y matter. 

Then Ionathas gaue his boy his wapes and 
sayde vnto him : Go thy waye, and cary them 
in to the cite. And whan the boy was gone, 
Dauid arose from the place towarde the south, 
and fell vpon his face to the groude, and wor- 
shipped thre tymes, and they kissed one ano- 
ther, and wepte together. But Dauid most 
specially. And Ionathas saide vnto Dauid: 
Go thy waye in peace: *What soeuer we both 
haue sworne 5 spoke together in the name of 
the LORDE, the LORDE be witnesse be- 
twene me and the, betwene my sede and thy 
sede for euer. And Ionathas gat him vp, and 
came in to the cite. 

Che vrt. Chapter. 

DAUID came to Nobe to y prest Ahi- 
melech. And Ahimelech was aston- 
nyed, whan he sawe Dauid comminge, and 
sayde vnto him : Why commest thou alone, 
and noman is with the ? Dauid sayde vnto 
t Ahimelech the prest: The kinge hath co- 
mytted a matter vnto me, and sayde : Let 
noma knowe wherfore I haue sent the, and 
what I haue commaunded the : for I haue 
appoynted my seruautes to mete me here (j 
there. tYf thou haue now ought vnder thy 
hande, a loafe of bred or fyue, geue me the 
same in my hande, or what so euer thou 
findest. 

The prest answered Dauid, and sayde : I 
haue no comen bred vnder my hande, but the 
holy bred, yf the yonge men haue onely re- 
frained them selues from wemen. Dauid 
answered the prest, and sayde vnto him : The 
wemen were kepte thre dayes from vs whan 
we departed forth, and the yonge mens vessels 
were holy. But this waye is vnholy, neuer- 
thelesse it shalbe sanctifyed to daye in the 
instrumentes. § Then the prest gaue him of 
y holy, in so moch as there was none other 
bred but the shewbredes, which were taken 
vp before the LORDE, that there might be 



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§ Exod. 25. o. Leui. 24. 



t 1 Re. 25. b. Iud. 
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other fieshbredes set therin the daye wha he 
toke them awaye. 

But the same daye was there a man sparred 
in before the LORDE, one of Sauls ser- 
uauntes, named Doeg an Edomite, y might- 
iest amonge Sauls hyrdmen. And Dauid 
sayde vnto Ahimelech : Is there not a speare 
or a swerde here vnder thine hande ? I haue 
not taken my swerde and weapens with me : 
for the kynges matter requyred haist. The 
prest sayde : The swerde of Goliath the Phi- 
listyne II whom thou smotest in the Oke valley, 
is here wrapped in a cloth behynde the ouer- 
body cote. Yf thou wylt haue it, take it, for 
here is els none but it. Dauid sayde : There 
is not soch another, geue me it. 

And Dauid gat him vp, and fled from Saul, 
and came to Achis y kynge of Gath. But 
Achis seruauntes sayde vnto him : This is 
Dauid the kynge of the londe, of whom they 
sunge in the daunse, and sayde : 1T Saul hath 
smytten his thousande, but Dauid his ten 
thousande. And Dauid toke these wordes to 
hert, and was sore afrayed of Achis the kynge 
of Gath, and altered his countenaunce before 
them, and shewed himselfe as he had bene 
madd in their handes, and stackered towarde 
the dores of the gate, and his slauerynges 
ranne downe his beerd. Then sayde Achis 
vnto his seruauntes : Beholde, ye se that the 
man is out of his wyt, why haue ye brought 
him vnto me ? Haue I to fewe madd men, 
that ye haue brought this hither to be madd 
before me ? Shulde he come in to my house? 

Che rrtj. Chapter. 

DAUID wente fro thence, (t fled vnto the 
caue of Adullam. Whan his brethren 
and all his fathers house herde that, they came 
downe thither vnto him. And there gathered 
vnto him all men that were in trouble and 
det, and soiy of hert, and he became their 
heade, so that there were with him vpon a 
foure hundreth men. 

And Dauid wente from thence towarde 
Mispa in the londe of the Moabites, and 
sayde vnto the kynge of the Moabites : Let 
my father and my mother go out and in 
amonge you, tyll I se what God wil do with 
me. And he lefte them before the kynge of 
y Moabites, so that they remayned by him, as 



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longe as Dauid was in the castell. Neuer- 
theles the prophet Gad sayde vnto Dauid : 
Abyde not in the castell, but go thy waye, 
and come in to the londe of Iuda. Then 
departed Dauid, and came in to the wodd of 
Hareth. And Saul herde that Dauid and the 
men which were with him, were come forth. 

Now whyle Saul dwelt at Gibea vnder a 
groue in Rama, he had a Iauelinge in his 
hande, and all his seruauntes stode by him. 
Then sayde Saul vnto his seruauntes that 
stode by him : Heare ye children of lemini : 
Shal the sonne of Isai geue lodes and vyn- 
yardes vnto you all, g make you all captaynes 
ouer thousandes and ouer hudreds, that ye 
haue all conspyred agaynst me, and there is 
no ma that sheweth it before myne eares, *for 
so moch as my sonne also hath made a coue- 
naunt with the sonne of Isai ? There is no 
man amonge you that letteth it for my sake, 
or y openeth it vnto myne eares : for my sonne 
hath stered vp my seruauntes against me, that 
he maye laye wayte for me, as it is manifest. 

Then answered Doeg y Edomite which 
stode besyde Sauls seruauntes, and sayde : 1 1 
sawe the sonne of Isai, that he came vnto 
Nobe, to Ahimelech y sonne of Achitob, 
which axed councell at the LORDE for him, 
and gaue him fode, g the swerde of Goliath 
the Philistyne. 

Then sent the kynge, and caused to call 
Ahimelech the prest the sonne of Achitob, 
and all his fathers house, the prestes that were 
at Nobe, and they came all to the kynge. 
And Saul sayde : Heare thou sonne of Achitob. 
He saide : Here am I my lorde. And Saul 
sayde vnto him : Wherfore haue ye cospyred 
agaynst me, thou g the sonne of Isai, that 
thou hast geuen him bred and a swerde, and 
axed councell at God for him, to stere him 
vp, that he mighte laye awayte for me, as it 
is manifest? 

Ahimelech answered the kynge and saide : 
And who is amonge all thy seruauntes like 
Dauid, which is faithfull, and hath maried the 
kynges doughter, and goeth in thine obedience, 
g is honorably taken in thine house ? Haue 
I begonne then first this daye to axe councell 
at God for him ? That be farre fro me. Let 
not the kinge laie soch to his seruaiites charge 
in all my fathers house : for thy seruaunt 
knewe not of all these thinges nether small 



ner greate. Neuertheles the kynge saide: 
Ahimelech thou must dye f death, thou and 
all thy fathers house. And the kynge sayde 
to his fote men that stode by him : Turne 
you, and slaye the prestes of the LORDE, 
for their hande is with Dauid also. 

Not withstondinge the kynges seruauntes 
wolde not laye their handes vpon y prestes 
of the LORDE, to slaye them. Then saide 
y kynge vnto Doeg: Turne the, and slaye 
the prestes. t Doeg the Edomite turned him, 
and slewe the prestes, so that the same daye 
there dyed fyue and foure score men, which 
wayre ouerbody cotes of lynnen. And Nob 
the cite of the prestes smote he with the edge 
of the swerde, both men and wemen, children 
and sucklynges, oxen and asses, and shepe. 

Neuerthelesse there escaped a sonne of 
Ahimelech (the sonne of Achitob) whose name 
was Abiathar, and fled after Dauid, and tolde 
him, that Saul had slayne f prestes of the 
LORDE. Dauid sayde vnto Abiathar: I 
knewe well the same daye that Doeg the 
Edomite was there, that he wolde tell Saul. 
I am giltye of the soules of thy fathers house. 
Abyde thou with me, and feare not. He that 
layeth wayte for my lyfe, shall laye wayte for 
thyne also, and thou shalt be preserued with me. 

€i)e rrttj. Chapter. 

AND it was tolde Dauid: Beholde, the 
Philistynes fight against Cegila, and 
spoyle the barnes. Then Dauid axed at the 
LORDE, and sayde: Shal I go, g smyte 
these Philistynes? And the LORDE sayde 
vnto Dauid : Go thy waye, thou shalt smyte 
the Philistynes, and delyuer Cegila. But y 
men that were with Dauid, sayde vnto him : 
Beholde, we are here in feare in Iewry, and 
shall we go to Cegila vnto the hoost of the 
Philistynes ? The Dauid axed at the LORDE 
agayne. And the LORDE answered him, 
and sayde : Vp, get the downe to Cegila, for 
I wil delyuer the Philistynes in to thy hande. 

So Dauid wente with his men vnto Cegila, 
and foughte agaynst the Philistynes, g droue 
awaye their catell, and smote them with a 
greate slaughter. Thus Dauid delyuered them 
of Cegila. For whan Abiathar the sonne of 
Ahimelech fled vnto Dauid at Cegila, he bare 
downe the ouerbody cote with him. 

The was it tolde Saul, that Dauid was come 

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to Cegila, and he sayde : God hath deliuered 
him in to my hade, for he is shut fast in, now 
that he is come in to a cite which is kepte 
with gates and barres. And Saul caused for 
to call all the people downe to y battaill vnto 
Cegila, y they might besege Dauid and his 
men. But whan Dauid perceaued y Saul 
inteded euell against him, he saide vnto 
Abiathar y prest: Brynge me hither the ouer- 
body cote. And Dauid sayde : O LORDE 
God of Israel, thy seruaunt hath herde, that 
Saul goeth aboute to come for to destroye the 
cite of Cegila for my sake. Shal the citysens 
of Cegila delyuer me ouer in to his handes ? 
And shal Saul come downe, as thy seruaunt 
hath herde? Tell thy seruaunt this, O 
LORDE God of Israel. And the LORDE 
saide : He shal come downe. 

Dauid sayde : Shall the citysens of Cegila 
delyuer me and my men in to Sauls handes ? 
The LORDE sayde : Yee. The Dauid gat 
him vp with his me, of whom there were vpon 
a sixe hundreth, 5 walked whither they coulde. 
Now whan it was tolde Saul that Dauid was 
escaped from Cegila, he let his iourney stonde. 
As for Dauid, he remayned in the wildernes 
in the castell, and abode vpon the mount in 
the wildernes of Siph. But Saul soughte him 
as longe as he lyued. Neuertheles God gaue 
him not in to his handes. And Dauid sawe, 
that Saul was gone forth to seke after his life. 
But Dauid was in the wildernes of Siph, in 
the wodd. 

Then Ionathas the sonne of Saul gat him 
vp, and wete vnto Dauid in to the wod, and 
strengthed his hande in God, and sayde vnto 
him : Feare not, my father Sauls hande shal 
not finde y: and thou shalt be kynge ouer 
Israel, so will I be the nexte vnto the. And 
y my father knoweth right well. *And they 
made a couenaunt both together before the 
LORDE. And Dauid remayned in the wodd 
As for Ionathas, he wente home agayne. 

But the tSiphites wente vp to Saul vnto 
Gibeath, and sayde : Is not Dauid hyd with 
vs in the castell in y wodd, vpon mout 
Hachila, which lyeth on the righte hande of 
the wildernesse ? Let the kynge come downe 
now therfore acordinge to all the desyre of his 
hert, and we wyll delyuer him in to the kynges 
hande. Then sayde Saul : Blessed be ye of 



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) The rocke of partings asunder. 



the LORDE, that ye haue had pytie vpon 
me : Go youre waye now therfore, and be 
sure, that ye maye knowe and se in what place 
his fete haue bene, and who hath sene him 
there : for it is tolde me, that he is full of 
sotiltye. Loke well and spye out all the places, 
where he hydeth him, and come agayne to me, 
whan ye are sure, and I will go with you. Yf 
he be in the londe, I wyl enquere after him 
amonge all the thousandes in Iuda. 

Then gat they them vp, and wente their 
waye vnto Siph before Saul. But Dauid and 
his men were in the wyldernes of Mao, euen 
in the felde on the righte hande of the wil- 
dernes. Now whan Saul wente thither with 
his men to seke him, it was tolde Dauid and 
he gat him downe to the rocke, and abode in 
the wildernesse of Mahon. Whan Saul herde 
that, he folowed after Dauid in the wildernesse 
of Mahon. And Saul with his men wente on 
the one syde of the hyll : Dauid with his men 
on f other syde of y hill. But whan Dauid 
made haist to escape from Saul, Saul with his 
men compased aboute Dauid and his men, 
that he might take the. t Neuertheles there 
came a messaiiger vnto Saul, and sayde : Make 
haist and come, for the Philistynes are falle 
in to the londe. The Saul turned him from 
chacynge of Dauid, and wente agaynst the 
Philistynes. Therfore is y place called § Sela 
Mahelkoth. And Dauid wente vp from thence, 
and abode in the castell at En Gaddi. 

Cf)e rrtttj. Cfiaptar. 

NOW whan Saul came agayne from the 
Philistines, it was tolde him : Beholde 
Dauid is in the wyldernes of Engaddi. And 
Saul toke thre thousande chosen men out of 
all Israel, and wente to seke Dauid with his 
men vpon the stony rockes of the wylde goates, 
And whan he came to the shepe foldes by y 
waye, there was a caue, and Saul wente in to 
II couer his fete. But Dauid and his men sat 
behinde within the caue. 

Then sayde Dauids men vnto him : Lo ; 
this is the daye, wherof the LORDE thy God 
hath sayde vnto the : Beholde, I wyll delyuer 
thyne enemye in to thy hande, that thou 
mayest do with him what it pleaseth the. 
And Dauid stode vp, (j cut of the typpe of 
Sauls garment quyetly. Neuertheles it smote 

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him afterwarde in his hert, because he had 
cut of the typpe of Sauls garment, and sayde 
vnto his men : The LORDE let that be farre 
fro me, that I shulde do it, 5 laye my hande 
vpo my lorde the LORDE S anoynted : for 
he is y anoynted of the LORDE. And Dauid 
withelde his seruautes with wordes, 5 suffred 
the not to ryse vp agaynst Saul. 

But whan Saul gat him vp out of the 
caue, and was goinge his waye, Dauid rose vp 
also after him, and wente out of the caue, and 
cried behynde Saul, (j sayde : My lorde the 
kynge. And Saul loked behynde him. And 
Dauid bowed downe his face to the earth, 
and worshipped, and sayde vnto Saul : Why 
herkenest thou vnto the wordes of men, that 
saye: Dauid seketh thy mysfortune ? Beholde, 
thine eyes se this daye that the LORDE gaue 
the in to my hande in the caue, and I was 
counceled to slaye the : Neuertheles thou wast 
fauoured, for I sayde : I wil not laye my hande 
vpon my lorde, for he is the LORDES 
anoynted. Beholde, my father the typpe of 
thy garment in my hande, that I wolde not 
slaye the, whan I cut of the typpe of thy 
garment. Knowe and se, y there is no euell 
ner trespace in my hande : nether haue I 
offended the, and thou folowest after my soule, 
to take it awaye. The LORDE shal be iudge 
betwene me and the, and auenge me on the, 
but my hade shal not be vpon the, acordinge 
as it is sayde after the olde prouerbe : Vn- 
godlynes commeth of the vngodly: but my 
hande shal not be vpon the. Whom per- 
secutest thou O kynge of Israel, whom per- 
secutest thou? a deed dogg? a flee? The 
LORDE be iudge, and geue sentence betwene 
me and the, and cosidre it, and defende my 
cause, and delyuer me from thy hande. 

Now whan Dauid had spoken out these 
wordes vnto Saul, Saul saide : * Is not this 
thy voyce my sonne Dauid? And Saul lifte 
vp his voyce, and wepte, and saide vnto Dauid: 
Thou art more righteous then I : for thou hast 
recompesed me good, but I haue rewarded the 
euell. And this daye hast thou shewed me 
how thou hast done me good, for so moch as 
f LORDE hath delyuered me in to thy hande, 
and thou neuertheles hast not slaine me. 
What is he, which yf he fynde his enemye, 
wyl let him go in a good waye? The LORDE 
rewarde the good for y thou hast done vnto 



me this daye. Beholde now, I knowe that 
thou shalt be kynge, (j the kyngdome of Israel 
stondeth in thy hande : sweare now therfore 
vnto me by the LORDE, y thou shalt not 
rote out my sede after me, nether destroie my 
name out of my fathers house. And Dauid 
sware vnto Saul. Then wente Saul home, 
but Dauid gat him vp with his men vnto 
the castell. 

Che rrb. Chapter. 

AND Samuel dyed, and all Israel gathered 
them selues together, mourned for him, 
d buried him in his house at Ramath. As for 
Dauid, he rose, and wente downe in to the 
wyldernesse of Paran. And there was a man 
at Maon, and his possession at Carmel, and 
the man was of greate power, and had thre 
thousande shepe, and a thousande goates. 
And it fortuned that he clypped his shepe at 
Carmel, and his name was Nahal, but his 
wyues name was Abigail, and she was a 
woman of good vnderstondinge, j bewtyfull of 
face. But the man was harde, and wicked in 
his doynges, and was one of Caleb. 

Now whan Dauid herde in the wyldernes y 
Nabal clypped his shepe, he sent out ten yonge 
men, g saide vnto them : Go vp vnto Carmel, 
j whan ye come to Nabal, salute him frendly 
on my behalfe, j saye : Good lucke, peace be 
with the d thine house, & with all y thou hast. 
I haue herde saye that thou hast shepe clyppers. 
Now thy shepherdes whom thou hast, haue 
bene with vs, we haue done them no dis- 
honoure, and they wated nothinge of their 
nombre, as longe as they were at Carmel : 
Axe thy yonge men, they shal tell the, and 
let thy yonge men fynde fauoure in thy sighte : 
for we are come in a good daye, geue thy 
seruauntes (j thy sonne Dauid what thy hande 
fyndeth. 

And wha Dauids yonge men came, and 
spake all these wordes on Dauids behalfe vnto 
Nabal, they lefte of. But Nabal answered 
Dauids seruauntes, g sayde : What is he y 
Dauid ? {j who is the sonne of Isai ? There 
are many seruauntes now y runne awaye from 
their masters. Shulde I take my bred, water 
and flesh, that I haue slayne for my clyppers, 
(t geue it vnto me whom I knowe not whence 
they are ? 

The Dauids yonge me turned their waye 
agayne. And whan they came agayne vnto 



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him, they tolde him all these wordes. The 
sayde Dauid vnto his men : Euery man gyrde 
his swerde aboute him. And euery one gyrde 
his swerde aboute him. And Dauid gyrde his 
swerde aboute him also, and there wete vp 
after him vpon a foure hundreth men, but two 
hundreth remayned with the stuffe. 

Neuertheles one of the yonge men tolde Abi- 
gail Nabals wife, and sayde : Beholde, Dauid 
sent messaungers out of the wyldernes to blesse 
oure lorde, Notwithstondinge he was fearce 
vpo them, and yet haue they bene very pro- 
fitable men vnto vs, and haue done vs no 
dishonoure, and we wanted none of the nombre 
as loge as we walked with them, whan we 
were in the felde : but they haue bene oure 
wall daye and nighte, as longe as we kepte the 
shepe by them. Take hede now therfore, and 
loke well what thou doest, for there is surely 
a mysfortune at hande agaynst oure lorde, 5 
agaynst all his house. And he is a man of 
Belial, to whom no man darre saye eny thinge. 
Then Abigail made haist, and toke two hun- 
dred loaues of bred, and two hotels of wyne, 
and fyue shepe ready dighte, and fyue mea- 
sures of firmentye, and an hundreth frayles of 
rasens, and two hundreth frayles of fygges, g 
layed them vpo asses, and sayde to hir yonge 
men : Go ye youre waye before me, beholde, 
I wyl come after. And she tolde Nabal hir 
housbade nothinge therof. And as she rode 
vpo the asse, and wente downe in the shadowe 
of" f hill, beholde, Dauid (j his me met hir 
downe, so that she came vpon them. 

But Dauid sayde : Wei, all that this man 
had in y wyldernes, haue I kepte for naughte, 
so that there wanted nothinge of all that he 
had, and he rewardeth me euell for good. 
God do this and yet more vnto the enemies 
of Dauid, yf vntyll tomorow in the mornynge 
I leaue this man (of all that he hath) so moch 
as one that maketh water agaynst y wall. Now 
whan Abigail sawe Dauid, she lighte downe 
from the asse in all the haist, and fell vpo hir 
face before Dauid, and worshiped him to the 
grounde, and fell at his fete, and sayde : Oh 
my lorde, let this trespace be myne, and let 
thy handmayde speake before thine eares, and 
heare the wordes of thy handmayden : Let 
not my lorde set his hert agaynst this Nabal 
the man of Belial, for he is a foole, acordinge 
as his name is called : his name is foole, and 
foolishnes is with him. As for me thy hand- 



mayde, I sawe not my lordes yonge men, 
whom thou dyddest sende. 

But now my lorde, as truly as the LORDE 
lyueth, and as truly as thy soule lyueth, the 
LORDE hath kepte the backe, y thou shuldest 
not come agaynst bloude, and he hath de- 
lyuered thine hande. 

Thine enemyes be now as Nabal, and so be 
they that wolde my lorde euell. Here is y 
blessynge, y thy handmayde hath brought my 
lorde, take it, and geue it vnto the yonge men, 
that walke vnder my lorde. For a sure house 
shal y LORDE make my lorde, which fighteth 
the fighte of the LORDE, and no euell shall 
be founde in the all thy life longe. And yf 
eny man ryse vp to persecute y, and to laye 
wayte for thy soule, then shal the soule of my 
lorde be bounde in the bundell of y lyuynge, 
euen with the LORDE thy God. But f 
soule of thine enemies shalbe turned backe 
with the slynge. Whan the LORDE therfore 
doth all this good for my lorde (which he hath 
promysed the) and commaundeth y to be his 
Duke ouer Israel, then shal it be no stomblinge 
blocke ner occasion of fallynge vnto my lordes 
hert, that thou hast not shed bloude without 
a cause, and auenged thy selfe, then shal y 
LORDE do good vnto my lorde, and thou 
shalt thynke vpon thy handmayden. 

Then saide Dauid vnto Abigail: Blessed 
be the LORDE God of Israel, which hath 
sent the to mete me this daye: and blessed be 
thy speach, and blessed be thou, which hast 
kepte me backe this daye, that I am not come 
agaynst bloude, to auenge me with myne awne 
hande. Verely (as truly as the LORDE the 
God of Israel lyueth, which hath hyndred me 
that I shulde do the no euell.) Yf thou 
haddest not met me in all the haist, Nabal 
shulde not haue had lefte him vntyll y lighte 
mornynge, so moch as one that maketh water 
agaynst the wall. So Dauid toke of hir hade 
what she had broughte him, and sayde vnto 
her : Go vp in peace vnto thy house: beholde, 
I haue herkened vnto thy voyce, and accepted 
thy personne. 

But whan Abigail came to Nabal, beholde, 
he had prepared a feast in his house like a 
kynges feast, and his hert was mery, for he was 
very dronken. And she tolde him nothinge, 
nether small ner greate vntyll y cleare morn- 
ynge. But whan it was daye, u the wyne was come 
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Then was his hert deed in his body, so that 
he became euen as a stone : and ouer ten 
dayes the LORDE smote him, so y he dyed 
Whan Dauid herde that Nabal was deed, he 
sayde: Blessed be y LORDE which hath 
auenged my rebuke on Nabal, and preserued 
his seruaunt from euell. And the LORDE 
hath rewarded Nabal that euell vpon his heade. 

And Dauid sent, and caused to talke with 
Abigail, y he mighte take her to wife. And 
whan Dauids seruauntes came to Abigail vnto 
Carmel, they spake vnto her, and saide : 
Dauid hath sent vs vnto the, that he maye 
take y to wife. She rose vp, and worshipped 
vpon hir face vnto the earth, and sayde : be- 
holde, here is thy handmayde, that she maie 
do seruyce vnto the seruauntes of my lorde, 
and to waszshe their fete. And Abigail made 
haist, and gat her vp, and rode vpo an asse, 
and fyue maydens that were vnder her, and 
wente after Dauids messaungers, and became 
his wife. Dauid toke Ahinoam of Iesrael also, 
and they both became his wyues. But Saul 
gaue Michol his doughter the wife of Dauid 
vnto Phalti y sonne of Lais of Gallim. 

Cfte rrbt. Chapter. 

THEY of Siph came to Saul vnto Gibe- 
ath, rt sayde: *Is not Dauid hyd vpo 
the hill of Hachila, which lyeth ouer agaynst 
the wyldemesse? Then Saul gat him vp, 
and wente downe to the wildernes of Siph, 
and thre thousande chosen men of Israel with 
him, to seke Dauid in the wildernes of Siph, 
and pitched vpon the hill of Hachila, which 
lyeth by the waye before the wildernes. But 
Dauid remayned in the wyldernes, and whan 
he sawe that Saul came after him in to the 
wildernes, he sent out spyes, and knewe of a 
suertie, that he was come in dede. 

And Dauid gat him vp, and came to the 
place where Saul had pitched his tet, and 
sawe the place where Saul laye with his chefe 
captayne + Abner y sonne of Ner: for Saul 
laye in the tent, and the hoost aboute him. 
Then answered Dauid, and sayde vnto Ahime- 
lech the Hethite, and to Abisai the sonne of 
Ieru la y brother of Ioab : Who wil go downe 
with me to Saul in to the hoost? Abisai 
sayde : I wil go downe with the. 

So Dauid and Abisai came to the people 
in the night season, j beholde, Saul laye and 



slepte in the tent, and his speare stacke in y 
grounde at his heade. But Abner and the 
people laye rounde aboute him. The sayde 
Abisai vnto Dauid: God hath closed thine 
enemye in thyne hande this daye. Therfore 
will I now thrust him thorow once with the 
speare euen in to the grounde, y he shall 
haue ynough of it. Neuertheles Dauid sayde 
vnto Abisai : Destroye him not, for who wil 
laye hande vpon the anoynted of y LORDE, 
d remayne vngiltye ? Dauid sayde morouer : 
As truly as the LORDE lyueth, yf y LORDE 
him selfe smyte him not, or excepte his tyme 
come that he dye, or that he go in to the bat' 
tayll and perishe, the LORDE let it be farre 
fro me, that I shulde laye my hande on the 
LORDE S anoynted. Take y speare now 
therfore at his heade, j the cuppe of water, 5 
let vs go. So Dauid toke y speare 3, th 
cuppe of water at Sauls heade, & they wente 
their waye. And there was no man y sawe 
it, ner perceaued it, nether awaked, but they 
slepte euery one, for there was a depe slepe 
fallen vpon them from the LORDE. 

Now whan Dauid was come ouer on y other 
syde, he stode vpon the toppe of the mount a 
farre of (so that there was a wyde space be- 
twene them) and cried vpon y people, and 
vpo Abner the sonne of Ner, u sayde: Hear- 
est thou not Abner ? And Abner answered 
and sayde : Who art thou that cryest so, and 
diseasest the kynge? And Dauid sayde vnto 
Abner : Art thou not a man ? And where is 
there soch one as thou in Israel ? Why hast 
thou not then kepte thy lorde y kynge? for 
there is one of y people come in to destroye 
thy lorde y kynge. It is not well that thou 
hast done. As truly as the LORDE lyueth 
tye are the children of death, because ye haue 
not kepte youre lorde the LORDES anoynted. 
Beholde now, where is y kynges speare, and 
the cuppe of water that was at his heade. 

Then knewe Saul the voyce of Dauid, and 
saide : S Is not that thy voyce my sonne Dauid? 
Dauid sayde : It is my voyce my lorde the 
kynge. And he sayde morouer: Why doth 
my lorde so persecute his seruaunt? What 
haue I done ? and what euell is there in my 
hande ? Yet let my lorde the kynge heare but 
the wordes of his seruaunt ? Yf y LORDE 
prouoke the against me, let there be smelled 
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it, cursed be they before the LORDE, be- 
cause they haue thrust me out this daye (that 
I shulde not dwell in the LORDES inherit- 
aunce) and saye: Go thy waye, and serue 
other goddes. So fall not now my bloude 
vpon the earth from the face of the LORDE 
For the kynge of Israel is gone forth to seke 
a flee, as a partriche is Mowed on vpo the 
mountaynes. 

And Saul sayde : I haue synned : Come 
agayne Dauid my sonne, I wil do the nomore 
hurte, because my soule hath bene deare in 
thy sighte this daye. Beholde, I haue done 
foolishly and very vnwysely. Dauid answered 
and sayde : Beholde, here is the kynges speare, 
let one of the yongemen come ouer here and 
fetch it. But the LORDE shal rewarde 
euery one acordinge to his righteousnes and 
faith, for f LORDE delyuered y this daye in 
to my hande: neuertheles I wolde not laie 
my hande vpo the LORDES anoynted. And 
as thy soule hath bene greatly reputed in my 
sighte this daye, so let f LORDE repute my 
soule in his sighte, j delyuer me from all 
trouble. Saul saide vnto Dauid : Blessed be 
thou Dauid my sonne, thou shalt do it, & be 
able. But Dauid wente his waye, and Saul 
turned agayne vnto his place. 

Che yybi). Chapter. 

DAUID thoughte in his hert: One of 
these dayes shal I fall in to the handes 
of Saul: It is better that I get me my waye 
in to f londe of f Philistynes, that Saul maye 
leaue of from sekynge me in all the coastes of 
Israel, so shall I escape his handes. And he 
gat him vp, and wente ouer (with the sixe 
hundreth men that were with him) vnto Achis 
the sonne of Maoch kynge of Gath. So 
Dauid remayned by Achis at Gath, with his 
me, euery one with his housholde, and Dauid 
with his two wyues, Ahinoam the Iesraelitisse, 
and Abigail Nabals wife of Carmel. And 
whan worde came to Saul that Dauid was fled 
vnto Gath, he soughte him nomore. 

And Dauid sayde vnto Achis : Yf I haue 
founde grace in thy sighte, then let there be 
geuen me a place in one of the cities of the 
londe, that I maye dwell therin. Wherfore 
shulde thy seruaunt dwell in the kynges cite 
with the ? Then Achis gaue him Siclag the 
same daye. Therfore belongeth Siclag to 



the kynges of Iuda vnto this daye. The tyme 
that Dauid dwelt in the londe of the Philis- 
tynes, is foure monethes. 

Dauid wente vp with his men, and fell in 
to the londe of the Gessurites and Girsites, 
and *Amalechites: for these were the inha- 
bited of this londe of olde, as thou commest 
to Sur vnto the lode of Egipte. But wha 
Dauid smote f londe, the let nether man ner 
woman lyue, and toke the shepe, oxen, asses, 
Camels and rayment, and returned and came 
to Achis. So whan Achis spake: Whither 
fell ye in to daye ? Dauid sayde : Towarde 
the south parte of Iuda, towarde f south parte 
of the Ierahmielites, j towarde the south parte 
of the Kenites. But Dauid let nether man 
ner woman come lyuynge vnto Geth, and 
thoughte : They mighte peradueture speake (j 
reporte agaynst vs : thus dyd Dauid, and this 
was his maner as longe as he dwelt in y londe 
of the Philistynes. Therfore Achis gaue 
credence vnto Dauid, and thoughte : he hath 
made him selfe stynke before his people of 
Israel therfore shal he be my seruaunt for euer. 

Che rrbtfj. Chapter. 

IT fortuned at f same tyme, that the Phi- 
listynes gathered their hoost together to 
the battayll, to go agaynst Israel. And Achis 
sayde vnto Dauid: Thou shalt knowe, that 
thou and thy men shal go forth with me in 
the hoost. Dauid sayde vnto Achis: Well, 
thou shalt se what thy seruaiit shal do. Achis 
saide vnto Dauid : Therfore wyll I ordene the 
to be the keper of my heade as longe as I 
lyue. *As for Samuel, he was deed, and all 
f people had mourned for him, g buried him 

his cite Ramath. §So Saul had dryuen 
the soythsayers and expounders of tokens out 
of y londe. Now whan the Philistynes ga- 
thered them selues together, and came and 
pitched their tentes at Sunem, Saul gathered 
all the people together, g they pitched at 
Gilboa. But whan Saul sawe the hoost of 
the Philistynes, he was afrayed, and his hert 
was discoraged, and he axed councell at the 
LORDE. But y LORDE gaue him no an- 
swere, nether by dreames, ner by the II lighte, 
ner by prophetes. 

The sayde Saul vnto his seruauntes : Seke 
me a woma which hath a sprete of soyth- 
sayege, that I maye go vnto her, and axe at 



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I her. His seruauntes sayde vnto him : Be- 
holde, at Endor is there a woman, which hath 
a sprete of soythsayenge. And Saul chaunged 
his clothes, and put on other, and wente his 
waye and two men with him, and came by 
nighte vnto the woman, and sayde : Prophecye 
vnto me (I pray the) thorow the sprete of 
soythsayenge, and brynge me him vp whom I 
shal name vnto the. The woma saide vnto 
him : Beholde, thou knowest what Saul hath 
done, how he hath roted out the soythsayers g 
witches from the londe, wherfore wilt thou 
brynge my soule then in to f nett, that I 
maye be slayne ? But Saul sware vnto her 
by f LORDE, and sayde : As truly as the 
LORDE lyueth, there shall no harme happen 
vnto the for this. Then sayde f woman: 
Whom shal I brynge vp vnto the ? He sayde: 
Brynge me vp Samuel. 

Now whan f woman sawe Samuel, she 
cryed loude, and sayde vnto Saul: Wherfore 
hast thou begyled me ? Thou art Saul. And 
the kynge sayde vnto her : Feare not, what 
seist thou ? The woman sayde vnto Saul : I 
se goddes comynge vp out of y earth ? He 
sayde : How is he shapened? She sayde : 
There commeth vp an olde man, and is 
clothed with a longe garment. Then per- 
ceaued Saul that it was Samuel, g bowed him 
selfe downe with his face to the grounde, and 
worshiped him. 

Samuel saide vnto Saul: Why hast thou 
disquyeted me, to cause me be broughte vp? 
Saul sayde: I am sore troubled, the Phi- 
listynes fighte against me, g God is departed 
fro me, g geueth me no answere, nether by 
prophetes ner by dreames: therfore haue I 
called the, y thou mightest shewe me, what I 
shal do. Samuel sayde : What wilt thou axe 
at me, seynge the LORDE is departed from 
the, and is become thine enemye ? The 
LORDE shal do vnto the euen as he spake 
by me, *and shall plucke the kyngdome out 
of thy hande, and geue it vnto Dauid thy 
neghboure, because thou hast not herkened 
vnto the voyce of the LORDE, ner per- 
fourmed the displeasure of his wrath agaynst 
Amalek. Therfore hath the LORDE done 
this now vnto the. Morouer the LORDE 
shal delyuer Israel with the also in to the 
handes of the Philistynes : Uomorow shalt 
thou and thy sonnes be with me. And the 



hoost of Israel shal the LORDE delyuer in 
to the handes of the Philistynes. Then fell 
Saul immediatly vnto the earth, for he coulde 
not stonde, and was sore afrayed at these 
wordes of Samuel, so that there was nomore 
strength in him : for he had eaten no bred all 
that daye and all that night. 

And the woman wente in to Saul, g. sawe 
that he was sore vexed, and sayde vnto him : 
Beholde, thy handmayde hath herkened vnto 
thy voyce, and I haue put my soule in my 
hande, so that I haue herkened vnto thy 
wordes which thou spakest vnto me. Therfore 
folowe thou also the voyce of thy handmayde. 
I wil set a morsell of bred before the to eate, 
that thou mayest come to thy strength, g go 
thy waye. But he refused, and sayde, I wil 
not eate. Then his seruauntes g the woman 
copelled him, so that he herkened vnto their 
voyce. 

And he rose vp from y grounde, and sat 
vpon the bed. The woman had a fat calfe at 
home, so she made haist, and kylled it, and 
toke meell and dyd kneet it, and baked swete 
cakes, g broughte them forth before Saul, g 
before his seruauntes. And whan they had 
eaten, they stode vp, and wete their waye y 
nighte. 

€f)e rrtr. Chapter. 

1~"^HE Philistynes gathered all their armies 
together at Aphek. But Israel pitched 
at Am in Iesrael. And the prynces of the 
Philistynes wete forth with hundreds and with 
thousandes, but Dauid and his men wete be- 
hynde with Achis. The sayde the prynces of 
the Philistynes : What shal these Hebrues do? 
Achis saide vnto the: Is not this Dauid y 
seruaunt of Saul kynge of Israel, which hath 
bene with me now yeares and dayes, & I haue 
founde no euell in him sence the tyme that 
he fell to me vnto this daye ? t Neuertheles 
the prynces of y Philistynes were wroth at 
him, g sayde vnto him : Let the man turne 
backe agayne, g abyde in his place, § which 
thou hast appoynted him, that he go not 
downe with vs to y batayll, and become oure 
aduersary in y felde. For wherin coulde he 
better do his lorde a pleasure, the in the 
heades of these men ? Is not this Dauid, of 
whom they sunge in the daunce : II Saul hath 
smytte his thousande, but Dauid his ten 

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thousande? Then Achis called Dauid, and 
sayde vnto him: As truly as the LORDE 
lyueth, I take the for an honest man, and thy 
out goynge and ingoynge with me in f hoost 
pleaseth me well, and no euell haue I marked 
in the, sence f tyme that thou earnest to me 
vnto this daye. But thou pleasest not the 
prynoes. Returne now therfore, and go thy 
waye in peace, that thou do no euell in the 
sighte of the prynces of f Philistynes. 

Dauid sayde : What haue I done, g what 
hast thou marked in thy seruaunt, sence y 
tyme that I haue bene in thy presence vnto 
this daye, that I shulde not come and fighte 
agaynst the enemies of my lorde the kynge ? 
Achis answered and sayde vnto Dauid: I 
knowe well that thou pleasest myne eyes eue 
as an angell of God. But the prynces of y 
Philistynes haue sayde : Let him not go vp 
with vs vnto the batayll. Get the vp therfore 
tomorow by tymes, and thy lordes seruauntes 
which are come with the. And whan ye 
haue gotten you vp early in the mornynge, 
whan it is lighte, go youre waye. So Dauid g 
his men gat them vp early, to go their waye 
in the mornynge, and to come agayne in to 
the londe of the Philistynes. But the Philis- 
tynes wente vp towarde Iesrael. 

Cfce ryr. Chapter. 

NOW whan Dauid came to Siclag on the 
thirde daie with his men, the Amalech- 
ites had falle in on y south parte and at Siclag, 
and had smytten Siclag, and burned it with 
fyre, and had caried awaye the weme out of 
it, both small 5 greate. Neuertheles they had 
slayne no man, but dryuen the thence, and 
were goynge on their waye. Now whan Dauid 
with his men came to the cite, and sawe that 
it was brent with fyre, and that their wyues, 
sonnes g doughters were led awaye captyue, 
Dauid and the people that was with him lefte 
vp their voyce, and wepte so longe tyll they 
coulde wepe nomore. For Dauids two wyues 
also were caried awaye captyue, Ahinoam f 
Iesraelitisse, and Abigail Nabals wife of Car- 
mel. And Dauid was very soroufull, for the 
people wolde haue stoned him : for y soule of 
all the people was in greate heuynes, euery 
one ouer his sonnes and doughters. 

Neuertheles Dauid strengthed him selfe in 
the LORDE his God, g sayde vnto Abiathar 



y prest the sonne of Ahimelech : *Bringe me 
hither the ouerbody cote. And whan Abiathar 
had broughte the ouerbody cote vnto Dauid, 
Dauid axed at the LORDE, and sayde : Shal 
I folowe vpon the men of warre, and shal I 
ouertake them ? He sayde : Yee, folowe vpo 
them, thou shalt ouertake them, and shalt 
rescue the pray. Then wente Dauid his waye, 
and the sixe hudreth men that were with him. 
And whan they came to the ryuer of Besor, 
some stode styll. But Dauid and the foure 
hundreth men Mowed after : As for the two 
hudreth men that stode styll, they had bene 
slowe to go ouer the ryuer of Besor. 

And they founde a man of Egipte vpon the 
felde, him they broughte vnto Dauid, +j gaue 
him bred to eate, and water to drynke, and 
gaue him a quantite of fygges, g two quantities 
of rasyns. And whan he had eaten, his sprete 
came to him againe : for in thre dayes and 
thre nightes he had eate no bred, and dronke 
no water. 

Dauid sayde vnto him : Whose art thou ? 5 
whence art thou ? He sayde : I am a childe 
of Egipte, an Amalechites seruaunt, g my 
master hath forsaken me, because I was sicke 
thre dayes a goo. We fell here in towarde y 
south syde of Chrethus, and vpon Iuda, and 
towarde f south parte of Caleb, g haue burned 
Siclag with fyre. 

Dauid sayde vnto him : Wilt thou bringe 
me downe to these men of warre ? He sayde : 
Sweare vnto me by God, y thou shalt not 
slaye me, ner delyuer me in to my masters 
hade, and I wil brynge the downe to these 
me of warre. And he broughte the downe, 
and beholde, they were scatred vpon all y 
grounde, eatinge and drynkynge, and kepynge 
holy daye, and were makinge mery chere, be- 
cause of all the greate spoyles that they had 
taken out of the londe of the Philistynes and 
of Iuda. 

And Dauid smote them from f morow tyll 
the euen, agaynst the nexte daye, so that 
there escaped none, excepte foure hundreth 
yonge men, which rode vpon camels, g fled. 
So Dauid rescued all that the Amalechites 
had taken, and his two wyues, g there myssed 
nothinge, nether small ner greate, nether 
sonnes ner doughters, ner spoyles : and what 
so euer they had taken, Dauid broughte all 
agayne. And Dauid toke the shepe and oxe, 



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and droue f catell before him. And they 
sayde : This is Dauids spoyle. 

And whan Dauid came to the two hundreth 
men, which had bene slowe to folowe after 
Dauid, and abode at the ryuer of Besor, they 
wente forth to mete Dauid, and the people 
y was with him. And Dauid came to the 
people, and saluted them frendly. 

Then answered soch men as were euell g 
Belials men (amonge them that had gone with 
Dauid) and sayde: Seynge they wente not 
with vs, they shal haue none of the spoyles 
that we haue rescued : but let euery ma take 
his wife g his children and be goynge. 

Then sayde Dauid : Ye shall not do so (my 
brethren) with that which y LORDE hath 
geuen vs, and hath preserued vs, and delyuered 
these men of warre (which were come agaynst 
vs) in to oure hades. Who shulde c5sente 
vnto you herin ? like as the porcion is of them 
that wente downe to the battayll, so shal y 
porcion be of them also that a bode with the 
stuffe, g shalbe deuyded a lyke. 

From that tyme forth hath this bene an 
ordinaunce g lawe in Israel vnto this daye. 
And whan Dauid came to Siclag, he sent of 
the spoyle vnto the Elders in Iuda his negh- 
bours, and sayde : Beholde, there haue ye the 
blessynge out of the spoyle of the enemies of 
the LORDE, namely vnto them of Bethel, 
vnto them at Ramath in the south, vnto them 
at Iathir, vnto them at Aroer, vnto them at 
Siphamoth, vnto them at Eschemoa, vnto 
them at Rachal, vnto them in the cities of the 
Ierahmielites, vnto them in the cities of the 
Kenites, vnto them at Horma, vnto the at 
Borasan, vnto the at Atach, vnto them at 
Hebron, and vnto all the places where Dauid 
had walked with his men. 



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UT f *Philistynes foughte against Israel, 
and the men of Israel fled before the 



Philistynes, and fell downe smytten vpon the 
mount Gilboa. And the Philistynes preassed 
vpon Saul and his sonnes, and slewe Ionathas, 
g Abinadab and Malchisua the sonnes of Saul. 
And the battayll was sore agaynst Saul, g the 
archers fell vpon him with bowes, and he was 
sore wounded of the archers. 

Then sayde Saul vnto his wapebearer : 
Drawe out thy swerde, and thrust it thorow 
me, that these vncircumcised come not and 
slaie me, and make a laughinge stocke of me 
Neuertheles his wapenbearer wolde not, for 
he was sore afrayed. Then toke Saul f 
swerde, and fell therin. Now whan his wapen- 
bearer sawe that Saul was deed, he fell also 
vpon his swerde, and dyed with him. Thus 
dyed Saul and his thre sonnes, g his wapen- 
bearer, and all his men together the same 
daye. 

Whan y men of Israel which were beyonde 
the valley, and beyonde Iordane, sawe, y the 
men of Israel were fled, and that Saul and 
his sonnes were deed, they lefte y cities, and 
fled also. Then came the Philistynes, g 
dwelt therin. 

t On the nexte daye came the Philistynes 
to spoyle y slayne, and founde Saul and his 
thre sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gilboa, and 
smote of his heade, and toke of his harnesse. 
and sent it in to the lande of the Philistynes 
rounde aboute, to shewe it in the house of 
their Idols, and amonge the people, g layed 
his harnesse in y house of Astaroth : but his 
body hanged they vp vpo the wall of Bethsan 
Whan they of Iabes in Gilead herde, what 
the Philistynes had done vnto Saul, they gat 
them vp, as many as were men of armes, and 
wente all the nighte, and toke y body of Saul 
and the bodies of his sonnes from y wall of 
Bethsan, broughte the to Iabes, tand brent 
them there, and toke their bones, and buried 
them vnder y tre at Iabes, g fasted seue 
dayes. 

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Chap. I. 
The death of Saul is shewed vnto Dauid, which 
mourneth for him. 

Chap. II. 
Dauid is anoynted kynge of the men of Iuda. 
Abner goeth aboute to make Iszboseth Sauls 
sonne kynge of Israel. 

Chap. III. 
Discorde betwixte the house of Dauid and Saul. 
Abner lyeth with Sauls concubyne, is reproued 
therfore, and falleth vnto Dauid. Ioab stycketh 
Abner. 

Chap. IIII. 
Iszboseth is stickte of traitours whom Dauid 
putteth to death. 

CI)ap. V. 
Dauid taketh in all the kyngdome, and ouer- 
cornmeth the Philistynes on euery syde. 

Chap. VI. 
Dauid causeth the Arke of the LORDE to be 
caried out of Abinadabs house in to the house 
of Obed Edo. Vsa is punyshed for touchinge 
it. Dauid carieth it in to his cite. 

Cljap. VII. 
Dauid is forbydde to buylde an house vnto the 
LORDE, vnto whom he geueth thankes. 

Chap. VIII. 
Dauid subdueth the Philistynes and other mo 
aboute him 

Ctiap. IX. 
Dauid sheweth fauoure to Sauls kinred, and doth 
the good for Ionathas sake. 



Cljap. X. 
Dauid sendeth messaungers to the kynge of the 
Ammonites, which putteth the to shame : 
wherfore Dauid goeth agaynst them, and wyn- 
neth the victory of them two tymes. 

Chap. XI. 
Dauid cSmitteth aduoutry with Bethseba, and 
causeth hir huszbade be slayne. 

Cljap. XII. 
The prophet Nathan rebuketh Dauid, which 
knowlegeth his synne, and requyreth mercy. 
His sonne dyeth. 

Chap. XIII. 

Amnion defyleth Thamar, therfore Absalom slay- 
eth him. 

Chap. XIIII. 
Ioab reconcyleth Absalom vnto his father with 
suttyltie. Absalom sendeth for Ioab, and be- 
cause he cometh not to him, he burneth vp his 
corne. 

Cf)ap. XV. 
Absalo seketh his fathers kyngdome. Dauid 
flyeth with his men. 

CJjap. XVI. 

Dauid geueth Siba all the good of Mephiboseth : 
Semei curseth and blasphemeth Dauid. Ab- 
salom lyeth with his fathers concubynes. 

Chap. XVII. 
The LORDE turneth the councell of Achitophel. 
The councell of Chusai goeth forth. 

Chap. XVIII. 

Dauids hoost wynneth the victory. Absalom is 
slayne. Dauid his father is soroufull. 



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Chap. XIX. 

Ioab rebuketh the kinge for his moumynge. 
Israel flyeth in to their tetes. Iuda cleueth 
vnto Dauid. Semei and Mephiboseth optayne 
fauoure. Barsillai sheweth the kynge greate 
frendshippe. 

Chap. XX. 

Seba maketh an vproure, and deuydeth Israel 
from Dauid. Ioab stycketh Amasa. Ioab 
foloweth vpon Seba, and laieth sege vnto him 
in Abela. 

Cijap. XXI. 

A greate honger. Sauls childre are geue vnto the 
Gibeonites. Dauid fighteth agaynst the Phi- 
listynes. 



Chap. XXII. 

Dauid prayseth the LORDE with a songe of 
thankesgeuynge, because he delyuered him out 
of the hande of Saul and other enemies. 



Chap. XXIII. 

The last wordes of Dauid. The names of the 
Worthies are rehearsed. 



Chap. XXIIII. 

Dauid n5breth the people, and displeaseth the 
LORDE, which plageth his londe with the 
pestilence. 



Che first Chapter. 

AFTER y death of Saul whan Dauid 
was come agayne from the " slaughter of 
y Amalechites, and had remayned two dayes 
at Siclag, beholde, on the thirde daye there 
came a man out of Sauls hoost, with his 
clothes rente, and earth vpon his heade. And 
whan he came vnto Dauid, he fell downe to 
the grounde, and worshipped. Dauid sayde 
vnto him : Whence commest thou ? He sayde 
vnto him : Out of the hoost of Israel am I 
fled. Dauid sayde vnto him : Tell me, what 
is the matter ? He sayde : the people is fled 
from the battayll, and many of the people are 
fallen : Yee and Saul also is deed and his 
sonne Ionathas. Dauid sayde vnto the yonge 
ma that brought him this worde : How know- 
est thou that Saul and Ionathas his sonne are 
deed? The yonge man y tolde him this, 
sayde : I came by chaunce vnto mount Gel 
boa, and beholde, Saul leaned vpon his speare, 
j the charettes and horsme folowed harde 
after him: and he turned him aboute, and 
sawe me, and called me. And I sayde : 
Here, am I. And he sayde vnto me : What 
art thou ? I sayde vnto him : I am an Ama- 
lechite. And he saide vnto me: Come to 
me, and kyll me, for anguysh hath gotten 
holde of me : for my life is yet whole within 
me. Then stepte I to him and slewe him, 
for I knowe well that he coulde not lyue after 
his fall. And I toke the crowne from his 

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heade, and the armelet fro his arme, and haue 
broughte it here vnto y my lorde. Then 
toke Dauid holde of his clothes, * and rente 
them, and so dyd all the me that were with 
him, j mourned, and wepte, and fasted vntyll 
the euen, ouer Saul j Ionathas his sonne, and 
ouer the people of the LORDE, and ouer 
the house of Israel, because they were fallen 
thorow the swerde. 

And Dauid sayde to the yonge man that 
broughte him worde : What art thou ? He 
sayde : I am y sonne of a straunger an Ama- 
lechite. Dauid sayde : How happeneth it 
that thou wast not afrayed to laye thine hade 
vpon the LORDES anointed to destroye 
him? And Dauid sayde vnto one of his 
yonge men : Come hither, and slaye him. And 
he smote him that he dyed. Then sayde 
Dauid vnto him : Thy bloude be vpon thyne 
owne heade. t For thy mouth hath spoken 
against thyselfe and sayde : I haue slayne 
the anoynted of the LORDE. And Dauid 
mourned this lamentacion ouer Saul and Io- 
nathas his sonne, and commaunded to teach 
the childre of Iuda the bowe. Beholde, it is 
wrytten in the boke of the righteous. 

The Eldest in Israel are slayne vpon the 
heigth of the. How are the Worthies falle ? 

t Tell it not at Gath : speake not of it in 
f stretes at Ascalon : lest the doughters of " 
Philistynes reioyse, lest the doughters of y 
vncircumcysed tryumphe. 

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rayne come vpo you, nether lode be wherof 
commeth Heueofferynges : for there is f 
shylde of the Worthies smytten downe, the 
shylde of Saul, as though he had not bene 
anoynted with oyle. 

*The bowe of Ionathas fayled not, and 
tthe swerde of Saul came not agayne voyde 
from the bloude of the slayne, and fro the fat 
of the giauntes. 

Saul and Ionathas louely and pleasaut in 
their lyfe, and in their deeth were not parted 
asunder: lighter then Aegles, and stronger 
then lyons. 

Ye doughters of Israel wepe ouer Saul 
which clothed you with purple in pleasures, 
and decked you with Iewels of golde on youre 
garmentes. 

How are the Worthies fallen so in the bat- 
tayll ? Ionathas is slayne vpon f heigth of the. 

I am sory for the my brother Ionathas : 
thou hast bene very louely vnto me : Thy 
loue hath bene more speciall vnto me, then 
the loue of wemen. 

How are the Worthies fallen, and y wea- 
pens destroyed? 

Che rj. Chapter. 

AFTER these actes Dauid t axed at the 
LORDE, and sayde : Shall I go vp 
in to one of the cities of Iuda? And the 
LORDE sayde vnto him: Go vp. Dauid 
sayde : Whither ? He sayde : Vnto Hebron. 
So Dauid wente thither with his two wyues, 
Ahinoam the Iesraelitisse, and Abigail Na- 
bals wyfe of Carmel. And Dauid broughte 
vp the men that were with him also, euery 
one with his housholde, and they dwelt in the 
cities of Hebron. And y men of Iuda came, 
and there they anointed him kynge ouer the 
house of Iuda. 

And wha it was tolde Dauid, § that they of 
Iabes in Gilead had buried Saul, he sent 
messaungers vnto them, sayenge : Blessed be 
ye of the LORDE, that ye haue done soch 
mercy vpon youre lorde Saul, and haue buried 
him. The LORDE therfore shewe mercy 
now and faithfulnes vpon you. And because 
ye haue done this, I also wyll do you good. 
Let youre hade now therfore be comforted, 
and be ye stronge: for though Saul youre 
lorde be deed, yet hath the house of Iuda 
chosen me to be kynge ouer them. 

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But Abner the sonne of Ner, which was 
Sauls chefe captayne, toke Iszboseth the sonne 
of Saul, and broughte him thorow the hoost 
and made him kynge ouer Gilead, Assuri, 
Iesrael, Ephraim, Ben Iamin and ouer all 
Israel. And Iszboseth the sonne of Saul was 
fourtye yeare olde, whan he was made kynge 
of Israel, j he raigned two yeares. But the 
house of Iuda helde with Dauid : II The tyme 
y Dauid was kynge at Hebron ouer the house 
of Iuda, was seuen yeare and sixe monethes 
longe. 

And Abner the sonne of Ner wete forth 
with the seruauntes of Iszboseth the sonne of 
Saul, out of f hoost vnto Gibeon. And Ioab 
the sonne of Zeru la wete forth with Dauids 
seruauntes, and they met together by the pole 
at Gibeon, and these laye on the one syde of 
the pole, the other on the other syde. And 
Abner sayde vnto Ioab: Let the yonge me 
get them vp, and playe before vs. Ioab sayde : 
Let them aryse. Then gat they them vp, (j 
wente in nombre twolue of Ben Iamin on 
Iszboseth Sauls sonnes syde, and twolue of 
Dauids seruauntes. And euery one gat another 
by the heade, and thrust his swerde in his 
syde, and fell together : therfore is the place 
called Helkath hazurim (that is, the felde of 
the Worthies) which is at Gibeon. 

And there arose a sore harde battayll the 
same daye. But Abner and the men of Israel 
were put to flighte of Dauids seruauntes. 
Thre sonnes of Zeru la were there, Ioab, 
Abisai j Asahel. As for Asahel, he was lighte 
of fete as a Roo in f felde, (t folowed after 
Abner, and turned not asyde nether to the 
righte hande ner to y lefte from Abner. 
Then Abner turned him aboute, and sayde : 
Art thou Asahel ? He sayde : Yee. Abner 
sayde vnto him : Go thy waye ether to the 
righte hande or to the lefte, and get the one 
of f yonge men, and take his harnesse from 
him. Neuertheles he wolde not leaue of fro 
him. Then sayde Abner agayne to Asahel : 
Get the awaye fro me, why wilt thou that I 
smyte the to the grounde ? and how darre I 
lifte vp my face before thy brother Ioab? 
Howbeit he wolde not go his waye. 

Then Abner thrust him in with a speare 
in to his bely, so that the speare wete out 
behynde him. And there he fell and dyed 
before him : and who so came to the place 



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where Asahel laye deed, stode styll there. 
But Ioab and Abisai Mowed vpon Abner, 
till the sonne wente downe. And whan they 
came to f hyll of Amma, which lieth before 
Giah, by f waye to the wildernes of Gibeon, 
the children of Ben Iamin gathered them 
selues together behynde Abner, and grewe to a 
multitude, and stode vpon the toppe of an hyll. 

And Abner called vnto Ioab, and sayde : 
Shal the swerde the deuoure without ende ? 
Knowest thou not, that it wyll be bytter at 
the last ? How longe wil it be or thou saie 
vnto the people, that they leaue of from their 
brethre ? Ioab sayde : As truly as God lyueth 
yf thou haddest sayde thus daye in the morn- 
inge, the people had ceassed euery one from 
his brother. And Ioab blewe the trompet, (j 
all the people stode still, and Mowed nomore 
vpon Israel, nether foughte they eny more. 

Abner and his men wente all that same 
night ouer the playne felde, and passed ouer 
Iordane, & walked thorow all Bithron, and 
came to the tentes. Ioab turned him from 
Abner, and gathered all y people together. 
And of Dauids seruauntes there myssed nyne- 
tene men, and Asahel. But Dauids seruaiites 
had smytten so amonge Ben Iamin and the 
men of Abner, that thre hundreth and thre 
score men were deed. And they toke vp 
Asahel, and buried him in his fathers graue 
at Bethleem. And Ioab with his men wete 
all that nighte : and at the breake of the daie 
they came vnto Hebron. 

Cfie ttj. Chapter. 

A ND there was a longe battayll betwene 
j\ the house of Saul and the house of 
Dauid. But Dauid wente and increased, and 
the house of Saul wente and mynished. And 
vnto Dauid were children borne at Hebron. 
His firstborne sonne Amnion of Ahinoam the 
Iesraelitisse : the seconde Chileab of Abigail 
the wyfe of Nabal of Carmel: the thirde 
Absalon the sonne of Maacha the doughter of 
Thalm.ai kynge of Gessur : the fourth Adonia 
the sonne of Hagith : the fyfth Saphatia the 
sonne of Abital: y sixte Iethream of Egla 
Dauids wife. These were borne vnto Dauid 
at Hebron. 

Now whan it was warre betwene the house 
of Saul (j the house of Dauid, Abner strengthed 
Sauls house. And Saul had had a concubyne, 

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whose name was Rispa the doughter of Aia. 
And Iszboseth sayde vnto Abner : Wherfore 
liest thou with my fathers concubyne ? 

Then was Abner very wroth at these wordes 
of Iszboseth, and sayde : Am I a dogges heade 
then, that I agaynst Iuda do mercy vnto the 
house of Saul thy father, and vnto his brethren 
and kynsfolkes ? and haue not delyuered the 
in to y hande of Dauid, and thou layest a 
trespace to my charge this daye for a womans 
sake ? God do Abner this and that, yf I do 
not *as the LORDE hath sworne vnto Dauid, 
that the kyngdome maye be taken fro the 
house of Saul, and y seate of Dauid set vp 
ouer Israel and Iuda, from Dan vnto Berseba. 
Then coulde he not answere him one worde 
agayne, he feared him so. 

And Abner sent messaungers vnto Dauid, 
sayenge : Whose is the londe ? And sayde : 
Make thy couenaunt with me. Beholde, my 
hande shall be with the, to turne all Israel 
vnto the. 

He sayde : Wei, I wyll make a couenaunt 
with the, but one thynge I desyre of the, that 
thou se not my face, excepte thou brynge 
me first Michol Sauls doughter, whan thou 
commest to se my face. Dauid sent mes- 
saungers also vnto Iszboseth the sonne of 
Saul, sayenge : t Geue me my wyfe Michol, 
whom I maried with an hundreth foreszkinnes 
of the Philistynes. Iszboseth sent, and caused 
for to take her from the man tPalthiel the 
sonne of Lais. And hir huszbande wente with 
her, and wepte behynde her vnto Bahurim. 
Then sayde Abner vnto him: Turne backe 
agayne, and go thy waye. And he turned 
backe agayne. 

And Abner talked with the Elders in Israel, 
and sayde : Youre myndes haue bene set afore 
tyme and longe a goo vpon Dauid, that he 
mighte be kynge ouer you, do it now therfore, 
for f LORDE hath sayde of Dauid : I wil 
delyuer my people of Israel by the hade of 
Dauid my seruaunt, from the hande of the 
Philistynes, and from the hande of all their 
enemies. 

Abner spake also before the eares of Ben 
Iamin, and wente to speake before the eares 
of Dauid at Hebron all that Israel and the 
whole house of Ben Iamin was contente withall. 
Now whan Abner came to Hebron vnto Dauid, 
and twety men with him, Dauid made them a 

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feast. And Abner sayde vnto Dauid : I wyll 
get me vp, and go gather all Israel together 
to my lorde the kynge, and that they maye 
make a couenaunt with the, that thou mayest 
be kynge, at thy soules desyre. 

So Dauid let Abner go from him in peace. 
And beholde, Dauid seruaiites and Ioab came 
from the men of warre, and broughte a greate 
spoyle with them. And Abner was not now 
with Dauid at Hebron, for he had sent him 
from him, so that he was gone his waye in peace. 

But whan Ioab and all the hoost with him 
was come, it was tolde him that Abner the 
sonne of Ner came to the kynge, and how he 
had sent him fro him, so that he was gone his 
waye in peace. Then wente Ioab in to the 
kynge, and sayde : What hast thou done ? 
Beholde, Abner came to the, why hast thou 
sent him from the, that he is gone his waye ? 
Knowest thou not Abner the sonne of Ner? 
For he came to the to disceaue the, that he 
mighte knowe thy outgoynge, and ingoynge, 
and to spie out all that thou doest. And whan 
Ioab wente out from Dauid, he sent messaugers 
after Abner, to fetch him agayne from Bohar- 
sira, and Dauid knewe not therof. Now whan 
Abner came agayne vnto Hebron, Ioab brought 
him in to y middes vnder f gate, to talke with 
him secretly, and thrust him there in to f 
bely that he dyed, because of his brother 
Asahels bloude. 

Whan Dauid knewe of it therafter, he sayde : 
I am vngiltye, and so is my kyngdome for euer 
before the LORDE concernynge the bloude 
of Abner y sonne of Ner : but vpon the heade 
of Ioab fall it, and vpon all his fathers house, 
and in the house of Ioab there ceasse not one 
to haue a renninge yssue and a leprosy, and 
to go vpon a staffe, and fall thorow the swerde, 
and to haue scarnesse of bred. Thus Ioab 
and his brother Abisai slewe Abner, * because 
he had slayne their brother Asahel in the 
battaill at Gibeon. 

Dauid sayde vnto Ioab and to all f people 
y was with him : Rente youre clothes, and 
gyrde sack cloth aboute you, and make la- 
mentacion for Abner. And the kynge wente 
after the Bere. And whan they buryed Abner 
at Hebron, the kynge lifte vp his voyce, and 
wepte besyde Abners gi-aue, and all the people 
wepte also. 

And the kynge mourned for Abner, and 



sayde : Abner is not deed as a foole dyeth. 
Thy handes were not bounde, thy fete were 
not vexed with fetters, thou art fallen as a 
man falleth before wicked vnthriftes. Then 
all the people bewayled him yet more. 

Now whan all the people came in to eate 
with Dauid, whyle it was yet hye daye, Dauid 
sware, and sayde : God do this and that vnto 
me, yf I taist ether bred or oughte els afore 
the Sone go downe. And all y people knewe 
it, and it pleased them well all that f kynge 
dyd in the sighte of all the people. And all 
the people and all Israel perceaued the same 
daye, that it came not of the kynge, that 
Abner the sonne of Ner was slayne. And the 
kynge sayde vnto his seruauntes : Knowe ye 
not that this daye a prynce and a greate man 
is fallen in Israel ? As for me, I am yet but 
tender and anoynted kynge. But the men 
the children of Zeru la are to harde for me. 
The LORDE recompence him that doth 
euell, acordinge to his wickednes. 

Wfyt Hi). Chapter. 

WHAN Sauls sonne herde y Abner was 
deed at Hebron, his hades were feble, 
(j all Israeli was sory. But there were two 
men captaynes ouer the soudyers vnder the 
sonne of" Saul, the one was called Baena, the 
other Rehob, sonnes of Rimon y Berothite, 
of the childre of Ben Iamin : for Beroth was 
coiited also in Ben Iamin. And the Be- 
rothites were fled vnto Gethaim, a were 
straugers there vnto this daye. Ionathas also 
the sonne of Saul had a sonne which was 
lame on his fete, j was fyue yeare olde whan 
the rumoure of Saul and Ionathas came from 
Iesrael. And his norse toke him, and fled. 
And whyle she made haist and fled, he fell, 
and was lame : And his name was Mephiboseth. 
Then wente the sonnes of Rimon y Be- 
rothite, Rehob (5 Baena, (t came to the house 
of Iszboseth, in the heate of the daye, 5 he 
laye vpo his bed at the noone daie. And 
they came in to the house to fetch wheate, 5 
thrust him in the bely, & gat them awaye. 
For wha. they came in to f house, he laye 
vpo his bed in his chamber, 5 they stickte him 
to death, & smote of his heade, and toke his 
heade, and departed by the waye of the playne 
felde all that nighte, and broughte the heade 
of Isboseth to Dauid vnto Hebron, and sayde 
vnto the kynge : Beholde, there is the heade 



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of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul thine enemye, 
which layed wayte for thy soule. This daye 
hath the LORDE auenged my lorde the 
kynge of Saul and his sede. 

Then answered Dauid vnto Rehob and 
Baena his brother, y sonnes of Rimon f Be- 
rothite, g sayde: As truly as the LORDE 
lyueth, which hath deliuered my soule out of 
all trouble, *I toke him y brought me worde 
and sayde : Saul is deed, and he thoughte he 
had bene a good messaunger, and at Siclag I 
put him to death, vnto whom I shulde haue 
geuen a rewarde for his message. And these 
vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous 
man in his owne house vpon his bed. Yee 
shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre 
handes, and take you awaye from f earth? 
And Dauid commaunded his yonge men, 
which slewe them, and smote of their handes 
and fete, and hanged them vp by y pole at 
Hebron. But the heade of Iszboseth toke they, 
and buried it tin Abners graue at Hebron. 

Wfyt &. Chapter. 

A ND all the trybes of Israel came to 
J^\_ Dauid vnto Hebron, and sayde : t Be- 
holde, we are thy bone and thy flesh. And 
afore tyme wha Saul was kynge ouer vs, thou 
leddest Israel out and in. So the LORDE 
hath sayde : Thou shalt kepe my people of 
Israel, and shalt be the duke ouer Israel. 
And all the Elders in Israel came to y kynge 
vnto Hebron. And kynge Dauid made a 
couenaunt with them at Hebron before y 
LORDE. And they anoynted Dauid to be 
kynge ouer Israel. Thyrtie yeare olde was 
Dauid whan he was made kynge, and reigned 
fortye yeares. §At Hebron raigned he seue 
yeares and sixe monethes ouer Iuda: but at 
Ierusalem he reigned thre and thirtie yeares 
ouer all Israel and Iuda. 

And the kynge wente with his men to 
Ierusalem, agaynst the Iebusites, which dwelt 
in the londe. Neuertheles they sayde vnto 
Dauid : Thou shalt not come hither but the 
blynde and lame shal dryue y awaie. (They 
thoughte planely, that Dauid shulde not come 
in.) Howbeit Dauid wanne the castell of 
Sion, which is the cite of Dauid. Then sayde 
Dauid the same daye : II Who so euer smyteth 
the Iebusites, and optayneth the perquellies, 



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the lame g the blynde, which (Iebusites) 
Dauids soule hateth. Herof cdmeth the pro- 
uerbe: "Let no blynde ner lame come in to 
the house. So Dauid dwelt in f castell, and 
called it the cite of Dauid. And Dauid 
builded roude aboute fro Millo and within. 
And Dauid grewe, g the LORDE the God 
Zebaoth was with him. 

And Hiram the kynge of Tyre sent mes- 
saungers vnto Dauid, *and Ceder trees for 
walles, and Carpenters, and Masons, to builde 
Dauid an house. And Dauid knewe, that 
the LORDE had confyrmed him kynge ouer 
Israel, and exalted his kingdome for his peo- 
ple of Israels sake. And Dauid toke yet mo 
wyues and concubynes at Ierusalem, after he 
was come from Hebron, and there were yet 
mo sonnes g doughters borne vnto him. 1f And 
these are the names of them that were borne 
vnto him at Ierusalem: Samma, Sobab, Na- 
than, Salomon, Iebehar, Elisua, Nepheg, 
Iaphia, Elisama, Eliada, Eliphalet. 

And whan the Philistines herde that Dauid 
was anoynted kinge ouer Israel, they wete vp 
all to seke Dauid. Whan Dauid perceaued 
that, he wete downe in to a castell. But the 
Philistynes came and scatered them selues 
beneth in the valley of Rephaim. **And 
Dauid axed at the LORDE, and sayde: Shal 
I go vp agaynst the Philistynes ? and wylt 
thou delyuer them in to my hande ? The 
LORDE sayde vnto Dauid: Go vp, I wyll 
delyuer the Philistynes in to thy hande. 

And Dauid came vnto Baal Prazim, and 
smote the there, and sayde: The LORDE 
hath deuyded myne enemies, euen as the wa- 
ters parte asunder : therfore is the same place 
called Baal Prazim. And they lefte their 
ymages there, but Dauid and his men caried 
the awaye. 

Neuerthelesse the Philistynes wente vp 
agayne, and scatered them selues beneth in 
the valley of Rephaim. And Dauid axed at 
the LORDE. The LORDE sayde : Thou 
shalt go vp, but compase them behinde, that 
thou mayest be vpon them ouer agaynst the 
Peer trees : and whan thou hearest vpon the 
toppe of the Peertrees, the sounde of the 
goinge be bolde, for then is the LORDE 
gone forth before the, to smyte the hoost of 
the Philistines. Dauid dyd as the LORDE 



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commaunded him and smote the Philistynes 
from Geba, tyll thou commest vnto Gaser. 

Cfie bi. Chapter. 

AND Dauid gathered agayne all the yonge 
chosen men in Israel, a euen thi - e thou- 
sande, and gat him vp, and wente with all the 
people that was with him of the citesins of 
Iuda, to fetch vp the Arke of God from 
thence: whose name is: The name of the 
LORDE Zebaoth dwelleth theron betwene 
the Cherubins. *And they caused the arke 
of God to be caried vpo a new cart, tand 
fetched it out of y house of Abinadab, which 
dwelt at Gibea. Vsa and Ahio the sonnes of 
Abinadab droue f new cart. And whan they 
broughte it with the Arke from the house of 
Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea, Ahio wente 
before the Arke : and Dauid and all the house 
of Israel played before the LORDE, with all 
maner of instrumentes of Pine tre, with harpes, 
and Psalteries, and tabrettes, and belles, and 
Cymbals. 

$ And whan they came to the barnefloore of 
Nahon, Vsa stretched out his hande, §and 
helde the Arke of God, for the oxen wete out 
asyde. Then waxed the wrath of the LO RDE 
fearce agaynst Vsa, and God smote him there 
because of his presumpcio, so that he dyed 
there besyde the Arke of God. Then was 
Dauid sory, because the LORDE had made 
soch a rente vpon Vsa, and he called the same 
place Perez Vsa vnto this daye. And Dauid 
feared the LORDE the same daie, and sayde : 
How shall the Arke of the LORDE come 
vnto me ? And he wolde not let it be broughte 
to him in to the cite of Dauid, but caused it 
be brought in to y house of Obed Edom the 
Gathite. And whan the Arke of the LORDE 
had contynued thre monethes in the house of 
Obed Edom the Gathite, the LORDE blessed 
him and all his house. 

And it was tolde kynge Dauid, that the 
LORDE had blessed the house of Obed Edo 
and all that he had because of the Arke of 
God. II Then wente he, and fetched vp the 
Arke of God out of y house of Obed Edom in 
to the cite of Dauid with ioye. And wha they 
were gone sixe steppes in with the Arke of 
the LORDE, they offered an oxe and a fat 
shepe. And Dauid daunsed with all his mighte 
before the LORDE, and was girded with an 

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ouerbody cote of lynne. And Dauid with all 
Israel brought vp y Arke of the LORDE 
with tabrettes and trompettes. 

And whan the Arke of the LORDE came 
in to the cite of Dauid, Michol the doughter 
of Saul loked out at a window, and sawe kynge 
Dauid leapynge, sprynginge and dausynge 
before the LORDE, and despysed him in hir 
hert. But whan they brought in f Arke of 
the LORDE, they set it in hir place in the 
myddes of the Tabernacle, which Dauid had 
pitched for it. And Dauid offred burnt offer- 
ynges and deed offerynges before y LORDE. 
And whan Dauid had made an ende of offer- 
ynge the burntofferynges and deedofferynges, 
he blessed the people in the name of the 
LORDE Zebaoth, and dealte out vnto all 
the people, and to the multitude of Israel, 
both to man g woma, vnto euery one a cake 
of bred, and a pece of flesh, and a meeee of 
potage. Then wente all the people their 
waye, euery one vnto his house. 

Whan Dauid came agayne to blesse his 
house, Michol the doughter of Saul wente 
forth to mete him, and sayde : How glorious 
hath the kynge of Israel bene to daye, which 
hath vncouered himselfe before the maydes 
of his seruauntes, like as the rascall people 
discouer them selues. But Dauid saide vnto 
Michol : I wil playe before f LORDE, which 
hath chosen me afore thy father, and afore all 
his house, because he hath commaunded me 
to be the prynce ouer the people of the 
LORDE, euen ouer Israel, and yet wyl I be 
vyler then so, and wyll be lowe in myne owne 
sighte: and with the maydens wherof thou 
hast spoken, wyll I be honoured. As for 
Michol the doughter of Saul, she had no 
childe vnto the daye of hir death. 

Che bi). Chapter. 

NOW whan the kynge sat in his house, 
IT and the LORDE had geuen him rest 
from all his enemies on euery syde, he sayde 
vnto the prophet Nathan : Beholde, I dwell 
in a house of Cedre, and the Arke of God 
dwelleth amonge the curtaynes. Nathan 
sayde vnto the kynge : Go thy waye, what so 
euer thou hast in thine hert, y do : for the 
LORDE is with the. But the same nighte 
came y worde of the LORDE vnto Nathan, 
I sayde : Go g speake to my seruaiit Dauid : 

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Thus sayeth f LORDE : Shalt thou buylde 
me an house to dwell in ? I haue dwelt in 
no house sence the daye that I broughte the 
children of Israel vnto this daye, but haue 
walked in the Tabernacle and Habitacion, 
whither so euer I wente with the children of 
Israel. Dyd I euer speake to eny of the 
trybes of Israel (whom I commaunded to kepe 
my people of Israel) g sayde : Wherfore do ye 
not buylde me an house of Ceder wodd ? 

So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt 
Dauid : Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth : 
*I toke the from the pasture whan thou 
wentest behynde the shepe, y thou shuldest 
be f prynce ouer my people of Israel, 5 haue 
bene with the whither so euer thou wentest, g 
haue roted out all thine enemies before the, g 
haue made the a greate name, acordinge to 
the name of the greate men vpon earth. And 
for my people of Israel I wyll appoynte a 
place, and wyll plante them, that they maye 
remayne there, nomore to be remoued, and y 
the childre of wickednes oppresse them no- 
more, like as afore, and sence the tyme that I 
ordeyned Iudges ouer my people of Israel. 
And I wyll geue the rest from all thine 
enemies. And the LORDE sheweth the, 
that the LORDE wyl make the a house. 

t Now whan thy tyme is fulfylled y thou 
shalt slepe with thy fathers, I wil after y rayse 
vp thy sede, which shal come of thy body : his 
kyngdome wyl I stablishe, he shal buylde an 
house for my name, t and I wyll stablyshe y 
seate of his kyngdome for euer. § I wyll be 
his father, and he shall be my sonne. II Whan 
he doth a trespace, I wyll reproue him with 
the rodd of men and with the plages of f 
childre of men : But my mercy shal not be 
withdrawen fro him, as I haue withdrawe it 
fro Saul, wh5 I haue take awaye before the. 
As for thy house g thy kyngdome, it shal be 
stablished for euer before the, g thy seate shal 
endure fast for euermore. 

Whan Nathan had tolde all these wordes g 
all this vision vnto Dauid, kynge Dauid came 
and sat him downe before the LORDE, and 
sayde: O LORDE God, who am I? and 
what is my house, y thou hast broughte me 
thus farre? This O LORDE God hast 
thou thoughte to litle also, but hast spoken 
of the house of thy seruaunt yet loge for to 

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come. O LORDE God, is that the lawe 
of men ? 

And what shall Dauid speake vnto the? 
thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE God, 
for thy wordes sake and acordinge to thy hert 
hast thou done all these greate thinges, y thou 
mightest shewe the vnto thy seruaunt. Ther- 
fore art thou greatly magnified O LORDE 
God : f for there is none like the, g there is 
no God but thou, acordinge vnto all that we 
haue herde with oure eares. ** For where is 
there a people vpon earth as thy people of 
Israel ? For whose sake God wente to delyuer 
him a people, and to make him selfe a name, 
and to do them soch greate and terrible 
thinges in thy lode before thy people, ttwhom 
thou hast delyuered vnto thy selfe fro Egipte, 
from the people, and from their goddes. And 
thy people of Israel hast thou prepared the to 
be a people vnto thyne owne selfe for euer, 
and thou O LORDE art become their God. 

Stablish now f worde therfore for euer (O 
LORDE God) which thou hast spoke ouer 
thy seruaunt g ouer his house, g do acordinge 
as thou hast sayde. So shall thy name be 
greate for euer, so that it shal be sayde : The 
LORDE Zebaoth is the God ouer Israel, g 
the house of thy seruaunt Dauid shal be made 
sure before the. For thou LORDE Zebaoth, 
thou God of Israel hast opened the eare of 
thy seruaunt, and sayde : I wil buylde the an 
house. Therfore hath thy seruaunt founde 
his hert, to praye this prayer vnto the. tiNow 
LORDE God thou thy selfe art God, g thy 
wordes shal be the trueth. Thou hast spoken 
soch good ouer thy seruaunt. Begynne now 
therfore, and blesse thy seruauntes house, 
that it maye be before the for euer, for thou 
LORDE God thine awne selfe hast spoken 
it: and with thy blessynge shal thy seruauntes 
house be blessed for euer. 

Che bit). Chapter. 

AND it fortuned after this, y Dauid smote 
y Philistynes," and discomfited them, 
and toke the brydell of bondage out of the 
Philistynes hande. §§He smote the Moabites 
also to the grounde, so that he broughte two 
partes of them to death, and let one parte lyue. 
Thus the Moabites were subdued vnto Dauid, 
so y they broughte him giftes. 

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Dauid smote Hadad Eser also the sonne of 
Rehob kynge of Zoba, whan he wete to fetch 
his power agayne at y water Euphrates. And 
of them toke Dauid a thousande & seuen 
hundreth horsmen, and twenty thousande fote 
men, and lamed all the charettes, saue an 
hundreth which he kepte behynde. But the 
Siryans came from Damascon to helpe Hadad 
Eser kynge of Zoba. And Dauid smote two 
and twentye thousande men of the Syrians, 
and layed people vnto Damascus in Syria. 

Thus was Syria subdued vnto Dauid, so 
that they broughte him giftes : for y- LORDE 
helped Dauid whither so euer he wente. And 
Dauid toke y shyldes of golde, which Hadad 
Esers seruauntes had, and broughte them to Ie 
rusalem. But from Bethah u Berothai y cities 
of Hadad Eser toke Dauid very moch brasse. 
* Whan Thoi the kynge of Hemath herde, 
that Dauid had smytten all the power of 
Hadad Eser, he sent his sonne Ioram vnto 
Dauid to salute him frendly, (j to blesse him, 
because he had foughten with Adad Eser and 
smytten him (for Thoi had warre with Hadad 
Eser) and had Iewels with him of syluer, of 
golde, and of brasse : which kynge Dauid 
halowed also vnto f LORDE, with the syluer 
and golde which he sanctified vnto the 
LORDE from all the Heythe, whom he sub- 
dued, from Siria, fro Moab, from the childre 
of Ammon, from the Philistynes, fro Amalek, 
from the spoyle of Hadad Eser y sonne of 
Rehob kynge of Zoba. 

Dauid gat him selfe a name also whan he 
came, t and smote eightene thousande of f 
Sirians in y Salt valley. And he layed people 
in all Edomea, $ and all Edom was subdued 
vnto Dauid : for the LORDE helped Dauid, 
whither so euer he wente. Thus was Dauid 
kynge ouer all Israel. And he executed 
iudgmente and righteousnes vnto all y people. 
$ Ioab y sonne of Zeru la was captayne ouer 
the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was 
Chaunceler. Zadok the sonne of Achitob, a 
Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were prestes. 
Seraia was Scrybe. Benaia the sonne of 
Ioiada was ouer y Chrethians (j Plethians. 
And the sonnes of Dauid were II prestes. 

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AND Dauid sayde : Remayneth there yet 
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do mercy vpon him for Ionathas sake ? There 
was a seruaunt of Sauls house, named If Siba, 
whom they called vnto Dauid, & the kynge 
sayde vnto him : Art thou Siba ? He sayde 
Yee thy seruaunt. The kynge sayde: Is 
there yet eny man of Sauls house, f I maye 
do the mercy of God vpon him ? Siba sayde 
vnto the kynge: ** There is yet a sonne of 
Ionathas, lame on his fete. The kynge sayde 
vnto him : Where is he ? Siba sayde vnto y 
kynge : Beholde, he is at Ladober in f house 
of tt Machir y sonne of Ammuel. The sent 
kynge Dauid thither, <s caused for to fetch 
him from Lodaber out of f house of Machir 
the sonne of Ammuel. 

Now whan Mephiboseth the sonne of 
Ionathas the sonne of Saul came vnto Dauid, 
he fell vpon his face, ct worshiped him. Dauid 
sayde : Mephiboseth. He sayde : Here am 
I thy seruaunt. Dauid sayde vnto him: 
Feare not, for I wyll do mercy vpon the for 
thy father Ionathas sake, and wil restore vnto 
the all the londe of thy father Saul : but thou 
shalt eate bred daylie at my table. He wor- 
shiped and sayde : Who am I thy seruaunt, 
that thou turnest the to a deed dogg as I am ? 
Then the kynge called Siba y seruaunt of 
Saul, and sayde vnto him : All y hath be- 
longed vnto Saul & to all his house, haue I 
geuen to thy lordes sonne. Tyll his londe for 
him therfore, thou (t thy children g seruauntes, 
j brynge it in, y it maye be bred for thy lordes 
sonne, and y he maye enioye it : but Mephi- 
boseth thy lordes sonne shal eate bred daylie 
at my table. Siba had fyftene sonnes & twentye 
seruauntes. And Siba sayde vnto f kynge : 
Acordinge vnto all as my lorde the kynge hath 
commaunded his seruaunt, so shal his seruaunt 
do. And let Mephiboseth (sayde Dauid) 
eate at my table, as one of the kynges owne 
children. And Mephiboseth had a yoge 
sonne, whose name was Micha. But all y 
dwelt in the house of Siba, serued Mephibo- 
seth. As for Mephiboseth him selfe, he dwelt 
at Ierusalem : for he ate daylie at the kynges 
table *tand was lame on both his fete. 

€i)e r. Chapter. 

AND it fortuned after this, that f kynge 
of the children of Ammon dyed," g his 
sonne Hanun was kynge in his steade. Then 
sayde Dauid : I wyll do mercy vpon Hanun 

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the sonne of Nahas, as his father dyd mercy 
vpon me. And so he sent, and comforted 
him by his seruaiites ouer his fathers death. 
Now whan Dauids seruaiites came in to the 
londe of the children of Ammon, the mightie 
men of the children of Ammon sayde vnto 
Hanun their lorde : Thynkest thou it is for 
the honoure of thy father in thy sighte, y 
Dauid hath sent comforters vnto the ? Hath 
he not sent his seruauntes vnto f (thynkest 
thou) to spye and search out the cite and to 
ouerthrowe it? 

Then toke Hanun the seruauntes of Dauid. 
and shoue of the one halue of their beerdes. 
and cut of the halfe of their garmetes euen 
by the girdell, and so let them go. Wha this 
was tolde Dauid, he sent to mete them : for 
the men were put to greate shame. And the 
kynge caused to saye vnto them: Abyde at 
Iericho, tyll youre beerdes be growne, & then 
come agayne. 

Whan the childre of Ammon sawe that they 
stynked in the sighte of Dauid, they sent and 
hyred the Sirians of the house of Rehob, and 
the Sirians at Zoba euen twentye thousande 
fote men, and from the kynge of Maecha a 
thousande men, and from Istob twolue thou 
sande men. Whan Dauid herde that, he sent 
Ioab with all the hoost of y men of warre. 
And the children of Ammon wente forth, and 
prepared them selues to y battayll before the 
intraunce of the gate. But the Siryans of 
Soba, of Rehob, of Istob and of Maecha were 
alone in the felde. 

Now whan Ioab sawe that the battayll was 
set vpo him before and behynde, he chose of 
all the best yonge men in Israel, (j prepared 
him selfe agaynst the Syrians. And the resydue 
of the people put he vnder the hande of his 
brother Abisai, that he mighte prepare him 
agaynst the childre of Ammon. And sayde : 
Yf y- Syrians be to mightie for me, helpe thou 
me : but yf the children of Ammon be to 
mightie for the, I shal helpe the. Take a 
good corage vnto the, and let vs be stronge 
for oure people, and for y cite of oure God : 
neuertheles the LORDE do what pleaseth him. 

And Ioab made him forth with the people 
that was with him, to fighte agaynst the 
Syrians: and they fled before him. And 
whan the children of Ammon sawe that the 
Syrians fled, they fled also before Abisai, & 



wente in to the cite. So Ioab turned agayne 
from the children of Ammon, & came to 
Ierusalem. And whan the Syrians sawe y 
they were smytten before Israel, they came 
together. 

And Hadad Eser sent (j broughte out y 
Syrians beyonde the water, and conueyed their 
power in, j Sobath the chefe captayne of 
Hadad Eser wente before the. Whan this 
was tolde Dauid, he gathered all Israel together 
(t wente ouer Iordane, and came to Helam, q 
the Syrians prepared them selues against Dauid 
to fighte with him, howbeit the Syrians fled 
before Israel. And Dauid slewe of the Syrians 
seue hundreth charettes, & fortye thousande 
horsme, & Sobath the chefe captayne smote he 
also, so that he dyed there. Whan the kynges 
which were vnder Adad Eser, sawe, that they 
were smytten before Israel, they made peace 
with Israel, and were subdued vnto them. 
And the Syrians were afrayed to helpe the 
children of Ammon eny more. 

Cfte rt. Cfiapter. 

AND whan y yeare came aboute what 
tyme as y kynges vse to go forth, Dauid 
sent Ioab "and his seruaiites with him, and all 
Israel, to destroye the children of Ammon, 
and to laye sege vnto Rabba: but Dauid 
abode at Ierusalem. 

And aboute the euetyde it fortuned that 
Dauid arose from his restinge place, & wente 
vp to f toppe of the kynges palace, and from 
f toppe he sawe a woman *waszshinge hir 
selfe, and the woman was of a very fayre 
bewtye. And Dauid sent, and caused to axe 
what woman it was, and sayde : Is not that 
Bethseba the doughter of Eliam the wife of 
Vrias the Hethite? And Dauid sent mes- 
saugers, and caused for to fetch her. And 
wha she was come in vnto him, he laye with 
her. Neuertheles she halowed hir selfe from 
hir vnclennes, and turned agayne vnto hir 
house. And the woma. was with childe, and 
sent, and caused to tell Dauid and to saye : I 
am with childe. Dauid sent vnto Ioab (say- 
ege:) Sende me Vrias y Hethite. And Ioab 
sent Vrias vnto Dauid. And whan Vrias 
came to him, Dauid axed him yf it stode well 
with Ioab, and with the people and with the 
battayll. 

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to thy house, and wash thy fete. And whan 
Vrias wente out of the kynges palace, the 
kynges gifte folowed him. And Vrias layed 
him downe to slepe before the kynges palace 
gate, where all his lordes seruauntes laye, & 
wente not downe in to his house. Whan worde 
came to Dauid : Vrias is not gone downe in 
to his house, Dauid sayde vnto him : Camest 
thou not ouer the felde 'I Why wentest thou 
not downe in to thy house ? Vrias sayde vnto 
Dauid : The Arke and Israel cj Iuda abyde in 
the tentes : And Ioab my lorde and my lordes 
seruauntes lye in y felde, and shal I go in to 
my house to eate and drynke, and to lye with 
my wife? As truly as thou lyuest, and as 
truly as thy soule lyueth, I wyll not do this 
thinge. Dauid sayde vnto Vria : Abyde here 
then to daye, tomorow wil I let the go. So 
Vrias abode at Ierusalem the same daye, and 
the nexte also. And Dauid called him to eate 
& drynke before him, 5 made him dronken. 
And at euen he wente to lye him downe for 
to slepe vpon his couche with his lordes ser- 
uauntes, and wente not downe in to his house. 

On the morow wrote Dauid a letter vnto 
Ioab, (j sent it by Vrias. After this maner 
wrote he in the letter : Set Vrias in y sorest 
parte of y batayll, & turne you behynde him, 
y he maye be slayne. Now wha Ioab layed 
sege to the cite, he set Vrias in y place, where 
he knewe y the mightiest men of Armes were. 
And whan the men of the cite fell out and 
foughte agaynst Ioab, there fell certayne of f 
people of Dauids seruauntes. And Vrias the 
Hethite dyed also. 

Then sent Ioab, and caused to tell y kynge 
all the matter concernynge the battayll, and 
comaunded the messaunger, and sayde : Whan 
thou hast tolde y kynge all the matter con- 
cernynge the batayll, and seist that he is 
wroth, and yf the kynge saye vnto the : Wher- 
fore came ye so nye the cite with the batayll ? 
Knowe ye not how they vse to shute from the 
wall ? * Who smote Abimelech the sonne of 
Ierubaall ? Dyd not a woma cast a pece of a 
mylstone vp5 him from the wall, so that he 
dyed at Thebez ? Why came ye so nye the 
wall ? Then shalt thou saye : Thy seruaunt 
Vrias the Hethite is deed also. 

The messaunger wente his waye, and came 
and tolde Dauid all together, wherfore Ioab 
had sent him. And the messaunger sayde 



vnto Dauid : The men preuayled against vs. 
and fell out vnto vs in to y felde : and we were 
vpon them harde at the dore of y porte. And 
the archers shot from the wall vpon thy ser- 
uauntes, and slewe certayne of the kynges 
seruauntes: and thy seruaunt Vrias the Hethite 
is deed also. 

Dauid sayde vnto the messaunger: Thus 
shalt thou saye vnto Ioab : Let not y vexe 
the, for the swerde consumeth now one now 
another. Go forth with the battayll against 
the cite, that thou mayest destroye it, and 
coforte the men. And whan Vrias wife herde 
that Vrias was deed, she mourned for hir 
huszbande. But wha she had made an ende 
of mournynge, Dauid sent, and caused her be 
fetched vnto his palace, and she became his 
wyfe, and bare him a sonne. Neuertheles this 
dede y Dauid dyd, displeased the LORDE. 

Che nj. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE sent Nathan vnto 
Dauid. Whan he came to him, he tolde 
him : There were two men in one cite, the 
one riche, the other poore. The riche man 
had very many shepe and oxen : but the poore 
man had nothinge saue one litle shepe, which 
he had boughte, and norished it, so that it 
grewe vp with him and his children together 
It ate of his bred, and dranke of his cuppe, 
and slepte in his lappe, and he helde it as a 
dough ter. But whan there came a straunger 
vnto the riche man, he spared to take of his 
awne shepe (i oxen (to prepare oughte for the 
straunger that was come vnto him) and toke 
the poore mans shepe, and prepared it for the 
man that was come vnto him. 

The was Dauid wroth with greate displeasure 
agaynst that man, and sayde vnto Nathan : 
As truly as the LORDE lyueth, the man 
that hath done this, is the childe of death. 
tThe shepe also shal he make good foure 
folde, because he hath done soch a thinge, 
and not spared it. 

Then sayde Nathan vnto Dauid : Thou art 
euen the man. Thus sayeth the LORDE 
the God of Israel : $ I haue anoynted the to 
be kynge ouer Israel, and delyuered the out 
of the hande of Saul, and haue geuen the 
thy lordes house, and his wyues in to thy 
lappe, and the house of Israel and Iuda haue 
I geuen the : and yf that be to litle, I wyl 

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yet do this and that for the also. Wherfore 
hast thou then despysed the worde of the 
LORDE, to do soch euell in his sighte? 
Vrias the Hethite hast thou slayne with the 
swerde: His wife hast thou taken to be thy 
wyfe, but him hast thou slayne with y swerde 
of the children of Amnion. 

Now therfore shal not y swerde departe 
from thy house for euer, because thou hast 
despysed me, and taken the wife of Vrias the 
Hithite, to be thy wife. Thus sayeth the 
LORDE : Beholde, *I wyll rayse vp euell of 
thyne awne house, and wyll take thy wyues 
before thyne eyes, and wyl geue them vnto 
thy neghboure, so that he shall lye with thy 
wyues by Sonne lighte. For thou hast done 
it secretly, but I wyl do this in the sighte of all 
Israel, and by Sonne lighte. 

Then sayde Dauid vnto Nathan + 1 haue 
synned vnto the LORDE. Nathan sayde 
vnto Dauid: So hath the LORDE also taken 
awaye thy synne, thou shalt not dye. But 
for so moch as thou thorow this dede hast 
caused the enemies of the LORDE to blas- 
pheme, y sonne that is borne vnto the, shall 
dye the death. And Nathan wente home. 
As for the childe which Vrias wife bare vnto 
Dauid, the LORDE smote it, so that it was 
deedsicke. 

And Dauid besoughte God for the childe, 
and fasted, and wente in, and laie all nighte 
vpon the earth. Then rose the Elders of his 
house, and wolde haue taken him vp fro the 
grounde : neuertheles he wolde not, nether 
ate he with them. Vpon the seuenth daye f 
childe dyed. And Dauids seruauntes durst 
not tell him that the childe was deed. For 
they thoughte: Beholde, whan the childe 
was yet alyue, we spake vnto him, and he 
herkened not vnto oure voyce, How moch 
more shall it greue him, yf we saye : The 
childe is deed? And Dauid sawe that his 
seruauntes made a whisperinge together, and 
perceaued that the childe was deed, and sayde 
vnto his seruauntes: Is the childe deed? They 
sayde : Yee. Then rose Dauid vp from the 
earth, and waszshed him selfe, and anoynted 
him, and put on other garmentes, 5 wente in 
to the house of the LORDE, and worshipped. 

And whan he came agayne, he commaunded 
to set bred before him, and ate. Then sayde 
his seruauntes vnto him : What maner of 



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thinge is this that thou doest ? Whan the 
childe was alyue, thou fastedst and weptest : 
but now that it is deed, thou stodest vp and 
eatest ? He sayde : I fasted and wepte for 
the childe whan it was yet a lyue, for I 
thoughte : Who knoweth, peraduenture the 
LORDE maye be gracious vnto me, that the 
childe maye lyue. t But now that it is deed, 
wherfore shulde I fast? Can I fetch it 
agayne? I shal go vnto it, but it shall not 
come agayne vnto me. And whan Dauid had 
comforted Bethseba his wife, he wente in 
vnto her, and laye with her. § And she bare 
a sonne, whom he called Salomon. And the 
LORDE loued him. And he put him vnder 
the hade of Nathan y prophet, which called 
him Iedidia because of the LORDE. 

So Ioab foughte agaynst Rabba of y children 
of Ammon, and wanne the kynges cite, £ sent 
messaiigers vnto Dauid, (t caused to saye vnto 
him : II I haue foughte against Rabba, and 
haue wonne the water cite also. Gather thou 
therfore the residue of the people together, 
and laye sege to y cite, and wynne it, that I 
wynne it not, and haue the name therof. So 
Dauid gathered all y people together, and 
wente, & foughte agaynst Rabba, and wanne 
it, and toke their kynges crowne fro his heade 
(which in weight had a talente of golde, and 
precious stones) and was set vpon Dauids 
heade, and very moch spoyle caried he out of 
the cite. As for the people that was therin, 
he broughte the forth, and layed them vnder 
yron sawes and hokes and wedges of yron, and 
burned the in tyle ouens. Thus dyd he 
vnto all the cities of the children of Ammon. 
Then returned Dauid and all the people vnto 
Ierusalem agayne. 

Che vitj. Chapter. 

AND it fortuned after this, that Absalom 
y sonne of Dauid had a fayre sister, 
whose name was Thamar, (j Ammon the 
sonne of Dauid loued her. And Ammon 
was in greate combraunce, in so moch that he 
was euen sicke, because of Thamar his sister. 
For she was a virgin, and Ammon thoughte it 
shulde be harde for him to do eny thinge vnto 
her. But Ammon had a frede, whose name 
was Ionadab the sonne of Simea Dauids 
brother. And the same Ionadab was a very 
wyse man, which sayde vnto him : Why art 



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thou so leane (thou kynges sonne) from daye 
to daye ? Mayest thou not tell me ? Then 
sayde Ammon vnto him : I loue Thamar my 
brother Absaloms sister exceadingly. 

Ionadab sayde vnto him : laye the downe 
vpon thy bedd, and make the sicke. And 
whan thy father commeth to loke how thou 
doest, saye vnto him : Oh let my sister Tha- 
mar come, that she maye fede me, and make 
a meece of meate before me, that I maye se it, 
5 eate it of hir hande. So Ammon layed him 
downe, and made him sicke. Now wha the 
kynge came in to loke how he dyd, Ammon 
sayde vnto the kynge : Oh let my sister Tha- 
mar come, and make me a syppynge or two, 
and that I maye eate it of hir hande. Then 
sent Dauid for Thamar in to the house, and 
sayde vnto her : Go thy waye to thy brother 
Ammons house, & make him a meece of 
meate. Thamar wente vnto hir brother 
Amons house, but he laye in his bed. And 
she toke floure, and mixte it, and dighte it 
before his eyes, and made him a syppynge. 
And she toke the meece of meate, and poured 
it out before him : but he wolde not eate. 

And Ammon saide : Put forth euery man 
fro me. And euery man wete forth from him. 
Then sayde Ammon vnto Thamar : Brynge 
me that meece of meate in to the chamber, 
that I maye eate it of thy hande. Then toke 
Thamar y syppynge that she had made, and 
broughte it vnto Ammon hir brother in to the 
chamber. 

And whan she broughte it vnto him y he 
mighte eate, he toke holde of her, ij sayde 
vnto her : Come my sister, lye with me. Ne- 
uertheles she saide : Oh no my brother, force 
me not : for so do they not in Israel, do not 
thou soch foly. Whither shal I go with my 
shame ? And thou shalt be as one of the vn- 
wyse in Israel. But speake vnto the kynge, 
he shal not withholde me from the. 

Howbeit he wolde not herken vnto her, 
and ouercame her, * and forced her, and laye 
with her. And Ammon hated her excead- 
ingly, so that the hate was greater then the 
loue was before. And Ammon sayde vnto 
her : Vp, and get the hence. 

She saide vnto him : This euell that thou 
thrustest me out, is greater then the other, 
that thou hast done vnto me. Neuertheles 
he herkened not vnto her, but called his boye 

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that serued him, and sayde : Put awaye this 
woman fro me, and locke the dore after her. 
And she had a partye garment on : for soch 
garmentes wayre f kynges doughters whyle 
they were virgins. 

And wha. his seruaunt had put hir forth, g 
lockte the dore after her, Thamar strowed 
aszshes vpon hir heade, and rente the partye 
garment which she had vpon her, and layed 
hir hande vpon hir heade, and wente on, and 
cryed. And hir brother Absalom sayde vnto 
her : Hath thy brother Ammon bene with 
the ? Now holde thy peace my sister, it is thy 
brother, and take not the matter so to hert. 

So Thamar remayned a wyddowe in her 
brother Absaloms house. And whan kynge 
Dauid herde of all this, he was very sory. As 
for Absalom, he spake nether euell ner good 
to Ammon: but Absalom hated Ammon, 
because he had forced his sister Thamar. 

After two yeares had Absalom shepe clyp- 
pers at Baal Hazor, which lyeth by Ephraim. 
And Absalom called all the kynges children, 
and came to the kynge, and sayde : Beholde, 
thy seruaunt hath shepe clyppers, let it please 
f kynge with his seruauntes to go with his 
seruaunte. But the kynge sayde vnto Absa- 
lom : No my sonne, let vs not all go, lest we 
be to chargeable vnto the. 

And he wolde nedes haue had him to go, 
howbeit he wolde not, but blessed him. Ab- 
salom sayde : Shall my brother Ammon go 
with vs then ? The kynge sayde vnto him : 
Wherfore shall he go with the? Then was 
Absalom so importune vpon him, that he let 
Ammon and all the kynges childre go with 
him. 

But Absalom commaunded his yonge men, 
and sayde : Take hede whan Ammon is mery 
with wyne (and I saye vnto you: Smyte Am- 
mon, and slaye him) that ye be not afrayed : 
for I haue commaunded you, be stronge, and 
playe the men. So Absaloms yonge men 
dyd vnto Ammon, as Absalom had com- 
maunded them. Then stode all the kynges 
children vp, and euery one gat him vp vpo 
his Mule, and fled. And whyle they were 
yet on their waye, the rumoure came to kynge 
Dauid, that Absalom had slayne all the kynges 
children, so that not one of them was lefte. 

Then stode the kynge vp, and rente his 
clothes, & layed him downe vpon the earth, 
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rente their clothes. Then answered Ionadab 
y sonne of Simea Dauids brother, and sayde: 
Let not my lorde thynke that all the yonge 
men the kynges children are deed, but y Am- 
nion is deed onely : for Absalom hath kepte 
it in him selfe sence the daie that he forced 
his sister Thamar. Therfore let not my lorde 
the kynge take it so to hert, that all the 
kynges children shulde be deed, but that Am- 
nion is deed onely. 

As for Absalom, he fled. And the yonge 
man that kepte the watch, lifte vp his eyes, 
and loked, and beholde, A greate people came 
in the waye one after another by the hill syde. 
Then sayde Ionadab vnto the kynge : Beholde, 
the kynges children come. Euen as thy ser- 
uaunt sayde, so is it happened. And whan he 
had ended his talkynge, the kynges children 
came, and lifte vp their voyce, and wepte. 

The kynge and all his seruauntes wepte 
also very sore. But Absalom fled, and wente 
vnto Thalmai the sonne of Ammihud kynge 
of Gesur. As for Dauid he mourned for his 
sonne euery daye. Whan Absalom was fled 
and gone vnto Gesur, he was there thre yeare. 
And kynge Dauid ceassed from goinge out 
agaynst Absalom, for he had comforted him 
selfe ouer Ammon that he was deed. 

%\)t rtuj. Chapter. 

IOAB the sonne of Ieru la perceaued y the 
kynges hert was agaynst Absalom, and 
sent vnto Thecoa, and caused to fetch from 
thence a prudent woman and saide vnto her : 
Make lametacion, and weere mournynge gar- 
mentes, (j anoynte the not with oyle : but 
fayne thy selfe as a woman which hath 
mourned longe ouer a deed, and thou shalt 
go in to the kynge, and speake so j so vnto 
him. And Ioab tolde her what she shulde 
saye. 

And whan the woman of Thecoa wolde 
speake with the kynge, she fell vpon hir face 
to the grounde, and worshipped, and sayde: 
Helpe me O kynge. The kynge sayde vnto 
her : What ayleth the ? She sayde : I am a 
wedowe, a woman that moumeth, and my 
huszbade is deed. And thy handmayde had 
two sonnes, which stroue together in the 
felde : and whyle there was noman to parte 
the a sunder, the one smote the other, and 
slewe him. 

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And beholde, all the whole kynred ryseth 
vp agaynst thy handmayden, and saye : *De- 
lyuer him which hath smytten his brother, 
that we maye kyll him, for the soule of his 
brother whom he hath slayne, and that we 
maye destroye the heyre also. And thus are 
they mynded to put out my sparke, which yet 
is lefte, that there shulde no name ner eny 
thinge els remayne ouer vnto my huszbade 
vpon earth. 

The kynge sayde vnto the woman : Go thy 
waye home, I wil geue a comaundemet for 
y. And the woman of Thecoa saide vnto y 
kynge : The trespace be vpon me (my lorde 
f kynge) and vpon my fathers house: but the 
kynge and his seate be vngiltye. The kynge 
sayde : He that speaketh agaynst the, brynge 
him vnto me, so shall he touch the nomore 
She sayde : Let the kynge thynke vpon the 
LORDE his God, that there be not to many 
auengers of bloude to destroye, and that they 
brynge not my sonne to naught. He sayde 
t As truly as the LORDE lyueth, there shall 
not one heer of thy sonne fall vpon the earth 
And the woman sayde : Let thy handmayde 
speake somwhat to my lorde the kynge. He 
sayde : speake on. The woman sayde : Whe: 
fore hast thou deuised soch a thinge agaynst 
the people of God ? And how happeneth it 
that the kynge speaketh soch, to make him 
selfe giltie, and causeth not his out lawe to be 
broughte agayne ? For we all dye the death, 
and as the water that sinketh in to the earth, 
which is not taken vp. t And God will not 
take awaye the lyfe, but vnbethynketh him 
selfe, y euen the very outlawe be not cleane 
thrust out from him. 

Thus am I come also to speake this to my 
lorde the kynge in the presence of the people, 
for thy handmayden thoughte : I wyll speake 
to the kynge, peraduenture he shall do that 
his handmayden sayeth, for he shall heare his 
handmayden, to delyuer me from the hande 
of all them, that wolde destroye me with my 
sonne from the enheritaunce of God. And 
thy handmayden thoughte, y worde of my 
lorde the kynge shall be as a meatofferynge, 
for my lorde the kinge is as an angell of 
God, so that he can heare good and euell, 
therfore shall the LORDE thy God be with 
the. 

The kynge answered and sayde vnto the 

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woman: Kepe nothynge fro me that I axe 
the. The woman sayde : Let my lorde the 
kinge speake on. The kynge sayde : Is not 
the hande of Ioab with the in all this ? The 
woman answered and sayde : As truly as thy 
soule lyueth (my lorde O kynge,) there is els 
noman nether at the righte hande ner at y 
lefte, but euen as my LORDE the kynge 
hath sayde, for thy seruaunt Ioab hath com- 
maunded me, and he himselfe hath taughte 
thy handmayden all these wordes, that I 
shulde turne this matter of this faszshi5, this 
hath Ioab thy seruaunt done. But my lorde is 
wyse, as the wyszdome of an angell of God, so 
that he knoweth all thynges vpon earth. 

Then sayde the kynge vnto Ioab: Beholde, 
I haue done this : go thy waye therfore and 
brynge the childe Absalom agayne. 

Then fell Ioab vpon his face vnto the 
grounde, and worshipped, and thanked the 
kynge, and sayde : This daye doth thy ser- 
uaunt perceaue, that I haue founde grace in 
thy syghte my lorde the kynge, in that the 
kynge doth as his seruaunt hath sayde. So 
Ioab gat him vp, and wente vnto Gesur, and 
broughte Absalom to Ierusalem. But the 
kinge sayde : Let him go againe in to his 
house, and not se my face. Thus Absalom 
came agayne to his house, and sawe not f 
kynges face. 

But in all Israel there was not so fayre, and 
so maruelous goodly a man, as Absalom. From 
the sole of his fote vnto the toppe of his heade 
there was not one blemysh in him. And whan 
his heade was rounded (that was com only 
euery yeare, for it was to heuy for him, so 
that it must nedes haue bene rounded) the 
heer of his heade weyed two hudreth Sides 
after y kynges weight. And vnto Absalom 
there were borne thre sonnes andonedoughter, 
whose name was Thamar, and she was a 
woman of a fayre bewtye : So Absalom abode 
two yeare at Ierusalem, and sawe not the 
kynges face. 

And Absalom sent for Ioab, that he mighte 
sende him to the kynge. And he wolde not 
come to him. But he sent the seconde tyme, 
yet wolde he not come. Then sayde he vnto 
his seruauntes : Ye knowe Ioabs pece of londe 
that lyeth by myne, and he hath barlye 
theron : go youre waye therfore and set fyre 
vpon it. So Absaloms seruauntes sett fyre 
vpon Ioabs pece of londe. 



Then Ioab gat him vp, and came to Absa- 
lom in to the house, and sayde vnto him: 
Wherfore haue thy seruauntes set fire vpon 
my pece of londe ? Absalo sayde vnto Ioab : 
Beholde, I sent for the, and caused to saye 
vnto the : Come hither, that I maye sende 
the to the kynge, and to saye : Wherfore came 
I from Gesur ? It were better for me that I 
were there yet. Let me therfore se the 
kynges face. But yf there be eny trespace 
in me, then put me to death. And Ioab 
wente in to the kynge, and tolde him. And 
he called Absalom, to come in to the kynge, 
and he worshipped vpon his face to the 
grounde before the kynge. And the kynge 
kyssed Absalom. 

Cfie ri>. Chapter. 

AND after this it fortuned that Absalom 
caused to prepare himselfe chearettes 
and horses, and fyftye men, which were his 
fote me. And Absalo gat him vp allwaye 
early in the mornynge, and stode in the waye 
by the porte : and whan eny man had a mat- 
ter which shulde come to the kynge for iudg- 
ment, Absalom called vnto him and sayde : 
Of what cite art thou ? Yf he sayde then : 
thy seruaunt is of one of the trybes of Israel, 
then sayde Absalom vnto him : Beholde, thy 
matter is righte and plaine : but there is no- 
man appoynted f of the kynge to heare the. 

And Absalom sayde : O who setteth me to 
be iudge in f londe, that euery man which 
hath a plee or matter to do in y lawe, might 
come to me, that I might helpe him to right. 
And whan eny man came to him to do wor- 
shippe d to do him obeisaunce, he put forth 
his hade, and helde him j kyssed him. After 
this maner dyd Absalom vnto all Israel whan 
they came to the lawe vnto the kynge, and so 
dyd he steale awaye the hert of y men of 
Israel. 

After fortye yeares sayde Absalom vnto the 
kynge : I wil go and perfourme my vowe at 
Hebron, which I made vnto the LORDE. 
For thy seruaunt made a vowe, *whan I 
dwelt at Gesur in Siria, and saide : Whan y 
LORDE bryngeth me agayne to Ierusalem, 
I shal do a Gods seruyce vnto the LORDE. 
The kynge sayde vnto him : Go thy waye in 
peace. And he gat him vp, and wente vnto 
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But Absalom had sent out spyes in all the 
trybes of Israel, sayenge : Whan ye heare the 
noyse of the trompe, saye : Absalom is made 
kynge at Hebron. There wente with Absa- 
lom two hundreth men called from Ierusalem, 
but they wente on symply, and knewe not of 
the matter. Absalom sent also for Achito- 
phel (the Gilonyte) Dauids counceler, out of 
his cite Gilo. Now whan he did the sacrifice, 
the conspiracion was mightie and the people 
ranne together, and multyplied with Absalom. 

Then came one which tolde Dauid, and 
sayde, that the hert of euery man in Israel 
folowed Absalom. Dauid sayde vnto all his 
seruauntes that were with him at Ierusalem 
Vp, let vs fie, for here shall be no escapynge 
for vs before Absalom. 

Make haist that we maye be goynge, lest 
he ouertake vs and catch vs, and dryue some 
mysfortune vpon vs, and smyte the cyte with 
the edge of the swerde. Then sayde the 
kynges seruauntes vnto him : Loke what my 
lorde y kinge choseth, beholde, here are thy 
seruauntes. And the kynge wente forth on 
fote with all his housholde. *But ten concu- 
bynes lefte he to kepe the house. 

And whan the kynge and all the people 
came forth on fote, they wete farre from home, 
and all his seruauntes wente by him, and all 
the Chrethians and Plethians, and all the 
Gethites (euen sixe hundreth men) which were 
come on fote from Gath, wente before the 
kynge. 

And the kynge sayde vnto tlthai y Geth- 
ite : Why goest thou also with vs ? Turne 
backe, and byde with the kynge, for thou art 
a straunger : get the hence agayne vnto thy 
place. Thou earnest yesterdaye, and to daye 
thou iuperdest to go with vs : As for me, I 
wyl go whither I can: turne thou backe agayne, 
and mercy and faithfulnes happen vnto thy 
brethren with the. Ithai answered, and sayde, 
f As truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly 
as my lorde the kynge lyueth, loke in what 
place my lorde the kynge shalbe, (whether it 
chaunce to life or death) there shal thy 
seruaunt be also. 

Dauid sayde vnto Ithai : Then come, and 
go with vs. So wente Ithai the Gethite and 
all his men, and the whole multitude of the 
children that were with him. And all the 
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people with them. And the kynge wete ouer 
the broke Cedron, and all the people wente 
ouer by the waye that goeth to the wyldernes. 

And beholde, Sadoc was there also, and all 
the Leuites that were with them, & they bare 
y Arke of the couenaiit of God, and set it 
there. And Abiathar wente vp, tyll all the 
people came out of the cite. But the kynge 
sayde vnto Sadoc : Brynge the Arke of God 
in to the cite agayne. Yf I shal fynde grace 
before the LORDE, he shall fetch me agayne, 
and shall let me se it, and the house of it. 
But yf he saye thus : I haue no pleasure to f, 
beholde, here am I, let him do with me as it 
pleaseth him. 

And the kynge saide vnto Sadoc y prest: 
O thou §Seer, turne agayne to y cite with 
peace, and Ahimaas thy sonne with the and 
Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar : beholde, I 
wyl tary in the playne of the wyldernes, tyll 
the message come from you, and tell me. So 
Sadoc and Abiathar broughte the Arke of 
God agayne to Ierusalem, and remayned 
there. 

But Dauid wente vp to mount Olyuete and 
wepte, u his heade was couered. And all the 
people that was with him, had euery man his 
heade couered and wente on and wepte. And 
whan it was tolde Dauid, that Achitophel was 
in the cofederacy with Absalom, he sayde : 
LORDE turne thou Achitophels councell to 
foolishnes. 

And whan Dauid came vp to the toppe of 
the mount, where the vse was to worshippe 
God, Chusai the Arachite met him with his 
cote rent, and earth vpon his heade. And 
Dauid sayde vnto him : Yf thou go with me, 
thou shalt be chargeable vnto me : but yf thou 
goest agayne in to the cite, and sayest vnto 
Absalom: I am thy seruaunt O kynge euen 
as I was thy fathers seruaunt, so wyll I now 
be thy seruaunt, II Then shalt thou brynge 
Achitophels councell to naughte. So is Sadoc 
and Abiathar y prestes with the, and all that 
thou hearest out of the kynges house, tell it 
vnto Sadoc and Abiathar the prestes. Be- 
holde, their two sonnes are with the : Ahimaas 
the sonne of Sadoc, and Ionathas the sonne 
of Abiathar, by them mayest thou sende me 
worde what thou hearest. So Chusai Dauids 
frende came in to the cite. And Absalom 
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A ND whan Dauid was gone a lytle by 
J^\_ from the toppe of the mount, beholde, 
Siba the seruaut of Mephiboseth met him 
with a couple of asses sadled, wheron were two 
hundreth loaues of bred, and an hundreth 
quantities of rasyns and an hudreth quantities 
of fygges, and a bottell of wyne. Then sayde 
the kynge vnto Siba: What wilt thou do 
herewith ? Siba sayde : The asses shalbe for 
the kynges housholde to ryde vpon, and the 
loaues and fygges for the yonge men to eate, 
and the wyne shallbe for them to drynke whan 
they are weery in the wyldernes. The kynge 
sayde: Where is thy lordes sonne? Siba 
sayde vnto the kynge : Beholde, he abydeth 
at Ierusale, for he saide : To daye shal f 
house of Israel restore my fathers klgdome 
vnto me. The kynge saide vnto Siba : Be- 
holde, *all that Mephiboseth hath, shalbe 
thine. Siba sayde with reuerence, Let me 
finde grace in thy sight my lorde O kynge. 

But whan kynge Dauid came to Bahurim, 
beholde, there wente out a man of the kynred 
of the house of Saul, t whose name was Semei 
the sonne of Gera, which wente forth and 
t cursed, and cast stones at Dauid, and at all 
kynge Dauids seruauntes and all the people 
and all the mightie men were at his righte 
hande and at his lefte. Thus sayde Semei 
whan he cursed : Get the forth, get the forth 
thou bloudy hounde, thou man of Belial. 
The LORDE hath rewarded the for all the 
bloude of the house of Saul, y thou becamest 
kynge in his steade. Now hath the LORDE 
geuen the kyngdome in to f hande of Absa- 
lom thy sonne, and beholde, now stickest thou 
in thine owne myschefe, for thou art a bloudy 
hounde. 

But Abisai the sonne of Zeru la sayde vnto 
the kynge : Shall this deed dogg curse my 
lorde the kynge ? I wyl go and take the 
heade awaye from him. The kynge saide : 
Ye children of Zeru la, what haue I to do 
with you ? Let him curse on, for the LORDE 
hath commaunded him : Curse Dauid. Who 
can saye now : Why doest thou so ? 

And Dauid sayde vnto Abisai and to all 
his seruauntes : Beholde, my sonne which 
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moch more now the sonne of Iemini ? Let 
him curse on, for the LORDE hath com 
maunded him: §peraduenture the LORDE 
shall consydre my aduersyte, and recompence 
me good for his cursynge this daye. So Dauid 
wente on his waye with his men. But Semei 
wente on by the mount besyde him, and 
cursed, and cast stones at him, j threwe clottes 
of earth. 

And the kynge came in and all the people 
that was with him, weery, and refreshed him- 
selfe there. But Absalom and all the people 
of the men of Israel came to Ierusalem and 
Achitophel with him. Whan Chusai the 
Arachite Dauids frende came in to Absalom, 
he sayde vnto Absalom : God saue the kynge 
God saue the kynge. 

Absalom sayde vnto Chusai: Is this thy 
mercy vnto thy frende ? Why art thou not 
gone with thy frende ? Chusai sayde vnto 
Absalom : Not so, but loke whom the LORDE 
choseth, and this people, and all the men in 
Israel, his wyl I be, and byde with him. Se- 
condly, whom shulde I serue ? Shulde I not 
do seruyce before his sonne ? Like as I haue 
serued in the presence of thy father, so wyll I 
do seruyce before the also. 

And Absalom sayde vnto Achitophel: Geue 
vs youre councell what we shal do ? Achi- 
tophel sayde vnto Absalom : II Go lye with thy 
fathers concubynes, whom he hath lefte to 
kepe the house, so shall all Israel heare that 
thou hast made thy father to stynke, and the 
hande of all them that are with y, shal be the 
bolder. Then made they a tente vnto Absa- 
lom 1T vpon the house toppe. And Absalom 
laye with his fathers concubynes in the sighte 
of all Israel. 

At that tyme whan Achitophel gaue a coun- 
cell, that was euen as yf a man axed councell 
at God : So were all the councels of Achi- 
tophel both with Dauid and with Absalom. 

Che rbtj. Chapter. 
A ND Achitophel sayde vnto Absalom : I 
Jf\_ wil chose out twolue thousande me, and 
wyl get me vp, and persue Dauid by nighte, 
and fall vpo him whan he is feble and weery : 
When I vexe him the, so that all the people 
which is by him, flieth, I wil smite the kynge 
onely, and brynge all the people vnto the 

f The houses were flat in those partes at that tyme. 



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agayne. So whan euery man is brought vnto 
the as thou desyrest, then shal all the people 
be in peace. Absalom thought that good, and 
so dyd all the Elders in Israel. But Absalom 
sayde : I praye you call Chusai the Arachite 
also, and let vs heare what he sayeth therto. 
And wha Chusai came in to Absalom, Absa- 
lom saide vnto him: Thus hath Achitophel 
spoken, Saye thou now, shal we do it or not ? 

Then sayde Chusai vnto Absalom: It is 
no good councell y Achitophel hath geuen at 
this tyme. And Chusai sayde morouer : 
Thou knowest thy father well and his men, 
that they are stronge and of a wrothfull sto- 
mack, euen *as a Beer that is robbed of hir 
yonge ones in the felde. Thy father also is a 
man of warre, and wyl not be necliget with 
the people. Beholde, he hath now peraduen- 
ture hyd hymselfe in some caue or in some 
place. Yf it came to passe then that it 
chaunced euell at the first, 3 there shulde 
come a rumoure and saye : There is a slaugh- 
ter done in the people that folowed Absalo : 
the shulde euery man be discoraged, which 
els is valeaunt, 5 hath a hert like a lyo : for 
all Israel knoweth that thy father is stronge, 
and that all they which be with him, are 
mightie men. 

But this is my coiicell, that thou gather to- 
gether all Israel from Dan vnto Berseba in 
nombre as the sonde of the See, and go thou 
thine owne person amonge them, then wil we 
fall vpon him in what place we finde him, and 
wyll ouerwhelme him euen as the dew falleth 
vpon the earth, so that we shal not leaue one 
of him and of all his men. But yf he resorte 
in to a cite, then shal all Israel cast roapes 
aboute the same cite, and drawe it in to the 
riuer, so that there shal not one stone of it be 
founde. 

Then sayde Absalom and euery man in 
Israel: The councell of Chusai the Arachite is 
better then Achitophels councell. 

But the LORDE broughte it so to passe, 
that y good councell of Achitophel was hyndred, 
that the LORDE mighte brynge euell vpon 
Absalom. 

$ And Chusai sayde vnto Sadoc 1 Abiathar 
the prestes : Thus and thus hath Achitophel 
counceled Absalom and the Elders in Israel : 
but so and so haue I counceled. Sende now 
therfore in all the haist, and tell Dauid, and 



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t 2 Re. 15. g. 



saye : Abyde not all nighte in the playne felde 
of the wyldemes, but get the ouer, that the 
kynge be not swalowed vp, and all the people 
that is with him. As for Ionathas and Ahi- 
maaz, they stode by the well of Rogel, and a 
damsell wente thither and tolde them. They 
wente on their waye, and tolde kynge Dauid, 
for they durst not be sene to come in to the cite. 

But a lad sawe them, and tolde Absalom. 
Neuertheles they wente on their waye, and 
came to a mans house at Bahurim, which had 
a well in his courte, and they wete downe in 
to it. And the woman toke and spred a 
couerynge ouer the welles mouth, 5 strowed 
fimientye corne theron, that it was not per- 
ceaued. Now whan Absaloms seruauntes 
came to the woman in to the house, they 
sayde : where is Ahimaaz and Ionathas ? The 
woma sayde vnto them : They are gone ouer 
the litle water. 

And wha they soughte and founde them 
not, they wente agayne to Ierusalem. And 
whan they were gone, they clymmed vp out of 
the well, and wente their waye, and tolde 
Dauid y kynge, and sayde vnto Dauid : Get 
you vp, and go soone ouer y water, for thus 
and thus hath Achitophel geuen councell 
agaynst you. 

Then Dauid gat him vp, and all the people 
that was with him, and passed ouer Iordane 
tyll it was cleare mornynge. And there was 
not one,' but he wente ouer Iordane. 

Whan Achitophel sawe that his coiicell 
wente not forth, he sadled his asse, gat him 
vp, and wete home in to his cite and put his 
house to poynte, and hanged him selfe, and 
j dyed, and was buried in his fathers graue. 

And Dauid came to Mahanaim, and Ab- 
salom wente ouer Iordane, g all the men of 
I Israel with him. And Absalom had set 
Amasa ouer the hoost in Ioabs steade. Amasa 
was the sonne of a man, whose name was 
Iethra a Iesraelite, which laye with Abigail 
the doughter of Nahas the sister of Zeru la 
Ioabs mother. But Israel and Absalom 
pitched in Gilead. 

Whan Dauid was come to Mahanaim, 
§ Nahas of Rabbath of the childre of Amnion, 
and II Machir the sonne of Ammiel of Lodebar, 
and ^Barsillai a Gileadite of Roglim broughte 
bedstuffe, tapestrie worke, basens, earthen 
vessell, whete, barly, meel, parched corne, 

§ 1 Re. 11. a. 2 Reg-. 8. a. || 2 Re. 19. f. f 3 Reg. 2. b. 



ffo. itiiiij. 



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beenes, otemeell, ryse, hony, butter, shepe 
and fat oxen vnto Dauid, and to y people that 
was with him, for to eate : for they thought, 
The people shall be hongrie, weerye and 
thirstye in the wyldernes. 

€fi* rbitj. Chapter. 

AND Dauid mustred the people y was 
with him, and set captaynes ouer the, 
ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds. And 
sent out of the people one thirde parte vnder 
Abisai the sonne of Zeru la Ioabs brother, 
and one thirde parte vnder * Ithai the Gethite. 
And the kynge sayde vnto the people : I wyll 
go forth with you also. Neuertheles the 
people sayde: Thou shalt not go forth, for 
though we fle, or die halfe of vs they shal not 
regarde vs. For thou art as ten thousande of 
vs. Therfore is this better that thou mayest 
helpe vs out of the cite. The kynge sayde : 
Loke what ye are content withall, that wyl I 
do. And the kynge stode in the gate, and all 
the people wente forth by hundreds and by 
thousandes. And f kinge comaunded Ioab 
and Abisai, and Ithai, and sayde : Intreate 
me the yonge man Absalom gently. And all 
the people herde it, wha the kynge comaunded 
all the captaynes concernynge Absalom. And 
han the people were come forth in to the 
felde agaynst Israel, the battayll beganne in 
the wod of Ephraim. And the people of 
Israel were smitten there before Dauids ser- 
uauntes, so that there was a greate slaughter 
the same daye, of twentye thousande men. 
And the battaill was scatred abrode there in 
the londe. And the wod consumed moch 
more people the same daye, then the swerde 
consumed. 

And Absalom met Dauids seruauntes, and 
rode vpon a Mule. And whan the Mule 
came vnder a greate thicke Oke tre, his heade 
toke holde on the Oke, and so hanged he be- 
twene heauen and earth, but the Mule ranne 
awaye from vnder him. Whan a certayne 
man sawe that, he tolde Ioab, and saide: 
Beholde, I sawe Absalom hange vpo an Oke 
tre. And Ioab saide vnto the ma y tolde it 
him : Beholde, sawest thou that, why smotest 
thou him not there to the groiide ? so wolde I 
haue geuen the of myne awne behalfe ten 
syluerlynges and a gyrdell. 

The man sayde vnto Ioab : Yf thou haddest 

* 3 Be. 2. b. 



weyed me a thousande syluerlynges in my 
handes, yet wolde I not haue layed my handes 
on the kynges sonne. For the kynge com- 
maunded the and Abisai and Ithai before oure 
eares, and sayde: Kepe me the yonge man 
Absalom. Or yf I had dyssembled vpon the 
ioperdy of myne owne soule (for so moch as 
nothinge shulde be hyd from y kinge) thou 
thy selfe shuldest haue stode against me. 
Ioab sayde: Not so, I wil vpon him before 
thy face. 

Then toke Ioab thre speares in his hande, 
and thrust Absalom thorow y hert, while he 
was yet alyue vpon the Oke. And ten yoge 
men Ioabs weapenbearers, came aboute him. 
and smote him to death. Then blewe Ioab 
the trompe, and broughte the people agayne. 
that they shulde folowe nomore vpon Israel 
For Ioab wolde fauoure the people. And 
they toke Absalom, and cast him in the wod 
in to a greate pytt, and layed a greate heape 
of stones vpon him. And all Israel fled, euery 
one vnto his tente. 

Absalom had set him vp a piler whyle he 
was yet alyue, which stode in the kynges 
valley, for he sayde : I haue no sonne, ther 
fore shall this be a remembraunce of my 
name : and he called the piler after his owne 
name. And vnto this daie it is yet called 
Absaloms place. 

Ahimaas the sonne of Sadoc sayde: Let 
me runne now, and brynge the kynge worde. 
that the LORDE hath gotten him righte fro 
the hande of his enemies. But Ioab sayde 
Thou shalt bringe no good tidinges to daie 
another daye shalt thou brynge him worde. 
and not to daye, for the kynges sonne is deed, 
But vnto Chusi sayde Ioab : Go thou thy 
waye, and tell the kynge what thou hast sene. 
And Chusi did his obeysauce vnto Ioab, and 
ranne. Ahimaas the sonne of Sadoc saide 
agayne vnto Ioab : What and I ranne also ? 
Ioab sayde : What wilt thou runne my sonne ? 
Come hither, thou shalt brynge no good 
tydinges. (He answered:) What and I ranne 
yet. He saide vnto him : Renne on thy waye 
then. So Ahimaas ranne the straight waye, 
and came before Chusi. 

As for Dauid, he sat betwene the two gates. 
And the watchman wente vp to y toppe of the 
porte vpon the wall, and lifte vp his eyes, and 
sawe a man renninge alone, and cryed, and 
tolde the kinge. The kynge sayde : Yf he 



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So* tab. 



be alone, then is there good tydinges in his 
mouth. And as the same wente and came 
forth, the watchman sawe another man ren- 
nynge, and cryed in the porte and sayde : 
Beholde, there renneth a man alone. The 
kinge sayde : The same is a good messaunger 
also. The watchman sayde: I se the ren- 
nynge of the first as it were the rermynge of 
Ahimaas the sonne of Sadoc. And the kynge 
sayde : He is a good man, and bryngeth good 
tidinges. Ahimaas cryed, and sayde vnto y 
kinge : Peace, and worshipped before the 
kynge vpon his face to the grounde, and 

de: Praised be the LORDE thy God, 
which hath geuen ouer f men that lifte vp 
their handes agaynst my lorde the kynge. 

The kynge sayde : Goeth it well with the 
yonge man Absalom? Ahimaas sayde: I 
sawe a greate vproure, whan Ioab the kynges 
seruaunt sent me thy seruaunt, and I wote 
not what it was. The kynge sayde : Go 
aboute, and stonde here. And he wente 
aboute and stode there. Beholde, then came 
Chusi and sayde : I brynge good tydinges my 
lorde the kynge : The LORDE hath executed 
righte for the this daye, from the hande of all 
them that rose vp agaynst the. But the kynge 
sayde vnto Chusi: Goeth it well with the 
yonge man Absalom ? Chusi sayde : Euen 
so go it with all the enemyes of my lorde the 
kynge, and with all them that ryse vp agaynst 
the to do euell, as it goeth with the yonge 
man. Then was the kynge soroufull, and 
wente vp in to the perler vpon the gate, and 
wepte, and as he wente, he sayde thus : O my 
sonne Absalo, my sonne, my sonne Absalom, 
wolde God y I shulde dye for the. O Ab- 
salom my sonne, my sonne. 

Che rtr. Chapter. 

AND it was tolde Ioab : beholde, f kinge 
wepeth j mourneth for Absalom. And 
so out of y victory of y daye there came a 
mourninge amonge all the people. For the 
people had herde the same daye, y the kynge 
toke on heuely because of his sonne. And y 
people stale awaye the same daye, so that 
they came not in to the cite : as a people that 
is put to shame, pycketh them selues awaye 
whan they are fled in a battayll. As for the 
kynge, he had couered his face, and cryed 
loude, and sayde : Oh my sonne Absalom 
Absalom my sonne, my sonne. 



But Ioab came to the kynge in to the house, 
and sayde : This daye hast thou shamed all 
thy seruauntes (which haue delyuered thy 
soule this daye, and the soules of thy sonnes, 
of thy doughters, of thy wyues, and of thy 
cocubynes) in that thou louest them that hate 
the, and hatest those that loue f. For to daye 
thou shewest thyselfe, that thou carest not for 
the captaynes and seruauntes : For I perceaue 
this daye, that yf Absalom onely were alyue, 
and we all deed this daye, thou woldest thynke 
it were well. 

Get the vp now therfore, and go forth, and 
speake louyngly vnto thy seruauntes. For I 
sweare vnto the by y LORDE, yf thou go not 
forth, there shall not be lefte the one man this 
nighte : this shalbe worse vnto f, then all the 
euell that happened the sence thy youth vp 
hither to. The the kynge gat him vp, and 
in the gate. And it was sayde vnto the 
people : beholde, the kynge sytteth in the gate. 
Then came all the people before y kynge. 
But Israel was fled euery one vnto his tent. 

And all the people stroue in all the trybes 
of Israel, and sayde : The kynge ryd vs from 
the hande of oure enemies, and delyuered vs 
from the hande of the Philistynes, and was 
fayne to fle out of the lode for Absalom. So 
Absalom whom we had anoynted ouer vs, is 
deed in the battayll. Why are ye so styll 
now, that ye fetch not the kynge agayne ? 

The kynge sent vnto Sadoc j Abiathar the 
prestes, (j caused to saye vnto the : Speake to 
the Elders of Iuda, cj saye : Why wyl ye be 
the last to fetch the kynge agayne vnto his 
house ? (for y sayenge of all Israel was come 
before the kynge in to his house) ye are my 
brethren, my bone, and my flesh. Wherfore 
wyl ye then be the last to brynge the kynge 
agayne? And saye vnto Amasa: Art not 
thou my bone and my flesh ? God do this g 
that vnto me, yf thou shalt not be the chefe 
captayne before me in Ioabs steade, as longe 
as thou lyuest. 

And he bowed the hert of all the men of 
Iuda as of one man. And they sent vnto y 
kynge : Come agayne, thou and all thy ser- 
uauntes : So the kynge came agayne. And 
whan he came vnto Iordane, y men of Iuda 
were come to Gilgal, for to go downe to mete 
the kynge, that they mighte brynge y kynge 
ouer Iordane. And Semei the sonne of Gera 
the sonne of Iemini, which dwelt at Bahurim 



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made haist, and wente downe with f men of 
Iuda to mete kynge Dauid, and there were 
with him a thousande me of Ben Iamin. 
* Siba also the seruaunt of the house of Saul 
with his fyftene sonnes and twenty seruauntes, 
d gat them thorow Iordane and passed ouer y 
fery, that they mighte brynge ouer the kynges 
housholde, and to do him pleasure. 

But Semei the sonne of Gera fell downe 
before the kynge, whan he passed ouer Ior- 
dane, and sayde vnto the kynge : O my lorde, 
laye not the trespace vnto my charge, & thynke 
not vpon it that thy seruaunt vexed the, t in 
the daye whan my lorde the kynge wente out 
of Ierusalem : and let not y kynge take it to 
hert, for thy seruaunt knoweth that he hath 
synned. And beholde, this daye am I come 
the first amonge all the house of Ioseph, for 
to go downe to mete my lorde the kynge. 

Neuertheles Abisai the sonne of Zeru la 
answered and sayde : And shulde not Semei 
dye therfore, seynge he hath cursed y anoynted 
of y LORDE? But Dauid sayde: tWhat 
haue I to do with you ye children of Zeru la, 
that ye wyll become Sathan vnto me this 
daye? Shulde eny man dye this daye in 
Israel ? Thynkest thou that I knowe not, y 
I am become kynge ouer Israel this daye? 
And f kynge sayde vnto Simei : Thou shalt 
not dye. And the kynge sware vnto him. 

Mephiboseth the sonne of Saul came downe 
also to mete the kynge. And he had not made 
cleane his fete ner combde his beerde, nether 
had he waszshed his clothes from the daye that 
the kynge was gone awaye, vntyll the daye 
that he came agayne in peace. Now wha he 
came to Ierusalem for to mete the kynge, the 
kynge sayde vnto him: Mephiboseth, wherfore 
wentest thou not with me ? And he sayde : 
My lorde O kynge, my seruaiit hath dealte 
vnrighteously with me : for thy seruaunt 
thoughte : I wil saddell an asse and ryde 
theron, and go vnto the kynge : for thy ser- 
uaunt is lame, and he hath accused thy ser- 
uaunt before my lorde f kynge. §But my 
lorde y kynge is an angell of God, and thou 
mayest do what pleaseth the. For all my 
fathers house was nothinge, but people of 
death before my lorde f kynge. II And yet 
hast thou set thy seruaunt amonge them that 
eate at thy table. What other righteousnes 



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haue I, that I shulde crye eny more vnto the 
kynge ? The kynge sayde vnto him : What 
speakest thou yet more of thy matter ? I haue 
sayde : Thou and Siba parte the londe betwene 
you. Mephiboseth sayde vnto the kynge: 
Let him take it all, in as moch as my lorde y 
kynge is come home in peace. 

And Barsillai the Gileadite came downe 
from Roglim, and broughte the kynge ouer 
Iordane, that he mighte coueye him in Ior- 
dane. And Barsillai was very olde, so good 
as foure score yeare olde, If the same had pro- 
uyded f kynge of fode whyle he was at Ma- 
hanaim, for he was a very noble man. And 
the kynge sayde vnto Barsillai: Thou shalt 
go ouer with me, I wyll take care for the with 
myne awne selfe at Ierusalem. But Barsillai 
sayde vnto the kynge : What haue I yet to 
lyue, that I shulde go vp to Ierusalem with 
the kynge ? This daye am I foure score yeare 
olde. How shulde I knowe what is good or 
euell, or taist what I eate or drynke, or heare 
what the Musicians do synge ? Why shulde 
thy seruaunt be chargeable first vnto my lorde 
the kynge ? thy seruaunt shall go a litle with 
the kynge ouer Iordane. Why wil the kynge 
recompence me after this maner? Let thy 
seruaunt turne backe agayne, that I maye dye 
in my cite besyde my father and my mothers 
graue. Beholde, there is thy seruaunt Chi- 
meam, let him go ouer with my lorde the 
kynge, and do vnto him what pleaseth the. 

The kynge sayde : Chimeam shal go ouer 
with me, and I wyll do for him what liketh 
the : and what so euer thou desyrest of me, 
that wyll I do for the also. And whan all y 
people was gone ouer Iordane and the kynge 
likewyse, the kynge kyssed Barsillai and blessed 
him, and he turned vnto his place. And y 
kynge passed ouer vnto Gilgal, and Chimeam 
wente with him. And all the people of Iuda 
broughte the kynge ouer, howbeit there was 
but halfe of the people of Israel there. 

And beholde, the came all the men of Israel 
vnto the kynge, j sayde vnto him : Why haue 
oure brethren the men of Iuda stollen the 
awaye, and haue conueyed f kynge and his 
housholde ouer Iordane, and all Dauid s men 
with him ? Then answered they of Iuda vnto 
them of Israel: The kynge is of oure nye 
kynred, why are ye angrie therfore? Thynke 



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jfo» acbtj. 



ye that we haue receaued eny fode or giftes 
of the kynge ? Then answered they of Israel 
vnto them of Iuda, 5 sayde : We haue ten 
tymes more with the kynge and with Dauid 
the thou, why hast thou regarded me then so 
lightly, that oures were not the first to fetch 
oure kynge agayne ? But they of Iuda spake 
harder then they of Israel. 

Cfie rr. Chapter. 

THERE was a famous man of Belial there, 
whose name was Seba y sonne of Bichri, 
a ma of Iemini, which blewe the trompe, and 
sayde : * We haue no porcion in Dauid, ner 
inheritaunce in y sonne of Isai : let euery one 
get him to his tent, O Israel. Then fell euery 
man in Israel from Dauid, and folowed Seba 
the sonne of Bichri. But the men of Iuda 
cleued vnto their kynge from Iordane vnto 
Ierusale. Whan Dauid came home to Ieru- 
salem, he toke the ten concubynes (+whom he 
had lefte to kepe the house) and put them in 
a holde to be kepte, and made prouysion for 
them : but he laye not with them, and so 
were they shut vp vnto their death, and lyued 
wedowes. 

And f kynge sayde vnto Amasa : Call me 
all the men of Iuda together agaynst the 
thirde daye, & be thou here present also. And 
Amasa wete to call Iuda together. And he 
was slacke to come at y tyme which he had 
appoynted him. And Dauid sayde vnto Abisai : 
Now shall Seba the sonne of Bichri do vs 
more harme then Absalom. Take thou thy 
lordes seruauntes, and folowe vpon him, y 
he fynde not some stroge cities for him, and 
30 escape out of oure sighte. Then wente 
Ioabs me forth after him, and the Chrethians 
and Plethians, and all the mightie me : and 
they wete out of Ierusalem to folowe vpon 
Seba the sonne of Bichri. 

But whan they were by the greate stone at 
Gibeon, Amasa came before them. As for 
Ioab, he was gyrded aboue his garment which 
he had on, and vpon it he had a swerde gyrded, 
which hanged by his thye in the sheeth, and 
wente easely out and in, and fell fro him. 
And Ioab sayde vnto Amasa : Peace be with 
the my brother. And Ioab toke Amasa by 
the beerde with his righte hade, to kysse him. 
And Amasa toke no hede vnto y swerde in 
Ioabs hande, and he thrust him therwith in to 

* 2 Re. 12. c. 



the bely, y his bowels ranne out vpon the 
earth, and he thrust at him no more. And 
so he dyed. 

Ioab & his brother Abisai folowed vpon 
Seba y sonne of Bichri. And one of Ioab 
seruauntes stode by him, and sayde: What 
is he this y wolde be agaynst Ioab to please 
Dauid, and to be with Dauid in Ioabs steade ? 
As for Amasa, he laye rolled in the bloude in 
y myddes of the strete. But wha one sawe 
that all the people stode there still, he remoued 
Amasa from the strete vnto the felde, and cast 
a clothe vpon him, for so moch as he sawe, 
that who so euer came by him, stode styll. 
Now whan he was put out of the waye, euery 
man wete after Ioab, to folowe vpon Seba the 
sonne of Bichri. 

And he wente thorow all y trybes of Israel 
vnto Abel Beth Maacha, and all the best 
chosen men gathered them selues together, (t 
folowed after him, and came and beseged him 
at Abel Beth Maacha, and made a banke 
aboute the cite harde on f wall. And all the 
people that was with Ioab, layed to their 
ordynaunce, and wolde haue cast downe the 
wall. 

Then cried there a wyse woma out of y 
cite : Heare, heare, saye vnto Ioab that he 
come hither, I wyl speake with him. And 
wha. he came to her, the woman sayde : Art 
thou Ioab ? He sayde : Yee. She sayde 
vnto him : Heare the wordes of thy hand- 
mayden. He sayde : I heare. She sayde : 
The comon sayenge was somtyme : Who so 
wyll axe, let him axe at Abel, and so came it 
to a good ende. This is y noble and faithfull 
cite in Israel, and wilt thou destroye the cite 
and the mother in Israel ? Why wilt thou 
swalowe vp the enheritaunce of the LORDE? 

Ioab answered and sayde : That be farre, 
that be farre fro me, that I shulde swalowe vp 
and destroye. The matter is not so, but a 
certayne man of mount Ephraim named Seba 
the sonne of Bichri, hath lifte vp him selfe 
agaynst kynge Dauid, delyuer him onely, and 
I wyl departe from the cite. The woman 
sayde vnto Ioab: Beholde, his heade shal 
be cast vnto the ouer the wall. And the 
woman came in to all the people with hir 
wyszdome. And they smote of the heade of 
Seba the sonne of Bichri, and cast it vnto 
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departed from the cite, euery one vnto his 
tent. But Ioab came agayne to Ierusalem 
vnto the kynge. 

* Ioab was captayne ouer all the hoost of 
Israel : Benaia f sonne of Ioiada was ouer 
the Chrethians and Plethians: Adoram was 
rent gatherer : Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud 
was Chaunceler : Seia was the scrybe ; Sadoc 
and Abiathar were the prestes: Ira also f 
Iairite was Dauids prest. 

Cfie rrt. Chapter. 

THERE was a derth also in Dauids tyme 
thre yeares together. And Dauid 
soughte the face of f LORDE. And the 
LORDE sayde: Because of Saul and be- 
cause of that bloudy housholde t y he slewe 
the Gibeonites. Then the kynge caused for 
to call the Gibeonites, and spake vnto them. 
(As for the Gibeonites, they were not of y 
children of Israel, but a remnaunt of the 
Amorites : howbeit $ the children of Israel 
had sworne vnto the, and Saul soughte for to 
smyte them in his gelousy, for the childre of 
Israel and Iuda.) Then sayde Dauid to the 
Gibeonites : What shal I do vnto you ? And 
where withall shal I make the attonement, 
that ye maye blesse y enheritaunce of y 
LORDE ? The Gibeonites sayde vnto him: 
It is not for golde and syluer that we haue to 
do with Saul and his house, nether haue we 
oughte to do for to slaye eny ma in Israel. 

He sayde : What saye ye then, that I shal 
do vnto you ? They sayde vnto y kynge : 
The man that hath destroyed vs and broughte 
vs to naughte, shulde we destroye, that no- 
thinge be lefte him in all the coastes of Israel. 
Let there be geuen vs seuen men of his 
sonnes, that we maye hange them vp vnto 
the LORDE at Gibea of Saul the chosen of 
the LORDE. The kynge sayde : I wyll geue 
them. Howbeit the kynge spared Mephi- 
boseth y sonne of Ionathas y sonne of Saul, 
because of the ooth of the LORDE y was 
betwene them : § namely, betwene Dauid u 
Ionathas the sonne of Saul. But the two 
sonnes of Rispa y doughter of Aia, whom 
she had borne vnto Saul, Armoni (j Mephi- 
boseth, And the fyue sonnes of Michol the 
doughter of Saul, whom she bare vnto Adriel 
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the kynge take, and gaue them in to the 
handes of y Gibeonites, which hanged the vp 
vpo the mount before the LORDE. 

So these seuen fell at one tyme, and dyed 
in the tyme of the first haruest, whan y barly 
haruest begynneth. Then toke Rispa the 
doughter of Aia a sack cloth, j spred it vpon 
the rock in the begynnynge of the haruest, 
tyll the water from the heauen dropped vpo 
them, and suffred not the foules of the heauen 
to rest on them on the daye tyme, nether the 
wylde beestes of the felde on the nighte sea- 
son. And it was tolde Dauid what Rispa the 
doughter of Aia Sauls concubyne had done. 

And Dauid wente and toke the bones of 
Saul and the bones of Ionathas his sonne 
from f citesens at Iabes in Gilead (which 
they II had stollen from f strete at Bethsan,. 
where f Philistynes had hanged the, what 
tyme as the Philistynes had smytten Saul 
vpon mount Gilboa) and broughte them vp 
from thence, and gathered them together with 
the bones of them that were hanged. And 
the bones of Saul and of his sonne Ionathas 
buried they in y londe of Ben Iamin, besyde 
f graue of his father Cis. So after this was 
God at one with the londe. 

But there arose warre agayne of y Philis- 
tynes agaynst Israel. And Dauid wente 
downe g his seruauntes with him, (j foughte 
agaynst the Philistynes. And Dauid was 
weery, <j Ieszbi of Nob (which was one of the 
children of Rapha, and the weight of his 
speare was thre C. weight of brasse, and had 
a new harnesse vpon him) thoughte to smyte 
Dauid. Neuertheles Abisai the sonne of 
Zeru la helped him, j smote the Philistyne 
to death. Then sware Dauids men vnto him, 
& sayde : If Thou shalt nomore go forth with 
vs vnto the warre, that the lanterne in Israel 
be not put out. 

** After warde there arose yet warre at Nob 
with the Philistynes. Then Sibechai the 
Husathite smote Saph, which also was one of 
the childre of Rapha. 

And there arose yet warre at Gob with the 
Philistynes. Then Elhanan the sonne of 
Iaere Orgim a Bethleemite smote Goliath the 
Gethite, which had a speare, whose shaft was 
like a weeuers lome. 

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there was a cotencious man, which had sixe 
fyngers on his handes, and sixe toes on his 
fete, that is foure and twety in the nombre, 
and he was borne also of Rapha. And whan 
he spake despitefully vnto Israel, Ionathas y 
sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him 
These foure were borne vnto Rapha at Gath, 
and fell thorow the hande of Dauid and of his 
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Cfie rrt). Chapter. 
ND Dauid spake the wordes of this 
_ songe before the LORDE, what tyme 
as the LORDE had delyuered him fro the 
hande of all his enemies, and from the hande 
of Saul, and he sayde. 

The LORDE is my stony rock, g my cas- 
tell, and my delyuerer. 

God is my strength, in him wyl I put my 
trust: my shylde g the home of my saluacion, 
my defence g my refuge, my Sauioure, thou 
shalt helpe me from violent wronge. 

* I wil call vpon the LORDE with prayse, 

shal I be delyuered fro myne enemies. 

For the sorowes of death copased me, and 
the brokes of Belial made me afrayed. 

The paynes of hell came aboute me, and 
the snares of death had ouertaken me. 

Wha I was in trouble, I called vp5 the 
LORDE, yee euen my God called I vpon, g 
so he herde my voyce fro his holy temple, g 
my coplaynte (came) in to his eares. 

The earth trembled and quaked, the foun- 
dacions of the heauen shoke and moued, be- 
cause he was wroth. 

Smoke wente vp from his nose, and con- 
sumynge fyre out of his mouth, coles were 
kyndled therof. 

He bowed the heauens and came downe, 
and it was darke vnder his fete. 

He sat vpon Cherub and dyd flye, and ap- 
peared vpon the fethers of the wynde. 

He made darknes his pauylion rounde 
aboute him, thicke water in the cloudes of y 
ayre. 

At the brightnesse of him were the fyre 
coles kyndled. 

The LORDE thondered from heaue, and 
the Hyest put forth his voyce. 

He shot his arowes, and scatered them : 
he lightened, and discomfited them. 

The pourynges out of the See were sene, 

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and the foundacions of the earth were dis- 
couered at the chydinge of the LORDE, g 
at the breth of the sprete of his wrath. 

He sent downe from aboue, and receaued 
me, and drue me out of many waters. 

He delyuered me fro my stronge enemye, 
from them that hated me, for they were to 
mightie for me. 

They ouertoke me in the tyme of my trou 
ble, but the LORDE was my succoure. 

He broughte me forth in to liberty : he de- 
lyuered me, because he had a fauoure vnto me, 

The LORDE shal rewarde me after my 
righteousnes, and acordinge to the clennes of 
my handes shal he recompence me. 

For I haue kepte y waye of the LORDE, 
g haue not bene vn godly agaynst my God. 

For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes, and 
haue not put his ordinaunces fro me. 

Therfore wil I be perfecte vnto him, and 
wyl eshue myne awne wickednes. 

So shal y LORDE rewarde me after my 
righteousnes, acordinge to the clenes of my 
handes in his eye sighte. 

With the holy shalt thou be holy, and with 
the perfecte thou shalt be perfecte. 

With the cleane thou shalt be cleane, and 
with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde. 

For thou shalt saue the poore oppressed 
people, and shalt set thine eyes agaynst the 
proude to brynge them downe. 

For thou O LORDE art my lanterne. The 
LORDE shal lighte my darknesse. 

For in y I shal discofite an hoost of men, g 
in my God I shal leape ouer the wall. 

The waye of God is perfecte : y wordes of 
the LORDE are tryed in the fyre : he is a 
shylde for all the that put their trust in him. 

For where is there a God, excepte y 
LORDE ? Or who hath eny strength with- 
out oure God ? 

God hath stregthed me with power, and 
made playne a perfecte waye for me. 

He hath made my fete like hartes fete, g 
hath set me vp an hye. 

He teacheth my handes to fighte, and 
bendeth the stele bowe with myne armes. 

And thou hast geuen me the shylde of thy 
health, and with thy louynge correccion shalt 
thou multiplye me. 

Thou hast enlarged my goinge vnder me, 
and myne ankles haue not slyded. 

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destroye the : and wyl not turne backe agayne, 
tyll I haue broughte them to naught. 

I wil cosume them and thrust them thorow, 
that they come not vp : they shal fall vnder 
my fete. 

Thou hast girded me with strength to y 
battayll, and hast subdued them vnder me y 
rose vp agaynst me. 

Thou hast made myne enemies to turne 
their backes vpo me, that I might destroye 
them that hate me. 

They shal crye, but there shalbe no 
Sauioure : yee euen vnto the LORDE, but 
he answereth them not. 

I wil beate them as small as the dust of the 
earth : euen as f claye of the stretes wil I 
make them thynne, and sprede them out 
abrode. 

But me shalt thou delyuer from the stryu- 
ynges of the people, and shalt kepe me to be 
y heade of the Heythen : A people whom I 
haue not knowne, shal serue me. 

The straunge children haue denyed me: 
at the hearynge of the eare shal they herke 
vnto me. 

The straunge children are waxen olde, (j 
are shut vp in their presons. 

The LORDE lyueth, and blessed be my 
God, and magnified be the strength of my 
health. 

God seyth that I be auenged, and subdueth 
the people vnto me. 

He bryngeth me out fro myne enemies : j 
from them y ryse vp agaynst me, shalt thou 
exalte me, and from y cruell man shalt thou 
delyuer me. 

* For this cause wyl I geue thankes vnto 
the amonge the Heythen, and synge prayses 
vnto thy name. 

Which doth greate health for his kynge, 5 
sheweth mercy vnto Dauid his anoynted, and 
to his sede for euermore. 

Cfie rrii). Cfiapttr. 

THESE are the last wordes of Dauid: 
Dauid the sonne of Isai sayde. The 
man, that was set vp to be y anoynted of the 
God of Iacob, (g a pleasaunt dyter of songes 
of Israel, sayde : The sprete of the LORDE 
hath spoken by me, and the vtteraunce therof 
is done thorow my tunge. He sayde : The 
God of Israel hath spoke vnto me, the strength 



of Israel, the gouernoure amonge men, the 
righteous gouernoure in the feare of God. As 
the lighte is in y mornynge whan the Sonne 
aryseth, so that for the brightnesse therof no 
cloude remayneth : and as the grasse loketh 
vpon the earth thorow the rayne, euen so shal 
my house be with God. * For he hath made 
an euerlastinge couenaunt with me, well ap- 
pointed on euery syde and sure. For this is 
all my health 5 pleasure, that it shal growe. 
But the Belial shal be vtterly (t cleane roted 
out as the thornes, which me take not in their 
hades. And they y touch them, shal destroye 
them with yrons (j speares : j in the fyre shal 
they be brent, that they maye be broughte to 
naught. 

These are the names of Dauids Worthies : 
Iasabeam y sonne of Hachmoni, "the chefest 
amonge thre, which lifte vp his speare, (t slewe 
eight hundreth at one tyme. 

After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodi 
the sonne of Ahohi amonge the thre Worthies 
with Dauid, whan they spake despytefully to 
the Philistynes, and were gathered together 
to the battayll, and the men of Israel wente 
vp. Then stode he vp and smote the Philis- 
tynes, tyll his hande was so weery that it 
crompled with the swerde. And the LORDE 
gaue a greate victory at the same tyme, so 
that the people turned after him to spoyle. 
After him was Samma the sonne of Age y 
Hararite. Wha the Philistynes had gathered 
them selues in a company, and in the same 
place there was a pece of lode full of small 
come, and the people fled before the Philis- 
tynes, the stode he in the myddes of f pece 
of londe, (j delyuered it, g smote y Philistynes. 
And God gaue a greate victory. 

And these thre pryncipall amonge thirtie, 
came downe in the haruest vnto Dauid, *in to 
the caue of Adullam, j the hoost of y Philis- 
tynes laye in y valley of Rephaim. But 
Dauid was at the same tyme in the castell, 
and y Philistynes people laye at Bethleem. 
And Dauid was desyrous, and sayde : Wolde 
God y some man wolde fetch me a drynke of 
water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the 
gate. The brake the thre Worthies in to the 
hoost of the Philistynes, and drue of the water 
out of the well at Bethleem vnder y gate, 5 
caried it j broughte it vnto Dauid: neuertheles 
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LORDE, g sayde : The LORDE let this be 
farre fro me, that I shulde do it. Is it not 
the bloude of the men that ioperded their 
lyues, and wente thither ? And he wolde not 
drynke it. This dyd the thre Worthies. 

*Abisai f brother of Ioab the sonne of 
Zeru la was one also chefe amoge thre. He 
lifte vp his speare 5 smote thre hundreth, $ 
was an awncient man amoge thre, j the noblest 
amonge thre, g was their ruler. But he came 
not vnto the thre. t And Benaia the sonne 
of Ioiada, the sonne of Ishail (a man of greate 
actes of Cabzeell) smote two mightie giautes 
of y Moabites, & wete downe, 5 slewe a lyon 
at a well in the snowe tyme. He smote also 
a fayre goodly man of Egipte, which had a 
speare in his hande. But he wete downe to 
him with a staffe, and toke the speare out of 
the Egipcians hande by violence, and slewe 
him with his owne speare. This dyd Benaia 
the sonne of Ioiada, and was a famous man 
amoge thre Worthies, and more honorable 
then the thirtie, but he came not vnto the thre. 
And Dauid made him of his secrete coiicell. 

Asahel the brother of Ioab is amonge y 
thirtie : Elham his vncles sonne at Bethleem. 
Samma the Haradite, Elika the Haradite, 
Helez the Paltite, Ira the sonne of Ikes the 
Tekoite, Abiser the Anthothite, Mebunai the 
Husathite, Zalmon the Ahohite, Maherai the 
Netophatite, Ithai the sonne of Ribai of 
Gibea of the childre of Ben Iamin, Benaia 
the Pirgathonite, Hidai of the broke of 
Gaas, Abialbon the Arbathite, Asmaueth the 
Bahumite, Eliaheba the Baalbonite. The 
children of Iasen and Ionathas : Samma the 
Hararite, Eliphelet the sonne of Ahaszbai y 
sonne of Maechathi, Eliam the sonne of 
Achitophel f Gilonite, Hesrai of Carmel, 
Paerai the Arbite, Iegael the sonne of Nathan 
of Soba, Bani the Gadite, Zeleg the Am- 
monite, Naharai the Beerothite, the weapen 
bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeru la, Ira the 
Iethrite, Gareb the Iethrite, Vrias the Hethite. 
These are altogether seuen and thirtie. 

Cfie rriitj. Chapter. 

AND the LORDE was wrothfully dis- 
pleased of f new agaynst Israel, " and 
moued Dauid amonge them, because he saide : 
Go, nombre Israel and Iuda. And the kynge 
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Go aboute in all the trybes of Israel, from 
Dan vnto Berseba, and nombre the people, 
that I maye knowe how many they be. Ioab 
sayde vnto the kynge: The LORDE thy 
God adde vnto this people an hundreth tymes 
as moch as it is now, that my lorde the kynge 
maye se his eyes lust theron. But why hath 
my lorde the kynge a desyre to this thinge ? 
Neuertheles the kynges worde preuayled 
agaynst Ioab and the captaynes of the hoost. 

So Ioab and y captaynes of the hoost wente 
forth from the kynge, to nombre the people 
of Israel, and passed ouer Iordane, and pitched 
at Aroer, at the righte hande of the cite which 
lyeth in y ryuer of Gad, and at Iaseer, & came 
to Gilead, and in the lowe countre of Hadsi, 
and came vnto Dan Iaan, and aboute Sidon, 
and came to the stronge cite of Tyrus, and 
all the cities of the Heuites and Cananites, 
and came forth to the south parte of Iuda 
vnto Berseba, and wete rounde aboute that 
countre, and after nyne monethes and twenty 
daies they came to Ierusalem. And Ioab de- 
lyuered vnto y kynge the summe of the people 
that was nombred. And in Israel there were 
eight C. thousande stronge men, that drue 
out the swerde : and in Iuda fyue hundreth 
thousande men. And after that the people 
was nombred, Dauids hert smote him selfe. 
And Dauid sayde vnto y LORDE : I haue 
synned sore, that I haue done this. And now 
LORDE take awaie the trespace of thy ser- 
uaunt. For I haue done very vnwysely. 

And whan Dauid rose vp in the mornynge, 
the worde of the LORDE came vnto the 
prophet God, Dauids Seer, & sayde: Go 5 
speake vnto Dauid. Thus sayeth the LORDE: 
I brynge the thre thinges, chose the one of 
them, that I maye do it vnto the. Gad came 
vnto Dauid, and tolde him, and sayde vnto 
him : Wilt thou that seuen yeare derth shall 
come in to thy londe ? Or that thou be fayne 
to flye before thine aduersaries thre monethes, 
and they to persecute the ? Or that there be 
pestilence thre dayes in the londe? Take 
aduysement therfore and se, what answere I 
shal bringe agayne vnto him y sent me. 

Dauid sayde vnto Gad : I am in extreme 
trouble. % Neuertheles (yf it maye be) let me 
rather fall in to y handes of the LORDE (for 
his mercy is greate) I wyll not fall in to the 
handes of men. 

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So the LORDE sent pestilece in to Israel 
from the morow vnto the tyme appoynted, so 
that there dyed of the people from Dan vnto 
Berseba, thre score and ten thousande men. 
And whan the angel stretched his hande ouer 
Ierusalem to destroye it, the LORDE re- 
pented ouer the euell, and sayde vnto the 
angell : It is ynough, holde now thy hande. 
The angell of the LORDE was besyde the 
barne of Arafna the Iebusite. But whan 
Dauid sawe the angell that smote the people, 
he sayde vnto the LORDE : beholde, It is I 
that haue synned, I haue done the trespace : 
As for these shepe, what haue they done? 
Oh let thy hade be agaynst me and agaynst 
my fathers house. 

And Gad came to Dauid at the same tyme, 
and saide vnto him: Go vp, and set vp an 
altare vnto the LORDE in y barne of Arafna 
the Iebusite. So Dauid wete vp as Gad sayde, 
and as the LORDE had commaunded. And 
wha Arafna loked aboute him, he sawe the 
kynge with his seruauntes goinge vnto him, 



and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounde, 
and sayde: Wherfore commeth my lorde y 
kynge vnto his seruaunt ? Dauid sayde : To 
bye the barne of the, and to buylde an altare 
vnto the LORDE, that the plage maye ceasse 
from the people. 

But Arafna sayde vnto Dauid: Let my 
lorde the kynge take it, and offre what pleaseth 
him. Beholde, there is an oxe for a burnt 
offerynge, and sleddes, and vessels of oxen to 
the wodd. All this gaue Arafna vnto the 
kynge. And Arafna sayde vnto y kynge : 
The LORDE thy God make the accepted 
vnto him. Neuertheles y kynge sayde vnto 
Arafna : Not so, but I wyll bye it of the for 
as moch as it is worth. For I wyl not ofFre 
burntofferynges vnto y LORDE, of y which 
I haue for naughte. So Dauid boughte the 
barne and the oxe for fiftye Sides of syluer, 
and buylded an altare there vnto the LORDE, 
and offred burntofferynges & deedofferynges. 
And the LORDE was mercifull vnto y londe, 
and y plage ceassed from the people of Israel. 



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Chap. I. 
Adonias seketh his fathers kyngdome, Salomon 
is ordeyned kynge. 

Chap. II. 
Dauid before his death exhorteth Salomo to god- 
lynes. Adonias, Ioab and Semei are put to 
death. Abiathar is deposed from the presthode. 

Chap. HI. 
Salom5 optayneth wyszdome of God. The wise 
sentence of Salomon betwene the two wemen 
that stroue for the childe. 

Chap. IIII. 
The descripcion of Salomons kyngdome, and of 
his wyszdome. 

Chap. V. 
Hiram the kinge of Tyre sendeth Salomon con- 
nynge craftesmen to buylde the Temple. 

Chap. VI. 
The descripcion of the time wha Salomon be- 
ganne to buylde the Temple, and how it was 
buylded. 

Chap. VII. 
Salomon buyldeth himselfe an house of the tym- 
ber of mount Libanus. 

Chap. VIII. 

The Arke of the LORDE is brought in to Salo- 
mons temple. The thankesgeuynge and prayer 
of Salomon. 

Chap. IX. 

The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon, which 
geueth Hiram twenty cities (jc. 

Chap. X. 
Quene Saba hearynge of Salomons wyszdome, 
commeth to Ierusalem. 

Chap. XI. 

Salomon displeaseth God with the loue of Hey- 
thenysh wemen. God deuydeth his kyngdome, 
he dyeth. 

Chap. XII. 

Roboam foloweth yonge councell, and maketh 
the people to cleue to Ieroboam, which setteth 
vp Idolatry with the two golden calues. 



Chap. XIII. 
Ieroboam despiseth the prophet of the LORDE, 
is punyshed, 5 receaued to grace agayne. A 
Lyon slayeth the dishobedient prophet. 

Chap. XIIII. 
Ieroboam dyeth, his sonne Nadab is kynge. Of 
Roboams dominion. 

Chap. XV. 
Abia reigneth in Iuda, after hi reigneth Asa, 
which hath warre with Baasa the kynge of 
Israel. After him reigneth Iosaphath : and 
Baesa dyeth. 

Chap. XVI. 
Ella reigneth in steade of his father Baesa. 
Simri slayeth him, and taketh the kyngdome. 
The people are deuided. Achab is kynge. 

Chap. XVII. 

A greate drouth 5 derth in Elias tyme. The 
LORDE fedeth him thorow the Rauens, and 
by the wedowe at Sarepta. 

Chap. XVIII. 

Elias commeth agayne vnto Achab. All Baals 
prestes are slayne. 

Chap. XIX. 

Iesebel threateneth Elias, he flieth, and is fed 
and strengthed by the angell. The LORDE 
talketh with him vpon mount Horeb. Eliseus 
is called. 

Chap. XX. 

Benadab the kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst 
Samaria and Israel is ouercome and dis- 
comfited. 

Chap. XXI. 

Achab oppresseth Naboth for his vynyarde. 
Elias rebuketh him. 

Chap. XXII. 

Iosaphat ande Achab helpe one another to fighte. 
The prophet Micheas warneth them. 



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Che firsst Chapter. 

AND wha kinge Dauid was olde 5 well 
strycke in age, he coulde not be warme, 
though he was couered with clothes. Then 
sayde his seruauntes vnto him : Let vs seke a 
yonge damsell a virgin for oure lorde the 
kynge, to stonde before the kynge, and to 
norish him, 5 to slepe in his armes, and to 
warme oure lorde the kynge. And they 
sought a fayre dasell in all the coastes of 
Israel, and founde Abisag of Sunem, and 
brought her vnto y kynge. And she was a 
very fayre damsell, and noryshed f kynge, 
and serued him. Howbeit the kynge knewe 
her not. B 

Adonias y sonne of Hagith lifte vp him- 
selfe, and sayde : I wyl be kynge. And he pre- 
pared him charettes and horsmen, and fyftie 
men to be renners on fote before him. And 
his father reproued hi not therfore, so moch 
as to saye: Wherfore doest thou so? And 
he was a man of a very fayre bewtye * and he 
had begotten him nexte after Absalo. And 
his matter stode by Ioab f sonne of Zeru la 
and by Abiathar the prest, which helped 
Adonias. But Sadoc the prest, and Benaia 
the sonne of Ioiada, and Nathan the prest 
and Semei and Rei, and Dauids Worthies 
were not with Adonias. 

And wha Adonias offred shepe and oxe, 
and fat catell besyde the stone of Soheleth, 
which lyeth by the twell of Rogel, he called 
all his brethre the kynges sonnes, and all the 
men of Iuda the kynges seruautes. But the 
prophet Nathan and Benaia, and the Worthies, 
and his brother Salomon called he not. Then 
sayde Nathan vnto Bethseba Salomons mo- 
ther : Hast thou not herde y Adonias is kynge, 
and oure lorde Dauid knoweth not therof? 
Come now therfore, I wyll geue the councell, 
that thou mayest delyuer thy soule and the 
soule of thy sonne Salomon. Come now and 
go in to kinge Dauid and saye vnto him: 
Hast not thou my lorde the kynge sworne and 
sayde vnto thy handmayden : Salomon thy 
sonne shall be kynge after me, and he shall 
sytt vpon my seate? Why is then Adonias 
made kynge? Beholde, while thou art yet 
there, and talkest with the kynge, I wyll come 
in after the, and tell forth thy tayle. And 
Bethseba wente in to the kynge to y chamber. 

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And the kynge was very olde. And Abisag 
of Sunem serued the kynge. And Bethseba 
bowed hirselfe, and worshipped the kynge. 

The kynge sayde : What wilt thou ? She 
sayde vnto him : My lorde, Thou hast sworne 
vnto thy handmayde by the LORDE thy God: 
Thy sonne Salomon shall be kynge after me 
and syt vpon my seate. But now To, Adonias 
is kynge, and my lorde the kynge knoweth it 
not. He hath offred oxen and fat catell, and 
many shepe, and hath called all the kynges 
sonnes, and Abiathar the prest, and Ioab the 
chefe captayne. But thy seruaunt Salomon 
hath he not bydden. Neuertheles thou my 
lorde art kynge, the eyes of all Israel loke 
vnto the, that thou shuldest shewe them who 
shall syt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge 
after the. And wha my lorde the kynge 
slepeth with his fathers then shal I and my 
sonne Salomon be fayne to be synners. 

But whyle she yet spake to the kynge, the 
prophet Nathan came, and she tolde y kinge : 
beholde, there is the prophet Nathan. And 
whan he came in before the kynge, he wor- 
shipped the kynge vpon his face to the grounde, 
and sayde My lorde O kynge, hast thou saide : 
Adonias shal be kinge after me, 5 syt vp5 my 
seate ? For he is gone downe this daye, and 
hath offred oxen, and fat catell, 5 hath called 
all the kynges sonnes, and the captaynes, and 
the prest Abiathar. And beholde, they eate 
and drynke before him, and saye: God saue 
the kynge Adonias. But me thy seruaunt, 
and Sadoc the prest, and Benaia the sonne of 
Ioiada, and thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not 
called. Hath my lorde the kynge com- 
maunded this, and not certifyed his seruauntes 
who shall sytt vpon the seate of my lorde the 
kynge after him ? 

The kinge answered and saide : Call Beth- 
seba vnto me. And she came in befoi'e the 
kinge. And whan she stode before the kynge, 
the kynge sware and sayde : As truly as the 
LORDE lyueth (which hath delyuered my 
soule out of trouble,) I wyl do vnto the this 
daye, euen as I sware vnto the by the LORDE 
the God of Israel, so that Salomon thy sonne 
shalbe kynge after me, and he shal sit vpon 
my seate in my steade. 

Then Bethseba bowed hir selfe with hir 
face to the grounde, and thanked the kynge 
and sayde : God saue my lorde kynge Dauid 

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for euermore. And the kynge sayde : Call 
me the prest Sadoc j the prophet Nathan, 
and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada. 

And whan they came in before the kynge, 
the kynge sayde vnto them: Take you re 
lordes seruauntes with you, and set my sonne 
Salomon vpon my Mule, and cary him downe 
to Gihon : and let Sadoc y prest and the pro- 
phet Nathan, anoynte him there to be kynge 
ouer Israel, and bio we the trompe, and saye : 
God saue kynge Salomon, and go ye vp after 
him : and whan he commeth, he shal syt vpo 
my seate, and be kynge in my steade : for I haue 
ordeyned him to be prynce ouer Israel and 
Iuda. Then answered Benaia the sonne of 
Ioiada vnto the kynge, u sayde : Amen. 
The LORDE God of my lorde the kynge 
saye thus also. As the LORDE hath bene 
with my lorde the kynge, so be he with Salo- 
mon also, that his seate maye be greater then 
the seate of my lorde kynge Dauid. 

Then wente they downe, the prest Sadoc 
and the prophet Nathan, and Benaia the sonne 
of Ioiada, and the Chrethians, & Plethians, & 
set Salomon vpon kynge Dauids Mule, j 
broughte him to Gihon. And Sadoc the 
prest toke the oyle home out of the Taber- 
nacle, and anoynted Salomon. And they 
blewe the trompe : And all f people sayde : 
God saue kynge Salomon. 

And all the people wente vp after him, and 
the people pyped with pypes, and was very 
ioyfull, so that the earth range at the noyse 
of them. And Adonias herde it, and all they 
whom he had called, which were with him, 
and they had new eaten. And whan Ioab 
herde the noyse of the trompe, he sayde : 
What meaneth this noyse of the cite and this 
busynes ? But whyle he yet spake, beholde, 
Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar y prest 
came. 

And Adonias sayde : Come in, for thou art 
a valeaunt man, and bryngest good tydinges. 
Ionathas answered and sayde vnto Adonias : 
Alas, oure lorde kynge Dauid hath made 
Salomon kynge, and hath sent with him Sadoc 
the prest, and the prophet Nathan, and Be- 
naia the sonne of Ioiada, and the Chrethians 
and Plethians, and they haue set him vpon 
the kynges Mule : and Sadoc y prest with the 
prophet Nathan hath anoynted him kynge at 
Gihon, and from thece are they gone vp with 

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ioye, that the cite range with all : that is the 
noyse that ye haue herde. 

Salomon also sytteth vpo the kynges seate, 
and the kynges seruauntes are gone in to wysh 
good lucke vnto oure lorde kynge Dauid, and 
haue sayde : Thy God make Salomon a better 
name then thy name is, and make his seate 
greater then thy seate. And they haue 
wyszshed the kynge good lucke vpon the bed 
Morouer y kynge hath sayde thus : Praysed 
be y LORDE God of Israel, which this daye 
hath made one to syt vpon my seate, that 
myne eyes haue sene it. 

Then were they afrayed, and gatt them vp 
all that were called by Adonias, and so they 
departed euery man his waye. But Adonias 
was afrayed of Salomon, and gat him vp, and 
wete his waye, (j toke holde of f homes of y 
altare. And it was tolde Salomon : beholde, 
Adonias feareth kynge Salomo, 5 beholde, he 
taketh holde of the homes of y altare, j sayeth : 
Let klge Salomo sweare vnto me this daye, 
that he shall not slaye his seruaunt with the 
swerde. Salomon sayde : Yf he wil be an 
honest man, there shall not one heer fall from 
him vpon the earth : but yf there be euell 
founde in him, he shall dye. And kinge 
Salomo sent, and caused him to be fetched 
*from the altare. And whan he came, he fell 
downe before kynge Salomon. But Salomon 
sayde vnto him : Go thy waye in to thy house. 

Che ij. Chapter. 

NOW whan the tyme came that Dauid 
shulde dye, he commaunded Salomon 
his sonne, and sayde : " I go the waye of all the 
worlde, Be thou stroge therfore, and shewe 
thyselfe a man, and kepe the watch of the 
LORDE thy God, that thou walke in his 
wayes, and holde his ordinaunces, his com- 
maundementes, his lawes, and his testimonies, 
t as it is written in the lawe of Moses, that thou 
mayest be wyse in all that thou doest, and 
whither so euer thou turnest the : that the 
LORDE maye rayse vp his worde, which he 
hath spoke ouer me, and saide : Yf thy chil- 
dren kepe their waye and walke before me 
faithfully and truly and with all their hert and 
with all their soule, the shal there neuer fayle 
the a man vpon the seate of Israel. 

Thou knowest well also what Ioab the sonne 
of Zeru la hath done vnto me, what he dyd 

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vnto the two chefe captaynes of Israel, * Abner 
the sonne of Ner, and t Amasa the sonne of 
Iether, whom he slewe and shed the bloude of 
warre wha. it was peace, g put the bloude of 
warre vpon his girdel y was aboute his loynes, 
and in his shues that were vpon his fete : Do 
thou acordynge to thy wyszdome, that thou 
brynge not his graye heer downe to the graue 
in peace. 

And to the children of Barsyllai the Gi- 
leadite, thou shalt shewe mercy, that they 
maye eate at thy table. For so ioined they 
the selues vnto me, whan I fled before thy 
brother Absalom. And beholde, thou hast 
with the t Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne 
of Iemini of Bahurim, which cursed me with 
very bytter and shamefull cursynges, what 
tyme as I wente to Mahanaim. Yet $ came 
he downe to mete me at Iordan, where I sware 
vnto him by the LORDE, and sayde : I wyll 
not slaye the with the swerde. But suffre not 
thou him to be vngiltye, for thou art a wyse 
man, and shalt wel knowe what thou oughtest 
to do vnto him, that thou mayest brynge his 
graye heer downe to the graue with bloude. 

II So Dauid slepte with his fathers, and was 
buried in the cite of Dauid. The tyme that 
Dauid was kynge ouer Israel, is fortie yeare. 
"Seuen yeares was he kynge at Hebro and thre 
and thirtie yeare at Ierusalem. *And Salomon 
sat vpon the seate of Dauid his father, and his 
kyngdome was made very sure. 

But Adonias the sonne of Hagith came 
in to Bethseba Salomons mother. And she 
sayde : Is thy commynge peaceable ? He 
spake : Yee, and sayde : I haue somwhat to 
saye to the. She sayde : Saye on. He sayde : 
Thou knowest that the kyngdome was myne, 
and that all Israel had sett them selues vpon 
me, that I shulde be kynge, but now is the 
kyngdome turned, and become my brothers : 
for he hath it of the LORDE. 

Now desyre I one peticion of the, Make 
not my face ashamed. She sayde vnto him : 
Saye on. He sayde : Speake vnto kynge 
Salomon (for the shall not shame thy face) that 
he maye geue me Abisag to wyfe. Bethseba 
sayde : Wel, I wil speake to the kynge for the. 

And Bethseba came in to kynge Salomon 
to speake with him. And the kynge stode vp, 
and wente to mete her, and worshipped her, 



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and sat him downe vpon his seate. And there 
was a chayre set for the kynges mother, so 
that she sat at his righte hande. And she 
sayde : One peticion desyre I of the make not 
my face ashamed. The kynge sayde: Axe 
O my mother, I wyl not shame thy face. She 
saide : Let Abisag of Sunem be geuen thy 
brother Adonias to wyfe. 

Then answered kynge Salomon, and saide 
vnto his mother : Why desyrest thou Abisag 
of Sunem for Adonias? Axe the kyngdome for 
him also, for he is my greater brother, ** and 
hath Abiathar the prest, and Ioab the sonne 
of Zeru la. And the kynge sware by the 
LORDE, and sayde : God do this and that 
vnto me, Adonias shall haue spoken this 
agaynst his lyfe. And now as truly as the 
LORDE lyueth which hath ordeyned me, and 
made me to syt vpon the seate of my father 
Dauid, and hath made me a house (tt acord- 
ynge as he sayde) this daye shal Adonias dye. 

And kynge Salomon sent thither by Benaia 
the sonne of Ioiada, which smote him that he 
dyed. And to the prest Abiathar sayde y 
kynge : Go thy waye vnto Anathot to thy 
londe, for thou art a man of deeth. Neuer- 
thelesse I wyl not slaye the this daye for thou 
hast borne the Arke of the LORDE God 
before my father Dauid, and hast suffred 
also where my father suflred. 

Thus Salomo put forth Abiathar, that he 
must nomore be the prest of the LORDE, 
that the worde of the LORDE mighte be 
fulfilled, XX which he spake ouer the house of 
Eli at Silo. 

And this rumoure came before Ioab : for 
Ioab cleued vnto Adonias, and not vnto Salo- 
mon. Then fled Ioab in to the Tabernacle 
of the LORDE, and toke holde of the homes 
of the altare. And it was tolde kynge Salo- 
mon, that Ioab was fled in to the Tabernacle 
of the LORDE, and beholde, he stondeth at 
the altare. 

Then sent Salomon Benaia the sonne of 
Ioiada, and sayde : Go slaye him. And 
whan Benaia came to the Tabernacle of the 
LORDE, he sayde vnto him : Thus sayeth 
the kynge : Come forth. He sayde : No, I 
wyl dye here. And Benaia tolde this vnto 
the kynge agayne, and sayde : Thus hath 
Ioab spoken, and thus hath he answered me. 



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The kinge saide vnto him : Do as he hath 
spoken, and slaye him, and bury him, that 
thou mayest put fro me and my fathers house 
the bloude which Ioab hath shed with out a 
cause, and that the LORDE maye recom- 
pence him his bloude vpon his heade, because 
he smote two men, which were more righteous 
and better then he, and slewe them with y 
swerde that my father Dauid knewe not of : 
namely, *Abner y sonne of Ner the chefe 
captaine ouer Israel, 5 Amasa the sonne of 
Iether y chefe captaine ouer Iuda a f their 
bloude maye be recompensed vpo y heade of 
Ioab and of his sede for euer : but Dauid and 
his sede, his house and his seate haue peace 
for euennore of the LORDE. 

And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada wente vp, 
and smote him, and slewe him: (j he was 
buried in his house in the wyldernes. And f 
kynge set Benaia f sonne of Ioiada in his 
steade ouer the hoost. And t Sadoc f prest 
dyd the kynge set in the steade of Abiathar. 

And the kynge sent, and caused for to call 
Semei, and sayde vnto him : Buylde the an 
house at Ierusalem, and dwell there, and 
departe not from thence, nether hither ner 
thither. In what daye so euer thou departest 
forth, and goest ouer f broke Cedron, be thou 
sure, that thou shalt dye the deeth : thy bloude 
be vpon thy heade. Semei sayde vnto the 
kynge : This is a good meanynge, as my lorde 
the kynge hath sayde, so shal thy seruaunt do. 
So Semei dwelt at Ierusalem a longe season. 
But after thre yeare it fortuned that two 
seruauntes ranne awaye from Semei vnto Achis 
the sonne of Maecha kynge of Gath. 

And it was tolde Semei : beholde, thy ser- 
uauntes are at Gath. Then Semei gat him 
vp, and sadled his asse, and wete vnto Gath 
to Achis, for to seke his seruautes. And wha 
he came thither, he broughte his seruauntes 
from Gath. 

And it was tolde Salomon, that Semei 
wente from Ierusalem vnto Gath, and was 
come agayne. Then sent the kynge, and 
caused for to call Semei, and sayde vnto him : 
Sware not I to the by the LORDE, and 
assured the, and sayde : Loke what daye so 
euer thou departest out and goest hither or 
thither, be sure that thou shalt dye the death? 
And thou saydest vnto me : I haue herde a 
good meanynge. Why hast thou not kepte 

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the then acordinge to the ooth of the LORDE, 
and commaundement that I commaunded the? 
And the kynge sayde vnto Semei : Thou 
remembrest all f wickednes, which thy hert 
knoweth tthat thou dyddest vnto my father 
Dauid. The LORDE hath recompenced f 
thy wickednes vpon thy heade. And kynge 
Salomon is blessed, and the seate of Dauid 
shalbe stablished before f LORDE for euer. 
And the kynge commaunded Benaia y sonne 
of Ioiada, which wente forth, and smote him 
that he dyed. And the kyngdome was sta- 
blished by Salomons hande. 

Che iij. Chapter. 

AND Salomon made mariage with Pharao 
the kynge of Egipte, & toke Pharaos 
doughter, and broughte her in to the cite of 
Dauid, tyll he had buylded his house, and 
the LORDES house, and the walles rounde 
aboute Ierusalem. But the people offred yet 
vpon the hye places : for as yet there was no 
house buylded vnto the name of the LORDE 
vnto that tyme. But Salomon loued the 
LORDE, and walked after the ordinaunces 
of Dauid his father: excepte onely that he 
offred and brent incense vpon the hye places. 

§And the kynge wente vnto Gibeon, to do 
sacrifice there: for that was a goodly hye 
place. And Salomon offred a thousande 
burntofferynges vpon the same altare. II And 
the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon 
in a dreame of the nighte, and God sayde : 
Axe what I shal geue y. Salomo saide : 
Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father 
Dauid thy seruaunt. Like as he walked be- 
fore the in faithfulnes and righteousnes, and 
in a true hert with the, g this greate mercy hast 
thou layed vp for him, and geuen him a sonne 
to syt vpon his seate, as it is now come to passe. 

1f Now LORDE my God, thou hast made 
thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids 
steade : As for me, I am but a small yonge 
man, knowynge nether my outgoynge ner 
ingoynge. And thy seruaunt is amonge the 
people whom thou hast chosen: which is so 
greate, that no man can nombre them ner 
descrybe them for multitude. Geue thy ser- 
uaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye 
iudge thy people, % vnderstonde what is good 
& bad: for who is able to iudge this thy 
mightie people? 

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This pleased the LORDE well, that Sa 
lomon axed soch a peticion. And God sayde 
vnto him: For so moch as thou axest this. 
and desyrest not longe lyfe, nether riches 
nether f soules of thine enemies, but vnder- 
stodinge to heare iudgment, beholde, therfore 
haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. * 1 
holde, I haue geuen the an hert of wyszdome 
and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou 
hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp 
after the. 

Yee and that thou hast not prayed for, haue 
I geuen the also, namely, ryches, and honoure, 
so that amonge the kynges in thy tyme there 
is not soch one as thou. And yf thou wilt 
walke in my wayes, so that thou kepe myn 
ordinaunces and lawes, a as Dauid thy father 
hath walked, then wyll I geue the a longe lyfe. 

And whan Salomon awaked, beholde, it 
was a dreame, tand he came to Ierusale, and 
stode before the Arke of the LORDES co- 
uenaunt, and offred burntofferynges, and 
healthofferinges, and made a greate feast vnto 
his seruauntes. 

At the same tyme came there two harlottes 
vnto f kynge, and stode before him. And 
the one woman sayde : Oh my lorde, I and 
this woman dwelt in one house, and I was 
delyuered of a childe in the house with her: j 
on the thirde daye after that I was delyuered, 
she was delyuered of a childe also. And we 
were together, so y there was no straunger in 
y house, but we two : (t this womans sonne 
died in the nighte (for she smoored him in the 
slepe) and she rose vp in the nighte, and toke 
my sonne fro my syde (where thy handmayde 
slepte,) and layed it in hir arme, and hir deed 
sonne layed she in myne arme. And whan I 
rose vp in the mornynge to geue my sonne 
sucke, beholde, he was deed. But in the 
mornynge I loked well, and beholde, it was 
not my sonne, whom I had borne. 

The other woman sayde : Not so, my sonne 
lyueth, and thy sonne is deed. But she sayde : 
Not so, thy sonne is deed, and my sonne 
liueth. And thus spake they before the kynge. 
And the kynge sayde : This woma saieth : my 
sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed : Yonder 
woman sayeth : Not so, thy sonne is deed, (j 
my sonne lyueth. And the kynge saide : 
Fetch me a swerde. And whan the swerde 
was brought before the kynge, the kynge 



sayde : Parte the lyuynge childe in two partes 
and geue this woman the one halfe, and yonder 
woman the other halfe. 

Then sayde the woman whose sonne lyued, 
vnto f kinge: (for hir motherly hert was 
kyndled with pite ouer hir sonne) Oh my 
lorde, geue hir the childe alyue, and kyll it 
not. But the other sayde : Let it nether be 
myne ner thine, but let it be parted. Then 
answered the kynge, and sayde: Geue this 
woman the lyuynge childe, and slaye it not, 
for she is his mother. And all Israel herde 
of this iudgment that the kynge had geuen : 
and they feared the kynge, for they sawe that 
y wysdome of God was in him to kepe iudgmet. 

Che iiij. Chapter. 

THUS was Salomon kynge ouer all Israel. 
And these were his prynces : Asaria the 
sonne of Sadoc the prest : Elihoreph, and Ahi 
la the sonnes of Sisa, were prestes : Iosaphat 
the sonne of Ahilud was chaunceler : Benaia 
f sonne of Ioiada was the chefe captayne : 
Sadoc and Abiathar were prestes : Asaria the 
sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers : Sabud 
the sonne of Nathan the prest was the kynges 
frende : Ahisar was stewarde : Adoniram the 
sonne of Abda was rent gatherer. 

And Salomon had twolue offycers ouer all 
Israel, which made prouysion of fode for the 
kynge and his house : One had a moneth longe 
in y yeare to make prouysion : The sonne of 
Hur vpon mount Ephraim. The sonne of 
Deber at Macaz and at Saalbaim, (j at Beth- 
sames, and at Elon, and Beth Hana. The 
sonne of Hased at Aruboth, and had therto 
Socho and all the londe of Hepher. Th€ 
sonne of Abinadab all y lordshippe at Dor 
I had Taphat Salomos doughter to wife 
Baena y sonne of Ahilud at Thaenach (j at 
Magiddo, & ouer all Beth Sean, which lyeth 
besyde Zarthana vnder Iesrael from Beth Sean 
vnto the playne of Mehelo, tyll the other syde 
of Iakmeam. The sonne of Geber at Ramoth 
in Gilead: he had the townes of lair the 
sonne of Manasse in Gilead, and had f coastes 
of Argob which lyeth in Basan, euen thre 
score greate walled cities, and with brasen 
barres. Ahinadab f sonne of Iddo at Maha- 
naim. Ahimaas in Nephtali: and he also 
toke Basmath Salomons doughter to wife. 
Baena the sonne of Husai in Asser and at 



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Aloth. Iosaphat the sonne of Paruha in 
Isachar. Semei the sonne of Ela in Ben 
Iamin. Geber the sonne of Vri in the londe 
of Gilead, in the londe of Sihon kynge of the 
Amorites, and of Og the kynge in Basan. 
One officer was in the same londe. As for 
Iuda and Israel, they were in nombre as the 
sonde of the see, and ate and dronke, and 
were mery. *Thus was Salomo lorde ouer 
all the kyngdomes (from the water of the 
londe of the Philistynes, vnto the border of 
Egipte) which broughte him giftes, and serued 
him as longe as he lyued. 

And Salomon had daylie to his vytayles 
thirtye quarters of fyne meel, thre score 
quarters of other meel, ten fat oxen, and twety 
small catell, and an hundreth shepe, beside 
hartes and Roes, and wilde goates, and fat 
capons, and foules. For he had the lordshippe 
of all the londe on this syde the water, fro 
Tiphsa vnto Gasa, and ouer all y kynges on 
this syde y water : j had peace of all his sub- 
iectes rounde aboute, so that Iuda and Israel 
dwelt safe, euery one vnder his vyne, and 
vnder his figge tre, from Dan vnto Berseba, 
as longe as Salomon lyued. 

And Salomo had fortye thousande cart 
horses, and twolue thousande horsmen. And 
the officers prouyded the kynge Salomon 
with vytayles : and what soeuer belonged to 
the kynges table, that brought euery man in 
his moneth, and myssed not : Barlye also (j 
strawe for the horses and coursers, (j broughte 
them vnto the place where y kynge was, euery 
one after his charge. 

And God gaue Salomon maruelous greate 
wyszdome and vnderstondinge, and a large 
hert, as the sonde that lyeth vpon y See 
shore : so that the wyszdome of Salomon was 
greater then the wyszdome of all the children 
towarde the south and of all y Egipcians. 
And he was wyser then all men, yee wyser 
then Ethan the Esrahite, Heman, Chalcal, 
and Darda, the sonnes of Mahol : and had a 
greate name amonge all the Heythe on euery 
syde. And he spake thre thousande * pro- 
uerbes, u his §songes were a thousande g 
fyue. And he spake of trees, from y Ceder 
of Libanus vnto the Isope y groweth out of y 
wall: he talked also of catell, of foules, of 
wormes, of fiszshes. And there came of all 



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nacions to heare y wyszdome of Salomon, and 
there came of all the kynges of f earth, which 
had herde of his wyszdome. 

Cfte ft. Cfiapter. 

AND Hiram y kynge of Tyre sent his 
seruauntes vnto Salomon, for he had 
herde, y they had anoynted him kynge in his 
fathers steade : for Hiram II loued Dauid as 
loge as he lyued. f And Salomon sent vnto 
Hiram, sayenge : ** Thou knowest that my 
father might not buylde an house vnto the 
name of the LORDE his God, because of 
the warre that was aboute him, vntyll the 
LORDE delyuered them vnder the soles of 
his fete : But now hath the LORDE my God 
geuen me rest on euery syde, so that there is 
no aduersary ner euell hynderaunce : Beholde 
I am therfore aduysed to buylde an house 
vnto the name of the LORDE my God 
acordinge as the LORDE spake vnto Dauid 
my father, and sayde : tt Thy sonne, whom I 
shal set vpon thy seate in thy steade, shal 
buylde an house vnto my name. Commaunde 
therfore that they hewe me downe Ceders out 
of Libanus, and that thy seruauntes be with 
my seruauntes, % the rewarde of thy ser- 
uauntes wyll I geue the, what so euer thou 
shalt axe : for thou knowest, y with vs there 
is no ma which can hewe tymber as the Sido- 
nians. 

Whan Hiram herde the wordes of Salomon, 
he was very glad, and sayde : Praysed be the 
LORDE this daye, which hath geuen Dauid 
a wyse sonne ouer this greate people. And 
Hiram sent vnto Salomon, sayenge : I haue 
herde what thou hast sent vnto me : I wyl do 
acordinge vnto all thy desyre with Ceders and 
Pyne trees. My seruaiites shall brynge them 
downe from Libanus vnto f See, and I wyl 
make them to flote vpo the See, vnto the 
place which thou shalt shewe me, and there 
wyl I cause them to aryue, 5 thou shalt make 
the to be fetched. But thou shalt fulfyll my 
desyre also, and geue fode vnto my housholde 
folkes. So Hira gaue Salomon Ceders and 
Pyne trees acordinge to all his desyre. But 
Salomon gaue Hiram twentye thousande 
quarters of wheate to eate for his housholde, 
and twetye quarters of beaten oyle. This 
gaue Salomon yearly vnto Hiram. 

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And the LORDE gaue Salomon wyszdome, 
acordynge as he had sayde vnto him, (j there 
was peace betwene Hiram and Salomon, and 
they made a couenaunt both together. And 
Salomon made an outchosynge (of workmen) 
thorow out all Israel. And y outchosynge 
was thirtie thousande me, and he sent the to 
mount Libanus euery two monethes ten thou- 
sande, so that they were one moneth vpon 
Libanus, and two monethes at home. And 
* Adoniram was ouer the outchosynge. 

And Salomon had thre score thousande 5 
ten that bare burthens, g foure score thou- 
sande that hewed tymber vpon the mount, 
besyde Salomons chefe officers, which were 
ordeyned ouer the worke : namely thre thou- 
sande and thre hundreth, which ruled y peo- 
ple that laboured there in the worke. And f 
kynge commaunded, that they shulde breake 
out greate and costly stones, namely fre stone, 
for the foundacion of the house. And Salo- 
mons masons, and Hirams, and they that were 
in those coastes, hewed out (j prepared tymbre 
and stones to the buyldinge of the house. 

Ci)« bi. Cfjaptar. 

IN the foure hundreth and foure score yeare 
after the " departinge of the children of 
Israel out of the londe of Egipte, in the 
fourth yeare of the raigne of Salomon ouer 
Israel, in the moneth Sif (y is the seconde 
moneth) was the house buylded vnto the 
LORDE. This house that kynge Salomon 
buylded vnto f LORDE, was thre score 
cubytes loge, twenty cubytes brode, cj thirtie 
cubites hye. And he buylded a t Porche 
before the temple of twentye cubytes longe 
after the bredth of the house, 5 ten cubites 
brode before the house. And in f house he 
made wyndowes, which might be opened and 
shut with lyddes. 

And rounde aboute by the wall of f house 
he buylded a compase, so y it wente both 
aboute the temple and the quere, and made 
his outwarde wall roiide aboute. The nether 
most stacion was fyue cubytes wyde, and f 
myddest sixe cubites wyde, and the thirde 
seuen cubites wyde. For he layed balkes 
rounde aboute the house, that they touched 
not y wall of the house. 

And whan f house was buylded, it was 

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buylded of whole and outbroken stones, so y 
there was herde nether hammer ner axe, ner 
eny other instrument of yron, whan the house 
was a buyldinge. 

But on the righte syde of the myddes of 
the house there was a dore, so y they might 
go vp to the myddest stacion by a turne grese, 
5 from the myddest stacion vnto f thirde. 
Thus buylded he the house, j fynished it, (j 
syled f house both aboue (j by the walles with 
Ceder wodd. He buylded a galery also aboue 
vpon the whole house fyue cubytes hye, and 
couered the house with Ceder tymber. 

And the worde of the LORDE came vnto 
Salomon, 5 sayde : Let this be the house y 
thou buyldest. Yf thou shalt walke in myne 
ordinaunces, 5 do acordinge to my lawes, 5 
kepe all my comaundementes, to walke therin, 
then wyl I stablyszshe my worde with f, (t as 
I sayde vnto Dauid thy father) 5 wyll dwell 
amonge the childre of Israel, and wil not for- 
sake my people of Israel. 

Thus Salomon buylded the house, 5 fy 
nished it, a buylded the walles on the insyde 
with Ceder tymber, from the grounde of f 
house vnto the rofe, and syled it with tymbre 
on the ynsyde, and ouerlayed the floore of f 
house with bordes of Pyne tre. 

And behynde in the house he buylded a 
wall of Ceder tymber twentye cubytes longe, 
from the floore vnto the rofe. And there on 
the ynsyde buylded he the quere for the most 
holy. But the house of the temple before 
the quere was fortye cubites longe : on the 
ynsyde was the whole house of Ceder with 
throwne knoppes and floures, so that there 
was no stone sene. As for the quere, he pre- 
pared it on the ynsyde of the house, that the 
Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE might 
be set therin. And before the quere (which 
was twentye cubites longe, twentye cubytes 
brode, and twentye cubytes hye, and ouer- 
layed with pure golde) he syled the altare 
with Ceder. 

And Salomon ouerlayed the house on f 
ynsyde with pure golde, j shot barres of golde 
before the quere, which he had ouerlayed with 
" ie, so that f whole house was layed ouer 
with golde. And all the altare also before y 
quere ouerlayed he with golde. 

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ten cubites hye of Olyue tre. One wynge of 
ether of the Cherubs had fyue cubytes, so 
that from the edge of his one wynge to the 
edge of his other wynge there were ten cubytes. 
Euen so had the other Cherub ten cubites also, 
and both the Cherubs were of one measure 
and of one quantitie so y ether Cherub was 
ten cubites hye. And he put the Cherubins 
within in the house. And the Cherubins 
spred forth their wynges, so that the wynge of 
the one touched the one wall, and the other 
Cherubs wynge touched the other wall. But 
in the myddes of y house the one wynge 
touched another. And he ouerlayed the 
Cherubins with golde. 

And on all the walles of the house rounde 
aboute, he caused to make carued worke, with 
carued Cherubins, palme trees, and floures. 
And the pauement of the house ouerlayed he 
also with golde plates. And at the intraunce 
of the quere he made two dores of olyue tre 
with fyue squared postes, and caused carued 
worke to be made therof with Cherubins, 

me trees and floures, g ouerlayed them 
with plates of golde. So made he also at the 
intraunce of the temple, foure squared postes 
of Olyue tre, and two dores of Pyne tre (so 
that ether dore had two syde dores one 
hiiginge to another) and made carued worke 
therof, palme trees and floures, right as it was 
appoynted. 

And he buylded a courte also within with 
thre rowes of fre stone, and with one rowe of 
playne Ceder tymber. 

In the fourth yeare in the moneth Sif, was 
the foundacion of the LORDES house layed: 
and in the eleuenth yeare in the moneth Bui 
(that is the eight moneth) was the house 
fynished as it shulde be, so that they were 
seuen yeare a buyldinge of it. 

€h« btj. Chapter. 

BUT Salomon was a buyldinge his awne 
house thirtene yeare, (j fynished it, 
namely, he buylded an house of the wodd of 
Libanus, an hundreth cubites longe, fiftye 
cubites wyde, (t thirtie cubites hye, foure- 
squared with rowes of pilers, and with carued 
Ceders. And the rofe aboue syled he also 
with Ceder wodd vpon the fyue & fortie pilers, 
for one rowe had fyftene pilers, so y there 
stode euer thre pilers one right ouer agaynst 



another: so that euery space betwixte the 
pilers was one ouer agaynst another foure 
squared with the pilers. 

And he made a porche with pilers which 
was fiftye cubites longe, and thirtie cubites 
brode, g yet a porche before it with pilers j 
with a greate poste. He made a porche also 
vnto y kynges seate (wherin y iudgment was 
kepte) and made it to be the porche of iudg- 
ment, and syled it with Ceder from the paue- 
ment vnto the pauement agayne, and his owne 
house wherin he dwelt, in y back courte made 
betwene y house and the porche like the other. 
And like vnto the porche made he a house for 
Pharaos doughter, *whom Salomon had taken 
to wife. 

All these were costly stone hewen after y 
measure, cut with sawes on euery syde, from 
the grounde vnto the rofe : and without the 
greate courte also. As for the foundations, 
they were costly and greate stones, ten and 
eighte cubites greate : and costly fre stones 
theron acordinge to y measure, and Ceders. 
But the greate courte rounde aboute had thre 
rowes of fre stone, (j one rowe of playne Ce- 
ders : Euen so also the courte by y house of 
the LORDE within, and the porch by the 
house. 

And kynge Salomon sent to fetch one 
t Hiram of Tyre a wedowes sonne, of the 
trybe of Nephtali, and his father had bene a 
man of Tyre, t which was a connynge ma in 
metall, full of wyszdome, vnderstondinge and 
knowlege to worke all maner of metall worke. 
Whan he came to kynge Salomon, he made 
all his worke, § and made two brasen pilers, 
ether of them eightene cubites hye : and a 
threde of xij. cubites was the measure aboute 
both y pilers : and he made two knoppes of 
brasse molten, to set aboue vpon the pilers : 
and euery knoppe was fyue cubytes hye : and 
on euery knoppe aboue vpon y pilers seue 
wrythen ropes like cheynes. And vpon euery 
knoppe he made two rowes of pomgranates 
rounde aboute on one rope, wherwith y knoppe 
was couered. And the knoppes were like 
roses before y porche foure cubites greate. 
And the pomgranates in the rowes rounde 
aboute were two hiidreth aboue and beneth 
vpon the rope, which wete rounde aboute the 
thicknes of the knoppe, on euery knoppe vpon 
both the pilers. And set vp the pilers before 



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the porche of the temple. And that which 
he set on the right hande, called he Iachin : 
and that which he set on the lefte hande, 
called he Boos. And so stode it aboue vpon 
the pilers euen like roses. Thus was the 
worke of y pilers fynished. 

And he made a molten lauer ten cubytes 
wyde from the one syde to the other rounde 
aboute, and fyue cubites hye, and a threde of 
thirtie cubites loge was y measure rounde 
aboute : and aboute the same lauer that was 
ten cubites wyde, there wente knoppes on the 
edge therof rounde aboute the lauer. Two 
rowes were there of the knoppes molten with 
the lauer. 

And it stode vpon twolue bullockes, wherof 
thre were turned towarde the north, thre 
towarde the west, thre towarde the south, and 
thre towarde the east, and the lauer aboue 
theron, so that all their hynder partes were 
within vnder the lauer : wherof the thicknesse 
was an handbreth : and the edge of it was 
like the edge of a cuppe, and as a floured rose, 
and it conteyned two thousande *Battes. 

And he made ten brasen seates, euery one 
foure cubites longe and brode, and thre cu- 
bites hye. The seate was made so, that it had 
sydes betwene the ledges. And on the sydes 
betwene the ledges there were lyons, bullockes 
and Cherubins. And on y ledges which were 
aboue and beneth the lyons and bullockes, 
were the sydes made so, that they were set 
downwardes. And euery stole had foure 
brasen wheles with brasen axeltrees. And 
vpon the foure corners there were proppes 
molten, euery one ouer agaynst another, vn- 
derset vnto the kettell. 

And the soket vpon the stole was a cubyte 
hye and rounde, a cubyte and an halfe wyde : 
and on the soket there were knoppes in foldes, 
which were foure squared j not rounde. The 
foure wheles stode beneth by the sydes, (j the 
axeltrees of the wheles were harde on y seate. 
Euery whele was a cubite and a halfe hye, and 
they were wheles like cart wheles. And their 
axeltrees, spokes, nales, j shaftes were all 
molten. And the foure proppes vpo the 
foure corners of euery seate were harde on 
the seate. 

And on the soket aboue vpon the seate a 
cubyte and an halfe rounde aboute, there were 
ledges and sydes harde on the seate. And 

* A Bat, was a certayne measure of liquore. 



on the plat of the same sydes and ledges, he 
caused to carue Cherubins, lyons and palme 
trees, one by another rounde aboute theron. 
After this maner made he ten molte seates, 
one maner of measure (j widenes was in 
all. 

And he made ten copper kettels, so that 
one kettell coteyned fortye Battes, and was 
foure cubites greate, and vpon euery seate 
was a kettell. And fyue seates set he on the 
righte syde of the house, and the other fyue 
on the lefte syde. But the lauer set he before 
on the righte hande towarde the south. 

And Hiram made pottes also and shouels 
and basens, & so fynished he all the worke 
that kynge Salomon caused to be made in the 
house of the LORDE : namely y two pilers, 
and the rounde knoppes aboue vpon the two 
pilers, and the two wrythen ropes to couer the 
two rounde knoppes vpon the pilers. And 
the foure hudreth pomgranates on the two 
wrythen ropes, euer two rowes of pomgranates 
vnto euery rope, to couer the two rounde 
knoppes vpon the pilers. And the ten seates 
and ten kettels theron, and the lauer, and 
twolue bullockes vnder y lauer. And the 
pottes, shouels and basens. And all the orna- 
mentes which Hiram made vnto kynge Salo- 
mon for the house of the LORDE, were of 
pure metall. In the countre by Iordane, 
caused the kynge them to be molten in thicke 
earth, betwene Sucoth and Zarthan. And 
Salomon let all the apparell be vnweyed, 
because the metall was so moch. 

Morouer Salomon made all the apperell 
that belonged vnto the house of the LORDE: 
namely a golden altare, a golden table that the 
shewbred laye on, fyue candelstickes on the 
righte hande, and fyue candelstickes on the 
lefte (before the quere) of pure golde, with 
floures, lampes and snoffers of golde therto, 
flat peces, charges, basens, spones and cen- 
sours of pure golde. And the hokes of y 
dores on the insyde of the house in the most 
holy, and in the dores of the house of the 
teple of the LORDE were of golde. 

Thus all the worke that kynge Salomon 
made in y house of the LORDE, was fynis- 
shed. t And Salomon brought in that his 
father Dauid had sanctified, of syluer and 
golde and ornamentes, and layed it amonge 
the treasures of the house of the LORDE. 



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Cfie bttj. Chapter. 

THEN gathered kynge Salomon all f 
Elders in Israel together, all the rulers 
of the trybes and prynces of the fathers 
amonge the children of Israel, vnto Ierusalem, 
to brynge vp the Arke of the couenaunt of 
the LORDE, *out of the cite of Dauid, that 
is Sion. And there resorted vnto kynge 
Salomon all the men in Israel, at the feast in 
the moneth Ethanim, that is y seuenth 
moneth. And whan all y Elders of Israel 
came, the prestes toke the Arke of the LORDE, 
and broughte it vp, and the Tabernacle of 
witnesse, and all the ornamentes of the Sanc- 
tuary that were in the Tabernacle. This dyd 
the prestes and the Leuites. And kynge 
Salomon and all the congregacion of Israel y 
were gathered vnto him, wente with him 
before the Arke, and ofrred shepe and bul- 
lockes, so many, that they coulde not be 
nombred ner tolde. 

So the prestes broughte the Arke of the 
LORDES couenaunt vnto hir place, euen in to 
y Quere of the house in the most holy vnder 
y* wynges of the Cherubins. For y Cherubins 
spred out their wynges in the place where the 
Arke stode, and couered the Arke and the 
staues therof from aboue. And the staues 
were so loge, that f knoppes of them were 
sene from the Sanctuary before y quere, but 
on the out syde were they not sene, and they 
were there vnto this daye. 

And in the Arke there was nothinge, but 
onely the two tables of stone, t which Moses 
had layed therin at Horeb, whan f LORDE 
made a couenaunt with the children of Israel, 
what tyme as they were departed out of the 
londe of Egipte. 

But whan the prestes wente out of the 
Sanctuary, a cloude fylled the house of the 
LORDE, soy the prestes coulde not stondej 
execute the office for the cloude : for the glory 
of the LORDE fylled the LORDES house. 
Then sayde Salomon : t The LORDE sayde, 
that he wolde dwell in a darke cloude. I haue 
buylded an house, to be an habitacion vnto 
the : a seate, y thou mayest dwell there for 
euer. And y kynge turned his face, & blessed 
all the congregacion of Israel. And all the 
c5gregacion of Israel stode, (j he sayde : 

* 2 Re. 6. d. t Deut. 10. a. % Leuit. 16. a. 

§ 2 Re. 7. a. 1 Par. 23. b. 2 Par. 6. a. 



Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel 
which promised by his mouth vnto my father 
Dauid, and by his hade hath fulfylled it, and 
sayde : § Sence the daye y I broughte my 
people of Israel out of Egipte, haue I chosen 
no cite amoge all the trybes of Israel, to buylde 
me an house, that my name might be there. 
II But Dauid haue I chosen, to be ouer my 
people of Israel. 

And in dede my father Dauid was mynded 
to buylde an house vnto the name of the 
LORDE God of Israel: neuertheles the 
LORDE sayde vnto my father Dauid: Where 
as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto 
my name, thou hast done well, that thou art 
so aduysed. Howbeit thou shalt not buylde 
the house, but thy sonne which shal come 
out of thy loynes, he shal buylde an house 
vnto my name. And the LORDE hath per- 
fourmed his worde that he spake : For I am 
come vp in my father Dauids steade, and syt 
vpon the seate of Israel, as the LORDE 
sayde : and haue buylded an house vnto the 
name of the LORDE God of Israel : and 
there haue I ordeyned a place for the Arke, 
wherin is the LORDES couenaunt, which he 
made with oure fathers, whan he broughte 
them out of y londe of Egipte. 

And Salomon stode before the altare of the 
LORDE in the presence of the whole congre- 
gacion of Israel, and helde out his handes 
towarde heauen, and sayde : 1TO LORDE God 
of Israel, there is no god like the, nether 
aboue in heauen, ner beneth vpo earth, thou 
that kepest couenaiit and mercy for all thy 
seruauntes that walke before y with all their 
hert, thou that hast kepte promes with my 
father Dauid thy seruaunt : With thy mouth 
thou saydest it, and with thy hande hast thou 
fulfylled it, as it is come to passe this daye. 
Now LORDE God of Israel make good vnto 
my father Dauid thy seruaunt, that which thou 
hast promysed him, and sayde : ** Thou shalt 
not wante a man before me to syt vpon the 
seate of Israel, yf thy childre kepe their waye, 
so y they walke before me like as thou hast 
walked before me. Now thou God of Israel, 
let thy worde be verified, which thou hast 
promysed vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt. 

For thynkest thou y God dwelleth vpon 
earth ? tt Beholde the heauens and the heauens 



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of all heauens maye not contayne the : how 
shulde then this house do it, that I haue 
buylded? But turne the vnto the prayer of 
thy seruaunt, and to his supplicacion (O 
LORDE my God) that thou mayest heare 
the thankesgeuynge and prayer, which thy 
seruaunt maketh before the this daye, so that 
thine eyes be open ouer this house night and 
daye, euen ouer this place (wherof thou 
saydest : *My name shall dwell there.) That 
thou mayest heare the prayer which thy ser- 
uaut maketh in this place, & heare the inter- 
cession of thy seruaunt & of thy people of 
Israel, which they shall make here in this 
place of thy habitacion in heauen : and whan 
thou hearest it, be gracious. 

Whan eny ma synneth agaynst his negh- 
boure, "and taketh vpon him an ooth wherwith 
he byndeth him selfe, and f ooth commeth 
before thine altare in this house, then heare 
thou in heaue, and se that thy seruauntes 
haue right, to condemne the vngodly, and to 
brynge his waye vpon his owne heade, and to 
iustifie the righteous, to geue him acordinge 
to his righteousnes. 

t Whan thy people of Israel is smytten be- 
fore their enemies (whyle they haue synned 
agaynst the) and yf they turne vnto the and 
knowlege thy name, & make their prayer and 
intercession vnto the in this house, the heare 
thou them in heauen, and be mercifull vnto 
the synne of thy people of Israel, and brynge 
them agayne in to the londe, y thou hast 
geuen vnto their fathers. 

* Whan the heauen is shut vp, so y it rayneth 
not (for so moch, as they haue synned agaynst 
the) and yf they make their prayer in this 
place, and knowlege thy name, and turne 
from their synnes wha thou troublest them, 
heare thou them then in heauen, and be mer- 
cifull vnto the synnes of thy seruauntes, and 
of thy people of Israel, that thou mayest 
shewe them the good waye, wherin they shulde 
walke, and let it rayne vpon the londe that 
thou hast geuen thy people to inheritaunce. 

Whan a derth, or pestilence, or drouth, or 
burnynge, or greshopper or catirpiller, is in 
their londe, or whan his enemye layeth sege 
to his portes in the londe, or whan eny other 
plage or disease happeneth, who so euer then 
maketh his prayer and peticion, § whether it 

* Deu. 12. a. " 2 Par. 6. d. Exo. 22. b. t Deu. 30. a. 
X 3 Re. 17. a. § Esa. 56. b. 



be eny other men or thy people of Israel 
(which the are aware of their plage) euery one 
in his hert, and spredeth out his handes vnto 
this house : Heare thou then in heauen in the 
seate where thou dwellest, and be mercifull, j 
se that thou geue euery one acordinge as he 
hath walked, like as thou knowest his hert (for 
thou onely knowest the hert of all the children 
of men) that they maye allwaye feare the, as 
longe as they lyue in the lande, which thou 
hast geuen vnto oure fathers. 

II And whan eny straunger, that is not of 
thy people of Israel, commeth out of a farre 
countre for thy names sake (for they shall 
heare of thy greate name, and of thy mightie 
hade, and of thy outstretched arme) and 
commeth to make his prayer in this house, 
heare thou him then in heauen, euen in the 
seate of thy dwellynge, and do all for the 
which that straunger calleth vpon the, that all 
the nacions vpon earth maye knowe thy name, 
and that they maye feare the, as thy people of 
Israel do: and that they maye knowe, how 
that this house which I haue buylded, is 
named after thy name. 

Whan thy people go forth to the battayll 
agaynst their enemyes, the waye that thou 
shalt sende them IT and shall praye vnto the 
LORDE towarde the waye of the cite which 
thou hast chosen, and towarde the house that 
I haue buylded vnto thy name, heare thou 
then their prayer and peticion in heauen, and 
execute iudgment for them. 

Whan they synne agaynst the (for **there is 
no ma that synneth not) (j thou be wroth, and 
delyuer the vnto their enemyes, so that they 
cary them awaye captyue in to the enemyes 
londe farre or nye, and yf they remembre 
them selues in the londe where they are cap- 
tyue, and turne, and make their intercession 
vnto the in the londe of their captyuite, and 
saye : We haue synned, & done amysse, and 
haue bene vngodly, and so turne vnto y with 
all their hert, and with all their soule in the 
lode of their enemies (which led them awaye 
captyue) and make their prayer vnto the to- 
warde the waye of their londe, that thou hast 
geuen ynto their fathers, euen towarde the 
cite which thou hast chosen, and towarde the 
house that I haue buylded vnto thy name : 
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in heauen, * from the seate of thy dwellynge, 
and execute iudgment for them, and be mer- 
cifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst 
the, and vnto all their trespaces, wherwith 
they haue transgressed agaynst the, tand 
graunte the mercy in the sighte of them which 
led them awaye presonners, that their enemyes 
maye be mercyfull vnto them : for they are 
thy people, and thyne enheritaunce, whom 
thou broughtest out of Egipte, from the yron 
fornace : that thine eyes maye be open vnto 
the peticion of thy seruaunt, and of thy people 
of Israel, that thou maiest heare them in all 
thinges for the which they shall call vpon the t 
(for thou O LORDE LORDE) hast sun- 
dered them out to be an inheritaunce vnto 
thy selfe, from amoge all the nacions vpon 
earth, acordinge as thou saydest by Moses thy 
seruaunt, whan thou broughtest oure fathers 
out of Egipte. 

§And wha Salomon had ended all this 
prayer and peticion before the LORDE, he 
rose vp from the altare of the LORDE, and 
lefte of from knelynge and holdynge out of 
handes towarde heauen, and stode and blessed 
all the congregacion of Israel with loude voyce, 
and sayde : Praysed be the LORDE which 
hath geuen rest vnto his people, acordinge as 
he sayde. There hath not one fayled of all 
his good wordes, which he spake by his ser- 
uaunt Moses. The LORDE oure God be 
with vs, as he hath bene with oure fathers, 
and forsake vs not, nether withdrawe his 
hande from vs, but bowe oure hertes vnto 
him, that we maye walke in all his wayes, and 
kepe his commaundementes, ordinaunces and 
lawes, which he commaunded oure fathers. 
And these wordes wherwith I haue made my 
peticion before the LORDE, come nye vnto 
the LORDE oure God daye and nighte, that 
he maye execute iudgment for his seruaunt 
and for his people of Israel, euery one at his 
tyme : that all nacions vpon earth maye knowe, 
that the LORDE is God, 5 that there is none 
other. And let youre hert be perfecte with 
the LORDE oure God, to walke in his sta- 
tutes, and to kepe his commaundementes, as 
it is this daye. 

And the kynge with all Israel his people 
offred sacrifice before the LORDE. And 
Salomon offred deed offerynges (which he 

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offred vnto the LORDE) two and twenty 
thousande oxen, and an hundreth (j twenty 
thousande shepe. So the kynge and all the 
children of Israel dedicated the house of the 
LORDE. The same daye dyd the kynge dedi- 
cate the myddelmost courte, which was before 
the house of the LO RDE : that he mighte there 
perfourme the burntoffery nges, meatofferynges, 
and the fat of the deedofferynges : for the 
brasen altare that stode before f LORDE, 
was to litle for the burntofferynges, meatoffer- 
ynges, and for the fat of the deedofferynges. 

And at the same tyme made Salomon a 
solempne feast, and all Israel a greate con- 
gregacion with him, from the border of 
Hemath vnto the ryuer of Egipte, before the 
LORDE oure God, seuen dayes, and yet 
seuen dayes, that were fourtene daies. And 
on the eight daye he let the people go. And 
they blessed the kynge, and wente vnto their 
tentes reioysinge and with a mery hert, be- 
cause of all the good that the LORDE had 
done vnto Dauid his seruaunt, & to his people 
of Israel. 

Che tr. Chapter. 

AND whan Salomon had fynished" f 
buyldinge of the house of the LORDE, 
and the kynges house, and all that his desyre 
and pleasure was to make, y LORDE ap- 
peared vnto him the seconde tyme, II euen as 
he appeared vnto him at Gibeon. And the 
LORDE sayde vnto him : I haue herde thy 
prayer and peticion, that thou hast made be- 
fore me, and haue sanctified this house which 
thou hast buylded, that I maye set my name 
there for euer : and myne eyes and my hert 
shalbe there allwaye. And yf thou walke be- 
fore me (as thy father Dauid walked) with a 
perfecte and a true hert, so that thou do all 
that I haue commaunded the, and kepe myne 
ordinaunces and lawes, then wyll I stablish 
the seate of thy kyngdome ouer Israel for euer, 
acordinge as I promysed thy father Dauid, 
and sayde : If Thou shalt not wante a man 
from the seate of Israel. 

But yf ye turne back fro me, ye and youre 
childre, and kepe not my commaundementes 
and ordinaunces which I haue layed before 
you, but go and serue other goddes, and wor 
shipe them, then wyll I rote Israel out of the 
londe that I haue geuen them. **And the 

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house that I haue halowed vnto my name, 
wyll I put awaye fro my face. And Israel 
shall be come a byworde and fabell amoge all 
nacions, and so shal this hye house : so that 
euery one y goeth by, shall be astonyed, and 
make an hyssynge, and saye : *Wherfore hath 
the LORDE done thus vnto this londe and 
to this house ? Then shal it be answered : 
Because they forsoke f LORDE their God, 
(which brought their fathers out of the londe 
of Egipte) and haue receaued other goddes, 
and worshipped them, and serued them. Ther- 
fore hath f LORDE brought all this euell 
vpon them. 

Now whan the twentye yeares were ended, 
"wherin Salomon buylded the two houses, the 
LORDES house and the kynges house, t where 
vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre brought Salo- 
mo Ceder trees g Pyne trees, and golde after 
all his desyre, then gaue kynge Salomon vnto 
Hiram twentye cities in the countre of Galile. 
And Hiram departed from Tyre to vyset the 
cities which Salomon had geuen him, & they 
pleased him not, and he sayde : What maner 
of cities are these (my brother) that thou hast 
geue me ? And he called them the londe of 
Cabul vnto this daye. And Hiram sent vnto 
the kynge, sixe score hundreth weight of 
Golde. And the same is the summe of the 
taxe, that kynge Salomon raysed to the 
buyldinge of the house of the LORDE, and 
his awne house, d Millo, and the walles of 
Ierusalem, and Hasor, and Megiddo, and 
Gaser. 

For Pharao y kynge of Egipte came vp, 
and wane Gaser, 5 brent it with fyre, j slewe 
the Cananites y dwelt in the cite, & gaue it 
for a gifte vnto his doughter Salomos wife. 
So Salomon buylded Gaser, 5 the lower 
Bethoron, and Baelath and Thamar, in f 
wyldernes, in the londe, cj all the cities of the 
corne houses that Salomon had, and all the 
cities of the charettes, j all the cities of the 
horsmen, and what it pleased him to buylde 
at Ierusalem, in Libanus, (t in euery countre 
of his domynion. 

And all the remnaunt of the people of the 
Amorytes, Hethites, Pheresites, Heuites and 
Iebusites, which were not of the children of 
Israel, their children which they lefte behynde 
them in the londe (whom the children of 

* Deu. 29. d. Iere. 22. b. ' 2 Par. 8. a. t 2 Re. 5. b. 
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Israel coulde not vtterly destroye) those dyd 
Salomon make tributaries vnto this daye. 

t But of the children of Israel he made no 
bondmen, but let them be men of warre, and 
his seruauntes, and prynces, and knightes, and 
ouer his charettes and horsme. And the 
officers which were ouer Salomons busynesse, 
were fyue hundreth and fyftye, which ruled 
the people, and perfourmed the worke. 

And Pharaos doughter wente vp from the 
cite of Dauid, in to hir house Which he had 
buylded for her. II Then buylded he Millo 
likewyse. And thre tymes in the yeare dyd 
Salomon offre burntofferynges and deed offer- 
ynges vpon the altare H that he had buylded 
vnto the LORDE, and burnt incense vpon it 
before the LORDE, and so was the house 
ended and fynished. 

** And Salomon made shippes also at Ezeon 
Geber, which lyeth by Eloth besyde the Reed 
See shore in y londe of the Edomites. And 
Hiram sent his seruauntes by shippe, which 
were shipmen, and had experience of the See, 
with Salomons seruauntes; and they came 
vnto tt Ophir, and fetched from thence one j 
twenty score hundreth weight of golde, and 
brought it vnto Salomon. 

Che jr. Chapter. 

AND whan kynge Salomons fame of the 
name of the LORDE came to the eares 
of the *Quene of riche Arabia, she came to 
proue him with darke sentences. And she 
came to Ierusalem with a maruelous greate 
trayne, with camels which bare spyces, and 
moch golde, and precious stones. And whan 
she came in to kynge Salomon, she spake 
vnto him all that was in hir hert. And Salo- 
mon tolde her euerythinge, and the kynge 
had nothinge in secrete, but he tolde it her. 
But whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe all 
the wyszdome of Salomon, and the house 
that he had buylded, and the meates of his 
table, and the dwelhnges of his seruauntes, 5 
the offyces of his ministers, and their gar- 
mentes, and his butlers and the burntoffer- 
ynges which he offred in the house of the 
LORDE, she wondred exceadingly, and 
coulde no longer refrayne, but sayde vnto the 
kynge : It is true that I haue herde in my 
londe of thy behauoure and of thy wyszdome. 

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And I wolde not beleue it, tyll I came and 
sawe it with myne eyes: and beholde, the 
halfe hath not bene tolde me. 

Thou hast more wyszdome and good, the 
the fame is that I haue herde. Happye are 
thy people and thy seruauntes, that allwaie 
stonde before the, and heare thy wyszdome. 
Praysed be the LORDE thy God, which had 
soch a pleasure vnto the, that he set the vpon 
the seate of Israel : because he hath allwaye 
loued Israel, and hath set the to be kynge, that 
thou shuldest mantayne iustyce and equyte. 

And she gaue the kynge syxe score hun- 
dreth weighte of golde, and very moch spyce, 
and precious stones. There came neuer so 
moch spyce thyther, as the Quene of riche 
Arabia gaue vnto kynge Salomon. And 
Hirams shippes, *which caried golde out of 
Ophir, broughte maruelous moch costly tym- 
ber and precious stones from Ophir. And of 
that costly tymber the kynge caused to make 
pilers in the house of the LORDE, and in f 
kinges house, and harpes and Psalteries for 
the Musicians. There came nomore soch 
costly tymber, nether was it sene vnto this 
daye. And kynge Salomon gaue the quene 
of riche Arabia, all that she desyred and axed, 
besydes that which he gaue her of a frye 
hande. And she returned, and departed in 
to hir lande with hir seruauntes. 

The golde that came to Salomon in one 
yeare, was nyne and thyrtie score hundreth 
weighte, besydes that which came of chapmen, 
marchauntes and Apotecaries, and of the 
nexte kynges, and of the mightie men in the 
londe. And kynge Salomon caused to make 
two hundreth speares of beaten golde, sixe 
hundreth peces of golde put he to euery speare : 
and thre hundreth shyldes of y best golde, 
euen thre pounde of golde vpon euery shylde. 
And the kynge put them in the f house of the 
wod of Libanus. 

And the kynge made a greate seate of 
Yuery, and ouerlayed it with y most precious 
golde. And the seate had sixe steppes, and y 
heade of the seate was roiide behynde. And 
there were two postes to leane vpo on both 
the sydes of the seate, and two lyons stode 
vpon the leanynge postes, and twolue lyons 
stode vpon the sixe steppes on both the sydes. 
Soch one hath not bene made in eny kyng- 
dome. All kynge Salomos drynkynge vessels 



were of golde, and all the vessels in the house 
of f wod of Libanus were of pure golde also : 
for syluer was not regarded in Salomons tyme. 
For the kynges Seeshippe y sayled vpon the 
See with y shippe of Hiram, came once in 
thre yeare, and broughte golde, syluer, Yuery, 
Apes, and Pecockes. 

tThus was kynge Salomon greater in riches 
and wyszdome, then all the kynges vp5 earth : 
And all the worlde desyred to se Salomon, 
that they mighte heare the wyszdome which 
God gaue him in his hert. And they broughte 
him yearly euery man his present, vessels of 
syluer and golde, rayment and harnesse, 
spyces, horses and Mules. And Salomon 
broughte charettes and horsmen together, so 
that he had a thousande and foure hundreth 
charettes, and twolue thousande horsmen: 
and those he put in y charet cities, and with 
the kynge at Ierusalem. 

And the kynge broughte it to passe, that 
there was as moch syluer at Ierusale as stones : 
and as many Ceders as there were wylde figge 
trees in the valleys. And Salomos horses 
were broughte out of Egipte, and fro Keua : 
for the kynges marchauntes fetched them 
from Keua for money. And a charet came 
vp out of Egipte for sixe hudreth Sycles of 
Syluer, and an horse for an hudreth and 
fyftye. Thus were they brought also vnto 
all the kynges of the Hethites and to the 
kynges of Siria by their handes. 

Che rt. CfiapUv. 

BUT kynge Salomon loued many out- 
landish wemen, $ Pharaos doughter, and 
wemen of Moab, of Ammo, of Edom, of 
Sidon, and of Heth, euen of those nacions, 
that the LORDE spake of vnto the children 
of Israel : " Go not ye vnto them, and let not 
them come vnto you : they shal surely bowe 
youre hertes after their goddes: Vnto these 
dyd Salomon enclyne with affeccion. And 
he had seuen hundreth wemen to wyues, and 
thre hundreth eoncubynes, and his wyues 
turned his hert asyde. And whan he was now 
olde, his wyues bowed his hert after straunge 
goddes, so that his hert was not whole with 
the LORDE his God, as was the hert of 
Dauid his father. 

So Salomon walked after Astaroth the 
god of the Sidonians, and after Malcom the 

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abhominacion of the Ammonites. And Salo- 
mon dyd y which displeased the LORDE, and 
Mowed not f LORDE to y vttemost as dyd 
his father Dauid. The buylded Salomo an 
hie place vnto Chamos the abhominacio of y 
Moabites (vpon the mount that lyeth before 
Ierusale) and vnto Moloch the abhominacion 
of the Ammonites. 

Thus dyd Salomon for all his outladish 
wyues, which brent incense, and onred vnto 
their goddes. But the LORDE was wroth 
at Salomon, because his hert was turned asyde 
from f LORDE God of Israel, * which had 
two tymes appeared vnto him, and comaunded 
him, that he shulde not walke after other 
goddes : and yet kepte he not that the 
LORDE commaunded him. Therfore sayde 
the LORDE vnto Salomon : For so moch as 
this is done with the, and hast not kepte my 
couenaunt and myne ordinaunces, which I 
commaunded the, therfore wyll I also plucke 
thy kyngdome from the, and geue it vnto thy 
seruaunt : Neuertheles in thy tyme will I not 
do it, for thy father Dauids sake, but from the 
hande of thy sonne wyl I plucke it. Howbeit 
I wyl not plucke y kyngdome cleane awaye. 
One trybe wyll I geue vnto thy sonne, for 
Dauid my seruauntes sake, and for Ierusalems 
sake which I haue chosen. 

And the LORDE raysed vp an aduersary 
vnto Salomon, euen Hadad the Edomite of 
the kynges sede, which was in Edom. For 
whan Dauid was in Edom, and Ioab the chefe 
captayne wente vp to bury the slayne, he 
smote all the males in Edom. (For Ioab 
remayned there sixe monethes and all Israel, 
tyll he had roted out all y males that were in 
Edom.) Then fled Hadad, and certayne men 
of y Moabites with him, of his fathers ser- 
uauntes. As for Hadad, he was a yonge 
man. 

And they gat them vp fro Madian, and 
came vnto Paran, and toke men with them 
out of Paran, and came in to Egipte vnto 
Pharao the kynge of Egipte : which gaue 
him an house and certayne vytales appoynted, 
j gaue him a countre. And Adad founde 
greate fauoure in the sighte of Pharao, so that 
he gaue him to wife euen the sister of his 
owne wife Thaphenes the Quene. And Tha- 
phenes sister bare him Genubath his sonne, 
and Thaphenes norished him vp in Pharaos 



house, in so moch that Genubath was in Pha- 
raos house amonge Pharaos children. 

Now wha Hadad herde in Egipte, that 
Dauid was falle on slepe with his fathers, and 
y Ioab the chefe captayne was deed, he sayde 
vnto Pharao: Let me go in to my countre. 
Pharao sayde vnto him : What lackest thou 
with me, that thou wilt go in to thy countre ? 
He sayde : Nothynge, but yet let me go. 

God raysed him vp another aduersary also, 
one Reson the sonne of El Iada, which fled 
from his lorde Hadad Eser kynge of Zeba, 
and gathered men agaynst him, and was a 
captayne of the men of warre whan Dauid 
slewe them : and they wente vnto Damascus 
and dwelt there, and reigned at Damascus, 
and he was Israels aduersary as loge as Salo- 
mon lyued. This is the harme y Hadad 
suflred : therfore had he euell will at Israel, 
and was kynge ouer Siria. 

Morouer Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat an 
Ephraite Salomons seruaunt (and his mothers 
name was Zeruga, a wedowe) lifte vp his 
hande also agaynst the kynge. And this is 
the cause wherfore he lifte vp his hande 
agaynst the kynge : Whan Salomon buylded 
Millo, he shut vp a gappe in the cite of Dauid 
his father. And Ieroboam was a ma of armes. 
And whan Salomon sawe that it was a mete 
yonge man, he set him ouer all the burthens 
of the house of Ioseph. 

But at the same tyme it fortuned, that 
Ieroboam wente out from Ierusalem, and the 
prophet Ahias of Silo founde him by the 
waye, and he had a new cloke vpon him, and 
they two were alone in the felde. And Ahia 
toke holde of the new cloke y he had on, and 
rente the same in to twolue peces, and sayde 
vnto Ieroboam : Take thou ten peces vnto the. 

For thus sayeth the LORDE God of Is- 
rael : Beholde, euen thus wyll I rente the 
kyngdome from the hande of Salomo, and 
wyll geue the ten trybes. One trybe shall he 
haue for my seruaunt Dauids sake, and be- 
cause of the cyte of Ierusalem, t which I haue 
chosen out of all the trybes of Israel: for they 
haue forsaken me, and worshipped Astaroth 
the god of the Sidonians, Chamos the god of 
the Moabites, and Malco the god of the 
children of Ammon, and haue not walked in 
my wayes, to fulfill my pleasure, myne ordi- 
naunces, and lawes, as dyd Dauid his father. 



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Notwithstondynge I wyll not take the whole 
kyngdome from out of his hande, but wil 
make him a prynce as longe as he lyueth for 
my seruaunt Dauids sake, whom I dyd chose, 
which kepte my commaundementes (j ordi- 
naunces. * From out of the hande of his 
sonne wyl I take the kyngdome, and wyl geue 
ten trybes vnto the, and one vnto his sonne, t 
that Dauid my seruaunt maye allwaye haue a 
lanterne before me in the cite of Ierusalem, 
which I haue chosen, that I maye set my 
name there. Therfore wyl I take the now, 
to raygne ouer all that thine hert desyreth, 
and thou shalt be kynge ouer Israel. Yf thou 
folowe now all that I shall commaunde the, 
and walke in my wayes, and fulfill my plea- 
sure to kepe myne ordinaunces and com- 
maundementes, as dyd my seruaiit Dauid, 
then wyll I be with the, and buylde the a sure 
house, as I buylded vnto Dauid, and wyl geue 
Israel vnto the and therwith wyll I subdue 
the sede of Dauid, but not for euermore. 
But Salomon soughte to kyll Ieroboam. Then 
Ieroboam gat him vp, and fled in to Egipte 
to Sisak the kynge of Egipte, and remayned 
in Egipte, tyll Salomon dyed. 

What more there is to saye of Salomon, and 
all that he dyd, and his wyszdome, it is wrytten 
in the Cronicles of Salomon. The tyme that 
Salomon was kynge at Ierusalem ouer all Is- 
rael, is fortye yeare. And Salomon fell on 
slepe with his fathers, and was buryed in the 
cite of Dauid his father, and Roboam his 
sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Cfie r{j. Chapter. 

AND Roboam wete vnto Sichem, for all 
Israel "was come to Sichem to make 
him kynge. And whan Ieroboam y sonne of 
Nebat herde that, while he was yet in Egipte 
(t whither he was fled for Salomon) he came 
agayne out of Egipte. And they sent for him, 
and called him. And Ieroboam with all the 
congregacion of Israel came and spake to 
Roboam, and sayde : Thy father made oure 
yock to harde : therfore make thou now the 
harde bondage and the sore yock lighter, and 
we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the. He 
sayde vnto them: Go youre waye vnto the 
thirde daye, and then come to me agayne. 
And the people wete their waye. 

And Roboam the kynge helde a councell 

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with the Elders that stode before Salom5 his 
father whyle he lyued, (j he sayde : What is 
youre councell, that we maye geue this people 
an answere ? They sayde vnto him : Yf thou 
do this people a pleasure to daye, and folowe 
their mynde, and heare them, and geue them 
good wordes, then shal they be obedient vnto 
the as longe as thou liuest. Neuertheles he 
forsoke the councell that f Elders had geuen 
him, and axed councell at the yonge men 
which were growne vp with him, and stode 
before him. 

And he sayde vnto them : What is youre 
councell that we maye answere this people 
which haue sayde vnto me : Make the yock 
lighter, that thy father hath layed vpo vs. 
And the yonge men that were growne vp with 
him, sayde vnto him: Where as the people 
haue sayde vnto the : Thy father hath made 
oure yock to sore, make thou it easyer for vs, 
Thus shalt thou saye vnto them : My litle 
fynger shall be thicker then my fathers loynes. 
Now, my father layed a sore yock vpon you, 
but I wyl yet laye more theron : My father 
correcte you with scourges, but I wyl nourtoure 
you with scorpions. 

So vpon the thyrde daye came Ieroboam 
with all the people vnto Roboam, as y kynge 
had appoynted and saide, come to me agayne 
on the thyrde daye. And the kynge gaue the 
people an harde rough answere, and forsoke 
the coucell that the Elders had geuen him, 
and talked with them after the councell of 
the yonge men, and sayde : My father made 
youre yock sore, but I wyll make it yet sorer 
vpon you. My father correcte you with 
scourges, but I wil nourtoure you with scor- 
pios. Thus the kynge folowed not the peoples 
mynde, for he was turned so fro the LORDE, 
that he mighte stablish his worde § which he 
spake by Ahias of Silo vnto Ieroboam the 
sonne of Nebat. 

But whan all Israel sawe that the kynge 
wolde not heare them, the people gaue y 
kynge an answere and sayde : II What porcion 
haue we then in Dauid or inheritaunce in the 
sonne of Isai ? Get the to thy tentes O Israel. 
Loke thou now to thy house thou Dauid. So 
Israel wente vnto their tentes. As for Robo- 
am, he raigned but ouer y children of Israel, 
which dwelt in the cities of Iuda. And whan 
kynge Roboam sent thither Adoram the 

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rentgatherer, all Israel stoned him to death. 
But kynge Roboam strengthed himselfe, and 
gat him vp in to a charet, to fie vnto Ierusalem. 
Thus departed Israel from the house of Dauid 
vnto this daye. 

Now whan all Israel herde, that Ieroboam 
was come againe, they sent for to call him to 
the whole congregacion, and made him kynge 
ouer all Israel. And no man folowed the 
house of Dauid, saue onely the tribe of Iuda. 
*And whan Roboam came to Ierusalem, all 
the house of Iuda and the trybe of Ben 
Iamin (euen an hundreth and foure score 
thousande chosen men of armes) gathered 
themselues together to fight against f house 
of Israel, (j to brynge the kyngdome agayne 
vnto Roboam y sonne of Salomo. 

But the worde of God came to Semeia the 
man of God, and sayde : Speake thou to Ro- 
boam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda, 
and to all y house of Iuda and Ben Iamin, 
and to the other people, and saye : Thus sayeth 
the LORDE : Ye shall not go vp and fighte 
agaynst youre brethren the children of Israel. 
Let euery man go home agayne, for this is my 
dede. And they herkened vnto the worde of 
the LORDE, and turned back, to go their 
waye, as the LORDE sayde. But Roboam 
buylded Sichem vpon mount Ephraim, and 
dwelt therm, and departed thence, and buylded 
t Penuel. 

Ieroboa thoughte in his hert: The king- 
dome shall fall agayne now vnto the house of 
Dauid, yf this people go vp to offre in the 
LORDE S house at Ierusalem, and so shall 
the hert of this people turne to their lorde 
Roboam kynge of Iuda, and the shal they 
slaye me, and fall agayne to Roboam kynge 
of Iuda. And the kynge helde a councelU 
and made two golden calues, and sayde vnto 
them : It is to moch for you to go to Ierusale : 
beholde, $ there is thy God (O Israel) which 
broughte y out of Egipte. And the one set 
he at Bethel, & the other in Dan. And this 
dede turned to synne, for the people wente 
before the one vnto Dan. 

He made an house also in the hye places, 
II and made prestes of the smallest in the people, 
which were not of the childre of Leui. And 
vpon the fiftene daye of the eighte moneth he 
made an holy daye, like as the solempne feast 

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in Iuda, and offered vpon the altare. Thus 
dyd he at Bethel, in doynge sacrifice vnto the 
calues which he had made, and at Bethel he 
ordeyned the prestes of the hye places that he 
had made : and offred vpon the altar (which 
he had made) at Bethel, the fiftene daye of 
the eight moneth, which he inuented of his 
owne hert. And he made the children of 
Israel an holy daye, (j wente vp to the altare 
to burne incense. 

Cfje ritj. Cfiaptcr. 

AND beholde, there came a ma of God 
from Iuda (thorow the worde of the 
LORDE) vnto Bethel, and Ieroboam stode 
by the altar to burne incense. And he cried 
agaynst the altare thorow the worde of the 
LORDE, and sayde: O altar, altar, thus 
sayeth the LORDE : Beholde, there shal be 
borne vnto y house of Dauid a sonne, Iosias 
by name f which on the shal offer the prestes 
of the hye places, that burne incense vpon 
the, and mens bones shal he burne on the. 
And he gaue a wonder token the same daye, 
and sayde : This is the token, that the LORDE 
hath spoken it, beholde, the altar shall ryue, 
and the aszshes, that are theron, shall be 
poured out. 

But whan the kynge herde the worde of the 
man of God, that cried agaynst the altare at 
Bethel, he stretched out his hande by f altare, 
and sayde : Laye hondes on him. And his 
hande that he stretched out, wythered, and 
he coulde not drawe it vnto him agayne. And 
f altare roue, and the aszshes were poured out 
from the altare, acordinge to the wonder token 
that the man of God had geuen by the worde 
of the LORDE. 

And the kynge answered, and sayde vnto 
the man of God : ** O praye the face of the 
LORDE thy God, and make intercession for 
me, that my hande maie be restored vnto me 
agayne. Then prayed the man of God vnto 
the face of the LORDE. And the kynges 
hande was restored him agayne, and became 
as it was afore. And the kynge sayde vnto 
the man of God : Come home with me, and 
dyne, and I wil geue the a rewarde. 

But the man of God sayde vnto the kynge : 
Yf thou geuest me halfe thy house, I wil not 
come with the : for in this place wyll I nether 

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eate bred, ner drynke water. For thus am I 
commaunded, and thus is it sayde vnto me by 
the worde of the LORDE : Thou shalt eate 
no bred, and drynke no water, nether returne 
the waye that thou wentest. 

And he departed another waye, and re- 
turned not agayne the waye that he came to 
Bethel. But at Bethel there dwelt an olde 
prophet vnto who his sonnes came, g tolde 
him all the workes y the ma of God had done 
that daye at Bethel, 5 the wordes that he had 
spoken vnto the kynge. And their father 
sayde vnto them : Which waye is he gone ? 
And his sonnes shewed him the waye that the 
man of God was gone : which came from Iuda. 
He sayde vnto his sonnes: Saddell me the 
asse. And wha they had sadled him the asse, 
he rode theron, and wente after the man of 
God, and founde him syttinge vnder an Oke 
tre, and sayde vnto him : Art thou the man 
of God that came from Iuda ? He sayde : Yee. 

He sayde vnto him : Come home with me, 
and eate bred. He sayde : I maye not turne 
backe with the, and come with the. Nether 
wyll I eate bred, ner drynke water with the in 
this place : for it is spoken vnto me by the 
worde of the LORDE: Thou shalt nether 
eate bred there, ner yet drynke water, nether 
shalt thou go agayne by the waye which thou 
wentest. He sayde vnto him : I myselfe am 
a prophet as well as thou, and an angell hath 
spoken with me by f worde of the LORDE, 
and saide : Bringe him againe with the, that 
he maye eate bred, and drynke water. But 
he lyed vnto him, and broughte him agayne, 
so that he ate bred, and dranke water in his 
house. 

And whan they sat at the table, the worde 
of the LORDE came to the prophet that had 
broughte him agayne, and cryed vnto the man 
which was come fro Iuda, and sayde : Thus 
sayeth the LORDE : Because thou hast bene 
dishobedient vnto the mouth of f LORDE, 
and hast not kepte the commaundement that 
the LORDE thy God commaunded the, but 
hast turned backe, and hast eaten bred, and 
dronke water in f place, wherof he saide vnto 
the : Thou shalt nether eate bred ner drynke 
water, therfore shall not thy body come in to 
thy fathers graue. 

And whan he had eaten bred and dronke 
the asse was sadled vnto the prophet whom 



he had brought agayne. * And wha he was 
gone, a lyon founde him by the waye, (j slewe 
him, and his body was cast in y waye. And 
the asse stode by him, and the lyon stode by 
the body. And wha men wente by, they sawe 
the body cast in the waye, and the lyon stond- 
ynge besyde the body, and came and tolde it 
in the cite, where the olde prophet dwelt. 

Whan the prophet which had broughte him 
agayne, herde that, he sayde : It is the man 
of God, that hath bene dishobediet vnto the 
mouth of the LORDE, therfore hath y 
LORDE delyuered him vnto the Lyon, which 
hath rente him, and slayne him, acordynge 
to the worde that the LORDE spake vnto 
him. And he sayde vnto his sonnes : Saddell 
me the asse. And whan they had sadled it, he 
wente, and founde his body cast in the waie 
and the asse and the lyon stondynge beside y 
body. The lyon had eate nothinge of the 
body, nether had he torne the asse. Then 
toke the prophet the deed coarse of the man of 
God, and layed it vpo the asse, and broughte 
it agayne in to the cite of the olde prophet, 
to mourne, and to burye him. 

And he layed the coarse in his awne graue, 
and they mourned for him : Alas my brother. 
And whan they had buryed him, he saide 
vnto his sonnes : Whan I dye, burye me in 
the graue where the ma of God is buried, 
and laye my bones besyde his bones, t For it 
shal come to passe, that he cried (thorow the 
worde of the LORDE) against Bethel, and 
agaynst all f houses of the hye places, which 
are in the cities of Samaria. 

Howbeit after this acte dyd not Ieroboa 
turne from his euell waye, but was peruerted. 
and made prestes of the hye places, eue of the 
smallest of the people : Loke whom it pleased 
him, his handes he fylled, g he was prest of 
the hye places. And this turned to synne 
vnto the house of Ieroboa, to destroye him 
and to brynge him to naughte. 

Che rut}. Chapter. 

AT the same tyme was Abia the sonne of 
Ieroboam sicke, and Ieroboam saide 
vnto his wyfe : Get the vp, and disguise the. 
so that no man perceaue that thou art Iero- 
boams wyfe, and go vnto Silo : beholde, there 
is the prophet Ahias, f which promysed me y 
I shulde be kynge ouer this people : and take 



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with the ten loaues of bred and cakes, and a 
cuppe with hony, (j go to him, that he maye 
tell the how it shal go with the childe. And 
Ieroboams wyfe did so, and gat hir vp, and 
wente vnto Silo, and came in to the house of 
Ahias. But Ahias coulde not se, for his eyes 
were dymme for age. Neuerthelesse the 
LORDE sayde vnto Ahias : Beholde, Iero- 
boams wyfe commeth, to axe a matter at the 
for hir sonne, for he is sycke. Speake thou 
therfore vnto her thus j thus. Now whan she 
came in, she shewed hirselfe straunge. But 
whan Ahias herde the noyse of hir fete goynge 
in at the dore, he saide : Come in thou wyfe 
of Ieroboa. Why she west thou thy selfe so 
straunge ? I am sent vnto f an harde mes- 
saunger. 

Go thy waye and tell Ieroboam: Thus 
sayeth y LORDE God of Israel: "I haue 
exalted the from amonge the people, and set 
the to be prynce ouer my people of Israel, and 
haue rente the kyngdome from the house of 
Dauid, and geuen it the. But thou hast not 
bene as my seruaunt Dauid, which kepte my 
commaundemetes, and walked after me with 
all his hert, so that he did onely y thinge that 
was righte in my sighte : and thou hast done 
worse then all they that haue bene before the : 
thou hast gone thy waye and made the other 
goddes, and molten ymages, to prouoke me 
vnto wrath, and hast cast me behynde thy 
backe. 

Beholde therfore, I wil brynge mysfortune 
vpon the house of Ieroboam, and wyl rote 
out from Ieroboam eue him that maketh 
water agaynst the wall, the presoner and for- 
saken in Israel : and the posterite of y house 
of Ieroboam wyll I swepe out, as donge is 
swepte out, tyll he be cleane broughte to 
naught. *He that dieth (of Ieroboam) in the 
cite, the dogges shal eate him vp. But him y 
dyeth in the felde, shall the foules of the aire 
eat vp, for the LORDE hath spoken it. 

Get the vp therfore, and go home, ij whan 
thy fete enter in to y cite, the childe shal dye. 
And all Israel shal bewayle him, and burye 
him. For he onely of Ieroboam shal come 
to the graue, because there is some good 
founde in him before the LORDE God of Is- 
1, in Ieroboams house, t But the LORDE 
shall rayse him vp a kynge, which shal rote 



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out y house of Ieroboam in that daie. And 
what is it, y is now in hande all ready ? And 
the LORDE shal smyte Israel, like as a rede 
is moued in the water : (t shal rote out Israel 
from this good londe, that he gaue vnto their 
fathers, (t shal scater them beyonde the water, 
because they haue made their groues to pro- 
uoke the LORDE vnto wrath. And Israel 
shall be geuen ouer because of the synne of 
Ieroboam, which hath synned him selfe, j 
made Israel to synne. 

And Ieroboams wife gat her vp, wente hir 
waye, & came vnto Thirza. And whan she 
came vpo the thresholde of the house, y childe 
dyed, u they buried him, (j all Israel made 
lamentacion for him, t acordinge to f worde 
of the LORDE, which he spake by his ser- 
uaunt Ahia f prophet. § What more there is 
to saye of Ieroboam, how he foughte ij raigned, 
beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the 
kynges of Israel. The tyme that Ieroboam 
raigned, was two (t twentye yeare. And he 
slepte with his fathers. And Nadab his sonne 
was kynge in his steade. 

Roboam y sonne of Salomon was kynge in 
Iuda. II One and fortye yeare olde was 
Roboam wha he was made kynge, (t seuentene 
yeare raigned he at Ierusalem, in the cite y 
the LORDE had chosen out of all y trybes of 
Israel, to set his name there. His mothers 
name was Naema an Ammonitisse. And 
Iuda dyd y which displeased the LORDE, (t 
prouoked him to indignacion more the all y 
their fathers had done with their synnes 
which they dyd : for they likewyse buylded 
them hye places, pilers, and groues vpo euery 
hye hill, and amonge all grene trees. There 
were whoremogers also, & they dyd all y abho- 
minacios of y Heythe, whom y LORDE droue 
out before the children of Israel. 

1"But in y fifth yeare of kynge Roboam 
wete Sisack y kynge of Egipte vp agaynst 
Ierusalem, g toke the treasure out of y house 
of the LORDE, (j out of the kynges house, j 
all that mighte be gotten, g toke all the shyldes 
of golde, **which Salomon caused to be made. 
~n steade wherof y kynge Roboam caused for 
to make shyldes of stele, & commytted them 
vnder the handes of the chefe fotemen, which 
kepte the dore of the kynges house. And as 
oft as the kynge wente in to y house of the 



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LORDE, the fote men bare them, and 
brought them agayne in to the fote mens 
chamber. 

What more there is to saye of Roboam, 
and all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in 
the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. But 
betwene Roboam g Ieroboam there was warre 
as longe as they lyued. And * Roboam 
slepte with his fathers, & was buried with his 
fathers in the cite of Dauid. And his mothers 
name was Naema an Ammonitisse. And his 
sonne Abia was kynge in his steade. 

Che rb. Chapter. 

IN the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboa 
the sonne of Nebat, "was Abia kynge in 
Iuda, and reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem. 
His mothers name was t Maecha, the doughter 
of Abisalom, and he walked in all the synnes 
of his father, which he had done before him, 
and his hert was not perfecte with the LORDE 
his God, as was the hert of Dauid his father. 
t For because of Dauids sake dyd the LORDE 
his God geue him a lanterne at Ierusalem, so 
y he raysed his sonne after him, j manteyned 
him at Ierusalem, because Dauid dyd the 
thinge y was righte in y sighte of the LORDE, 
and departed not from all that he commaunded 
him as longe as he lyued (sauynge in the 
matter with § Vrias y Hethite). But there 
was warre betwene Roboam and Ieroboam, as 
longe as he lyued. 

What more there is to saye of Abia, and 
all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the 
Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. There was 
warre also betwene Abia and Ieroboam. And 
Abia slepte with his fathers, and they buried 
him in the cite of Dauid. And Asa his sonne 
was kynge in his steade. II In y twentyeth 
yeare of kynge Ieroboam ouer Israel, was Asa 
kynge in Iuda, and reigned one g fortye yeare 
at Ierusalem. His graundmothers name was 
Maecha the doughter of Abisalom. And Asa 
dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the 
LORDE, as dyd his father Dauid. And he 
remoued y IT whoremongers out of the londe, 
and put downe all the Idols that his fathers 
had made. # *He put his mother from the 
mynistracion, that she had made vnto Miple- 
zeth in y groue. And Asa roted out hir 
Miplezeth, and brent it in the broke Cedron: 



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but the hye places put he not downe. Yet 
was the hert of Asa perfecte with the LORDE 
as longe as he lyued. And the syluer and 
golde, and vessels that his father had halowed, 
g soch as was sanctified vnto y house of the 
LORDE, that broughte he in. And there 
was warre betwene Asa g Baesa the kynge of 
Israel, as longe as they lyued. 

Baesa the kynge of Israel wente vp agaynst 
Iuda, and buylded Rama, *that no man shulde 
go out and in of Asas syde the kynge of Iuda. 
Then toke Asa all the syluer and golde that 
was lefte in the treasure of the house of the 
LORDE, and in the treasure of the kynges 
house, and delyuered it in to his seruauntes 
handes, g sent it vnto ttBenadab the sonne of 
Tabrimon the sonne of Hesion kynge of Siria, 
which dwelt at Damascon, and let saye vnto 
him : There is a couenaunt betwene me and 
the, and betwene my father and thy father : 
therfore sende I the a present of syluer and 
golde, that thou shuldest breake the couenaunt 
which thou hast with Baesa the kynge of 
Israel, that he maye departe fro me. 

Benadab agreed vnto kynge Asa, and sent 
his captaynes agaynst the cities of Israel, and 
smote lion and Dan, g Abel Beth Maecha, 
and all Cineroth with the whole londe of 
Nephtali. Wha Baesa herde that, he left of 
from buyldinge Rama, and wente agayne vnto 
Thirza. 

Kynge Asa caused it be proclamed in all 
Iuda : Here be no man excepte. And they 
toke awaye the stones and tymber from Rama, 
wherwith Baesa had buylded. And kynge 
Asa buylded Geba Ben Iamin g Mispa ther- 
with. 

What more there is to saye of Asa, and of 
all his power, and all that he dyd, and of y 
cities which he buylded, beholde, it is wrytten 
in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda: 
sauynge that in his olde age he was diseased 
in his fete. And Asa slepte with his father; 
and was buried with his fathers in the cite of 
Dauid his father. tlAnd Iosaphat his sonne 
was kynge in his steade. 

But Nadab the sonne of Ieroboam was 
kynge ouer Israel in the secode yeare of Asa 
kynge of Iuda, g raigned ouer Israel two yeare, 
and dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE, 
and walked in the waye of his father, and in 



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his synnes, wherwith he made Israel to synne. 
Howbeit Baesa the sonne of Ahia of the house 
of Isachar conspired agaynst him, & smote 
him at Gibbethon, which was the Philistynes : 
for Nadab and all Israel layed sege to Gib- 
bethon. So Baesa slewe him in the thirde 
yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda, & was kynge in 
his steade. * Now whan he was kynge, he 
smote all the house of Ieroboam, and let 
nothinge of Ieroboam remayne that had breth, 
tyll he had destroyed it, acordynge to f 
worde of the LORDE, which he spake by his 
seruaunt Ahia of Silo, because of Ieroboams 
synnes which he dyd, a made Israel synne 
withall : euen with y prouokynge wherwith he 
displeased the LORDE God of Israel. 

What more there is to saye of Nadab, j all 
that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the 
Cronicles of the kynges of Israel, and there 
was warre betwene Asa 5 Baesa the kynge of 
Israel, as longe as they lyued. 

In the thirde yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda 
was Baesa y sonne of Ahia kynge ouer all 
Israel at Thirza foure and twentye yeare, and 
dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the 
LORDE, and walked in the waye of Ieroboam, 
and in his synnes, wherwith he made Israel 
to synne. 

Neuertheles the worde of the LORDE 
came vnto Iehu the sonne of Hanani agaynst 
Baesa, and sayde : For so moch as I lifted the 
out of the dust, and made the prynce ouer my 
people of Israel, and thou walkest in the 
waye of Ieroboam, and makest my people 
ouer Israel for to synne, to prouoke me vnto 
wrath thorow their synnes, beholde, therfore 
wyll I take awaye the posterite of Baesa, and 
the posterite of his house, and wyll set thine 
house euen as the house of Ieroboam the 
sonne of Nebat. t He that of Baesa dyeth 
in the cite, the dogges shal deuoure him: and 
who so beynge of him dyeth in the felde, the 
foules of the ayre shall eate him vp. 

What more there is to saye of Baesa, & 
what he dyd, & of his power, beholde, it is 
wrytten in y Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. 
And Baesa slepte with his fathers, 5 was 
buried at Thirza : & his sonne Ella was kynge 
in his steade. And the worde of y LORDE 
came by the prophet Iehu the sonne of 
Hanani, ouer Baesa, and ouer his house, and 
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of y LORDE, to prouoke him vnto wrath 
thorow the workes of his handes : so that he 
became as the house of Ieroboam, and be- 
cause he slewe ithis man. 

%\)t jrbt. Chapter. 

IN the sixe (j twentieth yeare of Asa kynge 
of Iuda, was Ella the sonne of Baesa 
kynge ouer Israel at Thirza two yeare. 
Neuertheles his seruaunt Simri, y principall 
man ouer the halfe of y charettes cospyred 
against him. As for Ella, he was at Thirza, 
dranke % was dronke in y house of Arza the 
ruler of Thirza. And Simri came in, and 
slewe him in the seuen (t twentieth yeare of 
Asa kynge of Iuda, and was kynge in his 
steade. § And whan he was kynge, and sat 
vpon his seate, he smote all the house of 
Baesa, (j lefte not so moch as one to make 
water agaynst f wall : his bloud auengers also 
(j his frendes. II Thus dyd Simri destroye all 
the house of Baesa, acordinge to the worde 
of the LORDE, which he spake ouer Baesa 
by the prophet Iehu, because of all the synnes 
of Baesa and of Ella his sonne, which they 
dyd, and made Israel for to synne, to prouoke 
the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath thorow 
their vanities. What more there is to saye of 
Ella, and all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten 
in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. 

In the seuen and twentieth yeare of Asa 
kynge of Iuda, was Simri kynge vij. dayes at 
Thirza, and the people laye before Gibbethon 
of the Philistynes. But whan the people in 
the hoost herde saye y Simri had conspired 
and slayne the kynge, then all Israel the same 
daye made Amri the chefe captayne kynge 
ouer all in the hoost. And Amri wente vp 
and all Israel with him from Gibbethon, and 
layed sege vnto Thirza. tBut whan Simri 
sawe y the cite shulde be wonne, he wente in 
to the palace in the kynges house, 5 brent it 
with y kynges house, j dyed because of his 
synnes which he had committed, in that he 
dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE, and 
walked in the waye of Ieroboam, and in his 
synnes which he dyd, wherwith he made Israel 
to synne. 

What more there is to saye of Simri, and 
how he conspired, beholde, it is wrytten in f 
Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. At the same 
tyme were y* people deuyded in two partes : 



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the one parte helde with Thibni the sonne of 
Ginath, that they might make him kynge : the 
other halfe helde with Amri. But the people 
that helde with Amri, were mightier then the 
people which helde with Thibni f sonne of Gi- 
nath. And Thibni dyed, and Amri was kynge. 

In f one and thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge 
of Iuaa, was Amri kynge ouer Israel twolue 
yeares, & raigned at Thirza sixe yeares. He 
boughte the mount of Samaria of Semer 
for two hundreth weight of syluer, 5 buylded 
vpon the mount, and called the cite which he 
buylded, after f name of Semer y owner of y 
mount of Samaria. And Amri dyd that which 
was euell in y sighte of the LORDE, and 
was worse then all they that were before him, 
and walked in all y- wayes of Ieroboam y 
sonne of Nebat, and in his synnes, wherwith 
he made Israel to synne, so that they pro- 
uoked the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath 
in their vanities. What more there is to saye 
of Amri, 5 all that he dyd, and his power that 
he exercysed, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cro- 
nicles of the kynges of Israel. And Amri slepte 
with his fathers, (j, was buried in Samaria, 
and Achab his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

In the eight & thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge 
of Iuda, was Achab the sonne of Amri kynge 
ouer Israel, (j raigned ouer Israel at Samaria 
two J twentie yeare, (j dyd euell in the sighte 
of the LORDE, more the all they y were 
before him. And he thoughte it but a small 
matter to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam 
the sonne of Nebat: *and toke Iesabel the 
doughter of Eth Baal kynge of Sidon to wife, 
and wente and serued Baal, and worshiped 
him. And vnto Baal he set vp an altare in 
Baals house, which he buylded him in Sa- 
maria, and made a groue : so that Achab dyd 
more to prouoke the God of Israel vnto wrath, 
then all the kynges y were before him in Israel. 

At y same tyme dyd Hiel of Bethel buylde 
Iericho : t It cost him his first sonne Abiram, 
y he layed f foundacion : g his yongest sonne 
Segub, y he set vp the portes : Acordinge to 
the worde of the LORDE, which he spake by 
Iosua the sonne of Nun. 

€f)e jrbtj. Chapter. 
A ND Elias y Theszbite one of the inha- 
i\ biters of Gilead, saide vnto Achab: 
t As truly as the LORDE God of Israel lyueth, 



whose seruaunt I am, there shal nether rayne 
ner dew come this yeare, excepte I speake it. 

And the worde of the LORDE came vnto 
him, and sayde : Get the hence, and turne the 
towarde the east, and hyde the by the ryuer 
Crith, which is ouer agaynst Iordane, and thou 
shalt drynke of the ryuer : and I haue com- 
maunded the rauens, that they shal fede the 
there. He departed, and dyd acordinge to 
the worde of the LORDE, and wente his 
waye, and sat him downe by the ryuer Crith, 
which is ouer agaynst Iordane. And the raues 
broughte him bred and flesh in the mornynge 
and in the euenynge, and he dranke of the 
ryuer. 

And it fortuned after certayne dayes, that 
the riuer was dryed vp : for there was no 
rayne in the lode. Then came y worde of y 
LORDE vnto him, and sayde: $Get y vp, 
and go vnto Sarepta, which lieth by Sido : for 
there haue I commaunded a wedowe to make 
prouysion for the. 

And he gat him vp, and wente vnto Sa- 
repta. And whan he came to the gate of f 
cite, beholde, the wedowe was there, and 
gathered stickes. And he called her, and 
sayde : Fetch me a litle water in a vessell, y 
I maye drinke. And as she was goinge to 
fetch it, he cried vnto her, j sayde : Brynge 
me a morsell of bred also in thine hande. 
She sayde: As truly as the LORDE thy God 
lyueth, I haue no bred, but an handfull of 
floure in a pitcher, (j a curtesy oyle in a cruse : 
and beholde, I haue gathered vp one or two 
stickes, (j wyll go and prepare it for me and 
my sonne, that we maye eate and dye. 

Elias sayde vnto her: Feare not, go thy 
waye, j do as thou hast sayde : yet make me 
first a morsell of bred therof, & brynge it me 
forth : u afterwarde shalt thou make it for y 
{j thy sonne. For thus sayeth y LORDE God 
of Israel : The meell in the pitcher shall not 
be spent, & the oyle in f cruse shall not fayll, 
vnto the daye y the LORDE shal cause it for 
to rayne vp5 earth. She wente g dyd as Elias 
sayde. And he ate, & she also, and hir house 
a certayne season. The meel in the pitcher 
was not mynished, and the oyle in the cruse 
fayled not, acordinge to the worde of y 
LORDE which he spake by Elias. 

And after these actes the sonne of the wife 
of f house was sicke : and his sicknes was so 

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exceadinge sore, that there remayned no breth 
in him. And she sayde vnto Elias : What 
haue I to do with the, thou man of God ? Art 
thou come in vnto me, y my synne shulde be 
kepte in remembraunce, g that my sonne 
shulde be slayne ? He sayde vnto her : Geue 
me thy sonne. And he toke him fro hir lappe, 
g caried him vp in to f chamber where he 
him selfe dwelt, and layed him vpo his bed, g 
called vpon the LORDE, and sayde : O 
LORDE my God, hast thou dealt so euell 
with the wedow with whom I dwell, y thou 
woldest slaye hir sonne ? And * he stretched 
out him selfe ouer the childe thre tymes, 
a called vpon the LORDE, and saide : O 
LORDE my God, let the soule of this childe 
come agayne in to him. And the LORDE 
herde the voyce of Elias. And the soule of 
the childe came agayne vnto him, <j he re- 
uyued. And Elias toke the childe, and 
broughte him downe from the chamber in to 
the house and delyuered him vnto his mother, 
and sayde : Beholde, thy sonne lyueth. And 
the woman sayde vnto Elias : Now knowe I, 
that thou art a man of God, g that the worde 
of the LORDE is in thy mouth of a trueth. 

Che ybiij. Chapter. 

AND after a longe season came y worde 
of the LORDE vnto Elias in the 
thirde yeare, g sayde : t Go thy waye, g shewe 
thy selfe vnto Achab, y I maye cause it for to 
rayne vpon earth. And Elias wente to shewe 
him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate 
derth I Samaria. And Achab called Abdia 
his chefe officer : (As for Abdia, he feared f 
LORDE greatly : for wha. Iesabel roted out 
f prophetes of y LORDE, Abdia toke an C. 
prophetes, and hyd them in caues, here fiftye, 
X there fiftye, g prouyded for them with bred 
and water.) Achab now sayde vnto Abdia : 
Go thorow the londe vnto all the welles of 
water g ryuers, yf happlye we maye finde hay, 
g to saue f horses g mules, y all the catell 
perishe not. And they parted the selues in to 
the londe, to go thorow it. Achab departed the 
one waye alone, and Abdia y other waye alone. 
Now whan Abdia was on f waye, Elias met 
him. And whan he knewe him, he fell downe 
vpon his face, g sayde : Art not thou my lorde 
Elias ? He sayde : yee, go thy waye, and tell 
thy lorde : beholde, Elias is here. But he 



sayde : What haue I offended, that thou wilt 
delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of 
Achab, that he maye slaye me ? As truly as 
the LORDE thy God lyueth, there is no 
people ner kingdome, but my lorde hath sent 
thither to seke the. And whan they sayde : 
He is not here, he toke an ooth of the same 
kyngdome and nacion, that they had not 
founde the. And now thou sayest : Go tell 
thy lorde : beholde, Elias is here. Now 
whan I were gone from the, the sprete of the 
LORDE shulde take y awaye, I cannot tell 
whither: and yf I then came and tolde Achab, 
and founde the not, he shulde slaye me : But 
thy seruaunt feareth the LORDE from his 
youth vp. Hath it not bene tolde my lorde 
what I dyd, whan Iesabel slewe the prophetes 
of the LORDE, how that I hyd an hundreth 
of the LORDE S prophetes, here fiftye, and 
there fiftye in the caues, and prouyded for 
them with bred and water ? And thou sayest 
now : Go thy waye, tell thy lorde : Elias is 
here, that he maye slaye me. Elias saide : As 
truly as y LORDE Zebaoth lyueth, before 
whom I stode, I wil shewe my selfe vnto him 
this daye. Then wete Abdia to mete Achab, 
g tolde him. And Achab wete for to mete 
Elias. 

And whan Achab sawe Elias, Achab sayde 
vnto him : Art thou he that troublest Israel ? 
He sayde : I trouble not Israel, tbut it is thou 
and thy fathers house, because ye haue for- 
saken the commaundementes of the LORDE, 
and walke after Baal. Go to, sende forth 
now, and gather me all Israel together vnto 
mount Carmell, and the foure hundreth and 
fiftye prophetes of Baal, and the foure hun- 
dreth prophetes of f groue, which eate of 
Iesabels table. So Achab sent vnto all the 
children of Israel, g gathered the prophetes 
together vnto mount Carmell. 

Then stepte Elias vnto all the people, g 
sayde : How longe halte ye on both y sydes ? 
Yf the LORDE be God, the walke after him : 
but yf Baal be he, the folowe him. And the 
people gaue him no answere. The sayde 
Elias vnto the people: I onely am lefte a 
prophet of y LORDE : but Baals prophetes 
are foure C. and fiftie me. Geue vs now two 
bullockes, g let them chose one bullocke, g 
hewe him in peces, g laye him vpo the wod, 
put no fyre theron : so wil I take y other 



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bullock, g laye him vpo the wod, g put no 
fyre theron also : call ye then vp5 the name 
of youre god, g I wil call vpo the name of the 
LORDE: loke which God now answereth 
with fyre, let the same be God. And all the 
people answered g sayde : That is righte. 
And Elias sayde vnto Baals prophetes : Chose 
ye one bullock, and do ye it first (for ye are 
many) and call ye vpon the name of youre 
god, g laye no fyre theron. 

And they toke the bullock which he gaue 
them, g prepared it, g called vpon the name 
of Baal from the mornynge vntyll the noone 
daye, and sayde : O Baal heare vs. But 
there was nether voyce ner answere. And 
they hopped aboute the altare, as their vse 
was to do. Now whan it was noone daye 
Elias mocked them, and sayde : Crye loude 
For he is a god, peradueture he is musynge 
or hath somwhat to do, or is gone some iour- 
neye, or happlye he slepeth, so that he wolde 
be waked vp. And they cried loude, and pro- 
uoked the selues with knyues g botkens, (as 
their maner was) tyll f bloude folowed. But 
whan f noone daye was past, they prophecied 
vntyll the tyme that the meatofferynge shulde 
be offered, 5 there was nether voyce ner an- 
swere, ner one to regarde them. 

Then sayde Elias vnto all the people : Come 
hither all ye people vnto me. And whan all 
y people came to him, he repayred y *altare 
of the LORDE y was broken, g ttoke twolue 
stones acordinge to the nombre of y trybes of 
the childre of Iacob (vnto whom the worde of 
the LORDE spake, and sayde: *Thy name 
shal be Israel) and of y stones he buylded an 
altare in the name of the LORDE, g made a 
pytt rounde aboute the altare, like two forowes 
in the come londe, g prepared the wod, g 
hewed y bullock in peces, and layed him vpon 
the wod, g sayde : Fetch foure pitchers full of 
water, and poured it vpo the burntofferynge, 
and vpon the wod. And he sayde : Do it yet 
once. And they dyd it once agayne. And 
he sayde : Do it y thirde tyme. And they dyd 
it the thirde tyme. And y water ranne aboute 
the altare, and y pytt was full of water also. 

And whan the tyme was to offer y meat- 
offerynge, Elias stepte forth, and sayde : O 
LORDE God of Abraham, of Isaac and of 
Israel, let it be knowne this daye, that thou 
art God in Israel, and I thy seruaunt, and 

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that I haue done all this acordinge vnto thy 
worde. Heare me O LORDE, O heare me, 
y this people maye knowe, how that thou art 
the LORDE God, that thou mayest after- 
warde turne their hertes. § Then fell downe 
the fyre of the LORDE, and consumed the 
burntofferinge, the wodd, the stones and the 
earth, and licked vp the water that was in the 
pytt. Whan all the people sawe that, they 
fell vpon their faces, and sayde : The LORDE 
is God, y LORDE is God. Elias sayd. 
vnto them : II Laye handes vpon Baals pro 
phetes, y none of them escape. And they 
toke them. And Elias broughte them downe 
vnto y broke Cyson, g slewe the there. 

And Elias sayde vnto Achab : Go vp, eate 
g drynke, for it soundeth as though it wolde 
rayne sore. And whan Achab wete vp to 
eate g drinke, Elias asceded vp to the toppe 
of Carmel, g bowed him selfe downe to the 
earth, g put his heade betwene his knees, g 
sayde vnto his lad : Go vp, and loke towarde 
the See. He wente vp g loked, g sayde : 
There is nothinge. He sayde : Go agayne 
seuen tymes. And at the seueth tyme he 
sayde : Beholde, there goeth vp a litle cloude 
out of the see, like a mans hande. He sayde : 
Go vp, and saie vnto Achab : Bynde thy 
charet, g go downe, y the rayne ouertake tb 
not. And or a ma coulde turne him, the 
heauen was blacke with cloudes g wynde, g 
there came a greate rayne. But Achab rode 
his waie, g departed vnto Iesrael. And the 
hade of y LORDE came vp5 Elias, and he 
gyrde his loynes, g ranne before Achab, tyll 
he came vnto Iesrael. 

Cfic vtr. Chapter. 

AND Achab tolde Iesabel all y Elias had 
done, g how he had slayne all Baals 
prophetes with the swerde. The sent Iesabel 
a messaunger vnto Elias, sayenge : The goddes 
do this rt that vnto me, yf I tomorow aboute 
this tyme, make not thy soule as one of these. 
Then was he afrayed, g gat him vp, g wente 
where he wolde, g came vnto Berseba in 
Iuda, and lefte his lad there. But he him 
selfe wente a daies iourney in to y wyldernes, 
came in, g sat him downe vnder a Iuniper 
tre, g wyszshed vnto his soule y he mighte 
dye, g sayde : It is now ynough LORDE, 
take my soule, for I am no better then my 

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fathers. And he layed him downe 5 slepte 
vnder the Iuniper tre. 

And beholde, y angell touched him, 5 sayde 
vnto him: Stonde vp, and eate. And he 
loked aboute him, g beholde, at his heade 
there was a bred baken on the coles, g a cruse 
with water. And whan he had eaten and 
dronke, he layed him downe agayne to slepe. 

And f angell of the LORDE, came agayne 
the seconde tyme, 5 touched him, g sayde : 
Stonde vp, and eate, for thou hast a greate 
waye to go. And he arose, and ate and drake, 
and wente on thorow the strength of that 
meate *fortye dayes and fortye nightes, eue 
vnto Horeb y mount of God : and there he 
came to a caue, and abode there allnighte. 
And beholde the worde of the LORDE came 
to him, and sayde vnto him : What doest 
thou here Elias? He sayde: I haue bene 
zelous for the LORDE God Zebaoth: for 
the children of Israel haue forsaken thy coue- 
naunt, and broken downe thine altares, and 
slayne thy prophetes with the swerde, and I 
am lefte onely, g they seke to take awaye my 
life. He sayde : Go forth, and stonde vpon 
the mount before the LORDE. And be- 
holde, the LORDE wete ouer : and a greate 
mightie wynde, which roue the mountaynes, 
and brake the harde stones, came before the 
LORDE, but the LORDE was not in the 
wynde. After the wynde came there an 
earthquake, but the LORDE was not in the 
earthquake. 

And after the earth quake there came a 
fyre, but the LORDE was not in the fyre. 
And after the fyre came there a styll softe 
hyssinge. Whan Elias herde that, he couered 
his face with his cloke, and wente forth, and 
stode in the dore of the caue. And beholde, 
there came a voyce vnto him, and sayde : 
What hast thou here to do Elias ? 

He sayde : I haue bene zelous for the 
LORDE God Zebaoth: tfor the children of 
Israel haue forsake thy couenaunt, broken 
downe thine altares, slayne thy prophetes with 
the swerde, g I onely am lefte, and they seke 
to take awaye my life. But the LORDE 
sayde vnto him : Go thy waye agayne thorow 
the wyldernes vnto Damascon, g go in, tg 
anoynte Hasael kynge ouer Siria, §j Iehu the 
sonne of Nimsi kynge ouer Israel, g Eliseus 
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prophet in thy steade. And it shal come to 
passe, y, who so escapeth the swerde of Hasael, 
Iehu shall slaye him, g who so escapeth y 
swerde of Iehu, Eliseus shal slaye him. II And 
I wil reserue vnto me vij. M. men in Israel : 
namely, all y knees which haue not bowed 
the selues vnto Baal, and euery mouth y hath 
not kyssed him. 

And he departed thence, g founde Eliseus 
y sonne of Saphat, plowinge with twolue yocke 
of oxen before him, g he him selfe was amoge 
the twolue. And Elias wete vnto him, g 
cast his cloke vpon him. And he lefte the 
oxen, g ranne after Elias, g sayde : 1T Let me 
kysse my father g my mother, and so wil I 
folowe the. And he sayde vnto him : Go thy 
waye, g come agayne, for I haue some what 
to do with the. And he ranne agayne from 
him, and toke a yock of oxen, and offred it, 
and sod y flesh with the wod of the oxen 
plowes, and gaue it vnto the people to eate, 
and gat him vp, g folowed Elias, and mynistred 
vnto him. 

CIjc rr. Cljajptcr. 

AND **Benadab y kynge of Siria gathered 
all his power, % there were two g thirtie 
kynges with him, g horses g charettes, and he 
wente vp, and layed sege vnto Samaria, g 
foughte agaynst it. And he sent messaungers 
vnto Achab f kynge of Israel in to y cite, g 
caused to saye vnto him : Thus sayeth Bena- 
dab : Thy syluer g thy golde is myne, and thy 
wyues g thy best children are myne also. The 
kynge of Israel answered, g sayde : My lorde 
O kynge, euen as thou hast sayde, I am thine, 
and all that I haue. 

And the messaungers came agayne, g sayde : 
Thus sayeth Benadab : For so moch as I haue 
sent vnto the, sayenge : Thy syluer g thy golde, 
thy wyues g thy childre shalt thou geue me, 
tomorow aboute this tyme wil I sende my 
seruaiites vnto the, y they maye serch thyne 
house and the houses of thy subiectes : g loke 
what pleasaunt thinge thou hast, y shal they 
take in their handes, and cary it awaye. So 
the kynge of Israel called all y Elders of the 
lode, g sayde : Mark well g se, what myschefe 
this ma seketh : He sent vnto me for my wyues 
g children, for syluer g golde, g I haue not 
sayde him naye. Then sayde all the Elders 
and all the people vnto him : Thou shalt not 

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cosente ner agree vnto him. And he spake 
vnto Benadabs messaugers, Saye vnto my 
lorde y kynge : All y thynges wherfore thou 
dyddest sende vnto me thy seruaunt at y first: 
wil I do, but this can I not do. And y mes- 
saungers wete, and tolde this againe. The 
sent Benadab vnto him sayege : The goddes 
do this and y vnto me, yf the dust of Samaria 
shalbe ynough, for euery one of my people to 
brynge me an handfull therof. But y kynge 
of Israel answered, j sayde: Tell him, Let 
not him y putteth on y harnes, make his 
boast like him y hath put it of. Wha Bena- 
dab herde y (eue as he was drynkinge with 
the kynges in y pauylion) he sayde vnto his 
seruaiites: Set youre selues in araye. And 
they set the selues in araie against y cite. 

And beholde, there came a prophet vnto 
Achab y kynge of Israel, & saide : Thus sayeth 
the LORDE : Hast thou sene all this greate 
multitude ? Beholde, this daie wil I delyuer 
the in to thy hande, so y thou shalt knowe, 
how y I am y LORDE. Achab sayde : By 
whom ? He sayde : Thus sayeth the LORDE : 
Euen by the yonge men of" the rulers of the 
londe. He sayde: Who shal order the bat- 
tayl? He sayde: Thou. Then mustered he 
the yonge men of the rulers of the londe, (j 
there were two hudreth and two and thirtie 
of them : (j after the mustured he of the whole 
people of all the childre of Israel, seue thou- 
sande men, and they wente out in the noone 
e. As for Benadab, he dranke and was 
dronken in the pauylion with the two g thirtie 
kynges which were come to helpe him. And 
the yonge men of the rulers of the londe 
wente forth first. 

Benadab sent forth, j they brought him 
worde, (t sayde : There come men out of Sa- 
maria. He sayde : Take them alyue, whether 
they be come forth for peace, or for warre. 
But whan the londe rulers yonge men were 
gone forth, and the hoost behynde them, 
euery one smote him y came in his waye. 
And the Sirians fled, and Israel Mowed after 
them. And Benadab the kynge of Syria 
iped with horses and horsme. And the 
kynge of Israel wente forth, and smote horses 
and charettes, and dyd a greate slaughter on 
the Syrians. 

Then came there a prophet vnto the kynge 
of Israel, and sayde vnto him : Go thy waye 
and strength the, and take hede, and loke 



well what thou doest : for whan the yeare is 
aboute, the kynge of Syria shall come agaynst 
the of the new. For the kynge of y Syrians 
seruauntes sayde vnto him : Their goddes are 
goddes of the mountaynes, therfore haue they 
gotten the victory. 

But let vs fyghte with them on the playne, 
and thou shalt se that we shal ouercome them. 
Do thus, put awaye the kynges euery one 
from his place, and set dukes in their steades, 
and appoynte the an hoost as was that which 
thou hast lost, (j horses & charettes as the 
other were, and let vs fight agaynst the in 
the plaine, and thou shalt se that we shal haue 
the victory. He cosented vnto their voyce, 
and dyd so. 

Now whan the yeare was gone aboute, 
Benadab appoynted the Sirians, and wente 
vp towarde Aphek, to fighte agaynst Israel, 
and the childre of Israel mustured, and pro- 
uyded them selues with vytailes, and wete to 
mete them, and pitched their tetes ouer 
against them, like two litle flockes of 
but the londe was full of the Syrians. 

And there came a man of God, and sayde 
vnto the kynge of Israel : Thus sayeth the 
LORDE: Because the Syrians haue sayde, 
that the LORDE is a God of the moutaynes 
and not a God of the valleys, therfore haue I 
geuen all this greate heape in to thy handes, 
that ye maye knowe how that I am y LORDE. 
And they pitched their tentes right ouer 
agaynst them seuen dayes. But vpon y 
seuenth daye they wente together in to the 
battayll : and the children of Israel smote of 
the Sirians an hundreth thousande fote men 
in one daye, and the remnaunt fled to Aphek 
in to the cite, and the wall fell vpon the other 
seuen and twenty thousande men. And 
Benadab fled also vnto the cite in to a litle 
chamber. 

Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him : Be- 
holde, we haue herde that the kynges of the 
house of Israel are mercifull kinges, Let vs 
therfore put sack cloth aboute oure loynes, 
and halters aboute oure neckes, j go forth to 
the kynge of Israel, peraduenture he shal let 
thy soule lyue. 

And they put sack cloth aboute their loynes, 
and halters aboute their neckes, and came to 
the kynge of Israel, and sayde : Benadab thy 
eruaunt sayeth vnto the : O let my soule 
lyue. He sayde : yf he be yet alyue, he is 



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my brother. And the men toke him shortly 
at his worde, and expounded it for them 
selues and sayde: Yee Benadab is thy bro- 
ther. He sayde : Come and brynge him. 
The wente Benadab forth vnto him, and he 
caused him to syt vpon the charet, and sayde 
vnto him : The cities that my father toke 
from thy father, wyl I geue the agayne. And 
make thou stretes for thyselfe at Damasco, as 
my father did at Samaria, so wyl I let the go 
with a bonde of peace. And he made a 
couenaunt with him, and let him go. 

Then spake there a man amonge the child- 
ren of the prophetes vnto his neghboure by 
the worde of the LORDE: I praye the smite 
me. But he refused to smite him. Then 
saide he vnto him, because thou hast not 
herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, 
beholde, therfore shall there a lyon smyte the, 
whan thou goest fro me. *And whan he wente 
fro him, a lyon founde him, and slewe him. 

And he founde another man, and sayde : I 
praye the smyte me. And the man smote 
him, and wounded him. Then wente the 
prophet, and stepte vnto the kynge by the 
waye syde, and altered his face with aszshes. 
And whan the kynge wente by, he cried vpon 
y kynge, and sayde : Thy seruaunt wente 
forth in to the battayll, and beholde, there 
wente one asyde, and broughte a man vnto 
me, and sayde : Kepe this ma : yf he be 
myssed, thy soule shall be in steade of his 
soule, or els thou shalt weye downe an hun- 
dreth weighte of syluer. And whyle thy ser- 
uaunt had here j there to do, he was awaye. 
The kynge of Israel sayde vnto him: It is 
thine owne iudgment, thou hast geuen it thy- 
selfe. 

Then put he the aszshes from his face in 
all the haist. And the kynge of Israel knewe 
him, that he was one of the prophetes. And 
he sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth the LORDE: 
Because thou hast let the damned man go, 
therfore shall thy soule be for his soule, and 
thy people for his people. And the kynge of 
Israel departed vnto his house, beinge troubled 
in his mynde and full indignacion, and came 
to Samaria. 

%\)t ryt. Chapter. 

AFTER these actes it fortuned, that Na- 
both the Iesraelite had a vyniarde at 



Iesreel besyde the palace of Achab kynge of 
Samaria. And Achab spake to Naboth, and 
sayde : Geue me thy vynyarde, I wyll make 
me an herbgarden therof, because it is so nye 
my house : I wyl geue the a better vynyarde 
for it : or yf it please the, I wyll geue the 
syluer for it, as moch as it is worth. But 
Naboth sayde vnto Achab: tThe LORDE 
let that be farre fro me, that I shulde geue y 
my fathers heretage. Then came Achab 
home, beinge moued and full of indignacion, 
because of the worde that Naboth the Ies- 
raelite had spoken vnto him, g sayde : I wyl 
not geue the my fathers inheritaunce. And 
he laied him downe vpon his bed, and turned 
his face asyde, and ate no bred. Then Iesabel 
his wyfe came in to him and sayde vnto him : 
What is y matter, that thy sprete is so cobred, 
and that thou eatest no bred ? He sayde vnto 
her : I haue spoke vnto Naboth the Iesraelite, 
and sayde : Geue me thy vynyarde for money : 
or yf it please y, I wyl geue the another for 
it. But he sayde : I wyll not geue the my 
vynyarde. 

Then sayde Iesabel his wyfe vnto him : 
What kingdome were in Israel, yf thou diddest 
it ? Stonde vp, and eate bred, I wyl get the 
the vynyarde of Naboth the Iesraelite. And 
she wrote a letter vnder Achabs name, and 
sealed it with his signet, and sent it vnto y 
Elders and rulers in his cite, which dwelt 
aboute Naboth, and wrote thus in y letter : 
Proclame a fast, and set Naboth aboue in the 
people, and set two men of Belial before him, 
to testifye and saye : Thou hast blasphemed 
God and the kynge. And brynge him forth, 
and stone him to death. 

And the Elders and rulers of his cyte, 
which dwelt in his cite, dyd as Iesabel had 
commaunded them, acordynge as she had 
wrytten in the letter that she sent vnto them 
and they proclamed a fast, and caused Naboth 
to syt aboue amonge the people. Then came 
the two men of Belial, and stode before him, 
and testyfyed agaynst Naboth in y presence of 
the people, and sayde: Naboth hath blas- 
phemed God and the kynge. 

Then broughte they him out of the cite, 
and stoned him to death. And they sent 
Iesabel worde, sayenge : Naboth is stoned j 
put to death. Wha Iesabel herde that Naboth 
was stoned and deed, she sayde vnto Achab : 

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Vp, and take possession of the vynyarde of 
Naboth the Iesraelite, which he denyed to 
geue the for money: for Naboth lyueth no 
more but is deed. And whan Achab herde 
y Naboth was deed, he rose to go downe vnto 
the vyniarde of Naboth the Iesraelite, and to 
take possession of it. 

But the worde of the LORDE came to 
Elias the Theszbite, and sayde : Get the vp, 
and go downe to mete Achab the kynge of 
Israel, which is at Samaria : beholde, he is in 
Naboths vynyarde, in to the which he is gone 
downe to take possession of it, and talke thou 
with him, and speake: Thus sayeth the 
LORDE : Thou hast slayne, and taken in 
possession. And thou shalt talke morouer 
vnto him, and saye : Thus sayeth the LORDE: 
* Euen in the place where the dogges licked 
vp Naboths bloude, shall the dogges licke thy 
bloude also. And Achab sayde vnto Elias : 
Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye ? 
He saide : Yee, I haue founde the, because 
thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte 
of the LORDE. Beholde, tl wyll- brynge 
mysfortune vpon the, and take awaye thy 
posterite, and wil rote out from Achab, euen 
him that maketh water agaynst the wall, and 
him that is shut vp and lefte behynde in 
Israel: and thy house wyll I make as the 
house of Ieroboam y sonne of Nebat, and as 
the house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia, because 
of f prouocacion wherwith thou hast pi'ouoked 
me vnto wrath, and made Israel to synne. 

And ouer Iesabel spake the LORDE also 
and sayde : % The dogges shal deuoure Iesabel 
in y felde of Iesrael. § Who so of Achab 
dyeth in y cite, him shal the dogges eate vp : 
and who so dyeth in the felde, the foules 
vnder the heauen shall eate him vp. So cleane 
|| solde to do myschefe in f sighte of the 
LORDE hath no man bene, as Achab : for 
his Iesabel hath so disceaued him, and he 
maketh him selfe a greate abhominacion, that 
he goeth after Idols, acordlge vnto all as dyd 
the Amorites, Hwhom the LORDE expelled 
before the children of Israel. 

But whan Achab herde these wordes, he 
rete his clothes, & put a sack cloth on his body, 
CE fasted, and slepte in sack cloth, and wente 
aboute hanginge downe his heade. And the 
worde of the LORDE came to Elias th 



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Theszbite, (j sayde : Hast thou not sene how 
Achab humbleth him selfe before me ? For 
so moch now as he hiibleth him selfe in my 
sighte, I wil not brynge that plage whyle he 
lyueth : but by his sonnes life wil I brynge 
mysfortune vpon his house. 

Cfie rrtj. Chapter. 

AND there passed ouer thre yeares, that 
there was no warre betwene the Sirians 
I Israel. **But in the thirde yeare wente 
Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda downe to the 
kynge of Israel. And the kynge of Israel 
sayde vnto his seruauntes : Knowe ye not y 
Ramoth in Gilead is oures ? arid we syt styll, 
and take it not out of the hande of the kynge 
of Syria. And he sayde vnto Iosaphat : Wilt 
thou go with me to the battaill vnto Ramoth 
in Gilead? Iosaphat sayde vnto the kynge 
of Israel : I wyll be as thou, my people as 
thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 
And Iosaphat sayde vnto y kynge of Israel : 
t+Axe this daye at the worde of the LORDE. 
Then the kynge of Israel gathered the pro- 
phetes aboute a ttfoure hundreth men, and 
sayde vnto them : Shal I go vnto Ramoth in 
Gilead to fighte, or shal I let it alone ? They 
sayde : Go vp, y LORDE shal delyuer it in 
to y kinges hande. But Iosaphat sayde : Is 
there not one prophet here more of y LORDE, 
that we maye axe at him ? 

The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat : 
Here is yet a man, one Micheas the sonne of 
Iemla, at whom we maye axe of the LORDE 
but I hate him, for he prophecieth me no good 
but euell. Iosaphat sayde : Let not the kynge 
saye so. Then called the kynge of Israel a 
chamberlayne, and sayde : Brynge hither 
soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla. As for 
the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y kinge of 
Iuda, they sat ether of them vpon his seate, 
arayed in their garmentes in the place at y 
dore of the porte of Samaria, and all y pro- 
phetes prophecied before the. And Sedechia 
the sonne of Cnaena had made him homes 
of yron, and sayde : Thus sayeth the LORDE : 
With these shalt thou puszshe at y Syrians 
tyll thou brynge them to naughte. And all 
the prophetes prophecied likewyse, and sayde : 
Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead, thou shalt 
prospere right well, d the LORDE shal 



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delyuer it in to the kynges hande. And the 
messaunger that wente to call Micheas sayde 
vnto him : Beholde, The wordes of y prophetes 
are with one acorde good before the kynge, 
let thy worde therfore be as their worde, and 
speake thou good also. 

Micheas sayde : As truly as the LORDE 
liueth, loke what the LORDE sayeth vnto me, 
y wyl I speake. And whan he came to the 
kynge, the kynge sayde vnto him: Micheas, 
shal we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fight or 
shall we let it alone ? He sayde vnto him : 
Yee, go vp, thou shalt prospere righte well, 
the LORDE shall geue it in to the kynges 
hande. But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne : 
I charge y that thou saye no other thinge vnto 
me but the trueth, in the name of y LORDE. 
He sayde: I sawe all Israel scatred abrode 
vpon the mountaynes, as the shepe that haue 
no shepherde. And the LORDE saide: 
Haue these no lorde ? Let euery one turne 
home agayne in peace. Then sayde f kinge 
of Israel vnto Iosaphat : Tolde not I f that 
he wolde prophecye me no good, but euell ? 

He sayde : Heare now therfore the worde 
of the LORDE : * I sawe the LORDE syt 
vpon his seate, and all the hoost of heauen 
stodinge by him at his righte hande j at his 
lefte. And the LORDE saide: Who wil 
disceaue Achab to go vp, g fall at Ramoth in 
Gilead. And one sayde this, another that. 
Then wete there forth a sprete, (j stode before 
the LORDE, and sayde: I wyl disceaue him. 
The LORDE sayde vnto him: Wherwith? 
He sayde vnto him : I wyll go forth, and be a 
false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes. 
He saide : Thou shalt disceaue him, and shalt 
be able : go forth and do so. Beholde now, 
Uhe LORDE hath geue a false sprete in f 
mouth of all these thy prophetes, and the 
LORDE hath spoken eaell ouer the. Then 
stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena, 
and smote Micheas vpon the cheke, and sayde : 
What, is the sprete of the LORDE departed 
fro me, to speake with the ? Micheas sayde : 
Beholde, thou shalt se it in y daye, whan thou 
shalt go fro one chamber to another to hyde the. 
The kynge of Israel sayde : Take Micheas, 
and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of 
the cite, and with Ioas the kynges sonne, and 
saye : Thus sayeth the kynge : Put this man 
in preson, and fede him with bred and water 



of trouble, tyll I come agayne in peace 
Micheas sayde : Yf thou commest agayne ir 
peace, then hath not the LORDE spoken 
thorow me. And he sayde : herken to all ye 
people. 

So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat f 
kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in 
Gilead. And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto 
Iosaphat : Chaunge thy clothes, and come in 
to y battayll in thine araie. The kinge of 
Israel chaunged his clothes also, and wete in 
to the battayll. But the kynge of Siria com- 
maunded the rulers of his charettes (of whom 
there were two and thirtie) and saide : Ye 
shal fight nether agaynst small ner greate, but 
onely agaynst the kynge of Israel. And whan 
the rulers of the charettes sawe Iosaphat, they 
thought it had bene the kynge of Israel, and 
fell vpon him with fightinge. But Iosaphat 
cried. So whan the ralers of the charettes 
sawe that it was not f kinge of Israel, they 
turned back fro him. 

A certayne man bended his bowe harde, 
and shott the kynge of Israel betwene the 
mawe and y longes. And he sayde vnto his 
charetman : Turne thine hade, and cary me 
out of the hoost, for I am wounded. And y 
battayll was sore the same daie. And the 
kinge stode vpo his charet, agaynst the Syrias 
and dyed in the eueninge, and the bloude 
ranne from the wounde in to the myddes of 
the charet. And whan the Sonne wente 
downe there was a proclamacion made in the 
hoost, and sayde : Euery one gett him in to 
his cite, and to his countre. Thus the kynge 
dyed, and was broughte vnto Samaria, and 
they buryed him in Samaria. And whan they 
waszshed the charet in the pole of Samaria, 
t y dogges licked his bloude (but the harlottes 
waszshed him) acordinge to the worde of f 
LORDE which he spake. 

What more there is to saye of Achab, & all 
y he dyd, and of the Yuery house which he 
buylded, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles 
of the kynges of Israel. So Achab slepte with 
his fathers, and his sonne Ahasia was kynge 
in his steade. 

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name was Asuba y doughter of Silhi, and he 
walked in all the waye of his father Asa, (t 
departed not there from. And he dyd that 
which was right in y sighte of the LORDE, 
yet put he not awaye y hie places, and y 
people offred and brent incese yet vpon the 
hye places, and he had peace with the kynge 
of Israel. 

What more there is to saye of Iosaphat and 
the mighte that he exercised, and how he 
fought, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles 
of the kynges of Iuda. * He put out of the 

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londe also the whoremongers that yet were 
lefte, which remayned ouer in the tyme of his 
father Asa. And at that tyme there were no 
kynges in Edom. And Iosaphat had caused 
to make shippes vpon the See, which shulde 
go to fetch golde in Ophir, but they wente 
not : for they were broken at Ezeon Gaber. 
At that tyme sayde Ahasia the sonne of Achab 
vnto Iosaphat : Let my seruauntes passe with 
thy seruauntes in the shippes. But Iosaphat 
wolde not. And Iosaphat slepte with his 
fathers, and was buried in y cite of Dauid. 
And Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade. 



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Chap. I. 
Of the reigne of Ochosias (otherwyse called 
Ahasia) and of Ioram his brother and how the 
fyre cSsumed the two captaynes with their men. 

Chap. II. 
Elias is taken vp in a fyrie charet. Eliseus re- 
ceaueth the sprete of Elias, maketh the bytter 
water swete, and curseth the mysnurtoured 
children. 

Chap. III. 
Of Ioram and Iosaphat, and of their warre, (j 
what Eliseus saide vnto them. 

Chap. IIII. 
Eliseus helpeth the woma that was in dett, and 
for another woman which had no children, he 
optayneth one of God : which childe beynge 
deed he rayseth vp agayne. 

Chap. V. 

Naaman the chefe captayne of Siria is clensed 
from his leprosy, and Gehasi Eliseus seruaunt 
is made leporous. 



Chap. VI. 

The yron swymmeth in the water. The kynge of 
Siria fighteth agaynst Israel. His seruauntes 
which go aboute to take Eliseus, are smytten 
with blyndnes. A greate honger in Samaria. 

Chap. VII. 
Of the foure lepers which came in to the tentes 
of the Syrians, and how vytayles beganne to 
be good chepe 

Chap. VIII. 

Of the seuen yeare derth. Benadab is sick, and 
axeth coiicell at Eliseus. Of Ochosias the 
sonne of Ioram. 

Chap. IX. 

Of Iehu, how he was anoynted kinge ouer Israel, 
and how he roted out the house of Achab and 
of Iesabel. 

Chap. X, 

The heades of Achabs seuentie sonnes are 
broughte vnto Iehu. Of Ochosias brethren. 
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Chap. XI. 

Atalia destroyeth all the kynges sede, saue Ioas 
which escapeth, and is made kynge by Ioiada 
the prest. 

Chap. XII. 

Ioas ruleth well whyle Ioiada is alyue, but euell 
after his death. 

CI) a p. XIII. 

Of the kynges Ioachias, Ioas £ Ieroboam, and 
how the deed that was layed in Eliseus graue, 
reuyued. 

Chap. XIIII. 

Of Ioas, Amasias, Ieroboam and Azarias. 

Chap. XV. 
Of Azarias the Leper, and of his sonne Ionathas. 
Of Zacharias the kynge of Israel. Of Sellum, 
Manahem, Pacea, Romelia. And how Teglat- 
phalasser c5quereth the cities of Iuda. 

Chap. XVI. 
Of Achas, Resin, and Ezechias. 

Chap. XVII. 
Of Osea, how Salmanasar came vpon him, and 
conquered, and caried the people awaye cap- 
tyue. And how God punyshed those that 
came in their steade. 

Chap. XVIII. 

Of the good kynge Ezechias, j how Sennacherib 
troubleth him. 



Chap. XIX. 

Ezechias sendeth vnto Esay, which comforteth 
him. God defendeth Ezechias, (j delyuereth 
him. 

Chap. XX. 

Ezechias is deed sick, but Esay at the commaun- 
dement of the LORDE, promyseth him to 
lyue yet fyftene yeare. 

Chap. XXI. 

Of the reigne of the vngodly kynge Manasses, 
how he lyued and how he dyed. Of his sonne 
Amon. 

Chap. XXII. 

Of the reigne of that noble (j vertuous kynge 
Iosias, and of his goodly actes. 

Chap. XXIII. 

How Iosias caused the boke of the couenaiit to 
be red vnto all the people, and setteth vp the 
true honoure of God againe. Of Ioachas his 
sonne. 

Chap. XXIIII. 

How Nabuchodonosor cometh vpon kynge Ioach- 
im, and carieth awaye Ioachim his sonne vnto 
Babilon. 

Chap. XXV. 

Nabuchodonosor layeth sege to Ierusale, wynneth 
it, setteth fyre on it, and caryeth awaye the 
kynge and the people presoners vnto Babilon. 



Che fgrtft Chapter. 

AHASIA the sonne off Achab was kynge 
ouer Israel at Samaria in y seuententh 
yeare of Iosaphat kige of Iuda, j reigned ouer 
Israel two yeares, j dyd y which was euell in 
y sight of the LORDE, and walked in the 
waye of his father and of his mother, (j in the 
waie of Ieroboam y sonne of Nebat, which 
made Israel for to synne. And serued Baal, 
and worshipped him, and displeased the 
LORDE God of Israel, eue as his father 
dyd. The Moabites also fell awaye from 
Israel, whan Achab was deed. 

And Ochosias fell thorow y grate in his 
chaber at Samaria, and was deed sicke, and 
sent messaungers, and sayde vnto them : Go 
youre waye, and axe councell at Beelzebub 



the god of Ekron, whether I shall recouer 
from this sicknesse. But the angell of y 
LORDE sayde vnto Elias the Theszbite : 
Vp, u go mete the messaungers of the kynge 
of Samaria, and saie vnto them : Is there no 
God in Israel, that ye go to axe councell at y 
god of Ekron? Therfore thus sayeth the 
LORDE : Thou shalt not come from the bed 
wheron thou lyest, but shalt dye the death. 

And Elias wente his waye. And wha y 
messaungers came to Ochosias agayne, he 
sayde vnto the : Why come ye agayne ? They 
sayde vnto him: There came vp a man in 
oure waye, and sayde vnto vs : Go againe to 
the kinge that hath sent you, and saye vnto 
him : Thus saieth the LORDE : Is there no 
God in Israel, y thou sendest to axe coiicel 
at Beelzebub y god of Ekro ? Therfore shalt 



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thou not come from y bed wheron thou lyest, 
but shalt dye the death. He sayde vnto 
them : What maner of man was it that mett 
you, and sayde this vnto you ? They sayde 
vnto him : He had a rough heer vpon him, 
and a letheren gyrdell aboute his loynes. He 
sayde : It is Elias the Theszbite. 

And he sent vnto him a captaine ouer fiftye, 
with the same fyftye. And whan he came 
vnto him, beholde, he sat aboue vpon the 
mout. He sayde vnto him : Thou ma of God, 
the kynge sayeth : Thou shalt come downe. 
Elias answered the captayne ouer fyftye, and 
sayde vnto him : Yf I be a man of God, the 
fyre fall downe then from heauen, and cosume 
the and thy fyftie. *Then fell there fire from 
heauen, and consumed him and his fyftye. 
And agayne he sent another captayne ouer 
fyftye vnto him, with his fyftye, which an- 
swered, and sayde vnto him: Thou man of 
God, thus sayeth the kynge : Come downe in 
all the haist. Elias answered, and saide : Yf 
I be a ma of God, y fire fall downe from hea- 
uen, and consume the and thy fyftye. Then 
fell the fyre of God from heauen, & consumed 
him, and his fyftye. Agayne, he sent vnto him 
the thirde captayne ouer fyftye, with his fyftie. 

Now whan he came to him, he kneled to 
Elias, and besoughte him, and sayde vnto 
him : Thou man of God, let my soule and y 
soules of thy seruauntes these fyftye, be som- 
what worth in thy syghte. Beholde, the fyre 
fell downe from heauen, and hath consumed 
the fyrst two captaynes ouer fyftye with their 
fyftyes. But now let my soule be somwhat 
worth in thy sighte. Then saide the angel 
of the LORDE vnto Elias : Go downe with 
him, and feare him not. And he gatt him vp, 
and wente downe with him vnto y kynge. 

And he sayde vnto him : Thus saieth the 
LORDE : Because thou hast sent forth mes- 
saugers, and caused to axe councell at Beelze- 
bub the god of Ekron, as though there were 
no God in Israel to axe coueell at his worde, 
therfore shalt thou not come from the bed 
wheron thou hast layed the, but shalt dye y 
death. So he dyed, acordynge to the worde 
of the LORDE which Elias sayde. And 
Ioram (his brother) was kynge in his steade in 
the seconde yeare of Ioram the sonne of Iosa- 
phat kynge of Iuda : for he had no sonne. 

What more there is to saye of Ochosias, 



what he dyd, beholde, it is wrytte in the Cro- 
nicles of the kynges of Israel. 

Che tj. Chapter. 

WHAN the LORDE was mynded to 
take vp Elias in the tempest, Elias 
and Eliseus wente from Gilgall. And Elias 
sayde to Eliseus : Tary thou here I praye the, 
for the LORDE hath sent me vnto Bethel. 
But Eliseus sayde : As truly as the LORDE 
liueth, and as truly as thy soule lyueth, I wyll 
not forsake the. And whan they came downe 
vnto Bethel, the prophetes children that were 
at Bethel, wete forth to Eliseus, and sayde vnto 
him : Knowest thou not, that the LORDE 
wyl take thy lorde awaye from thy heade this 
daye ? He saide : I knowe it well, holde ye 
youre peace. 

And Elias sayde vnto him : Eliseus, tary 
thou here I praye the, for the LORDE hath 
sent me vnto Iericho. Neuerthelesse he sayde : 
as truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly 
as thy soule lyueth, I wyl not forsake the. 

And whan they came vnto Iericho, the 
prophetes children which were at Iericho, 
stepte forth to Eliseus and sayde vnto him : 
Knowest thou not that the LORDE wyll 
take thy lorde awaye from thy heade this daie ? 
He sayde : I knowe it well, holde ye youre 
peace. And Elias sayde vnto him : I praie 
the tary here, for y LORDE hath sent me 
vnto Iordane. But he sayde : As truly as the 
LORDE lyueth, and as truly as thy soule 
lyueth, I wil not forsake the. And they wente 
both together. But fyftye men of y prophetes 
children wete forth, and stode ouer agaynst 
the a farre of: but they both stode by Ior- 
dane. Then toke Elias his cloke, and wrapped 
it together, and smote the water, which de- 
uyded it selfe on both the sydes, so that they 
wete dry shod thorow it. And whan they 
were come ouer, Elias sayde vnto Eliseus: 
Axe what I shall do for the, afore I be taken 
awaye from the. Eliseus saide : That thy sprete 
maye be vpo me to speake twyse as moch. 

He sayde : Thou hast desyred an harde 
thinge : neuertheles yf thou shalt se me wha 
I am taken awaye from the, it shal be so : Yf 
no, the shal it not be. And as they were 
goinge together, and he talked, there came a 
fyrie charet with horses of fyre, and parted 
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to heauen in the storme. But Eliseus sawe 
it, d cryed : My father, my father, the charet- 
man of Israel and his horsme. And he sawe 
him nomore. 

And he toke holde of his clothes, and rente 
them in two peces, and toke vp Elias cloke 
that was fallen from him, and turned backe, 
and stode by the shore of Iordane, and toke 
the same cloke of Elias which was fallen from 
him, and smote it in the water, and saide: 
Where is now the LORDE God of Elias? 
And he smote it in to the water, and then 
parted it asunder on both the sydes, and Eli- 
seus wente thorow. 

And whan the prophetes children which 
were at Iericho ouer agaynst him, sawe him, 
they sayde : The sprete of Elias resteth vpo 
Eliseus, and so they wete forth to mete him, 
and worshipped him to the groiide, and sayde 
vnto him : Beholde, there are fiftye valeaunt 
me amonge thy seruauntes, let them go and 
seke thy lorde, peraduenture the sprete of the 
LORDE hath taken him, and cast him vpon 
some mountaine or in some valley. But he 
saide: Sende them not. Neuertheles they 
constrayned him, tyll he was ashamed, and 
sayde: Let them go. And they sent fiftye 
men, which soughte him thre dayes : but they 
founde him not, and came agayne vnto him. 
And he abode at Iericho, and sayde vnto 
them : Tolde not I you, that ye shulde not 
go? And the men of the cite sayde vnto 
Eliseus : Beholde, there is good dwellynge in 
this cite, as my lorde seyth, but the water is 
euell, and the londe vnfrutefull. 

He sayde : Bringe me hither a new vessell, 
j put salt in it. And they broughte it him. 
Then wete he forth vnto the well of water, 
and cast the salt therin, (j sayde : Thus sayeth 
the LORDE: I haue healed this water: from 
hence forth shal there no deed ner vnfrute- 
fulnes come of it. So the water was healed 
vnto this daye, acordinge to the worde of 
Eliseus which he spake. 

And he wete vp towarde Bethel. And as 
he was goynge vp by the waye, there came 
litle boyes out of the cite, and mocked him, g 
sayde : Come vp here thou balde heade, come 
vp here thou balde heade. And he turned 
him aboute. And wha he sawe them, he 
cursed them in the name of the LORDE. 
Then came there two Beeres out of the wod, 



and rente two and fortye of the children. 
From thence wete he vp vnto mount Carmel, 
and from it turned he backe to Samaria. 

Wt)t trj. Chapter. 

I ORAM the sonne of Achab was kynge 
ouer Israel at Samaria in y eightenth 
yeare of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda, (j raigned 
xij. yeares, & dyd y which was euell in y 
sighte of y LORDE, but not as his father 5 
his mother : for he put awaye y pilers of Baal, 
which his father caused to make. Neuertheles 
he cleued vnto y synnes of Ieroboa y sonne of 
Nebat, which made Israel for to synne, (j 
departed not there fro. 

Mesa y kynge of the Moabites had many 
shepe, & payed tribute vnto the kynge of 
Israel with the woll of an hundreth thousande 
labes, (j of an hudreth thousande rames. * But 
whan Achab was deed, the kynge of y Moabites 
fell awaye frd the kynge of Israel. At y same 
tyme wete kynge Ioram fro Samaria, & mus- 
tered all Israel, 5 sent vnto Iosaphat kynge of 
Iuda, sayenge : The kynge of the Moabites is 
fallen awaye fro me, come thou with me to 
fighte agaynst y Moabites. He sayde : I wil 
come vp, + 1 am euen as thou, and my people 
as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 
And sayde morouer : Which waye wil we go 
vp ? He sayde : by the waye in the wylder- 
nesse of Edom. 

So the kynge of Israel, the kynge of Iuda, 
(S the kynge of Edom wente forth. And whan 
they had gone aboute seue dayes iourney, y 
hoost 5 the catell y were amonge the had no 
water. Then sayde the kynge of Israel : 
Alas, the LORDE hath called these thre 
kynges, to delyuer the in to the hande of the 
Moabites. But Iosaphat sayde : t Is here no 
prophet of y LORDE, y we maye axe coiicell 
at y LORDE by him ? Then answered one 
of y kynge of Israels seruauntes, (t. saide: Here 
is Eliseus y sonne of Saphat, which poured 
water vpon Elias handes. Iosaphat sayde : 
The worde of y LORDE is with him. So 
the kynge of Israel & Iosaphat, and y kynge of 
Edom wente downe vnto him. 

But Eliseus sayde vnto the kynge of Israel: 
What hast thou to do with me? go to the 
prophetes of thy father g to thy mothers pro- 
phetes. The kinge of Israel saide vnto him: 
No, for y LORDE hath called these thre 

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kynges, to delyuer them in to the handes of 
the Moabites. Eliseus sayde: As truly as the 
LORDE Zebaoth lyueth, before whom I stode, 
yf I regarded not Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda, 
I wolde not regarde the, ner set oughte by y. 
So bringe me now a mynstrell. And whan 
the mynstrell played vpo the instrument, the 
hande of the LORDE came vpo him. And 
he sayde : Thus sayeth the LORDE : Make 
pittes by this broke. For thus sayeth the 
LORDE : Ye shal se nether wynde ner rayne, 
yet shall the broke be full of water, that ye 
and youre housholdes & youre catell maie 
drynke. Yee and that is but a small thinge 
in the sighte of the LORDE. And the 
Moabites shal he delyuer in to youre handes, 
so y ye shal smyte all the stronge cities, and 
all f chosen cities * (j shal fell downe all the 
good trees, and stoppe all the welles of water 
and all the good feldes shall ye make waist 
with stones. 

On the morow, whan the meatofferynge is 
offered, beholde, there came water y waye 
from Edom, and fylled f londe with water. 
But whan the Moabites herde, y the kynges 
came vp to fighte agaynst the, they called all 
f harnessed men, & their rulers, & stode on y 
border. And whan they rose early in f morn- 
ynge, 5 the Sonne wete vp vpon y water, the 
Moabites thoughte the water ouer agaynst the 
to be eue as reed as bloude, j they sayde : It 
is bloude, f kynges haue destroyed them selues 
with the swerde, (j one hath smytten another. 
Now Moab get the vp to the spoyles. But 
whan they came to the tentes of Israel, the 
Israelites gat vp, & smote the Moabites, & they 
fled before them. 

Neuertheles they came in, (j smote Moab, g 
brake downe the cities, 5 euery one cast his 
stone vpon all the good feldes, and made them 
full, and stopped all y welles of water, and 
felled downe all the good trees, tyll there 
remayned but the stones in the brickwall, and 
they compased them aboute with slynges, and 
smote them. 

But wha the kynge of y Moabites sawe y 
the battayll was to stroge for him, he toke to 
him seuen C. men, which drue y swerde, to 
fall vpon the kynge of Edom : neuertheles 
they were not able. Then toke he his first 
sonne, which shulde haue bene kynge in his 
steade, and offred him for a burntofferynge 



vpon the wall. Then came there a greate 
wrath ouer Israel, that they departed from 
him, and turned agayne in to their londe. 



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©he iiij. Chapter. 

ND there cried a woman amoge the 
_ wyues of the prophetes children vnto 
Eliseus, and sayde : Thy seruaunt my husz- 
bade is deed, and thou knowest that thy 
seruaunt feared the LORDE. Now commeth 
the man that he was detter vnto, and wyll take 
awaye both my children to be bonde ser 
uauntes. Eliseus sayde vnto her : What shal 
I do for the ? Tell me, what hast thou in the 
house ? She sayde : Thy handmayden hath 
nothinge in the house but a pitcher with oyle. 
He sayde : Go thy waye, borowe without of 
all thy neghboures emptye vessels, & that not 
a fewe, and go in, and shut f dore behynde 
the with thy sonnes, and poure of it in to all 
y vessels : g whan thou hast fylled them, de- 
lyuer them forth. 

She wente, and shut the dore vnto her with 
hir sonnes, which broughte her the vessels, and 
so she poured in. And whan the vessels were 
full, she sayde vnto hir sonne : Brynge me yet 
onevessell. He sayde vnto her: There is not 
one vessell more here. Then stode f oyle 
tyll. And she sent, and tolde the man of 
God. He sayde : Go thy waye, sell the oyle, 
and paye the creditour : but lyue thou and thy 
sonnes of the resydue. 

And it fortuned at y same tyme, that Eli- 
seus wente vnto Sunem. And there was a 
riche woman, which helde him to eate with 
her : u as he passed oft thorow y waye, he wete 
in vnto her : g ate with her. And she sayde 
vnto hir huszbande : Beholde, I perceaue that 
this is an holy man of God, which goeth euer 
thorow this waye, let vs make hi a litle chamber 
of boordes, & set a bed, a table, a stole j a 
candelsticke therin, that whan he commeth 
vnto vs, he maye resorte thither. 

And it fortuned vpon a tyme, that he came 
in, (j layed him downe in the chamber, g slepte 
therin. And he saide vnto Gehasi his childe : 
Call this woma of Sunem. And wha he had 
called her, she stode before him. He sayde 
vnto him: Speake thou vnto her, beholde, 
thou hast mynistredvnto vs in all these thinges, 
what shal I do for the ? Hast thou eny matter 
to be spoken for to the kynge, or to the chefe 
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amonge my people. He sayde: What hast 
thou then to do ? Gehasi sayde : Alas, she 
hath no sonne, and hir huszbade is olde. He 
sayde: Call her. And wha he had called 
her, she stode at the dore. And he sayde: 
*Aboute this tyme yf y frute can lyue, thou 
shalt enbrace a sonne. She sayde : Alas, no 
my lorde, thou man of God, lye not vnto thy 
handmayden. And the woman conceaued, 
and bare a sonne aboute the same tyme, wha 
the frute coulde lyue, acordynge as Eliseus 
had sayde vnto her. 

But whan y childe was growne, it fortuned, 
y he wente forth to his father vnto the reapers, 
sayde vnto his father : Oh my heade, my 
heade. He saide vnto his seruaut: Bringe 
him to his mother. And he toke him, and 
broughte him to his mother : and she set him 
vpon hir lappe vntyll f noone daye, g the he 
dyed. And she wente vp, and layed him vpo 
the bed of the man of God, (j shut the dore, 
and wete forth, g called hir huszbande, & sayde 
vnto him: Sende me one of the seruautes, 
and an Asse, I wyl go quyckly vnto the man 
of God, and come agayne. He sayde : Why 
wilt thou go vnto him ? To daye is it nether 
new moone ner Sabbath. She sayde : Well. 
And she sadled the asse, g sayde to the yong 
man : dryue forth, and kepe me not bak with 
rydinge, and do as I byd the. 

So she wente, and came to the man of God 
vnto mount Carmell. Wha the man of God 
sawe her ouer agaynst him, he sayde vnto his 
childe Gehasi: Beholde, the Sunamitisse is 
there, runne now g mete her, and axe her yf 
it go well with her, and hir huszbande g hir 
sonne. She sayde : Well. But whan she 
came to the man of God vpon y mount, she 
helde him by his fete. And Gehasi stepte to 
her, to put her awaye. But f man of God 
sayde : Let her alone, for hir soule is in 
heuynes, and the LORDE hath hyd it fro me, 
and not shewed it me. She sayde : Whan 
desyred I a sonne of my lorde ? Sayde I not, 
y thou shuldest not mocke me ? 

He sayde vnto Gehasi: Girde vp thy loynes, 
and take my staffe in thy hande, and go thy 
waye. t Yf eny man mete the, salute him 
not : and yf eny man salute the, thanke him 
not, and laye thou my staffe vpon y childes 
face. But the childes mother sayde : As 
truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly as 



thy soule lyueth, I wyll not leaue the. Then 
gat he vp, and wente after her. As for Ge- 
hasi, he wente before them, and layed the 
staffe vpon the childes face, but there was 
nether voyce ner felynge. And he wente 
agayne to mete him, and shewed him, and 
sayde : The childe is not rysen vp. 

And whan Eliseus came in to the house, 
beholde, f childe laye deed vpo his bed. And 
he wete in, g shut the dore on the both, g 
made his prayer vnto the LORDE, g wente 
vp, g layed him selfe vpon the childe, g layed 
his mouth vpon the childes mouth, and his 
eyes vpon his eyes, and his handes vpon his 
handes, g so stretched him selfe forth vpon 
him, so y the childes body was warme. And 
he rose vp, g wente in to the house once hither 
and thither, 5 wente vp, g layed him selfe a 
longe vpon him. Then nesed the childe seue 
tymes, and afterwarde the childe opened his 
eyes. And he cried vpon Gehasi, and sayde : 
Call the Sunamitisse. And whan he had 
called her, she came in vnto him. He sayde : 
Take there thy sonne. Then came she, and 
fell at his fete, and worshipped vnto the 
grounde, and toke hir sonne, and wente forth. 
But wha Eliseus came againe vnto Gilgal 
there was a derth in the londe, g the pro> 
phetes children dwelt before him, g he sayde 
vnto his seruaunt : Set on a greate pot, and 
make potage for the children of the prophetes 
Then wente there one in to the felde, to gather 
herbes, and founde a Cucumbers stalke, 
gathered wylde Cucumbers therof his cotefull. 
And whan he came, he chopped it small for 
potage to the pott, for they knewe it not. 
And wha they poured it forth for the me to 
eate, j they ate of y potage, they cried and 
sayde : O thou man of God, death is in the 
ot : for they mighte not eate it. Neuertheles 
e sayde : Brynge meel hither. And he put 
it in the pot, g sayde : Poure it out for the 
people, that they maye eate. And then was 
it not bytter in the pot. 

There came a man from Baal Salisa, g 
broughte the man of God bred of the first 
frutes, namely twentye barlye loaues, g new 
corne in his garment. But he sayde : Geue it 
vnto y people, that they maye eate. His 
mynister sayde : t How shall I geue an hudreth 
men of this ? He sayde : Geue it vnto the 
people, that they maye eate. For thus sayeth 



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the LORDE : They shal eate, and there shall 
be lefte ouer. And he set it before them, so 
that they ate, and there lefte ouer, acordinge 
to y worde of the LORDE. 

€hc b. Chapter. 

NAAMAN the chefe captayne of the 
kynge of Syria, was an excellet ma in 
the sighte of his lorde, and moch set by (for 
thorow him the LORDE gaue health vnto 
Syria) and he was a mightie man, but a leper. 
And there had men of warre fallen out of 
Syria, and caried awaye a litle damsel out of 
the londe of Israel : the same was in seruyce 
with Naamas wife, and sayde vnto hir mas- 
tresse : O that my master were with the pro- 
phet at Samaria, he wolde heale him from his 
leprosy. 

Then wente he in to his lorde, and tolde 
him, and sayde: Thus and thus hath the 
damsel of the londe of Israel spoken. The 
kynge of Syria sayde : Go thy waye then, 5 I 
wyl wrytte a letter vnto the kynge of Israel. 

And he wente, and toke with him ten hun- 
dreth weighte of syluer, and sixe thousande 
guldens, 5 ten chaunge of rayment, 5 broughte 
the letter vnto the kynge of Israel, with these 
wordes : 

Whan this letter commeth vnto the, be- 
holde, thou shalt vnderstonde y I haue sent 
my seruaunt Naaman vnto the, that thou 
mayest heale him of his leprosy. 

And whan the kynge of Israel red the letter, 
he rente his clothes, % sayde: Am I God then, 
that I can kyll and quycke agayne, y he 
sendeth vnto me, to heale the man fro his 
leprosy ? Considre and se, how he seketh an 
occasion vnto me. 

Whan Eliseus the man of God herde, y the 
kynge of Israel had rente his clothes, he sent 
vnto him, sayenge : Why hast thou rente thy 
clothes ? Let him come to me, that he maye 
knowe, y there is a prophet in Israel. 

So Naaman came with horses and charettes, 
and helde still at the dore of Eliseus house. 
Then sent Eliseus a messaunger vnto him, 
sayenge : Go thy waye, and waszshe the seuen 
tymes in Iordane, so shal thy flesh be restored 
the agayne, 5 be clensed. Then was Naaman 
wroth, 5 wente his waye, 5 sayde : I thoughte 
he shulde haue come forth vnto me, 5 to haue 
stode here 5 to haue called vpo the name of 



the LORDE his God, 5 to haue touched the 
place with his hande, 5 so to haue put awaye 
the leprosy. Are not f waters of Amana and 
Pharphar at Damascon better then all the 
waters in Israel, y I might waszshe me therin 
S be clesed? and he turned him, and wete his 
waye in displeasure. Then his seruauntes gat 
the to him, and sayde : Father, yf the prophet 
had comaunded the eny greate thinge, shuldest 
thou not haue done it ? moch more the yf he 
saye vnto the: Wasshe the, 5 thou shalt be 
cleane. Then wete he downe, 5 waszshed 
him selfe in Iordane seue tymes (as the man 
of God sayde) 5 his flesh was restored him 
agayne, euen as the flesh of a yonge childe 
* and he was clensed. 

And he turned agayne to y man of God 
with all his armye. And whan he came in, 
he stode before him, and sayde : Beholde, I 
knowe that in all londes there is no God, but 
in Israel. Take now therfore this blessynge 
I praye the of thy seruaunt. Neuertheles he 
sayde : t As truly as the LORDE lyueth, before 
whom I stonde, I wil not take it. And he 
wolde nedes haue him to take it, but he wolde 
not. Then sayde Naaman : Mighte there not 
a burthe of this earth be geue vnto thy ser- 
uaunt, as moch as two Mules maye beare? 
For thy seruaunt wyll nomore do sacrifice and 
offer burntofferynges vnto other goddes, but 
vnto the LORDE, That the LORDE maye 
be gracious vnto thy seruaunt, yf I worshippe 
in the house of Rimmon, wha my lorde goeth 
there in to y house to worshippe, & leaneth 
vpon my hande. He sayde vnto him: Go 
thy waye in peace. 

And as he was gone from him a felde bredth 
in the londe, Gehasi the seruaunt of Eliseus 
f man of God thoughte : beholde, my lorde 
hath spared Naama this Syrian, so that he 
hath not taken from him y which he broughte : 
As truly as y LORDE lyueth, I wil rune after 
him, 5 take somthinge of him. 

So Gehasi Mowed Naaman. And wha 
Naaman sawe y he ranne after him, he lighte 
downe from the charet to mete him, & sayde : 
Are all thinges well ? He sayde : Yee. But 
my lorde hath sent me, 5 caused to saye vnto 
the : Beholde, there are now come to me fro 
mount Ephraim two yonge men of the pro- 
phetes childre, geue them a talete of siluer (I 
praye the) 5 two chaunge of rayment. Naama 

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saide : Go to, take two taletes. And he 
copelled him, & bande two talentes in two 
bagges, and two chaunge of rayment, and 
delyuered it vnto two of his seruauntes, which 
bare it before him. And whan he came in y 
darcke, he toke it from their handes, j layed 
it a syde in the house, & let the men go. 

And whan they were gone their waye, he 
stode before his lorde. And Eliseus sayde 
vnto him: Whence commest thou Gehasi? 
He sayde : Thy seruaunt wente nether hither 
ner thither. But he sayde vnto him : Wente 
not my hert with the, whan the man turned 
backe from his charet to mete the ? Now thou 
hast take the syluer j the rayment, olyue trees, 
vynyardes, shepe, oxen, seruauntes j maydens. 
But the leprosy of Naaman shal cleue vnto 
the (J to thy sede for euer. * Then wete he 
forth from him leporous as snowe. 

Cfit bt. Chapter. 

THE children of f prophetes sayde vnto 
Eliseus : Beholde, the place where we 
dwell before y, is to narow for vs, let vs go 
vnto Iordane, j euery one fetch tymbre there, 
y we maye there buylde vs a place to dwell 
in. He saide : Go youre waye. And one 
sayde : Go to then, (j come with thy seruauntes. 
He sayde : I wil go with you. And he wete 
with them. And whan they came to Iordane, 
they hewed downe tymber. And as one was 
fellynge downe a tre, the yron fell in to the 
water, and he cried and sayde : Alas my lorde, 
& it is burowed. But the man of God sayde : 
Where fell it in ? And whan he had shewed 
him the place, he cut downe a sticke, and 
thrust it in there. Then swame the yron. 
And he sayde: Take it vp. So he put forth 
his hande, and toke it. 

And the kynge of Syria warred agaynst 
Israel, and toke councell at his seruauntes, 
and sayde : There cj there will we lye. But 
the man of God sent to y kynge of Israel, 
sayenge : Bewarre y thou go not vnto that 
place, for the Syrians rest there. So the kynge 
of Israel sent vnto y place wherof y man of 
God tolde him, (j kepte it, a helde watch there, 
(j dyd that not once or twyse onely. 

The was y- kynge of Syrias herte vexed 
therfore, and called his seruauntes, and sayde 
vnto them: Wyll ye not tell me, which of 
oure men is fled vnto the kynge of Israel? 



Then sayde one of his seruauntes: Not so 
my lorde O kynge, but Eliseus the prophet 
in Israel telleth the kynge of Israel all that 
thou speakest in thy chamber where thou 
lyest. He sayde : Go youre waye the and 
loke where he is, that I maye sende, and cause 
him be fetched. And they shewed him and 
sayde : Beholde, he is at Dothan. The sent 
he thither horses u charetes, j a greate power. 
And wha they came thither by nighte, they 
compased the cite aboute. And the mynister 
of the ma of God arose early to get him vp. 
And as he wete forth, beholde, there laye an 
hoost of men aboute f cite with horses and 
charettes. 

Then saide his childe vnto him : Alas syr, 
how wyll we now do? He sayde: tFeare 
not, for there are mo of them y are with vs, 
then of those that are with them. And 
Eliseus prayed ij sayde: LORDE open his 
eyes, y he maye se. Then the LORDE 
opened f childes eyes, y he sawe, a beholde, 
f mount was full of fyrie horses u charettes 
roude aboute Eliseus. And wha they came 
downe vnto him, Eliseus made his prayer, & 
sayde : LORDE smyte this people with blynd- 
nes. t And he smote the with blyndnes acord- 
inge to the worde of Eliseus. And Eliseus 
saide vnto them : This is not f waye nor the 
cite, folowe me, I wil brynge you to the man 
whom ye seke. And he broughte them vnto 
Samaria. 

And whan they came to Samaria, Eliseus 
sayde : LORDE open these mens eyes, y 
they maye se. And the LORDE opened 
their eyes, y they sawe, (j beholde, they were 
in the myddes of Samaria. And whan the 
kynge of Israel sawe them, he saide vnto 
Eliseus : My father, shal I smyte the ? He 
saide : Thou shalt not smyte the : loke whom 
thou takest with thy swerde and bowe, smyte 
those. Set bred and water before them, that 
they maye eate and drynke, and let them 
departe vnto their lorde. The was there a 
greate dyner prepared. And whan they had 
eaten and dronken, he let them go to departe 
vnto their lorde. From that tyme forth came 
the men of warre of the Syrians nomore in to 
the londe of Israel. 

After this it fortuned, that Benadab the 
kynge of Syria gathered all his hoost, and 
wete vp, (j layed sege vnto Samaria : & there 



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was a greate derth at Samaria. But they 
layed sege to the cite so longe, tyll an Asses 
heade was worth foure score syluer pes, and 
the fourth parte of a *Cab of doues donge 
worth fyue syluer pens. And whan the kynge 
of Israel wente vnto the wall, a woman cried 
vnto him and sayde : Helpe me my lorde O 
kynge. He sayde : Yf the LORDE helpe 
the not, wherwith shal I helpe the? with f 
barne or with the wyne presse? And the 
kynge sayde vnto her : What ayleth y ? She 
sayde : This woman sayde vnto me : Geue vs 
thy sonne, that we maye eate him, tomorow 
wyll we eate my sonne. So we sod my sonne, 
d haue eaten him, and I sayde vnto her on f 
thirde daye : Geue vs thy sonne and let vs 
eate him, but she hath hyd him awaye. 

Whan the kynge herde the womans wordes, 
he rente his clothes, whyle he was goynge to 
the wall. The sawe all the people, that he 
had a sack cloth vnder vpon his body. And he 
sayde : t God do this and that vnto me, yf the 
heade of Eliseus the sonne of Saphat shal 
this daye stonde vpon him. As for Eliseus, 
he sat in his house, 5 the Elders sat by him. 
And he sent a man before him, but or euer 
the messaunger came to him, he sayde vnto y 
Elders : Haue ye not sene how this childe of 
murthure hath sent hither, to take awaye my 
heade ? Take hede, whan the messaunger 
cometh, y ye holde him at the dore. Be- 
holde, f noyse of his lordes fete foloweth him. 
Whyle he was thus talkynge with them, be- 
holde, y messaunger came to him, d sayde : 
Beholde, this euell cometh of y LORDE, 
and what more shal I loke for of the LORDE? 

Wt>t bij. CljapUr. 

ELISEUS sayde: Heare the worde of the 
LORDE. Thus sayeth the LORDE : 
t Tomorow aboute this tyme shal a buszshel 
of fyne meel be solde for one Sycle, and two 
buszshels of barly for one Sycle vnder the 
porte of Samaria. Then a knyghte (vpon 
whose hande the kynge leaned) answered the 
ma of God, and sayde: And though the 
LORDE made wyndowes in heaue, how 
coulde soch a thinge come to passe ? He 
saide: Beholde, thou shalt se it with thine 
eyes, 5 shalt not eate therof. 

And there were foure leporous men at f 
dore before the porte, and one sayde vnto 

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another: Why tary we here whyle we dye 
Though we thoughte to come in to the cite, 
yet is there derth in y cite, and there shulde 
we be fayne to dye. And yf we tary here. 
we must dye also. Let vs go now, and flye 
vnto the hoost of the Syrians. Yf they let 
vs lyue, we shall lyue : yf they slaye vs, then 
are we deed. And so they gat them vp early, 
to come vnto the hoost of the Syrians. And 
whan they came to the vttemost ende of f 
tentes, beholde, there was no body. 

§ For the LORDE had made the Syrians 
to heare a noyse of horses, charettes, and of a 
mightie greate hoost, so that they sayde one 
to another amonge the selues : Beholde, the 
kynge of Israel hath hyred the kynge of the 
Hethites, and the kynge of the Egipcians 
agaynst vs, to come vpo vs. And they gat 
them vp, and fled early in the twylight, and 
lefte their bothes, and horses and Asses in the 
tentes as they stode, 5 fled euery man where 
he mighte saue his life. 

Now whan the lepers came to the place of 
the tentes, they wente in to the tentes, ate and 
dronke, and toke syluer, golde and rayment, 
and wente and hyd it: 5 came agayne u 
entred in to another tent, and toke therout. 
and wente and hyd it. But one of them saide 
vnto another : Let vs not do thus, this daye is 
a daye of good tidynges. Yf we kepe this 
secrete and byde tyll the lighte mornynge, 
oure trespace wyl be founde out. Let vs go 
now therfore, that we maye come, 5 tell the 
kynges house. 

And whan they came, they cried at the 
porte of the cite, and tolde them, and sayde : 
We came to the tentes of the Sirians, and 
beholde, there is no ma there, nether yet eny 
mans voyce, but horses and asses bounde, and 
the bothes as they stonde. Then cried y 
porters and tolde it within in y kynges house. 
And the kynge arose in the nighte, & sayde 
vnto his seruauntes : I will tell you how y 
Syrians deale with vs : they knowe y we suffer 
honger, and are gone out of the tetes, to hyde 
them selues in the felde, and thynke thus : 
whan they go out of the cite, we wyll take 
them alyue, 5 come in to the cite. Then 
answered one of his seruauntes, and sayde : 
Let vs take the fyue horses that remayne, 
which yet are lefte in the cite (beholde, 
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Israel, which is destroyed) let vs sende these 
and se. The toke they two charettes with y 
horses. And the kynge sent them vnto the 
tentes of the Syrians, and sayde: Go youre 
waye and se. 

And whan they wente after the vnto Ior- 
dane, beholde, the waye laye full of gar- 
mentes and vessels, which the Syrians had 
cast from the, whyle they made haist. And 
whan the messaungers came agayne, and tolde 
the kynge, the people wente forth, and spoyled 
the tentes of the Syrians. And a buszshel of 
fyne meell was solde for a Sycle, and two 
buszshels of barlye for a Sycle also, *acord- 
inge to the worde of the LORDE. But the 
kynge appoynted the knyghte (vpon whose 
hande he leened) to be at the gate, 5 the 
people trode vpon him, so that he dyed, euen 
as the man of God sayde, whan the kynge 
came downe vnto him. And it came to passe 
euen as y man of God tolde the kynge, wha 
he sayde : Tomorow aboute this tyme shall 
two buszshels of barlye be solde for one Sycle, 
and a buszshel of fyne meel for one Sycle 
vnder the gate at Samaria. And the knyghte 
answered the man of God, and sayde : Be- 
holde, though y LORDE made wyndowes 
in heauen, how coulde soch a thinge come to 
passe ? Neuertheles he sayde : Beholde, with 
thine eyes shalt thou se it, and shalt not eate 
therof. And euen so fortuned it vnto him, 
for the people trode vpon him in the gate, y 
he dyed. 

Efje bttj. Chapter. 

ELISEUS spake vnto the woma, t whose 
sonne he had restored vnto life againe, 
and saide : Get the vp, 5 go with thine hous- 
holde, and be a straunger where thou canst : 
for the LORDE shall call for a derth, which 
shal come in to the londe seuen yeare loge. 
The woman gat her vp, and dyd as the man 
of God sayde, <j wente with hir housholde, 
and was a straunger in the londe of the Phi- 
listynes seuen yeare. But whan the seuen 
yeares were ended, the woman came agayne 
out of the Philistynes lode, and wente forth 
to crye vpon the kynge for hir house and 
londe. The kynge spake vnto Gehasi the 
seruaunt of the man of God, 5 sayde : Tell 
me all the greate actes that Eliseus hath done. 
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had made one that was deed, to lyue agayne, 
beholde, the woman whose sonne he had 
caused to reuyue, came euen in the meane 
season, and cried vnto the kynge for hir house 
and londe. Then sayde Gehasi : My lorde O 
kynge, this same is the woma, and this is hir 
sonne, whom Eliseus restored vnto life agayne. 
And the kynge axed f woman, and she tolde 
him. Then the kynge delyuered her a cham- 
berlayne, (j saide: Restore her agayne all that 
is hirs, and all the increase of the londe, sence 
the tyme that she lefte the londe vntyll now. 

*And Eliseus came to Damascon, 5 Be- 
nadab the kynge of Syria laye sicke. And it 
was tolde him, and sayde : The man of God 
is come hither. Then sayde the kynge vnto 
Hasael : Take giftes with the, 5 go mete the 
man of God, and axe councell at f LORDE 
by him, and saye : Maye I recouer from this 
sicknesse? Hasael wente for to mete him 
and toke rewardes with him, and of all the 
goodes at DamascS, as moch as fortye Camels 
mighte beare. And whan he came, he stode 
before him, and sayde : Thy sonne Benadab 
the kynge of Syria hath sent me vnto the, 
sayenge : Maye I recouer from this sicknes ? 

Eliseus sayde vnto him : Go thy waye and 
tell him : Thou shalt recouer. But the 
LORDE hath shewed me, y he shal dye f 
death. And the man of God loked earnestly, 
(j made a troublous countenaunce, j wepte. 
The sayde Hasael: Wherfore wepeth my 
lorde ? He sayde : I knowe what euell thou 
shalt do vnto the children of Israel. Thou 
shalt burne their stronge cities with fyre, and 
slaye their yonge men with the swerde, and 
kyll their yonge children, and ryppe vp their 
wemen with childe. 

Hasael sayde : How so, is thy seruaunt a 
dogg, that he shulde do soch a greate thynge? 
Eliseus saide : § The LORDE hath shewed 
me, y thou shalt be kynge of Syria. And he 
wete his waye from Eliseus, 5 came to his 
lorde, which saide vnto him: What saieth 
Eliseus vnto the ? He sayde : He tolde me, 
Thou shalt recouer. But on the nexte daye 
he toke y bed couerynge, and dypte it in 
water, and spred it ouer him, and he dyed, g 
Hasael was kynge in his steade. 

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Achab kynge of Israel, was Ioram y sonne of 
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reigned eighte yeare at Ierusalem, g walked 
in the waye of the kynges of Israel, as the 
house of Achab dyd (for Achabs dough ter 
was his wife) g he dyd f which was euell in y 
sighte of the LORDE. Neuertheles the 
LORDE wolde not destroye Iuda for his ser- 
uaunt Dauids sake, *as he promysed him, to 
geue him euer a lanterne amoge his childre. 

At y same tyme fell y Edomites awaye 
from Iuda, g made a kynge ouer them selues : 
f cause was this, Ioram had gone thorow 
Seira, and all the charettes with him, g had 
gotten him vp by nighte, and smytten the 
Edomites that were aboute him, and f rulers 
ouer the charettes, so that the people fled 
vnto their tentes : therfore fell the Edomites 
awaye from Iuda vnto this daye. At the same 
tyme fell Libna awaye also. 

What more there is to saye of Ioram, g all 
y he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cro- 
nicles of the kynges of Iuda. And Ioram fell 
on slepe with his fathers, g was buried with 
his fathers in f cite of Dauid, t g Ochosias his 
sonne was kynge in his steade. 

In the twolueth yeare of Ioram the sonne 
of Achab kynge of Israel, was Ochosias y 
sonne of Ioram kynge in Iuda. Two and 
twentye yeare olde was Ochosias whan he was 
made kynge, and reigned one yeare at Ieru- 
salem. His mothers name was Atalia the 
doughter of Amri kynge of Israel, g he walked 
in the waye of the house of Achab, g dyd that 
which was euell in the syght of y LORDE, 
euen as dyd the house of Achab : for he was 
sonne in lawe in the house of Achab. And 
he wente with Ioram the sonne of Achab in 
to the battayll agaynst Hasael y kinge of 
Syria vnto Ramoth in Gilead, but y Syrians 
smote Ioram. "Then Ioram the kinge turned 
backe, to be healed at Iesreel of y woundes, 
wherwith the Syrians had wounded him at 
Ramoth, wha he foughte with Hasael kinge of 
Syria. And Ochosyas f sonne of Iora kinge 
of Iuda, came downe to viset Ioram the sonne 
of Achab at Iesreel, for he laye sicke. 

Cije tr. CfcapUr. 

ELISEUS the prophet called one of the 
prophetes childre, g sayde vnto him : 
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oyle with the, and go vnto Ramoth in Gilead: 
and wha thou c5mest thither, thou shalt se 
there one Iehu, y sonne of Iosaphat the sonne 
of Nimsi, and go in, and byd him stonde vp 
amonge his brethren, and brynge him in to 
the ynmost chamber, g 'take thou y cruse of 
oyle, and poure it vpon his heade, g saye : 
Thus sayeth the LORDE : I haue anointed 
the to be kynge ouer Israel : g thou shalt open 
the dore, and flye, and not tary. And the 
prophetes yonge man, the childe wente his 
waye vnto Ramoth in Gilead. And whan he 
came in, beholde, the captaynes of the hoost 
sat there, and he sayde : I haue somwhat to 
saye vnto the O captayne. Iehu saide : Vnto 
whom amonge vs all ? He sayde : Euen vnto 
the o captayne. 

Then stode he vp, and wente in. So he 
poured the oyle vpon his heade, and sayde 
vnto him : Thus sayeth the LORDE God of 
Israel : I haue anoynted y to be kynge ouer 
the LORDES people of Israel, ''and thou 
shalt smyte thy lorde Achabs house, that I 
maye auenge the bloude of my seruauntes the 
prophetes, and the bloude of all the LORDES 
seruauntes, from the hande of Iesabel, that 
all the house of Achab maye periszshe. And 
I wyl rote out from Achab, "euen him that 
maketh water agaynst the wall, and the closed 
vp and the desolate in Israel : and the house 
of" Achab wyll I make euen as the house of 
Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and as the 
house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia, and y- dogges 
-'shall eate vp Iesabel vpon the felde at Iesrael, 
and noman shall burye her. And he opened 
the dore, and fled. 

And wha. Iehu came forth to his lordes 
seruauntes, they saide vnto him : Are all 
thinges well? Wherfore came this madd 
felowe vnto the ? He saide vnto them : Ye 
knowe the man well, g what he hath spoken. 
They sayde : That is not true, but tell thou 
vs. He sayde : Thus and thus hath he spoken 
vnto me, and sayde : Thus sayeth the LORDE : 
I haue anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel. 
Then made they haist, and euery one toke his 
garment and laied them vnder him in maner 
of a iudges seate, and blewe the trompet, and 
sayde: Iehu is made kinge. So Iehu the 
sonne of Iosaphat the sonne of Nimsi, made a 
confederacion agaynst Ioram. As for Iora 

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he laye before Ramoth in Gilead with all 
Israel agaynst Hasael the kynge of Syria. 
*But Ioram the kynge was turned backe, y 
he might be healed of the woundes wherwith 
the Syrians had wounded him, wha he foughte 
with Hasael the kynge of the Syrians. 

And Iehu sayde : Yf it be youre mynde, 
there shall noman escape out of the cite, to 
go and tell it at Iesreel. And he rode, and 
departed vnto Iesrael: for Ioram laye there, 
and Ochosias the kinge of Iuda was come 
downe to vyset Ioram. But the watchman 
that stode vpon the tower at Iesrael, sawe the 
company of Iehu commynge, and sayde : I se 
a company. Then sayde Ioram : Take a 
charet, and sende to mete the, and saye : Is 
it peace ? And the charetman rode to mete 
them, and sayde : Thus sayeth the kynge : Is 
it peace ? Iehu sayde : What hast thou to do 
with peace ? Turne the behynde me. The 
watchman tolde it, and sayde: The mes- 
saunger is come vnto them, and cometh not 
agayne. Then sent he another charetman, 
which whan he came to them, saide : Thus 
sayeth the kynge : Is it peace ? Iehu sayde : 
What hast thou to do with peace ? Turne y 
behynde me. 

And the watchman tolde it, and sayde : 
He is come to them : and commeth not agayne, 
and the goynge is as it were the goynge of 
Iehu the sonne of Nimsi : for he dryueth on 
as he were mad. Then sayde Ioram : Binde 
the charet fast. And they bounde the charet, 
and so they wente forth, Ioram the kynge of 
Israel, and Ochosias the kynge of Iuda, euery 
one vpon his charet, to mete Iehu. And they 
founde him vpon the felde of Naboth the 
Iesraelite. And whan Ioram sawe Iehu, he 
sayde : Iehu, is it peace ? But he sayde : 
What peace ? The whordome and witchcraft 
of thy mother Iesabel is not yet come to an ende. 

Then turned Ioram his hande and fled, and 
sayde vnto Ochosias : There is treason Ocho- 
sias. But Iehu toke his bowe, & shot Ioram 
betwene the armes, that the arowe wente 
thorow his hert, and he fell downe in his 
charet. And Iehu sayde vnto Bidekar the 
knyghte : Take and cast him in the pece of 
londe of Naboth the Iesraelite : for I remem 
bre sence thou rodest with me in a charet 
after Achab his father, that the LORDE 
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holde (sayde the LORDE) I wyl recompence 
the y bloude of Naboth and of his childre, 
euen in this pece of londe. Take him now 
and cast him in to that pece of londe, tacor- 
dynge to the worde of the LORDE. 

Whan Ochosias the kinge of Iuda sawe 
this, he fled by the waie vnto y- garden house. 
But Iehu folowed after him, and commaunded 
to smyte him also vpon his charet in the 
goynge vp towarde Gur, which lieth by 
Ieblaam : and he fled vnto Megiddo, and 
dyed there. And his seruauntes caused him 
to be caried vnto Ierusalem, and there they 
buryed him in his awne graue with his fathers 
in the cite of Dauid. Ochosias reigned ouer 
Iuda in f eleuenth yeare of Iora y sonne of 
Achab. And whan Iehu came to Iesrael, and 
Iesabel herde therof, she coloured hir face, 
and decked hir heade, and loked out at the 
wyndowe. And whan Iehu came vnder the 
gate, she sayde : t Prospered Symri well that 
slewe his lorde ? 

And he lifte vp his face to the wyndow, 
and sayde : Who is with me ? Then resorted 
there two or thre chamberlaynes vnto him. 
He sayde : Cast her downe headlinges. And 
they cast her downe headlynges, so that f 
wall and the horses were sprenkled with hir 
bloude, and she was trodde vnder fete. And 
whan he came in, and had eaten and dronken, 
he sayde : Loke vpon yonder cursed woman, 
5 burye her, §for she is a kynges doughter. 
Neuertheles whan they wente in to burye 
her, they founde nothinge of her, but the 
szkull and the fete, and the palmes of her 
handes. And they came agayne and broughte 
him worde. He saide : This is euen it that 
the LORDE spake by his seruaunt Elias the 
Theszbite, and sayde : " In the felde of Iesrael 
shal the dogges eate Iesabels flesh. So the 
deed carcase of Iesabel became euen as donge 
in the felde of Iesrael, so y a man coulde not 
saye : This is Iesabel. 

Clje v. CfiapUr. 

ACHAB had thre score and ten sonnes 
at Samaria. * And Iehu wrote a letter, 
and sent it to Samaria, vnto the rulers of 
the cite Iesrael, euen vnto the Elders, g to 
Achabs tuters, sayenge these wordes : Whan 
this letter commeth vnto you with whom are 
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cities, a ordynaunce, loke which is the best 
and most righteous amonge youre lordes 
sonnes, j set him vpon his fathers seate, and 
jfighte for youre lordes house. 

Neuertheles they were sore afrayed, and 
sayde : Beholde, two kynges were not able to 
stonde before him, how wyl we then endure ? 
And they that were ouer the house and ouer 
the cite, and the Elders and tuters sent vnto 
Iehu, sayege : We are thy seruauntes, we wyll 
do all that thou sayest vnto vs : We wil make 
no man kynge, do thou what pleaseth the. 
Then wrote he the seconde letter vnto them 
with these wordes : Yf ye be myne, and herken 
vnto my voyce, then take the heades of the 
men youre lordes sonnes, and brynge me them 
tomorow by this tyme vnto Iesrael. 

The kynges sonnes were thre score men 
and ten, and y chefe men of the cite broughte 
the vp. Now whan this letter came they toke 
the kynges sonnes, and slewe them euen thre 
score men and ten, and layed their heades in 
baszkettes, and sent them to him vnto Iesrael. 
And whan the messaunger came, % tolde him, 
and sayde: They haue broughte the heades 
of the kynges children, he sayde : Laye them 
vpon two heapes at the dore of the porte tyll 
tomorow. 

And on the morow whan he wente forth, 
he stode, and sayde vnto all the people : Are 
ye righteous? Beholde, I haue made an ap- 
poyntmet against my lorde, and slayne him, 
who hath slayne all these then ? Vnderstonde 
ye now therfore, that there is not fallen vpon 
the earth one worde of the LORDE, which 
he spake agaynst the house of Achab : and the 
LORDE hath done, euen * as he sayde by 
his seruaunt Elias. So Iehu smote all the 
remnaunt of the house of Achab at Iesrael, all 
his greate men, his kynsfolkes, and his prestes, 
tyll there was not one lefte ouer. And he gat 
him vp, wente his waye, and came to Samaria. 

By the waye there was a shepherdes house, 
where Iehu founde the brethren of Ochosias 
kynge of Iuda, and sayde : Whence are ye ? 
They sayde : We are Ochosias brethren, and 
are goynge downe to salute the kynges children, 
and the quenes children. He sayde: Take 
them alyue. And they toke them alyue, and 
slewe them by the welles syde at the shep- 
herdes house, euen two and fortye men, and 
let not one of them remayne. 



And whan he wente from thence, he foude 
Ionadab y sonne of t Rechab, which met him, 
a saluted him. And he sayde vnto him : Is 
thyne hert righte, as myne hert is with thyne 
hert ? Ionadab sayde : Yee. Yf it be so 
(sayde he) then geue me thy hande. And he 
gaue him his hande. And so he caused him 
to syt besyde him in the charet, and saide : 
Come with me, and se my zele for the LORDE. 
And they caryed him with him vpon his charet. 
And whan he came to Samaria, he smote all 
that remayned of Achab at Samaria, tyll he 
had destroyed him, acordynge to the worde of 
the LORDE, t which he spake vnto Elias. 

And Iehu gathered all the people together, 
and saide vnto them: § Achab did Baal but 
litle seruyce, Iehu wyll serue him better. Call 
vnto me now therfore all Baals prophetes, all 
his seruautes and all his prestes, that there be 
none wantynge, for I haue a greate sacrifyce 
to do vnto Baal. Who so euer is myssed, shal 
not lyue. But Iehu dyd it craftely, that he 
mighte destroye all the mynisters of Baal. 
And Iehu sayde : Sanctifie y feast vnto Baal, 
and proclame it. And Iehu sent in to all 
Israel, and caused all Baals ministers to come, 
so that there was noma lefte behynde, which 
came not. And they came in to Baals house, 
so that the house of Baal was full from one 
corner to another. 

Then sayde he vnto him that had the rule 
of the vestrye : Brynge forth rayment for all 
Baals mynisters. And he broughte forth the 
rayment. And Iehu wente in to Baals house 
with Ionadab the sonne of Rechab, and sayde 
vnto Baals mynisters : Search and se that there 
be not here am5ge you eny mynyster of the 
LORDE, but onely Baals mynisters. 

And whan they came in to offer sacrifyces 
and burntofferynges, Iehu appoynted him foure 
score men without, g sayde : Yf eny of these 
men escape whom I delyuer vnder youre 
handes, then shal the same mans soule be for 
his soule. Now wha he had made an ende of 
the burntofferynge, Iehu sayde vnto the fote- 
men and knyghtes : Go in, a smyte euery 
man, let noman go forth. And they smote 
the with the edge of the swerde. And the 
fote men and knightes threw the awaie and 
wete vnto the cite of Baals house, and brought 
forth the piler in f house of Baal, and brent 
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house of Baal, and made a preuy house therof 
vnto this daie. Thus Iehu destroyed Baal 
out of Israel. But Iehu lefte not of from the 
sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat (which 
caused Israel to synne) namely, from the 
golden calues at Bethel and at Dan. And 
the LORDE sayde vnto Iehu : Because thou 
hast bene wyllinge to do that which was righte 
in my sighte, 5 hast done vnto Achabs house 
all that was in my hert, *therfore shall thy 
children syt vpon y seate of Israel vnto the 
fourth generacion. 

Neuerthelesse Iehu was not diligent to walke 
in the lawe of the LORDE God of Israel with 
all his hert : for he lefte not of fro the synnes 
of Ieroboam which made Israel to synne. At 
the same time beganne the LORDE to be 
greued at Israel. +For Hasael smote them 
in all the borders of Israel from Iordane East- 
warde, and all the londe Gilead of the Gaddites, 
Rubenites and Manassytes, from Aroer that 
lyeth on the ryuer by Arnon, and Gilead and 
Basan. 

What more there is to saye of Iehu, and all 
that he dyd, and all his power, beholde, it is 
wryten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. 
And Iehu fell on slepe with his fathers, 5 they 
buryed him in Samaria. And Ioahas his sonne 
was kynge in his steade. The tyme that Iehu 
reigned ouer Israel, is eight and twentye yeares 
at Samaria. 

€J)e rt. Chapter. 

A THALIA the mother of Ochosias, wha 
she sawe that hir sonne was deed, " gat 
her vp, and destroyed all the kynges sede. 
But Ioseba kynge Iorams doughter the syster 
of Ochosias, toke Ioas the sonne of Ochosias 
and stale him awaye with his norse in the 
chamber from amonge the kynges children 
which were slayne, and she hyd him from 
Athalia, so that he was not slayne. And he 
was hyd with her in the house of the LORDE 
sixe yeares. But Athalia was quene in the 
londe. 

^Neuertheles in the seuenth yeare sent Ioiada, 
and toke the rulers ouer hudreds with the 
captaynes and fote men, and caused the to 
come to him in to the house of the LORDE 
and made a couenaunt with them, and toke an 
ooth of them in the house of the LORDE, 
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comaunded them, and sayde : This is it that 
ye shall do : One thirde parte of you which 
enter on the Sabbath, shall kepe the watch in 
the kynges house, and one thyrde parte shal 
be at the porte of Sur, and one thirde parte 
shal be at f porte which is behynde the fote 
men, and ye shal kepe the watch at the house 
of Massa. But two partes of you all that go 
of on the Sabbath, shal kepe the watch in the 
house of the LORDE aboute the kinge and 
ye shall get you rounde aboute f kynge and 
euery one with his weapen in his hande : and 
who so euer cometh within y wall, let him 
die, so that ye be with the kinge, wha he goeth 
out and in. 

c And the rulers ouer the hundreds dyd all 
as Ioiada the prest had commauded them 
and toke vnto them their men which entred 
vpon the Sabbath, with those that wente of on 
the Sabbath, and came to Ioiada f prest. And 
the prest gaue the captaynes speares and 
shyldes which had bene kynge Dauids, and 
were in the house of the LORDE. And the 
fote men stode aboute the kynge, euery one 
with his weapen in his hande, fro the corner 
on the righte syde of the house vnto the corner 
of the lefte syde, euen vnto the altare and to 
the house. And he broughte forth the kynges 
sonne, and set a crowne vpon his heade, and 
toke the t witnes, and made him kynge, and 
they were glad, and clapped their handes 
together, and sayde : God saue the kynge. 

'And whan Athalia herde the noyse of the 
people that ranne together, she came to the 
people in to the house of the LORDE, and 
loked, and beholde, the kynge stode by the 
piler, as the vse was, and the syngers and 
tr5pettes by the kynge : and all the people of 
y lode were glad, and blewe with trompettes. 
But Athalia rente hir clothes, g sayde : Vp- 
roure, vproure. Neuertheles Ioiada f prest 
commaunded y rulers ouer hundreds, which 
were appointed ouer the hoost, and saide vnto 
them: Brynge her without the wall, and 
whosoeuer foloweth hir, let him dye of the 
swerde (for the prest had sayde, that she shulde 
not dye in the house of the LORDE.) And 
they layde handes vp5 her, and she wente in 
by the waye where the horses go in to y kynges 
house, and there was she slayne. 

Then made Ioiada'' a couenaunt betwene 
the LORDE and the kynge, and the people, y 

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they shulde be the people of the LORDE. 
Likewyse also betwixte the kynge and f 
people. Then wente all the people of the 
londe in to the house of Baal, and brake 
downe his altares, and destroyed his ymages 
right well. And Mathan the prest of Baal 
slewe they before the altare : And the prest 
appoynted the officers in the house of the 
LORDE, and toke the rulers ouer hundreds, 
and the captaynes, and the fote men, and all 
f people of the londe, & broughte the kynge 
downe from the house of the LORDE, and 
came the waye from the porte of the fote men 
vnto the kynges house, and he sat vpon the 
kynges seate. And all the people of the lode 
were glad, and the cite was at rest. As for 
Athalia, they slewe her with the swerde in y 
kynges house. And Ioas was seuen yeare 
olde, whan he was made kynge. 

Cfte jrij. Cfiapto. 

IN the seueth yeare of Iehu, was Ioas made 
kynge,* and reigned fortye yeare at Ieru- 
salem. His mothers name was Zibea of 
Bersaba. And Ioas dyd that which was righte 
in the sighte of the LORDE, as longe as 
Ioiada y prest taught him. But they put not 
downe y hye places : for the people offred cj 
brent incense yet vpon the hye places. 

And Ioas sayde vnto the prestes : All the 
money that is sanctified to be bestowed vpo y 
house of the LORDE, namely the money y 
euery man geueth vnto the treasury, and y- 
money that euery man geueth for his soule, 
and all the money that euery man geueth of 
a fre hert, to be bestowed on the house of the 
LORDE, let the prestes take it vnto them, 
euery one his porcion: with that shall they 
repayre the decaye in the house of the 
LORDE, where they fynde that there is eny 
decaye. 

But whan y prestes repayred not the decaye 
in the house vnto the thre and twetieth yeare 
of kynge Ioas, Ioas the kynge called Ioiada 
the prest with the other prestes, and sayde 
vnto them : Wherfore do ye not repayre the 
decaye in the house ? 

Therfore shall ye not take the money vnto 
you now euery one his porcion, but shall geue 
it to the decaye of the house. And the prestes 
agreed to take no money of the people, and 
to repayre the decaye of the house. 



Then Ioiada the prest toke a chest, and 
bored an hole aboue therin, and set it on the 
righte hande besyde the altare, at the entrynge 
in to the house of the LORDE. And the 
prestes that kepte the thresholde, put all the 
money therin that was broughte vnto the 
house of the LORDE. Whan they sawe then 
that there was moch money in the chest, *y 
kynges scrybe came vp with the hye prest, 
and bounde the money together, and tolde it 
as moch as was founde in the house of the 
LORDE. And so the ready money was 
geuen vnto them that wrought . and were 
appoynted to the house of the LORDE, and 
they gaue it forth to the carpenters and to the 
that buylded and wroughte in the house of the 
LORDE, namely, to the dawbers and masons, 
and to them that boughte tymber and fre 
stone, to repayre the decaye in the house of 
the LORDE and all that they founde to haue 
nede of repayringe in the house. 

Howbeit there were no syluer chargers, 
flat peces, basens, trompettes, ner eny other 
vessell of golde and syluer made on the house 
of the LORDE, of the money that was 
brought vnto the LORDES house : but it 
was geuen vnto the workmen to repayre the 
decaye in the house of the LORDE therwith. 
The men also that the money was delyuered 
vnto, for to geue the workmen, neded not to 
make eny acomptes, but did their busynes 
vpon credence. But the money of trespace of- 
ferynges and synneofferynges was not broughte 
vnto the house of the LORDE : for it was 
the prestes. 

At the same tyme wente Hasael the kynge 
of Syria vp, and foughte agaynst Gath, and 
wanne it. And whan Hasael set his face to 
go vp to Ierusalem, kynge Ioas toke all that 
was sanctifyed, which his fathers Iosaphat, 
Ioram and Ochosias the kynges of Iuda had 
halowed, and what he himselfe had sanctifyed, 
and all the golde that was founde in the trea- 
sures of the house of the LORDE, and in the 
kynges house, and sent it vnto Hasael the 
kynge of Syria. And so he departed from 
Ierusalem. 

What more there is to saye of Ioas, and all 
that he dyd, it is written in the Cronicles of 
the kynges of Iuda. And his seruauntes 
made insurreccion and conspyred, and smote 
him in the house of Millo, at the goynge 



ffo. cctMij. 



Wt)t iiij. bake of tfre Jtpnges* 



Cfrap, jritj. 



downe vnto Silla. For Iosebar the sonne of 
Simeath, and Iosabad the sonne of Somer his 
seruauntes smote him to death : and he was 
buried with his fathers in the cite^ of Dauid. 
And Amasias his sonne was kynge in his 
steade. 

Cfie rttj. Chapter. 

IN y XXIII. yeare of Ioas the sonne of 
Ochosias kynge of Iuda, was Ioahas the 
sonne of Iehu kynge ouer Israel at Samaria, 
seuentene yeare : g dyd y which was euell in 
the sighte of the LORDE, and walked after 
the sinnes of Ieroboam y sonne of Nebat 
(which caused Israel to synne) and lefte not 
of from them. And y wrath of the LORDE 
waxed whote vpon Israel, g he delyuered them 
ouer vnder the hande of Hasael kynge of 
Syria, and vnder the hande of Benadad the 
sonne of Hasael, as longe as they lyued. 

And Ioahas besoughte the face of the 
LORDE. And the LORDE herde him, for 
he consydered the myserie of Israel, how the 
kynge of Syria oppressed them. And y 
LORDE gaue Israel a sauioure, which 
broughte them out of the power of the Syrians, 
so y the children of Israel dwelt in their 
tentes, like as afore tyme. 

Yet lefte they not from the synnes of the 
house of Ieroboam, which caused Israel to 
synne, but walked in them. The groue at 
Samaria stode styll also. For of the people 
of Ioahas there were no mo lefte, but fyftye 
horsmen, ten charettes, and ten thousande fote 
men : * for the kynge of Syria had destroyed 
them, and made them as the dust in the barne 

What more there is to saye of Ioahas, and 
all that he dyd, and his power, beholde, it is 
wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of 
Israel. And Ioahas fell on slepe with his 
fathers, and was buried in Samaria, g Ioas his 
sonne was kinge in his steade. 

In the seuen and thirtieth yeare of I 
kynge of Iuda, was Ioas the sonne of Ioahas 
kynge ouer Israel at Samaria sixtene yeare 
And he dyd that which was euell in the sighte 
of the LORDE, and departed not from all 
the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat. 
which made Israel for to synne, but walked in 
them. What more there is to saye of Ioas, 
and what he dyd, g his power, how he foughte 
with Amasias kynge of Iuda, beholde, it is 



! 4 Re. 8. 



t 4 Re. 2. 



wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of 
Israel. And Ioas fell on slepe with his fathers, 
and Ieroboam sat vpo his seate. And Ioas was 
buried in Samaria with the kynges of Israel. 

As for Eliseus, he fell in to a sicknes, 
wherof he dyed. And Ioas the kynge of 
Israel came downe vnto him, and wepte for 
him, and saide : t My father, my father, the 
charet man of Israel, and his horsmen. Eliseus 

de vnto him : Take the bowe and the 
arowes. And whan he had taken the bowe 
and the arowes, he sayde vnto the kynge of 
Israel: Bende the bowe with thine hande. 
And he bent it with his hade. And Eliseus 
layed his hande vpon the kynges hande, and 
sayde : Open that wyndowe towarde the East. 
And he opened it. And Eliseus saide : Shute. 
And he shot. He sayde : one arowe of the 
saluacion of the LORDE, one arowe of sal- 
uacio agaynst the Syrians: and thou shalt 
smyte the Syrians at Aphek, tyll they be 
brought to naughte. 

And he sayde : Take y arowes. And wha 
he had taken them, he sayde vnto the kynge 
of Israel : Smyte the earth. And he smote 
thre tymes and stode still. Then was the ma 
of God wroth at him, and sayde: Yf thou 
haddest smytten fyue or sixe times, thou 
shuldest haue smytten f Syrians, tyll thou 
haddest vtterly brought them to naughte. 
But now shalt thou smyte them thre tymes. 

Whan Eliseus was deed and buried, the 
men of warre of the Moabites fell in to the 
londe the same yeare. And it fortuned y 
they buryed a certaine man. But wha. they 
sawe the men of warre, they cast the man in 
to Eliseus graue. t And whan he was therin, 
and touched Eliseus bones, he reuyued, and 
stode vpon his fete. 

So Hasael the kynge of Syria oppressed 
Israel, as longe as Ioahas lyued. But the 
LORDE was gracious vnto them, and had 
mercy vpon them, and turned him to them 
for his couenauntes sake, with Abraham, Isaac 
and Iacob, and wolde not destroye the § nether 
dyd he cast them out from his presence vnto 
this houre. 

And Hasael the kinge of Syria dyed, and 
Benadad his sonne was kynge in his steade. 
But Ioas turned backe, and toke out of the 
hande of Benadad the sonne of Hasael the 
cyties which he had take in battaill out of the 

X Eccll. 48. th § 4 Reg. 14. e 



Cfjap, jrtt'tj 



hande of his father Ioahas : Thre tymes dyd 
Ioas smyte him, and broughte the cities of 
Israel agayne. 

Cfie rtuj. Cfiaptfr. 

IN the seconde yeare of Ioas y sonne of 
Ioahas kynge of Israel, was Amasias the 
sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda made kynge : 
*fyue and twenty yeare olde was he, whan he 
was made kynge, & reigned nyne and twentye 
yeare at Ierusale. His mothers name was 
Ioadan of Ierusalem. And he dyd that which 
was righte in the sighte of the LORDE : yet 
not as his father Dauid, but euen as his father 
Ioas did so dyd he also : for y hye places were 
not put downe, but the people offred and brent 
incese yet vpon the hye places. Now whan 
he had gotten the power of the kyngdome, he 
smote his seruauntes f which had smytte the 
his father : but the children of y deed 



fflbt Hi), bokt of ti)t fepnges* 



So. mlix. 



slayers slewe he not, acordinge to y which 
is wrytte in the boke of the lawe of Moses, 
where the LORDE hath comaunded 5 sayde : 
t The fathers shal not dye for the children, (t 
the children shal not dye for the fathers : but 
euery one shal dye for his awne synne. 

Ten thousande of the Edomites smote he 
also in the Salt valley, and wanne Sela in 
battayll, and called it Iatheel vnto this daye. 
§Then sent Amasias messaungers vnto Ioas 
the sonne of Ioahas the sonne of Iehu kynge 
of Israel, sayenge : Come hither, let vs se one 
another. But Ioas y kynge of Israel sent 
vnto Amasias the kynge of Iuda, sayenge : 
The hawthorne that is in Libanus, sent to the 
Ceder tre in Libanus, sayenge : Geue thy 
doughter vnto my sonne to wife. But a wylde 
beest of the felde ranne ouer y hawthorne, 
and trode it downe. Thou hast smytte the 
Edomites, therfore is thine hert waxen proude : 
Take the prayse, and byde at home : why 
stryuest thou for mysfortune, y thou mayest 
fall, and Iuda with the ? Howbeit Amasias 
consented not. 

Then wete Ioas the kynge of Israel vp, and 
they sawe one another, he and Amasias the 
kynge of Iuda at Beth Semes which lyeth in 
Iuda. But Iuda was smytten before Israel, so 
that euery one fled in to his tente. And Ioas 
the kynge of Israel toke Amasias the kynge of 
Iuda, the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Ochosias 



* 2 Par. 25. a. t 4 Re. 12. d. J Deu. 24. c. 

Iere. 31. d. Eze. 18. c. § 2 Par. 25. c. || 2 Par. 26. a. 



at Beth Semes, and came to Ierusalem, and 
brake downe y wall of Ierusalem from y porte 
of Ephraim vnto the corner porte, euen foure 
hundreth cubites loge : and toke all the golde 
and syluer, and ornamentes that were founde 
in the house of the LORDE, and in y trea- 
sures of the kynges house, j the children also 
to pledge, (t departed agayne to Samaria. 

What more there is to saie of Ioas, what 
he dyd, and of his power, (j how he foughte 
with Amasias the kynge of Iuda, beholde, it 
is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of 
Israel. And Ioas fell on slepe with his fathers, 
and was buried at Samaria amonge y kynges 
of Israel. And Ieroboam his sonne was kynge 
in his steade. 

But Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of 
Iuda, lyued after the death of Ioas the sonne 
of Ioahas kynge of Israel, fiftene yeare. What 
more there is to saye of Amasias, it is wrytten 
in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And 
they conspyred agaynst him at Ierusalem, but 
he fled vnto Lachis. And they sent after him 
vnto Lachis, and slewe him there. And they 
broughte him vpon horses, j he was buried at 
Ierusalem with his fathers in y cite of Dauid. 
II And all the people of Iuda toke Asarias in 
his sixtenth yeare, and made him kynge in 
steade of Amasias his father. He buylded 
1" Eloth, and broughte it agayne vnto Iuda, 
after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with 
his fathers. 

In the fyftenth yeare of Amasias the sonne 
of Ioas kynge of Iuda, was Ieroboam the 
sonne of Ioas kynge ouer Israel at Samaria, 
one and fortye yeare. And he dyd that which 
was euell in the sighte of the LORDE, and 
departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam 
the sonne of Nebat, which caused Israel for 
to synne. 

But the borders of Israel broughte he 
agayne from Hemath vnto y see that lyeth in 
the playne felde, acordinge to the worde of the 
LORDE God of Israel, which he spake by 
his seruaunt ** Ionas y sonne of Amithai the 
prophete, which was of tt Gath Epher. For 
the LORDE considered the myserable afflic- 
cion of Israel, how that euen they which were 
shut vp and desolate, were awaye, and that 
there was no helper in Israel. ttAnd the 
LORDE sayde not that he wolde destroye the 

II 4 Re. 16. a. ** Ion. 1. a. tt Iosu. 19. a. 

tt 4 Re. 13. e. Ose. l.a. 



So* mix* 



Wbt iiij. bote of tfte fepnges* 



Ctjap* xb. 



name of Israel from vnder heaue. And he 
helped the by Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas. 

What more there is to saye of Ieroboam, 
and all that he dyd, and of his power, how he 
foughte, and how broughte Damascon and 
Hemath agayne vnto Iuda in Israel, beholde, 
it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of 
Israel. And Ieroboam fell on slepe with his 
fathers, with the kynges of Israel. And 
Zacharias his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Cfie rb. Chapter. 

IN the seuen 5 twentieth yeare of Iero- 
boam kynge of Israel, reigned Asarias the 
sonne of Amasias kynge of Iuda : and * was 
sixtene yeare olde whan he was made kynge, 
and reigned two and fyftye yeare at Ierusalem. 
His mothers name was Iechalia of Ierusale. 
And he dyd righte in the sighte of the 
LORDE, acordinge to all as dyd Amasias his 
father, sauynge that they put not downe the 
hye places. For the people dyd sacryfice and 
brent incense yet vpon the hye places. How- 
beit the LORDE smote the kynge, so that he 
was leper vnto his death, t and dwelt in a frye 
house. But Iotham the kynges sonne ruled 
the house, and iudged the people in the londe. 
What more there is to saye of Asarias, 5 
all y he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cro- 
nicles of the kynges of Iuda. And Asarias 
fell on slepe with his fathers, j was buried with 
his fathers in the cite of Dauid, & Iotham his 
sonne was kynge in his steade. 

In the eight and thirtieth yeare of Asarias 
kynge of Iuda, was Zacharias the sonne of 
Ieroboam kynge ouer Israel at Samaria sixe 
monethes. And he dyd^y which was euell in 
the sighte of the LORDE, euen as his fathers 
dyd. He departed not from f synnes of 
Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which caused 
Israel for to synne. And Sellum the sonne 
of Iabes conspyred agaynst him, and smote 
him in the presence of y people, and slewe 
him, (j was kynge in his steade. What more 
there is to saie of Zacharias, beholde, it is 
wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of 
Israel, t And this is it, y the LORDE sayde 
vnto Iehu: Thy children shall syt vpo the 
seate of Israel vntyll the fourth generacion. 
And euen so came it to passe. 

Sellum the sonne of Iabes reigned in f 
nyne & thirtieth yeare of § Asarias kynge of 



Iuda, & reigned one moneth at Samaria. For 
Menahem the sonne of Gadi wete vp from 
Thirza, j came to Samaria, and smote Sellum 
the sonne of Iabes at Samaria, g slewe him, 
and was kynge in his steade. 

What more there is to saye of Sellum, 5 of 
his sedicion which he stered vp, beholde, it is 
wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of 
Israel. At the same tyme dyd Manahem 
smyte Tiphsa, 5 all y were therin, g the 
coastes therof from Thirza, because they wolde 
not let him in, and smote all their wemen with 
childe, and rypte them vp. 

In the nyne j thirtieth yeare of Asarias 
kynge of Iuda, beganne Manahem the sonne 
of Gad to reigne ouer Israel ten yeares at 
Samaria, and dyd that which was euell in the 
sighte of the LORDE. As longe as he lyued, 
departed he not from y synnes of Ieroboam 
the sonne of Nebat, which caused Israel for to 
synne. And Phul the kynge of Assiria came 
in to the lode. And Manahem gaue vnto 
Phul a thousande talentes of syluer to holde 
with him, and to c5firme him in the kyng- 
dome. And Manahem raysed vp a taxe in 
Israel vpon the richest, fiftye Sycles of sylue 
vpon euery man, to geue vnto y- kynge of 
Assiria. So the kynge of Assiria wete home 
agayne, and taried not in the londe. 

What more there is to saye of Manahem, 5 
all y he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the 
Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. And 
Manahem fell on slepe with his fathers. And 
Pecahia his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

In the fiftieth yeare of Asarias kynge of 
Iuda, beganne Pecahia the sonne of Mana- 
hem to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria two 
yeare, and dyd that which was euell in the 
sighte of the LORDE : for he departed not 
fro the synnes of Ieroboam y sonne of Nebat 
which caused Israel for to synne. And Pecah 
the sonne of Romelia his knyghte conspyred 
agaynst him, (j smote him at Samaria in y 
palace of the kynges house with Argob and 
Ariah, and fiftye men with him of y childre of 
Gilead, j slewe him, g was kynge in his steade. 
What more there is to saye of Pecahia, j all 
that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cro- 
nicles of the kynges of Israel. 

In the two and fiftieth yeare of Asarias 
kynge of Iuda, beganne Pecah the sonne of 
Romelia to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria, 

§ Some reade : Vsia. 



Cfjap* jrfri. 



Cfte Hi)* ha\xt of t\)t fepnges* 



#j?. rccljrt. 



twentye yeare, g dyd that which was euell in 
the sighte of f LORDE : for he departed 
not from the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of 
Nebat, which caused Israel for to synne. 

In the tyme of Pecah the kynge of Israel, 
came Teglatphalasser the kynge of Assiria, g 
toke Eion, Abel Beth Maecha, Ianoha, Kedes, 
Hasor, Gilead, Galile, and all the londe of 
Nephtali, g caried the awaye in to Assiria. 

And Osea the sonne of Ela conspyred 
agaynst Pecah the sonne of Romelia, g slue 
him, and was kynge in his steade in the twen- 
tieth yeare of Iotham the sonne of *Osias. 
What more there is to saye of Pecah, ij all 
that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cro- 
nicles of the kynges of Israel. 

In the seconde yeare of Pecah the sonne 
of Romelia kynge of Israel, was Iotham the 
sonne of Osias kynge of Iuda, g was fyue and 
twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge, 
and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem. His 
mothers name was Ierusa the doughter of 
Sadok. And he dyd^ which was righte in y 
sighte of the LORDE, acordinge vnto all as 
dyd Osias his father, sauynge that he put not 
downe the hye places : for the people offred g 
brent incense yet vpon the hye places. He 
buylded the hye porte of the house of the 
LORDE. What more there is to saye of 
Iotham, and all that he dyd, beholde, it is 
wrytte in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. 

At f same tyme beganne f LORDE to 
sende Rezin y kynge of Syria, g Pecah y 
sonne of Romelia in to Iuda. And Iotham fell 
on slepe with his fathers, and was buried with 
his fathers in the cite of Dauid his father. 
And Achas his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Che r&{. Chapter. 

IN the seuententh yeare of Pecah f sonne 
of Romelia, was "Achas the sonne of Iotham 
kynge of Iuda. Twetye yeare olde was Achas 
wha he was made kynge, g reigned sixtene 
yeare at Ierusalem, g dyd not f which was 
righte in the sighte of y LORDE his God, as 
dyd Dauid his father: for he walked in the 
waye of the kynges of Israel, t Yee and caused 
his sonne to go thorow the fyre, after the 
maner of the abhominacions of the Heythen, 
whom the LORDE droue awaye before the 
childre of Israel. And he dyd sacrifice, and 



That is Asarias whom some call Vsia. " 2 Par. 28. a, 
t Deu. 18. b. 4 Re. 21. a. t Esa. 7. a. 



brent incense vpon the hye places, g vpon all 
hilles, and amonge all grene trees, t Then 
wente Rezin the kynge of Syria, and Pecha 
the sonne of Romelia kynge of Israel vp to 
Ierusalem to fighte agaynst it, and layed sege 
to Achas : but they coulde not wynne it. At 
the same tyme dyd Rezin the kynge of Syria, 
brynge § Eloth agayne vnto Syria, and thrust 
f Iewes out of Eloth. But the Syrians came 
& dwelt therin vnto this daye. 

Neuertheles Achas sent messaungers vnto 
Teglatphalasser y kynge of Assiria, sayege : 

I am thy seruaunt g thy sonne, come vp g 
helpe me out of y- hande of the kynge of 
Syria, g of the kynge ol Israel, which are 
rysen vp agaynst me. And Achas toke the 
syluer g golde y was founde in y house of f 
LORDE, g in the treasures of y kynges 
house, g sent a present to y kynge of Assiria. 

II And y kinge of Assiria cosented vnto him, g 
wente vp to Damascon, g wanne it, g caried 
them awaye vnto Cira, g slewe Rezin. And 
kynge Achas wete to Damascon for to mete 
Teglatphalasser y kynge of Assiria. And 
wha he sawe an altare y was at Damascon, 
kynge Achas sent a patrone g symilitude of y 
same altare vnto the prest Vrias, euen as it 
was made. And Vrias the prest buylded an 
altare, and made it acordinge as kynge Achas 
had sent vnto him from Damascon, tyll Achas 
y kynge came from Damascon. 

And whan y kynge came from Damascon, 
and sawe the altare, he offred theron, g kyndled 
his burntofferynges and meatofferynges vpon 
it, and poured his drynkofferinges theron, g 
caused the bloude of y deedofferynges which 
he offred, to be sprenkled vpon the altare 
But the brasen altare that stode before the 
LORDE, put he awaye, so that it stode not 
betwene the altare and the house of the 
LORDE, but set it in the corner on the 
north syde of the altare. 

And Achas the kynge comaunded Vrias y 
prest, g sayde : Vpo the greate altare shalt 
thou kyndle y burntoffrynge in the mornynge, 
g the meatoffrynge in the euenynge, g the 
kynges burntoffrynge g his meatoffrynge, g the 
burntoffrynge of all the people in the londe, 
with their meatoffrynge g drynkoffrynge. And 
all the bloude of the burntofferynges, g all the 
bloude of the other offrynges, shalt thou 



§ 4 Re. 14. d. 



|| Esa. 



tfo. mlvij* 



€\>t UiU bote of t\)t fepnges* 



Cfrap, j&q. 



sprenkle theron : but with the brasen altare 
wyll I deuyse what I can. Vrias the prest 
dyd all acordinge as Achas the kynge com- 
maunded him. 

And kynge Achas brake downe the seates, 
and put awaye the *ketell from aboue, and 
toke the lauer from the brasen bullockes that 
were there vnder, and set it vpon y pauement 
of stone. And the pulpit for the Sabbath 
which they had buylded in the house, and f 
entrye of the kynges house turned he vnto 
the house of the LORDE, for the kynge of 
Assirias sake. 

What more there is to saye of Achas, what 
he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in f Cronicles 
of the kynges of Iuda. And Achas fell on 
slepe with his fathers, & was buried with his 
fathers in the cite of Dauid. And Ezechias 
his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Cfie rbtj. Chapter. 

IN the twolueth yeare of Achas the kynge 
of Iuda, begane Oseas f sonne of Ela to 
reigne ouer Israel at Samaria nyne yeare, and 
dyd y which was euell in y sighte of the 
LORDE, but not as f kynges of Israel y 
were before him. Agaynst him dyd Salma- 
nasar y- kynge of Assiria come vp. And 
Oseas was subiecte vnto him, j gaue him try- 
butes. But wha y kynge of Assiria perceaued 
y Oseas had conspyred j sent messaungers to 
Sua y kynge of Egipte, & payed not trybute 
yearly to f kynge of y Assirians, he beseged 
him (s put him in preson. t And the kynge of 
Assiria wente vp in to all the londe and to 
Samaria, and layed sege vnto it thre yeare. 
t And in the nyenth yeare of Oseas dyd f 
kynge of Assiria wynne Samaria, § and caried 
Israel awaye in to Assiria, and set them at 
Halah and at Habor by the water Gosan, and 
in the cities of the Meedes. 

For whan the childre of Israel synned 
agaynst y LORDE their God (y broughte 
the out of f londe of Egipte, from the hade 
of Pharao kynge of Egipte) and serued other 
goddes : and walked after the customes of the 
Heythe, whom the LORDE had dryuen out 
before the children of Israel, and dyd as the 
kynges of Israel, and prouoked y LORDE 
their God, and dyd secretly the thinges that 
were not righte in the sighte of f LORDE 



* 3 Re. 7. c. d. 

& 4 Es. 13. 



t 4 Re. 18. D. 

II Deut. 4. 



t Esa. ; 



their God : namely in that they buylded them 
hye places in all cities, both in castels and 
stronge cities, and set vp pilers and groues, 
vpon all hye hilles, and amonge all grene 
trees, and brent incense there in all f hye 
places, euen as dyd the Heythen, whom the 
LORDE had cast out before them, 5 wroughte 
wicked thinges, wherwith they prouoked the 
LORDE vnto wrath, 5 serued the Idols, 
wherof the LORDE sayde vnto them : II Ye 
shal not do soch a thynge. 

And whan the LORDE testified in Israel 
and Iuda by all the prophetes and Seers, 
sayenge : IT O turne agayne from youre euell 
wayes, and kepe my commaundemetes and 
ordynaunces, acordinge to all y lawe which 
I gaue vnto youre fathers, ana that I sent 
vnto you by my seruauntes the prophetes 
they wolde not herken, ** but herdened their 
neckes, acordinge to the hardneck of their 
fathers, which beleued not on the LORDE 
their God. Yee they despysed his ordinaunces 
and his couenaunt which he made with their 
fathers, and his testimonies which he witnessed 
amonge them, and walked in their awne 
vanities, and became vayne folowinge the 
Heythen, which dwelt rounde aboute them, 
concernynge whom the LORDE had com- 
maunded them, that they shulde not do as 
they dyd. Neuertheles they forsoke all the 
commaundementes of the LORDE their God 
tt and made them two molten calues and 
groues, and worshipped all the hoost of hea- 
uen, (j serued Baal, and tt caused their sonnes 
and doughters to go thorow the fyre, and 
medled with soythsayers and witches, and gaue 
them selues ouer to do that which was euell 
in the sighte of the LORDE, to prouoke him 
vnto wrath. 

Then was the LORDE very wroth at Is- 
rael, and put them awaye fro his presence, so 
y there remayned nomo §§but onely y trybe of 
Iuda. Nether dyd Iuda kepe the commaunde- 
metes of the LORDE their God, but walked 
after the customes of Israel, which they dyd. 
Therfore dyd f LORDE cast awaye all f 
sede of Israel, and troubled them, and de- 
lyuered them in to the handes of the spoylers, 
tyll he had cast them out of his presence: 
for Israel was deuyded from the house of 
Dauid. And they made the a kynge, one 

IT Iere. 25. a. ** Deut. 31. f. Mai. 3. b. tt 3 Re. 12. a. 
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Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which turned 
Israel back from y LORDE, g caused the 
to synne so sore. Thus walked the childre of 
Israel in all y synnes of Ieroboam, which he 
had done, 5 departed not fro them, vntyll y 
LORDE put Israel out of his presence, 
acordinge as he had spoke by all his ser- 
uauntes y prophetes. * So Israel was caried 
awaye out of their awne londe to Assiria vnto 
this daye. 

The kynge of Assiria caused men to come 
fro Babilon, from Cutha, fro Aua, from He- 
math d Sepharuaim, (j caused the to inhabite 
y cities in Samaria in steade of the children 
of Israel. And they toke possession of Sa- 
maria, u dwelt in y same cities. But wha. 
they begane to dwell there, g feared not y 
LORDE, the LORDE sent lyons amoge the, 
which slewe them. And they caused it be 
sayde vnto y kynge of Assiria : The Heythe 
whom thou hast broughte hither, & caused 
them to inhabite the cities of Samaria, knowe 
not the lawe of y God of the londe. Ther- 
fore hath he sent lyons amoge them, & be- 
holde, they slaye the, because they knowe not 
the ordinaunce of the God of the londe. 

The kinge of Assiria comaunded j saide : 
Bringe thither one of y prestes y were caried 
awaye fro thence £ let him go thither, & dwell 
there, (j teach the the ordinance of the God of 
y londe. Then came one of y prestes which 
were caried awaye from Samaria, ij dwelt at 
Bethel, 5 taughte them how they shulde feare 
y LORDE. But euery people made the 
goddes, (j put the in the houses vpon y hye 
places, which the Samaritanes had made, 
euery people I their cities wherin they dwelt. 
They of Babilo made Sochoth Benoth. They 
of Chut made Nergel. They of Hemath made 
Asima. They of Aua made Nibehas (j Thar- 
thak. They of Sepharuaim burnt their sonnes 
vnto Adramelech and Anamelech y goddes of 
the of Sepharuaim. 

And whyle they feared y LORDE, they 
made prestes in y hye places of y lowest 
amonge them, & put them in y houses of y 
hye places : thus they feared y LORDE, j 
serued y goddes also, acordinge to y cus- 
tome of euery nacion, from whence they were 
broughte. And vnto this daye do they after 
■ y olde fashion, so y they nether feare y 
LORDE, ner yet kepe their awne ordi- 

sre. 25. a. + Gen. 32. e. t Iud. 6. b. Iere. 10. a. 



naunces and lawes, after the lawe and com- 
maundement that the LORDE comaunded 
the childre of Iacob, t vnto whom he gaue y 
name of Israel, and made a couenaunt with 
them, and commaunded them, and sayde: 
t Feare none other goddes, and worshipe them 
not, and serue them not, and offer not vnto 
them : but the LORDE which broughte you 
out of the lode of Egipte, with greate power 
and outstretched arme, Him feare, him wor- 
shippe, j vnto him do sacrifice : and the statutes, 
ordinaunces, lawe 5 comaundement which he 
hath caused to be wrytten vnto you, those se 
that ye kepe, that ye allwaye do therafter, and 
feare none other goddes. And forget not the 
couenaunt which he hath made with you, lest 
ye feare other goddes. But feare y LORDE 
youre God, he shall delyuer you from all youre 
enemies. Neuertheles they wolde not herken, 
but dyd after their olde custome. 

Thus these Hey then feai-ed the LORDE, 
and serued their Idols also, and so dyd their 
children and childers childre likewyse. Eue 
as their fathers haue done before them, so do 
they vnto this daye. 

Ci)c y&uj. Chapter. 

IN the thirde yeare of Oseas y sonne of Ela 
kynge of Israel, § reigned Ezechias y sonne 
of Achas kynge of Iuda. And he was fyue 
and twentie yeare olde whan he was made 
kynge, cj reigned nyne & twentye yeare at 
Ierusalem. His mothers name was Abi the 
doughter of Zachary. And he dyd that which 
was righte in the sighte of the LORDE, 
acordinge vnto all as dyd Dauid his father. 
II He put awaye the hye places, and brake 
downe the pilers, (j roted out the groues, and 
brake the brasen serpente If which Moses had 
made. For vnto that tyme had the children 
of Israel brent incese vnto it. And it was 
called Nehusthan. He put his trust in the 
LORDE God of Israel, so that after him 
there was not his like amoge all the kynges 
of Iuda nether had bene before him. He 
cleued vnto the LORDE, and departed not 
backe from him, and kepte his commaunde- 
mentes, which the LORDE had comaunded 
Moses. And the LORDE was with him. 
And whither so euer he wete forth, he behaued 
him selfe wysely. He resisted the kynge 
of Assiria, and was not subdued vnto him. 

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* He smote the Philistynes also vnto Gasa, and 
their borders, from the castels vnto the stronge 
cities. 

In the fourth yeare of Ezechias kynge of 
Iuda a (y was the seuenth yeare of Oseas the 
sonne of Ela kynge of Israel) came Salmanasar 
the kynge of Assiria vp agaynst Samaria, and 
layed sege vnto it, and wanne it after thre 
yeares in the sixte yeare of Ezechias, that is 
in the nyenth yeare of Oseas kynge of Israel, 
the was Samaria wonne. And the kynge of 
Assiria caried Israel awaye vnto Assiria, and 
set them at Halah and Habor by the water 
Gosan, and in the cities of the Meedes. And 
all because they herkened not vnto the voyce 
of the LORDE their God, and had trans- 
gressed his couenaunt: And as for all that 
Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had com- 
maunded the, they had nether herkened vnto 
eny of those, ner done them. 

In the fourteth yeare of kynge Ezechias 
dyd Sennacherib y kynge of Assiria * come vp 
agaynst all the stronge cities of Iuda, <j 
coquered the. Then sent Ezechias the kynge 
of Iuda to y kynge of Assiria vnto Lachis, 
sayenge : I haue offended, turne back fro me : 
loke what thou layest vnto me, I wil beare it. 
The the kynge of Assiria layed vnto Ezechias 
the kynge of Iuda, thre hundreth talentes of 
syluer, (j thirtie talentes of golde. t So Eze- 
chias gaue all y syluer y was foiide in y house 
of the LORDE, j in the treasures of y kynges 
house. At y same tyme brake Ezechias the 
kynge of Iuda the dores of the teple of y 
LORDE, & the plates of golde which he him 
selfe had caused to laye ouer the, (j gaue the 
vnto the kynge of Assiria. 

c And the kynge of Assiria sent Thartan, and 
the chefe chamberlayne, & the chefe butler 
from Lachis to kynge Ezechias with a greate 
power vnto Ierusalem. And they wete vp: 
and whan they came there, they stode styll at 
the condyte by the ouer pole, which lyeth in 
the waye vpo the fullers londe, and called vnto 
the kynge. The came there forth vnto them 
Eliachim the sonne of Helchias the stewarde, 
and Sobna the scrybe, (j Ioah the sonne of 
Assaph the Secretary. 

And the chefe butler sayde vnto the : Tell 
kynge Ezechias : Thus sayeth y greate kynge, 
eue the kynge of Assiria : What presumpcion 
is this y thou trustest vnto ? Thinkest thou, y 



thou hast yet councell and power to fighte ? 
Where vnto trustest thou then, that thou art 
fallen of fro me ? Beholde, puttest thou thy 
trust in this broken staffe of rede, in Egipte ? 
which who leaneth vpon, it shall go in to his 
hande, g pearse it thorow. Euen so is Pharao 
the kynge of Egipte vnto all them that put 
their trust in him. But yf ye wolde saye vnto 
me : We put oure trust in y LORDE oure 
God. Is not that he, whose hye places and 
altares Ezechias hath take downe, and sayde 
vnto Iuda and Ierusale : Before this altare 
which is at Ierusale, shal ye worshippe ? 

Make a multitude now therfore vnto my 
lorde the kynge of Assiria, and I wil geue y 
two thousande horses, let se yf thou be able 
to man them : how wilt thou then endure be 
fore the smallest prynce of my lordes subiectes? 
And trustest thou vnto Egipte because of the 
charettes and horsmen? But thinkest thou 
that I came vp hither without f LORDE to 
destroye these cities? The LORDE hath 
commaunded me : Go vp in to that londe and 
destroye it. 

Then sayde Eliachim the sonne of Helchia 
j Sobna and Ioah vnto the chefe butler: 
Speake to thy seruauntes in the Syrias lan- 
guage, for we vnderstonde it, and speake not 
vnto vs in the lewes speche before the eares 
of the people that are vpon the wall. Neuer- 
theles y chefe butler sayde vnto the : Hath 
my lorde then sent me vnto thy lorde, or to 
the, to speake these wordes ? Yee euen vnto 
the men, which syt vpon the wall, that they 
maye eate their owne donge and drynke their 
owne stale with you. So the chefe butler 
stode and cried with loude voyce in the lewes 
language, and spake and sayde: Heare the 
worde of the greate kynge the kynge of Assiria. 
Thus sayeth the kynge : Let not Ezechias 
disceaue you, for he is not able to delyuer you 
fro my hade : (j let not Ezechias make you to 
trust in the LORDE, sayenge : The LORDE 
shall delyuer vs, and this cite shal not be 
geuen in to the handes of f kynge of Assiria. 
Folowe not ye Ezechias, for thus sayeth the 
kynge of Assiria : 

Do me this blessynge, and come forth vnto 
me, so shal euery man eate of his vyne and of 
his fygge tre, and drynke of his well, tyll I 
come my selfe and fetch you in to a londe, 
which is like youre awne lode, wherin is corne, 

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wyne, bred, vynyardes, oyle trees, oyle and 
hony, so shal ye lyue, and not dye. Folowe 
not ye Ezechias, for he disceaueth you, when 
he sayeth: The LORDE shal delyuer 
* Haue the goddes of the Heythen delyuered 
euery one his londe from the hande of the 
kynge of Assiria ? Where are the goddes of 
Hemath and Arphad ? Where are the goddes 
of Sepharuaim Hena and Iua? Haue they 
delyuered Samaria fro my hande ? Where is 
there one god amonge the goddes of all londes. 
which hath delyuered his londe fro my hande': 
that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem 
fro my hande. 

As for the people, they helde their peace, 
and gaue him no answere : for the kynge had 
commaunded and sayde : Answere him no- 
things Then came Eliachim the sonne of 
Helchia y stewarde, and Sobna the scrybe 
and Ioah the sonne of Assaph the Secretary 
vnto Ezechias with rente clothes, and tolde 
him the wordes of the chefe butler. 

Cfce rtr. Chapter. 

WHAN Ezechias y kynge herde this, a he 
rente his clothes, g put on a sackcloth 
g wente in to f house of the LORDE, g sent 
Eliachim the stewarde g Sobna the Scrybe 
with the Eldest prestes, clothed in sack cloth, 
vnto the prophet Esay f sonne of Amos, g 
they saide vnto him : Thus sayeth Ezechias 
This is a daye of trouble, g of defiaunce g 
blasphemy. The childre are come to the 
byrth, g there is no strength to be delyuered 
of them. Yf happly the LORDE thy God 
wil heare all the wordes of y chefe butler, 
whom his lorde the kynge of Assiria hath 
sent, to blasphemie y lyuynge God, g to defye 
him with soch wordes as the LORDE thy 
God hath herde, therfore lifte thou vp thy 
prayer for the remnaunt, which are yet lefte 
behynde. 

And wha kynge Ezechias seruauntes came 
to Esay, Esay sayde vnto them : Speake thus 
vnto youre lorde : Thus sayeth the LORDE: 
Feare not thou the wordes y thou hast herde, 
wherwith the kynge of Assirias seruauntes 
haue blasphemed me. Beholde, I wil put 
him in another mynde, so y he shall heare 
tydinges, g go agayne in to his awne countre, 
t and in his awne londe wil I cause him to fall 
thorow the swerde. 

*Esa. lO.b. " Eze.37. a. t Esa.37. e. 2 Par. 32. d. 



And whan f chefe butlar came agayne, he 
founde the kynge of Assiria fightinge agaynst 
Libna : for he had herde that he was departed 
from Lachis. And he herde of Taracha the 
kynge of the Morians : Beholde, he is gone 
forth to fighte with the. Then turned he 
back, g sent messaungers to Ezechias, g caused 
to saye vnto him : Let not thy God disceaue 
the, on whom thou trustest g sayest: Ieru- 
salem shal not be geue in to the hade of the 
kynge of Assiria. Beholde, thou hast herde 
what the kynges of Assiria haue done vnto all 
londes, g how they daned them, g shalt thou 
be delyuered ? Haue f goddes of y Heithen 
delyuered the, whom my father destroyed, as 
Gosan, Haran, Reseph, g the childre of Eden 
which were at Thalassar ? Where is y kynge 
of Hemath, f kynge of Arphad, g y kinge of y 
cite Sepharuaim, Hena g Iua ? 

And whan Ezechias had receaued the letters 
of the messaungers and had red them, he 
wente vp vnto the house of the LORDE, 
and layed them abrode before the LORDE, 
g made his prayer before the LORDE, and 
sayde : O LORDE God of Israel, thou that 
syttest vpo the Cherubins, thou onely art God 
amonge all y kyngdomes of the earth, thou 
hast made heauen and earth. Enclyne thine 
eare O LORDE, and heare : open thine eyes, 
and beholde, and heare the wordes of Senna- 
cherib, which hath sent hither to blaspheme 
the lyuynge God. It is true (O LORDE) 
that the kynges of Assiria haue destroyed the 
Heythen and their londe with the swerde, and 
haue cast their goddes in the fyre : for they 
were not Goddes, but f worke of mes hondes, 
wodd and stone, therfore haue they destroyed 
them. But now O LORDE helpe thou vs 
out of his hande, that all the kyngdomes vpon 
earth maye knowe, that thou LORDE art 
God alone. 

Then sent Esay the sonne of Amos vnto 
Ezechias, sayenge: Thus sayeth the LORDE 
God of Israel : Where as thou hast made thy 
prayer vnto me concernynge Sennacherib y 
kynge of Assiria, I haue herde it. This is it 
that the LORDE hath spoken agaynst him : 
He hath despysed y and mocked the O virgin 
thou doughter Sion : he hath shake his heade 
at the O doughter Ierusalem. * Whom hast 
thou despysed g blasphemed? Ouer whom 
hast thou lifte vp thy voyce ? Eue agaynst y 

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holy one in Israel hast thou lifte vp thine 
eyes : thou hast blasphemed f LORDE by 
thy messaungers, and sayde: Thorow the 
multitude of my charettes haue I gone vp to 
the toppes of the mountaynes, vpon the sydes 
of Libanus. I haue hewen downe his hye 
Ceders and his chosen Pyne trees, and am 
come to the vttemost habitacion of the wod of 
Carmel that belongeth vnto it. I haue dygged 
and dronke vp the straunge waters, and with 
f soles of my fete haue I dryed vp the See. 

But hast thou not herde how that I haue 
done this longe agoo, and haue prepared it 
from the begynnynge ? Now haue I caused it 
for to come, that contencious stronge cities 
mighte fall in to a waist heape of stones, & 
they that dwell therin, shal be faynte, and 
fearfull and a shamed, *and shal be as the 
grasse vpon the felde, and as y grene herbe 
and hay vpon the house toppes, that wythereth 
afore it be growne vp. I knowe thy habita- 
cion, thy out and ingoynge, and that thou 
ragest agaynst me. For so moch then as thou 
ragest agaynst me, and seynge thy presump- 
cion is come vp to myne eares, therfore wyll 
I put a rynge in thy nose, and a brydle bytt 
in thy lippes, and wyll brynge the agayne, 
euen the same waye thou earnest. 

And let this be a token vnto the O Eze- 
chias. In this yeare eate y which is fallen, in 
the seconde yeare soch as groweth of it selfe : 
In y thirde yeare sowe and reape, and plante 
vynyardes, and eate the frute therof. And the 
doughter Iuda which is escaped & remayneth, 
shall from hence forth take rote beneth, and 
beare frute aboue. For the remnaunt shal 
go forth from lerusalem, 15 they y are escaped, 
shall go out fro mount Sion. The gelousy of the 
LORDE Zebaoth shall brynge this to passe. 

Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE con- 
cernynge y kynge of the Assyrians : He shall 
not come in to this cite, and shall shute no 
arowe therin, nether shal there come eny 
shylde before it, nether shall he dygge eny 
backe aboute it, but shal go agayne the waye 
that he came, and shall not come in to this 
cite, sayeth the LORDE: and I wyll defende 
this cite, to helpe it for myne awne sake, and 
for my seruaunt Dauids sake. 

And in the same nighte wente the angell of 
the LORDE, and smote in the hoost of the 
Assyrians, an hundreth and fyue and foure 

* Psal. 36. a. t Tobi. 1. (1. " 2 Par. 32. c. Esa.38. a. 



score thousande men. And whan they gatt 
them vp in the mornynge, beholde, all laye 
full of deed coarses. t So Sennacherib the 
kinge of Assyria brake vp, and departed, and 
returned, and abode at Niniue. And as he 
worshipped in f house of Nesrach his god, his 
awne sonnes Adramalech and Sarazer smote 
him with the swerde, and fled in to f londe of 
Ararat. And Asarhadon his sonne was kynge 
in his steade. 

€I)e rr. Chapter. 

AT that tyme was Ezechias deedsicke. 
"And the prophet Esay y sonne of Amos, 
came to him, & sayde vnto him : Thus sayeth 
f LORDE : Set thine house in ordre for thou 
shalt dye j not lyue. And he turned, his 
face to the wall, and prayed vnto f LORDE, 
and sayde : Remembre (O LORDE) that I 
haue walked faithfully before the, (j with a 
perfecte hert, and haue done y which is good 
in thy syghte. And Ezechias wepte sore. 
But whan Esay was not gone out of halfe the 
cite, y worde of y- LORDE came to him, j 
sayde : Turne back, 5 tell Ezechias f prynce 
of my people : Thus sayeth y LORDE God 
of thy father Dauid : I haue herde thy praier, 
5 considered thy teares. Beholde, I wil heale 
f : on the thirde daye shalt thou go in to f 
house of the LORDE, (j fiftene yeares wil I 
adde vnto thy life, j wyll delyuer the (j this 
cite from the kynge of Assyria, a this cite wil 
I defende for myne awne sake, and for my 
seruaut Dauids sake. And Esay sayde : Bringe 
hither a quantite of fygges. And whan they 
broughte them, they layed them vpon the sore, 
and it was healed. 

Ezechias sayde vnto Esay : Which is f 
token, that the LORDE wyll heale me, and 
that I shal go vp in to the house of y LORDE 
on the thirde daye ? Esay sayde : This token 
shalt thou haue of the LORDE, that the 
LORDE shal do acordynge as he hath sayde. 
Shall the shadowe go ten degrees forwarde, or 
shal it turne ten degrees backwarde ? Ezechias 
sayde : It is an easy thinge for the shadowe 
to go ten degrees downewarde, y is not my 
mynde : but that it go ten degrees back- 
warde. Then cryed the prophet Esay vnto 
the LORDE, t and the shadowe wente backe 
ten degrees in Achas Dyall, which he was 
descended afore. 

*At the same tyme Merodach Baladan the 

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sonne of Baladan kynge of Babilon, sent letters 
and presentes vnto Ezechias, for he had herde 
that Ezechias had bene sicke. And Ezechias 
reioysed with them, 5 shewed them all the 
house of rotes, the syluer, golde, spyces, and 
the best oyle, and the house of ordinaunce, 
and all that was founde in his treasures. There 
was nothinge in his house and in all his do- 
mynion, but Ezechias shewed it them. 

Then came Esay the prophet vnto kynge 
Ezechias, and sayde vnto him : What haue 
these men sayde ? and whence came they vnto 
the ? Ezechias sayde : They came to me out 
of a farre countre, euen from Babilon. He 
sayde : What haue they sene in thyne house ? 
Ezechias sayde : They haue sene all that is in 
my house, and there is nothynge in my trea- 
sures but I haue shewed it them. Then sayde 
Esay vnto Ezechias : Heare the worde of the 
LORDE: Beholde, # the tyme commeth, that 
it shall all be caryed awaye vnto Babilon, and 
whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layed vp vnto 
this daye, and there shall nothinge be lefte, 
sayeth the LORDE. t Yee and the children 
which come of the, whom thou shalt beget, 
shalbe taken awaye, to be chamberlaynes in 
the kynge of Babilons palace. Ezechias sayde 
vnto Esay : It is good that the LORDE hath 
spoken. And he sayde morouer : Let there 
be peace yet and faithfulnesse in my tyme. 

What more there is to saye of Ezechias, 
and all his power, and what he dyd, and of 
the pole and water condyte, wher by he con- 
ueyed water in to the cite, beholde, it is 
wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. 
t And Ezechias fell on slepe with his fathers, 
and Manasses his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Cfie rrf. Chapter. 

MANASSES was twolue yeare olde, whan 
he was made kinge, "and reigned fyue 
and fyftye yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers 
name was Hephziba. And he dyd that which 
was euell in f sight of the LORDE (euen 
after the abhominacios of the Heithen, whom 
the LORDE expelled before the children of 
Israel) and waxed frowarde, and builded vp 
the hye places which his father Ezechias had 
destroyed,* and sett vp Baals altares, and 
made groues (as Achab the kynge of Israel 
dyd) and worshipped all the hoost of heauen, 

* 4 Re. 24. c. and 25. b. Iere. 32. c. t Dan. 1. a. 

t 2 Par. 32. f. "2 Par. 33. a. 



and serued them. And buylded altares in 
the LORDES house, wherof the LORDE 
sayde: I wyll set my name at Ierusalem. 
And in both the courtes of the house of the 
LORDE buylded he altares vnto all the hoost 
of heaue. And § caused his sonne to go thorow 
the fyre, and regarded byrdescryenge and 
tokens, and maynteyned soythsayers, and ex- 
pounders of tokens, and so moch dyd he of 
this which was euell in the sight of the 
LORDE, that he prouoked him vnto wrath. 

A groue Idol also which he had made, set 
he in the house, wherof the LORDE sayde 
vnto Dauid and to Salomon his sonne: In 
this house, and at Ierusalem (II which I haue 
chosen out of all the trybes of Israel) wil I set 
my name for euer, and wyl not cause f fote 
of Israel to be remoued eny more from the 
londe, which I gaue vnto their fathers, yee so 
that they obserue and do acordynge vnto all 
that I haue charged them, and after all the 
lawe that my seruaunt Moses comaunded 
them. Neuertheles they wolde not herken, 
but Manasses disceaued them, so y they dyd 
worse then the Heithen, whom the LORDE 
expelled before y children of Israel. 

Then spake the LORDE by his seruauntes 
the prophetes, and saide : Because that Ma- 
nasse the kynge of Iuda hath gone these 
abhominacions, which are worse then all ;y- 
abhominacions that the Amorites haue done 
which were before them, and hath caused 
Iuda also to synne agaynst their God, therfore 
thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: 
IT Beholde, I wyll brynge soch a plage vpon 
Ierusalem and Iuda, that who so euer heareth 
it, both his eares shal glowe, and ouer Ieru- 
salem wyll I stretch forth the lyne of Samaria, 
and the weighte of the house of Achab, and 
wyll wype out Ierusalem, euen as one wypeth 
a platter, and I wyl ouerthrowe it. And y 
remnaunt of myne inheritaunce wil I cast 
out, d scater them abrode, $ wil delyuer them 
in to the hades of their enemies, to be spoyled 
and rent of all their enemies : because they 
haue done y which is euell in my sighte, <j 
haue prouoked me vnto wrath, sence the daye 
that I broughte their fathers out of Egipte, 
vnto this daye. Manasses also shed excead- 
inge moch innocet bloude, so longe tyll Ieru- 
sale was full on euery syde, without the synnes 



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wherwith he caused Iuda for to synne, so y 
they dyd that which was euell in the sighte of 
the LORDE. 

What more there is to saie of Manasses : 
and all that he dyd, and his synnes which he 
commytted, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cro- 
nicies of the kynges of Iuda. And Manasses 
fell on slepe with his fathers, and was buried 
in the garden besyde his house, namely, in the 
garden of Vsa, and Amon his sonne was kynge 
in his steade. 

"Two and twentye yeare olde was Amon 
whan he was made kynge, 5 he reigned two 
yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was 
Mesumeleth, f doughter of Harus of Iatba, 
and he dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE, 
as Manasses his father had done, and walked 
in all the waye which his father walked, and 
serued the Idols which his father had serued, 
and worshipped them, and forsoke the LORDE 
the God of his father, and walked not in the 
waye of the LORDE. 

And his seruauntes conspyred agaynst 
Amon, d slewe the kynge in his house. But 
the people of the londe slewe all them y had 
cospyred agaynst kynge Amon. And the 
people of the londe made Iosias his sonne 
kynge in his steade. As for other thinges that 
Amon dyd, beholde, they are wrytten in the 
Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And he was 
buried in his graue in Vsas garde. And 
Iosias his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Cije jrjrtj. Chapter. 

IOSIAS } was eight yeare olde wha he was 
made kynge, 5 reigned one and thirtie 
yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was 
Iedida the doughter of Adaia of Bascath, and 
he dyd that which was righte in y sighte of 
the LORDE, and walked in all f waye of 
Dauid his father, j turned not asyde, nether 
to the righte hande ner to the lefte. 

And in the eightenth yeare of kynge Iosias, 
the kynge sent Saphan y sonne of Asalia the 
sonne of Mesulam the scrybe, in to y house 
of the LORDE, and sayde : *Go vp to 
Helchias the hye prest, that the money that 
is brought vnto y house of y LORDE (which 
the tresholde kepers haue gathered of y peo- 
ple) maye be delyuered vnto them, that they 
maye geue it to the workmen which are ap- 
poynted in the house of the LORDE, j to 



geue it vnto the labourers in the house (y 
they maye repayre the decaye of the house) 
namely, vnto the carpenters, and buylders, g 
masons, and to them y bie timber (j fre stone 
for the repairinge of the house : but so y there 
be no accomptes taken of them concernynge 
the money, that is vnder their hande, but y 
they deale withall vpon credence. 

And Helchias f prest sayde vnto Sapha the 
scrybe : + 1 haue founde the boke of the lawe 
in the house of the LORDE. And Helchias 
gaue the boke vnto Saphan, that he might 
reade it. And Saphan the scrybe bare it 
vnto the kynge, and brought him worde agayne, 
5 sayde : Thy seruauntes haue gathered to- 
gether y- money y was founde in the house, ij 
haue delyuered it vnto the workme, which are 
appoynted in y house of the LORDE. And 
Saphan the scrybe tolde the kynge and say 
Helchias the prest hath delyuered me a boke, 
and Saphan red it before the kynge. 

But whan the kinge herde the wordes of 
the boke of lawe, he rente his clothes. And 
the kynge comaunded Helchias the prest, 5 
Ahicam the sonne of Saphan, 5 Achbor the 
sonne of Michaia, and Saphan the scribe 
Asaia y kynges seruaunt, and sayde : rf Go 
youre waye and axe councell at the LORDE 
for me, for the people, and for all Iuda, con 
cernynge the wordes of this boke that i 
founde : for greate is the wrath of the LORDE 
that is kyndled ouer vs, because oure fathers 
haue not herkened vnto the wordes of this 
boke, to do all that is wrytten vnto vs therin. 

Then wente Helchias the prest, and Ahi- 
cam, Achbor, Saphan 5 Asaia vnto Hulda 
the prophetisse y- wife of Sellu. the sonne of 
Thecua the sonne of Harham the keper of y 
clothes, and she dwelt at Ierusalem in the 
seconde porte, and they spake vnto her. And 
she sayde vnto them : Thus sayeth y LORDE 
God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you 
vnto me, Thus sayeth the LORDE: Be- 
holde, I wil brynge euell vpon this place, and 
the inhabiters therof, euen all the wordes of f 
lawe which the kynge hath caused to be red, 
because they haue forsaken me, and brent 
incense vnto other goddes, to prouoke me 
vnto wrath with all the workes of their handes. 
Therfore is my wrath kindled agaynst this 
cite, and shall not be quenched. 

But tell this vnto the kynge of Iuda, which 

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hath sent you to axe councell at the LORDE: 
Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: 
Because thine hert is not departed fro the 
wordes which thou hast herde, and hast hum- 
bled thyselfe before the LORDE, to heare 
what I haue spoken agaynst this place and the 
inhabiters therof (how that they shall become 
a very desolacion and curse) 5 hast rente thy 
clothes, and wepte before me, I haue herde 
it, sayeth the LORDE: *therfore wyll I gather 
the vnto thy fathers, so y thou shalt be put in 
to thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shall not 
se all the euell that I wyll brynge vpon this 
place. And they brought the kynge worde 
agayne. 

Cfje rrtij. Chapter. 

AND the kynge sent forth, and a all the 
Elders in Iuda and Ierusalem resorted 
vnto him, and the kynge wente vp in to the 
house of the LORDE, and all the men of 
Iuda, and all the inhabiters of Ierusalem with 
him, the prestes and prophetes and all the 
people both small and greate, tand all the 
wordes of the boke of the couenaunt that was 
founde in the house of the LORDE, were 
red in their eares. And the kinge stode vpon 
a piler, *and made a couenaiit before the 
LORDE, that they shulde walke after the 
LORDE, and to kepe his commaundementes, 
witnesses, and ordinaunces with all their hert 
and with all their soule, y they shulde set vp 
the wordes of this couenaunt, which are wryt- 
ten in this boke. And all the people entred 
in to the couenaunt. 

And the kynge c5maunded Helchias the 
hye prest, and the prestes of the secode course, 
and the kepers of the thresholde, y they shulde 
put out of the temple all the vessels which 
were made for Baal, and for the groue, and 
for all the hoost of heauen, g he brent them 
without Ierusalem in the valley of Cedron, and 
the dust of them was caryed vnto Bethel. 

And he put downe the tKemurims, who 
the kynges of Iuda had founded, to burne 
incense vpon the hye places, in the cities of 
Iuda, and aboute Ierusalem. He put downe 
also them that brent incense vnto Baal, to the 
Sonne, and the Mone, and the twolue tokens, 
and to all f hoost of heauen. And the groue 
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LORDE out of Ierusalem in to f valley of 
Cedron, and brent it in the valley of Cedron, 
and made it to dust, and cast the dust vpon 
the graues of f comen people. And he brake 
downe the whorekepers houses which were by 
the house of the LORDE, wherin the wemen 
made mansions for the groue. 

And he caused all the prestes for to come 
out of the cities of Iuda, and suspended y hye 
places, where the prestes brent incense, from 
Geba vnto Berseba. And brake downe the 
hye places in the portes, that were at y dore 
of the gate of Iosua y shreue of the cite, at 
the lefte hande as one goeth to the cite porte. 
Yet had not the prestes of the hye places 
offred vpon the altare of the LORDE at 
Ierusalem, but ate vnleuended bred amonge 
their brethren. 

He suspended § Tophet also in the valley of C 
the children of Ennon, that noman shulde 
cause his sonne or his doughter to go thorow 
y fyre vnto Moloch. And he put downe the 
horses, which y kynges of Iuda had set vnto 
the Sonne, at the intringe in to the house of 
the LORDE, besyde the chest of Netham 
Melech the chamberlayne which was at 
Paruarim, and the charettes of the Sonne 
brent he with fyre, and the altares vpon the 
rofe of Achabs perler, which the kynges of 
Iuda had made. And the altares II which 
Manasses had made in the two courtes of the 
house of the LORDE, dyd the kynge breake 
downe. And ranne from thence, and cast 
the dust of them in to the broke Cedron. 

And the hye places that were before Ieru- 
salem on the righte hande of Mount Mashith 
IT which Salomon the kynge of Israel had 
buylded vnto Astaroth the abhomynacion of 
Sidon, and to Camos the abhominacion of 
Moab, and to Malcom the abhominacion of 
the children of Ammon, those did the kynge 
suspende, and brake the pilers, and roted out 
the groues, and fylled their places with mens 
bones. 

And **the altare at Bethel, and the hye J3 
place that Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat made, 
which caused Israel to synne, the same altare 
brake he downe, and the hye place, g brent 
the hye place, and made it to dust, and 
brent vp the groue. And Iosias turned him 
aboute, and sawe the graues that were vpo the 



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mount, and caused the bones to be fetched 
out of the graues, and brent them vpo the 
altare, and suspended it, acordinge to the 
worde of the LORDE, * which the man of 
God cryed out, that tolde this before. 

And he sayde : What titell is this, that I se 
here ? And the men of the cite sayde vnto 
him : It is the graue of the man of God, which 
came from Iuda, and cried out this that thou 
hast done agaynst y altare of Bethel. And 
he sayde : Let him lye, no man touche his 
bones. Thus were his bones delyuered with 
the bones of the prophet that came from 
Samaria. 

He put awaye also all the houses of the hye 
places in the cities of Samaria (which the 
kynges of Israel had made to prouoke f 
LORDE vnto wrath) and dyd with them 
acordinge to all as he had done at Bethel. 
And all y prestes of the hye places that were 
there, offred he vp vpon the altares, and t so 
brent he mens bones theron, and came agayne 
to Ierusalem. 

"And the kynge commauded the people, 
and sayde : Kepe Easter vnto the LORDE 
youre God, t as it is wrytten in the boke of 
this couenaunt. For there was no Easter so 
kepte as this, sence the tyme of the Iudges 
which iudged Israel, and in all the tymes of 
the kynges of Israel, and of the kynges of 
Iuda : but in the eightenth yeare of kynge 
Iosias, was this Easter kepte vnto the LORDE 
at Ierusalem. 

And Iosias expelled all soythsayers, ex- 
pounders of tokes, ymages and Idols, and all 
the abhominacions which were sene in the 
londe of Iuda and at Ierusalem, that he 
mighte set vp the wordes of the lawe, which 
were wrytten in the boke, that Helchias y 
prest foude in the house of y LORDE. 

His like was no kynge before him, which so 
couerted vnto y LORDE with all his hert, 
with all his soule, 5 with all his strength, 
acordinge to all the lawe of Moses. And 
after him came there not vp soch another. 
Yet turned not the LORDE from the indig- 
nacion of his greate wrath, wherwith he was 
displeased ouer Iuda, because of all the 
prouocacion wherwith Manasses had prouoked 
him. And y LORDE sayde : § I wil put 
Iuda out of my presence also, euen as I haue 

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put awaye Israel : and this cite which I haue 
chosen, wyl I cast out, namely, Ierusalem, j 
the house wherof I sayde : My name shalbe 
there. What more there is to saye of Iosias, 
and all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in 
the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. 

*In his tyme wete Pharao Necho y kynge of 
Egipte vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria by 
the water Euphrates. But kynge Iosias wente 
agaynst him, and dyed at Megiddo, wha he 
had sene him. And his seruauntes caried him 
deed fro Megiddo, & brought him to Ierusale, 
d buryed him in his graue. And the people 
of the londe toke || Ioahas the sonne of Iosias, 
and anoynted him, and made him kynge in 
his fathers steade. 

Thre g twentye yeare olde was Ioahas wha 
he was made kynge, ij reigned thre monethes 
at Ierusale. His mothers name was Hamutal 
y doughter of Ieremia of Libna. And he 
dyd y which was euell in f sight of y LORDE, 
euen as his fathers had done. But Pharao 
Necho toke him presoner of Reblatha in the 
londe of Hemath, y he shulde not reigne at 
Ierusalem : j raysed a taxe vp5 the londe, an 
hundreth taletes of siluer, & one talente of 
golde. And Pharao Necho made Eliachim f 
sonne of Iosias kynge in his father Iosias 
steade, (j turned his name Ioachim. 1" But 
Ioahas toke he, (j brought him in to Egipte 
where he dyed. And Ioachim gaue the siluer 
tj golde vnto Pharao, yet taxed he the londe, y 
he might geue y- syluer acordynge to Pharaos 
comaundement. Euery one amonge the 
people in y londe taxed he after his abilite in 
siluer j golde, to geue it vnto Pharao. Fyue 
j twentye yeare olde was Ioachim whan he 
was made kynge, j reigned eleuen yeares at 
Ierusalem. His mothers name was Sebida y 
doughter of Pedaia of Ruma, j he dyd euell 
in the sight of the LORDE, euen as his 
fathers had done. 

Cfte rriiij. Chapter. 

IN his tyme came vp Nabuchodonosor y 
kynge of Babilon, (j Ioachim was in sub- 
ieccion vnto him iij. yeare. And he turned 
back, and rebelled agaynst him. And y 
LORDE sent men of warre vpon him out of 
Chaldea, out of Syria, out of Moab, j fro 
amonge the childre of Ammon, j caused the 



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for to come in to Iuda, to destroie it acordinge 
to the worde of the LORDE, which he spake 
by his seruauntes the prophetes. It fortuned 
eue so vnto Iuda, * acordynge to f worde of 
the LORDE, that he wolde put them awaye 
from his presence, because of f sinnes of 
Manasses which he dyd, & because of the 
innocent bloude that he shed. And he fylled 
Ierusalem with innocent bloude, therfore 
wolde not the LORDE be reconcyled. 

What more there is to saye of Ioachim, 
and all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in 
the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. And 
Ioachim fell on slepe with his fathers. And 
t Ioachim his sonne was kynge in his steade. 
And the kynge of Egipte came nomore out 
of his londe : for the kynge of Babilon had 
conquered all that was the kynge of Egiptes, 
from the ryuer of Egipte vnto f water 
Euphrates. Eightene yeare olde was Ioachim 
whan he was made kynge, and reigned thre 
monethes at Ierusale. His mothers name 
was Nebustha the doughter of Elnathan of 
Ierusalem. And he dyd euell in the sighte of 
the LORDE, euen as his father had done, 

At the same tyme wente the seruauntes of 
Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon vp to 
Ierusalem, and came vpon the cyte with 
ordinaunce of warre. And whan Nabuchodo- 
nosor and his seruauntes came to the cite they 
layed sege vnto it. But Ioachim y kynge of 
Iuda wente forth to the kynge of Babilon 
with his mother, with his seruauntes, with his 
rulers and chamberlaynes. And the kynge of 
Babilon receaued him in the eight yeare of 
his reigne. 

tAnd he toke forth fro thence all the treasure 
in the house of the LORDE, and in y kynges 
house, and brake all the golden vessell y 
Salomon the kynge of Israel had made in the 
house of the LORDE (acordynge as the 
LORDE had sayde) and caryed awaye all 
Ierusalem, all the rulers, all the mightie men, 
euen ten thousande presoners, and all the 
carpenters, and all the smithes, and lefte none 
behynde but the poore people of the londe. 

$And he caryed Ioachim awaye vnto Babi- 
lon, and the kynges mother, the kinges wyues, 
and his chamberlaynes : and f mightie men 
of the londe led he awaye presoners also from 
Ierusalem vnto Babilon, and seuen thousande 



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of the best men, and a thousande carpenters 
and smythes, and all the stronge men of warre. 
"And the kynge of Babilon made Matania his 
vncle kynge in his steade, and turned his name 
Sedechias. 

II One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias, 
whan he was made kynge, and reigned eleuen 
yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was 
Amithal the doughter of Ieremia of Libna, 
And he dyd euell in the sight of the LORDE. 
eue as Ioachim dyd : for thus fortuned it vnto 
Ierusale thorow the wrath of the LORDE, 
tyll he had cast them out fro his presence. 
And Sedechias fell awaye fro the kynge of 
Babilon. 

ftfte rrb. Chapter. 

AND it fortuned, that in f nyenth yeare 
of his reigne, *vpon the tenth daye of 
the tenth moneth, Nabuchodonosor the kynge 
of Babilon came with all his power agaynst 
Ierusalem. And they laied sege vnto it, and 
buylded stronge holdes rounde aboute it. 
Thus was the cite beseged vnto the eleuenth 
yeare of kynge Sedechias. But on y nyenth 
daye of the fourth moneth Vas the honger so 
stronge in the cite, that the people of the 
londe had nothinge to eate. And the cite 
was broken vp, & all the men of warre fled in 
the night by the waye of the porte betwene 
the two walles, which goeth to the kynges 
garde. But the Caldees laye aboute the cite. 
And he fled by the waye to the playne felde. 
Neuertheles the power of the Caldees folowed 
after the kynge, and toke him in the plaine 
felde of Iericho: and all the men of warre 
that were with him, were scatered abrode from 
him. And they toke the kynge, and led him 
vp to the kynge of Babilon vnto Reblatha. 
If And he gaue iudgmet vpon him. And they 
slewe Sedechias children before his eyes, and 
put out Sedechias eies, and bounde him with 
cheynes, and caryed him vnto Babilon. 

Vpon the seuenth daye of the fyfth moneth, 
that is the ninetenth yeare of Nabuchodonosor 
kynge of Babilon, came Nabusaradan the chefe 
captayne the kynge of Babilons seruaunt, vnto 
Ierusalem, and brent f house of the LORDE, 
and the kynges house, (j all the houses at Ieru- 
salem, and all the greate houses brent he with 
fyre. And all the power of the Caldees which 

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was with the chefe captayne, brake downe the 
walles rounde aboute Ierusalem. As for the 
other people that yet were lefte in the cite, 
and were falle vnto the kinge of Babilon, and 
the other comen people, Nabusaradan the 
chefe captayne caryed them awaye. And of 
the poorest people dyd the chefe captaine 
leaue in f londe to be wynegardeners and 
plowmen. 

But the brasen pilers in the house of the 
LORDE, and the seates, and the brasen lauer 
that was in the house of the LORDE, dyd f 
Caldees breake downe, and caried the metall 
vnto Babilon. And the pottes, shouels, flesh- 
okes, spones, 5 all y brasen vessell that was 
occupied in the seruyce, caried they awaye. 
And f chefe captayne toke awaye f censors 
and basens y were of golde and syluer, two 
pilers, one lauer, and the seates y Salomon 
had made for f house of the LORDE. The 
metall of all these ornamentes coulde not be 
weyed. *Eightene cubytes hye was one piler, 
and y knoppe theron was of brasse also, u thre 
cubytes hye : g the rope and the pomgranates 
vpon the knoppe rounde aboute, were all of 
brasse. After the same maner was the other 
piler also with the rope. 

And the chefe captayne toke Seraia the 
prest of the first course, (j Sophony the prest 
of the seconde course, and thre dorekepers, 
and one chamberlayne out of the cite, which 
was appoynted ouer f men of warre : and fyue 
men that were euer before the kynge, which 
were founde in the cite : and Sophar the cap- 
tayne, which taught the people of y londe to 
fighte : and thre score men of y people of the 
londe, that were founde in the cite : these dyd 
Nabusaradan f chefe captayne take, and 
broughte them to the kynge of Babilon vnto 
Reblatha. And the kynge of Babilon slewe 



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them at Reblatha in f londe of Hemath. 
Thus was Iuda caried awaye out of his awne 
londe. t But ouer the remnaunt of the peo- 
ple in the londe of Iuda, whom Nabuchodo- 
nosor the kynge of Babilon lefte behynde, he 
set Godolias f sonne of Ahicam f sonne of 
Saphan. Now wha all the captaynes of the 
soudyers, (t the men herde, that the kynge of 
Babilon had made Godolias gouernoure, they 
came to Godolias vnto tMispa, namely, Ismael 
f sonne of Nathanias, 5 Iohanna y sonne 
Carea, cj Seraia y sonne of Tanhometh the 
Netophatite, (j Iesanias y sonne of Maechati 
with their men. And Godolias sware vnto 
them a to their men, (j sayde vnto them : 
§ Feare not ye f officers of the Caldees, tary 
in the londe, j submytte youre selues vnto the 
kynge of Babilon, j ye shal prospere. II But 
in the seueth moneth came Ismael the sonne 
of Nathanias the sonne of Elisama (of the 
kynges kynred) and ten men with him, and 
slewe Godolias, and the Iewes and Caldees 
that were with him at Mispa. Then all the 
people gat them vp, both small and greate, 
and the captaynes of the hoost, and came in 
to Egipte, for they were afrayed of f Caldees. 
Howbeit in the seuen and thirtieth yeare 
after that Ioachim the kynge of Iuda was 
caried awaye on the seuen and twenty daye 
of the twolueth moneth, Euilmerodach the 
kynge of Babilon in the first yeare of his 
reigne, lifte vp the heade of Ioachim f kynge 
of Iuda out of preson, and spake louyngly 
vnto him, and set his trone aboue f trones of 
y kynges that were with him at Babilon, and 
chaunged the clothes of his captiuyte. And 
he ate allwaye before him as longe as he 
lyued. And he appoynted him his porcion, 
which was euer geue him daylie of the kynge, 
as longe as he lyued. 

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Chap. I. II. 


Chap. XIIII. 






A rehearsynge of the generacions. 


How the other trybes were called, and how they 
fetched awaye the Arke 






Chap. III. 








Of Dauid and his sonnes. 


Chap. XV. 
Hiram sendeth tymber vnto Dauid. Of Dauids 






Chap. IIII. 


wyues. He ouercommeth the Philistynes. 






A register of the children of Iuda. 


Chap. XVI. 






Chap. V. 
A register of the childre of Simeo. 


Dauid appoynteth the Leuites to beare the Arke. 






Chap. VI. 


Chap. XVII. 






A register of the Rubenites. 


The Arke is set in the Tabernacle, with sacrifice 
and thankesgeuynge. 






Chap. VII. 








A register of the children of Leui. 


Chap. XVIII. 
God forbyddeth Dauid to buylde the temple. 






Chap. VIII. 








Of the children of Isachar 5 Ben Iamin. 


Chap. XIX. 






Chap. IX. 


Dauid subdueth the enemies on euery syde. 






Of the trybe of Ben Iamin. 


Chap. XX. 






Chap. X. 


Hanun the kynge of Amon dealeth shamefully 






with Dauid seruaiites, that come to comforte 






The nombre of the Israelites, that were caried 


him. 






awaye vnto Babilon. 


Chap. XXI. 






Chap. XI. 


Of certaine batels which Dauid winneth with 






The battayll of the Philistynes agaynst Saul and 


worshipe. 






his sonnes. 


Chap. XXII. 






Chap. XII. 


Dauid nombreth the people, and displeaseth the 






How Dauid was anoynted kynge, and of his 


LORDE, which punysheth the people for his 






kyngdome. 


sake. 






Chap. XIII. 


Chap. XXIII. 






Of Dauids worthy men of warre, which came 


Dauid prepareth tymber and stone, golde (J 






vnto him out of all the trybes. 


syluer for the buyldinge of the teple. 













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Chap. XXIIII. XXV. 

Dauid in his age before his death, appoynteth 
the offices in the house of God. 

Chap. XXVI. 

The office of the children of Asaph, Heman, and 
Iedithun. 

Chap. XXVII. 
The office of the porters. 



Chap. XXVIII. 

The office of the captaynes amonge the trybes. 

Chap. XXIX. 

The wordes of Dauid to the captaynes, to the 
people and to Salomon. 

Chap. XXX. 
How Dauid talketh of buyldige the temple, and 
what the prynces geue ther to. 



Che first Chapter. 

A DAM, " Seth, Enos, Kenan, Mahalaleel, 
l\ Iared, Henoch, Mathusalah, Lamech, 
Noe, Sem, Ham j Iaphet. 

*The child re of Iaphet are these : Gomer, 
Magog, Madai, Iauan, Tubal, Mesech and 
Thiras. The children of Gomer are these : 
Ascenas, Riphat, Togarma. The children of 
Iauan are these : Elisa, Tharsisa, Chitim and 
Dodanim. 

The childre of Ham are these : Chus, Mis- 
raim, Phut j Canaan. The children of Chus 
are these : Seba, Heuila, Sabtha, Reyma (j 
Sabthecha. The childre of Reyma are these : 
Sheba & Dedan. Chus, begat Nemrod, y 
beganne to be mighty vpon earthe. Misraim 
begat Ludim, Enanim, Lehabim, Napthuhim, 
Pathrusim, and Casluhim : of whom came the 
Philistynes and Caphthorims. Canaan begat 
Sidon his first sonne: Heth, Iebusi, Amori, 
Girgosi, Heui, Arki, Sini, Aruadi, Zemari 
and Hemathi. 

The childre of Sem are these: Elam, 
Assur, Arphachsad, Lud, Aram, Vs, Hul, 
Gether (j Maseeh. Arphachsad begat Salah. 
Salah begat Eber. Vnto Eber there were 
borne two sonnes : the name of the one was 
Peleg, because that in his tyme the worlde 
was deuyded, and his brothers name was 
Iaketan. And Iaketa begat Almodad, Saleph, 
Hazarmaphet, Iarah, Hadora, Vsal, Dikela, 
Ebal, Abimael, Seba, Ophir, Heuila and 
Iobab. These all are the children of Iakethan. 

tSem, Arphachsad, Salah, Eber, Peleg, 
Regu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram, that is 
Abraham. The children of Abraham are 
these : Isaac and Ismael. This is their gene- 
racion : t The first sonne of Ismael : Nebaioth, 

"Gene. 5. a. * Gen. 10. a. t Gene. 11. b. } Gen. 25. b. 



Cedar, Abdeel, Mibsam, Misma, Duma, Masa, 
Hadad, Thema, Iethur, Naphis 5 Kedma. 
These are the children of Ismael. 

The children which Ketura Abrahams co- 
cubyne bare, are these: *Simram, Iaksan, 
Medan, Midian, Ieszbak and Suah. The 
children of Iaksan are these : Seba and Dedan. 
And the childre of Midian are : Epha, Epher, 
Henoch, Abida and Eldaa. All these are 
the childre of Ketura. Abraham begat Isaac. 
The children of Isaac are : Esau and Israel. 
§ The children of Esau are : Eliphas, Reguel, 
Ieus, Iaelam, Korah. The children of Eli- 
phas are, Theman, Omar, Zephi, Gaethan, 
Kenas, Thimna 5 Amalek. The children of 
Reguel are : Nahath, Serah, Samma and Misa. 

II The children of Seir are : Lothan, Sobal, 
Zibeon, Ana, Dison, Ezer, Disan. The 
children of Lothan are: Hori and Homan 
and Thimna was the sister of Lothan. The 
children of Sobal are: Aluan, Manahath, 
Ebal, Sephi, Onam. The children of Zibeon 
are : Aia and Ana. The childre of Ana, 
Dison. The children of Dison are : Hamran, 
Eszban, Iethran and Charan. The children 
of Ezer are : Bilhan, Seauan 5 Acan. The 
children of Disan are : Vz and Aran. 

These are the kynges which reigned in 
the lode of Edom, c or euer there reigned eny 
kynge amonge the children of Israel: Bela 
the sonne of Beor, and the name of his cite 
was Dinhaba. And whan Bela dyed, Iobab 
the sonne of Serah of Bosra was kynge in his 
steade. And whan Iobab dyed, Husam out 
of f londe of the Themanites was kynge in 
his steade. 

Whan Husam dyed, Hadad the sonne of 
Bedad (which smote the Madianites in the 
felde of y Moabites) was kynge in his steade, 



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5 the name of his cite was Auith. Whan 
Hadad dyed, Samla of Masrek was kynge in 
his steade. Whan Samla dyed, Saul of Re- 
hobeth by the water syde, was kynge in his 
steade. Whan Saul dyed, Baal Hauan the 
sonne of Achbor was kynge in his steade. 
Whan Baal Hauan dyed, Hadad was kynge 
in his steade, and the name of his cite was 
Pagi, g his wyues name was Mehetabeel the 
doughter of Matred, g doughter of Mesahab. 
But whan Hadad dyed, there were prynces 
at Edom : Prynce Thimnah, prynce Alua, 
prynce Ietheth, prynce Ahalibama, prynce 
Ela, prynce Pinon, prynce Kenas, prynce 
Theman, prynce Mibzar, prynce Magdiel, 
prynce Iram. These are the prynces of Edom. 

Cfie tj. Chapter 

THESE are the children of Israel : Ruben, 
Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Zabulon, 
Dan, Ioseph, Be Iamin, Nephtali, Gad and 
Aser. * The childre of Iuda : Er, Onan g 
Sela : these thre were borne vnto him of f 
doughter Sua y Cananitisse. Howbeit y first 
sonne of Iuda was wicked before y LORDE, 
g therfore he slewe him. But t Thamar his 
sonnes wife bare him Phares g Zarah, so y all 
f childre of Iuda were fyue. 

t The childre of Phares are, Hesrom and 
Hamuel. The childre of Zarah are, Simri, 
Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, Dara, which all are 
fyue in nombre. The childre of Charmi are, 
$ Achan, which troubled Israel, wha he synned 
in the thinge that was damned. The children 
of Ethan : Asaria. 

The children which were borne vnto Hes- 
rom, are : Raia, Thalubai. II Ram begat 
Aminadab. Aminadab begat Naasson the 
prynce of the children of Iuda. Naasson be- 
gat Salmon. Salmon begat Boos. Boos begat 
Obed. Obed begat Isai. f Isai begat Eliab 
his first sonne, Abinadab the seconde, Samma 
the thirde, Nathanael the fourth, Raddai y 
fifth, Ozem ysixte, Dauid y vij. And their 
sisters were Zeruia g Abigail. 

The childre of Zeruia are these thre : Abi- 
sai, Ioab g Asahel. Abigail begat Amasa. 
** The father of Amasa was Iether an Is- 
maelite. 

Caleb the sonne of Hesrom begat Asuba y 
woman, g Ierigoth. And these are the same 



|| Matt. 1. 



t Matt. 1. a. t Ruth 4. d. § Iosu. 
). H" 1 Re. 16. b. ** 2 Re. 17. e. 



womans childre : Ieser, Sobab, and Ardon. 
But wha Asuba dyed, Caleb toke Ephrat, 
which bare him Hur. tt Hur begat Vri. "Vri 
begat Bezaleel. 

Afterwarde laye Hesrom with f doughter 
of Machir the father of Gilead, g he toke her 
wha he was thre score yeare olde, and she 
bare him Segub. Segub begat lair, which 
had thre g twentye cities in the londe of 
Gilead. And he toke out of the same Iesur 
and Aram the townes of lair, and Kenath 
with the vyllages therof, thre score cities. All 
these are the children of Machir y father of 
Gilead. After f death of Hesrom in Caleb 
Ephrata, lefte Hesrom his wife vnto Abia 
which (wife) bare him tt Ashur y father of 
Thecoa. 

Ierahmeel the first sonne of Hesrom had 
children: the first Ram, Buna, Oren and 
Ozem and Ahia. And Ierahmeel had yet 
another wife, whose name was Athara, she is 
y mother of Onam. The childre of Ram the 
first sonne of Ierahmeel are, Maaz, Iamin 
and Eker. 

Onam had children : Samai and Iada. The 
children of Samai are, Nadab g Abisur. Abi- 
surs wife was called Abihail, which bare him 
Ahban and Molid. The childre of Nadab 
are, Seled and Appaim. And Seled dyed 
without children. The children of Appaim : 
Iesei. The children of Iesei : Sesan. The 
childre of Sesan : Ahelai. The childre of 
Iada y brother of Samai are, Iether g Iona- 
than. But Iether dyed without childre. The 
children of Ionathan are, Peleth and Sasa : 
These are the children of Ierahmeel. As for 
Sesan, he had no sones, but a doughter. And 
Sesan had a seruaut an Egipcian, whose name 
was Iatha. And Sesan gaue his doughter 
vnto Iatha his seruaut to wife, which bare him 
Athai. Athai begat Nathan. Nathan begat 
Sabad. Sabad begat Ephal. Ephal begat 
Obed. Obed begat Iehu. Iehu begat Asaria. 
Asaria begat Halez. Halez begat Elleasa. 
Elleasa begat Sissemai. Sissemai begat Sal- 
lum. Sallum begat Iekamia. Iekamia begat 
Elisama. 

The children of Caleb the brother of Ie- 
rahmeel are, Mesa his first sonne, which is 
the father of §§ Siph, and of the children of 
Maresa the father of Hebron. 



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The children of Hebron are, Corah, Tha- 
puah, Rekem, 5 Sama. Sama begat Raham 
f father of Iarkaam. Rekem begat Samai. 
The sonne of Samai was called Maon, 5 Maon 
was f father of Bethzur. 

Epha Calebs concubyne bare Haram, Mosa 
& Gases. Haram begat Gases. The childre 
of Iahdai are, Rekem, Iotham, Gesan, Pelet, 
Epha and Saaph. Maecha Calebs concubyne 
bare Seber and Thirhena. And she bare Saaph 
also f father of Madmanna, and Scheua the 
father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea. 
But * Achsa was Calebs doughter. 

These were the children of Caleb : Hur f 
first sonne of Ephrata, Sobal the father of 
Kiriath Iearim, Salma f father of Bethleem, 
Hareph y father of Beth Sader. And Sobal 
the father of Kiriath Iearim had sonnes, 
namely the halfe kynred of Manuhoth. 

The kynreds at Kiriath Iearim were y 
Iethites, Puthites, Sumathites & Misraites. 
From these came forth the Zaregathites (j 
Esthaolites. The children of Salma are Beth- 
leem 1 the Netophathites the crowne of the 
house of Ioab, and the halfe of the Manahites 
of the Zareite. And y kynreds of the scrybes 
which dwelt at Iabes, are f Thireathites, 
Simeathites, Suchothites, t these are the Ke- 
nites, y came of Hamath the father of Beth 
Rechab. 

Ci>e itj. Chapter. 
npHESE are the childre of Dauid, "which 
were borne vnto him in Hebron. The 
first sonne, Amnon of Ahinoam the Iesrael- 
itisse : the seconde, Daniel of Abigail the 
Carmelitisse : the thirde, Absalom f sonne of 
Maecha f doughter of Thalmai kynge of 
Gesur : the fourth, Adonias the sonne of Ha- 
gith: the fifth, Saphathia of Abital : the sixte, 
Iethream of his wife Egla. These sixe were 
borne vnto him at Hebron, for he reigned 
there vij. yeare 5 sixe monethes. But at 
Ierusale reigned he thre 5 thirtie yeare. 

* And these were borne vnto him at Ierusa- 
lem: Simea, Sobab, Nathan, t Salomo: these 
foure of Bethseba f doughter of Ammiel. 
And Iebear, Elisama, Eliphalet, Noga, Ne- 
pheg, Iapia, Elisama, Eliada, Eliphelet, these 
nyne. These all are f children of Dauid, 
besyde those y were the childre of y cocu- 
bynes. $ And Thamar was their sister. 



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2 Reg. 5. c. t 2 Re. 12. c. 



2 Reg. 3. a. 
2 Re. 13. a. 



Salomons sonne was Roboam, c whose sonne 
was Abia, whose sonne was Asa, who sonne 
was Iosaphat, whose sonne was Ioram, whose 
sonne was Ahasia, whose sonne was Ioas : 
whose sonne was Amasias, whose sonne was 
Asaria, whose sonne was Iotham, whose sonne 
was Achas, whose sonne was Ezechias, whose 
sonne was Manasses, whose sonne was Amon. 
whose sonne was Iosias. The sonnes of Iosias 
were: y first, Iohanna : the seconde, Ioachim: 
the thirde, Sedechias: the fourth, Sallum. 
The childre of Ioachim were, Iechonias, whose 
sonne was Sedechias. 

The childre of Iechonias which were take 
presoners, were II Selathiel, Malchiram, Pha- 
daia, Semeazar, Iekamia, Hosanna, Nedabia. 
The childre of Phadaia were: Zorobabel g 
Simei. The childre of Zorobabel were : Me- 
sullam & Hanania, j their sister Selomith, and 
Hasuba, Ohel, Barachias, Hasadia, Iusab 
Hases, these fyue. The children of Hanania 
were : Platia 5 Iesaia, whose sonne was Re- 
phaia, whose sonne was Arnan, whose sonne 
was Obedia, whose sonne was Sachania. The 
children of Sachania were : Semaia. The 
children of Semaia were : Hatus, Iegeal, Ba- 
riah, Nearia, Saphat 5 Sesa, these sixe. The 
children of Nearia were: Elioenai, Ezechias 
(t Asrika, these thre. The childre of Elioenai 
were : Hodaia, Eliasib, Platia, Akub, Iohanna, 
Delaia and Anani, these seuen. 

€f)e tttj. Chapter. 

THE children of Iuda rf were: Phares, 
Hesrom, Charmi, Hur a Sobal. Re- 
hoia the sonne of Sobal begat Iahath. Iahath 
begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the 
kynreds of the Zaregathites, Elle f father of 
Etha, Iesreel, Iesma, Iedbas and their sister 
was called Hazelelponi: and Penuel the father 
of Gedor, & Eser the father of Husa. These 
are the children of Hur the first sonne of 
Ephrata y father of Bethleem. 

1T Ashur f father of Thecoa had two wyues, 
Hellea & Naera: and Naera bare Ahusam, 
Hepher, Thennu, 5 Ahastari : these are the 
childre of Naera. The childre of Hellea 
were: Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan. Chos 
begat Anub and Hazobeba, and the kynred 
of Aharhel the sonne of Harum. Iaebes was 
more honorable then his brethre, and his 

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mother called him Iaebes, for she sayde : I 
haue borne him with trouble. 

And Iaebes called vpon the God of Israel, 
g sayde : * Yf thou wilt blesse me, and in- 
crease the borders of my londe, & yf thy hande 
be with me, g thou delyuer me from euell, y 
it trouble me not. And God caused it for to 
come that he axed. 

Chalub the brother of Suah begat Mehir : 
he is the father of Esthon. Esthon begat 
Bethrapha, Passeah, and Thehinna f father 
of the cite of Nahas : these are the men of 
Recha. The children of Kenas were : Ath- 
niel and Saraia. The childre of Athniel were, 
Hathath. 

And Meonothai begat Aphra. And Saraia 
begat Ioab the father of Geharasim : for they 
were carpenters. The childre of Caleb the 
sonne of Iephune were: Iru, Ela g Naam. 
The children of Ela were : Kenas. The 
children of Iehaleleel were : Siph, Sipha, 
Thiria, g Asarieel. The childre of Esra were : 
Iether, Mered, Epher g Ialon, g Thahar with 
Miriam, Samai, Ieszbah the father of Esthe- 
moa, g his wife Iudi la bare Iered the father 
of Geder, Heber the father of Socho, Ieku- 
thiel f father of Sanoah: these are the 
children of Bithia the doughter of Pharao, 
which Mared toke. 

The childre of the wife Hodia the sister of 
Naham y father of Regila, were, Hagarmi g 
Esthomoa the Maechathite. 

The children of Simon were : Amnon, 
Rimna g Benhanan, Thiflon. The children 
of Iesei were : Soheth, and Ben Soheth. 

The childre of Sela y sonne of Iuda were : 
Er, y father of Lecha. Laeda the father of 
Maresa, g the kynred of f lynnenweuers 
y- house of Aszbea: g Iokim, g the men of 
Cosebo, Ioas g Seraph, which were hous- 
holders in Moab, and dwelt at Lahem and 
Hadebarim Athikim. These were potmakers, 
and dwelt amoge plantes and hedges, besyde 
the kynge in his busynes, and came g dwelt 
there. 

Cftj b. Chapter. 

THE children of Simeon 2 were Nemuel 
Iamin, Iarib, Serah, Saul : whose sonne 
was Sallum, whose sonne was Mipsam, whose 
sone was Misma. The childre of Misma 
were, Hamuel, whose sonne was Sachur, whose 



sonne was Simei. Simei had sixtene sonnes 
and sixe doughters, and his brethren had not 
many childre. And all their kynred multi- 
plied not as the children of Iuda. But Uhey 
dwelt at Berseba, Molada, Hazar Sual, Bilha, 
Ezem, Tholad, Bethuel, Harma, Ziclag, Beth 
Marchaboth, Hazarsussim, Beth Birei, and 
Saraim : these were their cities vntyll y tyme 
of kynge Dauid. And their townes, Etam, 
Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, Asan, these fyue 
cities, g all the vyllages that were aboute these 
cities, vntyll Baal, this is their habitacion and 
their kynred amonge them. 

And Mesobab, Iamlech, Iosa the sonne of 
Amasia, Ioel, Iehu the sonne of Ieschibia, 
the sonne of Seraia, the sonne of Asiel, 
Elioenai, Iaecoba, Iesohaia, Asaia, Adiel, 
Ismael and Benaia. Sisa the sonne of Siphei, 
y sonne of Alon, the sonne of Iedaia, the 
sonne of Simri, the sonne of Semaia. These 
were famous prynces in their kynreds of the 
house of their fathers, and multiplied in 
nombre. 

And they wente forth, that they might come 
vnto Gedor to the east syde of the valley, to 
seke pasture for their shepe. And founde fat 
and good pasture, and a londe large on both 
the sydes, quyete and riche : for they of Ham 
dwelt there afore tyme. 

And these that are now descrybed by name, 
came in the tyme of Ezechias the kynge of 
Iuda, and smote the tentes and dwellinges of 
those that were founde there, and damned 
them vnto this daye, and dwelt in their steade, 
for there had they pasture for their shepe. 

There wente of them also (of the children 
of Simeon) fyue hundreth men vnto mount 
Seir, with their rulers: Platia, Nearia, Re- 
phaia and Vsiel, the children of Iesei, and 
smote the remnaunt of the Amalechites (which 
were escaped) and dwelt there vnto this daye, 

€ty bi. Cljapto. 

THE children of Ruben the first sonne of 
Israel : for he was the first sonne, but 
$ because he defyled his fathers bed, therfore 
was his first byrthrighte geuen vnto the children 
of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, g he was not 
rekened to y first byrthrighte : for vnto Iuda 
which was mightie amonge his brethren, was 
geuen the pryncipalite before him, and the 
first byrthrighte vnto Ioseph. The children 

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now of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are 
these : Hanoch, Pallu, Hesron and Charmi. 

The children of Iohel were, Semaia, whose 
sonne was Gog, whose sonne was Semei, whose 
sonne was Micha, whose sonne was Reaia, 
whose sonne was Baal, whose sonne was Beera, 
whom Teglatphalasser the kynge of Assiria 
caried awaye presoner. He was a prynce 
amonge the Rubenites. But his brethren 
amonge his kynreds (wha they were rekened 
amonge their generation) had Ieiel and 
Sacharia to their heades. 

And Bela the sonne of Asan the sonne of 
Sema, the sonne of Ioel, t dwelt at Aroer, 
and vntyll Nebo & Baal Meon. And dwelt 
towarde y East, as one cometh to the wyl- 
dernes by f water Euphrates : t for their catell 
were many in the londe of Gilead. 

And in f tyme of Saul they foughte agaynst 
y Agarites, which fell thorow their hande, and 
they dwelt in their tentes towarde all the East 
parte of Gilead. 

But the children of Gad dwelt ouer agaynst 
them in y countre of Basan, vntyll Salcha. 
Ioel the chefest, and Sapham the secode, 
Iaenai and Saphat at Basan. And their 
brethren of the house of their fathers were, 
Michael, Mesullam, Seba, Iorai, Iaecan, Sia 
and Eber, these seuen. 

These are the children of Abihail the sonne 
of Huri, the sonne of Iaroah, the sonne of 
Gilead, the sonne of Michael, the sonne of 
Iesisai, y sonne of Iahdo, the sonne of Bus. 
Ahi the sonne of Abdiel, the sonne of Guni 
was a ruler in f house of their fathers, and 
they dwelt at Gilead in Basan, and in f vyl- 
lages therof, and in all the suburbes of Saron, 
vnto the vttemost partes therof. All these 
were rekened in the tyme of Iotham the kynge 
of Iuda, and of Ieroboam the kynge of Israel. 

The children of Ruben, the Gaddites d the 
halfe trybe of Manasses (of soch as were 
fightinge men, which wayre shylde 5 swerde, 
and coulde bende the bowe, and were men of 
armes) were foure and fortye thousande and 
seuen hundreth and thre score, that wente 
forth to f warre. And whan they foughte 
agaynst f Agarites, Ietur, Naphes and Nodab 
helped them, and delyuered y Agarites in to 
their handes, and all that was with them : for 
they cried vnto God in f batayll. And he 



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herde them, because they put their trust in 
him. And they caried awaie their catell, 
fyue thousande Camels, two hundreth 5 fyftie 
thousande shepe, two thousande Asses, and an 
hiidreth thousande soules of men. For there 
were many wounded, for why? the battayll 
was of God. And they dwelt in their steade, 
vntyll the tyme that they were caried awaye 
presoners. 

The childre of the halfe trybe of Manasses 
dwelt in y londe § from Basan forth vntyll 
Baal Hermon 5 Seuir, and mount Hermon : 
for they were many. And these were f 
heades of the house of their fathers, Epher, 
Iesei, Eliel, Asriel, Ieremia, Hodaneia, Iahdiel, 
mightie valeaunt men, 5 awncient heades in 
the house of their fathers. 

II And wha they synned agaynst f God of 
their fathers, and wente awhorynge after the 
goddes of the people of the londe, (whom God 
had destroyed before them) the God of Israel 
stered vp the sprete of Phul the kynge of 
Assiria, and the sprete of Teglatphalassar the 
kynge of Assiria, and led awaye the Rubenites, 
Gaddites, and y halfe trybe of Manasses, and 
broughte the vnto Halah, and Habor, and 
Hara, and to the water of Gosan vnto this 
daye. 

Cfie bij. Chapter. 

THE children of Leui were," Gerson, 
Kahath and Merari. The childre of 
Kahath were, Amram, Iezeher, Hebron and 
Vsiel. The children of Amram were, Aaron, 
Moses and Miriam. The children of Aaro 
were, Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar and Ithamar. 
Eleasar begat Phineas. Phineas begat Abisua. 
Abisua begat Buki. Buki begat Vsi. Vsi 
begat Serahia. Serahia begat Meraioth. Me- 
raioth begat Amaria. Amaria begat Achitob. 
Achitob begat Sadoc. Sadoc begat Ahimaas. 
Ahimaas begat Asaria. Asaria begat Iohanan. 
Iohana begat If Asaria: for he was prest in 
the house y Salomon buylded at Ierusalem. 
Asaria begat Amaria. Amaria begat Acihtob. 
Achitob begat Zadock. Zadock begat Sallum. 
Sallum begat **Helchias. Helchias begat 
Asaria. Asaria begat ttSeraia. Seraia begat 
Iosedec. But Iosedec was caried awaie wha 
the LORDE caused Iuda & Ierusale to be led 
awaye captyue by Nabuchodonosor. 

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The children of Leui are these: Gerson 
Kahath and Merari. These are the names 
of the children of Gerson : Libni and Semei. 
The names of the childre of Kahat are these : 
Amram, Iezohar, Hebron and Vsiel. The 
names of the children of Merari are : Maheli 
and Musi. These are the kynreds of the 
Leuites amonge their housholdes. 

Gersons sonne was Libni, whose sonne was 
Iahath, whose sonne was Sima, whose sonne 
was Ioah, whose sonne was Iddo, whose sonne 
was Serah, whose sonne was Ieathrai. Kahats 
sonne was Aminadab, whose sonne was Corah, 
whose sonne was Assir, whose sonne was 
Elcana, whose sonne was Abiasaph, whose 
sonne was Assir, whose sonne was Thahath, 
whose sonne was Vriel, whose sonne was Vsia, 
whose sonne was Saul. 

The childre of Elkana were, Amasai g 
Ahimoth, whose sonne was Elkana, whose 
sonne was Elkana of Zuph, whose sonne was 
Nahath, whose sonne was Eliab, whose sonne 
was Ieroham, whose sonne was Elkana, whose 
sonne was Samuel. Whose first borne sonnes 
were Seni and Abija. 

Meraris sonne was Maheli, whose sonne 
was Libni, whose sonne was Simei, whose 
sonne was Vsa, whose sone was Simea, whose 
sone was Haggia, whose sdne was Asaia. 

These are they whom Dauid appoynted to 
synge in the house of the LORDE, where the 
Arke rested, g they mynistred before the 
habitacion of the Tabernacle of witnes with 
synginge, vntyll Salomon had buylded the 
house of the LORDE at Ierusalem, and they 
stode after their maner in their office. And 
these are they y stode g their children. Of y 
children of Kahath was Heman y synger, the 
sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Samuel, the sonne 
of Elkana, the sonne of Ieroham, y sonne of 
Eliel, the sonne of Thoah, the sonne of Zuph, 
the sonne of Elkana, the sonne of Mahath, 
the sonne of Amasai, the sonne of Elkana, 
the sonne of Iohel, the sonne of Asaria, the 
sonne of Sophonias, the sonne of Thahath, 
the sonne of Assir, the sonne of Abijasaph, 
the sonne of Corah, the sonne of Iezehar, the 
sonne of Kahath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne 
of Israel. 

And his brother Assaph stode at his righte 
hande, and Assaph was the sonne of Barachia, 
the sonne of Simea, the sonne of Michael, y 
sonne of Maeseia, the sonne of Malchija, the 



sonne of Athin, y sonne of Serah, the sonne 
of Adaia, the sonne of Ethan, the sonne of 
Sima, the sonne of Simei, the sonne of Iahath, 
the sonne of Gerson, the sonne of Leui. 

Their brethren the childre of Merari, stode 
on the lefte hande, namely, Ethan the sonne 
of Kusi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of 
Malluch, the sonne of Hasabia, the sonne of 
Amazia, the sonne of Helchia, y sonne of 
Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Samer, 
the sonne of Maheli, the sonne of Musi, the 
sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui. 

As for their brethre the Leuites, they were 
geuen to all the offices in the habitacion of 
the house of the LORDE : but the office of 
Aaron and his sonnes was to kyndle the fyre 
vpon the altare of burntofferynges, and vpon 
the altare of incense, and to all the busynes 
in the most holy, and to make attonement for 
the people, acordinge as Moses y seruaunt of 
God commaunded. 

These are the children of Aaron : Eleasar 
his sonne, whose sonne was Phineas, whose 
sonne was Abisua, whose sonne was Buki, 
whose sonne was Vsi, whose sonne was Serahia, 
whose sonne was Meraioth, whose sonne was 
Amaria, whose sonne was Achitob, whose sonne 
was Sadoc, whose sonne was Ahimaas. 

And this is their habitacion and rowme in 
their borders, namely of Aarons children of 
the kynred of y Kahathites : for this lot fell 
vnto them. * And they gaue the Hebron in 
the londe of Iuda, g the suburbes of the same 
rounde aboute. But the felde of y cite g the 
vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne 
of Iephune. Thus gaue they vnto the children 
of Aaron these fre cities, Hebron g Libna with 
their suburbes, lather, g Esthemoa, Hilen, 
Debir, Asan and Bethsemes, with their sub- 
urbes. And out of the trybe of Ben Iamin, 
Geba, Alemeth and Anathot with their sub- 
urbes, so y all the cities in their kinred were 
thirtene. The other childre of Kahath of their 
kynred, had out of y halfe trybe of Manasses, 
ten cities by lot. The children of Gerson of 
their kynred, had out of y trybe of Isachar, g 
out of the trybe of Asser, g out of the trybe of 
Nephtali, g out of the trybe of Manasses i 
Basan, thirtene cities. The childre of Mera 
of their kynred, had by lot out of the trybe of 
Ruben, g out of the trybe of Gad, and out of 
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And vnto f Leuites gaue the childre of 
Israel cities with their suburbes, namely by 
lot, out the trybe of the children of Iuda, g 
out of the trybe of the childre of Simeon, 5 
out of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin, 
euen those cities, which they appoynted by 
name. * But the kynreds of the children of 
Kahath had the cities of their borders out of 
the trybe of Ephraim. 

So gaue they now vnto the (namely vnto 
the kynred of the children of Kahath) y fre 
cities, Sichem vpon mount Ephraim, Geser, 
Iakmeam, Bethoron, Aialon, and Gath Rimon 
with their suburbes. And out of y halfe trybe 
of Manasses, Aner and Bileam with their 
suburbes. But vnto the children of Gerson 
they gaue out of the kynred of the halfe trybe 
of Manasses, Gola in Basan and Astharoth 
with their suburbes. Out of the trybe of 
Isachar, Kedes, Dabrath Ramoth, and Anem 
with their suburbes. Out of the trybe of Asser, 
Masai, Abdo, Hukoh and Sehob, with their 
suburbes. Out of the trybe of Nephtali, 
Kedes in Galile, Hamon and Kiriathaim with 
their suburbes. Vnto the other children of 
Merari gaue they out of the trybe of Zabulon, 
Rimano and Thabor with their suburbes. And 
beyode Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho east- 
warde besyde Iordane out of the trybe of 
Ruben, Bezer in the wildernes, Iahza, Kede- 
moth and Mepaath with their suburbes. Out 
of the trybe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, 
Mahanaim, Heszbon and Iaeser with their 
suburbes. 

%\)t bitj. Chapter. 

THE children of Isachar were, Thola, 
Pua, Iasub and Simrom, these foure. 
The children of Thola were, Vsi, Rephaia, 
Ieriel, Iahemai and Iebsam and Samuel, 
heades in the house of their fathers of Thola, 
d mightie men in their kynred, tin nombre in 
the tyme of Dauid, two and twentye thousande 
and sixe hundreth. The children of Vsi were, 
Iesrahia. The children of Iesrahia were, 
Michael, and Obedia, Ioel and Iesia: all 
these fyue were heades. And with them 
amonge their kynred in the house of their 
fathers there were ready harnessed men of 
warre to the battayll, sixe and thirtie thou- 
sande : for they had many wiues and children 
And the mightie men of their brethren in al 

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the kynreds of Isachar, were seue and foure 
score thousande, and were all nombred. 

The children of Ben Iamin, were, Bela, 
Becher, and Iedieel, these thre. The children 
of Bela, were, Ezbon, Vsi, Vsiel, Ieremoth g 
Iri, these fyue, heades in f house of their 
fathers, mightie men : and were nombred two 
(j twentie thousande and foure and thyrtie. 

The childre of Becher were, Semira, Ioas 
Elieser, Elioenai, Amri, Ieremoth, Abia, 
Anathot 5 Alameh, all these were the children 
of Becher, and were rekened in their kinreds 
after the heades in the house of their fathers, 
valeaunt men, twentie thousande, and two 
hundreth. The children of Iedieel were 
Bilhan. The childre of Bilhan were, Ieus, 
Ben Iamin, Ehud, Cnaena, Sethan, Tharsis 
and Ahisahar, all these were the children of 
Iedieel, heades of the fathers, valeaunt men, 
euen seuentene thousande, which wente forth 
to the warre for to fighte. And Supim and 
Hupim were the childre of Ir. But Husim 
were the children of Aher. 

The children of Nephtali were: Iahziel, 
Guni, Iezer and Sallum, ithe children of 
Bilha. 

The children of Manasses are these : Esriel, 
whom his concubyne Aramiel dyd beare. 
§But (first) begat he Machir the father of 
Gilead. And Machir gaue wyues vnto Hupim 
d Supim, 5 their sisters name was Maecha. 
His secode sonnes name was Zelaphehad. II And 
Zelaphehad had doughters. And Maecha y 
wife of Machir bare a sonne whose name was 
Phares, j his brothers name was Sares, and 
his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem. Vlams 
sonne was Bedam. These are the children 
of Gilead y sonne of Machir the sonne of 
Manasses. And his sister Molecheth bare 
Ishud, Abieser and Mahela. And Semida 
had these children: Ahean, Sichem, Likhi 
and Aniam. 

The children of Ephraim were these : Su- 
thelah, whose sonne was Bered, whose sonne 
was Thahath, whose sonne was Eleada, whose 
sonne was Thahath, whose sonne was Sabad, 
whose sonne was Suthelah, whose sonne was 
Eser and Elead. And the men of Gath, that 
dwelt in the londe, slewe them, because they 
were gone downe to take their catell. And 
their father Ephraim mourned for them a longe 
season, and his brethren came to comforte him. 

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And he wente in to his wife, which con- 
ceaued, and bare a sonne, whom he called 
Bria, because of the aduersite that was in his 
house. His doughter was Seera, which builded 
the lower and vpper Bethoron, (j Vsen Serea. 
Whose sonne was Rephad j Reseph, whose 
sonne was Thelah, whose sonne was Thahan, 
whose sonne was Laedan, whose sonne was 
Ammihud, whose sonne was Elisama, whose 
sonne was Nun, whose sonne was Iosua. 

And their substaunce 5 dwellynge was, 
Bethel and the vyllages therof, and towarde 
the East syde of Naeran, and towarde the 
westparte of Geser and y vyllages therof. 
Sechem and hir vyllages vnto Aia and hir 
vyllages. And by the children of Manasses, 
Bethsean and y vyllages therof, Thaenach and 
the vyllages therof, Dor and the vyllages therof. 
In these dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne 
of Israel. 

The children of Asser were these : Iemna, 
Iesua, Iesui, Bria and Serah their sister. The 
children of Bria were, Heber and Malchiel, 
this is y father of Birsauith. Heber begat 
Iaphet, Somor, Hothan, and Sua their sister. 
The childre of Iaphlet were, Passach, Bimehal 
and Asuath, these were the childre of Iaphlet. 
The childre of Somer were, Ahi, Rahag, 
Iehuba, and Aram. And the children of his 
brother Hele were, Zophah, Iemna, Seles and 
Amal. The children of Zophah were, Suah, 
Harnepher, Sual, Beri, Iemra, Bezer, Hod, 
Sama, Silsa, Iethran and Beera. The children 
of Iether were, Iephune, Phispa and Ara. The 
children of Vila were Arah, Haniel and Rizia. 

All these were the children of Asser, heades 
in the house of their fathers, chosen out, 
valeaunt men, and heades amonge the prynces, 
and were mustered to the warre for to fight, 
in their nombre, sixe and twentye thousande 
men. 

Cfie u\ Chapter. 

BEN Iamin begat Bela his fyrst sonne, 
Aszbal the secode, Ahrah y thirde, Noah 
the fourth, Rapha the fyfth. And Bela had 
children: Gera, Abihud, Abisua, Neman, 
Ahoah, Gera, Sphuphan and Huram. 

These are Ehuds children, which were 
heades of the fathers amonge the citesyns at 
Geba, and wete awaye vnto Manahath, namely 
Naeman, Ahia and Gera, the same caryed 



them awaye, and begat Vsa and Ahihud. And 
Seharaim (whan he had sent the awaye) begat 
children in the londe of Moab of Husim and 
Baera his wyues. And of Hodes his wyfe 
begat he Iobab, Zibea, Mesa, Malcham, Ieus, 
Sachia, and Mirma, these are his children, 
heades of the fathers. 

Of Husim begat he Ahitob and Elpaal. 
The childre of Elpaal were : Eber, Miseam 
and Samed. The same buylded Ono & Lod 
and the vyllages therof. And Bria and Sama 
were heades of the fathers amonge the citesyns 
at Aialon. These chaced awaye the of Gath. 
His brethre Sasak, Ieremoth, Sebadia, Arad, 
Ader, Michael, Iespa and Ioha, these are the 
children of Bria. Sebadia Mesullam, Ezechi, 
Heber, Iesmerai, Ieslia, Ioab, these are y chil- 
dre of Elpaal. Iakim Sichri, Sabdi, Eloenai, 
Zilthai, Eliel, Adaia, Braia and Simrath, these 
are the childre of Semei. Iespan, Eber, 
Eliel, Abdon, Sichri, Hanan, Hanania, Elan, 
Enthothia, Iephdeia and Penuel, these are 
the children of Sasak. Samserai, Seharia, 
Athalia, Iaeresia, Elia and Sichri, these are, 
the children of Ieroham. These are the heades 
of the fathers of their kynreds, which dwelt at 
Ierusalem. 

* But at Gibeon dwelt, the father of Gibeon, 
(j his wyues name was Maecha, and his first 
sonne was Abdon, Zur, Cis, Baal, Nadab, 
Gedor, Ahio and Secher. Mikloth begat 
Simea. And they dwelt ouer agaynst their 
brethre at Ierusalem with theirs. Ner begat 
Cis. +Cis begat Saul. Saul begat Ionathas, 
Melchisua, Abinadab and Esbaal. The sonne 
of Ionathas was Meribaal. Meribaal begat 
Micha. The children of Micha were : Pithon, 
Melech, Thaerea and Ahas. Ahas begat 
Ioadda. Ioadda begat Alemeth, Asmaueth 
and Simri. Simri begat Moza. Moza begat 
Binea, whose sonne was Rapha, whose sonne 
was Eleasa, whose sonne was Azel. Azel had 
sixe sonnes, whose names were : Esricam 
Bochru, Iesmael, Searia, Abadia, Hanan, all 
these were the sonnes of Azel. 

The children of Esek his brother "were : 
Vlam his first sonne, Ieus the seconde, Eli- 
pelet the thirde. The children of Vlam were 
valeaunt men, and coulde handell bowes, and 
had many sonnes, and sonnes sonnes an hun- 
dreth and fiftye. All these are of the children 
of Ben Iamin. 

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Cfie jr. Chapter. 

AND all Israel were nombred : and be- 
holde, they are wrytten in the boke of 
the kynges of Israel and Iuda, and now are 
they caried awaie vnto Babilo for their synne, 
euen they y afore dwelt in their possessions 
and cities, namely Israel, y prestes, Leuites 
and Nethinim. But at Ierusalem dwelt cer- 
tayne of the children of Iuda, some of the 
children of Ben Iamin, some of the children 
of Ephraim and of Manasses. * Namely of 
the children of Phares the sonne of Iuda, was 
Vthai the sonne of Ammihud the sonne of 
Amri, the sonne of Imri, the sonne of Bani. 
Of Soloni, Asaia f first sonne, and his other 
sonnes. Of the children of Serah, Ieguel and 
his brethren, sixe hundreth, foure score and ten. 

"Of the children of Ben Iamin, Sallu y 
sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Hodauia, y 
sonne of Hasnua. And Iebneia the sonne of 
Ieroham. And Ela the sonne of Vsi the 
sonne of Michri. And Mesullam the sonne of 
Sephatia the sonne of Reguel the sonne of 
Iebneia. And their brethren in their kinreds 
nyne hundreth and syxe and fyftye. All these 
were heades of the fathers in the house of 
their fathers. 

Of the prestes: Iedaia, Ioiarib, Iachim, 
And Asaria the sonne of Helchia,* the sonne 
of Mesullam, the sonne of Sadoc, the sonne 
of Meraioth, the sonne of Achitob, prynce in 
the house of God. And Adaia the sonne of 
Ieroham, the sonne of Pashur, the sonne of 
Malchia. And Maesai the sonne of Adiel the 
sonne of Iachsera, the sonne of Mesullam, the 
sonne of Messylemeth, the sonne of Immer. 
And their brethren heades in the house of 
their fathers a thousande, seuen hundreth and 
thre score valeaunt men in executynge the 
offyce in the house of God. 

Of the Leuites of the children of Merari, 
Semaia the sonne of Hasub, f the sonne of 
Asrikam, the sonne of Hasabia. And Bak- 
bakar the carpenter and Galal. And Ma- 
thania y sonne of Micha y sonne of Sichri, 
the sonne of Assaph. And Obadia the sonne 
of Semaia, the sonne of Galal, y sonne of 
Elkana, which dwelt in the vyllages of the 
Netophatites. 

The porters were : d Sallum, Acub, Talmon, 
Ahiman, with their brethren, and Sallum the 



chefest: for hither to had the children of Leui 
kepte the watch at the eastsyde of the kinges 
gate by armies. And Sallum the sonne of 
Core, the sonne of Abiassaph, the sonne of 
Corah, and his brethren of his fathers house. 

The Corahytes were in the worke of the 
seruyce, to kepe the thresholdes of the Taber- 
nacle : and their fathers in the hoost of the 
LORDE, to kepe the intraunce. Phineas 
the sonne of Eleasar was the prynce ouer 
them, because the LORDE had bene with 
him before. Sacharia the sonne of Meselemia 
was keper at the dore of the Tabernacle of 
witnesse. 

All these were chosen out to be kepers of 
the thresholdes euen two hundreth and twolue. 
These were nombred in their vyllages. And 
Dauid and Samuel the Seer fouded them 
thoi'ow their faith, that they and their chil- 
dren shulde kepe the house of the LORDE, 
namely to kepe the watch of y house of the 
Tabernacle. 

These dorekepers were appointed towarde 
the foure wyndes, towarde the East, towarde 
the West, towarde the North, e towarde y 
South. But their brethre were in their vyl- 
lages, that they might come allwaye on the 
seuenth daye to be with them : for vnto these 
foure maner of chefe dorrkepers were the 
Leuites committed. And they had the ouer- 
sight of the chestes and treasures in y house 
of God. 

In the nighte season also remayned they 
aboute the house of God : for their dewtye was 
to geue attendaunce to open euery mornynge. 
And some of them had the ouersight of the 
mynistrynge vessell : for they bare the vessell 
out and in. And some of the were ap- 
poynted ouer the vessell, and ouer all the holy 
vessell, ouer the fine wheate floure, ouer y 
wyne, ouer the oile, ouer the frankencense, 
ouer the swete odoures : but some of y prestes 
children made the + incense. 

Vnto Mathithia one of the Leuites the 
fyrst sonne of Sallum the Corahite, were f 
pannes comytted. And certayne of the Ka- 
hathites their brethren were appointed ouer 
the shewbred, to prepare it euery Sabbath 
daye. 

These are the heades of the singers amoge 
the fathers of the Leuites chosen out ouer the 
chestes: for daye and night were they in 

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worke withall. These are the heades of f 
fathers amonge f Leuites in their kinreds. 
These dwelt at Ierusalem. 

*At Gibeon dwelt Ieiel the father of Gi- 
beon, his wiues name was Maecha, and his 
fyrst sonne Abdon, Zur, Cis, Baal, Ner, 
Nadab, Gedor, Ahaio, Sacharia, Mikloth. 
Mikloth begat Simeam. And they dwelt also 
aboute their brethren at Ierusalem amonge 
theirs. Ner begat Cis, Cis begat Saul, Saul 
begat Ionathas, Malchisua, Abinadab, Esbaal. 
The sonne of Ionathas was Meribaal. Meri- 
baal begat Micha. The children of Micha 
were, Pithon, Melech and Thaherea. Ahas 
begat Iaera, Iaera begat Alemeth, Asmaueth 
and Simri. Simri begat Moza. Moza begat 
Binea, whose sonne was Raphaia, whose sonne 
was Eleasa, whose sonne was Azel. Azel had 
sixe sonnes, whose names were : Asrikam, 
Bochru, Iesmael, Searia, Obadia, Hanan. 
These are the children of Azel. 

Cfie rt. Chapter. 

THE Philistynes foughte agaynst Israel. 
"And they of Israel fled before the 
Philistynes, and f wounded fell vpon mount 
Gilboa. And the Philistynes folowed vpon 
Saul and his sonnes, and smote Ionathas, 
Abinadab and Malchisua y sonnes of Saul. 
And the battayll was sore agaynst Saul. And 
the archers came vpon him, so that he was 
wounded of the archers. Then sayde Saul 
vnto his weapenbearer: Drawe out thy swerde, 
and thrust it thorow me, that these vncircum- 
cysed come not, and deale shamefully with 
me. Neuertheles his weapenbearer wolde not, 
for he was sore afrayed. Then toke Saul his 
swerde, and fell therin. Whan his weapen- 
bearer sawe that Saul was deed, he fell vpon 
his swerde also, and dyed. 

Thus died Saul and his thre sonnes, and 
all his housholde together. And whan the 
men of Israel which were in f valley, sawe, 
that Saul and his sonnes were deed, they lefte 
their cities and fled : and the Philistynes came 
and dwelt therin. 

*On the morowe came the Philistynes to 
spoyle the slayne, and founde Saul, and his 
sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gelboa, and stryped 
him out, and toke his heade, and his harnesse, 
and sent it aboute in to y londe of the Philis- 
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Idoles and the people. And his weapens layed 
they in the house of their god, and styckte vp 
his heade vpon the house of Dagon. 

But whan all they of Iabes in Gilead herde 
of euery thinge, that the Philistynes had done 
vnto Saul, they gat them vp (as many as were 
men of armes) and toke the body of Saul and 
of his sonnes, and broughte them vnto Iabes, 
and buryed their bones vnder the Oke at 
Iabes, and fasted seuen dayes. 

Thus dyed Saul in his trespace which he 
commytted agaynst the LORDE, because 
the kepte not the worde of the LORDE : j j 
because he axed councell at the soythsayer, 
and axed not at the LORDE, therfore slewe 
he him, g turned the kyngdome vnto Dauid. 

Cfie rij. Chapter. 

AND all Israel resorted to Dauid vnto 
Hebron, c and sayde : Beholde, we are 
thy bone and thy flesh. And afore tyme 
whan Saul reigned, thou leddest Israel out and 
in. So the LORDE thy God hath sayde 
vnto the : Thou shalt kepe my people of 
Israel, and thou shalt be the prynce ouer my 
people of Israel. And all the Elders of Israel 
came to the kynge vnto Hebron. And Dauid 
made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before 
the LORDE. And they anoynted Dauid to 
be kynge ouer Israel § acordynge to the worde 
of the LORDE by Samuel. 

And Dauid and all Israel wete vnto Ie- 
rusalem, that is Iebus: for the Iebusites 
dwelt in the lode. And the citesyns of Iebus 
saide vnto Dauid: Thou shalt not come in 
hither. Howbeit Dauid wane y- castell of 
Sio, which is f cite of Dauid. And Dauid 
sayde : II who so euer smyteth y Iebusites first, 
shal be a prynce j captayne. The Ioab y 
sonne of Zeruia clymmed vp first, j was made 
captayne. So Dauid dwelt in y castell, ther- 
fore was it called y cite of Dauid. And he 
buylded y cite roiide aboute, fro Millo forth 
on euery syde. As for y remnaunt of y cite, 
Ioab buylded it, & repayred it. And Dauid 
wete forth (j grewe, j the LORDE Zebaoth 
was with him. 

These are y chefe amoge y mightie me of 
Dauid, which dealt valeauntly with him in his 
kyngdome with all Israel, to make him kynge, 
acordinge to the worde of y LORDE ouer 
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mightie men : Iesabeam the sonne of Hach- 
moni the chefest amoge thirtie. He lifte vp 
his speare, 5 smote thre C. at one tyme. 

After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodo 
the Ahohite, and he was amoge the thre 
mightie. This man was with Dauid wha they 
blasphemed, g the Philistynes gathered the 
selues there to y batayll. And eue ther was 
there a pece of londe full of barly, (j the peo- 
ple fled before the Philistynes. And they 
stode in the myddes of the londe, and rescued 
it, and smote the Philistynes. And the 
LORDE gaue a greate health. 

a And thre of the chefest thirtie wete downe 
to the rocke vnto Dauid in to the caue of 
Adullam. But the Philistynes hoost laye in 
the valley of Rephaim. As for Dauid, he 
was in the castell. And the Philistynes peo- 
ple were then at Bethleem. And Dauid was 
desyrous, and sayde : O that some wolde 
geue me to drynke of the water out of the well 
at Bethleem vnder the gate. The brake those 
thre in to the Philistynes hoost, and drue of 
the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder 
the gate, and caried it, and broughte it vnto 
Dauid. Neuertheles he wolde not drynke it, 
but poured it vnto the LORDE, and sayde : 
God let this be farre fro me, y I shulde do it, 
and drynke the bloude of these men in f 
parell of their life : for with the parell of 
their life haue they broughte it: therfore 
wolde he not drynke it. This dyd the thre 
Worthies. 

Abisai the brother of Ioab, he was the 
chefest amonge thre. And he lifte vp his 
speare, and smote thre hundreth. And he 
was famous amonge thre, and before the 
thirde, more honorable then the two, yet came 
he not vnto the thre. 

Benaia the sonne of Ioiada the sonne of 
Ishail of Cabzeel, b was a man of greate actes. 
He smote two lyons of the Moabites. And 
he wente downe, and smote a lyon in the 
myddes of a well in the tyme of snowe. He 
smote a man of Egipte also, which was fyue 
cubites greate of stature, and had in his hande 
a speare like a weuers lome. Yet wente he 
downe to him with a staffe, and toke the 
speare out of his hande, and slewe him with 
his awne speare. This dyd Benaia the sonne 
of Ioiada, and was a famous man amonge 
thre Worthies, and most awncient amonge 



thirtie. But vnto the thre came he not. 
Howbeit Dauid made him of his secrete 
councell. 

The valeaunt Worthies are these : Asahel 
the brother of Ioab, Elhanam his Vncles 
sonne of Bethleem, Samoth the Harodite, 
Helez the Pelonite, Ira the sonne of Ekes 
the Thecoite, Abraser the Anathothite, Sibe- 
chai the Husathite, Ilai the Ahohite, Matherai 
the Netophatite, Heled f sonne of Baena f 
Netophatite, Ithai f sonne of Ribai of Gibeath 
of the childre of Ben Iamin, Benaia the Pir- 
gathonite, Hura of the broke of Gaas. Abiel 
the arbathite, Asmaueth the Baherunite, 
Eliahba the Saalbonite. The children of 
Hasem y Gisonite, Ionathas the sonne of 
Sage the Hararite, Ahiam the sonne of Sachar 
the Hararite, Eliphal the sonne of Vr, Hepher 
the Macherathite, Ahia the Pelonite, Hezro 
of Carmel, Naerai the sonne of Aszbai, Ioel 
the brother of Nathan, Mibehar the sonne of 
Hagri, Zeleg the Ammonite, Naherai the 
Berothite the wapenbearer of Ioab the sonne 
of Zeruia, Ira the Iethrite, Gareb the Iethrite, 
Vrias the Hethite, Sabad the sonne of Ahalai, 
Adina the sonne of Sisa the Rubenite, a cap- 
tayne of the Rubenites, and there were thirtie 
vnder him : Hanam y sonne of Maecha, Iosa- 
phat the Mathonite, Vsia j Astharathite, Sama 
and Iaiel, the sonnes of Hotham the Aroerite, 
Iediael the sonne of Simri, Ioha his brother 
the Thirzite, Eliel the Mahenite, Ieribai and 
Iosua the sonnes of Elnaan, Iethma the Mo- 
abite, Eliel, Obed, Iaesiel of Mizobaia. 

Cfte yiij. Chapter. 

THESE also came to Dauid vnto Siclag 
c whan he was yet kepte asyde because 
of Saul the sonne of Cis : And they were like 
wyse amonge the worthies y helped in the 
battayll, and coulde handle bowes with both 
their handes, (t coulde cast stones, and shute 
arowes with the bowe. 

Of Sauls brethren which were of Ben 
Iamin : The chefest Ahieser and Ioas y chil- 
dren of Samaa the Gibeathite. Iesiel and 
Pelet the children of Asmaueth. Baracha 5 
Iehu the Anthothite. Iesmaia the Gibeonite, 
valeaunt amonge thirtie and ouer thirtie. 
Ieremia, Iahasiel, Iohanan, Iosabad the Ge- 
derathite. Eleusai, Ierimoth, Bealia, Sa- 
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Asareel, Iasabeam y Korahyte, Ioela and 
Sabadia the children of Ieroham of Gedor. 

Of the Gaddites resorted there vnto Dauid 
to the castell in the wyldernesse, mightie 
Worthies and men of armes, which hadled 
speares and swerdes, and had faces like lios, 
j were as swifte as the Roes vpon y moun- 
taynes. The fyrst Eser, the seconde Obadia, 
the thyrde Eliab, the fourth Masmanna, y 
fyfth Ieremia, the sixte Athai, the seueth 
Eliel, the eight Iohanna, the nyenth Elsabad, 
the tenth Ieremia, y eleuenth Machbanai. 
These were of the children of Gad, heades in 
the hoost, the leest ouer an hundreth, and y 
greatest ouer a thousande. These are they 
which in the fyrst moneth wente ouer Iordane, 
whan it was full on both the shores, so that all 
the valleys were eauen both towarde the East 
and towarde the West. 

There came of the children of Ben Iamin 
also and of Iuda vnto the castell of Dauid. 
But Dauid wente forth vnto them, and an- 
swered and sayde vnto them : Yf ye come to 
me in peace, and to helpe me, my hert shal 
be with you. But yf ye come vpo disceate, 
and to be mine aduersaries (where as there is 
yet no vnrighte in me) the God of oure fathers 
loke vpon it, and rebuke it. Neuertheles the 
sprete endued Amasai the captayne amonge 
thirtie, and he sayde : We are thine O Dauid, 
and holde with the thou sonne of Isai. Peace, 
peace be with the, peace be with thy helpers, 
for thy God helpeth the. Then Dauid re- 
ceaued them, and made them captaynes ouer 
the men of warre. 

And of Manasses there fell certaine vnto 
Dauid, whan he came to the battayll with the 
Philistynes agaynst Saul, and helped them 
not, *for the prynces of y Philistynes coun- 
celed to let him go from them, and sayde : 
Yf he fell vnto his lorde Saul, it mighte cost 
vs oure neckes. Now wha he departed vnto 
Siclag, there fell vnto him of Manasses, Adna, 
Iosabad, Iediael, Michael, Iosabad, Elihu, 
Zilthai, heades ouer thousandes in Manasses. 
And they helped Dauid against the men of 
warre : for they were all valeaunt Worthies, and 
were captaynes ouer the hoost. And euery 
daye came there some to Dauid, to helpe him, 
till there was a greate hoost as an hoost of God. 

And this is the nombre of the heades har- 
nessed vnto the warre, which came to Dauid 



vnto Hebron, for to turne the kyngdome of 
Saul vnto him, acordynge to the worde of the 
LORDE. 

The childre of Iuda, which handled speares 
and swerdes, were sixe thousande, & eight 
hundreth ready harnessed vnto y warre. Of 
the children of Simeon noble men of armes 
for the battayll, seuen thousande and an hu- 
dreth. Of the children of Leui foure thou- 
sande and sixe hundreth. And Ioiada the 
prynce amonge them of Aaron with thre thou- 
sande and seuen hundreth. Sadoc the yonge 
valeaunt man of armes with his fathers house, 
two and twentye rulers. Of the children of 
Ben Iamin Sauls brother, thre thousande: 
for vnto that time helde many of the yet with 
the house of Saul. 

Of y children of Ephraim, twentie thou- 
sande and eighte hundreth valeaunt men of 
armes, and famous in the house of their fathers. 
Of the halfe trybe of Manasses, eightene thou- 
sande, named by name, to come and make 
Dauid kynge. Of the children of Isachar 
(which were men of vnderstondynge, whan 
nede requyred to knowe what Israel shulde 
do) two hundreth captaynes, and all their 
brethren folowed their worde. Of Sabulon, 
soch as wente forth in the hoost to y warre, 
ready with all maner of weapens for the bat- 
tayll, fyftye thousande, beynge of one mynde 
to kepe them selues in ordre. 

Of Nephtali, a thousande captaynes, j with 
them soch as handled shylde and speare, seuen 
and thyrtie thousande. Of Dan, ready har- 
nessed to the battayll, eight and twentye thou- 
sande, and sixe hundreth. Of Asser, soch as 
wente forth in y hoost, ready harnessed to the 
battayll, fortye thousande. From beyonde 
Iordane, of the Rubenites, Gaddites and the 
halfe trybe of Manasses, with all maner of 
weapens to the battayll, an hudreth and twen- 
tye thousande. 

All these men of warre, ready harnessed to 
the battayll," came with a whole hert vnto 
Hebron, to make Dauid kynge ouer all Israel. 
And all Israel besyde were of one hert, that 
Dauid shulde be made kynge. And there 
were they with Dauid thre dayes, eatynge 
and drynkynge : for their brethren had pre- 
pared for them. And soch neghbours as 
were aboute them vntyll Isachar, Zabulon and 
Nephtali, brought bred vpon Asses, Camels, 

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Mules and oxen to eate : meel, fyges, rasens, 
wyne, oyle, oxen, shepe, very many : for there 
was ioye in Israel. 

Che Vtuj. Chapter. 

AND Dauid helde a counceir with the 
captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer 
hundreds, and with all the prynces, and sayde 
vnto all the congregacion of Israel : Yf it lyke 
you, and yf it be of the LORDE oure God, 
let vs sende forth on euery syde to oure other 
brethren in all the countrees of Israel, and to 
the prestes and Leuites in the cities where 
they haue suburbes, y they maye be gathered 
together vnto vs, and let vs fetch the Arke of 
oure God agayne vnto vs : for by Sauls tyme 
we axed after it. The sayde the whole cogre- 
gacion, that the same shulde be done, for it 
pleased all the people well. 

So Dauid gathered all Israel together from 
Sihor of Egipte, tyll a man come vnto Hemath, 
to fetch the Arke of God from Kiriath Iearim. 
And Dauid wente vp with all Israel to Kiriath 
Iearim, which lieth in Iuda, to brynge from 
thence the Arke of God the LORDE, that 
sytteth vpo the Cherubins, where the name is 
named : and they caused the Arke of God to 
be caried vpo a new cart from the house of 
Abinadab. 

Vsa and his brethren droue the cart. As 
for Dauid and all Israel, they played with all 
their strength before God, with songes, with 
harpes, with psalteries, with tabrettes, with 
Cymbales and trompes. 

But whan they came to the barne floore of 
Chidon, Vsa stretched out his hande to holde 
the Arke : for the oxen wente out asyde. 
Then waxed the wrath of the LORDE fearce 
ouer Vsa, g smote him, because he stretched 
out his hade to the Arke, so y he dyed there 
before God. The was Dauid sory, because y 
LORDE had made soch a rente vpo Vsa, and 
called the place Perez Vsa, vnto this daye. 
And Dauid stode in feare of God the same 
daye, (t sayde : How shal I brynge y- Arke of 
God vnto me ? Therfore wolde he not let y 
Arke of God be broughte vnto him in to y 
cite of Dauid, but caried it in to f house of 
Obed Edom the Gathite. So the Arke of 
God abode with Obed Edom in his house thre 
monethes. And f LORDE blessed Obed 
Edoms house and all that he had. 



Cfie vb. Chapter. 

AND Hiram y kynge of Tyre* sent mes- 
saungers vnto Dauid and Cedre tymber, 
and masons and carpenters, to buylde him 
an house. And Dauid perceaued, that the 
LORDE had confirmed him kynge ouer 
Israel: for his kyngdome increased for his 
people of Israels sake. And Dauid toke yet 
mo wyues at Ierusalem, 5 begat yet mo sonnes 
& doughters. And the names of them y were 
borne vnto him at Ierusalem, are these: 
Sammua, Sobab, Nathan, Salomon, Iebehar, 
Elisua, Elipalet, Noga, Nepheg, Iaphia, Eli- 
samma, Baal Iada, Eliphalet. 

And whan the Philistynes herde that Dauid 
was anoynted kynge ouer all Israel, they wente 
vp all to seke Dauid. Whan Dauid herde 
that, he wente forth agaynst them. And 
the Philistynes came, and scatered the selues 
beneth in f valley of Rephaim. And Dauid 
axed councell at God, 5 sayde : Shal I go vp 
agaynst the Philistynes? and wilt thou delyuer 
them in to my hande ? The LORDE sayde 
vnto him : Go vp, and I wil delyuer them in 
to thy hande. And whan they were gone vp 
to Baal Prasim, Dauid smote them there. 
And Dauid sayde : God hath deuyded myne 
enemies thorow my hande, euen as the water 
parteth asunder: therfore called they the place 
Baal Prasim. And there lefte they their 
goddes. Then * commaunded Dauid to burne 
them with fyre. 

But the Philistynes gat them thither agayne, 
and c scatered them selues beneth in f valley. 
And Dauid axed councell at God agayne. 
And God sayde vnto him : Thou shalt not go 
vp behynde them, but turne the from them, 
that thou mayest come vpon the ouer agaynst 
the Peertrees. So whan thou hearest aboue 
vpon the Peertrees the noyse of the goynge, 
go thou forth then to the batayll : for God is 
gone forth then before the to smyte the hoost 
of the Philistynes. And Dauid dyd as God 
commaunded him. And they smote the hoost 
of the Philistynes from Gibeon forth vnto 
Gaser. And Dauids name was noysed out in 
all londes. And the LORDE caused y feare 
of him to come vpo all the Heythen. 



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Arke of God, g pitched a Tabernacle for it 
At that tyme sayde Dauid : The Arke of God 
is not to be borne, but onely of y Leuites : 
*for them hath the LORDE chosen to beare 
the Arke of the LORDE, and to mynister 
vnto him for euer. Therfore gathered Dauid 
all Israel together vnto Ierusalem, to brynge 
vp the Arke of the LORDE vnto the place 
which he had prepared for it. 

And Dauid broughte the children of Aaron 
g the Leuites together. Of the children of 
Kahath: Vriel the chefe with his brethren, 
an C. and twentye. Of the children of 
Merari : Asaia the chefe with his brethre, two 
C. and twentye. Of the childre of Gerson : 
Ioel the chefe with his brethren, an C. and 
thirtie. Of y childre of Elizaphan : Semaia 
the chefe with his brethren, two hundreth. 
Of the childre of Hebron : Eliel the chefe, 
with his brethre, foure score. Of the children 
of Vsiel: Amminadab the chefe, with his 
brethren, an hudreth and twolue. 

And Dauid called Sadoc and Abiathar the 
prestes, and the Leuites, namely Vriel, Asaia, 
Ioeli, Semaia, Eliel, Aminadab, and sayde 
vnto them : Ye are the heades of y fathers 
amonge the Leuites: sanctifye youre selues 
therfore g youre brethre, y ye maye brynge 
vp the Arke of the LORDE God of Israel, 
to the place y I haue prepared for it. t For 
afore whan ye were not there, the LORDE 
oure God made a rent amonge vs, because 
we soughte him not, as we shulde haue done. 
So y prestes 5 the Leuites halowed the selues, 
y they mighte brynge vp the Arke of the 
LORDE God of Israel. And the children 
of Leui bare the Arke of God the LORDE 
vpon their shulders with the staues theron, 
t as Moses cSmaunded acordinge to y worde 
of the LORDE. 

And Dauid spake vnto f rulers of y Leuites, 
that they shulde ordeyne some of their brethren 
to be syngers with psalteries, harpes and loude 
instrumentes, and Cimbales, to synge loude 
with ioye. 

Then the Leuites appoynted Heman y 
sonne of Ioel: and of his brethren Assaph 
the sonne of Barachias : and of the children 
of Merari their brethren, Ethan the sonne of 
Cusaia : and with them their brethren of the 
seconde course, namely Zacharias, Iaesiel, 
Semiramoth, Iehiel, Vnni, Eliab, Benaia, 

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Maeseia, Mathithia, Elipheleia, Mikneia, Obed 
Edom, Ieiel, the dore kepers. For Heman, 
Assaph and Ethan were syngers, with brasen 
belles makynge a loude noyse : but Zacharias, 
Iaesiel, Semiramoth, Iehiel, Vnni, Eliab, 
Maeseia g Benaia with Phalteries to Alamoth: 
Mathithia, Elipheleia, Mikneia, Obed Edom, 
Ieiel g Asasia with harpes to synge aboue them 
on hye. Chenania the ruler of the Leuites 
was the master of Musick to teach them for to 
synge, for he was a man of vnderstondinge. 

And Barachias and Elcana were the dore- 
kepers of the Arke. But Sachania, Iosaphat, 
Nathaneel, Amasai, Zacharias, Benaia, Elieser 
the prestes, blewe the trompettes before y Arke 
of God. And Obed Edom and Iehia were 
dorekepers of the Arke. 

So Dauid and the Elders of Israel, and the 
captaynes ouer thousandes wente vp to fetch 
the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE 
out of the house of Obed Edom with ioye. 
And whan God had helped the Leuites y 
bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt, 
there were offred seuen bullockes g seuen 
rames. And Dauid had a lynne garment vpd 
him, and so had all the Leuites y bare the 
Arke, and y syngers, and Chenania the master 
of Musick with the syngers. Dauid had an 
ouerbody cote of lynnen vpon him also. 

Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the 
couenaunt of the LORDE with myrth, with 
trompettes, tabrettes, g loude Cymbales, with 
psalteries and harpes. Now whan the Arke 
of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to 
the cite of Dauid, Michol y doughter of Saul 
loked out at a wyndowe : g wha she sawe kynge 
Dauid daunsynge g playenge, she despysed him 
in hir hert. 

Che jrtrij. Chapter. 

A ND wha they brought in the Arke of 
_f\_ God, "they set it in y Tabernacle, that 
Dauid had pitched for it, and offred burnt- 
offerynges g thankofferynges before God. And 
wha Dauid had ended the burntofferynges and 
thankofferynges, he blessed the people in the 
name of the LORDE, g distributed vnto euery 
man in Israel (both vnto man and woman) a 
cake of bred, and a pece of flesh and a meece 
of potage. 

And he appoynted before the Arke of y 
LORDE certayne Leuites to mynister, that 

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they shulde geue prayse, thankes and loauinges 
vnto the LORDE God of Israel: namely 
Assaph the first, Zacharias the seconde, Ieiel, 
Semiramoth, Iehiel, Mathithia, Eliab, Benaia, 
Obed Edom and Iehiel, with psalteries and 
harpes. But Assaph with loude Cymbales. 
Benaia and Iehasiel the prestes with tabrettes, 
allwaye before the Arke of f couenaunt of God. 

At the same tyme ordeyned Dauid first of 
all to geue thakes vnto the LORDE by Assaph 
and his brethren. 

" O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, call 
vpon his name, tell the people what thinges 
he hath done. 

O let youre songes be of him : prayse him, 
and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous 
workes. 

Geue his holy name a good reporte : let y 
hert of them reioyce, that seke the LORDE. 

O seke the LORDE and his strength, seke 
his face euermore. 

Remebre his maruelous workes that he 
hath done, his wonders, and the iudgmetes of 
his mouth. 

Ye sede of Israel his seruaunt, ye children 
of Iacob his chosen. 

He is the LORDE oure God, his iudg- 
metes are in all londes. 

Be myndefull euer of his couenaiit what he 
hath commaunded in to a thousande genera- 
cions. 

* Which he made with Abraham, g t his 
ooth vnto Isaac. 

And he t confirmed the same vnto Iacob 
for a perpetuall lawe, and to Israel for an 
euerlastinge couenaunt. 

And sayde : Vnto the wyl I geue y londe 
of Canaan, f metelyne of youre inheritaunce. 

Wha they were yet but small & fewe in 
nobre, and straungers in the same londe. 

And they wente from one nacion to another, 
& from one realme to another people. 

He suffred no man to hurte them, and re- 
proued euen kynges for their sakes. 

§ Touch not myne anoynted, (j do my pro- 
phetes no harme. 

b O synge vnto y LORDE, let all y earth be 
tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye. 

Declare his holynes amoge the Heythe, 5 
his wonderous workes amonge y people. 

For the LORDE is greate, and can not 



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t Gen. 28. c. 



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worthely be praysed, and more to be had in 
awe then all goddes. 

As for all the goddes of the Heythe, they 
are but Idols : II but it is the LORDE that 
made the heauens. 

Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before 
him, strength and ioye is in his place. 

Ascrybe vnto the LORDE ye kynreds of 
nacions : ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe 
and strength. 

Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of 
his name : brynge presentes, and come before 
him, and worshipe f LORDE in f bewtye of 
holynes. 

Let the whole earth stode in awe of him : 
he hath made the compase of the worlde so 
fast, that it can not be moued. 

Let the heauens reioyse, and let the earth 
be glad : and let it be tolde amonge the Hey- 
then, that the LORDE reigneth. 

Let the See make a noyse, and the fulnesse 
therof : let the felde be ioyfull, and all that 
therin is. 

Let all the trees in the wod leape for ioye 
before the LORDE, for he commeth to iudge 
the earth. 

O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he 
is gracious : and his mercy endureth for euer. 

And saye: Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure, 
and gather vs together, and delyuer vs from 
the Heythen, that we maye geue thankes vnto 
thy holy name, and synge prayses vnto the in 
thy Psalmes. 

Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel 
from euerlastinge to euerlastinge : and let all 
people saye, Amen, And : Prayse be vnto the 
LORDE. 

So he lefte Assaph and his brethren there 
before the Arke of the couenaunt of the 
LORDE, to mynister allwaye before the 
Arke, euery daye his daye worke. But Obed 
Edom and their brethren, eight and thre score, 
and Obed Edom the sonne of Iedithun, and 
Hossa, to be dore kepers. And Sadoc f prest, 
(j his brethre the prestes, lefte he before the 
habitacion of the LORDE vpon the hye 
place at Gibeo, to offre burntsacrifices daylie 
vnto the LORDE vpon the altare of burnt 
offerynges in the mornynge (j in the euenynge, 
as it is wrytten in the IT lawe of the LORDE, 
which he comaunded vnto Israel. And with 

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them Heman it Iedithun, and f other chosen, 
which were named by name to geue thankes 
vnto the LORDE, because his mercy en- 
dureth for euer. And with them Heman j 
Iedithun to stryke vpon the tabrettes and 
Cymbales, and the musicall instrumentes of 
God. As for the childre of Iedithun, he 
made them dorekepers. So all the people 
departed, euery one to his house : and Dauid 
returned also to blesse his house. 

Cfie rbiij. Chapter. 

IT fortuned wha Dauid dwelt in his house, 
"he sayde vnto y prophet Nathan: Be- 
holde, I dwell in a house of Ceder, and the 
Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE is 
amonge the curtaynes. 

Nathan saide vnto Dauid : What so euer is 
in thine hert, that do : for God is with f. 
But the same night came y worde of God vnto 
Nathan, and sayde : Go and speake to Dauid 
my seruaunt: Thus sayeth the LORDE : 
Thou shalt not buylde me an house to be an 
habitaci5 : for I haue dwelt in no house sence 
the daye that I broughte forth the children of 
Israel, vnto this daye : But where the Taber- 
nacle and habitacion hath bene, there haue I 
bene where so euer I haue walked in all 
Israel. Spake I euer to eny of the Iudges in 
Israel (whom I commaunded to kepe my 
people) and sayde : Wherfore do ye not 
buylde me an house of Cedre tymber ? 

So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt 
Dauid : Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth : 
I toke the from the pasture behynde the shepe, 
that thou shuldest be the prynce ouer my 
people, and haue bene with the whither so 
euer thou wetest, and haue roted out all thine 
enemies before the, and haue made the a 
name, acordinge to the name of the greate 
men that are vpo earth. And for my people 
of Israel, I wyll appoynte them a place, and 
wyl plante them, that they maye dwell there, 
and nomore to be remoued. And the childre 
of wickednes shal oppresse them nomore, like 
as afore tyme, whan I comaunded the Iudges 
ouer my people of Israel. And I wyl subdue 
all thine enemies, and do declare vnto the, 
that the LORDE wyl buylde the an house. 

* But whan thy dayes are fulfilled, that thou 
departest hence with thy fathers, I wyl after 
the rayse vp thy sede, which shall be eue one 

° 2 Re. 7. a. * 2 Re. 7. c. Psal. 131. b. 



of thy sonnes : his kyngdome wyl I stabliszhe, 
he shal buylde me an house, g I wyl make his 
seate sure for euer. I wyl be his father, and 
he shal be my sonne. And I wyl not with- 
drawe my mercy from him, as I haue with- 
drawen it fro him that was before the : But I 
wyll set him in my house and in my kyng- 
dome for euer, so that his seate shalbe sure 
for euermore. 

And wha Nathan had spoken vnto Dauid 
acordinge to all these wordes g all this vision, 
kynge Dauid came and sat him downe before 
the LORDE, and sayde : O LORDE God, 
who am I ? and what is my house, y thou hast 
broughte me thus farre? And this (O God) 
hast thou thoughte yet to litle, but hast spoken 
of thy seruauntes house yet longe for to come. 
And thou LORDE God hast loked downe 
vpon me from aboue, euen as one man loketft 
vpon another. What more shal Dauid saye 
vnto the, y thou bryngest thy seruaunt to soch 
honoure? Thou knowest thy seruaunt O 
LORDE, for thy seruauntes sake and acord- 
inge to thy hert hast thou done all these greate 
thinges, that thou mightest shewe all greate 
thinges vnto thy seruaunt. LORDE t there 
is none lyke the, and there is no God but 
thou, of whom we haue herde with oure eares. 
And t where is there a people vpon earth as 
thy people of Israel, where God wente to 
delyuer him a people, and to make him selfe 
a name thorow greate g terrible thinges, to 
cast out the Heythen before thy people, whom 
thou hast delyuered out of Egipte? and y 
people of Israel hast thou made thy people 
for euer, and thou LORDE art become their 
God. 

Now LORDE, let the worde be verified 
for euer, that thou hast spoken ouer thy ser- 
uaunt and ouer his house, g do as thou hast 
spoken : and let thy name endure and be 
magnified for euer, that it maye be sayde : The 
LORDE Zebaoth, the God of Israel is the 
God in Israel, and that the house of thy ser- 
uaunt Dauid maye be stablyszhed before the : 
for thou LORDE hast opened the eare of 
thy seruaunt, that thou wilt buylde him an 
house. Therfore hath thy seruaunt founde 
(confydence) to make his prayer before the. 
Now LORDE, thou art God, and hast pro- 
mysed soch good vnto thy seruaunt. Begynne 
now to blesse the house of thy seruaunt, that 

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it maye be euermore before the: for loke 
what thou blessest (O LORDE) the same is 
blessed for euer. 

Cije rtr. Chapter. 

AFTER this smote Dauid the Philistynes, 
and subdued them, "and toke Gath & 
the vyllages therof out of the hande of the 
Philistynes. He smote the Moabites like- 
wyse, so that the Moabites were subdued vnto 
Dauid, and gaue him trybute. He smote 
Hadad Eser also y kynge of Zoba in Hemath, 
whan he wente to set vp his power by the 
water Euphrates. 

And Dauid toke from him a thousande 
charettes, seuen thousande horsmen, and twe- 
tye thousande fote men. And Dauid lamed 
all the charettes, and kepte an hundreth 
charettes ouer. And the Syrias came from 
Damascon, to helpe Hadad Eser the kynge of 
Zoba. Howbeit Dauid smote two & twentie 
thousande of the same Syrians, and layed 
men of warre at Damascon in Syria, so that 
the Syrians were subdued vnto Dauid, and 
broughte him trybute. For the LORDE 
helped Dauid, whither so euer he wente. 

And Dauid toke the shyldes of golde, y 
Hadad Esers seruautes had, (j broughte the to 
Ierusale. And out of Tibehath g Chun the 
cities of Hadad Eser, toke Dauid very moch 
brasse, *wherof Salomon made the brasen 
lauer, and pilers, and brasen vessels. 

*And wha Thogu the kynge of Hemath 
herde, y Dauid had smytten all y power of 
Hadad Eser, he sent his sonne Hadora vnto 
kynge Dauid, to salute him (j to blesse him, 
because he had foughte with Hadad Eser, (j 
smytte hi (for Thogu had warre with Hadad 
Eser) and all the same vessels of golde, syluer 
and of brasse, dyd kynge Dauid consecrate 
vnto the LORDE, with the syluer and golde 
that he had taken from the Heythe, namely, 
from the Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, 
Philistynes, and Amalechites. 

And Abisai the sonne of Zeru la smote 
eightene thousande c of the Edomites in the 
Salt valley, and layed me of warre in Edomea, 
so that all the Edomites were subdued vnto 
Dauid: for y LORDE helped Dauid, whither 
so euer he wente. 

Thus Dauid reigned ouer all Israel, and 
executed iudgment and righteousnes vnto all 



the people. Ioab the sonne of Zeru la was 
captayne ouer the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne 
of Ahilud was Chaunceler. Sadoc the sonne 
of Achitob, and Ahimelech f sonne of Abia- 
thar, were prestes. Sauesa was Scrybe. Be- 
naia the sonne of Ioiada was ouer the Chre- 
thians (t, Plethians. tAnd Dauids sonnes were 
chefe at y kynges hande. 

Cfie rr. Chapter. 

AND after this dyed Nahas f kynge of 
the childre of Ammon, d and his sonne 
was kynge in his steade. Then sayde Dauid: 
I wil do mercy vpon Hanun the sonne of 
Nahas, for his father dyd mercy vpon me : 
and so he sent messaungers to comforte him 
ouer his father. And wha Dauids seruauntes 
came in to the londe of the children of Am- 
mon vnto Hanun to comforte him, the prynces 
of the children of Ammon sayde vnto Hanun: 
Thinkest thou that Dauid honoureth thy father 
in thy sighte, that he hath sent coforters vnto 
the? Yee his seruauntes are come vnto the, 
to search and to ouerthrowe, and to spye out 
the londe. Then toke Hanun the seruauntes 
of Dauid, and shoue them, u cut the halfe of 
their garmentes of, eue by the loynes, j so let 
the go. And they wente their waye, & sent 
men to tell Dauid. Neuertheles he sent to 
mete them (for y- men were put to greate 
shame) and the kynge sayde : Abyde at 
Iericho, tyll youre beerdes be growne, and 
then come agayne. 

Whan the childre of Ammon sawe, that 
they stynked in y sighte of Dauid, both Hanun 
and the children of Ammon sent a thousande 
taletes of syluer, to hyre charettes and hors^ 
men out of Mesopotamia, out of Maecha and 
out of Zoba : and hyred two and thirtie thou- 
sande charettes, j f kynge of Maecha with 
his people, which came tj pitched their tentes 
before Medba. And the children of Ammon 
gathered them selues together out of their 
cities, and came to the battayll. Whan Dauid 
herde that, he sent Ioab thither with all the 
hoost of the men of armes. And the childre of 
Ammon were gone forth, and prepared them 
selues to the battayll before the gate of the 
cite. But the kynges y were come, kepte 
them asyde in the felde. 

Now wha Ioab sawe that the battayll was 
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chose of all the best yonge men in Israel, and 
prepared him selfe agaynst y Syrians. As for 
f residue of the people, he put them vnder 
the hande of Abisai his brother, that they 
shulde prepare them selues agaynst the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and he sayde : Yf f Syrias 
be to mightie for me, helpe thou me : but yf 
the childre of Ammon be to stroge for y, I 
shall helpe the : take a good corage vnto the, 
and let vs quyte oure selues manly for oure 
people and for the cities of oure God : neuer- 
theles the LORDE do what pleaseth him. 
And Ioab made him forth with the people 
that was with him, to fighte agaynst y Sy- 
rians: i they fled before him. And whan 
the children of Ammon sawe y the Syrians 
fled, they fled also before Abisai his brother, 
and wente in to the cite. And Ioab came to 
Ierusalem. 

But whan the Syrians sawe that they were 
smytte before Israel, they sent messaungers, 
and broughte forth f Syrians which were 
beyonde the water. And Sophach the chefe 
captayne of Hadad Eser wente before them. 
Wha this was tolde Dauid, he gathered all 
Israel together, and wente ouer Iordane. And 
whan he came at them, he set y- battayll in 
araye agaynst them. And Dauid prepared 
him selfe to f battayll agaynst f Syrians, 5 
they foughte with him : but y Syrias fled 
before Israel. And Dauid slewe of the Syrians 
seuen thousande charettes, cj fortye thousande 
fote men. And Sophach the chefe captayne 
slewe he also. And whan Hadad Esers ser- 
uauntes sawe that they were smytte before 
Israel, they made peace with Dauid & his 
seruauntes. And the Syrians wolde helpe 
the childre of Ammon nomore. 

Che rr{. Chapter. 

AND whan y^ yeare came aboute, "what 
tyme as f kynges vse to go forth, Ioab 
broughte the power of the hoost, (j destroyed 
the londe of the children of Ammon, and 
came and layed sege vnto Rabba. But Dauid 
abode at Ierusalem. *And Ioab smote Rabba, 
and brake it downe. And Dauid toke their 
kynges erowne from his heade, and founde the 
weighte of a talent of golde theron, (j precious 
stones. And it was set vp5 Dauids heade. 
And very moch spoyle caried he out of the 
cite. As for the people that were therin, he 



broughte the forth, tg parted them in sunder 
with sawes, (j hokes & betels of yron. Thus 
dyd Dauid vnto all y cities of the childre of 
Ammon. And Dauid departed againe, with 
the people vnto Ierusalem. 

Afterwarde arose there warre at Gasar with 
the Philistynes. Then Sibechai y Husathite 
smote Sibai, which was one of the children of 
Rephaim, and he subdued him. And there 
arose warre agayne with the Philistynes. The 
Elhamah y sonne of lair smote Lahemi y 
brother of Goliath y Gathite, whose speares 
staff was like a weeuers lome. Afterwarde 
was there a battayll at Gath, where there was 
a man of a greate stature, y had sixe fyngers 
and sixe toes, which make ioure and twentye. 
And he was borne also of Rapha, and spak 
despytefully vnto Israel. But Ionathas the 
sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him 
These were the childre of Rapha at Gath, q 
fell thorow f hande of Dauid, and of his 
seruauntes. 

Cfie rrtj. Chapter. 

AND Sathan stode agaynst Israel/ & en- 
tysed Dauid to nombre Israel. And 
Dauid sayde vnto Ioab CE to f rulers of the 
people : Go youre waye, nombre Israel from 
Berseba vnto Dan, and brynge me the nombre 
of the, that I maye knowe it. Ioab sayde : 
The LORDE make his people an hundreth 
tymes mo then they are now. But my lorde 

kynge, are they not all my lordes seruauntes? 
Why doth my lorde then axe therafter? Wher- 
fore shal there a trespace come vpon Israel ? 

Neuertheles the kynges worde preuayled 
agaynst Ioab. And Ioab wente forth, and 
walked thorow all Israel, and came to Ieru- 
salem, and delyuered vnto Dauid f nombre of 
the people that was tolde. And of all Israel 
there were a thousande tymes a thousande, 
and an hundreth thousande men, that drue 
out the swerde : and of Iuda foure hundreth 
thousande and seuetye thousande men, which 
drue out the swerde. As for Leui and Ben 
Iamin, he nombred them not amonge these : 
for the kynges worde was abhominable vnto 
Ioab. 

But this displeased God righte sore : for he 
smote Israel. And Dauid sayde vnto God : 

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seruaunt: for I haue done very vnwysely. 
And the LORDE spake vnto Gad Dauids 
Seer, j sayde : Go speake to Dauid, & saye : 
Thus saieth the LORDE : Thre thinges laye 
I before the, chose y one of them, y I maye 
do it vnto the. And wha Gad came to 
Dauid, he spake vnto him : Thus sayeth the 
LORDE : Chose f ether thre yeare derth, or 
thre monethes to fiye before thine aduersaries, 
5 before the swerde of thine enemies, y it 
maye ouertake the : or thre dayes y swerde of 
the LORDE, g pestilece in the londe, y the 
angell of the LORDE maye destroye in all f 
coastes of Israel. Loke now what answere I 
shal geue vnto him y sent me. Dauid sayde 
vnto Gad : I am in greate trouble : yet wyl I 
rather fall in to y hande of the LORDE, for 
his mercy is exceadynge greate, j I wil not 
fall in to the handes of men. 

Then dyd the LORDE cause pestilence to 
come in to Israel, so that there fell of Israel 
thre score j ten thousande me. And God 
sent the angell to Ierusale for to destroye it. 
And euen in the destruccion the LORDE 
considered, and he repeted of the euell, and 
sayde vnto the angell f destroyer : It is 
ynough, holde now thy hande. 

The angell of the LORDE stode besyde y 
barne of Arnan y Iebusite. And Dauid lifte 
vp his eyes, and sawe the angell of y LORDE 
stondinge betwene heaue and earth, and a 
naked swerde in his hande stretched out ouer 
Ierusalem. Then Dauid and f Elders beynge 
clothed with sack cloth, fell vpo their faces. 
And Dauid sayde vnto God : Am not I he 
that caused the people to be nombred ? I am 
he that hath synned and done euell: as for 
these shepe, what haue they done ? LORDE 
my God, let thine hande be agaynst me and 
agaynst my fathers house, and not agaynst thy 
people to plage them. 

And the angell sayde vnto Gad, that he 
shulde speake vnto Dauid, that Dauid shulde 
go vp, & set vp an altare in the barne of Arnan 
the Iebusite. So Dauid wente vp acordinge 
to y worde of Gad, which he spake in the 
name of the LORDE. But whan Arnan 
turned him, and sawe the angell (and his 
foure sennes with him) they hyd the selues : 
for Arnan throszshed wheate. 

Now whan Dauid came to Arnan, Arnan 
loked, and was aware of Dauid, and wete 
forth out of the barne, and worshipped Dauid 



with his face to the grounde. And Dauid 
sayde vnto Arnan : Geue me rowme in the 
barne, to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE 
therin : for y full money shalt thou geue it 
me, that the plage maye ceasse from the 
people. 

But Arnan sayde vnto Dauid : Take it vnto 
the, and let my lorde the kynge do as pleaseth 
him. Beholde, that oxe geue I for a burnt- 
offerynge, and those vessels to the oxe, and 
wheate for the meatofferynge, I geue it all. 
Neuertheles the kynge sayde vnto Arnan : Not 
so : but for y full money wyl I bye it : for that 
which is thine wyl not I take for the LORDE, 
and offre a burntofferynge for naughte. 

So Dauid gaue Arnan for y rowme, sixe 
hundreth Sycles of golde in weight. And 
there buylded Dauid an altare vnto y 
LORDE, {j offred burntofferynges j slayn- 
offerynges. And whan he called vpo the 
LORDE, he herde him thorow the fyre from 
heaue vpon f altare of the burntofferynge. 
And y LORDE sayde vnto the angell, that 
he shulde put his swerde in to his sheeth. 

At the same tyme wha Dauid sawe, that 
the LORDE had herde him vpon the corne 
floore of Arnan y Iebusite, he dyd sacrifice 
there. For f habitacion of f LORDE which 
Moses had made in the wyldernes, and the 
altare of burntofferynges, was at that tyme in 
the hye place at Gibeon. But Dauid coulde 
not go thither to seke God before it, for he 
feared the swerde of the LORDES angell. 
And Dauid sayde : * Here shal be y house of 
God y- LORDE, and this the altare of burnt- 
offerynges for Israel. 

Cfie rrtij. Chapter. 
A ND Dauid comaunded to gather to- 
J^\^ gether the straungers that were in y 
londe of Israel, and appoynted masons to 
hewe stone for the buyldinge of the house 
of God. And Dauid prepared moch yron 
for nales in the dores of the portes, and for 
soch thinges as were to be naled together, 
and so moch brasse, that it was not to be 
weyed : and Cedre trees innumerable : for 
they of Zidon (j Tyre brought Dauid moch 
Cedre tymbre : for Dauid thoughte, Salomo 
my sonne is but a childe and tender : But the 
house that shal be buylded vnto the LORDE, 
shal be greate, that his name a prayse maye 

* 2 Par. 3. a. 



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be exalted in all londes, therfore wyl I prouyde 
for him. So Dauid made greate prouysion 
before his death. 

And he called Salomon his sonne, 5 com- 
maunded him to buylde the house of the 
LORDE God of Israel, and sayde vnto him: 
My sonne, *I was minded to buylde an house 
vnto the name of the LORDE my God, but 
the worde of f LORDE came vnto me, and 
sayde: Thou hast shed moch bloude, and 
strycken many battayls, therfore shalt thou 
not buylde an house vnto my name, for as 
moch as thou hast shed so moch bloude vpon 
the earth before me. Beholde, the sonne 
which shal be borne vnto the, shal be a quyete 
man : and I wyl cause him to be in rest from 
al his enemies on euery syde, for his name 
shalbe Salomon : for I wyll geue peace and 
rest vpon Israel as longe as he lyueth. He 
shal buylde an house vnto my name. He shal 
be my sonne, and I wyll be his father. And 
I wyl stablyshe f seate of his kyngdome vpo 
Israel for euer. 

Now my sonne, the LORDE shal be wyth 
the, and thou shalt prospere, that thou mayest 
buylde an house vnto the LORDE thy God, 
acordynge as he hath spoken of the. The 
LORDE also shal geue the wyszdome 5 vn- 
derstondynge, and shal commytte Israel vnto 
the, that thou mayest kepe the lawe of the 
LORDE thy God. But then shal thou 
prospere, yf thou take hede to do after the 
ordynaunces and lawes which the LORDE 
commaunded Moses vnto Israel. Be stronge, 
and take a good corage vnto the, feare not, 
and be not faynt harted. Beholde, I haue in 
my pouerte prouyded for the house of the 
LORDE, an hundreth thousande talentes of 
golde, and a thousande tymes a thousande 
talentes of syluer, and brasse and yron without 
nombre : for there is so moch of it. 

And tymbre and stone haue I prepared, 
thou mayest get more therof. Thou hast 
many workmen also, mesons and carpenters in 
stone and tymber, and all maner of men that 
haue vnderstondinge in all worke off golde, 
syluer, brasse, and yron without nombre. Yet 
get the vp, and be doynge, and the LORDE 
shal be with the. 

And Dauid commaunded all the rulers of 
Israel, to helpe Salomon his sonne, and sayde : 
Is not the LORDE youre God with you, and 

* 2 Re. 7. a. 



hath geuen you rest on euery syde ? for he 
hath delyuered the inhabiters of the londe in 
to youre handes, and the londe is subdued 
before the LORDE and before his people. 
Geue ouer youre hert now therfore and youre 
soule, to seke the LORDE youre God, and 
get you vp, and buylde a Sanctuary vnto the 
LORDE God, that the Arke of the couenaunt 
of the LORDE and the holy vessels of God, 
maye be brought in to the house, which shalbe 
buylded vnto the name of the LORDE. So 
Dauid made Salomon his sonne kynge ouer 
Israel, whan he himselfe was olde, and had 
lyued ynough. 

Cfic jrjctiij. Chapter. 

AND Dauid gathered all the rulers in 
Israel together, and the prestes 5 Le- 
uites, to nombre f Leuites from thirtie yeare 
olde j aboue. And y nombre of the (which 
were stroge men) fro heade to heade, was 
eight and thirtie thousande : of whom there 
were foure & twentie thousande, which dyd 
their diligence in the worke ouer f house of 
the LORDE, and sixe thousande officers and 
Iudges, and foure thousande porters, g foure 
thousande that songe prayses vnto y LORDE 
with instrumentes, which he had made to 
synge prayse with all. 

And Dauid made the ordinaunce amonge 
the children of Leui, namely amoge Gerson, 
Kahath j Merari. The Gersonites were : 
Laedan and Simei. The children of Lae- 
dan : the first, Iehiel, Sethan, and Ioel, these 
thre. 

The children of Simei were : Salomith, 
Hasiel and Haran, these thre. These were 
the chefe amonge the fathers of Laedan. 
These also were the children of Simei: 
Iahath, Sina, Ieus and Bria, these foure were 
Sinieis children also. Iahath was the first, 
Sina the seconde. As for Ieus and Bria, they 
had not many childre, therfore were they 
couted but for one fathers house. 

t The children of Kahath were : Amram, 
Iezehar, Hebron and Vsiel, these foure. The 
childre of Amram were : Aaron and Moses. 
t As for Aaron, he was separated, to be sanc- 
tified for the Most holy, he j his sonnes for 
euer, to burne incense before the LORDE, 
& to mynister and blesse in f name of the 
LORDE for euermore. And the children of 

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Moses the man of God were named amonge 
y trybe of the Leuites. *The childre of 
Moses were Gerson and Elieser. 

The children of Gerson, the fyrst was 
Sebuel. The children of Elieser, the fyrst 
was Rehabia g Elieser had none other children. 
But y childre of Rehabia were many therouer. 
The children of Iezehar were : Salomith the 
fyrst. The children of Hebron were : Ieria 
the fyrst, Amaria the seconde, Iahasiel the 
thirde and Iakmeam y fourth. The children 
of Vsiel were : Micha the fyrst and Iesia the 
seconde 

The children of Merari were: Maheli <j 
Musi. The children of Maheli were : Eleasar 
and Cis. And Eleasar dyed, and had no 
sonnes but doughters. And the children of 
Cis their brethren toke them. The children 
of Musi were : Maheli, Eder and Ieremoth, 
these thre. These are the children of Leui 
amonge their fathers houses, and the chefest 
of the fathers, which were counted after the 
nombre of y names heade by heade : which 
executed the worke of the offices in the house 
of the LORDE t from thirtie yeare olde 5 
aboue. For Dauid sayde : The LORDE 
God of Israel hath geuen his people rest, (j 
shall dwell at Ierusalem for euer. 

Amonge y Leuites also were the childre of 
Leui nombred from thirtie yeare olde and 
aboue, t that they neded not to beare y 
Habitacion with all the vessels of their office, 
but acordinge to y last wordes of Dauid, y 
they shulde stonde vnder the hande of the 
children of Aaron, to mynister in the house of 
the LORDE in the courte, and to the chestes, 
and for purifyenge, and to all maner of sanc- 
tifyenge, and to euery worke of the office in 
the house of God. And for y shewbred, for 
the fyne floure, for the meatofFrynge, for 
the vnleuended wafers, for the pannes, for y 
fryenge, and for all maner of weight and 
measure. And in the mornynge to stonde for 
to geue thankes and to prayse the LORDE, 
and in the euenynge likewyse. And vpon all 
Sabbathes, Newmones and feastes to ofire all 
the burntofferynges vnto the LORDE, acord- 
inge to the nombre and ordre, allwaye before 
the LORDE : to wayte vpon the Tabernacle 
of witnesse and of the Sactuary, and vpon 
their brethre the children of Aaron, to 
mynister in the house of the LORDE. 

* Exod. 2. d. + Num. 4. a. J 2 Par. 35. a. 



Cfie rrb. Chapter. 

THIS was y ordinaunce of the childre of 
Aaron. § The children of Aaron were. 
Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar and Ithamar. But 
Nadab and Abihu dyed before their fathers, 
and had no children. And Eleasar and 
Ithamar were prestes. And Dauid ordred 
them after his maner: Sadoc out of the 
children of Eleasar, and Ahimelech out of 
the children of Ithamar, acordinge to their 
nombre and office. And there were mo chefe 
stronge men founde amonge the children of 
Eleasar, then the children of Ithamar. And 
he ordeyned them after this maner : namely, 
sixtene out of y childre of Eleasar to be 
rulers thorow out their fathers house : i eight 
of the children of Ithamar thorow out their 
fathers house. Neuertheles he ordeyned them 
by lot, because that both the pryncipall of the 
children of Eleasar and of Ithamar were in y 
Sanctuary, and chefe before God. And the 
Scrybe Semeia the sonne of Nethaneel one of 
the Leuites, wrote them vp before y kynge 
and before the rulers, and before Sadoc the 
prest, & before Ahimelech the sonne of Abia- 
thar, j before the chefe of the fathers amonge 
the prestes j Leuites: namely one fathers 
house for Eleasar, and the other for Ithamar. 

And the first lot fell vpon Ioiarib, the 
seconde vpon Iedana, the thirde vpo Harim, 
the fourth vpon Seorim, the fifth vpo Mal- 
chia, the sixte vpon Meiamin, the seuenth 
vpon Hakoz, the eight vpon \\ Abia, the 
nyenth vpon Iesua, the tenth vpon Sechania, 
the eleuenth vpon Eliasib, the twolueth vpon 
Iakim, the thirtenth vpon Hupa, the fourtenth 
vpon Iesebeab, the fiftenth vpon Bilga, the 
sixtenth vpon Immer, the seuententh vpon 
Hesir, the eightenth vpon Hapizez, the nyen- 
tenth vpon Pethahia, the twentieth vpon Ie- 
heszkel, the one and twentieth vpon Iachin, the 
two & twentieth vpon Samul, the thre 5 twen- 
tieth vpo Dalaia, y foure and twentieth vpo 
Maasia. This is their course after their office, 
to go in to the house of the LORDE, acordinge 
to their maner vnder their father Aaron, as 
the LORDE God of Israel commaunded him. 

Of the children of Leui amonge the children 
of Amram, was Subael. Amonge the children 
of Subael, was Iohdea. Amonge the children 
of Rehabia, was y first Iesia. Amonge the 

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Iezeharites was Selomoth. Amonge the child- 
ren of Selomoth was Iahath. The children 
of Hebron were : Ieria y first, Amaria the se- 
conde, Iehasiel the thirde, Iakneam the fourth. 
The children of Vsiel were : Micha. Amoge 
the children of Micha was Samir. The bro- 
ther of Micha was Iesia. Amonge the children 
of Iesia was Zacharias. The children of Me- 
rari were : Maheli j Musi, whose sonne was 
Iaesia. The childre of Merari of his sonne 
Iaesia were: Soham, Sacur g Ibri. Maheli 
had Eleasar : for he had no sonnes. Of Cis, 
the children of Cis were : Ierahmeel and 
Musi. The children of Musi were, Maheli, 
Eder and Ieremoth. These are the childre of 
y Leuites thorow out y house of their fathers. 
And the lot was cast for them also besyde 
their brethren the children of Aaron, in the 
presence of kynge Dauid and Sadoc and Ahi- 
melech, and before the chefe fathers amonge 
the prestes g Leuites, as well for the leest bro- 
ther as for the chefest amonge the fathers. 

Che rrbt. Chapter. 
ND Dauid with the chefe captaynes 

sundered to the offices amonge y childre 

ot Assaph, Heman 5 Iedithun y prophetes 
with harpes, psalteries j Cymbales, and they 
were nombred vnto the worke acordynge to 
their offyce. Amonge the childre of Assaph 
was Sakur, Ioseph, Nethania, Asarela, childre 
of Assaph vnder Assaph which prophecyed 
besyde y kynge. Of Iedithun: The children 
of Iedithun were, Gedalia, Zori, Iesaia, Hasa- 
bia, Mathithia (Simei) these sixe vnder their 
father Iedithun with harpes, whose prophe- 
cienge was to geue thankes and to praise the 
LORDE. Of Heman: The children of He- 
man were Bukia, Mathania, Vsiel, Sebuel, 
Ierimoth, Hanania, Hanani, Eliatha, Gilthi, 
Romamthieser, Iaszbaksa, Mallothi, Hothir 
and Mehesioth. All these were the children 
of Hema the kynges Seer in the wordes of 
God to lyfte vp the home : for God gaue 
Heman fourtene sonnes & thre daughters. 

All these were vnder their fathers Assaph 
Iedithun and Heman, to synge in the house 
of the LORDE with Cymbales, Psalteries a 
harpes, acordynge to the office in the house of 
God besyde the kynge. And their nombre 
with their brethren, which were taughte in 
the songe of the LORDE (euery one hauynge 
vnderstondinge) was two hundreth a eight and 
foure score. And they cast the * lottes ouer 



their offyce, for the leest as for the greatest. 
for the master as for the scolar. 

And the first Lot fell vpo Ioseph which 
was of Assaph: the seconde vpo Gedolia with 
his brethre and sonnes, of whom there were 
twolue. The thirde vpo Sacur with his sonnes 
d brethre, of wh5 there were twolue. The 
fourth vpon Iezri with his sonnes and bre 
thren, of whom there were twolue. The fyfth 
vpo Nethania with his sonnes and brethre, 
of" whom there were twolue. The syxte vpon 
Bukia with his sonnes and brethren, of whom 
there were twolue. The seuenth vpon Iesreela 
with his sonnes and brethre, of whom there 
were twolue. The eighte vpon Iesaia with 
his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were 
twolue. The nyenth vpon Mathania with 
his sonnes and brethre, of whom there were 
twolue. The tenth vpon Simei with his sonnes 
and brethren, of whom there were twolue. 
The eleuenth vpon Asraeel with his sonnes 
and brethren, of whom there were twolue. 
The twolueth vpon Hasabia with his sonnes 
and brethre, of whom there were twolue. The 
thirtenth vpon Subael with his sonnes and 
brethren, of whom there were twolue. The 
fourtenth vpon Mathithia with his sonnes & 
brethre, of whom there were twolue. The 
fyftenth vpd Ieremoth with his sonnes and 
brethre, of whom there were twolue. The 
syxtenth vpon Anania with his sonnes and 
brethren, of whom there were twolue. The 
seuenteth vpon Iaszbekasa with his sonnes 
(j brethren, of whom there were twolue. The 
eightenth vpon Hanani with his sonnes and 
brethre, of whom there were twolue. The 
nyententh vpon Mallothi with his sonnes (t. 
brethren, of whom there were twolue. The 
twentieth vpon Eliatha with his sonnes and bre- 
thre, of whom there were twolue. The one & 
twetieth vpon Hothir with his sonnes & brethre 
of whom there were twolue. The two and 
twentieth vpon Gidalthi with his sonnes & bre- 
thren, of whom there were twolue. The thre 
and twentieth vpon Mehesioth with his sonnes 
and brethren of whom there were twolue. 
The foure and twetyeth vpon Romamthieser 
with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there 
were twolue. 

Cije rr&tj. Cijaptev. 

OF the ordinances of the dorekepers. 
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of the children of Assaph. The children of 
Meselemia were these : the fyrstborne Zacha- 
rias, the seconde Iediael, y thirde Sebadia. 
the fourth Iathniel, f fifth Elam, the sixte 
Iohanan, the seuenth Elioenai. The children 
of Obed Edom were these : the firstborne 
Semaia, the seconde Iosabad the thirde Ioah 
the fourth Sachur, y fyfth Nethaneel, the 
sixte Ammiel, the seuenth Isachar, the eight 
Pegulthai : for God had blessed him. And 
vnto Semaia his sonne there were sonnes 
borne also, which bare rule in the house of 
their fathers : for they were mightie valeaunt 
men. The children of Semaia were, Athni 
Rephael, Obed and Elsabad, whose brethren 
were valeaunt men, Elihu and Semachia : all 
these were of the children of Obed Edom. 
Meselemia had children and brethren which 
were stronge men, euen eightene. 

Hossa of the children of Merari had child- 
ren, Simri the chefest : for y fyrstborne was 
not there, therfore dyd his father appoynte 
him to be chefest, the secode Helchias, y 
thirde Tebalia, y fourth Zacharias. All the 
children and brethren of Hossa were thirtene. 

This is the ordinaunce of the dorekepers 
amonge the heades of the valeaunt men in 
the offyce besyde their brethren, to mynister 
in the house of the LORDE. And the lot 
was cast for the small as for y greate thorow 
out the house of their fathers at euery dore. 
The lot towarde the East fell vpon Meselemia. 
And the lot was cast for Zacharias his sonne, 
which was a man of prudent councell, & vnto 
him it fell towarde the North: But vnto Obed 
Edom towarde the South, and to his sonnes 
besyde the house of Esupim. And vnto 
Supim and Hossa towarde the West by the 
gate of Salechet in the strete of the burntoffer- 
inges, where the tabernacles stonde together. 

Towarde the East were there sixe of the 
Leuites. Towarde the north foure on y daie 
tyme. Towai'de the south foure on the daye 
season likewyse. Besyde Esupim two g two. 
By Parbar westwarde were there foure in the 
strete, and two besyde Parbai*. These are 
the ordinaunces of the dorekepers amonge the 
children of the Korahites, and the children of 
Merari. Of the Leuites, was Ahia ouer the 
treasures of the house of God, and ouer the 
treasures that were sanctifyed. 

Of the children of Laedan, the childre of 
the Gersonites. Of Laedan were these the 



heades of the fathers, namely y Iehielites 
The children of the Iehielites were, Setha 
and his brother Ioel ouer the treasures of the 
house of the LORDE. Amonge the Am- 
ramites, Iezeharites, Hebronites and Vsielites, 
was Sebuel the sonne of Gerson the sonne of 
Moses, prynce ouer the treasures. His bro- 
ther Elieser had a sonne Rehabia, whose 
sonne was Iesaia, whose sonne was Iora, whose 
sonne was Sichri, whose sonne was Selomith : 
the same Selomith and his brethren were ouer 
all the treasures of the thinges that were 
halowed, which kinge Dauid halowed, and the 
pryncipall of the fathers amonge the rulers 
ouer thousandes <s ouer hundreds, and rulers 
in the hoost (of warres and spoyles had they 
halowed it, to repayre the house of the 
LORDE) and ouer all y Samuel the Seer, 
and Saul the sonne of Cis, j Abner the sonne 
of Ner, and Ioab the sonne of Zeru la had 
halowed: what soeuer was sanctifyed, it was 
vnder the hande of Selomith and his brethren. 
Amonge the Iezeharites was Chenaia with his 
sonnes for the worke without ouer Israel, offy- 
cers cr Iudges. Amonge the Hebronites was Ha- 
sabia g his brethren, valeaunt men, a thousande 
and seuen hundreth, ouer the ofFyces of Israel 
on this syde Iordane westwarde for all maner 
worke of the LORDE, and to serue the kinge. 
But amonge the Hebronites was Ieria the 
chefest amonge the Hebronites of his kinred 
amoge the fathers. And search was made 
amonge them, and in the fortieth yeare of 
kynge Dauid there were founde valeaut men 
at Iaeser in Gilead, and their brethren mightie 
men, two thousande and seuen hundreth pryn- 
cipall fathers, and Dauid set the ouer the 
Rubenites, Gaddites, and ouer the halfe trybe 
of Manasses, for all soch busynes as belonged 
vnto God and the kynge. 

Che rr&ttj. Chapter. 

THE children of Israel acordinge to their 
nombre, were heades of the fathers, and 
ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, % officers 
waytinge vpon the kynge, to go of (t on after 
their course euery moneth one, in all f 
monethes of y yeare. Euery course had foure 
& twentye thousande. 

Ouer the first course of the first moneth, 
was Iasebeam y sonne of Sabdiel, and vnder 
his course were foure and twentye thousande. 
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amonge all the chefe captaynes in the first 
moneth. 

Ouer the course of the seconde moneth was 
Dodai the Ahohite, and Mikloth was the 
prynce ouer his course. And vnder his course 
were foure and twentye thousande. 

The thirde pryncipall captayne of the thirde 
moneth, was Benaia the sonne of Ioiada y 
prest, and vnder his course were foure and twen 
tye thousande. *This is y Benaia the Worthie 
amonge thirtie and aboue thirtie, And his 
course was vnder his sonne Ammi Sabad. 

The fourth in f fourth moneth was Asahel 
the brother of Ioab, and Sabadia his sonne 
after him, and vnder his course were foure 
and twentye thousande. 

The fifth in the fifth moneth was Samehuth 
the Iesrahite, and vnder his course were foure 
and twentye thousande. 

The sixte in the sixte moneth, was Ira f 
sonne of Ickes the Thecoite, and vnder his 
course were foure and twentye thousande. 

The seuenth in the seuenth moneth, was 
Helez the Pelonite of the children of Ephraim, 
and vnder his course were foure and twetye 
thousande. 

The eight in the eight moneth, was Sibechai 
the Husathite of y Sarehites, and vnder his 
course were foure and twentye thousande. 

The nyenth in the nyenth moneth, was 
Abieser the Anthothite of the childre of Ie- 
mini, 5 vnder his course were foure and twe- 
tve thousande. 

The tenth in the tenth moneth, was Maherai 
the Netophatite of the Serahites, and vnder his 
course were foure and twentye thousande. 

The eleuenth in the eleueth moneth, was 
Benaia the Pirgathonite of the children of 
Ephraim, and vnder his course were foure 
and twentye thousande. 

The twolueth in the twolueth moneth was 
Heldai y Netophatite of Athniel, and vnder 
his course were foure and twentye thousande. 

Ouer the trybes of Israel were these: 
Amonge the Rubenites was Prynce Elieser 
the sonne of Sichri. Amonge the Simeonites 
was Sephatia the sonne of Maecha. Amonge 
the Leuites was Hasabia the sonne of Kemuel. 
Amonge the Aaronites was Sadoc. Amoge 
Iuda was Elihu one of Dauids brethren. 
Amonge Isachar was Amri the sonne of Mi- 
chael. Amonge Zabulo was Iesmaia the sonne 

* 2 Re. 23. d. 1 Par. 12. d. 



of Obadia. Amonge Nephtali was Ieremoth 
the sonne of Asriel. Amonge the children of 
Ephraim was Hosea the sonne of Asasia. 
Amonge the halfe trybe of Manasses was Ioel 
the sonne of Pedaia. Amonge the halfe trybe 
of Manasses in Gilead was Ieddo the sonne 
of Zacharias. Amonge Ben Iamin was Iaesiel 
the sonne of Abner. Amonge Dan was Asareel 
the sonne of Ieroham. These are the princes 
of the trybes of Israel. 

But Dauid toke not the nombre of them 
that were twentye yeare olde and there vnder: 
for the LORDE had promysed to multiplye 
Israel as the starres of the szkie. t Howbeit 
Ioab the sonne of Zeruia had begonne to 
nombre them, and perfourmed it not : for 
there came wrath vpon Israel for the same 
cause, therfore came not the nombre in to f 
Cronicles of kynge Dauid. 

Ouer the kynges treasures was Asmaueth 
the sonne of Adiel. And ouer the treasures 
in the lode, in the cities, vyllages and castels 
was Ionathan the sonne of Vsia. Ouer the 
huszbandmen to tyll the londe was Esri the 
sonne of Chelub. Ouer the vynyardes was 
Simei the Ramathite. Ouer the wyne Cellers 
and treasures of wyne was Sabdi the Siphimite. 
Ouer the oyle gardens and Molbery trees in 
the lowe feldes, was Baal Hanan the Gaderite. 
Ouer the treasure of the oyle was Ioas. Ouer 
f oxen of the pasture at Saron was Sitari the 
Saronite. Ouer the oxen in the valleys was 
Saphath the sonne of Adlai. 

Ouer the Camels was Obil the Ismaelite. 
Ouer the asses was Iehethia the Meronothite. 
Ouer the shepe was Iasis the Hagarite. All 
these were rulers ouer kynge Dauids goodes. 
Ionathan Dauids vncle was of the councell a 
wyse man and a scrybe. And Iehiel the 
sonne of Hachmoni was with the kynges 
children, t Achitophel also was of the kynges 
councell. Husai the Arachite was the kinges 
frende. After Achitophel was Ioiada f sonne 
of Benaia and Abiathar. As for Ioab, he 
was the kynges chefe captayne of warre. 

Che rrtr. Chapter. 

AND Dauid gathered vnto Ierusalem all 
the rulers of Israel, namely y prynces 
of the trybes, the rulers ouer the courses, 
which wayted vpon the kynge, the captaynes 
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ouer the goodes and catell of the kynge and 
of his sonnes, with the chaberlaines, warryers 
and valeaunt men. And Dauid the kynge 
stode vp vpon his fete, and saide : Heare me 
my brethren and my people : *I was mynded 
to buylde an house, where the Arke of the 
couenaunt of the LORDE shulde rest, and a 
fote stole for the fete of oure God, and pre- 
pared my selfe for to buylde, But God sayde 
vnto me : " Thou shalt not buylde an house 
vnto my name, for thou art a man of warre, 
and hast shed bloude. 

tNow hath the LORDE God of Israel 
chosen me out of all my fathers house, y I 
shulde be kynge ouer Israel : for t Iuda hath 
he chosen to be the Prynce, and in the house 
of Iuda amonge my fathers children hath he 
had pleasure vnto me, to make me kynge 
ouer all Israel : and amoge all my sonnes (for 
the LORDE hath geuen me many sonnes) he 
hath chosen Salomon my sonne, to syt vpon 
the seate of the kyngdome of the LORDE 
ouer Israel, and hath sayde vnto me : § Salo- 
mon thy sonne shall buylde me an house and 
my courtes : for I haue chosen him to be my 
sonne, $ I wil be his father, d wyll stablishe 
his kyngdome for euer, yf he be constant to 
do after my commaundementes and lawes, as 
it is this daye. Now in the sight of all Israel 
the congregacion of the LORDE, and in the 
eares of oure God, se that ye obserue and 
seke all the commaundemetes of the LORDE 
youre God, that ye maye possesse this good 
londe and that ye and youre children maie 
haue f inheritaunce therof for euer. 

And thou my sonne Salomo, knowe thou 
the God of thy father, and serue him with all 
thy hert, and with the desyre of thy soule : 
for the LORDE searcheth all hertes, and 
vnderstondeth all thoughtes j ymaginacions. 
Yf thou seke him, thou shalt fynde him : but 
yf thou forsake him, he shall refuse the for 
euer. Take hede now, for the LORDE hath 
chosen the, to buylde an house to be the 
Sactuary : be stronge, and make it. 

And Dauid gaue Salomon his sonne a 
patrone of the Porche, and of his house, and 
of the celles and perlers and ynnermer cha- 
bers, and of the house of the Mercyseate, & 
of all that he had in his mynde, namely of the 
courte of the LORDES house, and of all 
the oratories rounde aboute the treasures in 



y house of God, and of the treasures of soch 
thinges as were halowed, of the ordinaunces 
of the prestes, and Leuites, and of all f busy- 
nesse of the offyces in thehouseof the LORDE. 

Golde (gaue he him) after f golde weight 
for all maner of vessels of euery ofFyce, and 
all siluer ornamentes after the weight for all 
maner of vessell of euery offyce : and weight 
for the golden candilstickes and golden lampes, 
for eiiery candilstycke and his lampes his 
weight: likewyse for the siluer candilstickes 
gaue he the weight to the candilsticke 5 his 
lampes, acordynge as was requyred for euery 
candilstycke. He gaue golde also for f tables 
of the shewbred, for euery table his weight : 
and syluer lykewise for the syluer tables. And 
pure golde for the fleshokes, basens and cen- 
sors : and for the golden cuppes, vnto euery 
cuppe his weight : and for the siluer cuppes, 
vnto euery cuppe his weighte: and for the altare 
of incense his weighte, of the most pure golde. 

And a patrone of the charett of the golden 
Cherubins, that they mighte sprede out them 
selues, and couer the Arke of the couenaunt of 
the LORDE. All this is geuen me in wrytinge 
of the hande of the LORDE, to make me vn- 
derstonde all the workes of the patrone. 

And Dauid sayde vnto Salomo his sonne : 
Be thou manly and stronge, and make it, 
feare not, and be not fayntharted, the LORDE 
God my God shal be with the, and shall not 
withdrawe his hande, ner fayle the, tyll thou 
haue fynished euery worke for the seruyce in the 
house of the LORDE. Beholde, the courses 
of the prestes and Leuites to all the offyces in 
the house of God are with the in euery worke, 
and are willinge, and haue wisdome to all the 
offyces : and so haue the prynces and all the 
people for euery thinge that thou hast to do. 

Che rrr. Chapter. 

AND kynge Dauid sayde vnto all the 
congregacion : God hath chosen Salo- 
mon one of my sonnes, which yet is yonge and 
tender. But the worke is greate : for it is not 
a mans palace, but the LORDE Gods. Yet 
haue I after all my abilite prepared vnto the 
house of God, golde for the vessels of golde, 
syluer for them of syluer, brasse for them of 
brasse, yron for the of yron, wod for them of 
wod, Onix stones, set Rubyes, 5 stones of 
dyuerse coloures, (j all precious stones, 5 



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for the good wyl y I haue to the house of 
God, I haue of myne awne proper good thre 
M. taletes of golde of Ophir, ij seuen M. 
taletes of pure syluer, which I geue vnto the 
holy house of God, besyde all y I haue pre- 
pared, to ouerlaye y walles of the house, y 
the same which ought to be of golde, maye 
be of golde : g that it which ought to be of 
syluer, maye be of syluer : and for all maner 
of worke by the hande of the craftesmen. 
And who is now fre wyllinge, to fyll his hande 
this daye vnto the LORDE ? 

Then were the prynces of the fathers, f 
prynces of the trybes of Israel, the captaynes 
ouer thousandes g ouer hundreds, the rulers 
ouer the kynges busynes, fre wyllinge, g gaue to 
f mynistracion in the house of God fyue M. ta- 
lentes of golde, and ten M. guldens, and ten M. 
talentes of syluer, eightene M. taletes of brasse, 
and an hundred M. taletes of yron. And by 
whom so euerwere foude stones, they gaue them 
to the treasure of the house of the LORDE, 
vnder the hade of Iehiel the Gersonite. 

And y people were glad that they were fre 
wyllinge : for they gaue it with a good wyll 
(euen with all their hert) vnto the LORDE. 
And Dauid also f kynge reioysed greatly, and 
praysed God, and sayde before the whole con- 
gregacion : Praysed be thou O LORDE God 
of Israel oure father, vnto the belongeth wor- 
shippe and power, glory, victory g thankes : 
for all that is in heauen and earth, is thine : 
thine is f kyngdome, and thou art exalted 
aboue all prynces. Thine are riches and ho- 
noure before y, thou reignest ouer all, in thy 
hande consisteth power and might, in thy hade 
is it to make euery man greate and stronge. 

Now thake we the oure God, and prayse f 
name of thy glory : For who am I ? What is 
my people ? that we shulde be able with a 
fre wyll to offre, as this is done ? For of the 
commeth all, and of thy hande haue we geuen 
it the : * For we are but pilgrems g straugers 
before the, as were all oure fathers. Oure 
life vpon earth is as a shadowe, and here is no 
abydinge. O LORDE oure God, all this 
abundaunce that we haue prepared to buylde 
the an house vnto thy name, came of thy 
hande, and is thine alltogether. I knowe my 
God, that thou tryest the hert, and that vn- 

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faynednes is acceptable vnto the : therfore 
haue I geue all this with an vnfayned hert, 
eue with a good wyll, and now haue I had 
ioye to se thy people (which here are present) 
offre with a fre wyll vnto the. O LORDE 
God of oure fathers Abraham, Isaac, g Is 
rael, kepe thou euermore soch purposes and 
thoughtes in y hertes of thy people, g prepare 
thou their hertes vnto the. And graunte my 
sonne Salomon a perfecte hert, that he maye 
kepe thy comaundementes, thy testimonies, 
thy statutes, that he maye do all, g buylde this 
palace, which I haue prepared. 

And Dauid sayde vnto the whole cogrega- 
cion : O prayse the LORDE youre God 
And all the cogregacion praysed f LORDE 
God of their fathers, g bowed them selues, g 
worshipped the LORDE g then the kynge, 
and offred sacrifices vnto the LORDE. And 
on y nexte morow offred they burntofferynges, 
a M. bullockes, a M. rames, a M. labes with 
their drynkofferynges, g plenteously offred they 
amonge all Israel. And they ate and dranke f 
same daie before the LORDE with greate ioye 
and made Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge y 
seconde tyme, and anoynted him to be y prynce 
for the LORDE, +$ Sadoc to be the prest. 

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LORDE, kynge in his fathers steade, g pros 
pered. And all Israel obeyed him, g all f 
rulers g mightie men, g all kynge Dauids 
children submytted themselues vnto kynge 
Salomon. And f LORDE made Salomon 
excellent g greate in y sighte of all Israel, 
§ and gaue him soch a glorious kyngdome, as 
none had before him ouer Israel. 

So had Dauid now bene kynge ouer all 
Israel. And f tyme that he was kynge ouer 
Israel, is fortye yeares : At Hebron reigned 
he seuen yeare, and at Ierusalem thre g thirtie 
yeare, g dyed in a good age, full of dayes, 
riches and honoure. And Salomon his sonne 
was kynge in his steade. 

These actes of kynge Dauid (both y* first 
and last) beholde, they are wrytten amonge 
the actes of Samuel the Seer, and amonge 
the actes of the prophet Nathan, and amoge 
the actes of Gad the Seer, with all his kyng- 
dome, power and tymes which passed vnder 
him, both vpon Israel g vpon all the kyng- 
domes of the earth. 

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Chap. I. 


Chap. X. 






Of the kyngdome of Salomon, to whom the 


Roboam oppressynge the people, maketh them 






LORDE appeareth, and Salomon maketh his 


to fall awaye from him. 






prayer vnto him. 


Chap. XI. 






Chap. II. 


The LORDE wil not suffre Roboam kynge of 






How Salomon deuyseth to buylde the temple of 


Iuda (j Be Iamin to fighte agaynst Israel. He 






the LORDE. 


buyldeth cities. 






Chap. III. 
How he begynneth to buylde, and after what 
faszshion. 


Chap. XII. 






Roboam forsaketh the lawe of the LORDE. 
The kynge of Egipte commeth vpon him. The 






LORDE delyuereth him. 






Chap. IIII. 








Of the ornamentes of the temple. 


Chap. XIII. 

Of Abia & Ieroboam j their warres. 






Chap. V. 








The Arke is broughte in to the temple, (jc. 


Chap. XIIII. XV. 

Of kynge Asa. 






Chap. VI. 


Chap. XVI. 






Salomon speaketh vnto the people, prayseth God, 


Baesa cometh vp against Asa, which agreeth with 






and beseketh him to heare soch as make their 


him, therfore is he rebuked. 






prayer in the temple. 


Chap. XVII. 






Chap. VII. 


Of the reigne of Iosaphat. 






The fyre commeth from heauen, (j consumeth the 








sacrifice. The kynge (t, the people offre. The 


Chap. XVIII. 






LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon, and pro- 
myseth to heare him. 


Iosaphat maketh frendshippe with Achab, and 
helpeth him to fight. 






Chap. VIII. 


Chap. XIX. 






Salomon buyldeth cities, and subdueth the Hey- 


Iehu rebuketh Iosaphat for he pynge the vn- 






then. Of his captaynes and of his wife. 


godly. Iosaphat amendeth, and lyueth well. 






Chap. IX. 


Chap. XX. 






The Quene of Saba bringeth presentes vnto 


The Moabites J Ammonites with the Syrians and 






Salomon, j receaueth giftes of him. Salomon 


Edomites go forth agaynst Iosaphat, which 






dyeth. 


prayethvnto God, and he helpeth him. 




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Chap. XXI. 
losaphat dyeth. Ioram his sonne is made 
kynge, slayeth his brethren, and forsaketh 
the LORDE. Edom falleth awaye from Iuda. 
God punysheth Ioram. 

Chap. XXII. 

Ochosias is made kinge, and taketh parte with 
Achabs sonne. 

Cljap. XXIII. 

Ioiada maketh Ioas kynge, (J commaundeth to 
slaye Athalia. 

Cijap. XXIIII. 
Whyle Ioiada lyueth, kynge Ioas doth well, but 
after his death he forsaketh the LORDE : And 
because Zacharias reproueth him, he c5maund- 
eth to stone him to death. His awne ser- 
uauntes kyll him vpon his bed. 

Chap. XXV. 
Of kynge Amasias, which smyteth the Edomites. 
He worshippeth their Idols, therfore the pro- 
phet reproueth him. He wyll nedes fight with 
the kynge of Israel, which ouercommeth him 
and taketh him. 

Chap. XXVI. 

Of kynge Osias otherwyse called Vsia or Azarias : 
of his buyldinges, & how he became leper for 
his presumpcion. 



Cfjap. XXVII. 

Of Iothams reigne, of his buyldinges, and of his 
warres. 

Chap. XXVIII. 
Of the wicked kynge Achas. 

Chap. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. 

Of the verteous kynge Ezechias, and of his noble 
actes. 

Chap. XXXII. 

Sennacherib layeth sege to Ierusalem, Ezechias 
comforteth the people. Sennacherib threat- 
ened, but the LORDE delyuereth Iuda. 
Ezechias is sicke and recouereth. 

Chap. XXXIII. 

Of the reigne of Manasses, and of his amend- 
ment from his wickednes. Of kynge Amnion 
his sonne. 

Chap. XXXIIII. XXXV. 

Of the reigne and most vertuous actes of kynge 
Iosias, and of his death. 

eijap. xxxvi. 

Thre monethes reigneth Ioachas, after whom 
reigneth Eliachim other wyse called Ioachim, 
whom Nabuchodonosor carieth vnto Babilon 
and in his steade reigneth Ioachim his sonne, 
which also is led awaye captyue vnto Babilon 
Sedechias is made kynge, and at the last caried 
away presoner with all the people, and Ieru- 
salem destroyed. 



Che first Chapter. 

AND Salomon the sonne of Dauid was 
stablyshed in his kyngdome, "and the 
LORDE his God was with him, g made him 
exceadinge greate. And Salomon spake vnto 
all Israel, to the captaynes ouer thousandes 
and ouer hundreds, to the Iudges, and to all 
" prynces in Israel, and to the chefest fathers, 
so that they wente (Salomon and the whole 
congregacion with him) vnto the hye place 
which was at Gibea: *for there was y Taber- 
nacle of y witnesse of God, t which Moses 
the seruaunt of the LORDE had made in y 
wyldemesse. t For Dauid had brought vp 
the Arke of God from Kiriath Iarim, whan he 

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had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent 
for it at Ierusalem. As for y brasen altare 
§ which Bezaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of 
Hur had made, it was there before the habita- 
of the LORDE : and Salomon and the con 
gregacion soughte God. And Salomon offred 
a thousande burntofferynges vpo the brasen 
altare that stode before the Tabernacle of 
witnesse. 

In the same nighte appeared God vnto 
Salomon, and sayde vnto him : Axe, what 
shal I geue the? And Salomon sayde vnto 
God : Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my 
father Dauid, and hast made me kynge in his 
steade. Now LORDE God, let thy worde 
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Dauid, be verified, *for thou hast made me 
kynge ouer a people, which is as many in n5bre 
as the dust vpon the earth. Graunte me 
wyszdome therfore and knowlege, y I maye 
go out and in before this people : for who is 
able to iudge this greate people of thine ? 

Then sayde God vnto Salomon: For so 
moch as thou art so mynded, and hast not 
desyred riches ner good, ner honoure, ner the 
soules of thine enemies, ner longe life, but 
hast requyred wyszdome and knowlege, to 
iudge my people, ouer whom I haue made the 
kynge, wyszdome therfore and knowlege be 
geuen the. Morouer, riches (j good and ho- 
noure wyll I geue the, so that soch one as 
thou hath not bene before the amoge the 
kynges, nether shal be after the. 

So came Salomon from the hye place (which 
was at Gibeon) "vnto Ierusale from f Taber- 
nacle of witnesse, and reigned ouer Israel. 
And Salomon gathered him charettes and 
horsmen, so that he had a thousande and 
foure hundreth charettes, & twolue thousande 
horsmen: and those appoynted he to be in 
the charet cities, and with the kynge at Ieru- 
salem. And the kynge broughte it so to 
passe, that there was as moch syluer 5 golde 
at Ierusale as stones : and as many Ceders, as 
the Molberyes trees, that are in the valleys. 
And there were horses broughte vnto Salomon 
out of Egipte, & the kynges marchauntes 
fetched them from Kena for moneye. And 
they came vp, and broughte out of Egipte a 
charet for sixe hudreth syluer pes, and an 
horse for an hundreth and fiftye. Thus 
broughte they also vnto all the kynges of the 
Hethites, and to the kynges of y Syrians. 

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ND Salomon thoughte to buylde an 



_/\_ house vnto the name of the LORDE, 5 
an house for his kyngdome: and tolde out 
thre score and ten thousande men to beare 
burthens, and foure score thousande that hewed 
tymber vp5 the mount, and thre thousande and 
sixe hundreth officers ouer them. tAnd Sa- 
lomon sent vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre, 
sayenge : As t thou dyddest with my father, 5 
sendedst him Ceder trees, to builde an house 
for to dwell in (euen so do thou with me also.) 
Beholde, I wyl buylde an house vnto the name 
of the LORDE my God, to sanctifie it, for to 

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burne good incense before him, and allwaye 
to prepare y shewbred, and burntofferynges 
in the mornynge and in the euenynge, on the 
Sabbathes & New mones, and solempne feastes 
of f LORDE oure God euermore for Israel. 

And the house that I wyl buylde, shal be 
greate : for oure God is greater then all goddes. 
But who is able to buylde him an house? 
For heauen 5 the heauens of all heauens maye 
not coprehende him. Who am I then, that I 
shulde buylde him an house ? But onely for 
this intent to burne incense before him? 

Sede me now therfore a wyse ma to worke 
with golde, syluer, brasse, yron, scarlet, purple, 
yalow sylke and soch one as can graue carued 
worke with the wyse men that are with me in 
Iewry and Ierusalem, whom my father Dauid 
ordeyned. And sende me tymber of Ceder, 
pyne tre and costly wodd from Libanus : for I 
knowe that thy seruauntes can hewe tymber 
vpon Libanus. . And beholde, my seruauntes 
shalbe with thy seruauntes, to prepare me 
moch tymber : for the house that I wyl buylde, 
shalbe greate 3, maruelous goodly. 

And beholde, I wyl geue vnto the carpenters 
thy seruauntes which hewe the tymber, twetye 
thousande quarters, of beaten wheate, and 
twentye thousande quarters of barlye, and 
twentye thousande Batthes of wyne, and twen- 
tye thousande Batthes of oyle. 

Then sayde Hiram the kynge of Tyre by 
wrytinge, and sent it vnto Salomon : Because 
the LORDE loueth his people, therfore hath 
he made f to be kynge ouer them. And 
Hiram sayde morouer: Praysed be y LORDE 
God of Israel, which made heauen j earth, that 
he hath geue kynge Dauid a wyse and prudent 
sonne, and soch one as hath vnderstondinge 
to buylde an house vnto the LORDE, 5 an 
house for his realme. Therfore sende I now 
a wyse man that hath vnderstondynge, § euen 
Hiram Abi (which is the sonne of a woman of 
the doughters of Dan, and his father was of 
Tyre) which can worke in golde, syluer, brasse 
yron, stone, tymber, scarlet, yalowe sylke 
lynnen, purple and to carue all maner of 
thinges, and to make what conynge thinge so 
euer is geuen him, with thy wyse men, and 
with the wyse men of my lorde kynge Dauid 
thy father. And now let my lorde sende the 
wheate, barlye, oyle and wyne vnto his ser- 
uautes, acordinge as he hath sayde, and so 

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wyll we hewe ^ tymber vpon Libanus, 
moch as thou nedest, and wyll brynge it by 
flotes in the See vnto Iapho, from whence 
thou mayest brynge it vp to Ierusalem. 

And Salomon nombred all the straungers 
in the londe of Israel, acordinge to the nombre 
whan Dauid his father nombred them: and 
there were founde an hundreth (j fiftye thou- 
sande, thre thousande and sixe hiidreth. And 
of the same he made thre score and ten thou- 
sande bearers of burthens, and foure score 
thousande hewers vpo f mount, and thre 
thousande and sixe hundreth ouerseers, which 
helde f people at their worke. 

Che ttj. Chapter. 

AND Salomon beganne to buylde the 
house of the LORDE at Ierusalem 
vpon the mount Moria, * that was shewed vnto 
Dauid his father, which Dauid had prepared 
for the rowme, vpon the come fioore of Arnan 
the Iebusite. In the seconde daye of tb 
seconde moneth in the fourth yeare of his 
reigne begane he to buylde. And so layed 
Salomon the foundacion to buylde the house 
of God : first the length thre score cubytes, 
the bredth twentye cubites : and the Porche 
before the wydenes of the house, was twentye 
cubites longe, but the height was an hundreth 
and twentye, and he ouerlayed it on the ynsyde 
with pure golde. 

But the greate house syled he with Pyne 
tre, and ouerlayed it with the best golde, and 
made palme trees and throwne worke theron, 
and ouerlayed the house with precious stones 
to beutifye it. As for the golde, it was golde 
of Paruaim. And the balkes and postes aboue, 
and the walles, and the dores of it ouerlayed 
he with golde, and caused Cherubins to be 
carued on the walles. 

He made also the house of the Most holy, 
whose length was twentye cubites acordinge to 
the wydenesse of the house : and the bredth 
of it was twentye cubites likewyse, and he 
ouerlayed it with the best golde by sixe 
hundreth talentes. And for nales he gaue 
fiftye Sides of golde in weight, and ouerlayed 
the chambers with golde. He made also in 
the house of the most holy, two Cherubins of 
carued worke, and ouerlayed them with golde : 
and the length on the wynges of the Cherubins, 
so that one wynge had fyue cubytes, and 



touched the wall of the house : and the other 
wynge had fyue cubytes also, and touched the 
wynge of the other Cherub. 

Euen so had one wynge of the other Cherub 
fyue cubites likewyse, and touched the wall of 
the house: and his other wynge had fyue 
cubites also, and touched the wynge of the 
other Cherub: so that these wynges of the 
Cherubins were spred out twentye cubites 
wyde. And they stode vpo their fete, and 
their face was turned to the house warde. 

He made a vayle also of yalow sylke, scarlet, 
purple and lynenworke, and made Cherubins 
theron. And before the house he made two 
pilers fyue and thirtie cubites longe, and the 
knoppes aboue theron, fyue cubytes. And he 
made throwne worke for the quere, and put 
it aboue vpon the pilers : and made an hundreth 
pomgranates, and put them on the wrythren 
worke. And he set vp the pilers before the 
temple, the one on the righte honde, and the 
other on the lefte : and that on the righte 
honde called he Iachin, and it on the lefte 
honde called he Boos. 

Che Hi). Chapter. 

HE made a brasen altare also, twentye 
cubytes longe, and twentye cubytes 
brode, and ten cubites hye. tAnd he made 
a molten lauer ten cubites wyde fro the one 
syde to the other rounde aboute, and fyue 
cubytes hye. And a metelyne of thirtie 
cubites mighte comprehende it aboute. And 
ymages of Bullockes were vnder it. And 
aboute the lauer (which was ten cubites wyde) 
there were two rowes of knoppes, y were 
molten withall. 

It stode so vpon the bullockes, that thre 
were turned towarde the north, thre towarde 
the west, thre towarde the south, and thre 
towarde the east, and the lauer aboue vpon 
them, and all their hynder partes were on the 
ynsyde. The thicknesse of it was an hand 
bredth, and the edge of it was like the edge 
of a cuppe, and as a floured rose. And it 
conteyned thre thousande Batthes. 

And he made ten kettels, wherof he set 
fyue on the righte hande and fyue on the 
lefte, to waszshe in them soch thinges as 
belonged to the burntofferynge, that they 
mighte thrust them therin : but y lauer (made 
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Ten golden candelstickes made he also as 
they ought to be, and set them in the temple 
fyue on the righte hande, and fyue on th 
lefte. And made ten tables, and set them in 
the temple : fyue on the righte hande, and 
fyue on the lefte. And made an hundreth 
basens of golde. He made a courte likewyse 
for the prestes, and a greate courte, and dores 
in the courte, and ouerlayed y dores with 
brasse. And the lauer set he on the right 
syde towarde the south east. And Hiram 
made cauldrons, shouels and basens. 

So Hiram fynished the worke which he 
made for kynge Salomon in the house of God: 
namely the two pilers with the roundels and 
knoppes aboue vpon both the pilers, and both 
the wrythen ropes to couer both the roundels 
of f knoppes aboue vpo the pilers, and the 
foure hundreth pomgranates on both the 
wrythe ropes, two rowes of pomgranates on 
euery rope, to couer the roundels of the 
knoppes that were aboue vpon the pilers. 

He made the stoles also and y kettels vpon 
the stoles, and a lauer, and twolue bullockes 
there vnder. And pottes, shouels, fleshokes, 
and all their vessels made Hiram Abif of pure 
metall for kynge Salomon vnto the house of 
the LORDE. In the coaste of Iordane dyd 
the kynge cause them to be molten in thicke 
earth betwene Suchoth and Zaredatha. 

And Salomon made all these vessels which 
were so many, that the weight of y metall was 
not to be soughte out. And Salomon made 
all the ornamentes for the house of God : 
namely, the golden altare, the tables and the 
shewbreds theron, the candelstickes with their 
lampes of pure golde, to burne before the 
Quere acordinge to the maner : and the floures 
and the lampes and the snoffers were of golde, 
all these were of pure golde. 

And the knyues, basens, spones and pottes, 
were of pure golde. And the intraunce and 
his dores within vnto the Most holy, and the 
dores of the house of the temple were of golde. 
Thus was all y worke fynished, which Salomon 
made in the house of the LORDE. 

Cije b. Chapter 

AND Salomon broughte in all y his father 
Dauid had sanctified,'' namely, syluer 
and golde, and all maner of ornamentes, and 
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God. *The gathered Salomon all the Elders 
in Israel together, all f heades of the trybes, 
prynces of the fathers amoge the childre of 
Israel vnto Ierusale, to brynge vp the Arke of 
the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the cite 
of Dauid, that is Sion. And there resorted 
vnto the kynge all the men in Israel at the 
feast, that is in the seuenth moneth, and all f 
Elders in Israel came. 

And y Leuites toke the Arke, j broughte 
it vp with the Tabernacle of witnesse, and all 
the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle : 
and y prestes and Leuites broughte them vp. 
As for kynge Salomon and all the cogregacion 
of Israel that was gathered vnto him before 
the Arke, they offred shepe and oxen, so many, 
that no man coulde nombre ner reken them. 

Thus the prestes broughte the Arke of y 
couenaunt of the LORDE vnto hir place in 
to the quere of the house, euen in to y Most 
holy vnder the wynges of the Cherubins, so 
that the Cherubins spred out their wynges 
ouer the place of the Arke : and the Cherubins 
couered the Arke and the staues therof from 
aboue. And the staues were so longe, y the 
knoppes of them were sene from the Arke 
before the quere, but on the outsyde were 
they not sene. And it was there vnto this 
daye. And there was nothinge in the Arke, 
saue the two tables, which Moses put therin 
at Horeb, whan the LORDE made a coue- 
naunt with the childre of Israel, what tyme as 
they were departed out of Egipte. 

And whan the prestes wente out of the 
Sanctuary (for all y- prestes that were founde, 
sanctified them selues, because the courses 
were not kepte) the Leuites with all those 
that were vnder Asaph, Heman, Iedithun and 
their children and brethren, beynge clothed 
in lynnen, songe with Cymbales, psalteries 
and harpes, and stode towarde the east parte 
of the altare, and an hundreth (j twentye 
prestes with them, which blewe with trom- 
pettes. And it was, as yf one dyd trompet 
and synge, as though a voyce had bene herde 
of praysinge and geuynge thankes vnto the 
LORDE. 

And whan the voyce arose from y trom- 
pettes, cymbales and other instrumentes of 
musick, and from praysinge the LORDE 
(because he is gracious, and because his mercy 
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was fylled on the ynsyde with a cloude, so y 
the prestes coulde not stonde to mynister for 
the cloude: for the glory of the LORDE 
fylled the house of God. 

Cfie bi. Chapter. 

THEN sayde Salomon: The LORDE 
sayde, "that he wolde dwell in a darck 
cloude : I haue buylded an house to be an 
habitacion vnto the : 5 a seate, y thou mayest 
dwell there for euer. And the kynge turned 
his face, and blessed all the congregacion of 
Israel: for the whole cogregacion of Israel 
stode, (j he sayde : Praysed be the LORDE 
God of Israel, which promysed by his mouth 
vnto my father Dauid, and with his hande 
hath fulfilled it, wha he sayde : * Sece the 
tyme that I broughte my people out of the 
londe of Egipte, I haue chosen no cite in all 
y trybes of Israel, to buylde an house for my 
name to be there, nether haue I chosen eny 
man to be prynce ouer my people of Israel, 
t But Ierusalem haue I chosen, for my name 
to be there: g Dauid haue I electe, to be 
prynce ouer my people of Israel. 

And whan my father Dauid was mynded 
to buylde an house vnto the name of the 
LORDE God of Israel, the LORDE sayde 
vnto Dauid my father : Where as thou wast 
mynded to buylde an house vnto my name, 
thou hast done well : howbeit thou shalt not 
buylde the house, but thy sonne which shall 
come out of thy loynes, shal buylde the house 
vnto my name. 

Thus hath y LORDE now perfourmed his 
worde, that he spake : for I am come vp in 
my father Dauids steade, and syt vpon the 
seate of Israel, euen as the LORDE sayde, & 
haue buylded an house vnto the name of y 
LORDE God of Israel, 5 in it haue I put y 
Arke, wherin is the couenaunt of y LORDE, 
which he made with the childre of Israel. 

And he stode before the altare of the 
LORDE in the presence of the whole con- 
gregacion of Israel, and spred out his handes : 
for Salomon had made a brasen pulpit, and 
set it in the myddes of the courte, fyue 
cubites longe, and fyue cubites brode, and 
thre cubites hye : vpon the same stode he, 
and fell downe vpon his knees in the presence 
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out his handes towarde heaue and sayde : t O 
LORDE God of Israel, there is no god like 
the, nether in heauen ner vpon earth, thou 
that kepest couenaunt and mercy for thy ser- 
uauntes, that walke before the with all their 
hert. Thou hast kepte pixraies with my father 
Dauid thy seruaunt: With thy mouth thou 
saydest it, and with thy hande hast thou ful 
fylled it, as it is come to passe this daye. Now 
LORDE God of Israel, make good vnto my 
father Dauid thy seruaunt, that which thou 
hast promysed him, & sayde : Thou shalt not 
want a man before me, to syt vpon the seate 
of Israel : yf thy children kepe their waye, so 
y they walke in my lawe, like as thou hast 
walked before me: Now LORDE God of 
Israel, let thy worde be verified, which thou 
hast promysed vnto Dauid thy seruaunt. 

For thinkest thou that God in very dede 
dwelleth amonge men vpon earth ? § Beholde, 
the heauen and y heauens of all heauens maye 
not coteyne the : how shulde then this house 
do it, which I haue buylded ? But turne the 
vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt, and to his 
supplicacio (O LORDE my God) that thou 
mayest heare the thankesgeuynge and prayer, 
which thy seruaunt maketh before the, so that 
thine eyes be open ouer this house daye and 
night, euen ouer this place (wherin thou 
saydest thou woldest set thy name) that thou 
mayest heare the prayer, which thy seruaunt 
shall make in this place. Heare now therfore 
the intercession of thy seruaunt and of thy 
people of Israel, what so euer they shall desyre 
in this place : heare thou it from the place of 
thy habitacion, eue from heauen : and whan 
thou hearest it, be mercifull. 

* Whan eny ma synneth agaynst his negh- 
boure, and an ooth be put vpon him which 
he ought to sweare, and the ooth commeth 
before thine altare in this house, then heare 
thou from heauen, and se y thy seruaunt haue 
righte, so that thou rewarde the vngodly, and 
recopence him his waye vpon his awne heade, 
and to iustifye the righteous, and to geue him 
acordinge to his righteousnes. 

Whan thy people of Israel is smytte before 
their enemies (whyle they haue synned agaynst 
the) and yf they turne vnto the, and knowlege 
thy name, and make their prayer and inter- 
cession before the in this house, then heare 



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thou them from heauen, and be mercifull 
vnto the synne of thy people of Israel, tL 
brynge them agayne in to the londe, y thou 
hast geuen them and their fathers. 

* Whan the heauen is shut vp, so that it 
rayne not (for so moch as they haue synned 
agaynst the) and yf they make their prayer in 
this place, and knowlege thy name, and turne 
from their synnes (whan thou hast brought 
them lowe) heare thou them then in heauen, 
and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy ser- 
uauntes, and of thy people of Israel, that 
thou mayest teach them the good waye wherin 
they shulde walke, and let it rayne vpon thy 
londe which thou hast geuen thy people to 



Whan a derth, or pestilence, or drouth, or 
blastinge, or greshopper or catirpiller, is in 
the londe : Or whan their enemye layeth sege 
to their portes in the lode, or whan eny other 
plage or disease happeneth, who so euer the 
maketh his prayer or peticion amonge eny 
maner of men, or amonge all thy people of 
Israel, yf eny man fele his plage and disease, 
and spredeth out his handes vnto this house, 
heare thou then from heauen, euen from y 
t seate of thy habitacion, and be mercifull : 
and geue euery man acordinge to all his 
wayes, in so moch as thou knowest his hert 
(for thou onely knowest the hert of the children 
of men) that they maye feare the, and all waye 
walke in thy wayes, as longe as they lyue in 
the londe, which thou hast geuen vnto oure 
fathers. 

And whan eny straunger which is not of 
thy people of Israel, commeth out of a farre 
countre because of thy greate name, and 
mightie hande, and out stretched arme, and 
commeth to make his prayer in this house, 
heare thou him then from heaue, euen from 
the seate of thy habitacion : and do all for f 
which that straunger calleth vpo the, that all 
the nacions vpon earth maye knowe thy name, 
and feare the, as thy people of Israel do : and 
that they maye knowe, how y this house which 
I haue buylded, is named after thy name. 

Whan thy people go forth to y battayll 
agaynst their enemies, the waye that thou 
shalt sende them, and shall praye vnto the 
t towarde the waye of this cite which thou 
hast chosen, and towarde the house that I 
haue buylded vnto thy name, heare thou the 



their prayer and peticion from heauen, and 
helpe them to their righte. 

Whan they synne agaynst the (§for there 
is no man that synneth not) and thou be 
wroth at them, and geue them ouer before 
their enemyes, so that they cary them awaye 
captyue in to a countre farre or nye, and yf 
they turne within their hertes in the londe 
where they are presoners, and so conuerte, 
and make their intercession vnto the in the 
londe of their captiuyte, and saye : We haue 
synned, and done amysse, and haue bene 
vngodly: and so turne them selues vnto f 
with all their hert and with all their soule in 
the londe of their captiuyte, wherin they are 
presoners : and make their prayer towarde the 
waye of their owne londe, which thou gauest 
vnto their fathers, and towarde the cite which 
thou hast chosen, and towarde the house that 
I haue buylded vnto thy name : then heare 
thou their prayer and supplicacion from hea- 
uen, euen from the seate of thy dwellynge, 
and helpe them to their righte, and be mer- 
cifull vnto thy people that haue synned 
agaynst the. My God, let thine eyes now be 
ope, and let thine eares geue hede vnto prayer 
in this place. II Aryse now O LORDE God 
vnto thy restinge place, thou and the Arke of 
thy strength. Let thy prestes O LORDE 
God be clothed with health, and let thy 
sayentes reioyse ouer this good. LORDE 
God, turne not awaye the face of thine 
anoynted: thinke vpon the mercies of thy 
seruaunt Dauid. 

Cije brj. Chapter. 

AND wha Salomo had ended his praier, 
there fell a fyre from heauen, and co- 
sumed the burntofferynge and the other offer- 
inges. And the glory of the LORDE fylled 
the house, so that y prestes coulde not go in 
to the house of the LORDE, while f glory 
of the LORDE filled f LORDES house. 
And all the children of Israel sawe the fyre 
fall downe, and the glory of the LORDE 
ouer the house : and they fell on their knees 
with their faces to the grounde vpon the paue- 
ment, and worshipped, and gaue thankes vnto 
the LORDE, because he is gracious, and 
because his mercy endureth for euer. As for 
the kynge and all the people, they offred 
before the LORDE. 

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For kynge Salomon offred two and twetye 
thousande bullockes, and an hundreth thou- 
sande and twentye thousande shepe, 5 so both 
the kynge and all the people dedicated the 
house of God. 

But the prestes stode in their watches, & 
the Leuites with the musicall instrumentes of 
the LORDE, which kynge Dauid had caused 
to make for to geue thankes vnto the LORDE, 
(because his mercy endureth for euer) with 
psalmes of Dauid thorow their hande. And 
the prestes blewe trompettes ouer agaynst 
them, and all Israel stode. 

And Salomon halowed the myddelmost 
courte, which was before the house of the 
LORDE, for there prepared he the burnt- 
offerynges and the fat of the slayne offeringes : 
for the brasen altare that Salomon made, 
might not conteyne all the burntofferinges, 
meatofferynges, and the fat. 

*And at the same tyme helde Salomon a 
feast seuen daies longe, and all Israel with 
him a very greate congregacion, from He- 
math vnto the ryuer of Egipte, and on the 
eight daye helde he a conuocacion. For the 
dedicacion of the altare helde they seuen 
daies, and the feast seuen dayes also. 

But on the thre and twentyeth daye of the 
seuenth moneth he let the people go vnto their 
tentes ioyfull and with mery hertes because of 
all the good, that the LORDE had done vnto 
Dauid, vnto Salom5, and to his people of Israel. 

Thus fynished SalomS the house of f 
LORDE, and the kinges house, and all y 
came in his hert to make in the house of the 
LORDE, and in his awne house, prosperously. 
And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon in 
the nighte season, and sayde vnto him : I 
haue herde thy prayer t and chosen this place 
vnto my selfe for an house of sacrifyce. 

Beholde, whan I shut the heaue so y it raine 
not, or commaunde the greshopper to cosume 
the londe, or cause a pestilence to come 
amonge my people, to humble my people, 
which is named after my name : and yf they 
praye, and seke my face, and turne from their 
euell wayes, the wyl I heare them from hea- 
uen, and wyll forgeue their sinne, and heale 
their londe. So shal myne eyes now be open, 
and myne eares shal be attente vnto prayer 
in this place. Thus haue I now chosen this 
house, and sanctifyed it, that my name maye 

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be there for euer: and myne eyes and my 
hert shal allwaye be there. 

And yf thou walke before me, as thy father 
Dauid walked, so that thou do all that I com- 
maunde the, and kepe myne ordinances and 
lawes, then wyll I stablishe the seate of thy 
kyngdome, acordynge as I promysed thy fa- 
ther Dauid, and sayde : Thou shalt not wante 
a man to be lorde ouer Israel. But yf ye 
turne backe, and forsake myne ordynaunces 
and commaundemetes which I haue layed 
before you, and so go youre waye, and serue 
other goddes, and worshippe them, the wyll I 
rote t you out of my londe that I haue geuen 
you : and this house which I haue sanctifyed 
vnto my name, wil I cast awaye out of my 
presence, and geue it ouer to be a byworde 
and fabell amoge all nacions. And euery 
one that goeth by, shall be astonnyed at this 
hye house, and shall hysse at it, and saye : 
§Wherfore hath the LORDE dealte thus 
with this londe and with this house ? Then 
shall it be sayde : Euen because they haue 
forsaken the LORDE God of their fathers 
(which brought them out of the londe of 
Egipte) & haue cleued vnto other goddes, & 
worshipped them, and serued the: therfore 
hath he brought all this euell vpon the. 

®f)« bit). Chapter. 

AND after twentye yeares (wherin Salo- 
mon buylded the house of the LORDE 
and his awne house) he buylded the cyties 
also which Hiram gaue vnto Salomon, and 
caused the children of Israel to dwell therin. 
And Salomon wente vnto Hemath Zoba, and 
made it stronge, and buylded Thadmor in the 
wyldernes, and all the cornecyties which he 
buylded in Hemath. He buylded the vpper 
and lower Bethoron likewyse, so that they 
were stronge cities with walles, portes and 
barres. And Baelath, and all the cornecities 
which Salomon had, and all the cities of the 
charettes and of the horse men, and all that 
Salomon had lust to buylde, both at Ierusalem 
and vpon Libanus, and in all the londe of his 
domynion. 

All the remnaunt of the people of the 
Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuites and 
Iebusites, which were not of the children of 
Israel, and their children which they had lefte 
behynde them in the londe, (whom the children 

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of Israel had not vtterly destroied) those dyd 
Salomon make trybutaries vnto this daye. 
As for the children of Israel, Salomon made 
no bondmen of them vnto his worke, but they 
were men of warre, and chefe captaynes, and 
ouer his charettes 5 horsmen. And the chefe 
of kynge Salomons officers were two hundreth 
and fyftie, which ruled the people. 

And Salomon caused Pharaos doughter to 
be fetched vp out of the cite of Dauid, in to 
the house that he had buylded for her : for he 
sayde : My wyfe shall not dwell in the house 
of Dauid the kynge of Israel, for it is sancti- 
fyed, in as moch as y Arke of the LORDE 
is come in to it. 

Then offred Salomon burntofferynges vnto 
the LORDE vpon the LORDE S altare, 
which he had buylded before the porche, euery 
one vpon his daye to offre after the comaunde- 
mente of Moses, on the Sabbathes, Newmones 
I at the appoynted seasons of the yeare, euen 
thre tymes, namely in f feast of vnleuended 
bred, in the feast of wekes, 5 in the feast of 
Tabernacles. 

And he set the prestes in ordre to their 
ministracion *acordynge as Dauid his father 
had appoynted, and the Leuites in their 
offyces, to geue thankes and to mynister in the 
presence of the prestes, euery one vpon his 
daye. And the dorekepers in their courses, 
euery one at his dore, for so had Dauid the 
ma of God commaunded. 

And they departed not from the kynges 
commaundement ouer the prestes and Le- 
uites in euery matter and in the treasures. 
Thus was all Salomons busynesse made ready, 
from the daye that the foundacion of the 
LORDES house was layed, tyll it was 
fynished, so that the house of the LORDE 
was all prepared. 

tThen wente Salomon vnto Ezeon Geber, 
and vnto Eloth by the See syde in the londe 
of Edomea. And Hiram sent him shippes 
by his seruauntes which had knowlege of the 
See, and they wente with Salomos seruauntes 
vnto Ophir, and fetched from thence foure 
hundreth and fyftye talentes of golde, and 
broughte it vnto kynge Salomon. 



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with a very greate tryne to Ierusalem (with 
Camels that bare spyces and golde, and pre- 
cious stones) to proue Salomon with darke 
sentences. And whan she came vnto Salo- 
mon, she spake vnto him all that she had 
deuysed in hir mynde. And the kynge tolde 
her all hir matters, 5 Salomon had nothinge 
in secrete, but he tolde it her. 

And whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe 
the wyszdome of Salomon, and f house that 
he had buylded, the meates of his table, the 
dwellinges of his seruauntes, y offices of his 
mynisters and their garmentes, j his butlers 
and their apparell, and his parler where he 
wente vp in to the house of the LORDE, 
she coulde no longer refrayne. And she sayde 
vnto the kynge : It is true that I haue herde 
in my londe of thy behaueoure and of thy 
wyszdome : howbeit I wolde not beleue their 
wordes, tyll I came my selfe, 5 sawe it with 
myne eyes : and beholde, the halfe of thy 
greate wyszdome hath not bene tolde me: 
there is more in f then the fame that I haue 
herde. Happye are thy men, and happie are 
these thy seruauntes, y allwaye stonde before 
the, and heare thy wyszdome. Praysed be 
the LORDE thy God, which had soch plea- 
sure vnto the, that he hath set the vpon his 
seate to be kynge vnto the LORDE thy God. 
Because thy God loueth Israel, to set them 
vp for euer, therfore hath he ordeyned f to 
be kynge ouer them, that thou shuldest mayn- 
tayne iustice and equyte. 

And she gaue f kynge an hundreth and 
twentye talentes of golde, j very moch spyce 
j precious stones. There were no mo soch 
spyces as these that the Quene of riche Arabia 
gaue vnto kynge Salomo. And Hirams ser- 
uauntes and the seruauntes of Salomon, which 
broughte golde from Ophir, broughte costly 
tymber also & precious stones. 

And of the same costly tymber dyd Salo- 
mon cause to make stares in the house of the 
LORDE, and the kynges house, and harpes 
and psalteries for the Musicians. There was 
no soch tymber sene before in the londe of 
Iuda. But kynge Salomon gaue the Quene 
of riche Arabia all that she desyred and axed, 
(j moch more then she had broughte vnto the 
kynge. And she returned, and departed in to 
hir londe with hir seruauntes. 

The golde that was broughte vnto Salomon 

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in one yeare, was sixe hundreth and sixe and 
thre score talentes, besydes that f chapmen 
and marchauntes broughte. And all the 
kynges of the Arabians, and the lordes in y 
londe broughte golde and syluer vnto Salo- 
mon. Of the which kynge Salomon made 
two hundreth speares of beaten golde, so y 
sixe hundreth peces of beaten golde came vpo 
one speare : g thre hundreth shildes of beaten 
golde, so that thre hundreth peces of beaten 
golde came to one shylde : and the kynge put 
the in the house of the wod of Libanus. 

And the kynge made a greate seate of 
Yuery, and ouerlaied it with pure golde : and 
the seate had sixe steppes, and a fotestole of 
golde festened vnto the seate, and it had two 
leanynge postes vpon both the sydes of the 
seate, and two lyons stode beside the leanynge 
postes, and there stode twolue Lions vpo the 
syxe steppes on both the sides. In all realmes 
hath not soch one bene made. 

And all kynge Salomons drynkynge vessels 
were of golde, and all the vessels of the house 
of the wod of Libanus, were of pure golde : 
for syluer was rekened nothinge in Salomons 
tyme. For the kynges shippes wente vpon 
the See with the seruauntes of Hira, g came 
once in thre yeare, and brought golde, syluer, 
Yuery, Apes and Pecockes. 

Thus was kynge Salomon greater then all 
the kynges vpon earth, in riches and wisdome. 
And all the kynges of y earth desired (to se) 
Salomons face, and to heare his wysdome, 
which God had geuen him in his hert. And 
they brought him yearly euery ma his present: 
Iewels of siluer and golde, raymet, harnesse, 
spyces, horses and Mules. 

And Salomon had foure thousande charet- 
horses, a and twolue thousande horsmen, and 
put them in the charet cities, and with the 
kynge at Ierusalem. And he was lorde ouer 
all the kynges from the water vnto the londe 
of the Philistynes, and to the coaste of Egipte. 
And the kynge brought it so to passe, that 
there was as moch syluer at Ierusalem as 
stones : and as many Ceders, as there were 
Molbery trees in the valleys. And there were 
horses broughte vnto him out of Egipte, and 
out of all countres. 

What more there is to saye of Salomon, 
both of his first and of his last, beholde, it is 
writte in the Cronicles of the prophet Nathan, 



and in the prophecies of Ahia of Silo, g in y 
actes of Ieddi the Seer against Ieroboa y 
sonne of Nebat. And Salomo reigned at 
Ierusale ouer all Israel fortie yeares. And 
Salomon fell on slepe with his fathers, g was 
buried in the cyte of Dauid his father. And 
Roboa. his sonne was kige I his steade. 



€l)t r. Chapter. 
OBOAM wente vnto Sichem: for all 



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Israel was come vnto Sich( 



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him kinge. And whan Ieroboa the sonne of 
Nebat herde that, which was in Egipte 
(*whither he was fled for kynge Salomon) he 
came agayne out of Egipte. And they sent 
for him and called him. And Ieroboam came 
with all Israel, and spake to Roboam, and 
sayde : Thy father made oure yocke greuous : 
make thou lighter now f harde bondage of 
thy father, and y heuy yocke that he layed 
vpon vs, and we wyll submytte oure selues 
vnto the. He sayde vnto them : Come to me 
agayne ouer thre dayes. And y people wente 
their waye. 

And Roboam the kynge axed coucell at 
the Elders, which had stonde before Salomon 
his father whyle he lyued, and he sayde : 
What is youre councell, that I maye geue 
this people an answere ? They spake vnto 
him, and sayde : Yf thou be louynge vnto this 
people, and deale gently with them, and geue 
them good wordes, then shal they allwaye be 
obedient vnto the. Neuerthelesse he forsoke 
the councell of the Elders that they had geuen 
him, and toke councell at y yonge men which 
were growne vp with him, and stode before 
him. And he sayde vnto the : What is youre 
councell, that we maye answere this people, 
which haue spoken vnto me, and saide : 
Make oure yock lighter, y thy father layed 
vpon vs ? The yongemen y were growne vp 
with him, spake vnto him, and sayde : Thus 
shalt thou saye vnto the people, that haue 
talked with the g spoken : Thy father made 
oure yock to heuy, make thou oure yock 
lighter, Thus shalt thou saye vnto them : My 
litle finger shalbe thicker then my fathers 
loynes. Yf my father hath layed an heuy 
yock vpon you, I wyl make youre yock the 
more. My father chastened you with scourges, 
but I wyl beate you with scorpions. 

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came to Roboam on the thirde daye (acord- 
ynge as f kinge sayde : Come to me againe 
on the thirde daie) the kynge gaue the an 
harde answere. And Roboa the kynge for- 
soke f councell of the Elders, & spake vnto 
the after f yonge mens councell, 5 sayde : Yf 
my father haue made youre yock to heuy, I 
wil make it yet heuyer. My father chastened 
you with scourges, but I wyl beate you with 
scorpios. Thus the kynge folowed not y peo- 
ples minde : for so was it determyned of God, 
y f LORDE might stablishe his worde, 
* which he spake by Ahia of Silo, vnto Iero- 
boa f sonne of Nebat. But whan all Israel 
sawe that the kynge wolde not consente vnto 
them, f people answered the kynge, and sayde : 
What porcion haue we then in Dauid, or in- 
heritance in the sonne of Isai ? Let euery 
man of Israel get him to his tent. Loke thou 
now to thy house Dauid. And all Israel wente 
vnto their tentes, so that Roboam reigned but 
ouer the children of Israel that dwelt in the 
cities of Iuda. And Roboam sent forth Ado 
ram the rentgatherer, but the children of 
Israel stoned him to death. And kynge Ro- 
boa strengthed himselfe vpon his charet, to 
flye vnto Ierusalem. Thus fell Israel awaie 
fro the house of Dauid vnto this daye. 

Che rt. Chapter. 

AND whan Roboam came to Ierusalem, 
he gathered together the house of Iuda 
and Ben Iamin (euen an hudreth and foure 
score thousande chosen men of armes) to 
fyghte agaynst Israel, that they mighte brynge 
the kyngdome agayne vnto Roboam. But y 
worde of the LORDE came to Semaia the 
man of God, and sayde : Speake to Roboam 
the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda, and to 
all Israel y are in Iuda and Ben Iamin, and 
saye: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Ye shal 
not go vp, ner fyght agaynst youre brethren : 
let euery man go home agayne, for this is my 
dede. They herkened vnto the wordes of y 
LORDE, and wete not forth agaynst Ieroboa. 
As for Roboa, he dwelt at Ierusalem, and 
buylded vp the stronge cities in Iuda, namely 
Bethlee, Etan, Tekoa, Bethzur, Socho, Adulla, 
Gath, Maresa, Siph, Adoraim, Laches, Aseka, 
Zarega, Aialon, and Hebron (which were the 
fensed cities in Iuda and Ben Iamin) $ he 
made them stronge, and set prynces therin, j 



prouyded them of vytayles, oyle and wyne, 
and in all cities prepared he shildes and 
speares, and made them very stronge. And 
Iuda and Ben Iamin were vnder him. 

The Prestes and Leuites also came vnto 
him out of Israel and from all the borders 
therof, And lefte their suburbes 5 possession, 
and came to Iuda vnto Ierusalem : for Iero- 
boam and his sonnes expelled them, that they 
shulde not execute the ofiyce of y presthode 
vnto y LORDE. But for himselfe he foiided 
prestes to f hye places, g to feldedeuels (t 
calues, which he caused to make. And after 
them came there men out of all the trybes of 
Israel, which gaue ouer their hertes to seke f 
LORDE God of Israel, tj came to Ierusale 
for to offre vnto the LORDE God of their 
fathers. And so strengthed they f kingdome 
of Iuda, and matayned Roboam the sonne of 
Salomon thre yeare longe : for they walked in 
y waye of Dauid cj Salomon thre yeares. 

And Roboam toke Mahelath f doughter of 
Ieremoth f sonne of Dauid to wife, & Abihail 
the doughter of Eliab f sonne of Isai, which 
bare him these sonnes : Ieus, Semaria 5 Sa- 
ham. After her toke he Maecha the doughter 
of Absalom, which bare him Abia, Athai Sisa 
and Selomith. But Roboam loued Maecha 
the doughter of Absalom better then all his 
wyues (J concubynes : for he had eightene 
wyues and thre score cScubynes, and begat 
eight (j twentye sonnes, and thre score dough- 
ters. And Roboam set Abia the sonne of 
Maecha to be heade and prynce amonge his 
brethren : for he thoughte to make him kynge : 
for he was wyse, 5 more mightie then all his 
sonnes in all the countrees of Iuda cj Ben 
Iamin, and in all the stronge cities. And he 
gaue them plenteousnes of fode, and desyred 
many wyues 

Cfie rtj. Chapter. 

BUT wha the kyngdome of Roboam was 
confirmed and stablyshed, he forsoke the 
la we of the LORDE & all Israel with him. 
And in the fyfth yeare of Roboam wete Sisack 
the kynge of Egipte vp agaynst Ierusalem (for 
they had transgressed agaynst the LORDE) 
with a thousande and two hundreth charettes, 
and with thre score thousande horsmen, and 
the people were innumerable that came with 
him out of Egipte, Libya, Suchim (t out of 
Ethiopia, and he wanne the stroge cities that 
were in Iuda, and came to Ierusalem. 



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Then came Semaia f prophet vnto Roboam 
and to f rulers of Iuda (which were gathered 
together at Ierusalem for Sisack) (j sayde vnto 
them: Thus sayeth f LORDE : Ye haue 
lefte me, therfore haue I lefte you also in 
Sisacks hande. The the rulers in Israel with 
the kynge submytted them selues, and sayde : 
The LORDE is righteous. 

But wha the LORDE sawe y they hiibled 
them selues, y worde of the LORDE came to 
Semaia, (j sayde : They haue humbled them 
selues, therfore wyl I not destroye them, but 
I wyl geue them a litle delyueraunce, that my 
indignacion fall not vpon Ierusalem by Sisack: 
for they shalbe subdued vnto him, y they maye 
knowe what it is to serue me, (j to serue the 
kyngdomes of the worlde. 

Thus wete Sisack the kynge of Egipte vp 
to Ierusalem, 5 toke the treasures in the 
house of the LORDE, g the treasures in the 
kynges house, and caried all awaye, and toke 
the shyldes of golde, *that Salomon caused to 
make: in steade wherof kynge Roboa made 
shyldes of stele, and commytted the vnto the 
chefe fotemen, which kepte the dore of the 
kynges house. And as oft as the kynge wente 
in to the house of the LORDE, f fote men 
came 5 bare them, (j brought them againe in 
to f fote mens chaber. And for so moch as 
he submytted himselfe, y wrath of y LORDE 
turned fro him, so that all was not destroied : 
for there was yet some good in Iuda. 

Thus was Roboam the kinge stablished in 
Ierusalem, and reigned. One and fortye 
yeare olde was Roboam wha he was made 
kynge, and reigned seuentene yeare at Ieru- 
salem in the cite, t which the LORDE had 
chosen out of all the trybes of Israel, to set his 
name there. His mothers name was Naema 
an Ammonitisse : and he did euell, and pre- 
pared not his hert to seke the LORDE. 

These actes of Roboam, both fyrst and last, 
are wrytten in the actes of Semaia the pro- 
phet, 5 of Iddo the Seer, and are noted, j so 
are the warres that Roboam and Ieroboam had 
together as longe as they lyued. And Roboam 
fell on slepe with his fathers and was buryed in 
the cite of Dauid, 5 Abia his sonne was kynge 
in his steade. 

Cfte rtt). Cfjapter. 

IN the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboam, 
was Abia kynge in Iuda, 5 reigned thre 

* 2 Par. 9. b. t 2 Par. 7. b. \ 3 Re. 12. d. 



yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was 
Michaia the doughter of Vriel of Gibea. And 
there was warre betwene Abia and Ieroboam. 
And Abia prepared himselfe to the battayll 
with foure hudreth thousande stronge chosen 
men of warre. But Ieroboam made himselfe 
ready to fight agaynst him with eight hundreth 
thousande chosen men of strength. 

And Abia gatt him vp vpon the hyll Ze- 
maraim, which lyeth vpon mount Ephraim 
and sayde : Herken vnto me thou Ieroboam 
and all Israel: Knowe ye not that the LORDE 
God of Israel hath geuen Dauid y kyngdome 
of Israel for euer, vnto him and his sonnes 
with a Salt couenaunt? But Ieroboa the 
sonne of Nebat, the seruaunt of Salomon 
Dauids sonne, gat him vp j fell awaye from 
his lorde. And there resorted vnto him vaga- 
boundes and children of Belial, and haue 
strengthed them selues against Roboa the 
sonne of Salomo : for Roboam was but yonge 
and of a fearfull hert, and coulde not resiste 
them. 

Now thinke ye to set youre selues against 
the kyngdome of the LORDE amonge the 
sonnes of Dauid, for so moch as there is so 
greate a multitude of you, 5 haue y golden 
calues tf Ieroboam made you for goddes. 
§ Haue ye not expelled the prestes of the 
LORDE the children of Aaron and the 
Leuites ? and haue made you prestes of youre 
awne, euen as the people of the londes? Who 
so euer commeth to fyll his hande with a yonge 
bullocke and seuen rammes, shal be preste 
vnto them that are not goddes. 

But with vs is f LORDE oure God, who 
we forsake not : and the prestes that minister 
vnto the LORDE, the children of Aaron and 
the Leuites in their busines, and euery mor- 
nynge and euery euenynge kyndle they the 
burntofFerynges vnto the LORDE, and the 
swete incense, and prepare the shewbred vpo 
the pure table, and the golden candilsticke 
with his lampes, to be kyndled euery euen- 
ynge : for we wayte vp5 the LORDE oure 
God. 

As for you, ye haue forsaken him. Beholde, 
God is the captayne of oure hoost, and with 
vs are his prestes, and the llblowynge trom- 
pettes, to trompe agaynst you. Ye children 
of Israel, fight not agaynst the LORDE God 
of youre fathers : for ye shal not prospere. 

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Neuertheles Ieroboam made a preuy watch 
on euery syde, to come vpon them behynde, 
so that they were before Iuda, and f preuy 
watch behynde. Now wha Iuda turned them, 
beholde, there was battayll before the g be- 
hynde. Then cryed they vnto f LORDE, 5 
the prestes tromped with the trompettes, g 
wha euery man in Iuda gaue a shoute, God 
plaged Ieroboam and Israel before Abia and 
Iuda. And the children of Israel fled before 
Iuda, and God gaue them in to their handes, 
so that Abia g his people dyd a greate slaughter 
vpon them, and there fell wounded of Israel 
fyue hundreth thousande chosen men. 

Thus were the children of Israel subdued 
at that tyme, but the children of Iuda were 
comforted, for they put their trust in f 
LORDE God of their fathers. And Abia 
folowed vpon Ieroboam, and wanne cities fro 
him, Bethel with the vyllages therof, Iesana 
with hir vyllages, and Ephron with the vil- 
lages therof, so that Ieroboam came nomore 
to strength, as longe as Abia lyued. And the 
LORDE smote him that he dyed. 

Now whan Abia was strengthed, he toke 
fourtene wyues, and begat two and twentye 
sonnes and sixtene daughters. What more 
there is to saye of Abia, and of his wayes and 
his doynges, it is wrytten in the storye of the 
prophet Iddo. And Abia fell on slepe with 
his fathers, and they buryed him in f cite 
of Dauid : and Asa his sonne was kynge in his 
steade. In his tyme was the londe in rest ten 
yeares. 

€ty ritt). Cljaptev. 

AND "Asa dyd that which was good g 
right in the sighte of the LORDE his 
God, and put awaye the straunge altares, and 
the hye places, and brake the pilers, and 
hewed downe the groues, and sayde vnto Iuda, 
that they shulde seke the LORDE God of 
their fathers, and to do after y lawe and com- 
maundementes. And the hye places and 
ymages put he awaye out of all the cities of 
Iuda: and the kyngdome had rest before him. 
And he builded stroge cities in Iuda, whyle 
the londe was in quietnes, g whyle there was 
no warre agaynst him in the same yeares : 
for f LORDE gaue him rest. 

And he sayde vnto Iuda : Let vs buylde vp 
these cities, and fense them rounde aboute 

' 3 Re. 15. b. * Iudic. 7. a. 1 Re. 14. a. 



with walles and towres, with portes and barres, 
while the londe is yet with vs : for we haue 
soughte the LORDE oure God, and he hath 
geuen vs rest on euery syde. So they buylded, 
and it wente prosperously with the. And Asa 
had an hoost of me which bare shildes g 
speares, out of Iuda thre C. thousande, and 
out of Ben Iamin two hudreth and foure 
score thousande, that bare shyldes g coulde 
shute with bowes, and all these were mightie 
stronge men. 

But Serah the Moryan came out against 
the with an hoost of a thousande times a thou- 
sande, and with thre hundreth charettes, and 
came vnto Maresa. And Asa wente forth 
agaynst him. And they prepared them selues 
to the battayll in the valley Zephata beside 
Maresa. And Asa called vpon f LORDE 
his God and sayde : * LORDE, it is no dif- 
ferece with y, to helpe by fewe or by many. 
Helpe vs O LORDE oure God: for oure 
trust is in the, g in thy name are we come 
forth against this multitude. LORDE oure 
God, let no man preuayle agaynst the. 

And the LORDE smote the Morias before 
Asa and before Iuda, so that they fled. And 
Asa with y people that was by him, folowed 
vpon them vnto Gerar. And the Morias fell, 
so that none of them remained alyue, but 
were smytten before the LORDE and before 
his hoost. And they caried exceadinge moch 
spoyle from thence. And he smote all the 
cyties aboute Gerar, for a fearfulnesse of the 
LORDE came vpon them. And they spoyled 
all the cities, for there was moch spoyle in 
them. They smote the tentes of the catell 
also, and toke many shepe and Camels, and 
came agayne to Ierusalem. 

€&£ yb. Chapter. 

AND the sprete of God came vpo Asarias 
the sonne of Obed, which wente forth 
to Asa, and sayde vnto him : Heare me Asa 
and all Iuda g Ben Iamin : The LORDE is 
with you, whyle ye are with him : and yf ye 
seke him, he wylbe founde of you. But yf 
ye forsake him, he shal forsake you also. 
Neuertheles there shal be many dayes in 
Israel, that t there shalbe no true God, no 
prest to teach, g no lawe. And whan they 
turne in their trouble vnto the LORDE God 
of Israel, and seke him, he shalbe founde. 



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At that tyme shall it not be well with him 
that goeth out and in : for there shal be greate 
vproures vpon all them y dwell on the earth. 
For one people shall all to smyte another, % 
one cite another : for God shal vexe them 
with all maner of trouble. But be ye stronge, 
and let not youre handes be feble : for youre 
worke hath his rewarde. 

Whan Asa herde these wordes, and the 
propheciege (of Asarias the sonne) of Obed 
the prophet, he toke a corage vnto him, and 
put awaye the abhominacions out of all y 
londe of Iuda and Ben Iamin, and out of the 
cities that he had wonne vpon mount Ephraim: 
and renued the LORDES altare, which stode 
before the porche of the LORDE. And all 
Iuda and Ben Iamin gathered them selues 
together, and the straungers with them out of 
Ephraim, Manasses and Simeon : for there 
fell many vnto him out of Israel, whan they 
sawe that the LORDE his God was with him. 
And they resorted vnto Ierusalem in the thirde 
moneth of the fyftenth yeare of the reigne of 
Asa, and the same daye offired they vnto the 
LORDE of the spoyle that they had broughte, 
seuen hudreth oxen, and seuen thousande 
shepe. 

And they entred in to y couenaunt, that 
they wolde seke the LORDE God of their 
fathers, with all their hert and with all their 
soule. And who so euer wolde not seke y 
LORDE God of Israel, shulde dye, both 
small (j greate, both man and woman : and 
they sware vnto the LORDE with loude 
voyce, with shoutinge, with trompettes and 
with shawmes. And all Iuda were glad ouer 
the ooth : for they had sworne with all their 
hert, and they soughte him with a whole wyll : 
and he was founde of them, and the LORDE 
gaue them rest on euery syde. 

And Asa y kynge put downe his mother 
from the mynistracion, that she had founded 
in the groue vnto Miplezeth. And Asa roted 
out hir Miplezeth, and beate it in sunder, and 
brent it by the broke Cedron. But the hye 
places were not put downe out of Israel. Yet 
was the hert of Asa perfecte as longe as he 
lyued. And loke what his father had halowed, 
and that he him selfe had halowed, he broughte 
it in to y house of God, syluer, golde and 
ornametes. And there was no warre vnto the 
fyue and thirtieth yeare of the reigne of Asa. 



Cfie ybt. Chapter. 

IN the sixe and thirtieth yeare of y reigne 
of Asa, "wente Baesa the kynge of Israel 
vp agaynst Iuda, and buylded Rama, to let 
Asa the kynge of Iuda, y he shulde not go 
out and in : But Asa toke forth the treasure 
in the house of the LORDE, and the syluer 
and golde in the kynges house, and sent it 
vnto Benadad y kynge of Syria, which dwelt 
at Damascon, and caused to saye vnto him : 
There is a couenaunt betwene me and the, 
betwene my father and thy father, therfore 
haue I sent y syluer and golde, that thou 
mayest breake y couenaunt with Baesa the 
kynge of Israel, that he maye departe fro me. 

Benadad herkened vnto kynge Asa, and 
sent his hoost agaynst the cities of Israel, 
which smote Eion, Dan and Abel Maim, and 
all the corne cities of Nephtali. Whan Baesa 
herde that, he lefte of from buyldinge Rama, 
and ceassed from his worke. But kynge Asa 
toke all Iuda vnto him, and caried awaye y 
stones and tymber (wherwith Baesa buylded) 
and he buylded Geba (j Mizpa withall. 

At the same tyme came Hanani the Seer 
vnto Asa the kynge of Tuda, and sayde vnto 
him : Because thou hast trusted vnto the 
kynge of Syria, and not put thy trust in the 
LORDE thy God, therfore is the power of 
the kynge of Syria escaped thy hade. *Were 
not the Moryans and Lybians a greate mul- 
titude with exceadinge many charettes and 
horsmen ? Yet gaue the LORDE them in to 
thy hande, whan thou dyddest put thy trust in 
him : for the eyes of the LORDE loke rounde 
aboute all londes, to strength them y are in 
him with all their hert. Thou hast done vn- 
wysely, therfore shalt thou haue warre from 
hece forth. But Asa was wroth at y Seer, 
and put him in preson: for he murmured 
with him ouer this thinge. And Asa oppressed 
certayne of the people at y same tyme. 

These actes of Asa both first and last, be 
holde, they are wrytten in the boke of y kynges 
of Iuda j Israel. And Asa was diseased in 
his fete in the nyne and thirtieth yeare of 
his reigne, and endured ther ouer. t Nether 
soughte he the LORDE in his sicknesse, but 
trusted vnto Phisicians. Thus fell Asa on 
slepe with his fathers, & dyed in the one and 
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his awne sepulcre which he had caused to be 
grauen for him selfe in the cite of Dauid. 
And they layed him vpon his bed, which was 
fylled with swete odoures g all maner of spyces 
(made after f Apotecaries craft) and made a 
very greate bumynge. 

Cfie rbtj. Cfiaptn-. 

AND Iosaphat his sonne was kynge in his 
steade, g waxed mightie against Israel. 
And he put men of warre in all the stronge 
cities of Iuda, and set officers in the londe of 
Iuda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa 
his father had wonne. And the LORDE 
was with Iosaphat : for he walked in the olde 
wayes of his father Dauid, g soughte not 
Baalim, but the God of his father, g walked 
in his commaundementes, g not after the 
workes of Israel : therfore dyd the LORDE 
stablyshe the kyngdome in his hade. And all 
Iuda gaue presentes vnto Iosaphat, g he had 
greate riches g worshippe. And whan his 
hert was coraged in the wayes of the LORDE, 
he put downe styll the hye places and groues 
out of Iuda. 

In the thirde yeare of his reigne sent he 
his prynces, Benhail, Obadia, Zacharias, 
Nethaneel g Michaia, to teach in the cities of 
Iuda : g with them the Leuites : Semaia, 
Nethania, Sebadia, Asahel, Semiramoth, 
Ionathan, Adonia, Tobia <j Tob Adonia, 3 
with them f prestes Elisama g Ioram. And 
they taughte in Iuda, 11 had the boke of the 
lawe of y LORDE with them, g wente aboute 
in all f cities of Iuda, g taughte the people. 

And the feare of the LORDE came vpon 
all y kyngdomes in the countrees that laye 
aboute Iuda, so y they foughte not agaynst 
Iosaphat. And the Philistynes broughte 
presentes and trybute of syluer vnto Iosaphat. 
And the Arabians broughte him seuen thou- 
sande and seuen hundreth rammes, and seuen 
thousande and seuen hundreth he goates. 
Thus increased Iosaphat, g grewe euer greater. 
And he buylded castels and corne cities in 
Iuda. And dyd moch in the cities of Iuda, and 
had valeaunt and mightie men at Ierusalem. 

And this was f ordinaunce thorow out the 
house of their fathers, which were rulers ouer 
the thousandes in Iuda. Adna a captayne, g 
with him were thre hudreth thousande mightie 
men. Nexte vnto him was Iohanan f chefe, 
and with him were two hundreth and foure 



score thousande. Nexte him was Amasia the 
sonne of Sichri the fre wyllinge of y- LORDE, 
and with him were two hundreth thousande 
valeaunt men. Of the children of Ben Iamin 
was Eliada a mightie man, and with him were 
two hundreth thousande ready with bowes 
and shyldes. Nexte vnto him was Iosabad, 
and with him were an hundreth and foure 
score thousande harnessed men of warre. All 
these wayted vpon the kynge, besydes those 
that the kynge had layed in the stroge cities 
thorow out all Iuda. 

€!)* rbtij. Chapter. 

A ND Iosaphat had greate riches and 
£\_ worshippe, and made frendshippe with 
Achab. * And after two yeares wente he 
downe to Achab vnto Samaria. And Achab 
caused many shepe and oxe to be slayne for 
him and for f people that were with him. 
And he counceled him to go vp vnto Ramoth 
in Gilead. And Achab the kynge of Israel 
sayde vnto Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda : Go 
with me vnto Ramoth in Gilead. He sayde 
vnto him : I am as thou, and my people as 
thy people, we wyll go with the vnto the 
battayll. 

But Iosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of 
Israel : Axe councefl (I praye the) this daye 
at the worde of the LORDE. And the 
kynge of Israel gathered the prophetes to- 
gether, euen foure hundreth men, g saide vnto 
them : Shal we go to the battayll vnto Ramoth 
in Gilead, or shal I let it alone ? They sayde: 
Go vp, God shal delyuer it in to the kynges 
hade. But Iosaphat sayde : Is there not yet 
one prophet of the LORDE here, y we maye 
axe at him ? The kynge of Israel sayde vnto 
Iosaphat : There is yet one man, at whom we 
maye axe of y LORDE : but I hate him, for 
he prophecieth me no good, but allwaye euell, 
namely Micheas the sonne of Iemla. Iosa- 
phat sayde : Let not the kynge saye so. And 
the kynge of Israel called one of his chamber- 
laynes, g sayde : Brynge hither soone Micheas 
the sonne of Iemla. 

And the kynge of Israel, and Iosaphat the 
kynge of Iuda, sat either of them vpon his 
seate, arayed in their garmentes. Euen in 
the place at the dore of the porte of Samaria 
sat they, and all y prophetes prophecied before 
them. And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena 



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had made him homes of yron, and sayde: 
Thus sayeth the LORDE : With these shalt 
thou puszshe at the Syrians, tyll thou brynge 
them to naughte. And all the prophetes pro- 
phecied likewyse, £ sayde : Go vp vnto Ra- 
moth in Gilead, and thou shalt prospere, and y 
LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande. 

And the messaunger that wente to call 
Micheas, spake vnto him, and sayde: Be- 
holde, f wordes of the prophetes are with one 
acorde good before the kynge: let thy worde 
(I praye the) be as one of theirs, and speake 
thou good also. But Micheas sayde : As truly 
as the LORDE lyueth, loke what my God 
sayeth vnto me, y wyl I speake. And whan 
he came to the kynge, the kynge sayde vnto 
him : Micheas, shulde we go vnto Ramoth in 
Gilead to the battayll, or shulde we let it 
alone ? He saide : Go vp, and ye shal pros- 
pere. It shal be geue you in youre handes. 
But f kynge sayde vnto him : I charge y yet 
agayne, that thou tell me nothinge but y 
trueth in the name of the LORDE. 

Then saide he : I sawe all Israel scatered 
abrode vpo the mountaynes, as the shepe y 
haue no shepherde. And the LO RDE sayde : 
Haue these no lorde ? Let euery one turne 
home agayne in peace. The sayde the kynge 
of Israel vnto Iosaphat : Dyd not I tell the, 
y he wolde prophecie me no good, but euell ? 

And he sayde : Therfore heare ye the worde 
of the LORDE: *I sawe the LORDE syt 
vpon his seate, and all the hoost of heauen 
stondinge at his righte hande & at his lefte. 
And the LORDE sayde : Who wyll disceaue 
Achab the kynge of Israel, that he maye go 
vp & fall at Ramoth in Gilead ? And whan 
one sayde thus, another so, there came forth 
a sprete, and stode before f LORDE, and 
sayde : I wyl disceaue him. The LORDE 
sayde vnto him: Wherwith? He sayde: 
wyll go forth, and be a false sprete in the 
mouth of all his prophetes. And he sayde 
Thou shalt disceaue him, and shalt be able 
go thy waye, and do so. Beholde now, + the 
LORDE hath geuen a false sprete in the 
mouth of all these thy prophetes, and the 
LORDE hath spoke euell agaynst the. 

Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of 
Cnaena, and smote Micheas vpon the cheke 
and sayde: Which waye is the sprete of f 
LORDE departed fro me, to speake thorow 



the ? Micheas sayde : Beholde, thou shalt se 
t, whan thou commest in to f ynmost chamber 
to hyde the. But the kynge of Israel sayde : 
Take Micheas, and let him remayne with 
Amon the ruler of the cite, and with Ioas the 
sonne of Melech, and saye : Thus sayeth the 
kynge : Put this man in preson, and fede him 
with bred and water of trouble, tyll I come 
agayne in peace. Micheas saide: Yf thou 
commest agayne in peace, then hath not the 
LORDE spoken thorow me. And he sayde: 
Herken to all ye people. 

So the kynge of Israel, and Iosaphat f 
kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in 
Gilead. And f kynge of Israel sayde vnto 
Iosaphat : Chaunge thy clothes, and come to 
the battayll in thine araye. And y kynge of 
Israel chaunged his rayment, j came in to the 
battayll. But the kynge of Syria had com- 
maunded the rulers of his charettes : Ye shal 
fighte nether agaynst small ner greate, but 
onely agaynst the kynge of Israel. 

Now whan the rulers of the charrettes sawe 
Iosaphat, they thoughte: It is f kynge of 
Israel, and they wete aboute to fighte agaynst 
him. But Iosaphat cryed, and the LORDE 
helped him. And God turned them from 
him: for whan the rulers of the charettes 
sawe that it was not y kynge of Israel, they 
turned back from him. But a certayne man 
bended his bowe harde, & shot the kynge of 
Israel betwene the mawe and the longes. 
The sayde he vnto his charet man: Turne 
thine hade, and cary me out of the hoost, for 
I am wounded. And the battayll was sore 
the same daye. And the kynge of Israel stode 
vpon his charet agaynst the Syrians vntyll 
the euenynge, and dyed wha the Sonne wente 
downe. 

Che rir. Chapter. 

BUT Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda came 
home agayne in peace vnto Ierusalem. 
And Iehu f sonne of Hanani the Seer wete 
forth to mete him, g sayde vnto kynge Io- 
saphat : Shuldest thou so helpe the vngodly, 
and loue them that hate the LORDE? And 
for this cause is y wrath vpo the from the 
LORDE: neuertheles there is some good 
founde in the, that thou hast put the groues 
out of the londe, and hast prepared thine hert 
to seke God. So Iosaphat abode at Ierusalem. 



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And he wente agayne amonge the people, 
from Berseba vnto mout Ephraim, and 
broughte them agayne to the LORDE God 
of their fathers. And he set Iudges thorow 
out the londe, in all the stronge cities of Iuda, 
and a certayne in euery cite. And sayde 
vnto the Iudges : Take hede what ye do : for 
ye execute not the iudgment of man, but of 
the LORDE, and he is with you in iudgmet: 
therfore let the feare of the LORDE be with 
you, and bewarre, and do it: for with the 
LORDE oure God there is no vnrighteousnes, 
ner respecte of personnes, ner acceptinge of 
giftes. 

And at Ierusalem dyd Iosaphat ordeyne 
certayne of the Leuites and prestes, and of 
the awnciet fathers of Israel for y iudgment 
of the LORDE, and ouer the matter of the 
lawe, and caused them to dwell at Ierusalem 
and commaunded them, and sayde : Se that 
ye do thus in the feare of the LORDE, in 
faithfulnes j in a perfect hert. In all causes 
that come vnto you from youre brethren (which 
dwell in their cities) betwene bloude and 
bloude, betwene lawe and commaundement, 
betwene statutes and ordinaunces ye shal en- 
forme them, y they synne not against the 
LORDE, and so the wrath to come vpon 
you and youre brethren. Do thus, and ye 
shal not offende. 

Beholde, Amaria the prest is chefe ouer 
you in all causes of y LORDE : so is Sabadia 
the sonne of Ismael prynce in the house of 
Iuda in all the kynges matters : Ye haue 
officers likewyse the Leuites before you. Take 
a good corage vnto you, and be doynge, and 
the LORDE shalbe with the good. 

Cfie rr. Chapter. 
FTER this came the childre of Moab, 
_ the children of Ammon, and certayne 
Amanim with them, to fighte against Iosa- 
phat. And they came and tolde Iosaphat, and 
sayde : There cometh a greate multitude agaynst 
the from beyonde the See of Syria, a beholde, 
they are at Hazezon Thamar, that is Engaddi. 
And Iosaphat was afrayed, g set his face 
to seke f LORDE, 5 caused a fast to be pro- 
clamed in all Iuda. And Iuda came together 
to seke the LORDE. And out of all f cities 
of Iuda came they to seke the LORDE. 
And Iosaphat stode amoge y cogregacion of 
Iuda j Ierusalem in the house of y LORDE 
before the new courte, and sayde : 



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O LORDE God of oure fathers, art not 
thou God in heauen, and hast domynion in 
all the kyngdomes of the Heythen ? And in 
thy hande is strength and power, and there 
is no man that can withstode the. Hast not 
thou oure God expelled the inhabiters of this 
londe before thy people of Israel ? and hast 
geue it vnto the sede of Abraham thy louer 
for euer ? so that they haue dwelt in it, j haue 
buylded the a Sanctuary vnto thy name therin, 
and sayde : Yf there come eny plage, swerde, 
iudgmet, pestilence, or derth vpon vs, we 
wyll stonde before this house euen before 
the (for thy name is in this house) and wyll 
crye vnto the in oure trouble, and thou shalt 
heare, and shalt saue vs. Beholde now, the 
children of Ammon, of Moab, g they of mount 
Seir, vpon whom * thou woldest not suffre the 
children of Israel to go, whan they wente out 
of the londe of Egipte, but they were fayne to 
departe from the, and not to destroye them : 
and beholde, they deale contrarely with vs, 
and come to thrust vs out of the inheritaunce, 
that thou hast geuen vs in possession. O oure 
God, wylt thou not iudge them ? For in vs 
is no strength to withstonde this greate mul- 
titude that commeth agaynst vs. We knowe 
not what we shulde do, but oure eyes loke 
vnto the. And all Iuda stode before the 
LORDE, with their children, wyues and 
sonnes. 

But vpon Iehasiel the sonne of Zacharias, 
the sonne of Benaia, the sonne of Iehiel, the 
sonne of Mathania the Leuite of f children 
of Assaph, came the sprete of the LORDE 
in the myddes of the congregacion, and sayde : 
Geue hede all thou Iuda, and ye inhabiters 
of Ierusalem, and thou kynge Iosaphat : Thus 
sayeth the LORDE vnto you: Be not ye 
afrayed, nether feare ye this greate multitude : 
for it is not ye that fighte, but God. To- 
morow shal ye go downe vnto the. And 
beholde, they go vp by Sis, and ye shal fynde 
them at the reed see by the broke before the 
wyldemes of Ieruel : for ye shall not fighte in 
this cause. Do ye but steppe forth, and 
stonde, and se the health of the LORDE that 
is with you. Feare not O Iuda and Ierusalem, 
and be not afrayed, tomorowgo ye forth agaynst 
them, and the LORDE shal be with you. 

The Iosaphat bowed him selfe with his face 
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Ierusalem fell before the LORDE, 5 wor- 
shipped the LORDE. And the Leuites of y 
childre of the Kahathites g of the children of 
the Corahites arose to prayse the LORDE 
God of Israel with loude voyce on hye. And 
they gat them vp early in y mornynge, and 
wete forth by the wyldernesse of Thekoa. 

And whan they were goynge out, Iosaphat 
stode, g sayde : Herke vnto me O Iuda, g ye 
indwellers of Ierusale : Put youre trust in the 
LORDE youre God, g ye shal be safe : and 
geue credence vnto his prophetes, g ye shall 
prospere. And he gaue councell vnto y people, 
and appoynted the syngers vnto y LORDE, 
and them that gaue prayse in the bewtye of 
holynes, to go before the harnessed me, g 
to saye : O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, 
for his mercy endureth for euer. And whan 
they beganne to geue thankes and prayse, 
* the LORDE caused the hynder watch that 
was come agaynst Iuda, to come vpon the 
childre of Ammon, Moab g them of mount 
Seir, and they smote them. Then stode the 
children of Ammon g Moab agaynst them of 
mount Seir, to damne them, and to destroye 
them. And whan they had destroyed them of 
mount Seir, one helped another to destroye 
them selues also. And whan Iuda came to 
Mispa vnto the wyldernes, they turned them 
towarde the multitude, and beholde, the deed 
bodies laye vpo the earth, so that none was 
escaped. 

And Iosaphat came with his people to 
deuyde the spoyles of them. And they founde 
amonge them so moch goodes and rayment 
and precious Iewels (which they toke from 
them) that they coulde not beare them. And 
thre dayes were they deuydinge the spoyle, 
for it was so moch. On the fourth daye came 
they together in to the valley of blessynge : 
for there blessed they the LORDE. Therfore 
is the place called the valley of blessinge vnto 
this daye. 

So euery man of Iuda g Ierusalem turned 
back agayne, g Iosaphat before them, to go to 
Ierusale with ioye : for y LORDE had geuen 
them gladnesse on their enemies. And they 
entred in to Ierusalem with psalteries, harpes 
g trompettes vnto the house of the LORDE. 
And there came a feare of God ouer all the 
kyngdomes in the londes, whan they herde 
that the LORDE had foughte agaynst y 

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enemies of Israel. Thus was y kyngdome of 
Iosaphat in quyetnes, g God gaue him rest on 
euery syde. 

And Iosaphat reigned ouer Iuda, g was 
fyue g thirtie yeare olde whan he was made 
kynge, g reigned fyue g twentye yeare at 
Ierusalem. His mothers name was Asuba 
the doughter of Silhi. And he walked in the 
waye of his father Asa, g departed not asyde 
from doynge y which was righte in the sighte 
of the LORDE : sauynge that y hye places 
were not put downe, for the people had not 
yet prepared their hert to the God of their 
fathers. What more there is to saye of Iosa- 
phat, both the first g the last, beholde, it is 
wrytten in the actes of Iehu y sonne of Ha- 
nani, which he noted vp in the boke of the 
kynges of Israel. 

"Afterwarde dyd Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda 
agree with Ahasia the kynge of Israel, which 
was vngodly in his doynges. And he agreed 
with him to make shippes, for to go vpon the 
see. And they made the shippes at Ezeon 
Gaber. But Elieser the sonne of Dodana of 
Maresa prophecied agaynst Iosaphat, and 
sayde : Because thou hast agreed with Ahasia, 
therfore hath the LORDE broken thy workes. 
And so y shippes were broken, g mighte not 
go vpon the See. 

Wt>e rrt. Cfiaptnr. 

AND Iosaphat fell on slepe* with his 
fathers, g was buried with his fathers in 
the cite of Dauid, g Ioram his sonne was 
kynge in his steade. And he had brethre the 
sonnes of Iosaphat : Asaria, Iehiel, Zacharias, 
Asaria, Michael g Sephatia. All these were 
the children of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda. And 
their father gaue them many giftes of syluer, 
golde ij Iewels, with stronge cities in Iuda. 
But the kyngdome gaue he vnto Ioram : for 
he was the first borne. 

But whan Ioram came vp ouer his fathers 
kyngdome, g had gotten the power of it, he 
slewe all his brethre with the swerde, g cer- 
tayne rulers also in Israel, t Two g thirtie 
yeare olde was Ioram whan he was made 
kynge, g reigned eight yeare at Ierusale, g 
walked in the waye of y kynges of Israel, 
euen as the house of Achab dyd (for Achabs 
doughter was his wife) g he dyd that which 
was euell in the sighte of the LORDE. 

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Neuertheles y LORDE wolde not destroie 
the house of Dauid, for the couenauntes sake, 
* which he made with Dauid, and acordinge 
as he had sayde, y he wolde geue him and his 
children a lanterne for euermore. 

At y same tyme fell y Edomites awaye from 
Iuda, and made a kynge ouer them selues: 
for Ioram had gone ouer with his captaynes 
and all the charettes with him, & had gotten 
him vp in the night season, and slayne the 
Edomites on euery syde, and the rulers of the 
charettes : therfore fell y Edomites awaye 
from Iuda vnto this daye. At y same tyme 
fell Lybna awaye from him also : because he 
forsoke the LORDE God of his fathers. He 
made hye places also on the mountaynes in 
Iuda, and caused them of Ierusale to go 
awhorynge, and disceaued Iuda. 

But there came a wrytinge vnto him fro 
the prophet Elias, sayenge : Thus sayeth the 
LORDE God of thy father Dauid: Because 
thou hast not walked in the wayes of thy father 
Iosaphat, nether in y wayes of Asa the kynge 
of Iuda, but walkest in the waye of the kynges 
of Israel, and makest Iuda and them of Ieru- 
salem to go awhorynge after the whordome of 
the house of Achab, and hast slayne thy bre- 
thren also of thy fathers house, which were 
better the thou. Beholde, the LORDE shal 
smyte the with a greate plage on thy people, 
on thy children & thy wyues, and on all thy 
substaunce. But thou thy selfe shalt haue 
moch sicknesse in thy bowels, tyll thy bowels 
go forth from daye to daye for very disease. 

So y LORDE raysed vp agaynst Ioram, 
the sprete of the Philistynes, j Arabians, 
which lye besyde the Morians, and they wente 
vp in to Iuda, and waysted it, and caried 
awaye all the substaunce that was founde in 
the kynges house, j his sonnes, and his wyues, 
so y there was not one sonne lefte him, saue 
Ioahas his yogest sonne. And after all this 
dyd y LORDE smyte him in his bowels, with 
soch a sicknesse as coulde not be healed. And 
whyle that endured from daye to daye, whan 
the tyme of two yeares was expyred, his 
bowels wente from him with his sicknesse, and 
he dyed in euell diseases. 

And they made not a burninge ouer him, 
as they dyd vnto his fathers. Two and thirtie 
yeare olde was he wha he was made kynge, 



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and reigned eight yeare at Ierusale, and 
walked not well. And they buried him ii 
the cite of Dauid, but not amoge the sepul 
cres of the kynges. 

Cfte rrtj. Chapter. 

A ND they of Ierusalem 3 made Ochosias 
_l\_ his yogest sonne kynge in his steade 
for the men of warre that came with the hoost 
of the Arabians, had slayne all y first, ther- 
fore reigned Ochosias the sonne of Ioram 
kynge of Iuda. Two and fortye yeare olde 
was Ochosias whan he was made kynge, and 
reigned one yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers 
name was Athalia the doughter of Amri. And 
he walked also in y wayes of the house of 
Achab : for his mother entysed him so y he 
was vngodly. Therfore dyd he euell in y 
sighte of the LORDE, euen as y house of 
Achab: for they were his councell geuers 
after his fathers death, to destroye him, and 
he walked after their councell. 

And he wente with Ioram the sonne of 
Achab kynge of Israel, to the battayll vnto 
Ramoth in Gilead, agaynst Hasael the kynge 
of Syria. But the Syrias smote Ioram, so y 
he turned back to be healed at Iesreel : for he 
had woundes that were geuen him at Rama, 
whan he foughte with Hasael the kynge of 
Syria. And t Asarias the sonne of Ioram 
kynge of Iuda wete downe to vyset Ioram y 
sonne of Achab at Iesreel, which laye sicke : 
For it was ordejmRd of God vnto Ochosias, 
that he shulde come to Ioram, g so to go forth 
with Ioram agaynst Iehu y sonne of Nimsi, 
twhom the LORDE had anoynted to rote 
out the house of Achab. 

Now whan Iehu wolde be aueged of y house 
of Achab, he founde certayne rulers of Iuda, 
and y childre of Ochosias brethren which 
serued Ochosias, and he slewe them. § And 
he soughte Ochosias, and they ouertoke him, 
wha he had hyd him at Samaria : g he was 
broughte vnto Iehu, which slewe him, and 
they buried him, for they sayde: He is the 
sonne of Iosaphat, which soughte y LORDE 
with all his hert. And there was no man 
more of the house of Ochosias that mighte be 
kynge. 

Whan Athalia the mother of Ochosias 
sawe y hir sonne was deed/ she gat hir vp, (j 

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destroyed all the kynges sede in the house of 
Iuda. But Iosabeath y kynges sister toke 
Ioas f sonne of Ochosias, and stale him awaye 
fro amonge the kynges childre y were slayne, 
(j put him with his norse in a chamber. Thus 
Iosabeath kynge Iorams doughter, the wyfe 
of Ioiada the prest, hyd him from Athalia, 
so y he was not slayne : for she was Ochosias 
sister. And he was hyd with them in the 
house of God sixe yeares, for so moch as 
Athalia was quene in the londe. 



Cfie rriij. Chapter. 
UT in the seuenth yeare was Ioiada bolde. 
"and toke the rulers ouer hundreds: 



B 



namely Asaria f sonne of Ieraham, Ismael y 
sonne of Iohanan, Asaria y sonne of Obed, 
Maeseia f sonne of Adaia, and Elisaphat y 
sonne of Sichri with him, in to the couenaunt: 
and they wente aboute in Iuda, and broughte 
y Leuites together out of all the cities of Iuda, 
and the chefe fathers of Israel, to come vnto 
Ierusalem. And all the cogregacion made a 
couenaunt with the kynge in the house of 
God, and he sayde vnto them : Beholde, the 
kynges sonne shal be kynge, * eue as the 
LORDE spake cocernynge the children of 
Dauid. 

This is it therfore y ye shal do : The thirde 
parte of you that entre on the Sabbath, shalbe 
amonge the prestes j Leuites, which are dore- 
kepers at the thresholdes : (j one thirde parte 
in the kynges house, and one thirde parte at 
the grounde porte. But all the people shalbe 
in the courtes of the house of the LORDE, 
and that no man go in to the house of the 
LORDE, excepte the prestes and Leuites 
that mynister there, they shal go in : for they 
are halowed. And let all y people wayte 
vpon the LORDE. And the Leuites shal 
get them rounde aboute y kynge, euery one 
with his weapen in his hande. And who so 
els goeth in to y house, let him dye. And they 
shall be with the kynge wha he goeth out & in. 

And the Leuites j all Iuda dyd as Ioiada ;y 
prest had commaunded, and euery one toke 
his men that entred on the Sabbath, with 
those y wente of on the Sabbath : for Ioiada 
y prest suffred not those two companies to 
parte asunder. And Ioiada f prest gaue the 
captaynes ouer hundreds speares g shyldes, 
and kynge Dauids weapens, which were in the 



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house of God, and set all the people euery one 
with his weapen in his hande, from the righte 
corner of the house, vnto the lefte corner of 
the altare, and to the house warde aboute the 
kynge. And they broughte forth the kynges 
sonne, j set the crowne vpon his heade, and 
gaue them the t. wytnesse, (t made him kynge, 
And Ioiada with his sonnes anoynted him, q 
sayde : God saue the kynge. 

But whan Athalia herde the noyse of y 
people y ranne together and praysed y kynge, 
she wente forth to the people in to y house of 
the LORDE, and loked: and beholde, y 
kynge stode in his place at y intraunce, and 
the rulers and trompettes aboute y kynge: 
and all the people of the londe were glad, j 
blewe the trompes, and there were syngers y 
coulde playe with all maner of musicall in 
strumentes. But she rete hir clothes, & sayde : 
Sedicion, sedicion. Neuertheles Ioiada y 
prest gat him forth with the captaynes ouer 
hundreds and rulers of the hoost, and sayde 
vnto them : Brynge her forth betwene y walles, 
d who so euer foloweth her, shal be slayne 
with f swerde : for the prest had comaunded 
that she shulde not be slayne in y house of 
the LORDE. And they layed handes on 
her. And whan she came at the intraunce of 
the horsgate of the kynges house, they put 
her to death there. 

And Ioiada made a couenaunt betwene him 
and all the people, and the kynge, y they 
shulde be the people of the LORDE. The 
wete all the people in to the house of Baal 
and destroyed it, (j brake downe his altares g 
ymages, j slewe Mathan the prest of Baal 
before the altare. And Ioiada appoynted y 
officers in the house of the LORDE amoge 
the prestes & Leuites $ whom Dauid had 
ordeyned for y house of the LORDE, to offre 
burnt sacrifices vnto f LORDE, as it is 
wrytten in the $ lawe of Moses : with ioye j 
songes made by Dauid. And y porters set he 
at y gates of f house of y LORDE, y none 
shulde entre, which were defiled with eny 
maner of thinge. 

And he toke the captaynes ouer hiidreds 
and the mightie men and lordes of y people, 
and all the people of the londe, and brought 
the kinge downe from the house of the 
LORDE, and broughte him thorow the hye 
porte of the kynges house, and caused the 



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kinge sit vpon the seate royall. And all the 
people of the lode were glad, and the cite was 
at rest. But Athalia was slayne with the 
swerde. 

Cf)e rrtiij. Chapter. 

IOAS" was seuen yeare olde whan he was 
made kynge, and reigned fortie yeare at 
Ierusale. His mothers name was Zibea of 
Berseba. And Ioas dyd that which was right 
in the sight of the LORDE, as longe as 
Ioiada the prest lyued. And Ioiada gaue 
him two wiues, g he begat sonnes g doughters. 
Afterwarde deuysed Ioas to renue the house 
of the LORDE, g gathered together the 
prestes and Leuites, g sayde vnto the: Go 
forth vnto all the cities of Iuda, g gather the 
money of all Israel, to repayre y house of God 
yearly, and do it righte soone : but the Leuites 
made no haist. 

Then the kynge called Ioiada the pryncipall, 
and sayde vnto him: Why lokest thou not 
vnto the Leuites, y they bringe in from Iuda 
and Ierusalem, *the colleccion which Moses 
the seruaunt of the LORDE appoynted to be 
gathered amoge Israel for the Tabernacle of 
witnes ? For y vngodly Athalia g hir sonnes 
haue waisted the house of God : and all that 
was halo wed for the house of the LORDE, 
haue they bestowed on Baalim. 

Then commaunded the kynge to make a 
hest, and to set it without at the intraunce 
of the house of the LORDE : g caused it to 
be proclamed in Iuda and Ierusale, that they 
shulde bringe in to the LORDE, the colleccid, 
which Moses the seruaut of God appointed 
vnto Israel in y wildernes. The were all y 
rulers glad, g so were all y people, g brought 
it, and cast it in to the chest, tyll it was full. 

And whan the tyme was y the Leuites 
shulde brynge the Arke at y kinges comaunde- 
ment (whan they sawe y there was moch money 
therin) then came the kinges scrybe, g he y 
was appoynted of the chefe prest, and emptyed 
the chest, and caried it againe in to his place. 
Thus dyd they euery daye, so that they 
gathered moch money together. And y kinge 
and Ioiada gaue it vnto y workmasters of y 
house of the LORDE, and they hired masons 
and carpenters to repayre the house of y 
LORDE, and men that coulde worke in yron 
andbrasse, to repayre the house of y LORDE. 



And the labourers wrought, so that y re- 
pairinge in y worke wente forwarde thorow 
their hande, and they set the house of God in 
his bewtye, and made it stronge. And whan 
they had perfourmed this, they brought the 
resydue of the money, before the kynge and 
Ioiada, wherof there were made vessels for 
the house of the LORDE, vessels for the 
ministracion and burntofferinge, spones and 
ornamentes of golde and siluer. And they 
offred burntofferynges allwaye in the house of 
the LORDE, as longe as Ioiada lyued. 

And Ioiada waxed olde, and had lyued 
longe ynough, and dyed, g was an hundreth 
and thirtie yeare olde whan he dyed: and 
they buried him in the cite of Dauid, amonge 
the kynges, because he had done good vnto 
Israel, and towarde God g his house. And 
after the death of Ioiada, came the rulers in 
Iuda, and worshipped the kynge. 

Then consented the kynge vnto the. And 
they forsoke the house of the LORDE God 
of their fathers, and serued y groues and 
ymages. Then came y wrath of the LORDE 
vpo Iuda and Ierusalem because of this trespace 
of theirs. Yet sent he prophetes vnto the, y 
they shulde turne vnto the LORDE, & they 
testified vnto the : but they wolde not heare. 

And the sprete of God came vpon + Zachary 
the sonne of Ioiada the prest, which stode ouer 
y people, g sayde vnto the : Thus sayeth God : 
Wherfore do ye transgresse the comaunde- 
mentes of the LORDE, which shall not be 
to youre prosperite : for ye haue forsaken y 
LORDE, therfore shal he forsake you. Ne- 
uertheles they conspyred agaynst him, g stoned 
him at y kynges comaundement in y courte 
of the house of the LORDE. And Ioas y 
kinge thought not on the mercy y Ioiada 
his father had done for him, but slewe his 
sonne. Notwithstondinge wha he dyed, he 
sayde : The LORDE shal loke vpon it, and 
requyre it. 

And whan the yeare was gone aboute, y 
power of the Syrians wente vp, g came to 
Iuda g Ierusalem, and destroyed the rulers in 
the people, and sent all the spoiles of them 
vnto Damascon. For the power of the Sy- 
rians came but with a fewe men, yet gaue y 
LORDE a very greate power in to their 
hande : because they had forsaken y LORDE 
God of their fathers. They executed iudgment 



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also vpon Ioas. And whan they departed fro 
him, they lefte him in greate sicknesses. 

Neuertheles his seruauntes conspyred against 
him (because of the bloude of the childre of 
Ioiada the prest) & slewe him vpo his bed, j 
he dyed, and they buryed him in the cite of 
Dauid, but not amonge the sepulcres of the 
kynges. They that conspyred against him, 
were these : Sabad y sonne of Simeath the 
Ammonitisse, and Iosabad the sonne of Simrith 
the Moabitisse. As for his sonnes, and the 
summe that was gathered vnder him, and the 
buyldinge of the house of God, beholde, they 
are wrytten in the storye in the boke of the 
And Amasias his sonne was kynge 

his 



Che wb. Chapter. 

FYUE and twentye yeare olde was Amasias 
whan he was made kynge, and reigned 
nyne and twentye yeare at Ierusalem. His 
mothers name was Ioadan of Ierusalem. And 
he dyd f which was right in the sighte of the 
LORDE, but not with a whole hert. Now 
whan his kingdome was in stregth, he slewe 
his seruautes which had slayne the kinge his 
father. But their childre slewe he not, for so 
is it wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses, 
*where the LORDE comaundeth, and sayeth: 
The fathers shal not dye for the children, 
nether shal the children dye for the fathers : 
but euery one shal die for his awne synne. 

And Amasias broughte Iuda together, and 
set them after the fathers houses, after the 
ulers ouer thousandes & ouer hundreds amonge 
all Iuda and Ben Iamin, and nombred them 
from twentye yeare olde & aboue, and founde 
of the thre hundreth thousande chosen men, 
which were able to go forth to the warre, and 
caryed speares and shyldes. And out of Israel 
appoynted he an hundreth thousande stronge 
men of warre for an hundreth talentes of siluer. 

But there came a man of God vnto him, 
and sayde: O kynge, Let not the hoost of 
Israel come with the : for the LORDE is not 
with Israel, nether with all the childre of 
Ephraim. For yf thou commest to shewe thy 
boldnes in the battaill, God shal make the fall 
before thine enemies. For God hath power to 
helpe, and to cause for to fall. Amasias sayde 
vnto the man of God: What shal be done 
then with y hundreth talentes y I haue geue 

* Deut. 24. c. 4 Re. 14. a. Eze. 18. c. 



f soudyers of Israel ? The ma of God sayde 
The LORDE hath yet more the this to geue 
the. So_ Amasias separated out the men of 
warre which were come to him out of Ephraim, 
y they shulde departe vnto their place. Then 
waxed their wrath very whote agaynst Iuda, 
and they wente agayne vnto their place in 
wrothfull displeasure. And Amasias stregthed 
himselfe, and caried out his people, and wente 
forth in to the Salt valley, and smote ten 
thousande of the children of Seir. 

And the childre of Iuda toke ten thousande 
of the alyue, whom they broughte vp to the 
toppe of a mountayne, and cast the downe 
headlinges from the toppe of the mount, so 
that they all to barst in sunder. But y childre 
of the men of warre whom Amasias had sent 
awaye agayne (that they shulde not go to the 
battayll with his people) fell in to the cities of 
Iuda, from Samaria vnto Beth Horon, and 
smote thre thousande of me, and toke moch 
spoyle. 

And whan Amasias came agayne from the 
slaughter of the Edomites, he broughte the 
goddes of the children of Seir, and made them 
his goddes, and worshipped before them, (t 
brent incense vnto them. Then was the 
LORDE very wroth at Amasias, g sent vnto 
him a prophet, which sayde vnto him : Why 
sekest thou the goddes of the people, which 
coulde not delyuer their folke from thy hande? 
And whan he talked with him, the kynge 
sayde vnto him : Haue they made y of the 
kynges councell ? Ceasse, why wilt thou be 
smytten ? Then the prophet ceassed, & sayde : 
I perceaue, that the LORDE is mynded to 
destroye f, because thou hast done this, and 
herkenest not vnto my councell. 

" And Amasias y kynge of Iuda toke coucell, 
I sent vnto Ioas the sonne of Ioahas y sonne 
of Iehu, kynge of Israel, sayege : Come, let 
vs se one another. But Ioas the kynge of 
Israel sent vnto Amasias y kynge of Iuda, 
sayenge: The hawthorne in Libanus sent 
vnto y Cedre tre in Libanus, sayege : Geue 
thy doughter vnto my sonne to wife. But a 
wylde beest in Libanus ranne ouer y haw- 
thorne, (j trode it downe. Thou thinkest : 
Beholde, I haue smytten the Edomites, ther- 
fore is thine hert proude to boaste. Now 
byde at home : why stryuest thou after mys- 
fortune, that thou mayest fall (t Iuda with the ? 



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Neuertheles Amasias consented not : for so 
was it broughte to passe of God, y they mighte 
be geuen in to the handes of the enemies, 
because they soughte the goddes of y Edom- 
ites. Then wente Ioas the kynge of Israel 
vp, d they sawe one another, he and Amasias 
the kynge of Iuda, at Beth Semes which 
lyeth in Iuda. But Iuda was smytte before 
Israel, and they fled euery one vnto his tent. 

And Ioas the kynge of Israel toke Amasias 
y kynge of Iuda, the sonne of Ioas y sonne of 
Ioahas, at Beth Semes, 5 broughte him to 
Ierusalem, j brake downe the wall of Ierusale, 
from y porte of Ephraim vnto the corner 
porte, eue foure hundreth cubites longe : and 
toke with him all the golde, and siluer, and 
all the ornamentes that were foude in y house 
of God with Obed Edom, and in the treasures 

the kynges house, and the childre to pledge 
vnto Samaria. And Amasias the sonne of 
Ioas kynge of Iuda, liued after the death of 
Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel 
fiftene yeare. 

What more there is to saye of Amasias 
(both the first and last) beholde, it is written 
in y boke of the kynges of Iuda & Israel. And 
frd the tyme forth that Amasias departed from 
the LORDE, they conspyred against him at 
Ierusalem. But he fled vnto Lachis. The 
sent they after him vnto Lachis, (j slewe him 
there. And they brought him vpo horses j 
buried him beside his fathers in the cite of Iuda. 

Cijc rriu. Chapter. 

THEN all the people of Iuda toke Osias, 
"which was syxtene yeare olde, and 
made him kynge in steade of his father Ama- 
sias. He builded Eloth, tj broughte it agayne 
vnto Iuda, after that the kynge was fallen on 
slepe with his fathers. Sixtene yeare olde 
was Osias whan he was made kinge, and 
reigned two and fiftie yeare at Ierusale. His 
mothers name was Iechalia of Ierusalem. And 
he did right in the syght of the LORDE, as 
his father Amasias had done, and soughte God 
as longe as Zacharias lyued, which taughte in 
the visyons of God : and as longe as he sought 
the LORDE, God made him to prospere. 

For he wente forth, and foughte agaynst 
the Philistynes, and brake downe y walles of 
Gath, and the walles of Iabne, and the walles 
of Aszdod, and buylded cities aboute Aszdod, 



(j amonge the Philistynes. For God helped 
him agaynst the Philistines, against the Ara- 
bians, agaynst them of Gur Baal, (t agaynst 
the Meunites. And y Ammonites gaue Osias 
presentes, (j his name came in to Egipte : for 
he was exceadinge stronge. And Osias buylded 
towres at Ierusalem vpon the cornerporte, 
and on the valley gate, and on other corners, 
and made them stronge. He buylded castels 
also in the wyldernesse, and dygged many 
welles : for he had many catell, both in the 
medewes and in the playnes, huszbandmen 
also and wynegardeners on the mountaynes 
and on Carmel : for he delyted in huszbandrye. 

And Osias had an hoost of men of warre 
goynge forth to the battaill, which were nobred 
vnder the hande of Ieiel the scrybe 5 of 
Maesa the offycer, vnder the hade of Hanania 
of the kynges rulers. And the nombre of the 
chefe fathers amonge the stronge me of warre, 
was two thousande and syxe hundreth. And 
vnder the hande of the hoost thre hundreth 
thousande, and seuen thousande and fyue hun- 
dreth mete for the battayll, in the strength of 
an armye to helpe the kinge agaynst the ene- 
mies. And Osias prepared for all the hoost, 
shyldes, speares, helmettes, brestplates, bowes 
and slyngstones. And at Ierusale he made 
ordinaunce coningly, to be vpon the towres 
and in the pynnacles, to shute arowes and 
greate stones. And the fame of him came 
farre abrode, because he was specially helped, 
tyll he became mightie. 

And whan his power was greate, his hert 
arose to his awne destruccion : for he tres- 
paced agaynst the LORDE his God, and 
wente in to the temple of the LORDE, to 
burne incense vpon the altare of incense. 
But Asarias the prest wente after him, and 
foure score prestes with him, valeaunt men, 
and withstode kynge Osias, and saide vnto 
him : *It belongeth not vnto thy ofryce (Osias) 
to burne incense vnto the LORDE, but vnto 
the prestes belongeth it, euen vnto the children 
of Aaron, which are halowed to burne incense. 
Go forth out of the Sanctuary: for thou 
offendest, and it shall be no worshippe vnto 
the before God the LORDE. 

And Osias was wroth, and had a censoure 
in his hande. *And whyle he murmured with 
the prestes, the leprosy spronge out of his 
foreheade in the presence of the prestes in 

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the house of the LORDE before the altare 
of incense. And Asarias the chefe prest 
turned his heade towarde him, and so dyd all 
the prestes, and beholde, he was leper in his 
foreheade. And they put him out from 
thence. Yee he made haist himselfe to go 
forth, for his plage came of the LORDE. 
Thus became Osias f kynge a leper vnto his 
death, and dwelt full of leprosye in a fre 
house : for he was put out of the house of the 
LORDE. But Ioram his sonne had the 
ouersight of the kynges house, and iudged the 
people in the londe. 

What more there is to saie of Osias (both 
first and last) Esay the sonne of Amos hath 
wrytten it. And Osias fell on slepe with his 
fathers, and they buryed him with his fathers 
in the pece of grounde beside f kynges sepul- 
cres : for they sayde : He is leporous. And 
Iotham his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Che rrbtj. Chapter. 

IOTHAM was fyue and twentye yeare olde 
whan he was made kynge, "and reigned 
sixtene yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers 
name was Ierusa the daughter of Sadoc : & he 
dyd righte in the sighte of the LORDE as 
did Osias his father : sauynge y he wente not 
in to the temple of the LORDE, and the 
people yet marred them selues. He buylded 
the hye porte of the house of f LORDE, and 
on the wall of Ophel buylded he moch, and 
buylded the cities vpon themountaynesof Iuda, 
and in the woddes buylded hecastelsandtowres. 

And he fought with the kinge of the child- 
ren of Amnion, and ouercame them, so that 
the childre of Ammon gaue him f same yeare 
an hundreth talentes of siluer, ten thousande 
quarters of wheate, and ten thousande of 
barlye. So moch dyd the children of Ammon 
geue him also in y seconde & thirde yeare. 
Thus became Iotham mightye, for he gyded 
his wayes before the LORDE his God. 

What more there is to saye of Iotham, 5 
all his warres, and his waies, beholde, it is 
wrytten in f boke of the kinges of Israel (j 
Iuda. Fyue and twentye yeare olde was he 
whan he was made kynge, g reigned sixtene 
yeare at Ierusale. And Iotha fell on slepe 
with his fathers, & they buryed him in the cite 
of Dauid, and Achas his sonne was kynge in 
his steade. 

" 4 Re. 15. f. <• 4 Re. 16. a. 



Che rvOtt). Chapter. 

ACHAS *was twentye yeare olde whan he 
was made kynge, and reigned sixtene 
yeare at Ierusalem, and dyd not that which 
was righte in the sighte of the LORDE, as 
did Dauid his father, but walked in the wayes 
of the kinges of Israel, and made molten 
ymages vnto Baalim, and brent incense in the 
valley of the children of Hennon, and c brethis 
awne sonnes in y fire, after the abhominacions 
of the Heithen, who the LORDE expelled 
before the childre of Israel. And he dyd 
sacrifice and brent incense vpon the hye places 
and vpon the hilles, and amoge all grene trees. 

Therfore dyd the LORDE his God delyuer 
him in to the hande of the kynge of Syria, so 
that they smote him, and caryed awaye a 
greate multitude of his men presoners, and 
broughte them to Damascon. He was geuen 
also vnder the hande of the kynge of Israel, 
so y he dyd a greate slaughter vpon him. 
For Pecah the sonne of Romelia smote in 
Iuda an hundreth j twentye thousande in one 
daye (which all were valeaunt men) eue be- 
cause they had forsaken f LORDE God of 
their fathers. And Sichri a mightie ma of 
Ephraim slewe Maeseia y kinges sonne, (j 
Asrikam the prynce of the house, cj Elkana 
the nexte vnto the kynge. And the children 
of Israel caried of their brethren presoners 
two hundreth thousande, wemen, sonnes and 
doughters, and toke a greate spoyle from them, 
and broughte the spoyle vnto Samaria. 

But eue there was there a prophet of y 
LORDE, whose name was Obed, which wete 
out to mete y hoost that came to Samaria, 
and sayde vnto them : Beholde, because the 
LORDE God of youre fathers is wroth at 
Iuda, therfore hath he geuen them ouer in to 
youre handes: but ye haue slayne them so 
abhominably, that it is come vnto heaue. Now 
thinke ye to subdue the children of Iuda and 
Ierusalem, to be bondmen and bondmaydens 
vnto you. Is not this a trespace then with 
you agaynst the LORDE youre God? Herken 
now vnto me, and sende y presoners hence 
agayne, whom ye haue caried awaye from 
youre brethren : for the wrath of y LORDE 
is fearce ouer you. 

Then gat vp certayne of the chefe of the 
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Iohanan, Barachias the sonne of Mesillemoth, 
Ezechias the sonne of Sallum, g Amasa y 
sonne of Hadlai, agaynst them y came from 
y battayll, g sayde vnto them: Ye shal not 
brynge the presoners in hither, for youre 
mynde is but to make vs trespace before the 
LORDE, to make oure synnes and offences 
the greater : for the trespace is to moch all- 
ready, g the wrath is fearce ouer Israel. So 
the hoost lefte the presoners g the spoyle 
before y rulers and before the whole cogre- 
gacion. 

Then stode vp the men (which now were 
rehearced by name) and toke the presoners, 
and as many as were naked amonge them, 
clothed they with y spoyles, g deckte them, 
and put shues vpon their fete, and gaue the 
to eate and drynke, and anoynted them, and 
caried them vpon asses (as many as were 
feble) and broughte them to Iericho to y 
Palme cite vnto their brethren, and came 
agayne to Samaria. * At the same tyme sent 
kynge Achas vnto the kynges of Assur, y they 
shulde helpe him. And the Edomites came 
agayne, and smote Iuda, and caried some 
awaye captyue. The Philistynes also fell in 
to the cities in the playne, g towarde y south 
parte of Iuda, g wanne Beth Semes, Aialon, 
Gederoth, and Socho with the vyllages therof, 
Timna with the vyllages therof, g Gimso with 
the vyllages therof, and dwelt therin. For y 
LORDE subdued Iuda for Achas sake y 
kynge of Iuda, because he made Iuda naked, 
and rebelled agaynst the LORDE. And 
Teglatpilnesser the kynge of Assur came 
agaynst him, and beseged him, g he was not 
mightie ynough for him. 

For Achas spoyledthe house of the LORDE, 
and the kynges house, and of the rulers, to 
geue vnto y kynge of Assur, but it helped him 
not. Morouer kinge Achas trespaced yet 
more against the LORDE euen in his trouble, 
and dyd sacrifyce vnto the goddes of them of 
Damascon, which had smitten him, g sayde : 
The goddes of the kynges of Syria helpe 
them, therfore wil I offre vnto them, that they 
maye helpe me also, where as the same yet 
were a fall vnto him and to all Israel. 

And Achas gathered the vessels of y house 
of God together, and brake the vessels in y 
house of God, g t shut the dores of the house 
of y LORDE, and made him altares in all 



corners at Ierusalem, and euery where in the 
cyties of Iuda made he hye places to burne 
incense vnto other goddes, and prouoked y 
LORDE God of his fathers vnto wrath. 

What more there is to saye of him and of 
all his wayes (both first and last) beholde, it 
is wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Iuda 
and Israel. And Achas fell on slepe with his 
fathers, and they buried him in y cite of 
Ierusalem : for they brought him not amonge 
the sepulcres of the kynges of Israel. And 
Ezechias his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Cfte rrtjr. Chapter. 

EZECHIAS" was fyue g twentye yeare 
olde whan he was made kynge, g reigned 
nyne g twentye yeares at Ierusalem. His 
mothers name was Abia y doughter of Zachary. 
And he dyd that which was right in the sight 
of the LORDE, as did his father Dauid. 
iHe opened the dores of y house of the 
LORDE in the first moneth of y first yeare 
of his raigne, g made them stronge, g brought 
in the prestes and Leuites, and gathered them 
together vnto the East streate and sayde vnto 
them : Herken vnto me ye Leuites, sanctifye 
youre selues now, that ye maye halowe the 
house of the LORDE God of youre fathers, 
and put fylthines out of the Sanctuary : for 
oure fathers haue trespaced, and done y which 
was euell in the sighte of the LORDE oure 
God, and haue forsaken him. For they 
turned their faces from the habitacio of y 
LORDE oure God, g turned their backes on 
it, and shut the dores of the Porche, and put 
out the lampes, and brent no incense, g offred 
no burntsacrifyces in the Sanctuary vnto the 
God of Israel. 

Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE come 
ouer Iuda and Ierusalem, and he hath geuen 
them ouer to be scatred abrode, desolate and 
to be hyssed at, as ye se with youre eies. For 
beholde, euen for the same cause fell oure fa- 
thers thorowthe swerde, oure sonnes doughters 
and wyues were caryed awaye captyue. Now 
am I mynded to make a couenaunt with the 
LORDE God of Israel, y he maye turne 
awaie from vs his wrath g indignacion. Now 
my sonnes, be not ye negligent: §for the 
LORDE hath chosen you to stode before him, 
and to be his mynisters and to burne incense 
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Then rose the Leuites : Mahath the sonne 
of Amasai, and Ioel the sonne of Asaria of the 
children of the Kahathites. Of the children 
of Merari: Cis the sonne of Abdi, g Asaria the 
sonne of Iehaleleel. Of the children of the 
Gersonites : Ioah the sonne of Simma, and 
Eden the sonne of Ioah. And of the child re 
of Elizaphan: Simri g Ieiel. And of the 
childre of Assaph : Sachary and Mathania. 
And of the children of Heman : Iehiel and 
Simei. And of the children of Iedithun : 
Semaia and Vsiel. 

And they gathered their brethren together, 
and were sanctified, and wente in acordinge 
to the kynges commaundement at the worde 
of the LORDE, to dense the house of y 
LORDE. And the prestes entred within in 
the house of the LORDE to purifye, and put 
out all the vnclennes that was founde in the 
teple of the LORDE, in the courte of the 
LORDES house: and the prestes toke it vp, 
and caryed it out in to the broke Cedron. 
The fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth beganne 
they to sanctifye them selues, and on the 
eight daye of the moneth wente they in to the 
porche of the LORDE, and halowed the house 
of f LORDE eight dayes, and fynished it on 
the sixtenth daye of the fyrst moneth. 

And they wete in to the kynge Ezechias, 
and sayde : We haue clensed all the house of 
the LORDE, the altare of burntofferynges, 
and all his vessels, the table of the shewbred 
and all the apparell therof : and all the orna- 
mentes that kynge Achas cast awaye wha he 
was kynge, what tyme as he transgressed, those 
haue we prepared and halowed. Beholde, 
they are before the altare of the LORDE. 

The the kynge Ezechias gat him vp eai'ly, 
and gathered together the Elders of the cite, 
and wete vp vnto the house of the LORDE, 
and they broughte seuen bullockes, seuen 
rammes, seuen lambes, and seuen he goates 
to be the synofferynge, for the Sanctuary, g 
for Iuda. And he spake vnto the prestes the 
children of Aaron, that they shulde offre vpon 
the altare of the LORDE. 

So they slewe the bullockes, and the prestes 
toke the bloude, and sprenkled it vpon f 
altare : and slewe the rammes, and sprenkled 
the bloude vpon the altare: and slewe the 
labes, and sprenkled the bloude vpon the 
altare. And the goates to y synofferynge 
brought they before the kynge and the con- 



gregacio, and layed their handes vpon them : 
and the prestes slewe them, and sprenkled 
their bloude vpon the altare to make attonemet 
for all Israel : for the kynge commaunded to 
offre burntsacrifyces and sinofferinges for all 
Israel. 

And he set the Leuites in the house of 
the LORDE with Cymbales, Psalteries and 
harpes, * as Dauid had commaunded, and Gad 
the kynges Seer, and the prophet Nathan, for 
it was the commaundement of the LORDE 
by his prophetes. And the Leuites stode 
with the musicall instrumentes of Dauid, g the 
prestes with the trompettes. And Ezechias 
commaunded them to offre burntsacrifyces 
vpon the altare. And aboute the tyme that 
the burntsacrifyce begane to be offred the 
songe of the LORDE beganne also, and y 
trompettes, and dyuerse instrumentes of Dauid 
the kynge of Israel and all the congregacion 
gaue praise g thankes : and the songe of the 
Musicians, and y blowynge of the trompetters, 
endured all tyll the burntofferynge was fy- 
nished. 

Now whan the burntofferynge was perfour- 
med, the kynge and all they that were with 
him, bowed them selues, and gaue praise and 
thankes. And Ezechias the kynge with the 
rulers commaunded the Leuites to prayse the 
LORDE with the songes of Dauid and As- 
saph the Seer. And they gaue prayse tyll 
they were ioyfull, and they bowed them selues, 
and worshipped. 

And Ezechias answered and saide : Now 
haue ye fylled youre hades vnto the LORDE 
steppe forth, and brynge hither y sacrifyces 
and thankofferynges vnto the house of the 
LORDE. And the congregacion broughte 
sacrifyces and thankofferynges, and euery ma 
of a fre wyllinge hert brought burntofferynges. 
And the nombre of the burntofferynges that 
the congregacion broughte, was thre score 
bullockes and ten, an hundreth rames, and 
two hundreth lambes, and all these for the 
burntofferynge vnto the LORDE, and they 
sanctifyed sixe hundreth bullockes, and thre 
thousande shepe. 

But the prestes were to fewe, and coulde 
not pluck of the skynnes of all the burnt- 
offerynges, therfore toke they their brethren 
the Leuites, tyll the worke was fyniszhed, and 
tyll the prestes were halowed (for the Leuites 

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are easier to be halowed then the prestes) and 
many of the burnt offerynges were with the 
fat of the thankofferynges and drynkofferynges 
to the burntsacrifices. Thus was the minis- 
tracion of the house of the LORDE prepared. 
And Ezechias reioysed with all the people, 
that they were prepared with God : for it was 
done righte haistely. 

Cfte rrr. Chapter. 

AND Ezechias sent in to all Israel and 
Iuda, and wrote letters vnto Ephraim 
and Manasses, that they shulde come to the 
house of the LORDE at Ierusalem, to kepe 
easter vnto the LORDE God of Israel. And 
the kynge helde a councell with his rulers, 
and all the cogregacion at Ierusalem, *to kepe 
Passeouer in the seconde moneth : for at that 
tyme they coulde not kepe it, because the 
prestes were not sanctified ynough, and the 
people were not yet come together vnto Ieru- 
salem. And it pleased the kynge well and all 
the cogregacion. And they appointed it to be 
proclaimed thorow out all Israel from Berseba 
vnto Dan, that they shulde come to kepe 
Passeouer vnto the LORDE God of Israel : 
for they were not many to kepe it as it is 
wrytten. 

And the postes wente with the letters from 
the hande of the kynge and of his rulers 
thorow out all Israeli and Iuda, at y kynges 
commaundement, and sayde : Ye children of 
Israel, turne you vnto the LORDE God of 
Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, and he shal turne 
to y escaped, which are lefte ouer amonge you 
from the hande of the kynge of Assur: and 
be not ye as youre fathers and brethren, which 
rebelled agaynst the LORDE God of their 
fathers, and he gaue the ouer in to desolacion 
as ye se youre selues. Be not ye hardnecked 
now as were youre fathers, but offre youre 
hade vnto the LORDE, and come to his 
sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for euer, 
and serue the LORDE youre God, & so shal 
the indignacion of his wrath turne awaye from 
you. For yf ye turne vnto the LORDE, 
then shal youre brethren and children haue 
mercy in the sighte of them which holde them 
in captiuyte, that they maye come agayne in 
to this londe : tfor the LORDE youre God is 
gracious andmercifull, and shal not turne awaye 
his face from you, yf ye conuerte vnto him. 



And the postes wente from one cite to 
another in the londe of Ephraim and Ma- 
nasses, and vnto Zabulon. But they mocked 
them and laughed them to scorne. Yet were 
there some of Asser and Manasses, and of 
Zabulon, that submytted them selues, and 
came to Ierusalem. And the hande of God 
came in to Iuda, so that he gaue the one hert 
to do after the commaundement of the kynge 
and the rulers at the worde of the LORDE. 
And there came together vnto Ierusale a 
greate people, to kepe the feast of vnle- 
uended bred in the seconde moneth, a very 
greate congregacion. 

And they gat them vp, and put downe f 
$ altares that were at Ierusalem, and all the 
incense put they awaye, and cast it in to the 
broke Cedron, and slewe the Passeouer on 
the fourtenth daye of the secode moneth. 
And f prestes and Leuites were ashamed, 
and halowed them selues, and broughte the 
burntofferynges to the house of the LORDE, 
and stode in their ordinaunce, as it was acord- 
inge, after the lawe off Moses the man of God. 
And the prestes sprenkled the bloude from 
the hande of the Leuites : for there were 
many in the cogregacion which were not 
sanctified, therfore dyd the Leuites kyll Passe- 
ouer for them which were not clensed, that 
they mighte be sanctified vnto the LORDE. 

There were many people also of Ephraim, 
Manasses, Isachar and Zabulon, which were 
not cleane, but ate the Easter lambe not as 
it is wrytten : for Ezechias prayed for them, 
and sayde : The LORDE, which is gracious, 
shalbe mercifull vnto all them that prepare 
their hertes vnto God, to seke the LORDE 
God of their fathers, though they be not 
clensed after the holy purificacion. And the 
LORDE herde Ezechias, and healed the 
people. Thus the children of Israel that 
were founde at Ierusale, helde f feast of vn- 
leuended bred seuen dayes with greate ioye. 
And the Leuites and prestes praysed the 
LORDE euery daye with the loude instru- 
mentes of the LORDE. And Ezechias 
spake hertely vnto all y Leuites, which had 
good vnderstondinge in the LORDE, and 
they ate the feast seuen dayes, and offred 
thakofferynges, and gaue thankes vnto y 
LORDE God of their fathers. 

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the feast yet other seue dayes, and so they 
helde it those seuen dayes also with ioye : for 
Ezechias the kinge of Iuda gaue an Heue- 
offerynge for the cogregacion, euen a thou- 
sande bullockes, and seuen thousande shepe. 
But the rulers gaue an Heueofferinge for y 
congregacion, euen a thousande bullockes, 
and ten thousande shepe. And many of the 
prestes sanctified them selues. 

And the whole congregacion of Iuda re- 
ioysed, the prestes and Leuites, and all the 
congregacion that came out of Israel, and the 
straungers that were come out of the londe 
of Israel, and they that dwelt in Iuda, and 
greate ioye was there at Ierusalem : for sence 
the tyme of Salomon the sonne of Dauid the 
kynge of Israel, was there no soch (ioye) at 
Ierusale. And the prestes and Leuites stode 
vp and blessed the people, and their voyce 
was herde, and their prayer came in to his 
holy habitacion in heauen. 

CI)e rrrt. Chapter. 

AND whan all this was fynished, all the 
Israelites that were founde in y cities 
of Iuda, wente out, and brake the pilers, and 
hewed downe the groues, and brake downe 
the hye places and altares out of all Iuda, Ben 
Iamin, Ephraim and Manasses, tyll they had 
destroyed the. And all the children of Israel 
wente agayne euery one to his possession vnto 
their cities. 

But Ezechias set the prestes and Leuites 
in their ordinaunces, euery one after his office, 
both the prestes and Leuites, for the burnt- 
sacrifices and thankofferynges, to mynister, to 
geue thankes and prayse in the gates of the 
hoost of the LORDE. And the kynge gaue 
his porcion of his substauce for the burnt- 
offerynges in the mornynge and euenynge, 
and for the burntofferynges of the Sabbath, 
and of the newmone and of the feastes, as it 
is wrytten in the la we of the LORDE. 

And he spake vnto y people which dwelt at 
Ierusalem, that they shulde geue porcios vnto 
the prestes and Leuites, y they mighte the 
more stedfastly endure in the lawe of the 
LORDE. And wha y worde came forth, the 
childre of Israel gaue many fyrst frutes of 
come, wyne, oyle, hony, and all maner increace 
of the felde, and broughte in moch of all 
maner tithes. And the children of Israel 
and Iuda which dwelt in the cities of Iuda. 



broughte the tithes also of oxen and shepe, 
and the tithes of soch thinges as were sanc- 
tifyed, which they had halowed vnto the 
LORDE their God, and made here an heape, 
and there an heape. In the thirde moneth 
begane they to laye vpon heapes, and in the 
seuenth moneth dyd they fynishe it. 

And wha Ezechias with the rulers wente 
in, and sawe the heapes, they praysed the 
LORDE, and his people of Israel. And 
Ezechias axed the prestes and Leuites con- 
cernynge the heapes. And Asaria the prest 
the chefe in the house of Sadoc, sayde vnto 
him : Sence the tyme that they beganne to 
brynge the Heueofferynges in to y house of 
the LORDE, we haue eaten, and are satisfied, 
and yet is there lefte ouer: for the LORDE 
hath blessed his people, therfore is this heape 
lefte ouer. Then commaunded the kynge, 
that they shulde prepare chestes in the house 
of the LORDE. And they prepared them, 
and put in the Heueofferynges, and tithes and 
that which was halowed, faithfully. 

And the ouersighte of the same had Cha- 
nania the Leuite, and Simei his brother the 
seconde, and Iehiel, Asasia, Naglath, Asahel, 
Ierimoth, Iosabad, Eliel, Iesmachia, Mahath 
and Benaia, ordeyned of the hande off Cha- 
nania and Simei his brother, acordinge to the 
commaundement of kynge Ezechias. But 
Asaria was prynce in the house of God. And 
Core y sonne of Iemna the Leuite the porter 
of the Eastgate was ouer the frewyllinge giftes 
of God (which were geuen for Heueofferynges 
vnto the LORDE) and ouer the Most holy. 
And vnder his hande were, Eden, Miniamin, 
Iesua, Semaia, Amaria, and Sachania in the 
cities of the prestes vpon credence, that they 
shulde geue vnto their brethre acordinge to 
their courses, to the leest as to the greatest. 

And vnto them that were counted for 
men childre from thre yeare olde and aboue, 
amonge all the that wete in to the house of the 
LORDE, euery one vpo his daye to their 
office in their attendaunces after their courses, 
And they that were rekened for prestes in the 
house of their fathers, and the Leuites from 
twentye yeare and aboue, in their attendaunces 
after their courses. And they that were rekened 
amonge their children, wyues, sonnes and 
doughters amoge the whole congregacion : for 
that which was halowed, sanctifyed they vpon 
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name amonge Aarons children the prestes 
vpon the feldes of the suburbes in all f cities, 
that they shulde geue porcions vnto all the 
men children amoge the prestes, and to all 
them that were nombred amonge the Leuites. 
Thus dyd Ezechias in all Iuda, and dyd 
that which was good, righte and true in the 
sighte of the LORDE his God. And in all 
the busynes that he toke in hade concernynge 
the seruyce of the house of God, acordinge to 
the lawe and commaundement, to seke his 
God, that dyd he with all his hert, and ther- 
fore prospered he well. 

Cfie rrrij. Chapter. 

AFTER these actes and faithfulnes came 
Sennacherib" the kynge of Assur, and 
wente in to Iuda, and pitched before the 
stroge cities, and thoughte to plucke them 
vnto him. And whan Ezechias sawe that 
Sennacherib came, and that his face stode to 
fighte agaynst Ierusalem, he deuysed with his 
rulers and mightie men, to couer the waters 
of the welles that were without the cite, and 
they helped him : and there gathered together 
a greate people, and couered all y welles and 
water brokes in the myddes of the londe, and 
sayde : Lest the kynges of Assur fynde moch 
water wha they come. And he toke a corage 
vnto him, and buylded all the walles where 
they were in decaye, and made towres theron, 
and buylded yet another wall without, and 
strengthed Millo in the cite of Dauid. And 
made moch ordinaunce and shyldes, and set 
captaynes of warre ouer the people. 

And gathered them vnto him vpon the 
brode strete by the gate of the cite, and spake 
hertely vnto them, and sayde: Be stronge 
and bolde, feare not, and be not afrayed for 
the kynge of Assur, ner all y multitude that 
is with him : for there is one greater with vs 
then with him. With him is a * fleshly arme, 
but with vs is the LORDE oure God, to 
helpe vs and to fighte for vs. And y people 
trusted vnto the wordes of Ezechias kynge of 
Iuda. 

*Afterwarde sent Sennacherib the kynge of 
Assur his seruauntes vnto Ierusalem (for he 
laye before Lachis, & all his hoost with him) 
to Ezechias f kinge of Iuda, & to all Iuda 
that was at lerusale, sayenge : Thus sayeth 
Sennacherib f kynge of Assur : Wherin put 



ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged 
Ierusalem ? Ezechias disceaueth you, that he 
maye delyuer you vnto death, hoger, and 
thyrst, and sayeth : The LORDE oure God 
shal delyuer vs from the hande of the kynge 
of Assur. Is it not Ezechias, that hath put 
awaye his hye places and altares, and sayde 
vnto Iuda and Ierusalem : Before one altare 
shal ye worshippe, and burne incense theron ? 

Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue 
done to all y people in the londes? Haue 
the goddes of the Heythen in the londes bene 
able to delyuer their countrees fro my hande ? 
What is he amonge all the goddes of these 
Heythen (whom my father damned) that was 
able to delyuer his people fro my hande? y 
youre God shulde be able to delyuer fro my 
hande. Therfore let not Ezechias now dis- 
ceaue you, and let him not persuade you eny 
soch thinge, and beleue him not. For yf no 
god of all the Heythe and kyngdomes might 
delyuer his people fro my hande and from the 
hande of my progenitours, then shal not youre 
goddes be able to delyuer you fro my hande. 

His seruautes also spake yet more against 
the LORDE God, and agaynst his seruaunt 
Ezechias. And he wrote a letter to blaspheme 
the LORDE God of Israel, and spake of him, 
and sayde : Like as the goddes of the Heythen 
in their londes haue not bene able to delyuer 
their people from my hande, euen so shal not 
the God of Ezechias delyuer his people fro 
my hande. 

And they cryed with loude voyce in the 
Iewish langage vnto the people of Ierusalem 
that were vpon the wall, to make them fearfull 
and to be fayntharted, that they might wynne 
the cite. And they spake agaynst the God off 
Ierusalem, euen as agaynst the goddes off the 
nacions vpon earth, which were but the workes 
of mens hondes. 

But contrary wyse the kynge Ezechias and 
the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos prayed, 
and cryed vnto heaue. And the LORDE 
sent an angell, which destroyed all the mightie 
men of the hoost, and the prynces and rulers 
in y- tentes of the kynge of Assur, so that he 
departed agayne with shame in to his owne 
londe. t And whan he wente in to his gods 
house, they y came of his owne body, slewe 
him there with the swerde. Thus the LORDE 
helped Ezechias and them at Ierusalem, out 



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of the hade of Sennacherib f kynge of Assur. 
and of all other, and mayntayned the fro all 
on euery syde, so $• many broughte presentes 
vnto the LORDE to Ierusalem, and Iewels 
vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda. And 
afterwarde was he exalted in the sighte of all 
Heythen. 

At y same tyme was Ezechias deedsicke, 
and he prayed vnto the LORDE, " which 
made him promes, and gaue him a wonder 
token. But Ezechias recopensed not acord- 
inge as was geuen vnto him, for his hert was 
lifted vp : therfore came the wrath vpon him, 
and vpon Iuda and Ierusalem. Neuertheles 
Ezechias humbled him selfe because his hert 
had bene exalted, with them at Ierusalem: 
therfore came not the wrath of the LORDE 
vpon them, whyle Ezechias lyued. 

And Ezechias had very greate riches and 
worshippe, and made him treasures of syluer, 
golde, precious stones, spyces, shyldes, and all 
maner costly vessell, and come houses for the 
increace of come, wyne and oyle, and stalles 
for all maner catell, and foldes for the shepe, 
and buylded him cities, and had many catell 
of shepe and oxen : for God gaue him very 
moch good. 

It is the same Ezechias that couered the 
hye water condyte in Gihon, and conveyed 
it vnder on the west syde of y cite of Dauid : 
for Ezechias prospered in all his workes. But 
whan the interpreters the chefe of Babilon 
were sent vnto him, to axe question at him 
(concernynge the wondertoke that had hap- 
pened in the londe) God lefte him *to be 
tempted, that it might be knowne what soeuer 
was in his hert. 

What more there is to saye of Ezechias, 
and of his mercifulnes, beholde, it is wrytte 
in the vision of the prophet Esay the sonne 
of Amos, and in the boke of the kynges of 
Iuda and Israel. And Ezechias fell on slepe 
with his fathers, and they buried him ouer 
the sepulcres of the children of Dauid, and 
all Iuda and they of Ierusale dyd him wor- 
shippe in his death : and Manasses his sonne 
was kynge in his steade. 

Cfte rrritj. Cfiapttr. 

MANASSES was twolue yeare olde wha 
he was made kynge, * and reigned 
fyue and fiftye yeare at Ierusalem, and dyd 

- 4 Re. 20. a. Esa. 28. a. * Deut. 8. a. * 4 Re. 21. a. 



that which was euell in the sighte of the 
LORDE (euen after the abominacions of 
the Heythen, whom the LORDE expelled 
before the children of Israel) and turned 
backe, and buylded the hye places, (t which 
his father Ezechias had broken downe) and 
set vp altares vnto Baalim, and made groue 
and worshipped all the hoost of heauen, and 
serued them. He buylded altares also in y 
LORDES house, wherof the LORDE had 
sayde : t At Ierusalem shal my name be for 
euer. And vnto all the hoost of heauen 
buylded he altares in both the courtes of f 
house of the LORDE. And in the valley of 
the sonne of Hennon caused he his awne 
sonnes to go thorow the fyre, and chosed 
dayes, & regarded byrdescryenge, and witches, 
and founded soythsayers and expounders of 
tokens, and dyd moch that was euell in the 
sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto 
wrath. 

Carued ymages also and Idols (which he 
caused to make) set he vp in Gods house, 
wherof the LORDE saide vnto Dauid and to 
Salomon his sonne : In this house at Ierusa- 
lem which I haue chosen out of all the trybes 
of Israel, wyl I set my name for euer and 
wyl nomore let the fote of Israel remoue fro 
the londe that I appoynted for their fathers, 
so farre as they obserue to do all y I haue 
commaunded them, in all the lawe, statutes 
and ordinaunces by Moses. But Manasses 
disceaued Iuda and them of Ierusale, so that 
they dyd worse then the Heythen, whom the 
LORDE destroyed before the children of 
Israel. And the LORDE spake vnto Manas- 
ses and his people, and they regarded it not. 

Therfore dyd the LORDE cause the rulers 
of the hoost of the kynge of Assur to come 
vp5 the, which toke Manasses presoner with 
bodes, and bounde him with cheynes, g 
broughte him vnto Babilon. § And whan he 
was in trouble, he made intercession before 
the LORDE his God, and humbled him selfe 
greatly before the God of his fathers, and 
prayed and besoughte him. Then herde he 
his prayer, and broughte him agayne to Ieru- 
salem to his kyngdome. And Manasses knewe 
that the LORDE is God. 

Afterwarde buylded he y vttemost wall of 
the cite of Dauid, on the west syde of Gihon 
by the broke, and at the intraunce of the 

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Fyshgate, and rounde aboute *Ophel, and 
made it very hye. And layed captaynes in f 
stroge cities of Iuda, j put awaye f straunge 
goddes d Idols out of f house of y LORDE, 
and all the altares which he had buylded vpo 
the mount of the house of the LORDE, and 
in Ierusalem, and cast them out of the cite, 
and buylded the altare of the LORDE, and 
offred slaynofferynges and thankofferynges 
theron, and commaunded Iuda, that they 
shulde serue the LORDE God of Israel. 
Neuertheles though the people offred vnto the 
LORDE their God, yet offred they vpon the 
hye places. 

What more there is to saye of Manasses 
and of his prayer to his God, and the wordes 
of the Seers that spake vnto him in the name 
of the LORDE God of Israel, beholde, they 
are amonge the actes of the kynges of Israel. 
And his prayer and intercession, and all his 
synne and offence, & the rowmes wherin he 
buylded the hye places 5 groues and founded 
ydols, afore he hubled himselfe, beholde, they 
are wrytten amonge the actes of the Seers. 
And Manasses fell on slepe with his fathers, 
and they buried him in his house, and Amon 
his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Two and twetye yeare olde was Amon wha 
he was made kynge, and reigned two yeare at 
Ierusale, and dyd euell in the sighte of the 
LORDE, as Manasses his father had don,e. 
And Amon offred vnto all the Idols that his 
father Manasses had made and serued the. 
Yet dyd not he humble himselfe before the 
LORDE, as Manasse his father had sub- 
mitted himselfe : but Amon trespaced euer 
more and more. And his seruauntes cospyred 
agaynst him, and slewe him in his house. 
Then smote the people in the londe all them 
that had conspyred agaynst kynge Amon. And 
the people in the londe made Iosias his sonne 
kynge in his steade. 

Wi)t yyyiiij. Chapter. 

IOSIAS was eight yeare olde whan he was 
made kynge," and reigned one and thirtye 
yeare at Ierusalem, and dyd that which was 
righte in the sighte of the LORDE, and walked 
the wayes of Dauid his father, and turned 
not asyde, nether to the righte hande ner to 
the lefte. For in the eight yeare of his reigne 
wha he was yet but a childe, he beganne to 



seke the God of his father Dauid : and in the 
twolueth yeare begane he to dense Iuda and 
Ierusale from the hye places and groues, and 
carued Idols, and molten ymages : and caused 
the altares of Baalim to be broken downe 
before him, and the ymages that were theron, 
hewed he downe. And y groues and carued 
Idols and molte ymages brake he in peces, 
and made them to dust, and scatred it vpon 
the graues of them that had offred vnto them. 
And the bones of the prestes brent he vpo 
the altares, and so clesed he Inda & Ierusale, 
(j in y cities of Manasses, Ephraim, Simeon, 
and vnto Nephtali in their wyldernesses on 
euery syde. And wha he had broken downe 
the altares and groues, and smytten the Idols 
in peces, and hewed downe all the ymages in 
all the londe of Israel, he came agayne to 
Ierusalem. 

In the eighteth yeare of his reigne * wha he 
had clensed the londe and the house, he sent 
Saphan the sonne of Asalia and Maeseia the 
Shreue of the cite, and loath the sonne of 
Ioahas the Chaunceler, to repayre the house 
of the LORDE his God. And they came to 
Helchias y hye prest, and there was delyuered 
vnto them the money that was broughte vnto 
the house of God, which the Leuites (that 
kepte the threshouldes) had gathered, of Ma- 
nasses, Epraim, and of all the residue in Israel, 
and of all Iuda j Ben Iamin, and of them that 
dwelt at Ierusale, and they delyuered it vnto 
the hades of the worke men in the house of 
the LORDE, and gaue it vnto those that 
wrought in the house of the LORDE, where 
it was in decaye, y they shulde repayre it, 
And the same gaue it forth vnto the car- 
penters and buylders, to bye fre stone and 
hewen tymber for the balkes in the houses, 
which the kynges had destroyed. And the 
men laboured faithfully in the worke. 

And ouer them were ordeyned, Iahath and 
Obadia the Leuites of the children of Merari: 
Zachary and Mesullam of the children of the 
Kahathites, to further the worke, and they 
were all Leuites that coulde playe vpon in- 
strumentes. But ouer them that bare burthens 
and furthured all maner of worke in all the 
offices, there were scrybes, officers and dore 
kepers of the Leuites. And wha they toke 
out the money that was broughte vnto f house 
of the LORDE, Helchias the prest founde 



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the boke of the lawe of the LORDE geuen 
by Moses. And Helchias answered, and saide 
vnto Saphan the Scrybe : * I haue founde the 
boke of the lawe in f house of y LORDE. 
And Helchias delyuered the boke vnto Saphan. 
And Saphan bare it vnto the kynge, and 
broughte y kynge worde agayne, and sayde : 
All that was geuen vnder the handes of thy 
seruauntes, that make they: and y money that 
was founde in y house of the LORDE, haue 
they gathered together, and delyuered it vnto 
y officers, and to the workmen. And Saphan 
the Scrybe tolde the kynge, and sayde : Hel- 
chias the prest hath delyuered me a boke. 

And Saphan red therin before the kynge. 
And whan the kynge herde the wordes of the 
lawe, he rente his clothes. And the kynge 
commaunded Helchias and Ahicam the sonne 
of Saphan, and Abdon the sonne of Micha, 
and Saphan the Scrybe, and Asaia the kynges 
seruaunt, and sayde: Go youre waye, axe 
councell at the LORDE for me and for the 
remnaunt in Israel, and for Iuda, concernynge 
these wordes of the boke that is founde. For 
greate is the indignacion of the LORDE that 
is gone forth ouer vs, because oure fathers 
haue not kepte the worde of the LORDE, to 
do acordinge as it is wrytten in this boke. 
Then wete Helchias (with the other that were 
sent from the kynge) vnto the prophetisse 
Hulda the wife of Sallum the Sonne of The- 
coath the sonne of Hasra the keper of the 
clothes, which dwelt at Ierusalem in the secode 
parte, and they spake this vnto her. 

And she sayde vnto them: Thus sayeth 
the LORDE God of Israel : Tell the man y 
sent you vnto me : Thus sayeth f LORDE: 
Beholde, I wil brynge plages vpo this place 
and the inhabiters therof, eue all the curses 
which are wrytten in the boke, that was red 
before the kynge of Iuda : because they haue 
forsake me, and bret incese vnto other goddes, 
to prouoke me with all the workes of their 
handes. And my indignacion shal go forth 
vpon this cite, and shal not be quenched. 

And after this maner shal ye saye vnto the 
kynge of Iuda, that sent you to axe councell 
at the LORDE: Thus sayeth y LORDE 
God of Israel concernynge the wordes that 
thou hast herde : Because thine hert is moued, 
and because thou hast humbled thy selfe in 
the sighte of God, whan thou herdest his 

* 4 Re. 22. b. « 4 Re. 23. a. t Iosue 24. f. 



wordes agaynst this place and the inhabiters 
therof, and hast submytted thy selfe before me, 
and rent thy clothes, and wepte before me, 
therfore haue I herde the, sayeth f LORDE. 
Beholde, I wil gather the vnto thy fathers, 
and thou shalt be layed in thy graue with 
peace, so y thine eyes shal not se all the euell 
that I wyl brynge ouer this place, and the 
indwellers therof. And they broughte the 
kynge worde agayne. 

Then sent y kynge, "and caused all the 
Elders in Iuda and Ierusalem to come to- 
gether. And the kynge wente vp in to the 
house of the LORDE, and all the men of 
Iuda and inhabiters of Ierusale, the prestes, 
the Leuites, and all the people both small and 
greate : and all the wordes in the boke of the 
couenaunt that was founde in the house of the 
LORDE, were red in their eares. And y 
kynge stode in his place, and made a coue- 
naunt before the LORDE, that they shulde 
walke after the LORDE, to kepe his co- 
maundementes, his testimonies, and his sta- 
tutes with all their hert and with all their 
soule, to do acordinge vnto all the wordes of 
the couenaunt that are wrytten in this boke. 

And there stode all they that were founde 
at Ierusalem and in Ben Iamin. And y 
inhabiters of Ierusalem dyd acordinge to the 
couenaunt of God the God of their fathers. 
And Iosias put awaye all abhominacions out 
of all the londes that were the children of 
Israels, and caused all them that were founde 
in Israel, to serue the LORDE their God. 
t As longe as Iosias lyued, departed they not 
from the LORDE the God of their fathers. 

Cfie rrrb. Chapter. 

AND Iosias kepte Passeouer* vnto the 
LORDE at Ierusalem, and slewe the 
Passeouer on the fourtenth daye off the first 
moneth, and set the prestes in their offices, 
and strengthed them to their mynistracion in 
the house of the LORDE, and sayde vnto the 
Leuites that taughte in all Israel, and were 
sanctified vnto y LORDE : Put the holy Arke 
in the house that Salomon y sonne of Dauid 
kynge of Israel dyd buylde. fYe shal beare 
it nomore vpon youre shulders. Se that ye 
serue now the LORDE youre God, and his 
people of Israel, and prepare the house of 
youre fathers in youre courses, as it was 

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appoynted by Dauid the kynge of Israel, and 
by Salomo his sonne : and stonde in th 
Sanctuary after y course of the fathers houses 
amonge youre brethren the children of the 
people, And after the course of the fathers 
houses amonge the Leuites, and kyll Passe- 
ouer, sanctifye and prepare youre brethren, 
that they maye do acordinge to the worde of 
the LORDE by Moses. 

And Iosias gaue latnbes and yonge kyddes 
which were males, to the Heueofferynge for 
the comontye (all to the Passeouer for euery 
one that was founde) in the nombre thirtye 
thousande, and thre thousande oxen, all of the 
kynges good. And his prynces of their awne 
good wyll gaue to the Heueofferynge for the 
people, j for the prestes and Leuites (namely, 
Helchias, Zachary and Iehiel the prynces in 
y house of God am5ge the prestes) for the 
Passeouer, two thousande and sixe hundreth, 
And thre hudreth oxen. But Chanania, Se- 
maia, Nathaneel and his brethren, Gasabia, 
Ieiel and Iosabad the chefe of the Leuites 
gaue the Leuites to the Heue offerynge for 
the Passeouer, fyue thousande shepe, & fyue 
hundreth oxen. 

Thus was the Gods seruyce prepared, and 
the prestes stode in their place, and the Leuites 
in their courses acordinge to the kynges com- 
maundement. And they kylled the Passeouer. 
and the prestes toke it off their handes, and 
sprenkled it : and the Leuites toke the skynnes 
off them, and remoued the burntofferynge there 
from, to geue it amonge the porcions of the 
fathers houses in the multitudes of their con 
gregacion to offre vnto the LORDE, *as it is 
wrytten in y boke of Moses, Euen so dyd they 
with the oxen also. And they dighte the 
Passeouer at the fyre t acordinge to the lawe. 
And that which was halowed, dighte they in 
pottes, kettels, and pannes, and made haist 
for the comon people. Afterwarde prepared 
they for them selues also and for y prestes : 
for the prestes the children of Aaron were 
occupied in the burntofferynges and fat vntyll 
the nighte. Therfore must the Leuites pre- 
pare for them selues and for the prestes the 
children of Aaron. 

And the syngers the children of Asaph 
tode in their place (acordinge to t Dauids 
commaundement) and Asaph and Heman, 
and Iedithim the kynges Seer, and the porters 



at all the gates. And they departed not from 
their office. For the Leuites their brethren 
prepared for them. Thus was all the Gods 
seruyce prepared the same daye, that the 
Passeouer mighte be kepte, and the burnt- 
sacrifices offredvpon the altare off the LORDE 
acordinge to the commaundement of kynge 
Iosias. 

So the children of Israel that were at hande, 
helde Passeouer at that tyme, and the feast of 
vnleuended bred, seuen dayes. Sence f tyme 
of Samuel the prophet, was no Passeouer 
kepte in Israel like this : and no kynge of 
Israel had holde soch a Passeouer as Iosias 
dyd, and the prestes, Leuites, all Iuda, and 
soch as were founde of Israel, and the inha- 
biters of Ierusalem. In the eighteth yeare of 
the reigne of Iosias was this Passeouer kepte. 
After this, whan Iosias had prepared the 
house, Necho the kynge of Egipte wente vp 
to fighte agaynst Carcamis besyde Euphrates. 
And Iosias wete forth agaynst him. But he 
sent messaungers vnto him, sayenge : What 
haue I to do with the O kynge off Iuda? I 
am not come now agaynst the, but I fighte 
agaynst another house : and God hath sayde, 
that I shal make haist. Ceasse from God 
which is with me, that he destroye the not. 
Neuertheles Iosias turned not his face from 
him, but prepared himselfe to fighte with him, 
and herkened not vnto the wordes of Necho 
out of the mouth of God, a came to fighte 
with him vpon the playne besyde Mageddo 
But the Archers shot at kynge Iosias. And 
the kynge sayde vnto his seruauntes: Cary 
me awaye, for I am sore wounded. And his 
seruaiites toke him from the charet, and caried 
him vpon his seconde charet, and broughte 
him to Ierusalem. And he dyed, and was 
buried amonge the sepulcres off his fathers. 

And All Iuda and Ierusalem mourned for 
Iosias, and Ieremy bewayled Iosias, and all 
the synginge men and wemen, spake their 
lametacions ouer Iosias vnto this daye, and 
made a custome therof vnto this daye. Be- 
holde, it is wrytten also amonge the Lamen- 
tacions. What more there is to saye of Iosias, 
and his mercy acordinge to the scripture in 
the lawe of the LORDE, and of his actes 
(both first and last) beholde, it is wrytten 
in the boke of the kynges of Israel and 
Iuda. 



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©fie rrrbt. Chapter. 

A ND the people of the londe " toke Ioahas 
_/\_ the sonne of Iosias, and made him kynge 
in his fathers steade at Ierusalem. Thre and 
twentye yeare olde was Ioahas whan he was 
made kynge, and reigned thre monethes at 
Ierusalem. For the kynge of Egipte deposed 
him at Ierusalem, and condemned the londe 
in an hundreth talentes of syluer, and one 
talent off golde. And the kynge of Egipte 
made Eliachim his brother kynge ouer Iuda 
and Ierusale, and turned his name Ioachim. 
But Necho toke his brother Ioahas, and caried 
him in to Egipte. 

Fyue and twentye yeare olde was Ioachim 
wha he was made kynge, and reigned eleue 
yeare at Ierusale, and dyd that which was 
euell in the sighte of the LORDE his God, 
* And Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon 
wente vp agaynst him, and bounde him with 
cheynes, to cary him vnto Babilon. And 
Nabuchodonosor broughte certayne vessels of 
f house of the LORDE vnto Babilon, and 
put them in his temple at Babilon. What 
more there is to saye of Ioachim, and off his 
abhominacions which he dyd, and that were 
founde in him, beholde, they are wrytten in 
the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda. 
And Ioachim his sonne was kynge in his steade. 

Eight yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was 
made kynge, and reigned thre monethes and 
ten dayes at Ierusale, and dyd jr which was 
euell in the sighte of y LORDE. But wha 
the yeare came aboute, Nabuchodonosor sent 
thither, and caused him be fetched vnto Ba- 
bilon with the costly vessels and Iewels of the 
house of the LORDE, and made Sedechias 
his brother kynge ouer Iuda and Ierusalem. 

*One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias 
whan he was made kynge, & reigned eleuen 
yeare at Ierusalem, and dyd that which was 
euell in the sighte of the LORDE his God, 
and submytted not himselfe before the face of 
the prophet Ieremy, which spake out of the 
mouth of the LORDE. He fell awaye also 
from Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon 
(which had taken an ooth of him by God) and 
was styfnecked, and hardened his hert, that he 
shulde not conuerte vnto the LORDE God 



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of Israel. And all f chefe amonge the prestes, 
and the people, multiplyed their synnes, acord- 
inge to all the abhominacions of the Heythen, 
and dyfyled the house of the LORDE, which 
he had sanctified at Ierusalem. 

t And the LORDE God of their fathers 
sent vnto them early by his messaungers (for 
he spared his people and his habitacion) but 
they laughed the messaungers of God to scorne, 
and despysed his wordes, and had his pro- 
phetes in derision, so loge tyll the indignaeion 
of the LORDE increased ouer his people, 
and there was no remedye of healinge. t For 
he broughte the kynge of the Caldees vpon 
them, and caused for to slaye all their yonge 
men with the swerde in the house of their 
Sanctuary, and spared nether yonge ma ner 
virgin, nether aged ner graiid father, but gaue 
them all in to his hande. And all the vessels 
in the house of God, greate and small, the 
treasures in the house of y LORDE, and the 
treasures of the kynge and of his prynces, all 
this caused he to be caried vnto Babilon. 
And they brent the house of God, and brake 
downe the wall of Ierusale, and all the palaces 
therof brent they with fyre, so that all the 
costly ornamentes of it were destroyed. 

And loke who escaped y swerde, hi caried 
he awaye vnto Babilon, g they became his 
seruaiites, g the seruauntes of his sonnes, tyll 
the Persians had the empyre : § that f worde 
of the LORDE by the mouth of Ieremy 
mighte be perfourmed, euen vntyll the londe 
had ynough of hir Sabbathes : for all the tyme 
of the desolacion was it Sabbath, vntyll the 
seuentye yeares were fulfylled. 

c But in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of 
Persia (that the worde of the LORDE spoken 
by the mouth of Ieremy mighte be fulfylled) 
the LORDE raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus 
the kynge of Persia, that he caused it be pro- 
clamed thorow out all his empyre, yee and by 
wrytinge also, sayenge : Thus sayeth Cyrus 
the kynge of Persia: The LORDE God of 
heauen hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in 
the londe, and hath commaunded me to 
buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iuda. 
Who soeuer now amonge you is of his people, 
the LORDE his God be with him, and let 
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Cfiap. I. 

Cyrus (otherwyse called Cores) the kynge of 
Persia, geueth the Ievves lycece to go agayne 
to Ierusalem, and to buylde it 

Cftap. II. 
The nombre of them that wente vp from Babilon 
vnto Ierusalem. 

Crjap. III. 
The people resorte to Ierusalem, the prestes 
buylde the altare, kepe the feastes and sacri- 
fices, and prepare to buylde the temple. 

Cftap. IIII. 
The Heythen wolde buylde with them : and 
because they are not suffred, therfore laboure 
they (with their councell and letters) to hynder 
the buyldinge of the temple. 

Cfiap. V. 
In this tyme prophecied Aggeus and Zachary. 
The officers of the Heythen forbyd the buyld- 
inge, and hynder it. 



VI. 



Cfiap 

Darius renueth the commaundement of Cyrus, 
and geueth the Iewes lycece to buylde the 
temple. 

Cljap. VII. 

Artaxerses sendeth Eszdras vnto Ierusalem with 
a charge vnto the officers beyonde the water. 



Cfiap. VIII. 

The nombre of them that wente vp with Eszdras 
vnto Ierusalem. 



Cfjap. IX. 

Eszdras is sory that the people haue myxte them 
selues with the Heythenish wemen. 

Cljap. X. 

They make a couenaunt to put awaye their 
Heythenish wyues. 



Wfyz first Cfiapter. 

IN the "first yeare of Cyrus kynge off Persia 
(that the worde of the LORDE spoken 
*by the mouth of Ieremy might be fulfilled) 
the LORDE stered vp the sprete of Cyrus 
kynge of Persia, y he caused it be pro- 
clamed thorow out all his empyre, yee and by 
wrytinge also, sayenge : Thus sayeth Cyrus 
the kynge of Persia : The LORDE God of 
heaue hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in 
the londe tand hath commaunded me to 
buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iuda. 

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Who soeuer now amonge you is of his people, 
the LORDE his God be with him, and let 
him go vp to Ierusalem in Iuda, and buylde 
the house of the LORDE God of Israel. He 
is y God that is at Ierusale. And who so 
euer remayneth yet in eny maner of place 
(where he is a straunger) let the me of his 
place helpe him with syluer and golde, with 
good and catell of a good frewill, for the house 
of God at Ierusalem. 

Then gat vp the pryncipall fathers of Iuda 
and Ben Iamin, and the prestes and Leuites, 
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go vp, and to buylde the house of the LORDE 
at Ierusale. And all they that were aboute 
them, strengthed their hande with vessels of 
syluer and golde, with good and catell, and 
Iewels, besydes that which they gaue of their 
awne frewill. And kynge Cyrus brought 
forth the vessels of the LORDE S house 
*which Nabuchodonosor had take out of Ieru- 
salem, and put in his gods house. But Cyrus 
f kynge of Persia brought the forth by Mith 
redath the treasurer, and nombred the vnto 
Seszbazar the prynce of Iuda. And this is 
the nombre of them : thirtye basens of golde, 
and a thousande basens of syluer, and nyne 
and twentye knyues, thirtye cuppes of golde, 
and of other syluer cuppes foure hundreth 
and ten, and of other vessels a thousande. 
So that all the vessels both of golde and syluer, 
were fyue thousande and foure hundreth. 
Seszbazar broughte them all vp, with them 
that came vp out of the captiuyte off Babilon 
vnto Ierusalem. 

€f)e i). Chapter. 

THESE are the childre of the londe that 
wente vp out of the captiuyte (who 
Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had 
caried awaye vnto Babilon) and came agayne 
to Ierusalem and in to Iuda, euery one vnto 
his cite, and came with Zorobabel, Iesua, 
Nehemias, Seraia, Reeleia, Mardachai, Bil- 
san, Mispar, Begeuai, Rehum and Baena. 
This is now the nombre of the men of the 
people of Israel : The children of Phares, two 
thousande, an hiidreth, and two and seuentye : 
the children of Sephatia, thre hundreth and 
two and seuentye: the children of Arath, 
seuen hundreth and fyue and seuentye : the 
children of Pahath Moab amonge the children 
of Iesua Ioab, two thousande, eight hundreth 
and twolue : the children of Elam, a thou- 
sande, two hundreth and foure and fiftye : the 
children of Sathu, nyne hundreth, and fyue 
and fortye : the children of Sacai, seue hun- 
dreth and thre score : the children of Bani, 
sixe hundreth and two and fortye : the children 
of Bebai, sixe hundreth and thre and twentye : 
the children of Asgad, a thousande two hun- 
dreth and two and twentye : the children of 
Adonicam, sixe hiidreth and sixe and sixtye : 
the children of Bigeuai, two thousande and 
sixe and fiftye : the children of Adin, foure 

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hundreth and foure and fiftye : the children 
of Ater of Ezechias, eight and nynetye : the 
children of Bezai, thre hundreth and thre 
and twentye : the children of Iorath, an hun- 
dreth and twolue : the children of Hasum, 
two hundreth and thre and twentye : the 
children of Gibbar, fyue and nynetye: the 
children off Bethleem, an hundreth and thre 
and twentye : the men off Netopha sixe and 
fiftye : the men off Anathot, an hundreth and 
eight and twentye : the children off Asmaueth, 
two and fortye : the children off Kiriath Arim, 
Caphira and Beeroth, seuen hundreth and 
thre and fortye : the children off Rama and 
Gaba, sixe hundreth and one and twetye : the 
men off Michmas, an hundreth and two and 
twentye: the men of Bethel and Ai, two 
hundreth and thre and twentye : the childre 
of Nebo, two and fyftye : the children of 
Magbis, an hiidreth and sixe and fiftye : the 
childre of the other Elam a thousande, two 
hundreth and foure and fiftye : the children 
of Harim, thre hundreth and twentye : the 
childre of Lodhadid and Ono, seue hiidreth 
and fyue and twetye : the childre of Iericho, 
thre hundreth and fyue and fortye : the child- 
ren of Senaa, thre thousande, sixe hundreth 
and thirtye. 

The prestes. The children of ledaia- of 
the house of Iesua, nyne hundreth and thre 
and seuentye : the childre of Iemmer, a thou- 
sande and two and fiftye: the children of 
Pashur, a thousande and two hiidreth, and 
seuen and fortye : the childre of Harim, a 
thousande and seuentene. 

The Leuites. The children of Iesua and 
Cadmiel of the children of Hodauia, foure 
and seuentye. The syngers, the children of 
Asaph, an hundreth and eight and twentye. 
The children of the dorekepers. The children 
of Sallum, the children of Ater, the childre 
off Talmon, the children off Acub, the children 
off Hatita, and the children off Sobai : alto- 
gether an hundreth and nyne and thirtye. 

The Nethinims. The children of Ziha, the 
children of Hasupha, the children of Tabaoth, 
the children of Ceros, the children of Sieha, 
the children of Padon, the children of Lebana, 
the children of Hagaba, the children of Acub, 
the childre of Hagab, the children of Samlai, 
the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, 
the children of Gahar, the childre of Reaia, 
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the children of Gasan, the children of Vsa, 
the children of Passeah, the children of Bessai, 
the children of Asna, the children of Meunim, 
the children of Nephussim, the children of 
Bacbuc, the childre of Hacupha, the children 
of Harhur, y childre of Hazeluth, y childre 
of Mehira, the children of Harsa, the children 
of Barcom, the children of Sissera, the child- 
ren of Thamah, the children of Neziah, the 
children of Hatipha. 

The children of Salomons seruauntes. The 
children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, 
the children of Pruda, the children of Iaela, 
the childre of Darcon, the childre of Giddell, 
the childre of Sephatia, the children of Hattil, 
the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the 
children of Ami. All the Nethinims and the 
children off Salomons seruauntes were alto- 
gether, thre hundreth and two and nyentye. 

And these wete vp also, Mithel, Melath, 
Thel, Harso, Cherub, Addon and Immer. 
But they coulde not shewe their fathers house 
ner their sede, whether they were of Israel. 
The children of Delaia, the children of To- 
bias, the children of Necoda, sixe hundreth 
and two and fiftye. 

And of the children of the prestes. The 
children of Habaia, the children of Hacom, 
the children of Barsillai, which toke one of 
the daughters of Barsillai the Gileadite to 
wife, and was counted amonge the same names: 
these soughte the register of their byrth, and 
founde none, therfore were they put from the 
presthode. And Hathirsatha sayde vnto them, 
that they shulde not eate of the most holy, 
tyll there rose vp a prest with the *lighte and 
perfectnesse. 

The whole congregacion as one man, was 
two and fortye thousande, thre hundreth and 
thre score : besyde their seruauntes and 
maydes, of whom there were seue thousande, 
thre hundreth and seuen and thirtye. And 
they had two hundreth singinge men and 
wemen, seue hundreth and sixe and thirtye 
horses, two hundreth and fyue and fortye 
Mules, foure hudreth and fyue and thirtye 
Camels, and sixe thousande, seuen hundreth 
and twentye Asses. 

And certayne of the chefe fathers, whan 
they came to the house of the LORDE at 
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place, and gaue after their abilyte vnto the 
treasure of the worke, one and thre score 
thousande guldens, and fyue thousande pounde 
of syluer, and an hundreth prestes garmentes. 
So the prestes and the Leuites, and certayne 
of y people, and the syngers, and the porters, 
and y Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all 
Israel in their cities. 

Che ttj. Chaptev. 
A ND whan the seuenth moneth came, 
XY_ "and the children of Israel were now in 
their cities, the people came together euen as 
one man, vnto Ierusalem. And there stode 
vp Iesua the sonne of Iosedec and his brethren 
the prestes, and Zorobabel the sonne of Sala- 
thiel and his brethren, and buylded the altare 
of the God of Israel, to offre burntofferynges 
theron, as it is wrytten in the lawe of Moses 
the man of God, and the altare set they vpon 
his sokettes (for there was a fearfulnes amonge 
them because of the nacions and lodes) and 
offred burntofferinges theron vnto y LORDE 
tin the mornynge and at euen. And helde 
the feast of Tabernacles t as it is wrytten, and 
offred burntsacrifices daylie after the nombre 
as acordinge was, euery daye his sacrifice. 
Afterwarde the daylie burntofferynges also, 
and of the new Mones and of all the feast 
dayes of the LORDE that were halo wed, and 
allmaner of fre wyllinge offeringes, which they 
did of their awne fre wyl vnto the LORDE. 

§ Vpon the first daye of the seuenth moneth 
beganne they to offre burnt sacrifices vnto the 
LORDE. But the foundacion of the teple of 
the LORDE was not yet layed. Neuertheles 
they gaue money vnto y masons and car- 
penters, and meate and drynke and oyle vnto 
them of Zidon and of Tyre, to brynge the 
Cedre tymbre from Libanus by See vnto 
il Ioppa, acordinge to the comaundement of 
Cyrus the kynge of Persia. 

In the seconde yeare of their commynge 
vnto the house of God at Ierusalem in the 
seconde moneth, beganne Zorobabel the sonne 
of Salathiel, and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec, 
and the remnaunt of their brethren the prestes 
and Leuites, and all they that were come out 
of the captiuyte vnto Ierusalem, and appoynted 
the Leuites fro twentye yeare olde and aboue, 
to se that the worke of the house of the 
LORDE wete forwarde. And Iesua stode 

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with his sonnes and brethren, and Cadmiel 
with his sonnes, and the children of Iuda, to 
furthur the workmen of the house of God, 
namely the childre of Henadad with their 
children and their brethren the Leuites. 

And whan the buylders layed the foundacion 
of the temple of the LORDE, the prestes 
stode in their araye, with trompettes. And 
the Leuites the children of Asaph with Cim- 
bales, to prayse f LORDE * with the Dytie 
of Dauid kynge of Israel. And they sunge 
together, geuynge prayse 5 thankes vnto f 
LORDE, because he is gracious, and because 
his mercy endureth for euer vpon Israeli. 
And all the people shouted loude in praysinge 
the LORDE, because the foundacion of f 
house of the LORDE was layed. Neuertheles 
many of the olde prestes and Leuites and 
awncient fathers, which had sene the house 
afore in his foundacion, and this was now 
before their eyes, wepte loude. But many 
shouted with ioye, so that the noyse gaue a 
greate sounde, in so moch that the people 
coulde not knowe y ioyfull sounde for the 
noyse of the wepinge in the people : for the 
people shouted loude, so that the noyse was 
herde farre of. 

©fie ttrj. Chapter. 

BUT whan the aduersaries of Iuda and 
Ben Iamin herde, that the children of 
the captiuyte buylded the teple vnto the 
LORDE God of Israel, they came to Zoro- 
babel 5 to the pryncipall fathers, and sayde 
vnto them : We wyl buylde with you : for we 
seke the LORDE youre God like as ye do. 
And we haue done sacrifice vnto him, t sence 
the tyme that Assar Hadon the kynge of 
Assur broughte vs vp hither. But Zorobabel 
and Iesua and the other awnciet fathers of 
Israel, answered them : It is not mete for vs 
and you to buylde the house of oure God, but 
we wyl buylde alone vnto the LORDE God 
of Israel, tas Cyrus the kynge of Persia hath 
commaunded vs. 

Then the folke of the londe hyndered the 
people of Iuda, and made them afrayed to 
buylde, and hyred councelers aganst them 
and hyndered their deuyce, as longe as Cyrus 
the kynge of Persia lyued, vntyll the reigne 
off Darius kynge off Persia. But whan 
Ahasuerus was kynge, in the begynnynge off 



his reigne wrote they vnto him a complaynte 
agaynst them of Iuda and Ierusalem. 

And in the tyme of Artaxerses, wrote 
Bisellam, Mithridath, Tabeel and the other 
of their councell vnto Artaxerses the kynge 
of Persia. But the scripture of y letter was 
wrytten in the Syrians speach, and was 
interpretated in the langage of the Syrians. 
Rehum f chaunceler, and Simsai the scrybe, 
wrote this letter agaynst Ierusalem to Arta- 
xerses the kynge. 

We Rehum the chaunceler, and Simsai the 
scribe, and other of the councell of Dina, off 
Arphasath, off Tarplat, off Persia, off Arach, 
of Babilon, of Susan, of Deha, and of Elam, 
and other of the people § whom the greate and 
noble Asnaphar broughte ouer, and set in the 
cities of Samaria, and other on this syde the 
water, and in Canaan. And this is f summe 
of the letter that they sent vnto kynge 
Artaxerses : 

Thy seruauntes the men on this syde the 
water and in Canaan. Be it knowne vnto y 
kynge, that the Iewes which are come vp from 
the to vs vnto Ierusale in to that sedicious j 
wicked cite, buylde the same, and make vp y 
walles of it, is brynge it out of y foundacion. 
Be it knowne now therfore vnto y kynge, y 
yf this cite be buylded % the walles made vp 
agayne, the shal not they geue tribute, toll, 
and yearly custome, and their deuyce shal do 
y kynge harme. But now that we all are 
therby which destroyed the temple, we wolde 
no longer se the kynges dishonoure. Therfore 
sent we out, and caused the kynge to be cer- 
tified therof : That it maye be soughte in y 
Cronicles of thy progenitours, and so shalt 
thou fynde in the same Cronicles, and per- 
ceaue, that this cite is sedicious and noysome 
vnto kynges and londes, and that they cause 
other also to rebell of olde, and for the same 
cause was this cite destroyed. Therfore do 
we certifie the kynge, that yf this cite be 
buylded, and the walles therof made vp, thou 
shalt kepe nothinge on this syde the water by 
the reason of it. 

Then sent y kynge an answere vnto Rehum 
the chaunceler, and Simsai the Scrybe, and 
to the other of their councell that dwelt in 
Samaria, and vnto the other beyonde y water. 
Peace and salutacion. The letter which ye 
sent vnto vs, hath bene opely red before me, 

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and I haue commaunded to make search: 
and it is founde, that this cite of olde hath 
made insurreccion agaynst kynges, & how y 
vproure and rebellion hath bene commytted 
therin. There haue bene mightie kynges 
also at Ierusale, which haue reigned ouer all 
that is beyonde the water, and toll, tribute 
and yearly custome was geuen vnto them. 
Do ye now after this commaundemet, forbyd 
the same men, that the cite be not builded, 
tyll I haue geue comaundemet. Take hede 
now that ye be not neeligent here in, lest the 
kynge haue harme there thorow. 

Now wha kynge Artaxerses letter was red 
before Rehum the chaunceler and Simsai the 
Scrybe and their councell, they wente vp in 
all the haist to Ierusalem vnto the Iewes, and 
forbad them with the arme and auetorite, 
Then ceassed the worke of the house of God 
at Ierusalem, and continued so vnto the 
seconde yeare of Darius kynge of Persia. 

Cfie b. Cfiaptev. 

THE prophetes, Aggeus and Zachary y 
sonne of Iddo, prophecied vnto f Iewes 
that were in Iuda and Ierusale, in the name 
of the God of Israel. "Then gat vp Zoro- 
babel the sonne of Salathiel, and Iesua the 
sonne of Iosedec, and beganne to buylde the 
house of God at Ierusalem, and with them the 
prophetes of God which strengthed the. At 
the same tyme came to the Thathnai the 
debite on this syde the water, and Sethar of 
sen, and their councelers, and sayde thus 
vnto them : Who hath commaunded you to 
buylde this house, and to make vp the walles 
therof? Then tolde we them the names of 
the men, that made this buyldinge. But the 
eye of their God came vpon the Elders of the 
Iewes, that they were not inhibyte, tyll the 
matter was brought before Darius, and tyll 
there came a wrytinge therof agayne. 

This is the summe of the letter y Thathnai 
the Debyte on this syde the water, and Sethar 
of Bosen, and their councellers of Apharsach 
(which were on this syde the water) sent vnto 
kynge Darius. And these are the wordes that 
they sent vnto him : Vnto Darius the kynge, 
all peace. Be it knowne vnto the kynge, that 
we came in to Iewry to the house of f greate 
God, which is buylded with all maner of stone, 
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worke goeth fast forth, and prospereth in their 
handes. Neuertheles we axed the Elders and 
sayde vnto them : Who hath comaunded you 
to buylde this house, and to make vp the 
walles therof? We axed their names also, 
that we might certifye the, and haue wrytten 
the names of the men that were their rulers. 

But they answered vs with these wordes, 
and sayde : We are the seruaiites of the God 
of heauen and earth, and buylde the house 
y was buylded many yeares agoo, *which a 
greate kynge of Israel buylded and set vp. 
Howbeit whan oure fathers prouoked the God 
of heauen vnto wrath, the gaue them ouer in 
the hande of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of 
Babilon the Caldee, which brake downe this 
house, (j caried y people awaye vnto Babilon. 

* Neuertheles in the first yeare of Cyrus the 
kynge of Babilon, f same kynge Cyrus com 
maunded to buylde this house of God: for 
the vessels of golde and siluer in the house of 
God, which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the 
temple at Ierusale, and broughte the in to y 
temple at Babilon, those dyd Cyrus the kynge 
take out of y temple at Babilon, § and de- 
lyuered them vnto Seszbazer by name, whom 
he made Debyte, and sayde vnto him : Take 
these vessels, go thy waye and brynge them 
vnto the temple at Ierusalem, and let the 
house of God be buylded in his place. Then 
came the same Seszbazar, and layed y foun- 
dacion of the house of God at Ierusalem. 
Sence that tyme hath it bene in buyldinge, 
and yet is it not fynished. Yf it please y 
kynge now, let there be search made in f 
kynges treasure house which is at Babilon, 
whether it haue bene kynge Cyrus com- 
maundement, that the house of God at Ieru- 
salem shulde be buylded : & sende vs f kynges 
mynde concernynge the same. 

Cfie bt. Cfiapfer. 

THEN comaunded kinge Darius, that 
search shulde be made in y library of f 
kynges treasure house, which laye at Babilon. 
So at Egbathanis in a castell that lyeth in the 
londe of the Meedes, there was founde a boke, 
d in it was there an acte wrytten after this 
maner : In the first yeare of kynge Cyrus, 
comaunded the same kynge Cyrus to buylde 
f house of God at Ierusalem, in the place 
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foundacion to beare thre score cubites heyght, 
5 thre score cubites bredth, n thre walles of 
all maner of stones, and one wall of tymber, 5 
the expences shalbe geuen of the kynges 
house. And the golde and syluer vessel! of y 
house of God (which Nabuchodonosor toke 
out of the temple at Ierusalem, and broughte 
vnto Babilon) shalbe restored agayne, y they 
maye be broughte vnto the temple at Ierusale 
to their place in to the house of God. 

Get you farre from them therfore, thou 
Thathnai Debyte beyonde the water, and 
Sethar of Bosen, 5 youre councelers which 
are beyonde the water. Let them worke in y 
house of God, that the Debyte of y Iewes 
and their Elders maye buylde the house of 
God in his place. I haue commaunded also, 
what shalbe done to y Elders of Iuda for the 
buyldinge of the house of God, that there 
shal diligently be take of the kynges goodes, 
euen of the rentes beyonde the water, & geuen 
vnto the men, and that they be not hyndered. 

And yf they haue nede of calues, lambes, 
or goates for the burntoffrynge vnto y God of 
heauen, wheate, salt, wyne and oyle, after the 
custome of the prestes at Ierusalem, there 
shalbe geuen them daylie as is acordinge : 
and se that this be not done necligetly, that 
they maye offre swete sauoures vnto y God of 
heauen, and praye for the kynges lyfe, and 
for his children. This commaundement haue 
I geue. And what man so euer he be that 
altereth these wordes, there shal a balke be 
taken from his house, and set vp, and he shal 
be hanged theron, and his house shalbe prysed 
for the dede. 

But the God that dwelleth in heauen, 
destroye all kynges and people, that put to 
their hade to alter and to breake downe the 
house of God at Ierusalem. I Darius haue 
commaunded, that this be diligently done. 

Then Thathnai y Debyte beyonde y water, 
and Sethar of Bosen with their councelers (to 
whom kynge Darius had sent) dyd their dili- 
gence. And y Elders of the Iewes buylded, 
and they prospered thorow the prophecienge 
of Aggeus the prophet and Zachary the sonne 
of Iddo: and they buylded, and set vp the 
worke, acordinge to the commaundement of 
the God of Israel, and after the commaunde- 
ment of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerses kynges 
of Persia. And they perfourmed the house 



vnto the thirde daye of the moneth Adar, that 
was the sixte yeare of the reigne of kynge 
Darius. 

*And the children of Israel, the prestes, 
the Leuites, and the other children of y cap 
tyuite helde the dedicacion of the house of 
God with ioye, and offred at the dedicacion 
of the house of God, an hundreth calues, two 
hundreth lambes, foure hundreth goates : and 
for the synofferynge for all Israel, twolue he 
goates, acordinge to the nombre of the trybes 
of Israel, and set the prestes in their courses ; 
and y Leuites in their offices, to mynister 
vnto God which is at Ierusale, as it is wrytten 
in the boke of Moses. 

And the children of the captyuite helde 
Passeouer vpon the fourtenth daye of the 
first moneth : for y prestes and Leuites had 
purified them selues, so y they were all cleane 
as one man, and kylled Passeouer for all the 
children of the captyuite, and for their bre 
thre the prestes, and for them selues. And 
the childre of Israel which were come agayne 
out of captiuyte, and all soch as had separated 
them selues vnto them from the fylthinesse 
of the Heythen in the londe, to seke the 
LORDE God of Israel, ate j helde the feast 
of vnleueded bred seuen dayes with ioye : for 
the LORDE had made them glad, and turned 
the hert of the kynge of Assur vnto the, so 
that their handes were strengthed in the worke 
of the house of God, which is y God of Israel. 

Che btj. Chapter. 

AFTER these actes in the reigne of Ar- 
taxerses kynge of Persia, " there wente 
vp from Babilon, Eszdras the sonne of Seraia, 
the sonne of Asaria, the sonne of Helchias, 
the sonne of Sallum, the sonne of Sadoc, the 
sonne of Achitob, the sonne of Amaria, the 
sonne of Asaria, the sonne Meraioth, the 
sonne of Serahia, y sonne of Vsi, the sonne 
of Buki, the sonne of Abisua, the sonne of 
Phineas, the sonne of Eleasar, the sonne of 
Aaron the chefe prest, which was a quycke 
scrybe in the lawe of Moses, t which the 
LORDE God of Israel dyd geue. And y 
kynge gaue him all that he requyred, acord- 
inge to the hande of the LORDE his God 
vpon him. 

And there wente vp certayne of the children 
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Leuites, of the syngers, of the porters, and of 
the Nethinims vnto Ierusalem, in the seuenth 
yeare of kynge Artaxerses. And they came 
to Ierusalem in the fifth moneth, that is the 
seuenth yeare of the kynge. For vpon the 
first daye of the first moneth, deuysed he to 
go vp from Babilon : and on y first daye of 
the fifth moneth came he to Ierusalem, acord- 
inge to the good hande of God vpon him: 
For Eszdras prepared his hert to seke the 
lawe of the LORDE, and to do it, and to 
teach the precepte (j iudgment in Israel. 

And this is the summe of the letter, that 
kynge Artaxerses gaue vnto Eszdras the prest, 
the scrybe, which was a teacher in the wordes 
of the LORDE and of his statutes ouer 
Israel. Vnto Eszdras the prest and scrybe in 
the lawe of the God of heauen, peace and 
salutacion. I haue commaunded, that all they 
of the people of Israel, and of the prestes and 
Leuites in my realme, which are mynded of 
their awne good wyll to go vp to Ierusalem, 
that they go with the, beynge sent of the 
kynge and of the seuen lordes of the councell, 
to vyset Iuda and Ierusalem, acordinge to the 
lawe of God, which is in thy hade : And that 
thou shuldest take with the, syluer and golde, 
which the kynge and the lordes of his councell 
geue of their awne good wyll vnto the God of 
Israel (whose habitacion is at Ierusalem) and 
all the syluer and golde that thou canst fynde 
in all y countre of Babilon : with it that the 
people and prestes geue of their awne good 
wil vnto the house of God at Ierusalem. 

Take thou the same, and bye diligently 
with the same money, calues, lambes, goates, 
and meatofferynges and drynkofferynges, to be 
offred vpon the altare of the house of youre 
God at Ierusalem. And loke what it lyketh 
the and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt 
of the money, that do after the wyll of youre 
God. And the vessels that are geuen the for 
the mynistracion in the house of thy God, 
those delyuer thou before God at Ierusalem. 

And what so euer thinge more shal be 
nedefull for the house of thy God, which is 
necessary for the to spende, let the same be 
geue out of the kynges chamber. I kynge 
Artaxerses haue commaunded all the trea- 
surers beyonde the water, y loke what so euer 
Eszdras the prest and scrybe in the lawe of 
the God of heaue, requyreth of you, that ye 



fulfyll the same diligently, vntyll an hundreth 
taletes of syluer, and tyll an hundreth quarters 
of wheate, and tyll an hiidreth Batthes of 
wyne, and tyll an hundreth Batthes of oyle, 
and salt without measure. Whatsoeuer be- 
longeth to the lawe of the God of heauen, let 
the same be done with diligence for the house 
of the God of heaue, that there come no 
wrath vpon the kynges realme & his children. 

And knowne be it vnto you, that ye shall 
haue no auctorite to requyre taxinge ij custome, 
and yearly rentes vpon eny of the prestes, 
Leuites, syngers, porters, Nethinims and my- 
nisters in y house of this God. But thou 
Eszdras (after the wyszdome of thy God that 
is in thy hande) set thou iudges and arbiters, 
to iudge all the people that is beyonde Ior- 
dane, euen all soch as knowe the lawe of thy 
God : and them that knowe it not, those se 
that ye teache. And who so euer wyl not 
diligently fulfyll the lawe of thy God, and the 
kynges lawe, shall haue his iudgmet for the 
dede, whether it be vnto death, or to be 
banyshed, or to be condemned in good, or to 
be put in preson. 

Praysed be the LORDE God of oure 
fathers, which so hath inspyred y kynges hert 
to garnysh the house of God at Ierusalem: 
and hath enclyned his mercy vnto me in the 
presence of the kynge, and his councelers, 
and before all the kynges hye estates. And 
I was comforted (acordinge to the hade of the 
LORDE my God ouer me) and so gathered 
I the heades of Israel together, y they mighte 
go vp with me. 

Clje 6ttj. Chapter. 

THESE are the heades of their fathers 
that were named, " which wente vp with 
me from Babilon, what tyme as kynge Arta- 
xerses reigned. Of the childre of Phineas, 
Gersom : of the children of Ithamar, Daniel : 
of the children of Dauid, Hattus : of the 
childre of Pareos, Zachary, and the men 
childre nombred with him, an hundreth and 
fiftye. Of the children of Pahath Moab, 
Eleoenai the sonne of Serahia, and with him 
two hundreth males. 

Of the children of Sechania, the sonne of 
Iehasiel, and with him thre hundreth males. 
Of the children of Adin Ebed, the sonne of 
Ionathan, and with him fiftie males. Of 
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Athalia, and with him seuentie males. Of 
the children of Sephatia, Sebadia the sonne 
of Michael, and with him foure score males. 

Of the children of Ioab, Obadia the sonne 
of Iehiel, and with him two hundreth g 
eightene men children. Of the children of 
Selomith, the sonne of Iosiphia, and with him 
an hundreth and thre score males. 

Of the children of Bebai, Zachary the sonne 
of Bebai, and with him eight and twentye 
males. Of the children of Asgad, Iohanan 
the yongest sonne, and with him an hundreth 
and ten males. Of the last children of Ado- 
nicam, and these were their names : Eliphelet, 
Ieiel and Semaia, and with them thre score 
males. Of the children of Bigeuai, Vthai 
and Sabud, and with them seue males. And 
I gathered them together by the water that 
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And whan I loked amonge the people 5 
the prestes, I founde no Leuites there. The 
sent I Elieser, Ariel, Semaia, Elnathan, Iarib, 
Elnathan, Natha, Zachary and Mesullam the 
rulers, and Ioiarib and Elnathan the teachers, 
and those sent I vnto Iddo f chefest at Casi- 
phia, that they shulde fetch us mynysters for 
the house of oure God, and I tolde them 
what they shulde saye vnto Iddo and to his 
brethren the Nethinims at Casiphia. 

And (acordinge to the good hande of oure 
God vpon us) they broughte us a wyse man 
from amonge the children of Maheli the sonne 
of Leui the sonne of Israel, euen Serebia 
with his sonnes and brethren, eightene. And 
Hasabia, and with him Iesaia of the children 
of Merari, with his brethren g their sonnes, 
twentye. And of the Nethinims, whom Dauid 
and the princes gaue to mynister vnto the 
Leuites, two hundreth & twentye, all named 
by name. 

And euen there at the water besyde Aheua, 
caused I a fastinge to be proclaimed, y we 
mighte humble oure selues before oure God, 
•to seke of him a righte waye for us, g oure 
children and all oure substaunce. For I was 
ashamed to require of the kynge, soudyers g 
horsmen, to helpe us agaynst the enemye in 
the waye. For we had sayde vnto the kynge : 
The hande of oure God is for the best vpon 
all them that seke him, and his violence and 
wrath vpon all them that forsake him. So 



we fasted, and soughte this at oure God, and 
he herde us. 

And I toke out twolue of the chefe prestes, 
Serebia and Hasabia, and ten of their brethren 
with them, and weyed them there the syluer 
and golde and vessels for the Heue offeringe 
vnto the house of oure God, which the kynge, 
and the lordes of his councell and prynces, 
and all Israel that were at hande, had geuen 
to the Heue offerynge : and there weyed I 
them vnder their hande sixe hundreth and 
fiftye talentes of syluer, and in syluer vessell 
an hundreth talentes, and in golde an hundreth 
talentes, twentye cuppes of golde of a thou- 
sande guldens, and two costly ornamentes of 
good brasse, as cleare as golde, and sayde 
vnto them: Ye are holy vnto the LORDE, 
therfore are the vessels holy also, and so is the 
syluer and golde that is geuen of a good wyll 
vnto the LORDE God of youre fathers : 
Watch ye therfore and kepe it, tyll ye weye it 
downe before the chefe prestes and Leuites, 
and awncient fathers of Israel at Ierusalem in 
the chestes of the house of the LORDE. 
Then toke the prestes and Leuites that weyed 
syluer and golde g vessell, to brynge it to 
Ierusalem vnto y house of oure God. 

So we brake vp, from the water of Aheua 
on the twolueth daye of the first moneth, to 
go vnto Ierusalem : and the hande of oure 
God was vpon us, and delyuered us fro the 
hande of the enemies and preuy waytinges by 
the waye. And we came to Ierusalem, and 
abode there thre dayes. But on y fourth 
daye was the syluer and golde, and vessell 
weyed in the house of oure God vnder the 
hande of Meremoth the sonne of Vrias the 
prest, and with him Eleasar the sonne of 
Phineas, and with them Iosabad the sonne of 
Iesua, and Noadia y sonne of Benui the Le 
uites, acordinge to the nombre g weight of 
euery one. And the weight was all wrytten 
vp at the same tyme. 

And the children of the captiuyte, which 
were come out of preson, offred burntoffer- 
inges vnto y God of Israel : twolue bullockes 
for all Israel, sixe and nynetye rammes, seuen 
and seuentye lambes, and twolue goates for a 
synofferynge, all to the burnt offeringe of the 
LORDE. And they delyuered the kynges 
commyssion vnto the kynges officers, g to the 
Debytes on this syde the water. And they 
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WHAN all this was perfourmed, the 
rulers came to me, and sayde : The 
people of Israel, and the prestes, 5 Leuites 
are not separated from the nacions in the 
londes as touchinge their abhominacions, 
namely of the Cananites, Hethites, Pheresites, 
Iebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egipcians, 
and Amorites. * For they haue taken the 
doughters of the same, 5 their sonnes, and 
haue myxte the holy sede with y nacions in 
the londes : and the hande of the rulers and 
lordes of councell hath bene principall in this 
trespace. 

Whan I herde this, I rente my clothes and 
my rayment, and plucte out the heer of my 
heade and of my beerd, and sat mournynge. 
And there resorted vnto me all soch as feared 
the worde of the LORDE God of Israel 
because of the greate transgression. And I 
sat mournynge vntyll the euenynge sacrifyce. 
And aboute the euenynge sacrifice I rose vp 
fro my heuynes, and rente my clothes and 
my raiment, and fell vpon my knees, and 
spred out my handes vnto the LORDE my 
God, and sayde : 

My God, I am ashamed, and darre not 
lifte vp mine eies vnto the my God : for oure 
wickednesses are growne ouer oure heade, 5 
oure trespaces are waxen greate vnto f heaue. 
Sence the tyme of oure fathers haue we bene 
in greate trespace vnto this daie, t and because 
of oure wickednesses haue we and oure kynges 
bene delyuered in to the hande of f kynges of 
the nacions, in to the swerde, in to captiuyte, 
in to spoyle, and in to confusion of face, as it 
is come to passe this daye. 

But now is there a litle and sodane gra- 
ciousnes come from the LORDE oure God, 
so that some of vs are escaped, that he maie 
geue vs a nayle in his holy place, that oure 
God maye lighte oure eyes, and geue vs a 
litle lyfe in oure bondage. For we are bond- 
men, and oure God hath not forsake vs though 
we be bondmen, and hath enclyned mercy 
vnto vs in the sighte of the kynges of Persia, 
that they shulde geue vs lyfe, and promote 
the house of oure God, and to sett vp the 
desolacion therof, and to geue vs an hedge in 
Iuda and Ierusalem. 

O oure God, what shall we saye now after 

* Deut. 7. a. and 12. d. Iosu. 23. c. Iudic. 3. a. 



this ? that we haue forsaken thy commaunde- 
mentes, which thou hast commaunded by thy 
seruauntes the prophetes, and saide: The 
londe wherin ye shal come to possesse it, is 
an vncleane londe thorow the fylthines of the 
people of the londes, in their abhominacions 
wherwith they haue made it full of vnclennes 
on euery syde. Therfore shal ye not geue 
youre doughters vnto their sonnes, and their 
doughters shall ye not take vnto youre sonnes, 
and seke not their peace and welth for euer, 
that ye maye be stronge, and enioye the good 
in the londe, and y ye and youre children 
maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore. 

And after all this that is come vpon vs (be- 
cause of oure euell dedes and greate trespace) 
thou oure God hast spared oure wickednesses, 
and hast geuen vs a delyueraunce as it is 
come to passe. 

As for vs, we haue turned backe, 5 haue 
let go thy commaundementes, to make con- 
tracte with the people of these abhominacions. 
Wilt thou then be wroth at vs, tyll we be 
vtterly consumed, so that nothynge remayne, 
and tyll there be no delyueraunce? O LORDE 
God of Israel, thou art righteous, for we re- 
maine yet escaped, as it is this daie. Beholde, 
in thy presence are we in oure trespace, for 
because of it is there no stondinge before the. 

Che p. Chapter. 

AND whan Eszdras prayed after this 
maner and knowleged, wepte, and laie 
before the house of God, there resorted vnto 
him out of Israel a very greate congregacion 
of men and wemen, and children : for the 
people wepte very sore. And Sachania the 
sonne of Iehiel one of the children of Elam, 
answered, and sayde vnto Eszdras : We haue 
trespaced agaynst the LORDE oure God, in 
that we haue taken straunge wyues of all the 
people of the londe. Now there is hope yet 
in Israel cocerninge this, therfore let vs make 
a couenaiit now with oure God, that we shal 
put awaye all the wyues (and soch as are 
borne of them) acordynge to the councell of 
f LORDE, and of them that feare the corn- 
maundement of oure God, y we maye do 
acordynge to the lawe. Get the vp therfore, 
for the matter belongeth vnto the. We wyll 
be with the, be of good comforte, and do it. 
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rulers, prestes and Leuites, and of all Israel, 
that they shulde do acordynge to this worde : 
and they swore. And Eszdras stode vp before 
the house of God, and wente in to the chamber 
of Iohanan the sonne of Eliasab. And whan 
he came thither, he ate no bred, and dranke 
no water : for he mourned because of the 
transgression of them that had bene in captiuyte. 

And they caused a proclamacion be made 
thorow out Iuda and Ierusalem, vnto all the 
children which had bene in captiuite, y they 
shulde gather them selues together vnto 
Ierusale : And that who soeuer came not 
within thre dayes acordinge to the deuyce of 
the rulers and Elders, all his substaunce shulde 
be forfett, and he put out from the cogregacion 
of the captiue. 

Then all the men of Iuda and Ben Iamin 
gathered them selues together vnto Ierusalem 
in thre dayes, y is on the twentieth daye of 
the nyenth moneth : and all the people sat in 
the strete before the house of God, and trem- 
bled because of the matter, and for the rayne. 
And Eszdras f prest stode vp, and sayde vnto 
them : * Ye haue transgressed, y ye haue taken 
straunge wyues, to make the trespace of Israel 
yet more : confesse now therfore vnto y 
LORDE God of youre fathers, j do his plea- 
sure, and separate youre selues from the people 
of the londe, & from f straunge wyues. The 
answered all the cogregacion, (t sayde with 
loude voyce : Let it be done as thou hast sayde. 
But the people are many, (j it is a raynye 
wether, g they canot stode here without, nether 
is this a worke of one daye or two, for we are 
many y haue offended in this transgression. 
Let vs appoynte oure rulers therfore in all the 
congregacion, y all they which haue taken 
straunge wyues in oure cities, maye come at 
the tyme appoynted, and the Elders of euery 
cite and their fudges with them, tyll the wrath 
of oure God because of this matter be turned 
awaye from vs. 

Then were appoynted Ionathan the sonne 
of Asahel & Iehasia the sonne of Thecua ouer 
this matter. And Mesullam and Sabthai the 
Leuites helped them. And the children of 
the captiuyte dyd euen so. And Eszdras the 
prest, and y awncient fathers thorow the house 
of their fathers, and all that were now re- 

* Deut. 7. a. Iudic. 3. a. 



hearsed by name, separated theselues, and sat 
them downe on the first daye of the tenth 
moneth, to exame this matter. And on f 
first daye of y first moneth broughte they the 
matter to a conclusion, concernynge all the 
men y had take straunge wyues. 

And amoge the childre of the prestes there 
were men founde y had take straunge wyues, 
namely amoge the children of Iesua the sonne 
of Iosedec & of his brethre, Maeseia, Elieser, 
Iarib and Godolia. And they gaue their hades 
there vpon, that they wolde put awaye their 
wyues : & for their trespace offerynge to geue 
a rame for their trespace. Am5ge the children 
of Immer, Hanani 5 Sabadia. Amonge the 
childre of Harim, Maeseia, Elia, Semaia, 
Iehiel, and Vsia. Amonge f children of 
Pashur, Elioenai, Maeseia, Ismael, Nethaneel, 
Iosabad g Eleasa. Amonge the Leuites, Io- 
sabad, Simei and Celaia, He is that Celita, 
Pethahia, Iuda and Eleasar. Amonge the 
syngers, Elyasib. Amonge the porters, Sallum, 
Telem and Vri. 

Of Israel. Amonge the children of Pareos, 
Ramia, Iesia, Malchia, Meiamin, Eleasar, 
Malchia & Benaia. Amonge y children of 
Elam, Mathania, Zachary, Iehiel, Abdy, Iere- 
moth (j Elia. Amonge the children of Sathu, 
Elioenai, Eliasib, Mathania, Ieremoth, Sabad 
& Asisa. Amonge the children of Bebai, Io- 
hanan, Hanania, Sabai is Athlai. Amonge 
the children of Bani, Mesullam, Malluch, 
Adaia, Iasub, Seal and Ieremoth. Amonge 
the children of Pahath Moab, Adna, Chelal, 
Benaia, Maesea, Mathania, Bezaleel, Benui 
and Manasse. Amonge the children of Harim, 
Elieser, Iesia, Malchia, Semaia, Simeon, Be 
Iamin, Malluch a Samaria. Amonge the 
childre of Hasum, Mathnai, Mathatha, Sabad, 
Eliphelet, Ieremai, Manasse (j Simei. Amoge 
the childre of Bani, Maedai, Amram, Huel, 
Benaia, Bedia, Chelui, Naia, Meremoth, 
Eliasib, Mathania, Mathnai, Iaesau, Bani, 
Benui, Simei, Selemia, Nathan, Adaia, Mach- 
nadbai, Sasai, Sarai, Asareel, Selemia, Sa- 
maria, Sallum, Amaria, a Ioseph. Amonge 
the childre of Nebo, Ieiel, Mathithia, Sabad, 
Sebina, Iaddai, Ioel, and Benaia. All these 
had taken straunge wyues. And amonge the 
same wyues there were some, that had borne 
children. 



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Chap. I. 

Nehemias mourneth for the captiuyte of the 
people. 

Chap. II. 

Nehemias optayneth licence of the kynge Ar- 
taxerses (otherwyse called Arthasastha) to go 
vnto Ierusalem. 

Chap. III. 
Of buyldinge the cite. 

Chap. IIII. 

The officers go aboute to hynder the buyldinge. 
The Iewes watch, & prepayre theselues tobuylde 
and to fighte. 

Chap. V. 

Nehemias reproueth vsury. 

Chap. VI. 
The officers go aboute to kyll Nehemias. 

Chap. VII. 
The nombre of them that departe from Babilon. 



Chap. VIII. 
In the feast of the Tabernacles readeth Eszdras 
the boke of the lawe. 

Chap. IX. 

The lawe is red before the people, which are 
exhorted vnto godlynesse. 

Chap. X. 

They renue the couenaunt with the LORDE, and 

seale it. 

Chap. XI. 
How the people are sundered out, some to dwell 

at Ierusalem, and some in the cities without. 

Chap. XII. 

The names of the prestes and Leuites that wente 
vp with Zorobabel. Of the dedicacion of the 
wall at Ierusalem. 

Chap. XIII. 
They separate the straungers from amonge the 
people of God. The porcion of the Leuites is 
appoynted, and the Sabbath renued. 



Che first Chapter. 

THESE are the actes of Nehemias the 
sonne of Hachalia. It fortuned in f 
moneth Chisleu in f twetieth yeare, that I 
was in the castell at Susan : and Hanani one 
of my brethren came with certayne me of 
Iuda, and I axed them how the Iewes dyd 
that were delyuered and escaped from the 
captiuyte, g how it wente at Ierusale. And 

* 4 Re. 25. b. 



they sayde vnto me : The remnaunt of the 
captiuyte are there in the londe in greate 
mysfortune g rebuke. * The walles of Ieru- 
salem are broken downe, and the portes therof 
are brent with fyre. 

Wha. I herde these wordes, I sat me downe 
g wepte, g mourned two dayes, g fasted g 
prayed before the God of heauen, g sayde : O 
LORDE God of heauen, thou greate g terrible 
God, t thou y kepest couenaunt g mercy for 

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them y loue the 5 obserue thy comaunde- 
mentes : let thy eares marke, (j let thine eies 
be open, y thou mayest heare the prayer of 
thy seruaunt, which I praye now before y 
daye and nighte for the children of Israel thy 
seruauntes, g knowlege the synnes of the chil- 
dren of Israel, which we haue commytted 
agaynst the. 

And I & my fathers house haue synned also. 
We haue bene corrupte vnto the, in y we 
haue not kepte the comaundementes, statutes 
I lawes, which thou comaundedst thy seruaunt 
Moses. Yet call to remembraunce y worde 
that thou comaundedst thy seruaunt Moses, 
and saydest: *Yf ye trasgresse, then wil I 
scater you abrode amonge the nacios. But yf 
ye turne vnto me, and kepe my commaunde- 
mentes & do them : though ye were cast out 
vnto the vttemost parte of heauen yet wyl I 
gather you from thence, and wyll brynge you 
from thence, eue vnto the place, that I haue 
chosen for my name to dwell there. They 
are thy seruauntes, and thy people, whom 
thou hast delyuered thorow thy greate power 
(S mightie hande. O LORDE, let thine eares 
marke the prayer of thy seruaunt, (j the prayer 
of thy seruauntes, whose desyre is to feare thy 
name, & let thy seruaunt prospere this daye, & 
graunte him mercy in the sight of this man : 
for I was the kynges butlar. 

Cfte t). Cfiapter. 

IN the moneth Nisan of the twentieth yeare 
of kynge Artaxerses, wha the wyne stode 
before him, I toke vp the wyne, and gaue it 
vnto y kynge, and I was heuy in his presence. 
Then sayde y kynge vnto me: Why lokest 
thou so sadly !* Thou art not sicke, that is not 
y matter, but thou art heuy harted. Neuer- 
theles I was sore afrayed, (j sayde vnto the 
kynge : God saue the kynges life for euer, 
shulde I not loke sadly ? the cite of my fathers 
buryall lyeth wayest, j the portes therof are 
consumed with the fyre. Then sayde the 
kynge vnto me: What is the thy request? 
Then made I my prayer to the God of heaue, 
and sayde vnto the kynge : yf it please the 
kynge, and yf thy seruaunt be fauoured in thy 
sighte, I beseke the sende me in to Iuda vnto 
y cite of my fathers buryall, that I maye 
buylde it. 

And y kynge sayde vnto me, (j so dyd the 
quene y sat by him: How loge shal thy iourney 



cotynue, and wha wilt thou come agayne? 
And it pleased y kynge to sende me, and I 
set him a tyme, (j sayde vnto the kynge : Yf 
it please the kynge, let him geue me letter 
to the Debites beyonde y water, y they maye 
conueye me ouer, tyll I come in to Iuda : 
letters vnto Assaph the lorde of the kynges 
wod, y he maye geue me wodd for balkes to 
the gates of the palace, which are harde on 
the house j harde on the walles of the cite, 
for the house that I shal entre in to. And y 
kynge gaue me acordinge to the good hande 
of God vpo me. And whan I came to y 
Debites beyonde the water, I gaue them y 
kynges letters. And the kynge sent captaynes 
and horsmen with me. 

But whan Saneballath the Horonite, (j 
Tobias the seruaunt of the Ammonites herde 
y, it greued them sore, y there was come a 
man which soughte the welth of the children 
of Israel. And whan I came to Ierusalem, & 
had bene there thre daies, I gat me vp in y 
night season, j a fewe men with me : for I 
tolde no man what God had geue me in my 
hert to do at Ierusalem : j there was not one 
beest with me, saue it y I rode vpon. And 
I rode by nighte vnto the valley porte before 
the Dragon well, g to the Dongporte, g con- 
sidered y walles of Ierusalem that were broken 
downe, j the portes therof consumed with the 
fyre. And I wente ouer vnto y Well porte, 
d to the kynges condyte, j there was no rowme 
for my beest, y it coulde go vnder me. Then 
wete I on in the nighte by the broke syde, j 
cosidered y wall, (j turned back, g came home 
agayne to y valley porte. 

And y rulers knewe not whither I wete, or 
what I dyd : for hither to had I not tolde the 
Iewes j the prestes, the councelers j the rulers, 
(j the other y laboured in the worke, (j I saide 
vnto the: Ye se the myserye y we are in, 
how Ierusale lyeth wayst, (t how y gates therof 
are brent with fyre, come, let vs buylde vp y 
walles of Ierusale, y we be nomore a rebuke. 
And I tolde the of the good hade of my God 
which was vp5 me : And y kynges wordes y 
he had spoke vnto me. And they saide : 
Then let vs get vp. And we buylded, and 
their handes were strengthed to good. 

But whan Saneballat y Horonite, and To- 
bias the seruaunt of y Ammonites, & Gosem 
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scorne, and despised vs, % sayde : What is this 
that ye do? Wyll ye fall awaye agayne from 
the kynge ? Then answered I them, and 
sayde : The God of heauen shal cause vs to 
prospere : for we his seruauntes are gotten vp, 
& are buyldinge. As for you, ye haue no por- 
cio ner right, ner remembraunce in Ierusale. 

€6t ii). Chapter. 

AND Eliasib the hye prest gat him vp 
with his brethren the pi*estes, and 
buylded the Shepegate. They halowed it, 
and set vp the dores of it: euen vnto the 
tower Mea halowed they it, namely vhto the 
*tower of Hananeel. Nexte vnto him buylded 
y men of Iericho. And besyde him buylded 
Sachur the sonne of Imri. But the Fysh- 
porte dyd the children of Senaa buylde, they 
couered it, and set on the dores, lockes and 
barres of it. Nexte vnto him buylded Mere- 
moth the sonne of Vria the sonne of Hacoz. 
Nexte vnto him buylded Mesullam y sonne 
of Barachias y sonne of Mesesabeel. Nexte 
vnto him buylded Sadoc y sonne of Baena. 
Nexte vnto him buylded they of Thecoa. 
But their greate me put not their neckes to y 
seruyce of their lorde. 

The Oldgate buylded Ioiada y sonne of 
Passeah, j Mesullam the sonne of Besodia: 
they couered it, and set on the dores, lockes 
& barres of it. Nexte vnto them buylded 
Melacia of Gibeon, and Iadon of Morono, 
me of Gibeon and of Mispa, for the seate of 
the Debyte on this syde the water. Nexte 
vnto him buylded Vsiel the sonne of Harhaia 
the goldsmyth. Nexte vnto him buylded 
Hanania y Apotecarys sonne, j they repayred 
Ierusale vnto the brode wall. Nexte vnto 
him buylded Rephaia the sonne of Hur, the 
ruler of the halfe quarter of Ierusalem. Nexte 
vnto him buylded Iedaia the sonne of Ha- 
rumaph, ouer agaynst his house. Nexte vnto 
him buylded Hattus the sonne of Hasabenia. 
But Malchia the sonne of Harim, and Hasub 
the sonne of Pahath Moab buylded y other 
pece, and the tower beside the fornace. Nexte 
vnto him buylded Sallum the sonne of Halohes 
the ruler of the halfe quarter of Ierusalem, 
and his daughters. 

The valley gate buylded Hanum, and the 
citesins of Sanoah. They buylded it, and set 
on the dores, lockes and barres therof, and a 

*Iere. 31. f. Zach. 14. b. 



thousande cubytes on the wall, vnto the 
Dogeporte. But the Dongeporte buylded 
Malechia the sonne of Rechab, the ruler of 
the fourth parte of the vynyardes : He buylded 
it, (5 set on the dores, lockes u barres therof. 
But the Wellgate builded Sallum y sonne of 
Chal Hose, the ruler of the fourthparte of 
Mispa : He builded it, j couered it, g set on 
y dores, lockes, 5 barres therof, tE the wall 
vnto the pole of Sybah by the kynges garden, 
vnto the steppes that go downe from the cite 
of Dauid. After him builded Nehemia the 
sonne of Aszbuk, the ruler of the halfe quar- 
ter of Bethzur, vntyll the other side ouer 
agaynst the sepulcres of Dauid, and to the 
pole Asuia, g vnto the house of the mightie. 

After him buylded the Leuites, Rehum 
the sonne of Bani. Nexte vnto him buylded 
Hasabia y ruler of the halfe quarter at Regila 
in his quarter. After him buylded their 
brethre, Banai the sonne of Henadab, the 
ruler of the halfe quarter of Segila. After 
him buylded Eser the sonne of Iesua f ruler 
of Mispa, the other pece hard ouer against 
the Harnesse corner. After him buylded 
Baruc the sonne of Sabai the other pece wor- 
shipfully 5 costly, fro the corner vnto y dore 
of y house of Eliasib f hye prest. After him 
builded Meremoth the sonne of Vria the 
sonne of Hacos the other pece, fro y dore of 
Eliasibs house, vnto the ende of the house of 
Eliasib. After him buylded the prestes, the 
me of the countre. After him buylded Ben 
Iamin and Hasub ouer against their house. 
After the buylded Asaria the sonne of Maeseia 
the sonne of Anania nexte vnto his house. 
After him buylded Benui f sonne of Henadad 
the other pece from the house of Asaria vnto 
the turnynge, and vnto the corner. 

After him buylded Palal the sonne of Vsai, 
ouer agaynst the corner & the hye tower, 
which lieth out ouer fro the kynges house, 
besyde the courte of the preson. After him 
Pedaia the sonne of Pareos (As for f Nethi- 
nims they dwelt in Ophel, vnto y Watergate, 
towarde the east where f tower lieth out). 
After him buylded they of Thecoa y other 
pece ouer against y greate tower, y lieth out- 
warde, and vnto the wall of t Ophel. 

But from the Horsgate forth buylded y 
prestes, euery one ouer agaynst his house. 
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ouer against his house. After him buylded 
Semaia the sonne of Sachania y keper of the 
eastgate. After him buylded Hanania the 
sonne of Selemia, 5 Hanum the sonne of 
Zalaph f sixte, f other peace. After him 
builded Mesullam the sonne of Berechia ouer 
against his chest. After him builded Malchia 
the goldsmythes sonne, vntyll y- house of the 
Nethinims, and of the marchauntes ouer 
agaynst the councell gate, and to the perler 
in the corner. And betwene the perler of 
the corner vnto the Shepegate builded the 
goldsmythes and the marchauntes. 

Che Hi). Chapter. 

BUT whan Saneballat herde that we 
builded y wall, he was wroth, & toke 
greate indignacio & mocked y Iewes j saide 
before his brethre (j the mightie men of Sa- 
maria : What do the impotet Iewes ? shall 
they be thus suffred ? shall they offre ? shal 
they perfourme it in one daie ? shal they make 
y stones whole againe, y are brought to dust, 
I brent ? And Tobias the Ammonite beside 
him saide : Let the builde on, yf a foxe go 
vp, he shall breake downe their stonye wall. 
Heare O thou oure God, how we are despysed, 
turne their shame vpon their awne heade, y 
thou mayest geue them ouer in to despisinge 
in the londe of their captiuite. Couer not 
their wickednesse, g put not out their sinne 
fro thy presence : for they haue prouoked the 
buylders. Yet buylded we the wall, j ioyned 
it whole together, vnto y halfe heigth. And 
the people were well mynded to laboure. 

But whan Saneballat, j Tobias, and y 
Arabia's, 5 Ammonites, g Aszdodites herde, y 
the walles of Ierusalem were made vp, and 
that they had begonne to stoppe vp y gappes, 
they were very wroth, and cospyred all to- 
gether, to come and fight against Ierusalem, 
I to make an hinderaunce therin. Neuerthe- 
les we made oure praier vnto oure God, j set 
watchme vp5 the wall daye 15 night ouer 
against them. And Iuda saide : The stregth 
of the bearers is to feble, & there is to moch 
dust, we are not able to builde on the wall. 
And oure aduersaries thought : They shall 
not knowe nether se, tyll we come in the 
myddes amonge the, and slaye them, & hynder 
y worke. But whan the Iewes that dwelt 
besyde them, came out of all the places where 
they dwelt aboute vs, and tolde vs as good as 



te tymes, then set I the people after their 
kynreds with their swerdes, speares 5 bowes 
beneth in the lowe places behynde the wall, 5 
loked, and gat me vp, and sayde vnto the 
chefe men and rulers, g to the other people : 
Be not ye afrayed of them, thynke vpon y 
greate LORDE which ought to be feared, (j 
fighte for youre brethren, sonnes, daughters, 
wyues, (j houses. Neuertheles whan oure ene- 
mies herde y we had gotten worde of it, God 
broughte their councell to naughte, and we 
turned all againe to the wall, euery one vnto 
his laboure. And from that time forth it 
came to passe, y the halfe parte of the yonge 
men dyd the laboure, (t. the other halfe parte 
helde the speares, shyldes, bowes, and brest- 
plates, and the rulers stode behynde all the 
house of Iuda, which buylded on the wall, g 
bare burthes, from those that laded the. 
With one hande dyd they y worke, and with 
the other helde they the weapen. And euery 
one y buylded, had his swerde girde by his 
side, 5 so builded they. And the trompetters 
stode beside me. 

And I sayde vnto the pryncipall men, 11 
rulers, and to y other people : The worke is 
greate tr large, j we are separated vpon the 
wall one farre from another. Loke in what 
place now ye heare the noise of f trompe, re- 
sorte ye thiter vnto vs. *Oure God shal fight 
for vs, & we wil be labourlge in f worke. And 
the halfe parte of the helde y speares fro y 
morninge springe, till y starres came forth. 
And at y same tyme sayde I vnto y people : 
Euery one abyde with his seruaunt at Ieru- 
salem, y in the night season we maye geue 
attendaunce to y watch, and to laboure on 
the daye tyme. As for me and my brethren, 
& my seruauntes, and y men of the watch be- 
hynde me, we put neuer of our clothes, so 
moch as to washe oure selues. 

%\)t b. Chapter. 

AND there arose a greate complaynte of 
y people, j of their wyues against their 
brethren the Iewes. And there were some y 
sayde : oure sonnes and doughters are to many, 
let vs take corne for the, (j eate, that we maye 
lyue. Some saide : Let vs set oure londes, 
vynyardes 5 houses to pledge, 5 take vp corne 
in the derth. But some saide : Let vs borowe 
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and vynyardes. Now are oure brethrens bodies 
as oure awne bodies, and their children as 
oure children : els shulde we subdue oure 
sonnes and doughters vnto bondage, and some 
of oure doughters are subdued allready, and 
no strength is there in oure handes, and other 
men shal haue oure londes and vynyardes. 

But whan I herde their complaynte and 
soch wordes, it displeased me sore, and I ad- 
uysed so in my mynde, y I rebuked the coun- 
celers, and the rulers, and sayde vnto them : 
* Wyl ye requyre vsury one of another ? And 
I broughte a greate congregacion agaynst 
them, and sayde vnto them : We (after oure 
abilyte) haue boughte oure brethren the 
Iewes, which were solde vnto the Heythen. 
And wyl ye sell youre brethren, whom we 
haue boughte vnto vs ? Then held they their 
peace, & coulde fynde nothinge to answere. 

And I sayde : It is not good that ye do. 
Oughte ye not to walke in the feare of God, 
because of the rebuke of the Heythen oure 
enemies? I and my brethre, and my ser- 
uauntes haue lent them money and come : 
but as for vsury, let vs leaue it. Therfore 
this same daye se that ye restore the their 
londes agayne, their vynyardes, oyle gardens 
and houses, and the hundreth parte of the 
money of the borne, wyne and oyle that ye 
haue wonne of them. Then sayde they : We 
wyl restore them agayne, and wyl requyre 
nothinge of them, and wyl do as thou hast 
spoken. And I called the prestes, and toke 
an ooth of the, that they shulde do so. And 
I shoke my lappe, and sayde : God shake out 
euery man after the same maner fro his house 
and laboure, that maynteyneth not this worde : 
euen thus be he shaken out, and voyde. And 
all y congregacion sayde : Amen, and praysed 
the LORDE. And the people dyd so. 

* And from the tyme forth that it was com- 
mytted vnto me to be a Debyte in the londe 
of Iuda, namely from the twentieth yeare 
vnto the two and thirtieth yeare off kynge 
Artaxerses (that is twolue yeare) I and my 
brethre lyued not of soch sustenaunce as was 
geuen to a Debyte: For the olde Debytes 
that were before me, had bene chargeable 
vnto the people, and had take of the bred and 
wyne, and fortye Sycles of syluer: Yee and 
their seruauntes had oppressed the people. 
But so dyd not I, and that because of the 



feare of God. I laboured also in the worke 
vpon the wall, and boughte no lode. And all 
my seruaiites came thither together vnto f 
worke. Morouer there were at my table an 
hundreth and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers, 
which came vnto me, from amonge the Hey- 
then, that are aboute vs. And there was 
prepared me daylie an oxe, and sixe chosen 
shepe, and byrdes, and euer once in ten dayes 
a greate summe of wyne. Yet requyred not 
I the lyuynge of a Debyte for y bondage was 
greuous vnto f people. Thynke vpo me my 
God vnto y best, acordlge to all that " I haue 
done for this people. 

Qfyt bi. Cfiapter. 

AND whan Saneballat, Tobias and Gosem 
the Arabian, and the other of oure ene- 
myes herde, that I had buylded the wall, and 
that there were no mo gappes ther in (howbeit 
at the same tyme had I not hanged the dores 
vpon the gates) Saneballat and Gosem sent 
vnto me, sayenge : Come and let us mete 
together in the vyllages vpon the playne of 
the cite Ono. Neuertheles they thoughte to 
do me euell. Notwithstondynge I sent mes- 
saungers vnto them, sayenge : I haue a greate 
busynes to do, I can not come downe. The 
worke shulde stonde still, yf I were necligent, 
and came downe to you. Howbeit they sent 
vnto me as good as foure tymes after the same 
maner. And I gaue the same answere. 

Then sent Saneballat his seruaunt vnto me 
the fifth tyme, with an open letter in his 
hande, wherin was wrytten : It is tolde the 
Heythen, & Gosem hath sayde it, that thou 
and the Iewes thynke to rebell : for y which 
cause thou buyldest the wall, and wylt be 
their kynge in these matters, and hast or- 
deyned the prophetes to preach of the at Ieru- 
salem, and to saye : He is kynge of Iuda. 

Now shal this come to the kynges eares: 
come now therfore, and let us take oure coun- 
cell together. Neuertheles I sent vnto him, 
sayenge : There is no soch thinge done as 
thou sayest : thou hast fayned it out of thine 
owne hert. For they were all mynded to 
make us afrayed, and thoughte: They shal 
withdrawe their handes from the worke, y they 
shal not laboure. Howbeit I stregthed my 
hande the more. 

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sonne of Delaia the sonne of Mechetabeel, (j 
he had shut him selfe within, 5 sayde : Let us 
come together in to y house of God, eue vnto 
y myddes of y teple, j sparre y dores of y 
teple : for they wyl come to slaye y, yee eue 
in the night wyl they come to put the to 
death. But I sayde : Shulde soch a ma flye ? 
Shulde soch a ma as I am, go in to y teple, to 
saue his life ? I wyl not go in. 

For I perceaued, that God had not sent 
him : Yet spake he prophecye vpon me, neuer- 
thelesse Tobias and Saneballat had hired him 
for money. Therfore toke he the money, that 
I shulde be afrayed, and so to do and synne, 
that they might haue an euell reporte of me, 
to blaspheme me. My God thynke thou 
vpon Tobias and Saneballat, acordynge vnto 
these their workes, and of y prophet Noadia, 
and of the other prophetes, y wolde haue put 
me in feare. 

And the wall was fynished on the fyue & 
twentyeth daye of the moneth Elul, in two 
and fyftye dayes. And whan all oure enemies 
herde therof, all the Heithen y were aboute 
vs, were afraied, and their corage failed the : 
for they perceaued, that this worke came of 
God. And at y same tyme were there many 
of y chefe of Iuda, whose letters wete vnto 
Tobias, $ from Tobias vnto them (for there 
were many in Iuda that were sworne vnto 
him : for he was the sonne in la we of Sacha- 
nia the sonne of Arah, and his sonne Iohanan 
had the doughter of Mesullam the sonne of 
Barachia, and they spake good of him before 
me, and tolde him my wordes.) And Tobias 
sent letters, to put me in feare. 

Cfie btj. Cfiapter. 

NOW whan we had buylded the wall I 
hanged on the dores, and the porters, 
syngers and Leuites were appoynted. And I 
comaunded my brother Hanani, and Hanania 
the ruler of the palace at Ierusalem : (for he 
was a faithfull man, and feared God more 
then dyd many other) and I sayde vnto them: 
Let not the gates of Ierusale be opened vntyll 
the Sonne be whote. And whyle they are 
yet stondinge in the watch, the dores shall be 
shut and barred. And there were certayne 
citesyns of Ierusalem appoynted to be watch- 
men, euery one in his watch, and aboute his 
house. As for y cite, it was large of rowme, 
and greate, but y people were fewe therin, 
and the houses were not buylded. 



And my God gaue me in my hert, that I 
gatherd together the pryncipall men and y 
people, to nombre them, and I founde a 
register of their nombre, * which came vp 
afore out of the captiuyte (whom Nabuchodo- 
nosor y kynge of Babilo had caryed awaie) 
and dwelt at Ierusalem and in Iuda, euery 
one vnto his cite, and were come with Zoro- 
babel, Iesua, Nehemias, Asaria, Raamia, 
Naheman, Mardachai, Bilsan, Mispereth, 
Bigeuai, Nehum and Baena. 

This is the nombre of the men of the peo- 33 
pie of Israel. The children of Pareos were two 
thousande, an hundreth and two and seuentye: 
The children of Sephatia, thre hundreth g two 
and seuentye : the children of Arah, sixe hun- 
dreth and two and fiftye : y children of Pahath 
Moab amonge the childre of Iesua and Ioab, 
two thousande, eight hudreth, and eightene : 
the children of Elam, a thousande, two hun- 
dreth, and foure and fyftye : the children of 
Sathu, eight hundreth (j fyue and fortye, the ' 
children of Sacai, seuen hundreth and thre 
score : the children of Benni, sixe hundreth, 
and eight and fortye : y children of Bebai, 
sixe hundreth and eight and twentye : the 
children of Asgad, two thousande, thre hun- 
dreth and two and twentye : the children of 
Adonicam, syxe hundreth j thre score : the 
children of Bigeuai, two thousande, and seuen 
and thre score : the childre of Adin, sixe 
hudreth 5 hue and fiftye: the childre of Atter 
of Ezechias, eight and nyentye. 

The children of Hasum, thre hundreth 
eighte and twentye : the children of Bezai, 
thre hundreth and foure and twentye : the 
children of Hariph, an hundreth and twolue : 
the children of Gibeon, fyue and nyentye : the 
men of Bethleem and Netopha, an hudreth 
and eight and foure score : the men of Ana- 
thot, an hundreth and eight and twentye: the 
men of Beth Asmaueth, two and fortye : the 
men of Kiriath Iearim, Caphira and Beeroth, 
seuen hundreth and thre and fortye : the men 
of Rama and Gaba, sixe hudreth and one and 
twentye : the men of Michmas, an hundreth 
and two and twentye : the men of Bethel and 
Ai, an hundreth and thre and twentye : the 
men of Nebo, an hundreth and two and fiftye : 
the children of the other Elam, a thousande, 
two hundreth and foure and fyftye : the child- 
ren of Haram, thre hundreth and twentye : 



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the children of Iericho, thre hundreth and 
fyue and fortye : the children of Lodhadid 5 
Ono, seuen hundreth and one and twentye : 
the children of Senaa, thre thousande, nyne. 
hundreth and thirtye. 

The prestes. The children of Iedaia of the 
house of Iesua, nyne hundreth and thre and 
seuentye: the children of Immer, a thousande 
and two and fyftye : the children of Pashur, a 
thousande, two hundreth and seue and fortye : 
the children of Harim, a thousande and seuen- 
tene. 

The Leuites. The children of Iesua of 
Cadmiel amonge the children of Hodua, foure 
5 seuentye. The syngers. The children of 
Assaph, an hundreth and eight and fortye. 
The porters were : The children of Sallum, 
the children of Ater, the childre of Talmon, 
the children of Acub, the children of Hatita, 
the children of Sobai, alltogether an hundreth 
and eight and thirtye. 

The Nethinims. The children of Ziha, y 
childre of Hasupha, the childre of Tabaoth, 
the children of Ceros, the children of Sia, y 
children of Padon, the children of Libana, 
the children of Hagaba, the children of Sal- 
mai, the children of Hanan, the children of 
Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of 
Reaia, the children of Rezin, the children of 
Necoda, the childre of Gasam, the childre of 
Vsa, the children of Passeah, the children of 
Bessai, the children of Megunim, the children 
of Nephusim, the children of Bachuc, the 
children of Hacupha, the childre of Harhur, 
the children of Bazlith, the children of 
Mehida, the children of Harsa, the children of 
Barcos, the children of Sissera, the children of 
Thamah, the children of Neziah, y children 
of Hatipha. 

The childre of Salomons seruauntes were : 
The children of Sotai,the childre of Sophereth, 
the children of Prida, the childre of Iaela, the 
children of Darcon, the childre of Giddel, the 
childre of Sephatia, the childre of Hatil, y 
childre of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children 
of Amon. All the Nethinims 5 the childre 
of Salomons seruauntes, were thre hundreth 
and two and nynetye. 

And these wente vp also: Michel, Mela, 
Thel, Harsa, Cherub, Addo, Immer: but 
they coulde not shewe their fathers house ner 
their sede, whether they were of Israel. The 

* Deu. 31. c. 4 Re. 23. a. 



childre of Delaia, y children of Tobia, j the 
childre of Necoda, were sixe hudreth ij two $ 
fortye. And of the prestes were, the children 
of Habaia, the childre of Hacoz, the children 
of Barsillai, which toke one of f doughters of 
Barsillai the Gileadite to wyfe, and was named 
afther their name. These soughte the register 
of their generacion, and whan they foude it 
not, they were put from f presthode. And 
Hathirsatha sayde vnto them, y they shulde 
not eate of y most holy, tyll there came vp a 
prest with f light and perfectnesse. 

The whole congregacio as one ma, was two 
and fortye thousande thre hundreth, and thre 
score: besyde their seruauntes and maydes, 
of whom there were seuen thousande, thre 
hundreth and seue and thirtye. And they had 
two hundreth and seuen and fortie synginge 
men and wemen, seuen hundreth and sixe and 
thirtie horses, two hudreth and fyue and fortie 
Mules, foure hundreth and fyue and thirtie 
Camels: sixe thousande, seue hundreth and 
twentye Asses. 

And certayne of the awnciet fathers gaue 
vnto the worke. Hathirsatha gaue to the 
treasure a thousande guldens, fiftie basens, 
fyue hundreth and thyrtie prestes garmentes. 
And some of the chefe fathers gaue vnto y 
treasure of the worke, twetye thousande guld- 
ens, two thousande and two hundreth poude 
of siluer. And the other people gaue twetye 
thousande guldens, and two thousande pounde 
of siluer, and seue and thre score prestes gar- 
mentes. And the prestes and Leuites, the 
Porters, the syngers, and the other of the 
people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, 
dwelt in their cities. 

Cije bit). Cfiaptev. 

"IV TC* W whan the seuenth moneth drue nye 
j^\ and y children of Israel were in their 
cities, all the people gathered them selues 
together as one man vpon the strete before 
the Watergate, and sayde vnto Eszdras the 
scrybe, that he shulde fetch the boke of the 
lawe of Moses, which the LORDE com- 
maunded Israel. *And Eszdras the prest 
brought f lawe before the congregacio both of 
men and wemen, and of all that coulde 
vnderstonde it, vpon the first daye of the 
seuenth moneth, and red therin in the strete 
that is before the Watergate, from y light 
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and weraen and soch as coulde vnderstonde 
it : and the eares of all the people were in- 
clyned vnto the boke of the lawe. And 
Eszdras the scrybe stode vpon an hye pulpit 
of wod, which they had made for the preach- 
ynge, s beside him stode Mathithia, Sema, 
Anania Vria, Ezechias, and Maeseia on his 
righte hand: And on his lefte honde stode 
Pedaia, Misael, Malchia, Hasum, Haszbadana, 
Zachary and Mesullam. 

And Eszdras opened y boke before all y 
people, for he stode aboue all y people. And 
whan he opened it, all the people stode vp. 
And Eszdras praysed the LORDE the greate 
God. And all the people answered Amen, 
Amen, with their handes vp, and bowed the 
selues, and worshipped y LORDE with their 
faces to the grounde. And Iesua, Bani, Se- 
rebia, Iamin, Acub, Sabthai, Hodaia, Maeseia, 
Celita, Asaria, Iosabad, Hanam, Plaia, and the 
Leuites, caused f people to geue hede vnto 
the lawe, ij the people stode in their place. 
And they red in the boke of the lawe of God 
distinctly and planely, so that men vnderstode 
the thinge that was red. And Nehemias 
(which is Hathirsatha) and Esdras the prest 
and scrybe, and the Leuites y caused the 
people to take hede, sayde vnto all the people : 
This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre 
God : be not ye sory therfore, (j wepe not. 
For all y people wepte, wha they herde the 
wordes of the lawe. 

Therfore sayde he vnto them : Go youre 
waye, and eate the fat, and drynke the swete, 
and sende parte vnto them also that haue not 
prepared themselues : for this daye is holy 
vnto owe LORDE, be not ye sory therfore : 
for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength. 
And the Leuites stylled all the people, and 
sayde : Holde youre peace, for the daye is 
holy, vexe not ye youre selues. And all the 
people wente their waye to eate and drinke, 
and to sende parte vnto other, and to make 
greate myrth, for they had vnderstonde the 
wordes that were declared vnto them. 

And on the nexte daye were gathered to- 
gether the chefe fathers amonge all the people, 
and the prestes and Leuites, vnto Esdras the 
scrybe, that he shulde teach them y wordes of 
the lawe. And they founde written in the 
lawe, *how that the LORDE had com- 
maunded by Moses, that the childre of Israel 

* Leui. 23. f. 



shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the 
seuenth moneth. And so they caused it be 
declared and proclamed in all their cities, a at 
Ierusalem, sayenge : Go vp vnto y mout and 
fetch Olyue braunches, Pynebraunches, Myrt- 
braunches, Palmebraunches, & braunches of 
thicketrees, to make bothes as it is wrytten. 

And y people wente vp, and fetched the, 
and made them bothes, euery one vpon the 
rofe of his house, and in their courtes, and in 
the courtes of the house of God, and in the 
strete by the Watergate, and in the strete by 
Ephraims porte. And all the congregacion 
of them that were come agayne out of the 
captyuite, made bothes, and dwelt therin : 
for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of Nii 
vnto this daye, had not the children of Israel 
done so, and there was very greate gladnesse. 
And euery daye from the first daie vnto the 
last, red he in the boke of the lawe of God. 
And seuen dayes helde they the feast, j on 
the eight daye the gatherynge together, 
acordynge vnto the maner. 

Cfie tr. Chapter. 

IN the foure and twentieth daye of this 
moneth came the children of Israel to- 
gether with fastinge and sackclothes, and 
earth vpon them, and separated the sede of 
Israel from all the straunge children, and 
stode and knowleged their synnes, and the 
wyckednesses of their fathers, and stode vp in 
their place, and red in the boke of the lawe of 
the LORDE their God foure tymes on the 
daye, and they knowleged, and worshipped 
the LORDE their God foure tymes on the 
daye. And the Leuites stode on hye, namely 
Iesua, Bani, Cadmiel, Sebania, Buni, Serebia, 
Bani, and Chenani, and cryed loude vnto the 
LORDE their God. And the Leuites, Iesua, 
Cadmiel, Bani, Hasabenia, Serebia, Hodia, 
Sebania, Pethahia, sayde : Stonde vp, prayse 
the LORDE oure God for euer: and let 
thankes be geue vnto the name of thy glorye, 
which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse. 
LORDE, thou art alone, thou hast made 
heauen, and the heauen of all heauens, with 
all their hoost, the earth and all that therin is, 
the See and all that is therin : thou geuest 
life vnto all, and y hoost of heauen bowe 
themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE 
God, that hast chosen Abra, and broughte 
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Abraham,* and founde his hert faithfull before 
the, tand madest a couenaut with him, to 
geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites, 
Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Iebusites, and 
Girgosites, and hast made good thy wordes : 
for thou art righteous, t And hast considered 
the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte, and 
herde their complainte by the reed See, and 
shewed tokes and wonders vpo Pharao, and 
on all his seruautes, and on all his people of 
his londe : for thou knewest y they were pre- 
sumptuous g cruell against them, & so madest 
thou §the a name as it is this daie. And the 
reed See partedst thou in sunder before them, 
so that they wete thorow the myddes of the 
See drye shod: g their persecuters threwest 
thou in to the depe as a stone, in the mightie 
waters, and leddest them on the daye tyme in 
a cloudy pyler, and on the nighte season in 
a piler of fyre, to shewe them lighte in the 
waye y they wente. 

"Thou earnest downe also vpo mount Sinai, 
and spakest vnto them from heauen, and 
gauest them righte iudgmentes, true lawes, 
good commaundementes and statutes, and 
declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and 
commaunded them preceptes, ordinaunces, 
and lawes, by Moses thy seruaunt: and II gauest 
them bred from heauen whan they were 
hongrye, and f broughte forth water for them 
out of the rock whan they were thyrstye : and 
promysed them, *that they shulde go in, and 
take possession of the londe, where ouer thou 
haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them. 

Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and 
hardnecked, so that they folowed not thy co- 
maundementes, and refused to heare, and were 
not myndefull of the wonders y thou dyddest 
for them : but became obstynate and heady, 
in so moch that they turned back to their 
bondage in their dishobedience. But thou 
my God forgauest, and wast gracious, mercifull, 
pacient, and of greate goodnesse, and for- 
sokest them not. **And though they made 
a molten calfe (and sayde : This is thy God, 
that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte) 
and dyd greate blasphemies, yet forsokest thou 
them not in the wyldernes, acordinge to thy 
greate mercy, tt And y cloudy piler departed 
not from them on y daye tyme to lede them 



* Gen. 11. d. Gen. 17. a. t Gen. 15. d. t Exo. 3. b. 
§ Some reade : them. ' Exo. 19. 20. Deut. 4. b. || Exo. 
16. a. 1T Num. 20. b. " Gen. 22. c. ** Exo. 32. b. 



the waye, nether the piler of fyre in the night 
season, to shewe them lighte in the waye that 
they wente. 

And thou gauest them thy good sprete to 
enfourme them, it and withheldest not thy 
Manna from their mouth, §§and gauest the 
water wha they were thirstie. Fortye yeares 
longe madest thou prouysion for them in the 
wyldernesse, so that they wanted nothinge : 
llll their clothes waxed not olde, and their fete 
swelled not. And thou gauest the kigdomes 
g nacions, g partedst the acordinge to their 
porcions, so that they possessed IT IT the londe of 
Sihon kynge of Heszbon, g the londe of Og y 
kynge of Basan. ***And their childre mul- 
tiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen, and 
broughtest the in to the londe wherof thou 
haddest spoken vnto their fathers, that they 
shulde go in to it, and haue it in possession. 

And y children wente in, and possessed the 
londe, tttand thou subdudest before the the 
inhabiters of the londe, euen the Cananites, & 
gauest them in to their hande, and their kynges 
and f people of the londe, y they might do 
with them what they wolde. And they wanne 
their stronge cities, g a fat londe, and toke 
possession of houses y were full of all maner 
goodes, welles dygged out, vynyardes, oyl- 
gardens, g many frutefull trees : and they ate 
g were fylled, g became fat, g lyued in welth 
thorow thy greate goodnes. Neuertheles they 
were disobedient, and rebelled agaynst the, 
and cast thy lawe behynde their backes, tttand 
slewe thy prophetes (which exhorted them so 
earnestly, that they shulde couerte vnto the) 
and dyd greate blasphemies. Therfore gauest 
thou them ouer in to the hade of their enemies 
that vexed them. 

And in f tyme of their trouble they cried 
vnto the, and thou hardest them from heauen : 
and thorow thy greate mercy thou gauest them 
sauiours, which helped the out of the hande 
of their enemies. But whan they came to rest, 
they turned back agayne to do euell before 
the : therfore leftest thou them in the hande 
of their enemies, so y they had y dominion 
ouer them. So they couerted, and cryed vnto 
the, and thou herdest them from heauen, and 
many a tyme hast thou delyuered them 
acordinge to thy greate mercy, and testified 

tt Exo. 13. d. ttExo.l6.f. ^ Exo. 17. a. |||| Deut. 8. a. 
f 1" Nu. 21. d. *** Gen. 22. c. ttt Iosu. 2. 3. 4. 

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vnto them, that they shulde turne agayne vnto 
thy lawe. 

Notwithstodinge they were proude, and 
herkened not vnto thy comaundementes, but 
synned in thy lawes (which a man shulde do, 

5 lyue in them) & turned their shulder awaye, 

6 were styffnecked, & wolde not heare. And 
many yeares dyddest thou forbeare them, 5 
testified vnto them thorow thy sprete, euen by 
the office of thy prophetes, j yet wolde they 
not heare. Therfore gauest thou the in to f 
hade of y nacions in the londes. But for thy 
greate mercies sake thou hast not vtterly co- 
sumed them, nether forsaken them : for thou 
art a gracious and mercifull God. 

Now oure God, thou greate God, mightie 
and terrible, thou that kepest couenaunt and 
mercy, regarde not a litle all the trauayle y 
hath happened vnto vs, <j oure kynges, prynces, 
prestes, prophetes, fathers g all thy people, 
sence the tyme of the kynges of Assur vnto 
this daie. Thou art righteous in all y thou 
hast broughte vpo vs: for thou hast done 
righte. As for vs, we haue bene vngodly, 
and oure kynges, prynces, prestes n fathers 
haue not done after thy lawe, ner regarded thy 
comaundementes, j thy earnest exhortacios 
wherwith thou hast exhorted them, & haue not 
serued f in their kyngdome, and in thy greate 
goodes y thou gauest them, and in the large 
and plenteous lode which thou gauest them to 
good, and haue not conuerted from their wicked 
workes. Beholde, therfore are we in bondage 
this daye : Yee euen in the lode that thou 
gauest vnto oure fathers, to enioye the frutes 
and goodes therof, beholde, there are we bond- 
men. And greate is the increase of it vnto 
the kynges, whom thou hast set ouer vs be- 
cause of our synnes, and they haue dominion 
ouer oure bodies and catell, and we are in 
greate trouble. 

And in all this made we a sure couenaunt, 
I wrote it, & let oure prynces, Leuites & prestes 
seale it. 

Che r. Chapter. 

THE sealers were: Nehemias (that is) 
Hathirsatha the sonne of Hachalia and 
Sedechias, Seraia, Asaria, Ieremy, Pashur, 
Amaria, Malchia, Hattus, Sebania, Malluch, 
Harim, Meremoth, Obadia, Daniel, Sinthun, 
Baruch, Mesullam, Abia, Meiamin, Maasga, 
Bilgai and Semaia: these were prestes. 



The Leuites were : Iesua y sonne of Asania, 
Binui amonge the childre of Henadad, Cad- 
miel. And their brethren : Sechania, Hodia, 
Celita, Plaia, Hauan, Micha, Rehob, Hasabia, 
Sachur, Serebia, Sebania, Hodia, Bani and 
Beninu. The heades of the people were : 
Pareos, Pahath Moab, Elam, Sathu, Bani, 
Buni, Asgad, Sebai, Adonia, Bigenai, Adiu. 
Ater, Hezechias, Asur, Hodia, Hasum, Bezai, 
Hariph, Anathot, Neubai, Magpias, Mesullam, 
Hesir, Mesesabeel, Sadoc, Iaddua, Platia, 
Hanan, Anaia, Hoseia, Hanania, Hasub, 
Halohes, Pilha, Sobek, Rehum, Hasabna, 
Maeseia, Ahia, Hanan, Anan, Malluch, Harim 
and Baena. 

And the other people, the prestes, Leuites, 
Porters, syngers, Nethinims, d all they that 
had separated them selues from f people in 
the lodes vnto the lawe of God, with their 
wyues, sonnes and daughters, as many as coulde 
vnderstonde it, and their lordes that had rule 
of them, receaued it for their brethren. 

*And they came to sweare, and to bynde 
them selues with an ooth to walke in Gods 
lawe, which was geuen by Moses the seruaunt 
of God, that they wolde obserue and do acord- 
inge vnto all the commaundementes, iudg- 
mentes and statutes of the LORDE oure God: 
+ and that we wolde not geue oure dough ters 
vnto the people in the lode, nether to take 
their doughters for oure sonnes. i And yf y 
people of the lode broughte ware on the Sab- 
bath, and all maner of vytayles to sell, that we 
wolde not take it of them on the Sabbath and 
on the holy dayes. § And that we wolde let 
the seueth yeare be fre concernynge all maner 
of charge. 

And we layed a statute vpon oure selues, 
to geue yearly f thirde parte of a Sycle to the 
mynistracion in the house of oure God, namely 
to the shewbred, to the daylie meatofferynge, 
to the daylie burntofferynge of y Sabbathes, 
of the new mones and feast dayes, and to the 
thinges that were sanctified, and to the syn- 
offerynges, to reconcyle Israel with all, and to 
all the busynes in y house of oure God. 

And we cast the lot amonge the prestes, 
Leuites and the people, for offerynge of y 
wod, to be brought vnto y house of oure God 
from yeare to yeare, after the houses of oure 
fathers, that it might be brent at tymes ap- 
poynted, vpon the altare of the LORDE oure 

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God, as it is wrytten in the lawe : and yearly 
to brynge the firstlinges of oure londe, £ the 
firstlinges of oure frutes of all trees, yeare by 
yeare, vnto f house of the LORDE: and the 
firstlinges of oure sonnes, and of oure catell, 
as it is wrytten in the lawe : and the firstlinges 
of oure oxen and of oure shepe, that we shulde 
brynge all this to the house of oure God vnto 
the prestes that mynister in the house of oure 
God : and that we shulde brynge the first- 
linges of oure dowe, and of oure Heueoffer- 
inges, and the frutes of all maner trees, of 
wyne also and of oyle, vnto the prestes to the 
chestes of the house of oure God. And the 
tithes of oure lode vnto the Leuites, y the 
Leuites might haue the tithes in all the cities 
of oure mynistracion. 

And the prest the sonne of Aaron shal with 
the Leuites haue also of the tithes of y Leuites. 
so that the Leuites shal brynge vp the tithes 
of their tithes vnto the house of oure God to 
the chest in y treasure house. For the chil 
dren of Israel and the children of Leui shall 
brynge vp the Heueofferynges of the corne, 
wyne and oyle vnto the chestes, there are the 
vessels of the Sanctuary, & the prestes y 
mynister, and the porters $ syngers, y we 
forsake not the house of oure God. 

Ci)e rt. Cfjaptn-. 

AND the rulers of the people dwelt at 
Ierusalem. But the other people cast 
lottes therfore, so that amoge ten one parte 
wente to Ierusalem in to the holy cite to 
dwell, and nyne partes in the cities. And y 
people thanked all the men that were willinge 
to dwell at Ierusalem. 

These are the heades of the londe that 
dwelt at Ierusalem. In the cities dwelt Iuda 
euery one in his possession y was in their cities, 
namely Israel, the prestes, Leuites, y Nethi- 
nims, and the children of Salomons seruauntes. 
And at Ierusale dwelt certayne of the children 
of Iuda & of Ben Iamin. 

Of the children of Iuda : Athaia the sonne 
of Vsia y sonne of Zachary, the sonne of 
Amaria, the sonne of Sephatia, the sonne of 
Mahelaleel, of the children of Phares. And 
Maeseia the sonne of Baruch, the sonne of 
Chal Hose, the sonne of Hasaia, the sonne of 
Adaia, the sonne of Ioiarib, the sonne of 
Zachary, the sonne of Siloni. All the childre 



of Phares that dwelt at Ierusalem, were foure 
C. and eight & thre score valeaunt men. 

* These are the childre of Ben Iamin: Sallu 
the sonne of Mesullam, y sonne of loed, 
the sonne of Pedaia, the sonne of Colaia, f 
sonne of Maeseia, the sonne of Ithiel, y sonne 
of Iesaia. And after him Sabai, Sallai : nyne 
hundreth and eight and twentye. And Ioel 
the sonne of Sichri had the ouersight of them : 
and Iuda y sonne of Hasnua ouer the seconde 
parte of the cite. 

"Of the prestes there dwelt: Iedaia f sonne 
of Ioiarib, Iachin. Seraia the sonne of Hel- 
chias y sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Sadoc, 
the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne of Achitob, 
was prynce in the house of God : & his brethre 
that perfourmed the worke in f house : of 
whom there were viij. C. and xxij. And 
Adaia the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of 
Plalia, the sonne of Amzi, the sonne of 
Zachary, the sonne of Pashur (j his brethre, 
chefe amoge the fathers : of whom there were 
two hundreth and two and fortye. And 
Amassai the sonne of Asariel the sonne of 
Ahusai, the sonne of Mesillemoth, the sonne 
of Immer: and his brethren were valeaunt 
men, of whom there were an hundreth and 
eight and twentye. And their ouerseer was 
Sabdaiel the sonne of Gedolim. 

d Of the Leuites : Semaia the sonne of Hasub, 
the sonne of Asrikam, the sonne of Hasabia, 
the sonne of Bunni : And Sabthai and Iosa- 
bad of the chefe of the Leuites, in the 
outwarde busynes of y- house of God. And 
Mathania the sonne of Micha, the sonne of 
Sabdi, the sonne of Assaph, which was the 
pryncipall to begynne the thankesgeuynge vnto 
prayer. And bacbuchia f seconde amoge his 
brethren, and Abda the sonne of Sammua, 
the sonne of Galal, the sonne of Iedithun. 
All the Leuites in the holy cite were two 
hundreth and foure a foure score. *And y 
porters Acub and Talman, and their brethren 
y kepte the portes, were an hundreth and two 
and seuentye. As for the residue of Israel, 
the prestes and Leuites, they were in all the 
cities of Iuda, euery one in his inheritaunce. 
And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel : and 
Zipha and Gispa belonged vnto the Nethinims. 
The ouerseer of the Leuites at Ierusalem, was 
Vsi the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Hasabia, 
the sonne of Mathania, the sonne of Micha. 



Par. 10. b. 



1 Par. 10. 



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So* imlb. 



Of the children of Assaph there were 
syngers aboute f busynes in the house of 
God : for it was the kynges commaundement 
cocernynge them, that y syngers shulde deale 
faithfully, euery daye as acordinge was. 

And Pethaia the sonne of Mesesabeel of 
the childre of Serah the sonne of luda nexte 
the kynge in all matters concernynge the 
people. And the children of luda that were 
without in the townes of their londe, dwelt 
some at Kiriath Arba, and in the vyllages 
therof, (5 at Dibon, and in the vyllages therof : 
and at Cabzeel, and in f vyllages therof : and 
at Iesua, Molada, Bethphalet, Hazarsual, 
Berseba and in their vyllages : 5 at Siclag 
and Mochona, and in their vyllages : And at 
Enrimmon, Zarega, Ieremuth, Sanoah, Adul- 
lam and in their vyllages : At Lachis, and in 
the feldes therof : At Aseka, and in the vyl- 
lages therof: and dwelt from Berseba vnto the 
valley of Hinnom. 

The children of Ben Iamin of Gaba, dwelt 
at Michmas, Aia, Bethel and in their vyllages. 
And at Anathoth, Nob, Anania, Hazor, 
Rama, Githaim, Hadid, Ziboim, Neballat, 
Lod, Ono (t in the Carpeters valley. And 
certayne of the Leuites y had porcions in 
luda, dwelt in Ben Iamin. 

Che rij. Chapter. 

THESE are f prestes and Leuites that 
wente vp with Zorobabel f sonne of 
Saalthiel and with Iesua: Seraia, Ieremy, 
Esdras, Amaria, Malluch, Hattus, Sechania, 
Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginthoi, Abia, 
Meiamin, Maadia, Bilga, Semaia, Ioiarib, 
Iedaia, Sallu, Amok, Helchias & Iedaia. 
These were the heades amdge the prestes and 
their brethren in the tyme of Iesua. The 
Leuites were these : Iesua, Benui, Cadmiel, 
Serebia, luda and Mathania, ouer the office 
of thankesgeuynge, they 5 their brethre : 
Bacbuchia j Vnni and their brethre, were 
aboute them in the watches. 

Iesua begat Ioachim. Ioachim begat Elia- 
sib. Eliasib begat Ioiada. Ioiada begat 
Ionathan. Ionathan begat Iaddua. And in 
the tyme of Ioachim were these the chefe 
fathers amonge the prestes : namely of Seraia 
was Meraia, of Ieremy was Hanania, of Esz- 
dras was Mesullam, of Amaria was Iohanan, 
of Malluch was Ionathan, of Sebania was 



Ioseph, of Harim was Adna, of Meraioth was 
Helcai, of Iddo was Zachary, of Ginthon was 
Mesulla, of Abia was Sichri, of Miniamin 
Moadia was Piltai, of Bilga was Sammua, of 
Semaia was Ionathan, of Ioiarib was Mathnai 
of Iedaia was Vsi, of Sallai was Callai, of 
Amok was Eber, of Helchias was Hasabia, of 
Gedaia, was Nethaneel. 

And in the tyme of Eliasib. Ioiada, Io- 
hanan and Iaddua, were the chefe fathers 
amonge the Leuites, and the prestes wrytte 
vnder the reigne of Darius y Persian. The 
children of Leui the pryncipall fathers were 
wrytten in the Cronicles, vntyll the tyme of 
Iohanan the sonne of Eliasib. And these 
were the chefe amoge the Leuites, Hasabia, 
Serebia and Iesua the sonne of Cadmiel, (j 
their brethren ouer agaynst them, to geue 
prayse and thankes, acordinge as Dauid f ma 
of God had ordeyned it, one watch ouer 
agaynst another. Mathania, Bacbuchia, Oba- 
dia, Mesullam, Talmon and Acub were porters 
in the watch at the thresholdes of the gates. 
These were in the tyme of Ioiachim the sonne 
of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec, and in the 
tyme of Nehemias the Debyte, and of the 
prest Eszdras the scrybe. 

And in the dedicacion of the wall at Ieru- 
salem, were the Leuites soughte out of all 
their places, that they mighte be broughte to 
Ierusalem, to kepe y dedicacion in gladnesse, 
with thankesgeuynges, with synginge, with 
Cymbales, Psalteries and harpes. And the 
children of the syngers gathered the selues 
together from the playne countre aboute Ieru- 
salem, and from the vyllages of Nethophathi, 
and from the house of Gilgal, 5 out of the 
feldes of Gibea & Asmaueth : for y syngers 
had buylded them vyllages aboute Ierusalem. 
And y prestes and Leuites purified them 
selues, and clensed the people, the gates and 
the wall. 

And I caused the prynces to go vp vpon 
the wall, and appoynted two greate queres of 
thankesgeuynge, which wete on the righte 
hande of the wall towarde the Donggate, 
and after them wete Hosaia, and halfe of the 
prynces of luda, a Asaria, Eszdras, Mesullam, 
luda, Ben Iamin, Semaia and Ieremy: and 
certayne of the prestes childre with trompettes, 
namely Zachary y sonne of Ionathan, the 
sonne of Semaia, the sonne of Mathania, the 
sonne of Michaia, the sonne of Sachur, the 



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sonne of Assaph, and his brethren, Semaia, 
Asareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nathaneel 
and Iuda and Hanani, with the musicall 
instrumentes of Dauid y man of God. 

And Eszdras y scrybe -before the towarde 
the Wellgate, and they wente vp ouer agaynst 
them vpon the steppes of the cite of Dauid at 
the goynge vp of the wall to the house of 
Dauid, vnto the Watergate Eastwarde. 

The other quere of thankesgeuynge wente 
ouer against them, and I after them, and the 
halfe parte of the people vpon y wall, towarde 
y Fornacegate vpwarde, vntyll y brode wall, 
and to f porte of Ephraim, ana to the Old- 
gate, and to y Fyshgate, and to the tower of 
Hananeel, and to the tower of Meah, vntyll 
the Shepegate. And in y presongate stode 
they styll, and so stode the two queres of 
thankesgeuynge of the house of God, and I 
and the halfe of the rulers with me, and the 
prestes, namely Eliachim, Maeseia, Miniamin, 
Michaia, Elioenai, Zachary, Hanania, with 
tropettes, and Maeseia, Semaia, Eleasar, Vsi, 
Iohanan, Malchia, Elam and Aser. And the 
syngers songe loude, and Iesrahia was the 
ouerseer. 

And the same daye were there greate sa- 
crifices offred, d they reioysed : for God had 
geue them greate gladnesse, so that both the 
wyues and children were ioyfull, j the myrth 
of Ierusalem was herde farre of. 

At the same tyme were there men ap- 
poynted ouer the treasure chestes (wherin 
were y Heue offerynges, the firstlinges and 
the tithes) that they shulde gather them out 
of y feldes aboute the cities, to destribute the 
vnto the prestes and Leuites acordinge to the 
lawe : for Iuda was glad of the prestes, and 
Leuites, that they stode and wayted vpon the 
office of their God, and the office of the puri- 
ficacion. And the syngers g porters stode 
after the commaundemet of Dauid 5 of Salo- 
mon his sonne : * for in the tyme of Dauid 
and Assaph, were the chefe syngers founded, 
and the songes of prayse and thankesgeuynge 
vnto God. In the tyme of Zorobabel and 
Nehemias, dyd all Israel geue porcios vnto 
the syngers and porters, euery daye his por- 
cion, and they gaue thinges halowed vnto 
the Leuites, and the Leuites gaue thinges 
that were sanctified, vnto the childre of 
Aaron. 

1 Par. 24. a. t Deut. 23. a. t Nu. 23. a. 



Che rirj. Chapter. 

ND what tyme as the boke of Moses 
was red in y eares of the people, there 
was founde wrytten therin, ty the Ammonites 
and Moabites shulde neuer come in to the 
congregation of God, because they mett not 
the children of Israel with bred and water, * 
and hyred Balaam against the, that he shulde 
curse them : neuertheles oure God turned y 
curse in to a blessynge. Now whan they 
herde the lawe, they separated from Israel 
euery one that had myxte him selfe therin. 
And before this had the prest Eliasib de- 
lyuered the chest of y house of oure God 
vnto his kynsman Tobia: for he had made 
him a greate chest, and there had they afore- 
tyme layed the meatofferynges, frankencense, 
vessell, and the tithes of come, wyne and 
oyle (acordinge to the commaundement geuen 
to the Leuites, syngers and porters) and the 
Heueofferynges of the prestes. 

But in all this was not I at Ierusalem : for 
in y two and thirtieth yeare of Artaxerses 
kynge of Babilon, came I vnto the kynge, and 
after certayne dayes optayned I lycence of the 
kynge to come to Ierusale. And I gat know- 
lege of y euell that Eliasib dyd vnto Tobia, 
in that he had made him a chest in the courte 
of the house of God, and it greued me sore, 
and I cast forth all the vessels of Tobias house 
out of the chest, and commauded them to 
dense the chest. And thither broughte I 
agayne the vessels of the house of God, the 
meatofferynge and the incense. 

And I perceaued, that the porcions of f 
Leuites were not geuen them, for the which 
cause the Leuites and syngers were fled, euery 
one to his londe for to worke. Then reproued 
I the "rulers, and sayde : Why forsake we the 
house of God? But I gathered them to- 
gether, and set them in their place. Then 
brought all Iuda the tithes of come, wyne 
and oyle vnto the treasure. And I made 
treasurers ouer y treasure, euen Selemia y 
prest, and Sadoc the scrybe, (t of the Leuites 
Pedaia, and vnder their hande Hanan the 
sonne of Sachur the sonne of Mathania : for 
they were counted faithfull, and their office 
was, to destribute vnto their brethren. $Thynke 
vpon me O my God here in, j wype not out 



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my mercy, that I haue shewed on f house of 
my God, s on the offices therof. 

At the same tyme sawe I some tredinge 
wyne presses on the Sabbath, and brynginge 
in clusters, and asses laden wyth wyne, grapes, 
fygges, and brynginge all maner of burthens 
vnto Ierusalem, vpon the Sabbath daye. And 
I rebuked them earnestly y same daye that 
they solde f vytayles. There dwelt me of 
Tyre also therin, which broughte fysh and all 
maner of ware, and solde on the Sabbath vnto 
the childre of Iuda and Ierusalem. Then 
reproued I the rulers in Iuda, and saide vnto 
them : What euell thinge is this that ye do, 
and breake the Sabbath daye? Dyd not 
oure fathers euen thus, and oure God broughte 
all this plage vpon vs (j vpon this cite ? And 
ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel, in 
that ye breake the Sabbath. 

And whan the portes of Ierusalem were 
drawen vp before the Sabbath, I commauded 
to shutt the gates, and charged that they 
shulde not be opened tyll after the Sabbath : 
and some of my seruauntes set I at the gates, 
y there shulde no burthe be broughte in on 
the Sabbath daye. Then remayned the chap- 
men and marchauntes once or twyce ouer 
nighte without Ierusalem with all maner of 
wares. Then reproued I them sore, (j sayde 
vnto them : Why tary ye all night aboute the 
wall? Yf ye do it once agayne, I wil laye 
handes vpon you. From that tyme forth came 
they nomore on the Sabbath. And I sayde 



vnto the Leuites which were cleane, that they 
shulde come and kepe the gates, to halowe 
the Sabbath daye. Thynke vpo me (O my 
God) cocernynge this also, (j spare me acord 
ynge to thy greate mercy. 

And at the same tyme sawe I Iewes, that 
maried wyues of Asdod, Ammon and of Moah 
and their children spake halfe in the speache 
of Asdod, and coulde not speake in y Iewish 
language, but by y tonge mighte a ma per- 
ceaue euery people. And I reproued them, 
and cursed them, (j smote certayne men of 
the, and plucte them vp, and toke an ooth of 
them by God : " Ye shal not geue youre 
daughters vnto their sonnes, nether shal ye 
take their daughters vnto youre sonnes, or for 
youre selues. *Dyd not Salomon f kynge of 
Israel synne ther in ? j yet amonge many 
Heythen was there no kynge like him, & he was 
deare vnto his God, and God made him kynge 
ouer all Israel, and the outlandish wemen. 

And one of the children of Ioiada the sonne 
of Eliasib y hye prest, had made a cotracte 
wyth Saneballath the Horonite : but I chaced 
him fro me. O my God, thynke thou vpon 
them that are quyte of the presthode, and 
haue defyled the couenaunt of the presthode 
and of the Leuites. Thus clensed I them 
from all soch as were outlandish, and ap- 
poynted the courses of the prestes and Leuites, 
euery one to his office, and to ofFre the wod at 
tymes appoynted, and the first frutes. Thynke 
thou vpon me (O my God) for the best. 



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Chap. I. 

Ahasuerus maketh a greate feast to his lordes 
and prynces, calleth for Vasthi the quene, she 
commeth not, therfore is she deposed from the 
kyngdome. 

Chap. II. 

Amonge the daughters, Hester pleaseth the 
kynge. Mardocheus geueth the kynge warn- 
ynge of his harme. 

Chap. III. 
Ami, is greate with the kynge, hateth Mar- 
docheus that wil not worshippe him, and co- 
maundeth to slaye all the Iewes. 

Chap. IIII. 

Greate heuynes amonge the Iewes. 

Chap. V. 
Hester cometh before the kynge, and byddeth 
him and Aman to a feast. Aman maketh a 
galowe for Mardocheus. 



Chap. VI. 



Mardocheus is recompensed for his frendshippe 
shewed vnto the kynge. 

Chap. VII. 

Hester prayeth for hir people, Aman is hanged 
on the galowe that he had prepared for Mar- 
docheus. 

Chap. VIII. 

The kynge geueth Amas house vnto the quene, 
and at hir request he causeth Amas wrytinges 
to be called agayne. 

Chap. IX. 

Amans sonnes are hanged also, and many ene- 
myes slayne. The Iewes kepe a ioyfull feast. 

Chap. X. 
Of the auctorite of Mardocheus vnder the kynge. 



Che first Chapter. 

IN the tyme of Ahasuerus, which reigned 
from India vnto Ethiopia, ouer an hun- 
dreth and seuen and twentye londes, what 
tyme as he sat on his seate roiall in the cas- 
tell of Susan in the thirde yeare of his reigne, 
he made a feast vnto all his prynces and ser- 
uauntes, namely vnto the mightie men of 
Persia and Media, to the Debities and rulers 
of his countrees, that he mighte shewe the 
noble riches of his kingdome, and the glorious 
worshippe of his gi-eatnesse, many dayes longe, 
euen an hundreth and foure score dayes. 

And whan these dayes were expyred, the 
kynge made a feast vnto all the people that 



were in the castell of Susan, both vnto greate 
and small, seuen dayes longe in the courte of 
the garden by the kynges palace : where there 
hanged whyte, reed j yalow clothes, fastened 
with coardes of lynnen and scai'let in siluer 
rynges, vpon pylers of Marble stone. 

The benches were of golde and siluer made 
vpon a pauement of grene, white, yalowe and 
black Marble. And y drinke was caried in 
vessels of golde, and there was euer chaunge 
of vessell. And the kinges wine was moch 
acordynge to the power of the kynge. And 
noman was appoynted what he shulde drinke : 
for the kynge had commaunded all the officers 
of his house, that euery one shulde do as it 
lyked him. And the quene Vasthi made a 



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feast also for the wemen in the palace of 
Ahasuerus. And on the seuenth daye whan 
the kynge was mery of the wine, he co- 
maunded Mehuman, Bistha, Harbona, Big- 
tha, Abagtha, Sethar and Charcas, the seuen 
chamberlaynes (that dyd seruyce in the pre- 
sence of kynge Ahasuerus) to fetch the quene 
Vasthi with the crowne regall, that he might 
shewe y people and prynces hir fairnesse : for 
she was bewtifull. But the quene Vasthi 
wolde not come at the kynges worde by his 
chamberlaynes. Then was the kynge very 
wroth, and his indignacio kyndled in him. 

And the kynge spake to y wyse men that 
had vnderstondinge in the ordinaunces of the 
londe (for the kinges matters must be hadled 
before all soch as haue knowlege of the lawe 
and iudgment : And the nexte vnto him were, 
Charsena, Sethar, Admatha, Tharsis, Meres, 
Marsena and Memuchan, the seuen prynces 
of the Persias, and Meedes, which sawe the 
kynges face, and satt aboue in the kyngdome) 
What lawe shulde be execute vpon the quene 
Vasthi, because she dyd not acordynge to the 
worde of the kynge by his chamberlaines. 
The saide Memucha before the kynge & the 
prynces : The quene Vasthi hath not onely 
done euell agaynst the kinge but also agaynst 
all the prynces and all the people in all the 
londes of kynge Ahasuerus, for this dede of 
the quene shall come abrode vnto all wemen, 
so that they shall despyse their huszbandes 
before their eyes, and shall saye : The kynge 
Ahasuers comaunded Vasthi f quene to come 
before him, but she wolde not. And so shall 
the pryncesses in Persia and Media saye lyke- 
wyse vnto all the kynges prynces, whan they 
heare of this dede of the quene, thus shall 
there aryse despytefulnes and wrath ynough. 
Yf it please the kynge, let there go a kyngly 
commaundemet from him, and let it be wryt- 
ten acordynge to the lawe of the Persians and 
Medians (and not to be transgressed) that 
Vasthi come nomore before kynge Ahasuerus, 
and let the kynge geue the kyngdome vnto 
another that is better then she. 

And y this wrytinge of the kynge which 
shalbe made, be published thorow out all his 
empyre (which is greate) that all wyues maye 
holde their huszbandes in honoure, both 
amonge greate and smal. 

This pleased the kynge and the prynces. 

* 4 Reg. 24. c. 



and the kynge dyd acordynge to the worde of 
Memuchan. Then were there letters sent 
forth in to all the kynges londes, in to euery 
londe acordinge to the wrytinge therof, and to 
euery people after their laguage, y euery man 
shulde be lorde in his awne house. And this 
caused he be spoken after the language of his 
people. 

Cfie ij. Cljapter. 

AFTER these actes whan the displeasure 
of kynge Ahasuerus was layed, he 
thoughte vpon Vasthi, what she had done, 
and what was concluded concernynge her. 
Then sayde the kynges seruauntes : Let there 
be fayre yonge virgins soughte for the kynge, 
and let the kynge appoynte ouerseers in all y 
londes of his empyre, that they maye brynge 
together all fayre yonge virgins vnto the castel 
of Susan to the Wemens buyldinge, vnder the 
hande of Hegai the kynges chamberlayne, 
that kepeth the wemen, and let him geue 
them their apparell. And loke which damsell 
pleaseth the kynge, let her be quene in Vas- 
this steade. This pleased the kynge, and he 
dyd so. 

In the castell of Susan there was a Iewe, 
whose name was Mardocheus, the sonne of 
lair, the sonne of Simei, the sonne of Cis, the 
sonne of Iemini, which was caried awaye from 
Ierusalem, *whan Iechonias the kynge of 
Iuda was led awaye, (whom Nabuchodonosor 
the kynge of Babilon caried awaye) and he 
norished Hadassa (that is Hester) his vncles 
daughter : for she had nether father ner 
mother, and she was a fayre and beutyfull 
damsell. And whan hir father and mother 
dyed, Mardocheus receaued hir as his awne 
daughter. 

Now whan f kynges comaundemet and 
comyssion was published, (j many dasels were 
broughte together vnto the castell of Susan 
vnder y hande of Hegai, Hester, was take 
also vnto y kynges house vnder f hande of 
Hegai y keper of f weme, 5 the damsell 
pleased him, & she founde grace in his sighte. 
And he put her with hir maydes in y best 
place of y Womes buildige. And Hester 
shewed it not vnto hir people j hir kynred : 
for Mardocheus had charged her, y she shulde 
not tell it. And Mardocheus walked euery 
daye before y- courte of y Womes buyldinge, 
y he might knowe how Hester dyd, and what 
shulde become of her. 



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Cfcap, lij. 



And whan the appoynted tyme of euery 
damsell came that she shulde come to f kynge 
Ahasuerus, after that she had bene twolue 
monethes in the deckynge of the wemen (for 
their deckynge must haue so moch tyme, 
namely sixe monethes with Balme j Myrre, 5 
sixe monethes with good spyces, so were the 
weme beutifyed) then wente there one damsell 
vnto y kynge, and what so euer she requyred, 
y must be geue her to go with her out of the 
Womens buyldinge vnto f kynges palace. 
And whan one came in the euenynge, y same 
wete fro him on f morow in to f seconde 
house of wemen, vnder the hande of Saasgas 
the kynges chamberlayne, which kepte y con- 
cubines. And she must come vnto the kynge 
nomore, excepte it pleased the kynge, and that 
he caused her to be called by name. 

Now whan the tyme came of Hester the 
daughter of Abihail Mardocheus vncle (whom 
he had receaued as his awne daughter) y she 
shulde come to the kynge, she desyred nothinge 
but what Hegai the kynges chamberlayne the 
keper of the wemen sayde. 

And Hester founde fauoure in the sighte of 
all them that loked vpon her. And Hester 
was taken vnto kynge Ahasuerus in to the 
house royall, in the tenth moneth which is 
called Tebeth, in the seuenthe yeare of his 
reigne. 

And the kynge loued Hester aboue all the 
wemen, and she founde grace and mercy in 
his sighte before all the virgins : and he set 
the quenes croune vpon hir heade, and made 
her quene in steade of Vasthi. And the kynge 
made a greate feast vnto all his prynces and 
seruauntes (which feast was because of Hes- 
ter) and let the londes be in quyetnes, 5 gaue 
royall giftes. 

And whan the virgins were gathered to- 
gether the seconde tyme, Mardocheus sat in 
the kynges gate. And as yet had not Hester 
shewed hir kynred and hir people, acordinge 
as Mardocheus had bydden her: for Hester 
dyd after the worde of Mardocheus, like as 
whan he was hir tutoure. At the same tyme 
whyle Mardocheus sat in the kynges gate, two 
of the kinges chamberlaynes, Bigthan and 
Theres which kepte the dore, were wroth, and 
sought to laye their handes on the kynge 
Ahasuerus : Wherof Mardocheus gat know- 
lege, and tolde it vnto quene Hester, and 
Hester certified the kynge therof in Mardo- 



cheus name. And whan inquisicion was made, 
it was founde so. And they were both hanged 
on tre : and it was wrytte in the Cronicles 
before the kynge. 

CJje ttj. Chapter. 

AFTER these actes dyd the kynge pro- 
mote Aman the sonne of Amadathi the 
Agagite, and set him hye, 5 set his seate 
aboue all f prynces that were with him. And 
all the kynges seruauntes that were in the 
gate, bowed their knees, and dyd reuerence 
vnto Aman : for the kinge had so comaunded. 
But Mardocheus bowed not the knee, and 
worshipped him not. Then the kynges ser- 
uauntes which were in the kynges gate, sayde 
vnto Mardocheus : Why transgressest thou 
the kynges commaun dement ? And whan they 
spake this daylie vnto him, and he Mowed 
them not, they tolde Aman, that they mighte 
se whether Mardocheus matters wolde endure : 
for he had tolde them, y he was a Iewe. And 
wha Aman sawe, that Mardocheus bowed not 
the knee vnto him, ner worshipped him, he 
was full of indignacion g despyte, that he 
shulde laye hondes onely on Mardocheus: 
for they had shewed him y people of Mardo- 
cheus, but he sought to destroye the people 
of Mardocheus, and all the people that were 
in the whole empyre of Ahasuerus. 

In the first moneth that is the moneth 
Nissan, in y twolue th yeare of kinge Aha- 
suerus, was there occasion and oportunyte 
sought by Aman, from one daye to another, 
and from the same moneth vnto the twolueth 
moneth, that is the moneth Adar. And Ama 
sayde vnto kinge Ahasuerus : There is a peo- 
ple scatered abrode and dispersed amonge all 
people in all the londes of thine empire, and 
their lawe is cotrary vnto all people, and 
they do not after the kynges lawes, nether is 
it the kinges profit to suffre the after this 
maner. Yf it please the kynge, let him 
wryte, that they maye be destroyed, j so wil I 
weye downe ten thousande talentes of siluer, 
vnder the handes of the workmen, to be 
brought in to the kynges chamber. Then toke 
the kynge his rynge from his hande, and gaue 
it vnto Aman the sonne of Amadathi the 
Agagite the Iewes enemie. And the kinge 
sayde vnto Aman : Let the siluer be geuen 
the, and that people also, to do withall what 
pleaseth the. 



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Then were the kynges scrybes called on y 
thirtenth daye of the first moneth, g there was 
wrytten (acordynge as Aman commauded) 
vnto the kynges prynces, and to the Debites 
euery where in the londes, and to the cap- 
taynes of euery people in the countrees on 
euery syde, acordynge to the wrytinge of 
euery nacion, and after their language in the 
name of kynge Ahasuerus, and sealed with 
the kynges rynge. And the wrytynges were 
sent by postes in to all the kynges lodes, to 
rote out, to kyll, and to destroye all Iewes, 
both yonge and olde, childre and wemen in 
one daye (namely vpon the thirtenth daye of 
the twolueth moneth, which is the moneth 
Adar) and to spoyle their goodes. 

This was the summe of the wrytinge, y 
there shulde be a commaundement geuen in 
all londes, to be published vnto all people, y 
they shulde be ready agaynst the same daye. 
And the postes wente in all the haist acord- 
ynge to the kynges commaundement. And 
in the castell of Susan was the comaunde- 
ment deuysed. And the kynge g Aman sat g 
dranke. But y cite of Susan was disquieted. 

Che Hi). Chapter. 

WHAN Mardocheus perceaued all that 
was done, he rete his clothes, and put 
on a sack cloth, g aszshes, g wente out in to 
the myddes of the cite, and cried loude and 
lamentably, and came before the kynges gate : 
for there might no man entre within the 
kynges gate, that had a sack cloth on. And 
in all lodes g places, as farre as the kynges 
worde and commaundement extended, there 
was greate lamentacion amonge the Iewes, 
and many fasted, wepte, mourned, g laye in 
sack clothes g in aszshes. So Hesters dasels, 
and hir chamberlaines, came and tolde it her. 
Then was the quene exceadingly astonnyed. 
And she sent rayment, that Mardocheus 
shulde put them on, and laye the sacklothe 
from him. But Mardocheus wolde not take 
them. The called Hester Hathac one of the 
kinges chamberlaines (which stode before her) 
and gaue him a comaundement vnto Mar- 
docheus, that he might knowe what it were, 
and wherfore he dyd so. So Hathac wente 
forth to Mardocheus vnto the strete of the 
cite, which was before the kynges gate. 

And Mardocheus tolde him of all y had 
happened vnto him, and of the summe of siluer 



that Ama had promysed to weie downe in 
the kynges chamber because of y Iewes for to 
destroye them, and he gaue him the copye of 
the commaundement, that was deuysed at 
Susan to destroye them, that he mighte shewe 
it vnto Hester, and to speake to her and 
charge her, y she shulde go in to the kynge 
and make her prayer and supplicacion vnto 
him for hir people. 

And wha Hathat came in, and tolde Heste: 
the wordes of Mardocheus, Hester spake vnto 
Hathat, and comaunded him to saye vnto 
Mardocheus : All the kynges seruauntes, and 
the people in the londes of the kynge knowe, 
that who so euer commeth within the courte 
vnto y kynge, whether it be man or woman, 
which is not called, the comaundement is that 
the same shal dye immediatly, excepte the 
kynge holde out the golde cepter vnto him, 
that he maye lyue. As for me, I haue not 
bene called to come in to the kynge now this 
thirtie dayes. 

And wha Mardocheus was certified of 
Hesters wordes, Mardocheus bad saie againe 
vnto Hester : Thynke not to saue thine awne 
life, whyle thou art in y kynges house before 
all Iewes : for yf thou holdest thy peace at 
this tyme, then shal the Iewes haue helpe and 
delyueraunce out of another place, g thou g 
thy fathers house shalbe destroyed. And who 
knoweth whether thou art come to the kyng- 
dome, for this tymes sake ? Hester bad geue 
Mardocheus this answere : Go thou thy waye 
then, g gather together all y Iewes y are 
founde at Susan, g fast ye for me, y ye eate 
not g drynke not in thre dayes, nether daye 
ner nighte. I g my damsels wil fast likewyse, 
g so wyl I go in to the kynge cotrary to the 
comaundement : yf I perishe, I perishe. So 
Mardocheus wente his waye, g dyd all y 
Hester had comaunded him. 

Che b. Chapter. 

AND on the thirde daye put Hester on 
hir royall apparell, and stode in the 
courte of y kinges palace within ouer agaynst 
the kynges house. And y kynge sat vpo his 
royall seate in y kynges palace ouer agaynst y 
dore of the house. And whan the kynge sawe 
Hester the quene stodinge in the courte, she 
founde grace in his sighte. And y kynge 
helde out the golde cepter in his hade towarde 
Hester. So Hester stepte forth, and touched 



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the toppe of f cepter. Then sayde y kynge 
vnto her: What wilt thou quene Hester? 5 
what requyrest thou ? axe eue the halfe of f 
empyre, 5 it shal be geue the. Hester sayde : 
Yf it please y kynge, let y kynge 5 Aman 
come this daye vnto y banket y I haue pre- 
pared. The kynge sayde : Cause Aman to 
make haist, y he maye do as Hester hath saide. 

Now wha the kynge (j Aman came to y 
banket y Hester had prepared, the kynge 
sayde vnto Hester whan he had dronken wyne : 
Hester, what is thy peticion ? it shal be geue 
the. And what requyrest thou? euen the 
halfe of the empyre, it shal be done. 

Then answered Hester and sayde: My 
peticion and desire is, yf I haue founde grace 
in y sight of the kynge, a yf it please the kinge 
to geue me my peticion, and to fulfill my re- 
quest, then let the kynge ij Aman come to the 
bancket y I shal prepare for the, and so wil I 
do tomorow as the kynge hath sayde. 

Then wente Aman forth the same daye 
ioyfull and mery in his mynde. And whan 
sawe Mardocheus in the kynges gate, y he 
stode not vp and kneled before him, he was 
full of indignacion at Mardocheus. Neuer- 
theles he refrained himselfe : and wha he 
came home, he sent, and called for his fredes, 
and Seres his wyfe, and tolde them of the 
glory of his riches, and the multitude of his 
children, all together how the kynge had pro- 
moted him so greatly, and how that he was 
taken aboue the prynces and seruauntes of 
the kynge. Aman sayde morouer : Yee and 
Hester the quene let no man come with the 
kynge vnto the bancket that she had prepared, 
excepte me, and tomorow am I bidden vnto 
her also with the kynge. But in all this am I 
not satisfied as longe as I se Mardocheus the 
Iewe syttinge in y kynges gate. Then sayde 
Seres his wife and all his frendes vnto him : 
Let the make a galowe of fiftye cubites hie, j 
tomorow speake thou vnto the kynge, that 
Mardocheus maye be hanged theron, yf thou 
comest merely with the kynge vnto the bancket. 
Aman was well content withall, and caused a 
galowe to be prepared. 

Cfic bt. Chapter. 

THE same night coulde not the kynge 
slepe, and he commaunded to brynge y 
Cronicles and storyes : which wha they were 
red before y kinge, they happened on the 



place where it was wrytte, how Mardocheus 
had tolde, that the kynges two chaberlaynes 
(which kepte y tresholdes) sought to laie 
hondes on kinge Ahasuerus. And the kynge 
saide : What worshippe and good haue we 
done to Mardocheus therfore? Then sayde 
the kynges seruauntes that mynistred vnto 
him. There is nothinge done for him. And 
the kynge sayde : Who is in y courte ? (for 
Aman was gone in to y courte without before 
y kinges house, y he might speake vnto y 
kinge to hange Mardocheus on f tre, y he 
had prepared for him.) And the kinges 
seruauntes saide vnto him : Beholde, Aina 
stodeth in the courte. The kynge saide : Let 
him come in. And wha Ama came in, f 
kinge saide vnto him : What shal be done 
vnto y ma, whom the kynge wolde fayne 
brynge vnto worshippe ? But Hama thought 

his hert: Whom shulde the kynge els be 
glad to brynge vnto worshippe, but me ? And 
Aman sayde vnto the kynge : Let the man 
vnto whom the kynge wolde be glad to do 
worshippe, be broughte hither, that he maye 
be araied with the royall garmentes which the 
kynge vseth to weere : and the horse that the 
kynge rydeth vpon, and that the crowne royall 
maye be set vpon his heade. And let this 
rayment and horse be delyuered vnder the 
hande of one of the kynges prynces, that he 
maye araye the man withall (whom the kynge 
wolde fayne honoure) and cary him vpon the 
horse thorow the strete of the cite, and cause 
it to be proclamed before him : Thus shal it 
be done to euery man, whom the kynge wolde 
fayne honoure. 

The kynge sayde : Make haist, and take 
(as thou hast sayde) the raymet and the horse, 
and do euen so with Mardocheus y Iewe that 
sitteth before the kynges gate, and let nothinge 
fayle of all that thou hast spoken. Then toke 
Aman the rayment and the horse, and arayed 
him, and broughte him on horszbacke thorow 
the strete of the cite, and proclamed before 
him : Euen thus shall it be done vnto euery 
man whom the kynge is disposed to honoure 
And Mardocheus came agayne to the kynges 
gate, but Aman gat him home in all the haist 
mournynge with bare heade, and tolde Seres 
his wyfe and all his frendes, euery thynge that 
had happened him. Then sayde his wise men 
and Seres his wyfe vnto him : Yf it be Mar 
docheus of the sede of the Iewes, before who 



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thou hast begonne to fall, thou canst do 
nothynge vnto him, but shalt fall before him. 
Whyle they were yet talkynge with him, came 
the kynges chamberlaynes, and caused Aman 
to make haist to come vnto the bancket that 
Hester had prepared. 

Cfie bij. Chapter. 

AND whan the kynge and Aman came to 
the bancket that quene Hester had 
prepared, the kynge sayde vnto Hester on the 
seconde daye whan he had dr5ken wyne : 
What is thy peticion quene Hester, that it 
maye be geuen the? And what requyrest 
thou? Yee axe euen halfe of the empyre, 
and it shal be done. Hester y quene answered 
and sayde : Yf I haue founde grace in thy 
sighte (O kynge) and yf it please the kynge, 
then graunte me my lyfe at my desyre and 
my people for my peticions sake : for we are 
solde to be destroyed, to be slayne, and to 
perishe. And wolde God we were solde to be 
bondmen and bondwemen, then wolde I holde 
my tonge, so shulde not the enemye be so hye 
to the kynges harme. The kynge Ahasuerus 
spake (j saide vnto quene Hester : What is he 
that ? Or where is he y darre presume in his 
mynde to do soch a thinge after that maner ? 
Hester sayde : The enemye and aduersary is 
this wicked Aman. 

As for Ama, he was exceadingly afraied 
before y kynge <j y quene. And the kynge 
arose fro the bancket j fro y wyne in his dis- 
pleasure, and wente in to the palace garden. 
And Aman stode vp, and besoughte quene 
Hester for his life : for he sawe y there was 

mischauce prepared for him of the kynge 
allready. 

And whan the kynge came agayne out of 
the palace garden in to y parler where they 
had eaten, Aman had layed him vpon the bed 
that Hester sat vpon. Then saide the kinge : 
wyl he force the quene also besyde me in the 
house ? As soone as that worde wente out of 
the kynges mouth, they couered Amans face. 
And Harbona one of the chamberlaynes that 
stode before the kynge, sayde : Beholde, there 
stondeth a galowe in Amas house fiftie cubytes 
hye, which he had made for Mardocheus, that 
spake good for f kinge. The kynge sayde : 
Hange him theron. So they hanged Aman 
on the galowe that he had made for Mar- 
docheus. Then was the kynges wrath stylled. 



Cfie bttj. Chapter. 

THE same daye dyd kynge Ahasuerus 
geue the house of Aman the Iewes 
enemye, vnto quene Hester. And Mardo- 
cheus came before f kinge : for Hester tolde 
how that he beloged vnto her. And the 
kynge put of his fynger rynge, which he had 
taken from Aman, j gaue it vnto Mardocheus. 
And Hester set Mardocheus ouer the house 
of Aman. And Hester spake yet more before 
the kynge, and fell downe at his fete, & be- 
sought him, that he wolde put awaye the 
wyckednes of Aman the Agagite, and his 
deuice that he had ymagined against y Iewes. 
And the kynge helde out the golden cepter 
vnto Hester. Then rose Hester, and stode 
before the kynge, and sayde : Yf it please 
the kynge, and yf I haue foiide grace in his 
sight, 5 yf it be couenyent for the kinge, and 
yf it be accepted in his sighte, then let it be 
wrytte, y the letters of the deuyce of Ama 
the sonne of Amadathai the Agagite, maie 
be called agayne : which letters he wrote, to 
destroie y Iewes in all y- kynges lodes. For 
how can I se the euell that shal happe vnto 
my people? and how can I loke vpon the 
destruction of my kynred ? 

Then sayde y kynge Ahasuerus vnto quene 
Hester, and to Mardocheus the Iewe: Be- 
holde, I haue geuen Hester the house of 
Aman, & him haue they hanged vpon a tre, 
because he layed hade vpon y Iewes. Wryte 
ye now therfore for the Iewes, as it liketh you 
in the kynges name, and seale it with y kynges 
rynge (for the wrytinges that were wrytten in 
y kynges name, and sealed with the kynges 
rynge, durst no man dysanulle.) Then were 
the kynges scrybes called at the same tyme in 
the thirde moneth, that is the moneth Siuan, 
on the thre d twentieth daie. 

And it was wrytten (as Mardocheus co- 
maunded) vnto the Iewes and to the prynces, 
to the Debities and captaynes in the londes 
from India vntyll Ethiopia, namely, an hund- 
reth and seuen and twentye londes, vnto euery 
one acordinge to the wrytinge therof, vnto 
euery people after their speche, and to the 
Iewes acordinge to their wrytinge and language. 

And it was written in the kynge Ahasuerus 
name, and sealed with the kynges rynge. 
And by postes that rode vpon swyfte yonge 
Mules, sent he the wrytinges, wher in the 



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kynge graunted the Iewes (in what cities so 
euer they were) to gather them selues together, 
and to stonde for their lyfe, and for to rote 
out, to slaye, and to destroye all the power of 
the people and londe that wolde trouble them 
with children and wemen, and to spoyle their 
good vpon one daye in all the londes of kynge 
Ahasuerus, namely vpon the thirtenth daye of 
the twolueth moneth, which is the moneth 
Adar. 

The summe of the wrytinge was, how there 
was a c5maundement geuen in all londes to 
be published vnto all the people, that y Iewes 
shulde be ready agaynst that daye to auenge 
them selues on their enemies. And the postes 
that rode vpon the Mules, made haist with all 
spede, acordinge to the kynges worde : and 
the commaundement was deuysed in the castel 
of Susan. 

As for Mardocheus, he wente out from the 
kynge in royall apparell of yalow and whyte, 
and wyth a greate crowne of golde, beynge 
arayed with a garment of linnen and purple, 
and y cite of Susan reioysed & was glad : but 
vnto the Iewes there was come light and glad- 
nesse, & ioye (j worshippe. And in all londes 
and cities, in to what places so euer the kynges 
worde and commaundemet reached, there 
was ioye 5 myrth, prosperite and good dayes 
amonge the Iewes : in so moch that many of 
the people in the londe became of the Iewes 
beleue, for the feare of the Iewes came vpon 
them. 

Wi)t tr. Chapter. 

IN the twolueth moneth, that is the moneth 
Adar, vpon the thyrtenth daye, which the 
kinges worde and comaundement had ap- 
poynted, that it shulde be done, eue vpon f 
same daie y the enemies shulde haue destroyed 
the Iewes to haue oppressed them, it turned 
contrary wise, euen y the Iewes shulde subdue 
their enemies. Then gathered the Iewes 
together in their cities within all f londes of 
kynge Ahasuerus, to laye honde on soch as 
wolde do the euell, 5 no man coulde with- 
stonde them: for y feare of the was come ouer 
all people. And all the rulers in the londes, 
and prynces and Debities, and officers of the 
kinge promoted the Iewes: for the feare of 
Mardocheus came vp5 the. For Mardocheus 
was greate in the kynges house, 5 the reporte 
of him was noised in all lodes, how he increased 
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Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with 
a sore slaughter, and slewe and destroyed, j 
dyd after their wyll vnto soch as were their 
aduersaries. And at y castell of Susan slewe 
the Iewes and destroied fyue hudreth men: g 
slewe Parsandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Pora- 
tha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmastha, Arissai, 
Aridai, Vaiesatha, the ten sonnes of Aman y 
sonne of Amadathi f enemie of the Iewes : 
but on his goodes they layed no handes. At 
the same tyme was the kynge certified of the 
nombre of those that were slaine at the castell 
of Susan. And the kynge sayde vnto quene 
Hester: The Iewes haue slayne and destroyed 
fyue hudreth men at f castell of Susan, and 
the ten sonnes of Ama : What shal they do 
in the other londes of y kynge ? What is thy 
peticion, that it maye be geuen the ? & what 
requirest thou more to be done ? Hester 
sayde : Yf it please the kynge, let him suffre 
the Iewes tomorow also to do acordinge vnto 
this dayes commaundement, that they maye 
hange Amans ten sonnes vpo f tre. And 
the kynge charged to do so, and the com 
maundement was deuysed at Susan, j Amans 
ten sonnes were hanged. And the Ie\ 
gathered the selues together at Susan, vpon 
the fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar, and 
slewe thre hundreth men at Susan, but on 
their goodes they laied no hades. 

As for the other Iewes in the kynges lodes, 
they came together, & stode for their lyues, 5 
gatt rest fro their enemies : and slewe of their 
enemies fyue and seuentye thousande, hovv- 
beit they layed no hondes on their goodes. 
This was done on the thirteth daie of the 
moneth Adar, and on the fourtenth daye of 
the same moneth rested they, which (daye) 
they ordeyned to be a daye of feastinge and 
gladnesse. But the Iewes at Susan were come 
together both on the thyrtenth daye and on 
the fourtenth, and on the fyftenth daye they 
rested, and the same daye ordeyned they to 
be a daye of feastinge j gladnes. Therfore 
the Iewes that dwelt in the vyllages and vn- 
walled townes, ordeyned f fourtenth daye of 
the moneth Adar, to be a daye of feastinge 
and gladnes, and one sent giftes vnto another. 

And Mardocheus wrote these actes, and 
sent the writinges vnto all the Iewes y were 
in all y londes of kynge Ahasuerus, both nye 
and farre, that they shulde yearly receaue and 
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moneth Adar, as the daies wherin y Iewes 
came to rest from their enemies, 5 as a moneth 
wherin their payne was turned to ioye, and 
their sorowe in to prosperite : that they shulde 
obserue the same as dayes of wealth and 
gladnes, and one to sende giftes vnto another, 
I to distribute vnto the poore. 

And the Iewes receaued it that they had 
begonne to do, and that Mardocheus wrote 
vnto them: how that Aman the sonne of 
Amadathai all f Iewes enemye, had deuysed 
to destroye all the Iewes, and caused the lot 
to be cast for to put them in feare, and to 
brynge them to naughte : and how Hester 
wente and spake to the kynge, that thorow 
letters his wicked deuyce (which he ymagyned 
agaynst the Iewes) might be turned vpon his 
awne heade, and how he and his sonnes were 
hanged on the tre. For the which cause they 
called this daye Purim after the name of 
the lot, acordynge to all y wordes of this 
wrytinge : and what they the selues had sene, 
and what had happened vnto them. 

And the Iewes set it vp, and toke it vpon 
them and their sede, and vpon all soch as 
ioyned themselues vnto them, that they wolde 
not mysse to obserue these two dayes yearly, 
acordynge as they were wrytte and appoynted, 
how y these dayes are not to be forgotten, but 
to be kepte of childers children amoge all 
kynreds in all londes and cities. They are 
the dayes of Purim, which are not to be ouer- 



slipte amonge the Iewes, and the memoriall 
of them oughte not to perishe from their sede. 
And quene Hester the daughter of Abihail 
and Mardocheus the Iewe, wrote with all auc- 
torite, to confirme this seconde wrytinge of 
Purim, and sent the letters vnto all the Iewes 
in the hundreth and seuen and twentye 
londes of y empyre of Ahasuerus, with frendly 
and faithfull wordes, to confirme these dayes 
of Purim, in their tyme appoynted, acord- 
ynges as Mardocheus the Iewe and Hester the 
quene had ordeined cocernynge them : lyke 
as they vpon their soule and vpon their sede 
had cofirmed the actes of the * fastinges and 
of hir coplainte. And Hester comaunded to 
stablish these actes of this Purim, and to wryte 
them in a boke. 

Che r. Cfiaptcv. 

AND the kynge Ahasuerus layed tribute 
vpon the londe, and vpon the lies of 
the See. As for all y worke of his power and 
auctoryte, and f greate worshippe of Mardo- 
cheus, which the kynge gaue him, beholde, it 
is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of 
Media g Persia, For Mardocheus the lew* 
was the seconde nexte vnto kynge Ahasuerus. 
and greate amonge y Iewes, and accepted 
amonge the multitude of his brethren, as one 
y seketh the welth of his people, and speaketh 
the best for all his sede. 



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Cfiap. I. II. 

The prosperite of lob, and how God geueth Satan 
power ouer his body ad goodes, which he is 
content withall. 

Ci»ap. III. 

The flesh can not suffre : and here is described 
the vnpacient man, that grudgeth agaynst the 
iudgment of God. 

Crjap. UN. 
lobs frendes comforte him, and geue his synnes 
the blame of his punyshmet. 

Cfjap. V. 
That no man is without synne. A prayse ofT the 
allmightynesse and louynge kyndnesse of God. 

Cljap. VI. 
lob excuseth his owne vnpacience, layeth ypo- 
crysie to his fredes charge, ad sayeth they are 
but dyssemblers. 

Cljap. VII. 
A frendly contencion that lob maketh with God, 
shewinge themyserable life andtrauayle of man. 

Crjap. VIII. 
Baldad reproueth lob. The nature of ypocrytes. 

CI)ap. IX. 
All men are synners in the sight of God, and 
rightuousnesse commeth only of him. He pu- 
nysheth also whom he will. 

Cijap. X. 
No man is without synne, nether maye eny man 
escape the honde of God. 

€f)ap. XI. 
Sophar reproueth lob of synne : and for so moch 
as no man maye withstonde God, he byddeth 
him be paciet. 



Cfiap. XII. 
All thinges come off the mightie ordinaunce of 
God. The wicked haue better dayes then the 
godly. 

Cljap. XIII. 
lob speaketh as he thinketh, reproueth the ypo- 
crysy of his frendes, and c5mendeth the wis- 
dome of God. 

Cf)ap. XIIII. 
The miserable life off man. 

Cfjap. XV. XVI. 
No man is innocet before God. The conuersacion 
of the vngodly. 

Cljap. XVII. 
lob declareth his mysery. 

C^ap. XVIII. 

Baldad reproueth lob as vngodly, and sheweth the 
. punyshment off the wicked. 

Cljap. XIX. 

lob sheweth his miserable estate, and reproueth 

his frendes, in that they increace his payne. 

Cr;ap. XX. 
Punysmentofftheproude, vngodly and ypocrytes. 

Cf)ap. XXI. 
Wicked men haue prosperite in this worlde. God 
punysheth acordinge to his owne will. 

Cijap. XXII. 
They tell lob, that is punyshment commeth for 
his synnes. 

Cljap. XXIII. XXIIII. 

lob defendeth his innocecy. 

Cljap. XXV. 
No ma is innocet before God. 



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Chap. XXVI. 

lob mocketh his fredes, because they go aboute 
to proue the thynge, that he denieth not. The 
power of God. 

Chap. XXVII. 

God punysheth vs not acordinge to oure merites, 
but is mercifull and spareth euen the vngodly. 
Agayne, he chasteneth the most righteous (as 
lob was) with aduersite. 

Chap. XXVIII. 
The wisdome ad foreknowlege of God. 

C&ap. XXIX. 

The prosperite that lob was in afore. His inno- 
cency and good dedes. 

Chap. XXX. 
He complayneth of his mysery : how the igno- 
raunt and symple people laugh him to scorne. 

Chap. XXXI. 

He rehearseth his innocet life. 

Chap. XXXII. 

lobs frendes are angrie, and forsake him. 



Chap. XXXIII. 
God punysheth for synne, yet heareth he a meke 
prayer. 

Chap. XXXIIII. 

lob withst5deth the wordes of them, which saye, 
that the wicked only are punyshed. 

Chap. XXXV. 

lob is reproued, for holdinge himself rightuous. 

Chap. XXXVI 

An argument, that God punisheth no man, excepte 
he haue deserued it. 

Chap. XXXVII. 

The power of God is here descrybed. lob is 
reproued. 

Chap. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. 

The foreknowlege and wisdome of God. 

Chap. XLII 

lobs frendes are reproued, and he himself is re- 
stored to his prosperite agayne. 



€h« first Chapter. 

IN the l5de of Hus a there was a man called 
lob : an innocent and vertuous man, soch 
one as feared God, and eschued euell. This 
man had* vij. sonnes, and iij. doughters. His 
substaunce was vij. M. shepe, iij. M. camels, 

C. yock of oxen, v. C. she asses, and a very 
greate housholde : so y he was one of the most 
principall men amoge all them of the east 
countre. His sonnes now wente on euery 
man, and made banckettes : one daye in one 
house, another daye in another, and sent for 
their iij. sisters, to eate & drinke with them. 
So when they had passed ouer the tyme of 
their banckettinge rounde aboute, lob sent 
for them, and clensed them agayne, stode vp 
early, and offred for euery one a bretofferinge. 
For lob thought thus : peraduenture my sonnes 
haue done some offence, and haue bene vn- 
thankfull to God in their hertes. And thus 
dyd lob euery daye. 

c Now vpon a tyme, when the seruauntes of 
God came and stode before the LORDE, 



Gen. 22. d. 



lob 42. c. 



Sathan came also amonge them. And the 
LORDE sayde vnto Sathan : From whence 
commestthou ? Sathan answered the LORDE, 
and sayde : I haue gone aboute the lode, rf and 
walked thorow it. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto Satha: hast 
thou not considered my seruaunt lob, how 
that he is an innocet and vertuous ma : soch 
one as feareth God, and eschueth euell, and 
that there is none like him in the londe? 
Sathan answered, and sayde vnto the LORDE : 
Doth lob feare God for naught? hast thou 
not preserued him, his house, and all his sub- 
staunce on euery syde ? hast thou not blessed 
the workes of his hondes? Is not his pos- 
session encreaced in the londe? But laye 
thyne honde vpo him a litle, touch once all 
that he hath, and (I holde) he shall curse the 
to thy face. And the LORDE sayde vnto 
Sathan : lo all that he hath, be in thy power : 
only vpon him self se that thou laye not thine 
honde. Then wente Sathan forth from the 
LORDE. 

Now vpon a certayne daye when his sonnes 



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and doughters were eatinge, and drynkinge 
wyne in their eldest brothers house, there 
came a messaunger vnto lob, and sayde: 
Whyle the oxen were a plowinge, and the 
Asses goinge in the pasture besyde them : the 
Sabees came in violetly, and toke them all 
awaye: yee they haue slayne the seruauntes 
with the swearde, and I only ranne my waye, 
to tell the. 

And whyle he was yet speakynge, there 
came another, and sayde : The fyre of God is 
fallen from heauen, it hath consumed u bret 
vp all the shepe and seruauntes : and I only 
ranne my waye, to tell the. In the meane 
season whyle he was yet speakinge, there came 
another, and sayde : The Caldees made thre 
armies, and fell in vpon the camels, which 
they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne the 
seruauntes with the swearde : and I only am 
gotte awaye, to tell the. Whyle he was 
speakinge, there came yet another, ad sayde : 
Thy sonnes and doughters were eatinge ad 
drynkinge wyne in their eldest brothers house, 
ad sodenly there came a mightie greate wynde 
out off the South, and smote the iiij. corners 
of the house : which fell vpon thy children, so 
that they are deed : and I am gotten awaye 
alone, to tell the. 

Then lob stode vp, and rente his clothes 
shaued his heade, fell downe vpon the groiide, 
worshipped, and sayde : " Naked came I out of 
my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne 
thither agayne. * The LORDE gaue, and the 
LORDE hath taken awaye (the LORDE 
hath done his pleasure) now c blessed be f 
name off the LORDE. In all these thinges 
dyd lob not offende, ner murmured foolishly 
agaynst God. 

Che ij. Chapter. 

IT happened also apon a tyme, rf that when 
the seruauntes of God came a stode before 
the LORDE, Sathan came also amonge them, 
and stode before him. And the LORDE 
sayde vnto Sathan : From whence commest 
thou? Sathan answered and sayde : e I haue 
gone aboute the lode, and walked thorow it. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto Sathan: 
Hast thou not considered my seruaunt lob, 
how that he is an innocent 5 vertuous man 
soch one as feareth God, and eschueth euell, 



"Eccls. 5. c. lTim.6. 
Psal. 112. a. Iob2.b. 



h Eccli. 40. b. 
lob 1. b. 



Gen. 3. d. 
1 Pe. 5. b. 



and that there is none like him in the londe ? 
But thou mouedest me agaynst him, to punysh 
him : yet is it in vayne, for he contynueth still 
in his godlynesse. 

Sathan answered the LORDE, and sayde : 
Skynne for skynne ? yee a man will geue all 
y euer he hath, for his life. But laye thine 
honde vpon him, touch him once vpon the 
bone and flesh, and (I holde) he shall curse 
the to thy face. Then sayde the LORDE 
vnto Satha : lo, there hast thou him in thy 
power, but spare his life. 

So wente Sathan forth from the LORDE, 
and smote lob with maruelous sore byles, from 
the sole off the fote vnto his crowne : so that 
he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes, and 
scraped of the etter off his sores with a 
potsherde. 

Then sayde his wife vnto him : •''Dost thou 
yet cotynue in thy perfectnesse ? curse God, 5 
dye. But lob sayde vnto her : Thou speakest 
like a foolish woma. Seinge we haue re- 
ceaued prosperite at the honde of God, wher- 
fore shulde we not be content with aduersite 
also ? *Tn all these thinges, dyd not lob synne 
with his lippes. 

Now when lobs frendes herde of all f 
trouble, that happened vnto him, there came 
thre off them, euery one from his owne place : 
namely, Eliphas the Themanite, Baldad the 
Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. 

For they were agreed together to come, to 
shewe their compassion vpon him, and to 
comforte him. So when they lifte vp their 
eyes a farre off, they knewe him not. 

Then they cried, and wepte: then euery 
one off them rente his clothes, and sprynckled 
dust vpon their heades in the ayre. They sat 
them downe by him also vpon the grounde, 
vij. dayes and vij. nightes. Nether was there 
eny of them that spake one worde vnto him, 
for they sawe that his payne was very greate. 

Che it). Chapter. 

AFTER this opened lob his mouth, and 
cursed his daye, and sayde : ''lost be that 
daye, wherin I was borne : and the night, in 
the which it was sayde : there is a manchilde 
conceaued. The same daye be turned to 
darcknesse, and not regarded of God from 
aboue, nether be shyned vpo with light : but 

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be couered with darcknesse, and the shadowe 
of death. Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it, 
and let it be lapped in with sorowe. Let the 
darckstorme ouercome y night, let it not be 
reckened amonge the dayes off the yeare, ner 
counted in the monethes. Despysed be that 
night, and discommended : let them that curse 
the daye, geue it their curse also, euen those 
that be ready to rayse vp Leuiathan. Let 
the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it. 
Let it loke for light, but let it se none, nether 
the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge : be- 
cause it shut not vp the wombe that bare me, 
ner hyd these sorowes fro myne eyes. 

Alas, why dyed I not in f byrth ? " Why 
dyd not I perysh, as soone as I came out of 
my mothers wobe ? Why set they me vpo yir 
knees ? Why gaue they me suck with their 
brestes ? Then shulde I now haue lyen still, 
I shulde haue slepte, and bene at rest : like as 
the kynges ad lordes of y earth, which buylde 
them selues speciall places : As the prynces 
that haue greate substaunce of golde, j their 
houses full of syluer. O that I vtterly had no 
beynge, or were as a thlge borne out of tyme 
(that is put asyde) ether as yonge children, 
which neuer sawe the light. There must the 
wicked ceasse from their tyranny, there soch 
as are ouerlaboured, be at rest: there are 
those letten out fre, which haue bene in 
preson, so that they heare nomore the voyce 
of the oppressoure : There are small and greate : 
the bonde man, and he that is fre fro his master. 

Wherfore is the light geuen, to him that is 
m mysery? and life vnto them, that haue 
heuy hertes ? (Which longe for death, and 
it commeth not : for yf they might fynde their 
graue, they wolde be maruelous glad, as those 
that dygge vp treasure) To the man whose 
waye is hyd, which God kepeth backe from him. 

This is the cause, that I syghe before I 
eate, and my roaringes fall out like a water 
floude. For the thynge that I feared, is come 
pon me : and the thynge that I was afrayed 
of, is happened vnto me. Was I not happy n 
Had I not quyetnesse ? Was I not in rest ? 
And now commeth soch mysery vpon me. 

Che iit). Chapter. 

THEN answered Eliphas of Theman and 
sayde vnto him: Yf we begynne to 
comon with the, peradueture thou wilt be mys- 

"Iere.20. d. 6 Tob.2.d. ' Gala. 6. a. d Dan. 1 



content, but who can witholde himself from 

akynge ? Beholde, thou hast bene a teacher 
of many, and hast comforted the weery hondes. 

Thy wordes haue set vp those that were 
fallen, thou hast refresshed the weake knees. 
But now that the plage is come vpon the, 
thou shreckest awaye : now that it hath 
touched thyself, thou art faint harted. * Where 
is now thy feare of God, thy stedfastnesse, thy 
pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy life? 
Considre (I praye the) who euer peryshed, 
beynge an innocent? Or, when were the 
godly destroyed ? c As for those that plowe 
wickednesse (as I haue sene myself) and sowe 
myschefe, they reape y same. For whe God 
bloweth vpon them, they perysh, and are de- 
stroyed thorow the blast of his wrath. The 
roaringe of the lyon, the cryenge off the 
lyonesse, (j y teth off y lyos whelpes are broke, 
The greate lyon perysheth, because he ca get 
no pray and the lyons whelpes are scatred 
abrode. 

There is spoken vnto me a thynge in coun- 
cell, which hath geuen a terrible sounde in 
myne eare, with a vision in the night, d when 
men are fallen a slepe. Soch feare and drede 
came vpo me, that all my bones shoke. And 
when the wynde passed ouer by me, the hayres 
of my flesh stode vp. 

Then stode there one before me, whose face 
I knewe not: an ymage there was, and the 
wether was still, so that I herde this voyce : 
Maye a man be iustified before God ? e Maye 
there eny man be iudged to be clene, by rea 
son of his owne workes? Beholde, he hath 
founde vnfaythfulnesse amonge his owne ser 
uauntes, and proude disobedience amonge his 



How moch more the shal they (that dwell 
in houses of claye, whose foundacion is but 
earth) be moth eaten ? They shalbe destroyed 
from the mornynge vnto the euenynge : yee 
they shall perish, or euer they be awarre : and 
be taken awaye so clene, that none of th 
shall remayne, but be deed, or euer they be 
awarre off it. 

Qfyt b. CfjapUr. 

NAME me one els, yf thou canst fynde 
eny : yee loke aboute the, vpon eny of 
the holy men. As for the foolish man dis 
pleasure kylleth him, and anger slayeth y 

e lob 25. a. Psal. 142. a. Rom. 3. b. lob 15. b. 2 Pe. 2.d. 



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ignoraunt. °I haue sene my self, when the 
foolish was depe roted, that his bewty was 
sodely destroyed : that his children were with- 
out prosperite or health : that they were slayne 
in the dore, and no ma to delyuer them: 'that 
his haruest was eaten vp off the hungrie : that 
the weapened man had spoyled it, and that 
the thurstie had droncke vp his riches. It is 
not the earth that bryngeth forth trauayle, 
nether commeth sorow out of f groiide : but 
it is man, that is borne vnto mysery, like as 
the byrde for to fie. 

But now will I speake off the LORDE, 
and talke of God: which doth thinges, that 
are vnsearcheable, c and marueles without no- 
bre : Which geueth rayne vp5 the earth, and 
poureth water vpon all thinges : which setteth 
vp them of lowe degre, and sendeth pros- 
perite, to those that are in heuynesse : Which 
destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, d so that 
they are not able to perfourme the thynges 
that they take in hode: which compaseth y 
wyse in their owne craftynesse, and ouer- 
troweth the councell of the wicked: c In so 
moch that they runne in to darcknesse by 
fayre daye, and grope aboute them at the 
noone daye, like as in the night. 

^And so he delyuereth the poore from the 
swearde, from their mouth, and from the hode 
of the cruell : that the poore maye haue hope, 
5 that the mouth of the oppressoure maye be 
stopped. 

Beholde, «happie is the man, whom God 
punysheth : therfore, despyse not thou f chas- 
tenynge of the Allmighty. For though he 
make a wounde, he geueth a medicyne agayne : 
though he smyte, his honde maketh whole 
agayne. 

He delyuereth the out of sixe troubles, so 
that in the seuenth there can no harme touch 
the. In the myddest of honger he saueth y 
from death: and when it is warre, from the 
power of the swearde. 

He shall kepe the from the perlous tonge 
so that when trouble commeth, thou shalt not 
nede to feare. ''In destruccion and derth 
thou shalt be mery, and shalt not be afrayed 
for the beastes of the earth : But the castels in 
the londe shal be confederate with the, u the 
beastes of the felde shall geue the peace : 



" Psal. 36. d. ' Deu. 28. d. c Deu. 28. b. Eccll. 10. c. 
Lu. 1. d. Ps. 144. b. 146. a. 1 Re. 2. b. <* Esa. 8. c. 

1 Cor. 3. c. Psal. 32. b. ' Deu. 28. c. / Psal. 10. a. 



Yee thou shalt se, that thy dwellynge place 
shalbe in rest: thou shalt beholde thy sub' 
staunce, and be nomore punyshed for synne. 
Thou shalt se also, that thy sede shall en- 
creace, and that thy posterite shalbe as the 
grasse vpon the earth. Thou shalt come to 
thy graue in a fayre age, like as y corne 
sheeues are brought in to the barne in due 
season. Lo, this is the matter, as we oure selues 
haue proued by experience. Therfore now 
that thou hearest it, take better hede to thyselff. 

€!)£ bt. Chapter. 

I OB answered, and sayde : O that my misery 
weere weyed, and my punyshment layed 
in the balaunces : for then shulde it be heuyer, 
then the sonde of the see. This is the cause, 
that my wordes are so soroufull. 

For the allmighty hath shott at me with 
his arowes, whose indignacion hath droncke 
vp my sprete, and y terrible feares of God 
fight agaynst me. Doth the wilde asse roare 
when he hath grasse? 'Or crieth the oxe, 
whe he hath fodder ynough ? Maye a thynge 
be eaten vnseasoned, or without salt ? What 
taist hath y whyte within the yoke an egg r 
The thinges that some tyme I might not 
awaye withall, are now my meate for very 
sorow. O that I might haue my desyre : O 
y God wolde graunte me the thynge, that I 
longe for : That he wolde begynne and smyte 
me : that he wolde let his honde go, cj hew me 
downe. The shulde I haue some coforte : 
yee I wolde desyre him in my payne, that he 
shulde not spare, for I will not be agaynst f 
wordes of the holy one. 

What power haue I to endure ? Or what 
is myne ende, that my soule might be paciet ? 
Is my strength the strength of stones ? Or, 
is my flesh made of brasse ? Am I able to 
helpe my self? Is not my strength gone fro me, 
like as yf one withdrewe a good dede from his 
frende, and forsoke the feare of God ? Myne 
owne brethren passe ouer by me as the water- 
broke, that hastely runneth thorow y valleys. 
* But they that feare the horefrost, the snowe 
shal fall vpon them. 

When their tyme cometh, they shalbe de- 
stroyed and perishe : and when they be set on 
fyre, they shalbe remoued out of their place, 



e Pro. 3. b. 1 Pet. 4. c. Heb. 12. a. Osee 6. a. * Psal. 
' Amos 3. a. * Esa. 66. a. 



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for the pathes f they go in, are croked : they 
haist after vayne thinges, and shal perish. 
Considre the pathes off Theman, 5 the wayes 
off Saba, wherin they haue put their trust. 
Confounded are they, that put eny cofidence 
in them : For whe they came to opteyne the 
thynges that they loked for, they were brought 
to confucion. 

Eue so are ye also come vnto me : but now 
that ye se my mysery, ye are afrayed. Dyd I 
desyre you, to come hyther ? Or, to geue me 
eny off youre substaunce? To delyuer me 
from the enemies honde, or to saue me from 
the power off the mightie ? Teach me and I 
will holde my tonge : and. yf I do erre, shewe 
me wherin. 

Wherfore blame ye then the wordes, that 
are well and truly spoken ? which of you can 
reproue them ? Sauynge only that ye are 
sotyll to check mens sayenges, and can speak 
many wordes in the wynde. Ye fall vpon the 
fatherlesse, ad go aboute to ouerthrowe youre 
owne frende. Wherfore loke not only vpon 
me, but vpon youre selues : whether I lye, or 
no. Turne in to youre owne selues (I praye 
you) be indifferent iudges, and considre myne 
vngyltinesse : whether there be eny vnright- 
uousnesse in my tonge, or vayne wordes in 
my mouth. 

Che brj. Chapter. 

IS not the life off ma vpon earth a very 
batayll ? Are not his dayes, like the 
dayes of an hyred seruaunte ? For like as a 
bonde seruaunt desyreth the shadowe, and as 
an hyrelinge wolde fayne haue an ende of his 
worke : Euen so haue I laboured whole 
monethes longe (but in vayne) and many a 
carefull night haue I tolde. When I layed 
me downe to slepe, I sayde : " O when shal I 
ryse ? Agayne, I longed sore for the night. 
Thus am I full off sorowe, till it be darcke. 
My flesh is clothed with wormes, fylthinesse 
and dust : my skynne is wythered, and 
rompled together: *my dayes passe ouer 
more spedely, the a weeuer can weeue out his 
webbe, and are gone, or I am awarre. O 
remembre, that my life is but a wynde, ad 
that myne eye shal nomore se the pleasures 
therof, yee and that none other mans eye shall 
se me eny more. For yf thou fasten thine 
eyes vpon me, I come to naught, like as a 

Deu. 28. g. » lob 9. c. 14. a. c Dan. 2. a. 



cloude is cosumed and vanyshed awaye, euen 
so he that goeth downe to hell, commeth no- 
more vp, ner turneth agayne in to his house, 
nether shall his place knowe him eny more. 

Therfore I will not spare my mouth, but 
will speake in the trouble of my sprete, in f 
bytternesse of my mynde will I talke. Am I 
a see or a whalfysh, that thou kepest me so in 
preson ? When I thynke : my bedd shall 
comforte me, I shall haue some refresshinge 
by talkynge with myself vpon my couche : 
lhe troublest thou me with dreames, ad 
makest me so afrayed thorow visions, that my 
soule wyssheth rather to be hanged, and my 
bones to be deed. 

I can se no remedy, I shall lyue nomore : 

spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne. 
^What is man, that thou hast him in soch 
reputacion, and settest so moch by him? 
Thou takest diligent care for him, and sodely 
doest thou trye him. 

Why goest thou not fro me, ner lettest me 
alone, so longe till I swalow downe my spetle? 

1 haue offended, what shal I do vnto y, O 
thou preseruer off men? Why hast thou 
made me to stonde in thy waye, and am so 
heuy a burden vnto my self ? Why doest thou 
not forgeue me my synne ? Wherfore takest 
thou not awaye my wickednesse ? Beholde, 
now must I slepe in the dust : and yff thou 
sekest me tomorow in the mornynge, I shalbe 
gone. 

Che btrj. Chapter. 

THEN answered Baldad the Suhite, and 
sayde: How longe wilt thou talke of 
soch thinges ? how longe shal thy mouth 
speake so proude wordes? Doth God per- 
uerte the thinge that is laufull? Or, doth 
the Allmightie destroye the thynge that is 
right ? e Whe thy sonnes synned agaynst him, 
dyd not he punysh the for their wickednesse ? 
Yff thou woldest now resorte vnto God by 
tymes, -^and make thine humble prayer to y 
Allmightie : yf thou woldest lyue a pure and 
a godly life : shulde he not wake vp vnto the 
immediatly, g geue the the bewtie of right- 
uousnesse agayne ? In so moch, that where I 
so euer thou haddest litle afore, thou shuldest 
now haue greate abundaunce. Enquere of 
them that haue bene before the, search dili- 
gently amonge thy forefathers : Namely, y we 

Matt. 6. c. Deu. 8. a. Gen. 22. a. 'Iobl.c. /Deu.30.a.| 



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are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that 
oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow. 
" They shall shewe the, they shall tell the, yee 
they will gladly confesse the same. 

Maye a resshe be grene without moystnesse? 
maye the grasse growe without water ? No : 
but (or euer it be shot forth, and or euer it be 
gathered) it wythereth, before eny other herbe. 
Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget 
God: and euen thus also shal the ypocrytes 
hope come to naught. His confidence shalbe 
destroyed, for he trusteth in a spyders webbe. 

He leeneth him vpo his house, but he shal 
not stonde: he holdeth him fast by it, yet 
shal he not endure. Oft tymes a thinge doth 
florish, and men thynke that it maye abyde 
the Sonneshyne: it shuteth forth the braunches 
in his garden, it taketh many rotes, in so 
moch that it is like an house off stones. But 
yf it be taken out off his place, euery man 
denyeth it, sayenge : I knowe the not. Lo, 
thus is it with him, that reioyseth in his owne 
doinges : and as for other, they growe out of 
the earth. 

Beholde, God will not cast awaye a vertuous 
man, nether wil he helpe the vngodly. Thy 
mouth shall he fyll with laughynge, ad thy 
lyppes with gladnesse. They that hate the, 
shalbe confounded, & y dwellinges of y vngodly 
shal come to naught. 

Cfie tr. Chapter. 

I OB answered, and sayde: *As for y I 
knowe it is so of a treuth, y a man com- 
pared vnto God, can not be iustified. Yf he 
wil argue with him, he shall not be able to 
answere him vnto one amonge a thousande. 
He is wyse of hert, and mightie in strength. 
Who euer prospered, that toke parte agaynst 
him ? He translateth the moutaynes, or euer 
they be awarre, & ouerthroweth them in his 
wrath. He remoueth the earth out of hir 
place, that hir pilers shake withall. He com- 
maundeth the Sone, & it ryseth not : he closeth 
vp the starres, as it were vnder a signet. He 
himself alone spredeth out f heauens, and 
goeth vpon the wawes of the see. He maketh 
the "waynes of heauen, the Orions, the *vij. 
starres and the secrete places of the south. 
He doth greate thinges, soch as are vnsearche- 
able, yee and wonders without nombre. 



» Psal. 142. a. Ro. 3. b. lob 4. b. 
25. a. « Amos 5. a. 



Yf he came by me, I might not loke vpo 
him: yf he wente his waye, I shulde not 
perceaue it. Yf he be haisty to take eny 
thinge awaye, who wil make him restore it 
agayne ? Who wil saye vnto him : what doest 
thou? d He is God, whose wrath no man 
maye withstode : but the proudest of all must 
stoupe vnder him. How shulde I then answere 
him? or, what wordes shulde I fynde out 
agaynst him? Yee though I be rightuous, 
yet will I not geue him one worde agayne, 
but mekely submytte my self to my iudge. 
All be it that I call vpon him, and he heare 
me, yet am I not sure, y he hath herde my 
voyce : he troubleth me so with the tempest, 
and woundeth me out of measure without a 
cause. He will not let my sprete be in rest, 
but fylleth me with bytternesse. 

Yf men will speake of strength, he is the 
strogest of all : yf me will speake of right- 
ousnes, who darre be my recorde ? yf I will 
iustifie my self, myne owne mouth shall 
codemne me : yf I will put forth my self for 
a perfecte man, he shal proue me a wicked 
doer : For that I shulde be an innocent, my 
coscience knoweth it not, yee I my self am 
weery off my life. 

This one thige wil I saye : e He destroyeth 
both the rightuous j vngodly. And though 
he slaye sodenly with the scourge, yet laugheth 
he at the punyshment of the innocent. As 
for the worlde, he geueth it ouer in to the 
power of the wicked, soch as the rulers be, 
wherof all londes are full. Is it not so? 
where is there eny, but he is soch one ? 

f My dayes haue bene more swifte, then a 
runner : they are gone sodenly, and haue sene 
no good thinge. They are passed awaye, as 
the shippes that be good vnder sale, and as 
the Aegle that haisteth to the pray. When I 
am purposed to forget my complayninges to 
chaunge my countenaunce, and to coforte my 
self: then am I afrayed of all my workes, for 
I knowe, thou fauourest not an euell doer. 
Yf I be then a wicked one, why haue I 
laboured in vayne? Though I wasshed my 
self with snowe water, and made myne hondes 
neuer so clene, yet shuldest thou dyppe me in 
f myre, % myne owne clothes shulde defyle 
me. For he y I must geue answere vnto, 
and with whom I go to lawe, is not a man as 



* Some call these seuen starres, the clock henne with hir 
chekens. d Eccls. 8. g. Iere. 10. a. 'Eccls. 9. a. /lob 7. a. 



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I am. Nether is there eny dayes man to 
reproue both the partes, or to laye his hode 
betwixte vs. Let him take his rod awaye fro 
me, yee let him make me nomore afrayed of 
him, and then shal I answere him without 
eny feare. For as longe as I am in soch 
fearfulnesse, I can make no answere : And 
why ? it greueth my soule to lyue. 

Ci)e r. Chapter. 

NEUERTHELESSE, now will I put 
forth my wordes : I wil speake out of 
the very heuynesse off my soule, and will saye 
vnto God : O do not condemne me, but shewe 
me the cause, wherfore thou iudgest me 
this maner. Thinkest thou it well done, to 
oppresse me, to cast me of (beinge a worke of 
thy hondes) and to manteyne the councell of 
the vngodly? Hast thou fieszshy eyes then 
or doest thou loke as man loketh ? Are thy 
dayes as the dayes of man, and thy yeares as 
mans yeares ? that thou makest soch inquisi- 
cion for my wickednesse, and searchest out 
my synne ? where as (notwithstondinge) thou 
knowest that I am no wicked person, & that 
there is no man able to delyuer me out of 
thine honde. "Thy hondes haue made me 
fashioned me altogether rounde aboute, wilt 
thou then destroye me sodely ? O remembre 
(I beseke the) how that thou madest me of 
the moulde of the earth, and shalt brynge me 
to earth agayne. 

Hast thou not milked me, as it were mylck: 
and turned me to cruddes like chese ? Thou 
hast couered me with skynne and flesh, and 
ioyned me together with bones (j synowes. 
Thou hast graunted me life, and done me 
good: and the diligent hede that thou tokest 
vpon me, hath preserued my sprete. 

Though thou hydest these thinges in thine 
hert, yet am I sure, that thou remembrest the 
all. Wherfore didest thou kepe me, when 
I synned, and hast not clensed me fro myne 
offence ? Yf I do wickedly, wo is me ther- 
fore : Yf I be rightuous, yet darre I not lift 
vp my heade : so full am I of confucion, and 
se myne owne misery. 

Thou huntest me out (beynge in heuynesse) 
as it were a Lyon, and troublest me out of 
measure. Thou bringest fresh witnesses E^gaynst 
me, thy wrath increasest thou vpon me, very 
many are the plages that I am in. Wherfore 



hast thou brought me* out of my mothers 
wombe? O that I had perished, 5 that 
eye had sene me. Yf they had caried me to 
my graue, as soone as I was borne, then shulde 
I be now, as though I had neuer bene. 

Shall not my short life come soone to an 
ende ? O holde the fro me, let me alone, that 
I maye ease myself a litle : afore I go thyther. 
from whence I shal not turne agayne : Namely, 
to that londe of darcknesse & shadowe of death: 
yee in to that darck clowdy londe & deadly 
shadowe, where as is no ordre, but terrible 
feare as in the darcknesse. 

€l)c rt. Chapter. 

THEN answered Sophar the Naamathite, 
and sayde : Shulde not he that maketh 
many wordes, be answered ? Shulde he that 
bableth moch, be commended therin ? Shulde 
men geue eare vnto the only? Thou wilt 
laugh other men to scorne, g shal no body 
mocke the agayne ? Wilt thou saye vnto God 
The thinge that I take in honde, is perfecte. 
a I am clene in thy sight ? O that God wolde 
speake, and open his lippes agaynst the, that 
he might shewe the (out of his secrete wysz 
dome) how manyfolde his lawe is: then shuldest 
thou knowe, that God had forgotten the, be- 
cause of thy synnes. 

Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge? 
wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the 
Allmightie? He is hyer the heaue, what 
wilt thou do ? Deper the hell, how wilt thou 
then knowe him ? His length exceadeth the 
length of the earth, and his bredth y- bredth 
of the see. Though he turne all thinges vp 
syde downe, close them in, or thrust the to- 
gether, who darre check him therfore ? 

For it is he, that knoweth the vanite of 
men: "he seyth their wickednesse also, shulde 
he not then considre it? A vayne body ex- 
alteth him self, and the sonne of man is like 
a wylde asses foale. Yf thou haddest now a 
right herte, & liftest vp thine hondes towarde 
him : yf thou woldest put awaye the wicked- 
nesse, which thou hast in honde, so that no 
vngodlynesse dwelt in thy house: Then 
mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame, 
the shuldest thou be sure, and haue no nede 
to feare. 

Then shuldest thou forget thy misery, and 
thynke nomore vpon it, then vpon the waters 



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that runne by. Then shulde thy life be as 
cleare as the noone daye, and sprynge forth 
as the mornynge. Then mightest thou haue 
comforth, in the hope that thou hast : (j slepe 
quyetly, when thou art buried. Then shuldest 
thou take thy rest, and no ma to make the 
afrayed, yee many one shulde set moch by the. 
As for the eyes of the vngodly, they shal be 
consumed, and not escape : their hope shalbe 
misery and sorow of rhynde. 

Cfje rtj. Chapter. 

SO lob answered, and sayde : Then (no 
doute) ye are the men alone, and wysz- 
dome shal perish with you. But I haue 
vnderstodinge as well as ye, and am no lesse 
then ye. Yee who knoweth not these thinges? 
Thus he that calleth vpo God, and whom God 
heareth, is mocked of his neghboure: the 
godly & innocent man is laughed to scorne. 
Godlynesse is a light despysed in y hertes of 
the rich, % is set for them to stomble vpon. 

The houses of robbers are in wealth and 
prosperite, g they that maliciously medle 
agaynst God, dwel without care : yee God 
geueth all thinges richely with his honde. 

Axe the catell, & they shal enfourme the : 
the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell f : 
Speake to the earth, and it shall shewe the : 
Or to the fyshes of the see, and they shal 
certifie the. What is he, but he knoweth, 
that y hode of the LORDE made all these ? 
"In whose honde is the soule of euery lyuynge 
thinge, and the breth of all men. Haue not 
the eares pleasure in hearinge, *and the mouth 
in tastinge the thinge that it eateth ? Amonge 
olde personnes there is wyszdome, and amonge 
the aged is vnderstodinge. Yee with God is 
wyszdome and strength, it is he that hath 
councell 5 foreknowlege. Yf he breake downe 
a thinge, who can set it vp agayne ? c Yf he 
shutt a thinge, who wil open it ? Beholde, yf 
he witholde the waters, they drye vp : Yf he 
let the go, they destroye the earth. With him 
is strength and wyszdome : he knoweth both 
the disceauer, and him that is disceaued. 

He carieth awaye the wyse men, as it were 
a spoyle, and bryngeth the iudges out of their 
wyttes. He lowseth the gyrdle of kynges, 
and gyrdeth their loynes with a bonde, he 
ledeth awaye the prestes in to captiuyte, and 



" Sap. 3. a. lob 34. a. 
Apo. 3. b. Esa. 50. a. 



b lob 32. d. 
d 2 Par. 18. 



Esa. 22. 
Eze. 14. 



turneth the mightie vp syde downe. ''He 
taketh the verite from out of the mouth, j 
disapoynteth y aged of their wyszdome. He 
poureth out confucion vpon prynces, and 
coforteth them that haue bene oppressed. 
Loke 'what lyeth hyd in darcknesse, he de- 
clareth it opely: and the very shadowe of 
death bringeth he to light. He both increaseth 
the people, and destroyeth them : He maketh 
them to multiplie, and dryueth them awaye. 
He chaungeth the herte of the prynces and 
kynges of the earth, and disapoynteth them : 
so that they go wadringe out of the waye, and 
grope in the darcke without light, stackeringe 
to and fro like droncken men. 

©fie yii). Cftapttr. 

LO, all this haue I sene with myne eye, 
herde with myne eare, (j vnderstonde it. 
Loke what ye knowe, that same do I knowe 
also, nether am I inferior vnto you. Neuer- 
thelesse I am purposed to talke with the All- 
mightie, and my desyre is to comon with God. 
As for you, ye are workmasters of lyes : and 
vnprofitable Phisicians alltogether. Wolde God 
ye kepte youre tonge, that ye might be taken 
for wyse men/ Therfore heare my wordes, and 
pondre the sentence of my lippes. Will ye make 
answere for God with lyes, and mateyne him 
with disceate ? Wil ye accepte f personne of 
God, and intreate for him? Shal that helpe you, 
when he calleth you to rekenynge ? Thynke 
ye to begyle him, as a man is begyled? 
Punysh you shall he and reproue you, yf ye 
do secretly accepte eny personne. Shall he 
not make you afrayed, when he sheweth him- 
self? Shal not his terrible feare fall vpo you 
youre remembraunce shalbe like the dust, (t 
youre pryde shalbe turned to claye. 

Holde youre tonges now, and let me speake 
for there is some thinge come in to my mynde 
Wherfore do I beare my flesh in my teth, and 
my soule in myne hondes? Lo, there is nether 
coforte ner hope for me, yf he wil slaye me 
' But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes 
in his sight, he is euen the same, that maketh 
me whole : and why? there maye no Ypocrite 
come before him, Heare my wordes, and 
pondre my sayenges with youre eares. Be- 
holde, though sentence were geuen vpon me 
I am sure to be knowne for vngilty. What is 

* Luc. 12. a. /Pro. 17. d. ffPsal.31.a. Luc. 15. c 



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he, that will go to la we with me ? For yf I 
holde my tonge, I shal dye. Neuerthelesse 
graunte me ij. thinges, and then will I not 
hyde my self from the. 

Withdrawe thine honde fro me, 5 let not 
the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed. 
And then sende for me to the lawe, y I maye 
answere for my self: or els, let me speake, and 
geue thou the answere. How greate are my 
myszdedes & synnes? Let me knowe my tras- 
gressions d offences. Wherfore hydest thou 
thy face, and holdest me for thine enemye ? 
Wilt thou be so cruell g extreme vnto a flyenge 
leaf, and folowe vpon drye stubble ? that thou 
layest so sharply to my charge, and wilt vtterly 
vndoo me, for y synnes of my yougth ? Thou 
hast put my fote in the stockes : a thou lokest 
narowly vnto all my pathes, (j marckest the 
steppes of my fete : where as I (notwithstond- 
nge) must consume like as a foixle carion, and 
as a cloth that is moth eaten. 

Che rtttj. Chapter. 

MAN that is borne of a woman, hath but 
a shorte tyme to lyue, and is full of 
dyuerse miseries. He cometh vp, and falleth 
awaye like a floure. He flyeth as it were a 
shadowe, and neuer continueth in one state. 
Thinkest thou it now well done, to open thine 
eyes vpon soch one, and to brynge me before 
the in iudgment? Who can make it cleane, 
that commeth of an vncleane thinge? No 
body. The dayes of man are shorte, y nombre 
of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. 
Thou hast apoynted him his boundes, he can 
not go beyonde them. Go from him, that he 
maye rest a litle : vntill his daye come, which 
he loketh for, like as an hyrelinge doth. 

Yf a tre be cutt downe, there is some hope 
yet, that it will sproute and shute forth the 
braunches againe : For though a rote be waxen 
olde and deed in the grounde, yet whe the 
stocke getteth the sent of water, it will budde, 
and brynge forth bowes, like as when it was 
first planted. But as for man, when he is 
deed, perished and consumed awaye, what 
becommeth of him? 6 The fioudes when they be 
dryed vp, j the ryuers when they be emptie, 
are fylled agayne thorow the flowinge waters 
of the see : c but when man slepeth, he ryseth 
not agayne, vntill the heauen perish : he shal 
not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe. O 

Psal. 24. c. lob 33. a. b Eccs. 1. a. c Esa. 51. b. 



that thou woldest kepe me, and hyde me in 
the hell, vntill thy wrath were stilled: j to 
appoynte me a tyme, wherin thou mightest 
remembre me. Maye a deed man lyue 
agayne ? d All the dayes of this my pilgrem- 
age am I lokynge, when my chaunginge shal 
come. Yf thou woldest but call me, I shulde 
obeie the : e only despyse not the worke of 
thine owne hondes. 

For thou hast nombred all my goynges, yet 
be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes. 
Thou hast sealed vp myne offences, as it were 
in a bagg : but be mercifull vnto my wicked- 
nesse. The mountaynes fall awaye at the last, 
the rockes are remoued out of their place, the 
waters pearse thorow the very stones by litle 
and litle, the fioudes waszshe awaye the gra- 
uell £ earth : Euen so destroyest thou the 
hope of man in like maner. Thou preuaylest 
agaynst him, so that he passeth awaye : thou 
chaungest his estate, and puttest him from 
the. Whether his children come to worshipe 
or no, he can not tell : And yf they be men of 
lowe degre, he knoweth not. Whyle he lyueth, 
his flesh must haue trauayle : and whyle the 
soule is in him, he must be in sorowe. 

Che rb. Cfiapter. 

THEN answered Eliphas the Themanite, 
and sayde: Shulde a wyse man geue 
soch an answere (as it were one that spake in 
the wynde) and fyll his stomacke with anger ? 
Thou reprouest with wordes, that are nothinge 
wroth: and speakest the thinges, which can 
do no good. As for shame, thou hast set it 
asyde, els woldest thou not make so many 
wordes before God : but thy wickednesse 
teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen 
the a craftie tonge. Thine owne mouth con- 
demneth the, and not I : yee thine owne 
lippes shappe the an answere. Art thou the 
first man, that euer was borne ? Or, wast thou 
made before the hylles ? hast thou herde the 
secrete councell of God, that all wyszdome is to 
litle for y ? What knowest thou, y we knowe 
not ? What vnderstondest thou, but we can the 
same ? With vs are olde and aged men, yee 
soch as haue lyued longer then thy forefathers. 
Dost thou nomore regarde the comforte of 
God? but thy wicked wordes wil not suffre 
the. Why doth thine herte make the so 
proude? Why stondest thou so greatly in 

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thine owne conceate ? Where vnto loke thine 
eyes, y thy mynde is so puft vp agaynst God 
& lettest soch wordes go out of thy mouth? 
What is man, that he shulde be vncleane? 
what hath he (which is borne of a woman) 
wherby he might be knowne to be rightuous ? 
Beholde, he hath founde vnfaithfulnesse 
amoge his owne sanctes : " yee the very hea- 
uens are vnclene in his sight. How moch 
more then an abhominable and vyle ma, 
which dryncketh wickednesse like water? I 
will tell the, heare me : I wil shewe the a 
thinge, that I knowe : which wyse men haue 
tolde, (j hath not bene hyd from their fathers: 
vnto whom only the londe was geuen, that no 
straunger shulde come amonge them. 

The vngodly despayreth all the dayes of 
his life, b j the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares 
is vnknowne. A fearfull sounde is euer in his 
eares, & when it is peace, yet feareth he de- 
struccion : He beleueth neuer to be delyuered 
out of darcknesse, the swearde is allwaye 
before his eyes. When he goeth forth to get 
his lyuinge, he thinketh planely, that the daye 
of darcknesse is at honde. Sorow and careful- 
nesse make him afrayed, & copasse him rounde 
aboute, like as it were a kinge with his hoost 
redy to the battayll. For he hath stretched 
out his honde agaynst God, (j armed himself 
agaynst y Allmightie. He runneth proudly 
vpon him, <j with a stiff necke fighteth he 
agaynst him : where as he couereth his face 
with fatnesse, and maketh his body well 
lykynge. Therfore shall his dwellynge be in 
desolate cities, 5 in houses which no ma in- 
habiteth, but are become heapes of stones. 

He shall not be rich, nether shall his sub- 
staunce continue, ner encrease vpon earth. 
He shal neuer come out of darcknesse, the 
flame shal drye vp his braunches, with y blast 
of the mouth of God shal he be take awaie. 
He wil nether applye himself to faithfulnes 
ner treuth, so sore is he disceaued with vanite. 

He shall perish, afore his tyme be worne 
out, and his honde shal not be grene. He 
shal be pluckte of as an vntymely grape from 
y vyne, and shal let his floure fall, as the olyue 
doth. For the congregacion of Ypocrites is 
vnfrutefull, g the fyre shal consume the houses 
of soch, as are gredy to receaue giftes. " He 
conceaueth trauayle, he beareth myschefe, & 
his body bryngeth forth disceate. 

' lob 4. b. 2 Pet. 2. d. » Gen. 4. b. 



Cfte tbt. Chapter. 

I OB answered, and sayde : I haue oft tymes 
herde soch thinges. Miserable geuers of 
comforte are ye, all the sorte of you. Shall 
not thy vayne wordes come yet to an ende ? 
Or, hast thou yet eny more to saye ? I coude 
speake, as ye do also. But wolde God, that 
youre soule were in my soules steade : then 
shulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you, and 
shake my heade at you. I shulde comforte 
you with my mouth, and release youre payne 
with y talkinge of my lyppes. But what shall 
I do ? For all my wordes, my sorow wil not 
ceasse : and though I holde my toge, yet wil 
it not departe fro me. And now that I 
full of payne, and all that I haue destroied 
(wherof my wryncles beare wytnesse) there 
stodeth vp a dyssembler to make me answere 
with lyes to my face. He is angrie at me, he 
hateth me, and gnassheth vpon me with his teth. 
Myne enemy skouleth vpon me with his eyes. 
They haue opened their mouthes wyde vpon 
me, rf and smytten me vpon the cheke despite- 
fully, they haue eased the selues thorow myne 
aduersite. God hath geuen me ouer to the 
vngodly, and delyuered me in to the hondes 
of y wicked. I was somtyme in wealth, but 
sodenly hath he brought me to naught. He 
hath taken me by the neck, he hath rente me, 
and set me, as it were a marck for him to 
shute at. He hath compased me rounde 
aboute with his dartes, he hath wounded my 
loynes, g not spared. My bowels hath he 
poured vpon the grounde. He hath geue me 
one wounde vpon another, and is falle vpon 
me like a giaunte. I haue sowed a sack cloth 
vpon my skynne, and lye with my strength in 
the dust. 

My face is swolle with wepinge, g myne 
3s are waxen dymme. Howbeit there is no 
wickednesse in my hondes, and my prayer is 
clene. O earth, couer not my bloude, and let 
my crienge fynde no rowme. For lo, my 
witnesse is in heauen, and he that knoweth 
me, is aboue in the heyth. My frendes 
laugh me to scorne, but myne eye poureth out 
teares vnto God. Though a body might 
pleate with God, as one man doth with 
another, yet the nombre of my yeares are 
come, 5 I must go the waye, from whence I 
shal not turne agayne. 



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Cije rbtj. Chapter. 

MY breth fayleth, my dayes are shortened, 
I am harde at deathes dore. I haue 
disceaued no man, yet must myne eye cotinue 
in heuynesse. O delyuer me, and set me by 
the, who shall then be able to thrust my 
hondes together ? Thou hast with holde their 
hertes from vnderstodinge, therfore shall they 
not be set vp an hye. He promiseth his 
fredes parte of his good, but his owne childre 
spende it. He hath made me as it were a 
byworde of the comon people, I am his gest- 
inge stoeke amoge the. My countenaunce is 
heuy for very anger, 5 the membres of my 
body are become like a shadowe. Vertuous 
me therfore shall wel' cSsidre this, and the 
innocent shal take parte agaynst the Ypocrite. 
The rightuous wil kepe his waye, and he 
y hath cleane handes, wil euer be stronger 5 
stronger. As for you, turne you, g get you 
hence, for I can not se one wyse ma amonge 
you. My dayes are past, my thoughtes are 
vanished awaye, which haue vexed myne 
herte, chaunginge the night in to daye, g f 
light in to darcknes. Though I tary neuer 
so moch, yet the graue is my house, and I 
must make my bed in the darcke. I call cor- 
rupcion my father, and the wormes call I my 
mother and my sister. What helpeth then 
my longe tarienge? Or, who wil fulfill the 
thinge, that I loke for? All that I haue, 
shall go downe in to the pytt, g lye with me 
in the dust. 

Che rbiij. Chapter. 

THEN answered Baldad the Suhite, and 
sayde : when wil ye make an ende of 
youre wordes? Marcke well, and considre, 
we wil speake also. Wherfore are we counted 
as beestes, g reputed so vyle in youre sight ? 
Why destroyest thou thy self with anger? 
Shal f earth be forsaken, or the stones re- 
moued out of their place because of y ? Shal 
not the light of the vngodly be put out ? yee 
the flame of his fyre shal not burne. The 
light shalbe darcke in his dwellinge, g his 
candle shalbe put out with him. His pre- 
sumptuous goinges shal be kepte in, and his 
owne councell shal cast him downe. For his 
fete shalbe taken in the nett, and he shal 
walke in the snare. His fote shalbe holden 



in the gilder, and the thurstie shal catch him. 
The snare is layed for him in the grounde, 
and a pytfall in the waye. 

Fearfulnesse shal make him afrayed on 
euery syde, that he shall not knowe, where to 
get out. Honger shalbe his substaunce, and 
myszfortune shall hange vpon him. He shall 
eate his owne skynne, yee his owne armes shall 
he deuoure, beynge a firstborne of death. All 
his comforte and hope shal be roted out of his 
dwellynge, very fearfulnesse shall brynge him 
to the kynge. Other men shall dwel in his 
house (which now is none of his) and brym- 
stone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacion. 
His rotes shalbe dryed vp beneth, g aboue 
shall his haruest be cut downe. His remem- 
braunce shall perish from the earth, g his 
name shall not be praysed in the stretes : he 
shalbe dryuen from the light in to darcknesse, 
and be cast clene out of the worlde. He shall 
nether haue children ner kynszfolkes amonge 
his people, no ner eny posterite in his countre : 
yonge g olde shalbe astonyshed at his death. 
Soch are now the dwellynges of the wicked, 
and this is y place of him that knoweth not 
God. 

Cfie jrtjr. Chapter. 

I OB answered, g sayde : How loge wil ye 
vexe my mynde, g trouble me with wordes? 
Lo, ten tymes haue ye reproued me : are ye 
not ashamed, for to laugh me so to scorne ? 
yf T go wronge, I go wronge to my self. But 
yf ye wil enhaunce youre selues agaynst me, g 
accuse me to be a wicked personne because of 
the shame that is come vpon me : knowe this 
then, y it is God, which hath handled me so 
violetly, g hath compased me aboute with his 
scourges. Beholde, though I crie, yet violece 
is done vnto me," I can not be herde : Though 
I complane, there is none to geue sentece 
with me. He hath hedged vp my path, I ca not 
get awaye, he hath set darcknesse in my gate. 

He hath spoyled me of myne honoure, g 
taken the crowne awaye fro my heade. *He 
hath destroyed me on euery syde, and I am 
vndone : My hope hath he taken awaye fro 
me, as it were a tre plucte vp by the rote. 
His wrath is kyndled agaynst me, he taketh 
me, as though I were his enemy. 

His men of warre came together, which 
made their waye ouer me, and beseged my 



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dwellinge rounde aboute. " He hath put my 
brethren farre awaye fro me, and soch as were 
of myne acquauntaunce, are become straugers 
vnto me. Myne owne kynsz folkes haue for- 
saken me, and my frendes haue put me out of 
remembraunce. The seruauntes and maydens 
of myne owne house take me for a strauger. 
and I am become as an aleaunt in their sight, 

When I call vpon my seruaut, he geueth 
me no answere : no though I praie him with 
my mouth. Myne owne wyfe maye not abyde 
my breth, I am fayne to speake fayre vnto the 
children of myne owne body. Yee the very 
deserte fooles despyse me, and when I am 
gone from them, they speake euell vpon me. 
All soch as were my most familiers, abhorre 
me : and they whom I loued best, are turned 
agaynst me. My bone hangeth to my skynne, 
and the flesh is awaye, only there is left me 
the skynne aboute my teth. Haue pite vpon 
me, haue pite vpon me (o ye my frendes) for 
the hande of the LORDE hath touched me. 
Seynge God persecuteth me, wil ye vexe me 
also ? Haue ye not yet ynough of the trouble 
of my flesh ? 

O that my wordes were written, O that 
they were put in a boke : wolde God they 
were graue with an yron pine in leade or in 
stone. For I am sure, that my redemer 
lyueth, and that I shall ryse out of the earth 
in the latter daye : that I shal be clothed 
againe with this skynne, and se God in my 
flesh. Yee I my self shal beholde him, not 
with other but with these same eyes. My 
reynes are consumed within me, when yee saye : 
Why do not we persecute him? we haue founde 
an occasion agaynst him. But bewarre of the 
swearde, for the swearde wylbe avenged of 
wickednesse, and be sure, that there is a 
iudgment. 

Cfie rjr. Chapter. 

THEN answered Sophar the Naamathite, 
and sayde : For the same cause do my 
though tes compell me to answere. And why? 
my mynde is tossed here and there. I haue 
sufficiently herde the checkynge & reprofe, 
therfore am I purposed to make answere after 
y vnderstodinge. Knowest thou not this, 
namely: that from the begynninge (euer 
sence the creacion of man vpon earth) the 
prayse of the vngodly hath bene shorte, and that 



the ioye of Ypocrytes continued but f twinck- 
linge of an eye ? Though he be magnified vp 
to the heaue, so that his heade reacheth vnto 
the cloudes : yet he perisheth at the last like 
donge : In so moch y they which haue sene 
him, saye : Where is he ? He vanysheth as 
a dreame, so that he can no more be founde 
j passeth awaye as a vision in y night. So 
that the eye which sawe him before, getteth 
now no sight of him, g his place knoweth him 
nomore. His childre go a begginge, their 
handes bringe the to sorow and heuynesse. 

From his youth his bones are ful of vyce. 
which shal lie downe with him in y earth. 
Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he 
hydeth it vnder his tonge. That he fauoureth, 
that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in 
his throte. The meate that he eateth, shalbe 
turned to the poyson of serpetes within his 
body. The riches y he deuoureth, shall he 
perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them 
out of his bely. The serpentes heade shall 
sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye 
him : so that he shal nomore se the ryuers and 
brokes of hony and butter : But laboure shal 
he, (i yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate tra- 
uayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not 
enioye them. And why ? he hath oppressed 
the poore, and not helped them : houses hath 
he spoyled, and not buylded them. His belj 
coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish 
in his couetousnesse. He deuoured so gredely. 
y he left nothinge behynde, therfore his goodes 
shal not prospere. * Though he had plenteous- 
nesse of euery thinge, yet was he poore, j 
therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde. 

For though y wicked haue neuer so moch 
to fyll his bely, yet God shal sende his wrath 
vpon him, and cause his battayll to rayne ouer 
him : so that yf he fie the yron weapens, he 
shall be shott with the stele bowe. The 
arowe shal be taken forth, ij go out at his 
backe, and a glisteringe swearde thorow f 
gall of him, feare shal come vpo him. There 
shal no darcknes be able to hyde him. An 
vnkyndled fyre shal consume him, and loke 
what remayneth in his house, it shall be de- 
stroyed. The heauen shall declare his wicked- 
nesse, (5 the earth shal take parte agaynst 
him. The substaunce that he hath in his 
house, shalbe taken awaye and perish, in the 
daye of the LORDES wrath. 'This is the 



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porcion that f wicked shal haue of God, and 
the heretage that he maye loke for of the 
LORDE. 

Cfic ffi. Chapter. 

I OB answered, and sayde : O heare my 
wordes, and amende youre selues. Suffre 
me a litle, that ■ I maye speake also, and the 
laugh my wordes to scorne, yf ye will. Is it 
with a man, that I make this disputacio ? 
Which yf it were so, shulde not my sprete be 
the in sore trouble? Marck me well, be 
abaszshed, and laye youre hade vpon youre 
mouth. For whe I pondre (j considre this, I 
am afrayed, and my flesh is smytten with 
feare. "Wherfore do wicked me lyue in health 
and prosperite, come to their olde age, g 
increase in riches? Their childers children 
lyue in their sight, j their generacion before 
their eyes.* Their houses are safe from all 
feare, for the rodd of God doth not smyte 
the. Their bullocke gendreth, and that not 
out of tyme: their cow calueth, and is not 
vnfrutefull. 

They sende forth their children by flockes, 
and their sonnes lede the daunce. c They 
beare with them tabrettes and harpes, and 
haue instrumentes of musick at their pleasure. 
They spende their dayes in welthynesse : but 
sodenly they go downe to hell. They saye 
vnto God: go from vs, we desyre not the know- 
lege of thy wayes. d What maner of felowe is 
the Allmightie, that we shulde serue him? 
What profit shulde we haue, to submitte oure 
selues vnto him ? Lo, there is vtterly no good- 
nesse in them, therfore will not I haue to do 
with the councell of the vngodly. e How oft 
shal the candle of y wicked be put out ? how 
oft commeth their destruccion vpon them? 
O what sorowe shall God geue them for their 
parte in his wrath ? -^Yee they shal be euen as 
chaffe before the wynde, and as dust that the 
storme carieth awaye. 

And though God saue their childre from 
soch sorowe, yet wil he so rewarde the selues, 
that they shal knowe it. Their owne destruc- 
cion and misery shal they se with their eyes, 
and drynke of the fearfall wrath of the All- 
mighty. For whath careth he, what become 
of his housholde after his death? whose 
monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe. 



° Psal. 72. a. Iere. 12. 
Esa. 5. b. Amos 6. a. 



4 Pro. 3. b. 
d Exo. 5. b. 



Heb. 12. 
Mala. 5. 



In as moch the as God hath y hyest power of 
all, who can teach him eny knowlege ? One 
dyeth now when he is mightie j at his best, 
rich and in prosperite : euen when his bowels 
are at the fattest, and his bones full of mary. 
Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse, and 
neuer had good daies. Now slepe they both 
a like in the earth, (j the wormes couer them. 
But I knowe what ye thinke, yee and what ye 
ymagin agaynst me vnrightuously. g For ye 
saye : where is the prynces palace ? where is 
the dwellynge of the vngodly : Axe eny man 
that goeth by the waye, and (yf ye will not 
regarde their tokens j dedes) he shal tell 
you, ; 'that the wicked is kepte vnto the daye 
of destruccion, and that the vngodly shalbe 
brought forth in the daye of wrath. Who 
darre reproue him for his wayes to his face ? 
who rewardeth him for the vngraciousnesse 
that he doth? Yet shal he be brought to his 
graue, and watch amonge the heape of the 
deed. The shal he be fayneto be buried 
amoge the stones by the broke syde. All 
men must folowe him, & there are innumer- 
able gone before him. O how vayne is the 
comforte y ye geue me ? Are not youre an- 
sweres cleane contrary to right and treuth ? 

€f)e rrtj. Chapter. 

SO Eliphas the Themanite gaue answere, 
& sayde : Maye a man be copared vnto 
God in wyszdome, though he seme to him 
self, for to be like him ? What pleasure hath 
God in y thou art rightuous ? Or what doth 
it profite him, y thy waies are perfecte ? Is 
he afrayed to reproue the, j to steppe forth 
with the in to iudgment?' Cometh not this 
for thy greate wickednesse,* (j for thine vn- 
gracious dedes which are innumerable ? Thou 
hast take the pledge from thy brethre for 
naught, cj robbed the naked of their clothinge : 
'To soch as were weery, hast thou geue no 
water to drynke, thou hast withdrawe bred 
fro the hungrie : Shulde soch one the as vseth 
violece, wroge 5 oppression (doinge all thinges 
of parcialyte, g hauynge respecte of personnes) 
dwell in the lode ? Thou hast sent wyddowes 
awaye emptie and oppressed the poore fa- 
therlesse. 

Therfore art thou compased aboute with 
snares on euery syde, 5 sodely vexed with 

' Pro. 24. c. / Psal. 1. b. e lob 20. * 2 Pet. 2. b. 
Matt. 13. d. "Iere. 2. c. *Oseel3.b. ' lob 27.29.30.31. 



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feare. Shuldest thou the se no darcknesse ? 
Shulde not the water floude runne ouer the ? 
Now because y God is hyer the the heauens, 
g because thou seist y the starres are so hye, 
wilt thou therfore saye : " Tush, how shulde 
God knowe ? Doth his dominion reach be- 
yonde the cloudes ? Tush, the cloudes couer 
him, y he maye not se, for he dwelleth in 
heauen. Well, thou wilt kepe the olde waye, 
y all wicked me haue gone : both olde g yonge, 
whose foundacion is a runnynge water, which 
saye vnto God : go from vs, and after this 
maner : * Tush, what wil the Allmightie do 
vnto vs? where as he (not with stodinge) 
fylleth their houses with all good. Which 
meanynge of the vngodly be farre fro me. 
c For with ioy shal the godly, and with glad- 
nesse shal the innocent se, that their increase 
shal be hewen downe, g their posterite con- 
sumed with the fyre. 

Therfore recccile the vnto God, g be con- 
tent, so shal all thinges prospere with the 
right well. d Receaue the lawe at his mouth, 
g laye vp his wordes in thine herte. For yf 
thou wilt turne to the Allmightie, "thou shalt 
stonde fast, g all vnrightuousnesse shall be 
farre from thy dwellinge : He shal geue the 
an haruest, which in plenty g abundaunce 
shall exceade the dust of the earth, and the 
golde of Ophir like ryuer stones. Yee the 
Allmightie his owne self shalbe thine haruest, 
g the heape of thy money. Then shalt thou 
haue thy delyte in the Allmightie, g lift vp 
thy face vnto God. The shalt thou make 
thy prayer vnto him, g he shal heare the, g 
thou shalt kepe thy promyses. The, loke 
what thou takest in honde, he shal make it to 
prospere with the, and the light shall shyne in 
thy wayes. For who so humbleth himself, 
him shal he set vp : and who so loketh mekely, 
shalbe healed. Yf thou be innocet, he shal 
saue the : and thorow the vngiltynesse of thyne 
handes shalt thou be delyuered. 

Wife rrtrj. Cfjapttr. 

I OB answered, and sayd : My sayenge is 
yet this daye in bytternes, and my hande 
heuy amonge my groninges. O that I might 
se him g fynde him : O that I might come 
before his seate, to pleate my cause before 
him, and to fyll my mouth with argumentes : 



Eze. 8.b. 
d Pro. 2. 



»Iob21.b. 
Deu. 30. a. 



That I might knowe, what answere he wolde 
geue me : g that I might vnderstonde, what 
he wolde saye vnto me. Wil he pleate agaynst 
me with his greate power g strength, or wyll 
he leane him self vtterly vpon me ? Oh no, 
let him not do so with me. But let hym 
geue me like power to go to lawe, then am I 
sure to wynne my matter. For though I go 
before, I fynde him not : yf I come behynde, 
I ca. get no knowlege of him : Yf I go on the 
left syde to pondre his workes, I can not 
atteyne vnto them : Agayne, yf I go on the 
right syde, he hydeth himself, y I can not se 
him. -^But as for my waye, he knoweth it : 
g trieth me as y golde in y fyre. 

Neuertheles my fete kepe his path, his hye 
strete haue I holden, and not gone out of it. 
I haue not forsaken the comaundemet of his 
lippes, but loke what he charged me with his 
mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte. It 
is he himself alone, who will turne him back ? 
He doth as him listeth, and bryngeth to passe 
what he wil. He rewardeth me in to my 
bosome, g many other thinges mo doth he, as 
he maye by his power. This is y cause, that 
I shrenke at his presence, so that when I con- 
sidre him, I am afrayed of him. For in so 
moch as he is God, he maketh my herte soft : 
and seynge that he is Allmightie, he putteth 
me in feare. Thus can not I get out of darck- 
nesse, the cloude hath so couered my face. 

Cfie rrtttj. Chapter. 

CONSIDERINGE then that there is no 
tyme hyd from the Allmightie, how 
happeneth it, that they which knowe him, wil 
not regarde his dayes ? For some me there 
be, s that remoue other mis londe markes: 
that robbe them of their catell, and kepe the 
same for their owne : that dryue awaye the 
asse of the fatherlesse : that take y wyddowes 
oxe for a pledge : that thrust the poore out of 
the waye, ''g oppresse the symple of the worlde 
together. Beholde, the wilde asses in y de- 
serte go by tymes (as their maner is) to spoyle : 
Yee the very wildernesse ministreth foode for 
their children. They reape the corne felde 
that is not their owne : and gather the grapes 
out of his vynyarde, whom they haue oppressed 
by violence. They are the cause y so many 
men are naked and bare, hauynge no clothes 



/ Sap. 3. a. 1 Pet. 1. 



e Deu. 19. c. 27. 
Exo. 23. a. 



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to couer them and kepe them from colde : 
So that when the showers in the mountaynes 
haue rayned vpon them, u they be all wett, 
they haue none other sucoure, but to kepe 
them amonge the rockes. 

They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse child- 
ren, and put the poore in preson : In so moch 
that they let them go naked without clothinge, 
and yet the hungrie beare the sheeues. The 
poore are fayne to laboure in their oyle mylles, 
yee and to treade in their wyne presses, and 
yet to suffre thyrst. "The whole cite crieth 
vnto the LORDE with sighinge, the soules 
of the slayne make their complaynte : But 
God destroyeth them not for all this, where as 
they (not with stodinge) are rebellious and 
disobedient enemies : which seke not his light 
and waye, ner turne agayne in to his path. 
*Tymely in the mornynge do they aryse, to 
murthur the symple and poore, g in the night 
they go a stealinge. 

The eye of the vngodly is like the aduou- 
terer, that wayteth for the darcknesse, and 
sayeth thus in him self: Tush, there shal no 
ma se me, g so he disgyseth his face. In the 
night season they search the houses, and hyde 
them selues in the daye tyme, but wil not 
knowe y light. For as soone as the daye 
breaketh, the shadowe of death commeth vpo 
them, and they go in horrible darcknesse. 
The vngodly is very swyft: O y his porcio 
also vpo earth were swyfter then y runnynge 
water, which suffreth not y shipma to beholde 
the fayre g pleasaiit vyniardes. O y they (for 
the wickednesse which they haue done) were 
drawen to the hell, sooner the snowe melteth 
at the heate. O y all copassion vpon the 
were forgotte : y their daynties were wormes : 
that they were clene put out of remembraunce, 
g vtterly hewe downe like an vnfrutefull tre. 
For they manteyne the baren, g make them 
y they can not beare, g vnto wyddowes they 
do no good. They plucke downe the mightie 
with their power, $ when they them selues are 
gotten vp, they are neuer without feare, as 
longe as they Hue. And though they might 
be safe, yet they wil not receaue it, for their 
eyes loke vpon their owne wayes. They are 
exalted for a litle, but shortly are they gone, 
brought to extreme pouerte, g take out of the 
waye : yee g vtterly plucte of as the eares of 

' Apoc. 6. b. 4 Es. 15. b. b Luc. 22. d. c Psal. 142. 
lob 4. b. lob 15. b. Rom. 3. b. 



corne. Is it not so ? Who wil the reproue 
me as a lvar, g saye y my wordes are nothinge 
worth ? 

Che rrb. Chapter. 

THEN answered Baldad the Suhite, g 
sayde : Power g feare is with him aboue, 
that maketh peace (sittinge) in his hynesse, 
whose men of warre are innumerable, and 
whose light aryseth ouer all. c But how maye 
a man copared vnto God, be iustified ? Or, 
how can he be clene, that is borne of a woman? 
Beholde, the Moone shyneth no thinge in 
comparison to him, g the starres are vnclene 
in his sight. How moch more the, ma, that 
is but corrupcion : and the sonne of man, 
which is but a worme ? 

Che rrbt. Chapter. 

I OB answered, and sayde : O how helpest 
thou the weake? what comforte geuest 
thou vnto him that hath no stregth ? Where 
is f coiicell y thou shuldest geue him, which 
hath no wyszdome? Wilt thou so shewe 
thine excellent rightuousnes ? Before whom 
hast thou spoken those wordes ? Who made 
the breth to come out of thy mouth ? The 
giauntes g worthies y are slayne, g lye vnder 
y worlde with their copanions : yee g all they 
which dwell beneth in the hell are not hyd 
fro him, g the very destruccion it self ca not 
be kepte out of his sight. He stretcheth out 
y north ouer the emptie, g hageth y earth 
vpo nothinge. He byndeth y water in his 
cloudes, that they fall not downe together. 
He holdeth back his stole, that it ca. not be 
sene, and spredeth his cloudes before it. 

rf He hath copased the waters with certayne 
boundes, vntill the daye j night come to an 
ende. The very pilers of heaue treble g 
quake at his reprofe. 'He stilleth the see 
with his power, g thorow his wyszdome hath 
he set forth y worlde. With his sprete hath he 
garnished the heaues, g with his hande hath 
he wounded the rebellious serpet. This is now 
a shorte summe of his doynges. But who is 
able sufficiently to rehearce his wcrkes ? Who 
can perceaue and vnderstonde y thondre of his 
power ? 

Che rrbi). Chapter. 

I OB also proceaded and wete forth in his 
communicacion, sayege : As truly as God 

d Psal. 103. b. Iere. 5. d. lob 38. a. 'Matt. 8. c. 
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lyueth (which hath taken awaye my power fro 
me) 5 the Allmightie, that hath vexed my 
mynde : My lippes shall talke of no vanite, 
and my tonge shal speake no disceate, whyle 
my breth is in me, and as longe as the 
wynde (that God hath geuen me) is in my 
nostrels. 

God forbydde, that I shulde graunte youre 
cause to be right. As for me, vntill myne 
ende come wil I neuer go fro myne inno- 
cency. My rightuous dealynge wil I kepe 
fast, (J not forsake it: For my conscience 
reproueth me not in all my conuersacion. 
Therfore myne enemy shalbe founde as the 
vngodly, g he y taketh parte agaynst me, as 
the vnrightuous. What hope hath y Ypocrite, 
though he haue greate good, and though God 
geue him riches after his hertes desyre ? Doth 
God heare him the sooner, whe he crieth vnto 
him in his necessite ? Hath he soch pleasure 
(j delyte in the Allmightie, that he darre all- 
waye call vpon God ? I wil teach you in the 
name of God, $ the thinge that I haue of y 
Allmightie, wil I not kepe from you. Be- 
holde, ye stonde in youre owne conceate, as 
though ye knew all thinges. Wherfore then do 
ye go aboute with soch vayne wordes, sayege : 
This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue 
of God, J the heretage that Tyrauntes shal 
receaue of f Allmightie. Yf he get many 
childre, they shal perish with the swearde, (j 
his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred. 
Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they 
shal dye (j be buried, cj no man shall haue pite 
of his wyddowes. Though he haue as moch 
money as the dust of the earth, (j raymet as 
ready as the claye, he maye well prepare it : 
but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the 
innocet shal deale out the money. His house 
shal endure as the moth, (j as a bothe that the 
watch man maketh. When the rich man 
dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him : he is 
gone in y twincklynge of an eye. Destruccion 
taketh holde vpo him as a water floude, (j y 
tepest stealeth him awaye in the night season. 
A vehement wynde carieth him hence, j de- 
parteth : a storme plucketh him out of his 
place. It ruszsheth in vpon him, and spareth 
him not, he maye not escape from the power 
therof. Than clappe me their hodes at him, 
yee and ieast of him, whe they loke vpon his 
place. 



Che rrbtrj. Chapter. 

THERE are places where syluer is molte, 
(E where golde is tryed: "where yron is 
dygged out of the grounde, 5 stones resolued 
to metall. The darcknes shal once come to 
an ende, he can seke out the grounde of all 
thinges : the stones, the darcke, g the horrible 
shadowe, with the ryuer of water parteth he 
a sunder the straunge people, y knoweth no 
good neghbourheade : soch as are rude, vn- 
manerly (j boysteous. He bryngeth foode out 
of the earth, j y which is vnder, consumeth 
he with fyre. There is founde a place, whose 
stones are clene Saphirs, and where y clottes 
of the earth are golde. There is a waye also 
that the byrdes knowe not, that no vulturs eye 
hath sene : wherin y proude (j hye mynded 
walke not, (j where no lyon commeth. There 
putteth he his honde vpon the stony rockes, $ 
ouerthroweth the mountaynes. Ryuers flowe 
out of the rockes, (j loke what is pleasaunt, 
his eye seyth it. Out of droppes bryngeth he 
greate floudes together, (j the thinge that is 
hyd bryngeth he to light. How commeth a 
man then by wyszdome ? * Where is the place 
that men fynde vnderstondinge ? Verely no 
man can tell how worthy a thinge she is, 
nether is she foiide in the lode of the lyuynge. 
The depe sayeth : she is not in me. The see 
sayeth : she is not with me. She can not be 
gotten for the most fyne golde, nether maye 
the pryce of her be bought with eny moneye. 
No wedges of golde of Ophir, no precious 
Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared 
vnto her. No, nether golde ner Christall, 
nether swete odours ner golden plate. There 
is nothinge so worthy, or so excellet, as once 
to be named vnto her : for parfecte wyszdome 
goeth farre beyonde the all. The Topas that 
cometh out of Inde, maye in no wyse be 
lickened vnto her : yee no maner of apparell 
how pleasaunt and fayre so euer it be. 

From whece then commeth wyszdome ? 5 
where is the place of vnderstondinge ? She is 
hyd from the eyes of all men, yee (£ fro the 
foules of the ayre. Destruccion (j death saie : 
we haue herde tell of her with oure eares. 
But God seyth hir waie, | knoweth hir place. 
For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, 
and loketh vpon all that is vnder the heaue. 
When he weyed the wyndes, & measured y 

3 Reg. 3. b. 4. c. Pro. 2. a. Sap. 7. b. 



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waters : when he set the rayne in ordre, and 
gaue the mightie floudes a lawe : Then dyd 
he se her, the declared he her, prepared her 
and knewe her. And vnto man he sayde : 
" Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wyszdome : 
5 to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge. 

Che rrt'r. Chapter. 
QO lob proceaded and wete forth in his 
^ communicacion, sayenge : O y I were as 
I was in the monethes by past, g in the dayes 
whe God presented me : when his light shyned 
vpon my heade : whe I wente after the same 
light g shyne eue thorow the darcknesse. As 
it stode with me, whe I was welthy g had 
ynough : whe God prospered my house : when 
the allmightie was with me : when my hous- 
holde folkes stode aboute me : whe my wayes 
ranne ouer with butter, g when the stony 
rockes gaue me ryuers of oyle : when I wente 
thorow the cite vnto the gate, g whe they set 
me a chayre in f strete : whe the yonge me 
(as soone as they sawe me) hyd the selues, g 
when the aged arose, g stode vp vnto me : 
whe the princes left of their talkinge, g laied 
their hade to their mouth : whe the mightie 
kepte still their voyce, and whe their tonges 
cleued to the rofe of their mouthes. When 
all they y herde me, called me happie : q 
when all they y sawe me, wysshed me good 
For I delyuered f poore whe he cried, g the 
fatherlesse y wanted helpe. He y shulde 
haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, g f 
widdowes hert praised me. And why? I 
put vpon me rightuousnes, which couered me 
as a garmet, g equite was my crowne. I was 
an eye vnto the blynde, g a fote to the lame. 
" was a father vnto the poore, g whe I knew 
not their cause, I sought it out diligetly. I 
brake the chaftes of y vnrightuous, * g plucte 
the spoyle out of their teth. 

Therfore, I thought verely, y I shulde haue 
dyed in my nest : g y my dayes shulde haue 
bene as many as the sondes of the see. For 
my rote was spred out by the waters syde, g 
the dew laye vpo my come. My honoure 
encreased more g more, and my bowe was 
euer the stronger in my hande. Vnto me 
men gaue eare, me they regarded, g with 
sylence they taried for my coiicell. Yf I had 
spoken, they wolde haue it none other wayes, 
my wordes were so well taken amonge the. 

" Psal. 110. b. Pro. 1. a. 9.b. Eccll. 1. c. 



They way ted for me, as the earth doth for the 
rayne : g gaped vpon me, as the groude doth 
to receaue the latter shower. When I laughed, 
they knew well it was not earnest: g this 
testimony of my coiitenaunce pleased the 
nothinge at all. When I agreed vnto their 
waye, I was the chefe, g sat as a kynge amonge 
his seruauntes: Or as one that comforteth 
soch as be in heuynesse. 

Cfie rrr. Chapter. 

BUT now they that are my inferiours g 
yonger then I, haue me in derision : yee 
eue they, whose fathers I wolde haue thought 
scorne to haue set with the dogges of my catell. 
The power g stregth of their hades might do 
me no good, g as for their age, it is spet g 
past awaye without eny profit. For very 
misery g honger, they wente aboute in the 
wildernesse like wretches g beggers, pluckynge 
vp herbes from amonge the buszshes, g the 
Iunipers rote was their meate. And when they 
were dryuen forth, men cried after them, as it 
had bene after a thefe. Their dwellinge was 
beside foule brokes, yee in the caues g dennes 
of the earth. Vp5 the drye heeth wete they 
aboute ci'ienge, g in the brome hilles they 
gathered them together. They were the 
children of fooles g vylanes, which are deed 
awaye fro the worlde. c Now am I their 
songe, g am become their iestinge stocke. they 
abhorre me, they fie farre fro me g stayne my 
face with spetle. For y LORDE hath opened 
his quyuer, he hath hytt me, g put a brydh 
my mouth. Vpon my right hade they rose 
together agaynst me, they haue hurte my fete 
made a waye to destroye me, g my path haue 
they clene marred. It was so easy for them 
to do me harme, that they neded no man to 
helpe the. They fell vpon me, as it had 
bene f breakynge in of waters, g came in by 
heapes to destroye me. Fearfulnesse is turned 
agaynst me. Myne honoure vanisheth awaye 
more swiftly then wynde, g my prosperite 
departeth hece like as it were a cloude. 
Therfore is my mynde poured full of heuy- 
nesse, g y dayes of trouble haue take holde 
vpon me. My bones are pearsed thorow in f 
night season, g my synewes take no rest. 
With all their power haue they chaunged my 
garmet, g gyrded me therwith, as it were with 
coate. I am eue as it were claye, g am 

» Gen. 14. c. c Tren. 3. f. Psal. 68. b. 



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become like aszshes 5 dust. Whe I crie vnto 
the, thou doest not heare me : g though I 
stonde before the, yet thou regardest me not. 
Thou art become myne enemye, g with thy 
violet hade thou takest parte agaynst me. In 
tymes past thou didest set me vp an hye, as it 
were aboue f winde, but now hast thou geue 
me a very sore fall. Sure I am, y thou wilt 
delyuer me vnto death : where as a lodgyng 
is prepared for all me lyuinge. Now vse not 
me to do violece vnto the, y are destroyed all- 
ready : but where hurte is done, there vse 
thei to helpe. Dyd not I wepe in f tyme of 
trouble ? Had not my soule copassion vpo y 
poore ? Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked 
for good, euell happened vnto me : and where 
as I waited for light, there came darcknesse. 
My bowels seeth with in me g take no rest, 
for y dayes of my trouble are come vpo me. 
Mekely g lowly came I in, yee g without eny 
displeasure : I stode vp in f cogregacion, g 
commoned with the. But now I am a co- 
panyon of dragons, g a felowe of Estriches. 
My skynne vpo me is turned to black, g my 
bones are bret with heate : my harpe is turned 
to sorow, g my pipe to wepinge. 

Cfie rvri. Cijaptcv. 

I MADE a couenaunt with myne eyes, y I 
wolde not a loke vpo a dasell. For how 
greate a porcio shal I haue of God fr5 aboue? 
g what enheritaiice fro y Almightie on hie? 
As for the vngodly g he y ioyneth himself to 
f copani of wicked doers shal not destruccion 
g misery come vpon him? *Doth not he se 
my wayes, g tell all my goinges ? Yf I haue 
cleued vnto vanite, or yf my fete haue runne 
to disceaue : let me be weyed in an eauen 
balaunce, that God maye se my innocency. 
Yf so be that I haue withdrawen my fote out 
of the right waye, yf my hert hath folowed 
myne eye sight, yf I haue stayned or defyled 
my hodes : O then is it reason that I sowe, 
and another eate : yee that my generacion and 
posterite be clene roted out. ' Yf my hert hath 
lusted after my neghbours wife, or yf I haue 
layed wayte at his dore : O then let my wife 
be another mans harlot, and let other lye with 
her. For rf this is a wickednesse and synne, 
that is worthy to be punyshed, yee a fyre that 
vtterly shulde consume, g rote out all my sub- 



Eccli. 41. 
2 Re. 12. c. 



4 Pro. 5. c. 
Deu. 22. c. 



staunce. Dyd I euer thynke scorne to do 
right vnto my seruaiites and maydens, when 
they had eny matter agaynst me ? But seynge 
that God wil sytt in iudgment, what shal I 
do ? And for so moch as he wil nedes vyset 
me, what answere shal I geue him ? He that 
fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he 
not him also ? were we not both shappen alyke 
in oure mothers bodies? When the poore 
desyred eny thinge at me, haue I denyed it 
them? Haue I caused y wyddowe stonde 
waytinge for me in vayne ? Haue I eaten my 
porcion alone, that the fatherles hath had no 
parte with me ? (for mercy grewe vp with me 
fro my youth, g compassion fro my mothers 
wombe.) Haue I sene eny man perish thorow 
nakednes g want of clothinge ? Or, eny poore 
man for lack of rayment, whose sydes thanked 
me not, because he was warmed with y woll 
of my shepe ? 

Dyd I euer lyft vp my honde to hurte the 
fatherlesse? Yee in the gate where I sawe 
my self to be in auctorite: The let myne 
arme fall fro my shulder, g myne arme holes 
be broken from the ioyntes. For I haue euer 
feared f vengeaunce g punyshmet of God, g 
knew very well, y I was not able to beare his 
burthe. Haue I put my trust in golde ? Or, 
haue I sayde to the fynest golde of all : thou 
art my cofidence ? Haue I reioysed because 
my substaunce was greate, and because my 
honde gat so moch ? e Dyd I euer greatly re- 
garde the rysinge of the Sonne ? Or, had I 
the goinge downe of y Moone in greate repu- 
tacion ? Hath my hert medled priuely with 
eny disceate? Or, dyd I euer kysse myne 
owne honde (that were a wickednesse worthy 
to be punyshed, for then shulde I haue denyed 
the God that is aboue.) Haue I euer reioysed 
at the hurte of myne enemy? -^Or, was I euer 
glad, y eny harme happened vnto him ? Oh 
no, I neuer suffred my mouth to do soch a 
sinne, as to wysh him euell. Yet they of 
myne owne housholde saye : who shal let vs, 
to haue oure bely ful of his flesh? I haue 
not suffred a straunger to lye with out, but 
opened my dores vnto him. Haue I euer 
done eny wicked dede where thorow I shamed 
my self before men : Or eny abhominacion, y 
I was fayne to hyde it ? For yf I had feared 
eny greate multitude of people : Or yf I had 

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bene dispysed of f symple, Oh then shulde I 
haue bene afrayed. Thus haue I quyetly spent 
my lyfe, and not gone out at f dore. O that 
I had one which wolde heare me. Lo, this is 
my cause. Let y Allmightie geue me answere : 

5 let him that is my cotrary party, sue me 
with a lybell. Then shall I take it vpon my 
shulder, | as a garlade aboute my heade. I 
haue tolde the nombre of my goinges, and 
delyuered them vnto him as to a prynce. But 
yf case be that my londe crie agaynst me, or 
y the forowes therof make eny complaynte : 
yf I haue eaten the frutes therof vnpayed for, 
yee yf I haue greued eny of the plow men : 
Than, let thistles growe in steade of my wheate, 

6 thornes for my barlye. 

Here ende the wordes of lob. 

©he rrrrj. Chapter. 

SO these thre men wolde stryue nomore 
with lob, because he helde himself a 
rightuous man. But Eliu the sonne of Ba- 
rachelthe Bussite °of the kynred of Ram, was 
very sore displeased at lob, that he called 
himself iust before God. And with lobs thre 
fredes he was angrie also, because they had 
founde no reasonable answere to ouercome 
him. Now taried Eliu till they had ended 
their communicacion with lob, for why ? they 
were elder then he. So when Eliu y sonne 
of Barachel y Bussite sawe, that these thre 
men were not able to make lob answere, he 
was myscontent: so that he gaue answere 
himself, and sayde : J Consideringe y I am 
yonge, a ye be men of age, I was afrayed, (t 
durst not shewe forth my mynde, for I thought 
thus within my self: c It becometh olde men to 
speake, (j the aged to teach wyszdome. Euery 
ma d (no doute) hath a mynde, but it is the 
inspyracion of the Allmightie that geueth 
vnderstondinge. All men are not wyse, nether 
doth euery aged man vnderstonde the thinge 
that is laufull. Therfore wil I speake also (in 
so farre as I maye be herde) (j wil shewe yow 
myne opinyon. For whe I had wayted till ye 
made an ende of youre talkynge, & herde youre 
wyszdome, what argumetes ye made in youre 
communicacion: yee when I had diligently 
pondred what ye sayde, I founde not one of 
you that made eny good argument agaynst 



Eccl.32. b. 
Pro. 



lob, or that directly coude make answere vnto 
his wordes : lest ye shulde prayse youre selues, 
to haue founde out wyszdome : because it is 
God that hath cast him out, & no man. Ne- 
uerthelesse, seynge he hath not spoken vnto 
me, therfore will not I answere him as ye haue 
done (for they were so abaszshed, that they 
coude not make answere, ner speake one worde) 
but in so moch as ye wil not speake, stondinge 
still like dome men 5 makinge no answere : I 
haue a good hope for my parte to shappe him 
an answere j to shewe him my meanynge. 
For I am full of wordes, (t the sprete that is 
within me, copelleth me. Beholde, I am as 
the new wyne which hath no vente, & bursteth 
the new vessels in sunder. Therfore wil I 
speake, that I maye haue vete : I wil open my 
lyppes, and make answere. I will regarde no 
maner of personne, no man wil I spare. For 
yf I wolde go aboute to please me/ 1 knowe not 
how soone my maker wolde take me awaye. 

Che rrrttj. Chapter. 

WHERFORE, heare my wordes (O lob) 
(E herken vnto all, that I wyll saye : 
Beholde, I wil open my mouth, & my tonge 
shal speake out of* my chawes. My hert shall 
ordre my wordes a right, j my lyppes shal 
talke of pure wyszdome. The sprete of God 
hath made me/ 5 the breth of the Allmightie 
hath geue me my life. Yf thou cast, then 
geue me answere : prepare thy self to stode 
before me face to face. Beholde, before God 
am I euen as thou, for I am fashioned and 
made eue of the same moulde. Therfore, 
thou nedest not be afrayed of me, nether nedest 
thou to feare, that my auctorite shal be to 
heuy for the. Now hast thou spoken in myne 
eares, 15 I haue herde y voyce of thy wordes : 
I am clene without eny fawte/ I am innocent, 
j there is no wickednesse in me. But lo, he 
hath pyked a quarell agaynst me, a taketh me 
for his enemy : he hath put my fote in the 
stockes, & loketh narowly vnto all my pathes. 
Beholde, vnto these vnreasonable wordes of 
thyne wil I make answere. 

Shulde God be reproued of man? Why 
doest thou then stryue agaynst him, because 
he geueth the no accomptes of all his doinges? 
For whe God doth once commaunde a thinge, 
there shulde no man be curious, to search 



/ Gene. 2. 

lob 



i lob 16. c. lob 19. b. 



tfo. ttttlmtoi* 



€i)t bote of Sob, 



Cfrap, miiiU 



whether it be right. " In dreames and visions 
of the night season (when slombrynge cometh 
vp5 me/' that they fall a slepe in their beddes) 
he rowneth them in the eares, he infourmeth 
them, g sheweth the planely, that it is he, 
which withdraweth man from euell, delyuereth 
him from pryde, kepeth his soule from de- 
struction, g his life from y swearde. he 
chasteneth him with sicknesse, 5 bringeth him 
to his bed: he laieth sore punyshmet vpo his 
bones, so that his life maye awaye with no 
bred, g his soule abhorreth to eate eny dayntie 
meate: In so moch, that his body is clene 
consumed awaye, g his bones appeare no more. 
His soule draweth on to destruction, 5 his life 
to death. Now yf there be an angel (one 
amonge a thousande) sent for to speake vnto 
ma, and to she we him the right waye : the the 
LORDE is mercifull vnto him, g sayeth: He 
shalbe delyuered, y he fall not downe to de- 
struction, for I am sufficiently recociled. Than 
his flesh (which hath bene in misery g trouble) 
shalbe, as it was in his youth. For yf he 
submitte himself vnto God, he is gracious, g 
sheweth him his countenaunce ioyfully, g re- 
wardeth man for his rightuousnes. Soch a 
respecte hath he vnto me. Therfore let a 
man cofesse, (g saye :) I offended, but he hath 
chastened g refourmed me : I dyd vnrightu- 
ously, neuerthelesse he hath not recopensed 
me therafter. Yee he hath delyuered my 
soule from destruccion, g my life, that it seyth 
y light. Lo, thus worketh God all waie with 
ma, that he kepeth his soule from perishinge, 
g latteth him enioye the light of y lyuinge. 
Marke well (O lob) g heare me: holde the 
still, vntill I haue spoken. But yf thou hast 
eny thinge to saye, then answere me and 
speake, for thy answere pleaseth me. Yf thou 
hast nothinge, then heare me, and holde thy 
tonge, so shal I teach the wyszdome. 

Wt)t rrrtuj. Chapter. 

ELIU proceaded forth in his comunica- 
cion, g sayde : Heare my wordes ( O ye 
wyse men) herken vnto me, ye y haue vnder- 
stondinge. For like as the mouth tasteth the 
meates, so the eare proueth g discerneth the 
wordes. c As for the iudgmet, let vs seke it out 
amonge oure selues, y we maye knowe what 
is right. And why ? lob hath sayde : I am 



" Gen. 20. a. 28. c. 31. d. 
1 Cor. 14. d. lob 13. b. 16. 



4 Dan. 2. 
33. a. 



Matt. 2. i 
Psal. 61. 1 



rightuous, but God doth me wronge. I must 
nedes be a lyar, though my cause be right : g 
violetly am I plaged, where as I made no 
fawte. where is there soch one as lob, y 
drinketh vp scornefulnes like water? which 
goeth in y company of wicked doers, g walketh 
with vngodly me ? For he saieth : Though a 
ma be good, yet is he naught before God. 
Therfore herke vnto me, ye y haue vnder- 
stondinge. 

Farre be it from God, that he shulde medle 
with wickednesse : and farre be it from the 
Allmightie, y he shulde medle with vnrightu- 
ous dealynge : but he rewardeth the workes of 
man, d and causeth euery man to fynde acord- 
inge to his wayes. For sure it is, that God 
codemneth no man wrongeously, and the 
iudgmet of the Allmightie is not vnrightuous. 
Who ruleth the earth in his steade? Or, 
whom hath he set to gouerne the whole 
worlde? To whom hath he geuen his herte, 
for to drawe his sprete and breth vnto him ? 
e All flesh shal come together vnto naught, g 
all me shal turne agayne vnto earth. Yf thou 
now haue vnderstodinge, heare what I saye 
and herken to the voyce of my wordes. 

Maye he be made whole, that loueth no 
right ? Yf thou were a very innocent man, 
shuldest thou then be punyshed? For he is 
euen the same, y knoweth the rebellious 
kynges, g sayeth to piinces : Vngodly men are 
ye. He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of f 
lordly, g regardeth not the rich more the poore. 
For they be all the worke of his hondes. 

In the twincklinge off an eye shall they be 
slayne : and at mydnight, when the people g 
the tyrauntes rage, then shal they perish, ad 
be taken awaye without hondes. r And why? 
his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he 
seyth all his goinges. There is no darcknes 
ner thicke shadowe, y can hyde the wicked 
doers from him. For no ma shalbe suffred to 
go in to iudgment with God. 

e Many one, yee innumerable doth he 
punyshe and setteth other in their steades. 
For he knoweth their euell g darcke workes, 
therfore shal they be destroyed. They that 
were in y steade of Seers, dealt like vngodly 
me. Therfore turned they back traytorously 
and vnfaithfully fro hi, g wolde not receaue 
his wayes. In so moch that they haue caused 



Matt. 16. d. 
Gen. 3. d. 



Iere. 25. b. 
/lob 31. a. 



Rom. 3. a. 
Pro. 5. c. 



f Psal. 145. 
s Dan. 2. c. 



Cfoap, mbl 



Cfte bate of Bob* 



go. tttilmbij. 



f voyce of the poore to come vnto him, j now 
he heareth the coplaynte of soch as are in ne- 
cessite. Yf he delyuer g graunte pardo, who 
will iudge or condemne? But yf he hyde 
awaye his countenaunce, who wil turne it 
aboute agayne, whether it be to the people or 
to eny man? For the wickednesse g synne 
of f people, he maketh an ypocrite to reigne 
ouer the. For so moch then as I haue be- 
gonne to talke of God, I wil not hyndre the 
Yf I haue gone amysse, enfourme me : yf ] 
haue done wronge, I wil leaue of. Wilt thou 
not geue a reasonable answere? Art th 
afrayed of eny thinge, seynge thou beganest 
first to speake, g not I ? For els the men of 
vnderstodinge g wisdome that haue herde me, 
might saye : What cast thou speake ? As for 
lob he hath nether spoken to the purpose ner 
wysely. O father, let lob be well tryed, be- 
cause he hath turned himself to f wicked : 
yee aboue his synnes he hath blasphemed, 
which offence he hath done euen before vs, in 
y he stryueth agaynst God with his wordes. 

Che rrrt). Chapter. 

ELIU spake morouer, and sayde: Think- 
est thou it right that thou sayest : I am 
rightuous before God? Seinge thou sayest 
so, how doest thou knowe it ? What thinge 
hast thou more excellet, the I y am a synner ? 
Therfore will I geue answere vnto the g thy 
frendes : loke vnto the heaue, g beholde it: 
cosidre y cloudes, how they are hyer then 
thou. Yf thou synnest, what dost thou vnto 
him ? Yf thine offences be many, how gettest 
thou his fauoure ? Yf thou be rightuous, what 
geuest thou him ? " Or, what receaueth he of 
thy handes ? Of soch an vngodly personne as 
thou, g of y- sonne of man that is rightuous as 
thou pretendest to be : there is a greate crie g 
coplaynte made by the that are oppressed with 
violence, yee euery man complayneth vpon 
the cruell arme of tyrauntes. For soch one 
neuer sayeth : Where is God that made me ? 
ad y shyneth vpon vs, that we might prayse 
him in the night? Which geueth vs more 
vnderstodinge then he doth the beastes of the 
earth, and teacheth vs more then the foules off 
heaue. 

Yf eny soch complayne, no ma geueth 
answere, and y because of the wickednesse 
off proude tyrauntes. But yf a man call vpon 

" P^al. 39. b. Heb. 10. a. Psal. 49. a. » Psal. 31. b. 



God, doth not he heare him ? Doth not the 
Allmightie accepte his crie ? Wha thou 
speakest then, shulde not he pardon the, yff 
thou open thy self before him, and put thy 
trust in him ? Then vseth he no violence 
his wrath nether hath he pleasure in curious 
and depe inquisicions. Therfore hath lob 
opened his mouth but in vayne, ad folishly 
hath he made so many wordes. 

Che rrr&t. Chapter. 

ELIU proceaded forth in his talkinge, g 
sayde : holde the still a litle, and I shal 
shewe the, what I haue yet to speake on Gods 
behalfe. I wil open vnto y yet more of myne 
vnderstondinge, and proue my maker rightu- 
ous. True are my wordes, g no lye : and the 
knowlege wherwithall I argue agaynst the, is 
perfecte. Beholde, God casteth not awaye y 
mightie, for he himselff is mightie in power 
and wisdome. 

As for the vngodly, he preserueth the not but 
helpeth the poore to their right. * He turneth 
not his eyes awaye from the rightuous he 
setteth vp kynges in their Trone, and cofirm- 
eth them, so that they allwaye syt therin. But 
yf they be layed in preson and cheynes, or 
bounde with the bondes of pouerte : then 
sheweth he them their workes ad dedes and 
the synnes wherwith they haue vsed cruell 
violence. 

He with punyshinge and nurturinge off 
them, rowneth them in the eares, warneth 
them to leaue of from their wickednesse, and 
to amende. Yf they now will take hede and 
be obedient, they shall weere out their dayes 
in prosperite, € and their yeares in pleasure ad 
ioye. But yff they will not obeye, they shall 
go thorow the swearde, g perish or euer they 
be awarre. As for soch as be fayned, dys- 
semblers and ypocrytes, they heape vp wrath 
for them selues : for they call not vpon him, 
though they be his presoners. Thus their 
soule perisheth in foolishnesse, and their lyfe 

th -y condened. The poore delyuereth he 
out of his straytnesse, and comforteth soch as 
be in necessite and trouble. Euen so shall he 
kepe the (yf thou wilt be content) from the 
bottomlesse pytte that is beneth: g yf thou 
wilt holde the quyete, he shal fyll thy table 
with plenteousnesse. 

Neuerthelesse, thou hast condemned the 

2 Re. 7. c. 4 Re. 10. c. 2 Par. 33. c. " Esa. 1. c. 



jfcu tttdjtTjrtmf* 



%\)t oofce of 3ob. 



Cfcap. m*ij- 



iudgment of the vngodly, yee euen soch a 
iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre. For 
then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, 
ner pacified with many giftes. Hath God or- 
dened then, that the glorious life off the j all 
soch mightie men shulde not be put downe ? 
Prolonge not thou the tyme, till there come 
a night for the, to set other people in thy 
steade. But bewarre that thou turne not 
asyde to wickednesse and synne, which hytherto 
thou hast chosen more then mekenesse. Be- 
holde, God is of a mightie hye power: Where 
is there soch a gyde and lawegeuer as he? 
Who wil reproue him of his waye? who wil 
saye vnto him : thou hast done wronge ? 

O considre how greate and excellent his 
workes be, whom all men loaue and prayse 
yee wondre at him, and yet they se him but 
a farre of. Beholde, so greate is God, that he 
passeth oure knowlege, nether are we able to 
come to f experiece of his yeares. He turn- 
eth f water to smal droppes, he dryueth his 
cloudes together for to rayne, "so that they 
poure downe and droppe vpon men. He can 
sprede out the cloudes (a couerynge off his 
tabernacle) and cause his light to shyne vpo 
them, and to couer the botome of the see. 
By these thinges gouerneth he his people, 
and geueth the abundaunce of meate. In f 
turnynge of a hande he hydeth the light, g at 
his commaundement it commeth agayne. The 
rysinge vp therof sheweth he to his frendes 
and to the catell. « 



A 



Che vvrbtj. Chapter. 
T this my hert is astonnied, and moued 
_ out of his place. Heare then the sounde 
of his voyce, and the noyse y goeth out of his 
mouth. He gouerneth euery thinge vnder the 
heauen, and his light reacheth vnto the ende 
of the worlde. A roaringe voyce foloweth 
him : for his glorious magesty geueth soch a 
thondre clappe, that (though a man heare it) 
yet maye he not perceaue it afterwarde. It 
geueth an horrible sownde, when God sendeth 
out his voyce : greate thinges doth he, which 
we can not coprehende. *When he com- 
maundeth the snowe, it fallethvpon the earth: 
As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge, 
Immediatly the showers haue their strength 
and fall downe. He sendeth feare vpon euery 
man, that they might knowe their owne 



Deu. 11. c. 28. d. 



workes. The beestes crepe in to their dennes. 
(j take their rest. Out of the south commeth 
the tempest, and colde out of the north. 

At the breth of God, the frost commeth, $ 
the waters are shed abrode. The cloudes 
do their laboure in geuynge moystnesse, the 
cloudes poure downe their rayne. He dis- 
tributeth also on euery syde, acordinge as it 
pleaseth him to deale out his workes, that 
they maye do, what so euer he commaundeth 
the thorow the whole worlde : whether it be 
to punysh eny londe, or to do good vnto them, 
that seke him. 

Herken vnto this (o lob) stonde still, and 
considre the wonderous workes of God. Art 
thou of coiicel with God, when he doth these 
thinges ? When he causeth the light to come 
forth of his cloudes ? Art thou of his coiicell, 
when he spredeth out the cloudes ? Hast thou 
the perfecte knowlege of his wonders? and 
how thy clothes are warme, whe the lode is 
still thorow the south wynde ? hast thou 
helped him to spred out the heauen, which is 
to loke vpo, as it were cast of cleare metall ? 
Teach vs what we shal saye vnto hi, for we are 
vnmete because of darcknes. Shal it be tolde 
him, what I saye ? Shulde a man speake, or 
shulde he kepe it backe ? For euery ma seith 
not the light, y he kepeth cleare in the 
cloudes, which he clenseth whan he maketh 
the wynde to blowe. Golde is brought out of 
the north, but the prayse and honoure off Gods 
feare commeth fro God himself. It is not we 
that can fynde out the allmightie : for 
power, equite and rightuousnesse he is hyer 
then can be expressed. Seinge then that 
euery body feareth him, why shulde not all 
wyse men also stode in feare of hi? 

Che rrrbiij. Chapter. 

THEN spake the LORDE c vnto lob out 
of the storme, and sayde : what is he, 
that hydeth his mynde with foolysh wordes ? 
Gyrde vp thy loynes like a ma, for I will ques- 
tion the, se thou geue me a dyrecte answere. 
Where wast thou, when I layed f foundacions 
of the earth ? Tell planely yff thou hast vnder- 
tondinge. Who hath measured it, knowest 
thou ? Or, who hath spred f lyne vpon it ? 
Where vpon stode the pilers of it? rf Or, who 
layed y corner stone ? where wast thou when 
the mornynge starres gaue me prayse, ad 



Cfjap* miu 



%\)t bote of Soft* 



So* tmlmiv* 



when all the angels of God reioysed ? " Who 
shutt the see with dores, when it brake forth 
as a childe out off his mothers wombe? When 
I made the cloudes to be a coueringe for it, 
and swedled it with y darcke ? * when I gaue 
it my comaundement, makynge dores g barres 
for it, sayenge : Hither to shalt thou come, 
but no further, and here shalt thou laye downe 
thy proude and hye wawes. Hast thou geue 
the mornynge his charge (as soone as thou 
wast borne) and shewed the dayespringe his 
place, y it might take holde of the corners of 
the earth, g f the vngodly might be shake 
out ? Their tokes g weapes hast thou turned 
like claye, g set the vp agayne as the chaung- 
inge of a garment. Yee thou hast spoyled 
the vngodly off their light, g broke the arme 
of the proude. Camest thou euer in to the 
groiide of the see, Or, hast thou walked in f 
lowe corners of y depe ? Haue the gates of 
death bene opened vnto the or hast thou sene 
the dore of euerlastige treasure ? Hast thou 
also perceaued, how brode y earth is ? Now 
yf thou hast knowlege of all, the shewe me 
where light dwelleth, and where darcknes is : 
y thou mayest bringe vs vnto their quarters, 
yf thou cast tell the waye to their houses. 
Knewest thou (when thou wast borne) how 
olde thou shuldest be ? 

Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries off 
the snowe, or hast thou sene f c secrete places 
of the hale : which I haue prepared agaynst 
the tyme of trouble, agaynst the tyme of 
batell g warre ? By what waye is the light 
parted, g the heate dealt out vpon earth? 
Who deuydeth the abundauce of waters in to 
ryuers, or who maketh a waye for the stormy 
wether, y it watereth g moystureth y drye g 
baren grounde : to make the grasse growe in 
places where no body dwelleth, g in the wil- 
dernes where no ma remayneth ? Who is the 
father of rayne ? Or, who hath begotten the 
droppes of dew? Out of whose wobe came 
the yse ? who hath gendred the coldnes of y 
ayre ? y the waters are as harde as stones, g 
lye congeeled aboue the depe. Hast thou 
brought f vij. starres together? Or, art thou 
able to breake the Circle of heaue? Cast thou 
bringe forth the mornynge starre or the euen- 
ynge starre at couenient tyme, g coueye the 
home agayne ? Knowest thou the course off 
heaue, y thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce 

<■ Iere. 5. d. b Psal. 32. b. 103. b. Luc. 8. c. 



therof vpo earth ? Morouer, cast thou lift vp 
thy voyce to y cloudes, y they maye poure 
downe a greate rayne vpo the ? Canst thou 
th5dre also y they maye go their waye, g be 
obediet vnto the, sayege : lo, here are we ? 
Who geueth sure wisdome, or stedfast vnder- 
stodinge ? who nombreth the cloudes in wis- 
dome ? who stilleth y vehement waters of the 
heaue ? who turneth the clottes to dust, g the 
to be clottes agayne? Huntest thou the praye 
fro the Lyon, or fedest thou his whelpes lyege 
in their denes g lurkinge in their couches ? 
who prouydeth meate for the rauen, whe his 
yonge ones crie vnto God, ad fle aboute for 
want of meate ? 

Cfic rrrtr. Chapter. 

KNOWEST thou the tyme when the wilde 
gotes brlge forth their yoge amoge the 
stony rockes ? Or layest thou wayte when the 
hindes vse to fawne ? Rekenest thou the 
monethes after they ingendre, y thou knowest 
the tyme of their bearinge ? Or when they 
lye downe, when they cast their yonge ones, g 
when they are delyuered off their trauayle g 
payne? flow their yoge ones growe vp jwaxe 
greate thorow good fedinge ? who letteth the 
wilde asse go fre, or who lowseth the bodes of 
the Moole? Vnto who I haue geuen the 
wyldernes to be their house, g the vntilled 
londe to be their dwellinge place. That they 
maye geue no force for the multitude off 
people in the cities, nether to regarde the 
crienge of the dryuer : but to seke their pas- 
ture aboute the moutaynes, g to folowe vpon 
the grene grasse. Wyll the vnicorne be so 
tame as to do y seruyce, or to abyde still by 
thy cribbe ? Cast thou bynde y yock aboute 
him in thy forowes, to make him plowe after 
the in y valleis ? Mayest thou trust hi (be- 
cause he is stroge) or comitte thy laboure 
vnto hi? Mayest thou beleue hi, y he wil 
brlge home thy corne, or to cary eny thinge 
vnto thy barne ? The Estrich (whose fethers 
are fayrer the y wynges of the sparow hauke) 
whe he hath layed his egges vpon the grounde, 
he bredeth them in the dust, and forgetteth 
them : so that they might be troden with 
fete, or broken with somme wilde beast. 

So harde is he vnto his yong ones, as 
though they were not his, and laboureth in 
vayne without eny feare. And that because 

c Exod. 9. e. Iosu. 10. c. 



tfo. tttltt* 



€f)t bote of Sob* 



Cfjap, fl 



God hath taken wisdome from him, 5 hath 
not geuen him vnderstondinge. When his 
tyme is, he flyeth vp an hye, and careth 
nether for horse ner man. 

Hast thou geuen the horse is strength, or 
lerned him to bowe downe his neck with feare : 
that he letteth him self be dryuen forth like a 
greshopper, where as the stoute neyenge that 
he maketh, is fearfull? he breaketh f grounde 
with the hoffes of his fete chearfully in his 
strength, and runneth to mete the harnest 
men. He layeth asyde all feare, his stomack 
is not abated, nether starteth he a back for 
eny swerde. Though the quyuers rattle vpon 
him, though the speare and shilde glistre : 
yet russheth he in fearsly, and beateth vpon 
the grounde. He feareth not the noyse of the 
trompettes, but as soone as he heareth the 
shawmes blowe, tush (sayeth he) for he smell- 
eth the batell afarre of, y noyse, the captaynes 
and the shoutinge. 

Commeth it thorow thy wysdome, that the 
goshauke flyeth towarde the south ? Doth the 
Aegle mounte vp g make his nest on hye at 
thy commaundement ? He abydeth in the 
stony rockes, ad vpon the hye toppes of harde 
mountaynes, where no man can come. From 
thence maye he beholde his praye, and loke 
farre aboute with his eyes. a His yonge ones 
are fed with bloude, and where eny deed body 
lyeth, there is he immediatly. 

Morouer, God spake vnto lob and sayde: 
Can he that stryueth with the Allmightie, be 
at rest ? Shulde not he which disputeth with 
God, geue him an answere ? lob answered the 
LORDE, sayenge : Beholde, I am to vyle a 
personne, to answere the, therfore will I laye 
my hande vpon my mouth. Once or twyse 
haue I spoken, but I will saye nomore. 

€f)e rl. Chapter. 

THEN spake the LORDE vnto lob out 
of the storme, and sayde : } gyrde vp thy 
loynes like a man, and tell me the thlge that 
I will axe the. Wilt thou disanulle my iudg- 
ment ? Or, wilt thou condemne me, y thou 
thy self mayest be made rightuous ? Is thine 
arme then like the arme of God? Maketh 
thy voyce soch a soude as his doth? Then 
arme thy self with thine owne power, vp, decke 
the in thy ioly araye, poure out the indigna- 
cion of thy wrath : se that thou cast downe 

" Mat. 24. c. " lob 38. a. c Esa. 27. a. Psal. 73. b. 



all y proude, loke well, that thou makest all 
soch as be stubburne, to obeye : treade all the 
vngodly vnder thy fete, cast the downe in to 
the myre, and couer their faces with darck- 
nesse : Then will I confesse also, that thyne 
owne right honde hath saued the. 

Beholde, the cruell beaste (whom I made 
with the) which eateth haye as an oxe : lo, 
how stronge he is in his loynes, and what 
power he hath in the nauell of his body. He 
spredeth out his tale like a Cedre tre, all his 
vaynes are stiff. His shynnes are like pipes 
off brasse, his rygge bones are like staues of 
yro. First when God made him, he ordened 
the wyldernesse for him, y the mountaynes 
shulde geue him grasse, where all the beastes 
off the felde take their pastyme. He lyeth 
amoge the redes in the Mosses, the fennes 
hyde him with their shadowe, and the wylowes 
of the broke couer him rounde aboute. Lo, 
without eny laboure might he drynke out the 
whole floude, and suppe off Iordane without 
eny trauayle. Who darre laye honde vpon 
him openly, and vndertake to catch him ? Or, 
who darre put an hoke thorow his nose, ad 
laye a snare for him ? 

Darrest thou drawe out "Leuiathan with an 
angle, or bynde his tonge with a snare ? Canst 
thou put a rynge in the nose of him, or bore 
his chaftes thorow with an aule ? Wyll he 
make many fayre wordes with the (thynkest 
thou) or flatre the ? Wyll he make a couenaunt 
with the ? Or, art thou able for to compell 
him to do the contynuall seruyce ? Wilt thou 
take thy pastyme with him as with a byrde, or 
geue him vnto thy maydens, that thy com- 
panyons maye hew him in peces, to be parted 
amonge the marchaunt men ? Canst thou fyll 
the nett with his skynne, or f fysh panyer 
with his heade ? Darrest thou laye honde 
vpon him? It is better for the to considre 
what harme might happe the there thorow and 
not to touch him. For when thou thynkest 
to haue holde vpon him, he shall begyle the : 
Euery man also that seyth him, shall go backe. 
And why ? there darre none be so bolde, as 
to rayse him vp. 



Cfi« rli. Cfiapttv. 
HO d is able to stonde before me ? Or, 
who hath geuen me eny thynge afore 



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hande, that I am bounde to rewarde him 



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agayne ? All thinges vnder heauen are myne. 
I feare him not, whether he threaten or speake 
fayre. Who lifteth him vp and stripeth him 
out of his clothes, or who taketh him by the 
bytt of his brydle ? Who openeth the dore of 
his face? for he hath horrible tethe rounde 
aboute. His body is couered with scales as it 
were with shyldes, lockte in, kepte, and well 
copacte together. One is so ioyned to another, 
that no ayre can come in : Yee one hangeth 
so vpon another, and sticke so together, that 
they can not be sundered. His nesinge is like 
a glisteringe fyre, and his eyes like the morn- 
ynge shyne. Out of his mouth go torches and 
fyre brandes, out off his nostrels there goeth a 
smoke, like as out off an hote seetinge pott. 
His breth maketh the coales burne, the flame 
goeth out of his mouth. In his necke re- 
mayneth strength, and before his face sorowe 
is turned to gladnesse. The membres of his 
body are ioyned so strayte one to another, and 
cleue so fast together, that he can not be moued. 
His hert is as harde as a stone, ad as fast 
as the stythye that the hammer man smyteth 
vpon. When he goeth : the mightiest off all 
are afrayed, and the wawes heuy. Yff he 
drawe out the swearde, there maye nether 
speare ner brest plate abyde him. He setteth 
as moch by a strawe as by yro, and as moch 
by a rotten stocke as by metall. He starteth 
not awaye for him that bendeth the bowe, g 
as for slynge stones, he cai'eth as moch for 
stubble as for them. He counteth the hammer 
no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to 
scorne that shaketh the speare. He treadeth 
the golde in the myre like y sharpe potsherdes. 
He maketh the depe to seeth and boyle like 
a pott, and stereth the see together like an 
oyntment. The waye is light after him, the 
depe is his walkynge place. Vpon earth is 
there no power like vnto his, for he is so made, 
that he feareth not. Yff a man will cosidre 
all hye thinges, this same is a kynge ouer all 
the children off pryde. 

Clje rltj. Chapter. 

THE lob answered the LORDE, and 
sayde : ° I knowe that thou hast power 
of all thinges, and that there is no thought 
hyd vnto the. For who can kepe his owne 

*Esa.29.c. IRe. 16. b. » Matt, 5.c. <= Gen. 4. a. 
<*Matt. 19. d. Luc. 18. c. > Pro. 10. c. Ecoll. ll.b. 



councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne 
Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge 
these thinges are so hye, and passe myne 
vnderstondinge. O herken thou vnto me 
also, and let me speake: answere me vnto 
the thinge that I will axe the. I haue geuen 
diligent eare vnto the, and now I se y with 
myne eyes. Wherfore I geue myne owne self 
f blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and 
asshes. 

Now whe the LORDE had spoken these 
wordes vnto lob, he sayde vnto Eliphas 
Themanite : I am displeased with the g thy 
two frendes, for ye haue not spoken the thinge 
y is right before me, like as my seruaunt lob 
hath done. Therfore take vij. oxen and seuen 
rammes, and go to my seruaunt lob,* offre vp 
also for youre selues a brentofferynge, and lat 
my seruaunt lob praye for you. Him will 
accepte, and not deale with you after youre 
foolishnesse : in that ye haue not spoke f thinge 
which is right, like as my seruaunt lob hath done 

So Eliphas the Themanite, Baldad f Su- 
hite and Sophar the Naamathite wete their 
waye, and did acordynge as the LORDE 
commaunded them. The LORDE also f ae 
cepted the personne off lob, and the LORDE 
turned him vnto lob, whe he prayed for his 
frendes: d Yee the LORDE gaue lob twyse as 
moch as he had afore. 

And the came there vnto him all his brethren 
all his sisters with all them that had bene off 
his acquatauce afoi-e, and ate bred with him in 
his house, wondringe at him, ad comfortinge 
him ouer all the trouble, that the LORDE 
had brought vpon him. e Euery ma gaue him 
a shepe and a Iewell of golde. 

And the LORDE made lob richer then he 
was before : for he had xiiij. M. shepe, vi. M. 
camels, a M. yock oxe, and a M. asses. He 
had children also: vij. sonnesandiij.doughters. 
The first he called Daye, the seconde, po- 
uerte : the thirde, All plenteousnes. In all 
the londe were none founde so fayre, as the 
doughters of lob, g their father gaue them 
enheritaunce amonge their brethren. After 
this lyued lob xl. yeares, so that he sawe his 
children, g his childers children vnto the fourth 
generacion/ And so he dyed, beinge olde g 
of a perfecte age. 

lob 1. a. / Gen. 50. d. Tob. 14. a. Psal. 127. a. 



Cfje tribt of tf)t bokt of 3ob. 



CiK paalU*, 



CJje first psalme. 
/"X BLESSED is f man, y goeth not in the 
V_^/ councell of y vngodly : a y abydeth not 
in the waye off synners, (j sytteth not in f 
seate of the scornefull. But delyteth in the 
lawe of f LORDE, *(j exercyseth himself in 
his lawe both daye and night. Soch a ma is 
like a tre plated by f water syde, c y brlgeth 
forth his frute in due season. 

His leeues shal not fall off, ad loke what 
soeuer he doth, it shal prospere. As for the 
vngodly, it is not so with them : but they are 
like the dust/ which y wynde scatereth awaye 
from of the grounde. Therfore the vngodly 
shall not be able to stonde in the iudgmet, 
e nether the synners in the congregacion off the 
rightuous. For the LORDE aloweth y waye 
of the rightuous, but the waye of the vngodly 
shal perishe. 

Cfie tj. A psalme of Dauid. 

WHY do the Heithe grudge ?^ why do 
the people ymagyn vayne thinges? 
The kynges of the earth stode vp, and the 
rulers are come together, agaynst the LORDE 
ad agaynst his anoynted. Let vs breake their 
bondes a sunder, and cast a waye their yocke 
from vs. Neuerthelesse, he that dwelleth in 
heauen, shall s laugh the to scorne : yee euen 
the LORDE himselff shall haue them in de- 
rision. Then shal he speake vnto them in his 
wrath, and vexe them in his sore displeasure. 
Yet haue I set my kynge vpon my holy hill 
of Sion. As for me I will preach the lawe, 
wherof the LORDE hath sayde vnto me: 
Thou art my sonne,'' this daye haue I begotten 
the. Desyre off me, and I shall geue the the 
Heithen for thine enheritaunce, Yee the vtte- 
most partes of the worlde l for thy possession. 
Thou shalt rule them with a rodde of yron,* 
and breake the in peces like an erthen vessell. 

" Esa. 8. c. 19. c. Psal. 32. b. » Pro. 2. 3. 

c Iere. 17. b. d Pro. 10. c. Esa. 29. b. ' Esa. 26. b. 
' Act. 4. c. Psal. 70. a. and 82, a. s Pro. 1. c. 



Be wyse now therfore (o ye kynges) be warned, 
ye that are iudges of the earth. Seme the 
LORDE with feare, and reioyse before him 
with reuerence. Kysse the sonne, lest the 
LORDE be angrie, and so ye perish from the 
right waye. For his wrath shalbe kindled 
shortly:' blessed are all they that put their 
trust in him. 



Cfie it). A psalme of Dauid. 

WHY are they so many (o LORDE) y 
trouble me? a greate multitude are 
they, that ryse agaynst me. Yee many one 
there be that saye off my soule : there is no 
helpe for him in God. Sela. But thou (o 
LORDE) art my defender, my worshipe, ad 
the lifter vp of my heade. I call vpon the 
LORDE with my voyce, and he heareth me 
out of his holy hill. Sela. I layed me downe 
and slepte, but I rose vp agayne, for the 
LORDE susteyned me. I am not afrayed 
for thousandes of the people, that copasse me 
rounde aboute. Vp LORDE, and helpe me, 
o my God : for thou smytest all myne ene- 
mies vpon the cheke bones, and breakest the 
teth of the vngodly. Helpe belongeth vnto 
the LORDE, therfore let thy blessynge be 
vpon thy people. 

CIjj iiij. A psalme of Dauid. 

HE ARE me whe I cal, o God of my 
rightuousnes, thou that comfortest me 
in my trouble : haue mercy vpon me, and 
herken vnto my prayer. O ye sonnes off 
men: how longe will ye blaspheme myne 
honoure? why haue ye soch pleasure in 
vanyte, % seke after lyes ? Sela. Knowe this, 
that the LORDE dealeth maruelously with his 
saynte : and when I call vpon the LORDE, 
he heareth me. m Be angrie, but synne not: 
como with youre owne hertes vpo youre beddes, 
d remebre youre selues. Sela. Offre y sacri- 



Heb. 1. d. 5. b. 


Act. 13. d. 


' Psal. 81 


Apo. 2. d. 19. c. 


Esa. 36. c. 


' Iere. 17 


Epbe. 4. c. 







psalme btj» 



€f)t $saitm 



So. miwij. 



fice of rightuousnes, 5 put youre trust in f 
LORDE. There be many y saye : who wil 
do vs eny good ? where as thou (o LORDE) 
hast shewed vs the light of thy countenance. 
Thou reioysest myne herte, though their en- 
creace be greate both in corne & wyne. Ther- 
fore wil I laye me downe in peace, (j take my 
rest : for thou LORDE only settest me in a 
sure dwellynge. 

Cf)e b. A psalme of Dauid. 

HEARE my wordes (o LORDE) con- 
sidre my callynge. O marke the voyce 
of my peticion, my kynge (j my God : for 
vnto the wil I make my praver. Heare my 
voyce by tymes (o LORDE) for "early in the 
morninge wil I gett me vnto the, yee tj y with 
diligece. For thou art not the God y hath 
pleasure in wickednesse, there maye no vn- 
godly personne dwel with the. Soch as be 
cruell maye not stonde in thy sight, thou art 
an enemie vnto all wicked doers. 

Thou destroyest the lyers : the LORDE 
abhorreth the bloude thurstie and disceatfull. 
But as for me, *I wil come in to thy house, 
euen vpon the multitude of thy mercy : ad in 
thy feare wyll I worshipe towarde thy holy 
teple. Lede me (o LORDE) in thy right- 
uousnesse, because of myne enemyes, ad make 
thy waye playne before me. For there is no 
faithfulnesse in their mouthes : they dyssem- 
ble in their hertes : their throte is an open 
sepulchre : with their tonges they disceaue. 
Punysh them (o God) that they maye perish 
in their owne ymaginacions : cast them out 
because of the multitude of their vngodlinesse, 
for they rebell agaynst the. Agayne, let all 
them that put their trust in the, reioyse : yee 
let them euer be geuynge of thankes, because 
thou defendest them : that they which loue 
thy name, maye be ioyfull in the. For thou 
LORDE geuest thy blessinge vnto the right- 
uous : and with thy fauorable kyndnes thou 
defendest him, as with a shylde. 

Cfic bt. A psalme of Dauid. 

OH LORDE, rebuke me not in thine 
anger : c Oh chaste me not in thy heuy 
displeasure. Haue mercy vpon me (o LORDE) 
for I am weake : o LORDE heale me, for all 
my bones are vexed. My soule also is in 



<• Sap. 14. b. Pro. 3. d. » Psal. 137. a. 
30. b. Psal. 37. a. <* Matt. 7. b. 25. d. 



' Iere. 10. d. 
Luc. 13. c. 



greate trouble, but LORDE how longe? 
Turne the (o LORDE) ij delyuer my soule : 
Oh saue me, for thy mercies sake. For in 
death no man remebreth the : Oh who wil 
geue the thankes in the hell? I am weery of 
gronynge : Euery night wasshe I my bedde, 
(j water my couche with my teares. My coii- 
tenauce is chaunged for very inwarde grefe, I 
cosume awaye, I haue so many enemies. 
rf Awaye fro me all ye wicked doers, for the 
LORDE hath herde the voyce off my wepinge. 
The LORDE hath herde myne humble peti- 
cio, the LORDE hath receaued my prayer. 
All myne enemies shalbe cofounded (t sore 
vexed : yee they shalbe turned backe and put 
to shame, and that right soone. 

Ci)« btj. A psalme of Dauid. 

O LORDE my God, t in f do 1 trust : 
saue me fro all the y persecute me, e g 
delyuer me. Lest he hantch vp my soule 
like a lyon, & teare it in peces, whyle there is 
none to helpe. O LORDE my God, yff I 
haue done eny soch thinge : yf there be eny 
vnrightuousnes in my hades : Yff I haue re- 
warded euell vnto the y dealt frendly with me 
or hurte the y without eny cause are myne 
enemies : Then let myne enemie persecute 
my soule, j take me : yee let hi treade my 
life downe in the earth, j laye myne honoure 
in the dust. Sela. Stode vp (o LORDE) in 
thy wrath, lift vp thyself ouer the furious 
indignacio of myne enemies: aryse vp (for 
me) in the vengeaunce that thou hast pro- 
mysed. -That the congregacion of the peo- 
ple maye come aboute the, for their sakes 
therfore lift vp thyselff agayne. The LORDE 
is iudge ouer the people : Auenge me then 
(o LORDE) acordinge to my rightuousnes g 
innocency. Oh let the wickednes of the vn- 
godly come to an ende : but manteyne the 
iust, thou rightuous God, y triest the very 
hertes (j the reynes. My helpe cometh of 
God, s which preserueth them y are true of 
herte. God is a rightuous iudge, & God is 
euer threateninge. Yf men wil not turne, he 
hath whet his swearde : he hath bent his bowe 
& made it ready. He hath prepayred him the 
weapens of death, j ordened his arowes to 
destroye. h Beholde, he trauayleth with mys- 
chefe, he hath coceaued vnhappynesse, and 

e 2 Re. 19. 24. 26. / Deu. 32. e. e Deu. 10. 

* lob 15. d. Esa. 59. a. 



So* mtmiiU 



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psalme biij. 



brought forth a lye. "He hath grauen and 
dygged vp a pytte, but he shal fall himself in 
to y pytte y he hath made. b For his vnhap- 
pynes shall come vpon his owne heade, & his 
wickednes shall fall vpon his owne pate. As 
for me, I will geue thankes vnto the LORDE 
for his rightuousnes sake, and wil prayse the 
name of the LORDE the most hyest. 

©fie biij. A psalme of Dauid. 

O LORDE oure gouernoure : how won- 
derfull is thy name in all the worlde? 
how excellent is thy glory aboue the heauens ? 
Out of the mouth of the very babes 5 suck- 
linges thou hast ordened prayse, because of 
thine enemies, y thou mightest destroye the 
enemie and the auenger. For I con si d re thy 
heauens, euen the worke off thy fyngers : the 
Moone and the starres which thou hast made. 
Oh what is man, y thou art so myndfull of 
him ? ether the sonne of ma that thou visitest 
him ? d After thou haddest for a season made 
him lower the the angels, thou crownedest 
him with honoure & glory. 'Thou hast set 
him aboue the workes off thy hondes : thou 
hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his 
fete. All shepe and oxen, yee and the beastes 
of the felde. The foules of the ayre : the fysh 
of the see, and what so walketh thorow the 
wayes of the see. O LORDE oure gouer- 
noure, how wonderfull is thy name in all the 
worlde ? 

Cije tjr. A psalme of Dauid. 

I WIL geue thakes vnto the (o LORDE) 
with my whole herte, J I wil speake of all 
thy maruelous workes. I wil be glad j reioyse 
the, yee my songes wil I make of thy name, 
o thou most hyest. Because thou hast dryue 
myne enemies abacke, they were discofited, 5 
perished at thy presence. For thou hast 
manteyned my right and my cause : thou syt- 
test in the Trone that art the true iudge. 
Thou rebukest the Heithen, and destroyest 
the vngodly, thou puttest out their name for 
euer and euer. The enemies swerdes are 
come to an ende, thou hast ouerthrowen their 
cities, their memoriall is perished with the. 
But y LORDE endureth for euer, he hath 
prepared his seate vnto iudgmet. He gouem- 
eth y worlde with rightuousnes 5 ministreth 



EcclT. 27. e. Hest.7.b. 

<* Psal. 143. 



Psal.139. 
1. Heb. 2.1 



true iudgmet vnto the people. The LORDE 
is a defence for the poore, a defence in the 
tyme of trouble. Therfore they y knowe thy 
name, put their trust in y : for thou (LORDE) 
neuer faylest the, that seke the. g O prayse 
the LORDE, which dwelleth in Sion, shewe 
y people of his doinges. And why? he 
maketh inquysicion for their bloude, and re- 
membreth them : ''he forgetteth not the com- 
playnte of the poore. Haue mercy vpo me 
(o LORDE) considre the trouble that I am 
in amoge myne enemies, thou that liftest me 
vp from y gates of death. That I maye shewe 
all thy prayses within the portes off the dough- 
ter Sion, and reioyse in thy sauynge health 
As for the Heithen, they are suncke downe in 
the pytte that they made : in the same nette, 
which they spred out priuely, is their owne 
fote take. Thus y LORDE is knowne to 
execute true iudgment, whe the vngodly is 
trapped in the workes of his owne handes, 
Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell, 
and all the Heithen y forget God. But the 
poore shal not allwaye be out of remem- 
braunce, the paciet abydinge of soch as be 
in trouble shall not perish for euer. Vp 
LORDE, let not man haue the vpper hade, 
let the Heithe be codemned before the. O 
LORDE, set a scolemaster ouer the, that the 
Heithe maye knowe them selues to be but 
me. Sela. 

Here the Hebrues begynne the x. psalme. 

WHY art thou gone so farre of, o 
LORDE? wilt thou hyde thyselff in 
tyme of trouble ? Whyle y vngodly hath the 
ouer hande, the poore must suffre persecucion : 
O that they were taken in the ymaginacions 
which they go aboute. For the vngodly 
maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre, the 
cuvetous blesseth him self, and blasphemeth 
the LORDE. The vngodly is so proude 
and full of indignacio, that he careth not: 
nether is God before his eyes. His wayes are 
allwaye filthie, thy iudgmentes are farre out 
of his sight, he defyeth all his enemies. For 
he sayeth in his herte : Tush, I shal neuer be 
cast downe, there shal no harme happe vnto 
me. His mouth is full of cursynge, fraude 
and disceate : vnder his toge is trauayle g 
sorow. He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens, 

Gen. 1. d. Ephe. 1. c. / Psal. 110. a. and 137. a. 
e Deu. 4. e. Psal. 75. a. a Psal. 21. c. 



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that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent, 
his eyes are set vpo the poore. He lyeth 
waytinge secretly, as it were a lyon in his 
denne. He lurketh that he maye rauysh the 
poore, yee to rauish the poore, when he hath 
gotten him in to his nett. Then smyteth he, 
then oppresseth he & casteth downe the poore 
with his auctorite. For he sayeth in his 
herte: Tush, God hath forgotten, he hath 
turned a waye his face, so y he will neuer se 
it. Aryse o LORDE God, lift vp thine 
honde, and forget not the poore. Wherfore 
shulde the wicked blaspheme God, and saye 
in his herte: Tush, he careth not for it? 
This thou seist, for thou considrest the mysery 
and sorowe : The poore geueth himselff ouer 
in to thy hande, and committeth him vnto 
the, for thou art the helper of the frendlesse. 
Breake thou y arme off the vngodly and 
malycious, search out the wickednesse which 
he hath done, that he maye perish. The 
LORDE is kynge for euer, ye Heithen shal 
perish out off his londe. LO RDE, thou hearest 
the desyrous longinge off the poore: their herte 
is sure, that thine eare herkeneth therto. Helpe 
the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right, that 
the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth. 

Che r. A psalme of Dauid. 

IN the LORDE put I my trust : how will 
ye then saye to my soule : that she shulde 
fie as a byrde vpon youre hill ? For lo, the 
vngodly haue bet their bowe, and made redy 
their arowes in the quyuer : s that they maye 
priuely shute at them, which are true of 
herte. The very foundacion haue they cast 
downe, what ca the rightuous the do withall ? 
But the LORDE is in his holy temple, the 
LORDES seate is in heauen : *He cosidereth 
it with his eyes, c his eye lyddes beholde the 
children of men. The LORDE seith both 
the rightuous and vngodly, but who so de- 
liteth in wickednes, him his soule abhorreth. 
Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares, fyre, 
brymstone, storme and tempest : this rewarde 
shal they haue to drynke. For the LORDE 
is rightuous, ad he loueth rightuousnes, his 
countenaunce beholdeth the thige y is iust. 



Che rt. A psalme of Dauid. 
ELPE LORDE, for there is not one 
saynte more : very fewe faithfull are 



H 



Pro. 26. c. » Aba. 2. c. c Esa. 66. a. <* Psal. 118. c. 



there amonge the children off men. Euery 
man telleth lyes to his neghboure, they do but 
flater with their lippes and dissemble in their 
herte. O that the LORDE wolde rote out 
all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speak- 
eth proude thinges. Which saye : Oure toge 
shulde preuayle : we are they that ought to 
speake, who is lorde ouer vs ? Now for the 
troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of 
the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth 
the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at 
rest. The wordes of the LORDE are pure 
wordes : d e\xe as y syluer, which from earth is 
tried and purified vij. tymes in the fyre. Kepe 
the therfore (o LORDE) and preserue vs fro 
this generacion for euer. And why? when 
vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande 
amonge the children of men, all are full of y 
vngodly. 

Che vt). A psalme of Dauid. 

HOW longe wilt thou forget me, o 
LORDE? for euer? how longe wilt 
thou hyde thy face fro me ? Oh how loge 
shall I seke councell in my soule ? how longe 
shall I be so vexed in my herte ? how longe 
shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me ? Con- 
sidre, ad heare me, o LORDE my God: 
lighten myne eyes, that I slepe not in death, 
Lest myne enemie saye: I haue preuayled 
agaynst hi, for yf I be cast downe, they that 
trouble me will reioyse at it. 

But my trust is in thy mercy, and my hert 
is ioyfull in thy sauynge health. I wil synge 
of the LORDE, that dealeth so louyngly 
with me. (Yee I wil prayse the name of the 
LORDE the most hyest.) 

Cfie rttj. A psalme of Dauid. 

THE foolish bodyes saye in their hertes : 
e Tush, there is no God. They are 
corrupte, ad become abhominable in their 
doynges, there is not one y doth good. -^The 
LORDE loked downe fro heaue vp5 the 
children of men, to se yf there were eny, that 
wolde vnderstonde g seke after God. But 
they are all gone out of the waye, they are 
alltogether become vnprofitable: there is 
none that doth good, no not one. g Their 
throte is an open sepulcre, with their tonges 
they haue disceaued, the poyson of Aspes is 



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vnder their lippes.* Their mouth is full of 
cursinge and bytternes, their fete are swift to 
shed bloude.* Destruccion <j wretchednes 
are in their wayes, ad the waye of peace haue 
they not knowne : there is no feare off God 
before their eyes.* How can they haue vnder- 
stondinge, y worke myschefe, eatinge vp my 
people, as it were bred, <s call not vp5 y 
LORDE ? 

Therfore shal they be brought in greate 
feare, for God stondeth by the generacion of 
the rightuous. As for you, ye haue made a 
mocke at the coiicell of the poore, because he 
putteth his trust in the LORDE. " Oh y the 
sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out off 
Sion. Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer 
his people out of captiuyte. The shulde Iacob 
reioyse, and Israel shulde be l'ight glad. 

Cfie jrfttj. A psalme of Dauid. 

LORDE, who shall dwell in thy taber- 
nacle ? * who shal rest vpo thy holy hill ? 
Euen he y ledeth an vncorrupte life: that 
doth the thinge which is right, ad that speak- 
eth the treuth from his herte. He y vseth no 
disceat in his tonge : he that doth no euell to 
his neghboure, & slaundreth not his neghbours. 
He y setteth not by the vngodly but maketh 
moch of the that feare the LORDE: he y 
sweareth vnto his neghboure j dispoynteth 
him not. c He that geueth not his money 
vpon vsury, and taketh no rewarde agaynst 
the innocet. Who so doth these thiges, shal 
neuer be remoued. 

Cftc }'&• A psalme of Dauid. 

PRESERUE me (o God) for in the do I 
trust. I haue sayde vnto y LORDE : 
thou art my God, my goodes are nothinge 
vnto the. All my delyte is vpon the sanctes 
that are in the earth, and vpon soch like. But 
they y runne after another, shall haue greate 
trouble. Their drynkofFerynges of bloude wil 
not I offre, nether make mencion of their 
name in my mouth. d The LORDE himself 
is my good and my porcion, thou manteynest 
my enheritauce. The lott is fallen vnto me 
in a fayre grounde, yee I haue a goodly 
heretage. I wil thanke the LORDE for 
geuynge me warnynge : my reynes also haue 



These thre verses are not in the Hebrue. " Esa. 

59. c. Rom. 11. d. b Esa. 33. b. Psal. 23. a. Matt, 

c. 1 Ioh. 1. b. c Eze. 18. a. * Tren. 3. c. 



chastened me in the night season. Afore 
honde sawe I God allwayes before me, e for 
he is on my right honde, that I shulde not 
be moued. 

f Therfore dyd my hert reioyce, j my tunge 
was glad, my flesh also shall rest in hope. 
For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in 
hell, s nether shalt thou suffre thy saynte to se 
corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the wayes 
off life : thou shalt make me full of ioye with 
thy countenaunce. At thy right hande there 
is pleasure and ioye for euermore. 

Cfjf rbt. A psalme of Dauid. 

HE ARE f right (O LORDE) * cosidre 
my coplaynte : herken vnto my prayer, 
that goeth not out of a fayned mouth. Let 
my sentence come forth fro thy presence, and 
loke vpon the thinge that is equall. ' Thou 
hast proued (j visited myne herte in the night 
season : thou hast tried me in the fyre, & hast 
founde no wickednes in me : for I vtterly pur- 
posed, that my mouth shulde not offende, 
Because of the wordes of thy lippes, I haue 
kepte me fro the workes of men, in f waye 
off the murthurer. Oh ordre thou my goynges 
in thy pathes, that my fote steppes slippe not. 
For vnto the I crie, heare me o God : enclyne 
thine eares to me, and herke vnto my wordes. 
Shewe thy maruelous louinge kindnesse, thou 
that sauest them which put their trust in the, 
from soch as resist thy right honde. Kepe me 
as the apple of an eye, defende me vnder the 
shadowe of thy wynges.* From the vngodly 
that trouble me, fro myne enemies which 
compasse my soule rounde aboute. 

Which manteyne their owne welthynesse 
with oppression, & their mouth speaketh proude 
thinges. They lye waytinge in oure waye on 
euery syde, turnynge their eyes downe to the 
grounde. Like as a lyon that is gredy of his 
pray, u as it were a lyons whelpe lurckynge in 
his denne. Vp LORDE, dispoynte him (j 
cast him downe : delyuer my soule with thy 
swerde from the vngodly. Fro the men of 
thy honde (o LORDE) from the men off the 
worlde, which haue their porcion in this life : 
whose belies thou fyllest with thy treasure. 

They haue children at their desyre, and leaue 
the reste of their substauce for their babes. 



Pro. 3. c. / Act. 2. c. e Act. 13. d. h Psal. 25. a. 
Pro. 17. a. * Zac. 2. b. Matt. 23. e. ; Ephe. 6. b. 



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But as for me, I will beholde thy presence 
in rightuousnes : and when thy glory appear- 
eth, I shal be satisfied. 

©f)e rbij. A psalme of Dauid when he was 
delyuered from the honde off Saul. 

IWIL loue the (o LORDE) my stregth. 
The LORDE is my sucoure, my refuge, 
my Sauioure : my god, my helper i who I 
trust : my buckler, y home of my health 
my protecci5. I wil prayse y LORDE 5 call 
vpon him, "so shal I be safe fro myne enemies. 
The sorowes of death copassed me,* & the 
brokes of vngodlynes made me afrayed. The 
paynes of hell came aboute me, the snares of 
death toke holde vp5 me. Yet in my trouble 
I called vp5 the LORDE, 5 coplayned vnto 
my God. So he herde my voyce out off his 
holy teple, j my coplaynte came before hi, 
yee eue in to his eares. c The the earth 
trembled (j quaked, the very foudacios of the 
hilles shoke <j were remoued, because he was 
wrothe. There wete a smoke out of his nos- 
trels, ad a cosumynge fyre out of his mouth 
so y coales were kyndled at it. He bowed 
the heaues & came downe, 5. it was darcke 
vnder his fete. He rode vpo the Cherubins j 
dyd fie : he came flyenge with the wynges of 
the wynde. He made darcknesse his pauylion 
rounde aboute hi, with darcke water (j thicke 
cloudes to couer him. At the brightnes off 
his presence the cloudes remoued, with hale 
stones ij coales of fyre. The LORDE also 
thondred out of y heaue, & the heyth gaue his 
thondre with hale stones 15 coales of fyre. He 
sent out his arowes (j scatred the, he cast 
sore lighteninges, £ destroyed the. The 
springes of waters were sene, j the foundacios 
of the roude worlde were discouered at thy 
chiding (0 LORDE) at the blastinge £ breth 
of thy displeasure. He sent downe fro the 
heyth to fetch me, 5 toke me out of greate 
waters. He delyuered me fro my stronge 
enemies, and fro my foes which were to 
mightie for me. They preuented me in the 
tyme of my trouble, but y LORDE was my 
defence. He brought me forth also in to 
lyberte*. (t, delyuered me, because he had a 
fauoure vnto me. The LORDE shall rewarde 
me after my rightuous dealynge, j acordinge 
to the clenesse of my hodes shal he recopense 



So* mcycbtj» 



* 2 Re. 22. 
2 Re. 22. d. 



4 Psal. 114. a. ' Matt. 27. f. s Deu. 4. f. 

Pro. 6. b. / Psal. 18. b. 113. 



me. For I haue kepte the wayes of the 
LORDE, ij haue not behaued myself wickedly 
agaynst my God. I haue an eye vnto all his 
lawes, j cast not out his commaundemetes 
fro me. Vncorrupte will I be before hi, (t wil 
eschue myne owhe wickednes. Therfore shal 
y LORDE rewarde me after my rightuous 
dealinge, (j acordinge vnto y clenesse of my 
hodes in his eye sight. With the holy thou 
shalt be holy, & with f innocet thou shalt be 
innocet. With the clene thou shalt be clene 
d j with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde. 
For thou shalt saue the poore oppressed, 5 
brlge downe the hye lokes of the proude. 
c Thou lightest my cadle, o LORDE my 
God : thou makest my darcknesse to be light. 
For in the I can discofit an hoost of me : yee 
in my God I ca leape ouer the wall. 

-'"The waye of God is a perfecte waye : the 
wordes of the LORDE are tried in the fyre : 
he is a shylde of defence, for all them that 
trust in him. e For who is God, but the 
LORDE? * Or, who hath eny strength, but 
oure God ? It is God that hath gyrded me 
with stregth and made my waye vncorrupte. 
He hath made my fete like hartes fete, and 
set me vp an hye. i He teacheth myne hondes 
to fight, and maketh myne amies to breake 
euen a bowe off stele. Thou hast geue me 
the defence of thy health, thy right hande 
vpholdeth me, and thy louynge correccion 
maketh me greate. Thou hast made rowme 
ynough vnder me for to go, that my fote 
steppes shulde not slyde. I will folowe vpon 
myne enemies, and take them: I will not 
turne till they be discomfited. I will smyte 
them, they shall not be able to stonde, but 
fall vnder my fete. Thou hast gyrded me 
with strength vnto y batell, thou hast throwe 
them all downe vnder me, that rose vp agaynst 
me. Thou hast made myne enemies to turne 
their backes vpon me, thou hast destroyed 
the y hated me. They cried, but there was 
none to helpe the : k yee euen vnto the 
LORDE, but he herde the not. I will beate 
them as small as the dust before the wynde, I 
will cast them out as y- claye in the stretes. 
Thou shalt delyuer me from the stryuinges of 
the people, thou shalt make me the heade of 
the Heithe. A people whom I haue not 
knowne, shall serue me. 



Aba. 3. c. ' Psal. 143. a. * Pro. 1. c. 



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As soone as they heare of me, they shall 
obeye me, but the straunge childre dyssemble 
with me. The straunge children are waxe 
olde, and go haltinge out of their pathes, 
The LORDE lyueth : ad blessed be my helper, 
praysed be the God of my health. Eue f 
God which seyth that I be auenged, and sub- 
dueth the people vnto me. It is he that 
delyuereth me fro my cruell enemies: thou 
shalt lift me vp from them that ryse agaynst 
me, thou shalt ryd me from the wicked man. 

a For this cause I wil geue thankes vnto f 
(o LORDE) amonge the Gentiles, and synge 
prayses vnto thy name. * Greate prosperite 
geueth he vnto his kynge, and sheweth louinge 
kyndnesse vnto Dauid his anoynted, yee a 
vnto his sede for euermore. 

Cfie Jf&ttj. A psalme of Dauid. 

THE very heaues declare the glory off 
God, c ad the very firmamet sheweth his 
hadye worke. One daye telleth another, and 
one night certifieth another. There is nether 
speach ner laguage, but their voyces are herde 
amoge the. Their soude is gone out in to all 
londes, d and their wordes in to the endes of 
the worlde. 

In the hath he sett a tabernacle for y Sone, 
which cometh forth as a brydegrome out of 
his chambre, a reioyseth as a giaunte to rune 
his course. It goeth forth fro the one ende 
of the heauen, and runneth aboute vnto the 
same ende agayne, a there maye no ma hyde 
himself fro the heate therof. The la we of the 
LORDE is a perfecte lawe, it quickeneth the 
soule. e The testimony of y- LORDE is true, 

geueth wisdome euen vnto babes. The 
statutes of the LORDE are right, a reioyse 
the herte : y comaundemet of y LORDE is 
pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes. 

The feare of the LORDE is cleane, a en- 
dureth for euer : the iudgmentes of the 
LORDE are true and rightuous altogether. 
More pleasunt are they then golde, r yee then 
moch fyne golde : sweter then hony a the hony 
combe. These thy seruaunt kepeth/ a for 
kepinge of them there is greate rewarde. 
Who can tell, how oft he offendeth? Oh 
clese thou me fro my secrete fautes. Kepe 
thy seruaute also from presumptuous synnes, 
lest they get the dominion ouer me : so shal I 



" Ro. 15. a. 
Psal. 17. c. 



*2Re. 22. g. 'Ro.1. 
Deu. 4. a. Psal. 118. 



d Ro. 10. c. 
Matt. 11. c. 



be vndefyled a innocet fr5 the greate offence. 
Yee the wordes of my mouth a the meditacio 
of my herte shalbe acceptable vnto the, o 
LORDE, my helper and my redemer. 

Cf)e rtr. A psalme of Dauid. 

THE LORDE heare the in the tyme off 
trouble, the name of the God of Iacob 
defende the. Sende the helpe fro the Sanc- 
tuary, u strength y out of Sion. Remembre 
all thy offerynges, and accepte thy brent sacri- 
fice. Sela. Graunte the thy hertes desyre, 
a fulfill all thy mynde. We will reioyse in 
thy health, a triiiphe in f name of the LORDE 
oure God: the LORDE perfourme all thy 
peticios. Now knowe I, that the LORDE 
helpeth his anoynted, and will heare him fro 
his holy heauen : mightie is the helpe of his 
right h5de. Some put their trust in charettes, 
a some in horses : but we wil remebre f name 
of the LORDE oure God. They are brought 
downe and fallen, but we are rysen and stonde 
vp right. Saue (LORDE) a helpe vs (o 
kynge) when we call vpon the. 

Cfte rr. A psalme of Dauid. 

LORDE, how ioyfull is the kynge in thy 
strength? O how exceadinge glad is he 
of thy sauynge health ? Thou hast geuen him 
his hertes desyre, a hast not put him fro the 
request of his lippes. Sela. For thou hast 
preueted him with liberall blessinges, a set a 
crowne of golde vpon his heade. ''He asked 
life of the, a thou gauest him a longe life, eue 
for euer a euer. His honoure is greate in thy 
sauynge health, glory and greate worshipe shalt 
thou laye vpon him. For thou shaft geue 
him euerlastige felicite, a make him glad with 
the ioye of thy coiitenauce. And why? be- 
cause the kinge putteth his trust in the 
LORDE, a in the mercy of the most hiest 
he shal not myscary. Let all thine enemies 
fele thy honde, let thy right honde fynde out 
all the y hate the. Thou shalt make the like 
a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath : the LORDE 
shal destroye the in his displeasure, a the fyre 
shall consume them. Their frute shalt thou 
rote out of the earth, a their sede fro amoge 
the childre of men. For they inteded mys- 
chefe agaynst the, a ymagined soch deuyces, 
as they were not able to perfourme. Ther- 

/ Pro. 8. a. s Psal. 118. a. * 2 Re. 12. f. 



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fore shalt thou put the to flight, g with thy 
stringes thou shalt make ready thine arowes 
agaynst the faces off them. Be thou exalted 
(LORDE) in thine owne strength, so wil we 
synge and prayse thy power. 

Cfte ?rt. A psalme of Dauid. 



" Y God, my God : why hast thou for- 



XVX saken me?" f wordes of my coplaynte 
are farre fro my health. O my God, I crie in 
the daye tyme, but thou hearest not : and in 
the night season also I take no rest. Yet 
dwellest thou in the Sanctuary, o thou worshipe 
of Israel. Oure fathers hoped in the, they 
trusted in the, ad thou dyddest delyuer them. 
They called vpon the, and were helped : they 
put their trust in the, and were not cofounded. 
But as for me, I am a worme and no man : a 
very scorne of me and the outcast of the 
people. All they y se me, laugh me to scorne : 
*they shute out their lippes, and shake their 
heades. He trusted in God/ let him delyuer 
him : let him helpe hi, yf he wil haue him. 
But thou art he that toke me out of my 
mothers wobe : d thou wast my hope, when I 
hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes. I haue 
bene left vnto the euer sence I was borne, 
thou art my God, eue fro my mothers wombe. 
O go not fro me the, for trouble is harde at 
honde, and here is none to helpe me. Greate 
bulles are come aboute me, fatt oxen close me 
in on euery syde. They gape vpon me with 
their mouthes, as it were a rampinge and 
roaringe lyon. 

6 1 am poured out like water, all my bones 
are out of ioynt: my hert in the myddest off 
my body is euen like meltinge waxe. My 
strength is dried vp like a potsherde, my tunge 
cleueth to my goomes, and thou hast brought 
me in to the dust of death. For dogges are 
come aboute me, the coucell of y wicked hath 
layed sege agaynst me. They pearsed my 
hondes and my fete, I might haue tolde all 
my bones : as for them, they stode staringe 
and lokinge vpon me. They haue parted my 
garmentes amonge them/ ad cast lottes vpon 
my vesture. 

But be not thou farre fro me, o LORDE: 
thou art my sucoure, haist the to helpe me. 
Delyuer my soule from the swearde, my dear- 

" Matt. 27. e. Mar. 15.d. * Psal. 108. d. ° Matt.27. c. 
? Psal. 70. a. < Iosue 7. a. 2 Re. 14. b. / Mat. 27. d. 
Ioh. 19. c. ff Psal. 34. b. A Heb.2.c. 'Psal.9.b. 



linge from the power of the dogge. Saue me 
from the lyons mouth, and heareme fro amonge 
the homes off the vnicornes.s So will I declare 
thy name vnto my brethren/' in the myddest 
off the congregacion will I prayse the. O 
prayse the LORDE ye that feare him : Mag- 
nine him all ye sede of Iacob, g let all f sede 
of Israel feare hi. 'For he hath not despysed 
ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore 
he hath not hyd his face fro me, but whe I 
called vnto him, he herde me. I wil prayse 
the in the greate congregacion, and perfourme 
my vowes in the sight off all the that feare the, 
The poore shal eate ad be satisfied: *they y 
seke after y LORDE shal prayse him: youre 
herte shal lyue for euer. 

All the endes of the worlde shal remembre 
them selues, g be turned vnto the LORDE: 
and all the generacions of the Heithen shal 
worshipe before him. For the kyngdome is 
the LORDES, and he shal be the gouernoure 
of f Heithen. All soch as be fat vp5 earth, 
shal eate also and worshipe : All they that lye 
in the dust, and lyue so hardly, shall fall downe 
before him. The sede shall seme him, and 
preach of the LORDE for euer. They shal 
come, g declare his rightuousnes : vnto a people 
that shal be borne/ who the LORDE hath 
made. 

Cft* rvtj. A psalme of Dauid. 

THE LORDE is my shepherde/" I can 
wante nothinge. He fedeth me in a 
grene pasture, ad ledeth me to a fresh water. 
He quickeneth my soule, g bringeth me forth 
in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake. 
"Though I shulde walke now in the valley of 
the shadowe of death, yet I feare no euell, for 
thou art with me : thy staffe g thy shepehoke 
coforte me. Thou preparest a table before 
me agaynst mine enemies : thou anoyntest my 
heade with oyle, g fyllest my cuppe full. Oh 
let thy louynge kyndnes & mercy folowe me all 
the dayes off my life, that I maye dwell in the 
house off the LORDE for euer. 

©fit trttj. A psalme of Dauid. 

THE earth is the LORDES/ g all that 
therin is : the copase of the worlde, ad 
all y dwell therin. For he hath fouded it vpo 



k Psal. 131.1 
" Pro. 10. b. 
lob 38. a. 



Psal. 101. c. m Ioh. 10. a. 1 Pe. 2. c, 
» Deu. 10. c. Iere. 27. a. 1 Cor. 10. c, 



fb.%. 



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the sees, 5 buylded it vpon the floudes. Who 
shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE? 
Or, who shal remayne in his holy place ? Eue 
he y hath innocet hodes s a clene herte : which 
lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite, & sweareth 
not to disceaue. fl He shal receaue the blessinge 
fro the LORDE, ad mercy fro God his saui- 
oure. This is y generacio of the y seke him 
of the y seke thy face, o Iacob. Sela. Open 
youre gates (o ye prices) let the euerlastinge 
dores be opened, y y kynge of glory maye 
come in. Who is this kynge of glory ? It is 
the LORDE stroge and mightie, euen the 
LORDE mightie in batell. 

Open youre gates (o ye prynces) let the 
euerlastinge dores be opened, y the kynge off 
glory maye come in. Who is this kynge off 
glory? It is the LORDE of hoostes, he is 
the kynge of glory. Sela. 

Cfie yjmtj. A psalme of Dauid. 

VNTO the (o LORDE) I lift vp my 
soule. My God, I trust in f : Oh let 
me not be confounded,* lest myne enemies 
triiiphe ouer me. For all they y hope in y 
shal not be ashamed: but soch as be scornefull 
despysers with out a cause, they shall be put to 
cofucio. Shewe me thy wayes (o LORDE) 
(j teach me thy pathes. Lede me in thy trueth 
and lerne me, for thou art the God off my 
health, and in the is my hope all the daye longe. 

Call to remembraunce, O LORDE, thy 
tender mercyes j thy louinge kyndnesses, 
which haue bene euer of olde. Oh remebre 
not f synnes g offences of my youth, but 
acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me (O 
LORDE) for thy goodnesse. O how fredly 
(S rightuous is the LORDE, therfore wil he 
teach synners in the waye. He ledeth the 
symple a right, and soch as be meke the 
lerneth he his wayes. All the wayes of the 
LORDE are very mercy j faithfulnesse, vnto 
soch as kepe his testament and couenaunt. 
For thy names sake, c O LORDE, be mercifull 
vnto my synne, for it is greate. What so euer 
he be that feareth the LORDE, he shal shewe 
him the waye that he hath chosen. 

His soule shall dwell at ease, and his sede 
shall possesse the londe. The secrete of the 
LORDE is amonge them that feare him, and 
he sheweth them his couenaunt/ Myne eyes 



b Rom. 
c Esa. 43. d. 



d. Esa. 28. c. Psal. 30. 
* Iere. 31. f. 



are euer lokynge vnto the LORDE, for he 
shal plucke my fete out of y nett. Turne the 
vnto me and haue mercy vpon me, for I am 
desolate and in misery. The sorowes of my 
herte are greate, O brynge me out of my 
troubles. 

Loke vpon my aduersite and misery, and 
forgeue me all my synnes. Considre how 
myne enemies are many, and beare a malicious 
hate agaynst me. O kepe my soule, and 
delyuer me : let me not be confounded, for I 
haue put my trust in the. Let innocency and 
rightuous dealinge wayte vpon me, for my 
hope is in the. Delyuer Israel (O God) out 
of all his trouble. 

Cfie rrb. A psalme of Dauid. 

BE thou my iudge (O LORDE) for I 
walke innocently: my trust is in the 
LORDE, therfore shall I not fall. 

e Examen me O LORDE, and proue me 
trie out my reynes and my hert. For thy 
louynge kyndnesse is before myne eyes, and " 
walke in thy trueth. I syt not amoge vayne 
personnes, and haue no fellishipe with the 
disceatfull. I hate the congregacion of the 
wicked, and I will not syt amonge the vngodly, 

^1 waszshe my hondes with innocency O 
LORDE, and so go I to thine aulter. That 
I maye shewe the voyce of thy prayse, and 
tell of all thy wonderous workes. LORDE, 

loue the habitacion of thy house, and f 
place where thy honoure dwelleth. O destroye 
not my soule with the synners, ner my life 
with the bloudthurstie. In whose hondes is 
wickednesse, and their right honde is full of 
giftes. ^But as for me I will walke inno- 
cently : h O delyuer me, and be mercifull vnto 
me. My fote stondeth right: I wil prayse 
the (O LORDE) in the congregacions. 

Cfte rrbi. A psalme of Dauid. 

THE LORDE is my light and my 
health: 'whom then shulde I feare? 
the LORDE is the strength of my life, for 
whom the shulde I be afrayed? Therfore 
when the wicked (euen myne enemies cj my 
foes) came vpon me, to eate vp my flesh, 
they stombled and fell. Though an hoost of 
men were layed agaynst me, yet shal not my 
hert be afrayed : and though there rose vp 

al. 16. a. 58. c. / Esa. 1. b. s Exo. 23. a. 



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warre against me, yet wil I put my trust i: 
him. "One thinge haue I desyred of th 
LORDE, which I wil requyre : namely, that 
I maye dwell* in the house of the LORDE 
all the dayes of my life, to beholde the fayre 
beutie of the LORDE, and to vyset his 
temple. 

For in the tyme of trouble he hath hyd me 
in his tabernacle, " yee in the secrete place of 
his dwellinge hath he kepte and set me vp 
vpon a rocke of stone. And now hath he 
lift vp my heade aboue myne enemies, that 
copassed me rounde aboute. Therfore wil I 
offre in his dwellinge, the oblacion of thakes- 
geuynge : I wil both synge g speake prayses 
vnto the LORDE. Herke vnto my voyce 
(O LORDE) when I crie vnto the: haue 
mercy vpon me & heare me. My hert 
speaketh vnto the, my face seketh thee, yee 
LORDE, thy face wil I seke. O hyde not 
thou thy face fro me, cast not thy seruaunt of 
in displeasure. Thou art my succoure, leaue 
me not, nether forsake me, O God my Sa- 
uioure. For my father and my mother haue 
forsaken me, but the LORDE hath taken 
me vp. Shewe me thy waye O LORDE, and 
lede me in the right path, because of myne 
enemies. Delyuer me not in to the wylles of 
myne aduersaries, for there are false wytnesses 
rysen vp against me, and they ymagyn mys- 
chefe. Neuerthelesse, I beleue verely to se 
the goodnesse of the LORDE in the londe 
of the lyuynge. d O tary thou f LORDES 
leysure, be stronge, let thine hert be of good 
comforte, and wayte thou still for the LORDE. 

©i)e ffoih A psalme of Dauid. 

VNTO the wil I crie, o my stronge de- 
fence : thinke no scorne of me, lest (yf 
thou make the as though thou herdest not) I 
become like them, that go downe in to y pytte. 
Heare the voyce of my humble peticion, when 
I crie vnto the, and holde vp my hondes 
towarde thy holy temple. 

O plucke me not awaye amonge the vngodly 
and wicked doers, e which speake frendly to 
their neghboure, but ymagin myschefe in their 
hertes. Rewarde them acordinge to their 
dedes and wickednesse of their owne inuen- 
cions. Recompense them after f workes of 
their hodes, paye them that they haue de- 

" Luce 10. d. 6 2Re.7.c. c 1 Re. 21. a. 2 Re. 33. c. 
<* Psal. 30. d. e Iere. 9. a. / Deut. 8. d. * Deut. 

32. a. * Exo. 7. 8. Exo. 9. e. Exo. 14. f. Matth. 8. c. 



serued. For they regarde not the workes of 
the LORDE, ner the operacion of his hades : 
therfore shal he breake them downe, and not 
buylde them vp. Praysed be y LORDE, 
for he hath herde the voyce of my humble 
peticio. -The LORDE is my stregth and 
my shylde : my herte hoped in him, (j I am 
helped: therfore my hert daiiseth for ioye 
and I will synge prayses vnto him. The 
LORDE is the strength of his people, he is 
the defender and Sauioure of his anoynted 

O helpe thy people, geue thy blessynge 
vnto thy enheritaunce : g fede them, and set 
them vp for euer. 

Cf)C rjrtmj. A psalme of Dauid. 

ASCRYBE vnto the LORDE (o ye 
mightie) ascribe vnto the LORDE 
worshipe and strength. Geue the LORDE 
the honoure of his name, bowe youre selues 
to the holy magesty of the LORDE. h It is 
the LORDE that commaundeth the waters 
It is the glorious God that maketh y thonder 
it is the LORDE y ruleth the see. The 
voyce of the LORDE is mightie in operacion, 
the voyce of the LORDE is a glorious voyce. 
'The voyce of the LORDE breaketh the 
Cedre trees : yee the LORDE breaketh the 
Ceders of Libanus. He maketh them to 
skippe like a calfe: k Libanus and Sirion like 
a yonge vnycorne. 'The voyce of the LORDE 
deuideth the flames of fyre : the voyce of the 
LORDE shaketh the wildernesse, yee the 
LORDE shaketh the wildernesse of Cades. 
The voyce of the LORDE moueth y 
hyndes g discouereth the thicke buszshes : in 
his temple shal euery man speake of his 
honoure. The LORDE stilleth the water 
floude, & f LORDE remayneth a kynge for 
euer. The LORDE shall geue power vnto 
his people, the LORDE shal geue his people 
the blessynge of peace. 

Che rvtr. A psalme of Dauid. 

I WIL magnifie f (O LORDE) for thou 
hast set me vp, & not suffred my foes to 
triuphe ouer me. O LORDE my God, I 
cried vnto the, and thou hast healed me. 
Thou LORDE hast brought my soule out 
of hell : thou hast kepte my life, where as 
they go downe to the pytte. Synge prayses 

' Eze. 17. d. * Deut. 3. b. ' Num. 16. c. 

™ 1 Reg. 2. b. Psal. 85. b. 



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vnto the LORDE (o ye sayntes of his) geue 
thankes vnto him for a remembraunce of his 
holynesse. a For his wrath endureth but the 
twincklinge of an eye, and his pleasure is in 
life : heuynesse maye well endure for a night, 
but ioye commeth in the mornynge. 

As for me, whe I was in prosperite, I sayde : 
Tush, I shal neuer fall more. (And why? 
thou LORDE of thy goodnesse haddest made 
my hill so stronge.) But as soone as thou 
turnedest thy face fro me, I was brought in 
feare. The cried I vnto f (O LORDE) yee 
vnto f LORDE made I my prayer. What 
profit is there in my bloude, * yf I go downe 
to corrupcion ? Maye the dust geue thankes 
vnto ;y? Or shal it declare thy faithfulnesse? 
Heare (O LORDE) and haue mercy vpon 
me : LORDE be thou my helper. And so 
thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye: 
thou hast put of my sack cloth, g gyrded me 
with gladnesse. That my honoure might 
synge prayses vnto the with out ceassynge : O 
LORDE my God, I wil geue thankes vnto 
the for euer. 

%\)t rrr. A psalme of Dauid. 

IN the, O LORDE, is my trust : let me 
neuer be put to cofucion, c but delyuer me 
in thy rightuousnesse. Bowe downe thine 
eare to me, make haist to delyuer me: be 
thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence, 
that thou mayest saue me. For thou art my 
stronge holde g my castell: O be thou my 
gyde, g lede me for thy names sake. Drawe 
me out of the nett y they haue layed priuely 
for me/ for thou art my stregth. 

In to thy hondes I commende my sprete : 
thou hast delyuered me O LORDE thou God 
of treuth. I hate them that holde of vanities, 
and my trust is in the LORDE. I will be 

d and reioyse in thy mercy : for thou hast 
considred my trouble, thou hast knowne my 
soule in aduersite. Thou hast not delyuered 
me ouer in to the hodes of the enemie, but 
hast set my fete in a large rowme. Haue 
mercy vpon me, O LORDE, for I am in 
trouble, myne eye is consumed for very 
heuynesse, yee my soule and my body. My 
life is waxen olde with heuynesse, and my 
yeares with mournynge. My stregth fayleth 
me because of my aduersite, and my bones 



Esa.54.b. 2 Cor. 4. c, 
d 1 Re. 19. a. 



Psal. 6. c. c Psal. 24. a. 70. 
1 23. b. Luc. 23. e. 



are corrupte. I am become a very reprofe 
amonge all myne enemies, my neghbours g 
they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed 
of me : they y se me in the strete, coveye 
them selues fro me. I am clene forgotten 
and out of mynde, as a deed man : I am be- 
come like a broken vessell. 

For I haue herde the blasphemy of the 
multitude : euery man abhorreth me : they 
haue gathered a councel together agaynst me. 
and are purposed to take a waye my life. 

But my hope is in f- O LORDE, g I saye 
thou art my God. My tyme is in thy honde : 
delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies, 
g from them y persecute me. Shewe thy 
seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce, helpe 
me for thy mercies sake. Let me not be 
confounded (o LORDE) for I call vpon the : 
let the vngodly rather be put to confucion, 
and brought vnto the hell. Let the lyenge 
lippes be put to sylence, which cruelly, disz- 
danedly g despitefully speake agaynst the 
rightuous. O how greate and manifolde is thy 
good, which thou haist hyd for them that feare 
j^? O what thinges bringest thou to passe 
for them, that put their trust in the, euen 
before the sonnes of men ? 

Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne 
presence from the proude men, thou kepest 
them secretly in thy tabernacle, from the 
strife of tonges. Thankes be to the LORDE, 
for he hath shewed me maruelous greate 
kyndnesse in a stronge cite. For when the 
sodane feare came vpon me, I sayde : I am 
cast out of thy sight. Neuertheles, thou 
herdest myne humble prayer, when I cried 
vnto the. O loue the LORDE (all ye his 
sayntes) for the LORDE preserueth the faith- 
full, and plenteously rewardeth he the proude 
doer. c Be stroge therfore g take a good, herte 
vnto you, all ye that put youre trust in the 
LORDE. 

Wf)t rrrt. A psalme of Dauid. 

BLESSED are they, whose vnrightuous- 
nesse is forge uen, ' and whose synnes are 
couered. Blessed is the man, vnto whom the 
LORDE imputeth no synne, in whose sprete 
there is no gyle. For whyle I helde my 
tonge, my bones consumed awaye thorow my 
daylie complaynynges. And because thy 

« Psal. 26. c. / Rom. 4. a. 



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hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and 
night, my moysture was like the drouth in 
Sommer. Sela. 

Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the, 
and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse. " I saide : 
I will knowlege myne offence, and accuse my 
self vnto the LORDE, and so thou forgauest 
me the wickednesse of my synne. 

Sela. *For this shal euery saynte make 
his prayer vnto the in due season, therfore 
shall not the greate water floudes come nye 
him. Thou art my defence in the trouble 
that is come aboute me, O copasse thou me 
aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce. 

Sela. C I wil enforme the, and she we the 
the waye wherin thou shalt go : I wil fasten 
myne eyes vpon the. rf Be not ye now like 
horses (j mooles, which haue no vnderstond- 
inge. Whose mouthes thou must holde with 
bytt 3, brydle, yf they wil not obeie the. 

Greate plages shall y vngodly haue, but 
who so putteth his trust in the LORDE, 
mercy shall compasse him on euery syde. Be 
glad (o ye rightuous) and reioyse in the 
LORDE, be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte. 

©fie rrri). A psalme of Dauid. 

REIOYSE in f LORDE (o ye rightuous) 
^for it becommeth well the iust to be 
thankfull. Prayse the LORDE with harpe : 
synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and 
instrument of ten strynges. Singe him a new 
songe, yee synge lustely vnto him & with a 
good corage. For the worde of y LORDE 
is true, and all his workes are faithfull. He 
loueth mercy j iudgment, y earth is full of 
the goodnesse of the LORDE. g By the 
worde of the LORDE were the heauens made. 
(j all the hoostes of them by f breth of his 
mouth. He gathereth y waters together as it 
were in a bottell, ; '(j laieth vp the depe in 
secrete. Let all the earth feare the LORDE, 
and let all them that dwell in the worlde 
stode in awe of him. For loke what he sayeth 
it is done : 'and loke what he comaiideth, it 
stondeth fast. * The LORDE bryngeth the 
councell of the Heithen to naught, and turneth 
the deuyces of the people. 

'But the coucell of the LORDE endureth 
and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion 

' lob 13. b. Luce 15. c. » Pro. 18. b. c Pro. 2.3. 

d Tob. 6. d. Pro. 26. a. * Psal. 96. b. / Colo. 3. b 

Ephe. 5. b. s Gen. 1. a. Colos. 1. b. h lob 38. a 

' Psal. 148. a. * Esa. 8. c. ' Esa. 46. b. "* Psal. 143. c 



to generacion. ""Blessed are the people that 
holde the LORDE for their God, 5 blessed 
are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his 
heretage. re The LORDE loketh downe from 
heauen, 5 beholdeth all the children of men : 
from his stronge seate he considreth all them 
y dwell in the worlde. " He only hath 
fashioned all the hertes of them, % knoweth 
all their workes. A kynge is not helped by 
his owne greate hoost, nether is a giaunte 
saued thorow the might of his owne stregth. 

p A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a 
man, it is not the power of his stregth that 
can delyuer him. ? Beholde, the eye of the 
LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him, (t 
put their trust in his mercy. That he maye 
delyuer their soules from death, and to fede 
them in the deare tyme. Let oure soule 
paciently abyde the LORDE, for he is oure 
helpe and shilde. So shal oure herte reioyse 
in him, because we haue hoped in his holy name. 
Let thy mercifull kyndnesse (o LORDE) be 
vpon vs, like as we put oure trust in the. 

Cfte vrrttj. A psalme of Dauid. 

I WIL allwaye geue thankes vnto the 
LORDE, his prayse shal euer be in my 
mouth. My soule shall make hir boast in 
the LORDE : the poore oppressed shal heare 
therof, and be glad. O prayse y LORDE 
with me, and let vs magnifie his name to- 
gether. r I sought the LORDE, and he 
herde me, yee he delyuered me out of all my 
feare. They that haue an eye vnto him, 
shalbe lightened, 5 their faces shall not be 
ashamed. This poore man cried vnto the 
LORDE, and he herde him, yee and dely- 
uered him out of all his troubles. f The angell 
of the LORDE pitcheth his tente rounde 
aboute them that feare him, and delyuereth 
them. 

O taist and se how frendly the LORDE 
is, ' blessed is the man y trusteth in him. O 
feare the LORDE, ye y be his sayntes: "for 
they that feare him, lacke nothinge. The 
rich shal want and suffre hunger, but they 
which seke the LORDE, shal wat no maner 
of thinge, that is good. Come hither (o ye 
children) herken vnto me, I wil teach you the 
feare of the LORDE. 'Who so listeth to 

" Psal. 101. c. Pro. 16. a. 21. a. p Pro. 21. d. 

? Eccll. 15. c. r lRe.21.d. ! 4 Re. 6. 19. Iosue 5. d. 
' Psal. 2. b. " Psal. 127. a. Matt. 6. c. "1 Pet. 3. b. 



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lyue, a wolde fayne se good dayes. Let him 
refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes 
that they speake no gyle. Let him eschue 
euell, and do good: Let him seke peace (j 
ensue it. For the eyes of the LORDE are 
ouer the rightuous, and his eares are open vnto 
their prayers. But the face of the LORDE 
beholdeth them that do euel, to destroye the 
remembraunce of them out of the earth. 

When the rightuous crie, the LORDE 
heareth them, and delyuereth the out of all 
their troubles. The LORDE is nye vnto 
them y are contrite in hert, g wil helpe soch 
as be of an huble sprete. "Greate are y 
troubles of the rightuous, but the LORDE 
delyuereth them out of all. He kepeth all 
their bones, so y not one of them is broken. 
But miszfortune shal slaye the vngodly, and 
they that hate y rightuous shal be giltie. The 
LORDE delyuereth the soules of his ser- 
uaiites, and all they that put their trust in 
him, shal not offende. 

Ci)f yyyiiij. A psalme of Dauid. 

STRYUE thou with them (o LORDE) 
that stryue with me, fight thou agaynst 
them that fight agaynst me. Laye honde 
vpon the shylde and speare, and stonde vp to 
helpe me. Drawe out thy swearde, and stoppe 
the waye agaynst them that persecute me, 
saye vnto my soule : I am thy helpe. Let 
them be cofounded and put to shame, that 
seke after my soule : let the be turned back 
and brought to confucion, that ymagin mys- 
chefe for me. * Let the be as y dust before 
the wynde, and the angell of the LORDE 
scaterynge the. Let their waye be darcke 
and slippery, and the angell of the LORDE 
to persecute them. For they haue pryuely 
laied their nett to destroye me without a 
cause, yee and made a pitte for my soule, 
which I neuer deserued. Let a sodane de- 
struccio come vpon him vnawarres, "and y 
nett that he hath layed priuely, catch him 
self, that he maye fall in to his owne mys- 
chefe. But let my soule be ioyfull in the 
LORDE, and reioyse in his helpe. All my 
bones shal saie : LORDE, who is like vnto 
the ? which delyuerest y poore from those 
that are to stronge for him, yee the poore and 
the nedy from his robbers. 



! Tim. 3. b. 
1 Tes. 5. 



" Psal. 82. 
Eccli. 27. 



False witnesses are rysen vp, j laye to my 
charge thinges that I knowe not. d They 
rewarde me euell for good, to the greate dis- 
comforth of my soule. Neuertheles, when 
they were sick, I put on a sack cloth : I hum- 
bled my soule with fastinge, and my prayer 
turned in to myne owne bosome. I behaued 
my self as though it had bene my frende or 
my brother, I wete heuely, as one y mourneth 
for his mother. 'But in my aduersite they 
reioyse, and gather them together : yee y very 
lame come together agaynst me vnawarres, 
makynge mowes at me, & ceasse not. 

With y gredy (j scornefull ypocrites, they 
gnaszshed vpon me with their teth. LORDE, 
whan wilt thou loke vp5 this ? O restore my 
soule from y wicked rumoure of the, my 
dearlinge from the lyons. f So wil I geue f 
thankes in the greate congregacion, cj prayse 
the amonge moch people. O let the not 
triiiphe ouer me, that are myne enemies for 
naught : O let them not wyncke with their 
eyes, that hate me without a cause. s And 
why ? their comonynge is not for peace, but 
they ymagin false wordes agaynst y outcastes 
of the londe. They gape vpon me with their 
mouthes, sayenge : there there : we se it with 
oure eyes. This thou seist, o LORDE : 
holde not thy tonge the : go not farre fro me, 
o LORDE. Awake (LORDE) and stonde 
vp : auenge thou my cause, my God, and my 
LORDE. Iudge me (o LORDE my God) 
acordinge to thy rightuousnesse, y they tri- 
iiphe not ouer me. O let the not saye in 
their hertes : there there, so wolde we haue it. 
O let them not saye : we haue ouercome him. 

Let them be put to confucion and shame, 
that reioyse at my trouble : let the be clothed 
with rebuke and dishonoure, that boost the 
selues agaynst me. Let them also be glad 
and reioyse, that fauoure my rightuous deal- 
inge : yee let them saye allwaye : blessed be 
y LORDE, which hath pleasure in the pros- 
perite of his seruaunt. And as for my tonge, 
it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of 
thy prayse, all the daye longe. 

©fie yrrb. A psalme of Dauid. 

MY hert sheweth me the wickednesse of 
the vngodly, that there is no feare of 
God before his eyes. For he dyssembleth 



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before his face, so longe till his abhominable 
synne be founde out. The wordes of his 
mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate," he 
wil not be lerned to do good. 

He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde, he 
will come in no good waye, ner refuse the 
thinge that is euell. b Thy mercy (O LORDE) 
reacheth vnto the heauen, and thy faithful- 
nesse vnto the cloudes. Thy rightuousnesse 
stondeth like the stronge mountaynes, g thy 
iudgment like the greate depe. Thou LORDE 
preseruest both me g beestes. c How precious 
is thy mercy (O God) that the children of men 
maye put their trust vnder y shadowe of thy 
wynges? They shalbe satisfied with the 
pleteousnesse of thy house, and thou shalt 
geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy plea- 
sures. d For by the is y well of life, g in thy 
light, shall we se light. O sprede forth thy 
louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the, 
g thy rightuousnes vnto the that are true of 
hert. O let not the fote of pryde ouertake 
me, O let not the hande of y vngodly cast me 
downe. As for wicked doers, they fall, they 
are cast downe, g are not able to stode. 

Cfje vrrbi. A psalme of Dauid. 

FRETT not thy self at the vngodly, be 
not thou envious agaynst the euell doers. 
'' For they shall soone be cut downe like y 
grasse, g be wythered euen as y grene herbe. 
Put thou thy trust in f LORDE/ g be doinge 
good: so shalt thou dwell in the londe, g 
verely it shal fede the. Delyte thou in the 
LORDE, g he shal geue the thy hertes desyre. 
e Comitte thy waye vnto f LORDE, set thy 
hope in him, and he shal brynge it to passe. 
Yee he shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare 
as the light, g thy iust dealinge as the noone 
daye. Holde the still in y LORDE, and 
abyde pacietly vpon him : but greue not thy 
self at one that hath prosperite, and lyueth in 
abhominacion. Leaue of from wrath, let go 
displeasure, let not thy gelousy moue the also 
to do euell. For wicked doers shal be roted 
out, but they that pacietly abyde the LORDE, 
shal enheret the londe. 

Suffre yet a litle whyle, g y vngodly shal be 
clene gone : thou shalt loke after his place, g 
he shal be awaye. *But the meke spreted 

" Eccll. 21. b. » Matt. 5. g. c Esa. 30. d. d Iere. 2. b. 
'4 Re. 19. e. /Deu. 4. a. 5. d. e Pro. 16. a. h Matt. 5. a. 
; Psal. 2. a. * Pro. 15. b. Eccll. 29. d. 1 Tim. 6. b. 



shal possesse the earth, g haue pleasure 
moch rest. The vngodly layeth wayte for the 
iust, g gnaszsheth vpon him with his tethe, 

But y LORDE laugheth him to scorne, 2 for 
he seith y his daye is cominge. The vngodly 
drawe out the swerde g bende their bo we, to 
cast downe y symple g poore, and to slaye 
soch as go y right waye. Neuertheles, thei 
swerde shal go thorow their owne hert, and 
their bowe shalbe broke. *A small thinge y 
the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches 
of the vngodly. For the armes of y vngodly 
shalbe broken, but the LORDE vpholdeth 
the rightuous. The LORDE knoweth the 
dayes of the godly, g their enheritaiice shal 
endure foreuer. They shal not be cofounded 
in y perlous tyme, g in y dayes of derth they 
shall haue ynough. As for y vngodly, they 
shall perishe : g whe y enemies of y LORDE 
are in their floures, they shal cosume, yee 
euen as the smoke shal they cosume awaye 
The vngodly * boroweth and paieth not agayne, 
but the rightuous is mercifull g liberall. Soch 
as be blessed of him, shal possesse the londe 
g they whom he curseth, shalbe roted out 
The LORDE ordreth a good mans goinge, q 
hath pleasure in his waye. Though he fall, 
he shal not be hurte, for the LORDE vp- 
holdeth him with his hade. ' I haue bene 
yonge, g now am olde : yet sawe I neuer the 
rightuous forsake, ner his sede to seke their 
bred. The rightuous is euer mercifull, g 
ledeth getly, therfore shal his sede be blessed. 
Fie fro euell, g do y thinge that is good, so 
shalt thou dwell for euer. 

For y LORDE loueth y thinge y is right, 
he forsaketh not his sayntes, but they shal be 
preserued for euermore : as for the sede of 
the vngodly, it shalbe roted out. Yee the 
rightuous shal possesse y lode, g dwell therin 
for euer. m The mouth of the rightuous is 
exercised in wyszdome, g his toge talketh of 
iudgment. The lawe of his God is in his 
hert, therfore shal not his fotesteppes slyde. 
The vngodly seyth the rightuous, g goeth 
aboute to slaye him. But the LORDE wil 
not leaue him in his hodes, ner codemne him 
when he is iudged. Hope thou in the LORDE, 
g kepe his waye : g he shal so promote the, 
that thou shalt haue the lode by enheritaiice, 

* Some reade thus : The vngodly ledeth vpon vsury and 
not for naught. I Pro. 24. c. Psal. 33. c. 144. b. 

Psal. 111. a. Pro. 11. b. ™ Pro. 10. d. 



ffo. fcbu 



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(j se, when the vngodly shall perishe. I my 
self haue sene the vngodly in greate power, cj 
florishinge like a grene baye tre : but when I 
wente by, lo, he was gone : I sought him, but 
he coude no where be founde. 

Kepe innocency, and take hede vnto the 
thinge that is right, for that shall brynge a man 
peace at the last. As for the trasgressours, 
they shal perishe together, and the vngodly 
shal be roted out at f last. The helpe of the 
rightuous commeth of the LORDE, he is 
their strength in the tyme of trouble. The 
LORDE shal stode by them, and saue them: 
he shal delyuer them from the vngodly, and 
helpe the, because they put their trust in him. 

Cfte rjrrbtj. A psalme of Dauid. 

PUT me not to rebuke (Oh LORDE) in 
thine anger : a Oh chaste me not in thy 
heuy displeasure. For thy arowes stick fast 
in me, and thy honde presseth me sore. 
There is no whole parte in my body, because 
of thy displeasure: there is no rest in my 
bones, by reason of my synnes. For my 
wickednesses are gone ouer my heade, and are 
like a sore burthen, to heuy for me to beare. 

My woundes styncke g are corrupte, thorow 
my folishnesse. I am brought in to so greate 
trouble and misery, that I go mournynge all 
the daye longe. For my loynes are clene 
dried vp, and there is no whole parte in my 
body. I am feble and sore smytte, I roare 
for the very disquietnes of my hert. 

LORDE, thou knowest all my desyre, tS 
my gronynge is not hyd from the. My hert 
paunteth, my strength hath fayled me, j the 
light of myne eyes is gone fro me. My louers 
d frendes* stonde lokynge vpon my trouble, 
and my kynsmen are gone a farre of. e 

They that sought after my life, and to do 
me euell, spake of lyes and ymagined disceate 
all the daye longe. As for me, I was like a 
deaf ma, and herde not: and as one that were 
domme, not openynge his mouth. I am be- 
come as a man that heareth not, and that can 
make no resistaunce with his mouth. 

For in the (O LORDE) is my trust, thou 
shalt heare me, O LORDE my God. My 
desyre is, y myne enemies triumphe not ouer 
me : for yf my fote slippe, they reioyse greatly 
against me. I am redy to suffre trouble, and 



- Iere. 10. d. Psal. 6. a. l 
d Psal. 89. b. 118. 1. 



lob 19. b. 
« lob 7. 



my heuynesse is euer in my sight. For I co- 
fesse my wickednesse, j my synne greueth me. 
But myne enemies lyue, and are mightie : 
and they that hate me without a cause, are 
many in nombre. They that rewarde me 
euell for good, speake euell of me, because I 
folowe the thinge that good is. Forsake me 
not (O LORDE my God) O go not farre fro 
me. Haist the to helpe me, O LORDE my 
succoure. 

Cfic flrrbttj. A psalme of Dauid. 

ISAYDE : I wil kepe my waies, that I 
offended not in my tonge. And so I shut 
my mouth, whyle the vngodly layed wayte for 
me. I helde my tonge, I was domme, I kepte 
sylence, yee eue from good wordes, but it was 
payne and grefe to me. My hert was hote 
within me, 5 whyle I was thus musynge, the 
fyre kyndled : so that I spake with my tonge. 
d LORDE, let me knowe myne ende, and the 
nombre of my dayes : that I maye be certified 
what I wante. ^Beholde, thou hast made my 
dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were 
nothinge before the. O how vayne are all 
men lyuynge? Sela. Yee euery man walketh 
as it were a shadowe, and disquieteth himself 
in vayne : he heapeth vp riches/ and can not 
tell to whom he gathereth them. And now 
LORDE, wherin shall I comforte me? my 
hope is in the. Delyuer me from all myne 
offences, and make me not a scorne vnto the 
foolish. I kepe sylece, and open not my 
mouth, for thou hast done it. Turne thy 
plages awaye fro me, for I am cosumed thorow 
the feare of thy hade. When thou punyshest 
man for synne, thou chastenest him : so that 
his beutie consumeth awaye, like as it were a 
mothe. O how vayne are all men ? 

Sela. Heare my prayer LORDE, and 
considre my callinge : shewe not thy self as 
though thou sawest not my teares. For I am 
a straunger and pilgrymme with the, ? as all 
my forefathers were. Oh spare me a litle, 
that I maye refresh my self, before I go hence, 
and be nomore sene. 

Che vyytv. A psalme of Dauid . 

IWAYTED paciently for the LORDE, 
which enclyned himself vnto me, and 
herde my callinge. He brought me out of 



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the horrible pitte, out of the myre and claye : 
he set my fete vpo the rocke, and ordred my 
goinges. He hath put a new songe in my 
mouth, euen a thankesgeuynge vnto oure God. 
Many men seynge this, shal feare the LORDE, 
(5 put their trust in him. a Blessed is the man 
that setteth his hope in the LORDE, and 
turneth not vnto the proude, & to soch as go 
aboute with lies. O LORDE my God, greate 
are thy wonderous workes which thou hast 
done : (i in thy thoughtes towarde vs there 
maye none be lickened vnto the. 

T wolde declare them, and speake of the : 
but they are so many, that they can not be 
tolde. * Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest 
not haue *but a body hast thou ordeined me: 
burntofferynges and sacrifice for synne thou 
hast not alowed. Then sayde I : Lo, I come. 
In the begynnynge of the boke it is written 
of me, that I shulde fulfill thy wil O my God, 
<j that am I contet to do : c yee thy la we is 
within my hert. I wil preach of thy right- 
uousnesse in the greate congregacion : Lo, I 
wil not refrayne my lippes, o LORDE, & that 
thou knowest. I do not hyde thy rightuousnes 
in my hert, my talkynge is of thy treuth and 
sauynge health : I kepe not thy louynge mercy 
and faithfulnesse backe from the greate con- 
gregacion. Turne not thou thy mercy fro me 

LORDE, but let thy louynge kyndnesse 
and treuth allwaye preserue me. For innu- 
merable troubles are come aboute me: my 
synnes haue taken soch holde vpon me, that 
I am not able to loke vp : yee they are mo in 
nombre then the hayres of my heade, and my 
hert hath fayled me. O LORDE, let it be 
thy pleasure to deliuer me, make haist (o 
LORDE) to helpe me. Let them be ashamed 
and cofounded, d that seke after my soule, to 
destroie it : let them fall backwarde and be 
put to confucion, that wysh me euell. 

Let the soone be brought to shame, that 
crie ouer me : there there. But let all those 
that seke the, be ioyfull and glad in the : and 
let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health, 
saye allwaye : the LORDE be praysed. As 
for me, I am poore (j in mysery, but the 
LORDE careth for me. Thou art my 
helper (j redemer, make no longe tariege, 
o my God. 



" lere. 17. b. * Heb. 10. a. * Some reade thus : 

but myne eares hast thou opened. c lere. 31. f. Psal. 

21. c. d Psal. 69. a. lob 31. c. Pro. 17. a. E Pro. 14. c. 



QLty rl. A psalme of Dauid. 

BLESSED is he, y considreth f poore : "f 
LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme 
of trouble. The LORDE shal preserue him, 
and kepe him alyue : he shal make him to 
prospere vpon earth, and shal not delyuer him 
in to y wil of his enemies. The LORDE 
shal refresh him, when he lyeth sick vpon his 
bedd, yee thou makest his bed in all his 
sicknesse. I sayde: LORDE be mercifull 
vnto me, heale my soule, for I haue synned 
agaynst the. Myne enemies speake euell vpo 
me : whan shal he dye, and his name perishe ? 
Though he came in to se, yet meaned he 
falsede in his hert, heapinge myschefe vpon 
himself. All they that hate me, runne to- 
gether agaynst me, and ymagin euell agaynst 
me. They haue geuen a wicked sentence 
vpon me : when he lyeth, he shal ryse vp 
nomore. •''Yee euen myne owne familier 
frende, whom I trusted, which dyd eate my 
bred, hath lift vp his hele agaynst me. But 
be thou mercifull vnto me (o LORDE) rayse 
thou me vp, and I shal rewarde them. By 
this I knowe thou fauourest me, that my 
enemie shal not triumphe ouer me. Thou 
hast vpholden me because of my innocency, 
and set me before thy face for euer. O blessed 
be y LORDE God of Israel, from heee forth 
and for euermore. Amen, Amen. 

Che rlt. A psalme of the childre of Corah. 

LIKE as the hert desyreth the water brokes, 
so longeth my soule after the, o God. My 
soule is a thurste for God, yee e ue for the lyuynge 
God : wha shal I come, & beholde the face of 
God ? s My teares are my meate daye and 
night, whyle it is daylie sayde vnto me : where 
is now thy God ? Now when I thinke there 
vpo, I poure out my hert by my self : h for I 
wolde fayne go hence with the multitude, g 
passe ouer with them vnto the house of God. " 
y voyce of prayse & thankesgeuynge, amonge 
soch as kepe holy daye. ■ Why art thou so 
full of heuynes (o my soule) & why art thou 
so vnquiete within me ? O put thy trust in 
God, for I wil yet geue him thankes, for the 
helpe of his countenance. My God, my soule 
is vexed within me : therfore I remebre the 
londe of Iordane/ g the litle hill of Hermonim 



/ Ioh. 13. b. r Psal. 79. a. 



* 1 Reg. 
Iosue 12. a. 



fa. &imj« 



€t)t falter* 



^salme jrltj* 



One depe calleth another with the voyce of 
thy whystles, "all thy wawes 5 water floude: 
are gone ouer me. The LORDE hath pro- 
mised his louynge kyndnesse daylie, therfore 
wil I prayse him in the night season, and 
make my prayer vnto f God of my life. I 
wil saye vnto God my stony rock : why hast 
thou forgotten me? why go I thus heuely, 
whyle the enemie oppresseth me ? Whyle 
my bones are broken, j whyle myne enemies 
cast me in the tethe, daylie sayenge vnto me : 
where is now thy God? Why art thou so 
heuy (o my soule) (j why art thou so disquieted 
within me ? O put thy trust in God, for I 
wil yet thanke him for the helpe of his coun- 
tenaunce, and because he is my God. 

Che vlrj. $fSaIme. 

GEUE sentence vpon me (o God) 5 de- 
fende my cause agaynst the vnholy 
people : Oh delyuer me from the disceatfull 
& wicked man. For thou (o God) art my 
stregth : why hast thou shot me from the ? 
Why go I then so heuely, whyle the enemie 
oppresseth me? Oh sende out thy light (t 
thy trueth, y they maye lede me j brynge me 
vnto thy holy hill and to thy dwellinge. 

That I maye go in to the aulter of God, 
euen vnto the God which is my ioye j pleasure, 
d vpon the harpe to geue thakes vnto y, o God, 
my God. Why art thou so heuy (o my soule) 
why art thou so disquieted within me? 
O put thy trust in God, for I wil yet geue 
him thakes for y helpe of his countenauce, 
and because he is my God. 

Ci)e rlttj. A psalme of the childre of Corah. 

WE haue herde with oure eares (o God) 
c oure fathers haue tolde vs, what thou 
hast done in their tyme, of olde. 

How thou hast dryue out the Heithen with 
thy honde, & plated the in : how thou hast 
destroyed the nacions & cast the out. For 
they rf gat not the londe in possession thorow 
their owne swerde, nether was it their owne 
arme that helped them. But thy right hade, 
thyne arme j the light of thy countenaunce, 
because thou haddest a fauoure vnto them. 

e Thou art y kinge (j my God, thou sendest 
helpe vnto Iacob. Thorow y, wil we ouer- 
throwe oure enemies : (j in thy name will we 
treade them vnder, that ryse vp agaynst vs. 



41. a. c Deut. 6. 
f Psal. 97. a. 



For I will not trust in my bowe, it is not 
my swerde y shal helpe me. But it is thou 
that sauest vs fro oure enemies, and puttest 
them to confucion that hate vs. We will 
allwaye make oure boast of God, and prayse 
thy name for euer. Sela. But now thou for- 
sakest vs, g puttest vs to confucion, and goest 
not forth with oure hoostes. •''Thou makest vs 
to turne oure backes vpon oure enemies, so 
that they which hate vs, spoile oure goodes. 
s Thou lettest vs be eaten vp like shepe, j 
scatrest vs amonge the Heithen. 

Thou sellest thy people for naught, $ takest 
no moneye for them. Thou makest vs to be 
rebuked of oure neghbours, to be laughed to 
scorne and had in derision, of them that are 
rounde aboute vs. ; ' Thou hast made vs a 
very byworde amonge the Heithen, ij that the 
people shake their heades at vs. My cofucion 
is daylie before me, & the shame of my face 
couereth me. For the voyce of the slaunderer 
g blasphemer, for the enemie and auenger. 
All this is come vpon vs, g yet haue we not 
forgotten the, ner behaued oure selues vnfaith- 
fully in thy couenaunt. Oure hert is not 
turned backe, nether oure steppes gone out of 
thy waye. That thou smytest vs so in the 
place of the serpet, g couerest vs with y 
shadowe of death. Yf we had forgotten the 
name of oure God, g holde vp oure hondes to 
eny straunge God : Shulde not God fynde it 
out ? for he knoweth the very secretes of the 
hert. But for thy sake we are kylled all the 
daie longe, 'and are counted as shepe apoynted 
to be slayne. Vp LORDE, why slepest thou ? 
Awake, and cast vs not of for euer. Wherfore 
hydest thou thy face ? wilt thou clene forget 
oure misery and oppressio ? For oure soule is 
brought lowe euen vnto the dust, and oure 
bely cleueth vnto the grounde. Arise o 
LORDE, helpe vs, and delyuer vs for thy 
mercie sake. 

%\)t rltttj. A psalme of the children of Corah. 

MY hert is dytinge of a good matter, I 
speake of that, which I haue made of 
the kynge : My tonge is y penne of a ready 
wryter. Thou art the fayrest amonge the 
children of me, full of grace are thy lippes, 
therfore God blesseth the for euer. 

Gyrde the with thy swerde vpon thy thee 

sal. 59. b. e Esaie 53. b. h Psal. 78. a. 

* Rom. 8. e. 



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(o thou mightie) with worshipe and renowne. 
Good lucke haue thou with thine honoure, 
ryde on with the treuth, mekenesse g right- 
uousnes: J thy right hode shal teach y 
woderfull thinges. Thy arowes are sharpe, 
the people shalbe subdued vnto the, euen in 
the myddest amonge the kynges enemies. 

a Thy seate (o God) endureth for euer : the 
cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter. 

Thou hast loued rightuousnesse, g hated 
iniquite : wherfore God (which is thy God) 
hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes 
aboue thy felowes. All thy garmentes are 
like myrre, Aloes 5 Cassia, when thou coniest 
out of thine yuerie palaces in thy beutifull 
glory. Kynges doughters go in thy goodly 
araye, g vpon thy right honde stondeth the 
quene in a vesture of the most fyne golde. 
Herken (o doughter) considre, g enclyne thine 
eare : forget thine owne people, 5 thy fathers 
house. So shal the kynge haue pleasure in 
thy beutie, for he is thy LORDE, g thou shalt 
worshipe him. The doughters of Tyre shal 
be there with giftes, 4 the riche amonge the 
people shal make their supplicacion before the. 
The kynges doughter is all glorious within, 
hir clothinge is of wrought golde. She shalbe 
brought vnto the kynge in rayment of nedle 
worke, and maydens after her: soch as be 
next her shalbe brought vnto the. With ioye 
and gladnesse shal they be brought, and go in 
to the kynges palace. In steade of thy fathers 
thou hast gotten children, whom thou shalt 
make prynces in all londes. I wil remembre 
thy name from one generacio to another : 
therfore shal the people geue thankes vnto 
the, worlde without ende. 

Che lib. A psalme of the children of Corah. 

IN oure troubles and aduersite, we haue 
founde, that God is oure refuge, oure 
strength and helpe. Therfore wil we not 
feare, though the earth fell, and though the 
hilles were caried in to the myddest of the see. 

" Though the waters of the see raged g were 
neuer so troublous, g though the mountaynes 
shoke at the tepest of the same. Sela. 

rf For there is a fioude, which with his ryuers 
reioyseth f cite of God, the holy dwellynge of 
the most hyest. God is in y myddest of her, 
therfore shall she not be remoued : for God 
helpeth her, g y right early. The Heithen are 

Heb. 1. b. » Esa. 23. c. Eze. 27. 28. ' Psal. 92. a. 



madd, the kyngdomes make moch adoo : but 
whe he sheweth his voyce, y earth melteth 
awaye. The LORDE of hoostes is with vs, 
the God of Iacob is oure defence. 

Sela. O come hither, g beholde y workes 
of the LORDE, what destruccios he hath 
brought vpo y earth. e He hath made warres 
to ceasse in all the worlde : he hath broken 
the bowe, he hath knapped the speare in 
sonder, g bret the charettes in the fyre. Be 
still the g confesse y I am God: I wil be 
exalted amonge the Heithe, g I wil be exalted 
vpon earth. The LORDE of hoostes is with 
vs, the God of Iacob is oure defence. Sela. 

Che rlbt. A psalme of the children of Corah. 

OCLAPPE youre hodes together (all ye 
people) O synge vnto God with the 
voyce of thakesgeuynge. For the LORDE 
the most hyest is to be feared, g he is the 
greate kynge vp5 all f earth. He shal subdue 
the people vnder vs, g the Heithe vnder oure 
fete. He choseth vs for an heretage, the 
beutie of Iacob whom he loued. Sela. God 
is gone vp with a mery noyse, g the LORDE 
with the sownde of the tropet. O synge 
prayses, synge prayses vnto God: O synge 
prayses, synge prayses vnto oure kynge. 

For God is kynge of all the earth, O synge 
prayses vnto him with vnderstondinge. 

God is kinge ouer the Heithe, God sitteth 
in his holy seate. The prynces of the people 
are gathered together vnto the God of Abra- 
ham : for God is farre farre hyer exalted, then 
the mightie lordes of the earth 

Cfie Jflbtj. A psalme of the children of Corah. 

GREATE is f LORDE g hyelie to be 
praysed, in y cite of oure God, eue vpo 
his holy hill. The hill of Sion is like a fayre 
plate, wherof all the londe reioyseth : vpon the 
north syde lyeth the cite of the greate kinge. 

God is well knowne in hir palaces, y he is 
the defence of the same. -Tor lo, kynges are 
gathered, and gone by together. They mar- 
veled, to se soch thinges : they were astonnied, 
g sodely cast downe. Feare came there vpon 
the, g sorowe as vpo a woman in hir trauayle. 
Thou shalt breake f shippes of the see, thorow 
the east wynde. Like as we haue herde, so 
we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes, 
the cite of oure God : God vpholdeth the 



tfo. tip* 



€i)t patten 



palme tfbiij* 



same for euer. Sela. We wayte for thy 
louynge kyndnesse (o God) in the myddest of 
thy temple. O God, acordinge vnto thy name, 
so is thy prayse vnto the worldes ende : thy 
right h5de is full of rightuousnes. 

a Oh let the moxit Sion reioyse, g y doughters 
of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmetes. 
Walke aboute Sion, go rounde aboute her, 
and tell hir towres. Marke well hir walles, 
set vp hir houses : that it maye be tolde them 
y come after. For this God is oure God for 
euer & euer, and he shal allwaie be oure gyde. 

Wi)t ylbii). A psalme of the children of Corah. 
S~\ HEARE this, all ye people : pondre it 
V^/ well, all ye that dwell vpo the earth. 

Hye & lowe, riche g poore, one with another. 

My mouth shal speake of wyszdome, and 
my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge. I wil 
encline myne eare to the parable, j she we my 
darcke speach vpon the harpe. Wherfore 
shulde I feare the euell dayes, whe the wicked- 
nesse of my heles copaseth me rounde aboute? 
They that put their trust in their good, ij boost 
them selues in the multitude of their riches. 
No man maye deliuer his brother, ner make 
agrement for him vnto God. 

h For it costeth more to redeme their soules, 
so that he must let that alone for euer. Yee 
though he lyue loge, (j se not f graue. c For it 
shal be sene, y soch wyse me shal dye g perishe 
together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, 
5 leaue their goodes for other. Loke what is 
in their houses, it cotinueth still : their dwell- 
inge places endure from one generacion to 
another, & are called after their owne names 
vpon the earth. Neuerthelesse ma abydeth 
not in soch honoure, but is copared vnto y 
brute beastes, & becometh like vnto the. 

This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse, & 
yet their posterite prayse it with their mouth. 

Sela. They lye in the hell like shepe, death 
shal gnawe vpon them, g the rightuous shal 
haue dominacion of them in the mornynge by 
tymes : their stregth shal consume, g hell shalbe 
their dwellinge. But God shal deliuer my 
soule from the power of hell, when he receaueth 
me. Sela. O be not thou afrayed, whan one 
is made riche, & the glory of his house increased. 
rf For he shal cary nothinge awaye with him 
when he dyeth, nether shal his pompe folowe 



: Psal.96.b. 4 lIoh.2.a. lPet.l.c. c Eccls.2.b. c.3.c. 
' lob 27. b. e Esaie 2. a. /Esaie 1. b. Ierem. 7. c. 



him. Whyle he lyueth, he is counted an 
happie man : g so loge as he is in prosperite, 
me speake good of him. But whe he foloweth 
his fathers generacion, he shal neuer se light 
eny more. 

When a man is in honoure and hath no 
vnderstSdinge, he is compared vnto the brute 
beastes, and becommeth like vnto them. 

€3)e rltr. A psalme of Asaph. 

THE LORDE euen the mightie God 
hath spoke, (j called the worlde from the 
rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe 
of the same. Out of Sion apeareth the glorious 
beutie of God." Oure God shal come, and not 
kepe sylence : there goeth before him a con- 
sumynge fyre, and a mightie tempest rounde 
aboute him. He shal call the heauens from 
aboue, and the earth, that he maye iudge his 
people. Gather my sayntes together vnto me, 
those y set more by the couenaunt then by 
eny ofreringe. And the heauens shal declare 
his rightuousnesse, for God is iudge himself. 

Sela. Heare, o my people : let me speake, 
let me testifie amonge you, o Israel: I am 
God, euen thy God. I reproue the not be- 
cause of thy sacrifice, thy burntofferinges are 
allwaye before me. 1 wil take no bullockes 
out of thy house, ner gotes out of thy foldes. 
For all the beestes of the felde are myne, and 
thousandes of catell vpon the hilles. 

I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes, 
and the wilde beastes of the felde are in my 
sight. e Yf I be hongrie, I wil not tell the : 
for f whole worlde is myne, and all that therin 
is. Thynkest thou, that I wil eate the flesh 
of oxen, or drynke the bloude of goates ? Offre 
vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge, and 
paye thy vowes vnto the most hyest. *And 
call vpo me in the tyme of trouble, so wil I 
heare the, that thou shalt thanke me. But 
vnto the vngodly sayeth God : Why doest thou 
preach my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in 
thy mouth ? Where as thou hatest to be re- 
fourmed, and castest my wordes behynde the? 
Yf thou seist a thefe, thou runnest with him, 
and art partaker with the aduouterers. Thou 
lettest thy mouth speake wickednesse, j thy 
tonge paynteth disceate. Thou syttest and 
speakestagaynst thybrother,yeeand slaundrest 
thine owne mothers sonne. This thou doest, 

e Psal. 23. a. 1 Cor. 10. c. h 2 Par. 15. a. 



$galme luj* 



€i)t psalter. 



ffo. fyi, 



whyle I holde my tonge : and thinkest me to 
be eue soch one as thy self: but I wil reproue 
the, g set my self agaynst the. O considre 
this, ye that forget God: lest I plucke you 
awaie, and there be none to delyuer you. 
Who so offreth me thakes and prayse, he ho- 
noureth me : g this is the waye, wherby I wil 
shewe him the sauynge health of God. 

Cfie L A psalme of Dauid. 

HAUE mercy vpon me (o God) after thy 
goodnes, g acordinge vnto thy greate 
mercies, do awaye myne offences. 

Wash me well fro my wickednesse, g dense 
me fro my synne." For I knowlege my fautes, 
and my synne is euer before me. 

Agaynst the only, agaynst the haue I synned, 
and done euell in thy sight: that thou mightest 
be iustified in thy saynges,* and shuldest ouer 
come when thou art iudged. 

Beholde, I was borne in wickednesse, and 
in synne hath my mother conceaued me. 

But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the treuth, 
and hast shewed me secrete wyszdome. c O 
reconcile me with Isope, and I shal be clene : 
wash thou me, and I shalbe whyter then 
snowe. Oh let me heare of ioye and glad- 
nesse, that the bones which thou hast broken, 
maye reioyse. Turne thy face fro my synnes, 
and put out all my myszdedes. rf Make me a 
clene hert (o God) and renue a right sprete 
within me. Cast me not awaie from thy 
presence, and take not thy holy sprete fro me. 

geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne, 
and stablish me with thy fre sprete. Then shal 

1 teach thy wayes vnto the wicked, that synners 
maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from 
bloudegyltynesse o God, thou that art the God 
of my health, that my tonge maye prayse thy 
rightuousnesse. Open my lippes (O LORDE) 
that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse. 

e For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice, I 
wolde geue it the : but thou delytest not in 
burntofferynges. The sacrifice of God is a 
troubled sprete, ^a broken and a cotrite hert 
(o God) shalt thou not despise. O be fauorable 
and gracious vnto Sion, that the walles of 
Ierusalem maye be buylded. For then shalt 
thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuous- 
nesse,? with the burntofferynges and oblacions: 
then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter. 



* Psal. 31. a. lob 13. 
Ephe. 5. c. 1 Pet. 3. 



Luc. 18. b. » Rom. 3. 

d Eze. 36. e. Act. 2. 



CI)* K- A psalme of Dauid. 

WHY boastest thou thy self (thou Ty- 
raunt) that thou canst do myschefe ? 
Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet 
daylie. Thy tonge ymagiueth wickednesse, 
and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure. 
Thou louest vngraciousnesse more the good, 
to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse. Sela. 

Thou louest to speake all wordes y maye 
do hurte, O thou false toge. Therfore shal 
God cleane destroye the, smyte the in peces, 
plucke the out of thy dwellinge, and rote the 
out of the londe of the lyuinge. Sela. 

The rightuous shal se this, g feare, and 
laugh him to scorne. h Lo, this is the ma, y 
toke not God for his stregth, but trusted vnto 
the multitude of his riches, g was mightie in 
his wickednesse. As for me, I am like a grene 
olyue tre in f house of God : my trust is in 
the tender mercy of God for euer g euer. 

I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the, for 
that thou hast done : and wil hope in thy 
name, for thy sayntes like it well. 

Che ttj. A psalme of Dauid. 

THE foolish bodies saye in their hertei 
* Tush, there is no God. Corrupte are 
they, and become abhominable in their wicked 
nesses: there is not one, that doth good. God 
loked downe from heauen vpo the children of 
men, to se yf there were eny that wolde 
vnderstonde, or seke after God. k But they 
are all gone out of y waye, they are all be- 
come vnprofitable : there is none y doth good, 
no not one. How ca they haue vnderstond- 
inge, that are the workers of wickednes, eat- 
inge vp my people as it were bred, g call not 
vpon God ? They are afrayed, where no 
feare is : for God breaketh the bones of them 
that besege the : thou puttest them to confu- 
cion, for God despiseth them. Oh y the 
sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of 
Sion : Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer 
his people out of captiuyte. Then shulde 
Iacob reioyse, g Israel shulde be right glad. 

Che lit). A psalme of Dauid 

HELPE me (o God) for thy names sake, 
and delyuer me in thy stregth. Heare 
my prayer (o God) considre the wordes of my 



Micb. 6. b. f Esa. 66. a. e Ro. 12. a. » Psal. 

48. a. Luc. 12. b. » Psal. 13. a. k Rom. 3. b. 



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mouth. For straungers are rysen vp agaynst 
me, and the mightie (which haue not God 
before their eyes) seke after my soule. Sela. 
But lo, God is my helper : it is he that vp- 
holdeth my soule. He shall rewarde euell 
vnto myne enemies, " and in thy treuth shalt 
thou destroye them. A frewil offeringe wil I 
geue the, and prayse thy name o LORDE, 
because it is so comfortable. 

For thou hast delyuered me out of all my 
trouble, so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpo 



myne enemies. 



Cfte lui). A psalme of Dauid. 

HEARE my prayer (o God) and hyde not 
thy self fro my peticion. Take hede 
vnto me and heare me, how piteously I 
mourne j coplayne. The enemie crieth so, tj 
the vngodly commeth on so fast : for they are 
mynded to do me some myschefe, so mali- 
ciously are they set agaynst me. My herte is 
heuy within me, and the feare of death is 
fallen vpon me. Fearfullnesse and tremblinge 
are come vpon me, and an horrible drede hath 
ouerwhelmed me. And I sayde : O that I 
had wynges like a doue, that I might fie 
somwhere, and be at rest. Lo, then wolde I 
get me awaye farre of, and remayne in the 
wildernesse. Sela. 

I wolde. make haist to escape, from the 
stormy wynde and tempest. Destroie their 
tonges (o LORDE) and deuyde them, *for I 
se vnrightuousnes j strife in y cite. This 
goeth daye and night aboute the walles, mys- 
chefe and vyce are in the myddest of it. 

Wickednesse is therin, disceate and gyle go 
not out of hir stretes. Yf it were myne 
enemie that reuyled me, I coude beare it : or 
yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten 
me, I wolde hyde myself from him. But it is 
thou my companyon, c my gyde and myne 
owne familier frede. We had swete and se- 
crete communicacion together, and louyngly 
walked we together in f house of God. 

d Let death come hastely vpon them, and 
let them go downe quick in to hell, for wicked- 
nes is amonge them in their dwellinges. 

As for me, I will call vnto God, and the 
LORDE shall helpe me. In the eueninge, 
mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne 



Gen. 11. b. 
d Num. 16. 



Psal. 37. b. Mich. 7. a. 



and complayne: and he shal heare my 
voyce. 

It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace 
from them that laye waite for me : for they 
are many agaynst me. Yee euen God that 
endureth for euer, shal heare me, and brynge 
them downe. Sela. 

For they wil not turne : and why ? they 
feare not God. Yee they laye hondes vpon 
soch as be at peace with him, and so thei 
breake his couenaunt. Their mouthes are 
softer then butter, & yet haue they batell in 
their mynde : their wordes are smoother then 
oyle, and yet be they very swerdes. e O cast 
thy burthen (or care) vpon the LORDE, he 
shal norish the, and not leaue the rightuous in 
vnquietnesse. But as for them, thou (o God) 
shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of de- 
struction. The bloudthurstie and disceatfull 
shal not lyue out half their daies. Neuerthe- 
lesse my trust is in the. 

Wfyz tb. A psalme of Dauid. 

BE mercifull vnto me (o God) for men wil 
treade me downe: they are daylie fight 
inge j troublinge me. Myne enemies treade 
me daylie vnder their fete, for they be many, 
y proudly fight agaynst me. 

Neuerthelesse, whe I am afrayed, I put my 
trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods 
worde, yee I wil hope in God, and not feare 
What can flesh then do vnto me ? 

They vexe me daylie in my wordes : all y 
they ymagin, is to do me euell. They holde 
altogether, 5 kepe them selues close : they 
marck my steppes, how they maye catch my 
soule. But in vayne, for it shal escape the 
and why? thou (0 God) in thy displeasure 
shalt cast downe soch people. Thou tellest 
my flittinges, thou puttest my teares in thy 
botell, and nombrest them. When so euer I 
call vpon the, myne enemies are put to flight : 
wherby I knowe, that thou art my God. In 
Gods worde wil I reioyse, in the LORDES 
worde wil I comforte me. Yee in God do I 
trust, g am not afraied : what ca man the do 
vnto me ? Vnto the (o God) wil I paye my 
vowes, vnto f wil I geue thakes g prayse. 
f For thou hast delyuered my soule fro death, 
& my fete fro fallinge, y I maye walke before 
God in y light of y lyuynge. 

' Matt. 6. c. Luc. 12. c. 1 Pot. 5. a. / Psal. 1 14. b. 



Valine Ibtij, 



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jfcu fcjtffj. 



©|)« Ibi. A psalme of Dauid. 

BE mercifull vnto me (o God) be mercifull 
vnto me, for my soule trusteth in y : " j 
vnder the shadowe of thy wynges shal be my 
refuge, vntill wickednesse be ouerpast. 

I call vnto God y most hyest, eue y God y 
shal helpe me vp agayne. He shal sende 
fro heauen, 5. saue me fro the reprofe of him 
that wolde swalowe me vp. Sela. 

This shal God sende, for his mercy and 
faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule 
amonge the cruell lyons: euen amonge the 
children of men, whose tethe are speares and 
arowes, and their tonge a sharpe swerde. 

Set vp thy self (o God) aboue the heaues, 

d thy glory aboue all the earth. They haue 
layed a nett for my fete, j pressed downe my 
soule : they haue dygged a pyt before me, and 
are fallen in to it them selues. 

Sela. b My hert is ready (o God) my hert 
is ready, to synge and geue prayse. Awake 
(o my glory) awake lute and harpe, I my self 
wil awake right early. I wil geue thakes vnto 
the (o LORDE) amonge the people, I wil 
synge prayses vnto the amonge the Heithe. 
c For y greatnes of thy mercy reacheth vnto 
the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse vnto the 
cloudes. Set vp thy self (o God) aboue the 
heaues, (j thy glory aboue all y earth. 

Cfie Ibij. A psalme of Dauid. 

YF youre myndes be vpon rightuousnesse 
in dede, then iudge the thinge that is 
right, o ye sonnes of men. But ye ymagin 
myschefe in youre hertes, and youre hondes 
deale with wickednesse. The vngodly are 
frowarde, eue from their mothers wombe : as 
soone as they be borne, they go astraie & 
peake lyes. They are as furious as the ser- 
pent, "*euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth 
hir eares. That she shulde not heare the 
voyce of the charmer, charme he neuer so 
wysely. Breake their teth (o God) in their 
mouthes, smyte the chaft bones of the lyons 
whelpes in sonder, o LORDE. 

That they maye fall awaye, like water y 
runneth a pace: and that when they shote 
their arowes, they maye be broke. Let the 
cosume awaye like a snale, (j like the vn- 
tymely frute of a woman, and let them not se 

° Matt. 23. c. b Psal. 107. a. » Psal. 102. b. 

d Acto. 7. g. e 1 Re. 25. g. / Psal. 58. c. 



the Sonne. Or euer youre thornes be sharpe, 
the wrath shal take them awaye quycke, like 
a stormy wynde. e The rightuous shal reioyse 
when he seyth the vengeaunce, and shal wash 
his fete in the bloude of the vngodly. So 
that men shal saye: verely, there is a rewarde 
for y rightuous : doutles, there is a God that 
iudgeth the earth. 

Cf)e tbtvj. A psalme of Dauid. 

DELYUER me fro myne enemies (o my 
God) % defende me fro the y ryse vp 
agaynst me. O delyuer me fro the wicked doers, 
I saue me fro the bloudthurstie me. For lo, 
they lye waytinge for my soule : y mightie me 
are gathered together against me, with out eny 
offence or faute of me, o LORDE. They 
rune (j prepare the selues, with out my faute : 
Arise, come thou helpe me, i beholde. Stode 
vp o LORDE God of hoostes, thou God of 
Israel, to vyset all Heithen : be not mercifull 
vnto the y offende of malicious wickednesse. 
Sela. f Let the go to u fro, j runne aboute 
the cite youlinge like dogges. Beholde, they 
speake (agaynst me) with their mouth, swerdes 
are vnder their lippes, for who reproueth the ? 
s But thou (o LORDE) shalt haue them in 
derision, thou shalt laugh all Heithe to scorne. 
My stregth do I ascrybe vnto the, for thou 
(o God) art my defender. God sheweth me 
his goodnesse plenteously, God letteth me se 
my desyre vpo myne enemies. Slaye the not, 
lest my people forget it : but scatre the abrode 
with thy power j put the downe, o LORDE 
oure defence. For f synne of their mouth, for 
the wordes of their lippes, & because of their 
pryde, let the be taken : g why ? their preach- 
inge is of cursynge (i lyes. Cosume them in thy 
wrath, c5sume the y they maye perish, (j knowe 
y it is God, which ruleth in Iacob and in all 
the worlde. Sela. ; 'Let the go to (j fro, j 
rune aboute the cite, youlinge like dogges. 
Let the runne here j there for meate, and 
grudge when they haue not ynough. As for 
me, I wil synge of thy power, ad prayse thy 
mercy betymes in the mornynge: for thou 
art my defence and refuge in the tyme of my 
trouble. 

Vnto the (o my strength) wil I synge, for 
thou (o God) art my defence, and my merciful 
God. 

s Psal. 2. a. Pro. I.e. * Psal. 58. a 



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Ci)e lir. A psalme of Dauid. 

OGOD, thou y hast cast vs out and scatred 
vs abrode, thou y hast bene so sore 
displeased at vs, coforte vs agayne. Thou y 
hast remoued the lode 5 deuyded it, heale the 
sores therof, for it shaketh. a Thou hast shewed 
thy people heuy thinges, thou hast geuen vs 
a drynke off wyne, y we slobre withall. Yet 
hast thou geue a toke for soch as feare the, y 
they maye cast it vp in y treuth. Sela. That 
thy beloued might be delyuered, helpe them 
with thy right hande, and heare me. God 
hath spoke in his Sactuary (which thinge re- 
ioyseth me) h \ wil deuyde Siche, 5 mete out 
the valley of Suchoth. Galaad is myne, Ma- 
nasses is myne, Ephraim is the strength of my 
heade, Iuda is my captayne. Moab is my 
washpotte, ouer Edom wil I stretch out my 
shue, Philistea shal be glad of me. Who will 
lede me in to the stronge cite? Who will 
bringe me in to Edom ? Shalt not thou do 
it, o God, thou y hast cast vs out: Hhou God, y 
wentest not out with oure hoostes ? O be thou 
oure helpe in trouble, for vayne is the helpe 
of man. Thorow God we shal do greate actes, 
for it is he that shal treade downe oure enemies. 

Wtyt lr. A psalme of Dauid. 

HEARE my crienge (o God) geue hede 
vnto my prayer. From the endes of y 
earth wil I call vnto the, whe my herte is in 
trouble : Oh set me vp vpo an hye rocke. For 
thou art my hope, a stronge tower for me 
agaynst the enemie. I will dwell in thy taber- 
nacle for euer, that I maye be safe vnder the 
couerynge of thy wynges. Sela. For thou 
(o LORDE) hast herde my desyres, thou hast 
geuen an heretage vnto those that feare thy 
name. Thou shalt graunte the kynge a loge 
life, that his yeares maye endure thorow out 
all generacions. That he maye dwell before 
God for euer : Oh let thy louynge mercy g 
faithfulnes preserue him. So wil I allwaye 
synge prayses vnto thy name/ y I maye daylie 
perfourme my vowes. 

Cftf Irt. A psalme of Dauid. 

MY soule wayteth only vpon God, for of 
him commeth my helpe. He only is 
my stregth, my saluacion, my defence, so y I 
shal not greatly fall. How longe wil ye ymagin 



Esa. 51. d. Iere. 25. 
* Psal. 55. b. 



b Psal. 107 
1 Reg. l.b. 



a. c Psal. 43. 
Psal. 41. a. 



myschefe agaynst euery man ? ye shal be slayne 
all y sorte of you: yee as a tottringe wall shal 
ye be, g like a broken hedge. Their deuyce 
is only how to put him out, their delyte is 1 
lyes : they geue good wordes with their mouth 
but curse with their herte. Sela. Neuer 
theles, my soule abydeth only vpon God, for 
he is my God. He only is my stregth, my 
saluacion, my defence : so y I shal not fall 
In God is my health, my glory, my might, a 
in God is my trust. O put youre trust in him 
allwaye (ye people) e poure out youre hertes 
before him, for God is oure hope. Sela. As 
for men, they are but vayne, me are disceat- 
full: vpo the weightes they are al together 
lighter then vanite it self. O trust not in wronge 
g robbery, geue not youre selues vnto vanite 
yf riches increase, set not youre herte vpon them, 
God spake once a worde, twyse haue I herde 
the same : that power belongeth vnto God. 
That thou LORDE art mercifull, g that thou 
rewardest euery man-'' acordinge to his workes. 

%\)i Irtj. A psalme of Dauid. 

OGOD, thou art my God: early wil I 
seke the. s My soule thursteth for the, 
my flesh longeth after the in a bare g drie 
lode, where no water is. Thus do I loke for 
the in thy Sactuary, that I might beholde thy 
power g glory. For thy louynge kyndnesse is 
better then life, my lyppes shal prayse the, 
As loge as I Hue wil I magnifie the, g lift vp 
my hondes in thy name. My soule is satisfied 
eue as it were with marry g fatnesse, when my 
mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lippes. In 
my bedde wil I remembre y, g whe I wake, 
my talkynge shalbe of the. 

For thou hast bene my helper, g vnder the 
shadowe of thy wynges wil I reioyse. My 
soule hangeth vpon the, thy right honde vp- 
holdeth me. They seke after my soule, but 
in vayne, for they shal go vnder the earth. 
They shal fall in to the swerde, jbea porcio 
for foxes. But y kynge shal reioyse in God : 
all they that sweare by hym, shal be commeded, 
' for the mouth of lyers shalbe stopped 



Cfie Iritj. A psalme of Dauid. 
EARE my voyce (0 God) in my co- 
playnte, preserue my life fro feare of y 



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Hyde me from the gatheringe together of f 
frowarde, fro f heape of wicked doers. Which 
whette their tuges like a swerde, & shute with 
their venimous wordes like as with arowes. 
That they maye preuely hurte y innocet, & 
sodely to hit him with out eny feare. 

They haue deuysed myschefe, and com- 
moned amonge them selues, how they maye 
laye snares : tush (saye they )" who shall se them ? 

They ymagin wickednesse, and kepe it se- 
crete amonge them selues, euery man in y 
depe of his herte. But God shall sodenly 
shute with an arowe, y they shall be wounded. 
Yee their owne tunges shall make them fall, 
In so moch that who so seyth the, shal laugh 
the to scorne. And all men that se it, shal 
saye : this hath God done, for they shal per- 
ceaue, y it is his worke. The rightuous shal 
reioyse in the LORDE, and put his trust in 
him : and all they y are true off herte, shalbe 
glad therof. 

Wf)t tvttt). A psalme of Dauid. 

THOU (o God) art praysed in Sion, and 
vnto the is the vowe perfourmed. Thou 
hearest the prayer, therfore cometh all flesh 
vnto the. Oure myszdedes preuayle agaynst 
vs, oh be thou mercyfull vnto oure synnes. 
Blessed is the man who thou chosest* and re- 
ceauest vnto the, that he maye dwell in thy 
courte : he shall be satisfied with the pleasures 
of thy house, euen off thy holy temple. Heare 
vs acordinge vnto thy w5derfull rightuousnesse, 
o God oure saluacio : thou that art the hope 
of all the elides of y earth, and off the brode 
see. Which in his strength setteth fast the 
moutaynes, j is gyrded aboute with power. 
Which stilleth y raglge of the see, the roaringe 
off his wawes, and the woodnes of the people. 
They that dwell in;y vttemost partes are afrayed 
at thy tokens, thou makest both the mornynge 
and euenynge starres to prayse f. Thou 
visetest the earth, thou watrest it, and makest 
it very plenteous. The ryuer of God is full 
of waters, thou preparest man his corne, ad 
thus thou prouydest for the earth. Thou 
watrest hir forowes, thou breakest the harde 
clottes therof, thou makest it soft with ;y- 
droppes of rayne, and blessest the increase of 
it. Thou crownest the yeare with thy good, 
and thy fotesteppes droppe fatnesse. The 
dwellinges of the wildernes are fatt also, y 



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they droppe withall, g the litle hilles are plea- 
saunt on euery syde. The foldes are full of 
shepe, the valleys stonde so thicke with corne 
y they laugh and synge. 

Che IjL'b. A psalme off Dauid. 

OBE ioyfull in God e (all ye lodes) synge 
prayses vnto the honoure of his name 
make his prayse to be glorious. Saye vnto 
God : O how wonderfull are thy workes ? 
thorow the greatnesse of thy power shal thine 
enemies be confouded. O y all the worlde 
wolde worshipe the, synge of the and prayse 
thy name. Sela. O come hither and be- 
holde the workes of God, which is so wonder- 
full in his doinges amonge the children of men. 
He turned the see in to drye lode/ so that 
they wente thorow the water on fote : therfore 
wil we reioyse in him. He ruleth with his 
power for euer, his eyes beholde the people : 
the rennagates shal not be able to exalte them 
selues. Sela. O magnifie oure God (ye people) 
make y voyce off his prayse to be herde. 
Which holdeth oure soule in life, and suffreth 
not oure fete to slippe. For thou (o God) 
hast proued vs, thou hast tried vs like as syluer 
is tried. Thou hast brought vs in to cap- 
tiuyte, and layed trouble vpon oure loynes. 
Thou hast suffred men to ryde ouer oure 
heades, we wete thorow fyre and water,' butt 
thou hast brought vs out, and refreshed vs. 

Therfore will I go in to thy house with bret 
offeringes, to paye the my vowes/ which I 
promised with my lippes, and spake with my 
mouth, when I was in trouble. I wil offre 
vnto the fatte brentsacrifices with the smoke 
of rames, I will offre bullockes and goates. 
Sela. O come hither and herke (all ye that 
feare God) I wil tell you, what he hath done 
for my soule. I called vnto hi with my mouth 
and gaue him prayses with my tuge. (Yff 
I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte, f 
LORDE wil not heare me.) Therfore God 
hath herde me, ad considred the voyce off my 
prayer. Praysed be God, which hath not cast 
out my prayer, ner turned his mercy fro me. 

Cfic Irbt. psalme 

GOD be mercifull vnto vs, blesse vs, j 
shewe the light off his countenance apon 
vs. Sela. That we maye knowe thy waye vpo 
earth, thy sauynge health amonge all Heithen. 

d Exo. 14. e. Iosue 3. d. « Esa. 43. a. / Eccli. 5. a. 



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Let the people prayse the (o God) yee let all 
people prayse the. O let the people reioyse 
and be glad, that thou iudgest the folke right- 
uously, and gouernest the nacions vpo earth 
Let the people prayse the (o God) let all 
people prayse the. God (euen oure owne God) 
geue vs his blessinge, that the earth maye 
bringe forth hir increase. God blesse vs, and 
let all the endes of y worlde feare him. 

Ci)e Ifbij. A psalme of Dauid. 

LET God aryse," so shal his enemies be 
scatered, and they that hate him, shal 
fle before him. Like as the smoke vanisheth, 
so shalt thou dryue them awaye : and like as 
waxe melteth at the fyre, so shall the vngodly 
perish at the presence off God. 

But the rightuous shal be glad g reioyse 
before God, they shalbe mery g ioyful. Oh 
synge vnto God, synge prayses vnto his name : 
magnifie him y rydeth aboue the heaues 
(whose name is y LORDE) g reioyse before hi. 

He is a father of y fatherlesse, he is a de- 
fender of widdowes : * eue God in his holy 
habitacio. He is the God y maketh me to 
be of one mynde in a house, g bryngeth y 
presoners out of captiuite in due season/ but 
letteth y rennagates cotinue in scarcenesse. 
O God, when thou wetest forth before thy 
people, whe thou wetest thorow y wildernes. 
Sela. d The earth shoke, g y heauens dropped 
at the presence of God in Sinai, at y pre- 
sence of God which is y God of Israel. Thou 
o God sendest a gracious rayne vpon thyne 
enheritauce, g refreshest it, when it is drye. 
That thy beastes maye dwell therin, which 
thou of thy goodnes hast prepared for the 
poore. The LORDE shal geue the worde, 
with greate hoostes of Euagelistes. "Kinges 
with their armies shal fle, g they of y hous- 
holde shal deuyde y spoyle. Yf so be y ye 
lye amoge the pales, the doues fethers shalbe 
couered with syluer, g hir winges of the coloure 
of golde. When the Allmightie setteth kynges 
po the earth, it shal be cleare euen in the 
darcknesse. The hill of Basan is Gods hill, 
the hill of Basan is a pleteous hill. Why 
hoppe ye so, ye greate hilles? It pleaseth 
God to dwell vp5 this hill, yee the LORDE 
wil abyde in it for euer. The charettes of 
God are many M. tymes a thousande, the 
LORDE is amoge them in the holy Sinai. 



Num. 10. d. * Deut. 10. d. 



Exo. 13. d. <* Exo. 



-Thou art gone vp an hye, thou hast led cap- 
tyuite captyue, g receaued giftes for me : Yee 
euen for thy enemies, that they might dwell 
with the LORDE God. Praysed be the 
LORDE daylie, eue y God which helpeth vs, 
g poureth his benefites vpo vs. Sela. The 
God y is oure Sauioure, eue God the LORDE 
by who we escape death. The God that 
smyteth his enemies vpo the heades g vpon 
the hayrie scalpes : soch as go on still in their 
wikednes. The LORDE hath sayde : some 
wil I bringe agayne from Basan, some wil I 
bringe agayne fro the depe of the see. That 
thy fote maye be dipped in the bloude of thine 
enemies, u that thy dogges maye licke it vp. 

It is well sene (o God) how thou goest, how 
thou my God and kynge goest in the Sanc- 
tuary. The syngers go before, and then the 
mynstrells amonge the maydens with the 
tymbrels. O geue thankes vnto God the 
LORDE in the congregacion, for the welles 
of Israel. g There litle Beniamin, the prynces 
of Iuda, the prynces of Zabulo, and the 
prynces of Nephthali beare rule amoge them. 
Thy God hath comitted stregth vnto the, 
stablish the thinge (o God) that thou hast 
wrought in vs. For thy teples sake at Ieru- 
salem shal kynges brynge presentes vnto the. 
Reproue the beestes amonge the redes, the 
heape of bulles with the calues : those that 
dryue for money. Oh scatre the people that 
delyte in batayle. The prynces shal come out 
of Egipte, the Morians lode shal stretch out 
hir hondes vnto God. Synge vnto God, o ye 
kyngdomes of the earth : o synge prayses vnto 
the LORDE. Sela. 

Which sytteth in the heauens ouer all fro 
the begynnynge: Lo, he shal sende out his 
voyce, yee and that a mightie voyce. As- 
crybe ye the power vnto God, his glory is in 
Israel, and his might in the cloudes. God is 
wonderfull in his Sanctuary, he is the God of 
Israel, he will geue strength and power vnto 
his people. Blessed be God. 



Oje Ir&uj. A psalme of Dauid. 

HELPE me (o God) for the waters are 
come in eue vnto my soule. I sticke 
fast in the depe myre, where no grounde is : 
I am come in to depe waters, and the floudes 
wil drowne me. I am weery of crienge, my 
throte is drye, my sight fayleth me, for wayt- 



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inge so longe vpon my God. "They y hate 
me without a cause, are mo then the hayres 
of my heade : they that are myne enemies g 
wolde destroye me giltlesse, are mightie : I 
am fayne to paye the thinges y I neuer toke. 
God, thou knowest my symplenesse, and my 
fautes are not hyd from the. Let not them 
that trust in the (o LORDE God of hoostes) 
be ashamed for my cause : let not those y 
seke the, be confounded thorow me, o God of 
Israel. And why ? for thy sake do I suffre 
reprofe, shame couereth my face. I am be- 
come a straunger vnto my brethren, and an 
aleaunt vnto my mothers children. * For the 
zele of thine house hath euen eaten me, and 
the rebukes of them that rebuked the, is fallen 
vpon me. I wepte and chastened my self with 
fastinge, and that was turned to my reprofe. 
c I put on a sackecloth, and therfore they iested 
vpon me. They that satt in the gate, spake 
agaynst me, and the dronckardes made songes 
vpon me. But LORDE, I made my prayer 
vnto the in an acceptable tyme : Heare me (o 
God) with thy greate mercy 5 sure helpe. 
Take me out of the myre, y I syncke not : 
Oh let me be delyuered fro the y hate me, g 
out of y depe waters. Lest y water floude 
drowne me, that the depe swalowe me not vp, 
g y the pitte shut not hir mouth vpon me. 
Heare me (o LORDE) for thy louynge 
kyndnesse is confortable : turne the vnto me 
acordinge vnto thy greate mercy. Hyde not 
thy face from thy seruaut, for I am in trouble : 
O haist y to helpe me. Drawe nye vnto my 
soule, and saue it : O delyuer me because of 
myne enemies. Thou knowest my reprofe, 
my shame g my dishonoure : my aduersaries 
are all in thy sight. The rebuke breaketh 
my hert, g maketh me heuy : I loke for some 
to haue pitie vpon me, but there is no man : 
g for some to coforte me, but I fynde none. 
^They gaue me gall to eate, g whe I was 
thurstie, they gaue me vyneger to drynke. 
'Let their table be made a snare to take 
them selues withall, an occasion to fall g a 
rewarde vnto them. Let their eyes be blynded, 
that they se not: g euer bowe downe their 
backes. 

Poure out thy indignacion vpon them, g let 
thy wrothfull displeasure take holde of them. 
/Let their habitacion be voyde, g no man to 



Psal. 34. . 
c lob 30. 



4 Psal. 1 
Tren. 3. f. 



3. f. lob. 2. b. 
d Mat. 27. d. 



dwell in their tentes. For they persecute 
him whom thou hast smytten, g besyde thy 
woundes they haue geuen him moo. Let 
them fall fro one wickednesse to another, g 
not come in to thy rightuousnesse. Let the 
be wyped out of y boke of the lyuinge, g n not 
be written amonge the rightuous. As for me, 
I am poore g in heuynesse, let thy helpe de- 
fende me, o God. That I maye prayse f 
name of God with a songe, g magnifie it 
with thankesgeuynge. This shal please the 
LORDE better then a bullocke, that hath 
homes g hoffes. O considre this g be glad 
(ye that be in aduersite) seke after God, g 
youre soule shal lyue. 

For the LORDE heareth the poore, g de- 
spyseth not his presoners. Let heauen g earth 
praise him, the see g all that moueth therin. 
For God wil saue Sion, g buylde the cities of 
Iuda, that men maye dwell there, g haue the 
in possession. The sede of his seruauntes 
shal iheret it, g they that loue his name, shal 
dwell therin. 

Che tytr. A psalme of Dauid. 

HAIST the (o God) to delyuer me/' g to 
helpe me, o LORDE. Let the be 
shamed g confounded that seke after my 
soule : let them be turned backwarde g put to 
confucio, that wysh me euell. Let them 
soone be brought to shame, y crie ouer me : 
there there. 

But let all those that seke the, be ioyfull g 
glad in the : and let all soch as delyte in thy 
sauynge health, saye alwaye : y LORDE be 
praysed. As for me, I am poore g in misery, 
haist the God for to helpe me. Thou art my 
helpe, my redemer g my God : oh make no 
longe tarienge. 

Che Irr. Valine. 

IN the, o LORDE, is my trust,' let me 
neuer be put to cofucio, but rydde me g 
delyuer me thorow thy rightuousnesse : en- 
cline thine eare vnto me, g helpe me. Be thou 
my stronge holde (where vnto I maye all way e 
fie) thou that hast promised to helpe me : for 
thou art my house of defence g my castell. 
Delyuer me (o my God) out of f hade of the 
vngodly, out of the hande of the vnrightuous 
g cruell man. For thou (o LORDE God) 



lob. 18 
s Exo. 



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art the thinge that I loge for, a thou art my 
hope euen fro my youth. I haue leaned vpo 
f euer sens I was borne, thou art he that toke 
me out of my mothers wombe, therfore is my 
prayse allwaye of the. I am become a wonder 
vnto the multitude, but my sure trust is in 
the. Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy 
prayse g honoure all the daye loge. Cast me 
not awaye in myne olde age, forsake me not 
when my strength fayleth me. For myne 
enemies speake agaynst me, g they that laye 
wayte for my soule, take their councell to- 
gether, sayenge : God hath forsake him, per- 
secute him, take him, for there is none to 
helpe him. Go not farre fro me, o God : my 
God, haist the to helpe me. Let them be 
cofounded g perish, that are agaynst my soule : 
let the be couered with shame g dishonoure, 
that seke to do me euell. As for me, I wil 
pacietly abyde allwaye, g wil euer encrease 
thy prayse. My mouth shal speake of thy 
rightuousnesse g sauynge health all the daye 
loge, for I knowe no ende therof. Let me 
go in (o LORDE God) g I wil make mencion 
of thy power and rightuousnesse only. Thou 
(o God) hast lerned me fro my youth vp vn- 
till now, therfore wil I tell of thy wonderous 
workes. Forsake me not (o God) in myne 
olde age, when I am gray headed : vntill I 
haue shewed thyne arme vnto childers child- 
ren,* g thy power to all them that are yet for 
to come. Thy rightuousnes (o God) is very 
hie, thou that doest greate thinges : o God, 
who is like vnto the ? O what greate troubles 
g aduersite hast thou shewed me ? g yet didest 
thou turne g refresh me, yee g broughtest me 
from the depe of the earth agayne. Thou 
hast brought me to greate honoure, g com- 
forted me on euery syde. Therfore wil I 
prayse the g thy faithfulnesse (o God) 'playege 
vpon the lute, vnto the wil I synge vpon the 
harpe, o thou holy one of Israel. My lippes 
wolde fayne synge prayses vnto the : g so 
wolde my soule, whom thou hast delyuered. 
My tonge talketh of thy rightuousnesse all 
the daye longe, for they are confounded g 
brought vnto shame, y sought to do me euel. 

Che Irrt. A psalme of Salomon. 

GEUE the kinge thy iudgmet (o God) 
and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges 



" Psal. 21. b. Iere. 1. 
Deu. 17. d. * Psal. 



* Deut. 6. d. 
i. f Exo. 23. 



' 2 Reg. 7. b. 
I. 3 Re.4.b. 



sonne. That he maye gouerne thy people 
acordinge vnto right, d and defende thy poore. 
That the mountaynes maye brynge peace, and 
the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people. 
He shal kepe the symple folke by their right, 
defende the childre of the poore, and punysh 
the wrongeous doer. 

e Thou shalt be feared as longe as y Sonne 
and the Moone endureth, from one generacion 
to another. He shal come downe like the 
rayne in to a fiese of woll, and like the 
droppes that water y earth. In his tyme shal 
rightuousnesse florish, yee and abundauce of 
peace, so longe as the Moone endureth. 

•f His dominion shalbe from the one see to 
the other, and from the floude vnto the 
worldes ende. They that dwell in the wilder- 
nes, shal knele before him, g his enemies shal 
licke the dust. « The kynges of the see and 
of the lies shal brynge presentes, y kinges of 
Araby g Saba shall offre giftes. All kynges 
shal worshipe him, g all Heithe shal do him 
seruyce. For he shal deliuer the poore whe 
he crieth, g the nedy y hath no helpe. He 
shall be fauorable to the symple g poore, he 
shal preserue the soules of soch as be in ad- 
uersite. He shal deliuer their soules from 
extorcion g wronge, g deare shal their bloude 
be in his sight. He shal lyue, g vnto him 
shalbe geue of f golde of Arabia : Prayer 
shal be made euer vnto him, g daylie shal he 
be praysed. There shalbe an heape of come 
in the earth hye vpon the hilles, his frute shal 
shake like Libanus, g shal be grene in the 
cite, like grasse vp5 the earth. His name 
shal endure for euer, his name shal remayne 
vnder the sonne amonge the posterites, which 
shal be blessed thorow him, g all the Heithen 
shal prayse him. Blessed be the LORDE 
God, euen the God of Israel, which only doth 
woderous thinges. And blessed be the name 
of his maiesty for euer, and all londes be ful- 
filled with his glory. Amen, Amen. 

Here ende the prayers of Dauid the sonne of 
Iesse. 

Ci)« Kvrt). A psalme of Asaph. 

OHOW louynge is God vnto Israel, to 
soch as are of a clene hert? Neuer- 
thelesse my fete were allmost gone, my tread- 

e 3 Re. 10. a. Esa. 60. a. Matt. 2. b. 



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inges had wel nye slipte. And why ? I was 
greued at f wicked/ to se the vngodly in 
soch prosperite. For they are in no parell of 
death, but stonde fast like a palace. They 
come in no misfortune like other folke, nether 
are they plaged like other men. And this is 
the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, g 
ouerwhelmed with cruelte and vnrightuous- 
nesse. Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do 
euen what they lyst. Corrupte are they, and 
speake blasphemies maliciously, proude and 
presumptuous are their wordes. They stretch 
forth their mouth vnto the heauen, g their 
tonge goeth thorow the worlde. Therfore fall 
the people vnto them, and there out sucke 
they no small auauntage. ' Tush (saye they) 
how shulde God perceaue it ? is there know- 
lege in the most hyest? Lo, these are the 
vngodly, these prospere in the worlde, these 
haue riches in possession. Shulde I then 
dense my hert in vayne (thought I) c g wash 
my hondes in innocency ? Wherfore shulde I 
be then punyshed daylie, g be chastened euery 
mornynge ? Yee I had allmost also sayde euen 
as they : but lo, then shulde I haue condemned 
the generacion of thy children. Then thought 
I to vnderstonde this, but it was to harde for 
me. Vntill I wete in to y Sanctuary of God, 
g considered the ende of these men. Namely, 
how thou hast set the in a slippery place, 
* that thou maiest cast the downe headlynges 
g destroye the. O how sodenly do they con- 
sume, perish, g come to a fearfull ende ? e Yee 
euen like as a dreame when one awaketh, so 
makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the 
cite. Thus my hert was greued, g it wente 
euen thorow my reynes. 

So foolish was I and ignoraunt, and as it 
were a beest before the. Neuerthelesse, I am 
allwaye by the, thou holdest me by my right 
hande. Thou ledest me with thy coiicel, and 
afterwarde receauest me vnto glory. O what 
is there prepared for me in heauen? there is 
nothinge vpo earth, that I desyre in compa- 
rison of the. My flesh and my herte fayleth, 
but God is the strength of my hert, and my 
porcion for euer. / For lo, they that forsake 
the, shal perishe, thou destroyest all them that 
committe fornicacion agaynst the. But it is 
good for me, to holde me fast by God, to put 



a Aba. 1. c. Iere. 12. a. lob 21. a. *> Psal. 93. a. 

Mai. 3. c. * Psal. 91. a. « Psal. 89. a. Esa. 29. b. 
/Num. 18. c. Psal. 118. h. Tren. 3. c. 



my trust in the LORDE God, and to speake 
of all thy workes. 

Cfie Irritj. A psalme of Asaph 

OGOD, wherfore doest thou cast vs so 
cleane awaye ? why is thy wrath so 
hote agaynst f shepe of thy pasture ? O thynke 
vpon thy congregacion, whom thou hast pu 
chased fr5 the begynnynge : the staff of thine 
inheritaunce, whom thou hast redemed, euen 
this hill of Sion wherin thou dwellest. Treade 
vpon them with thy fete, g cast them downe 
to the grounde, for the enemie hath destroyed 
altogether in the Sactuary. Thy aduersaries 
roare in thy houses, g set vp their banners for 
tokens. Men maye se the axes glister aboue 
like as those that hewe in the wod. They 
cutt downe ^all the sylinge worke of f Sactuary 
with bylles g axes. They haue set fyre vpon 
thy Sactuary, they haue defiled y dwellynge 
place of thy name, eue vnto the groiide. Yee 
they saye in their hertes : Let vs spoyle the 
all together, thus haue they brent vp all the 
houses of God in the londe. We se oure 
tokens nomore, there is not one prophet more, 
no not one that vnderstondeth enymore. Oh 
God, how loge _shal the aduersary do this dis- 
honoure? how loge shal the enemie blaspheme 
thy name ? for euer ? Why withdrawest thou 
thine honde ? why pluckest thou not thy right 
hode out of thy bosome, to consume thine 
enemies ? But God is my kynge of olde, the 
helpe that is done vpon earth he doth it him- 
self Thou deuydest y see thorow thy power, 
''thou breakest the heades of the dragos in 
the waters. 

' Thou smytest the heades of Leuiathan in 
peces, g geuest him to be meate for the people 
in the wildernesse. Thou dyggest vp welles 
g brokes, thou dryest vp mightie waters. The 
daye is thyne, g the night is thine : thou hast 
prepared the lightes g the Sonne. Thou hast 
set all y borders of the earth, thou hast made 
both Sommer g wynter. Remembre this 
(o LORDE) how the enemie rebuketh, g 
how the foolish people blaspheme thy name. 
O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue 
vnto the beestes, g forget not the congrega- 
cion of the poore for euer. Loke vpon the 
couenaunt, for the darcke houses of the earth 



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are full of wickednesse. O let not the symple 
go awaye ashamed, for the poore g nedy geue 
prayses vnto thy name. Aryse (o God) g 
manteyne thine owne cause, remembre how 
the foolish ma blasphemeth the daylie. For- 
get not the voyce of thine enemies, for the 
presumpcion of them that hate the, increaseth 
euer more g more. 

Cftf trrutj. A psalme of Asaph. 

VNTO the (o God) will we geue thakes, 
yee vnto the wyll we geue thankes, g 
seynge thy name is so nye, we will tell of thy 
wonderous workes. When I maye get a con- 
uenient tyme, I shal iudge acordinge vnto 
right. The earth is weake g all that is therin, 
but I beare vp hir pilers. Sela. 

I sayde vnto the madde people : deale not 
so madly, 5 to the vngodly : set not vp youre 
homes. Set not vp youre homes an hye, g 
speake not with a stiff necke. For promocio 
commeth nether from the east ner from the 
west, ner yet fro the wyldernesse. And why ? 
God is the iudge : * he putteth downe one g 
setteth vp another. For in the honde of the 
LORDE there is a cuppe full of stronge wyne, 
g he poureth out of the same : As for the 
dregges therof, all f vngodly of the earth shal 
drynke them, g sucke them out. But I wil 
talke of the God of Iacob, g prayse him for 
euer. All the homes of the vngodly will I 
breake, (j y homes of the rightuous shalbe 
exalted. 

Che .'rrb. A psalme of Asaph. 

IN Iuda is God knowne, his name is greate 
in Israel. At Salem is his tabernacle, g 
his dwellinge in Sion. There breaketh he the 
arowes of the bowe, y shylde, 6 the swerde g 
the whole battayll. 

Sela. Thou art of more honoure g might 
the the hilles of robbers. The proude shalbe 
robbed g slepe their slepe, g y mightie shalbe 
able to do nothinge with their hodes. Whe 
thou rebukest them (o God of Iacob) both 
the charettes g horsmen shal fall on slepe. 
Thou art feareful, for who maye abyde in thy 
sight, when thou art angrie ? c When thou 
lattest thy iudgment be herde from heauen, 
the erth trembleth g is still. Yee when 
God aryseth to geue iudgment, g to helpe 



Eccl. 35. b. Esa. 51. b. lere. 25. c. b Psal. 45. b. 

' Iud. 4. c. 2 Par. 29. d. 4 Reg. 19. g. 



all them that be in aduersite vpon earth 
Sela. 

When thou punyshest one man, he must 
knowlege, that thou art redy to punysh other 
mo. rf Loke what ye promyse vnto the LORDE 
youre God, se that ye kepe it, all ye that be 
roude aboute him : brynge presentes vnto him 
y ought to be feared. Which taketh awaye the 
breth of prynces, g is wonderfull amoge the 
kynges of the earth. 

Wi)t Iribt. A psalme of Asaph. 

I CRIED vnto God with my voyce, e yee 
euen vnto God cried I with my voyce, g 
he herde me. In the tyme of my trouble I 
sought the LORDE, I helde vp my hondes 
vnto him in the night season, for my soule 
refused all other comforte. When I was in 
heuynesse, I thought vpo God: whe my hert 
was vexed, then dyd I speake. 

Sela. Thou heldest myne eyes wakynge, 
I was so feble, that I coude not speake. 
f Then remembred I the tymes of olde, g the 
yeares that were past. I called to remem- 
braunce my songe in the night, I commoned 
with myne owne herte, and sought out my 
sprete. Wil the LORDE cast out for euer? 

Wil he be nomore intreated ? Is his mercy 
cleane gone? Is his promyse come vtterly 
to an ende for euermore ? Hath the LORDE 
forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut 
vp his louynge kyndnesse in displeasure? 
Sela. At the last I came to this poynte, that 
I thought : O why art thou so foolish ? the 
right honde of the most hyest can chaunge all. 

Therfore wil I remembre the workes of the 
LORDE, and call to mynde thy wonders of 
olde tyme. I wil speake of all thy workes, 
and my talkynge shalbe of thy doinges. 

Thy waye (o God) is holy, who is so greate 
g mightie as God ? Thou art the God, that 
doth wonders, thou hast declared thy power 
amonge the people. e Thou with thine arme 
hast delyuered thy people, euen the sonnes of 
Iacob and Ioseph. Sela. The waters sawe 
f (o God) y waters sawe y, g were afrayed : f 
depthes were moued. The thicke cloudes 
poured out water, y cloudes thodered, and thy 
arowes wente abrode. Thy thonder was herde 
rounde aboute, the lighteninges shone vpon 
the grounde, the earth was moued and shoke 



Deut. 23. d. Eccls. 5. : 



. « Psal. 141. a. / Psal. 142. a. 
Ixo. 14. d. 



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withall. Thy waye was in the see, and thy 
pathes in the greate waters, yet coude no man 
knowe thy fotesteppes. Thou leddest thy 
people like a flocke of shepe, by the honde of 
Moses and Aaron. 

ffifye Irrbtj. A psalme of Asaph. 
TTEARE my lawe (o my people) encline 
J[ J. youre eares vnto y wordes of my mouth. 
a I wil open my mouth in parables, and 
speake of thinges of olde. Which we haue 
herde and knowne, and soch as oure fathers 
haue tolde vs. That we shulde not hyde 
them from the children of the generacions 
to come : but to shewe the honoure of the 
LORDE, his might and wonderfull workes 
that he hath done. He made a couenaunt 
with Iacob, *and gaue Israel a lawe, which he 
comaunded oure forefathers to teach their 
children. That their posterite might knowe 
it, and the children which were yet vnborne. 
To the intent y when they came vp, they 
might shewe their children the same. That 
they also might put their trust in God, 5 not 
to forget what he had done, but to kepe his 
comaundementes. c And not to be as their 
forefathers, a frowarde and ouerthwarte gene- 
racion, a generacion that set not their herte a 
right, and whose sprete was not true towarde 
God. Like as the children of Ephraim, 
which beynge harnessed and carienge bowes, 
turned them selues backe in the tyme of bat- 
tayll. They kepte not the couenaut of God, 
I wolde not walke in his lawe. 

They forgat what he had done, and the 
wonderfull workes that he had shewed for 
them. Maruelous thinges dyd he in the 
sight of their fathers in the londe of Egipte, 
euen in the felde of Zoan. d He deuyded the 
see and let them go thorow it, and made the 
waters to stonde like a wall. *Tn the daye 
tyme he led them with a cloude, and all the 
night thorow with a light of fyre. He cloaue 
the hard rockes in the wildernesse, and gaue 
them drynke therof, as it had bene out of the 
greate deapth. He brought waters out of the 
stony rocke, so that they gusshed out like the 
ryuers. Yet for all this they synned agaynst 
him, and prouoked the most hyest in the wil- 
dernesse. They tempted God in their hertes, 

"Mat. 13. e. Exo. 12. d. Deut. 4. b. and 11. c. Ephe.6.a. 
b Exo. 12. e. and 13. d. Deut. 6. d. c Eze. 18. b. and 20. c. 
Deut. 32. a. <* Exo. 14. e. ' Exo. 13. d. Exo. 17. b. 



and requyred meate for their lust. -'"For they 
spake agaynst God and sayde : Yee yee, God 
shal prepare a table in the wyldernesse, shall 
he ? Lo, he smote the stony rocke, that the 
watery streames gusshed out, and the streames 
flowed withall : but how can he geue bred and 
prouyde flesh for his people? When the 
LORDE herde this, he was wroth : so the 
fyre was kyndled in Iacob, and heuy displea- 
sure agaynst Israel. 

Because they beleued not in God, and put 
not their trust in his helpe. So he com 
maiided the cloudes aboue, and opened the 
dores of heauen. s He rayned downe Manna 
vpo them for to eate, and gaue them bred 
from heauen. Then ate they angels fode, for 
he sent them meate ynough. He caused the 
east wynde to blowe vnder the heauen, and 
thorow his power he brought in the south 
wynde. *He made flesh to rayne vpon them 
as thicke as dust, and fethered foules like the 
sonde of y see. He let it fall amoge their 
tetes l'oude aboute their habitacios. So they 
ate d were fylled, for he gaue them their owne 
desyre. » They were not dispoynted of their lust. 

But whyle y meate was yet in theyr mouthes : 
The heuy wrath of God came vpo the, slewe 
f welthiest of the, & smote downe y chosen 
men of Israel. But for all this they synned 
yet more, *and beleued not his woderous 
workes. Therfore their dayes were consumed 
in vanite, and sodenly their yeares were gone. 
When he slewe them, they sought him, and 
turned them early vnto God. 

They thought then that God was their 
socoure, and that the hye God was their re- 
demer. Neuerthelesse, they dyd but flater 
him in their mouthes, and dissembled with 
him in their tonges. For their herte was not 
whole with him, nether continued they in his 
couenaunt. But he was so mercifull, that he 
forgaue their mysdedes, and destroyed them 
not : Yee many a tyme turned he his wrath 
awaye, and wolde not suffre his whole displea- 
sure to aryse. ' For he considered y they were 
but flesh : euen a wynde that passeth awaye, 
and commeth not agayne. O how oft haue 
they greued him in the wildernesse ? How 
many a tyme haue they prouoked him in the 
deserte ? They turned backe j tempted God, 



Nu. 20. b. 1 Co. 10. a. / Exo. 16. a. Num. 11. a. 

i Exo. 16. c. Deut. 8. a. Sap. 16. d. Iob.6.d. ''Exo. 16. c. 
Num. 11. g. 'Num. 11. g. * Num. 14. a. ! Psal.l02.b. 



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and moued the holy one in Israel. They 
thought not of his hade, in f daye when he 
delyuered them from the hande of y enemie 
How he had wrought his miracles in Egipte, 
and his woders in the londe of Zoan. How 
he turned their waters in to bloude, so that 
they might not drynke of the ryuers." How 
he sent lyse amonge them, to eate them vp, 
and frogges to destroye them. How he gaue 
their frutes vnto the catirpiller, and their 
laboure vnto the greshopper. *How he bett 
downe their vynyardes with hayle stones, and 
their Molbery trees with the frost. How he 
smote their catell with haylestones, and their 
flockes with hote thoder boltes. How he 
sent vpon them y- furiousnesse of his wrath, 
anger 5 displeasure : with trouble and fallinge 
in of euel angels. c When he made a waye to 
his fearfull indignacio, and spared not their 
soules from death, yee and gaue their catell 
ouer to the pestilence. rf When he smote all 
the firstborne in Egipte, the most principall 
and mightiest in y dwellinges of Ham. 

But as for his owne people, he led them 
forth like shepe, and caried them in the wyl- 
dernesse like a flocke. He brought them out 
safely, that they shulde not feare, and ouer- 
whelmed their enemies with the see. He 
caried them vnto the borders of his Sanctuary: 
euen in to this hill, which he purchased with 
his right hande. e He dyd cast out the Heithen 
before them, caused their londe to be deuyded 
amonge them for an heretage, and made y 
tribes of Israel to dwell in their tetes. For 
all this they tempted and displeased the most 
hye God, and kepte not his couenaunt. But 
turned their backes and fell awaye like their 
forefathers, startinge asyde like a broken 
bowe. And so they greued him with their 
hie places, (t prouoked him with their ymages. 
When God herde this, he was wroth, and toke 
sore displeasure at Israel. / So that he for- 
soke the tabernacle in Silo, euen his habitacion 
wherin he dwelt amonge men. g He delyuered 
their power in to captiuyte, and their glory in 
to the enemies hode. He gaue his people 
ouer in to the swerde, for he was wroth with 
his heretage. 

The fyre consumed their yonge men, and 
their maydes were not geuen to mariage. 

« Exo. 7. d. Exo. 8. e. Exo. 8. b. » Exo. 10. d. 
Exo. 9. c. e Exo. 9. a. d Exo. 12. e. Psal. 134. b. 

e Deut. 3. a. Iosu. 6. a. / Iere. 7. a. e l Re. 4. 5. 6. 
A lResr.4.a. 'Psal. 86. a. * 1 Re. 16. c. ; 2 Par. 36. c. 



Their prestes were slayne with the swerde. 
and there were no wyddowes to make la- 
mentation. So the LORDE awaked as one 
out of slepe, and like a giaunte refreshed with 
wyne. ; 'He smote his enemies in y hynder 
partes, and put them to a perpetuall shame 
He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph, and 
chose not the trybe of Ephraim. Neuerthe- 
lesse, he chose y trybe of Iuda, eue the hill 
of Sion which he loued. 'And there he 
buylded his temple on hye, and layed f foun- 
dation of it like f grounde, that it might per- 
petually endure. *He chose Dauid also his 
seruaiit, and toke him awaye from the shepe 
foldes. As he was folowinge the yowes greate 
with yonge, he toke him, that he might fede 
Iacob his people, and Israel his enheritaunce. 
So he fed them with a faithfull and true hert, 
and ruled them with all ^diligence of his power. 

Wi)t Irrbttj. A psalme of Asaph. 

OGOD, f Heithen are fallen in to thine 
heretage: 'thy holy temple haue they 
defyled, and made Ierusalem an heape of 
stones. m The deed bodies of thy seruauntes 
haue they geuen vnto y foules of the ayre to 
be deuoured, and the flesh of thy sayntes vnto 
y beestes of the londe. Their bloude haue 
they shed like water on euery syde of Ieru- 
salem, and there was no ma to burie them. 
We are become an open shame vnto oure 
enemies, a very scorne and derision vnto them 
that are rounde aboute vs. 

LORDE, how longe wilt thou be angrie ? 
shal thy gelousy burne like fyre for euer ? 
Poure out thy indignation vpon the Heithen 
that knowe the not, "and vpon the kyngdomes 
that call not vpon thy name. 

For they haue deuoured Iacob, and layed 
waiste his dwellinge place. p O remebre not 
oure olde synnes, but haue mercy vpon vs (g 
that soone) for we are come to greate mysery. 

Helpe vs (o God oure Sauyoure) for y glory 
of thy name : o delyuer vs, 5 forgeue vs oure 
synnes for thy names sake. Wherfore shall 
> Heithe saye : where is now their God ? O 
et the vengeaunce ? of thy seruauntes bloude 
that is shed, be openly shewed vpon the Heithe 
in oure sight. O let the soroufull sighinge of 
the presoners come before the, and acordinge 

"• Iere. 15. a. Iere. 16. a. and 34. d. 1 Mac. 7. c. 
» 1 Reg. 9. b. Psal. 43. b. Iere. 19. a. ' Iere. 10. d. 
' Esa. 64. b. i Psal. 113. b. 



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vnto y power of thine arme, preserue those y 
are appoynted to dye. And for the blasphemy 
wher with oure neghbours haue blasphemed 
f, rewarde the (o LORDE) seuefolde in to 
their bosome. So we y be thy people j shepe 
of thy pasture, shal geue the thankes for euer, 
g wil allwaye be shewinge forth thy prayse 
more g more 

Che trrtr. A psalme of Asaph. 

HEARE o thou shepherde of Israel, thou 
y ledest Iacob like a flocke of shepe : 
shewe thy self, thou y syttest vpo y Cherubins. 
"Before Ephraim, Be Iamin (j Manasses: 
stere vp thy power g come helpe vs. Turne 
vs agayne (o God) shewe the light of thy 
countenance g we shalbe whole. O LORDE 
God of hoostes, how loge wilt thou be angrie 
ouer the prayer of thy people ? Thou hast 
fed the with the bred of teares, 5 yee thou hast 
geuen the pleteousnes of teares to drynke. 
Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto oure 
neghbours, and oure enemies laugh vs to 
scorne. 

Turne vs agayne (thou God of hoostes) 
shewe the light of thy coiitenauce, g we shalbe 
hole. c Thou hast brought a vynyarde out 
of Egipte, thou didest cast out y Heithe, g 
plate it. Thou maydest rowme for it, g caused 
it to take rote, so y it fylled the lode. The 
hilles were couered with the shadowe of it, g 
so were the stronge Cedre trees with the bowes 
therof. She stretched out hir brauches vnto 
the see, d g hir bowes vnto the water: Why 
hast thou then broken downe hir hedge, that 
all they which go by, plucke of hir grapes ? 

The wilde bore out of the wod hath wrutt 
it vp, & the beestes of the felde haue deuoured 
it. Turne y agayne (thou God of hoostes) 
loke downe from heauen, beholde g viset this 
vynyarde. Manteyne it, that thy right hode 
hath plated, g the sonne whom thou maydest 
so moch of for thy self/ For why ? it is bret 
with fyre, g lyeth waist : o let the perishe at 
the rebuke of thy wrath. 

Let thy honde be vpon the man of thy right 
honde, g vpon the man who thou maydest so 
moch off for thine owne self. And so wil not 
we go backe from the : oh let vs lyue, g we 
shal call vpon thy name. Turne vs agayne 



" Nu. 2. c. * Psal. 41. a. c Esa. 5. a. Iere. 12. b. 
Mat. 21. d. * Psal. 88. a. ' Exo. 4. d. 2 Par. 36. c. 
/ Nume. 10. a. e Exo. 3. b. Exo. 19. c. Exo. 17. a. 



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o LORDE God of hoostes, shewe the light 
of thy coiitenauce, g we shal be whole. 

Che Irrr. A psalme of Asaph. 

SYNGE merely vnto God which is oure 
stregth, make a chearful noyse vnto y 
God of Iacob. Take y psalme, brynge hither 
the tabret, the mery harpe g lute. Blowe vp 
the tropettes in the new Moone, vpon oure 
solepne feast daye/ For this is the vse in 
Israel, g a lawe of the God of Iacob. 

This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony, 
when he came out of Egipte, g had herde a 
strauge laguage. When he eased his shulder 
from the burthe, g when his hondes were 
delyuered fro the pottes. « Whe thou calldest 
vpon me in trouble, I helped the g herde the, 
what tyme as the storme fell vpo the, I proued 
the also at the water of strife. Sela. 

Heare o my people, for I assure the o Israel, 
yf thou wilt herken vnto me : There shal no 
straunge God be in the, nether shalt thou 
worshipe eny other God. ; ' I am the LORDE 
thy God, which brought the out of the lode 
of Egipte : ope thy mouth wyde, g I shal fyll 
it. ' But my people wolde not heare my 
voyce, g Israel wolde not obeye me. So I 
gaue the vp vnto their owne hertes lust/ g let 
the folowe their owne ymaginacions. O y 
my people wolde obeye me, for yf Israel 
wolde walke in my wayes, I shulde soone put 
downe their enemies, g turne myne hode 
agaynst their aduersaries. The haters of y 
LORDE shulde mysse Israel, but their tyme 
shulde endure for euer. He shulde fede them 
with the fynest wheate floure, l g satisfie them 
with hony out of the stony rocke. 

Che Irrjrt. A psalme of Asaph. 

GOD stondeth in the congregacion of the 
goddes, g is a iudge amonge the iudges. 
m How longe wil ye geue wroge iudgment, g 
accepte the personnes of the vngodly ? Sela. 
Defende the poore g fatherlesse, se that soch 
as be in nede g necessite haue right. Delyuer 
the outcaste g poore," g saue hym from the 
hande of the vngodly. Neuertheles, they wil 
not be lerned g vnderstonde, but walke on 
still in darcknesse: "therfore must all the 
foundacions of the londe be moued. I haue 



* Exo. 20. a. ' Pro. 1. c. 


* Rom. 1. d. 


' Deut. 32. 


"' Mich. 3. a. Soph. 3. a. 


» Pro. 24. b. 


o Esa. 3. 


Exo. 22. b. Ioh. 10. d. 







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sayde : ye are goddes, ye all are the childre of 
y most hyest. But ye shal dye like men, (j 
fall like one of the tyrauntes. Aryse (o God) 
S iudge thou the earth/ for all Heithen are 
thine by enheritaunce. 

Che Ivrrtj. A psalme of Asaph. 

HOLDE not thy tonge (o God) kepe not 
still sylece, refrayne not thy self, o God. 

* For lo, thy enemies make a murmuringe, 
(j they y hate the, lifte vp their heade. They 
ymagin craftely agaynst thy people, (j take 
councell agaynst thy secrete ones. Come 
(saye they) let vs rote them out from amonge 
the people, that the name of Israel maye be 
put out of remebraunee. For they haue cast 
their heades together with one consent, (j are 
cofederate agaynst the. The tabernacles of 
the Edomites cr Ismaelites, the Moabites (j 
Hagarenes. Gebal, Ammon and Amalech : 
the Philistynes with them that dwell at Tyre. 
Assur also is ioyned vnto the & helpe the 
children of Loth. Selah. 

But do thou to them as vnto the Madian- 
ites, vnto Sisera and vnto Iabin by f broke 
of Cyson. c Which perished at Endor, cj be- 
came as the doge of y earth. Make their 
prynces like Oreb and Zeeb : d Yee make all 
their prynces like as Zebea and Salmana. 

Which saye : we wil haue the houses of 
God in possession. O my God, make them 
like vnto a whele, e and as the stuble before 
the wynde. Like as a fyre that burneth vp 
the wodd, g as the flame that consumeth the 
mountaynes. Persecute them euen so with 
thy tempest, j make them afrayed with 
thy storme. Make their faces ashamed (o 
LORDE) y they maye seke thy name. Let 
the be cofounded g vexed euer more 5 more : 
Let the be put to shame (j perish. That 
they maye knowe, that thou art alone, that 
thy name is the LORDE, and that thou only 
art the most hyest ouer all the earth. 

Wf)t Irrrirj. A psalme of the children of Corah. 

OHOW amiable are thy dwelllges, thou 
LORDE of hoostes V My soule hath 
a desyre g loginge for y courte of y LORDE, 
? my hert u my flesh reioyse in y lyuynge God. 
For the sparow hath founde hir an house, j 
the swalowe a nest, where she maye laye hir 



' Psal. 2. a 
Iud. 7. g. 



Iud. 
b. 



yoge : eue thy aulters O LORDE of hoostes, 
my kynge (j my God. O how blessed are 
they that dwell in thy house, they are allwaye 
praysinge f. Blessed are y men whose stregth 
is in f, in whose herte are thy wayes. 

Which goinge thorow the vale of mysery, 
vse it for a well, and the poles are fylled with 
water. They go from strength to strength 
and so the God of Gods apeareth vnto the in 
Sion. O LORDE God of hoostes, heare my 
prayer : herken o God of Iacob. 

Beholde o God oure defence, loke vpon the 
face of thyne anoynted. For one daye in thy 
courte is better then a thousande : I had 
rather be a dore keper in the house of my 
God, then to dwell in the tentes of the 
godly. For the LORDE God is a light and 
defence, the LORDE wil geue grace 5 
worshipe, and no good thinge shal he witholde 
from them, that lyue a godly life. O LORDE 
God of hoostes, blessed is the man, y putteth 
his trust in the. 

Che Ivrrufj. A psalme of the children of Corah 

LORDE, thou barest a loue vnto thy 
londe, thou didest bringe agayne the 
captiuyte of Iacob. Thou diddest forgeue the 
offence of thy people/' and couerdest all their 
synnes. Sela. 

Thou tokest awaye all thy displeasure, j 
turnedest thy self from thy wrothful indigna- 
cion. Turne vs then (o God oure Sauioure) 
d let thine anger ceasse from vs. Wilt thou 
be displeased at vs for euer ? wilt thou stretch 
out thy wrath from one generacion to another? 
Wilt thou not turne agayne, g quycken vs, 
that thy people maye reioyse in the ? 

I wil herken what the LORDE God wil 
saie, for he shal speake peace vnto his people 
and to his sayntes, that they turne not them 
selues vnto foolishnes. For his saluacion is 
nye them that feare him, so that glory shal 
dwell in oure londe. Mercy and trueth are 
met together, rightuousnesse and peace kysse 
ech other. Trueth shal ryse out of y earth, 
and rightuousnesse shal loke downe from 
heauen. And why? the LORDE shal 
shewe louinge kyndnesse, and oure londe 
shal geue hir encrease. Rightuousnesse shal 
go before him, and prepare the waye for his 
commynge. 



Psal. 1. b. and 34. 



/ 2 Cor. 5. a. 
h Psal. 31. a. 



I^salme Imbiih 



€\)t $salfcr< 



4fo* fcft:b« 



©fie fyrrb. r^alme. A prayer of Dauid. 

BOWE downe thine eare (o LORDE) and 
heare me, for I am cofortles and poore. 

kepe my soule, for I am holy : my God. 
helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in 
the. Be mercifull vnto me (o LORDE) for 

1 call daylie vpon the. Coforte the soule of 
thy seruaunt, for vnto the (o LORDE) do I 
lift vp my soule. " For thou LORDE art 
good and gracious, (j of greate mercy vnto all 
them that call vpon the. 

Geue eare LORDE vnto my prayer, and 
pondre my humble desyre. In the tyme of 
my trouble I call vpon the, for thou hearest 
me. Amonge the goddes there is none like 
the o LORDE, there is not one that ca do 
as thou doest. All nacions whom thou hast 
made, shall come and worshipe before the 
o LORDE, and shal glorifie thy name. For 
thou art greate, thou doest wonderous thinges, 
thou art God alone. Lede me in thy waye 
(o LORDE) that I maye walke in thy trueth : 

let my hert delyte in fearynge thy name. 

1 thanke the o LORDE my God, g wil prayse 
thy name for euer. For greate is thy mercy 
towarde me, *thou hast delyuered my soule 
from f nethermost hell. O God, the proude 
are rysen agaynst me, and the cogregacion of 
y mightie seketh after my soule, & set not y 
before their eyes. c But thou (o LORDE 
God) art full of compassion and mercy, longe 
suffrynge, greate in goodnesse & trueth. O 
turne the then vnto me, haue mercy vpo me : 
geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt, (j helpe 
the sonne of thy handmayde. 

Shewe some toke vpon me for good, that 
they which hate me, maye se it and be 
ashamed : because thou LORDE hast helped 
me, i comforted me. 

©fie Irvrbt. A psalme of the children of Corah. 

HIR foundacions^ are vpo the holy hilles : 
the LORDE loueth the gates of Sion 
more, the all y dwelllges of Iacob. 

Very excellet thiges are spoke of y, thou 
cite of God. Sela. I wil thinke vp5 Rahab 
& Babilo, so that they shal knowe me : Yee 
the Philistynes also (j they of Tyre with the 
Morians. Lo, there was he borne. And of 
Sion it shalbe reported, that he was borne in 



Exo. 34. a. Ioel 2. c. Psal. 102. a. 144. 
29. a. c Psal. 102. a. 144. a. Exo. 34. a. 



■ Psal. 
.77. g. 



her, euen the most hyest which hath buylded 
her. The LORDE shal cause it be preached 
(j written amonge the people, that he was 
borne there. Sela. 

Therfore the dwellinge of all syngers cr 
daunsers is in the. 

©fie Irrrbij. A psalme of the children of Corah. 

O LORDE God my Sauyoure, I crie 
daye (j night before the : Oh let my 
prayer entre in to thy presence, encline thine 
eare vnto my callynge. For my soule is full 
of trouble, (j my life draweth nye vnto hell. 
I am couted as one of the that go downe vnto 
the pytte, I am eue as a ma that hath no 
stregth. Fre amoge the deed, like vnto the 
y lye in the graue, which be out of remem- 
brance, and are cutt awaye from thy honde 
Thou hast layed me in the lowest pytte, in y 
darcknesse and in the depe. Thy indignacion 
lieth hard vpon me, and thou vexest me with 
all thy floudes. Sela. Thou hast put awaye 
myne acquataunce farre fro me, (t made me 
to be abhorred of them : I am so fast in 
preson, that I can not get forth. 

My sight fayleth for very trouble : LORDE, 
I call daylie vpo the, and stretch out my 
hondes vnto the. e Doest thou shewe wonders 
amonge the deed? Can the physicias rayse 
them vp agayne, that they maye prayse the " 
f Maye thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the 
graue, or thy faithfulnesse in destruccion ? 
Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in 
the darcke, or thy righteousnes in the londe 
where all thinges are forgotte ? 

Vnto the I crie (o LORDE) and early 
cometh my prayer before the. LORDE, why 
puttest thou awaye my soule ? Wherfore 
hydest thou thy face fro me ? My strength is 
gone for very sorow and misery, with fearful- 
nesse do I beare thy burthens. Thy wrothfull 
displeasure goeth ouer me, the feare of the 
oppresseth me. They come rounde aboute 
me daylie like water, and compase me toge- 
ther on euery syde. My louers and fredes 
hast thou put awaye fro me, and turned awaye 
myne acquantaunce. 

©fie Irrrbtrj. A psalme of Ethan the Esrahite. 

MY songe shal be allwaye of the louynge 
kyndnesse of the LORDE, ? with my 



Psal. 6. 



/ Esa. 38. d. e Psal. 100. 



#0. Kwbi. 



C&e psalter. 



psalm* IjtTtfmj. 



mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithful- 
nesse fro one generacion to another. For I 
haue sayde: mercy shal be set vp for euer, 
thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the 
heauens. " I haue made a couenaunt with 
my chosen, I haue sworne vnto Dauid my 
seruaunt. Thy sede wil I stablish for euer, 
and set vp thy Trone from one generacion to 
another. Sela. 

O LORDE, the very heaues shal prayse 
thy wonderous workes, * yee % thy faithfulnes 
in f congregacion of the sayntes. For who is 
he amonge the cloudes, that maye be copared 
vnto the LORDE ? c Yee what is he amonge 
the goddes, that is like vnto the LORDE? 
God is greatly to be feared in the councell of 
the sayntes, (j to be had in reuerence of all 
the that are aboute him. O LORDE God 
of hoostes, who is like vnto the in power ? thy 
trueth is rounde aboute the. d Thou rulest 
the pryde of the see, thou stillest the wawes 
therof, whe they arise. Thou breakest the 
proude, like one that is wounded, thou scatrest 
thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme. 
The heaues are thine, the earth is thine : thou 
hast layed the foundacio of the rovide worlde 
and all that therin is. Thou hast made the 
north and the south, Tabor and Hermon shal 
reioyse in thy name. Thou hast a mightie 
arme, stronge is thy hande, and hye is thy 
right hande. Rightuousnes and equite is the 
habitacion of thy seate, mercy and trueth 
go before thy face. Blessed is the people 
(o LORDE) that can reioyse in the, and 
walketh in the light of thy countenaunce. 
Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe, 
and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shalbe 
exalted. For thou art the glory of their 
strength, s thorow thy fauoure shalt thou lift 
vp oure homes. " The LORDE is oure 
defence, and the holy one of Israel is oure 
kynge. Thou spakest somtyme in visios vnto 
thy sayntes, and saydest : I haue layed helpe 
vpon one that is mightie, I haue exalted one 
chosen out of the people. f l haue founde 
Dauid my seruaut, with my holy oyle haue I 
anoynted him. My honde shal holde him 
fast, and my arme shal strength him. The 
enemie shal not ouercome him, and the sonne 
of wickednesse shal not hurte him. I shal 



2 Reg. 7. c. Psal. 131. a. » Psal. 18. a. ' p sa l. 

85. b. d Exo. 14. e. Mat. 8. c. * Esa. 1. a. Abac. 

/ 1 Re. 16. a. 2 Reg. 5. a. U Reg. 8. 



and 



smyte downe his foes before his face 
plage them that hate him. 

My trueth also 5 my mercy shalbe with him, 
and in my name shal his home be exalted, 
wil set his honde in the see/ and his right 
honde in the floudes. He shal call me : thou 
art my father, my God, and the strength of 
my saluacion. And I wil make him my first- 
borne, hyer then the kinges of the earth. 

My mercy wil I kepe for him for euermore 
and my couenaunt shall stonde fast with him 
His sede wil I make to endure for euer, yee 
and his Trone as the dayes of heauen. * But 
yf his childre forsake my lawe, and walke not 
in my iudgmentes. Yf they breake myne 
ordinaunces, and kepe not my commaunde- 
mentes. I wil vyset their offences with the 
rodde, and their synnes with scourges. Ne 
uerthelesse, my louynge kyndnesse wil I not 
vtterly take from him, ner sufrre my trueth to 
fayle. My couenaunt wil I not breake, ner 
disanulle the thinge y is gone out of my 
lippes. I haue sworne once by my holynesse, 
that I wil not fayle Dauid. His sede shal 
endure for euer, and his seate also like as the 
Sonne before me. 'He shal stonde fast for 
euermore as the Moone, and as the faithfull 
witnesse in heauen. 

Sela. But now thou forsakest and abhorrest 
thyne anoynted, and art displeased at him. 
Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy 
seruaunt, and cast his crowne to the grounde. 
Thou hast ouer throwne all his hedges,* and 
broke downe his stronge holdes. Al they 
that go by, spoyle him, he is become a rebuke 
vnto his neghbours. Thou settest vp the 
right hade of his enemies, and makest all his 
aduersaryes to reioyse. Thou hast taken 
awaye the strength of his swerde, and geuest 
him not victory in the battayll. Thou hast 
put out his glory, and cast his Trone downe 
to the grounde. The dayes of his youth hast 
thou shortened, and couered him with dis- 
honour. Sela. 

LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy 
self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like 
fyre ? O remembre how shorte my tyme is, 
hast thou made all men for naught? ' What 
man is he that lyueth, and shal not se 
death ? 



3 Re. 9. b. 
1 Gen. 2. 



Psal. 71. a. 
Heb. 9. d. 



pgalttw jrtf. 



€i)t psalter. 



So. tijTbtj* 



Maye a ma delyuer his owne soule from the 
honde of hell ? Sela. 

LORDE, where are thy olde louynge kynd- 
nesses, which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy 
trueth ? Remebre LORDE the rebuke that 
f multitude of the people do vnto thy ser- 
uauntes, j how I haue borne it in my bosome. 
a Wherwith thine enemies blaspheme the, & 
slauder y fotesteppes of thy anoynted. Thankes 
be to the LORDE for euermore: Amen, 
Amen. 

Cfie trrrtjr. Ratine. 
A prayer of Moses the man of God. 

LORDE, thou art oure refuge from one 
generacion to another. Before the 
mountaynes were brought forth, or euer the 
earth g the worlde were made, thou art God 
from euerlastinge and worlde with out ende. 
Thou turnest man to destruccion, Agayne, 
thou sayest : come agayne ye children of men. 
For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but 
as yesterdaye that is past, and like as it were 
a night watch. 

As soone as thou scatrest them, they are 
euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly like 
the grasse. c In the mornynge it is grene 
and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cutt 
downe and wythered. For we consume awaye 
thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy 
wrothfull indignacion. Thou settest oure 
miszdedes before the, and oure secrete synnes 

the light of thy countenaunce. For when 
thou art angrie, all oure dayes are gone, we 
brynge oure yeares to an ende, as it were a 
tayle that is tolde. The dayes of oure age 
are iij. score yeares j ten : (j though men be 
so stronge that they come to iiij. score yeares, 
yet is their strength then but laboure and 
sorowe : so soone passeth it awaye, j we are 
gone. But who regardeth the power of thy 
wrath, thy fearfull g terrible displeasure ? O 
teach vs to nombre oure dayes, that we maye 
applie d oure hertes vnto wyszdome. 

Turne the agayne (o LORDE) at the last, 
and be gi'acious vnto thy seruauntes. O 
satisfie vs with thy mercy, and that soone : so 
shal we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of 
oure life. Comforte vs agayne, now after the 
tyme that thou hast plaged vs, and for the 
yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersite. 



' 1 Pet. 3. b. 
Psal. 36. a. Esa. 40. 



2 Pet. 3. b 
" Psal. 



Psal. 72. c. 
e Matt. 4. a. 



Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke, & their 
children thy glory. And the glorious maiesty 
of the LORDE oure God be vpon vs : O 
prospere thou the worke of oure hondes vpon 
vs, o prospere thou oure hondy worke. 

Cije re $£(alme. 

WHO so dwelleth vnder f defence of the 
most hyest, & abydeth vnder f sha- 
dowe of y allmightie : He shal saye vnto y 
LORDE : o my hope, & my stronge holde, my 
God, in who I wil trust. For he shal deliuer 
the fro the snare of the hunter, & fro the 
noysome pestilence. He shal couer the vnder 
his wynges, that thou mayest be safe vnder 
his fethers : his faithfulnesse and trueth shal 
be thy shylde and buckler. So y thou shalt 
not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night, 
ner for arowe that flyeth by daye. 

For the pestilece that crepeth in y darck- 
nesse, ner for the sicknesse y destroyeth in the 
noone daye. A thousande shal fall besyde 
the, and ten thousande at thy right honde, 
but it shal not come nye the. Yee with thyne 
eyes shalt thou beholde, and se the rewarde 
of the vngodly. For thou LORDE art my 
hope, thou hast set thy house of defence very 
hye. There shal no euell happen vnto the, 
nether shal eny plage come nye thy dwellinge. 
"For he shall geue his angels charge ouer the, 
to kepe the in all thy wayes. 

They shal beare the in their hondes, that 
thou hurte not thy fote agaynst a stone. 

Thou shalt go vpo the Lyon and Adder, 
the yonge Lyon and the Dragon shalt thou 
treade vnder thy fete. Because he hath set 
his loue vpon me, I shal delyuer him : I 
shal defende him, for he hath knowne my 
name. 

f When he calleth vpon me, I shall heare 
him : yee I am with him in his trouble, wher- 
out I wil delyuer him, and brynge him to 
honoure. With loge life wil I satisfie him, <j 
shewe him my saluacion. 

Wi)t yd. Valine. 

IT is a good thinge to geue thankes vnto 
the LORDE, and to synge prayses^ vnto 
thy name, o most hyest. To tell of thy lou- 
ynge kyndnesse early in the mornynge, and of 
thy trueth in the night season. 



Luc. 4. b. Exo. 23. c. Psal. 33. a. 
s Heb. 13. c. 



#cu fcjrjMj* 



Cf)e 



falter* 



$salme jrrij. 



Vpon an instrumet of ten strynges, vpon 
the lute and with a songe vpon the harpe. 

" For thou LORDE hast made me glad 
thorow thy workes, and I wil reioyse ouer the 
operacion of thy hondes. O LORDE, how 
glorious are thy workes, thy thoughtes are 
very depe. An vnwyse man wil not knowe 
this, g a foole wil not vnderstode it. * That 
the vngodly are grene as the grasse, and that 
all the workes of wickednes do florish, to be 
destroyed for euer. But thou LORDE o 
most hyest, abydest worlde without ende. 

For lo, thy enemies (o LORDE) lo, thy 
enemies shal perishe, and all the workers of 
wickednes shalbe scatred abrode. c But my 
home shalbe exalted like the home of an 
Vnieorne, g shal be anoynted with fresh oyle. 
Myne eye also shal se his lust of myne ene- 
mies, g myne eare shall heare his desyre of 
the wicked y ryse vp agaynst me. The 
rightuous shal florish like a palme tre, and 
growe like a Cedre of Libanus. Soch as be 
planted in the house of the LORDE, be 
frutefull, plenteous g grene. That they maye 
shewe, how true the LORDE my stregth is, 
and that there is no vnrightuousnesse in him. 

Eft* rrij. ftealme. 

THE LORDE is kynge, and hath put on 
glorious apparell, the LORDE hath 
put on his apparell, g gyrded himself with 
stregth : d he hath made the rounde worlde so 
sure, that it can not be moued. From that 
tyme forth hath thy seate bene prepared, thou 
art from euerlastinge.e The floudes aryse /(o 
LORDE) the floudes lift vp their noyse, y 
floudes lift vp their wawes. The wawes of 
the see are mightie, g rage horribly : g but yet 
the LORDE that dwelleth on hye, is mightier. 
Thy testimonies (o LORDE) are very sure, 
holynesse becommeth thyne house for euer. 

Eije rctrj. l^alitu. 

O LORDE God, to whom vengeaunce 
belogeth:'' thou God to whom ven- 
geaunce belongeth, shewe thy self. 

Arise thou iudge of the worlde, g rewarde 
the proude after their deseruynge. LORDE, 
how longe shal the vngodly, ' how longe shal 
the vngodly tryumphe ? How longe shal all 

« Rom. 1. b. Sap. 13. a. 'Psal. 72. c. =Nu.23. d. 24.b. 

rfPsal. 23. a. e Esa. 6. a. /Psal. 45. a. 88. b. 

e Deut. 26. c. * Deut. 32. c. Rom. 12. c. * Psal. 72. a. 

Esa. 29. c. Eze. 8. b. 9. b. lob 22. b. Eccll. 23. d. 



wicked doers speake so diszdaynedly, and 
make soch proude boastynge ? They smyte 
downe thy people (o LORDE) and trouble 
thine heretage. They murthur the widdowe 
and the straunger, and put the fatherlesse to 
death. And yet they saie : Tush, the LORDE 
seyth not, k the God of Iacob regardeth it not. 
Take hede, ye vnwise amonge the people: o 
ye fooles, when wil ye vnderstonde ? He that 
planted the eare, shal he not heare ? he that 
made the eye, shal not he se ? ' He that nur- 
tureth the Heithen, and teacheth a man know- 
lege, shal not he punysh? The LORDE 
knoweth the thoughtes of men, that they are 
but vayne. Blessed is the ma, whom thou 
lernest (o LORDE) and teachest him in thy 
lawe. That thou mayest geue him pacience 
in tyme of aduersite, vntill the pytte be 
dygged vp for the vngodly. For the LORDE 
wil not fayle his people, nether wil he forsake 
his inheritaunce. And why? iudgment shalbe 
turned agayne vnto rightuousnesse, and all 
soch as be true of hert shal folowe it. Who 
ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked? who 
taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers ? Yf 
the LORDE had not helped me, my soule 
had allmost bene put to sylence. 

m When I sayde : my fote hath slipped, thy 
mercy (o LORDE) helde me vp. In f mul- 
titude of the sorowes that I had in my herte, 
thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule. 

Wilt thou haue eny thinge to do with the 
stole of wickednesse, which ymagineth mys- 
chefe in the lawe ? They gather them together 
agaynst the soule of the rightuous, g condemne 
the innocent bloude. But the LORDE is 
my refuge, my God is the stregth of my con- 
fidence. He shal recompence the their wicked- 
nesse, and destroye them in their owne malice : 
yee the LORDE oure God shal destroye them. 

Cftc rmtj. $galme. 
COME, let vs prayse the LORDE, let 

vs hertely reioyse in the strength of oure 
saiuacion." Let vs come before his presence 
with thakesgeuynge, g shewe oure self glad in 
him with psalmes. For the LORDE is a 
greate God, and a greate kynge aboue all 
" ~es. In his honde are all f corners of the 
earth, and the strength of the hilles is his 

Gen. 7. d. and 19. Exo. 14. e. 1 Cor. 3. c. Baruc 4. a. 
lob 13. b. 1 Ioh. 1. b. Psal. 31. a. 2 Cor. 1. a. 
" Ephe. 5. b. 



psalttw jttbtj, 



Cfte 



psalten 



So. *ot< 



also. The see is his, for he made it, and his 
hondes prepared the drie lode. 

O come, let vs worshipe and bowe downe 
oure selu.es : Let vs knele before the LORDE 
oure maker. For he is oure God : as for vs, 
Ve are the people of his pasture, and the 
shepe of his hodes. To daye yf ye wil heare 
his voyce, harde not youre hertes, as whe ye 
prouoked in tyme of temptacion in the wilder- 
nes. Where youre fathers tepted me, proued 
me, and sawe my workes. XL. yeares longe 
was I greued with that generacion, g sayde : 
they euer erre in their hertes, they verely 
haue not knowne my wayes. *Therfore I 
sware vnto the in my wrath, that they shulde 
not enter in to my rest. 

Cfie jrtb. $£ialme. 

OSYNGE vnto the LORDE a new 
songe, c synge vnto the LORDE all the 
whole earth. Synge vnto f LORDE, g 
prayse his name, be tellynge of his saluacion 
from daye to daye. Declare his honoure 
amonge the Heithe, and his wonders amonge 
all people. d For y LORDE is greate, and 
can not worthely be praysed : he is more to 
be feared then all goddes. As for all y 
goddes of the Heithe, they be but Idols, but 
it is the LORDE that made the heaues. 

Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before 
him, power and honoure are in his Sanc- 
tuary. ' Ascrybe vnto the LORDE (o ye 
kinredes of the Heithen) ascrybe vnto the 
LORDE worshipe and strength. Ascrybe 
vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name, 
brynge presentes, and come in to his courte. 
O worshipe the LORDE in the beutye of 
holynesse, let the whole earth stonde in awe of 
him. Tell it out amonge the Heithe, that 
the LORDE is kynge : and that it is he which 
hath made the rounde worlde so fast, that it 
cannot be moued, and how that he shal iudge 
the people rightuously. Let the heaues re- 
ioyse, and let the earth be glad : let the see 
make a noyse, yee g all that therin is. Let 
the felde be ioyfull and all that is in it, let all 
the trees of the wodd leape for ioye. Before 
the LORDE, for he commeth : for he cometh 
to iudge the earth: yee with rightuousnesse 
shal he iudge the worlde, and y people with 
his trueth. 

Psal. 22. a. 99. a. Heb. 3. a. b. 4. b. » Nu. 14. c. 
Heb. 4. a. '1 Par. 17. a. d Psal. 46. a. Eccli. 43. d. 
Psal. 28. a. '/Psal. 43. a. e Iudic. 5. a. * Psal. 18. a. 



Che rcbt. $ssaltm. 

THE LORDE is kynge, the earth maye 
be glad therof : •'yee the multitude of 
the lies maie be glad therof. Cloudes and 
darcknesse are rounde aboute him, rightuous- 
nesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his 
seate. There goeth a fyre before him, to 
burne vp his enemies on euery syde. His 
lightenynges geue shyne vnto the worlde, the 
earth seyth it g is afraied. e The hilles melt 
like wax at the presence of f LORDE, at 
the presence of the LORDE of the whole 
earth. * The very heauens declare his right- 
uousnes, g all people se his glory. Cofounded 
be all they that worshipe ymages, and delite 
in their Idols: worshipe him all ye goddes. 
Sion heareth of it and reioyseth : ' yee all y 
doughters of Iuda are glad because of thy 
iudgmentes, o LORDE. For thou LORDE 
art the most hyest ouer all the earth, thou art 
exalted farre aboue all goddes. k O ye that 
loue the LORDE, se that ye hate the thinge 
which is euell: the LORDE preserueth the 
soules of his sayntes, he shal delyuer the from 
the honde of the vngodly. There is spronge 
vp a light for the rightuous, and a ioyfull 
gladnesse for soch as be true herted. 

'Reioyse therfore in the LORDE, ye 
rightuous : and geue thankes for a remem- 
braunce of his holynesse. 



Che rcbrj. IBsalnu. 
SYNGE vnto the LORDE a new 

songe, m for he hath done maruelous 



o 



thinges. With his owne right honde and with 
his holy arme hath he gotten the victory. The 
LORDE hath declared his sauynge health, 
and his rightuousnes hath he openly shewed 
in the sight of the Heithe. 

* He hath remembred his mercy and trueth 
towarde the house of Israel : so that all the 
endes of the worlde se the sauynge health of 
oure God. Shewe youre self ioyfull vnto the 
LORDE all ye londes, synge, reioyse and 
geue thankes." Prayse the LORDE vpon 
the harpe, synge to the harpe with a psalme 
of thankesgeuynge. With trompettes also g 
shawmes : O shewe youre selues ioyfull before 
the LORDE the kynge. Let the see make 
a noyse and all y therin is, yee the whole 

i Psal. 47. b. k Amos 5. b. ' Psal. 32. a. 

™ Psal. 95. a. 149. a. " Gen. 12. a. 15. a. Esa. 52. b. 

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worlde g all that dwell therin. Let the floudes 
clappe their hondes, "and let all the hilles be 
ioyfull together. Before the LORDE, for 
he is come to iudge the earth. Yee with 
rightuousnes shall he iudge the worlde, and 
the people with equite. 

Wfyt jftbiij. Valine. 

THE LORDE is kynge, be the people 
neuer so vnpacient : he sytteth vpon the 
Cherubins, be the earth neuer so vnquiete. 
The LORDE is greate in Sion, % hye aboue 
all people. O let men geue thakes vnto thy 
greate g wondei'ful name, for it is holy. The 
kynges power loueth iudgment, thou pre- 
parest equite, thou executest iudgmet g right- 
uousnes in Iacob. *0 magnifie the LORDE 
oure God, fall downe before his fote stole, 
for he is holy. Moses ij Aaron amonge his 
prestes, g Samuel amonge soch as call vpo his 
name : these called vpon the LORDE, g he 
herde the. c He spake vnto the out of the 
cloudy piler, for they kepte his testimonies, g 
the lawe that he gaue them. 

Thou herdest the (o LORDE oure God) 
thou forgauest the o God, g punyshedst their 
owne invencions. O magnifie the LORDE 
oure God, and worshipe him vpo his holy hill, 
for the LORDE oure God is holy. 

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OBE ioyfull in God 1 * (all ye lodes) serue 
the LORDE with gladnes, come before 
his presence with ioye. Be ye sure, y the 
LORDE he is God: It is he y hath made 
vs, g not we oure selues : we are but his peo- 
ple, g the shepe of his pasture. O go youre 
waye in to his gates the with thankesgeuynge, 
g in to his courtes with prayse : be thakfull 
vnto him, g speake good of his name. e For 
the LORDE is gracious, his mercy is euer- 
lastinge, and his treuth endureth from gene- 
racion to generacion. 

Cfte c. Valine. A thakesgeuynge of Dauid. 

MY songe shalbe of mercy and iudgment, 
yee vnto the^ (o LORDE) wil I synge. 
O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of 
godlynesse, vntill the tyme that thou come 
vnto me : g so shal I walke in my house with 
an innocent herte. I wil take no wicked 



" Psal. 95. a. * 1 Par. 29. a. c Num. 12. a. 1 Reg. 3. a. 
d Psal. 65. a. Psal. 94. b. Eze. 34. d. e Psal.ll6.a.ll8.m. 



thinge in honde, I hate the synne of vnfaith 
fulnesse, it shal not cleue vnto me. A fro 
warde herte shal departe fro me, I wil not 
knowe a wicked personne. 

Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure, 
him wil I destroye : Who so hath a proude 
loke g an hye stomacke, I maye not awaye 
with him. Myne eyes shal loke for soch as 
be faithfull in the londe, y they maye dwell 
with me : and who so ledeth a godly life, shal 
be my seruaunt. There shall no disceatfull 
personne dwell in my house, he that telleth 
lyes shal not tary in my sight. I shal soone 
destroye all the vngodly of the londe, that all 
wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of 
the LORDE. 

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HEARE my prayer* (o LORDE) and let 
my criege come vnto the. Hyde not 
thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble : 
enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call, O 
heare me, and that right soone. For my 
dayes are consumed awaye like smoke, g my 
bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande. 

My hert is smytte downe and wythered 
like grasse, so that I forget to eate my bred. 

* For the voyce of my gronynge, my bone 
wil scarse cleue to my flesh. I am become 
like a Pellicane in the wildernes, and like an 
Oule in a broken wall. I wake, and am euen 
as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the 
house toppe. Myne enemies reuyle me all 
the daye longe, they laugh me to scorne, and 
are sworne together against me. I eate ashes 
with my bred, and mengle my drynke with 
wepynge. And that because of thy indignacion 
and wrath, for thou hast taken me vp, and 
cast me awaye. My dayes are gone like a 
shadowe, and I am wythered like grasse. 
But thou (o LORDE) endurest for euer, and 
thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions. 
Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion, 
'for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her, yee 
the tyme is come. And why ? thy seruauntes 
haue a loue to hir stones, g it pitieth them to 
se her in the dust. The Heithen shal feare 
thy name (o LORDE) and all the kynges of 
the earth thy maiesty. For the LORDE 
shal buylde vp Sion, and shal apeare in his 
glory. He turneth him vnto the prayer of 



/Psal. 88. a. e Psal. 142. a. 
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the poore destitute, and despyseth not their 
desyre. This shalbe written for those y come 
after, "that the people which shalbe borne, 
maye prayse the LORDE. 

For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary, 
'out of the heauen doth the LORDE be- 
holde the earth. 

That he maye heare the mournynges of 
soch as be in captiuyte, and delyuer the child- 
ren of death. That they maie preach the 
name of the LORDE in Sion, and his wor- 
shipe at Ierusalem. When the people are 
gathered together, and the kyngdomes also to 
serue y LORDE. He hath brought downe 
my strength in my iourney, and shortened 
my dayes. Yet wil I saye : O my God, take 
me not awaye in y myddest of myne age : as 
for thy yeares, they endure thorow out all 
generacions. c Thou LORDE in the begyn- 
nynge hast layed y foundacion of the earth, 
and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes. 
d They shal perishe, but thou shalt endure : 
they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment, j 
as a vesture shalt thou chaunge the, and they 
shalbe chaunged. But thou art the same, 
and thy yeares shal not fayle. 

The children of thy seruauntes shall con- 
tynue, g their sede shal prospere in thy sight. 

Cfie ci). A psalme of Dauid. 

PRAYSE the LORDE (o my soule) <j all 
that is within me prayse his holy name. 
Prayse the LORDE o my soule, & forget not 
all his benefites. Which forgeueth all thy 
synnes, and healeth all thy infirmities. e Which 
saueth thy life from destruccion, and crowneth 
the with mercy g louynge kyndnesse. Which 
satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges, mak- 
ynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle. The 
LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudg- 
ment, for all them y suffre wronge. He 
shewed his wayes vnto Moses, and his workes 
vnto the children of Israel. /The LORDE 
is full of compassion and mercy, longe suf- 
feringe, and of greate goodnesse. He wil not 
allwaye be chydinge, nether wil he kepe his 
anger for euer. 

He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes, 
ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wicked- 
^For loke how hye the heaue is in 



"Psal. 21. d. * Psal. 32. b. 'Hebre.l.b. ^Esa^O.a. 
2Pet.3.b. f Psal. 31. a. /Exo.34. a. Psal.85. c.144. a. 
s Psal. 56. b. 107. a. h Psal. 77. d. * Psal. 101. d. 



comparison of the earth, so greate is his mercy 
also towarde them that feare him. 

Loke how wyde the east is from the west, 
so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. 

Yee like as a father pitieth his owne child- 
ren, euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto 
the that feare him. ; ' For he knoweth wherof 
we be made, he remembreth that we are but 
dust. That a man in his tyme is but as is 
grasse, j florisheth as a floure of the felde. 

For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it, it is 
gone, and the place therof knoweth it nomore. 
But the mercifull goodnesse of y LORDE 
endureth for euer and euer, 'vpon them y 
feare him, and his rightuousnesse vpon their 
childers children. Soch as kepe his coue- 
naunt, and thinke vpon his commaundementes 
to do them. The LORDE hath prepared 
his seate in heaue, and his kyngdome ruleth 
ouer all. O prayse the LORDE ye angels 
of his, ye that be mightie in stregth, fulfillinge 
his commaundement, that me maye heare the 
voyce of his wordes. O prayse the LORDE 
all ye his hoostes, ye seruauntes of his, that 
do his pleasure. O speake good of the 
LORDE all ye workes of his, in euery place 
of his dominion : prayse thou the LORDE, 
o my soule. 

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PRAYSE the LORDE o my soule :* O 
LORDE my God, thou art become ex- 
ceadinge glorious, thou art clothed with ma- 
iesty and honoure. Thou deckest thy self 
with light, as it were with a garment, thou 
spredest out the heauen like a curtayne. 

Thou voltest it aboue with waters, thou 
makest the cloudes thy charet, and goest vpon 
the wynges of the wynde. 'Thou makest 
thine angels spretes, and thy ministers flammes 
of fyre. Thou hast layed y earth vpon hir 
foundacion, that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. 
Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a 
garmet, "'so that the waters stonde aboue the 
hilles. "But at thy rebuke they fie, at the 
voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed. (Then 
are the hilles sene alofte, (j the valleys beneth 
in their place which thou hast appoynted for 
the.) "Thou hast set them their boundes, 
which they maie not passe, that they turne 



* Psal. 103. d. 'Heb.l.b. -»Gen.7.d. » Psal. 105. 
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not agayne to couer f earth. Thou causest 
the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys, 
and the waters runne amonge y hilles. That 
all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke, 
d that the wylde asses maye quench their 
thyrste. 

Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of 
the ayre their habitacion, and synge amonge 
the braunches. Thou watrest the hylles from 
aboue, the erth is fylled with f frutes of thy 
workes. Thou bryngest forth grasse for the 
catell, and grene herbe for the seruyce of men. 
"Thou bryngest fode out of the earth: wyne 
to make glad y herte of ma, oyle to make him 
a chearfull countenaunce, (j bred to strength 
mans herte. The trees of the LORDE are 
full of sappe, euen the trees of Libanus which 
he hath planted. There make the byrdes 
their nestes, and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge 
for the storcke. The hilles are a refuge for 
the wylde goates, and so are the stony rockes 
for f conyes. Thou hast appoynted the 
Moone forcertayne seasons, the Sonne knoweth 
his goinge downe. Thou makest darcknesse, 
that it maye be night, wherin all the beastes 
of the forest do moue. Yee and the yonge 
lyons which roare after the praye, and seke 
their meate at God. But when the Sonne 
ariseth, they get them awaye together, and 
lye them downe in their dennes. * Then 
goeth man forth to his worke, and to till his 
londe vntill the euenynge. O LORDE, how 
manifolde are thy workes, right wysely hast 
thou made the all : yee the earth is full of thy 
riches. So is this greate and wyde see also, 
wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable, 
both small and greate beastes. There go the 
shippes ouer, "and there is that Leuiathan, 
whom thou hast made, to take his pastyme 
therin. 

They wayte all vpo the, that thou mayest 
geue them meate in due season. d Whe thou 
geuest it them, they gather it: whe thou 
openest thine honde, they are fylled with good. 

But when thou hydest thy face, they are 
soroufull : e yf thou takest awaye their breth, 
they dye, & are turned agayne to their dust. 

Agayne, when thou lattest thy breth go 
forth, they are made, and so thou renuest the 
face of the earth. The glorious magesty of 



° Gen. 1. d. Psal. 146. b. Eccli. 31. d. Gen. 18. a 
ludic. 19. b. * Gene. 3. d. c Esa. 27. a. lob 40. c 

Psal. 73. b. d Psal. 144. b. e Gen. 2. b. / Psal 



the LORDE endureth for euer, and the 
LORDE reioyseth in his workes. The earth 
trebleth at the loke of him, •'"he doth but touch 
y hilles and they smoke. I will synge vnto 
the LORDE as longe as I lyue, I wil prayse 
my God whyle I haue my beinge. O that my 
wordes might please him, for my ioye is in 
the LORDE. As for synners, they shal be 
cosumed out of the earth, and the vngodly 
shal come to an ende: «but prayse thou the 
LORDE, o my soule. Halleluya. 

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OGEUE thankes vnto the LORDE, and 
call vpon his name: ''tell the people 
what thinges he hath done. O let youre 
songes be of him : prayse him, and let youre 
talkynge be of all his wonderous workes. 
Geue his holy name a good reporte, let their 
hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE. 

Seke the LORDE, and his strength, seke 
his face euermore. Remembre the maruelous 
workes that he hath done, his wonders and 
the iudgmentes of his mouth. O ye sede of 
Abraham his seruaunt, ye children of Iacob 
his chosen. He is the LORDE oure God, 
whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the 
worlde. He is allwaye myndfull of his 
couenaunt, and promyse that he made to a 
thousande generacions. 

'Yee the couenaunt that he made with 
Abraham, and the ooth that he swore vnto 
Isaac. And apoynted the same vnto Iacob 
for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge 
testament. Sayenge : vnto the wil I geue 
the londe of Canaan, the lott of youre heretage. 
When there was yet but a fewe of them, and 
they straungers therin. What tyme as they 
wente from one nacion to another, from one 
kyngdome to another. He suffred no man 
to hurte them, *but reproued euen kynges 
for their sakes. Touch not myne anoynted, 
do my prophetes no harme. 

Morouer he called for a derth vpon the 
lode, and destroyed all the prouysion of bred. 

' But he had sent a man before them, euen 
Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt. 
They hurte his fete in the stockes, the yron 
his herte. '"Vntill the tyme that his 



143. a. e Psal. 103. a. * 1 Par. 17. b. Esa. 12. a. 
' Gen. 17. a. Gen. 26. a. Gen. 28. a. * Gen. 12. d. 

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worde came, and till the worde of ^ LORDE 
had tried him. "Then sent the kinge and 
caused him be delyuered, the prynce of the 
people bad let him go. He made him lorde 
of his house, u ruler of all his substaunce. 
That he might enfourme his prynces after his 
wil, and teach his Senatours wysdome. * Israel 
also came in to Egipte, and Iacob was a 
straunger in the lode of Ham. 

But he increased his people exceadingly, 
and made them stronger then their enemies. 

Whose hert turned, so that they hated his 
people, and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes. 
* Then sent he Moses his seruaunt, and Aaron 
whom he had chosen. These dyd his tokens 
amoge them, and wonders in the londe of 
Ham. e He sent darcknesse and it was darcke, 
for they were not obedient vnto his worde. 
^He turned their waters in to bloude, and 
slewe their fishe. Their londe brought forth 
frogges/ yee euen in their kynges chambers. 
He spake the worde, j their came all maner 
of flies (j lise in all their quarters. He gaue 
them hale stones for rayne, and flammes of 
fyre in their lode. He smote their vynyardes 
(j fige trees, and destroyed the trees that were 
in their coastes. He spake y worde, * and 
their came greshoppers & catirpillers innumer- 
able. These ate vp all the grasse in their 
lode, and deuoured the frutes of their groiide. 
He smote all y first borne in their lode,* euen 
the chefe of all their substaunce. He brought 
them forth with syluer 5 golde, there was not 
one feble personne amoge their trybes. Egipte 
was glad of their departinge, for they were 
afraied of the. 

*He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge, 
and fyre to geue light in the night season. 

'At their desyre, there came quales, and 
he fylled them with the bred of heaue. m He 
opened the rocke of stone, 5 the waters flowed 
out : so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse. 

For why, he remembred his holy promyse 
which he had made vnto Abraham his ser- 
uaunt. Thus he brought forth his people 
with ioye, and his chosen with gladnesse. 

And gaue them the lodes of the Heithe, 
where they toke the labours of the people 
in possession. That they might kepe his 
statutes, and obserue his lawes. Halleluya. 

' Gen. 41. f. » Gen. 46. a. ' Exo. 1. a. Acto. 7. c. 

Exo. 3. 4. 5. Acto. 7. d. « Exo. 10. c. / Exo. 7. d. 

s Exo. 8. b. Exo. 8. d. Psal. 77. c. h Exo. 10. d. 

Exo. 11. a. 12. c. * Exo. 13. d'. ' Exo. 16. a. 



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GEUE thankes vnto the LORDE, for 
he is gracious, and his mercy endureth 
for euer. " Who can expresse y noble actes 
of the LORDE, or shewe forth all his prayse ? 
Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudg- 
ment, and do rightuousnes. Remembre vs 
(o LORDE) acordinge to the fauoure that 
thou bearest vnto thy people : o vyset vs with 
thy sauinge health. That we might se the 
pleasure of thy chosen, that we might reioyse 
in the gladnesse of thy people, and geue 
thankes with thine enheritaunce. ° We haue 
synned with oure fathers, we haue done amysse, 
we haue dealt wickedly. Oure fathers re- 
garded not thy wonders in Egipte, they kepte 
not thy greate goodnesse in remebraunce : but 
were dishobediet at the see, eue at the reed 
see. Neuertheles, he helped the for his names 
sake, that he might make his power to be 
knowne. He rebuked the reed see, and it 
was dried vp : p so he led the thorow the depe 
as in a wildernesse. Thus he saued them 
from the honde of the hater, & delyuered them 
from the honde of the enemie. 

As for those y troubled them, the waters 
ouerwhelmed the, there was not one of the 
left. q Then beleued they in his worde, and 
songe prayse vnto him. But within a whyle 
they forgat his workes, & wolde not abyde his 
councell. r A lust came vpd them in the 
wildernesse, so that they tempted God in the 
deserte. Yet he gaue them their desyre, and 
sent the ynough at their willes. They angred 
Moses in the tetes/ and Aaron the saynte 
of the LORDE. So the earth opened cj 
swalowed vp Dathan, and couered the con- 
gregacio of Abiram. The fyre was kyndled 
"n their company, the flame brent vp the 
vngodly. ' They made a calfe in Horeb, and 
worshipped the molte ymage. Thus they 
turned his glory in to the similitude of a 
calfe, y eateth haye. They forgat God their 
Sauioure, which had done so greate thinges 
in Egipte. Wonderous workes in the londe 
of Ham, and fearfull thinges in the reed see. 
So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed them, 
had not Moses his chosen stonde before him 
in y gappe : to turne awaie his wrothfull 
indignacion, lest he shulde destroye the. 

m Exo. 17. b. Nu. 20. b. Exo. 17. a. "1 Mac. 4. c. 

Iudit. 13. c. Psal. 106. a. Eccli. 43. d. ' Iudit. 7. c. 

p Psal. 103. a. t Exo. 15. a. r Nu. 11. a. ' Nu. 

6. a. ' Exo. 32. a. 1 Cor. 10. a. Rom. 1. c. 



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a Yee they thought scorne of y pleasaunt 
londe, and gaue no credence vnto his worde. 

But murmured in their tentes, and herk- 
ened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE. 

Then lift he vp his honde agaynst them, to 
ouerthrowe them in the wildernes. To cast 
out their sede amonge the nacions, and to 
scater them in the londes. *They ioyned 
them selues vnto Baal Peor, and ate the 
offeringes of the deed. Thus they prouoked 
him vnto anger with their owne invecions, and 
the plage was greate amonge them. 

Then stode vp Phineas and executed 
iustice, & so the plage ceased. "And that was 
counted vnto him for rightuousnesse, amonge 
all posterites for euermore. They angerd 
him also at the waters of strife, rf so that Moses 
was punyshed for their sakes. Because they 
prouoked his sprete, and he tolde the planely 
with his lippes. Nether destroyed they the 
Heithen, *as the LORDE commaunded them. 
But were mengled amonge the Heithen, and 
lerned their workes. 

In so moch that they worshipped their 
ymages, which turned to their owne decaye. 

Yee they offred their sonnes and their 
doughters vnto deuels. And shed the inno- 
cent bloude of their sonnes and of their 
doughters, whom they offred vnto the ymages 
of Canaan, so that the londe was defyled with 
bloude. Thus were they stayned with their 
owne workes, and wente a whoringe with their 
owne invencions. Therfore was the wrath of 
the LORDE kyndled agaynst his people, in 
so moch that he abhorred his owne enherit- 
aunce. And gaue them ouer in to the honde 
of the Heithe, and they that hated them, were 
lordes ouer them. Their enemies oppressed 
the, and had them in subieccion. Many a 
tyme dyd he delyuer them, but they prouoked 
him with their owne invecions, and were 
brought downe for their wickednesse. Neuer- 
thelesse whe he sawe their aduersite, he herde 
their complaynte. ^He thought vpo his 
couenaunt, and pitied the, acordinge vnto the 
multitude of his mercies. Yee he made all 
those y had led them awaye captiue, to pitie 
them. Delyuer vs (o LORDE oure God) cj 
gather vs from amoge the Heithen : that we 
maye geue thankes to thy holy name, i make 

° Num. 14. a. * Num. 25. a. Iosue 22. d. 1 Cor. 10. a. 

Gen. 15. b. d Deut. 1. f. 3. e. 4. e. ' Deut. 7. a. 

and 12. a. Iud. 2. a. 1 Reg. 15. a. Iud. 2. b. Deut. 32. c. 

Re. 23. c. Leui. 20. a. Deu. 18. b. Eze. 20. d. Iere. 



oure boast of thy prayse. « Blessed be the 
LORDE God of Israel from euerlastinge and 
worlde without ende, and let all people saye : 
Amen, Amen. Halleluya. 

Cije tbi. Iteatnu. 

OGEUE thankes vnto the LORDE, for 
he is gracious, ''and his mercy endureth 
for euer. Let them geue thakes whom the 
LORDE hath redemed, j delyuered from the 
hande of the enemie. And gathered the out 
of the londes, fro the east, fro the west, fro the 
north & from the south. 

They wente astraye in the wildernesse in 
an vntroden waye, 5 founde no cite to dwell 
in. Hongrie (j thirstie, a their soule faynted 
in the. So they cried vnto the LORDE in 
their trouble, & he delyuered the from their 
distresse. He led the forth by f right waie, 
y they might go to y cite where they dwelt, 

O that me wolde prayse the goodnesse of 
the LORDE, & the wonders that he doth for 
the childre of me.. * For he satisfied the emptie 
soule, (j fylled the hongrie soule with good. 

Soch as sat in darcknesse and in the shadowe 
of death, *beynge fast bounde in misery (j yron 
Because they were not obediet to the co- 
maundementes of God, but lightly regarded 
the councell of the most highest. 

Their herte was vexed with laboure, they 
fell downe, (j there was none to helpe them 

So they cried vnto the LORDE in their 
trouble, & he delyuered them out of their dis- 
tresse. He brought the out of darcknesse j 
out of the shadowe of death, & brake their 
bondes in sonder. O that men wolde prayse 
the goodnesse of the LORDE, (j the woders 
that he doth for the childre of men. For he 
hath broken the gates of brasse, (j smitte the 
barres of yron in sonder. Foolish me were 
plaged for their offence, (j because of their 
wickednesse. Their soule abhorred all maner 
of meate, they were eue harde at deathes dore. 
So they cried vnto the LORDE in their 
trouble, & he delyuered the out of their dis- 
tresse. He sent his worde l & healed the, 5 
saued the from destruccion. O that men 
wolde prayse the goodnesse of the LORDE, 
I the wonders that he doth for the children of 
men. m That they wolde offre vnto him the 

7. d. and 44. a. / Deu. 30. a. e Luc. 1. f. 

Iudit. 13. c. Psal. 105. a. 117. a. 135. a. 1 Mac. 4. c. 

Exo. 16. a. Deut. 8. a. * Psal. 77. c. 104. e. 2 Par. 33. 
* Nu. 21. b. Esaie 38. b. Matt. 8. a. m Heb. 13. c. 



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sacrifice of thankesgeuynge," and tell out his 
workes with gladnes. They that go downe to 
the see in shippes, cj occupie their busynesse 
in greate waters. These men se the workes 
of the LORDE, 5 his wonders in the depe. 
For at his worde, *the stormy wynde aryseth, 
and lifteth vp the wawes therof. 

They are caried vp to the heauen, & downe 
agayne to the depe, their soule melteth awaye 
in the trouble. They rele to and fro, they 
stacker like a droncken man, and are at their 
wittes ende. So theycrie vnto the LORDE 
in their trouble, & he delyuereth the out of 
their distresse. Tie maketh the storme to 
ceasse, so that the wawes are still. 

The are they glad because they be at rest, 
S so he bryngeth them vnto the hauen where 
they wolde be. O that men wolde prayse the 
goodnes of the LORDE, and the wonders that 
he doth for the children of men. 

That they wolde exalte him in the cogre- 
gacion of the people, 5 loaue him in the seate 
of the elders. d Which turneth the floudes in 
to drie londe, and drieth vp the water sprynges. 
A frutefull londe maketh he baren, for the 
wickednesse of them that dwell therin. Agayne, 
he maketh the wildernes a stondinge water, 
and water sprynges of a drye grounde. There 
he setteth the hongrie, that they maye buylde 
them a cite to dwell in. That they maye 
sowe their groude, plante vynyardes, to yelde 
them frutes of increase. He blesseth them, 
so that they multiplie exceadingly, and suffreth 
not their catell to decrease. Whe they are 
minished & brought lowe thorow oppressio, 
thorow eny plage or trouble. Though he 
suffre the to be euell intreated thorow ty- 
rauntes, or let them wandre out of the waye 
in the wildernesse : Yet helpeth he the poore 
out of misery (at the last) and maketh him an 
housholde like a flocke of shepe. The rightuous 
wil cosidre this and reioyse, the mouth of all 
wickednesse shall be stopped. Who so is 
wyse, and pondreth these thinges well, shall 
vnderstonde the louynge kyndnesses of the 
LORDE. 



Cfie fbrj. A psalme of Dauid. 
GOD, my hert is ready to synge, j to 
geue prayse. e Awake (0 my glory) 
awake lute 5 harpe, I my selfe will awake 



o 



' 1 Pet. 2. a. * lone 
3 Re. 17. a. Esa. 43. c. 



. Act. 27. 
'Psal. 56. t 



c Matt. 8. c. 
/Psal. 102. d. 



right early. I wil geue thakes vnto the (o 
LORDE) amonge the people, I wil synge 
prayses vnto the amonge the Heithe. 

■^For the greatnesse of thy mercy is higher 
then the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse reacheth 
vnto the cloudes. Set vp thy self (o God) 
aboue the heaues, j thy glory aboue all the 
earth. That thy beloued maye be delyuered: 
helpe then with thy right hande, % heare me. 
God hath spoken in his Sanctuary 5 (which 
thinge reioyseth me.) I will deuyde Sichem, 
and mete out the valley of Suchoth. Galaad 
is myne, Manasses is myne, Ephraim is the 
stregth of my heade, Iuda is my captaine. 
Moab is my wash potte, ouer Edom wil I 
stretch out my shue, Philistea shal be glad of 
me. Who wil lede me in to the stronge cite? 
Who wil brynge me in to Edom? Shalt not 
thou do it (o God) which hast cast vs out: 
thou God, y wentest not forth with oure 
hoostes? O be thou oure helpe in trouble, 
for vayne is the helpe of man. Thorow God 
we shall do greate actes, for it is he y shal 
treade downe oure enemies. 

Cfie tbii). A psalme of Dauid. 

HOLDE not thy toge, o God of my prayse. 
For the mouth of the vngodly, yee and 
the mouth of the disceatfull is opened vpon 
me, and speake agaynst me with false toges. 
They compase me aboute with wordes of hatred, 
& fight agaynst me without a cause. For the 
loue that I had vnto them, they take now my 
contrary parte, but I geue my self vnto prayer. 
Thus they rewarde me euell for good, j 
hatred for my good will. ; ' Set an vngodly man 
to be ruler ouer him, <j let Satan stonde at his 
right hande. When sentence is geuen vpon 
him, let him be codempned, and let his prayer 
be turned in to synne. 'Let his dayes be 
fewe, and his bishopricke another take. Let 
his children be fatherlesse, & his wife a wyd- 
dowe. Let his children be vagabundes, and 
begg their bred : let them seke it, as they that 
be destroyed. Let the extorcioner cosume all 
that he hath, and let straungers spoyle his 
laboure. Let there be no man to petie, ner to 
haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children. 
Let his ende be destruccion, and in the nexte 
generacion let his name be clene put out. 
Let the wickednesse of his fathers be had in 



h Leui. 26. 
Ioh. 17. b. 



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Acto. 1. d. 



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remembraunce in the sight of the LORDE, 
and let not the synne of his mother be done 
awaye. 

Let them be allwaye before the LORDE, 
but as for the memoriall of them semes, let it 
perish from out of the earth. And that because 
his mynde was not to do good, but persecuted 
the poore helplesse, and him that was vexed 
at the herte, to slaye him. His delite was in 
cursynge, and therfore shall it happe vnto him : 
he loued not blessynge, and that shall be farre 
fro him. He clothed him self with cursynge 
like as with a rayment : yee it wente in to his 
bowels like water, and like oyle in to his bones. 
Let it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath 
vpon him, and as the gyrdle that he is gyrded 
withall. Let it thus happen from the LO RDE 
vnto myne enemies, and to those that speake 
euell agaynst my soule. But deale thou with 
me (o LORDE God) acordinge vnto thy 
name, for swete is thy mercy. O delyuer me, 
for I am helplesse 5 poore, & my herte is 
wounded within me. I go hence like y shadowe 
that departeth, and am dryuen awaye as f 
greshoppers. My knees are weake thorow 
fastinge, my flesh is dried vp for want of 
fatnesse. I am become a rebuke vnto them, 
they loke vpo me" and shake their heades. 
Helpe me o LORDE my God, oh saue me 
for thy mercies sake. That they maye knowe, 
how that this is thy hande, and that thou hast 
done it. Though they curse, yet blesse thou : 
and let them be cofounded, that ryse vp agaynst 
me, but let thy seruaunt reioyse. Let myne 
aduersaries be clothed with their owne shame, 
as with a cloake. 

As for me, I wil geue thankes vnto the 
LORDE with my mouth, and prayse him 
amonge the multitude. *For he stondeth at 
the right hande of the poore, to saue him 
from soch as condempne his soule. 

Clje fir. A psalme of Dauid. 

THE LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE : 
c Syt thou on my right hande, vntill I 
make thine enemies thy fotestole. 

The LORDE shal sende the rodde of thy 
power out of Sion, be thou ruler euen in y 
myddest amonge thine enemies. In the daye 
of thy power shal thy people offre the frewill 



<" Psal. 21. a. »Psal. 15. b. c Mat. 22. d. Mar. 12. d. 
Luc.20.e. lCor. 15.c. Heb. l.b.and lO.b. d Heb.7.c. 
e Psal. 91. a. /Psal. 33. b. Gen. 15. c. s Psal. 104. e. 



offeringes with an holy worshipe, f dewe of 
thy byrth is of the wobe of the mornynge. 
The LORDE sware, and wil not repent: 
rf Thou art a prest for euer after f order of 
Melchisedec. The LORDE vpon thy right 
honde, shal smyte euen kynges in the daye 
of his wrath. He shal be iudge amoge the 
Heithen, he shal fyll them with deed bodies, 
and smyte in sonder the heades ouer dyuerse 
countres. He shal drynke of the broke in the 
waye, therfore shal he lift vp his heade. 

Cfie tp. ffealme. Halleluia. 

I WIL geue thankes vnto the LORDE with 
my whole herte: secretly amonge the 
faithfull, and in the congregacion. The workes 
of the LORDE are greate, 6 sought out of all 
the that haue pleasure therin. His worke is 
worthy to be praysed and had in honoure, and 
his rightuousnesse endureth for euer. The 
mercifull & gracious LORDE hath so done his 
marvelous workes, y they ought to be had in 
remebrauce. •'He geueth meate vnto the y 
feare him, he is euer myndfull of his couenaiit. 
He sheweth his people the power of his 
workes, that he maye geue them the heretage 
of the Heithen. The workes of his hodes are 
verite & iudgment, all his comaundemetes are 
true. They stonde fast for euer g euer/ (j 
are done in trueth g equite. He sent re- 
demption vnto his people, he hath com- 
maunded his couenaunt for euer, holy (j re- 
uerent is his name. * The feare of the LORDE 
is the begynnynge of wyszdome, a good vnder- 
stondinge haue all they that do therafter : the 
prayse of it endureth for euer. 

CI)f cvt. $Salme. Halleluya. 

BLESSED is the man y feareth the 
LORDE, (j 'hath greate delite in his 
commaundementes. His sede shall be mightie 
vpon earth, the generacion of the faithfull 
shalbe blessed. Riches (j pleteousnesse shalbe 
in his house, j his rightuousnes endureth for 
euer. Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light 
in the darcknesse : he is merciful, louynge g 
rightuous. * Wei is him that is mercifull, 5 
lendeth gladly, g podreth his wordes with dis- 
cretion. For he shal neuer be moued, the 
rightuous shal be had in an euerlastinge re- 



A lob 28. c. Pro. 1. a. and 9. b. Eccll. 1. c. 'Psal. 36. d, 
'Psal. 36. d. Pro. 11. c. and 19. c. Esa.49.d. Pro. 10. a, 
Psal. 26. a. 



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membraunce. He wil not be afrayed for eny 
euell tydinges, his herte stondeth fast, g be- 
leueth in f LORDE. His herte is stablished, 
he wil not shrencke, vntill he se his desyre 
vpon his enemies. " He hath sparsed abrode, 
5 geue to the poore, his rightuousnes re- 
mayneth for euer, his home shal be exalted with 
honoure. The vngodly shal se it, g it shal greue 
him : he shall gnash with his teth g consume 
awaye, g the desyre of the vngodly shal perish. 

Che trij. J^alme. Halleluya. 

PRAYSE the LORDE (O ye seruauntes) 
O prayse the name of the LORDE.' 
Blessed be the name of the LORDE, fro 
this tyme forth for euermore. The LORDES 
name is worthy to be praysed, 'fro the rysinge 
vp of the Sonne vnto the goinge downe of the 
same. The LORDE is hye aboue all Heithen, 
and his glory aboue the heaues. Who is like 
vnto the LORDE oure God, y hath his 
dwellinge so hye, which humbleth himself, to 
beholde that is in heauen and earth ? d Which 
taketh vp the symple out of the dust, and 
lifteth the poore out of the myre. That he 
maye set him amonge the prynces, euen 
amonge the prynces of his people. Which 
maketh the baren woman to kepe house, and 
to be a ioyfull mother of children. Halleluya. 

Cfic cyii). $£ialme. 

WHEN Israel came out of Egipte, g the 
house of Iacob 'from amonge that 
straunge people. Iuda was his Sactuary, 
Israel his dominion. -The see sawe that, and 
fled, Iordan turned backe. The mountaynes 
skipped like rammes, g the litle hilles like 
yonge shepe. What ayled the (o thou see) 
that thou fleddest? and thou Iordan, that 
thou turnedest backe ? Ye mountaynes, that 
ye skipped like rammes? and ye litle hilles, 
like yonge shepe ? The earth trembled at 
the presence of the LORDE, at the presence 
of the God of Iacob. g Which turned the 
harde rocke in to a stondinge water, g the 
flynt stone in to a sprynginge well. 



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Here the Hebrues begynne the cxv. 

Not vnto vs (o LORDE) not vnto vs, but 

vnto thy name geue the prayse, for thy louinge 



' Pro. 11. c. 2 Cor. 9. b. » Psal. 133. a. and 134. a. 
« Mala. 1. c. <* 1 Re. 2. b. c Exo. 13. a. / Exo. 14. e. 
Iosu. 3. d. s Exo. 17. b. Nu. 20. b. h Psal. 78. b. 



mercy and faithfulnes. Wherfore shal the 
Heithen saye : * where is now their God ? 

As for oure God, he is in heauen, he doth 
what soeuer it pleaseth him. Their ymages 
are but syluer and golde, euen the worke of 
mens hodes. ' They haue mouthes, and speake 
not : eyes haue they, but they se not. 

They haue eares, and heare not : noses 
haue they, but they smell not. They haue 
handes and handle not, fete haue they, but 
they can not go, nether can they speake 
thorow their throte. They that made them, 
are like vnto them, and so are all soch as put 
their trust in them. But let Israel trust in y 
LORDE, for he is their sucoure g defence. 
Let the house of Aaron put their trust in f 
LORDE, for he is their sucoure g defence. 
They that feare the LORDE, let the put 
their trust in the LORDE, ''for he is their 
sucoure and defence. The LORDE is 
myndefull of vs, g blesseth vs: he blesseth 
f house of Israel, he blesseth y house of 
Aaron. Yee he blesseth all them that feare 
the LORDE, both small g greate. The 
LORDE encrease you more g more: you, 
and youre childre. For ye are f blessed of 
the LORDE, which made heauen g earth. 
All the whole heauens are the LORDES, 
but the earth hath he geue vnto y childre of 
men. 'The deed prayse not the (o LORDE) 
nether all they that go downe in to sylence. 
But we will prayse the LORDE, from this 
tyme forth for euermore. Halleluya. 



Che trttt}. itealnu. 
AM wel pleased, y the LORDE hath 
herde y voyce of my prayer. 



I 



That he 
hath enclyned his eare vnto me, therfore wil 
I call vpd him as longe as I lyue. "'The 
snares of death copased me rounde aboute, 
the paynes of hell gat holde vpon me, I 
founde trouble and heuynesse. Then called 
I vpon y name of the LORDE : o LORDE, 
delyuer my soule. Gracious is f LORDE g 
rightuous, yee oure God is mercifull. 

The LORDE preserueth y symple, I was 
brought downe, and he helped me. Turne 
agayne then vnto thy rest (o my soule) for 
the LORDE hath geuen the thy desyre. 

And why? "thou hast delyuered my soule 

' Psal. 134. c. Esa. 44. b. Iere. 10. a. * Psal. 17. c. 

1 Psal. 6. a. Esa. 38. d. •» 1 Re. 23. c. Psal. 17. a. 

■ Psal. 55. b. 

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from death, myne eyes from teares, and my 
fete from fallinge. I wil walke before f 
LORDE, in the londe of the lyuynge. 

Cfie ctb. ftealuw. 

This psalme do the Hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth 
before, and it is with them the cxvi. psalme. 

IBELEUED, "and therfore haue I spoke, 
but I was sore troubled. I sayde in my 
haist : All men are lyers. 

What rewarde shal I geue vnto y LORDE, 
for all the benefites y he hath done vnto me ? 
I wil receaue the cuppe of saluacio, and call 
vpon the name of the LORDE. 

I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all 
his people, right deare in the sight of f 
LORDE is the death of his sayntes. O 
LORDE, I am thy seruaunt, I am thy ser- 
uaunt, and the sonne of thy handmayden, 
thou hast broken my bondes in sonder. I 
wil offre the h the sacrifice of thankes geuynge, 
and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE. 
I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in 
the sight of all his people, in the courtes of 
the LORDES house, eue in the myddest of 
the, o Ierusalem. Halleluya. 

%\)t cybi. $£ahro. 
f^l PRAYSE the LORDE all ye Gentiles, 
\^f laude him all ye people. c For his mer- 
cifull kyndnes is euer more and more towarde 
vs, g the trueth of the LORDE endureth for 
euer. Halleluya. 

€^c rjrbtj. $<5atme. 
/^V GEUE thankes vnto the LORDE, for 
\^y he is gracious, and his mercy endureth 
for euer.'' Let Israel now confesse, y his 
mercy endureth for euer. Let the house of 
Aaron now confesse, that his mercy endureth 
for euer. Yee let the now that feare the 
LORDE, confesse, that his mercy endureth 
for euer. I called vpon the LORDE in 
trouble, and the LORDE herde me at large. 
The LORDE is my helper, e I wil not feare 
what man doeth vnto me. The LORDE is 
my helper, 5 I shal se my desyre vpon myne 
enemies. It is better to trust in the LORDE, 
then to put eny confidence in man. It is 
better to trust in the LORDE, then to put 

' 2 Cor. 4. c. Rom. 3. a. * Hebr. 13. c. Psal. 91. a. 
c Rom. 15. c. d Iudit. 13. c. Psal. 105. a. 106. a. 135. a. 
1 Mac. 4. c. « Heb. 13. a. / Exo. 15. a. Esa. 12. a. 



eny confidece in prynces. All Heithen com 
pased me rounde aboute, but in the name of 
the LORDE wil I destroye the. 

They kepte me in on euery syde, but in the 
name of the LORDE, I wil destroye them. 

They came aboute me like bees, g were as 
hote as the fyre in the thornes, but in the 
name of the LORDE I wil destroye them. 

They thrust at me, that I might fall, but 
the LORDE was my helpe. 'The LORDE 
is my stregth, g my songe, g is become my 
saluacion. The voyce of ioye g myrth is in 
the dwellynges of y rightuous, for y right 
hande of the LORDE hath gotte the victory. 

The right hande of the LORDE hath the 
preemynence, the right hade of the LORDE 
hath gotte the victory. I wil not dye, but 
lyue, and declare the workes of the LORDE. 

The LORDE hath chastened g correcte me, 
but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death. 

? Open me the gates of l'ightuousnes, y I 
maye go in there thorow, g geue thakes vnto 
theLORDE. This is the dore of the LORDE, 
the rightuous shall entre in thorow it. 

I thanke the, y thou hast herde me, g art 
become my saluacio. ; 'The same stone which 
the buylders refused, is become the heade 
stone in the corner. This was the LORDES 
doinge, g it is maruelous in oure eyes. This 
is the daye which the LORDE hath made, 
let vs reioyse and be glad in it. Helpe now 
o LORDE, o LORDE sende vs now pros- 
perite. 

'Blessed be he that cometh in the name of 
the LORDE, we wish you good lucke, ye that 
be of the house of the LORDE. God is the 
LORDE, g hath shewed vs light : O garnish 
the solempne feast with grene braunches, eue 
vnto the homes of f aulter. Thou art my 
God, {j I wil thanke the : thou art my God, 
and I wil prayse the. O geue thankes vnto 
the LORDE, for he is gracious, g his mercy 
endureth for euer. 

CIjc cybiij. lisalme. 

ALEPH. 

BLESSED are those y be vndefiled in the 
waye: * which walke in the lawe of f 
LORDE. Blessed are they that kepe his tes- 
timonies, rt seke him with their whole herte. 



«■ Esa. 26. a. * Matt. 21. e. Act. 4. a. 1 Pet. 2. a. 

Matt. 21. a. Mar. 11. a. Ioh. 12. b. k Psal. 1. a. 



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Which walke in his wayes, j do no wieked- 
nesse. "Thou hast geuen strayte charge to 
kepe thy commaundementes. O that my 
wayes were stablished to kepe thy statutes. 
So shulde I not be confounded, whyle I haue 
respecte vnto all thy commaundementes. I 
wil thanke the with an vnfayned herte, be- 
cause I am lerned in the iudgmentes of thy 
rightuousnesse. I wil kepe thy statutes, o 
forsake me not vtterly. 

BETH. 

Where withall shall a yonge man dense his 
waye ? Euen by rulinge himself after thy 
worde. With my whole herte do I seke f, 
O let me not go wronge out of thy comaunde- 
metes. * Thy wordes haue I hyd within my 
herte, y I shulde not synne agaynst the. 

Praysed be thou O LORDE, O teach me 
thy statutes. With my lippes wil I be tellynge 
out all the iudgmentes of thy mouth. 

I haue as greate delite in the waye of thy 
testimonies, as in all maner of riches. I wil 
exercise my self in thy comaundementes, u 
haue respecte vnto thy fotepathes. My delite 
shalbe in thy statutes, I will not forget thy 
wordes. 

GIMEL. 

O do well vnto thy seruaunt, that I maye 
lyue and kepe thy wordes. Open thou myne 
eyes, (j so shal I spie out wonderous thinges in 
thy lawe. c I am a straiiger vpo earth, O hyde 
not thy commaundementes fro me. 

My soule breaketh out, for the very fer- 
uent desyre that I haue allwaye vnto thy 
iudgmentes. Thou rebukest the proude, 
cursed are they that departe from thy com- 
maundemetes. O turne fro me shame 5 
rebuke, for I kepe thy testimonies. Prynces 
also syt & speake agaynst me, but thy seruaut 
is occupied in thy statutes. In thy testimonies 
is my delite, they are my councelers. 



My soule cleueth to the dust, O quicken 
thou me acordinge to thy worde. d I know- 
leged my wayes, (E thou herdest me, O teach 
me then thy statutes. Make me to vnder- 
stonde the waye of thy commaundemetes, g 
so shal I talke of thy wonderous workes. 

My soule melteth awaye for very heuynesse, 
o set me vp acordinge vnto thy worde. 

» Deut. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Iosu. 22. 24. * Deut. 6. b. and 11. c. 



Take fro me the waye of lyenge, g graunte 
me thy lawe. I haue chosen the waye of 
treuth, thy iudgmentes haue I layed before 
me. I sticke vnto thy testimonies, o LORDE 
cofounde me not. I wil nine the waye of 
thy commaundementes, when thou hast com- 
forted my herte. 

HE 

Teach me o LORDE the waye of thy 
statutes, and I shal kepe it vnto the ende. O 
geue me vnderstondinge, and I shal kepe thy 
lawe, yee I shal kepe it with my whole herte. 

Lede me in the path of thy commaunde- 
metes, for that is my desyre. Enclyne myne 
herte vnto thy testimonies, g not to cuvet- 
ousnes. O turne awaye myne eyes, lest they 
beholde vanite, (t. quicke me in thy waie. 

O stablish thy worde in thy seruaunt, y I 
maye feare the. Take awaye the rebuke y I 
am afraied of, for thy iudgmetes are amiable. 
Beholde, my delite is in thy commaudemetes, 
o quycke me in thy rightuousnesse. 



Let thy louynge mercy come vnto me 
(o LORDE) and thy sauynge health acord- 
inge vnto thy worde. That I maye geue 
answere vnto my blasphemers, for my trust is 
in thy worde. O take not f worde of treuth 
vtterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in thy 
iudgmentes. So shal I allwaye kepe thy lawe, 
yee for euer and euer. And I wil walke at 
liberty, for I seke thy commaundementes. I 
wil speake of thy testimonies euen before 
kynges, and wil not be ashamed. 

My delite shalbe in thy commaundementes, 
which I loue. My hondes also will I lift vp 
vnto thy commaundemetes which I loue, 5 
my talkynge shalbe of thy statutes. 

ZAIN. 

O thynke vpon thy seruaunt as concernynge 
thy worde, wherin thou hast caused me to 
put my trust. For it is my comforte in my 
trouble, yee thy worde quyckeneth me. 

The proude haue me greatly in derision, 
yet shrencke not I from thy lawe. I remembre 
thy euerlastinge iudgmentes (0 LORDE) and 
am comforted. I am horribly afrayed for y 
vngodly, that forsake thy lawe. 

Thy statutes are my songes in the house of 
my pilgremage. I thynke vpon thy name 

' Gen. 47. b. lob 14. b. d Psal. 43. c 



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(o LORDE) in the night season, and kepe 
thy lawe. It is myne owne, for I kepe thy 
commaundementes. 



Thou art my porcion (o LORDE) I am 
purposed to kepe thy lawe. " I make myne 
humble peticion in thy presence with my 
whole herte, o be mercifull vnto me acordinge 
vnto thy worde. I call myne owne wayes to 
remembraunce, and turne my fete in to thy 
testimonies. I make haist, and prolonge not 
the tyme, to kepe thy commaundemetes. 
The congregacions of the vngodly haue robbed 
me, but I forget not thy lawe. 'At mydnight 
stonde I vp, to geue thakes vnto the, for the 
iudgmentes of thy rightuousnesse. 

I am a companyon of all them that feare 
the," and kepe thy commaundementes. 

The earth (o LORDE) is full of thy mercy, 
O teach me thy statutes. 



O LORDE, thou hast dealt frendly with 
thy seruaunt, acordinge vnto thy worde. 

O lerne me kyndnesse, nourtoure & know- 
lege, for I beleue thy commaundementes. 

Before I was troubled, I wente wronge, but 
now I kepe thy worde. Thou art good and 
frendly/ O teach me thy statutes. 

The proude ymagin lyes vpon me, but I 
kepe thy commaundemetes with my whole 
herte. Their herte is as fat as brawne, but 
my delite is in thy lawe. It is good for me 
that I haue bene in trouble, that I maye lerne 
thy statutes. The lawe of thy mouth is dearer 
vnto me, the thousandes of golde & syluer. 



Thy hades haue made me 'and fashioned 
me, O geue me vnderstondinge, that I maye 
lerne thy commaundementes. They that 
feare the, wil be glad when they se me, 
because I put my trust in thy worde. I knowe 
(o LORDE) y thy iudgmentes are right, and 
y thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me 
be troubled. O let thy mercifull kyndnesse 
be my comforte, acordinge to the promyse 
that thou hast made vnto thy seruaunt. O let 
thy louynge mercies come vnto me, that I 
maye lyue, for thy lawe is my delyte. Let 
the proude be confounded, which handle so 

" Nu. 18. c. * Psal. 62. a. c Psal. 32. a, 

" Matt. 19. c. ' Gen. 1. d. lob 10. a. / Psal. 38. a. 
and 89. b. t Iere. 2. b. A Psal. 32. b. and 116. a 



falsly agaynst me. But let soch as feare the, 
(j knowe thy testimonies, be turned vnto me. 
O let my herte be vndefyled in thy statutes, 
that I be not ashamed. 

CAPH. 

My soule longeth for thy sauynge health, 
for my trust is in thy worde. Myne eyes loge 
sore for thy worde, sayege: Oh when wilt 
thou coforte me? For I am become like a 
botell in y smoke, yet do not I forget thy 
statutes. -^How many are the dayes of thy 
seruaunt? Whe wilt thou be auenged of 
my aduersaries ? e The proude haue dygged 
pittes for me, which are not after thy lawe. 

All thy commaundemetes are true, they 
persecute me falsly, O be thou my helpe. 

They haue almost made an ende of me 
vpon earth, but I forsake not thy commaunde- 
metes. O quycke me after thy louinge 
kyndnes, (j so shall I kepe the testimonies of 
thy mouth. 

LAMED. 

O LORDE, thy worde endureth for euer 
in heaue. * Thy treuth also remayneth from 
one generacion to another : thou hast layed 
the foundacion of the earth, and it abydeth. 

They cotinue this daye acordinge to thy 
ordinaunce, for all thinges serue the. Yf my 
delyte were not in thy lawe, I shulde perishe 
in my trouble. I wil neuer forget thy co- 
maundementes, for with the thou quyckenest 
me. I am thine, oh helpe me, for I seke thy 
commaundementes. The vngodly laye wayte 
for me to destroye me, but I considre thy 
testimonies. I se that all thinges come to an 
ende, but thy commaundemet is exceadinge 
brode. 

MEM. 

O what a loue haue I vnto thy lawe ? all 
the daye longe is my talkynge of it. Thou 
thorow thy commaundement hast made me 
wyser the myne enemies, for it is euer by me. 

* I haue more vnderstondinge then all my 
teachers, for thy testimonies are my studye. 

Yee I am wyser then the aged, for I kepe 
thy comaundementes. I refrayne my fete 
from euery euell waye, that I maye kepe thy 
wordes. I shrenck not from thy iudgmentes, 
for thou teachest me. * O how swete are thy 
wordes vnto my throte ? Yee more the hony 

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vnto my mouth. Thorow thy commaunde- 
mentes I get vnderstondinge, therfore I hate 
all false wayes. 

NUN. 

Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my fete (t, a 
light vnto my pathes. " I haue sworne 5 am 
stedfastly purposed, to kepe the iudgmetes of 
thy rightuousnesse. I am troubled aboue 
measure, quycken me (o LORDE) acordinge 
vnto thy worde. Let the frewilofferinges of 
my mouth please the (o LORDE) % teach 
me thy iudgmetes. My soule is allwaye in 
my hode, yet do not I forget thy lawe. The 
vngodly haue laied a snare for me, but yet 
swarue not I fro thy comaundemetes. Thy 
testimonies haue I claymed as myne heretage 
for euer : (j why ? they are the very ioye of 
my herte. I applye myne herte to fulfill thy 
statutes allwaye, euen vnto the ende. 

SAMECH. 

I hate y vngodly, but thy lawe do I loue. 

Thou art my defence & shylde, my trust is 
in thy worde. Awaye fro me ye wicked, I 
wil kepe the commaundementes of my God. 

stablish me acordinge vnto thy worde, y 
I maye lyue, & let me not be disapoynted of 
my hope. Holde thou me vp, (j I shall be 
safe : yee I shal euer be talkynge of thy 
statutes. Thou treadest downe all the y 
departe from thy statutes, for they ymagin 
but disceate. Thou puttest awaye all the vn- 
godly of the earth like drosse, therfore I loue 
thy testimonies. My flesh trebleth for feare 
of the, and I am afrayed of thy iudgmetes. 

AIN. 

1 deale with the thinge y is laufull (j right, 
O geue me not ouer vnto my oppressours. 

Be thou suertie for thy seruaiit to do him 
good, that the proude do me no wronge. 

Myne eyes are waysted awaye with lokynge 
for thy health, g for y worde of thy rightuous- 
nesse. O deale with thy seruaunt acordinge 
vnto thy louynge mercy, and teach me thy 
statutes. I am thy seruaunt, O graunte me 
vnderstodinge, that I maye knowe thy testi- 
monies. It is tyme for the (o LORDE) to 
laye to thine hode, for they haue destroyed 
thy lawe. For I loue thy comaundemetes 
aboue golde and precious stone. Therfore 
holde I straight all thy commaundemetes, and 
all false wayes I vtterly abhorre. 

' 2 Re. 22. d. Psal. 18. b. Pro. 6. c. » Deu. 4. a. 



Thy testimonies are wonderfull, therfore 
doth my soule kepe them. b When thy worde 
goeth forth, it geueth light and vnderstodinge, 
eue vnto babes. I ope my mouth & drawe in 
my breth, for I desyre thy commaundemetes, 

loke thou vpon me, and be mercyfull, as 
thou vsest to do vnto those y loue thy name, 
Ordre my goinges after thy worde, that nc 
wickednesse raigne in me. O delyuer me 
from the wrogeous dealinges of me, and so 
shal I kepe thy commaundemetes. Shewe 
the light of thy countenaunce vnto thy ser- 
uaunt, and lerne me thy statutes. Myne 
eyes gusshe out with water, because men kepe 
not thy lawe. 

ZADI. 

Rightuous art thou (o LORDE) & true is 
thy iudgmet. The testimonies that thou hast 
commaiided, are exceadinge rightuous and 
true. c My zele hath euen consumed me, 
because myne enemies haue forgotten thy 
wordes. Thy worde is tried to the vttemost, 

1 thy seruaunte loueth it. I am small and of 
no reputacio, yet do not I forget thy co- 
maudementes. Thy rightuousnesse is an euer- 
lastinge rightuousnes, and thy lawe is true. 
Trouble and heuynesse haue take holde vpo 
me, yet is my delite in thy commaundementes. 
The rightuousnes of thy testimonies is euer- 
lastinge, o graunte me vnderstondinge, and I 
shal lyue. 

COPH. 

I call with my whole herte, heare me (o 
LORDE) I wil kepe thy statutes. Yee euen 
vpo the do I call, helpe me, and I shal kepe 
thy testimonies. Early in y mornynge do I 
crie vnto the, for in thy worde is my trust. 
Myne eyes preuete f night watches, y I 
might be occupied in thy wordes. Heare my 
voyce (o LORDE) acordlge vnto thy louynge 
kyndnesse, quycke me acordlge as thou art 
wot. They drawe nye y of malice persecute 
me, J are farre fro thy lawe. Be thou nye at 
hode also (o LORDE) for thy promises are 
faithfull. 

As concernynge thy testimonies, I haue 
knowne euer sens the begynnynge, that thou 
hast grounded them for euer. 

RES. 

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I do not forget thy lawe. Manteyne thou 
my cause and defende me, quycken me acor- 
dinge vnto thy worde. Health is farre fro 
the vngodly, for they regarde not thy statutes. 
Greate is thy mercy (o LORDE) quycken 
me as thou art wont. Many there are that 
trouble me, and persecute me, yet do not I 
swarue fr5 thy testimonies. It greueth me, 
whan I se, that the transgressours kepe not 
thy lawe. Considre (LORDE) how I loue 
thy comaundementes, O quycken me with thy 
louinge kyndnesse. Thy worde is true from 
euerlastinge, all the iudgmentes of thy right- 
uousnesse endure for euermore. 

SIN. 

The prynces persecute me without cause, 
but my herte stodeth in awe of thy wordes. 

a I am as glad of thy worde, as one y fyndeth 
greate spoyles. As for lyes, I hate g abhorre 
them, but thy lawe do I loue. Seuen tymes 
a daye do I prayse the, because of thy right- 
uous iudgmentes. Greate is the peace y they 
haue which loue thy lawe, j they are not 
offended at it. LORDE, I loke for thy sau- 
ynge health, j do after thy comaundemetes. 
My soule kepeth thy testimonies, cj loueth 
the exceadingly. I kepe thy comaundemetes 
& testimonies, for all my wayes are before the. 

THAU. 

Let my coplaynte come before the (o 
LORDE) geue me vnderstondinge, acordinge 
vnto thy worde. Oh let my supplicacio come 
before the, delyuer me acordinge to thy pro- 
myse. My lippes shall speake of thy prayse, 
seynge thou hast taught me thy statutes. 

Yee my toge shall synge of thy worde, for 
all thy cdmaundemetes are right. Let thy 
hade helpe me, for I haue chosen thy co- 
maudementes. I longe for thy sauynge health 
(o LORDE) (j in thy lawe is my delyte. Oh 
let my soule lyue (j prayse the, y thy iudg- 
mentes maye helpe me. I go astraye, like a 
shepe that is lost : Oh seke thy seruaunt, for 
I do not forget thy commaundementes. 

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WHEN I am in trouble, I call vpon y 
LORDE, 5 he answereth me.* De- 
lyuer my soule (o LORDE) fro lyenge lippes, 
I fro a disceatfull toge. What rewarde shal 
be geuen or done vnto the, thou false tonge ? 

• Esaie 9. a. » Ion. 2. a. « Esa. 2. a. Mich. 4. a. 



Euen mightie & sharpe arowes, with hote 
burnlge coales. Wo is me y my banishmet 
endureth so loge : I dwell in the tabernacles 
of the soroufull. My soule hath loge dwelt 
amonge them, that be enemies vnto peace. 
I laboured for peace, but when I spake therof, 
they made them to batayll. 

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I LIFT vp myne eyes vnto the hilles, fro 
whence commeth my helpe ? My helpe 
cometh euen from the LORDE, which hath 
made heauen and earth. He will not suffre 
thy fote to be moued, and he y kepeth the, 
slepeth not. Beholde, he that kepeth Israel, 
doth nether slombre ner slepe. The LORDE 
himself is thy keper, the LORDE is thy 
defence vpon thy right honde. So that the 
Sonne shal not burne the by daye, nether the 
Moone by night. The LORDE preserueth 
the from all euell, yee it is the LORDE 
that kepeth thy soule. The LORDE pre- 
serueth thy goinge out and thy comynge in, 
from this tyme forth for euermore. 

CI)e trrt. A psalme of Dauid. 

I WAS glad, when they sayde vnto me : 
c we wil go in to the house of the LORDE. 
Oure fete shal stonde in thy gates, O Ieru- 
salem. Ierusale is buylded as a cite, that is 
at vnite in it self. For there y trybes go vp, 
euen the trybes of the LORDE: to testifie 
vnto Israel, to geue thanckes vnto the name 
of the LORDE. For there is the seate of 
iudgement, eue the seate of the house of 
Dauid. O praye for the peace of Ierusale, 
they shal prospere that loue the. Peace be 
within thy walles, and plenteousnes within 
thy palaces. For my brethren and compa- 
nyons sakes, I wil wish the prosperite. Yee 
because of y house of the LORDE oure God, 
I wil seke to do the good. 

€l)e cyyi). Valine. 

VNTO the lift I vp myne eyes, rf thou y 
dwellest in the heauens. Beholde, euen 
as the eyes of seruautes loke vnto the handes 
of their masters : and as the eyes of a mayden 
vnto the handes of hir mastresse, euen so oure 
eyes wayte vpon the LORDE oure God, 
vntill he haue mercy vpo vs. Haue mercy 
vpo vs (o LORDE) haue mercy vpon vs, for 

Zach. 8. d. d 2 Par. 6. d. Esa. 66. a. 



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we are vtterly despysed. Oure soule is fylled 
with the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, j 
with f despitefulnesse of the proude. 



Che cyfiij. A psalme of Dauid. 

IF the LORDE had not bene of oure syde 
(now maye Israel saye) Yf the LORDE 
had not bene of oure syde, whe me rose vp 
agaynst vs : " They had swalowed vs vp 
quycke, when they were so wrothfully dis- 
pleased at vs. } Yee the waters had drowned 
vs, the streame had gone ouer oure soule. 

The depe waters of the proude had gone 
eue vnto oure soule. But praysed be f 
LORDE, which hath not geuen vs ouer for a 
pray vnto their teth. Oure soule is escaped, 
euen as a byrde out of the snare of f fouler : 
f snare is broke, and we are delyuered. 
c Oure helpe stodeth in the name of the 
LORDE, which hath made heauen and 
earth. 

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THEY that put their trust in f LORDE, 
are eue as the mount Sion, d which maye 
not be remoued, but stodeth fast for euer. 
The hilles stonde aboute Ierusalem, euen so 
stondeth the LORDE rounde aboute his 
people, fro this tyme forth for euermore. 
That the rodd of the vngodly come not in to 
the lott of the rightuous, lest the rightuous 
put their honde vnto wickednesse. Do wel 
(o LORDE) vnto those that be good and 
true of herte. As for soch as turne backe 
vnto their owne wickednesse, "the LORDE 
shal lede them forth with the euell doers : but 
peace be vpon Israel. 

Cfie crrb. ftealme. 

WHEN the LORDE turneth agayne y 
captiuyte of Sion, then shal we be 
like vnto them that dreame. The shal oure 
mouth be fylled with laughter, and oure tonge 
with ioye. Then shal it be sayed amonge 
the Heithen : the LORDE hath done greate 
thinges for them. Yee the LORDE hath 
done greate thinges for vs allready, wherof we 
reioyse. Turne oure captiuyte (o LORDE) 
as the ryuers in the south. -^They that sowe 
in teeres, shal reape in ioye. He y now goeth 
his waye wepige j beareth forth good sede, 



" Pro. 1. a. • Esa. 8. b. 
Gala. 6. b. / Gala. 6. : 



Psal. 120. a. * Pro. 10. d. 
s Exo. l.d. 4 Re. 9. d. 



shal come agayne with ioye, and brynge his 
sheaues with him. 

Wf)t crjrbt. A psalme of Salomon. 

EXCEPTEtheLORDEbuylde the house, 
their labour is but lost that buylde it. g 

Excepte the LORDE kepe the cite, the 
watchman waketh but in vayne. 'Tt is but 
lost labour that ye ryse vp early, and take no 
rest, but eate the bred of carefulnesse : ' for 
loke to whom it pleaseth him, he geueth it in 
slepe. Lo, children and y frute of the wombe 
are an heretage and gift, that cometh of the 
LORDE. Like as the arowes in the hode 
of the giaute, eue so are the yonge childre. 

Happie is the ma, y hath his quyuer full of 
them : they shal not be ashamed, when they 
speake with their enemies in the gate. 

Che cvrbtj. Valine. 

BLESSED are all they *that feare the 
LORDE, & walke in his wayes. For thou 
shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes : o 
well is the, happie art thou. Thy wife shalbe 
as a frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy 
house. Thy children like the olyue braunches 
roiide aboute thy table. Lo, thus shal f ma 
be blessed, y feareth the LORDE. *The 
LORDE shal so blesse the out of Sion, that 
thou shalt se Ierusale in prosperite all thy life 
longe. Yee that thou shalt se thy childers 
childre, & peace vpo Israel. 

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MANY a tyme haue they fought agaynst 
me fro my youth vp (maye Israel now 
saie). Yee many a tyme haue they fought 
agaist me fro my youth vp, but they haue not 
ouercome me. The plowers plowed vpo my 
backe, (t made loge forowes. But the rightous 
LORDE hath hewen y yocke of f vngodly 
in peces. Let them be confounded (j turned 
backwarde, as many as haue euell will at Sion 
m Let the be eue as the haye vpon the house 
toppes, which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp. 
Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande, 
nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues, his 
bosome. So that they which go by, saye not 
so moch as : the LORDE prospere you, we 
wish vou good lucke in the name of the 
LORDE. 



Pro. 10. c. ; Eccli. 11. b. * Psal. 33. b. ' Num.6, d. 
lob 42. c. Gen. 50. d. Tobi. 14. a. "' Psal. 36. : 



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Cfie crrtr. ftfalme. 

OUT of the depe call I vnto the (o 
LORDE) LORDE heare my voyce. 
Oh let thine eares considre well the voyce of 
my complaynte. " Yf thou (LORDE) wilt 
be extreme to marcke what is done amysse, 
Oh LORDE, who maye abyde it? But 
there is mercy with the, that thou mayest be 
feared. I loke for the LORDE, my soule 
doth wayte for him, and in his worde is my 
trust. My soule doth paciently abyde the 
LORDE, fro the one mornynge to the other. 
Let Israel trust in the LORDE, for with the 
LORDE there is mercy and plenteous re- 
dempcion. * And he shal redeme Israel from 
all his synnes. 

Cfie cjrrr. A psalme of Dauid. 

LORDE, I am not hye mynded, I haue no 
proude lokes. c I do not exercise myself 
in greate matters, which are to hye for me. 
But I refrayne my soule and kepe it lowe, 
like as a childe y is weened from his mother, 
yee my soule is euen as a weened childe. Let 
Israel trust in the LORDE, fro this tyme 
forth for euermore. 

Cfie cyyyi. Valine. 

LORDE, remembre Dauid and all his 
trouble. ''How he swore vnto f LORDE, 
(t vowed a vowe vnto y mightie one of Iacob : 
I wil not come within the tabernacle of my 
house, ner clymme vp I to my bedde. I wil 
not sufFre myne eyes to slepe, ner myne eye 
lyddes to slober. Vntill I fynde out a place 
for the LORDE, an habitacio for the mightie 
one of Iacob. Lo, we herde of the same at 
Ephrata, (j foiide it in f wod. 

We wil go in to his tabernacle, j fall downe 
before his fotestole. e Arise (o LORDE) in 
to thy restinge place, thou (j f arke of thy 
stregth. 

f Let thy prestes be clothed with rightuous- 
nesse, and let thy sayntes reioyse. For thy 
seruaunte Dauids sake turne not awaye the 
presence of thine anoynted. The LORDE 
hath made a faithfull ooth vnto Dauid, g 5 he 
shal not shrenke from it : Of the frute of thy 
body shal I set vpon thy seate. Yf thy child- 

" lob 9. a. Psal. 142. a. ' Esa. 43. d. c Eccll. 3. c. 
d 2 Re. 34. d. 1 Para. 22. d. ' 2 Par. 6. g. / Exo. 

28. a. Ephe. 6. b. e 2 Re. 7. c. 1 Par. 18. b. Psal. 88. a. 
Act. 2. d. h Psal. 22. d. Esaie 61. b. « Luce 1. f. 



ren wil kepe my couenaunt, j my testimony y 
I shal lerne the, their childre also shal syt vpo 
thy seate for euermore. For the LORDE 
hath chosen Sio, to be an habitacio for him 
self hath he chosen her. This shalbe my rest, 
here wil I dwel, for I haue a delite therin. 
I will blesse hir vytales with increase, j wil 
satisfie hir poore with bred. * I wil decke hir 
prestes with health, (j hir sayntes shal reioyse 
& be glad. ' There shall I make the home of 
Dauid to florish, I haue ordened a lanterne 
for myne anoynted. As for his enemies, I 
shal clothe the with shame, but vpon himself 
shal his crowne florish. 

Cfit tyyyi). A psalme of Dauid. 

BEHOLDE, how good & ioyfull a thinge 
it is, * brethre to dwell together in vnite. 
It is like y precious oyntment vpon the heade, 
that ranne downe vnto the beerd, eue vnto 
Aarons beerd, l tg wete downe to the skyrtes 
of his clothinge. Like the dewe of Hermon, 
which fell vpon the hill of Sion." 1 For there 
the LORDE promised his blessynge, and life 
for euermore. 

Cftf frrrtij. ^galrtu. 

BEHOLDE, O prayse the LORDE all ye 
seruauntes of the LORDE, " ye that by 
night stode in the house of the LORDE. O 
lift vp youre handes in the Sanctuary, and 
prayse the LORDE. The LORDE y made 
heauen 5 earth, blesse the out of Sion. 

Cfie cyyyiii). 3$&a\me. 
PRAYSE f name of y LORDE, 
praise it o ye seruautes of y LORDE. 
e y stode in y house of f LORDE, in 
the courtes of the house of oure God. O 
prayse the LORDE, for the LORDE is 
gracious : o synge prayses vnto his name, for 
it is louely. v For why, the LORDE hath 
chosen Iacob vnto him self, j Israel for his 
owne possessio. For I knowe y f LORDE 
is greate, j y oure LORDE is aboue all 
goddes. What so euer y- LORDE pleaseth, 
y doth he in heaue (j in earth, in the see g in 
all depe places. 7 He bryngeth forth the 
cloudes from the endes of" the worlde, he 
turneth y lighteniges vnto rayne, bringlge 

3 Re. 11. f. 15. a. k Phil. 2. a. Ephe. 4. a. ' Exo. 

30. d. Leui. 8. b. •» Pro. 19. b. » Psal. 112. a. 134. a. 
Tim. 2. b. Nu. 6. d. » Psal. 112. a. 133. a. p Deu. 
4. c. and 10. e. » Iere. 10. c. 51. a. 



$sialtro cjTjrbu 



€f)t falter* 



So. tylb. 



the wyndes out of their treasuries. " Which 
smote the firstborne of Egipte, both of man 
and beest. He hath sent tokens and wonders 
in to the myddest of the (o thou londe of 
Egipte) vpon Pharao and all his seruauntes. 
l . Which smote dyuerse nacions, & slewe mightie 
kynges. c Sihon kynge of y Amorites, Og 
the kynge of Basan, and all the kyngdomes of 
Canaa. And gaue their lode for an heretage, 
for an heretage vnto Israel his people. Thy 
name (o LORDE) endureth for euer, so doth 
thy memoriall (o LORDE) from one genera- 
cion to another. ''For the LORDE wil 
auege his people, & be gracious vnto his ser- 
uautes. As for the ymages of the Heithe, 
e they are but syluer and golde, the worke of 
mens hades. They haue mouthes, u speake 
not : eyes haue they, but they se not. They 
haue eares, and yet they heare not, nether is 
there eny breth I their mouthes. 

They that make them, are like vnto them, 
& so are all they that put their trust in the. 
Prayse the LORDE ye house of Israel, 
prayse the LORDE ye house of Aaron. 
Prayse the LORDE ye house of Leui, ye 
that feare y LORDE, prayse the LORDE. 
Praysed be the LORDE out of Sion, which 
dwelleth at Ierusale. Halleluya. 

Clje cvrrb. $$alttu. 

OGEUE thankes vnto the LORDE, for 
he is gracious, •'and his mercy endureth 
for euer. O geue thakes vnto the God of all 
goddes, for his mercy endureth for euer. O 
thanke the LORDE of all lordes, for his 
mercy endureth for euer. g Which only doth 
greate wonders, for his mercy endureth for 
euer. Which by his wysdome made the 
heauens, for his mercy endureth for euer. 
h Which layed out the earth aboue the waters, 
for his mercy endureth for euer. Which hath 
made greate lightes, for his mercy endureth 
for euer. The Sonne to rule the daye, for 
his mercy endureth for euer. The Moone 
and the starres to gouerne the night, for his 
mercy endureth for euer. ' Which smote 
Egipte with their firstborne, for his mercy 
endureth for euer. And brought out Israel 
from amonge them, for his mercy endureth 

" Exo. 12. e. Exo. 7. 8. 9. 10. » Iosu. 12. a. c Num. 
21. c. Deut. 3. a. * Deu. 32. e. « Psal. 113. b. 

Esa. 44. b. Iere. 10. a. / Iudit. 13. c. Psal. 105. a. 

106. a. 117. a. 1 Mac. 4. c. Deu. 10. d. s Iud. 13. d. 
Psal. 71. c. * lob 38. a. Psal. 23. a. Gen. 1. b. 



for euer. With a mightie hade and a stretched 
out arme, for his mercy endureth for euer. 
Which deuyded the reed see in to partes, for 
his mercy endureth for euer. * And made 
Israel to go thorow f myddest of it, for his 
mercy endureth for euer. 

But as for Pharao and his hoost, he ouer- 
threwe them in the reed see, for his mercy 
endureth for euer. ' Which led his people 
thorow the wyldernesse, for his mercy en- 
dureth for euer. m Which smote greate kynges, 
for his mercy endureth for euer. Yee and 
slewe mightie kynges, for his mercy endureth 
for euer. " Sihon kynge of the Amorites, for 
his mercy endureth for euer. And Og the 
kynge of Rasan, for his mercy endureth for 
euer. 

And gaue awaye their londe for an heretage, 
for his mercy endureth for euer. Euen for 
an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt, for his 
mercy endureth for euer. ° Which remebreth 
vs, whe we are in trouble, for his mercy en- 
dureth for euer. p Which geueth foode vnto 
all flesh, for his mercy endureth for euer. 

O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen, 
for his mercy endureth for euer. 



€l)e crrrbt. Valine. 

BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe 
and wepte, 9 when we remebred Sion. 
As for oure harpes, we hanged them vp vpon 
the trees, that are therin. The, they that led 
vs awaye captyue, requyred of vs a songe and 
melody in oure heuynes : synge vs one of the 
songes of Sion. How shal we synge the 
LORDES r songe in a straiige lode ? Yf I 
forget the (o Ierusalem) let my right hande 
be forgotten. Yf I do not remembre the, 
let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth : 
yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth. 

* Remembre the childre of Edom (o LORDE) 
in the daye of Ierusalem, how they sayde : 
downe with it, downe with it, eue to the 
grounde. ' O doughter Babilo, thou shalt 
come to misery thy self: yee happie shal he 
be, that rewardeth y as thou hast serued vs. 
Blessed shal he be, that taketh thy children, 
and throweth them agaynst the stones. 

* Exo. 12. e. * Exo. 14. e. ' Exo. 15. 16. 17. 
"Iosu. 12. a. » Nu. 21. c. Deu. 3. a. Mud. 2. 3.4. 
P Psal. 103. d. * Eze. 1. e. and 3. b. r Mat. 7. a. 
s Iere. 49. d. Eze. 25. b. Abd. 1. a. ' Esa. 13. c. 
Iere. 50. 51. 

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jftu irtfbu 



Cf* palter* 



psalme rrrrmj* 



Cf)e fjrrjribtj. A psalme of Dauid. 

IWIL geue thakes vnto the (o LORDE) 
with my whole hert, euen before the 
goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. 

8 1 wil worshippe towarde thy holy teple, and 
prayse thy name because of thy louynge kynd- 
nesse and treuth, for thou hast magnified thy 
worde, acordynge vnto thy greate name. When 
I call vpo the, thou hearest me, and endewest 
my soule with moch stregth. All the kynges 
of the earth shal prayse the (o LORDE) when 
they heare the wordes of thy mouth. Yee 
they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE, 
that greate is the glory of the LORDE. * For 
though the LORDE be hye, yet hath he 
respecte vnto y lowly: as for y proude, he 
beholdeth him afarre ofF. Though I walke I 
y myddest of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh 
me : thou shalt stretch forth thine hade vpo 
the furiousnes of myne enemies, & thy right 
hande shal saue me. The LORDE shal 
make good for me, yee thy mercy (o LORDE) 
endureth for euer : "despyse not then the 
worke of thine owne handes. 

Cfie crrrbuj. A psalme of Dauid. 

O LORDE, thou searchest me out, and 
knowest me. Thou knowest my downe 
syttinge & my vprisynge, thou vnderstodest 
my thoughtes afarre of. Thou art aboute my 
path & aboute my bedd, & spyest out all my 
wayes. For lo, there is not a worde I my 
toge, but thou (o LORDE) knowest it alto- 
gether. Thou hast fashioned me behinde & 
before, j layed thine hode vpon me. Soch 
knowlege is to wonderfull j excellet for me, I 
can not atteyne vnto it. Whither shal I go 
then from thy sprete ? d Or, whither shal I fle 
from thy presence ? e Yf I clymme vp in to 
heauen, thou art there : yf I go downe to hell, 
thou art there also. Yf I take the wynges of 
the mornynge, % remayne in the vttemost 
parte of the see : Euen there also shal thy 
honde lede me, and thy right hande shal holde 
me. Yf I saye : peradueture the darcknesse 
shal couer me, then shal my night be turned 
to daye. Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse 
with the, but the night is as cleare as the 
daye, the darcknesse j light are both alike. 
For my reynes are thyne, thou hast couered 
me in my mothers wombe. I wil geue thakes 



vnto the, for I am woderously made : mar 
uelous are thy workes, and that my soule 
knoweth right well. My bones are not hyd 
from the, though I be made secretly, and 
fashioned beneth in the earth. Thine eyes 
se myne vnparfitnesse, they stonde all writte 
I thy boke : my dayes were fashioned, when 
as yet there was not one of them. 

How deare are thy coucels vnto me o God? 

how greate is the summe of them ? Yf I 
tell them, they are mo in nombre then the 
sonde : when I wake vp, I am present with 
the. Wilt thou not slaye y wicked (oh God) 
that the bloudethyrstie mighte departe fro 
me ? For they speake vnright of the, thine 
enemies exalte them selues presumptuously. 

I hate them (o LORDE) that hate the, a 

1 maye not awaye with those that ryse vp 
agaynst the. Yee I hate them right sore, 
therfore are they myne enemies. -Trye me 
(o God) and seke the grounde of myne hert : 
proue me, & examen my thoughtes. Loke 
well, yf there be eny waye of wickednesse in 
me, 5 lede me in the waye euerlastinge. 

Wl)t trrrtr. A psalme of Dauid. 

DELYUER me (o LORDE) from the 
euell men, oh preserue me from the 
wicked men. Which ymagin myschefe in 
their hertes, g stere vp strife all the daye 
longe. They sharpen their tonges like a ser- 
pent, Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. 
Sela. Kepe me (o LORDE) from the hande 
of the vngodly, preserue me from the wicked 
men, which are purposed to ouerthrowe my 
goinges. The proude haue layed a snare for 
me, ig spred a nett abrode with coardes, yee 5 
sett trappes in my waye. Sela. 

But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE : thou 
art my God, heare the voyce of my prayer o 
LORDE. O LORDE God, thou strength 
of my health, thou hast couered my heade in 
y daye of battayll. Let not y vngodly haue 
his desyre (o LORDE) let him not haue his 
purpose, lest they be to proude. Sela. Let 
the myschefe of their owne lippes ^ fall vpon f 
head of the, y copase me aboute. Let hote 
burnynge coales fall vpo the, let the be cast 
in to the fyre, and in to the pytt, that they 
neuer ryse vp agayne. A man full of wordes 
shal not prospere vpon earth : a malicious 5 
wicked person shal be hunted awaye and de- 

d Amos 9. a. * Iere. 23. d. / Psal. 25. a. s Psal. 7. b. 



psalme irluj* 



€f)t falter* 



fa* fcvlbij. 



stroyed. Sure I am, that the LORDE wil 
auenge the poore, and manteyne the cause of 
the helplesse. The rightuous also shal geue 
thakes vnto thy name, (j the iust shal continue 
in thy sight. 

Cfie frl. A psalme of Dauid. 

LORDE, I call vpon the : haist the vnto 
me, and consider my voyce, whe I crie 
vnto the. "Let my prayer be set forth in thy 
sight as the incese, and let the liftinge vp of 
my hades be an euenynge sacrifice. * Set a 
watch (o LORDE) before my mouth, yee a 
watch at the dore of my lippes. O let not 
myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thige, to 
be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men, lest 
I eate of soch thinges as please the. 

Let the rightuous (rather) smyte me frendly, 
and reproue me : so wil I take it, as though 
he had poured oyle vpo my heade : it shal not 
hurte my heade, yee I wil praye yet for their 
wickednesse. Their iudges stoble at the stone, 
yet heare they my wordes, y they be ioyfull. 
Oure bones lye scatered before y pytt, like as 
when one graueth and dyggeth vp the grounde. 
But myne eyes loke vnto y, o LORDE God: 
in the is my trust, oh cast not out my soule. 
Kepe me fro y snare which they haue layed 
for me, and fro the trappes of the wicked doers. 
Let the vngodly fall in to their owne nettes 
together, vntill I be gone by them. 

Cfte cylt. A psalme of Dauid. 

I CRIE vnto the LORDE with my voyce, 
yee eue vnto the LORDE do I make my 
supplicacion. I poure out my complaynte 
before him, and shewe him of my trouble. 
When my sprete is in heuynesse, for thou 
knowest my path : in the waye where in I 
walke, haue they preuely layed a snare for me. 
I loke vpon my right honde 5 se, there is no 
man that wil knowe me. I haue no place to 
vnto, no man careth for my soule. Ther- 
fore do I crie vnto the (o LORDE) and 
saye : thou art my hope and my porcion, in 
the londe of the lyuynge. Cosidre my com- 
playnte, for I am brought very lowe. Oh 
delyuer me fro my persecuters, for they are 
to stronge for me : Brynge my soule out of 
preson, that I maye geue thakes vnto thy 
name : which thinge yf thou wilt graute me, 



' Exo. 30. b. Nu. 28 
lob 4. b. 25. a. 15. b. 



4 Eccll. 22. < 
e Psal. 76. a. 



c Psal. 101. a. 
/ Psal. 62. a. 



then shal the rightuous resorte vnto my co- 
pany. 

Cfie rtUj. A psalme of Dauid. 

HEARE my prayer (o LORDE) considre 
my desyre: answere me for thy treuth 
a rightuousnesse sake/ And entre not in to 
iudgment with thy seruaunt, for in thy sight 
shal no man lyuynge be iustified/ For the 
enemie persecuteth my soule, he smyteth my 
life downe to the grounde, he layeth me in the 
darcknesse, as the deed men of the worlde. 
Therfore is my sprete vexed within me, and 
my herte within me is desolate. Yet do I 
remebre the tymes past, 6 I muse vpo all thy 
workes, yee I exercise my self in the workes 
of thy hondes. ■'I stretch forth my hondes 
vnto the, my soule crieth vnto the out of the 
thyrstie londe. Sela. Heare me (o LORDE) 
and that soone, for my sprete waxeth faynte : 
hyde not thy face fro me, lest I be like vnto 
the that go downe in to the graue. Oh let 
me heare thy louynge kyndnesse by tymes in 
the mornynge, for in the is my trust : shewe 
thou me the waye that I shulde walke in, for 
I lift vp my soule vnto the. Delyuer me (o 
LORDE) fro myne enemies, for I resorte 
vnto the. 

Teach me to do the thinge that pleaseth the, 
for thou art my God : let thy louynge sprete 
lede me forth vnto the londe of rightuousnesse. 
Quycke me (o LORDE) for thy names sake, 
and for thy rightuousnesse sake brynge my 
soule out of trouble. And of thy goodnesse 
scater myne enemies abrode, and destroye all 
them that vexe my soule, for I am thy ser- 
uaunt. 

Cfte frlttj. A psalme of Dauid. 

BLESSED be the LORDE my refuge/ 
which teacheth my hades to warre, & my 
fyngers to fight. My hope and my castell, 
my defence and my delyuerer, my shylde in 
whom I trust, which gouerneth the people 
that is vnder me. LORDE, what is ma, that 
thou hast soch respecte vnto him ?'' Or the 
sonne of man, that thou so regardest him ? 
Man is like a thinge of naught, 'his tyme 
passeth awaye like a shadowe. Bowe thy 
heaues (o LORDE) & come downe, touch the 
mountaynes, y they maye smoke withall. 

«■ Psal. 17. d. 2 Re. 22. e. h Psal. 8. b. ; lob 8. a. 



tfo. fyairiij. 



€f)t 



falter* 



Sende forth the lightenynge 5 scater the, 
shute out thine arowes and consume them. 
Sende downe thine hande from aboue, delyuer 
me and take me out of y greate waters, from 
the hande of straunge childre. Whose mouth 
talketh of vanite, 5 their right hade is a right 
hande of falsede. That I maye synge a new 
songe vnto the (0 God) 3, synge prayses vnto 
the vpon a tenstrynged lute, Thou that geuest 
victory vnto kynges, and hast delyuered Dauid 
thy seruaunt from the parell of the swerde. 
Saue me and delyuer me from the honde of 
straunge childre, whose mouth talketh of vanite 
and their right hande is a right hande of 
falsede. That oure sonnes maye growe vp as 
the yoge plantes," and that oure doughters 
maye be as the polished corners of the temple. 
That oure garners maye be full and plenteous 
with all maner of stoare : that oure shepe 
maye brynge forth thousandes and hundreth 
thousands in oure villages. That oure oxen 
maye be stronge to laboure, that there be no 
myschaunce, no decaye, and no complayninge 
in oure stretes. 

Happie are the people that be in soch a 
case : yee blessed are the people, which haue 
the LORDE for their God.* 

Cf)e cyliiij. A psalme of Dauid. 

IWIL magnifie the (o my God & kynge) I 
wil prayse thy name for euer j euer. 
Euery daye wil I geue thankes vnto the, and 
prayse thy name for euer and euer. Greate 
is the LORDE, 5 maruelous worthy to be 
praysed, there is no ende of his greatnesse. 
One generacion shal prayse thy workes vnto 
another, and declare thy power. As for me I 
wil be talklge of thy worshipe, thy glory, thy 
prayse and woderous workes. 

So that men shal speake of the might of 
thy maruelous actes, and tell of thy greatnes. 

The memoriall of thy abundaunt kyndnes 
shal be shewed, and me shal synge of thy right- 
eousnesse. c The LORDE is gracious and 
mercifull, longe sufferynge & of greate good- 
nesse. The LORDE is louynge vnto euery 
man, and his mercy is ouer all his workes. 
All thy workes prayse the (o LORDE) and 
thy sayntes geue thankes vnto the. They 
shewe the glory of thy kyngdome, and talke 
of thy power. That thy power, thy glory 



« Deut. 28. a. * Psal. 32. b. 
102. a. <* Luc. 1. c. Dan. I 



c Exo. 34. a 
f. and 7. d. 



^siafaw rjrtmj. 



CE mightynesse of thy kyngdome might be 
knowne vnto men. d Thy kyngdome is an 
euerlastinge kyngdome, % thy dominion en- 
dureth thorow out all ages. The LORDE 
vpholdeth all soch as shulde fall, and lifteth 
vp all those that be downe. The eyes of all 
wayte vpon the, and thou geuest them their 
meate in due season. Thou openest thine 
hade, and fyllest all thinges lyuynge with 
plenteousnesse. The LORDE is righteous 
in all his wayes, & holy in all his workes. The 
LORDE is nye vnto all them that call vpon 
him, yee all soch as call vpon him faithfully. 

He fulfilleth the desyre of them that feare 
him, he heareth their crie, and helpeth them. 

The LORDE preserueth all them that loue 
him, but scatereth abrode all the vngodly. 

My mouth shal speake the prayse of the 
LORDE, And let all flesh geue thankes vnto 
his holy name for euer and euer. Halleluya. 

Che crib. $*alnu. 

PRAYSE the LORDE (o my soule :) 
"whyle I lyue wil I prayse the LORDE, 
yee as loge as I haue eny beynge, f l wil synge 
prayses vnto my God. O put not youre trust 
in prynces, ner in the childe of man, for there 
is no helpe in the. For when y breth of man 
goeth forth, he shal turne agayne to his earth, 
and so all his thoughtes perishe. Blessed is 
he that hath y God of Iacob for his helpe, 
and whose hope is in the LORDE his God. 
Which made heauen and earth/ y see and all 
that therin is, which kepeth his promise for 
euer. Which helpeth them to right y suffre 
wronge, which fedeth y hongrie. The LORDE 
lowseth men out of preson, the LORDE 
geueth sight to the blynde. 

The LORDE helpeth the vp that are 
fallen, the LORDE loueth the righteous. 
The LORDE careth for the straungers, he 
defendeth f fatherlesse and wyddowe : as for 
the waye of f vngodly, he turneth it vpsyde 
downe. The LORDE thy God (o Sion) is 
kynge for euermore, and thorow out all 
generacions. Halleluya. 

Che crlbt. $*alme. 

O PRAYSE the LORDE, for it is a 
good thinge to synge prayses vnto oure 
God : yee a ioyfull and pleasaunt thinge is it 



Prou. 24. c. Psal. 33. c. 36. d. Psal. 103. d. « Psal. 102. a. 
/ Psal. 117. a. * Act. 14. c. Apoc. 14. b. 



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So. tyrlfr 



to be thankfull. The LORDE shal buylde 
vp Ierusale, & gather together y outcastes of 
Israel. He healeth the contrite in herte, and 
byndeth vp their woundes. " He telleth the 
nombre of the starres, and calleth them all by 
their names. Greate is oure LORDE, and 
greate is his power, yee his wyszdome is 
infinite. The LORDE setteth vp y meke, & 
bryngeth y vngodly downe to y groude. 

*0 synge vnto y LORDE with thankesgeu- 
ynge, synge prayses vpo y harpe vnto oure God. 

Which couereth y heauen with cloudes, 
prepareth rayne for y earth," 7 j maketh y 
grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes. Which 
geueth foder vnto y catell/ (j fedeth y yonge 
rauens y call vpo him. He hath no pleasure 
in the strength of an horse, nether delyteth 
But the LORDES 



and 



put 



he in eny mas 

delyte is in them that feare him 

their trust in his mercy. 

Cfie rrlbtj. $«SaInu. 

This psalme do the hebrues ioyne vnto it, that 

goeth before. 

PRAYSE y LORDE o Ierusale, prayse 
thy God o Sion. For he maketh fast y 
barres of thy gates, g blesseth thy childre 
ithin y. He maketh peace in thy borders, 
fylleth y with f floure of wheate. He 
sendeth forth his comaundemet vpo earth/ 
his worde runeth swiftly. He geueth snowe 
like woll, tj scatereth y horefrost like ashes. 
He casteth forth his yse like morsels, who is 
able to abyde his frost ? He sendeth out his 
worde and melteth them, he bloweth with his 
wynde, % the waters flowe. He sheweth his 
worde vnto Iacob, his statutes 5 ordinaunces 
vnto Israel. He hath not dealte so with all 
the Heithen, nether haue they knowlege of 
his lawes. Halleluya. 

Cfie crlbttj. Valine. 
/^ PRAYSE the LORDE of heauen, 
V^/ prayse him in the heyth. Prayse him 
all ye angels of his, prayse hi all his hoost. 

Prayse him Sonne 5 Moone, prayse him all 
ye starres (j light. Prayse him all ye heauens, 
(S ye waters y be vnder the heauens. Let 
them prayse the name of the LORDE, for 

" Esa. 40. d. » 1 Esd. 3. c. ' Psal. 103. b. * lob 38. d. 



he comaunded, ->\ they were made. He hath 
made the fast for euer and euer, he hath geue 
them a lawe which shal not be broke. Prayse 
the LORDE vpon earth, ye whalfishes and 
all depes. Fyre and hayle, snowe & vapors, 
wynde and storme, fuifillynge his worde. 
Mountaynes and all hilles, frutefull trees % all 
Ceders. Beastes and all catell, wormes (j 
fethered foules. Kynges of the earth j all 
people, princes ij all iudges of y worlde. 
Yonge men 5 maydes, olde men and children. 
Let them prayse the name of the LORDE, 
for his name only is excellent, and his prayse 
aboue heauen and earth. He exalteth the 
home of his people, all his sayntes shal prayse 
him, the children of Israel, euen the people 
that serueth him. Halleluya. 

©he trltr. Valine. Halleluya. 

O SYNGE vnto y LORDE a new songe, 
^let the cogregacion of say r ntes prayse 
him. Let Israel reioyse in him that made 
him, and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in 
their kynge. Let them prayse his name in 
the dauce, let them synge prayses vnto him 
with tabrettes and harpes. For the LORDE 
hath pleasure in his people, and helpeth the 
mekeharted. Let the sayntes be ioyfull with 
glory, let them reioyse in their beddes. Let 
the prayses of God be in their mouth/ and 
sharpe swerdes in their handes. To be 
auenged of the Heithe, 5 to rebuke the people. 
To bynde their kynges in cheynes, & their 
nobles with lynckes of yron. That they maye 
be auenged of them, as it is written, ' Soch 
honoure haue all his sayntes. Halleluya. 
€he tt. psalme. Halleluya. 

O PRAYSE the LORDE in his Sanc- 
tuary, prayse him in the firmament of 
his power. Prayse him in his noble actes, 
prayse him in his excellet greatnesse. 

Prayse him in the sounde of the trompet, 
prayse him vpo the lute and harpe. Prayse 
him in the cymbals and daunse, prayse him 
vpon the strynges and pype. Prayse him vpo 
the welltuned cymbals, prayse him vpon the 
loude cymbals. Let euery thinge y hath 
breth, prayse the LORDE. Halleluya. 

/ Psal. 32. b. s Esa. 42. b, * Heb. 4. c. < Deut. 32. f. 



SELA. In the psalter this worde Sela commeth very oft, and (after the mynde of the iterpreters) it 
is asmoch to saye as, allwaye, contynually, for euer, forsoyth, verely, a liftinge vp of the voyce, 
or to make a pause and earnestly to consider, and to ponder the sentece. 



Z1)t ^rottatfie* of £alumon* 



aaafjat tfn'ss fcoite rontepnetif)* 



Chap. I. 

The wysdome of God calleth vs by the mouth of 
Salom5, exorteth vs, and geueth vs wamynge 
to eschue the wicked : whose vngodly c5uersa- 
cion in worde and worke, and punyshment also 
of the same, is here descrybed. 

Chap. II. 
How wisdome maye be gotten, and what profit 
commeth of it. 

Chap. III. 
He exorteth us to the feare of God and to 
pacience : he commendeth wyszdome, I re- 
quyreth us to cleue vnto the same. 

Chap. HIT. 
A fatherly exortacion vnto wisdome, with the 
profit therof, and how we ought to refrayne the 
mebres of oure body fro euell. 

Chap. V. 

He exorteth vnto wyszdoe, and to bewarre of 
harlottes : he telleth what harme maye folowe 
therout, whe men medle with soch : he teacheth 
men, louyngly to cleue vnto their maried wyues, 
and descrybeth the ende of the vngodly. 

Chap. VI. 
He warneth men to bewarre of suertishipe, ex- 
orteth the slouthfull to laboure, sheweth the 
wikednesse of false tonges, and requyreth men 



to bewarre of aduoutry, because it is more 
perlous then theft or felony. 

Chap. VII. 
He exorteth vnto wiszdome, sheweth the con- 
dicions of harlottes, and what hurt happeneth 
vnto soch as enclyne to the prouocaci5s and 
desyres of the flesh. 

Chap. VIII. 

Wyszdome calleth men swetely vnto her, and 

telleth them what treasure and power she hath. 

A c5mendacion and prayse of wiszdome, 

wherout euery ma is exorted to cleue vnto her. 

Chap. IX. 
Wyszdome crieth vpo the ignoraut, and promiseth 
them greate thinges. The foolish maner of a 
light woman. 

Chap. X. 
From this chapter forth vnto the XXXI, there 
are described many swete, louely and wyse 
sentences, which teach men wyszdome and 
what profit commeth of it : Agayne, how men 
maye auoyde foolishnesse, and the hurte therof. 

Chap. XXXI. 
Wyszdome warneth vs to bewarre of euell women, 
and descrybeth the couersacion, maner, (| 
behauoure of an honest maried wyfe. 



rHESE are the prouerbes of Salomon the 
sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel : to lerne 
wyszdome, nurtoure, vnderstondinge, pru- 
dence, rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite. 
That the very babes might haue wyt, and 
that yonge men might haue knowlege and 
vnderstondinge. By hearinge, the wyse ma 
shal come by more wysdome : and by ex- 



perience, he shal be more apte to vnder- 
stonde a parable, and the interpretacion 
therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the 
darcke speaches of the same. " The feare of 
the LORD E is the begynnynge of wysdome 
But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure. 

" lob 28. c. Pro. 9. b. Psal. 110. b. Eccli. 1. c. 



Cfrajp* iij. 



Salomons prountes. 



tfo. Mi. 



Qt'fot Chapter. 

MY sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, 
and forsake not the lawe of thy mother : 
for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, (j 
shal be a cheyne aboute thy necke. My sonne, 
cosente not vnto synners," yf they entyse the, 
and saye : come wyth us, let us laye wayte for 
bloude, 5 lurke preuely for the innocet wythout 
a cause : let us swalowe the vp like y hell, *let 
us deuoure the quycke and whole, as those 
that go downe in to the pytt. So shal we fynde 
all maner of costly riches, and fyll oure houses 
wyth spoyles. Cast in thy lott amonge us, 
we shal haue all one purse. 

My sonne, walke not thou with them, re- 
frayne thy fote fro their wayes. c For their fete 
rune to euell, % are haistie to shed bloude. 
But in vayne is f net layed forth before the 
byrdes eyes. Yee they the selues laye wayte 
one for anothers bloude, and one of the wolde 
slaye another. These are the wayes of all soch as 
be couetous, that one wolde rauysh anothers life. 

Wyszdome crieth without/ 5 putteth forth 
hir voyce in the stretes. She calleth before y 
congregacion in y open gates, and sheweth hir 
wordes thorow f cite, sayenge : O ye childre, 
how loge wil ye loue childyshnesse ? how longe 
wil f scorners delyte in scornynge, % f vnwyse 
be enemies vnto knowlege? O turne you vnto 
my correccion : lo, I wil expresse my mynde 
vnto you, and make you vnderstode my wordes. 
Seinge then that I haue called, and ye refused 
it : ' I haue stretched out my honde, and no 
ma regarded it, but all my coiicels haue ye 
despysed, and set my correccios at naught. 
Therfore shal I also laugh in youre destruccion, 
and mocke you, when y thinge that ye feare 
cometh vpon you: euen whe y thinge that ye 
be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly like a storme, 
and youre misery like a tempest: yee wha 
trouble and heuynesse cometh vpon you. Then 
shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare : 
they shal seke me early, but they shal not 
fynde me : And y because they hated knowlege, 
and receaued not y feare of y LORDE, but 
abhorred my councell, and despysed my cor- 
reccion. Therfore shal they eate y frutes of 
their owne waye, and be fylled with their 
owne councels: for f turnynge awaye of y 
vnwyse shal slaye the, (j f prosperite of fooles 



" Esa. 29. d. 
Psal. 13. a. 



6 Psal. 123. 
Pro. 8. a. 



c Esa. 59. 
Esa. 65. 1 



Pro. 6. b. 
Iere. 7. b. 



shalbe their owne destruccio. But who so 
harkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, 'and 
haue ynough without eny feare of euell. 

Cfie tj. Cfiapter. 

"TV /T Y sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes. 
_1_VJL an d kepe my comaundemetes by the ; 
that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome. 
applie thine herte then to vnderst5dinge. For 
yf thou criest after wyszdome, a callest for 
knowlege: yf thou sekest after her as after 
money, and dyggest for her as for treasure : 
The shalt thou vnderstonde f feare of the 
LORDE, and fynde f knowlege of God. For 
it is the LORDE that geueth wyszdome, g out 
of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnder- 
stondinge. He preserueth y welfare of the 
rightuous, and defendeth them y walke inno- 
cently : he kepeth them in y right path, and 
preserueth y waye of his sayntes. Then shalt 
thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse, iudgment 
and equite, yee and euery good path. Yf 
wyszdome entre in to thine herte, and thy 
soule delyte in knowlege : then shal councell 
preserue the, and vnderstondinge shal kepe the. 
That thou mayest be delyuered fro y euell 
waye, and from the man y speaketh frowarde 
thinges. From soch as leaue the hye strete, 
and walke I y wayes of darcknesse : which 
reioyse in doynge euell, and delyte I wicked 
thinges: whose wayes are croked, and their 
pathes slaunderous. 

; 'That thou mayest be delyuered also from C 
the straunge woman, and from her that is not 
thine owne : which geueth swete wordes, for- 
saketh the huszbande of hir youth, and for- 
ge tteth the couenaunt of hir God. For hir 
house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes 
vnto hell. All they that go in vnto her, come 
not agayne, nether take they holde of the 
waye of life. 

That thou mayest walke in y good waye, 
and kepe the pathes of the rightuous. For 
the iust shal dwell in the londe, and the inno- 
centes shal remayne in it: but the vngodly 
shalbe roted out of y londe, and the wicked 
doers shalbe taken out of it. 



€f)t trj. Chapter. 
Y sonne, 8 ' forget not my lawe, but sey 9 
thine hert kepe my comaundemetes, 



M 



/Pro.S.c. e Iaco. 
3 Reg. 3. b. 4. c. 



. a. c. Eccls. 1. a. and7.c. lob. 28. b. 
h Pro. 7. a. and 5. a. ' Deu. 11. a. 



So. fclij* 



^>atonwnsi prouerfoes* 



Cfcap* itij. 



For they shal prologe f dayes j yeares of thy 
lyfe, g brynge y peace. Let mercy g faith- 
fulnes neuer go from y : bynde the about thy 
necke, g wryte them in the tables of thine 
herte. So shalt thou fynde fauoure and good 
vnderstondinge in y sight of God and men. 
Put thy trust in y LORDE with all thine 
herte, and leane not vnto thine owne vnder- 
stondinge. In all thy wayes haue respecte 
vnto him, and he shal ordre thy goinges. "Be 
not wyse in thine owne conceate, but feare y 
LORDE and departe from euell : so shal thy 
nauel be whole, and thy bones stronge. 

* Honoure the LORDE with thy substaunce, 
g with y firstlinges of all thine encrease : so 
shal thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse, 
and thy presses shal flowe ouer with swete 
wyne. My sonne, despyse not the chastenynge 
of y LORDE, nether faynte when thou art 
rebuked of him. For wh5 the LORDE loueth, 
him he chasteneth : and yet delyteth in him 
euen as a father in his owne sonne. Well is 
him that fyndeth wyszdome, g opteyneth vn- 
derstondinge, for the gettinge of it is better 
then eny marchaundise of syluer, g the profit 
of it is better then golde. Wyszdome is more 
worth the precious stones, c g all f thinges y 
thou canst desyre, are not to be compared 
vnto her. Vpon hir right hande is longe life, 
g vpon hir left hande is riches g honoure. 

Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all hir 
pathes are peaceable. She is a tre of life d to 
them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed 
are they that kepe her fast. 

With wyszdome hath y LORDE layed the 
foudacion of y earth, g thorow vnderstondinge 
hath he stablished y heaues. Thorow his 
wiszdome y depthes breake vp, g f cloudes 
droppe downe the dew. My sonne, let not 
these thinges departe from thyne eyes, but 
kepe my lawe and my councell : so shal it be 
life vnto thy soule, g grace vnto thy mouth. 

Then shalt thou walke safely in thy waye, g 
thy fote shal not stomble. Yf thou slepest 
thou shalt not be afrayed, e but shalt take thy 
rest g slepe swetely. Thou neddest not to be 
afrayed of eny sodane feare, nether for the 
violent russhinge in of the vngodly, when it 
commeth. 

For the LORDE shal be besyde the, g kepe 



« Esa. 5. e. Rom. 12. c. * Tob. 4. b. Deut. 26. a. 
Mala. 3. b. Exo. 23. c. and 34. c. 1 Pet. 4. b. Tob. 12. c. 
Heb. 12. a. Apo. 3. d. c Pro. 8. a. <* Gen. 2. b. 



thy fote y thou be not taken. Refuse not to 
do good vnto him that shulde haue it, so longe 
as thine hande is able to do it. Saye not vnto 
thy neghboure : go thy waye g come agayne, 
tomorow wil I geue the : where as thou hast 
now to geue him. Intende no hurte vnto thy 
neghboure, seynge he hopeth to dwell in rest 
by the. Stryue not lightly with eny man, 
where as he hath done y no harme. f Folowe 
not a wicked man, and chose none of his 
wayes: for the LORDE abhorreth the fro- 
warde, but his secrete is amonge the righteous. 
The curse of the LORDE is in the house of 
the vngodly, but he blesseth the dwellinges 
of the righteous. 

As for the scornefull, he shal laugh the to 
scorne, but he shal geue grace vnto the lowly. 
The wyse shal haue honoure in possession, but 
shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue. 

Cfte tttj. Chapter. 
TTEARE (O ye children) the fatherly ex- 
XTL ortacio, g take good hede, that ye maye 
lerne wyszdome. Yee I shal geue you a good 
rewarde, yf ye wil not forsake my lawe. For 
when I myself was my fathers deare sonne, 
and tenderly beloued of my mother, he taught 
me also, sayenge : s let thine herte receaue my 
wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou 
shalt lyue. 

Get the wyszdome, get the vnderstondinge, 
forget not y wordes of my mouth, g shreke not 
from them. Forsake her not, and she shal 
preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the. 
The chefe poynte of wyszdome is, that thou 
be wyllynge to opteyne wyszdome, and before 
all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge. 
Make moch of her, A and she shal promote the: 
Yee yf thou embracest her, she shal brynge 
the vnto honoure. 

She shal make the a gracious heade, and 
garnish the with y crowne of glory. Heare 
my sonne, and receaue my wordes, that the 
yeares of thy life maye be many. I wil shewe 
the y waye of wyszdome, and lede the in the 
right pathes. So that yf thou goest therin, 
there shal no straytnesse hynder the: and 
when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. Take 
fast holde of doctryne, let her not go : kepe 
her, for she is thy life. 



Pro. 1. c. / Pro. 1. a. s Deui. 6. b. 

" Deu. 26. d. 



c. 32. g. 



Cfrap* bu 



Salomons! 3Bniuerbe& 



So. Mitj* 



Come not in the path of the vngodly, "and 
walke not in the waye of the wicked. 

Eschue it, & go not therin : departe asyde, 
Cj passe ouer by it. For they can not slepe, 
excepte they haue first done some myschefe : 
nether take they eny rest, excepte they haue 
first done some harme. For they eate the 
bred of wickednesse, and drike the wyne of 
robbery. The path of the rightuous shyneth 
as the light, and is euer brighter (j brighter 
vnto the parfecte daye. But y waye of the 
vngodly is as the darcknesse, wherin me fall, 
or they be awarre. 

* My sonne, marcke my wordes, and enclyne 
thine eare vnto my saynges. Let them not 
departe from thine eyes, kepe them euen in 
the myddest of thine herte. For they are 
fife vnto all those that finde the, and health 
vnto all their bodies. Kepe thine hert with 
all diligence, for there vpon hangeth life. 
Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and 
let the lippes of slaunder be farre from the. 
Let thine eyes beholde the thinge y is right, 
(5 let thine eye lyddes loke straight before the. 
Podre the path of thy fete, so shal all thy 
wayes be sure. c Turne not asyde, nether to 
the right hande ner to the lefte, but witholde 
thy fote from euell. 

Che b. Chapter. 

MY sonne, geue hede vnto my wyszdome, 
d bowe thine eare vnto my prudece : y 
thou mayest regarde good councell, and that 
thy lippes maye kepe nurtoure. 

d For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge 
hony combe, and hir throte is softer then 
oyle. But at y last she is as bitter as worm- 
wod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde. 
Hir fete go downe vnto death, and hir steppes 
pearse thorow vnto hell. She regardeth not 
the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, 
that thou canst not knowe them. Heare me 
therfore (o my sonne) and departe not fro the 
wordes of my mouth. Kepe thy waye farre 
from her, and come not nye f dores of hir 
house. That thou geue not thine honoure 
vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell. 
That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, 
CL that thy labours come not in a straunge 
house. Yee that thou mourne not at the last 
(when thou hast spent thy body and goodes) 



Psal. 1. a. and 36. a. 
c Deut. 5. d. and 17. c 



Num. 15. d. Deut. 11. c. 
Pro. 7. a. e Eccls. 9. b. 



and then saye : Alas, why hated I nurtoure ? 
why dyd my hert despyse correccion ? Wher- 
fore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my 
teachers, (t, herkened not vnto them that in- 
fourmed me ? I am come almost in to all 
mysfortune, in the myddest of the multitude 
and congregacion. Drinke of the water of 
thine owne well, and of the ryuers that runne 
out of thine owne sprlges. Let thy welles 
flowe out a brode, that there maye be ryuers 
of water in the stretes. But let them be only 
thine owne, & not straungers with the. Let 
thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wife 
of thy youth. Louynge is the hynde, and 
frendly is the Roo : e let her brestes alwaye 
satisfie the, and holde the euer content with 
hir loue. My sonne, why wilt thou haue 
pleasure in an harlot, and embrace the bosome 
of another woma? •'Tor euery mas wayes are 
open in the sight of the LORDE, and he 
podereth all their goinges. The wickednesses 
of the vngodly shal catch himself, and with the 
snares of his owne synnes shal he be trapped. 
Because he wolde not be refourmed, he shal 
dye : and for his greate foolishnesse he shal 
be destroyed. 

Che bi. Chapter. 

MY sone, yf thou be suertie for thy negh- 
boure, e thou hast fastened thine hode 
with another ma : yee thou art boude with 
thine owne wordes, and taken with thine owne 
speach. Therfore (my sonne) do this, dis- 
charge thy self, for thou art come I to thy 
neghbours daunger. Go thy waye then soone, 
intreate thy neghboure : let not thyne eyes 
slepe, ner thine eye lyddes slomber. Saue 
thy self as a doo fro y honde, | asa byrde 
fro the hode of the fouler. Go to the Emmet 
(thou slogarde) cosidre hir wayes, (j lerne to 
be wyse. '' She hath no gyde, no teacher, no 
leder: yet in the sommer she prouideth hir 
meate, & gathereth hir foode together i y 
haruest. How I5ge wilt thou slepe, thou 
slogish ma ? Wha wilt thou aryse out of thy 
slepe? Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a 
litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, 
that thou mayest slepe : so shal pouerte come 
vnto the as one y trauayleth by the waye, (i 
necessite like a wapened man. A dissem- 
blynge person, a wicked man goeth with a 



/ lob 31. a. and 34. c. 
* Pro. 24. d. 



e Pro. 21. b. 17. 
). c. Pro. 13. a. 



Jfo* irtutj* 



^atonuins $vQwrbt&. 



Cfcap, btj. 



frowarde mouth : he wyncketh with his eyes, I 
he tokeneth with his fete, he poynteth with 
his fyngers, he is euer ymageninge myschefe 
& frowardnesse in his hert, g causeth discorde. 
Therfore shal his destruccion come hastely 
vpo him, sodenly shal he be all tobroken, and 
not be healed. 

There be sixe thinges, which the LORDE 
hateth, 5 the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: 
A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades 
that shed innocent bloude, an herte y goeth 
aboute with wicked ymaginacios, *fete that be 
swift in rennynge to do myschefe, a false wyt- 
nesse y bringeth vp lyes, 5 soch one as soweth 
discorde amonge brethren. My sonne, kepe 
thy fathers comaundemetes, 5 forsake not f 
lawe of thy mother. Put the vp together in 
thine herte, and bynde the aboute thy necke. 
That they maye lede the where thou goest, 
preserue the when thou art aslepe, % y when 
thou awakest, thou mayest talke of the ( c For 
the commaundement is a lanterne, and the 
lawe a light : yee chastenynge 5 nurtoure is f 
waye of life) that they maye kepe the fro the 
euell woman, d % from the flaterynge tonge of 
the harlott : y thou lust not after her beuty in 
thine herte, 5 lest thou be take with hir fayre 
lokes. An harlot wil make a ma to begg his 
bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for y pre- 
cious life. Maye a man take fyre in his bo- 
some, and his clothes not be brent ? Or can 
one go vpon hote coales, and his fete not be 
hurte ? Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his 
neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be 
vngiltie. ' Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, 
that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is 
hongerie : but yf he maye be gotten, he re- 
storeth agayne seuen tymes asmoch, or els he 
maketh recompence with all the good of his 
house. But who so comitteth aduoutrie with 
a woma, he is a foole, and bryngeth his life to 
destruccion. He getteth him self also shame 
(j dishonoure, soch as shal neuer be put out. 
For the gelousy 5 wrath of the ma will not be 
itreated, no though thouwoldestofre him greate 
giftes to make amendes, he will not receaue 
them. 

Cfte brj. Chapter. 

MY sonne, kepe my wordes, (t laye vp 
my comaundemetes by the. ' Kepe 
my c5maundemetes 5 my lawe, eue as the 



1. 17. c. Pro. 12. d. 

■* Pro. 5. a. and 7. 



Pro. 1. a. c p S al. 118. o. 
' Exo. 22. a. 



aple of thine eye, % thou shalt lyue. Bynde 
them vpon thy fyngers, 5 wryte the in the 
table of thine hert. Saye vnto wysdome : 
thou art my sister, and call vnderstondinge 
thy kynswoman : s that she maye kepe f fro y 
strauge woma, j fro y harlot which geueth 
swete wordes. For out of the wyndowe of 
my house I loked thorow the trelies, 5 be- 
helde the simple people: 5 amonge other 
yonge folkes I spyed one yonge foole goinge 
ouer the stretes, by the corner in the waye 
towarde the harlottes house in the twylight of 
the euenynge, when it begane now to be 
night and darcke. And beholde, there mett 
him a woma in an harlottes apparell (a dis- 
ceatfull, waton g an vnstedfast woma : whose 
fete coude not abyde in f house, now is she 
without, now I y stretes, 5 lurketh i euery 
corner) she caught y yoge ma, kyssed him (t 
was not ashamed, sayege : I had a vowe to 
paye, 5 this daye I perfourme it. Therfore 
came I forth to mete the, that I might seke 
thy face, and so I haue founde the. I haue 
deckte my bed with coueringes 5 clothes of 
Egipte. My bed haue I made to smell of 
Myrre, Aloes and Cynamom. Come, let 
lye together, g take oure pleasure till it be 
daye light. For the good man is not at home 
he is gone farre of. He hath taken the bagg 
of moneye with him, who can tell whe he 
cometh home? ; 'Thus with many swete 
wordes she ouercame him, and with hir flater- 
inge lippes she wanne him. 

Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an 
oxe led to the slaughter (and like as it were 
to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed) so 
longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir 
darte : like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, 
not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth 
there vp5. Heare me now therfore (o my 
sonne) and marcke the wordes of my mouth. 
Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes, 5 be 
not thou disceaued in hir pathes. For many 
one hath she wouded and cast downe, yee 
many a stronge ma hath she slayne. Hir 
house is the waye vnto hell, where men go 
downe to the chambers of death. 



D 



€i)t biij. Chapter. 
OTH not wysdome crie ? * doth not 
derstondinge put forth hir voyce? 



/Deut. 11. a. Nu. 15. d. 
a Eccls. 7. d. 



f Pro. 2. b. and 5. a. 
: Pro. 1. b. 



Cfcap, fc 



^atommtsi proimte* 



#o. m< 



Stondeth she not in the hye places in the 
stretes 5 wayes? doth she not crie before the 
whole cite, g in the gates where men go out g 
in ? It is you, o ye men (sayeth she) whom I 
call. Vnto you (o ye childre of me) lift I vp 
my voyce. Take hede vnto knowlege o ye 
ignoraut, be wyse in herte ye fooles. Geue 
eare, for I wil speake of greate matters, g 
open my lippes to tell thinges that be right. 
For my throte shal be talkynge of f traeth, 
g my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse. All the 
wordes of my mouth are rightuous, there is 
no frowardnesse ner falsede therin. They are 
all playne to soch as wil vnderstode, g right to 
the that fynde knowlege. Receaue my doc- 
tryne therfore and not syluer," 5 knowlege 
more then fyne golde. For wysdome is more 
worth then precious stones, yee all the thinges 
that thou cast desyre, are not to be compared 
vnto it. 

I wysdome haue my dwellynge with know- 
lege, and prudent councell is myne owne. 
With me is the feare of the LORDE, and y 
eschuynge of euell. As for pryde, disdayne, 
an euell waye, 5 a mouth that speaketh wicked 
thiges, I vtterly abhorre the. I can geue 
councell, and be a gyde : I haue vnderstond- 
inge, I haue strength. 

Thorow me, kynges reigne: * thorow me, 
prices make iust lawes. Thorow me, lordes 
beare rule, and all iudges of f earth execute 
iudgmet. I am louynge vnto those that loue 
me, c and they that seke me early, shal fynde me. 

Riches g honoure are with me, yee excellent 
goodes g rightuousnes. My frute is better 
the golde g precious stone, g myne encrease 
more worth then fyne syluer. I walke in y 
waye of rightuousnes, g in the strete of iudg- 
ment. That I maye sende prosperite to those 
that loue me, 5 to encrease their treasure. 

The LORDE himself had me in possessi5 
in the begynnynge of his wayes, or euer he 
beganne his workes afore tyme. d I haue bene 
ordened fro euerlastlge, g fro y beginnynge or 
euer the earth was made. When I was borne, 
there were nether depthes ner springes of 
water. Before the foundacions of y moun- 
taynes were layed, yee before all hilles was I 
borne. The earth and all that is vpon the 
earth was not yet made, no not the grounde 
it self. e For when he made the heauens, I 



" Pro. 16. b. Pro. 3. 
Sapi. 6. a. c Luc. 11. ' 



>. Psal. 18. b. 
<* Eccll. 24. b. 



Deut. 17. d 
« Sap. 9. b 



was present : wha he set the depthes in ordre : 
whan he hanged the cloudes aboue : whan he 
fastened the sprynges of the depe : f Whan he 
shutt the see within certayne bowndes, that f 
waters shulde not go ouer their marckes. 
When he layed the foundacions of the earth, 
I was with him, ordringe all thinges, delytinge 
daylie g reioysynge allwaye before him. As 
for the roude copase of his worlde, I make it 
ioyfull, for my delyte is to be am5ge the child- 
ren of men/ 

Therfore harken vnto me (o ye children) 
for blessed are they that kepe my wayes. 

O geue eare vnto nurtoure, be wyse, and 
refuse it not. Blessed is y man that heareth 
me, watchinge day He at my gates, g geuynge 
attendaunce at the postes of my dores. 

For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth life, and 
shal optayne fauoure of the LORDE. But 
who so offendeth agaynst me, hurteth his owne 
soule. All they that hate me, are the louers 
of death. 

Cfie iv. Cijaptfr. 

WYSDOME hath buylded herself an 
house, and hewen out seuen pilers : 
she hath slaughted, poured out hir wyne, and 
prepared hir table. She hath sent forth hir 
maydens to crie vp5 the hyest place of the 
cite : Who so is ignoraut, let him come hither. 
And to the vnwise she sayde : O come on 
youre waye, eate my bred, and drynke my 
wyne, which I haue poured out for you. For- 
sake ignorauce, and ye shal lyue : and se that 
ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge. 

Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, 
getteth him self dishonoure : and he that re- 
buketh the vngodly, stayneth himself. 

Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell 
wil : but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue 
the. Geue a discrete man but an occasion, g 
he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, 
and he wil increase. The feare of the 
LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome, ; ' it 
the knowlege of holy thinges is vnderstond- 
inge. For thorow me thy dayes shalbe pro- 
longed, and the yeares of thy life shal be 
many. Yf thou be wyse, thy wysdome shal 
do thy selfe good : but yf thou thynkest 
scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme. A 
foolish restlesse woman, full of wordes, and 



s Soph. 3. d. * lob : 
Eccli. 1. c. Pro. 4. b. 



fa* MM* 



Salomons protttrte. 



Cfeap* x* 



of his 



soch one as hath no knowlege, sytteth in the 
dores of hir house vp5 a stole aboue in the 
cite, to call soch as go by and walke straight 
in their wayes. Who so is ignoraunt (sayeth 
she) let him come hither, and to the vnwyse 
she sayeth : stollen waters are swete, j the 
bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist. 

But they cosider not that death is there, 
and that hir gestes go downe to hell. 

Cfic r. Chapter. 
These are prouerbes of Salomon. 
WYSE sonne maketh a glad father, but 
" an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse 
is mother. Treasures that are wickedly 
gotten, profit nothinge, but rightuousnesse 
delyuereth from death. h The LORDE wil 
not let the soule of the rightuous suffre hoger, 
but he putteth y vngodly fro his desyre. An 
ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke labor- 
inge hande maketh riche. 

Who so gathereth in Sommer, is wyse : but 
he that is slogish in haruest, bringeth himself 
to confucion. Louynge and fauorable is the 
face of the rightuous, but y fore heade of the 
vngodly is past shame, and presumptuous. 
c The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good 
reporte, but the name of the vngodly shal 
stynke. A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, 
but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face. 
He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh 
surely : d but who so goeth a wroge waye, 
shalbe knowne. He y wynketh with his eye, 
wil do some harme : but he that hath a foolish 
mouth, shalbe beaten. The mouth of a right- 
uous man is a well of life, but y mouth of the 
vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous. Euell 
will stereth vp strife, c but loue couereth ;y 
multitude of synnes. 

In y lippes of him y hath vnderstodinge a 
ma shal fynde wysdome, but y rodde belogeth 
to y backe of y foolish. Wyse me laye vp 
knowlege, but y mouth of y foolish is nye 
destruccio. The rich mas goodes are his stroge 
holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore. 

The rightuous laboureth to do good, but the 
vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne. 

To take hede vnto f chastenynge of nur- 
toure, is y waye of life : but he that refuseth 
to be refourmed, goeth wroge. Dissemblynge 



" Pro. 15. c. Pro. 11. a. Eccli. 5. b. » Pro. 12. c. 

Psal. 111. a. d Psal. 22. a. Pro. 28. c. Eccl. 27. d. 

1 Pet. 4. b. /lob 42. c. Eccli. 11. Psal. 126. a. 



lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speak 
eth eny slaunder, is a foole. Where moch 
bablinge is, there must nedes be offence : he 
that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all. An 
innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the 
herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth. The 
lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, 
but fooles shal dye in their owne foly. f The 
blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich me 
as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothinge therto. 
A foole doth wickedly % maketh but a sporte 
of it : neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to 
bewarre of soch. 

The thinge that the vngodly are afrayed of, 
shal come vpon them, but the rightuous shal 
haue their desyre. The vngodly is like a 
tempest that passeth ouer (j is nomore sene. 
but the rightuous remayneth sure for euer. 
As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is 
vnto y eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to 
them that sende him forth. The feare of f 
LORDE maketh a loge life, but y yeares of 
y vngodly shal be shortened. The pacient 
abydinge of the i-ightuous shalbe turned to 
gladnesse, but the hope of the vngodly shal 
perish. The waye of the LORDE geueth a 
corage vnto y godly, but it is a feare for 
wicked doers. The rightuous shal neuer be 
ouerthrowne, g but y vngodly shal not remayne 
in the londe. The mouth of the iust wilbe 
talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the 
frowarde shal perish. The lippes of the righ- 
tuous are occupied in acceptable thinges, but 
the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the 
worst. 

Che rt. Chapter. 

A FALSE balaunce is an abhominacion 
vnto the LORDE/ but a true weight 
pleaseth him. Where pryde is, there is shame 
also and confucion : but where as is lowlynes, 
there is wysdome. The innocent dealynge of 
the iust shal lede them, but the vnfaithful- 
nesse of the despysers shalbe their owne de- 
struction. ' Riches helpe not in the daye of 
vengeaunce, but rightuousnesse delyuereth fro 
death. The rightuousnes of y innocent ordreth 
his waye, but the vngodly shal fall in his owne 
wickednesse. The rightuousnesse of the iust 
shal delyuer them, but the despysers shalbe 
taken in their owne vngodlynesse. When an 



Mat. 6. c. d. e Psa. 124. a. Psal. 36. d. h Pro. 16. 
20. b. d. ' Prou. 10. a. Eccli. 5. b. 



C&ap* jrfjf* 



alonuins ^rotttrto* 



So* %Mj. 



vngodly man dyeth, his hope is gone, the con- 
fidence of riches shal perish. The rightuous 
shalbe delyuered out of trouble, (j the vngodly 
shal come in his steade. Thorow y mouth of 
y dyssembler is his neghboure destroyed, but 
thorow knowlege shal the iust be delyuered. 
" When it goeth well with the rightuous, the 
cite is mery : and when the vngodly perish, 
there is gladnesse. When the iust are in 
wealth, the cite prospereth: but whan the 
vngodly haue the rule, it decayeth. A foole 
bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure, but 

wyse man wil kepe it secrete. * A dys- 
semblynge person wil discouer preuy thinges, 
but he that is of a faithfull hert, wil kepe 
councel. c Where no good councel is there 
the people decaye : but where as are many 
that can geue councell, there is wealth. d He 
that is suertye for a straunger, hurteth him- 
self: but he that medleth not with suerte- 
shippe, is sure. A gracious woma manteyneth 
honestie, as for the mightie, they manteyne 
ryches. He y hath a gentle liberall stomacke, 

mercifull: but who so hurteth his negh- 
boure, is a tyraiit. 

The laboure of the vngodly prospereth not, 
but he that soweth rightuosnes, shal receaue a 
sure rewarde. Like as rightuousnes bryngeth 
life, eue so to cleue vnto euell, bryngeth death. 
The LORDE abhorreth a fayned hert, but 
he hath pleasure in them that are vndefyled. 
It shal not helpe y wicked, though they laye 
all their hondes together, but the sede of the 
rightuous shalbe preserued. A fayre woman 
without discrete maners, is like a rynge of 
golde in a swynes snoute. The iust laboure 
for peace and traquylite, but the vngodly for 
disquyetnesse. 

Some man geueth out his goodes, and is 
the richer, but y nygarde (hauynge ynough) 
wil departe from nothinge, and yet is euer in 
pouerte. ^He that is lyberall in geuynge, 
shal haue plenty : and he that watereth, shal 
be watered also himself. Who so hoordeth 
vp his come, shalbe cursed amonge the people : 
but blessynge shal light vpon his heade that 
selleth it. He that laboureth for honesty 
fyndeth his desyre : but who so seketh after 
myschefe, it shal happe vnto him. He 
that trusteth in his riches, shal haue a fall, 



Pro. 14. d. » Pro. 10. b. * 3 Re. 12. a. 

d Pro. 6. a. « Psal. 36. d. and 111. b. Luc. 6. d. 

/ 2 Cor. 9. b. s Iere. 17. b. Pro. 18. b. * 1 Pet. 4. c. 



but f rightuous shal florish as the grene 
leafc 

Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne 
house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, 
and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse 

The frute of the rightuous is as the tre of 
life, a wyse man also wynneth mens soules. 
; 'Yf y rightuous be recopesed vpo earth, how 
moch more the the vngodly & f synner ? 

Cfie rtj. Chapttr. 

WHO so loueth wyszdome, wil be con- 
tent to be refourmed : but he that 
hateth to be reproued, is a foole. A good 
man is acceptable vnto the LORDE,' but y 
wicked wyl he condempne. A man ca not 
endure in vngodlynesse, but y rote of y right- 
eous shal not be moued. A stedfast woman 
is a crowne vnto hir huszbonde : but she that 
behaueth herself vnhonestly, is a corrupcion 
in his bones. The thoughtes of f righteous 
are right, but the ymaginacion of the vngodly 
are disceatfull. The talkynge of the vngodly 
is, how they maye laye wayte for bloude, but 
the mouth of y righteous wil delyuer them. 
Or euer thou canst turne the aboute,* the 
vngodly shal be ouerthrowne, but the house 
of the righteous shal stode. 

A man shalbe commended for his wyszdome, 
but a foole shal be despysed. A simple man 
which laboureth and worketh,' is better the 
one that is gorgious and wanteth bred. 

A righteous man regardeth the life of his 
catell, but the vngodly haue cruell hertes. 
m He that tilleth his lode, shal haue plenteous- 
nesse of bred : but he y foloweth ydylnes, is a 
very foole. The desyre of y vngodly hunteth 
after myschefe, but the rote of the righteous 
bryngeth forth frute. " The wicked falleth in 
to the snare thorow y malyce of his owne 
mouth, but the iust shal escape out of parell. 
Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the 
innocency of his mouth, and after the workes 
of his hades shal he be rewarded. Loke what 
a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well 
done : but he that is wyse, wyl be coiiceled. 
A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but 
a discrete man forgeueth wronge. A iust 
man will tell the trueth, j shewe the thinge y 
is right : but a false wytnesse disceaueth. A 



Eccls. 10. d. 
" Pro. 13. a. 



jfo* muj. 



»aIomoit£S ^nmerfceg. 



Cfcap, %iij. 



slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, 
but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome. A true 
mouth is euer constat, but a dyssemblinge 
toge is soone chaunged. They that ymagin 
euell in their mynde, wil disceaue : but the 
councelers of peace shal haue ioye folowinge 
the. There shal no mysfortune happen vnto 
the iust, but the vngodly shal be fylled with 
misery. "The LORDE abhorreth disceatfull 
lippes, but they that laboure for treuth, please 
him. He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde 
his wysdome : but an vndiscrete herte telleth 
out his foolishnesse. A diliget hande shal 
beare rule, but the ydle shal be vnder tribute. 
Heuynesse discorageth y herte of man,* but a 
good worde maketh it glad agayne. The 
righteous is liberall vnto his neghboure, but 
the waye of the vngodly wil disceaue them 
selues. A disceatfull man shal fynde no 
vautage, but he that is content with that he 
hath/ is more worth the golde. In the waye 
of righteousnesse there is life, as for eny other 
waye, it is the path vnto death. 

Cfic jrttj. Chapter. 

A WYSE sonne wyll receaue his fathers 
warnynge, but he y is scornefull, wyll 
not heare when he is reproued. A good ma 
shal enioye the frute of his mouth, but he that 
hath a frowarde mynde, shalbe spoyled. He 
that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his life : but 
who so speaketh vnaduysed, fyndeth harme. 
The slogarde wolde fayne haue, and can not 
get his desyre : but the soule of the diligent 
shal haue plenty. A righteous man abhorreth 
lyes, but the vngodly shameth both other and 
himself. Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet 
in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe 
the synner. 

Some men are riche, though they haue no- 
thinge : d agayne, some me are poore hauynge 
greate riches. With goodes euery man de- 
lyuereth his life, and the poore wyl not be 
reproued. The light of the righteous maketh 
ioyfull/ but the candle of the vngodly shal be 
put out. Amonge the proude there is euer 
strife, but amonge those that do all thinges 
with aduysement, there is wyszdome. Hastely 
gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be 
gathered together with the hande, shal increase. 
Longe tarienge for a thinge that is dyfferred, 



" Pro. 6. b. * Pro. 15. b. and 17. d. 

2 Tim. 6. b. Heb. 13. a. d Pro. 11. c. 



Eccli. 30. ( 
*Pro.24.c 



greueth y herte : but when the desyre com- 
meth, it is a tre of life. Who so despyseth 
the worde, destroyeth himself: but he that 
feareth the comaundement, shal haue peace, 
The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that 
it maye kepe him from the snares of death 
Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but 
harde is the waye of the despysers. A wyse 
man doth all thinges with discretion, but a 
foole wil declare his foly. An vngodly mes- 
saiiger bryngeth myschefe, but a faithfull 
embassitoure is wholsome. He that thinketh 
scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte 
and shame : but who so receaueth correccion, 
shal come to honoure. When a desyre is 
brought to passe, it delyteth the soule : but 
fooles abhorre him that eschueth euell/ He 
that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal 
be wyse : but who so is a copanyo of fooles, 
shal be hurte. Myschefe foloweth vpon syn- 
ners, but the rightuous shal haue a good 
rewarde. Which their childers childre shal 
haue in possessio, for £ the riches of the synner 
is layed vp for y iust. There is plenteousnesse 
of fode in the feldes of the poore, g shalbe 
increased out of measure. A He that spareth 
the rodde, hateth his sonne : but who so loueth 
him, holdeth him euer in nurtoure. The 
rightuous eateth, and is satisfied, but y bely 
of the vngodly hath neuer ynough. 

€!)e ritij. Cfiapter. 

A WYSE woma vpholdeth hir house, but 
a foolish wife plucketh it downe. 

Who so feareth the LORDE, walketh in 
the right path : (j regardeth not him that ab- 
horreth the wayes of the LORDE. In the 
mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lord- 
shipe, but y lippes of y wyse wilbe warre of 
soch. Where no oxen are, there the crybb is 
emptie : but where the oxen laboure, there is 
moch frute. A faithfull wytnesse wyl not 
dyssemble, but a false recorde wil make a lye. 

A scornefull body seketh wyszdome, j fynd- 
eth it not : but knowlege is easy to come by, 
vnto him that wil vnderstonde. ' Se y thou 
medle not with a foole, j do as though thou 
haddest no knowlege. The wyszdome of him 
that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto 
his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse 
disceaueth. Fooles make but a sporte of 



/Sap. 2. c. s lob 27. c. * Eccli. 30. a. Psal. 23. b. 

Hebr. 12. b. Psal. 33. b. ' Pro. 8. a. 



Cfjap* *:&♦ 



alomons Bvowvbts. 



So. &ty\ 



s 



synne, but there is fauourable loue amoge the 
rightuous. The herte of him that hath vnder- 
stondinge wil nether dispare for eny sorow, 
ner be to presumptuous for eny sodane ioye. 

The houses of the vngodly shalbe ouer- 
throwne, but the tabernacles of f righteus 
shal florishe. "There is a waye, which some 
men thinke to be right, but the ende therof 
ledeth vnto death. The herte is soroufull 
euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is 
heuynesse. An vnfaithfull personne shal be 
fylled with his owne wayes, but a good ma 
wyl bewarre of soch. An ignoraut body 
beleueth all thinges, but who so hath vnder- 
stondinge, loketh well to his goinges. A wyse 
man feareth, and departeth from euell, but a 
foole goeth on presumptuously. An vnpacient 
man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well 
aduysed, doth other wayes. 

The ignoraut haue foolishnes in possessio, 
but the wyse are crowned with knowlege. 

The euell shal bowe them selues before f 
good, and the vngodly shal wayte at the dores 
of the rightuous. The poore is hated euen of 
his owne neghbours, but the riche hath many 
frendes. Who so despyseth his neghboure, 
doth amysse : *but blessed is he that hath 
pyte of the poore. They that ymagin wicked- 
nes, shalbe disapoynted : but they that muse 
vpo good thinges, vnto soch shal happen 
mercy and faithfulnesse. Diliget laboure 
bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes 
are, truly there is scarcenesse. 

Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but 
the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse. 
A faithfull wytnesse delyuereth soules, but a 
lyar dysceaueth them. The feare of the 
LORDE is a stroge holde, for vnto his he 
wyl be a sure defence. The feare of the 
LORDE is a well of life, to auoyde the 
snares of death. The increase and prosperite 
of the comons is the kynges honoure, but the 
decaye of the people is the confucio of the 
prynce. Pacience is a token of wiszdome, 
but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of 
foolishnesse. A mery herte is the life of the 
body, but rancoure consumeth awaye the 
bones. c He that doth a poore man wroge, 
blasphemeth his maker : but who so hath 
pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God. 



Deu. 12. a. Pro. 16. c. b Psal. 40. a. » Math. 

25. d. Pro. 11. b. d Pro. 11. b. ' Pro. 15. c. and 25. c. 
1 Reg. 25. b. 3 Reg. 12. b. /Pro. 21. d. Eccls. 34. c. 



The vngodly is afrayed of euery parell, but 
the rightuous hath a good hope eue in death. 
Wyszdome resteth in the herte of him that 
hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them 
that are vnlerned. d Rightuousnes setteth 
vp the people, but wyckednesse bryngeth 
folke to destruction. A discrete seruaunt is 
a pleasure vnto y kynge, but one y is not 
honest, prouoketh him vnto wrath. 

Cfce rb. Chapter. 

ASOFTE aswere* putteth downe displea- 
sure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto 
anger. A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, 

foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but 
foolishnesse. The eyes of the LORDE loke 
in euery place, both vpon y good and badd. 
A wholsome tcnge is a tre of life, but he that 
abuseth it, hath a broken mynde. A foole 
despyseth his fathers correccion, but he y 
taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue y 
more vnderstodinge. 

In the house of the rightuous are greate 
riches, but in the increase of the vngodly 
there is mysordre. A wyse mouth poureth 
out knowlege, but f herte of the foolish doth 
not so. 'The LORDE abhorreth y sacrifice 
of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous 
is acceptable vnto him. The waye of the 
vngodly is an abhominacio vnto y LORDE, 
but who so foloweth righteousnes, him he 
loueth. He that forsaketh y right strete, 
shalbe sore punyshed : (j who so hateth cor- 
reccion, falleth in to death. The hell with 
hir payne is knowne vnto the LORDE, how 
moch more then the hertes of men ? 

^Ascornefull body loueth not oney rebuketh 
him, nether wil he come amonge y wyse. 'A 
mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, 
but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy. A 
wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but f 
mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse. 
All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but 
a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast. ' Better 
is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then 
greate treasure, for they are not without 
sorowe. Better is a meace of potage with 
loue, then a fat oxe with euell will. 

*An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he y 
is pacient stilleth discorde. The waye of y 



Esa. 66. a. s Sap. 2. c. h Pro. 12. d. and 17. d. 

Eccli. 30. c. ' Psal. 36. b. 1 Tim. 6. b. * Pro. 15. a. 



tfo. air* 



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slouthfull is full of thornes, but f strete of the 
rightuous is well clensed. A wyse sonne 
maketh a glad father, "but an vndiscrete body 
shameth his mother. A foole reioyseth in 
foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to 
his owne goinges. Vnaduysed thoughtes shal 
come to naught, but where as are men y can 
geue councell, there is stedfastnesse. O how 
ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a con- 
uenient answere ? O how pleasaunt is a 
worde spoken in due season? The waye of 
life ledeth vnto heaue, y a man shulde bewarre 
of hell beneth. 

The LORDE wyl breake downe y house 
of y proude, but he shal make fast y borders 
of y wyddowe. The LORDE abhoreth y 
ymaginacions of y wicked, but pure wordes 
are pleasaunt vnto him. The couetous man 
wrutteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth 
rewardes, shal lyue. A rightuous ma museth 
in his mynde how to do good, but y mynde 
of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do 
harme. The LORDE is farre from the 
vngodly, but he heareth y prayer of the 
rightuous. Like as y clearnesse of y eyes 
reioyseth y herte, so doth a good name fede 
y bones. The eare y harkeneth vnto whol- 
some warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall 
dwell amonge y wyse. He that refuseth to 
be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule : but 
he that submytteth himself to correccion, is 
wyse. 

Che jrbt. Chapter. 

r I ^HE feare of y LORDE is y right scyece 
| of wyszdome, and lowlynes goeth before 
honoure. A man maye well purpose a thinge 
in his harte, but y answere of y tonge cometh 
of y LORDE. * A ma thinketh all his waies 
to be clene, but it is y LORDE y fashioneth 
y myndes. c Commytte thy workes vnto y 
LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it 
shal prospere. The LORDE doth all thinges 
for his owne sake, yee j when he kepeth y 
vngodly for y daye of wrath. 

The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous 
a proude hertes, there maye nether strength 
ner power escape. With louynge mercy g 
faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so 
feareth y LORDE eschueth euell. When a 
mans wayes please y LORDE, he maketh his 



Pro. 10. a. b Pro. 21. 
d Pro. 19. c. 



a. Psal. 32. b. c Psal. 36. 
Pro. 11. a. and 20. b. 



very enemies to be his frendes. Better is it] 38 
to haue a litle thinge with rightuousnes, the 
greate rentes wrongeously gotten. d A 1 
deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is y 
LORDE y ordreth his goinges. When f 
prophecy is in y lippes of y kynge, his mouth 
shal not go wroge in iudgment. e A true 
measure & a true balauce are y LORDES, 
he maketh all weightes. It is a greate 
abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a 
kynges seate shulde be holden vp with right- 
eousnesse. 

Righteous lippes are pleasaiit vnto kynges. 
and they loue him y speaketh y trueth. 

The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of 
death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him. 

The cherefull countenance of y kynge is 
life, and his louynge fauoure is as the euenynge 
dewe. -'"To haue wyszdome in possession is 
better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, 
is more worth then syluer. The path of j 
righteous eschueth euell, j who so loketh wet 
to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule. 

Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion, 
and after a proude stomake there foloweth a 
fall. Better it is to be of humble mynde with 
the lowly, then to deuyde y spoyles with y 
proude. He y handleth a matter wysely, 
opteyneth good : & blessed is he, s y putteth 
his trust in y LORDE. Who so hath a wyse 
vnderstondinge, is called to councell : but he 
y can speake fayre, getteth more riches. 
V nderstondinge is a well of life vnto him y 
hath it, as for y chastenynge of fooles, it is 
but foolishnesse. The herte of the wyse 
enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth y 
doctryne in his lyppes. 

Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresh- 
inge of y mynde, j health of y bones. 

'' There is a waye y men thinke to be right, 
but the ende therof leadeth vnto death. A 
troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir 
owne mouth hath brought her therto. An 
vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his 
lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre. 

A frowarde body causeth strife, and he y is 
a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge 
prynces. A wicked ma begyleth his negh- 
boure, 5. ledeth him y waye y is not good. 

He that wyncketh with his eyes, ymagineth 
myschefe : and he y byteth his lippes, wyl do 



s Psal. 2. b. 

Esa. 55. 



Pro. 14. b. Deut. 12. 



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some harme. " Age is a crowne of worshipe. 
yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes. 

A pacient man is better then one that is 
stroge : and he that can rule him selfe, is 
more worth then he y wynneth a cite. The 
lottes are cast in to the lappe, but their fall 
stodeth in the LORDE. 

Che tbtj. Chapter. 

BETTER is a drye morsell with quyet- 
nesse, the a full house and many fatt 
catell with stryfe. * A discrete seruaiit shal 
haue more rule then the sonnes y haue no 
wysdome, and shal haue like heretage with 
the brethren. c Like as syluer is tried in the 
fyre and golde in the fornace, euen so doth 
the LORDE proue the hertes. A wicked 
body holdeth moch of false lippes, (t a dys- 
semblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull 
toge. d Who so laugheth f poore to scorne, 
blasphemeth his maker : and he y is glad of 
another mans hurte, shal not be vnpunyshed. 
Childers children are a worshipe vnto the 
elders, and the fathers are the honoure of the 
children. An eloquent speach becometh not 
a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth 
not a prynce. Liberalite is a precious stone 
vnto him that hath it, for where so euer he 
becometh, he prospereth. Who so couereth 
another mans offence, seketh loue : but he 
y discloseth the faute, setteth frendes at 
variaunce. One reprofe only doth more good 
to him y hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes 
vnto a foole. A sedicious personne seketh 
myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be 
sent agaynst him. It were better to come 
agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, 
then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes. e Who 
so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal 
not departe fro his house. 'He y soweth 
discorde d strife, is like one y dyggeth vp a 
water broke : but an open enemie is like the 
water y breaketh out 5 reneth abrode. The 
LORDE hateth as well him y iustifieth f 
vngodly, as him y condempneth the innocet. 
What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his 
hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye 
wyszdome? He is a frende that allwaye 
loueth, g and in aduersite a man shal knowe 
who is his brother. Who so promiseth by the 



Leui. 19. g. b Eccls. 10. d. 
ro. 14. d. lob 31. c. Pro. 24. c 
/2Re?. 12. c. t Pro. 6. a. 11. 



• Sap. 3. a. 1 Pet. 1. b. 

e 1 Reg. 24. c. 26. b. 

h Pro. 12. d. and 



hande, & is suertie for another, he is a foole. 
He y loueth strife, delyteth in synne : (j who 
so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall 
Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no 
good : and he y hath an ouerthwarte tonge, 
shal fall in to myschefe. An vnwyse body 
bryngeth him selfe in to sorowe, and y father 
of a foole can haue no ioye. ''A mery herte 
maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide 
dryeth vp y bones. The vngodly taketh giftes 
out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of 
iudgment. ' Wyszdome shyneth in f face of 
him y hath vnderstondinge, but f eyes of 
fooles wandre thorow out all lddes. k An vn- 
discrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and 
heuynesse vnto his mother y bare him. To 
punysh y innocent, and to smyte y prynces y 
geue true iudgmet, are both euell. He is wyse 
and discrete, y tempereth his wordes : ' and 
he is a ma of vnderstodinge, y maketh moch 
of his sprete. m Yee a very foole (when he 
holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to 
haue vnderstodinge, when he shutteth his 
lippes. 

Che jtbt't). Chapter. 

WHO so hath pleasure to sowe discorde, 
piketh a quarell in euery thinge. A 
foole hath no delyte in vnderstodinge, but 
only in those thinges wherin his herte re- 
ioyseth. Where vngodlynes is, there is also 
diszdayne : j so there foloweth shame (j dis- 
honoure. The wordes of a mas mouth are 
like depe waters, and the well of wyszdome is 
like a full streame. " It is not good to regarde 
y personne of the vngodly, or to put backe y 
righteous in iudgmet. A fooles lippes are 
euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto 
batayll. A fooles mouth is his owne destruc- 
cion, and his lippes are f snare for his owne 
soule. The wordes of a slaunderer are very 
woiides, and go thorow vnto the ynmost 
partes of the body. Who so is slouthfull and 
slacke in his laboure, is y brother of him y 
is a waister. The name of f LORDE is a 
stronge castell, y righteous flyeth vnto it, and 
shalbe saued. But y rich mas goodes are his 
stronge holde, yee he taketh them for an hye 
wall roude aboute him. After pryde cometh 
destruccio, and honoure after lowlynes. ° He 



15. b. Eccls. 30. c. Exo. 23. a. i Eccls. 8. a. * Pro. 

19. b. ' Iaco. 1. b. m lob 13. " Pro. 24. c. 

' Eccls. 11. a. 



tfo. Mjrfj* 



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Cfcap* jrijr. 



that geueth sentece in a matter before he 
heare it, is a foole, and worthy to be confounded. 
A good stomacke dryueth awaye a mas disease, 
but wha y sprete is vexed, who maye abyde 
it? A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, 
and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge. 
Liberalite bryngeth a man to honoure and 
worshipe, & setteth him amonge greate men. 

The righteous accuseth hi self first of all, 
yf his neghboure come, he shal fynde him. 
The lot pacifieth f variauce, cj parteth y 
mightie asunder. The vnite of brethren is 
stronger then a castell, and they that holde 
together are like the barre of a palace. A 
mans bely shalbe satisfied with the frute of 
his owne mouth, and with the increase of his 
lippes shal he be fylled. Death and life stonde 
in the power of the tonge, he that loueth it, 
shal enioye the frute therof. " Who so fyndeth 
a wife fyndeth a good thynge, & receaueth an 
wholsome benefite of the LORDE. The 
pooremaketh supplicacion andprayethmekely, 
but the riche geueth a rough answere. 

A frende that delyteth in loue, doth a man 
more fredshipe, and sticketh faster vnto him then 
a brother. 

Che rtr. Chapter. 

BETTER is the poore *that lyueth godly, 
the the blasphemer that is but a foole. 
Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not 
well : and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth 
hastely. Foolishnesse maketh a man to go 
out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient 
agaynst the LORDE. Riches make many 
frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne 
frendes. "A false wytnesse shal not remayne 
vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal 
not escape. The multitude hageth vpo greate 
men, j euery man fauoureth him that geueth 
rewardes. As for the poore, he is hated 
amonge all his brethren : yee his owne frendes 
forsake him, g he that geueth credece vnto 
wordes, getteth nothinge. He that is wyse, 
loueth his owne soule : and who so hath vnder- 
stondinge, shal prospere. A false wytnesse 
shal not remayne vnpunyshed, d he y speaketh 
lyes shal perishe. Delicate ease becometh 
not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a 
bonde man to haue y rule of prynces. A 
wyse man putteth of displeasure, g it is his 
honoure to let some fautes passe. 



a Pro. 19. b. and 
Pro. 28. c. Psal. 



Pro. 28. a. * Deut. 19. d. 
' Pro. 17. d. Pro. 27. b. 



rf The kynges disfauoure is like f roaringe 
of a Lyo, but his fredshipe is like the dewe 
vpo y grasse. e An vndiscrete sonne is f 
heuynes of his father, g a braulynge wife is 
like the topp of an house, where thorow it is 
euer droppynge. House & riches maye a ma 
haue by y heretage of his elders, -'"but a dis- 
crete woma is the gifte of the LORDE. 
Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, (j an ydell soule 
shal suffer hoger. Who so kepeth the co- 
maundemet, kepeth his owne soule : but he y 
regardeth not his waye, shal dye. He y hath 
pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto y LORDE: 
& loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed 
him agayne. Chaste thy sonne whyle there 
is hope, but let not thy soule be moued to 
slaye hi. For greate wrath bryngeth harme, 
therfore let him go, and so mayest thou teach 
him more nurtoure. O geue eare vnto good 
councell, & be content to be refourmed, that 
thou mayest be wyse hereafter. s There are 
many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the 
coiicell of y LORDE shal stode. It is a mans 
worshipe to do good, (j better it is to be a 
poore ma, then a dyssembler. The feare of 
the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth 
pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage. 
h A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his 
bosome, so y he can not put it to his mouth. 
Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne, the 
'ignoraiit shal take better hede : (j yf thou 
reprouest one y hath vnderstondinge, he wil 
be y wyser. He y hurteth his father or 
shuteth out his mother, is a shamefull ;t an 
vnworthy sonne. My sonne, heare nomore 
the doctrine y leadeth the awaye from the 
wordes of vnderstondinge. 

A false wytnes laugheth iudgmet to scorne, 
j the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wicked- 
nes. Punyshmentes are ordened for the 
scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes. 

Che rr. Chapter. 

WYNE is a voluptuous thinge, g drock- 
ennes causeth sedicion : * who so de- 
lyteth therin, shal neuer be wyse. 'The kynge 
ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, 
who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth 
agaynst his owne soule. It is a mans honoure 
to kepe himself from strife, but they y haue 
pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone. 

/Pro. 13. c. « Pro. 16. b. * Pro. 26. b. -Pro. 21. b. 
* Ephe. 5. b. 3 Esd. 3. c. ' Pro. 24. b. 



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Salomons ^rmtfrto* 



tfo. iiljriij. 



A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for 
colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Som- 
mer, and haue nothinge. Wyse councell in 
the herte of man is like a water in the depe 
of the earth, but he that hath vnderstondinge, 
bryngeth it forth. Many there be that are 
called good doers, but where shal one fynde a 
true faithful ma ? Who so ledeth a godly and 
an innocent life, "happie shal his children be, 
whom he leaueth behynde him. 

A kynge that sytteth in iudgment, and 
loketh well aboute him, dryueth awaye all 
euell. Who can saye : 4 my hert is cleane, I 
am innocent from synne ? To vse two maner 
of weightes, or two maner of measures, both 
these are abhominable vnto the LORDE. 

A childe is knowne by his conuersacion, 
whether his wbrkes be pure and right. As 
for the hearinge of the eare 5 the sight of y 
eye, f LORDE hath made the both. Delyte 
not thou in slepe, lest thou come vnto pouerte: 
but ope thine eyes, & thou shalt haue bred 
ynough. It is naught, It is naught (saye 
men) whan they haue it, but whan it is gone, 
they geue it a good worde. 

A mouth of vnderstodinge is more worth 
then golde, many precious stones, and costly 
Iewels. c Take his garment that is suertie for 
a straunger, & take a pledge of him for y vn- 
knowne mans sake. Euery ma liketh the 
bred that is gotten with disceate, but at the 
last is mouth shalbe fylled with grauell. 

Thorow councell the thinges that men 
deuyse go forwarde : (j with discrecion ought 
warres to be taken in honde. Medle not 
with him that bewrayeth secretes, and is a 
slaunderer, and disceaueth with his lippes. 
rf Who so curseth his father and mother, his 
light shalbe put out in the myddest of darck- 
nesse. The heretage that commeth to haistely 
at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende. 
Saye not thou : I will recompence euell, but 
put thy trust in the LORDE, 5 he shal de- 
fende f. e The LORDE abhorreth two maner 
of weightes, and a false balauce is an euell 
thinge. 'The LORDE ordreth euery mas 
goinges, for what is he, that vnderstondeth 
his owne wayes ? It is a snare for a man to 
blaspheme that which is holy, s& then to go 
aboute with vowes. A wyse kynge destroyeth 



« Psal. 36. * 1 Ioh. 1. b. c Pro. 6. a. and 27. b 

Exo.20. b. Leu. 20. b. and 21. b. Deu.27.c. 2 Re. 15. a 
flat. 5. e. Ro. 12. c. « Pro. 20. b. / Iere. 10. d 



f vngodly, j bryngeth the whele ouer them. 
The lanterne of f LORDE is y breth of man, 
& goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the 
body. Mercy (t faithfulnes preserue the kynge/' 
d with louynge kyndnes his seate is holden vp. 
The strength of yonge men is their worshipe, 
5 a gray heade, is an honoure vnto y aged. 
Woundes dryue awaye euell, and so do stripes 
the inwarde partes of the body. 

Cfie rrt. Chapter. 

THE kynges hert is in the hande of the 
LORDE, 'like as are the ryuers of 
water : he maye turne it whyther so euer he 
wyll. Euery man thinketh his owne waye to 
be right, but the LORDE iudgeth y hertes. 
*To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more 
acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice. 

A presumptuous loke, a proude stomacke, 
Ct the lanterne of the vngodly is synne. The 
deuyses of one that is diligent, brynge plen- 
teousnes : but he y is vnaduysed, commeth 
vnto pouerte. Who so hoordeth vp riches 
with y disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, 
(j like vnto them that seke their owne death. 
The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their 
owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the 
thynge that was right. The wayes of the fro- 
warde are straunge, 'but f workes of him y is 
cleane, are right. It is better to dwell in a 
corner vnder f house toppe, then with a braul- 
inge woman in a wyde house. 

The soule of the vngodly wysheth euell, and 
hath no pitie vpon his neghboure. 

When the scornefull is punyshed, the igno> 
raunt take f better hede : & when a wyse man 
is warned, he wil receaue the more vnder 
stondinge. The rightuous enfourmeth the 
house of the vngodly, but f vngodly go on 
still after their owne wickednesse. Who so 
stoppeth his eare at the criege of the poore, 
"'he shal crie himself and not be herde. A 
preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure, and 
gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse. 

The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that 
is right, but the workers of wickednesse abhorre 
the same. The man that wandreth out of the 
waye of wyszdome, shal remayne in the co- 
gregacion of f deed. He y hath pleasure in 
banckettes, K shal be a poore man : Who so 



s 1 Reg. 15. '' Pro. 29. b. ' 4 Reg. I.e. * Mich. 6. 
* Tit. 1. c. Pro. 25. d. "' Matt. 18. d. " Pro. 23. a 



tfo. fcljrfftf* 



Salomons! aarntiertiesi* 



CJjap. xnh 



delyteth in wyne and delicates, shal not be 
riche. The vngodly shalbe geuen for the 
rightuous, <j the wicked for the iust. 

It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, " the 
with a chydinge and an angrie woman. In a 
wyse mans house there is greate treasure and 
plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth 
vp all. Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and 
mercy, fyndeth both life, rightuousnesse and 
honoure. A wyse man wynneth the cite of 
the mightie, and as for the strength y they 
trust in, he bryngeth it downe. Who so 
kepeth his mouth and his tonge, *the same 
kepeth his soule from troubles. He y is 
proude (j presumptuous, is called a scornefull 
ma, which in wrath darre worke maliciously. 

The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his 
owne death, for his hades wyll not laboure. 

He coueteth and desyreth all the daye 
longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge (j 
kepeth nothinge backe. c The sacrifice of the 
vngodly is abhominacion, for they offre the 
thinge y is gotten with wickednes. d A false 
wytnesse shal perishe, but he y wilbe content 
to heare, shal allwaye haue power to speake 
himself. An vngodly man goeth forth rashly, 
but the iust refourmeth his owne waye. 

There is no wyszdome, e there is no vnder- 
stondinge, there is no councell agaynst the 
LORDE. The horse is prepared agaynst y 
daye of battayll, but the LORDE geueth the 
victory. 

Cfie yyt). Chapter. 

A GOOD name is more worth then greate 
riches, 7 and louynge fauoure is better 
then syluer and golde. Whether riches or 
pouerte do mete vs, it commeth all of God. 
A wyse man seyth the plage and hydeth him- 
self, but the foolish go on still and are pu- 
nyshed. The ende of lowlynes j the feare of 
God, is riches, honoure, prosperite and health. 
Speares and snares are in y waye of the fro- 
warde, but he y wil kepe his soule, let him fle 
fro soch. Yf thou teachest a childe in his 
youth what waye he shulde go, he shall not 
leaue it when he is olde. The rich ruleth 
the poore, and y borower is seruaunt to y 
lender. He y soweth wickednesse, shal reape 
sorowe, & the rodde of his plage shal destroye 



" Eccli. 25. c. » Pro. 12. b.. « Pro. 15. b. Iere. 7. c 
d Pro. 19. a. ' Esa. 8. c. and 46. b. Psal. 32. c 

/ Eccli. 41. b. Eccls. 7. a. e Eccli. 31. c. h Pro. 23. c 



him. s A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he 
geueth of his bred vnto f poore. Cast out y 
scornefull man, and so shal strife go out with 
him, yee variaunce and slaunder shal cease. 
Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of 
gracious lyppes, y kynge shal be his frende. 

The eyes of y LORDE preserue knowlege, 
but as for y wordes of y despyteful, he bryng- 
eth them to naught. The slouthfull body 
sayeth: there is a lyo with out, I might be 
slayne in f strete. The mouth of an harlot 
is a depe pytt, ; ' wherin he falleth that f 
LORDE is angrie withall. Foolishnes stick- 
eth in the herte of y lad, but y rod of correc- 
cion driueth it awaye. Who so doth a poore 
man wronge to increase his owne riches, 
geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last 
commeth to pouerte himself. My sonne, 
bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the 
wordes of wyszdome, applye thy mynde vnto 
my doctryne : for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf 
thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in 
thy mouth : that thou mayest allwaye put thy 
trust in the LORDE. Haue not I warned y 
very oft with councell and leminge ? y I 
might shewe y the treuth, and that thou with 
the verite mightest answere them y laye eny 
thinge against y ? Se y thou robbe not y 
poore because he is weake, and oppresse not 
y simple in iudgment: for y LORDE himself 
wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto 
them y haue vsed violence. 

Make no fredshipe with an angrie wylfull 
man, and kepe no company with y furious: 
lest thou lerne his wayes, and receaue hurte 
vnto thy soule. ' Be not thou one of them y 
bynde their hande vpo promyse, and are 
suertie for dett : for yf thou hast nothinge to 
paye, they shal take awaye thy bed from 
vnder the. ' Thou shalt not remoue the lande 
marcke, which thy fore elders haue sett. Seist 
thou not, y they which be diligent in their 
busines stonde before kynges, and not amonge 
the symple people ? 

%\)t rrttj. Chapter. 

WHEN thou syttest at the table to eate 
with a lorde, ordre thy self manerly 
with y thinges that are set before y. Measure 
thine appetite : and yf thou wilt rule thine 



Pro. 6. a. 11. b. 17. c. 
Deut. 27. c. 



Cfoap. wiiij. 



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owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for 
meate begyleth and disceaueth. 

" Take not ouer greate trauayle and laboure 
to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose. Why 
wilt thou set thine eye vpon f thinge, which 
sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make 
them selues wynges, and take their flight like 
an Aegle in to y ayre. Eate not thou with y 
envyous, and desyre not his meate, for he hath 
a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto y : eate 
and drynke, where as his herte is not with y. 
Yee y morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou 
perbreake, and lese those swete wordes. Tel 
nothinge in to y eares of a foole, for he wyl 
despyse the wyszdome of thy wordes. * Re- 
moue not y olde lande marke, and come not 
within y felde of the fatherlesse : For he y 
deliuereth them is mightie, euen he shal de- 
fende their cause agaynst the. Applie thine 
herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the 
wordes of knowlege. c Witholde not correc- 
cion from y childe, for yf thou beatest him 
with the rodde, he shal not dye therof. Thou 
smytest him with the rodde, but thou delyuer- 
est his soule from hell. My sonne, yf thy 
herte receaue wyszdome, my herte also shal 
reioyce : yee my reynes shal be very glad, yf 
thy lyppes speake the thinge y is right. d Let 
not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, 
but kepe y still in the feare of the LORDE 
all the daye loge : for the ende is not yet 
come, and thy pacient abydinge shal not be in 
vayne. My sonne, geue eare g be wyse, so 
shal thine hert prospere in the waye. Kepe 
no company with wyne bebbers and ryotous 
eaters of flesh : for soch as be dronckardes 
and ryotous, e shal come to pouerte, g he that 
is geuen to moch slepe, shal go with a ragged 
cote. Geue eare vnto thy father that begat 
the, and despyse not thy mother whan she is 
olde. Laboure for to get y treuth : sell not 
awaye wyszdome, nourtoure g vnderstodinge 
(for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a 
wyse sonne, g delyteth in hi) so shal thy father 
be glad, and thy mother that bare the, shal 
reioyse. My sonne, geue me thyne herte, and 
let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes. 
f For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot 
is a narow pytt. She lurketh like a thefe, and 
those that be not awarre she brigeth vnto her. 
Where is wo? where is sorow? where is strife? 



" Eccl. 27. a. lere. 17. b. 
c Pro. 13. c. Eccls.30. 



Tim. 6. b. 
* Pro. 24. 



6 Pro. 22. . 
. and c. 



goto 



where is braulynge? where arewoundes with- 
out cause ? where be reed eyes? Euen amonge 
those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out 
where the best is. Loke not thou vpon the 
wyne, how reed it is, and what a coloure it 
geueth in the glasse. 

It goeth downe softly, but at the last it 
byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder. 

So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women. 
g thine herte shal muse vpon frowarcle thinges. 
Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte, in y 
myddest of y see, or vpo y toppe of the mast. 
They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it 
hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt 
it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil 
y drynke agayne. 

Cfie rrttrj. Chapter. 

BE not thou gelous ouer wicked me, g de- 
syre not thou to be amonge them/ 
For their herte ymagineth to do hurte, g 
their lippes talke of myschefe. Thorow wysz- 
dome an house shalbe buylded, % with vnder- 
tondinge it shalbe set vp. Thorow discrecion 
shal y chabers be fylled with all costly & plea- 
saunt riches. A wyse ma is stroge, yee a ma 
of vnderstodinge is better, the he y is mightie 
of stregth. For with discrecion must warres 
be take in honde, and where as are many y 
can geue coimcell, there is y victory. Wysz- 
dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to y foole, for 
he darre not ope his mouth in y gate. He y 
ymagineth myschefe, maye wel be called an 
vngracious personne. The thoughte of y 
foolish is synne, g y scornef ull is an abhomi- 
nacion vnto me. Yf thou be ouersene g nec- 
liget in tyme of nede, the is thy stregth but 
small. Delyuer the y go vnto death, g are 
led awaie to be slaine, j be not necliget therin. 
Yf thou wilt saye : I knewe not of it. Thynk- 
est thou y he which made y hertes, doth not 
cosidre it ? g y he which regardeth thy soule, 
seith it not? Shal not he recopence euery 
man acordinge to his workes? My sonne, 
thou eatest hony g f swete hony cobe, because 
it is good g swete in thy mouth. Euen so 
shall y knowlege of wysdome be vnto thy 
soule, as soone as thou hast gotte it. And 
there is good hope, yee thy hope shal not be 
in vayne. Laye no preuy waite wickedly 
vpon y house of f rightuous, g disquiete not 

Pro. 22. c. /Pro. 22. b. e Pro. 23. b. 24. c. 



jfcu tifrbu 



»atonum$ ^vowrbtg. 



Cfrap* *#>♦ 



his restinge place. a For a iust ma falleth 
seuen tymes, & ryseth vp agayne, but y vn- 
godly fall in to wickednes. Reioyce not thou 
at y fall of thine enemie, * and let not thine 
herte be glad whan he stombleth. 

Lest f LORDE (when he seyth it) be 
angrie, & turne his wrath from him vnto the, 
c Let not thy wrath a gelousy moue f, to 
follow y wicked and vngodly. And why ? 
wicked hath nothinge to hope for, d g y cadle 
of the vngodly shall be put out. My sonne 
feare thou y LORDE & y kinge, (j kepe no 
copany with y slaunderous : for their destrue 
cion shal come sodenly, j who knoweth y fall 
of the both ? 

These are also f saieges of y wyse. 

' It is not good, to haue respecte of any 
personne in iudgmet. He y saieth to y vn 
godly : thou art rightuous, him shall the peo- 
ple curse, yee y comotie shal abhorre him 
But they y rebuke y vngodly shalbe co- 
mended, (j a riche blessinge shal come vpo 
the. He maketh him self to be well loued, 
that geueth a good answere. First make vp 
thy worke y is with out, & loke well vnto y 
which thou hast in f felde, & the buylde thine 
house. Be no false wytnesse agaynst thy 
neghboure, (j hurte him not with thy lyppes. 
Saye not : I wil hadle him, eue as he hath 
dealte with me, j wil rewarde euery ma acord- 
inge to 'his dedes. I wente by y felde of y 
slouthfull, j by y vynyarde of the foolish ma. 
And lo, it was all couered with nettels, (t stode 
full of thistles, & f stone wall was broke 
downe. This I sawe, tE cosidered it wel : I 
loked vpo it, j toke it for a warnynge. e Yee 
slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine 
hodes together yet a litle : so shall pouerte 
come vnto the as one y trauayleth by y waye, 
necessite like a wapened man. 

Cftf rrb. Chapter. 
r | "^HESE also are Salomons prouerbes, 
J_ which the men of Ezechias kinge of 
Iuda gathered together. It is the honoure of 
God to kepe a thinge secrete, * but y kinges 
honoure is to search out a thinge. The hea- 
uen is hie, y earth is depe, and y kinges hert 
is vnsearcheable. Take y drosse from y syl- 
uer, (j there shalbe a cleane vessell therof. 



' Psal.33.c.36. d. 'Pro. 17. a. ' Pro. 23. b. 24. a. 
d lob 21. b. Pro. 13. a. Pro. 20. a. e Pro. 18. a. 

/ Pro. 20. c. e Pro. 6. b. h Deut. 17. d. ' Luc. 14. b. 



Take awaye vngodlinesse fro f kynge, g his 
seate shalbe stablished with rightuousnes. 

Put not forth thy self in y presence of f 
kynge, j prease not in to y place of greate 
men. 

Better it is y it be sayde vnto y : • come vp 
hither, then thou to be set downe in y pre- 
sence of y prynce, whom thou seyst with thine 
eyes. *Be not haistie to go to the la we, lest 
happlie thou ordre thy self so at y last, y thy 
neghboure put y to shame. Handle thy mat- 
ter with thy neghboure himself, g discouer not 
another mans secrete : lest whan men heare 
therof, it turne to thy dishonoure, j lest thine 
euell name do not ceasse. A worde spoken 
in due season, is like apples of golde in a 
syluer dyshe. 

The correccion of the wyse is to an obe 
dient eare, a golden cheyne and a Iewel of 
golde. Like as the wynter coole in the har 
uest, so is a faithfull messaunger to him that 
sent him, ct refreszsheth his masters mynde. 

Who so maketh greate boastes & geueth 
nothinge, is like cloudes (i wynde without 
rayne. 'With pacience maye a prynce be 
pacified, & with a soft tonge maye rigorousnes 
be broke. Yf thou findest hony, eate so moch 
as is sufficiet for y : lest thou be ouerfuh 
per breake it out againe. Withdrawe thy 
foote fro thy neghbours house, lest he be 
weery of the, and so abhorre the. Who so 
beareth false wytnesse agaynst his neghboure, 
he is a very speare, a swearde j a sharpe 
arowe. The hope of the vngodly in tyme of 
nede, is like a rotten toth and a slippery foote. 
Who so syngeth a songe to a wicked herte, 
clotheth hi with ragges in the colde, and 
poureth vyneger vpon chalke. Yf thine enemie 
honger, fede him : m yf he thyrst, geue him 
drynke : for so shalt thou heape coales of fyre 
vpo his heade, and the LORDE shal rewarde 
the. The north wynde dryueth awaye the 
rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober coun- 
tenance a back byters tonge. It is better to 
syt in a corner vnder the rofe, "then with a 
braulynge woman in a wyde house. A good 
reporte out of a farre countre, is like colde 
ater to a thyrstie soule. A righteous man 
fallynge downe before the vngodly, is like a 
troubled well and a sprynge y is destroyed. 



Eccli. 8. a. Matt. 5. c. 
Re.25.e. m Rom. 12. c. 



' Pro. 15. a. Gene. 32. a. 
lReg. 30. b. "Pro. 21. b. 



Cfcap. nbij. 



Salomons; ^rouerfcesu 



ffo. mvbij. 



a Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony, 
euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges, 
it shal be to heuy for him. He that can not 
rule him self, is like a cite, which is broken 
downe, and hath no walles. 

Che rjrbt. Cjjapur. 

LIKE as snowe is not mete in sommer, 
ner rayne in haruest: euen so is w'or- 
shipe vnsemely for a foole. Like as f byrde 
and the swalowe take their flight and fie here 
and there, so the curse that is geuen in vayne, 
shal not light vpon a man. *Vnto the horse 
belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and 
a rodde to the fooles backe. Geue not the 
foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest 
thou become like vnto him : but make f foole 
an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse 
in his owne coceate. He is lame of his fete, 
yee droncken is he in vanite, that comitteth 
eny thinge to a foole. Like as it is an 
vnsemely tinge to haue legges (j yet to halte, 
eue so is a parable in f fooles mouth. 

He y setteth a foole in hye dignite, y is eue 
as yf a man dyd cast a precious stone vpo y 
galous. A parable in a fooles mouth, is like 
a thorne y pricketh a droncken man in y 
hande. A man of experience discern eth all 
thinges well, but who so hyreth a foole, hyreth 
soch one as wyl take no hede. Like as the 
dogg turneth agayne to his vomite, c euen so a 
foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne afresh. 
Yf thou seyest a man y is wyse in his owne 
conceate, there is more hope in a foole then 
in hi. rf The slouthfull say eth : there is a 
leoparde in y waye, and a lyon in y myddest 
of the stretes. Like as the dore turneth aboute 
vpon the tresholde, euen so doth the slouthfull 
welter himself in his bedd. c The slouthfull 
body thrusteth his hode in to his bosome, and 
it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth. 
The slogarde thinketh him self wyse r, then vij. 
men that sytt and teach. 

Who so goeth by and medleth with other 
mens strife, he is like one y taketh a dogg by 
y eares. Like as one shuteth deadly arowes 
and dartes out of a preuy place, / euen so doth 
a dyssembler with his neghboure, And then 
sayeth he : I dyd it but in sporte. Where no 
wodd is, there the fyre goeth out : ? and where 
the bacbyter is taken awaye, there the strife 
ceaseth. Coles kyndle heate, and wodd y 

"Eccll. 3. c. b Psal.Sl.b. c 2Pet. 2. d. d Pro. 22. b. 
* Pro. 19. d. /Psal. 10. a. sEccli. 28. b. h Eccls. 10. b. 



fyre : euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp 
variaunce. A slaunderers wordes are like 
flatery, but they pearse y inwarde partes of y 
body. Venymous lippes 5 a wicked herte, are 
like a potsherde couered with syluer drosse. 
An enemie dyssembleth with his lippes, and 
in the meane season he ymagineth myschefe : 
but wha he speaketh fayre, beleue him not, 
for there are seuen abhominacios in his herte. 
Who so kepeth euell will secretly to do hurte, 
his malyce shal be shewed before the whole 
congregacion. ''Who so dyggeth vp a pytt, 
shal fal therin : and he y weltreth a stone, 
shal stomble vpon it hymselfe. 

A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that 
rebuketh him, and a flaterlge mouth worketh 
myschefe. 

Cfic rrbrj. Cfiapttr. 

MAKE not thy boost of tomorow, for 
thou knowest not what maye happen 
todaye. 1 Let another ma prayse the, (j not 
thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, 
and not thyne. k The stone is heuy, and the 
sonde weightie : but a fooles wrath is heuyer 
then they both. Wrath is a cruell thige, and 
furiousnesse is a very tempest: yee who is 
able to abyde envye? 'An open rebuke is 
better, then a secrete loue. Faithfull are the 
woundes of a louer, but y kysses of an enemie 
are disceatfull. He that is full, abhorreth an 
hony combe : but vnto him that is hogrie, 
euery sower thinge is swete. He that oft 
tymes flytteth, is like a byrde y forsaketh hir 
nest. The herte is glad of a swete oyntment 
and sauoure, but a stomacke that ca geue good 
councell, reioyseth a mans neghboure. Thyne 
owne frende and thy fathers frende se thou 
forsake not, but go not in to thy brothers house 
in tyme of thy trouble. 

Better is a frende at hode, then a brother 
farre of. My sonne, be wyse, and thou shalt 
make me a glad herte : so that I shal make 
answere vnto my rebukers. A wyse man 
seynge the plage wyl hyde him self, as for 
fooles they go on still, and suffer harme. Take 
his garment that is suertie for a straunger,'" (j 
take a pledge of him for the vnknowne mans 
sake. He that is to hastie to praise his negh- 
boure aboue measure, shalbe taken as one y 
geueth him an euell reporte. A brawlynge 
woman and the rofe of the house droppynge 



Eccll. 27. e 
* Eccli. 22. 



■ Eze. 28. a. Luc. 12. b. Iaco. 4. b. 
Psa. 140. a. Luc. 22. d. '" Pro. 10. c. 



#o. Mxbiij. 



Salomons; $roued)e& 



Cfcap, jTbttj, 



in a raynie daye, a maye well be compared to- 
gether. He that refrayneth her, refrayneth 
the wynde, and holdeth oyle fast in his hode. 
Like as one yro whetteth another, so doth one 
man comforte another. Who so kepeth his 
fyge tre, shal enioye the frutes therof : he that 
wayteth vpon his master, shal come to honoure. 
Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse 
faces,* eue so dyuerse men haue dyuerse hertes. 
Like as hell g destruccion are neuer full, euen 
so the eyes of me can neuer be satisfied. 
Syluer is tryed in the moulde, ij golde in the 
fornace, g so is a man, whan he is openly 
praysed to his face. Though thou shuldest 
bray a foole with a pestell in a morter like 
otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from 
him. c Se y thou knowe the nombre of thy 
catell thy self, and loke well to thy flockes. 
For riches abyde not allwaye, g the crowne 
endureth not for euer. The hay groweth, f 
grasse c5meth vp, g herbes are gathered in y 
mountaines. 

The lambes shal clothe the, g for the goates 
thou shalt haue money to thy huszbondry. 

Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to 
fede the, to vpholde thy husholde, g to susteyne 
thy maydens. 

Che rrbttj. Cfiapter. 

THEvngodlyflyeth no man chasynge him/ 
but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a 
lyon. Because of synne y londe doth oft 
chaunge hir prynce : but thorow men of vn- 
derstondinge g wyszdome a realme endureth 
longe. One poore man oppressinge another 
by violence, is like a contynuall rayne that 
destroyeth y frute. They that forsake the 
lawe, prayse f vngodly : but soch as kepe the 
la we, abhorre them. "Wicked men discerne 
not the thinge y is right, but they that seke 
after the LORDE, discusse all thinges. /A 
poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then 
the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes. Who 
so kepeth the lawe, is a childe of vnderstond- 
inge : but he y fedeth ryotous men, shameth 
his father. Who so increaseth his riches by 
vaiitage g wynnynge, let him gather them to 
helpe the poore withall. g He that turneth 
awaye his eare from hearinge y lawe, his prayer 
shalbe abhorred. Who so ledeth y rightuous in 

" Pro. 19. b. * Pro. 30. b. Eccls. 1. a. Eccll. 14. a. 

Ecci. 27. b. c Ioh. 10. a. d Leui. 26. c. e lCor. 2.b. 
/Pro. 19. a. s Pro. 1. b. * Eccll. 10. a. Pro. 28. d. 

Pro. 29.a. Iobl3.b. Psal.l3.a. lloh.l.b. Eccll.7.c. 



to an euell waye, shal fall in to his owne pytt, 
but y iust shal haue the good in possession. 

The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, 
but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca 
perceaue him wel ynough. * When rightuous 
men are in prosperite, the doth honoure florish : 
but when the vngodly come vp, y state of men 
chaungeth. He that hydeth his synnes, shall 
not prospere: but who so knowlegeth them and 
forsaketh them, shall haue mercy. Well is 
him that stodeth all waye in awe : as for him 
that hardeneth his herte, he shal fall in to 
mischefe. Like as a roaringe lyon and an 
hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce 
ouer the poore people. 

Where the prynce is without vnderstond- 
inge, there is greate oppression g wronge : 
but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse, 
he shal longe raigne. ! He that by violece 
sheddeth eny mans bloude, shal be a ren- 
nagate vnto his graue, and no man shal be 
able to sucoure him. k Who so leadeth a godly 
and an innocet life, shalbe safe : but he that 
goeth frowarde wayes, shall once haue a fall. 
He y tylleth his londe,' shal haue plenteous- 
nesse of bred : but he that foloweth ydilnesse, 
shal haue pouerte ynough. A faithfull man 
is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh 
to moch haist for to be riche, '"shal not be 
vngiltie. To haue respecte of personnes in 
iudgment is not good : And why ? he will do 
wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred. He 
that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell 
eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall 
come vpon him. He that rebuketh a man, 
shall fynde more fauoure at y last, the he that 
flatreth him. Who so robbeth his father and 
mother," and sayeth it is no synne : the same 
is like vnto a mortherer. 

He that is of a proude stomacke, stereth 
vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in y 
LORDE, shalbe well fedd. He that trusteth 
in his owne hert, is a foole: but he that dealeth 
wisely, shalbe safe. ° He that geueth vnto the 
poore, shal not wante : but he that turneth 
awaye his eyes from soch as be in necessite, 
shall suffre greate pouerte himself. 

? Whan the vngodly are come vp, men are 
fayne to hyde them selues : but whe they 
perish, the rightuous increase. 

•' Gen. 4. b. k Pro. 10. d. ' Pro. 12. b. Eccli. 20. d. 

m lTimo.6.b. Pro. 23. a. •' Math. 15. a. °Iere.l7.b. 
Psal. 48. a. 2 Cor. 9.b. Deut. 15. a. ? Pro. 28. b. 

and 29. a. 



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Cfie rrtjr. Cijaptev. 

HE that is stiffnecked g wyll not be re- 
fourmed, shal sodenly be destroyed with 
out eny helpe. " Where y rightuous haue the 
ouer hande, y people are in prosperite : but 
where the vngodly beareth rule, there y people 
mourne. Who so loueth wyszdome, maketh 
his father a glad man : b but he y kepeth har- 
lottes, spedeth awaye y he hath. With true 
iudgment y kynge setteth vp the londe, but 
yf he be a man y taketh giftes, he turneth it 
vpsyde downe. Who so flatreth his neghboure, 
layeth a nette for his fete. The synne of y 
wicked is his owne snare, but y righteous shal 
be glad and reioyse. The righteous con- 
sidreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly 
regardeth no vnderstondynge. Wicked people 
brynge a cite in decaye, but wyse men set it 
vp agayne. Yf a wyse man go to lawe with 
a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or 
roughly) he getteth no rest. The bloude- 
thyrstie hate the rightuous, but the iust seke his 
soule. A foole poureth out his sprete altoge- 
ther, but a wyse man kepeth it in till after warde. 

Yf a prynce delyte in lyes, all his seruauntes 
are vngodly. The poore and the lender mete 
together, the LORDE lighteneth both their 
eyes. c The seate of the kinge y faithfully 
iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euer- 
more. The rodde and correccion mynistre 
wyszdome, but yf a childe be not loked vnto, 
be bryngeth his mother to shame. When the 
vngodly come vp, wickednesse increaseth : but 
the rightuous shall se their fall. Nurtoure thy 
sonne with correccion, and he shal comforte 
the, yee he shal do the good at thine hert. 
Where no prophet is, there the people perishe : 
but well is him that kepeth the lawe. A seruaut 
wil not be the better for wordes, for though 
he vnderstonde, yet wil he not regarde them. 

Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake 
vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more 
then him. He that delicately bryngeth vp 
his seruaunt from a childe, shal make him his 
master at length. An angrie man stereth vp 
strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his 
mynde, doth moch euell. *After pryde com- 
meth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate 
worshipe. Who so kepeth company with a 
thefe, hateth his owne soule : he heareth 
blasphemies, rj telleth it not forth. 

He that feareth men, shal haue a fall : but 



" Pro. 28. b. d. 
Psal. 17. c. 18. b. 



> Pro. 5. 
118. c. 



' Pro. 20. ( 
/ Deut. 4. 



''lob 22. c. 
and 12. d. 



who so putteth his trust in the LORDE, shal 
come to honoure. Many there be that seke 
y prynces fauoure, but euery mans iudgment 
commeth from the LORDE. 

The rightuous abhorre the vngodly : but as 
for those that be in y right waye, y wicked 
hate them. 

©ije vrr. Chapter. 
The wordes of Agur the sonne of lake. 

THE prophecie of a true faithfull man, 
wh5 God hath helped, whom God hath 
coforted & norished. For though I am y leest 
of all, (j haue no mas vnderstodige (for I 
neuer lerned wiszdome) yet haue I vnderstod- 
inge (j am well enfourmed in godly thinges. 
Who hath clymmed vp i to heauen ? Who 
hath come downe from thence ? 

Who hath holden y wynde fast in his hade? 
Who hath cdprehended y waters in a gar- 
ment? Who hath set all the endes of y 
worlde? What is his name, or his sonnes 
name ? Canst thou tell ? e All the wordes of 
God are pure $ cleane, for he is a shylde vnto 
all them, that put their trust in him. / Put 
thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest 
he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar. 

Two thinges I requyre of the, that thou wilt 
not denye me before I dye. Remoue fro me 
vanite and lyes : geue me nether pouerte ner 
riches, only graunte me a necessary lyuynge. 
s Lest yf I be to full, I denye y, (j saye : what 
felowe is y LORDE? And lest Ibeinge con- 
strayned thorow pouerte, fall vnto stealinge, 
and forsweare the name of my God. 

Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master, lest 
he speake euell of the also, and thou be hurte. 
He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the 
generacion of his father and mother, is not 
worthy to be commended. 

The generacion that thynke them selues 
cleane, shal not be clensed from their fylthy- 
nesse. There are people y haue a proude 
loke, and cast vp their eye lyddes. This 
peoples tethe are swerdes, and with their chaft 
bones they consume and deuoure the symple 
of the earth, and the poore from amonge me. 

This generacion (which is like an horsleche) 
hath two doughters: y one is called, fetch 
hither : the other, brynge hither. 

There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied, 
and the fourth saieth neuer hoo. h The hell, 

womans wombe, and the earth hath neuer 

)eut. 8. c. and 31. e. Exo. 5. a. lob 21. b. Eccli. 27. a. 
h Pro. 27. c. 



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water ynough. As for fyre, it sayeth neuer : 
hoo. "Who so laugheth his father to scorne, 
and setteth his mothers commaudement at 
naught : the rauens pycke out his eyes in the 
valley, and dsuoured be he of the yonge Aegles. 
- * There be thre thinges to hye for me, and 
as for the fourth, it passeth my knowlege. 

The waye of an Aegle in f ayre, y waye of 
a serpent ouer f stone, y waye of a shippe in 
f see, & f waye of a ma with a yonge woma. 
Soch is the waye also of a wyfe y breaketh 
wedlocke, which wypeth hir mouth like as 
wha she hath eate, 5 sayeth : As for me, I 
haue done no harme. Thorow thre thinges 
the earth is disquieted, g the fourth maye it 
not beare : Thorow a seruaiit y beareth rule, 
thorow a foole y hath greate riches, thorow an 
ydle houswife, (j thorow an handmayden y is 
heyre to hir mastres. There be foure thinges 
in the earth, the which are very litle : but in 
wyszdome theyexceade the wyse. c The Em- 
mettes are but a weake people, yet gather 
they their meate together in f haruest. 

The conyes are but a feble folke, yet make 
they their couches amonge the rockes. The 
greshoppers haue not a gyde, yet go they forth 
together by heapes. The spyder laboureth 
with hir hades, (j y in y kynges palace. 

There be thre thinges y go stiffly, but the 
goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all. A 
Lyon which is kynge of beastes, 5 geueth place 
to no man: A cock ready to fight: A rame: 
And a kynge y goeth forth with his people. 

Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie thy self, 
or medlest with eny soch thinge, the laye thine 
hade vpon thy mouth. Who so chyrneth 
mylck, maketh butter: he that rubbeth his 
nose, maketh it blede, and he that causeth 
wrath, bryngeth forth strife. 

Cije rrri. Chapter. 

THESE are the wordes of Kynge Lamuel, 
(j f lesson y his mother taught him. 
My sonne, thou sonne of my body: O my 
deare beloued sonne, geue not ouer thy sub- 
staunce (j mynde vnto women, which are the 
destruccio eue of kynges. O Lamuel, geue 
kinges no wyne, geue kynges g prynces no 
stronge drynke : lest they beinge dronken 
forget the lawe, 5 regarde not y cause of the 

u Exo. 21. b. Deu. 27. c. *Sap. 5. b. ' Pro. 6. a. 



poore, (j of all soch as be in aduersite. Geue 
stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned 
to death, cj wyne vnto those y mourne : that 
they maye drynke it, (j forget their misery j 
aduersite. Be thou an aduocate & stonde in 
iudgment thyself, to speake for all soch as be 
dome j sucourles. With thy mouth defende 
f thinge y is laufull and right, and f cause of 
f poore and helplesse. 

Who so fyndeth an honest faithful woma, 
she is moch more worth the perles. The 
herte of hir husbande maye safely trust in 
her, so that he shal haue no nede of" spoyles. 

She wil do him good (j not euel all y dayes 
of hir life. She occupieth woll (j flax, (j 
laboureth gladly with hir handes. She is 
like a marchauntes shippe, that bryngeth hir 
vytayles from farre. She is vp in f night 
season, to prouyde meate for hir housholde, (j 
foode for hir maydens. She considreth lode, 
d, byeth it, and with the frute of hir handes 
she planteth a vynyarde. She gyrdeth hir 
loynes with strength, and courageth hir armes. 
And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth 
good, hir candle goeth not out by night. She 
layeth hir fyngers to the spyndle, j hir hande 
taketh holde of f rocke. 

She openeth hir hande to y poore, yee she 
stretcheth forth hir hades to soch as haue nede. 
She feareth not y the colde of wynter shal 
hurte hir house, for all hir housholde folkes 
are duble clothed. She maketh hir self fayre 
ornametes, hir clothlge is whyte sylke (j purple. 
Hir huszbade is moch set by in y gates,, whe 
he sytteth amonge y rulers of f londe. She 
maketh cloth of sylke $ selleth it, and de- 
lyuereth a gyrdle vnto y marchaiit. 

Stregth and honoure is hir clothinge, (t in 
the latter daye she shal reioyse. She openeth 
hir mouth with wyszdome, a in hir t5ge is the 
lawe of grace. She loketh wel to the wayes 
of hir housholde, (j eateth not hir bred with 
ydilnes. Hir children arise & call hir blessed, 
j hir huszbande maketh moch of her. Many 
daughters there be y gather riches together, 
but thou goest aboue the all. As for fauoure, 
it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thinge : 
but a woman that feareth the LORDE, she 
is worthy to be praysed. Geue her of the 
frute of hir handes, and let hir owne workes 
prayse her in the gates. 



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33ttUtita£teti+ 



TOjat tW bcifee tontepnetft* 



Cfiap. I. 

All thinges (yf a ma wyl cosidre them wel) are 
but vanite. Neuertheles amoge them all there 
is nothlge weaker and more vnstedfast, then 
man him self. 

Cfiap. II. 

In this chapter (and in the other also) he maketh 
oft tymes mesion of the wordes and couersacio 
of the vngodly : that by this meanes he maye 
the better cause men to despyse all creatures, 
in respecte of the only euerlastinge God. 

Chap. III. 

Euery thinge hath a tyme. There is no thige, 
but God hath put tedyousnesse and trauayle 
in it, to exercise men withall. What so euer 
a man enioyeth of his laboure, the same is a 
gift of God, geuen to the intent that men 
shulde feare him. 

€%*p. mi. 

A cosideracion of diuerse thinges. There is 
nothinge so excellent and hye, but yf it do not 
the deuty and office where vnto it is ordened, 
it shalbe brought lowe. 

Cfiap. V. 

Agaynst foolish and temerarious vowes. Let no 
man maruayle that so moch euell is done, for 
the wicked are many. Agaynst the riche and 
agaynst riches. 

Cfiap. VI. 

Agaynst those riche me that darre not enioye 
their riches : how mad and foolish they be. 



Cfiap. VII. 
No man knoweth what is for to come, 
worthy a thige it is to haue a good 
The profit of wyszdome. 



How 
name. 



Cfiap. VIII. 

Of the obediece which men owe vnto God and 
to their heades. The loge sufferaunce of God 
is not to be despised. It is not possible for 
eny ma, to coprehende the workes that be in 
the worlde. 

Cfiap. IX. 
Like thinges happen vnto all men : therfore with 
myrth and thankfulnesse shulde men enioye 
the giftes of God. Wyszdome passeth all 
thinges. 

Cfiap. X. XI. 

In these two chapters are many wyse and profit- 
able sentences, wel worthy to be considered of 
euery man. 

Cfiap. XII. 
In this chapter the preacher sheweth his whole 
meanynge, as though he wolde saye : As for 
all the thinges that be vnder the Sonne (wher 
of I haue spoken) I haue cosidered them, and 
proued them metely wel by experience. And 
this is the conclucion, that there is nothynge 
stedfast and durable but God himself, who men 
ought to feare, and to haue his comaunde- 
mentes before their eyes euen from their 
youth vp. 



Cfie finit Cfiapter. 

These are the wordes of the Preacher, the sonne 

of Dauid, kynge of Ierusalem. 

ALL is but vanite (saieth y preacher) "all 
is but playne vanite. For what els 

' Ecoli. 12. b. 



hath a ma, of all the laboure y he taketh 
vnder the Sonne? One generacio passeth 
awaye, another commeth, but the earth 
abydeth still. The Sone aryseth, the Sonne 
goeth downe, 5 returneth to his place, y he 
maye there ryse vp agayne. The wynde goeth 



go. mmi* 



<£cclegtasite& 



Cfrap* ij. 



towarde f South, 5 fetcheth his copase aboute 
vnto the North, 5 so turneth in to himself 
agayne. a All floudes runne in to the see, 5 
yet the see is not fylled : for loke vnto what 
place the waters runne, thence they come 
agayne. All thinges are so harde, y no ma 
can expresse them. *The eye is not satisfied 
with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearinge. 
The thinge y hath bene, cometh to passe 
agayne : 5 f thinge y hath bene done, is done 
agayne, there is no new thinge vnder the 
Sonne. Is there eny thinge, wherof it maye 
be sayde : lo, this is new ? For it was loge 
agoo in the tymes y haue bene before vs. 
The thinge y is past, is out of remebraunce : 
Eue so the thiges that are for to come, shal 
no more be thought vpo amoge the that come 
after. I myself f Preacher, beynge kynge of 
Israel 5 Ierusale, applyed my mynde to seke 
out & search for the knowlege of all thiges y 
are done vnder heaue. Soch trauayle (j 
laboure hath God geue vnto y childre of me, 
to exercyse the selues then. 

Thus I haue considered all the thinges that 
come to passe vnder the Sone, ij lo, they are 
all but vanite (j vexacion of mynde. The 
croked can not be mayde straight, & the fautes 
ca not be nobred. I comoned with myne 
owne herte, sayege : c lo, I am come to a 
greate estate, and haue gotte more wyszdome, 
the all they y haue bene before me in Ieru- 
salem. Yee my hert had greate experiece of 
wyszdome & knowlege, for there vnto I applyed 
my mynde : y I might knowe what were 
wyszdome 5 vnderstodinge, what were erroure 
d foolishnes. And I perceaued y this also was 
but a vexacion of mynde : for where moch 
wyszdome is, there is also greate trauayle 5 
disquietnes : (j y more knowlege a man hath, 
the more is his care. 



€i)e tj. Chapter. 

THE sayde I thus in my hert : Now go 
to, I wil take myne ease g haue good 
dayes. But lo, that was vanite also: in so 
moch that I sayde vnto laughter : thou art 
madd, and to myrth : what doest thou ? 

So I thought in my herte, to withdrawe 
my flesh from wyne, to applye my mynde vnto 
wyszdome, and to comprehede foolishnes, vntill 
the tyme that (amonge all y thinges which 
are vnder y Sonne) I might se what were best 

° lob 14. b. » Pro. 27. c. Eccli. 14. a. Eccls. 3. b. 



for men to do, so longe as they lyue vnder 
heauen. 

d I made gorgious fayre workes, I buylded 
me houses, and planted vynyardes : I made 
me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure, and 
planted trees in them of all maner frutes. T 
made poles of water, to water f grene and 
frutefull trees withall. I bought seruauntes 
and maydes, and had a greate housholde. As 
for catell and shepe, I had more substaunce 
of them, then all they y were before me in 
Ierusalem. I gathered syluer 5 golde together, 
euen a treasure of kynges 5 londes. 

I prouided me syngers and wome which 
coude playe of instrumentes, to make men 
myrth and pastime. I gat me drynkynge 
cuppes also and glasses. (Shortly) I was 
greater (j in more worshipe, then all my pre- 
decessours in Ierusale. For wyszdome re- 
mayned with me : u loke what so euer myne 
eyes desyred, I let them haue it : j wherin so 
euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I 
withhelde it not fro it. Thus my hert re- 
ioysed in all y I dyd, and this I toke for the 
porcion of all my trauayle. But whan I 
considered all the workes y my handes had 
wrought, and all the labours that I had taken 
therin : lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of 
mynde, (j nothinge of eny value vnder y 
Sonne. Then turned I me to considre wysz- 
dome, erroure and foolishnesse (for what is he 
amonge men, that might be compared to me 
y kynge in soch workes ?) and I sawe, that 
wyszdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as 
light doth darknesse. For a wyse man beareth 
his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole 
goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also 
that they both had one ende. 

Then thought I in my mynde : Yf it happen 
vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what nedeth 
me then to laboure eny more for wyszdome ? 
So I confessed within my harte, that this also 
was but vanite. For the wyse are euer as 
litle in remembraunce as the foolish, and all 
the dayes for to come shalbe forgotten, yee 
the wyse man dyeth as well as y foole. Thus 
begane I to be weery of my life, in so moch 
that I coude awaye with nothinge that is done 
vnder the Sonne, for all was but vanite 5 
vexacion of mynde : Yee I was weery of all 
my laboure, which I had taken vnder the 
Sonne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue 



3 Re K . 3. b. and 4. c. d 3 Re°\ 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 



' 3 Reg. 4. 9. 



Cftap, fit). 



Cttlesitaste^ 



So. Umih 



them vnto another man, that cometh after 
me : for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a 
wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be 
lorde of all my labours, which I with soch 
wyszdome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is 
not this a vayne thinge ? 

So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from 
all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne : 
for so moch as a man shulde weery him self 
with wyszdome, with vnderstondinge and 
opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his 
labours vnto another, y neuer swett for them. 
This is also a vayne thinge and a greate 
misery. For what getteth a ma of all f 
laboure j trauayle of his mynde, y he taketh 
vnder the Sonne, but heuynesse, sorowe g 
disquyetnes all f dayes of his life ? In so 
moch that his herte can not rest in the night. 
Is not this also a vayne thinge? Is it not 
better then for a ma. to eate and drynke, and 
his soule to be mery in his laboure ? Yee I 
sawe that this also was a gifte of God : a For 
who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige 
to passe without him ? And why ? he geueth 
vnto ma, what it pleaseth him : whether it be 
wyszdome, vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But 
vnto the synner he geueth weeryness and 
sorow, that he maye gather and heape to- 
gether y thinge, y afterwarde shalbe geuen 
vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now 
a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and 
vexacio of mynde. 

Cfie u). Chapter. 

EUERY thinge hath a tyme, yee all that 
is vnder the heauen, hath is conuenient 
season. There is a tyme to be borne, and a 
tyme to dye. * There is a tyme to plate, and 
a tyme to plucke vp the thinge, y is planted : 
A tyme to slaye, and a tyme to make whole : 
A tyme to breake downe, and a tyme to 
buylde vp : A tyme to wepe, and a tyme to 
laugh: A tyme to mourne, and a tyme to 
daunse : A tyme to cast awaye stones, and 
a tyme to gather stones together : A tyme 
to enbrace, g a tyme to refrayne from en- 
bracynge : A tyme to wynne, and a tyme to 
lese : A tyme to spare, and a tyme to spende : 
A tyme to cutt in peces, and a tyme to sowe 
together : C A tyme to kepe sylece, and a tyme 
to speake : A tyme to loue, g a tyme to hate : 
A tyme of warre, and a tyme of peace. 

" 1 Timo. 4. a. >> lob 14. a. c Eccli. 20. a. •> Eccls. 1. a. 



What hath a ma. els (that doth eny thinge) 
but weerynesse and laboure ? For as touch- 
inge the trauayle and carefulnesse which God 
hath geuen vnto me, I se that he hath geuen 
it them, to be exercised in it. All this hath 
he ordened maruelous goodly, to euery thinge 
his due tyme. He hath plated ignoraunce 
also in the hertes of men, y they shulde not 
fynde out f grounde of his workes, which he 
doth from y beginninge to y ende. So I 
perceaued, y in these thinges there is no- 
thinge better for a man, the to be mery g to 
do well so longe as he lyueth. For all y a 
man eateth g drynketh, yee what so euer a 
ma enioyeth of all his laboure, y same is a gift 
of God. I cosidered also y what so euer God 
doth, it c5tinueth for euer, g y nothinge can 
be put vnto it ner take from it : (j y God doth 
it to y intent, y men shulde feare him. rf The 
thinge y hath bene, is now : g the thinge y is 
for to come, hath bene afore tyme, for God 
restoreth agayne the thinge that was past. 
Morouer, I sawe vnder y Sonne, vngodly- 
nesse in the steade of iudgment, g iniquite in 
steade of rightuousnesse. 

Then thought I in my mynde : God shal 
separate the rightuous from the vngodly, g 
then shal be the tyme g iudgmet of all coun- 
cels g workes. I comoned with myne owne 
herte also cocernynge the childre of men : how 
God hath chosen them, and yet letteth the 
apeare, as though they were beastes : for it 
happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, 
g as the one dyeth, so dyeth f other : yee they 
haue both one maner of breth, so y (in this) 
a man hath no preemynence aboue a beest, 
but all are subdued vnto vanite. They go all 
vnto one place, for as they be all of dust, so 
shal they all turne vnto dust againe. 

"Who knoweth the sprete of man y goeth 
vpwarde, and the breth of the beest y goeth 
downe in to the earth ? Wherfore I perceaue, 
y there is nothinge better for a man, then to 
be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. 
But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that 
shal come after him ? 

Che lit). Chapter. 

SO I turned me, -^and considered all the 
violent wronge that is done vnder the 
Sonne : and beholde, the teares of soch as 

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were oppressed, and there was no man to 
comforte them, or that wolde delyuer and de- 
fende them from the violence of their oppres- 
sours. Wherfore I iudged those that are deed, 
to be more happie then soch as be alyue : yee 
him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease 
the they both, because he seith not the 
miserable workes that are done vnder the 
Sonne. Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and 
diligence of laboure was hated of euery man. 
This is also a vaine thinge, and a vexacion of 
mynde. The foole foldeth his handes to- 
gether, (j eateth vp his owne flesh. One hand- 
full (saieth he) is better with rest, the both y 
handes full with laboure and trauayle. Mor- 
ouer, I turned me, and beholde yet another 
vanite vnder the Sonne. There is one man, 
no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether 
childe ner brother : yet is there no ende of his 
carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied 
with riches, (yet doth he not remembre him- 
self, (j saye :) For whom do I take soch tra- 
uayle ? For whose pleasure do I thus con- 
sume awaye my lyfe ? This is also a vayne 
and miserable thinge. Therfore two are better 
then one, for they maye well enioye the profit 
of their laboure. Yf one of them fall, his 
companyon helpeth him vp againe : But wo is 
him that is alone, for yf he fall, he hath not 
another to helpe him vp. Agayne, when two 
slepe together, they are warme : but how can 
a body be warme alone ? One maye be ouer- 
come, but two maye make resistance : A thre- 
folde cable is not lightly broken. A poore 
childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde 
kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in 
tyme to come. ° Some one commeth out of 
preson, (j is made a kynge : j another which 
is borne in the kyngdome, commeth vnto 
pouerte. And I perceaued, y all men lyuynge 
vnder the Sonne, go with the seconde childe, 
that commeth vp in the steade of the other. 
As for the people that haue bene before him, 
and that come after him, they are innu- 
merable : yet is not their ioye the greater 
thorow him. This is also a vayne thinge and 
a vexacion of mynde. Whan thou commest 
in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and 
drawe nye, that thou mayest heare : Hhat is 
better then the offeringes of fooles, for they 
knowe not what euell they do. 



Gen. 41. b. 1 Be. 16. c. 3 Re. 12. c. 2 Par. 33. 
4 Re. 25. a. 4 1 Reg. 15. e. 



Che i>. Chapter. 
T)E not hastie with thy mouth, <j let not 
J3 thine hert speake eny thlge rashly be- 
fore God. For God is in heauen, & thou 
vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe. 
For where moch carefulnesse is, there are 
many dreames : (j where many wordes are, 
there men maye heare fooles. c Yf thou make 
a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme 
it. As for foolish vowes, he hath no pleasure 
in them. Yf thou promyse eny thinge, paye 
it: for better it is that thou make no vowe, 
then that thou shuldest promise, and not paye. 
Vse not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to 
synne, y thou saye not before the angell : my 
foolishnesse is in y faute. 

For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, 
and destroye all y workes of thine handes. 

And why? where as are many dreames (j 
many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities : 
d but loke y thou feare God. Yf thou seyst 
the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously 
dealt withall, so y equite a the right of the 
la we is wraisted in the londe : maruell not thou 
at soch iudgmet, for one greate ma kepeth 
touch with another, and the mightie helpe 
the selues together. The whole londe also 
with the feldes and all that is therm, is in 
subieccion and bondage vnto f kinge. 

He that loueth money, wil neuer be satis- 
fied with money: and who so delyteth in 
riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this 
also a vayne thinge ? Where as many riches 
are, there are many also that spende them 
awaye. And what pleasure more hath he 
that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye 
loke vpon them with his eyes ? A labouringe 
man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or 
moch that he eateth: c but the abundaunce of 
the riche wil not suffre him to slepe. 

Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene 
vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the 
hurte of him y hath them in possession. 

^^For oft times they perishe with his greate 
misery and trouble : and yf he haue a childe, 
it getteth nothinge. Like as he came naked 
out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thither 
agayne, and carieth nothinge awaye with him 
of all his laboure. This is a miserable plage, 
y he shal go awaye euen as he came. What 

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helpeth it him then, y he hath labored in the 
wynde? All the dales of his life also must 
he eate in the darcke, with greate careful- 
nesse, sicknesse 5 sorow. 

"Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer 
thinge, a man to eate and drynke, and to be 
refreshed of all his laboure, y he taketh vnder 
the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God 
geueth him, for this is his porcion. For vnto 
whom so euer God geueth riches, goodes and 
power, he geueth it him to enioye it, to take 
it for his porcion, and to be refreshed of his 
laboure : this is now the gifte of God. For he 
thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue, for 
so moch as God fylleth his hert with glad- 



Cfie bi. Cfiapter. 

THERE is yet a plage vnder f Sonne, & 
it is a generall thinge amonge me : 
when God geueth a man riches, goodes (t 
honoure, so that he wanteth nothinge of all 
that his herte can desyre : and yet God geueth 
him not leue to enioye the same, but another 
man spedeth them. This is a vayne thinge g 
a miserable plage. Yf a man begett an hun- 
dreth children, and lyue many yeares, so that 
his dayes are many in nombre, and yet can 
not enioye his good, nether be buried : as for 
him I saye, that an vntymely byrth is better 
then he. For he cometh to naught, a goeth 
his waye in to darcknes, and his name is for- 
gotten. Morouer, he seyth not the Sonne, 
and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there : 
Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares, 
yet hath he no good life. Come not all to 
one place? All the laboure that a man 
taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is 
neuer fylled after his mynde. For what hath 
the wyse more then the foole ? What helpeth 
it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before 
the lyuynge ? The sight of the eyes is better, 
then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. 
Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a dis- 
quietnesse of mynde. What is more excellent 
then man ? yet can he not in the lawe get the 
victory of him that is mightier the he: A 
vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, 
but what hath a man els ? 

Che bij. Chapter. 

FOR who knoweth what is good for man 
lyuynge, in f dayes of his vayne life, 

"Eccls. 2. d. * Pro. 22. a. Cant. 1. a. c Pro. 27. a. 



which is but a shadowe ? Or, who wil tell a 
man, what shal happen after him vnder the 
Sonne? *A good name is more worth then 
a precious oyntment, and the daye of death is 
better the f daye of byrth. 

It is better to go in to an house of mourn- 
ynge, then in to a bancket house. For there 
is the ende of all men, and he that is lyuinge, 
taketh it to herte. It is better to be sory 
then to laugh, for whe the countenaunce is 
heuy, the herte is ioyfull. The herte of f 
wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert 
of the foolish is in the house of myrth. It is 
better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a 
wyse man, "then to heare the songe of fooles. 
For the laughinge of fooles is like y crackynge 
of thornes vnder a pott. And y is but a 
vayne thinge. 

Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man 
to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle 
hert. The ende of a thinge is better then the 
begynnynge. The pacient of sprete is better 
then the hie mynded. Be not haistely angrie 
in thy mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome 
of a foole. Saye not thou : What is the cause 
that y dayes of f olde tyme were better, then 
they y be now ? for that were no wyse ques- 
tion. Wyszdome is better then riches, yee 
moch more worth then the eye sight. For 
wyszdome defendeth as well as moneye, and 
the excellent knowlege and wyszdome geueth 
life vnto him that hath it in possession. Con- 
sidre the worke of God, how that no man can 
make the thinge straight, which he maketh 
croked. Vse well the tyme of prosperite, and 
remembre the tyme of mysfortune : for God 
maketh the one by the other, so that a man 
can fynde nothinge els. 

These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in y 
tyme of vanite : y the iust man perisheth for 
his rightuousnes sake, g the vngodly liueth in 
his wickednesse. Therfore be thou nether to 
rightuous ner ouer wyse, d j thou perish not: 
be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, 
lest thou die before thy tyme. It is good for 
the to take holde of this, g not to let y go out 
of thy hande. For he y feareth God shal 
escape them all. 

e Wyszdome geueth more corage vnto the 
wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie : for 
there is not one iust vpo earth, y doth good, 
g sinneth not. Take not hede vnto euery 

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worde y is spoken, lest thou heare thy ser- 
uaunt curse the : for thine owne hert knoweth, 
that thou thy self also hast oft tymes spoke 
euell by other men. All these thinges haue 
I proued because of wyszdome : "for I thought 
to be wyse, but she wente farther fro me then 
she was before, yee (j so depe that I might 
not reach vnto her. I applied my mynde 
also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, 
wisdome and vnderstondinge : to knowe the 
foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure 
of dotinge fooles. And I founde,* that a woman 
is bytterer then death : for she is a very angle, 
hir hert is a nett, and hir handes are cheynes. 
Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her, 
but the synner will be taken with her. 

Beholde (sayeth y preacher) this haue I 
diligently searched out $ proued, y I might 
come by knowlege : which as yet I seke, and 
fynde it not. Amonge a thousande men I 
haue founde one, but not one woman amonge 
all. c Lo, this onely haue I founde, that God 
made man iust j right, but they seke dyuerse 
sotylties, where as no man hath wyszdome £ 
vnderstodinge, to geue answere there vnto. 

Che bttj. Chapter. 

WYSZDOME maketh a mas face to 
shyne,'* but malice putteth it out of 
fauoure. Kepe the kynges commaundemet 
(I warne the) g the ooth y thou hast made 
vnto God. Be not haistie to go out of his 
sight, <j se thou cotynue in no euell thinge : 
for what so euer it pleaseth him, y doeth he. 
Like as when a kynge geueth a charge, his 
commaundement is mightie : Euen so who 
maye saye vnto him : what doest thou? e Who 
so kepeth the commaundement, shall fele no 
harme: but a wyse mans herte discerneth 
tyme and maner : For euery thinge wil haue 
opportunite and iudgment, and this is the 
thinge that maketh men full of carefulnes (j 
sorowe. And why ? a man knoweth not what 
is for to come, for who wyll tell him? Nether 
is there eny ma y hath power ouer y sprete, 
to kepe stil y sprete, ner to haue eny power 
in the tyme of death : It is not he also that 
can make an ende of the batayll, nether maye 
vngodlynes delyuer him y medleth withall. 

All these thinges haue I considered, and 
applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is 
vnder the Sonne : how one man hath lord 



shipe vpon another to his owne harme. For 
I haue oft sene y vngodly^ brought to their 
graues, and fallen downe from the hye and 
glorious place : in so moch y they were for- 
gotten in the cite, where they were had in so 
hye j greate reputacion. This is also a vayne 
thinge. Because now that euell workes are 
not haistely punyshed, the hert of man geueth 
him self ouer vnto wickednesse : But though 
an euell personne offende an hundreth tymes, 
and haue a longe life : yet am I sure, that it 
shal go well with the that feare God, because 
they haue him before their eyes. Agayne, 
as for the vngodly, it shall not be well with 
him, nether shal he prologe his dayes : but 
euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth 
not God. 

Yet is there a vanite vpon earth : There 
be iust men, vnto whom it happeneth, as 
though they had the workes of the vngodly : 
Agayne, there be vngodly, with whom it goeth 
as though they had the workes of y rightuous. 
This me thinke also a vaine thinge. Ther- 
fore I commende gladnesse, because a man 
hath no better thinge vnder the Sonne, then 
to eate and drynke, and to be mery : for that 
shal he haue of his laboure all the daies of his 
life, which God geueth him vnder the Sonne. 
When I applied my mynde to lerne wyszdome, 
and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde 
(and that of soch a fashion, y I suffred not 
myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night) I 
vnderstode of all y workes of God, that it is 
not possible for a man, to attayne vnto y workes 
that are done vnder y Sonne : and though he 
bestowe his laboure to seke them out, yet can 
he not reach vnto the : yee though a wyse man 
wolde vndertake to knowe them, yet might he 
not fynde them. 

Cfte tr. Chapter. 

FOR all these thinges purposed I in my 
mynde to seke out. The righteus and 
wyse yee and their workes also are in the 
hande of God : and there is no man that 
knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge 
that he hath before him. It happeneth vnto 
one as vnto another : It goeth with the right- 
uous as with the vngodly : g with the good 5 
cleane as with the vncleane : with him that 
offereth as with him that offereth not : like as 
it goeth with the vertuous, so goeth it also 

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with the synner : As it happeneth vnto the 
periured, so happeneth it also vnto him that 
is afrayed to be man sworne. Amonge all 
thinges y come to passe vnder the Sonne, this 
is a misery, that it happeneth vnto all alyke. 
This is the cause also that the hertes of men 
are full of wickednesse, 5 madd foolishnesse 
is in their hertes as longe as they lyue, vntill 
they dye. 

And why ? As longe as a man lyueth, he 
is careles: for a quyck dogg (saye they) is 
better the a deed lion : for they that be lyuynge, 
knowe y they shall dye : but they y be deed, 
knowe nothinge, nether deserue they eny more 
For their memoriall is forgotte, so y they be 
nether loued, hated ner envyed : nether haue 
they eny more parte in y worlde, in all y is 
done vnder the Sonne. Go thou thy waye 
then, eate thy bred with ioye, g drynke thy 
wyne with gladnesse, for thy workes please 
God. Let thy garmetes be all wayewhyte/ g 
let thy heade want no oyntmet. * Vse thy self 
to lyue ioyfully with thy wifp whom ihmi lnnest 
all y daies of thy life (which is but vayne) y 
God hath geue the vnder the Sonne, all y 
dayes of thy vanite : for y is thy porcion in 
this life, of all thy laboure g trauayle y thou 
takest vnder the Sonne. What so euer thou 
takest in hande to do, that do with all thy 
power: for amoge the deed (where as thou 
goest vnto) there is nether worke, councell, 
knowlege ner wyszdome. 

So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder y 
Sonne, and I sawe, that in runnynge, it helpeth 
not to be swift : in batayll, it helpeth not to 
be stronge : to fedynge, it helpeth not to be 
wyse : to riches, it helpeth not to be sutyll : 
to be had in fauoure, it helpeth not to be 
connynge : but that all lyeth in tyme g for- 
tune. c For a man knoweth not his tyme, but 
like as the fyshe are take with the angle, and 
as the byrdes are catched with the snare : 
Eue so are men taken in the perilous tyme, 
hen it commeth sodenly vpon them. 
This wiszdome haue I sene also vnder y 
Sone, g me thought it a greate thinge. There 
was a litle cite, g a few me within it : so there 
came a greate kynge g beseged it, g made 
greate bulworkes agaynst it. And in the cite 
there was founde a poore man (but he was 
wyse) which with his wyszdome delyuered the 

° Matt. 6. b. » Pro. 5. c. o Luc. 21. d. 

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cite : yet was there no body, y had eny respecte 
vnto soch a symple man. Then sayde I : 
wyszdome is better then strength. rf Neuer- 
theles, a symple mans wyszdome is despysed, 
g his wordes are not herde. A wise mans 
councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre 
aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles. 
For wyszdome is better then harnesse : e but 
one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good. 

Efte jr. Cftaptn-. 

DEED flyes y corruppe swete oyntment g 
make it to styncke, are somthinge more 
worth then the wyszdome g honoure of a foole. 
A wyse mans hert is vpon the right hande, but 
a fooles hert is vpon the left. A dotinge foole 
thinketh, y euery ma. doth as foolishly as hi 
self. Yf a principall sprete be geue the to 
beare rule/ be not negliget the in thine office : 
for so shal greate wickednesse be put downe, 
as it were with a medecyne. Another plage 
is there, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne : 
namely, y ignoraunce y is comonly amonge 
prynces : in y a foole sytteth in greate dignite, 
g the rich are sett downe beneth : I se ser- 
uauntes ryde vpon horses, g prynces goinge 
vpon their fete as it were seruauntes. ^But 
he y dyggeth vp a pytt, shall fall therin him- 
self : % who so breaketh downe the hedge, a 
serpent shal byte him. Who so remoueth 
stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he 
that heweth wod, shalbe hurt therwith. 

When an yron is blont, and y poynt not 
sharpened, it must be whett againe, and that 
with might : Euen so doth wiszdome folowe 
diligence. A babler of his tonge is no better, 
then a serpent that styngeth without hyssynge. 
The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are 
gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye 
himself. The begynnynge of his talkynge is 
foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is 
greate madnesse. A foole is so full of wordes, 
that a man can not tell what ende he wyll 
make : who wyl then warne him to make a 
conclucion ? The laboure of y foolish is gre- 
uous vnto the, while they knowe not how to 
go in to the cite. 

Wo be vnto the (O thou realm e and londe) 
whose kynge is but a childe, and whose prynces 
are early at their banckettes. But well is the 
(O thou realme and londe) whose kinge is 

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come of nobles, and whose prynces eate in 
due season, for strength and not for lust. 
Thorow slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, 
and thorow ydle hades it rayneth in at the 
house. Meate maketh men to laugh," and 
wyne maketh them mery : but vnto money 
are all thinges obedient. Wysh the kynge no 
euell in thy thought, and speake no hurte of 
f ryche in thy preuy chambre : for a byrde of 
the ayre shal betraye thy voyce, and with hir 
fethers shal she bewraye thy wordes. 

Che rt. Chapter. 

SENDE thy vytayles ouer the waters, and 
so shalt thou fynde the after many yeares. 
Geue it awaye amonge seuen or eight, for 
thou knowest not what misery shal come vpo 
earth. Whe the cloudes are full, they poure 
out rayne vpon the earth. And whe y tre 
falleth, (whether it be towarde the south or 
north) in what place so euer it fall, there it 
lyeth. He that regardeth y wynde, shal not 
sowe : and he that hath respecte vnto the 
cloudes, shal not reape. Now like as thou 
knowest not the waye of the wynde, ner how 
f bones are fylled in a mothers wombe : Euen 
so thou knowest not the workes of God, which 

the workemaster of all. 

Cease not thou therfore with thy handes to 
sowe thy sede, whether it be in f mornynge 
or in the euenynge : for thou knowest not 
whether this or that shall prospere, & yf they 
both take, it is the better. The light is swete, 
d a pleasaunt thinge is it for the eyes to loke 
vpon the Sonne. Yf a man lyue many yeares, 
and be glad in them all, let him remembre the 
dayes of darcknesse, which shal be many : (j 
when they come, all thinges shal be but vanite. 
Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy 
youth, and lat thine hert be mery in thy yonge 
es : folowe the wayes of thine owne hert, 
and the lust of thine eyes : but be thou sure, 
that God shal bringe the in to iudgment for 
all these thinges. 

Che rtj. Chapter. 
)UT awaye displeasure out of thy hert, & 
remoue euell from thy body : for childe- 



hode and youth is but vanite. Remembre 
thy maker in thy youth, or euer the dayes of 
aduersite come, and or the yeares drawe nye, 
when thou shalt saye : I haue no pleasure in 
them: before the Sonne, f light, f Moone 
and the starres be darckened, and or the 
cloudes turne agayne after the rayne : when 
the kepers of the house shall tremble, and 
when the stronge men shal bowe them selues: 
when the Myllers stonde still because they be 
so fewe, and when the sight of the wyndowes 
shal waxe dymme : whan the dores in the 
stretes shal be shutt, and whan f voyce of the 
Myller shall be layed downe : whan men shall 
ryse vp at the voyce of the byrde, and whan 
all y doughters of musyck shalbe brought lowe : 
whan men shal feare in hye places, and be 
afrayed in the stretes : whan the Almonde tre 
shalbe despysed, the greshopper borne out, 
and whan greate pouerte shall breake in : 
when man goeth to his longe home, and the 
mourners go aboute the stretes. Or euer the 
syluer lace be taken awaye, and or the golden 
bende be broken : Or the pott be broken at 
the well, j the whele vpon the Cisterne : 
Or *dust be turned againe vnto earth from 
whence it came, and or the sprete returne 
vnto God, which gaue it. C A11 is but vanite 
(sayeth the preacher) all is but playne 
vanite. 

The same preacher was not wyse alone, but 
taught the people knowlege also : he gaue 
good hede, sought out the groiide and set 
forth many parables. His diligence was to 
fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, 
and the wordes of trueth. d For the wordes 
of f wyse are like prickes and nales that go 
thorow, wherwith men are kepte together : 
for they are geuen of one shepherde onely. 
Therfore bewarre (my sonne) that aboue these 
thou make the not many 5 innumerable bokes, 
nor take dyuerse doctrynes in hande, to weery 
thy body withall. 

Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges : 
Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, 
for that toucheth all men : For God shall 
iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether 
they be good or euell. 



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Cfie first Chapter. 

OTHAT thy mouth wolde geue me a 
kysse, for thy brestes are more pleasaunt 
then wyne, (j that because of the good and 
pleasaunt sauoure. "Thy name is a swete 
smellynge oyntment, therfore do the maydens 
loue the : yee that same moueth me also to 
renne after the. 

The kynge hath brought me in to his preuy 
chambre. We wil be glad 5 reioyce in the, 
we thynke more of thy brestes then of wyne : 
well is them that loue the. 

I am black (o ye doughters of Ierusale) 
like as the tentes of the Cedarenes,* and as the 
hanginges of Salomon : but yet am I faire 5 
welfauoured withal. Maruell not at me y I 
am so black, 5 why ? y Sonne hath shyned 
vpo me. For whan my mothers childre had 
euell wil at me, they made me y keper of the 
vynyarde. Thus was I fayne to kepe a vyn- 
yarde, which was not myne owne. 

Tell me (o thou whom my soule loueth) 
where thou fedest, where thou restest at the 
noone daye : lest I go wi*onge, and come vnto 
the flockes of thy companyons. 

Yf thou knowe not thy self (o thou fayrest 
am5ge women) tha go thy waye forth after f 
fotesteppes of the shepe, as though thou 
woldest fede thy goates besyde y shepherdes 
tentes. There wil I tary for the (my loue) 
with myne hoost (j with my charettes, which 
shal be no fewer then Pharaos/ 

Then shal thy chekes 5 thy neck be made 
fayre, (j hanged with spages 5 goodly iewels : 
a neck bande of golde wil we make f with 
syluer bottons. When the kynge sytteth at 

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the table, he shal smell my Nardus : for a 
bodell of Myrre (o my beloued) lyeth betwixte 
my brestes. A cluster of grapes of Cypers, 
or of the vynyardes of Engaddi, art thou vnto 
me, O my beloued. 

d O how fayre art thou (my loue) how fayre 
art thou ? thou hast doues eyes. O how 
fayre art thou (my beloued) how well fauored 
art thou ? Oure bed is decte with floures, f 
sylinges of oure house are of Cedre tre, 5 
oure balkes of Cypresse. 

Che tj. Chapter. 

I AM the floure of the felde, and lylie of the 
valleys : as the rose amonge the thornes, 
so is my loue amonge the daughters. 

Like as the aple tre amonge the trees of the 
wodd, so is my beloued amonge the sonnes. 
My delite is to sitt vnder his shadowe, for his 
frute is swete vnto my throte. He bryngeth 
me in to his wyne seller, and loueth me 
specially well. Refresh me with grapes, co- 
forte me with apples, for I am sick of loue. 
c His left hade lyeth vnder my heade, & his 
right hande enbraceth me. 

I charge you (o ye doughters of Ierusalem) 
by the Roes g hyndes of the felde, y ye wake 
not vp my loue ner touch her, till she be con- 
tent herself. 

Me thynke I heare the voyce of my be- 
loued: lo, there commethhe hoppingevpon y 
mountaynes, and leapinge ouer the litle hilles. 
My beloued is like a Roo or a yonge hart. 
Beholde, he stondeth behynde oure wall, he 
loketh in at the wyndowe, 5 pepeth thorow 
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My beloued answered 5 sayde vnto me : O 
stode vp my loue, my doue, my beutyfull, & 
come : for lo, the wynter is now past, the 
rayne is awaie j. gone. The floures are come 
vp in the felde, the twystinge tyme is come, 
the voyce of the turtle doue is herde in oure 
londe. The fyge tre bryngeth forth hir fyges, 
the vynes beare blossoms, and haue a good 
smell. 

stode vp my loue, my beutyfull, and come 
(my doue) out of the caues of the rockes, out 
of the holes of the wall : O let me se thy 
countenaunce and heare thy voyce, for swete 
is thy voyce and fayre is thy face. Gett vs 
the foxes, yee the litle foxes that hurte y 
vynes, for oure vynes beare blossoms. 

" My loue is myne, and I am his, (which 
fedeth am5ge the lylies) vntill the daye breake, 
and till the shadowes be gone. Come agayne 
preuely (o my beloued) like as a Roo or a 
yonge harte vnto the mountaynes. 

Che ii). Chapter. 

BY night in my bedd, I sought him, whom 
my soule loueth : yee diligently sought I 
him, but I founde him not. I wil get vp 
(thought I) and go aboute the cite: vpon the 
market and in all y stretes will I seke him 
whom my soule loueth, but whan I sought 
him, I founde him not. The watchmen that 
go aboute f cite, founde me. Sawe ye not 
him, whom my soule loueth ? 

So whan I was a litle past them, I foiide 
him whom my soule loueth. I haue gotten 
holde vpon him, and wyl not let him go, vntill 
I brynge him in to my mothers house, and in 
to hir chambre that bare me. 

1 charge you (o ye doughters of Ierusale) 
by the Roes and hyndes of the felde, * that ye 
wake not vp my loue ner touch her, till she be 
content herself. 

Who is this, that commeth out of y wyl- 
dernesse like pilers of smoke, as it were a 
smell of Myrre, frankencense and all maner 
spyces of the Apotecary? 

Beholde, aboute Salom5s bedsteade there 
stonde LX. valeaunt men of the mightie in 
Israel. They holde swerdes euery one, (j 
are experte in warre. Euery man hath his 
swerde vpo his thee, because of feare in the 
night. 

Kynge Salomon hath made himself a bed- 



steade of the wodd of Libanus, the pilers are 
of syluer, the coueringe of golde, f seate of 
purple, y grounde pleasauntly paued for the 
doughters of Ierusalem. 

Go forth (o ye doughters of Sion) and be- 
holde kynge Salomon in the crowne, wherwith 
his mother crowned him in the daye of his 
mariage, and in the daye of the gladnesse of 
his hert. 

Che tit). Chapter. 

OHOW fayre art thou c (my loue) how 
fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes 
besyde that which lyeth hid within. d Thy 
hayrie lockes are like a flocke of shepe that 
be clypped, which go first vp from the wash- 
inge place : where euery one beareth two 
twyns, and not one vnfrutefull amoge them. 
Thy lippes are like a rose coloured rybende, 
thy wordes are louely : thy chekes are like a 
pece of a pomgranate, besydes that which lyed 
hyd within. Thy neck is like the tower of 
Dauid buylded with bulworkes, wher vpon 
there hage a thousande sheldes, yee all the 
weapes of the giautes. Thy two brestes are 
e like two twyns of yonge roes, which fede 
amoge the lilies. O that I might go to the 
mountayne of Myrre, and to the hyll of 
frankynsense : till the daye breake, and till 
the shadowes be past awaye. Thou art all 
fayre (o my loue) g no spott is there in the. 

Come to me from Libanus (o my spouse) 
come to me from Libanus : come soone the 
next waye from the toppe of Amana, from the 
toppe of Sanir and Hermon, from the Lyons 
dennes and from the mountaynes of y leo- 
pardes. Thou hast woiided my hert (o my 
sister, my spouse) thou hast wounded my hert, 
with one of thine eyes, and with one cheyne 
of thy neck. O how fayre and louely are thv 
brestes, my sister, my spouse ? Thy brestes 
are more pleasaunt then wyne, and the smell 
of thy oyntmentes passeth all spices. Thy 
lippes (o my spouse) droppe as the hony 
combe, yee mylck and hony is vnder thy 
tonge, and the smell of thy garmentes is like 
the smell of frankynsense. 

Thou art a well kepte garden (o my sister, 
my spouse) thou art a well kepte water sprynge, 
a sealed well. The frutes that sproute in the, 
are like a very paradyse of pogranates with 
swete frutes: as Cypresse, Nardus, Saffron, 



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Calmus, and all the trees of Libanus : Myrre, 
Aloes, and all the best spyces. Thou art a 
well of gardens, a well of lyuynge waters, 
which renne downe from Libanus. Vp thou 
northwynde, come thou southwynde, and blowe 
vpo my garde, that the smell therof maye be 
caried on euery syde : Yee that my beloued 
maye come in to my garden, 5 eate of the 
frutes and apples that growe therin. 

Cfie b. Chapter. 

COME in to my garden o my sister, my 
spouse : I haue gathered my Myrre with 
my spyce, I wil eate my hony and my hony 
cobe, I wil drynke my wyne 5 my mylk. Eate 
(0 ye frendes) drynke and be mery, ye be- 
loued. 

As I was a slepe, (j my hert wakynge, I 
herde the voyce of my beloued, wha he 
knocked. Open to me (sayde he) o my sis- 
ter, my loue, my doue, my derlinge : for my 
heade is full of dew, and y lockes of my hayre 
are full of the night droppes. 

I haue put off my cote, how ca I do it on 
agayne ? I haue washed my fete, how shal I 
fyle them agayne ? But whan my loue put in 
his hande at the hole, my hert was moued 
towarde him : so that I stode vp to open vnto 
my beloued. My hades dropped with Myrre, 
d the Myrre ranne downe my fyngers vpon y 
lock. Neuerthelesse wha I had opened vnto 
my beloued, he was departed, and gone his 
waye. 

Now like as afore tyme whan he spake, my 
hert coude no longer refrayne : Euen so now 
I sought hi, but I coude not fynde him : I 
cried vpon him, neuerthelesse he gaue me no 
answere. So the watchmen that wente aboute 
the cite, foude me, smote me, and wounded 
: Yee they that kepte the walles, toke 
awaye my garmet fro me. I charge you 
therfore (o ye doughters of Ierusalem) yf ye 
fynde my beloued, that ye tell him, how that 
I am sick for loue. 

Who is thy loue aboue other louers, O thou 
fayrest amonge wemen? Or, what can thy loue 
do, more then other louers, that thou chargest 
vs so straitly ? 

As for my loue, he is whyte and reade 
coloured, a synguler personne amonge many 
thousandes : his heade is the most fyne golde, 
the lockes of his hayre are buszshed, browne 



as the euenynge : His eyes are as the eyes of 
doues by the water brokes, washen with mylck, 
and remaynynge in a plenteous place: His 
chekes are like a garden bedd, where in the 
Apotecaryes plate all maner of swete thinges : 
His lippes droppe as the floures of the most 
pryncipall Myrre, his hades are full of golde 
rynges and precious stones. His body is as 
the pure yuery, decte ouer with Saphyres : 
" His legges are as the pilers of Marbell, sett 
vpon sokettes of golde : His face is as Liba- 
nus, and as the bewty of the Cedre trees : 
His throte is swete, yee he is altogether louely. 
Soch one is my loue (o ye doughters of Ieru- 
salem) soch one is my loue. 

Whither is thy loue gone the (o thou fayrest 
amonge werae) whither is thy loue departed, 
that we maye seke him with the ? 

Ci>e bi. Chapter. 

MY loue is gone downe in to his garden, 
vnto y swete smellinge beddes, that he 
maye refresh himself in the garden, and gather 
floures. My loue is myne, and I am his, 
which fedeth amonge the lilies. 

Thou art pleasaunt (o my loue) euen as 
louelynesse itself, thou art fayre as Ierusalem. 
glorious as an armye of men with their baners, 
(Turne awaye thine eyes fro me, for they 
make me to proude.) b Thy hayrie lockes are 
like a flocke of goates vpon y mount of Galaad. 
Thy teth are like a flock of shepe y be clypped. 
which go out of the washinge place : where 
euery one beareth two twyns, j not one vn 
frutefull amoge them. Thy chekes are like 
a pece of a pomgranate, besydes y which lyeth 
hid within. There are thre score quenes, 
c foure score concubynes, and yonge weme 
without nombre. But one is my doue, my 
derlynge. She is the onely beloued of hir 
mother, $ deare vnto her that bare her. Wha 
the daughters sawe her, they sayde she was 
blessed : Yee the quenes and concubines 
praysed her. What is she this, that pepeth 
out as the mornynge ? fayre as the Moone, 
excellent as the Sonne, glorious as an armye 
of men with their banners ? 

I wente downe in to the nutt garden, to se 
what grew by the brokes, to loke yf the vyn- 
yarde florished, and yf the pomgranates were 
shot forth. Then the charettes of the prynce 
of my people made me sodenly afrayed. Turne 



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againe, turne againe (O thou Sulamite) turne 
agayne, turne agayne, that we maye loke 
vpon the. 

Che 6tj. Chapter. 

WHAT pleasure haue ye more in f Sula- 
mite, than when she daunseth amonge 
the men of warre? O how pleasaunt are 
thy treadinges with thy shues, thou prynces 
daughter ? Thy thees are like a fayre iewell, 
which is wrought by a connynge workmaster : 
Thy nauell is like a rounde goblett, which is 
neuer without drynke : Thy wombe is like an 
heape of wheate, sett aboute with lilies : Thy 
two brestes are like two twyns of yonge roes : 
Thy neck is as it were a tower of yuery 
Thyne eyes are like f water poles in Hesebon 
besyde the porte of Bathrabbim : Thy nose 
is like the tower of Libanus, which loketh 
towarde Damascus : That heade that stondeth 
vpon the is like Carmel : The hayre of thy 
heade is like the kynges purple folden vp in 
plates. 

O how fayre and louely art thou (my der- 
lynge) in pleasures? Thy stature is like a 
date tre, and thy brestes like the grapes. I 
sayde : I wil clymme vp in to the date tre, 
and take holde of his braunches. Thy brestes 
also shalbe as the vyne grapes, the smell of 
thy nostrels like the smell of apples, and thy 
throte like the best wyne. 

This shalbe pure g cleare for my loue, his 
lippes and teth shal haue their pleasure. 
There wil I turne me vnto my loue, and he 
shal turne him vnto me. O come on my loue, 
let vs go forth in to the felde, and take oure 
lodginge in the vyllages. In the mornynge 
wil we ryse by tymes, and go se the vynyarde : 
yf it be spronge forth, yf the grapes be growne, 

yf the pomgranates be shott out. There 
wil I geue the my brestes: There shal the 
Mandragoras geue their smell besyde oure 
dores : There (o my loue) haue I kepte vnto 
the all maner of frutes, both new and olde. 

Che bit). CfjapUr. 

OTHAT I might fynde the without & 
kysse f, whom I loue as my brother 



which suckte my mothers brestes : 5 that thou 
woldest not be offended, yf I toke the and 
brought the in to my mothers house : that 
thou mightest teach me, and that I might 
geue the drynke of spyced wyne and of the 
swete sappe of my pomgranates. " His lefte 
hande lyeth vnder my heade, 5 his right hande 
embraceth me. 

I charge you (0 ye daughters of Ierusale) 
that ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her, 
tyll she be content herself. What is she this, 
that cometh vp from the wildernes, and leaneth 
vpon hir loue ? I am the same that waked 
the vp amonge the aple trees, where thy 
mother beare f, where thy mother brought 
the in to the worlde. 

O set me as a seale vpo thine hert, and as 
a seale vpon thine arme : for loue is mightie 
as the death, $ gelousy as the hell. Hir coales 
are of fyre, and a very flamme of the LORDE : 
so y many waters are not able to quench loue, 
nether maye y streames drowne it. Yee yf a 
man wolde geue all the good of his house for 
loue, he shulde counte it nothinge. 

When oure loue is tolde oure yonge sister, 
whose brestes are not yet growne, what shal 
we do vnto her ? Yf she be a wall, we shal 
buylde a syluer bollworke there vpon : Yf she 
be a tower, we shal festen her with bordes of 
Cedre tre. 

Yf I be a wall, 5 my brestes like towres, 
then am I as one that hath founde fauoure in 
his sight. 

Salomon had a vynyarde at Baal Hamon 
this vynyarde delyuered he vnto the kepers 
y euery one for the frute therof shulde geue 
him a thousande peces of syluer. But my 
vynyarde (o Salomon) geueth the a thousande, 
and two hundreth to y kepers of the frute. 

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, O let 
me heare thy voyce, that my companyons 
maye herken to the same. O get the awaye 
(my loue) as a roo or a yonge hert vnto the 
swete smellinge moiitaynes. 



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Chap. I. 


Chap. XI. 






The prophet rebuketh the people of Israel, for 


A prophecie of Christ. 






their abhominacions. 


Chap. XII. 






Chap. II. 


A thankesgeuynge of the faithfull people. 






The callynge of the Heithen. 


Chap. XIII. 






Chap. III. 


Punyshment to come vpon Babilon, by the Per- 






Punyshmet of God, specially for the pryde of 


sians £ Medes. 






wemen. 


Chap. XIIII. 






Chap. IIII. 


God will haue mercy on his people. He threten- 






Plages to come, wyth a promyse of the grace and 


eth Palestina. 






conforte thorow Christ. 


Chap. XV. 






Chap. V. 


The plage of Moab. 






The louynge kyndnes of God towarde Israel, 


Chap. XVI. 
The vexacion 5 feare of Moab. 






afore other people. Agayne, the vnthankful- 
nes and vnfaithfulnes of them. 






Chap. VI. 
The sendynge of Esay. The harde hertes of the 


Chap. XVII 
Punyshmet of Damascus J siria. 






people. 


Chap. XVIII. 






Chap. VII. 


The callynge of the Heithen. 






He rebuketh the kynge, for beynge afrayed of 


Chap. XIX. XX. 






the vngodly kynges of the Heithen, and be- 






cause he put not his trust in God. He geueth 


Plages vpon Egipte (j Ethiopia. 






him a toke of grace, which he receaueth not. 


Chap. XXI 






Chap. VIII. 


The punyshmet of Babilon, Duma, and Arabia. 






The people forsake God, (j seke helpe at the 


Chap. XXII. 






Heithen. 


The punyshment vpon Ierusale by Senacherib. 






Chap. IX. 


Sobna is put downe, Eliachim commeth in his 






He putteth the in mynde of the mysery that is 
past. Of the comynge and kyngdome of 


steade. 






Chap. XXIII. 






Christ. Punyshment for their pryde. 


The punyshment of Tyre, of all the cities by the 
see coast, and of the lies. 






Chap. X. 








Punyshment of vnrighteous rulers. The comforte 


Chap. XXIIII. 






of Israel agaynst the pryde of the kynge of the 


Of the generall punyshment of the whole earth 






Assyrians. 


vnto the ende of the worlde. 











Wt)t pvopi)tt Csap. 



Chap. XXV. 
A thakesgeuynge vnto God. The callinge of 
the Heithen. 

Chap. XXVI. 

Men ought to trust onely I God. 

Chap, xxvii. 

The punyshment of Leuiathan. The goodnes of 
God. The delyueraunce of Israel. The call- 
ynge of the Heithen. 

Chap. XXVIII. 
The punishment of Ephraim. Of mens lawes. 
Of the stone in Sion. 

Chap. XXIX. 

Punyshmet vpon Ierusalem for mens lawes and 
doctrynes. 

Chap. XXX. 
Gods people are punyshed, for sekinge helpe at 
other then him self. 

Chap. XXXI. 
He calleth the people agayne to God, and pro- 
miseth them defence. 

Chap. XXXII. 
Health vnder the kynge of righteousnes. He 
threateneth the carelesse cities. 

Chap. XXXIII. 
Punyshmet vpon the enemies of Gods people. 

Chap. XXXIIII. 
Gods plage vpon the Heithen. 

Chap. XXXV. 
A coforte, j secrete promyse concernynge the 
callynge of the Heitheu. 

Chap. XXXVI. 
Sennacherib the kinge of the Assirians sendeth 
his hoost to besege Ierusale. 

Chap. XXXVII. 
The prayer of Ezechias. God coforteth him by 
Esay. The angel of the LORDE putteth the 
Assirians hoost to shame. 

Chap. XXXVIII. 
Ezechias is deed sicke. God helpeth him vp 
agayne. He thanketh God. 



Chap. XXXIX. 

The kynge of Babilon sendeth Embassitours vnto 
Ezechias, which sheweth them his treasure, (j 
displeaseth God with all. 

Chap. XL. 
The delyueraiice not onely of Israel out of the 
captiuyte of Babilon, but of all faithfull also 
in Christ. The vanyte of ma. The excellent 
power of God. 

Chap. XLI. 
God reasoneth with the Iewes & getiles, (J re- 
proueth the people of Israel for their vn- 
thankfulnes. 

Chap. XLH. 
The comynge (j power of Christ. The praise of 
God. Punishment of the vngodly. 

Chap. XLIII. 
A prophecye of the c5mynge of the Sauioure. 
He putteth them in myndeof thebenefites past. 

Chap. XLIIII. 

Vnthakfulnes of the people. The vanite of Idols 
or ymages. The madd foolishnes of those that 
make the, or worshipe them. 

Chap. XLV. 
The LORDE onely is the true God of Israel. 

Chap. XLVI. 
Of the destruccion of ymages. The power of the 
true God. 

Chap. XLVII. 
Plages vpon proude Babilon. 

Chap. XLVIII. 

Agaynst the vanite of ymages. 

Chap. XLIX. 
The comynge & office of Christ. Saluacio for 
the Iewes and for the gentyles. 

Chap. L. 
The Iewes refused, because they haue forsaken 
their maker, and go a whoringe with straunge 
goddes. 

Chap. LI. 
The mightie God hath euer done them good : yf 
they cleue to him, there shal no body hurte 
them. 

Chap. LII. 

A promyse of Messias : He waketh vp the Iewes 

and Gentyles also to the commynge of him. 



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Chap. LIII. 
He complayneth of the hardneckes of the people, 
5 testifieth clearly of Christ. 

Chap. LIIII. 
One church of Iewes & Getiles. 

Chap. LV. 
God calleth all men to his goodnes in Christ. 

Chap. LVI. 
How the church of Christ shulde prepare hir self 
agaynst his comynge. A complaynte of false 
prophetes and rulers. 

Chap. LVII. 
He rebukeththe prophetes, rulers and the people, 
and promyseth mercy to all soch as wyl turne. 

Chap. LVIII. 
He putteth the prophetes in mynde of their office. 
What the true fast is. 

Chap. LIX. 
Why God heareth not the Iewes. 



Chap. LX. 
He calleth vnto all soch as feare God, that they 
wyl knowe his goodnes. 

Chap. LXI. 
The office of a prophet, fulfilled specially in Christ. 

Chap. LXII. 
The prophet maye not leaue of to crie, to warne, 
and to exorte, vntyll the light of grace aryse 
in Sion. 

Chap. LXIII. 
An exortacion to receaue the Sauioure for to come. 

Chap. LXIIII. 
He longeth sore for the commynge of the Sa- 
uioure, sheweth his power, (j prayeth for the 
people. 

Chap. LXV. 
Of the forsakinge of the Iewes, and callinge of 
the Heithen. 

Chap. LXVI. 
The outwarde ceremonies of the Iewes are re- 
fused : and here is shewed the true seruyce of 
God. 



T 



HIS is the prophecy of Esay the sonne 
of Amos, which he shewed vpon Iuda 
and Ierusalem : In the tyme of Osias, 
Ioathan, Ahas, and Ezechias kynges of Iuda. 

Che first Chapter. 

HEARE o heauen, herken o earth," for 
the LORDE speaketh: I haue no- 
rished j brought vp children, and they are 
fallen awaye fro me. An oxe knoweth his 
lorde, and an Asse his masters stall, but 
Israel knoweth nothinge, my people hath no 
vnderstondinge. Alas for this synful people, 
which are experte in blasphemies, a frawerde 
generacion, vnnatural children. b They haue 
forsaken the LORDE, they haue prouoked 
the holy one of Israel vnto anger, and are 
gone bacward. Wherfore shulde ye be plaged 
eny more ? For ye are euer fallinge awaye. 
The whole heade is sick, and the herte is 
very heuy. c From the sole of the foote vnto 
the heade, there is no whole parte in all youre 
body : but all are woundes, botches, sores and 



Deut. 32. a. Mich. 1. 
b Psal. 88. c. Abac. 



Iere. 8. b. Osee 7. c. 
c Deut. 28. d. 



strypes, which can nether be helped, bounde 
vp, molified, ner eased with eny oyntment, 

d Youre londe lieth waist, youre cities are 
brent vp, youre enemies deuoure youre londe 
and ye must be fayne to stonde, and lokc 
vpon it : and it is desolate, as it were with 
enemies in a batell. Morouer f doughter of 
Syon is left alone like a cotage in a vynyeard 
like a watchouse in tyme of warre, like a be- 
seged citie. And excepte the LORDE of 
hostes had left us a few alyue: *we shulde 
haue bene as Sodoma, ct. like vnto Gomorra, 

-Tleare the worde of the LORDE ye ty- 
rauntes of Sodoma : and herken vnto the 
lawe of oure God, thou people of Gomorra 
Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me ? 
I am discontent for the brentoffringes of 
wethers, and with y fatnesse of fedbeastes. 
haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes, 
lambes and gootes. When ye apeare before 
me, who requyreth you to treade within my 
porches ? Offre me no mo oblacions, for it is 
but lost laboure. « I abhorre youre incense. 



Leuit. 26. « Ro. 9. f. /Iere. 7. c. Mat. 9. b. 
s Hiere. 6. e. Amos 5. b. Micb. 6. b. 



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I maye not awaye with youre newmoones, 
youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes. "Youre 
fastinges are also in vayne. I hate youre new 
holy dayes and fastinges, euen fro my very 
harte. They make me weery, I can not abyde 
them. Though ye holde out youre hondes, 
*yet turne I myne eyes from you. And 
though ye make many prayers, yet heare I 
nothinge at all, for youre hondes are full of 
bloude. 

Wash you, make you clene, c put awaye 
youre euell thoughtes out of my sight, cease 
from doinge of euell and violence. Lerne to 
do right, applie youre selues to equyte, de- 
lyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to 
his right, let the wydowes complaynte come 
before you. Now go to (saieth the LORDE) 
we wil talke together. Is it not so ? Though 
youre synnes be as read as scarlet, shal they 
not be whyter then snowe? And though 
they were like purple, shall they not be like 
whyte woll ? Is it not so ? Yf ye be louynge 
& obedient, ye shal enioye the best thinge that 
groweth in the londe. d But yf ye be obstinate 
and rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the 
swerde : for thus the LORDE hath pro- 
mised with his owne mouth. 

How happeneth it then that the rightuous 
citie (which was full of equite) is become 
vnfaithfull as an whore ? rightuousnes dwelt in 
it, but now murthur. 'Thy Siluer is turned 
to drosse, and thy wyne myxte with water. 
Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of 
theues. ■''They loue giftes altogether, and 
folowe rewardes. As for the fatherles, they 
helpe him not to his right, nether wil they let 
the wydowes causes come before them. Ther- 
fore speaketh the LORDE God of hostes the 
mighty one of Israel : Ah I must ease me of 
myne enemies, and a venge me vpo the. And 
therfore shal I laye my honde vpon the, and 
burne out thy drosse from the fynest and 
purest, and put out all thy leade, j set thy 
iudges agayne as they were somtyme, and thy 
Senatours as they were from y begynnynge. 
s Then shalt thou be called the rightuous citie, 
the faithful citie. But Sion shalbe redemed 
with equyte, and hyr captiuyte with rightuous- 
nesse. For the transgressours and vngodly, 
and soch as are become vnfaithfull vnto the 

" Esa. 58. a. b Zach. 7. b. Mat. 6. b. Esa. 59. a. 

c Iere. 7. a. and 21. a. and 22. a. <*Deut.ll.b. Leui. 26.d. 
Deut. 28. d. « Pro. 25. a. Eze. 22. b. / Iere. 5. g. 
e Zach. 8. a. h Iere. 10. c. ■ Esa. 29. b. * Mich. 4. a. 



LORDE, must all together be vtterly de- 
stroyed. 

And excepte ye be ashamed of the oke- 
trees wherin ye haue so delited, and of the 
gardes that ye haue chosen : ye shalbe as an 
oke whose leaues are fallen awaye, ''and as a 
garden that hath no moystnesse. And as for 
the glory of these thinges, it shalbe turned to 
drie strawe, 'and he that made them to a 
sparke. And they shal both burne to- 
gether, so that no man shalbe able to quench 
them. 

Cfre i). Chapter. 

MOROUER this is the worde that was 
opened vnto Esaye the sonne of Amos, 
vpon Iuda and Ierusalem. It will be also in 
processe of tyme: *That the hill where the 
house of the LORDE is buylded, shalbe f 
chefe amoge hilles, and exalted aboue al litle 
hilles. 'And al heithe shal prease vnto him 
and the multitude of people shall go vnto 
him, speakinge thus one to another : '"vp, let 
us go to the hill of the LORDE, and to the 
house of y God of Iacob : y he maye she we 
us his waye, M and y we maye walke in his 
pathes. For y lawe shal come out of Syon, 
and the worde of God from Ierusalem, and 
shal geue sentence amonge the heithen, and 
shal reforme the multitude of people : So that 
they shal breake their swerdes and speares, to 
make sythes, sycles g sawes therof. ° 

p From that tyme forth shal not one people 
lift vp wapen agaynst another, nether shal 
they lerne to fight from thensforth. It is to 
the that I crie (o house of Iacob) vp, let us 
walke in the light of the LORDE. But thou 
art scatred abrode with thy people (o house 
of Iacob) for ye go farre beyonde youre fathers, 
whether it be in Sorcerers (whom ye haue as 
the phylistynes had) or in calkers of mens 
byrthes, wherof ye haue to many. * As soone 
as youre londe was ful of syluer and golde, 
and no ende of youre treasure : so soone as 
youre londe was ful of stronge horses and no 
ende of youre charettes : r Inmediatly was it 
ful of Idols also, euen workes of youre owne 
hondes, which ye youre selues haue facioned, 
and youre fyngers haue made. There kneleth 
the man, there falleth the man downe before 



1 Zach. 8. d. m Psal. 121. a. Iere. 31. a. 
Acto.l.a. "Ioel3.b. P Mich.4.b. « Deut. 
r Esa. 44. b. 



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them, so y thou canst not bringe him awaye 
from thence. 

And therfore get y soone in to some rock, 
"and hyde the in the grounde from the sight 
of the fearful iudge, and from y glory of his 
Magestie. Which casteth downe y high lokes 
of presumptuous personnes, *and bryngeth 
lowe the pryde of ma, and he only shall be 
exalted in y daye. For the daye of y LORDE 
of hostes shal go ouer all pryde & presumpcio, 
vpon all the that exalte the selues, and shal 
bringe them all downe : vp5 all high j stoute 
Cedre trees of Libanus, and vpon all the okes 
of Basan, vpon all high hilles, and vpon all 
stoute mountaynes, vpon all costly towres, 
and vpon all stronge walles, vpon all shippes 
of the see, and vpon euery thinge y is glo- 
rious and pleasaunt to loke vpon. 

c And it shall bringe downe the pryde of 
man, rf and laye mans presumptuousnesse full 
lowe, and the LORDE shal only haue the 
victory in that daye. 'But the Idols shal 
utterly be roted out. Men shal crepe in to 
holes of stone, ^and in to caues of the earth, 
from the sight of the fearfull iudge, and from 
the glory of his magesty: ^what tyme as he 
shal make him vp to shake the earth. Then, 
the shal ma cast awaye his goddes of syluer 
and golde (which he neuertheles had made to 
honoure the) vnto Molles and Backes : that 
he maye the better crepe in to the caues and 
rockes, and in to the cliffes of hard stones, 
from y sight of the fearful iudge and from the 
glory of his Magesty. 

Clje ttj. Chapter. 

EUERY man can eschue a persone moued 
in anger, for what doth he wysely ? Euen 
so shal y LORDE of hoostes take awaye fro 
Ierusale (j Iuda, all possessios & power, all 
meat and drinke, y captayne and the soudyare, 
y iudge and the prophete, the wyse and the 
aged ma, the worshipful of fiftie yeare olde, 
and the honorable : the Senatours, and men 
of vnderstondinge : the masters of craftes and 
oratours. And I shal geue you children to 
be youre prynces (saieth the LORDE) and 
babes shall haue the rule of you. '' One shall 
euer be doinge violence and wronge to ano- 
ther. The boye shal presume agaynst the 
elder, and the vyle persone agaynst the honor- 



«2Tess.l.b. ''Esa.S. b. 'Soph. 2. b. d Esa.31. d. 
Luc. 23. c. Oseae 10. b. /Apo.6. d. « Esa. 31. b. 



able. Yee one shal take a frende of his owne 
kynred by y bosome, and save : thou hast 
clothinge, thou shalt be oure heade, for thou 
mayest kepe us from this fall and parell. 

Then shall he sweare and saye : I can not 
helpe you. Morouer, there is nether meate 
ner clothinge in my house, make me no rueler 
of the people. For Ierusalem and Iuda must 
decaye, because that both their wordes and 
councels are agaynst the LORDE, they pro- 
uoke the presence of his magesty vnto anger. 
The chaunginge of their countenaunce be- 
wrayeth them, yee they declare their owne 
synnes them selues, as the Sodomites, g hyde 
the not. Wo be vnto their soules, for they 
shalbe heuely rewarded. Then shal they 
saye : O happie are the godly, for they maye 
enioye the frutes of their studies. ' But wo 
be to y vngodly and vnrightuous for they 
shalbe rewarded after their workes. O my 
people, rybaudes oppresse y, and women haue 
rule of the. 

O my people, thy leders deceaue the, and 
k treade out the waye of thy footsteppes. ' The 
LORDE is here to comon of the matter, and 
stondeth to geue iudgment with the people. 
The LORDE shal come forth to reason with 
the Senatours and prynces of his people, "'and 
shal saye thus vnto them : It is ye that haue 
burnt vp my vynyearde, the robbery of the 
poore is in youre house. Wherfore do ye 
oppresse my people, and marre y faces of the 
innocentes ? thus shal the God of hoostes 
reuyle them. 

Morouer thus saieth y LORDE : Seinge 
the doughters of Sion are become so proude, 
and come in with stretched out neckes, and 
with vayne wanton eyes : seinge they come in 
trippinge so nycely with their fete : Therfore 
shal the LORDE shaue the heades of the 
doughters of Sion, and make their bewtie 
bare in that daye. In that daye shal the 
LORDE take awaye the gorgiousnes of their 
apparel, and spanges, cheynes, partlettes, and 
colares, bracelettes and hooues, y goodly 
floured, wyde and broderd raymet, brusshes 
and headbandes, rynges and garlades, holy 
daye clothes and vales, kerchues and pynnes, 
glasses and smockes, bonettes and taches. 

And in steade of good smell there shalbe 
stynck amonge them. And for their gyrdles 



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there shalbe lowse bondes. And for wellset 
hayre there shalbe baldnesse. In steade of a 
stomacher, a sack cloth, and for their bewty 
wythrednesse and sonneburnynge. Their hus- 
bondes and their mightie men shall perish with 
the swerde in batell. 

Che tttj. Chapter. 

A T that tyme shall their gates monrne and 
J^\_ complayne, and they shal syt as desolate 
folck vpon the earth. Then shal seuen wyues 
take holde of one man, and saye : we will laye 
all oure meat and cloothinge together in 
comon, only that we maye be called thy 
wyues, and that this shamefull reprofe maye 
be take from us. "After that tyme shal the 
braunch of y LORDE be beutiful and 
mightie, and f frute of the earth shalbe fayre 
and pleasaunt * for those Israelites that shall 
springe therof. Then shall the remnaunt in 
Sion and the remnaunt at Ierusalem be called 
holy: namely al soch as are written amonge 
the lyuynge at Ierusalem : what tyme as the 
LORDE shall wash awaye the desolacion of 
the doughters of Sid, ad pourge the bloude out 
from Ierusale, with y wynde of his smoke and 
fyre. 

Morouer vpon all the dwellinges of the 
hill of Sion and vpon their whole congrega- 
cion, shal the LORDE prouyde a cloude and 
smoke by daye, and the shyninghe of a flam- 
mynge fyre by night, for all their glory shalbe 
preserued. And Ierusalem shall be a taber- 
nacle for a shadowe because of hete in the 
daye tyme, a place and refuge where a man 
maye kepe him for wether and rayne. 

Che b. Chapter. 

NOW well than, I will synge my beloued 
frende a songe of his vynyearde. c My 
beloued frende hath a vyneyearde in a very 
frutefull plenteous grounde. This he hedged, 
this he walled rounde aboute, and planted it 
with goodly grapes. In the myddest of it 
buylded he a towre, and made a wyne presse 
therin. And afterwarde when he loked y it 
it shulde bringe him grapes, it brought forth 
thornes. I shewe you now my cause (o ye 
Citysens of Ierusalem and whole Iuda :) 
Iudge I praye you betwixte me : and my 
wynegardinge. d What more coude haue bene 



° Zach. 3. 
Iere. 2. d. 



' Isaiae 62. 
Esaiae 32. 



c Iere. 2. 
and 56. c. 



Matth. 21 . d. 
/ lob 21. b. 



done for it, that I haue not done ? Wher- 
fore then hath it geuen thornes, where I loked 
to haue had grapes of it. 

Well, I shall tell you how I will do with my 
vynyarde : I will take the hedge from it, that 
it maye perish, and breake downe y wall, that 
it maye be troden vnder fote. I will laye it 
waist, that it shall nether be twysted nor cut, 
but beare thornes and breares. I wil also 
forbyd y cloudes, that they shal not rayne 
vpon it. As for the vynyarde of the LORDE 
of hoostes it is the house of Israel, and whole 
Iuda his fayre plantinge. Of these he loked 
for equyte, but se there is wronge : for right- 
uousnesse, lo, It is but misery. 

Wo to you that ioyne one house to another, 
and bringe one londe so nigh vnto another, 
till ye can get no more grounde. e Wil ye 
dwell vpon the earth alone ? The LORDE 
of hoostes rowneth me thus : I myne eare : 
shal not many greater and more gorgious 
houses be so waist, that no man shall dwell in 
the ? And ten akers of vynes shal geue but 
a Quarte, and xxx. bushels of sede shal geue 
but thre. 

Wo be vnto them that ryse vp early to vse 
them selues in dronkynnes, and yet at night 
are more superfluous with wyne. In whose 
companies are harpes and lutes, Aabrettes and 
pipes, and wyne. But they regarde not the 
worke of the LORDE, g and cosidre not the 
operacio of his hondes. Therfore cometh my 
folck also in captiuyte, ; ' because they haue no 
vnderstondynge. Their glory shalbe myxte 
with huger, and their pryde shalbe marred for 
thurste. Therfore gapeth hel, and openeth 
hyr mouth marvelous wyde : that pryde, boost- 
inge and wisdome, with soch as reioyse therin, 
maye descende in to it. 

1 Thus shal man haue a fall, he shalbe 
brought lowe, and the high lokes of the 
proude layde downe. But the LORDE of 
hoostes, y holy God : shalbe exalted and vn- 
touched, when he shal declare his equyte and 
rightuousnesse after this maner. Then shal 
y lambes eate their apoynted foder, and shal 
fede plenteously in the mountaynes. Wo vnto 
vayne persones, that drawe wickednes vnto 
the, as it were with a coorde : and synne, as 
it were with a cart rope. Which vse to speake 
on this maner : let him make haist now, and 



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go forth with his worke, that we maye se it. 
" Let the councel of y holy one of Israel 
come, and drawe nie, y we maye knowe it. 

* Wo vnto them that call euel good, and 
good euel: which make darcknesse light, & 
light darcknesse, y make sower swete, and 
swete sower. Wo vnto them that are wyse 
in their owne sight, and thinke them selues to 
haue vnderstodinge. c Wo vnto them, y are 
connynge men to suppe out wyne, and experte 
to set vp drokenesse. d These gyue sentence 
with the vngodly for rewardes, but condemne 
the iust cause of the rightuous. 

Therfore, hke as fyre licketh vp the strawe, 
and as the flame cosumeth the stubble : Euen 
so (when their root is ful,) their blossome shal 
vanish awaye hke dust or smoke, e for they 
despyse the lawe of the LORDE of hoostes, 
and blaspheme the worde of the holy maker 
of Israel. 

Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE kyn- 
dled also agaynst his people, and he shaketh 
his honde at them : yee he shal smyte so, that 
the hilles shal tremble. And their carcases 
shal lye in the ope stretes, like myre. f After 
all this, the wrath of God shall not ceasse, 
but he shal stretch his hode wyder. And he 
shal gyue a toke vnto a straunge people, e and 
call vnto them in a farre countre : and be- 
holde, they shal come hastely with spede. 
There is not one faynt nor feble amonge 
them, no not a slogish nor slepery parsone. 
There shal not one of them put of the gyrdle 
from his loynes, ner lowse the lachet of his 
shue. Their arowes are sharpe, and their 
bowes bent. Their horse hoofes are like flynt, 
and their cart wheles like a stormy wynde. 
Their crie is as it were of a lyon, and the 
roaringe of them like lyons whelpes. They 
shal roare, and hatch vp the praye, and no 
man shal recouer it or get it from the. In 
that daye they shalbe so fearce vpon them, as 
the see. And yf we loke vnto the londe, 
beholde, it shalbe all darcknesse and sorowe. 
Yf we loke to heauen: beholde, it shalbe 
darck with careful desperacion. 



Cfjt bi. Chapter. 
N the same yeare y kynge Osias dyed, I 
sawe the LORDE /( sittinge vpon an high 



I 



<■ Pro. 20. c. " Pro. 17. c. Mich. 3. a. ' Pro. 3. a 
d Pro. 17. c. Dent. 17. a. Ezec. 13. d. » Nu. 11. g 

f Esa. 9. e. e Esa. 43. c. Dan. 9. c. h 3 Reg. 22. c 



and glorious seate, and his trayne fylled f 
palace. From aboue flakred the Seraphins, 
wherof euery one had sex wynges. With 
twayne ech couered his face, with twayne his 
fete, and with twayne dyd he flye. They 
cried also ech one to other on this maner: 
holy, holy, holy is the LORDE of hoostes.' 
The whole worlde is ful of his glory. Yee 
the geastes and dorechekes inoued at their 
crienge, and the house was ful of smoke. 
Then I sayde : O wo is me. For I was 
astonished : that I (which am a man of vn- 
clene lippes, and dwell amonge people y hath 
vnclene lippes also:) Shulde se y Kynge and 
LORDE of hoostes with myne eyes. 

Then flewe one of the Seraphins vnto me, 
hauinge a hote cole in his honde, which he 
had taken from the aulter with the tonges, and 
touched my mouth, and sayde : lo, this hath 
touched thy mouth, j thy vnrightouousnes is 
taken awaye, and thy synne forgeuen. After 
this I herde the voyce of the LORDE takinge 
advysement on this maner : Whom shall I 
sende, and who wilbe oure messaunger ? The 
I sayde : here am I, sende me. And so he 
sayde : go, and tel this people : ye shall heare 
in dede, but ye shal not vnderstonde, * ye shal 
planely se, and not perceaue. Harden the 
harte of this people, stoppe their eares, and 
shut their eyes, that they se not with their 
eyes, heare not with their eares, and vnder- 
stonde not with their hartes, and conuerte and 
be healed. 

Then spake I : LORDE, how longe ? he 
answered: vntil the cities be vtterly without 
inhabitours, and y houses without men, till 
the lode be also desolate, and lye vnbuylded. 
For the LORDE shal take the men farre 
awaye, so that the londe shal lye waist. Ne- 
uertheles, the tenth parte shal remayne therin, 
for it shal conuerte and be fruteful. And 
likewise as the Terebyntes and Oketrees 
bringe forth their frutes, so shal the holy sede 
haue frute/ 

Cfie brj. CftapUr. 

IT happened in the tyme of Ahas the sonne 
of Ionathas, m which was the sonne of 
Ioathan Kynge of Iuda : that Rezin the Kinge 
of Siria, and Poca Romelies sonne, Kynge of 



4 Reg. 25. a. 2 Par. 6. d. ■ Apoc. 4. c. * Matth. 13. b. 
Mar. 4. a. Luc. 8. b. Act. 28. f. Ioha. 12. f. Rom. 11. b. 
' Galat. 3. c. '" 4 Reg. 16. a. 2 Par. 28. a. 



Cfjap* biij. 



€\)t prophet <£sap* 



tfo. trjrcu 



Israel : wente vp toward Ierusalem to besege 
it (but wanne it not.) Now when the house 
of Dauid (that is Ahas) herde worde therof, 
y Siria and Ephraim were confederate to- 
gether : his herte quaked (yee and y hertes 
also of his people) like as a tre in the felde, 
that is moued with the wynde. 

Then sayde God vnto Esay : go mete 
Ahas (thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub) at the 
heade of y ouer pole, in the fote path by the 
fullers grounde, and saye vnto him : take hede 
to thy self and be still, but feare not, nether 
be faynt harted, for these two tales : that is : 
for these two smokynge fyre brandes, the 
wrath and furiousnes of Rezin the Sirian and 
Romelies sonne : because that the Kynge of 
Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue 
wekedly conspyred agaynst the, sayenge : We 
will go downe in to Iuda, vexe the, and brynge 
them vnder vs, and set a Kynge there, euen 
the sonne of Taball. For thus saieth the 
LORDE God ther to, It shall not so go 
forth, nether come so to passe : for the head 
citie of y Sirians is Damascus, but the head 
of Damascus is Rezin. And after fyue and 
threscore yeare, shal Ephraim be nomore a 
people. And the chefe citie of Ephraim is 
Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Romelies 
sonne. And yf ye beleue not, there shall no 
promyse be kepte with you. a 

Morouer, God spake vnto Ahas, sayenge : 
requyre a token of" the LORDE thy God, 
whether it be towarde the depth beneth or 
towarde y hight aboue. The sayde Ahas : I 
will requyre none, nether will I tempte the 
LORDE. The LORDE answered: Then 
heare to, ye of the house of Dauid : Is it not 
ynough for you, that ye be greuous vnto men, 
but ye must greue my God also ? And ther- 
fore the LORDE shal geue you a token of 
him self: b Beholde, a virgin shal coceaue 
and beare a sonne, and shal call his name 
Emanuel. Butter and hony shal he eate, y 
he maye knowe the euel, and chose y good. 
But or euer that childe come to knowlege, to 
eschue the euel and chose the good: The 
londe (that thou art so afrayde for) shalbe 
desolate of both hir kynges. 

The LORDE also shal sende a tyme vpon 
the, vpon thy people, and vpo thy fathers 
house (soch as neuer came sence the tyme y 



Heb. 3. b. 

Esa. 36. 



Luc. 1. d. Math. 1. d. c 2 Par. 32. 
:. d 2 Par. 22. e. * Esa. 30. b. 



Ephraim departed from Iuda) thorow y kynge 
of the Assirians. For at the same tyme shal 
the LORDE whistle for the flyes y are aboute 
the water of Egipte, c and for y Beyes in the 
Assirians londe. These shall come, and shal 
light all in the valeyes, in y vowtes of stone, 
vpon all grene thinges, and in all corners. 

At the same tyme shal the LORDE shaue 
the hayre of the heade and the fete and the 
beerd clene of, with the rasoure that he shall 
paye them withall beyonde the water : namely, 
with y kynge of the Assirians. At the same 
tyme shall a man lyue with a cowe, and two 
shepe. Then because of the aboundaunce of 
mylck, d he shal make butter and eat it. So 
that euery one which remayneth in the londe, 
shal eate butter and hony. At the same tyme 
all vynyardes (though there be a thousand 
vynes in one, and were solde for a thousand 
siluerlinges) shalbe turned to brears and 
thornes. Like as they shal come in to the 
londe with arowes and bowes, so shal all the 
londe become brears and thornes. And as 
for all hilles that now are hewen downe, thou 
shalt not come vp5 them, for feare of brears 
and thornes. But the catel shal be dryuen 
thither, and the shepe shal fede there. 

€fie bttj. Chapter. 

MOROUER the LORDE sayde vnto 
me : e Take the a greate leaf, and wryte 
in it, as men do 'with a penne, that he spede 
him to robbe, and haist him to spoyle. And 
Inmediatly I called vnto me faithful wit- 
nesses : Vrias the prest, and Zacharias y 
sonne of Barachias. After that went I vnto 
the prophetisse, that now had conceaued and 
borne a sonne. Then sayde the LORDE to 
me : geue him this name : Maherschalal 
haschbas, that is . a spedie robber, an hastie 
spoyler. For why, or euer the childe shal 
haue knowlege to saye: Abi and Im, y is 
father, and mother : shal y riches of Damascus 
and y substaunce of Samaria be take awaye, 
•^thorow the kynge of y Assirians. 

The LORDE spake also vnto me, sayenge: 
? for so moch as the people refuseth the stil- 
renninge water of Silo, and put their delite 
in Rezin and Romelies sonne : Beholde, the 
LORDE shal bringe mightie and great floudes 
of water vpon them : namely, ! 'f kynge of the 



/4Re. 16. b. 4 Re. 17. a. s Iere. 2. a. Psal. 123. 
Esaia;30. a. Iohel 9. a. h 4 Reg. 18. c. Esaiae 36. a. 



ffo. tyiij. 



€l)t ptopi)tt Ofeap* 



Cfcap* fo 



Assirians with all his power. Which shall 
poure out his fuiyousnes vpo euery man, and 
renne ouer all their bankes. And shal breake 
in vpon Iuda, increasinge in power, till he get 
him by the throte. He shal fyl also the wyde- 
nesse of thy londe with his brode wynges, 
O Emanuel. Go together ye people, and 
gather you, herken to all ye of farre coun- 
trees. Mustre you, and gather you : mustre 
you and gather you, take youre councel to- 
gether, "yet must youre councel come to 
nought : go in honde withal, yet shal it not 
prospere. Excepte Emanuel : (that is God) 
be with us. For the LORDE chastised me, 
and toke me by y honde, and warned me, 
sayenge vnto me : that I shulde not walcke 
in the waye of this people. He sayde mor- 
ouer : rounde with none of the, who so euer 
saye: yonder people are bounde together. 
* Neuertheles feare them not, nether be afrayde 
of them, but sanctifie the LORDE of hoostes, 
let him be youre feare and drede. For he is 
the sanctifienge, and stone to stomble at, y 
rock to fall vpon, a snare and net to both the 
houses : to Israel, and the inhabitours of Jeru- 
salem. And many shal stomble, fall, and be 
broke vpon him : yee they shalbe snared and 
taken. 

Now laye the witnesses together (sayde the 
LORDE) c and seale the lawe with my dis- 
ciples. Thus I waite vpon the LORDE, 
that hath turned his face from the house of 
Iacob, and I loke vnto him. rf But lo, as for 
me, and the children which the LORDE 
hath geuen me : we are a token and a wondre 
in Israel, for the LORDE of hoostes sake, 
which dwelleth vpon the hill of Syon. 

And therfore yf they saye vnto you : aske 
councel at the soythsayers, witches, charmers 
and coniurers, then make them this answere : 
Is there a people enywhere, that axeth not 
councel at his God: whether it be concernynge 
the dead, or the lyuynge ? * Yf eny man want 
light, let him loke vpon the lawe and the 
testimony, whether they speake not after this 
meanynge. Yf he do not this, he stombleth 
and suffreth huger. And yf he suffre honger, 
he is out of pacience, and blasphemeth his 
kynge and his God. Then loketh he vp- 
warde, and downe warde to the earth, and 



' Esaise 19. e. »lPet.3.b. 4 Reg. 17. g. Mattb. lO.d. 
1 Cor. 1. d. 1 Pet. 2. b. « Daniel 8. d. * Heb. 2. d. 
< Psal. 19. /Matth. 4. b. e 4 Reg. 15. f. 4 Reg. 17. a. 



beholde, there is trouble and darcknesse, 
vexacion is rounde aboute him, and the cloude 
of erroure. And out of soch aduersite, shall 
he not escape. 

€fje ir. Chapter. 

EUEN like as in tyme past it hath bene 
well sene, 'that y londe of Zabulon and 
the londe of Nepthali (where thorow the see 
waye goeth ouer Iordane in to the londe of 
Galilee) ^was at the first in litle trouble, but 
afterward sore vexed. 

Neuertheles y people that haue dwelt in 
darcknesse, shal se a greate fight. As for 
them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe 
of death, vpon them shal the light shyne. 
Shalt thou multipfie the people, and not in- 
crease the ioye also? *They shal reioyse 
before the euen as men make mery in haruest, 
and as men that haue gotten the victory, 
when they deale the spoyle. For thou shalt 
breake the yocke of the peoples burthen : the 
staff of hys shulder, 'and the rod of his op- 
pressoure, as in y daye at Madia. 

Morouer all temerarious and sedicious 
power (yee where there is but a cote fyled 
with bloude) shalbe burnt, and fede the fyre. 
For vnto us a childe shalbe borne, * and vnto 
us a sonne shalbe geue. Vpo his shulder 
shal the kyngdome lye, and he shalbe called 
with his owne name : 'The woderous geuer 
of councel, the mightie God, the euerlastinge 
father the prynce of peace, he shal make no 
ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace, 
and shal syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in 
his kyngdome, to set vp the same, to stabfish 
it with equyte and rightuousnesse, from thence 
forth for euermore. This shal the gelousy of 
the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe. 

The LORDE sent a worde in to Iacob, 
the same is come in to Israel. All the peo- 
ple also of Ephraim, and they that dwel in 
Samaria, can saye with pryde and hie sto- 
mackes, on this maner: The tyle worcke is 
fallen downe, but we will buylde it with harder 
stones. The Molbery tymbre ys broken, but 
we shal set it vp agayne with Cedre. Neuer- 
theles, the LORDE shal prepare Rezin the 
enemie agaynst the, and so ordre their aduer- 
saries, that y Sirians shal laye holde vpon 



"> Psal. 118.x. Prouer.16. 
1 Lucae 1. c. Matth. 1. c. 
Iohe. 12. d. 



■' Esaia: 37. f. Iudi. 6. and 7. 
Pbil.4.b. Daniel 2. g. 7. c. 



Cfrap, x* 



€f)t propftet Csap* 



ffo. bxtiij. 



them before, and the Philistynes behynde, 
and so deuoure Israel with open mouth. 

After all this, the a wrath of the LORDE 
shal not ceasse, but yet his hande shalbe 
stretched out still. For the people turneth 
not vnto him, that chastiseth them, nether 
do they seke the LORDE of hoostes. Ther- 
fore the LORDE shal rote out of Israel both 
heade and tale, braunch and twygge in one 
daye. By the heade, is vnderstonde the 
Senatoure and honorable man, and by y tale, 
the prophet that preacheth lyes. For all they 
which enfourme the people that they be in a 
right case, soch be disceauers. Soch as men 
thynke also to be perfecte amonge these, are 
but cast awaye. 

Therfore shal the LORDE haue no plea- 
sure in their yonge me, nether fauoure their 
fatherlesse and wydowes. For thei are alto- 
gether ypocrites and wicked, and all their 
mouthes speake foly. After all this shal not 
the LORDES wrath ceasse, but yet his honde 
shalbe stretched out still. For the vngodly 
burne, as a fyre in the bryers and thornes : 
And as it were out of a fyre in a wod or a 
redebush, so ascendeth the smoke of their 
pryde. 

For this cause shal y wrath of the LORDE 
of hoostes fall vpon the londe, and the people 
shalbe consumed, as it were with fyre, no man 
shal spare his brother. Yf a man do turne 
him to the right honde, he shal famesh, or 
to the lefte hande to eat, he shal not haue 
ynough. Euery man shal eate the flesh of 
his owne arme : Manasses shal eate Eph- 
raim, and Ephraim Manasses, and they both 
shal eate Iuda. After all this shal not the 
LORDES wrath ceasse, but yet shal his honde 
be stretched out still. 

Che jr. Chapter. 

WO be vnto you y make vnrightuous 
lawes,* and devyse thinges, which be 
to harde for to kepe : wherthorow the poore 
are oppressed, on euery syde, and the inno- 
cetes of my people are there with robbed of 
iudgment : that wyddowes maye be youre 
praye, and that ye maye robbe the father- 
e. What will ye do in tyme of the visita- 
cion and destruction, that shal come from 
farre ? To whom will ye renne for helpe ? or 



" Esa. 5. d. 10. a. 
Esaiae b. d. and 9. c. 



Luc. 11. f. Mat. 23. a. Esa. 28. 
d Esaiaj 26. a. Iere. 25. 



to whom will ye geue youre honoure, that he 
maye kepe it ? that ye come not amonge the 
presoners, or lye amonge the deed ? c After 
all this shal not the wrath of the LORDE 
ceasse, but yet shal his honde be stretched 
out still. 

d Wo be also vnto Assur, which is a staff of 
my wrath, in whose honde is the rod of my 
punyshment. For I shal sende him amonge 
those ypocritish people, amonge the people 
that haue deserued my disfauoure shal I send 
him : that he maye utterly robbe them, spoyle 
them, and treade them downe like the myre 
in the strete. Howbeit his meanynge is not 
so, nether thinketh his harte of this fashion. 
But he ymagineth only, how he maye ouer- 
throwe and destroye moch people, for he 
saieth : are not my princes all kynges ? Is not 
Calno as easie to wynne, c as Charchamis? Is 
it harder to conquere Antiochia then Arphad? 
Or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus the 
Samaria ? As who say : I were able to wynne 
the kingdome of the Idolaters and their goddes, 
but not Ierusalem and Samaria. Shal I not 
do vnto Ierusalem and their ymages, as I dyd 
vnto Samaria and their ymages ? 

Wherfore the LORDE saieth: As soone as 
I haue perfourmed my whole worcke vpon 
the Hyl of Syon and Ierusalem : the will I 
also vyset the noble and stoute kynge of 
Assh'ia, with his wysdome and pryde. For 
he stondeth thus in his owne coceate : 'This 
do I, thorow the power of myne owne honde, 
and thorow my wisdome : For I am wyse, I 
am he that remoue the londes of the people, 
I robbe their prynces : and (like one of the 
worthies) I dryue them from their hie seates. 
My honde hath founde out the hoostes of the 
people, as it were a nest. And like as egges, 
that were layde here and there, are gathered 
together : So do I gather all countrees. And 
there is no man, y darre be so bolde, as to 
touch a fether, that darre open his mouth, or 
once whisper. 

s But doth the axe boost itself, agaynst him 
y heweth therwith, or doth the sawe make 
eny krakinge, agaynst him that ruleth it ? 
That were euen like, as yf the rod dyd exalte 
it self agaynst him, that beareth it : or as 
though y staff shulde magnifie it self, as who 
save : it were no wodd. * Therfore shal the 



Eze.21.b. « 4 Reg. 18. f. / Deut. 8. d. Esa. 47. b. 
Eze. 29. b. e Esa. 4.5. b. Rom. 9. c. * Esa. 37. f. 



4 G 



tfo. fytiitj. 



Citf prophet €$ap. 



Cfcap, xu 



LORDE of hoostes sende him pouerte in his 
riches, and burne vp his power, as it were with 
a fyre. " But the light of Israel shalbe y fyre, 
and his Sanctuary shalbe the flame, and it 
shal kyndle, and burne vp his thornes and 
breyers in one daye, yee all the glory of his 
woddes and feldes shalbe consumed with body 
and soule. As for him self, he shalbe as one 
chased awaye. The trees also of his felde 
shalbe of soch a nombre, that a childe maye 
tell them. 

After y daye shal the remnaunt of Israel, 
and soch as are escaped out of the house of 
Iacob, seke no more coforte at him that smote 
them, but shal conforte them selues with faith- 
fulnesse and treuth in the LORDE, the holy, 
one of Israel. h The remnaunt, yee and the 
Posteryte of Iacob, shal eouerte vnto God the 
mighty one. For though thy people (o Israel) 
be as the sonde of the see, yet shal but the 
remnaunt of them only conuerte vnto him. 
Perfecte is the iudgmet of him that floweth 
in rightuousnesse : and therfore y LORDE 
of hoostes shal perfectly fulfil the thinge, that 
he hath determyned in the myddest of the 
whole worlde. Therfore thus saieth the 
LORDE God of hoostes : Thou my people, 
that dwellest in Sion, be not afrayde for the 
kinge of the Assirians : He shal wagg his 
staff at the, yee and beate the with the rodd, 
as the Egiptias dyd sometyme : But soone 
after, shal my wrath and my indignacion be 
fulfylled agaynst their blasphemies. 

Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal pre- 
pare a scourge for him, c like as was the punysh- 
met of Madia, vpo y mount of Oreb. d And 
he shal lift vp his rod ouer the see, as he dyd 
somtyme ouer the Egiptians. Then shal his 
burthen be taken from thy shulders, and his 
yock from thy neck, yee the same yock shal 
corrupte for very fatnesse. He shal come to 
Aiath, and go thorow toward Migron. But 
at Machmas shal he muster his hooste, and 
go ouer y foorde. Gaba shal be their restinge 
place, Rhama shalbe afrayde, Gabea Saul 
shal fle awaye. The voyce of y noyse of thy 
horses (o doughter Gallim) shalbe herde vnto 
lais and to Anathoth, which also shalbe in 
trouble. Madmena shal tremble for feare, 
but the citesyns of Gabim are maly, yet shal 

" Mat. 13. a. b 3 Re. 19. c. Ro. 9. c. Esa. 28. f. 

and 11. c. c Esa. 37. f. Iudic. 7. g. d Exo. 14. c. 

' Mat. 1. a. Esa. 61. a. Luc. 4.b. and 7. c. /2 Thes.2. b. 



he remayne at Nob that daye. After that, 
shal he lift vp his honde agaynst the mount 
Sion, and agaynst the hill of Ierusalem. But 
se, the LORDE God of hoostes shal take 
awaye the proude from thence, with feare. He 
shal hew downe the proude, and fel the hie 
mynded. The thornes of the wod shal be 
rooted out with yron, and Libanus shal haue 
a mightie fal. 

€f)e ri. Chapter. 

AFTER this there shal come a rod forth 
of y Kynrede of Iesse/ and a blossome 
out of his rote. The sprete of the LORDE 
shal light vpon it : the sprete of wysdome, and 
vnderstondinge : the sprete of councel, and 
strength : y sprete of knowlege, and of the 
feare of God : and shal make him feruent in 
the feare of God. For he shal not geue 
sentece, after the thinge y shal be brought 
before his eies, nether reproue a matter at the 
first hearinge : but with rightousnesse shal he 
iudge the poore, and with holynes shal he 
refourme the symple of the worlde. 

f He shal smyte y worlde with y staff of 
his mouth, g -with f breath of his mouth 
shal he slaye the wicked, s Rightuousnesse 
shalbe the gyrdle of his loynes, treuth and 
faithfulnesse the gyrdinge vp of his raynes. 
The shal y wolfe dwel with the labe, and the 
leoparde shal lye downe by the gote/' Bul- 
lokes, lyons and catel shal kepe company 
together, so that a litle childe shal dryue them 
forth. The cowe and the Bere shal fede to- 
gether, and their yongones shal lye together. 
The lyo shal eate strawe like the oxe, or the 
cowe. The childe whyle he sucketh, shal 
haue a desyre to the serpentes nest, and whe 
he is weened, he shal put his hande in to the 
Cockatryce denne. 'Noman shal do euel to 
another, no man shal destroye another, in all 
the hill of my Sanctuary. For the earth 
shalbe ful of y knowlege of y LORDE, euen 
as though the water of the see flowed ouer 
the earth. 

Then shal the Gentiles enquere after the 
rote of Iesse (which shalbe set vp for a token 
vnto the Gentiles) for his dwellinge shalbe 
glorious. *At the same tyme shal the LORDE 
take in honde agayne, 'to conquere y remnaunt 

s Ephe. 6. b. * Esa. 65. d. ' Esa. 65. d. Abac. 2.b. 
k Ro. 15. b. ' Esa. 10. d. 



Cfrap, jritj 



Cl;e jpropftet Csap, 



So. fcjrrb* 



of his people (which are lefft alyue) From 
the Assirias, Egiptians, Arabians, Morians, 
Elamites, Caldeyes, Antiochias and Ilodes of 
the see. " And he shal set vp a toke amonge 
the Gentiles, and gather together y dispersed 
of Israel, yee and the outcastes of Iuda from 
the foure corners of y worlde. The hatred of 
Ephraim, and f enmyte of Iuda shalbe clene 
rooted out. Ephraim shal beare no euel wil 
to Iuda, and Iuda shal not hate Ephraim: 
but they both together shal flye vpo the 
shulders of the Philistynes toward the West, 
and spoyle them together that dwell toward 
the East. The Idumytes and the Moabites 
shal let their hodes fall, and the Ammonites 
shalbe obedient vnto them. 

The LORDE also shal cleue the tunges of 
the Egipcias see, and with a mightie wynde 
shal he lift vp his honde ouer Nilus, and shal 
smyte his seue streames and make men go 
ouer drye shod. And thus shal he make a 
waye for his people, y remayneth from the 
Assirians, } like as it happened to y Israelites, 
what tyme they departed out of the londe of 
Egipte. 

QLty rrj. Chapter. 

SO that then thou shalt saye : O LORDE, 
I thanke the, for thou wast displeased at 
me, but thou hast refrayned thy wrath, and 
hast mercy vpon me. c Beholde, God is my 
health, in whom I trust, and am not afrayde. 
For the LORDE God is my strength, and 
my prayse, he also shalbe my refuge. Ther- 
fore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the 
welles of the Sauioure, and then shal ye saye 
d Let vs geue thankes vnto the LORDE, and 
call vpon his name, and declare his councel 
amonge the people, and kepe them in re- 
membraunce, for his name is excellet. O 
synge praises vnto the LORDE, for he doth 
greate thinges, as it is knowne in all the 
worlde. Crie out, and be glad, thou that 
dwellest in Sion, for greate is thy prince : the 
holy one of Israel. 

Che ruj. Chapter. 

THIS is f heuy burthe of Babilo, which 
Esaye the sonne of Amos dyd se. Make 
some tokes to the hie hilles, e call vnto them, 
holde vp youre hode, that the prynces maye 

Luc. 2. c. * Exo. 14. f. « Abac. 3. c. Exo. 15. a. 
Psal.ll7.b. d Psal. 104. a. 1 Para. 16. b. *Iere.50.a. 



go in at the dore. For I will sende for my 
debites and my gyaiites (sayeth the LORDE) 
and in my wrath I will call for soch, as 
tryumphe in my glory. 

-''With that, me thought I herde in the 
moutaynes, a noyse, like as it had bene of a 
greate people : and a ruszshinge, as though 
the kyngdomes of all nacions had come toge- 
ther. (And the LORDE of hoostes was the 
captayne of the whole armye.) As they had 
come not only out of farre countrees, but also 
from the endes of the heaues : Eue the 
LORDE himself with the ministers of his 
wrath, to destroye the whole lode. Mourne 
therfore, for the daye of the LORDE is at 
honde, and commeth as a destroyer from f 
allmighty. Then shall all hondes be letten 
downe, and all mens hertes shal melt awaie, 
they shal stonde in feare, carefulnesse and 
sorowe shal come vpo them, and they shal 
haue payne, as a woman that traueleth with 
childe. e One shall euer be abaszshed of 
another, 5 their faces shal burne, like f flame. 

For lo, the daye of the LORDE shall come, 
terrible, full of indignacion and wrath: to 
make the londe waist, and to root out the 
synne therof. For the starres and planetes of 
heauen shal not geue their light, the Sonne 
shalbe quenched in the rysinge, h and the 
Mone shal not shyne with his light. And I 
wil punysh the wickednesse of the worlde, g the 
synnes of the vngodly, sayeth the LORDE. 
The hye stomackes of the proude will I take 
awaye, and will laye downe the boostinge of 
tyrauntes. I will make a man dearer the 
fyne golde, and a man to be more worth, the 
a golden wedge of Ophir. Morouer, I will so 
shake the heaue, that the earth shall remoue 
out of hir place. 

Thus shall it go with Babilon, in the wrath 
of the LORDE of hoostes in y daye of his 
fearfull indignacio. And Babilon shalbe as 
an hunted or chased doo, and as a flocke with 
out a shepherde. Euery ma shal turne to his 
owne people, j fie echone in to his owne 
londe. Who so is founde alone, shalbe shot 
thorow : And who so gather together, shalbe 
destroyed with the swerde. Their children 
shalbe slayne before their eyes, their houses 
spoyled, (j their wyues rauyshed. For lo, I 
shall bringe vp y Medes agaynst the, which 



/ 4 Re. 7. b. 2 Mac. 5. a. 
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shal not regarde syluer, nor be desyrous of 
golde. Then shall yonge mens bowes be 
knapped asunder. The Medes shal haue no 
pi tie vp5 wome with childe, & their faces shall 
not spare y childre. And Babilo (y glory of 
klgdomes and bewtie of the Caldees honoure) 
shalbe destroyed, eue as God destroyed Sodom 
(S Gomorra.' 2 It shal neuer be more inha- 
bited, nether shal there be eny more dwell- 
inge there, from generacion to generacion. 

The Arabians shall make no mo tentes 
there, nether shall the shepardes make their 
foldes there eny more: but wylde beastes 
shal lie there, g y houses shalbe full of greate 
Oules. Estriches shal dwell there, (j Apes 
shal daunse there : The litle Oules shall crie 
in the palaces, one after another, & Dragos 
shalbe in the pleasaut perlours. And as for 
Babilons tyme, it is at honde, j hir dayes 
maye not be longe absent. 

Che rtttj. Chapter. 

BUT f LORDE wilbe mercyfull vnto 
Iacob, d wyll take vp Israel agayne, (t, 
set the in their owne lode. Straugers shal 
cleue vnto the, (t get the to y- house of Iacob. 
* They shal take y people, j cary the home 
with the. And y house of Israel shal haue 
the in possession, for seruaiites g maydes in y 
lode of y LORDE. They shal take those 
prisoners, whose captyues they had bene afore : 
I rule those, y had oppressed the. When y 
LORDE now shal bringe y to rest, fro f tra 
uayle, feare, u harde bondage y thou wast laden 
with all : then shalt thou vse this mockage 
vpon f kinge of Babilon, (j saye : How hap- 
peneth it y y oppressour leaueth of? Is f 
golden tribute come to an ende? Doutles the 
LORDE hath broken the staff of the vngodly, 
I the cepter of y lordly. Which whe he is 
wroth, smyteth y people with durable strokes, 
his woders he persecuteth the, (j tameth 
the cotinually. And therfore y whole worlde 
is now at rest and quyetnesse, & men synge 
for ioye. 

Yee euen the Fyrre trees and Cedres of 
Libanus reioyse at thy fall, sayenge : Now y 
thou art layde downe, there come no mo vp 
to destroye vs. Hell also trembleth at thy 
commynge. All mightie men and prynces of 
the earth, steppe forth before the. All kynges 
of the earth stonde vp fro their seates, that 

i. 19. c. * Abdie l.d. Zach. 2. b. c Luc. 10. c. 



they maye all (one after another) synge and 
speake vnto the. Art thou wounded also as 



we? art thou become like vnto 



Thy 



pompe and thy pryde is gone downe to hell 
Mothes shalbe layde vnder the, j wormes 
shalbe thy coueringe. 

How art thou fallen from heauen rf (o Luci 
fer) thou faire mornlge childe? hast thou 
gotten a fall euen to the grounde, thou that 
(notwithstondinge) dyddest subdue the peo 
pie? And yet thou thoughtest in thine harte: 
I will clymme vp in to heauen, and make my 
seate aboue the starres of God, I wyll syt 
vpon the glorious mount toward the North, I 
wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes, (j wilbe 
like the highest of all. Yet darre I laye, y 
thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of 
hell. e They that se the, shal narowly loke 
vpo the, and thinke in them selues, sayenge : 
Is this the man, that brought all londes in 
feare, and made y kingdomes afrayde : Is this 
he that made the worlde in a maner waist, tj 
layde the cities to the grounde, which let not 
his prisoners go home ? 

How happeneth it, that the kynges of all 
people lie, euery one at home in his owne 
palace, with worshipe, and thou art cast out 
of thy graue like a wilde braunch : like as 
dead mens rayment that are shott thorow with 
the swerde : as they that go downe to the 
stones of the depe : as a dead coarse that is 
troden vnder fete: and art not buried with 
them ? Euen because that thou hast waisted 
thy lode, and destroyed thy people. For the 
generacion of the wicked shalbe without 
honoure, for euer. There shal a waye be 
sought to destroye their childre, for their 
fathers wickednes : they shal not come vp 
agayne to possesse the londe, and fyll the 
worlde ful of castels and townes. 

I wil stonde vp agaynst them (sayeth the 
LORDE of hoostes) and root out y name and 
generacion of Babilon (saieth the LORDE) 
Cj wil geue it to the Otters, and wil make 
water poddels of it. And I wil swepe them 
out with the besome of destruccion, sayeth 
the LORDE of hoostes. The LORDE of 
hoostes hath sworne an ooth, sayege : It shal 
come to passe as I haue determined : & shalbe 
fulfilled as I haue deuysed. -^The Assirians 
shalbe destroyed in my londe, and vpon my 
mountaynes wyll I treade them vnder fote. 



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Eze. 31. c. Eze. 32. c. 



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Wher thorow his yocke shall come from you, g 
his burthen shalbe taken from youre shulders. 
This deuyce hath God taken thorow the 
whole worlde, and thus is his honde stretched 
out ouer all people. For yf the LORDE of 
hoostes determe a thinge, who wyl dysanulle 
it ? And yf he stretch forth his honde, who 
wil holde it in agayne ? 

The same yeare that kynge Achas dyed, 
God threatned by Esay on this maner : " Re- 
ioyse not (thou whole Palestina) as though y 
rod of him y beateth the were broken : For 
out of f serpentes rote, there shal waxe a 
kockatrice, g the frute shalbe a fyrie worme. 
But the poore shall fede of the best thinges, 
and the symple shal dwell in safetie. * Thy 
rotes wil I destroye with honger, and it shall 
slaye thy remnaunt. Mourne ye portes, wepe 
ye Cities. And feare thou (o whole Palestina) 
for there shal come fro the North a smoke, 
whose power no man maye abyde. Who 
shall then maynteyne the messages of the 
Gentyles? But the LORDE stablisheth 
Syon, g the poore of my people shall put 
their trust in him. 

Che rb. Chapter. 

THIS is f heuy burthe vpo Moab : Ar of 
Moab was destroyed (as me thought) in 
the night season : c The walles of Moab 
perished in the night, g vanished awaye : They 
wete to Baith and Dibon in the hie places, 
for to wepe : Moab did mourne fro Nebo to 
Medba : All their heades were colled, and al 
their beardes shauen. d In their stretes were 
they gyrded aboute with sack cloth. In all 
the toppes of their houses g stretes was there 
nothinge, but moumynge and wepinge. He- 
sebon and Eleale cried, that their voyce was 
herde vnto Iahaz. The worthies also of Moab 
bleared and cried for very sorow of their 
myndes: Wo is my hert for Moabs sake. 
They fled vnto the cite of Zoar, which is like 
a fayre fruteful bullock, they went vp to 
Luhith, wepinge. The waye toward Horo- 
naim was ful of lamentacion for y hurte. The 
waters of Nimrim were dried vp, the grasse 
was wythred, the herbes destroyed, ij what 
necessary grene thinge there was besyde. In 
like maner the thinge y was left them of their 
substaunce, they caried it by water to Araby. 



- Iere. 47. 
4 Reg. 1. t 



Ezec. 25. c. 
c Eze. 25. 



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d. Soph. 



3 Reg. 12. b. 
b. Iere. 48. f. 



The crie went ouer the whole londe of Moab: 
from Eglaim vnto Beer, was there nothinge 
but mournynge. The waters of Dimon were 
full of bloude, for y enemie had sent thither a 
bonde of men, which as a lyon, layde waite 
for the remnaunt of the londe, and for them 
y were escaped. 

Cfie rbt. Chapter. 

THEN sent the lordes of the lode a ma 
of warre, from the rocke that lieth to- 
ward the deserte, vnto the hill of the doughter 
Sion (For as for the doughters of Moab, they 
were as it had bene a trymblinge byrde, y is 
put out of hir nest, by the fery of Arnon) 
which messaunger sayde : gather youre coun- 
cel, come together, couer vs with youre sha- 
dowe in the myddaye, e as the night doth: 
hyde the chased, g bewraye not the that are 
fled, let the persecuted Moabites dwel amoge 
you, be oure open refuge agaynst the de- 
stroyer : for the aduersary oppresseth vs, the 
robber vndoeth vs, g the tyraunte dryueth vs 
out of oure londe. But y Trone of youre 
kingdome is ful of grace, therfore he that syt- 
teth vpon it with faithfulnesse g treuth in the 
house of Dauid, knowe the thinge j do his 
diligence to helpe shortly, acordinge to Equite 
and rightuousnes. As for Moabs pride (shal 
they answere) it is wel knowne. -''And all 
though they be excellent, proude, arrogant, g 
hie mynded : yet is their strength nothinge 
like. And therfore Moab complayneth vnto 
Moab, wher thorow they come all to mourne : 
g now y they be smytten, they take their 
deuyce beneth by the bryckwall, and make 
their coplaynte. 

The suburbes also of Hesebon were made 
waist, g the princes of the Gentyles hewed 
downe y vynyardes of Sibma, which were 
planted with noble grapes, and spred vnto 
Iazer, and went vnto the ende of the deserte, 
whose braunches stretched their selues forth 
beyonde the see. Therfore I mourned for 
Iazer, g for y vynyardes of Sibma with greate 
sorow. I poured my teares vpon Hesebon g 
Eleale, for all their songes were layde downe, 
in their haruest g gatheringe of their grapes : 
Myrth and chere was gone out of y felde g 
vynyardes, in so moch, that no man was glad 
ner sunge. There wete no treader in to the 



d Iere. 48. b. Act. 18. b 
/Iere. 48. c. Ezec. 25. 



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wynepresse, their mery chere was layde downe. 
Wherfore my bely robled (as it had bene a 
lute) for Moabs sake, 5 myne inwarde mem- 
bres, for the bryckwalles sake. For it hap- 
pened thus also : whe Moab sawe that she was 
turned vp syde downe : "she went vp an hie in 
to hir sanctuary, to make hir prayer there, 
but she might not be helped. This is the 
deuyce, which the LORDE toke in honde at 
that tyme agaynst Moab. But now the 
LORDE sayeth thus : In thre yeare shal f 
power of Moab with their pope (which is 
greate) be minished, like as f burthe of an 
hyred seruaunte : And as for y remnaunt of 
them, they shalbe lesse then a fewe, and not 
rekened moch worth. 

Cht rbt). Chapter. 

THIS is the heuy burthe vpo Damascus : 
*Beholde, Damascus shal be nomore a 
cite, but an heape of broken stones. The 
cities of Aroer shalbe waist, The catel shal lie 
there, (j noma shal fraye the awaye. Eph- 
raim shal no more be stroge, (j Damascus 
shal no more be a kyngdome. And as for f 
glory of f remnaunt of f Sirians, it shalbe as 
the glory of the childre of Israel, saieth y 
LORDE of hoostes. At that tyme also shal 
y glory of Iacob be very poore, (j his fatnes 
leane. It shal happe to the, as when one 
sheareth in haruest, which cutteth his handful 
with the sickle, j when one gathreth y sheaues 
together in the valley, of Rephaim, there re- 
mayneth yet some ears ouer. Or as whe one 
shaketh an olyue tre, c which fyndeth but two 
or thre olyue beries aboue in the toppe, and 
foure or fyue in the braunches. Thus the 
LORDE God of Israel hath spoken. 

Then shal man couerte agayne vnto his 
maker, j turne his eyes to the holy one of 
Israel. And shal not turne to the aulters that 
are f worke of his owne hodes, nether shal he 
loke vpon groaues j ymages, which his fyngers 
haue wrought. At the same tyme shal their 
stronge cities be desolate, like as were once f 
forsake plowes j corne, which they forsoke, 
d for feare of f children of Israel. 

So shalt thou (o Damascus) be desolate, 
because thou hast forgotte God thy Sauioure, 
& hast not called to remebraunce y rock of 
thi stregth, Wherfore thou hast also set a 
fayre plate, & grafted a straunge braunch. In 

<• Deut. 32. e. * Iere. 49. d. Amos 1. a. c Esa. 24. b. 



the daye when thou diddest plante it, it was 
greate, and gaue soone the frute of thi sede : 
But in the daye of haruest, thou shalt reape 
an heape of sorowes g miseries. 

Wo be to the multitude of moch people, 
that russh in like the see, and to the heape of 
folke, that renne ouer all like greate waters. 
e For though so many people increase as the 
flowinge waters, and though they be armed, 
yet they fie farre of, and vanish awaye like 
the dust with the wynde vpon an hill, and as 
the whyrle wynde thorow a storme. Though 
they be fearful at night, yet in the morninge 
it is gone with the, This is their porcion, that 
do vs harme, and heretage of them, that 
robbe vs. 

Che rMj. Chapter. 

WO be to the londe of flienge shippes, 
which is of this syde y floude of 
Ethiopia : which sendeth hir message ouer the 
see in shippes of redes vpo f water, and 
sayeth : go soone, and do youre message vnto 
a straunge and harde folke : to a fearful peo- 
ple, cj to a people y is further then this : to a 
desperate and pylled folke, whose londe is 
deuyded from vs with ryuers of water. Yee 
all ye y syt in the compasse of the worlde, 
and dwell vpon the earth : when the token 
shalbe geuen vpo the mountaynes, then loke 
vp : and when the home bloweth, then herken 
to, for thus hath f LORDE sayde vnto me. 
I layde me downe, and pondred the matter in 
my house, at the noone daye when it was 
hote : and there fel a myslinge shower, like a 
dew, as it happeneth in haruest. But the 
frutes, were not yet ripe cut of, and the grapes 
were but yonge and grene. Then one smote 
of the grapes with an hoke, yee he hewed 
downe also the buwes and the braunches, j 
dyd cast the awaye. And thus they were 
layde waist, for the foules of the mountaynes, 
and for y beastes of the earth together. So 
y the foules sat ther vpon, and the beastes of 
the earth wyntered there. Then shal there 
be a present brought vnto the LORDE of 
hoostes : euen that harde folke, that fearful 
folke, and that further is the this : y desperate 
and pylled folke (whose londe is deuyded 
from vs with floudes of water) vnto the place 
of the name of the LORDE of hoostes: •'euen 
vnto the hill of Sion. 



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€!)e rtr. Chapter. 

THIS is the heuy burthen vpon Egipte : 
"Beholde, the LORDE wil ryde vpon 
a swifte cloude, and come in to Egipte. And 
the goddes of Egipte shal trymble at his 
comynge, and the hert of Egipte shal quake 
within her. For thus saieth the LORDE: 
I wil stere vp the Egiptians one agaynst 
another amonge them selues, 6 so that one 
shalbe euer agaynst his brother and negh- 
boure, yee one cite agaynst another, and one 
kyngdome agaynst another. And Egipte 
shalbe choked in hir self. Whe they axe 
councel at their goddes, at their Prophetes, at 
their soythsayers and witches: then will I 
bringe their councel to naught. 

I wil delyuer Egipte also in to the hondes 
of greuous rulers, and a cruel kinge shal haue 
the rule of them. The water of the see 
shalbe drawe out, Nilus shal synke awaye, (j 
be dronke vp. The ryuers also shalbe drawen 
out, the welles shal decreace and drie awaye. 
Rede and rush shal fayle, the grasse by the 
waters syde or vpon f ryuers bancke, yee and 
what so euer is sowen by the waters, shalbe 
wythered, destroyed, 5 brought to naught. 
The fyshers shall mourne, all soch as cast 
angles in the water, shal complayne, & they 
that sprede their nettes in the water, shalbe 
faynt harted. Soch as laboure vpon flax g 
sylcke, shal come to pouerte, (j they also that 
weeue fyne workes. All the poundes of 
Egipte, all the policie of their Moates 5 diches 
shal come to naught/ 

Yee the vndiscrete prynces of Zoan, the 
d councel of the wyse Senatours of Pharao, 
shal turne to foolishnesse : Those that darre 
boast is saye of Pharaos behalfe : I am come 
of wyse people. I am come of y- olde regall 
Progeny. But where are now thy wyse me ? 
Let them tel the 5 shewe the, what the 
LORDE of hoostes hath taken in honde 
agaynst Egypte. Fooles are those prynces of 
Zoan, (s proude are the prynces of Noph : yee 
they e dysceaue Egypte with the nobilite of 
their stocke. For the LORDE hath made 
Egypte droncke with the sprete of erroure, 
and they shal vse it in all matters : eue like as 
a dronke ma goeth spewinge aboute. For 
Egipte shal lacke good councel, so y they 

a Iere. 46. a. Eze. 29. a. Luc. 21. d. <• Mar. 13. a. 
' 2 Reg. 17. b. 



shal not knowe what to do, nether beginnynge 
nor ende, nether vpon the lode nor water. 
The shal f Egiptias be like vnto wome, 
afrayde (j astoied, at the liftinge vp of the 
hode, which f LORDE of hoostes shal lifte 
vp ouer them. 

The londe of luda also shal make the Egip- 
tians afrayde, who so doth but speake vpon it, 
shal put them in feare : And that because of 
the councel, which f LORDE of hoostes hath 
devysed agaynst them. Then shal the fyue 
cities of Egipte speake with the Canaanites 
tunge, ande sweare by the LORDE of hoostes, 
j Heliopolis shalbe one of them. At the 
same tyme shal the LORDE of hoostes haue 
an aulter in the myddest of the londe of 
Egipte, with this title ther by: Vnto the 
LORDE. This shalbe a token or testimony 
•'Vnto the LORDE of hoostes in the londe of 
Egipte, when they shal crie vnto him, be- 
cause of those that oppresse them : that he 
shal sende them a captayne and a Sauioure 
to delyuer them. 

Morouer, Egipte shalbe bought vnto the 
LORDE, and the Egiptians also shal knowe 
the LORDE at the same tyme : they shal do 
him reuerence with peace offringes, and with 
meat offringes: they shal promyse him of- 
fringes, yee & paye him also. Thus the 
LORDE shal smyte Egipte, 5 heale it agayne: 
(j so shal they turne to f LORDE, and he 
also shal haue mercy vpo them, and saue 
them. Then shal there be a comon waye out 
of Egipte in to Assiria. The Assirians shal 
come in to Egipte, and the Egypcians in to 
Assiria. The Egipcians also and the Assirians 
shal both haue one Gods seruyce. Then shal 
Israel with honoure be the thirde to Egipte 
and Assur. And the LORDE of hoostes 
shal blesse them, sayenge : Blissed is my 
people of the Egipcians, Assur is the worke 
of my hodes, but Israel is myne enheritaunce 

Che rr. Chapter. 

THE same yeare that Harthan came to 
Aschdod, where Sarge the kinge of the 
Assirians sent him, what tyme as he also be- 
seged Aschdod, g wane it y same season : The 
spake the LORDE vnto Esaye y sonne of 
Amos, sayenge : go and lowse of y sack cloth 
fro thy loynes, and put of thy shues from thy 

d Esaie 8. c. <■ 3 Reg. 22. d. / Deut. 10. d. 



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fete. And so he dyd, goinge naked & barefote. 
Then sayde the LORDE : where as my ser- 
uaunt Esaye goeth naked and barefote, it is a 
token and signifienge of the thinge, that after 
thre yeare shal come vp5 Egipte and Ethiopia. 
For euen thus shal the kinge of the Assirians 
driue both yonge and olde, as prisoners naked 
and barefote, out of Egipte and Ethiopia, 
And shal dyscouer y shame of Egipte. They 
shalbe also at their wittes ende, and ashamed 
one of another : the Egipcians of the Moryans, 
and the Morians of the Egipcians, at the sight 
of their glory. 

Morouer they that dwel in y lies shal saye 
euen the same daye : beholde, this is oure 
hope, to whom we fled to seke helpe, that we 
might be delyuered from the kinge of y 
Assirians. How will we escape? 

©i)c jfjri. Chapter. 

THIS is the heuy burthe of the waist see: 
A greuous visio was shewed vnto me, 
like as when a storme of wynde and rayne 
russheth in from the wyldernesse, that terrible 
londe. Who so maye disceaue (sayde the 
voyce) let him disceaue : Who so maye dis 
troye, let him distroye. Vp Elam, besege it 
o Madai, for I will still all their gronynge 
With this, the raynes of my backe were ful of 
payne : " Panges came vpon me, as vpon a 
woman in hir trauayle. When I herde it, I 
was abasshed: and whe I loked vp, I was 
afrayde. Myne herte paunted, I trembled 
for feare. The darcknesse made me fearfull 
in my mynde. 

Yee soone make redy the table (sayde this 
voyce) kepe the watch, eate and drynke : Vp 
ye captaynes, take you to youre shylde, for 
thus the LORDE hath charged me : go thy 
waye, and set a watchma, that he maye tell 
what he seyth. And whe he had way ted 
diligetly, he sawe two horsmen : the one 
rydinge vpon an Asse, the other vpon a camel. 
And the lyon cried : LORDE, I haue stonde 
waytinge all the whole daye, and haue kepte 
my watch all the night. With y came there 
one rydinge vpon a charet, which answered, 
and sayde : * Babilon is fallen, she is turned 
vpsyde downe, and all f ymages of hir goddes 
are smytten to f grounde. This (o my felowe 
throsshers and fanners) haue I herde of the 



a. Iere. 
and : 



* Iere. 
Iere. 4 



Apo. 14. b. 



LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel, to 
shewe it vnto you. 

The heuy burthen of Duma. 

One of Seir cried vnto me: "watchman, 
what hast thou espied by night ? Watchman, 
what hast thou espied by night ? The watch- 
man answered: The daye breaketh on, and 
the night is comynge : Yf youre request be 
earnest, then axe, and come agayne. 
The heuy burthen vpon Arabia. 

rf At euen ye shal abyde in the wod, in the 
waye toward Dedanim. Mete the thurstie 
with water, (o ye citisens of Hema) mete those 
with bred that are fled. For thei shal runne 
awaye from the weapen, from the drawe 
swerde, from the bet bowe, and from the 
greate batell. For thus hath the LORDE 
spoken vnto me : ouer a yeare shal all the 
power of Cedar be gone, like as when the 
office of an hyred seruaunte goeth out : And 
the remnaunt of the good Archers of Cedar/ 
shalbe very few: For the LORDE God of 
Israel hath spoken it. 

®he rrtj. Chapter. 
The heuy burthen, apon the valley of Visions. 

WHAT hast thou there to do, that thou 
clymnest vp in to the house toppe. 
o thou citie of miracles, sedicious and wilfull? 
seinge, thy slayne me are nether killed with 
swerde, ner deed in batel ? For all thy cap- 
taynes gat them to their horses from the ordi- 
naunce, yee they are altogether rydden awaye, 
and fled farre of. When I perceaued y, I 
sayde : awaye fro me, y I maye wepe bytterly. 
^Take no laboure for to coforte me, as touch- 
inge the destruction of my people. For this 
is f daye of the LORDE of hoostes, wherin 
he will plage, treade downe, and wede out the 
valley of Visios, and breake downe the walles, 
with soch a crack, that it shal geue a sownde 
in the mountaynes. 

I sawe the Elamites take the quyuers to 
carte and to horse, and that the walles were 
bare from harnesse. Thy goodly valleys were 
ful of Charettes, the horse men made them 
soone to besege the gates. Then was the 
coueringe of Iuda put from thence, and then 
was sene the sege of the tymbre house. There 
shal ye se the riftes in the walles of the cite of 

a. 16. a. <" Iere. 49. e. / Iere. 9. a. Luce 19. d. 



C&ap, mij. 



Cfte prophet Cefap* 



tfa. hit 



Dauid," wherof there shalbe many. Ye shal 
gather together the waters of the lower pole, 
and tel the houses of Ierusale, and break of 
some of the to kepe y walles. And ye shal 
make a pyt betwyxte y twayne walles of the 
water of the olde pole, and nothinge regarde 
him, that toke it in honde and made it. And 
at the same tyme shal f LORDE of hoostes 
cal me to wepinge mourninge, to baldnesse 
and puttinge on of sack clothe. But they to 
fulfil their lust and wilfulnes, slaughter oxe, 
theykyll shepe, theyeate costly meate, (j drynke 
wyne : * let vs eate and drinke, tomorow we 
shal die. Neuertheles whe the LORDE of 
hoostes herde of it, he sayde : yee, yf this 
wickednes of yours shalbe remitted, ye must 
die for it. This hath f LORDE God of 
hoostes spoken. 

Thus sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes: 
c Go in to the treasury vnto Sobna the gouern- 
oure, and saye vnto him : What hast thou 
here to do ? cj from whece comest thou ? that 
thou hast made the a graue here ? For he 
had caused a costly tombe of stone to be made 
for himself, and a place to lye in to be hewen 
out of a rock. Beholde the LORDE shal 
cast the out by violence, he will deck the of 
another fashion, and put vpon the a straunge 
clothe. He shal carie y in to a farre coutre, 
like a ball with his hondes. There shalt thou 
die, there shal the pompe of thy charettes 
haue an ende : thou vylleyne of the house of 
thy LORDE : I wil shute the out of thine 
office, and put the from thine estate. 

After this wil I cal my seruaunt Eliakim, y 
sonne of Helkia, and araye him with thy cote, 
and gyrde him with thy gyrdle, and I wil geue 
thy power in to his honde. He shalbe a father 
of the citisens of Jerusalem, 1 * and of the Kym-ed 
of Iuda. I will also laye the keye of Dauids 
house vpon his shulders, and yf he open, no 
man shal shit, and yf he do shyt, no man shal 
open. I wil fasten him to a nale in the place 
of the most hie faithfulnesses and he shalbe 
vpon the glorious trone of his fathers house. 
They shal hage vpon him all the glory of his 
fathers house, of the children and childers 
childre, all apparel small and great, all instru- 
mentes of measure & musike. This shal come 
to passe (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) when 
the nale, y is fastened to the place of the 



2 Reg. 5. b. 



Sap. 2. b. 1 Cor. 15. 
Apo. 1. d. lob 12. b. 



highest faithfulnesse : shalbe pluckt of, And 
whe the weight that hangeth vpon it, shal fall, 
be broken, and hewen in peces. For the 
LORDE himself hath sayde it. 

Che rrtij. Chapter. 

A N heuy burthen vpon Tirus. Mourne 
X^ ye shippes of Tharsis, •''for she is 
throwne downe to the grounde, and conquered 
of them, that are come from Cithim. The 
Indwellers of the Ilondes, the marchauntes of 
Sidon, and they that occupied the see (of 
whom thou wast ful somtyme) are at a poynte. 
For by see were there frutes brought vnto the, 
and all maner of come by water. Thou wast 
the comon marcket of al people. Sido is sory 
for it, yee and all y- power of the see coplaneth, 
and saieth: O y I had neuer traueled with 
childe, that I had neuer borne eny, y I had 
nether norished boye, ner brought vp doughter. 
As soone as Egipte perceaueth it, she wilbe 
as sory as Tirus it self. Go ouer the see, 
Mourne ye y dwel in the lies. Is not that 
the glorious cite, which hath bene of longe 
antiquite? whose natyues dwellinge farre of, 
commende her so greatly ? Who hath deuysed 
soch thinges vpon Tirus the crowne of al 
cities, whose marchautes and captaynes were 
the highest and principal of the worlde ? Eue 
the LORDE of hoostes hath deuysed it, that 
he maye put downe al pompe, and minish all 
the glory of the worlde. Go thorow thy londe 
(^o thou doughter of the see) as men go ouer 
the water, and there is not a gyrdle more. 

* Thus the LORDE (that remoueth the 
kingdomes, and hath taken in hande agaynst 
that mightie Canaan to rote it out:) hath 
stretched out his honde ouer the see, and 
sayde : From hence forth shalt thou make no 
more myrth (o thou doughter Sidon) for thou 
shalt be put downe of the Cethes. Stonde 
vp therfore, and go where the enemie wil carie 
the, where thou shalt also haue no rest. Be- 
holde (for thyne ensample :) The Caldees 
were soch a people, that no man was like 
them. Assur buylded them: he set vp his 
castels & palaces, and broke them downe 
agayne. And therfore mourne (ye shippes of 
the see) for youre power shalbe throwne downe. 

After that, shal the lxx. yeares of Tirus 
(euen as longe as their kinges life was) be 

' Zach. 10. a. S Iere. 47. c. Eze. 26. a. and 27, 28. 

e lob 12. b. h Dan. 2. c. 



So. Klij. 



&i)t propfat estop* 



Cfrap* miij. 



n. And after lxx. yeares, it shal 
happe to Tirus as with an harlot that playeth 
vpon a lute. Take thy lute (saie men to her) 
and go aboute the citie, thou art yet an vn- 
knowne wensche, make pastyme with dyuerse 
balettes, wherby thou mayest come in to ac- 
quantaunce. Thus shal it happen after lxx. 
yeares. " The LORDE shal uiset the citie of 
Tirus, and it shal come agayne to hyr Mar- 
chaundyse, and shal occupie with al the King- 
domes that be in the worlde. But all hir 
occupiege and wynnynge, shalbe halowed vnto 
the LORDE.* For then shal they laye vp 
nothinge behinde them nor vpon heapes : but 
the marchaudise of Tirus shal beloge vnto the 
citisens of the LORDE, to the fedinge and 
susteninge of the hiigrie, and to the clothinge 
of the aged. 

Che rrtirj. Chapter. 

BEHOLDE, f LORDE shal waist and 
plage the worlde, c he shal make the face 
of the earth desolate, j scatre abrode y inha- 
bitours therof. Then shal the prest be as the 
people, the master as the seruaunt, the dame 
like the mayde, the seller like the byer, he 
that ledeth vpon vsury, like him y boroweth 
vpo vsury, the creditoure, as the detter. Yee 
miserably shal f worlde be waysted 5 clene 
destroyed. For f LORDE hath so determed 
in himself. The earth shalbe heuye and 
decaye : The face of y earth shal perish 5 fal 
awaye, the proude people of y worlde shal 
come to naught, For y earth is corrupte of 
hir indwellers. 

For why? they haue offended f lawe, 
chaunged the ordinances, and made the euer- 
lastinge testamet of none effecte, And ther- 
fore shal the curse deuoure the earth : for they 
y dwell thero, haue synned, wherfore they 
shalbe brent also, and those that remayne, 
shalbe very few. The swete wyne shal 
mourne, the grapes shalbe weake, and all y 
haue bene mery in harte, shal sighe. rf The 
myrth of tabrettes shalbe layde downe, the 
chere of the ioyful shal ceasse, and the plea- 
sure of lutes shal haue an ende : there shal 
no more wyne be dronke with myrth, the 
beer shal be bytter to the that drinke it, the 
wicked cities shalbe broken downe, all houses 
shalbe shut, that no man maye come in. 

In the stretes shal there be lift vp a crie 

" Act. 21. a. * Psal. 44. c. c Ose. 4. b. * Apo. 18. c. 



because of wyne, all mens chere shal vanish 
awaye, and all ioye of the earth shal passe, 
Desolacion shal remayne in the cities, and the 
gates shalbe smytten with waistnesse. For it 
shal happen vnto all londes and to all people, 
like as when a ma smyteth downe y olyues. 
y are left vpon the tre : *or seketh after grapes, 
when the wyne gatheringe is out. And those 
same (that remayne) shal lift vp their voyce. 
and be glad, (t shal magnifie the glory of the 
LORDE, euen from the see, (j prayse the 
name of the LORDE God of Israel, in the 
valeis and Ilodes. We heare songes sunge to 
the prayse of the rightuous, fro al the endes of 
the worlde. Therfore I must speake : O my 
vnfrutfulnesse, o my pouerte, Wo is me, all " 
ful of synneres, which offende of purpose and 
malice. And therfore, (o thou that dwellest 
vpon the earth) there is at hode for the, feare, 
pyt and snare. Who so escapeth the terrible 
crie, shal fall in to the pyt/ And yf he come 
out of the pyt, he shalbe take with the snare 
For the wyndowes aboue shalbe opened, and 
the foundacion of the earth shal moue. 

The earth shal geue a greate crack, it shal 
haue a sore ruyne, and take an horrible fall 
The earth shal stacker like a dronken man. 
and be take awaye like a tent. Hir misdedes 
shal lie so heuye vpo her, y she must fall, and 
neuer rise vp agayne. At the same tyme 
shal the LORDE mustre together the hie 
hooste aboue, and y kynges of the worlde 
vpon the earth. These shalbe coupled toge- 
ther as prisoners be, and shalbe shut in one 
warde and punished innumerable daies. g The 
Moone and the Sonne shalbe ashamed, when 
the LORDE of hoostes shal rule them at 
Ierusalem vpon the mount Sion, before and 
with his excellent councel. 

Che rvb. Chapter. 
/^\ LORDE, thou art my God, I wil prayse 
V^/ the, and magnifie thy name : For thou 
bringest marvelous thinges to passe, acordinge 
to thine olde councels, truly and stedfastly. 
/; Thou makest of townes, heapes of stone : 
and of head cities, broken walles : The palaces 
of the wicked destroyest thou out of the citie, 
that they shal neuer be buylded againe. Ther- 
fore the very rude people must magnifie the, 
and the cities of the cruel heithen must feare 
the. For thou art the poore mans helpe, a 

'Esa. 17. b. / Iere. 48. <?. s Luc. 21. c. h Esa. 26. a. 



Cfjaju jrjttu 



Wi)t propftet <£sap. 



Jftu &ruj* 



stregth for the neadful in his necessite. Thou 
art a defence agaynst euel wether, a schadowe 
agaynst the hete. But vnto the presumptuous, 
thou art like a stroge whyrle wynde, that 
casteth downe the boostinge of the vngodly, 
thou kepest men from heate with the shadow 
of the cloudes, thou cuttest of the braunches 
of tyrauntes. 

Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal once 
prepare a feast for all people vpo the hill : " A 
plenteous, costly, pleasaunt feast, of fat and 
welfed beastes, of swete and most pure thinges. 
Vpon the hill shal he take awaye the syde 
vale y hageth before f face of al people, and 
the coueringe wherwith all Gentiles are co- 
uered. *As for death, he shal vtterly cosume 
it, The LORDE God shal wipe awaye the 
teares from all faces, and take awaye the con- 
fucio of his people thorow y whole worlde. 
For y LORDE himself hath sayde it. 

At the same tyme shal it be sayde : lo, this 
is oure God in who we put oure trust, "and he 
hath healed vs. This is the LORDE that we 
haue wayted for : Let vs reioyse (j delyte in 
his health. For the hode of y LORDE 
ceaseth vpo this hil. But Moab shalbe 
throsshe downe vnder him, like as the straw is 
trode vnder fete in a doge hill. For he shal 
stretch out his hodes vpon him, like as a 
swimmer doth to swymme. And with the 
power of his hondes shal he cast downe his 
hie pompe. As for his stroge holdes (j hie 
walles : he shal buwe them, cast the downe, 
and fell the to the grounde in to dust. 

Cfte rrbt. Cfiapter. 

THEN shal this songe be sunge in the 
londe of Iuda: rf We haue a stroge citie, 
the walles g the ordinance shal kepe vs. Ope 
y gates, y the good people maye go in, which 
laboureth for the treuth. And thou, which 
art the doer and hast the matter in honde : 
shalt prouyde for peace, e eue the peace y me 
hope for in the. Hope stil in the LORDE, 
for in the LORDE God is euerlastinge stregth. 
For why, it is he, y bringeth lowe the hie 
mynded citesyns, (j casteth downe the proude 
cities. He casteth the to the groude, yee 
eue in to f myre, y they maye be trode vnder 
the fete of the symple, 5 with the steppes of 



" Luc. 14. d. » Ose. 13. e. 1 Co. 15. g. Apo. 7. d. 

and 81. a. c Ephe. 2. a. d Pro. 18. b. Zac. 2. a. 

Psal. 117. b. ' Rom. 5. a. Esa. 12. b. Esa. 25. a. 



the poore. -^Thou (LORDE) cosidrest the 
path of y rightuous, whether it be right, 
whether the waye of f rightuous be right. 
Therfore (LORDE) we haue a respecte vnto 
the waye of thy iudgmentes, thy name and 
thy remebraunce reioyse the soule. «My soule 
lusteth after the all the night loge, j my 
mynde haisteth frely to the. For as soone as 
thy iudgment is knowne to the worlde, the the 
inhabitours of the earth lerne rightuousnesse. 
But the vngodly (though he haue receaued 
grace) yet lerneth he not rightuousnesse, 
but in that place where he is punished, he 
offendeth, j feareth not the glory of the 
LORDE. 

LORDE, they wil not se thine hie honde, 
but they shal se it, and be confounded : whe 
thou shalt deuoure them with the wrath of the 
people, and with the fyre of thine enemies. 
But vnto vs (LORDE) prouyde for peace : 
''for thou workest in vs all oure workes. O 
LORDE oure God, though soch lordes haue 
dominacion vpon vs as knowe not the : yet 
graute, that we maye only hope in the, and 
kepe thy name in remembraunce. ' The 
malicious Tyrauntes whe they die, are nether 
in life nor in the resurrectio, for thou visitest 
the and rootest the out, and destroyest all the 
memoryall of them. Agayne, thou increacest 
the people (o LORDE), thou increacest the 
people, thou shalt be praysed and magnified 
in all y endes of the worlde. The people 
that seke vnto the in trouble, that same ad- 
uersite which they complane of, is vnto the a 
chastenynge before the. Like as a wife with 
childe (whe hir trauayle c5meth vp5 her) *is 
ashamed, crieth and suffreth the payne : Eue 
so are we (o LORDE) in thy sight. We are 
with childe, we trauayle, ' (j beare, (j with the 
sprete we bringe forth health, wherethorow 
the earth is vndestroyed, and the inhabitours 
of the worlde perish not. 

m But as for thy dead men and ours, that be 
departed, they are in life and resurrection. 
They lie in the earth, they wake, g haue ioye : 
for thy dew is a dew of life g light. But f 
place of the malicious Tyrauntes is falle 
awaye. n So go now my people in to thy 
chabre, and shut the doore to the, and suffre 
now y twicklinge of an eye, ° till the wrath be 



/ Pro. 16. a. Iere. 10. d. s Psal. 62. a. and 142. 

'' Phil. 2. a. i Psa. 51. b. k Ioh. 16. c. ' Rom. 8. 
"' 2 Cor. 6. b. *' Gen. 19. c. ° Apo. 6. b. 



ffo. totttj. 



€f)t prophet Csiap* 



Cfrap, fltotj* 



ouerpast. For beholde, the LORDE wil go 
out of his habitation, " & vyset the wickednes 
of the that dwell vpon earth. He wil discouer 
the bloude that she hath deuoured, she shal 
neuer hyde the, that she hath murthured. 

Cfie rrbrj. Cfiaptev. 

THEN the LORDE with his heuye, great 
and loge swearde shal vyset Leuiatha, 
that invincible serpet : eue Leuiatha y croked 
serpent, and shal slaye the Wallfish in f see. 
At the same tyme shal me synge of the vyn- 
yarde of Muscatel. I the LORDE kepe it, 
and water it in due season. I watch daye (j 
night, that no man breake in to it. I beare 
no euel wil in my mynde. Who will compell 
me, that I greatly forgettinge all faithfulnesse, 
shulde burne it vp at once with thornes j 
bushes ? Or who will enforce me to kepe or 
make peace ? It wil come to this poynte, y 
Iacob shalbe rooted againe, and Israel shalbe 
grene & beare floures, & they shal fyll y whole 
worlde with their frute. Smyteth he not his 
smyter, as euel as he is smytte himself? 
Destroieth he not f murtherers, as he is 
murthured? Euery ma rec5penseth with y 
measure y he receaueth : He museth vpo his 
sore wynde, as vpo the dayes of extreme heate. 
And therfore shal the iniquite of Iacob be 
thus reconciled. And so shal he take awaye 
all y frute of his synnes. 

*As for aulter stones, he shal make them all 
as stones beaten to poulder : the Groues and 
Idols shal not stonde. The stronge cities shalbe 
desolate, and y fayre cities shalbe left like a 
wildernes. The catel shal fede and lie there, 
and the shepe shal eate it vp. Their haruest 
shal be brent, their wyues which were their 
bewtie when they came forth : shalbe defyled. 
For it is a people without, vnderstodinge, and 
therfore he y created them, shal not fauoure 
them : and he y made them, shal not be 
merciful to the. In y tyme shal y LORDE 
shute from y swifte water of Euphrates, vnto 
y ryuer of Egipte. And there shal the chil- 
dren be chosen out one by one. Then shal 
the greate trompet be blowen, so that those 
which haue bene destroyed in the Assirians 
londe, and those that be scatred abrode in 
Egipte : shal come & worshipe the LORDE 
at Ierusale, vpo the holy mount. 



o Mich. 1 
Deu. 32. b. 



' Danie. 9. c. 

d Osee 3. a. < 



c Deut, 
Esa. 40. a. 



28. Leui. 26. 
/Esa. 3. c. 



Che vrbttj. Chapter. 

WO be to y crowne of pryde, to y dronke 
Ephraemites/ and to the faydinge 
floure, to the glory of his pope, y is vpo the 
toppe of the pleteous valley : which me be 
ouer laden with wyne. Beholde, the strength 
and power of the LORDE shal breake in to 
the londe on euery syde, like a tempest of 
hale, that beareth downe stronge holdes, and 
like an horrible, mightie and ouer flowinge 
water. And the proude crowne of the dronken 
Ephraemites, shal be troden vnder foote. And 
as for the faydinge floure," the glory of his 
pompe, which is vpon the toppe of the plenteous 
valley: it shal happen vnto him, as to an 
vntymely frute before the haruest come. Which 
as soone as it is sene, is by and by deuoured, 
or euer it come well in a mans honde. 

And then shal the LORDE of hoostes be 
a ioyful crowne, and a glorious garlade vnto 
the remnaunt of his people. Vnto the lowly, 
he shalbe a sprete of iudgment, and vnto them 
that dryue awaye the enemies from y gates, 
he shalbe a sprete of stregth. But they go 
wronge by y reason of wyne, they fall and 
stacker because of stroge drynke. Yee eue 
the prestes and prophetes them selues go 
amisse^ they are dronken with wyne, and 
weake braned thorow stronge drynke. They 
erre in seinge, and in iudgmet they fayle. For 
all tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes, 
y no place is clene. What is he amonge them, 
y can teach, instructe or enfourme the childre, 
which are weened from suck or taken from 
the brestes : of eny other fashion, then : s Com- 
maunde y maye be commaunded, byd y maye 
be bydde, forbyd that maye be forbydde, kepe 
backe y maye be kepte backe, here a litle, 
there a litle. ''And therfore the LORDE also 
shal speake with lispinge lippes and with a 
straunge laguage vnto this people, to whom he 
spake afore of this maner : This shal bringe 
rest, yf one refresh the weery, ye this shal 
bringe rest. But they had no will to heare. 
And therfore the LORDE shal answere their 
stubbournes (Comaunde y maye be co- 
maunded, byd y maye be bydden, forbyd v 
"ydde, 



maye 



be forb 
backe, 1 
they maye go forth, fall backwarde, be brussed, 



backe y maye be 
kepte backe, here a litle, there a litle) That 



e Esa. 10. a. Mat. 23. b. 



e&ap. mv* 



Wt)t prop&et €$ay. 



ft*, tab. 



Wherfore heare the worde 
ye mockers that rule the 



snared and taken, 
of the LORDE, 

LORDES people, which is at Ierusale. For 
ye coforte youre selues thus : Tush, death j 
we are at a poynte, (j as for hell, we haue 
made a codicion with it: that though there 
breake out eny sore plage, it shal not come 
vpon vs. a For with disceate wil we escape, 
and with nymblenes will we defende oure 
selues. *Therfore thus saieth the LORDE 
God : Beholde, I wil laye a stone in Sion, a 
greate stone, a costly corner stone for a sure 
foundacion : y who so putteth his trust in him, 
shal not be confoiided. Rightuousnes wil I 
set vp agayne in y balaunce, and iudgment in 
the weightes. "The tepest of hale shal take 
awaye youre refuge, that ye haue to disceaue 
withal, and y ouerflowinge waters shal breake 
downe youre stroge holdes of dissimulacio. 
Thus the appoyntmet that ye haue made with 
death, shalbe done awaye, and the codicion 
that ye made with hell, shal not stode. When 
the greate destructio goeth thorow, it shal all 
to treade you, It shal take you quyte awaye 
before it. For it shal go forth early in the 
mornynge, and contynue only y daye and y 
night. And the very feare only shal teach 
you, when ye heare it. For y bedde shal be 
so narow y a ma ca not lye vpon it. And the 
coueringe to small, that a ma maye not wynde 
him self therin. d For the LORDE shal steppe 
forth as he dyd vpon the mount Perazim, and 
shal take on as he dyd vpo the dale of Gabaon : 
that he maye bringe forth his deuyce, his 
straunge deuyce: and fulfil his worke, his 
wonderful worcke. And therfore make no 
mockes at it, that youre captiuyte increase 
not : for I haue herde the LORDE of hoostes 
saye, that there shal come a soden destruction 
and plage vpon the whole earth. Take hede, 
and heare my voyce, pondre and merck my 
wordes wel. Goeth not the husbonde man 
euer in due season earnestly to his londe? 
he moweth (j ploweth his grounde to sowe. 
And whe he hath made it playne, he soweth 
it with fitches or comyn. He soweth f wheate 
and Barlye in their place, Milium and Rye 
also in their place. And y he maye do it 
right, his God teacheth him and sheweth him. 
For he treadeth not the fitches out with a 
wayne, nether bringeth he the cart here and 



" Amos 9. 
Luc. 20. b. 



6 Psal. 117.c. Ro. 9. g. 
Cor. 13. b. d Esa. 37. f. 



1 Pet. 2. a. 

2 Re. 5. d. 



W°r 



there ouer the comyn, but he throssheth f 
fitches out with a flale, and the comyn with a 
rod. As for the wheate, he gryndeth it to 
make bred therof, In as moch as he can not 
bringe it to passe with treadinge out. For 
nether the brussinge that the cart wheles make, 
ner his beastes can grynde it. This and soch 
like thinges come of the LORDE of hostes 
which is maruelous in councel, and greate in 
rightuousnesse. 

Cfie rrtr. Chapter, 
vnto the o Ariel Ariel, thou cite that 
Dauid wane." Take yet some yeares, 
and let some feastes yet passe ouer : then shal 
Ariel be beseged, so that she shal be heuy 
and sorouful, and shal be vnto me euen as a 
lyon. For I wil laye sege to the rounde 
aboute, and kepe y in with towers, and graue 
vp dykes agaynst y. And thou shalt be brought 
lowe, and speake out of the earth, and thy 
wordes shal go humbly out of f grounde. 
Thy voyce shal come out of the earth, like 
the voyce of a witch, and thy talkinge shal 
groane out of the myre. For the multitude 
of thine enemies shalbe like mealdust. f And 
the nombre of Tyrauntes shalbe as y dust that 
the wynde taketh awaye sodenly. 

Thou shalt be visited of the LORDE of 
hoostes with thondre, earth quake, and with a 
greate crack, with the whyrle wynde, tempest, 
and with the flame of a consumynge fyre. 
But now the multitude of all the people, that 
went out agaynst Ariel : the whole hooste, the 
stronge holdes, and sege : is like a dreame 
which apeareth in the night. ? It is like as 
when an hungrie man dreameth that he is 
eatynge, and when he awaketh, he hath no- 
thinge : like as when a thurstie man dreameth 
that he is drinkinge, and when he awaketh, he 
is faynt, and his soule vnpacient. 

So is the multitude of all people, that 
mustre them selues agaynst the hill of Sion. 
But ye shalbe at youre wittes ende, ye shalbe 
abasshed : ye shal stackre, and rele to and fro. 
Ye shalbe dronken, but not of wyne. Ye 
shal fall, but not thorow dronkenes : For the 
LORDE shal geue you an hard slepinge 
sprete, and holde downe youre eyes : namely 
youre prophetes and heades which shulde se, 
them shal he couer. 'And all visions shalbe 



Iosue 10. b. 1 Par. 14. d. 
/ Psal. 1. b. s Pi 



e Eze. 43. c. 2 Reg. 5. 
, 72. c. A Esa. 6. b. 



fn. Xnhu 



Wbt prophet Ofcap* 



Cfrap. xw* 



vnto you, as the wordes that stonde in a sealed 
lettre, when one offreth it to a man that is 
lerned, and sayeth : rede vs this lettre. The 
he answereth : I ca, not rede it, for it is shutt. 
But yf it be geue to one y is not lerned, or 
sayde vnto him : rede this lettre : Then sayeth 
he. I can not rede. 

Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE : "For so 
moch as this people draweth nye me with their 
mouth, and prayseth me highly with their 
lippes (where as there herte neuertheles is 
farre fro me, and the feare which they owe 
vnto me, that turne they to mens lawes and 
doctrynes) therfore wil I also shewe vnto this 
people, a maruelous terrible and greate thinge 
(Namely this :) *I wil destroye the wisdome of 
their wise, and the vnderstodinge of their 
lerned men shal perish. c Wo be vnto them 
that seke so depe, to hyde their ymaginacion 
be fore the LORDE, which rehearce their 
coiicels in y darknes, and save : who seith vs, 
or who knoweth vs ? 

Which ymaginacion of yours is euen as when 
the potters claye taketh advisemet, as though 
the worke might saye to y worke master: 
make me not, or as when an erthen vessel 
saieth of the potter : he vnderstondeth not. 
d $>e ye not that it is hard by, that Libanus 
shalbe turned in to Charmel, and that Channel 
shalbe taken as a wodde? Then shal deaf 
men vnderstonde the wordes of the boke, and 
the eyes of the blynde shal se without eny 
cloude or darknes. The oppressed shal holde 
a mery feast in the LORDE, and the poore 
people shal reioyse in the holy one of Israel. 

Then shal the furious people ceasse, and y 
mockers shal be put awaye, and all they y 
do wronge shalbe rooted out, soch as laboure 
to drawe me vnto synne : e and y disceaue him, 
which reproueth them in the gate, & soch as 
turne good personnes to vanite. 

And therfore the LORDE (euen the de- 
fender of Abraham) saieth thus vnto the house 
of Iacob: 7 Now shal not Iacob be ashamed, 
nor his face cofounded, when he seith amonge 
his children (whom my hondes haue made) 
soch as halowe my name amonge them : that 
they maye sanctifie the holy one of Iacob, and 
feare the God of Israel : and that they which 
afore tyme were of an erroneous sprete, haue 



" Mat. 15. a. Mar. 7. a. b Abdie 1. c. 1 Cor. 1. c. 
= Esa. 47. d. Ecci. 23. b. Eze. 9. c. d Esa. 23. d. 

Iere. 2. b. e Pro. 1. b. / Esa. 43. a. s Esa. 8. b. 



now vnderstondinge, and y soch as before 
coude not speake, are now lerned in my lawe. 

Che vrv. Chapter. 

WO be to those shrenkinge children 
(saieth the LORDE) e which seke 
councel, but not at me : which take a webbe 
in honde, but not after my will : that they 
maye heape one synne vpon another. They 
go downe in to Egipte, (and axe me no coun- 
cel) to seke helpe at the power of Pharao, 
and coforte in the shadowe of the Egipcias. 
But Pharaos helpe shalbe youre cofucion, and 
the comforte in the Egipcians shadowe shalbe 
youre owne shame. Youre rulers haue bene at 
Zoan, and youre messaungers came vnto Hanes. 
; 'But ye shal all be ashamed of the people y 
maye not helpe you, which shal not bringe you 
strength or comforte, but shame and confucion. 

Youre beastes haue borne burthens vpo 
their backes towarde the South, thorow the 
waye that is ful of parell and trouble, because 
of the lyo and lyones, of the Cockatrice and 
shutynge dragon. Yee the Mules bare youre 
substaunce, and the Camels brought youre 
treasure vpon their croked backes, vnto a 
people that can not helpe you. For the 
Egipcians helpe shalbe but vane and lost. 
Therfore I tolde you also y youre pryde 
shulde haue an ende. 'Wherfore go hece, 
and write them this in their tables, and note 
it in a booke : that it maye remayne by their 
posterite, and be stil kepte. For it is an ob- 
stinate people, *vnfaithful children, children 
that will not heare the lawe of the LORDE. 

They darre saye to the prophetes : 'Intro- 
mitte youre selues with nothinge, and vnto f 
Soythsayers : tell us of nothinge for to come, 
but speake frendly wordes vnto vs, and preach 
vs false thinges. Treade out of the waye, go 
out of the path, turne the holy one of Israel 
from vs. Therfore thus saieth the holy one 
of Israel : In as moch as ye haue cast of youre 
bewtie, and conforted youre selues with power 
and nymblenesse, and put youre confidence 
therin : therfore shal ye haue this myschefe 
agayne for youre destruction and fall, like as 
an hie wall, that falleth because of some rift 
(or blast,) whose breakinge cometh sodenly. 

And youre destruction shalbe like as an 



Eze. 29. a. 4 Reg. 18. d. Iere. 16. b. « Esa. 

* Esa. 1. a. ' Iere. 11. d. Amos 7. b. 



cfcap* mi* 



€l)t prophet estop. 



#o. Urfatj* 



erthe pot, "which breaketh no man touchinge 
it, yee and breaketh so sore, that a man shal 
not fynde a sheuer of it to fetch fyre in, or to 
take water with all out of the pyt. * For the 
LORDE God, euen the holy one of Israel 
hath promised thus : With stilsittinge and rest 
shal ye be healed, In quyetnesse and hope 
shal youre strength lie. Notwithstondinge 
ye regarde it not, but ye will saie : No, for 
thus are we costrayned to fie vpo horses. 
(And therfore shall ye fie) we must ryde vpon 
swift beastes, and therfore youre persecutours 
shal yet be swifter. C A thousand of you shal 
fle for one, or at the most for fyue, which do 
but only geue you euell wordes : vntil ye be 
desolate, as a ship mast vpon an hie moun- 
tayne, and as a beaken vpon an hill. 

d Yet stondeth the LORDE waitinge, that 
he maye haue mercy vpon you, and lifteth 
him self vp, that he maye receaue you to 
grace. For the LORDE God is rightuous. 
Happie are all thei that wate for him. For 
thus (o thou people of Sion and ye citisens of 
Ierusalem) shal ye neuer be in heuynes, for 
doutlesse he will haue mercy vpon the. As 
soone as he heareth the voyce of thy crie, he 
will helpe the. The LORDE geueth you 
the bred of aduersite, and the water of trou- 
ble. But thine instructer fleyth not farre 
from the, yf thine eyes loke vnto thine in- 
structer, and thine eares harken to his worde, 
that crieth after the and saieth : e This is the 
waye, go this, and turne nether to the right 
honde nor the leffte. 

Morouer yf ye destroye the syluer workes 
of youre Idols, and cast awaye the golden 
coapes that ye deckt them withall (as fylthy- 
nes) and saie, get you hence : The wil he 
geue rayne to the sede, that ye shal sowe in 
the earth, and geue you breade of the en- 
crease of the earth, so that all shalbe plen- 
teous and abundaunt. f Thy catel also shal 
he fede in the brode medowes, yee thyne oxe 
and Mules that till the grounde, shal eate 
good fodder, which is pourged with y fanne. 
Goodly ryuers shal flowe out of all his moun- 
taynes and hilles. In the daye of the greate 
slaughter when the towers shal fall, ^the Moone 
shal shyne as the Sonne and y Sone shyne 
shalbe seuefolde, and haue as moch shyne, as 
in seuen dayes beside. 



b Exo. 14. d. 
Tosu. 23. c. 



Par. 20. 
d Ro. 2. 



In that daye shal the LORDE bynde vp 
y brussed sores of his people, and heale their 
woundes. Beholde, the glory of the LORDE 
shal come from farre, his face shal burne, that 
no man shalbe able to abyde it, his lippes shal 
wagge for very indignacion, and his tunge 
shal be as a consumynge fyre. His breath 
like a vehement floude of water, which goeth 
vp to the throte. That he maye take awaye 
y people, which haue turned them selues vnto 
vanite, and the brydle of erroure, that lieth in 
other folkes chawes. 

But ye shal synge, as the vse is in y night 
of the holy solempnite. Ye shal reioyse from 
youre hert, as they that come with the pipe, 
when they go vp to the mount of the LORDE, 
vnto f rock of* Israel. The LORDE also 
shal set vp the power of his voyce, and de- 
clare his terrible arme, with his angrie coun- 
tenaunce, yee and the flame of the consumynge 
fytje, with earth quake, tempest of wynde, and 
hale stones. ''Then shal the Assirian feare 
also, because of the voyce of the LORDE, 
which shal smyte him with the rodde. And 
the same rodde which the LORDE wil sende 
vpon him, shal moue the whole foundacion : 
with trompet, with noyse of warre and batell 
to destroye. ' For he hath prepared the fyre 
of payne from the begynnynge, yee euen for 
kynges also. This hath he made depe j wyde, 
f norishinge therof is fyre and wodde innu- 
merable, which the breath of the LORDE 
kyndleth, as it were a match of brymstone. 

Cfie rrri. Cftaptev. 

WO vnto them that go downe in to 
Egipte for helpe, and trust in horses, 
and conforte them selues in Charettes, be- 
cause they be many, and in horse me because 
they be lustie and stronge. But they regarde 
not the holy one of Israel, and they aske no 
question at the LORDE. Where as he 
neuertheles plageth y wicked, and yet goeth 
not from his worde, wha he steppeth forth and 
taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of 
the frauwerde, and against the helpe of euel 
doers. Now the Egiptians are men, and not 
God, and their horses flesh and not sprete. 
And as soone as the LORDE stretcheth out 
his honde, then shal the helper fall, and 
he that shulde haue bene helped, and shal 



/ Psal. 36. b. s 2 Pet. 3. 
* Mat. 25. d. 



#o. trrimj* 



Cfre prophet Ofcssap* 



€\)*p. mih 



altogether be destroyed. For thus hath the 
LORDE spoke vnto me : "Like as the Lyon 
or ly5s whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he 
hath gotten, and is not afrayde, though f 
multitude of shepardes crie out vpon him, 
nether abashed for all the heape of them : So 
shal the LORDE of hoostes come downe 
from the mount Sion, and defende his hill. 
Like as byrdes flotre aboute their nestes, so 
*shal the LORDE of hoostes kepe, saue, de- 
fende and deliuer Ierusalem. Therfore (o ye 
childre of Israel) turne agayne, like as ye haue 
exceaded in youre goinge back. For in y 
daye euery man shal cast out his Idols of 
syluer and golde, c which ye haue made with 
youre synful hondes. Assur also shalbe slayne 
with the swerde, not with a mans swerde. A 
swerde shal deuoure him, rf but not a mans 
swerde. And he shal fle from the slaughter, 
and his seruauntes shalbe taken prisoners. 
He shal go for feare to his stronge holdes, and 
his prynces shal fle from his badge. This 
hath y LORDE spoke, whose light burneth 
in Sion, and his fyre in Ierusalem. 

Cfte rrrrj. Chapter. 

BEHOLDE, the kinge shal gouerne after 
f rule of rightuousnes, and f princes 
shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite. 
He shalbe vnto me, as a defence for the wynde, 
and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a ryuer 
of water in a thurstie place, and f schadowe 
of a greate rock in a drie lode. The eyes of 
the seinge shall not be dymme, and the eares 
of them that heare, shal take diliget hede. 
The hert of the vnwise, shal attayne to know- 
lege, and the vnparfite tuge shal speake 
planely and distinctly. Then shal the nygarde 
be no more called gentle, ner the churle lybe- 
rall. But the churle wil be churlishly mynded, 
and his hert wil worke euell and playe the 
ypocrite, and ymagyn abhominacios agaynst 
God, to make the hungrie leane, and to with- 
holde drinke from the thurstie : These are the 
perlous weapons of the cuvetous, these be his 
shameful councels : that he maye begyle the 
poore with disceatful workes, yee euen there 
as he shulde geue sentence with the poore. 
'But the liberall person ymagineth honest 
thinges, and commeth vp with honesty. 

Vp (ye rich and ydle cities), harken vnto 



' Apo. 5. a. Gen. 49. b. b Deut. Si 
Esa. 37. f. ' Pro. 17. b. f Roma. 5. 



c Esa. 2. d. 
e Ierem. 33. c. 



my voyce. Ye careles cities, marcke my 
wordes. After yeares and dayes shal ye be 
brought in feare, o ye carelesse cities. For 
Haruest shalbe out, and the grape gatheringe 
shal not come. O ye rich ydle cities, ye that 
feare no parell, ye shalbe abashed and re- 
moued: when ye se the barennesse, the naked- 
nesse and preparinge to warre. Ye shal knock 
vpo youre brestes, because of the pleasaunt 
felde, and because of the fruteful vynyarde. 
My peoples felde shal bringe thornes and 
thistels, for in euery house is voluptuousnes 
& in the cities, wilfulnes. The palaces also 
shalbe broken, and the greatly occupide cities 
desolate. The towers and bulwerckes shal 
become dennes for euermore, the pleasure of 
Mules shalbe turned to pasture for shepe : 
Vnto the tyme that y sprete be poured vpon 
vs from aboue. 

Then shal the wildernesse be a fruteful 
felde & the plenteous felde shalbe rekened for 
a wodde. Then shal equyte dwel in the 
deserte, and rightuousnesse in a fruteful londe. 
■'And the rewarde of rightuousnesse shalbe 
peace, and hir frute rest and quietnesse for 
euer. * And my people shal dwel in the ynnes 
of peace, in my tabernacle and pleasure, where 
there is ynough in the all. And whe the hale 
falleth, it shal fall in the wodde and in the 
citie. O how happy shal ye be, whe ye shal 
safely sowe youre sede besyde all waters (t 
dryue thither the fete of youre oxe j asses. 

Cfje rrrttj. Cftapttr. 

THERFORE wo vnto the (o robber) 
shalt not thou be robbed also ? h and 
vnto the that laiest wait, as who saye there 
shulde no waite be layde for the ? ' Wo vnto 
the which doest hurte, euen so shalt thou 
be hurt also. And as thou layest waite, so 
shal wait be layde for the also. 

LORDE be merciful vnto vs, we wait for 
the. k Thine arme is at a poynte to vyset vs, 
but be thou oure health in the tyme of trouble. 
Graute that the people maye fle at the anger 
of thy voyce, a that at thy vpstondinge the 
Gentiles maye be scatred abrode, and that 
their spoyle maye be gathered, as the gres- 
hoppers are comonly gathered together in to 
the pyt. Stonde vp LORDE, thou that 
dwellest on hie : Let Sio be fylled with equyte 



1 Leui. 24. d. 
Math. 7. a. * 



Exod.21.b. 
Psalm 9. b. 



Sapien. 



Cfcap, miiih 



Cfce propfat Csap* 



#o. fcrir* 



and rightuousnesse. Let treuth and faithful- 
nesse be in hir tyme : power, health, wisdome, 
knowlege g the feare of God are hir treasure. 
Beholde, their aungels crie with out, the 
messaungers of peace wepe bytterly. The 
stretes are waist, there walketh no man therin, 
the appoyntment is broken, the cities are 
despised, they are not regarded, the desolate 
earth is in heuynes. Libanus taketh it but 
for a sporte, that it is hewen downe : Saron is 
like a wyldernes : Basa g Charmel are turned 
vpside downe. And therfore saieth y LORDE : 
I wil vp, now wil I get vp, now wil I aryse. 
° Ye shal conceaue stubble, and beare strawe, 
g youre sprete shal be the fyre, that it maye 
consume you : g the people shalbe burnt like 
lyme, g as thornes burne that are hewen of, g 
cast in the fyre. 

Now herken to (ye that are farre of) how I 
do with them, g cosidre my glory, ye that be 
at honde. The synners at Sion are afrayde, 
a sodane fearfulnesse is come vpon the ypo- 
crytes. What is he amonge us (saye they) 
that will dwell by that consumynge fyre? 
which of vs maye abyde that euerlastinge 
heate? *He that ledeth a godly life (saye I) 
g speaketh the treuth : He that abhorreth to 
do violence and disceate : he that kepeth his 
hode that he touch no rewarde : which stop- 
peth his eares, that he heare no councel 
agaynst the innocent : which holdeth downe 
his eyes, that he se no euel. He it is, that 
shal dwel on hie, whose sauegarde shalbe in 
the true rocke, to him shalbe geuen the right 
true meat g drynke. His eyes shal se the 
kynge in his glory : g in the wyde worlde, and 
his herte shal delite in the feare of God. 
What shal then become of the scrybe? c of the 
Senatoure? what of him that teacheth childre? 
There shalt thou not se a people of a straunge 
tuge, to haue so diffused a laguage, that it 
maye not be vnderstonde : nether so straunge 
a speache, but it shal be perceaued. 

There shal Sion be sene, the head citie of 
oure solempne feastes. There shal thine eyes 
se Ierusalem that glorious habitation : the 
tabernacle that neuer shal remoue, rf whose 
nales shal neuer be taken out worlde without 
ende, whose coardes euerychone shal neuer 
corruppe: for the glorious Magesty of the 
LORDE shal there be present amoge vs. 
In that place (where fayre broade ryuers g 

" Ieremi.o.c. b Psalm 14. a. 23. a. * 1 Cor. 1. d. " Heb. 



streames are) shal nether Gallye rowe, ner 
greate shippe sale. For the LORDE shalbe 
oure capteyne, e the LORDE shalbe oure lawe 
geuer, The LORDE shalbe oure kinge, g he 
himself shalbe oure Sauioure. There are the 
coardes so layd abrode, that they ca not be 
better: The mast set vp of soch a fashion, 
that no baner ner sale hageth ther5 : but there 
is dealed greate spoyle, yee lame men runne 
after the pray. There lieth no ma that saieth: 
I am sick, but all euel is taken awaye from 
the people, that dwel there. 

Wi)t mm)- Cfiaptttr. 
/^OME ye Heithen g heare, take hede ye 

y , people. Herke thou earth g all that is 

therin : thou rounde copasse g al that groweth 
thervpon : for the LORDE is angrie with al 
people, g his displeasure is kindled agaynst all 
the multitude of them, to curse them, g to 
slaye them. So that their slayne shalbe cast 
out, g their bodies stincke : that eue the very 
hilles shalbe wet with the bloude of them. All 
the starres of heauen shalbe consumed, g the 
heauen shal folde together like a roll, f g all the 
starres therof shall fall, like as the leaues fall 
from the vynes and fygetrees. For my swearde 
(saieth he) shalbe bathed in heauen, g shal 
immediatly come downe vpon Idumea, and 
vpon the people which I haue cursed for my 
vengeaunce. 

And the LORDES swearde shalbe full of 
bloude, g be rustie with the fatnesse g bloude 
of lambes and gootes, with the fatnesse of 
neeres of the wethers. For the LORDE shal 
kyl a great offringe in Bosra, and in the londe 
of Idumea. There shal the Vnicornes fall 
with the Bulles, (that is with the giauntes) 
and their londe shalbe washed with bloude, g 
their grounde corrupte with fatnesse. Vnto 
the also (o Sion) shal come the daye of the 
vengeaunce of God/ and the yeare when as 
thyne owne iudgmentes shalbe recompensed. 
Thy floudes shalbe turned to pytch, and thine 
earth to brymstone, g therwith shal the londe 
be kyndled, so that it shal not be quenched 
daye ner night : But smoke euermore, g so 
forth to lie waist. And no man shal go thorow 
thy londe for euer : '' But Pellicanes, Storkes, 
great Oules, and Rauens shall haue it in 
possession, g dwell there in. 

For God shal sprede out the lyne of 

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desolacion vpon it, £ weye it with the stones of 
emptynes. When kinges are called vp5, there 
shalbe none, and all princes shalbe awaye 
Thornes shal growe in their palaces, nettels £ 
thistles in their stronge holdes, y the dragons 
maye haue their pleasure therin, £ that they 
maye be a courte for Estriches. "There shal 
straunge visures and monstruous beastes mete 
one another, £ the wylde kepe company to- 
gether. There shal the lamia lye, £ haue hir 
lodginge. There shall the hedghogge buylde, 
digge, be there at home, and bringe forth his 
yonge ones. There shal the kytes come to- 
gether, ech one to his like. 

* Seke thorow the scripture of the LORDE 
£ rede it. There shal none of these thinges 
be left out, there shal not one (ner soch like) 
fayle. For what his mouth commaundeth, 
that same doth his sprete gather together (or 
fulfilleth). Vpon whom so euer f lot falleth, 
or to whom he dealeth it with the line : those 
shal possesse the enheritaunce from generacion 
to generacion, and dwel therin. 

Che rrrb. Chapter. 

BUT the deserte £ wildernesse shal reioyse, 
f waist grounde shal be glad, and florish 
as the lilly. She shal florish pleasauntly, and 
be ioyful, and euer be geuynge of thankes 
more and more. For y glory of libanus, 
the bewty of Charmel £ Sard shalbe geuen 
her. These shal knowe the honoure of the 
LORDE, and the magesty of oure God. And 
therfore strength y weake hodes, and conforte 
the feble knees." Saye vnto them that are of 
a fearful hert : Be of good chere, and feare 
not. Beholde : youre God cometh, to take 
vengeaunce £ to rewarde, God cometh his 
owne self, and wil delyuer you. d Then shal 
the eyes of the blinde be lightned, and the 
eares of the deaff opened. Then shal the 
lame man leape as an herte, £ the domme mas 
tiige shal geue thankes. 

" In the wildernesse also there shal welles 
springe, and floudes of water in the deserte. 
The drie grounde shal turne to ryuers, and 
the thurstie to springes of water. Where as 
dragons dwelt afore, there shal growe swete 
floures and grene russhes. There shalbe foot- 
pathes £ comon stretes, this shalbe called the 



Tren. 4. b. * Ioh. 5. b. Deut. 28. c Heb. 12. b. 
Deut. 20. a. 31. b. * Matt. 11. a. 15. c. Luc. 7. c. 

Psal. 8. a. ' Esa. 41. c. Esa. 43. c. Esa. 44. a. 



holy waye. No vnclene person shal go thorow 
it, for the LORDE himself shal go with the 
that waye, and the ignoraut shal not erre. 
There shalbe no lyon, and no rauyshinge beast 
shall come therin nor be there, but men shal 
go there fre and safe. ^And the redemed of 
the LORDE shal conuerte, and come to Sion 
with thankesgeuinge. Euerlastinge ioye shal 
they haue, pleasure £ gladnesse shalbe amoge 
them, And as for all sorow and heuynes, it 
shal vanish awaye. 

Che rvrfct. Chapter. 

IN the xiiij. yeare of kinge Ezechias, g came 
Sennacherib kinge of the Assirians downe, 
to laye sege vnto all the stronge cities of Iuda. 
And the kinge of the Assirias sent Rabsaches 
from Lachis toward Ierusalem, agaynst kinge 
Ezechias, with a greuous hooste, which set 
him by the condite of the ouerpole, in the 
waye that goeth thorow y fullers lode. And 
so there came forth vnto him Eliachim ''Hel- 
chias sonne the presydent, Sobna the scribe, 
and Ioah Asaphs sonne the Secretary. 

And Rabsaches sayde vnto them : Tel 
Ezechias, that the greate kinge of Assiria 
sayeth thus vnto him : What presumpcion is 
this, that thou trustest vnto? Thou thinkest 
(peradueture) that thou hast councel £ power 
ynough, to mayntene this warre : or els wher 
to trustest thou, that thou castest thi self of fro 
me ? lo, Thou puttest thy trust in a broken 
staff of rede ' (I meane Egipte) which he that 
leaneth vpon, it goeth in to his honde £ shuteth 
him thorow. Euen so is Pharao the kinge of 
Egipte, vnto all the that trust in him. But J3 
yf thou woldest saye to me : We trust in f 
LORDE oure God : A goodly god, in dede : 
whose hie places £ aulteres Ezechias toke 
downe, and commaunded Iuda and Ierusalem, 
to worshipe only before the aulter. Abyde 
the, thou hast made a condicion with my lorde 
the kinge of the Assirias, that he shulde geue 
the two thousande horses : Art thou able to 
set me there vp ? Seinge now that thou canst 
not resist the power of the smallest prynce 
that my lorde hath, how darrest thou trust 
in y- charettes and horse men of Egipte ? Mor- 
ouer, thinkest thou y I am come downe hither, 
to destroye this londe with out the LORDES 



f 1 Pet. 1. c. Apo. 21. a. e 4 Re. 18. g. 2 Par. 23. a. 
^.sa. 7. c. 8. b. 10. a. 17. d. 33. a. * Esa. 22. c. 

4 Re. 18. d. Ezec. 29. a. 



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will? TheLORDE sayde vnto me : go downe 
in to that londe, that thou mayest destroye it, 

Then sayde Eliachim, Sobna g Iohah vnto 
Rabsaches : Speake to vs thy seruauntes (we 
praye the) in the Sirians language, for we 
vnderstonde it well : And speake not to vs in 
the Iewes tunge, lest the folcke heare, which 
lieth vpon the wall. Then answered Rab- 
saches: Thinke ye, y the kinge sent me to 
speake this only vnto you ? Hath he not sent 
me to the also, that lie vpo the wall? that 
they be not c5pelled to eate their owne donge, 
and drinke their owne stale with you ? 

And Rabsaches stode stiff, d cried with a 
loude voyce in the Iewes tiige, and sayde : 
Now take hede, how the greate kinge of the 
Assirias geueth you warnynge. Thus saieth 
the kinge : Let not Ezechias disceaue you, for 
he shal not be able to delyuer you. Morouer, 
let not Ezechias comforte you in the LORDE, 
when he saieth : The LORDE with out doute 
shal defende vs, g shal not geue ouer this cite 
in to the hondes of the kinge of the Assirias, 
beleue him not. But thus saieth the kinge of 
Assiria : opteyne my fauoure, enclyne to me : 
So maye euery ma enioye his vynyardes and 
fygetrees, and drinke the water of his cisterne : 
vnto the tyme that I come myself, j bringe 
you in to a londe, y is like youre owne : wher 
in is wheat and wyne, which is both sowen 
with sede, and planted with vynyardes. Let 
not Ezechias disceaue you, when he sayeth 
vnto you : the LORDE shal delyuer us. 

" Might the goddes of the Gentiles kepe 
euerymans londe, from the power of the kinge 
of the Assirians? Wher is the God of hemath 
j Arphad ? Where is the God of Sepharnaim? 
And who was able to defende Samaria out of 
my honde ? Or which of all the goddes of the 
lodes, hath deliuered their countre out of my 
power, so that the LORDE shulde delyuer 
Ierusalem fro my honde ? Vnto this, Ezechias 
messaungers helde their tunges, and answered 
not one worde: for the kinge had charged 
them, that they shulde geue him none an- 
swere. So came Eliachim Elchias sonne the 
presidet, Sobna the scrybe, and Ioah Asaphs 
sonne the Secretary, vnto Ezechias with rente 
clothes, g tolde him the wordes of Rabsaches. 
Clje rvrbtj. Chapter. 

WHEN Ezechias herde that, he rente his 
clothes, 4 g put on a sack cloth, g went 



in to the temple of the LORDE. But he 
sent Eliachim the Presidet, Sobna the scrybe 
with the eldest prestes cloothed in sack, c vnto 
the Prophet Esay the sonne of Amos, g they 
sayde vnto him : Thus saieth Ezechias : this 
is the daye of trouble, of plage g of wrath 
like as when a childe cometh to the byrth, but 
the woman hath no power to bringe it forth. 
The LORDE thy God (no doute) hath well 
considered the wordes of Rabsaches, whom his 
lorde y kinge of the Assirians hath sent, to 
dene g blaspheme the lyuynge God : with soch 
wordes, as the LORDE thy God hath herde 
right well. And therfore lift vp thy prayer 
for the remnaunt, that yet are left. So the 
seruauntes of kinge Ezechias came to Esay. 

And Esaygaue them this answere: Saie thus 
vnto youre lorde: thus saieth the LORDE: 
Be not afrayde of the wordes that thou hast 
herde, wherwith the kinge of Assirias ser- 
uauntes haue blasphemed me. Beholde, I 

"I cause a wynde go ouer him/ as soone as 
he heareth it, he shal go agayne in to his 
countre, there will I distroye him with the 

erde. e Now when Rabsaches returned, he 
founde y kinge of Assiria layenge sege to 
Lobna, for he had vnderstonde, that he was 
departed from Lachis. For there came a 
rumoure, y Taracha kinge of Ethiopia was 
come forth to warre agaynst him. 

And when the kinge of Assiria herde y, he 
sent other messaungers to kinge Ezechias, with 
this commaundement. Saye thus to Ezechias 
kinge of Iuda : Let not thy God disceaue the, 
in whom thou hopest, g sayest : Ierusale shal 
not be geue in to the hondes of the kinge of 
Assiria. For thou knowest well, how the 
kinges of Assiria haue handled all the londes, 
that they haue subuerted, g hopest thou to 
escape ? Were the people of the Getiles (whom 
my progenitours coquered) deliuered at eny 
tyme thorow their goddes ? As namely, Gozan, 
Haran, Rezeph/ g the childre of Eden, which 
dwell at Thalassar. Where is the kinge of 
Hemath, g the kinge of Arphad, g the kinge 
of the citie Sepharnaim, Ena and Aua ? Now 
when Ezechias had receaued y lettre of the 
messaungers, g red it, he went vp in to the 
house of the LORDE, ft opened the lettre 
before y LORDE. And Ezechias prayed be- 
fore the LORDE on this maner: O LORDE 
of hoostes, thou God of Israel, which dwellest 



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vpo Cherubin. "Thou art the God, that only 
is God of all the kingdomes of the worlde,* for 
thou only hast created haue g earth. Encline 
thine eare LORDE 5 cosidre, open thine 
eyes (o LORDE,) g se, and pondre all the 

ordes of Senacherib, which hath sent his 
embassage to blaspheme the, the lyuynge God. 
It is true (0 LORDE) that the kinges of 
Assiria haue coquered all kingdomes g londes, 

cast their goddes in the fyre. Notwithstod- 
inge those were no goddes but the workes of 
mens hondes, of wodd or stone, therfore haue 
they destroyed them. Delyuer vs then (0 
LORDE oure God) from the hondes of Sen- 
nacherib, y all kingdomes of the earth maye 
knowe, that thou only art f LORDE. Then 
Esay the sonne of Amos sent vnto Ezechias, 
sayenge: Thus saieth y LORDE God of 
Israel : Where as thou hast made thy prayer 
vnto me, as touchinge Sennacherib, this is 
the answere, that the LORDE hath geuen 
concernynge him : Despised art thou, g mocked 

o doughter of Sion) he hath shaken his heade 
at the, doughter of Ierusalem/ But thou 
Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied or blas- 
phemed? rf And agaynst who hast thou lifted 
vp thy voyce, g exalted thy proude lokes ? euen 
agaynst the holy one of Israel. Thou with 
thy seruauntes hast blasphemed the LORDE, 
and thus holdest thou of thy self: I couer the 
hie mountaynes, g sydes of Libanus with my 
horsmen. And there wil I cut downe the hie 
Cedre trees g the fayrest Fyrre trees. I will 
vp in to the heyth of it g in to the chefest of 
his timbre woddes. Yf there be no water, I 
wil graue g drynke. And as for waters of 
defence, I shal drie them vp with the fete of 
myne hooste. Yee (saiest thou) hast thou not 
herde, what I haue taken in honde, g brought 
to passe of olde tyme ? That same wil I do 
now also : waist, destroye, g bringe the stronge 
cities vnto heapes of stones. For their inha- 
bitours shalbe like lame men, brought in feare 
g confounded. They shalbe like the grasse g 
grene herbes in the felde, like the hay vpo 
house toppes, that wythereth, afore it be 
growne vp. 

I knowe thy wayes, thy goinge forth g thy 
cdmynge home, yee g thy madnesse agaynst 
me. Therfore thy furiousnesse agaynst me, 
thy pryde is come before me. I wil put a 

" Baruc 2. c. " Exo. 25. c. Gene. 1. a. c Zac. 2. 
Matt. 25. b. d Act. 9. a. ' Esa. 31. b. 



rynge in thy nose, g a bridle byt in the chawes 
of the, 5 turne the aboute, eue the same waye 
thou earnest. I wil geue the also this token 
(o Ezechias) this yeare shalt thou eate that is 
kepte in stoare, g the next yeare soch as 
groweth of himself, and in the thirde yeare ye 
shal sowe and reape, yee ye shal plante vyn- 
yardes, and enioye the frutes therof. 

And soch of the house of Iuda as are escaped, 
shal come together, and the remnaunt shal 
take rote beneth, 5 bringe forth frute aboue. 
For the escaped shal go out of Ierusale, g the 
remnaunte from the mount Sion. And this 
shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes 
bringe to passe. Therfore thus saieth the 
LORDE, cocernynge the kinge of the Assi- 
rians : He shall not come in to the citie, and 
shal shute no arowe in to it, there shall no 
shilde hurte it, nether shal they graue aboute 
it. The same waye that he came, shal he 
returne, and not come at this citie, saieth the 
LORDE. And I wil kepe and saue the citie 
(saieth he) for myne owne, g for my seruaunte 
Dauids sake. 

Thus the angel went forth/ and slewe of the 
Assirians hooste, an clxxxv. thousande/ And 
when men arose vp early (at Ierusale:) Be- 
holde, all laye ful of deed bodies. So Sen- 
nacherib the kinge of the Assirians brake vp, 
and dwelt at Niniue. Afterwarde it chaunsed, 
as he prayed in the Teple of Nesrah his god, 
that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes 
slewe him with the swearde, and fled in to the 
londe of Ararat. And Esarhadon his sonne 
reigned after him. 

ftfie rrrbirj. Chapter. 

NOT longe afore this, was Ezechias dead- 
sick : s And the prophet Esay the sonne 
of Amos came vnto him, and sayde : Thus 
commaundeth the LORDE: Setthyne house 
in ordre, for thou must dye, and shalt not 
escape. Then Ezechias turned his face to 
warde the wall, g prayed vnto the LORDE, 
and sayde : Remembre (o LORDE) that I 
haue walked before the in treuth and a sted- 
fast hert, and haue done the thinge that is 
pleasaunt to the. And Ezechias wepte sore. 
The sayde God vnto Esay: Go and speake 
vnto Ezechias : The LORDE God of Dauid 
thy father sendeth y this worde : h I haue herde 



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thy prayer, and considred thy teares: beholde, 
I will put xv yeares mo vnto thy life, and 
delyuer the and the citie also, from the honde 
of the kinge of Assiria, for I will defende the 
cite. "And take the this token of the LO RDE, 
y he will do it, as he hath spoken : Beholde, 
I will returne the shadowe of Achas Diall, y 
now is layed out with the Sonne, and bringe 
it ten degrees bacward. So the Sonne turned 
ten degrees bacward, the which he was de- 
scended afore. 

A thankesgeuynge, which Ezechias kinge of 
Iuda wrote, when he had bene sicke, 5 was 
recouered. 

I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates 
of hell in my best age, and haue wanted the 
residue of my yeares. 

I spake within my self: I shal neuer viset 
the LORDE God in this life : I shal neuer se 
man, amonge the dwellers of the worlde. 

Myne age is folden vp together and taken 
awaye fro me, like a sheperdes cotage : my 
lyfe is hewen of, like as a weeuer cutteth of 
his webb. 

Whyl I was yet takinge my rest, he hewed 
me of, ij made an ende of me in one daie. 

*I thought I wolde haue lyued vnto the 
morow, but he brussed my bones like a lyon, 
and made an ende of me in one daye. 

Then chatred I like a swalowe, and like a 
Crane, and mourned as a doue. 

I lift vp myne eyes in to f hight : O 
LORDE, (sayde I) violence is done vnto me, 
be thou suertie for me. 

What shal I speake or saye, that he maye 
this doo ? y I maye lyue out all my yeares, 
yee in the bytternesse of my life ? 

Verely (LORDE,) men must lyue in byt- 
ternesse, j all my life must I passe ouer 
therin : For thou raysest me vp, and wakest 
me. But lo, I wilbe wel content with this 
bytternes. 

Neuertheles my couersacion hath so pleased 
y, that thou woldest not make an ende of my 
life, so that thou hast cast all my synnes be- 
hynde thy backe. 

For hell prayseth not the, 'death doth not 
magnifie the. 

They that go downe in to the graue, prayse 
not thy treuth : but the lyuynge, yee the ly- 
uynge acknowlege the, like as I do this daye. 



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^Psal. 116. d. Psal.6. a. Psal. 



The father telleth his children of thy faith- 
fulnesse. 

Delyuer vs (o LORDE) and we wil synge 
prayses in thy house, all the dayes of oure life. 

And Esay sayde : take a playster of fyges, 
and laye it vpon the sore, so shal it be whole. 
Then saide Ezechias : O what a greate thinge 
is this, that I shal go vp in to the house of the 
LORDE. 

Che rrrtr. Chapter. 

A T the same tyme Merodach Balada/ 
/\ Baladas sonne kinge of Babilon, sent 
lettres and presentes to Ezechias. For he 
vnderstode, how that he had bene sick, 5 was 
recouered agayne. e And Ezechias was glad 
therof, & shewed them the comodities of his 
treasure : of syluer, of golde, of spyces (j rootes, 
of precious oyles, all that was in his cub- 
boordes and treasure houses. There was not 
one thinge in Ezechias house, g so thorow out 
all his kingdome, but he let them se it. 

The came Esay the prophet to kinge Eze- 
chias, and sayde vnto him : What haue y men 
sayde, and from whence came they vnto the ? 
Ezechias answered : They came out of a farre 
countre vnto me : out of Babilon. Esay sayde : 
what haue they looked vpon in thyne house ? 
Ezechias answerde : All that is in myne house, 
haue they sene : and there is nothinge in my 
treasure, but I shewed it them. 

Then sayde Esay vnto Ezechias : 'Vnder- 
stode the worde of the LORDE of hoostes, 
Beholde, the tyme wil come, that euery thinge 
which is in thine house, and all that thy pro- 
genitours haue layde vp in stoare vnto this 
daye, shalbe caried to Babilon, and nothinge 
left behinde. This sayeth the LORDE. 
Yee and parte of thy sonnes that shal come of 
the, and whom thou shalt get, shalbe caried 
hence, and become gelded chamberlaines in 
the kinge of Babilons courte : Then sayde 
Ezechias to Esay: Now God prospere his 
owne councel, which thou hast tolde me. He 
sayde morouer : So that there be peace, and 
faithfulnesse in my tyme. 

Che jcl. Chapter. 

BE of good chere my people, be of good 
chere (saieth youre God) Conforte Ie- 
rusalem, and tell her: that hir trauale is at 
an ende, that hir offence is pardoned, that she 



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hath receaued of the LORDES honde suffi- 
cient correction for all hir synnes. A voyce 
crieth : " Prepare f waye for the LORDE in 
the wyldernesse, make straight y path for 
oure God in the deserte. Let all valleis be 
exalted, and euery mountayne and hill be 
layde lowe. What so is croked, let it be made 
straight, and let the rough places be made 
playne feldes. b For the glory of the LORDE 
shal apeare, g all flesh shal se it, for why, y 
mouth of the LORDE hath spoken it. 

The same voyce spake : Now crie. And 
I sayde : what shal I crie ? Then spake it : 
that, all flesh is grasse, and that all the bewtie 
therof, is as the floure of the felde/ When 
the grasse is wytthered, the floure falleth 
awaye. Euen so is the people as grasse, when 
the breath of the LORDE bloweth vpon 
them. Neuerthelesse whether the grasse 
wyther, or the floure fade awaye : f Yet the 
worde of oure God endureth for euer. Mor- 
ouer the voyce cried thus: Go vp vnto the 
hill (o Sion) thou that bringest good tidinges, 
lift vp thy voyce with power, o thou preacher 
Ierusalem. Lift it vp without feare, and say 
vnto the cities of Iuda : e Beholde, youre God : 
beholde, the LORDE, euen the almightie 
shal come with power, j beare rule with his 
arme. Beholde, he bringeth his treasure with 
him, and his workes go before him. He shal 
fede his flock like an hirdman.-' He shal 
gather the lambes together with his arme, and 
carie them in his bosome, ij shal kindly in- 
treate those that beare yonge. 

Who hath holden the waters in his fist ? 
Who hath measured heauen with his spanne, 
and hath comprehended all the earth of y 
worlde in thre fyngers? Who hath weyed 
the mountaynes and hilles ? g Who hath re- 
fourmed the mynde of the LORDE? Or 
who is of his councel to teach him ? At 
whom hath he asked coucel, to make him 
vnderstode, and to lerne him the waye of 
iudgment : to teach him science, and to en- 
structe him in the waye of vnderstodinge ? 



Beholde, all people are in coparison of him, 
as a droppe to a bucket full, and are counted 
as the leest thinge y the balaunce weyeth. 
Beholde, y lies are in comparison of him, as 
the shadowe of the Sonne beame. Libanus 



" Matt. 3. a. Mav. 1. a. Luc. 3. c. Esa. 57. e. Ioh. 1. d. 
b Ioh. 1. b. c Psal. 89. a. EccT. 14. e. laco. 1. b. 

1 Pet. 1. d. <* Matt. 5. d. Psal. 32. b. Iaco. 1. b. 



is not sufficiet to ministre fyre for his offringe, 
and all the beastes therof are not ynough to 
one sacrifice. All people in comparison of 
him, are rekened, as nothinge, A yee vayne 
vanite and emptynesse. 

To whom then will ye licke God ? or what 
similitude will ye set vp vnto him ? Shal the 
caruer make him a carued ymage ? and shal 
the goldsmyth couer him with golde, or cast 
him in to a fourme of syluer plates ? Mor- 
ouer shal the ymage maker (y the poore man 
which is disposed, maye haue somthinge to 
set vp also) seke out and chose a tre, that is 
not rotten, and carue therout an ymage, y 
moueth not? Knowe ye not this? Herde 
ye neuer of it ? Hath it not bene preached 
vnto you sence the begynnynge ? Haue ye 
not bene enfourmed of this, sence the foun- 
dacion of y earth was layde : That he sytteth 
vpon the Circle of the worlde, and that all the 
inhabitours of the worlde are in coparison of 
him, but as greshoppers : ' That he spredeth 
out the heaues as a coueringe, that he stretch- 
eth them out, as a tent to dwell in : That he 
bringeth princes to nothinge, and the iudges 
of the earth to dust: so that they be not 
planted nor sowen agayne, nether their stocke 
rooted agayne in the earth ? For as soone as 
he bloweth vpon them, they wither $ fade 
awaye, like the strawe in a whirle wynde. 

To whom now wil ye licken me, j whom 
shal I be like, saieth the holy one ? Lift vp 
youre eyes an hie, and considre. Who hath 
made those thinges, which come out by so 
greate heapes ? and he can call them all by 
their names. * For there is nothinge hyd vnto 
the greatnesse of his power, strength, and 
might. How maye then Iacob thinke, or 
how maye Israel saye : My wayes are hyd 
from the LORDE, and my God knoweth not 
of my iudgmentes. Knowest thou not, or 
hast thou not herde, that the euerlastinge 
God, the LORDE which made all the corners 
of the earth, is nether weery nor faynt, and 
that his wisdome cannot be comprehended: 
but that he geueth strength vnto the weery, 
and power vnto the faynte? Children are 
weery and faynt, and the strongest men fall : 
'But vnto them that haue the LORDE before 
their eyes, shal strength be encreased, Aegles 



lPet.S.b. *Esa.6S 
Ho. 11. d. * Psal. 61. 
' Iere. 17. b. 



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wynges shal growe vpon them: When they 
runne, they shal not fall : and when they go, 
they shal not be weery. 

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BE still (ye Ilondes) and herken vnto me. 
Be stronge ye people, Come hither, and 
shew youre cause, we will go to the lawe to- 
gether. Who rayseth vp f iuste from the 
rysinge of the Sonne, and calleth him to go 
forth ? Who casteth downe the people, and 
subdueth the kinges before him : that he maye 
throwe them all to the groiide with his swearde, 
and scatre them like stuble with his bowe ? 
He foloweth vpon them, and goeth safely him- 
self, and cometh in no footpath with his fete. 
Who hath made, created, and called the ge- 
nerations from the begynnynge ? Euen I the 
LORDE, "which am the first, and with the last. 

Beholde ye lies, that ye maye feare, and 
ye endes of the earth, that ye maye be abasshed, 
draw nye, and come hither. Euery man hath 
exorted his neghboure, and brother, and byd- 
den him be stronge. The Smyth conforted 
the moulder, 5 the Ironsmyth the hammer- 
man, sayenge : It shalbe good, that we fasten 
this cast worke : and then they fastened it 
with nales, that it shulde not be moued. And 
thou Israel my seruaunt: Iacob my electe 
sede of Abraha my beloued, whom I led from 
the endes of the earth by the honde : For I 
called the from farre, j saide vnto the : Thou 
shalt be my seruaunt: ^1 haue chosen the, g 
will not cast f awaye : be not afrayde, for I 

1 be with y. Loke not behinde y, for I wil 
be thy God, to stregth y, helpe y, % to kepe y 
with this right hode of myne. Beholde, all 
they that resist the, shal come to confucion 
and shame : and thine aduersaries shalbe de- 
stroyed 5 brought to naught. So that who so 
seketh after them, shal not fynde them. Thy 
destroyers shal perish, g so shall they that 
vndertake to make batell agaynst the. For I 
thy LORDE 1 God, wil strength thy right 
honde. Euen I that saye vnto the : Feare 
not, I will helpe the. Be not afrayde thou 
litle worme Iacob, and thou despysed Israel : 
For I will helpe the, saieth the LORDE, g 
the holyone of Israel thine avenger. Beholde, 
I wil make the a treadinge cart g a new flale, 
y thou mayest throsshe g grynde the moun- 

!sa. 44. a. Esa. 48. b. Apoc. 2. c. b Esa. 44. c. 

Esa. 43. a. 



taynes, and bringe the hilles to poulder. Thou 
shalt fanne them, g the wynde shal carie them 
awaye, g the whyrlwynde shal scatre the. 
But thou shalt reioyse in the LORDE, and 
shalt delite in praysinge the holyone of Israel. 

When the thurstie and poore seke water g 
fynde none, c g when their tunge is drie of 
thurst : d I geue it them, saieth the LORDE. 
I the God of Israel forsake them not. I 
bringe forth floudes in the hilles, g welles in 
the playne feldes. I turne y wildernes to 
ryuers, and the drie londe to condytes of 
water. I plante in the wayst grounde trees of 
Cedre, Boxe, Myrre and olyues. And in the 
drie, I set Fyrre trees, elmes and hawthornes 
together. All this do I, y they altogether 
maye se and marcke, perceaue with their 
hertes, g considre : that the honde of the 
LORDE maketh these thinges, and that the 
holyone of Israel bringeth them to passe. 
Stonde at youre cause (saieth the LORDE) 
and bringe forth youre strogest grounde, coun- 
celeth the kinge of Iacob. Let the goddes 
come forth them selues, and shewe vs the 
thinges y are past, what they be : let the de- 
clare the vnto vs, y we maye take them to 
herte, and knowe them herafter. Ether, let 
the shewe vs thinges for to come, and tel vs 
what shalbe done herafter : so shal we knowe, 
that they be goddes. Shewe somthinge, ether 
good or bad, so wil we both knowlege y same, 
g tel it out. 

Beholde, ye goddes are of naught, g youre 
makinge is of naught, but abhomination hath 
chosen you. Neuertheles I haue waked vp 
one from the North, g he shal come. And 
another from the East, which shal call vpd my 
name, g shal come to the prynces, as the 
Potter to his claye, j as y Potter treadeth 
downe the myre. Who tolde y afore ? So 
wil we confesse g saye, that he is rightuous. 
But there is none that sheweth or declareth 
eny thinge, there is none also that heareth 
youre wordes. Beholde, I will first graiite 
the of Sion g Ierusalem to be Euangelistes. 
But when I cosidre : there is not one amonge 
the y prophecieth, nether (when I axe him) y 
answereth one worde. Lo, wicked are they g 
vayne, with the thinges also that they take in 
honde : yee wynde are they, and emptynesse, 
with their ymages together. 

c Gene. 21. c. d Esa. 35. b. and 43. c. and 44. a. 



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Ch? yli). Chapter. 

BEHOLDE now therfore, this is my ser- 
uaunt whom I will kepe to my self: "my 
electe, In whom my soule shalbe pacified. I 
will geue him my sprete, that he maye shewe 
forth iudgment g equyte amonge the Gentiles. 
He shal not be an outcryer, ner an hie 
mynded person. His voyce shall not be 
herde in f stretes. A brassed rede shal he 
not breake, 5 the smokinge flax shal he not 
quench: but faithfully g truly shal he geue 
iudgmet. He shal nether be ouersene ner 
haistie, that he maye restore rightuousnesse 
vnto the earth : g the Getiles also shal kepe 
his lawes. h For thus saieth God the LORDE 
vnto him (Euen he that made the heauens, 
and spred them abrode, g set forth the earth 
with hir encrease : which geueth breath vnto 
the people that is in it, g to them that dwel 
therin) I the LORDE haue called y in right- 
uousnesse, 1 led the by the honde. Therfore 
wil I also defende the, g geue the for a coue- 
naunt of the people, 5 to be the light of the 
Getiles. c That thou mayest open the eyes of 
the blinde, let out the prysoners, g them that 
syt in darknesse, out of the dongeon house. 
I myself, whose name is the LORDE, which 
geue my power to none other, nether myne 
honoure to the goddes : shewe you these new 
tidinges, and tel you them or they come, for 
olde thinges also are come to passe. 

' Synge therfore vnto the LORDE, a new 
songe of thakes geuynge, blow out his prayse 
vnto the ende of the worlde. They that be 
vpon the see, g all that is therin, prayse him, 
the lies g they that dwel in them. Let the 
wildernes with hir cities lift vp hir voyce, the 
townes also that be in Cedar. Let them be 
glad that syt vpon rockes of stone, and let 
them crie downe from the hie mountaynes: 
ascribinge almightynes vnto the LORDE, g 
magnifienge him amonge the Getiles. The 
LORDE shal come forth as a gyaunte, and 
take a stomacke to him like a fresh man of 
warre. He shal roare and crie, and ouercome 
his enemies. 

I haue longe holden my peace (saieth the 
LORDE) shulde I therfore be still, and kepe 
sylence for euer ? I will crie like a trauelinge 



" Matt. 3. d. Matt. 12. d. Matt. 17. a. » Esa. 44. e 
Esa. 40. f. c Esa. 49. b. Luc. 2. c. Zac. 9. b. 

d Psa. 149. a. « Esa. 44. b. / Matt. 15. b. 



woman, and once wil I destroye, and deuoure. 
I wil make waist both mountayne g hill, g drie 
vp euery grene thinge, that groweth theron. 
I wil drie vp the floudes of water, g drinke vp 
the ryuers. I wil bringe the blinde in to a 
strete, that they knowe not : and lede them in 
to a fotepath, that they are ignoraunt in. I 
shal make darknesse light before the, g the 
thinge y is croked, to be straight. These 
thinges will I do, g not forget them. e And 
therfore let them conuerte, and be ashamed 
earnestly, that hope in Idols, g saye to fashioned 
ymages : ye are oure godes. 

Heare, o ye deaf men, and sharpen youre 
sightes to se (o ye blinde.) ^But who is 
blynder, the my seruaunt ? Or so deaf, as my 
messaungers, whom I sent vnto them ? For 
who is so blynde as my people, g they y 
haue the rule of them ? They are like, as yf 
thou vnderstodest moch, and keptest nothinge : 
or yf one herde well, but were not obedient. 
The LORDE be merciful vnto them for his 
rightuousnesse sake, that his worde might be 
magnified g praysed. But it is a myscheuous 
g wiked people. Their yonge men belonge 
all to the snare, g shal be shut in to preson 
houses. e They shal be caried awaye captyue 
and no man shal lowse them. They shal be 
trode vnder fote, h g no man shal laboure to 
bringe the agayne. But who is he amonge 
you, y pondreth this in his mynde, y con- 
sidreth it, g taketh it for a warnynge in tyme 
to come ? 

' Who suffred Iacob to be trodden vnder 
fote, and Israel to be spoyled? dyd not the 
LORDE ? Now haue we synned agaynst 
him, and haue had no delite to walke in his 
wayes, nether bene obedient vnto his lawe. 
Therfore hath he poured vpon vs his wroothful 
displeasure, and stroge batell, which maketh 
vs haue to do on euery syde, yet will we not 
vnderstode : He burneth vs vp, yet syncketh 
it not in to oure hartes. 

Che rut). Chapter. 

BUT now, the LORDE that made the (0 
Iacob) ^and he that fashioned the (0 Is- 
rael) saieth thus: Feare not, for I will defende 
f. I haue called y by thy name, thou art 
myne owne. When thou wentest in the 



e Deut. 28. » Esa. 44. d. ' Baruc 1. d. Tobi. 3. a 
Dan. 9. a. * Esa. 41. b. 4 Re. 17. g. Deut. 7. a. Deu 

26. d. Ose. 1. b. Exo. 14. e. Dan. 3. d. 



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water, I was by the, that the stroge floudes 
shulde not pluck f awaye : When thou walkest 
in the fyre, it shal not burne y, and the flame 
shall not kindle vpon the. For I am the 
LORDE thy God, the holyone of Israel, thy 
Sauioure. I gaue Egipte for thy delyueraunce, 
the Moryas and the Sabees for the : because 
thou wast deare in my sight, and because I 
set by the, and loued the. " I pilled all men 
for the, and delyuered vp all people for thy 
sake, * that thou shuldest not feare, for I was 
with the. I wil bringe thy sede from the 
east, and gather the together from the west. 
I wil saye to the north : let go. And to the 
south, kepe not backe : But bringe me my 
sonnes from farre, and my doughters from the 
endes of the worlde : Namely, all those that 
be called after my name : For the haue I 
created, fashioned, and made for myne ho- 
noure. 

Bringe forth that people, whether they haue 
eyes or be blynde, c deaf or haue eares. All 
nacions shal come in one, and be gathered in 
one people. But which amonge yonder goddes 
shall declare soch thinges, (j tell vs what is to 
come ? Let them bringe their witnesses, so 
shal they be fre : for the men shal heare it, 
and saye : it is truth. But I bringe you wit- 
nesses (saith the LORDE) euen those that 
are my seruauntes, whom I haue chosen : to 
the intent that ye might be certified, and gene 
me faithful credence : yee and to cosidre, that 
I am he, before whom there was neuer eny 
God, and that there shalbe none after me. 
d I am only the LORDE, and without me 
is there no Sauioure. I geue warnynge. 
make whole, I teach you, that there shulde be 
no straunge God amonge you. And this 
recorde must ye beare me youre selues (saieth 
the LORDE) that I am God. And euen he 
am I from the begynnynge, and there is none. 
e that can take eny thinge out of my honde. 
And what I do, can no man chaunge. 

Thus saieth the LORDE the holy one of 
Israel youre redemer : f For youre sake I will 
sende to Babilon, and bringe all the strongest 
of them from thence : Namely, the Caldees 
that boost them of their shippes : Euen I the 
LORDE youre holy one which haue made 
Israel, and am youre kinge. Morouer, thus 

' Esa. 41. d. Matt. 8. b. » Esa. 29. d. Galat. 3 

c Luc. 14. c. Ephe. 2. d. <* Esa. 44. b. Apoc. 1. b. 

Osee 13. b. e lob. 10. f. /Esa. 5. d. r Exo. 14. e. 

Ios.3. d. Esa. 10. a. Esa. 37. f. h 1 Cor. 5. d. Apoc. 21. b. 



saieth the LORDE (Euen he that maketh a 
waye in the see, ? and a footpath in the mightie 
waters: which bringeth forth the charettes and 
horses, the hooste and the power, that they 
maye fall a slepe and neuer ryse, and be ex- 
tincte, like as tow is quenched. 

* Ye remembre not thinges of olde, and re- 
garde nothinge that is past. Therfore beholde, 
I shal make a new thinge, and shortly shall it 
apeare : Ye shall well knowe it, I tolde it you 
afore, but I will tell it you agaane. 

T will make stretes in the deserte, and ryuers 
of water in the wildernesse. The wilde 
beastes shal worshippe me : the dragon, and 
the Estrich. ' For I shall geue water in f 
wildernesse, and streames in the deserte : that 
I maye geue drike to my people, whom I 
chose. This people haue I made for my self, 
and they shal shewe forth my prayse. For 
thou (Iacob) woldest not call vpon me, but 
thou haddest an vnlust towarde me, o Israel. 
Thou gauest me not thy yonge beastes for 
burntoffringes, nether didest honoure me with 
thy sacrifices. Thou boughtest me no deare 
spice with thi money, nether pouredest the fat 
of thy sacrifices vpon me. *Howbeit I haue 
not bene chargeable vnto the in offiiges, 
nether greuous in Incense. 

'But thou hast lade me with thy synnes, 
and weeried me with thy vngodlynes : Where 
as I yet am euen he only, that for myne owne 
selfes sake do awaye thine offences, g forget 
thy synnes : so that I wil neuer thinke vpon 
them. Put me now in remembraunce (for 
we will reason together) g shewe what thou 
hast for the, to make the quyte. m Thy first 
father offended sore, and thy rulers haue 
synned agaynst me. Therfore I ether sus- 
pended, or slewe the chefest prynces : I dyd 
curse Iacob, and gaue Israel in to reprofe. 

©ftt rlitij. C&apttr. 

SO heare now, o Iacob my seruaunt, and 
"Israel whom I haue chose. For thus 
saieth the LORDE, that made the, fashioned 
the, and helped the, euen from thy mothers 
wombe: Be not afrayde (o Iacob my ser- 
uaunte,) thou rightuous, whom I haue chosen. 
For I shal poure water vpon the drie 
grounde, and ryuers vpon the thurstie. I shal 

' Psal. 106. d. Esa. 35. b. 41. c. 44. a. * Esa. 1. b. Iere. 
7. c. ' Psal. 24. b. Iere. 33. b. '" Gen. 3. b. Nu. 20. b. 
" Iere. 30. b. Iere. 46. g. Esa. 43. a. Esa. 41. b. • Eze. 
36. d. Ioel 2. g. Act. 2.g. 

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poure my sprete vpon thi sede, and myne 
encrease vpo thy stocke. They shal growe 
together, like as the grasse, and as the Willies 
by the waters side. One will saye : I am the 
LORDES. Another wil call vnder the name 
of Iacob. The thirde shal subscrybe with his 
honde vnto y LORDE, and geue him self 
vnder the name of Israel. 

Morouer, thus hath the LORDE spoke : 
" euen the kinge of Israel, and his avenger, y 
LORDE of hoostes : I am the first, and the 
last, and without me is there no God. For 
what is he, that euer was like me, which am 
from euerlastinge ? Let him shewe his name 
and do wherthorow he maye be lickened vnto 
me. Let him tell you forth planely thiges, 
that are past and for to come : yee and that 
without eny feare or stoppe. For haue not I 
euer tolde you hyther to, g warned you ? Ye 
can beare me recorde youre selues. Is there 
eny God excepte me ? or eny maker, that I 
shulde not knowe him ? 

Wherfore all caruers of Idols are but vayne, 
and their laboure lost. They must beare 
recorde them selues, that (seinge they can 
nether se ner vnderstonde) they shalbe cou 
founded. * Who shulde now make a god, or 
fashio an Idol, that is profitable for nothinge ? 
c Beholde all the felashippe of the must be 
brought to confucion. Let all the workmasters 
of them come and stonde together from 
amonge men : they must be abashed and con- 
fouded one with another. The smyth taketh 
yron, and tempreth it with hote coles, and 
fashioneth it with hammers, g maketh it with 
all the strength of his armes : Yee somtyme 
is faynt for very hunger, and so thurstie, 
that he hath no more power. The carpenter 
(or ymage caruer) taketh me the tymbre, and 
spredeth forth his lyne : he marketh it with 
some coloure : he playneth it, he ruleth it, ad 
squareth it, and maketh it after the ymage of 
man, and acordinge to the bewtie of a man : 
that it maye stonde in the temple. 

Morouer, he goeth out to hewe downe 
Cedre trees : He bringeth home Elmes and 
okes, and other tymbre of the wodd. Or els 
the Fyrre trees which he planted himself, ad 
soch as the rayne hath swelled, which wodde 
serueth for me to burne. Of this he taketh 
and warmeth himself withall : he maketh a 



. 41. b. Apo. 1 
4 Esa. 42. b. 



Esa. 48. b. Apo. 22. c. Esa. 43. b, 
c Psal. 113. b. Sap. 13. c. 



fyre of it to bake bred. And after warde 
maketh a god there of, to honoure it : and an 
Idol, to knele before it. One pece he burneth 
in the fyre, with another he rosteth flesh, that 
he maye eate roste his bely full : with the 
thirde he warmeth himself, and saieth: A ha: 
I am well warmed, I haue bene at the fyre. 
And of the residue, he maketh him a god, and 
an Idol for himself. He kneleth before it, he 
worshippeth it, he prayeth vnto it, and sayeth : 
delyuer me, for thou art my god. 

d Yet men nether considre ner vnderstonde, 
because their eyes are stopped, that they can 
not se : and their hertes, that they can not 
perceaue. They pondre not in their myndes 
(for they haue nether knowlege ner vnder- 
stodinge) to thinke thus : I haue bret one 
pece in the fyre, I haue baked bred with f 
coles there of, I haue rosted flesh withall, g 
eaten it : Shal I now of the residue make an 
abhominacion, and fall downe before a rotten 
pece of wodd? The kepinge of dust, and 
folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde : 
so that none of them can haue a fre conscience 
to thinke : maye not I erre ? 

Cosidre this (o Iacob and Israel) for thou 
art my seruaiit. I haue made the, that thou 
mightest serue me. O Israel, forget me not, 
"As for thyne offences, I dryue them awaye 
like the cloudes, and thy synnes as the myst. 
Turne y agayne vnto me, g I will delyuer y. 

Be glad ye heauens, whom the LORDE 
hath made, let all y is here beneth vpon the 
earth, be ioyfull. Reioyse ye mountaynes g 
woddes, with all the trees that are in you: 
for y LORDE shal redeme Iacob, g shewe 
his glory vpon Israel. For thus saieth the 
LORDE thy redemer, euen he that fashioned 
the from thy mothers wombe : -T am the 
LORDE, which do all thinges my self alone. 
I only haue spred out the heauens, and I only 
haue layde the foundacion of the earth. I 
destroye the tokens of witches, and make the 
Sothsayers go wronge. As for the wise, I 
turne them bacward, and make their conninge 
folishnesse. 

But I set vp the purpose of my seruauntes, 
and fulfil the councel of my messaiigers. I 
saye to Ierusale : turne agayne : And to the 
cities of Iuda, be ye buylded agayne : and I 
repayre their decayed places. I saye to the 



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grounde : be drie. And I drie vp thy water 
floudes. I saye to Cirus : thou art myne hyrd 
man, so that he shal fulfill all thinges after my 
will. I saye to Ierusalem : be thou buylded, 
and to the teple : be thou fast grounded. 

Cfte rib. Chapter. 

THUS saieth the LORDE vnto Cirus his 
anoynted, 2 whom he ledeth by y right 
hode : that the people maye fall downe before 
him : I wil lowse the gyrdle of kinges, y they 
shal open the gates before thy face, and not 
to shut their dores. I wil go before the, and 
make the croked straight. I shal breake the 
brasen dores, j burst the yron barres. I shall 
geue the the hyd treasure, 5 the thinge which 
is secretly kepte : that thou mayest knowe, y 
* I the God of Israel haue called the by thy 
name : and that for Iacob my seruaunt sake, 

5 for Israel my chosen. For I called the by 
thy name, and ordened the, or euer thou 
knewest me: Euen I the LORDE, c before 
whom there is none other, for without me there 
is no God. I haue prepared the, rf or euer thou 
knewest me : that it might be knowne from 
the risynge of the Sonne to the goinge downe 
of the same, that all is nothinge without me. 

6 For I am the LORDE, g there is els none. 
It is I y created the light and darcknes, I 
make peace and trouble : Yee euen I the 
LORDE do all these thinges. The heauens 
aboue shal droppe downe, and the cloudes shal 
rayne rightuousnes. The earth shal open it 
self, and brynge forth health, and therby shal 
rightuousnes florish. Euen I the LORDE 
shal bringe it to passe. 

■/"Wo be vnto him that chydeth with his 
maker, the potsherde with the potter. Saieth 
y claye to the potter: What makest thou? or, 
thy worke serueth for nothige ? Wo be vnto 
him, y saieth to his father: why begettest 
thou ? And to his mother : why bearest thou? 
Thus saieth the LORDE, euen the holy one 
(j maker of Israel : Axe me of thinges for to 
come, concernynge my sonnes : and put me 
in remebraunce, as touchinge the workes of 
my hodes : I haue made the earth, and created 
ma vpon it. With my hondes haue I spred 
forth heauen, and geuen a commaundment 
for all the hooste therof. I shal wake him vp 



' 1 Esd. 1. a. * Gen. 39. a. c Esa. 43. b. d Iere. 1. a. 
« Gen. 1. Iudic. 9. d. /Iere. 18. a. 19. c. Esa. 29. c. 

Ro. 9. d. Eccli. 33. b. H Esd. 1. a. * Rom. 11. d. 



with rightuousnesse, and ordre all his wayes. 
He shal buylde my cite, % let out my prisoners : 
ci that nether for gift nor rewardes, saieth the 
LORDE of hoostes. 

The LORDE hath sayde morouer: The 
occupiers of Egipte, the marchauntes of the 
Moryans and Sabees, shal come vnto the 
with tribute, they shalbe thine, they shal 
folowe the, and go with cheynes vpon their 
fete. They shal fall downe before the, and 
make supplicacion vnto the. For God (with 
out who there is none other God) shal be with 
the. h O how profounde art thou o God, thou 
God ij Sauioure of Israel ? Confounded be 
ye, and put to dishonoure : go hence together 
with shame, all ye that be workmasters of 
erroure : (that is worshippers of Idols.) But 
Israel shalbe saued in the LORDE, which is 
the euerlastinge saluacio : They shal not come 
to shame ner confucion, worlde without ende. 

For thus sayeth the LORDE: 'euen he 
that created heauen, the God y made the 
earth, that fashioned it, and set it forth : I 
haue not made it for naught, but I made it to 
be enhabited: Euen I the LORDE, without 
whom there is none other. I haue not spoken 
secretly,* nether in darcke places of the earth. 
It is not for naught, that I sayde vnto the 
sede of Iacob : seke me. I am the LORDE, 
which whe I speake, declare the thinge that 
is rightuous and true. Let the be gathered (j 
come together, let the drawe nye hyther, y are 
escaped of the people : Haue they eny vnder- 
stondinge/ that set vp the stockes of their 
Idols, and praye vnto a god, that ca not helpe 
the? Let men drawe nye, let them come 
hither, ad aske councel one at another, and 
shewe forth : What is he, that tolde this be- 
fore? or, who spake of it, euer sence the 
begynnynge ? Haue not I y LORDE done 
it : without m whom there is none other God ? 
the true God and sauioure, " and there is els 
none but I ? And therfore turne you vnto me 
(all ye endes of the earth) so shal ye be saued, 
for I am God, 5 there is els none. I sweare 
by my self : out of my mouth cometh y worde 
of rightuousnesse, and that maye no man 
turne : but all knees shal bowe vnto me,' and 
all tunges shal sweare by me, sayenge : Verely 
in the LORDE is my rightuousnes and 



• Gen. 1. a. 


* Exo. 20. c. 


' Esa. 44. c. Baruc 


m Esa. 48. b. 


» Esa. 44. b. 


• Ro. 14. b. Phil. 2. 



fo. &w* 



Cfte prophet Csap* 



Cfrap. jrlbu 



strength. To him shal me come: but all 
they that thinke scorne of him, shalbe con- 
founded. And the whole sede of Israel shalbe 
iustified, % praysed in f LORDE. 

Cfte jrtbt. Cfiapter. 

NEUERTHELES Bel shal fall," 5 Nabo 
shalbe broken: whose ymages are a 
burthe for the beastes and catell, to ouerlade 
the, and to make them weery. They shal 
syncke downe, and fall together: for they 
maye not ease them of their burthen, ther- 
fore must they go in to captiuyte. 

Herken vnto me, o house of Iacob, and all 
ye that remayne yet of the housholde of Israel : 
whom I haue borne from youre mothers 
wombe, and brought you vp from youre byrth, 
till ye were growen : I I which shall beare you 
vnto youre last age : I haue made you, I will 
also norish you, beare you and saue you. 
Whom will ye make me like, in fashion or 
ymage, that I maye be like him? *Ye fooles 
(no doute) wil take out syluer and golde out 
of youre purses, and weye it, and hyre a gold- 
smyth to make a god of it, that men maye 
knele downe and worshipe it. c Yet must he 
be taken on mens shulders and borne, and set in 
his place, that he maye stonde and not moue. 
Alas that men shulde crie vnto him, which 
geueth no answere: and delyuereth not the 
man that calleth vpon him, from his trouble. 

Considre this well, and be ashamed, Go 
in to youre owne selues (O ye runnagates). 
Remembre the thinges which are past, sence 
the begynnynge of the worlde : that I am 
God, and that there is els no God, yee and y 
there is nothinge like vnto me. In the be- 
gynnynge of a thinge, I shewe the ende 
therof : and I tel before, thinges that are not 
yet come to passe. With one worde is my 
deuyce accomplished, j fulfilleth all my plea- 
sure. I call a byrde out of the east, rf and all 
that I take in honde, out of farre countrees. 
As soone as I commaunde, I bringe it hither:' 
as soone as I thinke to deuyse a thinge, I do it. 

Heare me, o ye that are of an hie stomack, 
but farre from rightuousnesse. I shal bringe 
forth my rightuousnesse, It is not farre, and 
my health shal not tarie longe awaye. I wil 
laye health in Sio, and geue Israel my glory. 



. " Dani. 14. c. 1 Re. 5. a. Iere. 5. a. t Esa. 44. f. 

Exo. 32. a. c Esa. 44. c. Baruc 6. c. d Exo. 16. c. 

* Psal. 148. a. 32. b. / Eze. 16. d. Nau. 3. b. 



CIjc rlbrj. Chapter. 

BUT as for the (O doughter, thou virgin 
Babilon) thou shalt syt in the dust. 
Thou shalt syt vpon the groiide, and not in 
a trone (o thou may den of Chaldea). Thou 
shalt nomore be called tender, and pleasaiit. 
Thou shalt bringe forth the querne, % grynede 
meel, put downe thy stomacher, make bare 
thy knees, and shalt wade thorow the water 
ryuers. ■'"Thy shame shalbe discouered, ad 
thy preuyties shal be sene. For I wil auenge 
me of the, and no man shal let me : saieth 
oure redemer, which is called the LORDE of 
hoostes, the holy one of Israel. 

Syt still, holde thy tunge, and get the into 
some darcke corner (O doughter Caldea) for 
thou shalt nomore be called lady of kyng- 
domes. I was so wroth with my people, y I 
punyshed myne enheritaunce/ and gaue them 
in to thy power. Neuertheles, thou shewdest 
them no mercy, but euen the very aged men 
of the, didest thou oppresse right sore with 
thy yock, % thou thoughtest thus : I shalbe 
lady for euer. And besyde all that, thou hast 
not regarded these thinges, nether cast, what 
shulde come after. 

Heare now therfore, thou wilful, that syttest 
so carelesse, & speakest thus in thine herte : '' I 
am alone, and without me is there none : I 
shal neuer be wydow, ner desolate agayne. 
And yet both these thiges' shal come to the 
vpo one daye in the twincklinge of an eye : 
Namely, wyddowhead, and desolacion. They 
shal mightely fall vpon the, for y multitude 
of thy witches, and for the greate heape of 
thy coniurers. For thou hast conforted thy 
self in thy disceatfulnes, and hast sayde : No 
ma seith me. Thyne owne wisdome (j con- 
nynge haue disceaued the, *In that thou hast 
sayde : I am alone, and without me there is 
none. Therfore shal trouble come vpo y, j 
thou shalt not knowe, from whece it shal arise. 
Myschefe shal fall vpo y, which thou shalt not 
be able to put of. A sodane misery shal come 
vpon the, or euer thou be awarre. 

Now go to thy coniurers, and to the multi- 
tude of thy witches, (whom thou hast bene ac- 
quanted withal from thi youth) yf they maye 
helpe the, or strengths the. Thou hast hither 



s Pro. 21. b. Iere. 50. b. * Esa. 10. b. Apo. 18. c. 

■ Dani. 5. e. * Esa. 29. c. 



Cbap, xMij. 



€f)t propfat Csiap* 



tfo. Ktwu 



to had many councels of them, so let the 
heauengasers <j the beholders of starres, come 
on now and delyuer the: yee and let the 
shewe, when these new thinges shall come 
vpon the. Beholde, they shalbe like strawe, 
which yf it be kindled with fyre, no man maye 
rydde it for the vehemence of the flame : And 
yet it geueth no zynders to warme a ma by, 
ner cleare fyre to syt by. Euen so shal they be 
vnto the, whom thou hast vsed j occupide from 
thy youth. Euery one shal shewe f his erro- 
neous waye, yet shall none of them defende the. 

Che rlbttj. Chapter. 

HEARE this, O thou house of Iacob : ye 
y are called by the name of Israel, and 
are come out of one stocke with Iuda : which 
sweare by the name of the LORDE, and 
beare witnesse by the God of Israel (but not 
with treuth and right) "which are called fre 
men of the holy citie, as they that loke for 
conforth in the God of Israel, whose name is 
the LORDE of hoostes. 

The thinges that I shewed you euer sence 
the begynnynge : Haue I not brought the to 
passe, immediatly as they came out of my 
mouth, and declared them ? And they are 
come ? Howbeit I knewe that thou art ob- 
stinate, and that thy neck hath an yron vane, 
and that thy brow is of brasse. Neuertheles 
I haue euer sence the begynnynge shewed the 
of thinges for to come, and declared the vnto 
the, or euer they came to passe : that thou 
shuldest not saye : myne Idol hath done it, 
my carued or cast ymage hath shewed it. 
Heare g considre all these thinges, whether it 
was ye that prophecied the : But as for me, 
I tolde the before at the begynnynge, new j 
secrete thinges, y thou knewest not of: *And 
some done now not of olde time, wherof thou 
neuer herdest, before they were brought to 
passe : that thou canst not saye : I knewe of 
them. Morouer there be some wherof thou 
hast nether herde ner knowne, nether haue 
they bene opened vnto thine eares afore tyme. 
For I knew that thou woldest maliciousli 
offende, therfore haue I called the a trans- 
gressoure, euen from thy mothers wombe. 

Neuertheles for my names sake, I haue 
withdrawen my wrath, and for myne honours 



" Ephe. 2. b. Esa. 51. c. Ierem. 3. f. * Esa. 37. f. 
c Exo. 3. b. "* Esa. 42. b. e Esa. 41. b. Apo. 1. b. 

/Esa. 45. d. sRo.7.b. 1 Tim. l.b. Tit. 3. b. Deut. 28. 



sake I haue ouersene the, so that I haue not 
rooted the out. Beholde I haue pourged the, 
and not for moneye. I haue chosen the in 
the fyre of pouerte, And that only for myne 
owne sake, c for I geue myne Honoure to none 
other, that thou shuldest not despise me. 
Herken vnto me o Iacob, rf a Israel who I haue 
called. I am euen he that is, I am y first 
and the last/ My honde is the foundacion of 
the earth, (t my right honde spanneth ouer the 
heauens. As soone as I called the they were 
there. Gather you all together, ad herken : 
Which of yonder goddes hath declared this, 
that the LORDE wil do by the kinge of 
Babilon, (whom he loueth <j fauoureth) and 
by the Caldees his arme? I my self alone 
haue tolde you this before. Yee I shal call 
him and bringe him forth, j geue him a pros- 
perous iourneye. Come nye & heare this : haue 
I spoke eny thige darckly / sence the begyn- 
nynge ? whe a thige begynneth, I am there. 

Wherfore the LORDE God with his sprete 
hath sent me, And thus saieth the LORDE 
thine avenger, the holyone of Israel : g I am y 
LORDE thy God, which teach the profitable 
thinges, and lede y the waye, that thou shuldest 
go. Yf thou wilt now regarde my comaunde- 
ment, thy welthynes shalbe as the water 
streame : & thy rightuousnes as the wawes 
flowinge in the see. Thy sede shalbe like as 
the sonde in the see, & the frute of thy body, 
like the grauel stones therof : Thy name shal 
not be roted out, nor destroyed before me. 
Ye shal go awaye from Babilon, and escape 
the Caldees with a mery voyce. '' This shalbe 
spoken of, declared abrode, (j go forth vnto the 
ende of the worlde : so that, it shalbe sayde : 
The LORDE hath defended his seruaunte 
Iacob, that they suffred no thurste,' whe they 
trauayled in the wildernesse. He claue the 
rockes a sonder, and the water gusshed out. 
As for the vngodly, they haue no peace, saieth 
the LORDE/ 

MESSIAS. 

Che rltr. Chapter. 

HERKEN vnto me, ye lies, and take hede 
ye people from farre: The LORDE 
hath called me fro my byrth, and made mecion 
of my name fro my mothers w5be : 'he hath 



Iere. 51. a. 1 Esd. 
* Esa. 57. c. 



•' Exo. 17. b. Nu. 20. 
a. 51. c. Epb. 6. b. 



ffo. isiwij. 



Wbt prophet dfeap* 



Cijap* xliv* 



made my mouth like a sharpe swerde, vnder 
f shadowe of his honde hath he defended me, 
and hyd me in his quyuer, as a good arowe, 
and sayde vnto me : Thou art my seruaunt 
Israel, I wilbe honoured in the." Then an- 
swerde I : I shal lese my laboure, I shal 
spend e my strength in vayne. Neuertheles, I 
wil commytte my cause and my worke vnto 
the LORDE my God. And now saieth the 
LORDE (eue he that fashioned me fro my 
mothers wombe to be his seruaiite, that I 
maye bringe Iacob agayne vnto him : how- 
beit, Israel will not be gathered vnto hi agayne. 
In whose sight I am greate, which also is my 
LORDE, my God and my stregth.) Let it 
be but a smal thinge, that thou art my ser- 
uaunt, to set vp the kinreddes of Iacob, g to 
restore the destructio of Israel : *yf I make 
the not also the light of the Gentiles, that tb 
mayest be my health vnto the ende of the 
worlde. 

Morouer thus saieth the LORDE the 
aveger and holy one of Israel, because of 
the abhorringe and despisinge amonge the 
Gentiles, concernynge the seruaunt of all 
them y beare rule : Kynges and prynces shal 
se, and arise and worshipe, because of the 
LORDE that he is faithfull : and because of 
the holy one of Israel, which hath chosen the. 

c And thus saieth the LORDE : In the 
tyme apoynted wil I be present with the. 
And in the houre of health wil I helpe the, (j 
delyuer the. I wil make the a pledge for f 
people, so y thou shalt helpe vp the earth 
agayne, and chalenge agayne the scatred here- 
tages : d That thou mayest saye to y presoners : 
go forth, ts to them that are in darknesse : 
come in to the light, that they maye fede in 
the hie wayes, 5 get their lyuynge in all places. 
There shal nether hunger ner thurste, heate 
nor Sonne hurte them. e For he that fauoureth 
them, shal lede them, and geue them drike 
of the springe welles. I will make wayes 
vpon all my mountaynes, and my fote pathes 
shalbe exalted. And beholde, they shal 
come from farre: lo, some from the north 
and west, some from the south. f Reioyse 
ye heauens, and synge prayses thou earth : 
Talke of ioye ye hilles, for God wil coforte 
his people, $ haue mercy vpon his, y be in 
trouble. 



" lob. 17. a. 
Cor. 6. a. Iere. 11. 



Esa. 42. b. 
i. Esa. 42. a. 



Act. 13. g. lob. 8. b. 
d Luc. 4. c. Zach. 9. b. 



Then shal Sion saye : God hath forsaken 
me, and the LORDE hath forgotte me. 
g Doth a wife forget the childe of hir wombe, 
ad the sonne who she hath borne ? And 
though she do forget, yet wil not I forget the. 
Beholde, I haue written the vp vpon my 
hondes, thy walles are euer in my sight. They 
that haue broken the downe, shal make haist 
to buylde the vp agayne : and they that made 
the waist, shal dwell in the. Lift vp thine 
eyes, and loke aboute the : all these shal gather 
them together/' and come to the. As truly as 
I lyue (saieth the LORDE) thou shalt put 
them all vpo the, as an apparell, and gyrde 
the to the, as a bryde doth hir Iewels. As 
for thy londe that lieth desolate, waisted g 
destroyed : it shalbe to narow for the, that 
shal dwell in it. And they y wolde deuoure 
the, shalbe farre awaye. Then the childe who 
y bare shall bringe forth vnto f, shal saye in 
thine eare : this place is to narow, syt nye 
together, y I maye haue rowme. Then shalt 
thou thinke by thy self : Who hath begotte me 
these ? seinge I am bare & aloe, a captyue j 
an outcast ? And who hath norished the vp 
for me ? I am desolate g alone, but fro whece 
come these? 

And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God: 
Beholde, I will stretch out myne honde to the 
Gentiles, and set vp my token to the people. 
They shal bringe the thy sonnes in their 
lappes, a carie thy doughters vnto f vpon their 
shulders. For kinges shalbe thy noursinge 
fathers, and Quenes shalbe thy noursinge 
mothers. They shal fall before the with 
their faces flat vpon the earth, and lick vp the 
dust of thy fete : that thou mayest knowe, 
how that I am the LORDE. 'And who so 
putteth his trust in me, shal not be confounded. 
Who spoyleth the giaunte of his pray? or 
who taketh the presoner from the mightie ? 
And therfore thus saieth the LORDE : The 
prisoners shalbe taken from the giaunte, and 
the spoyle delyuered from the violete : for I 
wil maynteyne thy cause agaynst thine aduer- 
saries, and saue thy sonnes. And wil fede 
thine enemies with their owne fleshe, and 
make the drinke of their owne bloude, as of 
swete wyne. And all flesh shal knowe (o 
Iacob) that I am the LORDE thy Sauioure, 
and stronge auenger. 



Apo. 7.d. /Esa. 52. b. 
h Gen. 15. a. Esa. 



s Iere. 14. d. Psal. 111. a. 
0. a. ' Ro. 9. d. 



Cfjap* a; 



Zfyz prophet Ofteiap* 



ffo. tltwiij* 



C^e I Chapter. 

THUS saieth the LORDE : Where is the 
bill of youre mothers deuorcemet, that I 
sent vnto her ? " or who is the vsurer, to who 
I solde you ? Beholde, for youre owne off eces 
are ye solde : *(j because of youre transgres- 
sion, is youre mother forsake. For why wolde 
no ma receaue me, when I came ? (t when I 
called, no man gaue me answere. Was my 
hode clene smyte of, that it might not helpe? 
or, had I not power to delyuer? c lo, at a 
worde I drlke vp the see, & of water floudes I 
make drie lode : so y for want of water, the 
fish corruppe and die of thurst. d As for 
heauen, I clooth it with darcknesse, and put 
a sack vpon it. 

The LORDE God hath geue me a wel 
lerned tiige, so that I can conforte them which 
are troubled/ yee & y in due season. He 
waked myne eare vp by tymes in y mornynge 
(as y scolemasters do) y I might herke. The 
LORDE God hath opened myne eare, ther- 
fore ca I not saye naye,-^ ner with drawe my 
self, but I offre my backe vnto y smyters, and 
my chekes to the nyppers. I turne not my 
face fro shame ad spittinge, for the LORDE 
God helpeth me, therfore shal I not be co- 
founded. I haue hardened my face like a 
flynt stone, for I am sure, that I shal not 
come to confucion. Myne aduocate speaketh 
for me, who wil then go with me to lawe ? 
Let vs stode one agaynst another : yf there 
be eny that wil reason with me, let him come 
here forth to me. Beholde, the LORDE 
God stondeth by me, ff what is he that can 
condempne me? lo, they shalbe all like 
as an olde cloth, h which f mothes shal eate 
vp. 

Therfore who so feareth the LORDE 
amoge you, let him heare the voyce of his 
seruaiit. Who so walketh in darcknesse, & no 
light shyneth vp5 him, let him hope in the 
LORDE, and holde him by his God. But 
take hede, ye haue all kyndled a fyre, and 
gyrded youre selues with the flame : Ye walke 
in the glistiige of youre owne fyre, and in the 
flame that ye haue kyndled. This cometh 
vnto you fro my honde, namely, y ye shal 
slepe in sorowe. 

« Iere. 3. a. » Esa. 59. a. c Exo. 14. c. Iosu. 3. d. 
d Exo. 10. c. e 2 Cor. 1. a. / Psal. 39. b. lob 30. d. 
Mat. 26. g. Heb. 13. c. e Ro. 8. f. * Psalm 101. 

' Gen. 21. a. Rom. 4. a. Gen. 12. a. k Esa. 2. a. 



€f)e It. Chapter. 

HERKEN vnto me, ye that holde of right- 
uousnes, ye that seke the LORDE. 
Take hede vnto the stone, wherout ye are 
he wen, and to the graue wherout ye are digged. 
' Considre Abraham youre father, (j Sara that 
bare you : how that I called him alone, pros- 
pered him wel, ij encreased him : how the 
LORDE conforted Sio, and repayred all hir 
decaye : makinge hir deserte as a Paradise, 
and hir wildernesse as the garden of the 
LORDE. Myrth and ioye was there, thankes- 
geuynge and y voyce of prayse. Haue respecte 
vnto me then (o my people) and laye thine 
eare to me : for a lawe, and an ordinaunce 
shal go forth fro me,* to lighten the Gentiles. 
It is hard by, that my health j my rightuous- 
nesse shal go forth, and the people shalbe 
ordred with myne arme. 

The Ilondes (that is y Gentiles) shal hope 
in me, and put their trust in myne arme. 
Lift vp youre eyes toward heaue, and loke 
vpon the earth beneth. l For the heauens 
shal vanish awaye like smoke, and the earth 
shall teare like a clothe, g they that dwel 
therin, shal perish in like maner. m But my 
health endureth for euer, and my rightuous- 
nes shall not ceasse. Therfore hercken vnto 
me, ye y haue pleasure in rightuousnes, "thou 
people that bearest my lawe in thine herte. 
Feare not the curse of men, be not afrayde 
of their blasphemies & reuylinges : for wormes 
& mothes shal eat the vp like clothe (t woll. 
But my rightuousnesse shal endure for euer, 
S my sauynge health from generacion to 
generacion. 

Wake vp, wake vp, & be stronge : O thou 
arme of the LORDE : wake vp, lyke as in 
tymes past, euer and sence the worlde beganne. 
''Art not thou he, that hast wounded that 
proude lucifer, and he wen the dragon in 
peces? Art not thou euen he, which hast dried 
vp the depe of the see, which hast made playne 
the see grounde, that the delyuered might go 
thorow? ? That the redemed of the LORDE, 
which turned agayne, might come with ioye 
vnto Sid, there to endure for euer ? That 
myrth and gladnesse might be with them : 
that sorowe % wo might fle from the ? r Yee 

' Psal. 101. d. Matt. 24. c. 2 Pet. 3. b. "' Psalm 36. 

» Iere. 31. f. ' Matt. 10. d. Luc. 12. a. Psal. 101. d. 
p Esa. 14. d. Exo. 14. c. » 1 Esd. 1. b. r 2 Cor. 1. a. 



#cu btmii). 



€f)t prophet <£s:ap* 



Cfrap* Iij, 



I, I am eue he, that in all thiges geueth you 
consolacion. What art thou then, that fearest 
a mortall ma, y childe of man, which goeth 
awaye as doeth the floure ? And forgettest 
the LORDE that made the, 3 that spred out 
the heauens, and layde the foundacion of the 
earth. But thou art euer afrayde for the sight 
of thyne oppressoure, which is ready to do 
harme : Where is the wrath of the oppressoure ? 
It cometh on fast, it maketh haist to apeare: 
It shal not perish, y it shulde not be able to 
destroye, nether shal it fayle for faute of 
norishinge. I am the LORDE thy God, that 
make the see to be still/ and to rage : whose 
name is the LORDE of hoostes. I shal put 
my worde also in thy mouth, and defende the 
with the turnynge of my honde: that thou 
mayest plante the heauens, and laye the 
foundacions of the earth, and saye vnto Sion : 
thou art my people. 

Awake, Awake, and stonde vpo Ierusalem, 
thou that from the honde of the LORDE, 
hast dronke out the cuppe of his wrath ; 
thou that hast supped of, and sucked out 
the slombringe cuppe to the botome. For 
amonge all the sonnes whom thou hast be- 
gotten, there is not one that maye holde the 
vp : and not one to lede the by the honde, of 
all the sonnes that thou hast norished. Both 
these thinges are happened vnto the, but who 
is sory for it? Yee, destruction, waistinge, 
hunger g swerde : but who hath conforted the ? 
Thy sonnes lie comfortles at y heade of euery 
strete like a take venyson, g are ful of y ter- 
rible wrath of y LORDE, g punyshmet of thy 
God. And therfore thou miserable g dronke 
(howbeit not with wyne) Heare this : Thus 
saieth thy LORDE : thy LORDE g God, y 
defender of his people : Beholde, I wil take 
y slobrige cuppe out of thy hode, eue y cuppe 
with the dregges of my wrath : y fro hence 
forth thou shalt neuer drinke it more, g wil 
put it 1 their hode that trouble the : which 
haue spoken to thy soule : stoupe downe, that 
we maye go ouer the: make thy body eaue 
with the grounde, and as the strete to go vpon. 



€I)e Uj. Cljapttr. 
P Sion vp, take thy strength vnto the : 
put on thine honest rayment o Ierusale, 



V 



<• Esa. 40. a. 1 Pet. 1. d. b Esa. 49. a. Matt. 8. c 

Psal. 74. b. Iere. 25. c. d Ro. 7. b. e Gen. 46. a 

Exo. 1. a. 4 Re. 18. / Ro. 2. d. Eze. 36. d.i 



thou citie of the holy one. For from this 
tyme forth, there shal no vncircumcised ner 
vncleane person come in the. Shake the fro 
the dust, arise ij stonde vp, o Ierusale. Pluck 
out thy neck from the bode, o thou captyue 
doughter Sion. For thus saieth the LORDE: 
d Ye are solde for naught, therfore shal ye be 
redemed also without eny money. 

For thus hath the LORDE sayde : 'My 
people wete downe afore tyme in to Egipte, 
there to be straungers. Afterwarde dyd the 
kinge of the Assirians oppresse the, for naught. 
And now what profit is it to me (saieth y 
LORDE) y my people is frely caried awaye, 
f g brought in to heuynes by their rulers, and 
my name euer still blasphemed? saieth the 
LORDE. s But y my people maye knowe 
my name, I my self will speake in that daye. 
Beholde, here am I. O how bewtiful are the 
fete of the Embassitoure, y bringeth the mes- 
sage fro the mountayne, /( g proclameth peace : 
y brigeth the good tydinges, g preacheth 
health, & saieth vnto Sion : Thy God is the 
kinge. Thy watchme shal lift vp their voyce, 
with loude voyce shal they preach of him : for 
they shal se him present, whe the LORDE 
shal come agayne to Sion. 

Be glad, ! o thou desolate Ierusale, & reioyse 
together : for the LORDE will coforte. his 
people, he wil delyuer Ierusale. The LORDE 
wil make bare his holy arme,* g she we it forth 
in the sight of all the Getiles, g all the endes 
of the earth shal se the sauynge health of oure 
God. Awaye, Awaye, get you out fro thence, 
g touch no vncleane thinge. Go out from 
amonge soch, And be cleane, ye that beare the 
vessell of the LORDE. But ye shal not go 
out with sedicio, ner make haist as they that fle 
awaye: for the LORDE shal go before you, 
"ad the God of Israel shal kepe the watch. 

Beholde, my seruaunt shal deale wysely, 
therfore shal he be magnified, exalted g 
greatly honoured. Like as y multitude shal 
wodre vpon him, because his face shalbe so 
deformed g not as a mans face, g his bewtie 
like no man : Euen so shal the multitude of 
the Getiles loke vnto him, g f kinges shal 
shut their mouthes before him. For they y 
haue not bene tolde of him, shal se him : " and 
they y herde nothinge of him, shal beholde him. 



e Naum 2. d. '' Ro. 10. c. - Esa. 49. d. * Psal. 97. a. 
' 2 Cor. 6. d. '" Exo. 13. d. " Rom. 15. c. Esa. 65. a. 



Cfiap. littj. 



€f)t pvopbtt ©sap* 



So. &mt. 



Cfie lit). Chapter. 

BUT who geueth credence vnto oure 
preachinge? "Or to who is the arme 
of the LORDE knowne ? He shal growe 
before the LORDE like as a brauch, jasa 
rote in a drie grounde. He shal haue nether 
bewty ner fauoure. When we loke vpon him, 
there shalbe no fayrnesse : we shal haue no 
lust vnto him. *He shalbe the most symple 
(j despised of all, which yet hath good expe- 
rience of sorowes j infirmities. We shal reken 
him so symple (j so vyle, that we shal hyde 
oure faces fro him. 'Howbeit (of a treuth) 
he only taketh awaye oure infirmite, (t beareth 
oure payne : d Yet we shal iudge him, as though 
he were plaged and cast downe of God: where 
as he (not withstodinge) shal be woiided for 
oure offences, j smytten for oure wickednes. 
For the payne of oure punyshmet shalbe 
layde vpo him, u with his stripes shal we be 
healed. 

As for vs, we go all astraye (like shepe), 
euery one turneth his owne waye. But thorow 
him, the LORDE pardoneth all oure synnes. 
He shal be payned g troubled, ad shal not 
ope his mouth. e He shalbe led as a shepe to 
be slayne, yet shal he be as still as a lambe 
before the shearer, (j not open his mouth. 
He shal be had awaye, his cause not herde, g 
without eny iudgment : Whose generacion yet 
no man maye nombre, when he shalbe cut of 
fro the grounde of the lyvinge : Which pu- 
nyshment shal go vpon him, for the trans- 
gression of my people. / His graue shalbe 
geue him with the codemned, j his crucifienge 
with the theues, s Where as he dyd neuer 
violence ner vnright, nether hath there bene 
eny disceatfulnesse in his mouth. 

Yet hath it pleased y- LORDE to smyte 
him with infirmite, Hhat when he had made 
his soule an ofFeringe for synne, he might se a 
loge lastinge sede. And this device of the 
LORDE shal prospere in his honde. With 
trauayle and laboure of his soule, shal he 
optayne greate riches. My rightuous seruaunt 
shall with his wisdome iustifie j delyuer the 
multitude, for he shal beare awaye their synnes. 
'Therfore wil I geue him the multitude for 
his parte, ij he shal deuyde the stroge spoyle 

« Ro. 10. c. Ioh. 12. e. * Hebr. 3. a. < Math. 8. b. 
1 Pet. 2. d. J 2 Cor. 11. c. c Iere. 11. d. Actu. 8. f. 
Mat. 27. b. 1 Cor. o. c. / Mat. 27. e. e 2 Cor. 5. c. 
1 Pet. 2. d. * Ioha. 12. c. Rom. 8. d. i Rom. 3. c. 



because he shal geue ouer his soule to death, 
* IS shalbe rekened amonge the transgressours, 
| which neuertheles shal take awaye y synnes of 
the multitude, and make intercession for the 
myszdoers. 

Che Itttj. Chapter. 

THERFORE be glad now, thou bare that 
bearest not. Reioyce, synge % be mery, 
thou y art not with childe : For the desolate 
hath moo children, 'then the maried wife, 
saieth the LORDE. Make thy tente wyder 
(t sprede out the hanginges of thine habitacio 
spare not, laye forth thy coardes, and make 
fast thy stakes : for thou shalt breake out on 
the right syde and on the left, g thy sede shal 
haue y Getiles in possession, ad dwel in the 
desolate cities. Feare not, for thou shalt not 
be confoiided : Be not ashamed, for thou shalt 
not come to confucion. Yee thou shalt forget 
the shame off thy youth, and shalt not re^ 
membre the dishonoure of thy wedowheade. 
For he that made the, shalbe thy LORDE 
1 husbonde (whose name is the LORDE of 
hoostes) '"(j thine avenger shalbe euen the 
holy one off Israel, the LORDE of the whole 
worlde. For the LORDE shal call the, 
beinge as a desolate soroufull woman, and as 
a yonge wife that hath broken hir wedlocke : 
saieth thy God. 

A litle while haue I forsaken the, "but with 
greate mercifulnes shal I take the vp vnto 
me. Whe I was angrie, I hid my face from 
the for a litle season, but thorow euerlastinge 
goodnesse shal I pardon the, saieth the 
LORDE thine avenger. And this must be 
vnto me, as the water of Noe : For like as I 
haue sworne y I wil not bringe the water off 
Noe eny more vpo the worlde : ° So haue I 
sworne, p y I wil neuer be angrie with the, ner 
reproue the : The mountaynes shall remoue, 
I the hilles shal fall downe : but my louynge 
kyndnesse shal not moue, and the bonde off 
my peace shal not fall downe fro y, saieth y 
LORDE thy merciful louer. 

Beholde, thou poore, vexed & despised : I 
wil make thy walles of precious stones, 7 (t thy 
foundacio of Saphires, thy wyndowes off 
Cristall, thi gates of fyne cleare stone, j thy 
borders of pleasaut stones. Thy childre shal 



Marc. 15. d. Luc. 22. b. 
Eze. 16. b. Esa. 48. a. 
Gen. 9. b. p 2 Re. 7. c. 



Gala. 4. d. m Esa. 62. 
" Esa. 26. d. Psal. 29. 
i Esa. 6. b. 



4L 



\fo. rsttfbu 



Wi)t prophet <£s;ap* 



Cfrap, lb. 



all be taught of God," % I wil geue the plen- 
teousnes of peace. In rightuousnes shalt thou 
be grounded, j be farre fro oppression: for 
the which thou nedest not be afrayed, nether 
for hynderaiice, for it shal not come nye the. 
Beholde, y aleaunt y was farre fro the, shal 
dwell with the: ij he y was somtyme a straunger 
vnto the, shalbe ioyned with the : Beholde, I 
make the smyth y bloweth the coles in the 
fyre, j he maketh a weapon after his hondy 
worke. I make also the waister to destroye : 
but all the weapens y are made agaynst the, 
shal not prospere. And as for all tunges, 
y shal resiste the in iudgmet, *thou shalt 
ouercome the, j codemne them. This is the 
heretage of the LORDES seruauntes, & the 
rightuousnes that they shal haue of me, 
saieth the LORDE. 

Che lb. Chapter. 

COME to the waters all ye, c y be thurstie, 
<j ye that haue no moneye. Come, bye, 
that ye maye haue to eate. Come, bye wyne 
d mylck, without eny money, or moneye 
worth, Wherfore do ye laye out youre moneye, 
for the thinge y fedeth not, and spende youre 
laboure aboute the thinge that satisfieth you 
not ? But herke rather vnto me, ad ye shal 
eate of the best, g youre soule shal haue hir 
pleasure in pleteousnes. Enclyne youre eares, 
3 come vnto me, take hede (j youre soule shal 
lyue. d For I will make an euerlastinge coue- 
naunt with you, eue the sure mercies of Dauid. 

Beholde, I shal geue him for a witnesse 
amoge y folke, for a prynce a captayne vnto 
the people. Lo, thou shalt call an vnknowne 
people : j a people that had no knowlege of 
the, shall runne vnto the : because off the 
LORDE thy God, y holy one of Israel, which 
glorifieth the. Seke the LORDE while he 
maye be founde, call vpo him while he is nye. 
e Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes, ad 
Ahe vnrightuous his ymaginacios, & turne 
agayne vnto the LORDE, so shal he be mer- 
ciful vnto him : and to oure God, for he is 
redy to forgeue. 

For thus saieth the LORDE: My thoughtes 
are not youre thoughtes, (j youre wayes are 
not my wayes : But as farre as the heauens 
are hyer then the earth, so farre do my waies 



a 1 lob. 2. d. Ioh. 6. c. * Luc. 21. b. Actu. 4. a. 

c Eccs. 51. d. Ioh. 7. d. Apo. 22. d. d Act. 13. d. 

2 Re. 7. c. ' Eze. 18. e. / Eze. 33. c. Psal. 102. 



exceade yours, s (t my thoughtes yours. And 
like as the rayne j snowe c5meth downe from 
heaue, j returneth not thither agayne, but 
watereth the earth, maketh it frutefull (t grene, 
that it maye geue corne j breade vnto the 
sower: So the worde also that commeth out 
of my mouth, shal not turne agayne voyde 
vnto me, but shal accoplish my wil & prospere 
in the thinge, wherto I sende it. And so 
shal ye go forth with ioye, (j be led with 
peace. The mountaynes and hilles shal synge 
with you for ioye, and all the trees of the 
felde shal clappe their hondes. For thornes, 
there shal growe Fyrre trees, j y Myrte tre 
in the steade of breres. And this shal be done 
to the prayse of the LORDE, & for an euer- 
lastinge toke, that shal not be taken awaye. 

Che Ibi. Chapter. 

THUS saieth y LORDE : Kepe equite, 
and do right, for my sauynge health 
shal come shortly, j my rightuosnes shalbe 
opened. Blissed is the man y doth this, g the 
mans childe which kepeth the same. He that 
taketh hede, ; 'y he vnhalowe not the Sabbath 
(that is) he that kepeth himself that he do no 
euel. Then shal not the straunger, which 
cleaueth to the LORDE, saye : 'Alas the 
LORDE hath shut me cleane out from his 
people. Nether shal the gelded man saye : lo, 
I am a drie tre. For thus saieth the LORDE, 
first vnto the gelded y kepeth my Sabbath : 
Namely: that holdeth greatly of the thinge 
that pleaseth me, and kepeth my couenaut : 
Vnto them wil I geue in my housholde and 
with in my walles, a better heretage & name : 
* the yf they had bene called sonnes (j daugh- 
ters. I wil geue them an euerlastinge name, 
that shall not perishe. Agayne, he saieth vnto 
the straiigers that are disposed to sticke to 
the LORDE, to serue him, (j to loue his 
name : That they shalbe no bode me. And 
all they, which kepe the selues, that they vn- 
halowe not the Sabbath, namely: that they 
fulfill my couenaut: Them wil I bringe to my 
holy moutayne, l g make the ioyfull in my house 
of prayer. Their burnt offringes and sacrifices 
shalbe accepted vpo myne aulter, m for my 
house shalbe an house of prayer for all people. 
Thus saieth the LORDE God which ga- 



ff Deu. 32. 
* lob. 1. a. 



* Esa. 58. c. { Deu. 23. a. 

Mac. 7. e. "• Math. 21. b. 3 Reg. 8. f, 



Cfrap. Hriij* 



€f)t prapftet (Ss>ap» 



jfix forwbtj* 



thereth together the scatred of Israel : " I wil 
bringe yet another cogregacion to him. All 
the beastes of the felde, g all the beastes of y 
wod, shal come to deuoure hi. For his watch- 
men are all blinde, they haue all together no 
vnderstondinge, they are all domme dogges, 
* not beinge able to barcke, they are slepery : 
slogish are they, g lie snortinge : they are 
shamelesse dogges, y be neuer satiszfied. The 
sheperdes also in like maner haue no vnder- 
stondinge, but euery man turneth his owne 
waye, c euery one after his owne couetousnes, 
with all his power. Come (saye they) I wil 
fetch wyne, so shal we fyll oure selues, that 
we maye be dronken. And do tomorow, like 
as to daye, yee and moch more. 

Che Ibi). Chapter. 

BUT in the meane season y righteous 
perisheth, g no ma regardeth it in his 
hert. Good godly people are taken awaye, g 
no ma cosidreth it. d Namely: that the righ- 
teous is conuayed awaye thorow y wicked : 
that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly 
vpon his bed, g lyue after his owne pleasure. 
Come hither therfore ye charmers children, 
e ye sonnes of the aduoutrer ij the whore: 
Wherin take ye youre pleasure ? Vpo whom 
gape ye with youre mouth, g bleare out youre 
tonge ? Are ye not childre of aduoutry, g a 
sede of dissimulacion ? / Ye take youre plea- 
sure vnder the okes, g vnder all grene trees, 
the childe beynge slayne in the valleys, g 
dennes of stone. Thy parte shalbe with the 
stony rockes by the ryuer: Yee euen these 
shal be thy parte. For there thou hast poured 
meat and drynkoffringes vnto the. Shulde I 
ouersee that ? Thou hast made thy bed vpon 
hie mountaynes, thou wentest vp thither, and 
there hast thou slayne sacrifices. Behynde 
the dores g postes, hast thou set vp thy re- 
membraunce ? 

When thou haddest discouered thyself to 
another then me, when thou wetest downe, g 
made thy bed wyder (that is) when thou didest 
carue the certayne of yonder Idols, 5 louedest 
their couches, where thou sawest the : Thou 
wentest straight to kinges with oyle g dyuerse 
oyntmentes (that is) e thou hast sent thy mes- 
saungers farre of, and yet art thou fallen in to 

" Mar. 11. b. Luc. 19. d. 4 Iere. 12. b. c Iere. 6. b. 
Esa. 22. b. 1 Cor. 15. c. Sapi. 2. b. d Sap. 2. b. 

Eccli. 33. b. « Matt. 12. d. / Eze. 16. b. Esa. 65. a. 
Iere. 7. a. Deut. 18. b. Eze. 20. d. Leui. 20. a. Deut.32. c. 



the pyt therby. Thou hast had trouble for y 
multitude of thyne owne wayes, yet saydest 
thou neuer : I wil leaue of. /( Thou thinkest 
to haue life (or health) of thy self, and ther- 
fore thou beleuest not that thou art sick. For 
when wilt thou be abaszshed or feare, seinge 
thou hast broken thy promyse, g remembrest 
not me, nether hast me in thine hert ? Think- 
est thou, that I also will holde my peace (as 
afore tyme) y thou fearest me not? Yee 
verely I wil declare thy goodnes g thy workes, 
but they shal not profit y, »' whe thou criest, 
let thy chosen heape delyuer the. But the 
wynde shal take them all awaye, g cary the 
in to y ayre. Neuertheles, they y put their 
trust in me, shal inheret the londe, and haue 
my holy hill in possession. 

And therfore thus he saieth : Make redy, 
make redy, and dense y strete, take vp what 
ye can out of the waye, that ledeth to my 
people. For thus saieth the hie and excellet, 
euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, 
whose name is the holyone : * I dwel hie aboue 
and in the sanctuary, g with him also, y is of 
a cotrite and huble sprete : y I maye heale a 
troubled mynde, and a cotrite herte. ' For I 
chide not euer, g am not wroth with out ende. 
But y blastinge goeth fro me, though I make 
the breath. I am wroth with hi for his coue- 
tousnes g lust, I smyte him, I hyde me, and 
am angrie, whe he turneth him self, and 
foloweth y bywaye of his owne hert. But 
yf I maye se his right waye agayne, I make 
him whole, I lede him, and restore him vnto 
them whom he maketh ioyful, g that were sory 
for him. I make the frutes of thakesgeuinge. 
I geue peace vnto them that are farre of,'" 
and to them that are nye, saye I the LORDE, 
that make him whole. But the wicked are 
like the raginge see, that ca not rest, whose 
water fometh with the myre g grauel. * Eue 
so y wicked haue no peace, saieth my God. 

Cfie Ibuj. Chapter. 

AND therfore crie now, " as loude as thou 
canst. Leaue not of, lift vp thy voyce 
like a tropet, and shewe my people their 
offences, and y house of Iacob their synnes. 
For they seke me dalye, and wil knowe my 
wayes, euen as it were a people that dyd 

s Ose. 12. a. Eze. 16. b. * Math. 9. b. * Iere. 2. d. 
Deut.32. d. * Psal. 50. b. Esa. 61. a. ' Psal. 101. a. 
m Ephe. 2. d. " Esa. 48. d. • Eze. 3. c. Iere. 19. a. 
Ionse 3. a. Mat. 10. a. and 28. c. 



go. tirjTiritj* 



Cfee jpropfrrt <£sap* 



Cfiap* Iijr, 



right, and had not forsaken the statutes of 
their God. They argue with me concernynge 
right iudgment, and wil pleate at the lawe 
with their God. Wherfore fast we (saye they) 
and thou seist it not? we put oure Hues to 
straitnesse, and thou regardest it not ? 
33 Beholde, when ye fast, youre lust remayneth 
still : " for ye do no lesse violence to youre 
detters : lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and 
to smyte him with youre fist, that speaketh 
vnto you. Ye fast not (as somtyme) that 
youre voyce might be herde aboue. * Thynke 
ye this fast pleaseth me, that a ma shulde 
chasten himself for a daye, and to wryth his 
heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth, g 
to lye vpon the earth ? Shulde that be called 
fastinge, or a daye y pleaseth y LORDE ? 
But this fastinge pleaseth not me, "till f tyme 
be thou lowse him out of bondage, that is in 
thy daunger: that thou breake the ooth of 
wicked bargaynes, that thou let the oppressed 
go fre, and take from them all maner of bur- 
thens. d It pleaseth not me, till thou deale 
thy bred to the hongrie, g brynge the poore 
fatherlesse home in to thy house, when thou 
seist the naked that thou couer him, and hyde 
not thy face fro thine owne flesh. Then shal 
thy light breake forth as y- mornynge, and thy 
health florish right shortly : " thy rightuous- 
nesse shal go before the, and y glory of the 
LORDE shal embrace the. 

Then yf thou callest, the LORDE shal 
answere the: -^yf thou criest, he shal saye 
here I am. Yee yf thou layest awaye thy 
burthens, and holdest thy fyngers, and ceasest 
from blasphemous talkinge, yf thou hast com 
passion vpon the hongrie, and refreszshest f 
troubled soule : s Then shal thy light springe 
out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe 
as the noone daye. The LORDE shal euer 
be thy gyde, and satisfie the desyre of thine 
hert, and fyl thy bones with marry. Thou 
shalt be like a freshwatred garden, and like 
the founteyne of water, that neuer leaueth 
runnynge. Then the places that haue euer 
bene waist, shalbe buylded of the : there 
shalt thou laye a foundacion for many kyn- 
reds. Thou shalt be called the maker vp of 
hedges, and y buylder agayne of y waye of 
the Sabbath. 



Esa. 1. 
Mat. 25. b. 
Mat. 5. b. 



* Zach. 7. 
Luc. 11. d. 
* Esa. 56. a 



« Deu. 15. a. d Eze. 18. 
/Pro. 21. b. g Zach. 7. 
Esa. 66. d. * Esa. 50. 



; ' Yee yf thou turne thy fete from the Sab- 
bath, so that thou do not the thinge which 
pleaseth thyself in my holy daye : then shalt 
thou be called vnto the pleasaunt, holy g glo- 
rious Sabbath of the LORDE, where thou 
shalt be in honoure : so y thou do not after 
thine owne ymaginacion, nether seke thine 
owne wil, ner speake thine owne wordes. The 
shalt thou haue thy pleasure in f LORDE, 
which shal carie f hie aboue y earth, g fede 
the with the heretage of Iacob thy father : for 
the LORDES owne mouth hath so promised. 

Cfie lir. Cfiaptcr. 

BEHOLDE, the LORDES honde is not 
so shortened y it can not helpe, ' nether 
is his eare so stopped y it maye not heare. 
But youre myszdedes haue separated you 
from youre God, g youre synnes hyde his face 
from you, y he heareth you not. For youre 
hondes are defyled with bloude, ''and youre 
fyngers with vnrighteousnesse : Youre lippes 
speake lesynges, g youre tonge setteth out 
wickednes. No man regardeth righteousnes, 
g no ma iudgeth truly. Euery man hopeth in 
vayne thinges, and ymagineth disceate, co- 
ceaueth weerynesse, g bringeth forth euell. 
'Theybrede cockatrice egges, g weeue y spy- 
ders webb. Who so eateth of their egges, 
dieth. But yf one treade vpon the, there 
cometh vp a serpent. Their webbe maketh 
no clothe, g they maye not couer the with 
their labours. Their dedes are y dedes of 
wickednes, g y worke of robbery is in their 
hodes. Their fete runne to euell, g they 
make haist to shed innocet bloude. '" Their 
coiicels are wicked coucels, harme g de 
struccio are in their wayes. But y waye of 
peace they knowe not. In their goinges is 
no equyte, their wayes are so croked, y who 
so euer goeth therin, knoweth nothinge of 
peace. 

And this is y cause y equite is so farre fro 33 
vs, g y rightuousnes cometh not nye vs. " We 
loke for light, lo, it is darknesse : for y morn- 
ynge shyne, se, we walke in f darke. We 
grope like y blynde vpon y wall, we grope 
euen as one y hath none eyes. We stomble 
at f noone daye, as though it were toward 
night : in y fallinge places, like men y are 



Nume. 11. c. 
Psa. 7. c. 



' Sapi. 5. 



* Iere. 5. c. Esa. 1. d. ' lob 15. d. 

' Prou. 1. b. Psal. 9. c. Psal. 13. a. Rom. 
30. c. Deut. 28. c. Ioh. 12. e. 



Cfcap* lv. 



Wbt prophet Ofcap, 



So. ntwiv. 



half deed. We roare all like Beeres, g mourne 
stil like doues. We loke for equite, but there 
is none : for health, but it is farre fro vs. For 
oure offences are many before y, j oure synnes 
testifie agaynst vs. Yee we must cofesse y 
we offende, j knowlege, y we do amysse : 
Namely, transgresse g dyssemble agaynst y 
LORDE, a fall awaye fro oure God: vsinge 
presiiptuous ij traytorous ymaginacions, g cast- 
inge false matters in oure hertes. And ther- 
fore is equyte gone asyde, g righteousnes 
stodeth farre of: "treuthis fallen downe in the 
strete, and the thinge that is playne and open, 
maye not be shewed. Yee f treuth is lade in 
preson, and he that refrayneth himself fro 
euel, must be spoyled. 

* When the LORDE sawe this, it displeased 
him sore, y there was no where eny equite. 
He sawe also, that there was no man, which 
had pitie therof, or was greued at it. And 
he helde him by his owne power, and cleued 
to his owne rightuousnes. c He put right- 
uousnes vpo him for a brest plate, g set the 
helmet of health vpo his heade. He put on 
wrath in steade of clothlge, g toke gelousy 
aboute him for a cloke : (like as when a 
man goeth forth wrothfully to recopence his 
enemies, g to be avenged of his aduersaries.) 
Namely, that he might recompence and re- 
warde the Ilodes, wherthorow the name of the 
LORDE might be feared, from the risynge of 
the Sone : and his magesty, vnto the goinge 
downe of the same. 

For he shal come as a violent waterstreame, 
which the wynde of the LORDE hath moued. 
But vnto Sion there shal come a redemer, and 
vnto them in Iacob that turne from wicked- 
nesse, saieth the LORDE. I will make this 
couenaunt with them (sayeth y LORDE) : 
My sprete that is come vpon the, g the wordes 
which I haue put in thy mouth, shal neuer go 
out of thy mouth, nor out of y mouth of thy 
childre, no ner out of y mouth of thy childers 
childre, from this tyme forth for euer more. 



Che Ir. Chapter. 

AND therfore get the vp by tymes/ for 
thy light cometh, g the glory of y 
LORDE shal ryse vp vpo f. For lo, while 
y darknesse g cloude couereth the earth g the 



" Ose 
1 Thes. 
Eph. 5. 



Dani. 8. c. * Amos 5. a. • Epbe. 6. b. 
d Psal. 13. a. Ro. 11. d. « Act. 26. c. 

/Esa. 19. e. ffEsa.49. c. Gen. 15. a. 



people, the LORDE shal shewe the light/ g 
his glory shal be sene in the. The Gentiles 
shal come to thy light, e g kynges to the 
brightnes y springeth forth vpo y. Lift vp 
thine eyes, g loke rounde aboute the : All 
these gather the selues, g come to the. Sonnes 
shal come vnto y from farre, g doughters shal 
gather the selues to the on euery side. When 
thou seist this, thou shalt maruel exceadingly, 
and thine hert shalbe opened : when the power 
of the see shalbe couerted vnto the (that is) 
whe the strength of the Gentiles shal come 
vnto the. The multitude of Camels shal 
couer y, the Dromedaries of Madia and Epha. 
All they of Saba shal come, ''bringinge golde 
g incense, g shewinge the prayse of the 
LORDE. All the catel of Cedar shalbe 
gathered vnto y, the rames of Nabaioth shal 
serue the, 'to be offred vpo myne aulter, which 
I haue chosen, g in the house of my glory 
which I haue garnished. But what are these 
that fie here like the cloudes, and as the doues 
flienge to their wyndowes ? 

The lies also shal gather the vnto me, and 
specially the shippes of y see : that they maye 
bringe the sonnes from farre, and their syluer 
and their golde with them, vnto the name of 
the LORDE thy God, vnto the holy one of 
Israel, that hath glorified the. k Straugers 
shal buylde vp thy walles, and their kiges shal 
do the seruyce. For when I am angrie, I 
smyte the : and when it pleaseth me, I pardon 
the. Thy gates shal stonde open still both 
daye and night/ and neuer be shut : that the 
hooste of the Gentiles maye come, and that 
their kinges maye be brought vnto the. For 
euery people g kingdome that serueth not the, 
shal perish, and be distroyed with the swerde. 
The glory of libanus shal come vnto the : The 
Fyrre trees, Boxes g Cedres together, to 
garnish the place of my Sanctuary, for I wil 
glorifie the place of my fete. 

Morouer those shal come knelinge vnto 
the, y haue vexed the : g all they that despised 
y, shal fall downe at thy fote. Thou shalt be 
called the cite of the LORDE, the holy Sion 
of Israel. Because thou hast bene forsake 
and hated, so that noman went thorow the : I 
wil make the glorious for euer and euer, ad 
ioyful thorow out all posterities. m Thou shalt 



Mar. 8. a. h Matt. 2. b. Psal. 71. ' Heb. 13. 

* Esa. 54. b. ' Apo. 21. g. m Esa. 49. e. 



tfo. tow* 



Wt)t propfoet ©sap* 



Cfiap, Ijru 



sucke the mylck of the Gentiles, and kinges 
brestes shal fede the. And thou shalt knowe 
that I the LORDE am thy Sauioure and 
defender, the mighty one of Iacob. For 
brasse wil I geue the golde, and for yron 
syluer, for wod brasse, and for stones yron. 
I wil make peace thy ruler, and rightuousnes 
thyne officer. Violence and robbery shal 
neuer be herde of in thy londe, nether harme 
and destruction with in thy borders. Thy 
walles shalbe called health, g thy gates the 
prayse of God. " The Sonne shal neuer be 
thy daye light, ad the light of the Moone 
shal neuer shyne vnto the : * but y LORDE 
himself shalbe thy euerlastinge light, g thy 
God shalbe thy glory. 

Thy Sonne shal neuer go downe, g thy 
Moone shal not be taken awaye, for the 
LORDE himself shalbe thy euerlastinge light, 
ad thy sorouful dayes shalbe rewarded y. Thy 
people shalbe all godly, g possesse the londe 
for euer: the floure of my plantinge, the 
worke of my hondes, wherof I wil reioyce. 
The yongest g leest shal growe in to a thou- 
sande, g the symplest in to a stronge people. 
I the LORDE shal shortly bringe this thinge 
to passe in his tyme. 

CIjc Irt. Chapter. 

THE sprete of the LORDE God is with 
me,' for y LORDE hath anoynted me, 
g sent me, to preach good tydlges vnto the 
poore, y I might bynde vp y wounded hertes, 
y I might preach delyueraunce to f captyue, 
g open the preson to the that are bounde : 
y I might declare y acceptable yeare of y 
LORDE, g the daye of f avegeaunce of oure 
God : that I might comforte all them that are 
in heuynesse/ that I might geue vnto them y 
mourne in Sion, bewty in the steade of asshes, 
ioyful oyntmet for sighinge, pleasaunt raymet 
for an heuy mide : That they might be called 
excellent in rightuousnesse, a platinge of the 
LORDE 6 for him to reioyce in. 

They shal buylde the loge rough wildernes, 
g set vp y olde deserte. They shal repayre 
the waist places, g soch as haue bene voyde 
thorow out many generacios. Straugers shal 
stode g fede youre catel, g the Aleauntes 
shalbe youre plowme g reapers. But ye shalbe 
named the prestes of the LORDE/ g me 



" Apo. 21. g. b Apo. 22. b, 
Esa. 1 1 . a. Esa. 66. a. Esa. 57. c. 



c Luc. 7. c. Luc. 4. c. 
' Matt. 5. a. Matt. 11. d. 



shall call you the seruautes of oure God. Ye 
shall enioye the goodes of y Getiles g tryuphe 
in their substauce. For youre greate reprofe 
g shame, shal they haue ioye, y ye maye haue 
parte with the. For they shal haue dubble 
possession I their lode, g euerlastinge ioye 
shalbe with them/ For I the LORDE, 
which loue right ad hate robbery (though it 
were offred me) shal make their workes ml of 
faithfulnes, g make an euerlastinge couenaunt 
with them. 

Their sede also and their generacion shal 
be knowne amoge the Gentiles, and amoge 
the people. All they that se them, shall 
knowe, that they are the hie blessed sede of y 
LORDE. And therfore I am ioyful in the 
LORDE, g my soule reioyseth in my God. 
For ''he shall put vpon me the garmet of 
health, g couer me with the matle of right- 
uousnes. He shal decke me like a bryde- 
grome, g as a bryde that hath hir apparell 
vpo her. For like as y grounde bringeth 
forth frute, g as the garde shuteth forth sede : 
So shal the LORDE God cause rightuousnes, 
and the feare of God to florish forth before all 
the Heithen. 

Cfie lyij. Cfjapter. 

FOR Sions sake therfore wil I not holde 
my tiige, g for Ierusales sake I will not 
ceasse : vntill their rightuousnes breake forth 
as y shyninge light, g their health as a burn- 
ynge lampe. Then shal the Getiles se thy 
rightuousnesse g all kinges thy glory. Thou 
shalt be named with a new name, which the 
mouth of y LORDE shal shewe. Thou shalt 
be a crowne in the honde of the LORDE, 
and a glorious garlade in the hode of thy God. 
From this tyme forth thou shalt neuer be 
called the forsake, g thy lode shal nomore be 
called the wildernesse. But thou shalt be 
called Hephziba (that is, my beloued) g thy 
londe Beula (that is) a maried worn a. : ' for y 
LORDE loueth y, g thy lode shalbe inhabited. 
And like as a yonge ma taketh a doughter to 
mariage, so shal God mary himself vnto thy 
sonnes. And as a brydegrome is glad of his 
bryde, so shal God reioyse ouer the. 

I wil set watchme vpo thy walles (o Ieru- 
salem) which shall nether ceasse daye nor 
night, to preach f LORDE. And ye also 



Esa. 60. d. 
Psal. 131.1 



/ Esa. 66. d. Iere. 33. d. 
! Eze. 16. b. Osee 2. d 



e Luc. 
Esa. 54. a 



Cfrap* fytt'tj. 



Wi)t propfoet afrsap. 



ffo. *btmi< 



shall not kepe him close, nor leaue to speake 
of hi, vntill Ierusale be set vp, j made the 
prayse of the worlde. The LORDE hath 
sworne by his right honde g by his stronge 
arme, that fro hence forth he wil not geue thy 
come to be meate for thine enemies, ner thy 
wyne (wherl thou hast laboured) to be drynke 
for y straungers. But they that haue gathered 
in the corne, shal eate it, g geue thankes to the 
LORDE : 5 they that haue borne in the wyne, 
shall drynke it in the court of my Sanctuary. 
Stode back, g departe a sunder, ye y stonde 
vnder y gate, make rowme ye people, repayre 
the strete, 5 take awaye y stones, g set out a 
toke for the people. a Beholde, y LORDE 
proclameth in the endes of the worlde : tel y 
doughter Sio : se, thy Saluacio cometh, be- 
holde, he bringeth his treasure with him, g 
his workes go before him. For they whd y 
LOPiDE delyuereth, shalbe called the holy 
people : g as for the, thou shalt be named the 
greatly occupied, and not the forsaken. 

%\)t Iruj. Chapter. 

WHAT is he this, that cometh from 
Edom, with stayned reade clothes of 
Bosra : (which is so costly cloth) 5 cometh in 
so neebly with all his stregth ? I am he y 
teacheth rightuousnes, g am of power to helpe. 
Wherfore the is thy clothinge reade, g thy 
raymet like his y treadeth in y wyne presse ? 
I haue trodde the presse my self alone, g of 
all people, there was not one with me. Thus 
haue I trode downe myne enemies in my 
wrath, 5 and set my fete vpo them in my in- 
dignation : And their bloude sprange vpo my 
cloothes, g so haue I stayned all my rayment. 
For the daye of vengeauce that I haue take 
in honde, g the yeare of my delyueraunce is 
come. I loked aboute me, and there was no 
ma to shewe me eny helpe. I fel downe, and 
no man helde me vp. The I helde me by 
myne owne arme, g my feruetnesse susteyned 
me. And thus haue I troden downe the 
people in my wrath, and bathed them in my 
displeasure : In so moch that I haue shed 
their bloude vpon the earth. 

I will declare the goodnesse of the LORDE, 
yee and the prayse of the LORDE for all 
that he hath gyuen vs, for the greate good y 
he hath done for Israel : which he hath gyuen 



° Esa. 40. 
Esa. 34. b. 



. Zacba. 9. b. Matt. 21. a. Esa. 26. c. 
Exo. 15. a. Esa. 12. a. d Exo.13. d. 14. d. 



them of his owne fauoure, g acordinge to the 
multitude of his louynge kindnesses. For he 
sayde : These no doute wilbe my people, and 
no shrekinge children, and so he was their 
Sauioure. * In their troubles he forsoke the 
not, but the angel that went forth from his 
presence, delyuered them: Of very loue g 
kindnesse that he had vnto them, redemed he 
them. He hath borne them, and caried them 
vp euer, sence the worlde begane. But after 
they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his 
holy minde, he was their enemie, and fought 
agaynst them him self. Yet remebred he the 
olde tyme, of Moses g his people : e How he 
brought them from the water of the see, as a 
shepherde doth with his shepe : how he had 
geuen his holysprete amongethem: how he had 
led Moses by the right honde with his glorious 
arme : how he had deuyded the water before 
them (wherby he gat him self an euerlastinge 
name) how he led them in the depe, as an 
horse is led in the playne, that they shulde 
not stomble. The sprete of the LORDE led 
them, as a tame beast goeth in the felde. 

Thus (o God) hast thou led thy people, to 
make thy self a glorious name with all. Loke 
downe then from heaue/ and beholde the 
dwellinge place of thy sanctuary g thy glory. 
How is it, y thy gelousy, thy strength, the 
multitude of thy mercies and thy louynge 
kyndnesse, wyl not be entreated of vs ? ? Yet 
art thou oure father : For Abraham knoweth 
vs not, nether is Israel acquanted with vs. 
But thou LORDE art oure father and re- 
demer, and thy name is euer lastinge/' O 
LORDE wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy 
waye? wherfore hast thou hardened oure 
hertes, that we feare the not? Be at one 
with vs agayne, for thy seruauntes sake y are 
of the generaci5 of thy heretage. Thy people 
hath had but litle of thy Sanctuary in pos- 
sessio, for oure enemies haue take it in : And 
we are become, euen as we were from the 
beginnynge : but thou art not their LORDE, 
for they haue not called vpon thy name. 

Cljf Iritij. Chapter. 

OTHAT thou woldest cleue the heauen in 
sonder, g come downe : that the moun- 
taynes might melt awaye at thy presence, like 
as at an hote fyre: and that the malicious 

23. c. f Eso. 14. c. Psal. 76. b. / Deu. 26. d. Baruc 
2.d. e Matt 6.b. Luc. 11. a. Matt. 23. a. » Psal. 118.b. 



fa. titmih 



€fa propfret OfoJap* 



Cfjajh Ifa 



might boyle, as the water doth vpon the fyre : 
Wherby thy name might be knowne amoge 
thine enemies, (j y the Getiles might treble 
before f. That thou mightest come downe 
with thy wonderous straunge workes, then 
shulde the hilles melt at thy presence. For 
sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was 
none (excepte thou o God) that herde or per 
ceaued, "nether hath eny eye sene what thou 
dost for the, that put their trust in the. 

Thou helpest him that doth right with 
cherefulnesse, and them that thynke vpon thy 
wayes. But lo, thou art angrie, for we offende, 
and haue bene euer in synne, and there is not 
one whole. b We are all as an vnclene thinge, 
& all oure rightuousnesses are as the clothes 
stayned with the floures of a woman : we fall 
euerychone as the leaf, for oure synnes carie 
vs awaye like the wynde. There is no man 
that calleth vpon thy name, that stondeth vp 
to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou 
thy face from vs, and consumest vs, because 
of oure synnes. 

But now o LORDE, "thou father of ours : 
we are the claye, and thou art oure potter, 
and we all are the worke of thy hondes. Be 
not to sore displeased (o LORDE) and kepe 
not oure offences to loge in thy remembraunce, 
but considre that we all are thy people. The 
cities of thy Sanctuary lye waist, d Sion is a 
wildernesse, and Ierusalem a deserte. Oure 
holy house which is oure bewty, where oure 
fathers praysed the, is brent vp, yee all oure 
comodities and pleasures are waysted awaye. 
Wilt thou not be intreated (LORDE) for all 
this ? Wilt thou holde thy peace, and scourge 
vs so sore ? 

Che Ivb. Chapter. 

THEY shal seke me, that hitherto haue 
not axed for me : e they shal fynde me, 
that hither to haue not sought me. Then 
shal I saye immediatly, to the people that 
neuer called vpon my name : I am here, I 
am here. For thus longe haue I euer holden 
out my hondes to an vnfaithful people, that 
go not the right waye, but after their owne 
ymaginacions : To a people, that is euer de- 
fyenge me to my face. ^They make their 
oblacions in gardens, and their smoke vpon 

" 1 Cor. 2. b. * Ro. 3. b. Psal. 13. a. c Matt. 6. b. 
Iere. 18. b. Ro. 9. c. Eccl. 33. b. Iere. 10. d. Psal. 
78. a. Iere. 26. d. <* Mich. 3.c. > Esa. 52. a. Ro. 10. d. 
f Deut. 12. a. Deut. 14. b. e Leuit. 11. a. Deut. 14. a. 



aulters of bricke, theylurck amonge the graues, 
and lie in the dennes all night. ^They eate 
swyne flesh, and vnclene broth is in their 
vessels. Yf thou comest nye them, they saie : 
touch me not, for I am holyer then thou. 

All these men when I am angrie, shalbe 
turned to smoke and fyre, that shal burne for 
euer.'' Beholde, it is written before my face, 
5 shal not be forgotten, but recopensed. I 
shal rewarde it them in to their bosome : 'I 
meane youre mysdedes, and the mysdedes of 
youre fathers together (saieth the LORDE) 
which haue made their smokes vpon the moun- 
taynes, and blasphemed me vpon the hilles : 
therfore will I measure their olde dedes in to 
their bosome agayne. 

Morouer thus saieth the LORDE : *like as 
when one wolde gather holy grapes, men saye 
vnto him: breake it not of, for it is holy 
Euen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes, 
that I will not destroye them all. 'But I will 
take a sede out of Iacob, and out of Iuda one, 
to take possession of my hill. My chosen shal 
possesse these thinges, g my seruauntes shall 
dwell there. Saron shalbe a shepefolde, and 
the valley of Achor m shal geue stallinge for the 
catell of my people, that feare me. But as for 
you, ye are they, y haue forsaken the LORDE 
and forgotten my holy hill. Ye haue set vp 
an aulter vnto fortune, j geue rich drinkoffer- 
inges vnto treasure. Therfore wil I nombre 
you with the swerde, that ye shall be destroyed 
all together. n For when I called, no man gaue 
me answere : when I spake, ye herkened not 
vnto me, but dyd wickednes before myne eyes, 
and chosed the thinge that pleased me not. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God: 
Beholde, my seruauntes shal eate, but ye shall 
haue honger. Beholde, my seruauntes shall 
drynke, but ye shal suffre thurste. Beholde, 
my seruauntes shal be mery, but ye shal be 
cofounded. Beholde, my seruauntes shal re- 
ioyse for very quietnesse of herte." But ye 
shal crie for sorow of hert, and coplayne for 
vexacion of mynde. Youre name shal not be 
sworne by amonge my chosen, for God the 
LORDE shal slaye you, and call his ser- 
uauntes by another name. v Who so reioyseth 
vpo earth, shall reioyse in the true God : And 
Who so sweareth vpo earth, shal sweare in the 

h Matt. 25. d. • Iere. 7. a. Esa. 57. a. Eze. 20. d. 

1 Ro. 11. b. ' 3 Re. 19. c. Ro. 9. c. m Tosu. 7. d. 
* Pro. 1. c. Iere. 7. c. ° Iacob. 4. b. P Iere. 9. d. 

1 Cor. 1. d. 2 Cor. 11. a. 



Cftap, W. 



&t)t propfjet esap* 



jfcu turnip 



true God. For the olde enemite shalbe for- 
gotten, and taken awaye out of my sight. For 
lo, I shal make a new heaue, "ja new earth. 
And as for the olde, they shall neuer be 
thought vpo, ner kepte in mynde : but me 
shalbe glad and euermore reioyse, for the 
thinges, that I shall do. 

For why : Beholde, I shal make a ioyfull 
Ierusale, yee I my self will reioyse with Ieru- 
salem, 5 be glad with my people : *And the 
voyce of wepinge and waylinge shall not be 
herde in her from thece forth. There shall 
neuer be childe ner olde man, that haue not 
their full dayes. But whe the childe cometh 
to an huderth yeare olde, it shall dye. And 
yf he that is an huderth yeare of age do 
wronge, he shalbe cursed. c They shal buylde 
houses, and dwel in them: they shal plante 
vynyardes, and eate the frute of them. They 
shall not buylde, % another possesse : they 
shall not plante, and another eate : d But the 
life of my people shalbe like a tre, and so 
shal the worke of their hondes. 

My chosen shal lyue longe, they shall not 
laboure in vayne, ner beget with trouble : for 
they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE, 
j their frutes with them. And it shalbe, that 
or euer they call, I shal answere them. c Whyle 
they are yet but thinkinge how to speake, 
I shal heare them. The wolff and the lambe 
shal fede together, and the lyon shal eate haye 
like the bullocke. But earth shalbe the ser- 
petes meate. s There shal no man hurte ner 
slaye another, in all my holy hill, saieth the 
LORDE. 

Cfte fybi. Chapter. 

THUS saieth the LORDE: Heaue is my 
seate, ? and the earth is my fote stole. 
Where shal now the house stonde, y ye will 
buylde vnto me? And where shal be the 
place, y I wil dwel in ? As for these thinges, 
my hode hath made them all, and they are 
all created, saieth the LORDE. Which of 
them shal I then regarde ? Eue him that is 
of a lowly troubled sprete, and stodeth in awe 
of my wordes. For who so slayeth an oxe 
for me, doth me so greate dishonoure, as he y 
kylleth a ma. He that kylleth a shepe for 
me, choketh a dogge. He that bringeth me 

' 2 Pet. 3. b. Apo.21.a. » Apo. 21. a. c Deut. 28. c. 
d Gene. 2. b. Iere. 17. b. Psal. 1. a. * Esa. 11. b. 

/ Gene. 3. b. s Act. 7. f. Act. 17. d. 3 Re. 8. d. 

Par.6.d. Esa. 57. c. Esa.61.a. Psal.oO.b. * Iob6.b. 



meat offringes, offreth swynes bloude : Who 
so maketh trie a memoriall of Incense, prayseth 
the thinge y is vnright. Yet take they soch 
wayes in honde, and their soule deliteth in 
these abhominacions. 

* Therfore wil I also haue pleasure in laugh- 
inge them to scorne, and the thinge that they 
feare, wil I bringe vpon the. For when I 
called, no man gaue answere : when I spake, 
they wolde not heare : But dyd wickednesse 
before myne eyes, (j chose the thinges that 
displease me. Heare the worde of God all 
ye, that feare the thinge which he speaketh. 
Youre brethren that hate you, and cast you 
out for my names sake, saye : Let the LORDE 
magnifie himself, that we maye se youre glad- 
nesse : & yet they shalbe cofounded. 

' For as touchinge the cite and the temple, 
I heare the voyce of the LORDE, that will 
rewarde, and recompece his enemies : like as 
when a wife bringeth forth a man childe, or 
euer she suffre the payne of the byrth and 
anguysh of y trauayle. Who euer herde or 
sawe soch thinges? doth the grounde beare 
in one daye ? or are the people borne all at 
once, as Sion beareth his sonnes ? For thus 
sayeth the LORDE : Am I he that maketh 
other to beare, and beare not my self ? Am 
not I he that beareth, k and maketh baren ? 
saieth thy God. Reioyse with Ierusalem, 
d be glad with her, all ye that loue her. Be 
ioyful with her, all ye that mourned for her. 
For ye shal sucke coforte out of hir brestes, 
and be satisfied. Ye shal taist, and haue 
delite in the plenteousnesse of hir power. For 
thus sayeth the LORDE : beholde, I wil let 
peace I to her, like a water floude, & f might 
of the Heithe like a flowinge streame. Then 
shal ye sucke, ye shal be borne vpon hir sydes, 
and be ioyful vpo hir knees. For like as a 
childe is comforted of his mothei', so shal I 
conforte you, and ye shalbe comforted in Ie- 
rusalem.' And when ye se this, youre herte 
shal reioyse, and youre bones shal florish like 
an herbe. 

Thus shal the honde of the LORDE be 
knowne amonge his seruauntes, and his in- 
dignation amonge his enemies. For beholde, 
the LORDE shal come with fyre, and his 
charet shal be like a whyrlwynde, that he 



Pro. 1. b. Esa. 65. b. 


1 Iere. 18. a. 


Zac. 14. a 


* Gen. 16. a. 29. f. 30. a. 


Math. 5. b. 


' Pro. 17. d 


Eze. 37. a. 







4ftu fcCBTritij* 



%\)t prophet Csap, 



Cfcap* Ijrbi, 



maye recompence his vengeaunce in his wrath, 
and his indignacion with the flame of fyre. 
For f LORDE shal iudge all flesh with the 
fyre and with his swerde, and there shalbe a 
greate nombre slayne of the LORDE. Soch 
as haue made them selues holy and cleane in 
the gardens, and those that haue eaten swyne 
flesh, myce, and other abhominacios, shal be 
taken awaye together, saieth the LORDE. 
For I wil come to gather all people and tonges, 
with their workes and ymaginacions : these 
shal come, and se my glory. Vnto them shal 
I geue a toke, and sende certayne of the (that 
be delyuered) amonge the Gentiles: in to 
Celicia, Africa and Lidia (where men can 
handle bowes) in to Italie also and Greke londe. 
"The lies farre of, that haue not herde 
speake of me, & haue not sene my glory : shal 
preach my prayse amonge the Gentiles, and 
shal bringe all youre brethre for an offringe 



a. 61. a. 52. a. 60. 



vnto the LORDE, out of al people, vpo 
horses, charettes and horse lytters, vpo Mooles 
and cartes to Ierusalem my holy hill (saieth 
the LORDE) like as the children of Israel 
bringe the offringe in cleane vessels, to the 
house of the LORDE. 

*And I shal take out certayne of them for 
to be preastes and leuites, saieth f LORDE. 
For like as the new heaue and the new earth 
which I wil make, shalbe fast stablished by 
me: (saieth the LORDE) So shal youre 
sede and youre name contynue, and there 
shalbe a new Moone for the other, and a new 
Sabbath for the other, & all flesh shal come 
to worshipe before me, (saieth y LORDE.) 
And they shal go forth, and loke vpo the 
caryons of them, that haue transgressed 
agaynst me. For their wormes shal not dye, 
c nether shal their fyre be quenched, j all flesh 
shal abhorre them. 



Esa.6l. a. 1 Pet. 2. Rom. 12. a. 



Mat. 9. g. Mar. 9. e. 



&f)t enfre oi tfje propfat €<$ny* 













Htf)t ^vtuf&zt %txzwq>+ 






TO)at leremp lordtyntft). 






Chap. I. 


Chap. XIIII. 






He declareth first his callinge, and in a vision he 


The derth of frutes. So wroth is God at the 






seith the destruccion of Ierusalem. 


people, that he forbiddeth the prophet to praye 
for them. 

Chap. XV. 






Chap. II. 






The faithfulnesse and louynge mercy of God : 


God wil not be intreated, where his lawe is troden 






Agayne, the vnthanckfulnes of the people. 


vnder fote. He answereth the prophet to his 






Chap. III. 


complaynte. 

Chap. XVI. 






He crieth vpon the people to amende, and shew- 
eth them the wrath of God. 


The LORDE forbiddeth the prophet to kepe 
company with the people, or to take a wife in 






Chap. IIII. 


that place, for he is mynded to punish them. 






He layeth the wrothfull displeasure of God before 


Chap. XVII. 






them, and exorteth the to amendment. 


Punyshment of them that forsake the LORDE, 
and put their trust in men. A comaundement 






Chap. V. VI. VII. VIII. 


concernynge the Sabbath. 






The wrath of God, and the cause therof. Plages 








and misery for to come. 


Chap. XVIII. 

By the potters worke the prophet is taught, so 






Chap. IX. 


that he warneth the people, and telleth them 






The prophet mourneth and c5playneth vpon the 


of the punyshment. 






synnes of the people. 


Chap. XIX. 






Chap. X. 


The plage vpo Ierusalem and Tophet. 






He geueth the warnynge, that they folowe not 


Chap. XX. 






the vses and customes of the Heithe, and 


Pashur the chefe prest smyteth Ieremy the pro- 






sheweth them how vayne a thinge it is to wor- 


phet, and putteth him in preson : which shew- 
eth him his plage for to come. 






shipe ymages, and to forget the true lyuynge 
God. 






Chap. XI. 


Chap. XXI. 






He puteth them in remembrauce of the coue- 


The prophet sheweth the kynge, what shal become 






naunt, sheweth their misery, & complayneth of 


of the cite. 






his owne persecucion. 


Chap. XXII. 






Chap. XII. 


He exorteth the kynge and all the people vnto 






godlynesse, and telleth what shal become of 
Sellii (other wyse called Ioas) the sonne of 






The prosperite of the wicked, 5 trouble of the 






that are godly. The forsakynge of the Iewes, 


Iosias : and what shal happe to Iechonias the 






and callynge of the Heithe. 


sonne of Ioachim. 






Chap. XIII. 


Chap. XXIII. 






Sore plages vpo the people, shewed vnto the 


He reproueth the wicked rulers and false 






prophet by the lynninge breche. 


prophetes. 















Cfre propfjet $mmy. 






Chap. XXIIII. 


CI) a p. XXXVII. 






The vision of the fyge maudes. 


Pharao commeth out of Egipte to helpe the 
kynge, but in vayne. Ieremy is put in preson. 






Chap. XXV. 


Chap. XXXVIII. 
The prynces laboure to haue the prophet deed, 
they put him I a sorer preson : but Abdemelech 






He reproueth the kynge and all the people, and 
sheweth the punyshment for to come vpon the 
heithen. 






getteth him out, and the kynge comoneth 






Chap. XXVI. 


with him. 






Because the prophet rebuketh the people, the 


Chap. XXXIX. 






prestes and the prophetes put him to trouble : 


The cite of Ierusalem is wonne, the kynge taken, 






but at the last Ahicam delyuereth him. 


his sonnes and prynces slayne before his face, 
his owne eyes put out, and he led vnto Babilon. 






Chap. XXVII. 


But Ieremy and Abdemelech escape. 






God commaundeth the prophet for to make 
bondes and cheynes, to signifie the captiuyte 
of the Heithen kynges. 


Chap. XL. 






How the chefe captayne intreateth Ieremy. Go- 






dolias is made gouemoure of the londe, the 






Chap. XXVIII. 


people resorte vnto him. 






Hananias the false prophet withstondeth Ieremy. 


Chap. XLI. 






Cijap. XXIX. 


Ismael slayeth Godolias, and taketh the people 






presoners, but Iohanna defendeth them. 






A lettre of Ieremy sent vnto the presoners at 








Babilon. 


Chap. XLII. 






Chap. XXX. 


The captaynes axe councell at Ieremy, but folowe 






Ieremy (at the comaundement of God) wryteth 


him not. 






his sermons in a boke. Swete and cofortable 


Chap. XLIII. XLIIII. 






promises vnto the godly : Agayne, the wrath 


They wil nedes go in to Egipte agaynst the com- 






of God agaynst the wicked. 


maundement of God. The prophet exorteth 
the to the cotrary, and to leaue their ydolatry : 






Chap. XXXI. 


Neuertheles, they regarde it not, but wil do as 






He putteth the people in mynde of the louynge 


their fathers dyd before them. 






mercy and benefites of God, and coforteth 
them with his promises. 


Chap. XLV. 

Ieremy comforteth Baruch, cocernynge his weak- 






Cljap. XXXII. 


nesse of mynde. 






The prophet beynge in preson sheweth the dely- 


Chap. XLVI. 






ueraunce of the people out of captiuyte. 


The summe of Ieremies preachinge vnto the 






Chap. XXXIII. 


Heithen, specially vnto Egipte. 






A playne and manifest prophecy of the kyngdome 


Chap. XLVII. 






of Christ. 


Agaynst the Philistynes. 






Chap. XXXIIII. 


Chap. XLVIII. 






He sheweth the kynge Sedechias and the people 


Agaynst Moab. 

Chap. XLIX. 






their punyshmet for breakynge the couenaunt. 






Chap. XXXV. 


Agaynst the Ammonites, Edomites, Damascus, 






He reproueth the disobediece of the people, 


Cedar and Elam. 






thorow the good example of the Rechabites. 


Chap. L. LI. 






Chap. XXXVI. 


Agaynst Babilon. 






The kynge burneth the prophetes boke, but a 


Chap. LII. 






greater is wrytte agayne for it, and the kynge 


A recitynge how Ierusale was beseged, wonne, 






punyshed. 


and taken. 













Cfjap* tj* 



%\)t propftet 3mmy. 



tfo. btmbi). 



THESE are the Sermons of Ieremy the 
sonne of Helchia the prest, one of them 
that dwelt at Anathot in the londe of Ben 
Iamin:* when the LORDE had first spoken 
with him, in the tyme of Iosias the sonne 
of Amon kinge of Iuda, in the xiij yeare of 
his kingdome : and so duringe vnto the 
tyme of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge 
of Iuda, and vnto the xj yeares of Sedechias 
the sonne of Iosias* kinge of Iuda were 
ended : when Ierusalem was taken, euen in 
the fyfth Moneth. 

Che first Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE spake thus 
vnto me: "Before I fasshioned the in 
thy mothers wobe, I dyd knowe the : And or 
euer thou wast borne, I sanctified the, 5 or- 
dened the, to be a prophet vnto the people. 
The sayde I: - Oh LORDE God, I am vn- 
mete, for I am yet but yonge. And the 
LORDE answered me thus : Saye not so, I 
am to yonge : e For thou shalt go to all that I 
shall sende the vnto, and what so euer I co- 
maunde the, that shalt thou speake. Be not 
afrayed of their faces, for I wilbe with the, to 
delyuer the, saieth the LORDE. 

1 And with that, the LORDE stretched out 
his honde, and touched my mouth, and sayde 
morouer vnto me : Beholde I put my wordes 
in thy mouth, and this daye do I set the ouer 
the people and kingdomes : that thou mayest 
rote out, breake of, destroye, and make waist; 
and that thou mayest buylde vp, and plate. 
After this, the LORDE spake vnto me sayenge : 
Ieremy, what seist thou ? And I sayde : I se 
a wakynge rodde/ Then sayde f LORDE : 
thou hast sene right, for I will watch diligently 
vpon my worde, to perfourme it. 

It happened afterwarde, that the LORDE 
spake to me agayne, j sayde: What seist 
thou? ; And I sayde : I do se a seethinge pot, 
lokinge from out of the north hitherwarde. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto me : Out 
of the north' shall come a plage vpon all the 
dwellers of the londe. For lo, I will call all 
the officers of the kyngdomes of the north, 
(saieth the LORDE.) And they shall come, 
and euery one shall set his seate in the gates 
of Ierusalem, and in all their walles rounde 

a Iere. 11. d. » Iere. 39. a. 4 Re. 25. a. « Esa. 44. a. 

6. a. Psal. 70. a. * Iere. 14. b. Exo. 4. c. « Act. 9. b. 

Matt. 10. c. 1 Cor. 3. a. Iere. 18. a. / Esa. 6. a. 

e Iere. 24. b. * lob 41. b. ' Iere. 4. b. Abac. 1. b. 



aboute, and thorow all the cities of Iuda. 
And thorow them shall I declare my iudg- 
ment, vpon all the wickednesse of those men 
that haue forsaken me : that haue offred vnto 
straunge goddes, £ worshipped the workes of 
their owne hondes. 

And therfore gyrde vp thy loynes,* arise, 
and tell them all, that I geue the in comaunde- 
ment. Feare them not, I will not haue the 
to be afrayed of the. For beholde,' this daye 
do I make the a stroge fensed towne, an yron 
pyler, and a wall of * stele agaynst y whole 
londe, agaynst the kinges and mightie men of 
Iuda, agaynst the prestes and people of the 
londe. They shall fight agaynst the, but they 
shall not be able to ouercome the: '"for I am 
with the, to delyuer the, saieth the LORDE. 

Che tj. Chapter. 

MOROUER, the worde of the LORDE 
comaunded me thus : " Go thy waye, 
crie in the eares of Ierusale, j saye : Thus 
saieth the LORDE : I remembre the for the 
kyndnesse of thy youth, and because of thy 
stedfast loue : in that thou folowdest me 
thorow the wildernesse, in an vntilled londe. 
Thou Israel wast halowed vnto the LORDE, 
and so was his first frutes. ° All they that 
deuoured Israel, offended : miszfortune fell 
vpon them, saieth the LORDE. Heare 
therfore the worde of the LORDE, O thou 
house of Iacob, and all the generacion of the 
house of Israel. Thus saieth y LORDE 
vnto you : 

What vnfaithfulnesse founde youre fathers 
in me, that they wente so farre awaye fro me, 
fallinge to lightnesse, and beinge so vayne ? 
They thought not in their hertes : Where 
haue we left the LORDE, y brought vs out 
of the lode of Egipte : p f led vs thorow the 
wildernesse, thorow a deserte and rough londe, 
thorow a drie and a deedly londe, yee a londe 
that no man had gone thorow, and wherein 
no man had dwelt. q And when I had brought 
you in to a pleasaunt welbuylded londe, that 
ye might enioye the frutes and all the como- 
dities of the same: r ye went forth and defy led 
my londe, g brought myne heretage to ab- 
hominacion. 

The prestes the selues saide not once 

Iere. 25. b. * Eze. 3. a. ' Iere. 15. d. * Or brasse, 

"• Iere. 25. d. " Iere. 3. d. ' Iere. 10. d. and 30. c 

Zac. 2. b. f Exo. 14. c. i Esa. 32. f. Deut. 6. b. 
r Iere. 32. c. 



tfo. atnrjrtmj* 



Cfje propfct 3trtmy. 



CJjap. ij.\ 



here is y LORDE? "They y haue the 
la we in their hondes, knowe me not: The 

hepherdes offende agaynst me. The pro- 
phetes do seruyce vnto Baal, & folowe soch 
thinges as shall bringe them no profit. 

Wherfore I am constrayned (sayeth the 
LORDE) to make my complaynte vpon you, 
and vpon youre children. Go in to the lies 
of Cethim, and loke wel : sende vnto Cedar, 
take diligent hede : and se, whether soch 
thinges be done there, whether the Gentiles 
themselues deale so falsly % vntruly with their 
goddes (which yet are no goddes in dede.') 
But my people hath geuen ouer their hie ho- 
noure, for a thinge that maye not helpe them. 
Be astonished (o ye heauens) be afrayde, 
cj abashed at soch a thinge, saieth the LORDE. 
For my people hath done two euels. c They 
haue forsake me the well of the water of life, 
and digged them pittes, yee vile and broken 
pittes, that holde no water. Is Israel a bonde 
seruaunt, or one of the housholde l d Why is 
he then so spoyled ? Why do they roare and 
crie then vpon him, as a lyon ? They haue 
made his londe wayst, e his cities are so brent 

p, that there is no man dwellinge in them. 
Yee the children of Noph and Taphanes haue 
defyled thy necke. 

Cometh not this vnto the, because thou 
hast forsaken the LORDE thy God/ euer 
sence he led the by the waye? And what 
hast thou now to do in y strete of Egipte ? to 
drinke foule water ? Ether, what makest thou 
in the waye to Assiria ? To drinke water of 
the floude ? g Thine owne wickednesse shal 
reproue the, and thy turnynge awaye shal con- 
demne the : that thou mayest knowe and vn- 
derstonde, how euel and hurtful a thinge it is, 
y thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God, 
and not feared him, saieth the LORDE God 
of hoostes. 

'T haue euer broken thy yock of olde, j 
bursten thy bondes : yet saiest thou, I wil 
nomore serue, but (like an harlot) thou run- 
nest aboute vpon all hie hilles, j amonge all 
grene trees: where as I planted the out of 
noble grapes and good rotes. *' How art thou 
turned then in to a bytter, vnfrutefull, and 
straunge grape ? Yee and that so sore : that 
though thou wasshest the with Nitrus j makest 

a Marc. 12. e. Ioh. 5. d. b Psal. 95. a. c Baruc 3. b. 
Iere. 17. c. Ioh. 4. b. d Exo. 4. d. e Esa. 1. b. 
/ Iere. 32. c. * lob 22. b. h Esa. 65. a. Eze. 20. d. 
Iere. 3. b. ; Esa. 3. a. * Iere. 3. b. 4 Re. 17. b, 



thiself to sauoure with that swete smellinge 
herbe of Borith: yet in my sight thou art 
stayned with thy wickednesse, saieth the 
LORDE thy God. 

Saye not now: I am not vnclene, and I 
haue not folowed the goddes. *Loke vp5 
thyne owne waies in the woddes, valleis j 
dennes : so shalt thou knowe, what thou hast 
done. Thou art like a swift Dromedary, that 
goeth easely his waye : and thy wantonnes is 
like a wilde Asse, that vseth the wildernesse, 
and that snoffeth and bloweth at his wil. Who 
can tame the ? All they that seke the, shal 
not fayle, but fynde the in thyne owne vn- 
clennes. Thou kepest thy fote from naked- 
nes, and thy throte from thurste, and thinkest 
thus in thy self : tush, I wil take no sorowe, I 
wil loue the straunge goddes, 5 hange vpon 
them. 

Like as a thefe that is taken with the dede, 
commeth to shame, eue so is the house of 
Israel come to confucion : the comon people, 
their kinges and rulers, their prestes and pro- 
phetes. 'For they saye to a stock, thou art 
my father, and to a stone : thou hast begotten 
me, yee they haue turned their back vpon me, 
5 not their face. But in the tyme of their 
trouble, when they saye : stonde vp, and helpe 
vs, I shal answere the : m Where are now thy 
goddes, that thou hast made the ? byd them 
stonde vp, and helpe the in the tyme of nede? 
For loke how many cities thou hast (o Iuda) 
so many goddes hast thou also. 

Wherfore the wil ye go to lawe with me, 
seinge ye all are synners agaynst me, saieth 
the LORDE ? It is but lost laboure, that I 
smyte youre children, for they receaue not my 
correction. "Youre owne swearde destroyeth 
youre prophetes, like a deuouringe lyon. Yf 
ye be the people of the LORDE, then herke 
vnto his worde : Am I the become a wilder- 
nesse vnto the people of Israel? or a londe 
that hath no light? Wherfore saieth my 
people then : we are falle of, and we wil come 
no more vnto the ? Doth a mayden forget 
hir raymet, or a bryde hir stomacher ? And 
doth my people forget me so loge ? Why 
boostest thou thy wayes so hylie, (to optayne 
fauoure there thorow) when thou hast yet 
stained them with blasphemies ? 

Iere. 5. b. Esa. 57. a. Eze. 16. b. ' Rom. 1. c 

Iere. 32. d. Zac. 7. b. - Esa. 57. b. Deut. 32. e 

Iere. 11. c. "2 Par. 24. d. 



Cfrap, iij. 



€f)t propfjet Seremp* 



tfo. tttmft* 



" Vpon thy wynges is founde the bloude of I 
poore and innocent people, and that not in 
comers and holes only, but opely in all these 
places. Yet darrest thou saye: I am gilt- 
lesse: Tush, his wrath can not come vpd me. 
Beholde, I wil reason with y, because thou 
darrest saye : I haue not offended. O how 
euel wil it be for the, to abyde it: *when it 
shall be knowne, how oft thou hast gone bac- 
warde? For thou shalt be confounded, as 
wel of Egipte, as of the Assirians : Yee thou 
shalt go thy waye from the, tg smyte thyne 
hondes together vpon thy heade. Because 
the LORDE shal bringe that confidence and 
hope of thine to naught, and thou shalt not 
prospere with all. 

Cfie it). Cfiapter. 

COMONLY, when a man putteth awaye 
his wife, c and she goeth from him, and 
marieth with another, then the question is: 
shulde he resorte vnto her eny more after that? 
Is not this felde then defyled and vnclene? 
d But as for the, thou hast played the harlot 
with many louers, yet turne agayne to me, 
saieth the LORDE. Lift vp thine eyes on 
euery syde, and loke, yf thou be not defyled. 
Thou hast waited for them in the stretes, and 
as a murtherer in the wildernesse. Thorow 
thy whordome and shamefull blasphemies, is 
the londe defyled. 

e This is the cause, that the rayne and euen- 
ynge dew hath ceased. Thou hast gotten the 
an whores foreheade, and canst not be ashamed. 
Els woldest thou saye vnto me : O my father, 
thou art he that hast brought me vp, and led 
me fro my youth : Wilt thou then put me 
awaye, and cast me of for euer ? Or wilt thou 
withdrawe thy self clene fro me ? Neuertheles, 
thou speakest soch wordes, but thou art euer 
doinge worse, and worse. 

The LORDE sayde also vnto me, in the 
tyme of Iosias the kinge : Hast thou sene 
what that shrekinge Israel hath done? how 
she hath runne vp vpon all hie hilles, /and 
amonge all thick trees, and there played the 
harlot'? hast thou sene also, (when she had 
done all this) how I sayde vnto her: that she 
shulde turne agayne vnto me, and yet she is 
not returned ? e Iuda that vnfaithfull sister of 



- Deut. 18. b. Iere. 7. a. Eze. 20. d. Psal. 105. c. » 4 Re. 
8. d. Eze. 29. a. Esa. 30. a. Iere. 17. b. c Deu. 24. a. 
Osee 2. a. Eze. 16. b. Osee 8. b. '3 Re. 17. a. 



hirs also sawe this : Namely, that affter I had 
well sene the aduoutrye of the shrenkinge 
harlot Israel, I put her awaye, and gaue her a 
byll of deuorcement. 

For all this, hir vnfaithfull sister Iuda was 
not ashamed, but wente backe and played the 
whore also. Yee and the noyse of hir whor- 
dome hath defyled the whole lode. For she 
hath committed hir aduoutrie with stones and 
stockes. 

Neuerthelesse, hir vnfaithfull sister Iuda is 
not ; ' turned vnto me agayne with hir whole 
herte, but faynedly, saieth the LORDE. And 
the LORDE sayde vnto me: The bacslyder 
Israel is more rightuous, 'the the vnfaithfull 
Iuda: and therfore go preach these wordes 
towai'de the north, g saye : Thou shrenkinge 
Israel, turne agayne (saieth the LORDE,) 
and I will not turne my face from you, for I 
am merciful, saieth the LORDE, j I will not 
allwaye beare displeasure agaynst the : but on 
this condicion, that thou knowe thy greate 
blasphemy : Namely, that thou hast vnfaith- 
fully forsaken the LORDE thy God, k g hast 
made thy silf partaker of straunge goddes 
vnder all grene trees, but hast had no wil to 
heare my voyce, saieth the LORDE. 

1 ye shrenkinge children, turne agayne, 
saieth the LORDE, and I wilbe maried with 
you. For I will take one out of the citie and 
two out of one generacion from amoge you, 
and bringe you out of Sion: and will geue 
you hyrdme after myne owne mynde, which 
shal fede you with lernynge and wyszdome. 
Morouer, when ye be increased and multi- 
plied in the londe, then (saieth the LORDE) 
there shall nomore boost be made of the arke 
of the LORDES Testament : No man shall 
thinke vpon it, nether shall eny man make 
mencion of it : for from thence forth it shall 
nether be visited, ner honoured with giftes. 

Then shall Ierusalem be called theLORDES 
seate, and all Heithen shalbe gathered vnto 
it, for the name of the LORDE sake, which 
shalbe set vp at Ierusalem. And from that 
tyme forth, they shall folowe nomore the 
ymaginacion of their owne frauwarde herte. 

The those y be of the house of Iuda, shal 
go vnto the house of Israel : And they shal 
come together out of the north, m in to the 



f Iere. 2. d. 4 Re. 17. b. s Eze. 23. b. * Osee 5. a. 
■ Eze. 16. e. * Iere. 5. b. Esa. 57. a. ' Eze. 2. e. 

Osee 14. a. Eze. 14. a. Osee 2. d. m Matt. 8. b. 



Jfa* &qt 



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Cfcap* nij. 



same londe that I haue geuen youre fathers. 
I haue shewed also, how I toke the vp beinge 
but a childe, and gaue the a pleasaunt londe 
for thine heretage, yee and a goodly hooste of 
the Heithen: and how I commaunded the, 
"that thou shuldest call me father only, and 
not to shrencke fro me. 

But like as a woman fayleth hir louer, so 
are ye vnfaithfull vnto me (o ye house of 
Israel) saieth the LORDE. And therfore 
the voyce of the children of Israel was herde 
on euery side, wepinge and waylinge : * for 
they haue defyled their waye, and forgotten 
God their LORDE. 

O ye shrenkinge children, turne agayne, 
(saynge : lo, we are thine, for thou art the 
LORDE oure God:) And so shal I heale 
youre bacturnynges. The hilles fall, and all 
the hie pryde of the mountaynes, but the 
health of Israel stondeth only vpon God oure 
LORDE. 

c Confucion hath deuoured oure fathers la- 
boure from oure youth vp : yee their shepe 
and bullockes, their sormes and doughters. 
So do we also slepe in oure confucion, and 
shame couereth vs : for we and oure fathers 
from oure youth vp vnto this daye haue synned 
agaynst the LORDE oure God, and haue rf not 
obeyed the voyce of the LORDE oure God. 

Clje ittj. Chapter. 

O ISRAEL, yf thou wilt turne the, then 
turne vnto me, saieth the LORDE. 
And yf thou wilt put awaye thy abhominacios 
out of my sight, thou shalt not be moued: 
e And shalt sweare : The LORDE lyueth : in 
treuth, in equite and rightuousnesse : and all 
people shall be fortunable and ioyfull in him. 
For thus saieth the LORDE, to all Iuda and 
Ierusalem : plowe youre londe, and sowe not 
amonge the thornes. 

■ f Be circumcided in the LORDE, and cut 
awaye the foreskynne of youre hertes, all ye 
of Iuda, « and all the indwellers of Ierusalem : 
that my indignacion breake not out like fyre, 
& kyndle, so that no man maye quench it, 
because of the wickednes of youre ymagina- 
cions. 

Preach in Iuda and Ierusalem, crie out and 
speake : * blowe the trompettes in the londe, 

" Matt. 23. c. » Iere. 31. c. c Tren. 5. a. Dan. 3. b. 
6. a. Baruc 1. b. Iere. 14. a. Psal. 105. a. Esa. 64. a. 
Hest. 14. a. Iudit. 7. c. d 1 Esd. 9. a. and 10. b. 

e Iere. 5. a. and 12. a. / Iere. 6. b. and 9. a. ff Iere. 21. c. 



crie that euery man maye heare, and saye : 
Gather you together, and we will go in to 
stronge cities. Set vp the token in Sion, 
spede you, and make no tarienge : for I will 
bringe a greate plage, and a greate destruc- 
tion from the north. ■' For the spoyler of the 
Gentiles is broken vp from his place, as a lyon 
out of his dene, that he maye make the londe 
waist, and destroye the cities, so, that no man 
maye dwell therin. Wherfore gyrde youre 
selues aboute with sack cloth, mourne, and 
wepe, for the fearfull wrath of the LORDE 
shal not be withdrawen from you. 

At the same tyme (saieth the LORDE) the 
hert of the kinge and of the prynces shal be 
gone, the prestes shalbe astonished, and the 
prophetes shalbe sore afrayed. Then sayde 
I: O LORDE God, hast thou then dis- 
ceaued this people and Ierusalem, sayenge: 
ye shall haue peace, *and now the swearde 
goeth thorow their lyues? Then shal it be 
saide to the people & to Ierusalem : ' there 
commeth a warme wynde from the north 
thorow the waye of my people, but nether to 
fanne, ner to clese. 

After that shall there come vnto me a 
stronge wynde, and then wil I also geue sen- 
tence vpon them. For lo, he commeth downe 
like as a cloude, and his chare ttes are like a 
stormy wynde : m his horsmen are swifter then 
the Aegle. Wo vnto vs, for we are destroyed. 
O Ierusalem, wash thine hert from wicked- 
nesse," that thou mayest be helped. How 
longe shal thy noysome thoughtes remayne 
with the ? 

For a voyce from Dan and from y hill of 
Ephraim speaketh out, and telleth of a de- 
struction. Beholde, the Heithen geue Ieru- 
salem warnynge, and preach vnto her, that hir 
destroyers are comynge from farre countrees. 
They tell the cities of Iuda the same also, 
they shall geue them warnynge in euery place, 
like as the watch men in the felde. For they 
haue prouoked me to wrath, "saieth the 
LORDE. 

p Thy wayes and thy thoughtes, haue brought 
the vnto this, this is thyne owne wickednesse 
and disobediece, that hath possessed thyne 
hert : Ah my bely, ah my bely, (shalt thou 
crie) how is my hert so sore ? my hert paunt- 

h Esa. 58. a. > Iere. 1. c. k Deut. 28. a. ' Iere. 1. b. 
m Tren. 4. d. Dan. 7. a. " Esa. 1. c. ' Zac. 8. c. 

f 3 Re. 18. b. Iere. 2. c. and 44. d. 



Cfcap* b. 



Cfje prophet 3>fremp* 



#cu fccjrfu 



eth within me, I can not be still, for I haue 
herde the crienge of the trompettes, and peales 
of warre. 

They crie murthur vpon murthur, the whole 
londe shal perish. Immediathly my tentes 
were destroyed, and my hanginges, in the 
twincklinge of an eye. How longe shall I se 
the tokens of warre, and heare the noyse of 
the trompettes ? 

Neuertheles this shall come vpon them, 
because my people is become foolish, " and 
hath vterly no vnderstondinge. They are the 
children of foolishnes, 'and without eny dis- 
crecio. To do euell, they haue witt ynough: 
but to do well, they haue no wiszdome. I 
haue loked vpon the earth, and se, it is wayst 
and voyde. I loked towarde heauen, and it 
had no shyne. 

I behelde the mountaynes, and they trem- 
bled, and all the hilles were in a feare. I 
loked aboute me, and there was no body, and 
all the byrdes of the ayre were awaye. I 
marked well, and the plowed felde was become 
waist : yee all their cities were broken downe 
at the presence of the LORDE, and indigna- 
cion of his wrath. 

For thus hath the LORDE sayde: The 
whole londe shalbe desolate, yet will I not 
then haue done. And therfore let the earth 
mourne, and let the heauen be sory aboue : 
for the thinge that I haue purposed and taken 
vpon me to do, shal not repente me, and I 
will not go from it. The whole londe shal fie, 
for the noyse of the horsmen and bowmen : 
they shall runne in to dennes in to woddes, and 
clymme vp the stony rockes. All the cities 
shalbe voyde, and no man dwellinge therin. 

What wilt thou now do, thou beinge de- 
stroyed ? c For though thou clothest thy self 
with scarlet, g deckest f with gold: though 
thou payntest thy face with colours, d yet shalt 
thou trymme thy self in vayne. 

For those that hither to haue bene thy 
greate fauourers, shal abhorre the, and go 
aboute to slaye y. For (me thinke) I heare 
a noyse, like as it were of a woman trauelinge, 
or one laboringe of hir first childe : Euen the 
voyce of the doughter Sion, that casteth out 
hir armes, and swowneth, sayenge : Ah wo is 
me, how sore vexed and faynte is my herte, 
for them that are slayne ? 



5. d. Baruc 3. d. 
9. f. ' Iere. 4. 



*Deut. 32. b. 
. 12. c. / 



c Iere. 2. c, 
Deut. 17. d. 



Che b. Chapter. 

LOKE thorow Ierusalem, beholde and se: 
Seke thorow hir stretes also within, yf 
ye can fynde one man, that doth equall and 
right, or that laboureth to be faithfull : and I 
shall spare him (saieth the LORDE). e For 
though they can saye : the LORDE lyueth, 
yet do they sweare to disceaue : Where as thou 
(o LORDE) lokest only vpon faith and treuth. 

Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no 
repentaunce : thou hast correcte them for 
amendemet, but they refused thy correction. 
They made their faces harder then a stone, 
and wolde not amende. 

Therfore I thought in my self: peraduen- 
ture they are so symple and folish, that they 
vnderstonde nothinge of the LORDE S waye, 
r and iudgmentes of oure God. Therfore will 
I go vnto their heades and rulers, and talke 
with them : yf they knowe the waye of the 
LORDE, and the iudgmetes of oure God. 
But these (in like maner) haue broken the 
yock, and bursten the bondes in sonder. 

Wherfore a lyon out of the wod shal hurte 
them, ff and a wolfe in the euenynge shal de- 
stroye them. The cat of the mountayne shal 
lie lurkinge by their cities, to teare in peces all 
them, that come therout. For their offences 
are many, and their departinge awaye is greate. 

' Shulde I then for all this haue mercy 
vpon the ? Thy children haue forsaken me, 
and sworne by them that are no goddes. And 
albeit they were bounde to me in mariage, yet 
they fell to aduoutrie, and haunted harlottes 
houses. 

In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are be- 
come like the stoned horse, euery man neyeth 
at his neghbours wife. ' Shulde 1 not correcke 
this, saieth the LORDE? 

* Shulde I not be avenged of euery people, 
that is like vnto this ? Clymme vp vpon their 
walles, beate them downe, but destroye them 
not vtterly : cut of their braunches, because 
they are not the LORDE S. 

For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel 
and Iuda forsaken me, saieth the LORDE. 
'They haue denied the LORDE, and sayde : 
it is not he. 

Tush, there shall no miszfortune come vpon 
vs, we shall se nether swearde ner honger. 



« Deut. 32. d. "Sopho. l.a. ' Eze. 22.b. * Iere. 9. a. 
' 2 Pet. 2. a. Iere. 14. b. Deii. 29. c. Soph. 1. c. Iere. 23. c, 



4N 



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C&ap, bu 



As for the warnynge of the prophetes, they 
take it but for wynde, "yee there is none of 
these, which will tell them, that soch thinges 
shal happen vnto them. 

Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God 
of hoostes: because ye speake soch wordes, 
beholde : * The wordes that are in thy mouth 
will I turne to fyre, and make the people to 
be wod, that it maye consume them. 

e Lo, I will bringe a people vpo you from 
farre, o house of Israel (saieth the LORDE) 
a mightie people, an olde people, a people 
whose speach thou knowest not, nether vnder- 
stodest what they saye. 

Their arowes are sodane death, yee they 
them selues be very giauntes. This people 
shal eate vp thy frute 3. thy meate, yee they 
shal deuoure thy sonnes and thy doughters, 
thy shepe and thy bullockes. 

They shall eate vp thy grapes 5 fyges. As 
for thy stronge and well fensed cities, wherin 
thou didest trust, they shal destroye them with 
the swearde. 

Neuertheles I will not then haue done with 
you, saieth the LORDE. But yf they saye : 
wherfore doth the LORDE oure God all this 
vnto vs ? 

Then answere them : because, that like as 
ye haue forsake me, and rf serued straunge 
goddes in youre owne londe, euen so shall ye 
serue other goddes also in a straunge londe. 

Preach this vnto the house of Iacob, (j crie 
it out in Iuda, and saye thus : Heare this 
(thou folish and vndiscrete people.) e Ye haue 
eyes, but ye se not : eares haue ye, but ye 
heare not. 

Feare ye not me, saieth the LORDE ? 
Are ye not ashamed, to loke me in the face ? 
•'"which bynde the see with the sonde, so that 
it can not passe his boundes : For though it 
rage, yet can it do nothinge : and though the 
wawes therof do swell, yet maye they not go 
ouer. 

But this people hath a false and an obsti- 
nate herte, they are departed and gone awaye 
fro me. They thinke not in their hartes : O 
let vs feare the LORDE oure God, that 
geueth vs rayne early and late, when nede is: 
which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly. 

Neuertheles youre miszdedes haue turned 
these from you, ? j youre synnes haue robbed 



" Iere. 6. 
Iere. 16. 



Deut.28.f. Baru.4.c, 
E Esa. 6. b. Ioh. 9. d. 



you herof. For amonge my people are founde 
wicked personnes, that priuely laye snares and 
waite for men, to take them, and destroye them. 

And like as a net is full of byrdes, so are 
their houses full of that, which they haue 
gotten with falsede and disceate. Herof 
cometh their greate substaunce and riches, 
herof are they fat and welthy, and are runne 
awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies. 
They ministre not the lawe, ''they make no 
ende of the fatherlesses cause, they iudge not 
the poore acordinge to equite. 

' Shulde I not punysh these thinges, saieth 
the LORDE ? Shulde I not be avenged of 
all soch people, as these be? Horrible and 
greuous thinges are done in the londe. 

The prophetes teach falsely, and the prestes 
folowe them, and my people hath pleasure 
therin. What will come therof at the last ? 

€J)e bi. Chapter. 

COME out of Ierusalem, ye stronge 
childre of Ben Iamin : *blowe vp the 
trompettes ye Tecuites, set vp a token vnto 
Bethacarem, for a plage and a greate misery 
pepeth out from the North. 

I will licken the doughter Sion to a fayre 
and tendre woman, and to her shall come the 
shepherdes with their fiockes. Their tentes 
shal they pitch rounde aboute her, and euery 
one shal fede with his honde. Make batell 
agaynst her (shal they saye :) Arise, let vs go 
vp, while it is yet daye. 

Alas, the daye goeth awaye, cj the night 
shadowes fall downe : Arise, let vs go vp by 
night, and destroye hir stronge holdes, for thus 
hath the LORDE of hoostes commaunded. 

Hew downe hir trees, and set vp bulworkes 
agaynst Ierusale. This is the cite that must 
be punished, for in her is all maliciousnes. 
Like as a codyte aboundeth in water, eue so 
this citie aboudeth in wickednes. Robbery 
and vnrightuousnesse is herde in her, sorow $ 
woundes are euer there in my sight. Amede 
the (o Ierusalem) lest I with drawe my herte 
from the, and make the desolate : j thy londe 
also, y no man dwel in it. For thus saieth 
the LORDE of hoostes : The residue of Israel 
shalbe gathered, as the remnaunt of grapes. 

And therfore turne thine honde agayne in 
to the baszket, like the grape gatherer. But 



a. s Esa. 59. a. h Esa. I.e. 'Iere. 9. i 
Iere. 5. b. * 4 Re. 14. a. 



Cfrap* bij. 



Wt)t propftet 3mmy. 



ffo. Kvcliij. 



vnto whom shal I speake ? whom shal I warne, 
that he maye take hede ? " Their eares are so 
vncircumcised, that they maye not heare. 

Beholde, *they take the worde of God but 
for a scorne, and haue no lust therto. And 
therfore I am so full of thy indignacion 
(o LORDE) that I maye suffre no longer. 
Shed out thy wrath vpon the children that are 
without, and vpon all yonge men. Yee the 
man must be taken presoner with the wife, 
and the aged with the crepel. Their houses 
with their londes and wiues shal be turned 
vnto straungers, whe I stretch out myne hode 
vpon the inhabitours of this londe, saieth the 
LORDE. c For from the leest vnto the most, 
they hange all vpon covetousnes: and from 
the prophet vnto the prest, they go all aboute 
with falsede and lyes. 

rf And besyde that, they heale the hurte of 
my people with swete wordes, sayenge : peace 
peace, when there is no peace at all.' Ther- 
fore they must be ashamed, for they haue 
comitted abhominacion. But how shulde they 
be ashamed, when they knowe nothinge, nether 
of shame ner good nurture ? f And therfore 
they shal fall amonge the slayne, and in the 
houre when I shall viset them, they shal be 
brought downe, saieth the LORDE. 

Thus saieth the LORDE: go in to the 
stretes, considre and make inquisicion for the 
olde waye : and yf it be the good and right 
waye, then go therin, that ye maye fynde rest 
for youre soules. (But they saye : we will not 
walke therin) and I will set watchmen ouer 
you, and therfore take hede vnto the voyce of 
the trompet. But they saye : we will not take 
hede. Heare therfore ye Gentiles, and thou 
congregacion shalt knowe, what I haue de- 
uysed for them. Heare thou earth also : be- 
holde, g I will cause a plage come vpon this peo- 
ple, euen the frute of their owne ymaginacions. 

For they haue not bene obedient vnto my 
wordes and to my lawe, but abhorred them. 
''Wherfore bringe ye me incense from Saba, 
CS swete smellinge Calamus from farre coun- 
trees ? Youre burnt offeringes displease me, 
and I reioyse not in youre sacrifices. 

And therfore thus saieth the LORDE : be- 
holde, I will make this people fall, and there 
shal fall from amonge them the father with 

° Iere. 4. a. 9. d. b Iere. 5. c. Iere. 20. b. ' Iere. 8. b. 
Esa. 56. c. d Esa. 56. c. Iere. 8. b. « Eze. 13. b. 
/ Iere. 10. e. e Iere. 19. a. h Esa. 1. b. Iere. 7. c. 



the children, one neghboure shal perish with 
another. 

Morouer thus saieth f LORDE : Beholde, 
'there shal come a people from the North, $ 
a greate people shal arise from f endes of f 
earth, with bowes & with dartes shal they be 
weapened : It is a rough (j fearce people, an 
vnmerciful people: their voyce roareth like 
the see, they ride vpo horses wel apointed to f 
batell agaynst the, o doughter Sion. Then 
shal this crie be herde : Oure armes are feble, 
heuynes and sorow is come vpon vs, as vpon 
a woman trauelinge with childe. Noman go 
forth in to the felde, no man come vpon the 
hie strete : for the swearde and feare of the 
enemie shalbe on euery side. 

Wherfore, gyrde a sack cloth aboute the 
(o thou doughter of my people) sprynkle thy 
self with aszshes, *mourne and wepe bitterly, 
as vpon thy only beloued sonne : For the 
destroyer shal sodenly fall vpon vs. The 
haue I set for a prouer of my harde people, 
to seke out and to trye their wayes. For they 
are all vnfaithful and fallen awaye, they hange 
vpon shameful lucre, they are clene brasse and 
yron, for they hurte and destroye euery man. 
The bellous are brent in the fyre, the leade 
is consumed, the melter melteth in vayne, for 
the euel is not taken awaye from them. Ther- 
fore shal they be called naughty syluer, because 
the LORDE hath cast them out. 

€ht bij. Chapter. 

THESE are the wordes, that God spake 
vnto Ieremy : l Stonde vnder the gates 
of the LORDES house, and crie out these 
wordes there, with a loude voyce, and saye : 
Heare the worde of the LORDE, all ye of 
Iuda, that go in at this dore, to honoure the 
LORDE. Thus saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes the God of Israel. "Amende youre 
wayes and youre councels, and I wil let you 
dwell in this place. Trust not in false lyenge 
wordes, sayenge : here is the temple of the 
LORDE, here is the temple of the LORDE, 
here is the temple of the LORDE. 

"For yf ye will amende youre waies and 
councels, yf ye wil iudge right betwixte a man 
and his neghboure : yf ye wil not oppresse the 
straunger, the fatherles (j the wyddowe : yf ye 



' Iere. 1. b. 5. c. Abac. 1. b. k Amos 8. b. ' Iere. 
17. d. and 26. a. m Esa. 1. c. Iere. 26. c. " Exo. 

22. c. Zach. 8. c. Leuit. 19. g. lob 24. a. 



tfo. twliiih 



Cfre propftet Smmp, 



Cfrap. btj. 



will not shed innocent bloude in this place : 
yf ye wil not cleue to straiige goddes to youre 
owne destruction : then wil I let you dwell in 
this place, yee in the londe that I gaue afore 
tyme vnto youre fathers for euer. But take 
hede, yee trust in councels, that begyle you 
and do you no good. For when ye haue stolle, 
murthured, committed aduoutrie, and periury : 
Whe ye haue offred vnto Baal, folowinge 
straunge g vnknowne goddes : a Then come 
ye, and stonde before me in this house (which 
hath my name geuen vnto it) and saye : Tush, 
we are absolued quyte, though we haue done 
all these abhominacions. 

What ? * thinke you this house that beareth 
my name, is a denne of theues ? And these 
thinges are not done priuely, but before myne 
eyes, saieth the LORDE. Go to my place 
in Silo, where vnto I gaue my name afore 
tyme, and loke well what I dyd to the same 
place, for the wickednes of my people of 
Israel. And now, though ye haue done all 
these dedes (saieth the LORDE) and I my 
self rose vp euer by tymes to warne you and 
to comon with you : yet wolde ye not heare 
me : I called, ye wolde not answere. c And 
therfore euen as I haue done vnto Silo, so wil 
I do to this house, that my name is geuen 
vnto, (and that ye put youre trust in) yee 
vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and 
youre fathers. d And I shal thrust you out of 
my sight, as I haue cast out all youre brethren 
the whole sede of Ephraim. 

* Therfore thou shalt not praye for this 
people, thou shalt nether geue thakes, nor 
byd prayer for them : thou shalt make no in- 
tercession to me for them, for in no wise will 
I heare the. Seist thou not what they do in 
the cities of Iuda, and without Ierusalem ? 
^The children gather stickes, the fathers 
kyndle the fyre, the mothers kneade the dowe, 
to bake cakes for the quene of heauen. 

They poure out drinkoffringes vnto straiige 
goddes, to prouoke me vnto wrath : How be 
it they hurte not me (saieth the LORDE) 
but rather confounde, and shame them selues. 

And therfore thus saieth the LORDE 
God : beholde, my wrath and my indignacion 
shalbe poured out vpon this place, vpon men 
and catell, vpo the trees in the felde and all 

° 3 Be. 8. a. » Esa. 56. b. Ioh. 2. b. Matt. 21. b. 

Iere. 32. d. Iosu. 18. a. Iere. 26. a. 1 Re. 3. 4. 5. 6. 
c Esa. 65. b. Pro. 1. c. Luc. 21. a. ^ 4 Re. 17. a. 

« Iere. 14. b. 1 Ioh. 5. a. Eze. 14. c. / Iere. 44. e. 



frute of the londe, 5 it shal burne so, that no 
man maye quench it. 

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes, the 
God of Israel: g Ye heape vp youre burnt- 
offringes with youre sacrifices, 5 eate y flesh. 
* But when I brought youre fathers out of 
Egipte, I spake no worde vnto them of burnt- 
offringes and sacrifices: but this Icommaunded 
them, sayenge : herken and obeye my voyce, 
'and I shalbe youre God and ye shal be my 
people : so that ye walke in all the wayes, 
which I haue comaunded you, that ye maye 
prospere. 

* But they were not obedient, they inclyned 
not their eares there vnto, but went after their 
owne ymagynacions and after the mocions of 
their owne wicked herte, and so turned them 
selues awaye, and conuerted not vnto me. 
And this haue they done, from the tyme that 
youre fathers came out of Egipte, vnto this 
daye. 

' Neuertheles, I sent vnto them my ser- 
uauntes all the prophetes : I rose vp early and 
sent them worde, yet wolde they not herke, 
ner offre me their eares, but were obstinate, 
and worse then their fathers. 

And thou shalt now speake all these wordes 
vnto them, but they shal not heare the : thou 
shalt crie vpon them, but they shal not answere 
the. Therfore shalt thou saye vnto them: 
this is the people, that nether heareth the 
voyce of the LORDE their God, ner re- 
ceaueth his correction. m Faithfulnes & treuth 
is clene rooted out of their mouth. 

" Wherfore cut of thine hayre, and cast it 
awaye, take vp a complaynte in the whole 
londe : for the LORDE shal cast awaye, and 
scatre the people, y he is displeased withall. 

For the children of Iuda haue done euell 
in my sight, saieth the LORDE. They haue 
set vp their abhominacions, in the house y 
hath my name, and haue defyled it. v They 
haue also buylded an aulter at Tophet, which 
is in the valley of y childre of Enno : y they 
might burne their sonnes and doughters, which 
I neuer comaunded them, nether came it euer 
in my thought. And therfore beholde, the 
dayes shal come (saieth the LORDE) that it 
shal no more be called, Tophet, or ? the valley 
of the children of Ennon, but the valley of 

s Esa. 1. a. ft Deut. 10. a. Esa. 43. d. Exo. 6. b. 

■ Exo. 20. a. * Zach. 7. b. ' Iere. 25. a. m Iere. 

5. a. n Eze. 5. a. » Iere. 32. d. M Re. 23. e. 

Deut. 32. c. Psal. 105. e. Iere. 44. a. » Iere. 19. e. 



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the slayne : for in Tophet they shal be buried, 
because they shal els haue no rowme. " Yee 
y deed bodies of this people shal be eaten vp 
of the foules of the ayre 5 wilde beastes of the 
earth, g no man shal fraye them awaie. *And 
as for the voyce of myrth & gladnesse of the 
cities of Iuda, j Ierusalem, the voyce of the 
brydegrome and of the bryde : " I will make 
them ceasse, for the londe shal be desolate. 

€f)e biij. Chapter. 

AT the same tyme, saieth the LORDE, 
the bones of the kinges of Iuda, the 
bones of his princes, the bones of the prestes 
and prophetes, yee and the bones of the 
citisens of Ierusale, shalbe brought out of 
their graues 1 * and layed agaynst the Sonne, 
the Moone and all the heauenly hooste : whom 
they loued, whom they serued, whom they 
ranne after, whom they sought 5 worshipped. 
They shal nether be gathered together ner 
buried, but shal lye vpo the earth, to their 
shame and despisinge. 

"And all they that remayne of this wicked 
generacion, shal desyre rather to dye the to 
lyue : where so euer they remayne, 5 where 
as I scatre them, saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes. This shalt thou saye vnto them also : 
Thus saieth the LORDE: Do men fall so, 
that they arise not vp agayne: And turne 
they so farre awaye, y they neuer conuerte? 
Wherfore then is this people and Ierusalem 
gone so farre backe, that they turne not 

tine ? They are euer the longer the more 
obstinate, and will not be conuerted. 

For I haue loked, and considered: -'"but 
there is no ma, that speaketh a good worde : 
there is no man, that taketh repetaunce for his 
synne, that will so moch as saye : wherfore 
haue I done this ? But euery man (as soone 
as he is turned backe) runneth forth still, 
like a wilde horse in a battayl. The Storke 
knoweth his apoynted tyme, the Turtledoue, 
f Swalow and the Crane, cosidre the tyme of 
their trauayle : s but my people will not knowe 
the tyme of the punyshment of the LORDE. 
How darre ye saye then : we are wise, we 
haue the lawe of the LORDE amonge vs? 

Beholde, the disceatfull penne of the 
scrybes, setteth forth lies: therfore shal the 



" Iere. 8. b. 9. c. » Eze. 26. b. « Iere. 16. b. 25. b. 
* Deut. 4. e. Sap. 21. a. ' Luc. 23. c. / Eze. 20. f. 
s'Esa. 1. a. * Deut. 4. a. Psal. 18. a. * Iere. 6. b. 



wise be confounded, they shalbe afrayed and 
taken : for lo, * they haue cast out the worde 
of the LORDE : what wyszdome can then 
be amonge them ? Wherfore, I will geue 
their wyues vnto aleauntes, and their feldes to 
destroyers. 

For from the lowest vnto the hyest, they 
folowe all shamefull lucre: and from the 
prophet vnto the prest, they deale all with lies. 
' Neuertheles, they heale the hurte of my 
people with swete wordes, sayenge : peace, 
peace, where there is no peace at all. 

Fye for shame, how abhominable thinges 
do they ? And yet they be not ashamed, yee 
they knowe of no shame. 

k Wherfore in the tyme of their visitacion, 
they shal fall amonge the deed bodies, saieth 
the LORDE. 

Morouer I will gather them in (saieth the 
LORDE) so that there shal not be one grape 
vpon the vyne, nether one fyge vpon the fyge 
tre, and the leaues shalbe plucte of. 

Then will I cause them to departe, and 
saye : why prolonge we the tyme ? Let vs 
gather oure selues together, and go in to the 
stronge cite, there shall we be in rest : For 
the LORDE oure God hath put vs to sylence, 
and geuen vs water myxte with gall, to drynke, 
because we haue synned agaynst him. 

We loked for peace, and we fayre not the 
better, we wayted for the tyme of health, 
and lo, here is nothinge but trouble. 

Then shall the noyse of his horses be herde 
from Dan, the whole londe shall be afrayed at 
the neyege of his stronge horses: for they 
shal go in, and deuoure the londe, with all 
that is in it : the cities, and those that dwell 
therin. m Morouer, I will sende Cockatrices 
CE serpetes amonge you (which will not be 
charmed) and they shal byte you, sayeth the 
LORDE. 

Sorowe is come vpon me, and heuynes 
vexeth my herte : for lo, the voyce of the 
criege of my people is herde from a farre 
countre : Is not the LORDE in Sion ? Is 
not he kinge in her? Wherfore then haue 
theygreuedme (shall the LORDE saye) with 
their ymages and foolish straunge fashions ? 
The haruest is gone, the Somer hath an ende, 
and we are not helped. I am sore vexed, 



56. c. Eze. 13. b. 



* Iere. 7. d. 
Leui. 26. d. 



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Cftap. ft. 



O 



because of the hurte of my people : I am 
heuy and abashed, for there is no more Triacle 
at Galaad, and there is no Phisician, that ca 
heale the hurte of my people. 

Efie tr. Chapter. 
WHO will geue my heade water 
• ynough, & a well of teares for myne 
eyes : that I maye wepe night ad daye, for the 
slaughter of my people ? Wolde God that I 
had a cotage some where farre from folke, that 
I might leaue my people, and go from the : 
for they be all aduoutrers and a shrenckinge 
sorte. They bede their tiiges like bowes, to 
shute out lies : As for the treuth, they maye 
nothinge awaye with all in the worlde. For 
they go from one wickednes to another, and 
holde nothinge of me, saieth the LORDE. 

Yee one must kepe himself from another, 
" no man maye safely trust his owne brother : 
for one brother vndermyneth another, (j one 
neghboure begyleth another. Yee one dis- 
sembleth with another, and they deale with no 
treuth. h They haue practised their tunges to 
lye, and taken greate paynes to do myschefe. 
They haue set their stole in the myddest of 
disceate, and (for very dissemblinge falsede) 
they wil not knowe me, saieth the LORDE. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes, 
beholde, I wil melte them and trie the, for 
what shulde I els do to my people ? Their 
tunges are like sharpe arowes, f to speake dis- 
ceate. With their mouth they speake peace- 
ably to their neghboure, but preuely they laye 
waite for him. Shulde I not punysh them 
for these thinges, saieth the LORDE? rf Or, 
shulde I not be auenged of eny soch people, 
as this ? Vpon the mountaynes will I take vp 
a lamentacion and soroufull crie, and a mourn- 
ynge vpon the fayre playnes of the wildernes : 
Namely, how they are so brente vp, that no 
man goeth there eny more : Yee a man shal 
not heare one beast crie there. 

e Byrdes and catell are all gone from thece. 
I will make Ierusalem also an heape of stones, 
and a denne of venymous wormes. And I 
wil make the cities of Iuda so waist, that no 
man shal dwell therin. What man is so wise, 
as to vnderstonde this ? Or to whom hath the 
LORDE spoken by mouth, that he maye 



« Iere. 12. b. Matt. 10. c. Miche 7. a. » Psal.27. a. 

c Pro. 18. a. Psal. 17. a. <* Iere. 5. b. e. «Psal.78.a. 
Mich. 3. c. / Osee 14. d. s Deu. 29. b. Iosu. 24. c. 



shewe this, and saye : / O thou londe, why 
perishest thou so? Wherfore art thou so 
brent vp, and like a wildernesse, that no ma 
goeth thorow ? Yee the LORDE himself 
tolde the same vnto them, that forsoke his 
lawe, and kepte not the thynge that he gaue 
them in commaundement, nether lyued ther- 
after : g but folowed the wickednes of their 
owne hertes, and serued straunge goddes, as 
their fathers taught them. 

Therfore, thus saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes, the God of Israel: Beholde, I will 
fede this people with wormwod, and geue the 
gall to drynke. * I will scatre them also 
amonge the Heithen, whom nether they ner 
their fathers haue knowne : and I will sende a 
swearde amonge them, ' to persecute them, 
vntill I bringe them to naught. Morouer, thus 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes : loke that ye 
call for mournynge wyues, and sende for wise 
women : that they come shortly, and singe a 
mournynge songe of you : that the teares 
maye fall out of oure eyes, and that oure eye 
lyddes maye guszhe out of water. 

For there is a lamentable noyse herde of 
Sion: O how are we so sore destroyed? O 
how are we so piteously confounded? We 
must forsake oure owne naturall countre, and 
we are shot out of oure owne lodgiges. Yet 
heare the worde of the LORDE (o ye women) 
and let youre eares regarde the wordes of his 
mouth: that ye maye lerne youre doughters 
to mourne, and that euery one maye teach hir 
neghbouresse, to make lamentacion. Namely 
thus : Deeth is clymme vp in at oure wyndowes, 
he is come in to oure houses, to destroye the 
childe before the dore, (j f yonge man in the 
strete. 

But tell thou planely, thus saieth f LORDE : 
The deed bodies of men shal lye vpon f 
grounde, as the donge vpon the felde, k and as 
the hay after the mower, and there shal be no 
man to take them vp. Morouer, thus saieth 
the LORDE : Let not the wise man reioyse 
in his wisdome, ner the stronge man in his 
strength, ' nether the rich man in his riches : 
But who so wil reioyse, let him reioyse in this, 
that he vnderstodeth, and knoweth me : for I 
am the LORDE, which do mercie, equite and 
rightuousnes vpon earth. "Therfore haue I 



Deu. 32. c. Iere. 23. c. ' Deu. 28. c. * Iere. 7. d 
. b. ' Esa. 65. c. 1 Cor. 1. g. 2 Co. 10. d. m Matt, 
. b. 12. a. Ose. 6. b. 



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pleasure in soch thinges, saieth f LORDE. 
Beholde, the tyme eometh (saieth the LORDE) 
that I wil vyset all them, whose foreskynne is 
vncircumcised : The Egipcians, "the Iewes, 
the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, 
and the shauen Madianites, that dwel in the 
wildernes. * For all f Gentiles are vncircum- 
cised in the flesh, but all the house of Israel, 
are vncircumcised in the herte. 

Che jr. Chapter. 

HEARE the worde of the LORDE, y he 
speaketh vnto the, o thou house of Israel : 
Thus saieth the LORDE : Ye shal not lerne 
after the maner of the Heithe, c and ye shal 
not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen : for 
the Heithen are afrayed of soch : Yee all the 
customes and lawes of the Getiles are nothinge, 
but vanite. d They hewe downe a tre in the 
wod with the hondes of the workeman, and 
fashion it with the axe : they couer it ouer 
with golde or syluer, they fasten it with nales 
and hammers, that it moue not. It stodeth 
as stiff as the palme tre, it can nether speake 
ner go, but must be borne. *Be not ye 
afrayed of soch, for they ca do nether good 
ner euel. But there is none like vnto y (o 
LORDE) thou art greate, >"and greate is the 
name of thy power. Who wolde not feare 
the ? or what kige of the Gentiles wolde not 
obeye the ? 

For amonge all the wysemen of the Gen- 
tiles, and in all their kingdomes, there is none, 
that maye be lickened vnto the. They are 
all together vnlerned and vnwise, All their 
connynge is but vanite : namely, wod, syluer, 
which is brought out of Tharsis, and beate to 
plates : g and golde from Ophir, a worke y is 
made with the honde of the craftesman g the 
caster, clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet : 
euen so is the worke of their wyse men all 
together. But the LORDE is a true God, a 
lyuinge God, and an euerlastinge kinge. h Yf 
he be wroth, the earth shaketh: all the Getiles 
maye not abyde his indignacion. 

As for their goddes, it maye well be sayde 
of the : they are goddes, that made nether 
heaue ner earth : therfore shal they perish fro 
the earth, and from all thinges vnder heauen. 



" Iere. 25. c. b Iere. 4. a. 6. b. Rom. 2. c. c Hsa. 
47. e. "* Esa. 44. b. e Baruc 6. 4 Re. 17. g. / Apo. 
15. a. S3 Reg. 9. * Naum 1. a. • Gen. 1. a. 



' But (as for oure God) he made the earth 
with his power, and with his wisdome hath he 
fynished the whole compasse of the worlde, 
with his discrecion hath he spred out the hea- 
uens, At his voyce the waters gather together 
in the ayre, he draweth vp y cloudes from the 
vttemost partes of y earth : * he turneth lighten- 
inge to rayne, and brlgeth forth the wyndes 
out of their treasuries : ' His wisdome maketh 
all men fooles. And confunded be all casters 
of ymages, m for that they cast, is but a vayne 
thinge, and hath no life. n The vayne craftes 
men with their workes, that they in their 
vanite haue made, shall perish one with ano- 
ther in the tyme of visitacion. Neuertheles, 
Iacobs porcio is not soch : but it is he, that 
hath made all thinges, and Israel is the rodd 
of his inheritauce : The LORDE of hoostes 
is his name. Put awaye thy vnclennesse out 
of the londe, thou that art in the stronge 
cities. For thus saieth the LORDE: Be- 
holde, I wil now thrust out the inhabitours of 
this londe a greate waye off, and trouble them 
of soch a fashio, that they shal no more be 
founde. 

Alas, how am I hurte ? Alas, how panefull 
are my scourges vnto me ? For I cosidre this 
sorow by my self, cj I must suffre it, My taber- 
nacle is destroyed, and all my coardes are 
broken. My children are gone fro me, ad 
can no where be founde. Now haue I none 
to sprede out my tente, or to set vp my hang- 
inges. For the hyrdmen haue done folishly, 
that they haue not sought the LORDE. Ther- 
fore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell, 
<j all are scatred abrode. Beholde, the noyse 
is harde at honde, and greate sedicio out of the 
north : to make the cities of Iuda a wylder- 
nesse, and a dwellinge place for Dragons. 
Now I knowe (o LORDE) that it is not in 
mas power to ordre his owne waies, or to rule 
his owne steppes & goinges. Therfore chaste 
thou vs (o LORDE) but with fauoure, p and 
not in thy wrath, bringe vs not vtterly to 
naught. Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon 
the Getiles, that knowe f not, and vpon the 
people that call not on thy name : And that 
because they haue consumed, deuoured and 
destroyed Iacob, and haue roted out his 
glory. 



Iere. 51. c. * Psal. 134. b. ' Psal. 143. m Esa. 44. 
" Esa. 1. d. Iere. 6. c. ° Pro. 20. d. t Esa. 64. 

Psal. 78. a. Eccls.36. a. Iere. 30. c. 50. b. 



tfo. fccjdHmj* 



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Cftap. jrf. 



€f)e rt. Chapter. 

THIS is another Sermon, which the 
LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to 
preach, sayenge : 

Heare the wordes of the couenaunt, and 
speake vnto all Iuda, and to all them that 
dwel at Ierusalem, And saye thou vnto the : 
Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel: 
Cursed be euery one, that is not obedient 
vnto f wordes of this couenaut : which I com- 
maunded vnto youre fathers, what tyme as I 
brought them out of Egipte, from the yron 
fornace, sayenge : a Be obedient vnto my 
voyce, and do accordinge to all that I com- 
maunde you : b so shal ye be my people, and I 
wil be youre God, and will kepe my promyse, 
y I haue sworne vnto youre fathers : Namely, 
that I wolde geue them c & londe which floweth 
with mylke and hony, as ye se, it is come to 
passe vnto this daye. 

Then answered I, and sayde : Amen. It 
is euen so LORDE, as thou sayest. Then 
the LORDE sayde vnto me agayne : Preach 
this in y cities off Iuda and rounde aboute 
Ierusalem, and saye : Heare the wordes off 
this couenaunt, that ye maye kepe them. For 
I haue diligently exorted youre fathers, euer 
sence the tyme that I brought them out off 
the Londe off Egipte, vnto this daye. 1 
gaue them warnynge by tymes, sayenge : 
herken vnto my voyce : d Neuertheles, they 
wolde not obeye me, nor enclyne their eares 
vnto me, e but folowed the wicked ymaginacios 
of their owne hertes. And therfore haue I 
accused them as transgressours of all the 
wordes off this conuenaunt, that I gaue them 
to kepe, which they (notwithstodinge) haue 
not kepte. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto me : It is 
foude out, that whole Israel and all the citisens 
off Ierusalem are gone backe. They haue 
turned them selues to the blasphemies off 
their fore fathers, which had no lust to heare 
my worde. Euen likewise haue these also 
folowed straunge goddes, and worshipped 
them. The house off Israel and Iuda haue 
broken my couenaunt, which I made with 
their fathers. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Be- 



" Exo. 19. a. b Exo. 6. b. c Gen. 15. c. 26. a. 28. c. 
d Iere. 13. b. ' Iere. 9. b. Deu. 24. c. / Zach. 7. b. 
s Deu. 32. c. h Iere. 2. d. ' Iere. 7. c. * Iere. 15. a. 



holde, I will sende a plage amonge you, which 
ye shal not be able to escape : and though ye 
crie vnto me, I will not heare you/ The shal 
the townes off Iuda and the citisens off Ieru 
salem go, and call vpon their goddes, vnto 
whom they made their oblaci5s : «but they 
are not able to helpe them in tyme off their 
trouble. * For as many cities as thou hast 
(o Iuda) so many goddes hast thou also : 'And 
loke how many stretes there be in the (o Ieru- 
salem) so many shameful aulters haue ye set 
vp, to offre vpon them vnto Baal. * But praye 
not thou for this people, byd nether prayse 
ner prayer for them : for though they crie 
vnto me in their trouble, yet will I not heare 
them. 

O thou beloued, why doest thou so shame- 
full greate blasphemies in my house? 'euen 
as though that holy flesh might absolue the, 
specially when thou hast made thy boost off 
thy wickednes. The LORDE called the a 
grene olyue tre, m a fayre one, a frutefull one, 
a goodly one : but now that there is a contrary 
reporte off the abrode, he will burne the vp, 
ad destroye thy braunches. " For the LORDE 
off hoostes that plated the, hath deuysed a 
plage for the (o thou house of Israel cj Iuda) 
for y euel that ye haue done, to prouoke him 
to wrath, in that ye dyd seruyce vnto Baal. 

This (o LORDE) haue I lerned of the, 
and vnderstonde it, for thou hast shewed me 
their ymaginacions. ' But I (as a meke lambe) 
was caried awaye to be slayne : not knowinge, 
that they had deuysed soch a councel agaynst 
me, sayenge : p We will destroye his meate 
with wod, and dryue him out of the londe of 
the lyuynge, that his name shal neuer be 
thought vpon. Therfore I will beseke the 
now (o LORDE of hoostes) ? thou rightuous 
iudge, thou that tryest the reynes and the 
hertes : let me se the auenged of them, for 
vnto the haue I committed my cause. The 
LORDE therfore spake thus of the citesens 
of Anothot, that sought to slaye me, sayege : 
r Preach not vnto vs in the name of the 
LORDE, or els thou shalt dye of oure hondes. 
Thus (I saye) spake the LORDE of hoostes : 
Beholde, I will viset you. Youre yonge me 
shal perish with the swearde, youre sonnes 
and youre doughters shal vtterly dye of honger, 



Agg. 2. 1 

Esa. 12. 

20. c. 17. 



"' Iere. 17. b. Matt. 7. 
Esa. 53. b. f Iere. If 
Esa. 30. b. Amo. 7. b. 



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tfo. tttflix. 



so that none shal remayne. For vpon the 
citesyns off Anathot wil I bringe a plage, and 
the yeare of their visitacion. 

Wtye rtj. Chapter. 
/^V LORDE, thou art more rightuous, then 
\^J that I shulde dispute with the : Neuer- 
theles, let me talke with the in thinges 
reasonable. ° How happeneth it, that the 
waye off the vngodly is so prosperous ? and 
that it goeth so wel with them, which (with 
out eny shame) offede and lyue in wickednesse? 
Thou plantest them, they take rote, they 
growe, and bringe forth frute. They boost 
moch off the, yet doest thou not punysh them. 
But thou LORDE (to whom I am well 
knowne) thou that hast sene, % proued my 
herte, take them awaye, like as a flock is 
caried to the slaughter house,* and apoynte 
them for the daye off slaughtinge. 

How longe shall the londe mourne, and 
all the herbes off the felde perish, for the 
wickednes off them that dwell therin ? 

The catell and the byrdes are gone, yet 
saye they: tush, God will not destroye vs 
vtterly. 

Seinge thou art weery in runnynge with 
the fote men, how wilt thou then runne with 
horses ? In a peaceable sure londe thou 
mayest be safe, but how wilt thou do in the 
furious pryde of Iordane ? For thy brethren 
ad thy kynred haue altogether despised the, 
and cried out vpon the in thine absence. 
' Beleue them not, though they speake fayre 
wordes to the. As for me (saye I) I haue 
forsaken myne owne dwellinge place, and left 
myne heretage. My life also that I loue so 
wel, haue I geuen in to the hodes of myne 
enemies. Myne heretage is become vnto me, 
as a Lyon in the wod. It oried out vpon me, 
therfore haue I forsaken it. e Myne heretage 
is vnto me, as a spreckled byrde, a byrde of 
dyuerse coloures is vpon it. Go hence, and 
gather all the beastes of the felde together, 
that they maye eate it vp. 

•^Dyuerse hyrdme haue broken downe my 
vynyarde, and troden vpon my porcion. Of 
my pleasaunt porcion, they haue made a wil- 
dernes & deserte. They haue layed it waist : 
and now that it is waist, it sigheth vnto me. 
Yee the whole londe lieth waist, and no man 



1 lob 21. a. Aba. I.e. » 2 Pet. 2. c. 
u. 29. c. Soph. 1. c. Iere. 5. b. 23. c. 



Iere. 14. 
d Iere. 9. 



regardeth it. The distroyers come ouer the 
heeth euery waye, for s the swearde off the 
LORDE shal consume from the one ende of y 
lode to the other, and no flesh shal haue rest. 
They shal sowe wheat, and reepe thornes. 
They shal take heretage in possession, but it 
shal do them no good. And ye shalbe con- 
founded of youre owne wynnynges, because of 
the greate wrath of the LORDE. 

Thus saieth the LORDE vpon all myne 
euel neghbours, that laye honde on myne 
heretage, which I haue geuen my people of 
Israel : Beholde, I wil plucke them (namely 
Israel) out of their londe, and put out the 
house of Iuda from amonge them. 'And whe 
I haue rooted the out, I wilbe at one with the 
agayne, and wil haue mercy vpon them : and 
brynge them agayne, euery man to his owne 
heretage, and in to his lode. And yf they 
(namely that trouble my people) wil lerne y 
wayes of them, to sweare by my name : The 
LORDE lyueth (like as they lerned my 
people to sweare by Baal) the shal they be 
rekened amoge my people. » But yf they 
wil not obeye, the will I rote out the same 
folke, and destroye them, saieth the LORDE. 

Cfie jrttj. Chapter. 

MOROUER, thus saied the LORDE 
vnto me: go thy waye x get the a 
lynnen breche, and gyrde it aboute thy loynes, 
and let it not be wet. Then I got me a 
brech, acordinge to the commaundemet of the 
LORDE, and put it aboute my loynes. After 
this, the LORDE spake vnto me agayne : 
Take the breche that thou hast prepared & 
put aboute the, and get the vp, and go vnto 
Euphrates, and hyde it in a hole off the rock. 
So wet I, and hydde it, as the LORDE 
commaunded me. And it happened longe 
after this, that the LORDE spake vnto me : 
Vp, and get the to Euphrates, and fet the 
breche from thence, which I commaunded the 
to hyde there. Then went I to Euphrates, 
and digged vp, and toke the brech from the 
place where I had hyd it : and beholde, the 
brech was corrupte, so that it was profitable 
for nothinge. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto me : Thus 
saieth the LORDE: Euen so will I corruppe 
the pryde off Iuda, and the hie mynde off 



Esa. 19. c. /Esa. 56. c 

' Deu. 4. c. 30. a. Esa. 54. b 



Esa. 5. £ 
1 Esd. 1. 



Pro. 22. d. 
' Mat. 22. b. 



tfo. trrL 



€f)t prophet Smmp* 



vnih 



Ierusale. ° This people is a wicked 
they will not heare my worde, they folowe y 
wicked ymaginacions off their owne hert, (j 
hange vpon straiige goddes, the haue they 
serued (j worshipped : and therfore they shalbe 
as this brech, that serueth for nothinge. For 
as strately as a brech lieth vpon a mas loynes, 
so strately dyd I bynde f whole house of Israel, 
and the whole house of Iuda vnto me, saieth 
the LORDE: * that they might be my people : 
that they might haue a glorious name : y they 
might be in honoure : but they wolde not 
obeye me. Therfore laye this ryddle before 
them, and saye : Thus saieth the LORDE 
God of Israel : euery pot shal be fylled with 
wyne. And they shal saye : thinkest thou we 
knowe not, y euery pot shalbe fylled with 
wyne ? Then shalt thou saye vnto them : 
Thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, I shal 
fyll all the inhabitours of this lode with 
dronckenes, the kynges that syt vpo Dauids 
stole, the prestes and prophetes, with all y 
dwell at Ierusalem. And I will shute them 
one agaynst another, yee y fathers agaynst 
the sonnes, saieth the LORDE. 

I wil not pardon them, I wil not spare them, 
ner haue pitie vpon them : but destroye them. 
Be obedient, geue eare, take no diszdayne at 
it, for it is the LORDE himself that speaketh. 
Honoure y LORDE youre God herein, or he 
take his light from you, and or euer youre 
fete stomble in darknesse at y hill : lest whe 
ye loke for the light, he turne it in to y 
shadowe and darknesse of death. But yf ye 
wil not heare me, that geue you secrete 
warnynge, I will mourne fro my whole herte 
for youre stubburnesse. c Piteously will I 
wepe, and the teares shall guszhe out of myne 
eyes. For the LORDES flocke shal be caried 
awaye captiue. Tell the kinge j the rulers : 
Humble youre selues, set you downe lowe, for 
y crowne of youre glory shal fall from youre 
heade. The cities towarde the south shalbe 
shut vp, a no man shal open the. All Iuda 
shal be caried awaye captyue, so that none 
shall remayne. 

Lift vp youre eyes, and beholde the, that 
come from the North : Like a fat flocke shal 
they fall vpon the. To whom wilt thou make 
thy mone, when they come vpon the ? for thou 
hast taught the thy self, and made the masters 



a Iere. 7. c. 11. b. 18. 
Iere. 31. c. Thren. 1. 



Deu. 4. c. 28. d. 
0. a. Esa. 13. b. 



ouer the. d Shal not sorowe come vpo the, as 
on a woman trauelinge with childe ? And yf 
thou woldest saye the in thine hert: Wher- 
fore come these thinges vp5 me ? Eue for the 
multitude of thy blasphemies, e shall thy hynder 
partes (j thy fete be discouered. For like 
as the man of Inde maye chaunge his skynne, 
d the cat of the mountayne hir spottes : so 
maye ye that be exercised in euell, do good. 
Therfore will I scatre you, lyke as y stobble 
that is take awaye with y south wynde. This 
shal be youre porcion, and the porcion of 
youre measure, wher with ye shal be rewarded 
of me, saieth the LORDE : because ye haue 
forgotten me, and put youre trust in disceat- 
ful thinges. /Therfore shall I turne thy clothes 
ouer thy heade, and discouer thy thees, that 
thy preuyties maye be sene: thy aduoutrie, 
thy deedly malice, thy beastlynes and thy 
shamefull whordome. For vpon the feldes 
and hilles I haue sene thy abhominacions. 
Wo be vnto the (o Ierusale) whe wilt thou 
euer be clensed enymore ? 

Clje rut}- Chapter. 

The worde of the LORDE shewed vnto Ieremy, 
cocernynge the derth off the frutes. 

IUDA shal mourne, men shall not go moch 
more thorow his gates : the londe shal be 
nomore had in reputacion, g the crie of Ieru- 
sale shal breake out. The lordes shall sende 
their seruauntes to fetch water, & when they 
come to the welles, they shal fynde no water, 
but shal carie their vessels home emptie. They 
shal be ashamed ad confounded, j shal couer 
their heades. = For the groude shalbe dried 
vp, because there cometh no rayne vpon it. 
The plowmen also shalbe ashamed, ad shal 
couer their heades. The Hynde shal forsake 
the yonge fawne, that she brigeth forth in f 
felde, because there shalbe no grasse. The 
wilde Asses shall stonde in the Mosse, and 
drawe in their wynde like the Dragos, their 
eyes shal fayle for wat of grasse. 

Doutles oure owne wickednesse rewarde vs : 
But LORDE do thou acordinge to thy name, 
though oure transgressions and synnes be 
many. « For thou art the comforte j helpe 
of Israel in the tyme of trouble. Why wilt 
thou be as a straunger in the Londe, and as 



Iere. 15. 
Esa. 49. t 



, /Osee2. b. 
Iere. 16. c. 17. 



Cftap* jri)« 



Cfce propfat 3mmy. 



tfa* ML 



one that goeth ouer the felde, ad cometh in 
only to remayne for a night ? Why wilt thou 
make thy self a cowarde, and as it were a 
giaiite that yet maye not helpe? For thou 
art ours (o LORDE) and we beare thy name, 
therfore forsake vs not. 

Then spake the LORDE, concernynge this 
people y haue pleasure to go so nembly with 
their fete, and leaue not of, and therfore dis- 
please the LORDE : in so moch, that he will 
now bringe agayne to remembraunce all their 
myszdedes, ad punysh all their synnes. Yee 
euen thus sayde the LORDE vnto me : Thou 
shalt not praye to do this people good. " For 
though they fast, I will not heare their prayers. 
And though they offre burnt offrlges (j sacri- 
fices, yet wil not I accepte them. For I will 
destroye them with the swearde, honger and 
pestilence. Then answerde I: O LORDE 
God, the prophetes saye vnto them : * Tush, 
ye shal se no swearde, and no honger shall 
come vpon you, but the LORDE shal geue 
you continuall rest in this place. 

And the LORDE sayde vnto me: The 
prophetes preach lies vnto them in my name. 
I haue not spoken with them, nether gaue I 
them eny charge, nether dyd I sende the: yet 
they preach vnto you false visions, charmynge, 
vanite, and disceatfulnesse of their owne herte. 
Therfore thus saieth the LORDE : As for 
those prophetes that preach in my name 
(whom I neuertheles haue not sent) and y 
saye : Tush, there shal nether batel ner hon- 
ger be in this londe : With swearde ad with 
honger shal those prophetes perish, d and the 
people to whom they haue preached, shal be 
cast out of Ierusalem, dye of honger, ad be 
slayne with the swearde, (and there shal be no 
man to burie them) 'both they ad their wyues. 
their sonnes and their doughters. For thus 
wil I poure their wickednes vpon the. This 
shalt thou saye also vnto them: Myne eyes 
shal wepe without ceassinge daye g night. 
f For my people shalbe destroyed with greate 
harme, and shall perish with a greate plage. 
For yff I go in to the felde, lo, it lieth all full 
off slayne men : Yff I come in to the cite, lo, 
they be all fameshed of honger. 

Yee their prophetes also and prestes shal be 
led in to an vnknowne londe. 



• Iere. 7. b. Esa. 1. b. h Iere. 5. b. Soph. 1. c. Iere. 
14. b. 23. c. c Iere. 23. d. <* Zach. 13. a. e Iere. 16. a. 
/ Thren. 2. f. Tren. 1. d. e Iere. 8. c. * Esa. 49. e. 



Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda? 
(sayde I) Dost thou so abhorre Sio ? Or hast 
thou so plaged vs, that we can be healed no 
more ? s We loked for peace, and there cometh 
no good : for the tyme of health, % lo, here 
is nothinge but trouble. We knowlege (o 
LORDE) all oure myszdedes, and the synnes 
of oure fathers, that we haue offended y. Be 
not displeased (o LORDE) for thy names 
sake, forget not thy louynge kyndnes : * Re- 
membre y trone of thyne honoure, breake 
not the couenaiit, that thou hast made with 
vs. ' Are there eny amonge the goddes of the 
Gentiles, that sende rayne, or geue the showers 
of heauen ? Dost not thou it o LORDE oure 
God, in who we-trust? Yee LORDE, thou 
dost all these thinges. 

Che vb. Chapter. 

THEN spake the LORDE vnto me, 5d 
sayde : k Though Moses and Samuel 
stode before me, yet haue I no herte to this 
people. Dryue them awaye, that they maye 
go out of my sight. And yf they saye vnto 
the: 'Whythershalwego? The tell the: The 
LORDE geueth you this answere : Some vnto 
death, some to the swearde, some to honger, 
some in to captiuyte. For I will bringe foure 
plages vpon them, saieth the LORDE. "' The 
swearde shal stragle them, the dogges shal 
deuoure them, the foules of the ayre ad beestes 
of the earth shal eate them vp, and destroye 
them. I will scatre them aboute also in all 
kingdomes and londes to be plaged, because 
of Manasses " the sonne of Ezechias kinge of 
Iuda, for the thinges that he dyd in Ierusalem, 
Who shal then haue pite vpon the, o Ieru- 
salem ? Who shal be sory for the ? Or who 
shal make intercession, to opteyne peace for 
the? seinge thou goest fro me, ad turnest 
bacwarde, saieth the LORDE? Therfore I 
will stretch out myne honde agaynst the, to 
destroye the, and I will not be intreated. I 
will scatre the abrode with the fanne on euery 
side of the londe : ° I will waist my people 
and destroye them, for they haue had no lust 
to turne from their owne wayes. I will make 
their wyddowes mo in nombre, then the sondes 
of the see. Vpon y mothers of their children, 
I shal bringe a destroyer in the noone daye. 



Iere. 5. d. 
Zacb. 11. ] 
Iere. 6. c. 



* Iere. 7. b. 11. c. 14. b. Eze. 14. 
5. c. '"Iere. 16. a. "4 Re. 21. 



ffo. fcrltj* 



Cfre prophet Seremp* 



Cfjap* jrbu 



a Sodenly and vnawarres, shal I sende a feare 
vpon their cities. She that hath borne vij. 
children, shal haue none, hir herte shal be ful 
of sorowe. 

The Sonne shall fayle her in the cleare 
daye, when she shalbe confounded and faynte 
for very heuynesse. * As for those y remayne, 
I wil delyuer them vnto the swearde off their 
enemies, saieth the LORDE. c O mother, 
alas that euer thou dydest beare me, an ene- 
mie and hated of the whole londe : Though 
I neuer lente ner receaued vpon vsury, yet 
euery man speake euell vpon me. And f 
LORDE answered me : Lede not I the then 
vnto good? Come not I to the, when thou 
art in trouble : and helpe f, when thine ene- 
mie oppresseth the ? Doth one yron hurte 
another, or one metall that cometh from the 
north, another ? As for youre riches and trea- 
sure, I wil geue them out in to a pray, a not 
for eny money, but because of all youre synnes, 
that ye haue done i all youre coastes. And I 
wil brlge you with youre enemies in to a londe, 
" y ye knowe not : for the fyre that is kyndled 
in my indignacion, shal burne you vp. 

O LORDE (sayde I then) thou knowest 
all thinges, therfore remembre me, ad viset 
me, delyuer me fro my persecutes : Receaue 
not my cause in thy loge wrath, yet thou 
knowest, that for thy sake I suffre rebuke. 
'When I had founde thy wordes, I at them vp 
gredely: they haue made my hert ioyfull (t 
glad. For I call vpon thy name, o LORDE 
God off hoostes. I dwell not amonge the 
scorners, nether is my delyte therm : but I 
dwell only in the feare of thy honde, for thou 
hast fylled me with bytternes. Shall my 
heuynes endure for euer? Are my plages 
then so greate, y they maye neuer be healed ? 
Wilt thou be as a water, that falleth, and can 
not contynue ? Vpon these wordes, thus sayde 
the LORDE vnto me : Yf thou wilt turne 
agayne, I shal set the in my seruyce : and yf 
thou wilt take out the thinge that is precious 
from the vyle, thou shalt be euen as myne 
owne mouth. s They shal conuerte vnto the, 
but turne not thou vnto the : and so shal I 
make the a stroge wall of stele agaynst this 
people. * They shal fight agaynst the, but 
they shal not preuayle. For I my self will be 



* 1 Tess. 5. a. * Amo. 8. b. * Iere. 20. d. d Iere. 
17. a. 26. b. c Deu. 32.c. / Eze. 3. a. Psal. 118. n. 

s Iere. 21. a. h Iere. I.e. * Leui. 10. b. Iere. 14. c. 



with the, to helpe the, and delyuer the, saieth 
the LORDE. And I will ryd the out of the 
hondes of the wicked, and delyuer the out of 
the honde of Tirauntes. 

€f)e rbt. Chapter. 

MOROUER, thus sayde the LORDE 
vnto me : Thou shalt take y no wife, 
ner beget children in this place. For of the 
children that are borne in this place, of their 
mothers that haue borne them, and of their 
'fathers that haue begotten them in this londe, 
thus saieth the LORDE : They shal dye an 
horrible deeth, no ma shal mourne for them, 
ner burie them, but they shal lye as doge 
vpon the earth. They shal perish thorow the 
swearde and honger, and their k bodies shal be 
meate for the foules of the ayre, and beestes of 
the earth. Agayne, thus saieth the LORDE : 
Go not vnto them, that come together, for to 
mourne and wepe : for I haue taken my peace 
fro this people (saieth the LORDE) yee my 
fauoure and my mercy. And in this londe 
shal they dye, olde and yonge, and shall not 
be buried ; no man shall bewepe them, no man 
shall clippe or shaue himselff for them. 

There shal not one viset another, to mourne 
with them for their deed, or to comforte them. 
One shall not offre another the cuppe off con- 
solacion, to forget their heuynes for father 
and mother. ' Thou shalt not go in to their 
feast house, to syt downe, moch lesse to eate 
or drynke with them. For thus saieth the 
LORDE off hoostes the God off Israel: m Be- 
holde, I shall take awaye out of this place, the 
voyce off myrth ad gladnesse, the voyce off the 
brydegrome and off the bryde : yee and that 
in youre dayes, that ye maye se it. 

"Now when thou shewest this people all 
these wordes, and they saye vnto the : Wher- 
fore hath the LORDE deuysed all this greate 
plage for vs? Or what is the offence and 
synne, that we haue done agaynst the LORDE 
oure God? Then make thou them this an- 
swere : Because youre fathers haue forsaken 
me (saieth the LORDE) "and haue cleued 
vnto straunge goddes, whom they haue ho- 
noured and worshipped : but me haue they 
forsake, and haue not kepte my lawe. p And 
ye with youre shamefull blasphemies, haue 



k Psal. 78. a. Iere. 15. a. ' 1 Cor. 5. b. "■ Iere. 7. d. 
25. b. « Iere. 7. b. Iere. 5. d. « Deu. 4. d. 
f Iere. 7. d. 



C&ap, xbij. 



Cfje propfat 3tvtmy. 



ffo. Miij. 



exceaded the wickednes off youre fathers, 
For euery one off you foloweth the frawerde 
euel ymaginacion off his owne hert, and is not 
obedient vnto me. 

"Therfore wil I cast you out off this londe, 
in to a londe that ye and youre fathers knowe 
not : and there shall ye serue straunge goddes 
daye and night, there will I shewe you no fa- 
uoure. Beholde therfore (saieth the LORDE) 
the daies are come, that it shall nomore be 
sayed : d The LORDE lyueth, which brought 
the children of Israel out of the lode of Egipte : 
but (it shall be sayde) the LORDE lyueth, 
that brought the children of Israel from the 
North, (j from all londes where I had scatred 
them. For I wil bringe the agayne in to the 
lode, that I gaue vnto their fathers. 

Beholde, (saieth the LORDE) I will sende 
out many fiszhers* to take them, and after y 
wil I sende out many hunters to hunte the 
out, from all mountaynes and hilles ad out of 
the caues of stones. For myne eyes beholde 
all their wayes, and they can not be hyd fro 
my face, nether can their wicked dedes be 
kepte close out of my sight. But first will 
I sufficiently rewarde their shamefull blas- 
phemies and synnes, wherwith they haue de- 
fyled my londe : Namely, with their stinck- 
inge Idols and abhominacions, wherwith they 
haue fylled myne heretage. d O LORDE, my 
strength, my power, and refuge in tyme off 
trouble. The Gentiles shall come vnto the 
from the endes off the worlde, and saye: 
Verely oure fathers haue cleued vnto lies, 
their Idols are but vayne and vnprofitable. 
How can a man make those his goddes, which 
are not able to be goddes ? And therfore, I 
will once teach them (saieth f LORDE) I wil 
shewe them my honde and my power, that 
they maye knowe, y my name is y LORDE. 

Cfie jrbtj. Cfiaptcr. 

YOURE synne (o ye off the trybe of Iuda) 
is writte in the table of youre hertes, 5 
graue so vpon the edges of youre aulters with 
a penne of yron 5 with an Adamat clawe : 
y youre children also maye thynke vpon youre 
aulters, woddes, thicke trees, hie hilles, moun- 
taynes & feldes. "Wherfore, I will make all 
youre substaunce % treasure be spoyled, for 



» Deu. 28. c. Iere. 23. b. * Iere. 23. b. c Matt. 4. c. 
i Iere. 14. a. 17. c. ' Iere. 15. c. 20. b. / Psal. 48. a. 
Iere. 46. e. 48. a. Pro. 11. c. Eze. 29. a. e Psal. 2. b. 



[the greate synne that ye haue done vpon 
youre hie places, thorow out all y coostes off 
youre lode. Ye shal be cast out also from 
the heretage, that I gaue you. And I wil 
subdue you vnder the heuy bodage of youre 
enemies, in a londe that ye knowe not. Fo: 
ye haue ministred fyre to my indignacion, 
which shal burne euermore. Thus saieth the 
LORDE : -^Cursed be the man that putteth 
his trust in man, ad that taketh flesh for his 
arme : and he, whose herte departeth from y* 
LORDE. He shall be like the heeth, that 
groweth in the wildemes. As for the good 
thinge that is for to come, he shall not se it : 
but dwell in a drie place off the wildernes, in 
a salt and vnoccupied londe. O Blissed is the 
man, «that putteth his trust in the LORDE, 
and whose hope the LORDE is himself. For 
he shalbe as a tre, that is planted by the water 
syde : which spredeth out the rote vnto moyst- 
nesse, whom the heate can not harme, when 
it commeth, but his leaues are grene. And 
though there growe but litle frute because off 
drouth, yet is he not care full, but he neuer 
leaueth of to bringe forth frute. Amonge all 
thinges lyuynge, man hath the most disceat- 
full and vnsercheable hert. 

Who shall then knowe it? *Euen I the 
LORDE ripe out the grounde off the hert, 
ad search the reynes and rewarde euery ma 
acordinge to his wayes, and acordinge to the 
frute off his councels. 

The disceatfull maketh a nest, but bringeth 
forth no yonge : He commeth by riches, but 
not rightuously. In the myddest off his life 
must he leaue them behinde him, and at the 
last be founde a very foole. But thou (o 
LORDE) whose trone is most glorious, ex- 
cellent and off most antiquite, which dwellest 
in the place of oure holy rest : Thou art the 
comforte off Israel. All they that forsake the, 
shalbe confounded: 'all they that departe 
from the, shalbe written in earth, for they 
haue forsaken the LORDE, the very condite 
of the waters of life. 

Heale me (o LORDE) and I shall be whole : 
saue thou me, and I shalbe saued, for thou 
art my prayse. Beholde, these men saye vnto 
me : Where is the worde of the LORDE ? 
Let it come. Where as I neuertheles ledinge 



Pro. 22. c. Psal. 1. a. 117. a. 124. a. 

Iere. 11. d. Rom. 2. a. Pro. 23. a. Psal. 51. b. L 

' Iere. 2. b. Ioh. 4. b. Eze. 36. d. 



Apo. 2. d. 
12. b. 



So* MiiiU 



€f)t propbtt Seremp, 



Cfeap. jrfmj. 



the flock in thy wayes, haue compelled none 
by violence. For I neuer desyred eny mas 
deeth, this knowest thou well. My wordes 
also were right before the. " Be not now ter- 
rible vnto me (o LORDE) for thou art he, 
in whom I hope, when I am in parell. Let 
my persecuters be confounded, but not me : 
let them be afrayed, and not me. Thou shalt 
bringe vpon the the tyme off their plage, and 
shalt destroye them right sore. 

Agayne, thus hath the LORDE sayde vnto 
me : * Go and stonde vnder the gate, where 
thorow the people and the kinges of Iuda go 
out and in, yee vnder all the gates of Jeru- 
salem, and saye vnto them : Heare the worde 
of the LORDE, ye kinges of Iuda, and all 
thou people of Iuda, and all ye citesyns of 
Ierusalem, that go thorow this gate: Thus 
the LORDE commaundeth : ' Take hede for 
youre lyues, that ye carie no burthen vpon 
you in the Sabbath, to bringe it thorow the 
gates of Ierusalem : ye shall beare no burthen 
also out of youre houses in the Sabbath : Ye 
shall do no laboure there in, but halowe the 
Sabbath, as I commaunded youre fathers. 
rf How be it they obeyed me not, nether herk- 
ened they vnto me : but were obstinate g 
stubburne, ad nether obeyed me, ner receaued 
my correccion. 

Neuertheles, yf ye will heare me (saieth the 
LORDE) and beare no burthen in to y cite 
thorow this gate vpon the Sabbath : Yf ye 
will halowe the Sabbath, ''so that ye do no 
worke there in : then shal there go thorow the 
es of this cite, kinges and prynces, that 
shall syt vpon the stole of Dauid : They shall 
be caried vpon charettes, and ryde vpon 
horses, both they and their princes : Yee 
whole Iuda and all the citesyns of Ierusalem 
shall go here thorow, and this cite shall euer 
be the more and more inhabited. There shall 
come men also from the cities of Iuda, from 
aboute Ierusalem, ad from y londe of Ben 
amin, from the playne feldes, from the moun- 
taynes and from the wildernesse : which shall 
bringe burntoffringes, sacrifices, oblacions, 
and incense, and offre vp thankesgeuynge in 
the house of the LORDE. But yff ye will 
not be obedient vnto me, to halowe the Sab- 
bath, so that ye will beare youre burthens 



" Iere. 14. a. 16. c. * Iere. 7. a. 26. a. c Deu. 4. b. 
Deu. 5. b. Exo. 20. b. * Eze. 20. b. ' Exo. 20. b. 

/ Esa. 45. b. Ro. 9. c. Iere. 19. c. e Eze. 18. c. 33. c. 



thorow the gates off Ierusalem vpon the 
Sabbath : Then shall I set fyre vpon the gates 
off Ierusalem, ad it shal burne vp the houses 
off Ierusalem, and no man shal be able to 
quench it. 

Cfie rbti). Chapter. 

This is another communication, that God had 
with Ieremy, sayenge : 

ARISE, and go downe in to the Potters 
house, and there shall I tell the more 
off my mynde. Now when I came to the 
Potters house, I founde him makinge his 
worke vpon a whele. The vessel that the 
Potter made off claye, brake amonge his 
hodes : So he beganne a new, and made ano- 
ther vessell, acordinge to his mynde. Then 
sayde the LORDE thus vnto me : -'"Maye not 
I do with you, as this Potter doth, O ye house 
off Israel? saieth the LORDE? Beholde, 
ye house off Israel : ye are in my honde, euen 
as the claye in the Potters honde. 

? When I take in honde to rote out, to de 
stroye, or to waist awaye eny people or kig- 
dome : yff that people (agaynst whom I haue 
thus deuysed) couerte from their wickednes : 
Immediatly, I repente off the plage, that I 
deuysed to bringe vpon the. ; ' Agayne : Whe 
I take in honde, to buylde, or to plante a peo- 
ple or a kingdome : yff the same people do 
euell before me, and heare not my voyce : 
Immediatly, I repente of the good, that I 
deuysed to do for them. 

Speake now therfore vnto whole Iuda, and 

to them that dwell at Ierusalem : Thus saieth 

the LORDE: Beholde, I am deuysinge a 

lage for you, and am takinge a thinge in 

onde agaynst you. 

'Therfore, let euery man turne from his 
euell waye, *take vpon you the thinge that is 
good, and do right. But they saye : ' No more 
of this, we will folowe oure owne ymaginacions, 
and do euery ma acordinge to the wilfulnesse 
of his owne mynde. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Axe 
amonge the Heithen, yf eny man hath herde 
soch horrible thinges, as the doughter of Sion 
hath done. Shal not f snowe (y melteth vpon 
the stony rockes of Libanus) moysture the 
feldes ? Or maye the springes off waters be 



lone. 3. 
Iere. 35 



Re. 15. * lone. 3. Iere. 25. 
' Iere. 13. b. 



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so grauen awaye, that they runne no more, 
geue moystnesse, ner make frutefull? But 
my people hath so forgotten me, y they haue 
made sacrifice vnto vayne goddes. And whyle 
they Mowed their owne wayes they are come 
out of the hie strete, and gone in to a fote 
waye not vsed to be troden. Where thorow 
they haue brought their londe in to an euer- 
lastinge wildernesse and scorne : " So y who so 
euer trauayleth ther by, shalbe abashed, and 
wagge their heades. With an East wynde will 
I scatre the, before their enemies. And when 
their destruction cometh, I will turne my 
backe vp5 them, but not my face. 

*Then sayde they: come, let vs ymagin 
somthinge agaynst this Ieremy. Yee this 
dyd euen the prestes, to whom f lawe was 
commytted: the Senatours, y were the wysest: 
and the prophetes, which wanted not y worde 
off God. Come (sayde they) let vs cut out 
his tiige, and let vs not regarde his wordes. 
Considre me (o LORDE) and heare the 
voyce of myne enemies. Do they not re- 
compence euell for good, Svhen they dygg a 
pyt for my soule ? d Remembre, how that I 
stode before the, to speake for the, ad to turne 
awaye thy wrath from them. 

e Therfore let their childre dye of hunger, 
and let them be oppressed with the swearde. 
Let their wyues be robbed of their childre, 
and become wyddowes : -'let their huszbodes 
be slayne, let their yonge men be kylled with 
the swearde in the felde. Let the noyse be 
herde out of their houses, when the murtherer 
cometh sodenly vpon them : For they haue 
digged a pit to take me, and layed snares for 
my fete. s Yet LORDE, thou knowest all 
their coucell, that they haue deuysed, to slaye 
me. And therfore forgeue them not their 
wickednes, and let not their synne be put out 
of thy sight : but let them be iudged before 
the as the giltie : This shalt thou do vnto the 
in y tyme of thy indignacion. 

Che rtr. Chapter. 

MOROUER, thus saide the LORDE 
vnto Ieremy : Go thy waye, and bye 
the an erthen pytcher, and bringe forth the 
Senatours and chefe prestes in to the valley 
of the children off Ennon, which lieth before 



Iere. 19. b. 49. c. * Iere. 11. d. « Psal. 108. a 

Psal. 34. b. d Iere. 10. d. ' Tren. 3. f. /Psal. 108. a 
« Iere. 11. d. *4Re. 21. c. Iere. 6. c. * Deu. 12. d. 



the porte that is made of brick, g shewe them] 
there the wordes, that I shall tell the, and 
saye thus vnto them : Heare the worde of the 
LORDE, ye kinges of Iuda, ad ye citesyns 
of Ierusalem: Thus saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes the God of Israel: Beholde, I will 
bringe soch a plage vpon this place, that y 
eares of all that heare it, shal glowe. A And 
that because they haue forsake me, and vn- 
halowed this place, and haue offred in it 
vnto straunge goddes: who nether they, their 
fathers, ner the kinges off Iuda haue knowne. 
They haue filled this place also with the bloude 
of innocentes, ' for they haue set vp an aulter 
vnto Baal, to burne their children for a burnt- 
offringe vnto Baal, which I nether com- 
maunded, ner charged them, nether thought 
once there vpon. 

Beholde therfore, f tyme cometh* (saieth 
the LORDE) y this place shal nomore be 
called Tophet, ner y valley of y childre of 
Enno, but y valley of slaughter. For in this 
place wil I slaye the Senatours of Iuda (j 
Ierusale, g kill the downe with the swearde in 
y sight of their enemies, ad of them that seke 
their lyues. And their deed carcases wil I 
geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre, 
and beestes of the felde. And I wil make 
this cite so desolate, ad despysed: that 'who 
so goeth there by, shal be abaszhed j geast 
vpon her, because of all hir plages. 

I will fede them also with the flesh "' of their 
sonnes j their doughters. Yee * euery one shal 
eate vp another in the beseginge j straytnesse, 
wher with their enemies (y seke their lyues) 
shal kepe the in. And the pitcher shalt thou 
breake in the sight of the me, y shalbe with 
the, and saye vnto the : Thus saieth the 
LORDE off hoostes: "Eue so wil I destroye 
this people & cite: as a Potter breaketh a 
vessel, that can not be made whole agayne. 

In Tophet shal they be buried/ for they 
shal haue none other place. Thus wil I do 
vnto this place also, saieth the LORDE, and 
to the y dwell there in : yee I wil do to this 
cite, as vnto Tophet ( For the houses of Ie- 
rusale & the houses of the kinges of Iuda are 
defyled, like as Tophet,) because off all the 
houses, in whose parlers they dyd sacrifice 
vnto all the hooste of heaue, and poured out 



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' 3 Re. 9. b. Iere. 18. b. 49. c. 50. b. m Tre. 4. b 
" Deu. 28. b. ' Iere. 18. a. t Iere. 7. b. 



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Cfeap, n. 



drynke offringes vnto straunge goddes. And 
so Ieremy came from Tophet, where the 
LORDE had sent him to prophecie, and 
stode in the courte off the house off the 
LORDE, and spake to all the people : Thus 
saieth the LORDE off hoostes the God of 
Israel : Beholde, I will bringe vpon this cite 
and vpon euery towne aboute it, all the plages 
that I haue deuysed agaynst them : for they 
haue bene obstinate," ad wolde not obeye my 
warnynges. 

Cfie rr. Chapter. 

WHEN Pashur the preast, the sonne 
off Emmer, chefe in the house of f 
LORDE, herde Ieremy preach so stedfastly: 
5 he smote Ieremy, and put him in the stockes, 
that are by the hie gate of Ben Iamin, in the 
house of y LORDE. The nexte daye folow- 
inge, Pashur brought Ieremy out of the stockes 
agayne. Then sayde Ieremy vnto him : The 
LORDE shall call the nomore Pashur (that 
is excellent and increasinge) but Magor (that 
is fearfull ad afrayed) euery where. For thus 
saieth the LORDE : beholde, I will make 
the afrayed, the thy self, and all that fauoure 
f : which shal perish with the swearde off their 
enemies, euen before thy face. 

And I wil geue whole Iuda vnder the power 
of the kinge of Babilon, which shall carie some 
vnto Babilon presoners, and slaye some with 
the swearde. Morouer, c all f substaunce of 
this londe, all their precious and gorgeous 
workes, all costlynesse, and all the treasure of 
the kinges of Iuda : wil I geue in to the hodes 
of their enemies, which shal spoyle them, and 
carie them vnto Babilon. But as for the (o 
Pashur) thou shalt be caried vnto Babilon 
with all thine housholde, g to Babilo shalt 
thou come, where thou shalt die, and be 
buried : thou and all thy fauourers, to whom 
thou hast preached lies. O LORDE, thou 
makest me weake, but thou refreszhest me, (t 
makest me stronge agayne. rf All the daye 
longe am I despysed, and laughed to scorne 
of euery man : because I haue now preached 
longe agaynst malicious Tyranny, and shewed 
them off destruccion. *For y which cause 
they cast the worde off the LORDE in my 
teth, and take me euer to the worst. 

Wherfore, I thought from hence forth, not 



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to speake of him, ner to preach eny more in 
his name. But the worde off the LORDE 
was a very burnynge fyre in my hert and in 
my bones, which when I wolde haue stopped, 
I might not. For why, I herde so many 
derisios and blasphemies, y yee euen of myne 
owne companyons, and off soch as were con 
uersaunte with me : which wente aboute, to 
make me afrayed sayenge : vpon him, let vs 
go vpon him, to feare him, and make him 
holde his tonge : y we maye ouercome him, 
and be avenged off him. 

But the LORDE stode by me, like a 
mightie giaunte : therfore my persecuters fell, 
and coude do nothinge. They shal be sore 
confouded, for they haue done vnwisely, they 
shall haue an euerlastinge shame. And now, 
o LORDE of hoostes, s thou rightuous sercher 
(which knowest the reynesand the very hertes:) 
let me se them punyshed, for vnto the I com- 
mitte my cause. 

Synge vnto the LORDE, and prayse him, 
for he hath delyuered the soule off the op- 
pressed, from the honde off the violent. Cursed 
be the daye, wherein I was borne : ' vnhappie 
be y daye, where in my mother brought me 
forth. Cursed be the man, that brought my 
father the tidinges, to make him glad, sayenge: 
thou hast gotten a sonne. Let it happen vnto 
that man, as to the cities' which f LORDE 
turned vpside downe (when he had longe 
herde the wicked rumoure of them) because 
he slewe me not, as soone as I came out off 
my mothers wombe, and because my mother 
was not my graue hirselff, that the byrth 
might not haue come out, but remayned still 
in her. * Wherfore came I forth off my mo- 
thers wombe ? To haue experience of laboure 
and sorowe? and to lede my life with shame? 

€i)e vrt. Chapter. 

THESE are the wordes that the LORDE 
spake vnto Ieremy, what tyme as kinge 
Sedechias sent vnto him Pashur the sonne off 
Melchia, and Sophonias the sonne of Maasia, 
prest, sayenge : Axe councell at the LORDE 
(we praye the) of oure behalfe, for Nabu- 
chodonosor the kinge off Babilon besegeth vs, 
yff the LORDE (peraduenture) will deale 
with vs, acordinge to his maruelous power, 
and take him from vs. 



e Iere. 
Gen. 19. 



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* lob 10. 



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jfjcu trclbtj. 



Then spake Ieremy : Geue Sedechias this 
answere, "Thus saieth the LORDE God off 
Israel: beholde, I will turne backe the weapens, 
that ye haue in youre hondes, wherwith ye 
fight agaynst the kinge of Babilo j the Caldees, 
which besege you rounde aboute y walles : 5 
I wil brige the together in to the myddest of 
this cite, and I my selff will fight agaynst you, 
with an outstretched honde, ad with a mightie 
arme, in greate displeasure and terrible wrath: 
and will smyte them, that dwell in this cite : 
yee both me ad catell shal dye of the pestilence. 

And after this (saieth the LORDE) I shall 
delyuer Sedechias the kinge of Iuda, (j his 
seruauntes, his people (and soch as are escaped 
in the cite, from the pestilence, swearde, and 
honger) * in to the power of Nabuchodonosor 
kinge of Babilon : yee in to the hodes of their 
enemies, in to the hodes of those y folowe vpon 
their lyues, which shall smyte them with y 
swerde : they shal not pite the, they shal not 
spare them, they shall haue no mercy vpon them. 

And vnto this people thou shalt saye : 
c Thus saieth the LORDE : beholde, I laye 
before you the waye of life and deeth. Who 
so abydeth in this cite, shal perish : ether with 
the swearde, with honger, or with pestilece. 
But who so goeth out to holde on y Caldees 
parte, y besege it, he shal saue his life, and 
shall wynne his soule for a pray. For I haue 
set my face agaynst this cite rf (saieth the 
LORDE) to plage it, and to do it no good. 
It must be geue in to the honde of the kinge 
of Babilon, & be brent with fyre. 

And vnto the house of the kinge off Iuda, 
saye thus : Heare the worde of y LORDE 
(o thou house off Dauid) for thus saieth the 
LORDE : e Ministre rightuousnes, and that 
soone, delyuer the oppressed fro violent power: 
or euer my terrible wrath break out like a fyre, 
and burne so, that no man maye quech it, be- 
cause of the wickednes of youre ymaginacions. 
Beholde (saieth the LORDE) f I wil come 
vpo you, that dwel in the valleis/ rockes and 
feldes and saye : Tush, who will make vs 
afrayed ? or who will come in to oure houses ? 
For I will vyset you (saieth the LORDE) be- 
cause off the wickednes off youre invencions, 
and will kyndle soch a fyre in youre wod, as 
shall cosume all, that is aboute you. 

" Iere. 37. a. 4 Re. 22. b. 2 Par. 18. a. Iere. 42. a. 

4 Iere. 29. a. c Deu. 30. e. Iere. 38. a. Iere. 27. a. 

d Iere. 32. a. e Zach. 7. b. Iere. 22. a. Esa. 1. e. Iere. 

4. a. Zach. 8. c. f Iere. 48. a. s Iere. 12. a. Deu. 29. c 



Cfie vrtj. Chapter. 

THUS sayde the LORDE also: Go 
downe in to the house of the kinge off 
Iuda, and speake there these wordes, % saye : 
Heare the worde off the LORDE, thou kinge 
off Iuda that syttest in the kyngly seate off 
Dauid : thou and thy seruauntes and thy 
people, that go in j out at this gate. h Thus 
the LORDE commaundeth : kepe equite and 
rightuousnesse, delyuer the oppressed fro the 
power off the violent : do not greue ner 
oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse ner 
the wyddowe, ad shed no innocet bloude in 
this place. 

And yff ye kepe these thinges faithfully, 
then shall there come in at the dore off this 
house kynges, to syt vpo Dauids seate : they 
shal be caried in Charettes and ryde vpon 
horses, both they & their seruauntes, ad their 
people. ! But yf ye wil not be obedient vnto 
these commaundementes, I sweare by myne 
owne self (saieth y LORDE) this house shal 
be waist. For thus hath the LORDE spoken 
vpon the kinges house of Iuda : Thou art the 
heade, as Galaad is in Libanus: What wilt 
thou laye of it, yf I make the not so waist (j 
thy cities also) that no man shal dwell there 
in ? I will prepare a destroyer with his wea- 
pes for the, to hew downe thy special Cedre 
trees, and to cast them in the fyre. 

And all the people that go by this cite, 
shall speake one to another: Wherfore hath 
the LORDE done thus vnto this noble cite ? 
Then shall it be answered : because they haue 
broken the couenaunt off the LORDE their 
God/ and haue worshipped and serued strauge 
goddes. Mourne not ouer the deed, and be 
not wo for them, but be sory for him that 
departeth awaye : for he commeth not agayne, 
ad seeth his natyue countre no more. For 
thus saieth the LORDE, 'as touchinge Sellum 
the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda, which 
reygned after his father, and is caried out off 
this place : 

He shal neuer come hither agayne, for he 
shal dye in the place, where vnto he is led 
captyue, and shall se this londe nomore. m Wo 
worth him, that buyldeth his house with vn- 
rightuousnes, ad his perlers with the good, 

Iere. 5. b. 14. b. 23. c. Soph. 1. c. * Esa. I.e. Iere. 

21. d. Zach. 7. b. 8. c. ' Iere. 51. c. Esa. 45. c. 

Heb. 6. b. k Deu. 29. b. 3 Re. 9. b. 4 Re. 23. b. 

' 2 Par. 3. b. n Esa. 5. c. Agg. 1. a. 
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Cijap. xxiih 



that he hath gotten by violence : which neuer 
recompenseth his neghburs laboure, ner payeth 
him his hyre. He thinketh in himself : I wil 
buylde me a wyde house, ad gorgeous perlers : 
He causeth wyndowes to be hewen there in, 
and the sylinges and geastes maketh he off 
Cedre, and paynteth them with Zenober. 
Thinkest thou to reigne, now that thou pro- 
uokest me to wrath with thy Cedre trees ? 

Dyd not thy father eate and drynke, and 
prospere well, as loge as he dealt with equite 
ad rightuousnesse ? Yee when he helped f 
oppressed and poore to their right, then 
prospered he well. 

From whence came this, but only be- 
cause he had me before his eyes ? saieth the 
LORDE. Neuertheles, as for thine eyes and 
thine herte, they loke vpon covetousnesse, to 
shed innocent bloude, to do wronge and 
violence. And therfore, thus saieth the 
LORDE agaynst Ioachim, f sonne of Iosias 
kynge of Iuda : " They shall not mourne for 
him (as they vse to do) alas brother, alas 
syster : Nether shall they saye vnto him : 
Alas syr, alas for that noble prynce. But as 
an Asse shall he be buried, corrupte and be 
cast without the gates of Ierusalem. 

Clymme vp the hill off Libanus (o thou 
doughter Sion) lift vp thy voyce vpon Basan, 
crie from all partes : for all thy louers are 
destroyed. I gaue the warninge, whyle thou 
wast yet I prosperite, But thou saydest : I wil 
not heare. And this maner hast thou vsed 
from thy youth, that thou woldest neuer heare 
my voyce. All thy hyrdmen shalbe dryuen 
with the wynde, and thy derlinges shalbe caried 
awaye in to captiuyte : Then shalt thou be 
brought to shame and confucion, because of 
all thy wickednes : * thou that dwellest vpon 
Libanus, ad makest thy nest in the Cedre 
trees. O how greate shal thy mournynge be, 
when thy sorowes come vpon the, as a woman 
trauelinge with childe? 

As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE.) 
c Though Iechonias the sonne off Ioachim 
kinge off Iuda were the signet off my right 
honde, yet will I plucke him of: And I wil 
geue the in to y power off the that seke to 
slaye the, and in to the power off them that 
thou fearest : in to the power off Nabuchodo- 
nosor the kinge off Babilon, and in to the 



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Iere. 13. d. 30. a. c 4 Reg. 24. b. " Ezec. 34. a. 



power of the Caldees. Morouer, I will sende 
the, and thy mother that bare the, in to a 
straunge londe, where ye were not borne, ad 
there shall ye dye. But as for the londe that 
ye will desyre to returne vnto, ye shall neuer 
come at it agayne. This ma Iechonias shal 
be like an ymage robbed and torne in peces, 
which pleaseth no man, for all his apparell. 
Wherfore both he and his sede shalbe sent 
awaye, and cast out in to a lode, that they 
knowe not. 

O thou earth, earth, earth : heare the worde 
off the LORDE : Wryte this man amonge 
the outlawes, for no prosperite shall this man 
haue all his life longe. Nether shall eny of 
his sede be so happie, as to syt vpon the seate 
of Dauid, and to beare rule in Iuda. 

€l)t rrtfj. Chapter. 

WO be vnto the shepherdes, rf that de- 
stroye, and scatre my flocke, saieth 
the LORDE. Wherfore, this is the co- 
maundemet of the LORDE God of Israel, 
vnto the shepherdes that fede my people : Ye 
scatre ad thrust out my flocke, and loke not 
vpon them. Therfore, now will I vyset the 
wickednes of youre ymaginacions, saieth f 
LORDE : And will gather together the rem- 
naunt of my flocke, from all londes that I had 
dryuen them vnto, and will bringe them 
agayne to their pastures, that they maye 
growe and increace. I will set shepherdes 
also ouer them, which shall fede them. They 
shall no more feare and drede, for there shall 
none off them be lost, saieth the LORDE. 
6 Beholde, the tyme commeth (saieth the 
LORDE) that I wil rayse vp the rightuous 
braunch off Dauid, which shall beare rule, 
^and discusse matters with wyszdome, and 
shall set vp equyte and rightuousnes agayne 
in the earth. 

s In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel 
shal dwell without feare. And this is the 
name that they shall call him: euen the 
LORDE oure rightuous maker.* And ther- 
fore beholde, the tyme commeth (saieth the 
LORDE) that it shall no more be sayde : the 
LORDE lyueth, which brought the children 
off Israel out of the londe of Egipte : But 
the LORDE lyueth, which brought forth, ad 
led the sede of the house off Israel, out off 



/Esa. 11. a. s Deu. 33. a. 
1. d. Iere. 16. c. 



Cfeajp, jnrttj. 



€f)t pvopfytt Smmp* 



So. Mix* 



the north londe, and from all countrees where 
I had scatred them, and they shal dwell in 
their owne londe agayne. 

My herte breaketh in my body because of 
the false prophetes, all my bones shake : I am 
become like a droncken man (that by the 
reason of wyne can take no rest) for very feare 
of the LORDE, and of his holy wordes 
Because the londe is full of aduoterers, where 
thorow it is destroyed and mourneth, " and f 
pleasaunt pastures of the deserte are dryed vp 
Yee the waye that men take, is wicked, 5 
their gouernaunce is nothinge like the holy 
worde of the LORDE. For the prophetes 
and the prestes them selues are poluted 
Ypocrytes, ad their wickednes haue I founde 
in my house, saieth the LORDE. Wherfore, 
their waye shall be slippery in the darcknesse, 
wherein they maye stacker and fall. For I 
will bringe a plage vpon them, euen the yeare 
of their visitacion, saieth the LORDE. I 
haue sene foly amonge the prophetes of 
Samaria, y they preched for Baal, ad dis- 
ceaued my people off Israel. I haue sene 
also amonge the Prophetes off Ierusalem foule 
aduoutery, and presumptuous lies. They take 
the most shamefull men by the hode, flatringe 
them, so that they ca not returne from their 
wickednes. All these with their citesyns are 
vnto me, as Sodom, and as the inhabitours off 
Gomorre. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes concernynge the prophetes: 'Beholde, 
I wil fede them with wormwod, j make them 
dryncke the water of gall. For fro the pro- 
phetes of Ierusalem is the sicknes of Ypocrisie 
come in to all the londe. 

And therfore the LORDE of hoostes geueth 
you this warnynge : c Heare not the wordes of 
the prophetes, that preach vnto you, and dis 
ceaue you : for they speake the meanynge of 
their owne herte, and not out of the mouth of 
the LORDE. rf They saye vnto them, that 
despyse me : The LORDE hath spoken it : 
Tush, ye shal prospere right well. And vnto 
all them, that walke after the lust of their 
owne herte, they saye : Tush, there shall no 
myszfortune happen you. For who hath sytten 
in the councell of the LORDE, that he hath 
herde and vnderstonde, what he is aboute to 



" Iere. 14. a. b Iere. 9. b. c lere. 27. b. and 28. b. 
Iere. 12. a. Soph. I.e. Iere. 5. b. and 14. b. Deut. 29. c. 
Iere. 30. d. / Iere. 30. d. e Iere. 14. b. * Psal. 138. a. 



do? e Who hath marcked his deuyce, and 
herde it ? Beholde, the stormy wether of the 
LORDE (that is, his indignacion) shal go 
forth, and shal fall downe vpon the heade of 
the vngodly. And the wrath of the LORDE 
shal not turne agayne, vntill he perfourme, 
and fulfyll the thoughte of his herte. 7 And in 
the latter dayes ye shall knowe his meanynge. 

I haue not sent these prophetes, (saieth the 
LORDE) and yet they ranne. I haue not 
spoken to them, and yet they preached. e But 
yf they had continued in my councell and 
herde my wordes: they had turned my people 
from their euell wayes and wicked ymagina- 
cions. ''Am I the God that seeth but the 
thinge, which is nye at honde, and not that is 
farre of? saieth the LORDE. Maye eny 
man hyde him self so, that I shal not se him? 
saieth the LORDE. 'Do not I fulfill heauen 
and earth? saieth the LORDE. I haue 
herde well ynough, what the prophetes saye, 
that preach lyes in my name, sayege : I haue 
dreamed, I haue dreamed. How longe wil 
this cotynue in the prophetes hertes, to tel 
lyes, and to preach the craftie sotylte of their 
owne herte? Whose purpose is, (with the 
dreames that euery one tell) to make my 
people forget my name, as their fore fathers 
dyd, whe Baal came vp. The prophet that 
hath a dreame, let him tell it : and he that 
vnderstondeth my worde,* let him shewe it 
faithfully. 

For what hath chaffe and wheat to do 
together? saieth the LORDE. Is not my 
worde like a fyre, (saieth the LORDE) and 
like an hammer, that breaketh the harde 
stone? Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: 
beholde, I wil vpo the prophetes, that steale 
my worde priuely from euery man. Beholde, 
here am I (saieth the LORDE) agaynst the 
prophetes, that take vpon their tunges to 
speake: The LORDE hath sayde it. Be- 
holde, here am I (saieth y LORDE) agaynst 
those prophetes, that darre prophecy lies, and 
disceaue my people with their vanities and 
miracles, whom I neuer sent, ner commaunded 
them. They shal do this people greate harme, 
saieth the LORDE. 

Yf this people, ether eny prophete or prest 
axe the, and saye : what is the burthen of the 



Ezecb. 8. b. ' Psal. 138. a. Amos 9. a. Esa. 66. a 

Act. 7. f. and 17. d. * 1 Pet. 4. b. 1 Cor. 4. a. 



\ffa. Mf* 



Wi)t propftet Btrtmy* 



Cfjap* jcjrtiij. 



LORDE ? Thou shalt saye vnto them : 
What? burthen? Therfore will I cast you 
fro me (saieth the LORDE) because ye youre 
selues are a burthen. And the prophet, prest 
or people that vseth this terme (the burthen 
of the LORDE) him will I viset, and his 
house also. 

But thus shall ye saye, euery one to another: 
What answere hath the LORDE geuen ? or, 
what is the LORDE S commaundement ? 
And as for the burthen of the LORDE, ye 
shal speake nomore of it: for euery mans 
owne worde is his burthen, because ye haue 
altered the wordes of the lyuynge God the 
LORDE of hoostes oure God. 

Thus shall euery man saye to the prophetes : 
what answere hath the LORDE geuen the ? 
Or, what saieth the LORDE? And not 
once to name the burthen of the LORDE. 
Therfore thus saieth the LORDE : For so 
moch as ye haue vsed this terme (the burthen 
of the LORDE) where as I notwithstondinge 
sent vnto you, and forbade you to speake of 
the LORDES burthen : 

Beholde therfore, I will repute you as a 
burthen, and will cast you out of my presence : 
yee and the cite also, that I gaue you and 
youre fathers : and will bringe you to an euer- 
lastinge confucion, and in to soch a shame, as 
shal neuer be forgotten. 

Che rrtttj. Chapter. 

THE LORDE shewed me a visio : Be- 
holde, there stode two maundes of figes 
before f Teple of the LORDE, "after y Na- 
buchodonosor kynge of Babilo had led awaye 
captyue Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim kinge 
of Iuda, the mightie men also of Iuda, with 
the workemasters and conynge men of Jeru- 
salem, vnto Babilon. In the one maunde 
were very good fyges, euen like as those that 
be first ripe. In the other maunde were very 
naughtie figes,* which might not be eaten, they 
were so euell. 

Then sayde the LORDE vnto me : what 
seist thou Ieremy ? I sayde : fyges, where of 
some be very good, and some so euel, that no 
man maye eate them. 

Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto 
me, after this maner: Thus saieth y LORDE 
the God of Israel : like as thou knowest the 



4 Reg. 24. d. 
31.f.30.d.32.e. 



b Ose. 9. 
Iere. 29. c 



c Deu. 29. a. Iere. 
Psal. 78. a. Baru. 3. a. 



good fyges, so shal I knowe the men led awaye, 
whom I haue sent out of this place in to the 
londe of the Caldees, for their profite : and I 
will set myne eyes vpon them for the best, for 
I will bringe them agayne in to this londe : I 
will buylde them vp, and not breake them 
downe : I will plante them, and not rote them 
out. c And I will geue them an herte, to 
knowe, how that I am the LORDE. They 
shalbe my people, and I wilbe their God, for 
they shal returne vnto me with their whole 
herte. 

rf And like as thou knowest the naughtie 
fyges, which maye not be eate, they are so 
euel : Euen so wil I (saieth the LORDE) let 
Sedechias the kinge of Iuda, (ye and all his 
prynces, j the residue of Ierusalem that re- 
mayne ouer in this londe, (j them also that 
dwell in Egipte) to be vexed 5 plaged in all 
kingdomes 5, londes. And will make them to 
be a reprofe, e a comon by worde, a laughinge 
stocke j shame, in all the places, where I shal 
scatre them. I will sende the swearde, honger 
& pestilence amonge them, vntill I haue clene 
consumed them out of the londe, that I gaue 
vnto them 5 their fathers. 

Che rri>. Chapter. 

ASERMONE that was geuen vnto Ie- 
remy, vpon all the people of Iuda : In 
the fourth yeare of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias 
kinge of Iuda, that was, in the first yeare of 
Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon. Which 
sermone, Ieremy the prophet made vnto all 
the people of Iuda, (j to all y Inhabitours of 
Ierusale, on this maner : 

From the xiij yeare of Iosias the sonne of 
Amon kinge of Iuda, vnto this present daye, 
(that is euen xxiij yeare) the worde of the 
LORDE hath bene committed vnto me. 
'And so I haue spoke to you, I haue rysen vp 
early, I haue geue you warnynge in season, 
but ye wolde not heare me. Though the 
LORDE hath sent his seruauntes, ^all the 
prophetes vnto you in season : Yet wolde ye 
not obeye, ye wolde not encline youre eares 
to heare. 

He sayde : turne agayne euery man from 
his euell waye, '% from youre wicked ymagi- 
nacions, g so shal ye dwell for euer in the 
londe, that the LORDE promised you 5 youre 

/Iere. 29. c. 44. a. 35. c. e 2 Par. 36. c. MRe. 17. c. 



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OR)t propftet Sferemp* 



So. Mvu 



fore fathers : And go not after straunge goddes, 
serue them not, worshipe them not, & angre 
me not with the workes of youre hodes : then 
will not I punysh you. Neuertheles, ye wolde 
not heare me (saieth the LORDE) but haue 
defied me with the workes of youre hodes, to 
youre owne greate harme. 

Wherfore, thus saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes : Because ye haue not herkened vnto 
my worde, lo, I will sende out, (j call for all 
the people, y dwell in the north" (saieth the 
LORDE) a wil prepayre Nabuchodonosor 
the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt, *and wil 
bringe them vpon this londe, and vpon all y 
dwell therein, j vpon all the people that are 
aboute them, and will vterly rote them out. 
I will make of them a wildernesse, a mockage, 
and a continuall deserte. 

Morouer, I will take from them the voyce 
of gladnesse and solace, c the voyce of the 
brydegrome j the bryde, the voyce of the 
anoynted, with the creszshettes : & this whole 
londe shal become a wildernes, j they shall 
serue the sayde people and the kinge of Ba- 
bilon, thre score yeares and ten. rf When the 
Ixx yeares are expyred, I wil viset also the 
wickednesse of the kinge of Babylon (j his 
people, saieth the LORDE : yee & the londe 
of the Caldees, d wil make it a perpetuall 
wildernes, j wil fulfil all my wordes vpon that 
londe, which I haue deuysed agaynst it : yee 
all that is written in this boke, which Ieremy 
hath prophecied of all people : so that they 
also shal be subdued vnto dyuerse nacions & 
greate kynges, for I wil recompense them, 
acordinge to their dedes & workes of their 
owne hondes. 

For thus hath the LORDE God of Israel 
spoken vnto me : f Take this wyne cuppe of 
indignacion fro my honde, that thou mayest 
cause all the people (to whom I sende the) for 
to drinke of it : that when they haue dronke 
thereof, they maye be madd, (j out of their 
wyttes, when the swearde commeth, that I 
wil sende amoge them. Then toke I the 
cuppe from the LORDES honde, & made all 
the people drynke there of, vnto whom the 
LORDE had sent me. 

But first the cite of Ierusalem, j all the 
cities of Iuda, their kinges (t, prynces: to make 



"Iere. l.b. b Esa. 10. a. Iere. 17. a. c Iere. 7. d. 
and 16. b. d Iere. 29. b. lEs.l.a. Iere. 5. e. 2Par.36.d. 
Dan. 9. a. Zach. 1. b. ' lob 34. b. / Esa. 51. d. 



the desolate, waist, despysed (j cursed, acord 
inge as it is come to passe this daye. Yee c 
Pharao y kinge of Egipte, his seruauntes, his 
prynces j his people altogether one with 
another and all kinges of the londe of Hus, 
all kinges of the Philistynes londe, Ascalon 
Gaza, Accaron & the remnaunt of Aszdod, the 
Edomites, the Moabites j the Ammonites 
all the kinges of Tirus (j Sidon : the kinges 
of the lies, that are beyonde the see : Dedan, 
Thema, Buz& the shauen Ismaelites :s all the 
kinges of Araby, a (generally) all the kinges 
that dwell in the deserte : all the kinges of 
Simri, all the kinges of Elam, all y kinges of 
the Meedes, all kinges towarde the north 
(whether they be farre or nye) euery one with 
his neghbours : Yee and all the kingdomes 
that are vpon the whole earth. The kinge of 
Sesach (sayde he) shal drinke with them also 

And saye thou vnto them : this is the com 
maundement of the LORDE of hoostes the 
God of Israel: drinke and be droncken, spewe, 
and fall, that ye neuer ryse : and that thorow 
the swearde, which I wil sende amonge you 
But yf they will not receaue the cuppe of thy 
honde, and drinke it, then tell them: Thus 
doth the LORDE of hoostes threaten you 
drynke it ye shal, and that shortly. For 
I begynne to plage the cite, that my name 
is geuen vnto: thynke ye then, that I will 
leaue you vnpunyshed ? Ye shall not go quyte 
For why, I call for a swearde vpo all the in 
habitours of the earth, saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes. 

Therfore tell them all these wordes, and 
saye vnto them : • The LORDE shal crie 
from aboue, and let his voyce be herde from 
his holy habitacion. With a greate noyse shall 
he crie from his courte regall. He shal geue 
a greate voyce (like the grape gatherers) and 
the sounde thereof shalbe herde vnto the 
endes of the worlde. For the LORDE hath 
a iudgment to geue vpon all people, and will 
holde his courte of iustice with all flesh and 
punyshe the vngodly, saieth the LORDE. 

"For thus sayeth y LORDE of hoostes: 
Beholde, a miserable plage shall go from one 
people to another, and a greate stormy water 
shal arise from all the endes of the earth. 
And the same daye shall the LORDE him- 



Psal. 74. 
1 Pet. 4. 



e Iere. 9. d. 
* Ioel 3. c. 



Eze. 9. b. 
Iere. 30. d. 



fo. Mvih 



Cfoe prophet §mmp* 



Cfoap, wbu 



self slaye them, from one ende of the earth to 
another. There shall no mone be made for 
eny of them, none gathered vp, none buried : 
but shall lie as dunge vpon the grounde. 

Mourne (o ye shepherdes) 5 crie: sprinckle 
youre selues with aszshes, o ye rammes of the 
flocke : for the tyme of youre slaughter is ful- 
filled, and ye shal fall like vessels connyngly 
made for pleasure. 

a The shepherdes shall haue no waye to fie, 
and the rammes of the flocke shall not escape. 
Then shal the shepherdes crie horribly, and 
the rammes of the flocke shal mourne : for 
the LORDE shal consume their pasture, and 
their best feldes shal lie deed because of the 
horrible wrath of the LORDE. They shall 
forsake their foldes like as a lyon : For their 
londes shalbe waist, because of the wrath of 
the destroyer, and because of his fearfull in- 
dignation. 

Cfje rrbt. Chapter. 

IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim 
the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda, came 
this worde from the LORDE, sayenge : Thus 
saieth the LORDE : * Stonde in the courte 
of the LORDES house, and speake vnto all 
them which (out of the cities of Iuda) come 
to do worshippe in the LORDES house, all 
the wordes y I commaunde the to saye. Loke 
that thou kepe not one worde backe, yf (pera- 
uenture) c they will herke, and turne euery 
man from his wicked waye: that I maye also 
repente of the plage, which I haue determed 
to brynge vpon them, because of their wicked 
inventions. 

And after this maner shalt thou speake 
vnto them : Thus saieth the LORDE : yf ye 
will not obeye me, to walke in my lawes, 
which I haue geuen you, and to heare the 
wordes of my seruauntes the prophetes, whom 
I sent vnto you, rysynge vp tymely, and still 
sendinge : Yf ye will not folowe the (I saye) 
then will I do to this house, as I dyd vnto 
Silo, and will make this cite to be abhorred of 
all the people of the earth. d And the presfc 
the prophetes and all the people herde Ieremy 
preach these wordes, in the house of the 
LORDE. 

Now when he had spoken out all the wordes, 
that the LORDE commaunded him to preach 



" Psal. 141. 
: Iere. 7. a. 



b Iere. 7. a. 17. d. " Deut. 4. a. 12. 
'4 Re. 15. g. Iere. 36. b. / Ioh. 19. 



vnto all the people, then the prestes, the pro- 
phetes and all the people toke holde vpon 
him, and sayde : thou shalt dye. How darrest 
thou be so bolde, as to saye in the name of 
the LORDE : it shal happen to this house as 
it dyd vnto Silo? and this cite shalbe so 
waist, that no man shal dwell there in ? 

And when all the people were gathered 
aboute Ieremy in the house of the LORDE, 
the prynces of* Iuda herde of this rumoure, (j 
they came soone out of the kinges Palace in 
to the house of the LORDE, and sat them 
downe before the new dore of the LORDE. 
e Then spake the prestes and the prophetes 
vnto the rulers 5 to all the people, these 
wordes : f This man is worthy to dye, for he 
hath preached agaynst this cite, as ye youre 
selues haue herde with youre eares. 

Then sayde Ieremy vnto the rulers and to 
all the people : The LORDE hath sente me 
to preach agaynst this house 5 agaynst this 
cite all the wordes that ye haue herde. g Ther- 
fore amende youre wayes, and youre advyse- 
mentes, and be obedient vnto the voyce of 
the LORDE youre God: so shal the LORDE 
repet of the plage, y he had deuysed agaynst 
you. Now as for me : I am in youre hondes 
do with me, as ye thinke expediet and good 
But this shall ye knowe : yf ye put me to 
death, ye shal make youre selues, this cite 5 
all the inhabitours there of, A giltie of innocent 
bloude. For this is of a treuth: that the 
LORDE hath sente me vnto you, to speake 
all these wordes in youre eares. 

Then sayde the rulers and the people vnto 
the prestes and prophetes : This man maye 
not be condemned to death, for he hath 
preached vnto vs in the name of the LORDE 
oure God. The Elders also of the londe stode 
vp, % sayde thus vnto all the people : '' Micheas 
the Morascite, which was a prophet vnder 
Ezechias kinge of Iuda, spake to all the peo 
pie of Iuda : Thus saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes : k Sion shalbe plowed like a felde, 
Ierusale shalbe an heape of stones, g the hill 
of the LORDES house shalbe turned to an 
hie wod. Dyd Ezechias f kinge of Iuda 
the people of Iuda put him to deeth for this 
No verely, but rather feared y LORDE, 5 
made their praier vnto him. For the which 
cause also f LORDE repented of the plage, 

e Iere. 7. a. h Mat. 23. e * Mich. 1. a. * Mich. 3. c 



Cfjap, flrfrij. 



Wbt propftft 3mmy. 



tfo. Mviij. 



y he had deuysed agaynst them. Shulde we 
then do soch a shamefull dede agaynst oure 
soules? There was a prophet also, that 
preached stiffly in the name of the LORDE, 
called Vrias the sonne of Semeia of Cariathi- 
arim : this ma preached also agaynst this cite 
(j agaynst this l5de, acordinge to all as Ieremy 
saieth. " Now when Ioachim the kinge with 
all the estates j prynces had herde his wordes, 
the kinge went aboute to slaye him. b When 
Vrias perceaued that, he was afrayed, (j fled, 
5 departed in to Egipte. 

Then Ioachim the kinge sent seruauntes 
in to the lode of Egipte, Namely: Elnatha 
the sonne of Achbor, 5 certayne men with 
him in to Egipte, which fetched Vrias out of 
Egipte, (j brought him vnto kinge Ioachim 
that slewe him with the swearde, 5 cast his 
deed body in to y com5 peoples graue. But 
Ahicam the sonne of Saphan helped Ieremy, 
that he came not in to the hondes of the 
people to be slavne. 

Cfte rrbtj. Chapter. 

IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim 
the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda, came 
this worde vnto Ieremy from the LORDE, 
which spake thus vnto me : Make the bondes 
(j chaynes, and put them aboute thy neck, j 
sende the to the kinge of Edom, the kinge of 
Moab, the kinge of Amon, the kinge of Tirus, 
(j to the kinge of Sidon : j that by the mes- 
saungers, which shal come to Ierusalem vnto 
Sedechias the kinge of Iuda, and byd them 
saye vnto their masters: Thus saieth the 
LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel, speake 
thus vnto youre masters : c I am he that made 
the earth, the men 5 y catell that are vpon 
the grounde, with my greate power 5 out- 
stretched arme, % haue geuen it vnto whom it 
pleased me. d And now will I delyuer all 
these londes in to the power of Nabuchodo- 
nosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt. The 
beestes also of the felde shal I geue him to do 
him seruyce. And all people shal serue him, 
5 his sonne, and his childes children, vntil the 
tyme of the same lode be come also: Yee 
many people % greate kinges shal serue him. 

Morouer, that people 5 kingdome which wil 
not serue Nabuchodonosor, and that wil not 
put their neckes vnder y yock of the kinge of 

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Babilon: the same people will I viset with 
swearde, with honger, with pestilence, vntill I 
haue consumed them in his hondes, saieth the 
LORDE. e And therfore, folowe not youre 
prophetes, soythsayers, expounders of dreames, 
charmers % witches, which saye vnto you : ye 
shal not serue the kinge of Babilon. For 
they preach you lies, to bringe you farre from 
youre londe, & that I might cast you out, a 
destroye you. But the people that put their 
neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babi- 
lon, a serue him, those I wil let remayne still 
in their owne ldde (saieth the LORDE) j 
they shal occupie it, g dwell there in. 

•^All these thinges tolde I Sedechias the 
kinge of Iuda, and sayde : Put youre neckes 
vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon, and 
serue him j his people, that ye maye lyue. 
Why wilt thou and thy people perish with the 
swearde, with honger, with pestilence : like as 
the LORDE hath deuysed for all people, that 
wil not serue the kinge of Babilon ? Therfore 
geue no eare vnto those prophetes (that tell 
you: Ye shall not serue the kinge of Babilon) 
for they preach you lies, g nether haue I sent 
them, saieth the LORDE: how be it they are 
bolde, falsely for to prophecie in my name : 
that I might y sooner dryue you out, & that ye 
might perish with youre preachers. 

I spake to the prestes also and to all the 
people : Thus saieth the LORDE : h Heare 
not the wordes of those prophetes, that preach 
vnto you, & saye : Beholde, the vessels of the 
LORDE S house shall shortly be brought 
hither agayne from Babilon: For they pro- 
phecie lies vnto you. Heare them not, but 
serue the kinge of Babilon, y ye maye lyue. 
Wherfore will ye make this cite to be de- 
stroyed? But yf they be true prophetes in 
very dede, and yf the worde of the LORDE 
be commytted vnto them, then let them praye 
the LORDE of hoostes, that the remnaunt 
of the ornamentes (which are in the house of 
the LORDE, and remayne yet in the house 
of the kinge of Iuda and at Ierusalem) be 
not caried to Babilon also. For thus hath the 
LORDE of hoostes spoken concernynge the 
pylers, the lauer, the seate and the residue of 
the ornamentes that yet remayne in this citie, 
which Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon 
toke not, when he caried awaye Iechonias 



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a the sonne of Ioachim kinge of Iuda, with all 
the power of Iuda and Ierusalem, from Ieru 
salem vnto Babilon, captyue. 

Yee thus hath the LORDE of hoostes the 
God of Israel spoken, as touchinge the residue 
of the ornamentes of the LORDES house, of 
the kinge of Iudaes house, and of Ierusalem 
* They shalbe caried vnto Babilon, and there 
they shall remayne, vntil I vyset them, saieth 
the LO RDE. Then wil I bringe them hither 
agayne. 'And this was done in the same 
yeare : eue in the begynnynge of the reigne 
of Sedechias kinge of Iuda. 

Che vrbu'j. Chapter. 

BUT in the fourth yeare of the reigne of 
Sedechias kinge of Iuda, in the fifth 
Moneth, It happened, that Hananias y sonne 
of Assur the prophet of Gabaon, spake to me 
in the house of the LORDE, in the presence 
of the prestes 5 of all the people, j sayde 
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God 
of Israel : I haue broke the yock of the kinge 
of Babilon, and after two yeare will d I bringe 
agayne in to this place, all the ornamentes 
of the LORDES house, y Nabuchodonosor 
kinge of Babilon caried awaye from this place 
vnto Babilon. Yee I will bringe agayne 
Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim the kinge of 
Iuda himself, with all the presoners of Iuda, 
(y are caried vnto Babilon,) eue in to this 
place, saieth f LORDE, for I wil breake f 
yock of the kinge of Babilo. 

Then the prophet Ieremy gaue answere 
vnto that prophet Hananias, before the prestes 
CJ before all the people that were present in 
the house of the LORDE. And the prophet 
Ieremy sayde : e Amen, the LORDE do that, 
& graunte the thinge, which thou hast prophe- 
cied: that he maye bringe agayne all the 
ornamentes of the LORDES house, a restore 
all the presoners from Babilon in to this place. 
Neuertheles, herken thou also, what I will 
saye, that thou & all the people maye heare : 
The prophetes that were before vs in tymes 
;, which prophecied of warre, or trouble, 
or pestilence, ether of peace, vpon many na- 
cions & greate kingdomes, were proued by 
this (yf God had sende them in very dede) 
when the thinge came to passe, which that 
prophet tolde before. 



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■^And Hananias the prophet toke the chayne 
from the prophet Ieremias neck, j brake it : 
(j with that sayde Hananias, that all the people 
might heare : Thus hath the LORDE spoken : 
Euen so will I breake the yock of Nabuchodo- 
nosor kinge of Babilo, from the neck of all 
nacions, yee 5 that within this two yeare. 
And so the prophet Ieremy wente his waye, 
After now that Hananias the prophet had 
taken the chayne from the prophet Ieremies 
neck, and broken it: The worde of the 
LORDE came vnto the prophet Ieremy 
sayenge : Go, and tell Hananias these wordes : 
Thus saieth the LORDE: Thou hast broken 
the chayne of wodd, but in steade of wodd, 
thou shalt make chaynes of yron. For thus 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of 
Israel : I wil put a yock of yron vpon the 
neck of all this people, that they maye serue 
Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon, yee & 
so shal they do. And I wil geue him y beestes 
in the felde. £ Then sayde the prophet Ieremy 
vnto y prophet Hananias : Heare me (Ipraye 
the) Hananias : The LORDE hath not sent 
the, but thou bringest this people in to a false 
beleue. And therfore thus saieth y LORDE 
beholde, I wil sende the out of the lode, 5 
within a yeare thou shalt die, because thou 
hast falsely spoke agaynst the LORDE. So 
Hananias the prophet died the same yeare in 
the seuenth Moneth. 

Che rrtr. Chapter. 

THIS is the Copie of the lettre, y Ieremy 
the prophet sent from Ierusalem vnto 
the presoners : the Senatours, prestes, pro- 
phetes, cj all the people, whom Nabuchodo- 
nosor had led vnto Babilo : after y tyme y 
kinge Iechonias & his Quene, his chambre- 
r nes, the prynces of Ictda (j Ierusale j the 
workmasters of Ierusale were departed thither. 
Which lettre, Elasa y sonne of Sapha jGa- 
maria y sonne of Helchia dyd beare, who 
Sedechias the kinge of Iuda sent vnto Babilo 
to Nabuchodonosor y kinge of Babilo : these 
were y wordes of Ieremias lettre : Thus hath 
f LORDE of hoostes y God of Israel spoke, 
vnto all the presoners, y were led fro Ierusale 
vnto Babilo : * Buylde you houses to dwell 
therein : plate you gardes, y ye maye enioye 
the frutes thereof : ' take you wyues, to beare 

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you sonnes and doughters: prouyde wyues 
for youre sonnes, g huszbondes for youre 
doughters : that they maye get sonnes g 
doughters, and that ye maye raultiplie there. 
Laboure not to be fewe, but seke after peace 
g prosperite of the cite, where in ye be pre- 
soners, g praye vnto God for it. a For in the 
peace there of, shal youre peace be. 

*For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes 
the God of Israel : Let not those prophetes 
and soythsaiers y be amonge you, disceaue 
you: g beleue not youre owne dreames. c For 
why, they preach you lies in my name, g I 
haue not sent them, saieth the LORDE. 
But thus saieth the LORDE : When ye haue 
fulfilled lxx yeares at Babilon/ I wil bringe 
you home, and of myne owne goodnes I will 
carie you hither agayne vnto this place. For 
I knowe, what I haue deuysed for you, saieth 
the LORDE. My thoughtes are to geue 
you peace, g not trouble (which I geue you 
all redie) g that ye might haue hope agayne. 
e Ye shall crie vnto me, ye shal go g call vpo 
me, g I shal heare you. -^Ye shal seke me, g 
fynde me : Yee, yf so be that ye seke me 
with youre whole herte, I will be founde of 
you (saieth the LORDE) and will delyuer 
you out of preson, g gather you together 
agayne out of all places, where in I haue 
scatred you, saieth the LORDE: and wil 
bringe you agayne to the same place, from 
whence I caused you be caried awaye captyue. 

But where as ye saye, that God hath raysed 
you vp prophetes at Babilon : Thus hath the 
LORDE spoken (concernynge the kinge that 
sytteth in the stole of Dauid, and all y people 
that dwell in this cite, s youre brethren that 
are not gone with you in to captiuyte.) Thus 
(I saye) speaketh the LORDE of hoostes : 
Beholde, I wil sende a swearde, honger g 
pestilence vpon them/' and wil make them 
like vntymely fyges, that maye not be eate 
for bytternes. And I wil persecute them 
with the swearde, with honger g death. 

I will delyuer them vp to be vexed of all 
kingdomes, to be cursed, abhorred, laughed 
to scorne, g put to confucion of all the people, 
amonge whom I haue scatred them : g that 
because they haue not bene obedient vnto 
my commaundementes, (saieth the LORDE) 



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which I sent vnto them by my seruauntes the 
prophetes. ' I stode vp early, and sent vnto 
them, but they wolde not heare, saieth the 
LORDE. Heare therfore the worde of the 
LORDE, all ye presoners, whom I sent 
from Ierusale vnto Babilon : Thus hath the 
LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel spoken, 
of Achab f sonne of Colaias, g of Sedechias 
the sonne of Maasia, which prophecie lies 
vnto you in my name : Beholde, I wil delyuer 
them in to the honde of Nabuchodonosor the 
kinge of Babilon, that he maye slaye them 
before youre eyes. And all y presoners of 
Iuda that are in Babilon, shal take vpo them 
this terme of cursinge, and saye : Now God 
do vnto the, as he dyd vnto Sedechias g 
Achab, whom the kinge of Babilon rosted in 
the fyre, because they synned shamefully in 
Israel. 

For they haue not onely defiled their negh- 
bours wyues, but also preached lyenge wordes 
in my name, which I haue not commaunded 
them. This I testifie, g assure, saieth the 
LORDE. But as for Semeia the Nehe- 
lamite, thou shalt speake vnto him : Thus 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of 
Israel : Because thou hast sealed lettres vnder 
thy name, vnto all the people that is at Ieru- 
salem, g to Sophonias the sonne of Maasia 
the prest, yee and sent them to all the prestes : 
where in thou wrytest thus vnto him : The 
LORDE hath ordened the to be prest in 
steade of Ioiada the prest, that thou *shuldest 
be the chefe in the house of the LORDE 
aboue all prophetes, g preachers, g that thou 
mightest put them in preson, or in y stockes. 
How happeneth it then, that thou hast not 
reproued Ieremy of Anathot, which neuer 
leaueth of his prophecienge. And beside all 
this, he hath sent vs worde vnto Babilon, and 
tolde vs planely, that oure captiuyte ,shal longe 
endure : that we shulde buylde vs houses to 
dwell therin, g to plante vs gardens, that we 
might enioye the frutes therof. Which lettre 
Sophonias the prest dyd rede, and let Ieremy 
the prophet heare it. 

Then came the worde of the LORDE 
vnto Ieremy, sayenge: Sende worde to all 
them that be in captiuyte, on this maner : 
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Semeia y Nehelamite : Because that Semeia 
hath prophecied vnto you without my com- 
myssion, j brought you in to a false hope, 
therfore thus the LORDE doth certifie you: 
Beholde, I wil vyset Semeia the Nehelamite, 
j his sede : so that none of his shall remayne 
amonge this people, (j none of them shall se 
the good, y I will do for this people, saieth 
the LORDE. For he hath preached falsely 
of the LORDE. 

C|)e rrr. Cijapter. 

THESE are the wordes, that the LORDE 
shewed vnto Ieremy, saienge : Thus 
saieth the LORDE God of Israel : a Wryte vp 
diligently all the wordes, that I haue spoken 
vnto the, in a boke. For lo, the tyme com- 
meth (saieth the LORDE) that I will bringe 
agayne the presoners of my people of Israel 
and Iuda, saieth the LORDE: For I will 
restore them vnto the londe, that I gaue to 
their fathers, and they shall haue it in pos- 
session. 

Agayne, these wordes spake the LORDE, 
cocernynge Israel and Iuda : Thus saieth the 
LORDE : We heare a terrible crie, feare and 
disquietnesse. For what els doth this signifie, 
that I se? Namely, that all stronge men 
smyte, euery man his honde vpon his loynes, 
as a woman in the payne of hir trauayle. Who 
euer sawe a man trauayle withchilde?* En- 
quere therafter, 5 se. Yee all their faces are 
maruelous pale. 

Alas for this daye, which is so dredefull, 
that none maye be lickened vnto it : and alas 
for the tyme of Iacobs trouble, from the which 
he shall yet be delyuered. For in that daye, 
saieth the LORDE, I will take his yock from 
of thy neck, 5 breake thy bondes. They shall 
nomore serue straunge goddes vnder him, but 
they shall do seruyce vnto God their LORDE, 
and to Dauid their kinge, c whom I will rayse 
vp vnto them. And as for the, o my seruaunt 
Iacob, feare not (saieth y LORDE) and be 
not afrayed, o Israel. For lo, d l will helpe 
the also from farre, & thy sede from the londe 
of their captiuyte. 

And Iacob shall turne agayne, he shalbe in 
rest, and haue a prosperous life, and no man 
shall make him afrayed. For I am with the, 
to helpe the, saieth the LORDE. And 



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though I shal destroye all the people, amonge 
whom I haue scatred the, yet will I not 
destroye the, but correcke the, and that with 
discrecion. e For I knowe, that thou art in no 
wise without faute. Therfore thus saieth y 
LORDE : I am sory for thy hurte and 
woundes. There is no man to medle with 
thy cause, or to bynde vp thy woundes : there 
maye no man helpe the. 

All thy louers haue forgotten the, and care 
nothinge for the. For I haue geuen the a 
cruell stroke, and chastened the roughly: and 
that for the multitude of thy myszdedes/ for 
thy synnes haue had the ouer hande. Why 
makest thou mone for thy harme ? I my self 
haue pite of thy sorowe, but for the multitude 
of thy myszdedes and synnes, I haue done 
this vnto the. 

s And therfore all they that deuoure the, 
shalbe deuoured, and all thine enemies shal 
be led in to captiuyte. All they that make 
the waist, shalbe waisted them selues : and all 
those that robbe the, will I make also to be 
robbed. For I will geue the thy health 
agayne, and make thy woundes whole, saieth 
the LORDE: because they reuyled the, as 
one cast awaye and despised, o Sion. 

h For thus saieth the LORDE : Beholde, I 
will set vp Iacobs tentes agayne, and defende 
his dwellinge place. The cite shalbe buylded 
in hir olde estate, and the houses shal haue 
their right foundacion. And out of them shall 
go thankesgeuynge, and the voyce of ioye. 

I will multiplie them, and they shall not 
mynishe : I shall endue them with honoure, 
and no man shall subdue them. Their chil- 
dren shalbe as afore tyme, and their congre- 
gacion shal cotinue in my sight. And all 
those that vexe them, will I viset. 

A captayne also shall come of them,' and a 
prynce shall springe out from the myddest of 
them : him will I chalenge to myself, and he 
shall come vnto me. * For what is he, that 
geueth ouer his herte, to come vnto me ? 
saieth the LORDE. l Ye shalbe my people 
also, and I wilbe youre God. Beholde, on 
the other syde shall the wrath of the LORDE 
breake out as a stormy water, as a mightie 
whyrle wynde : and shal fall vpo the heades 
of the vngodly. 

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shall not leaue of, vntill he haue done, 5 per- 
fourmed the intent of his herte," which in the 
latter dayes ye shal vnderstonde. At the same 
tyme (saieth the LORDE) shal I be the God 
of all the generacions of Israel, & they shalbe 
my people. 

€i)e rrri. Cfiapter. 

THUS saieth the LORDE : The people 
of Israel which escaped in f wildernes 
from the swearde, *founde grace to come into 
their rest. Euen so shal the LORDE now 
also apeare vnto me from farre, and saye : I 
loue the with an euerlastinge loue, therfore 
do I sprede my mercy before the. C I will 
repayre the agayne (o thou doughter of Israel) 
that thou mayest be fast and sure. Thou 
shalt take thy tabrettes agayne, 5 go forth 
with them, that lede the daunce. 

Thou shalt plante vynes agayne vpon y 
hilles of Samaria, and the grape gatherers 
shall plante, and synge. 

And when it is tyme, the watchmen vpon 
the mount of Ephraim shall crie : d Arise, let 
vs go vp vnto Sion to oure LORDE God, 
for thus saieth the LORDE: Reioyce with 
gladnes because of Iacob, crie vnto the heade 
of the Gentiles : speake out, synge, and saye : 
The LORDE shall delyuer his people, the 
remnaunt of Israel, g make them whole. Be- 
holde, I will bringe them agayne from out of 
the north lode, and gather them from the 
endes of the worlde, with the blynde and lame 
that are amonge them, with the women that 
be greate with childe, and soch as be also 
delyuered: and the company of them that 
come agayne, shal be greate. 

They departed from hence in heuynes, but 
with ioye will I bringe them hither agayne. 
I will lede them by the ryuers of water in a 
straight waye, where they shall not stomble : 
For I will be Israels father, and Epraim shalbe 
my firstborne/ 

Heare the worde of the LORDE (0 ye 
Gentiles) preach in the lies, that lie farre of, 
and saye : he that hath scatred Israel, shall 
gather him together agayne, and shall kepe 
him as a shepherde doth his flocke. For the 
LORDE shall redeme Iacob, and ryd him 
from the honde of the violent. And they 
shal come, 5 reioyce vpon the hill of Sion, u 



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shall haue plenteousnes of goodes, which the 
LORDE shall geue them : Namely, wheate, 
wyne, oyle, yonge shepe and calues. And 
their conscience shalbe as a well watred garden, 
for they shall nomore be hongrie. 

Then shal the mayde reioyce in the daunce, 
yee both yonge and olde folkes. For I will 
turne their sorow in to gladnesse, and will 
comforte them, and make them ioyfull, euen 
from their hertes. I will poure plenteousnes 
vpon the hertes of the prestes, and my people 
shalbe satisfied with good thinges, saieth the 
LORDE. 

Thus saieth the LORDE : •'The voyce of 
heuynes, wepynge and lamentacion came vp 
in to heauen : euen of Rachel mournynge for 
hir children, and wolde not be comforted, 
because they were awaye. 

But now saieth the LORDE: leaue of 
from wepynge and crienge, witholde thyne 
eyes from teares, for thy laboure shalbe re- 
warded, saieth the LORDE. And they shall 
come agayne out of the londe of their enemies: 
Yee euen thy posterite shall haue consolacion 
in this (saieth the LORDE) that thy children 
shall come agayne in to their owne londe. 

Morouer I herde Ephraim, (that was led 
awaye captyue) complayne on this maner: O 
LORDE, thou hast correcte rae, s and thy 
chastenynge haue I receaued, as an vntamed 
calfe. h Conuerte thou me, and I shalbe con- 
uerted, for thou art my LORDE God. Yee 
as soone as thou turnest me, I shall refourme 
my self: and when I vnderstonde, I shall 
smyte vpon my thee. For verely I haue 
comitted shamefull thinges : O let my youth 
beare this reprofe and confucion. 

Vpon this complaynte, I thought thus by 
my self: 'is not Ephraim my deare sonne? 
Is he not the childe, with whom I haue had 
all myrth and pastyme ? For sence the tyme 
that I first comoned with him, I haue him 
euer in remembraunce : therfore my very 
herte dryueth me vnto him : gladly and 
louyngly will I haue mercy vpon him, saieth 
the LORDE. Get the watchmen, prouyde 
teachers for the: set thine herte vpon the 
right waie, that thou shuldest walke, and turne 
agayne: (o thou doughter of Israel,) turne 
agayne to these cities of thyne. How longe 
wilt thou go astraie, o thou shrekinge doughter? 

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For the LORDE will worke a new thynge 
vpon earth : A woman shall compasse a man. 

For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the 
God of Israel : It will come therto, that when 
I haue brought Iuda out of captiuyte, these 
wordes shalbe herde in f londe and in his 
cities: "The LORDE, which is the fayre 
brydegrome of rightuousnesse, make the frute- 
full, o thou holy hill : And there shall dwell 
Iuda and all hir cities, the shepherdes and 
huszbonde men : For I shall fede the hongrie 
soule, ' and refresh all faynte hertes. When I 
herde this, I came agayne to my self, and 
mused, like as I had bene waked out of a 
swete slepe. 

Beholde (saieth the LORDE) the dayes 
come, that I will sowe the house of Israel and 
the house of Iuda, with men and with catell. 
Yee it shall come therto/ that like as I haue 
gone aboute in tymes past to rote them out, 
to scatre them, to breake them downe, to 
destroye them and chaste them : Euen so will 
I also go diligently aboute, to buylde them 
vp agayne, and to plante them, saieth the 
LORDE. 

d Then shall it no more be sayde : y fathers 
haue eaten a sower grape, and the childrens 
teth are set on edge : for euery one shal dye 
for his owne myszdede, so that who so eateth 
a sower grape, his teth shalbe set on edge. 

e Beholde, the dayes come (saieth the 
LORDE) y I will make a new couenaunt 
with y house of Israel g with f house of Iuda: 
not after the couenaunt that Imade with their 
fathers, when I toke them by the honde, g 
led them out of the londe of Egipte : which 
couenaunt they brake, wherfore I punyshed 
them sore, saieth the LORDE : But this shal 
be the couenaunt that I will make with the 
house of Israel after those dayes/ saieth the 
LORDE : I will plante my lawe in the in- 
warde partes of them, and write it in their 
hertes, and wilbe their God, and they shalbe 
my people. 

And from thece forth shall no man teach 
his neghboure or his brother, and saye : knowe 
the LORDE : But they shall all knowe me, 
from the lowest vnto the hyest, saieth the 
LORDE. For I will forgeue their mysz- 
dedes, and wil neuer remembre their synnes 



" Esa. 62. a. * Matt. 5. a. 11. e. 

Zach. 8. c. Iere. 32. c. * Eze. 18. a. 

/ Hebre. 10. d. Esa. 51. b. Iere. 24. b. 30. d. 



c Den. 28. g. 
' Heb. 8. b. 
sGene. l.b. 



eny more. g Thus saieth the LORDE which 
gaue the sonne to be a light for the daye, and 
the Moone and starres to shyne in the night : 
which moueth the see, so that the floudes 
therof waxe fearce : his name is the LORDE 
of hoostes. Like as this ordinaunce shal neuer 
be taken out of my sight, saieth the LORDE: 
So shal the sede of Israel neuer ceasse, but 
all waye be a people before me. 

Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE : like as 
the heauen aboue can not be measured, and 
as the foundacions of the earth beneth maye 
not be sought out : /( So will I also not cast out 
the whole sede of Israel, for that they haue 
commytted, saieth the LORDE. Beholde, 
the daies come saieth the LORDE, y the 
cite of y LORDE shalbe enlarged from the 
towre of Hananeel, vnto y gate of the corner 
wall. 'From thence shal the right measure 
be taken before her vnto the hill toppe of 
Gareb, and shal come aboute Gaatha, and the 
whole valley of the deed carcases, and of the 
ashes, *g all Seremoth, vnto the broke of 
Cedron : and from thence vnto the corner of 
the horsgate towarde f east, where as the 
Sanctuary of the LORDE also shal be set. 
And when it is now buylded, g set vp of this 
fashion it shall neuer be broken, ner cast 
downe eny more. 

Che vwrj. Chapter. 

THESE wordes spake the LORDE vnto 
Ieremy, in the tenth yeare of Sedechias 
kinge of Iuda, which was f xviij yeare of 
Nabuchodonosor, what tyme as the kinge of 
Babilons hooste layed sege vnto Ierusalem. 
But Ieremy the prophet laye bounde in f 
courte of the preson, which was in the kinge 
of Iudaes house : where Sedechias the kinge 
of Iuda caused him to be layed, because he 
had prophecied of this maner: 'Thus saieth 
the LORDE: Beholde, I will delyuer this 
cite in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon, 
which shal take it. As for Sedechias the 
kinge of Iuda, he shal not be able to escape 
the Caldees, but surely he shall come in to 
the hondes of the kinge of Babilon : which 
shall speake with him mouth to mouth, and 
one of them shall loke another in the face. 
And Sedechias shalbe caried vnto Babilon, 



..a. * 2 Esd. 3. a. Zach. 14. b. * Iere. 19. 
Iere. 21. c. Iere. 34. a. 27. a. 38. a. 39. a. 



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and there shall he be, vntill the tyme that I 
vyset him, saieth the LORDE, But yf thou 
takest in hode to fight agaynst the Caldees, 
thou shalt not prospere. 

And Ieremy sayde : Thus hath the LORDE 
spoken vnto me: Beholde, Hananeel the sonne 
of Sellum thine Vncles sonne shall come vnto 
the, and requyre the to redeme f. londe, that 
lieth in Anathot vnto thy self: "for by reason 
of kynred it is thy parte to redeme it, and to 
bye it out. 

And so Hananeel myne Vncles sonne came 
to me in the courte of the preson, (acordinge 
to the worde of the LORDE,) and sayde 
vnto me: Bye my londe (I praye the) that 
lieth in Anothot in the countre of Ben Iamyn: 
for by heretage thou hast right to lowse it out 
for thy self, therfore redeme it. Then I pre- 
eeaued, that this was the commaundement of 
the LORDE, and so I lowsed the londe from 
Hananeel of Anathot, myne Vncles sonne, 
and weyed him there the moneye : euen seuen 
sycles, and ten syluer pens. 

I caused him also to make me a writinge, 
and to seale it, and called recorde there by, 
and weyed him there the money vpon the 
waightes. So I toke the euydence with the 
copie (when it was orderly sealed and red 
ouer) and I gaue the euydence vnto Baruch 
the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia in 
the sight of Hananeel my cosen, and in the 
presence of the witnesses, that be named in 
the euydence, and before all the Iewes that 
were therby in the courte of the preson. 

I charged Baruch also before them, saienge : 
The LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel 
commaundeth the, to take this sealed euydence 
with the copie, and to laye it in an erthen 
vessell, that it maye longe continue. 

For the LORDE of hoostes the God of 
Israel hath determed, that houses, feldes and 
vynyardes shalbe possessed agayneinthis londe. 

Now when I had delyuered the euydence 
vnto Baruch y sonne of Nerias, I besought 
the LORDE, sayenge : *0 LORDE God, 
It is thou that hast made heauen and earth 
with thy greate power and hie arme, and there 
is nothinge to harde for f. Thou shewest 
mercy vpon thousandes, c thou recompecest the 
wickednes of the fathers, in to the bosome of 
the children that come after them. 



Leui. 25. d. Nu. 27. a. 36. a. Ruth 4. a. b Gene. 
Iere. 10. b. c Exo. 34. a. d Ro. 2. a. 



Thou art the greate and mightie God, 
whose name is the LORDE of hoostes : greate 
in councell, and infinite in thought: Thine 
eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens children, 
rf to rewarde euery one after his waye, and 
acordinge to the frutes of his inuencions: 
Thou hast done greate tokens and wonders in 
the londe of Egipte (as we se this daye) vpon 
the people of Israel and vpon those men : to 
make thy name greate, as it is come to passe 
this daye : e Thou hast brought thy people of 
Israel out of the londe of Egipte, with tokens, 
with wondres, with a mightie honde, with a 
stretched out arme and with greate terriblenes : 
and hast geuen them this londe, like as thou 
haddest promysed vnto their fathers : Namely, 
that thou woldest geue them a lode, that flow- 
eth with mylke and honye. 

•^Now when they came therin, and pos- 
sessed it, they folowed not thy voyce, and 
walked not in thy la we : but all that thou com 
maundedest them to do, that haue they not 
done, and therfore come all these plages vpon 
them. 

Beholde, there are bulworckes made now 
agaynst the cite, to take it: and it shalbe 
wonne of the Caldees that besege it, with 
swearde, with honger and death, and loke 
what thou hast spoken, that same shal come 
vpon them. 

For lo, all thinges are present vnto the 
Yet sayest thou vnto me (o LORDE God) 
and commaundest me, that I shall loose a 
pece of londe vnto my self, and take witnesses 
therto : and yet in the meane season the cite 
is delyuered in to the power of the Caldees. 

Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto 
me, sayenge: Beholde, I am the LORDE 
God of all flesh, Is there eny thinge then to 
harde for me? Therfore thus sayde the 
LORDE: beholde, I shal delyuer this cite in 
to the power of the Caldees, and in to the 
power of Nabuchodonosor^ the kinge of Babi- 
lon, they shall take it in : For the Caldees 
shall come, and wynne this cite, and set fyre 
vpon it, and burne it : with the gorgeous 
houses, in whose parlers they haue made 
sacrifice vnto Baal, and poured drynke offer- 
inges vnto straunge goddes, to prouoke me 
vnto wrath. 

For seinge the children of Israel and the 

' Exo. 7. vnto the 15. chapter. / Iudi. 2. 3. 4. 6. 8. 
e Iere. 25. b. 39. b. 



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children of Iuda haue wrought wickednes 
before me euer from their youth vp, what 
haue they els done, but prouoked me with 
the workes of their owne hondes ? saieth the 
LORDE. 

Or, what hath this cite bene els, but a pro- 
uokinge of my wrath, euer sence the daye that 
I buylded it, vnto this houre ? Wherin I cast 
it out of my sight, because of the greate blas- 
phemies of the childre of Israel and Iuda, 
which they haue done to prouoke me : yee 
they, their kinges, their prynces, their prestes, 
their prophetes, whole Iuda, and all the cite- 
syns of Ierusalem. 

When I stode vp early, and taught them 
and instructe them, they turned their backes 
to me, and not their faces. They wolde not 
heare, to be refourmed and correcte. They 
haue set their goddes in y house,* that is 
halowed vnto my name, to defyle it. They 
haue buylded hie places for Baal in the valley 
of the children of Ennon, to vowe their sonnes 
and doughters vnto Moloch: which I neuer 
commauded them, nether came it euer in my 
thought, to make Iuda synne with soch abho- 
minacion. 

Morouer thus hath the LORDE God of 
Israel spoken, concernynge this cite, which 
(as ye youre selues confesse) shalbe delyuered 
in to the honde of the kinge of Babilon, when 
it is wonne with the swerde, with honger and 
with pestilence. c Beholde, I will gather them 
together from all londes wherin I haue scatred 
them in my wrath, in my fearfull and greate 
displeasure : and will bringe them agayne vnto 
this place, where they shal dwell safely. And 
they shalbe my people, and I wilbe their God. 

* And I will geue them one herte and one 
waye, that they maye feare me all the daies 
of their life, that they and their children after 
them maye prospere. c And I will set vp an 
euerlastinge couenaunt with them, Namely: 
that I will neuer ceasse to do them good, and 
that I will put my feare in their hertes, so 
that they shall not runne awaye fro me. 

■''Yee I will haue a lust and pleasure to do 
them good, and faithfully to plante them in 
this londe, with my whole herte, and with all 
my soule. 

For thus saieth the LORDE: like as I 
haue brought all this greate plage vpon this 

» Iere. 2. d. » Iere. 7. a. d. « Deu. 30. a. 
"* Psal. 118. c. 



e: so will I also bringe vpon them all 
the good, that I haue promysed them. And 
men shall haue their possessions in this 
londe, wherof ye saye now, that it shal nether" 
be inhabited of people ner of catell, but be 
deliuered in to the hodes of the Caldees : Yee 
londe shalbe bought for money, & euydeces 
made ther vpon g sealed before witnesses in 
the countre of Ben Iamin, j rounde aboute 
Ierusalem : in the cities of Iuda, in the cities 
that are vpo the mountaynes, g in them that 
lie beneth, yee (j in the cities that are in 
the deserte. For I wil bringe their presoners 
hither agayne, saieth the LORDE. 

Che rrrttj. Chapter. 

MOROUER the worde of the LORDE 
^carne vnto Ieremy on this maner, whe" 
he was yet bounde in the courte of the preson : 
Thus saieth the LORDE, which fulfilleth the 
thinge that he speaketh, the LORDE which 
perfourmeth the thinge that he taketh in 
honde : euen he, whose name is the LORDE : 
Thou hast cried vnto me, and I haue herde 
the : I haue shewed greate and hie thinges, 
which were vnknowne vnto you. 

Thus (I saye) spake the LORDE God of 
Israel, concernynge the houses of this cite 
and the houses of the kinges of Iuda: that 
they shalbe broken thorow the ordinaunce and 
weapens, when the Caldees come to besege 
them : and they shalbe fylled with the deed 
carcases of men, whom I will slaye in my 
wrath and displeasure : whe I turne my face 
from this cite, because of all hir wickednes. 
Beholde, (saieth the LORDE) I will heale 
their woundes, and make them whole : I will 
open them the treasure of peace and treuth 

''And I will returne the captiuyte of Iuda 
and Israel : and will set them vp agayne, as 
they were afore. From all myszdedes (wherin 
they haue offended agaynst me) I will clese 
them : And all their blasphemies which they 
haue done agaynst me, when they regarded 
me not, I will forgeue them. 

And this shal get me a name, a prayse and 
honoure, amonge all people of the earth, which 
shall heare all the good, that I will shewe vnto 
them : Yee they shall be afrayed and astonnied 
at all the good dedes and benefites, that I 
will do for them. Morouer, thus saieth the 



/Deu.39.b. Iere. 31. e. 
* Esa. 43. d. 



e Iere. 20. a. 32. a 



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LORDE : " In this place, wherof ye saye that 
it shalbe a wilderaesse, wherin nether people 
ner catell shal dwell: In like maner in the 
cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem (which 
also shalbe so voyde, that nether people ner 
catell shall dwell there) Shal the voyce of 
gladnesse be herde agayne, the voyce of the 
brydegrome and of the bryde, the voyce of 
them that shall synge: ('Prayse the LORDE 
of hoostes, for he is louynge, and his mercy 
endureth for euer) and the voyce of them 
that shall offre vp giftes in the house of the 
LORDE. For I will restore the captiuyte of 
this londe, as it was afore, saieth the LORDE. 
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes. It shall 
come yet therto, that in this londe, which is 
voyde from men and catell, and in all the 
cities of the londe, there shal be set vp 
shepherdes cotages: in the cities vpon the 
mountaynes, and in the cities that lie vpon 
the playne, and in the deserte. 

In the londe of Ben Iamin, in the feldes of 
Ierusalem, and in the cities of Iuda shal the 
shepe be nombred agayne, vnder the honde 
of him, that telleth them, saieth the LORDE. 
Beholde, 'the tyme commeth (saieth the 
LORDE) that I wil perfourme that good 
thinge, which I haue promised vnto the house 
of Israel and to the house of Iuda. In those 
daies and at the same tyme, I will bringe forth 
vnto Dauid, the braunch of rightuousnes, and 
he shall do equite and rightuousnesse in the 
londe. d In those daies shall Iuda be helped, 
and Ierusalem shall dwell safe, and he that 
shall call her is euen God oure rightuous 
maker. For thus the LORDE promyseth : 
e Dauid shal neuer want one, to syt vpon the 
stole of the house of Israel : 'nether shall the 
prestes and Leuites want one to offre all waye 
before me, burntofferinges, to kyndle the 
meatofferinges, g to prepare the sacrifices. 

And the worde of the LORDE came vnto 
Ieremy after this maner : Thus saieth the 
LORDE : e Maye the couenaunt which I 
haue made with daye and night, be broken, 
that there shulde not be daye and night in 
due season ? Then maye my couenaunt also 
be broken, which I made with Dauid my ser- 
uaunt, and so he not to haue a sonne to reigne 
in his Trone. ; ' So shall also the prestes and 
Leuites neuer fayle, but serue me. ' For like 

" Iere. 7. d. » 1 Ma. 4. c. Psal. 117. a. c Iere. 23. a. 
d Esa. 32. a. « 2 Re. 7. e. / 1 Re. 2. g. e Gene. 8. d. 



as the starres of heauen maye not be nombred, 
nether the sonde of the see measured : so will 
I multiplie the sede of Dauid my seruaunt, 
and of the Leuites my ministers. 

Morouer, the worde of the LORDE came 
to Ieremy, saienge : Cosidrest thou not what 
this people speaketh ? Two kynreddes (saye 
they) had the LORDE chosen, & those same 
two hath he cast awaye. For so farre is my 
people come, y they haue no hope to come 
together eny more, and to be one people 
agayne. Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: 
Yf I haue made no couenaunt with daye & 
night, and geue no statute vnto heauen and 
earth : then will I also cast awaye the sede of 
Dauid my seruaunt : so that I wil take no 
prynce out of his sede, to rule the posterite 
of Abraha, Isaac and Iacob. But yet I will 
turne agayne their captiuyte, and be mercifull 
vnto them. 

Che wilt). Chapter. 

THESE are the wordes which the LORDE 
spake vnto Ieremy,* what tyme as Nabu- 
chodonosor the kinge of Babilon, j all his 
hoostes (out of all the kingdomes y were vnder 
his power) and all his people, fought agaynst 
Ierusalem and all the cities therof. Thus 
saieth the LORDE God of Israel: Go, & 
speake to Sedechias the kinge of Iuda, j tell 
him : ^The LORDE sendeth the this worde : 
Beholde, I will delyuer this cite in to the h5de 
of the kinge of Babilon, he shal burne it, and 
thou shalt not escape his hondes, but shalt be 
led awaye presoner, and delyuered into his 
power. Thou shalt loke the kinge of Babilon 
in the face, and he shal speake with the mouth 
to mouth, and then shalt thou go to Babilon. 
Yet heare the worde of the LORDE, o Sede- 
chias thou kinge of Iuda : Thus saieth the 
LORDE vnto the : Thou shalt not be slayne 
with the swearde, but shalt die in peace. Like 
as thy fore fathers, ™ the kinges, thy progenit- 
ours were brente : so shalt thou be brente also, 
Cj in the mournynge they shal saye : oh lorde. 
For thus haue I determed, saieth the LORDE. 
Then spake Ieremy the prophet all these 
wordes vnto Sedechias kinge of Iuda in Ieru- 
salem: what tyme as the kinge of Babilons 
hooste beseged Ierusalem, and the remnaunt 
of the cities: Namely, Lachis £ Azecha," which 

* 1 Pet. 2. a. * Gen. 15. a. 22. c. * Iere. 39. a. ' 4 Re. 
25. a. Iere. 32. a. 39. a. -» 1 Re. 31. c. " 2 Par. 11. a. 



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yet remayned of the stronge defensed cities of 
Iuda. 

These are the wordes that the LORDE 
spake vnto Ieremythe prophet, when Sedechias 
was agreed with all the people at Ierusalem, 
that there shulde be proclamed a liberte : " so 
that euery man shulde let fre go his seruaunt 
and handemayde, Hebrue g Hebruesse, g no 
Iewe to holde his brother as a bonde man. 
Now as they had consented, euen so they were 
obedient, g let them go fre. But afterwarde 
they repented, g toke agayne the seruauntes 
and handemaydens, whom they had letten go 
fre, and so made them bonde agayne. 

For the which cause the worde of the 
LORDE came vnto Ieremyfrom the LORDE 
himself, sayenge : Thus saieth the LORDE 
God of Israel : I made a couenaunt with 
youre fathers, when I brought them out of 
Egipte, (that they shulde no more be bond- 
men,) sayenge: * When seuen yeares are out, 
euery man shal let go fre his bought seruaunte 
an Hebrue, yf he haue serued him sixe yeares. 
But youre fathers obeied me not g herkened 
not vnto me. As for you, ye were now turned, 
g dyd right before me, in y ye proclamed, 
euery ma to let his neghboure go fre, g in y 
ye made a couenaunt before me, in the temple 
that beareth my name : But yet ye haue 
turned youre selues agayne, and blasphemed 
my name : In this, y euery man hath requyred 
his seruaunt and hand mayden agayne, whom 
ye had letten go quyte and fre, and compelled 
them to serue you agayne, and to be youre 
bonde men. And therfore thus saieth the 
LORDE : Ye haue not obeyed me, euery 
man to proclame fredome vnto his brother 
and neghboure : wherfore, I will call you vnto 
a fredome, saieth the LORDE: euen vnto 
the swearde, to the pestilence, and to honger, 
and will make you to be plaged in all the 
kyngdomes of the earth. Yee those men that 
haue broke my couenaunt, and not kepte the 
wordes of the apoyntmet, which they made 
before me : c when they hewed the calfe in 
two, g when there wente thorow the two halfes 
therof : The prynces of Iuda, the prynces of 
Ierusalem, the gelded men, the prestes and 
all the people of the londe (which wete thorow 
the two sydes of the calfe.) Those men wil I 
geue in to the power of their enemies, and in 

" Exo. 21. a. Leuit. 25. f. Deut. 15. b. b Deut. 15. 

Exo. 21. a. c Gene. 15. b. 



to the hondes of them that folowe vpon their 
lyues. 

"And their deed bodies shall be meate for 
the foules of the ayre, and beestes of the felde. 
As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda g his 
prynces, I will delyuer them in to the power 
of their enemies, and of them that desyre to 

ye them, and in to the honde of the kynge 
of Babilons hooste, e which now is departed 
from you : But thorow my commaundement 
(saieth the LORDE) they shal come agayne 
before this cite, they shall fight agaynst it, 
wynne it, and burne it. Morouer I will laye 
the cities of Iuda so waist, that no man shall 
dwell therin. 



©hf jrrrb. Chapter. 

THE wordes which the LORDE spake 
vnto Ieremy, (in the reigne of Ioachim 
the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda) are these : 
f Go vnto y house of the Rechabites, g call 
them out, g bringe the to f house of the 
LORDE in to some commodious place, and 
geue them wyne to drynke. Then toke I 
Iasanias the sonne of Ieremy, the sonne of 
Habazania, and his brethre and all his 
sonnes, and the whole housholde off the Re- 
chabites : and brought them to the house off 
the LORDE, in to the closet of the children 
off Hanan the sonne off Igdalia the man 
off God : which was by the closet off the 
prynces, that is aboue the closet of Maasia 
the sonne of Sellum, which is the chefe off the 
tresury. And before the sonnes of the kynred 
of the Rechabites, I set pottes full of wyne, 
and cuppes, and sayde vnto them : drynke 
wyne. But they sayde : we drynke no wyne, 
For Ionadab the sonne of Rechab oure father 
commaunded vs, sayenge : Ye and youre 
sonnes shall neuer drynke wyne/ buylde no 
houses, sowe no sede, plante no vynes, yee 
ye shall haue no vynyardes : but for all youre 
tyme ye shall dwell in tetes, y ye maye lyue 
loge in the lode, wherin ye be straiigers. 

Thus haue we obeyed the comaundemet of 
Ionadab y sonne of Rechab oure father, in all 
y he hath charged vs, and so we drynke no 
wyne all oure lyue longe: we, oure wyues. 
oure sonnes g oure doughters. Nether buylde 
we eny house to dwell therin, we haue also 
amonge vs nether vynyardes, ner come lode 



Psal. 78. a. Iere. 7. d. * Iere. 37. 
s Iere. 29. b. 



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to sowe : but we dwell in tentes, we obeye, 
do acordinge vnto all, that Ionadab oure 
father commaunded vs. 

But now y Nabuchodonosor the kinge of 
Babilo came vp in to the lode, we sayde 
come, let vs go to Ierusale, y we maye escape 
the hooste of the Caldees ad the Assirias : g 
so we dwell now at Ierusale. Then came y 
worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy, sayenge 
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God 
of Israel : Go g tell whole Iuda g all the 
inhabitours of Ierusale : Wyll ye not be re- 
fourmed, to obeye my wordes? saieth the 
LORDE. The wordes which Ionadab the 
sonne off Rechab comaunded his sonnes, y 
they shulde drynke no wyne, are fast g surely 
kepte : for vnto this daye they drynke no 
wyne : but obeye their fathers comaundement. 
But as for me," I haue stode vp early, I haue 
spoke vnto you, g geuen you earnest warn- 
ynge : g yet haue ye not bene obediet vnto 
me. Yee I haue sent my seruautes, all the 
prophetes vnto you, I rose vp early, g sent you 
worde, sayenge: O turne you, euery man 
from his wicked waye : amede youre lyues, g 
go not after strauge goddes, to worshippe 
the : y ye maye cotinue in the lode, which 
I haue geuen vnto you and youre fathers, 
but ye wolde nether heare me, ner folowe 
me. 

The childre of Ionadab Rachabs sonne 
haue stedfastly kepte their fathers comaude- 
ment, y he gaue them, but this people is not 
obedient vnto me. And therfore thus saieth 
the LORDE of hoostes y God of Israel : 
Beholde, I wil bringe vpo Iuda g vpo euery 
one y dwelleth in Ierusale, all the trouble y 
I haue deuysed agaynst the. * For I haue 
spoke vnto the, but they wolde not folowe : 
I haue called vnto them, neuertheles they 
wolde geue me no answere. Ieremy also 
spake vnto the housholde off the Rechabites: 
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God 
of Israel : For so moch as ye haue obeyed y 
cSmaundemet of Ionadab youre father, g 
kepte all his preceptes, g done acordinge vnto 
all y he hath bydden you : Therfore thus 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of 
Israel: c Ionadab the sonne of Rechab shal 
not fayle, but haue one out of his stocke, to 
stode allwaye before me. 



Iere. 18. a. 25. a. 
Iere. 33. e. 



* Pro. 1. c. Esa. 65. b. Iere. 7. 
d Iere. 30. a. « Iere. 18. a. 



Cfie rrrbt. Chapter. 

IN the fourth yeare of Ioachim the sonne 
of Iosias kynge of Iuda, came y worde of 
the LORDE vnto Ieremy, sayege : Take 
boke, g d write therin all y wordes, y I haue 
spoke to the, to Israel, to Iuda g to all the 
people, fro the tyme y I begane for to speake 
vnto the (in y reigne of Iosias) vnto this 
daye. That when the house of Iuda heareth 
of the plage, which I haue deuysed for the, 
they maye peradueture turne, 'euery man fro 
his wicked waye, that I maye forgeue their 
offences and synnes. 

Then dyd Ieremy calK Baruch the sonne of 
Nerias, g Baruch wrote in the boke at y mouth 
of Ieremy, all the wordes of the LORDE, 
which he had spoken vnto him. And Ieremy 
commaunded Baruch sayenge : I am in pre- 
son, so that I maye not come in to the house 
of y LORDE : therfore go thou thither, g 
rede the boke, that thou hast writte at my 
mouth : Namely, the wordes off the LORDE, 
g rede the in the LORDES house vpon the 
fastinge daye : that the people, whole Iuda, g 
all they that come out of the cities, maye 
heare. Peraduenture they will praye mekely 
before the face of the LORDE, and turne, 
euery one from his wicked waye. For greate 
is the wrath and displeasure, that the LORDE 
hath taken agaynst this people. 

So Baruch the sonne of Nerias dyd, acord- 
inge vnto all that Ieremy the prophet co- 
maiided him, readinge the wordes off the 
LORDE out off the boke in the LORDES 
house. And this was done in the fyfth yeare 
off Ioachim y sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda, 
in the ix. moneth ^when it was commaunded, 
that all the people of Ierusalem shulde fast 
before the LORDE, and they also that were 
come from the cities of Iuda vnto Ierusalem. 

Then red Baruch the wordes of Ieremy 
out of the boke within the house of the 
LORDE, out of y treasury of ; ' Gamarias the 
sonne off Saphan the scrybe, which is besyde 
the hyer loffteoff the newdore of the LORDES 
house : that all y people might heare. Now 
whe Micheas the sonne of Gamarias the sonne 
of Saphan had herde all the wordes of the 
LORDE out of y boke, he wete downe to 
the kinges palace in to y scrybes chabre, for 



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there all y prynces were set: Elisama the 
scrybe, Dalias the sonne of Semei, Elnatha 
the sonne off Achbor, Gamaria the sonne of 
Saphan, Sedechias the sonne of Hananias, 
with all the princes. And Micheas tolde 
them all the wordes, y he herde Baruch rede 
out of the boke before the people. 

Then all the prynces sent Iehudi y sonne 
of Nathanias the sonne of Salamia the sonne 
of Chusi, vnto Baruch, sayenge : Take in 
thine honde the boke, wherout thou hast red 
before all the people, and come. So Baruch 
the sonne of Nerias toke y boke in his honde, 
and came vnto them. And they sayde vnto 
him : Syt downe, and rede the boke, y we 
maye heare also. So Baruch red, y they 
might heare. Now when they had herde all 
the wordes, they were abaszhed one vpon 
another, and sayde vnto Baruch: We wil cer- 
tifie the kinge of all these wordes. And they 
examined Baruch, sayenge : Tell vs, how 
didest thou wryte all these wordes out off his 
mouth ? Then Baruch answered them : He 
spake all these wordes vnto me with his 
mouth, and I alone was with him, and wrote 
them in the boke. 

Then sayde the prynces vnto Baruch : Go 
thy waye, and hyde the with Ieremy, so that 
no man knowe where ye be. And they went 
in to the kinge to the courte. But they kepte 
the boke in the chambre off Elisama the 
scrybe, ad tolde the kynge all the wordes, that 
he might heare. So the kynge sent Iehudi 
to fetch him y boke, which he brought out of 
Elisama y scrybes chambre. And Iehudi 
red it, that the kynge and all the prynces, 
which were aboute him, might heare. Now 
the kynge sat in the wynter house, for it was 
in the ix. Moneth, and there was a good fyre 
before him. And whe Iehudi had red thre 
or foure leaues therof," he cut the boke in 
peces with a penne knyfe, and cast it in to 
the fyre vpo the herth, vntil the boke was all 
brente in the fyre vpon the herth. 

Yet no man was abashed therof, or rente 
his clothes : nether the kynge himselffe, ner 
his seruauntes, though they herde all these 
wordes. Neuertheles Elnathan, Dalias ad 
Gamarias, besoughte the kinge, that he wolde 
not burne the boke : notwithstondinge y kynge 
wolde not heare them, but commaunded Ie 
ramyhel the sonne off Amalech, Sarias the 



sonne of Esriel and Selamia y sonne of Ab- 
diel, to laye hondes vpon Baruch the scrybe, 
and vpon Ieremy the prophet: but the 
LORDE kepte them out of sight. After 
now that the kynge had brente the boke, ad 
y sermos which Baruch wrote at y mouth off 
Ieremy : The worde of the LORDE came 
vnto Ieremy sayenge : Take another boke, 
and write in it all the forsayde sermons, that 
were written in the first boke, which Ioachim 
the kynge off Iuda hath brente. 

And tell Ioachim the kynge off Iuda, Thus 
saieth the LORDE : thou hast brente y boke, 
and thoughtest within thy selff: Why hast 
thou written therin, that the kynge off Babilon 
shal come, j make this lode waist ? so that he 
shall make both people and catel to be out of 
it ? ' Therfore thus the LORDE saieth, of 
Ioachim the kynge of Iuda : There shal none 
of his generacion syt vpon the trone of Dauid. 
His deed corse shalbe cast out, c that the heat 
off the daye, and the frost of the night maye 
come vpon him : And I will vyset the wicked- 
nes of him, of his sede, and of his seruauntes. 
Morouer all the euell that I haue promised 
the (though they herde me not) will I bringe 
vpon them, vpon y inhabitours of Ierusalem, 
and vpon all Iuda. Then toke Ieremy 
another boke, and gaue it Baruch the scrybe 
the sonne of Nerias, which wrote therin out 
of the mouth off Ieremy : all the sermons 
that were in the first boke, which Ioachim 
the kynge off Iuda dyd burne. And there 
were added vnto them many mo sermons, 
then before. 

Che yrjrtitj. Cfiapter. 

SEDECHIAS y sonne of Iosias ('which 
was made kynge thorow Nabuchodonosor 
kynge of Babilon) reigned in the londe of 
Iuda, in the steade off Iechonias the sonne of 
Ioachim. But nether he, ner his seruauntes, 
ner the people in the lode wolde obeye the 
wordes of y LORDE, which he spake by 
the prophet Ieremy. e Neuertheles Sedechias 
the kynge sent Iuchal the sonne of Selamia 
and Sophonias the sonne of Maasia the prest 
to the prophet Ieremy, sayenge : O praye thou 
vnto the LORDE oure God for vs. Now 
Ieremy walked fre amonge the people at that 
tyme, and was not put in preson as yet. f Pha- 
raos hooste also was come out of Egipte : which 



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when the Caldees that beseged Ierusalem, 
perceaued, they departed from thence. 

Then came the worde of the LORDE 
vnto Ieremy the prophet, sayege : Thus saieth 
f LORDE God of Israel, This answere shal 
ye geue to the kynge of Iuda, that sent you 
vnto me for councell : " Beholde, Pharaos 
hooste which is come forth to helpe you, shall 
returne to Egipte in to his owne londe : But 
the Caldees shall come agayne, g fight agaynst 
this cite, wynne it, and set fyre vpon it. For 
thus saieth the LORDE : disceaue not youre 
owne myndes, thinkynge on this maner : 
Tush, the Caldees go now their waye from 
vs : No, they shall not go their waye. For 
though ye had slayne the whole hooste off the 
Caldees that besege you, and euery one of the 
slayne laye in his tent, yet shulde they stonde 
vp, and set fyre vpon this cite. Now whe the 
hooste of the Caldees was broke vp from Ieru- 
sale for feare of the Egipcians armye, Ieremy 
went out of Ierusale towarde the lode of Ben 
Iamin, to do certayne busynesse there amoge 
y people. And whe he came vnder Ben 
Iamyns Porte, there was a porter called Ierias 
the sonne of Selamia* f zone of Hananias, 
which fell vpo him g toke him, sayege : thy 
mynde is to runne to the Caldees. Then 
sayde Ieremy : It is not so, I go not to the 
Caldees. Neuertheles Ierias wolde not beleue 
him, but brought Ieremy boiide before the 
princes. Wherfore the princes were angrie 
with Ieremy, causinge him to be beaten, g to 
be layed in preson in the house of Ionathas 
the scrybe. For he was the ruler of the 
preson. Thus was Ieremy put in to the 
dongeon g preson, and so laye there a longe 
tyme. c Then Sedechias the kynge sent for 
him, & called him, g axed him quietly in his 
owne house, sayenge : thinkest thou this busy- 
nes (that now is in honde) cometh of the 
LORDE ? Ieremy answerde : yee y it doth : 
g thou (sayde he) shalt be delyuered in to the 
kynge of Babilons power. 

Morouer, Ieremy sayde vnto kynge Se- 
dechias : What haue I offended agaynst y, 
agaynst thy seruaiites, or agaynst this people, 
that ye haue caused me be put in preson ? 
d Where are youre prophetes, which haue pro- 
phecied vnto you and sayde, that f kynge of 
Babilo shulde not come agaynst you g this 
lode ? And therfore heare now, o my lorde 



the kynge : let my prayer be accepte before 
the, g sende me nomore in to y house of 
Ionathas the scrybe, that I dye not there. 
Then Sedechias the kynge commaunded to 
put Ieremy in the fore entrie off the preson, 
and dayly to be geuen him a cake of bred, 
and els no dighte meate, vntill all the bred in 
the cite was eaten vp. Thus Ieremy remayned 
in f fore entre off the preson. 

Cfie yrrbttj. Chapter. 

SAPHATIAS the sonne off Matha, Ge- 
dolias the sonne of Pashur, Iuchal the 
sonne of Selamia, g Pashur the sonne of 
Malchias perceaued the wordes, y Ieremy 
had spoke vnto all the people, namely on this 
maner: Thus saieth the LORDE: Who so 
remayneth in this cite, shall perish, ether with 
the swearde, "with honger or with pestilence : 
But who so falleth vnto the Caldees, shal 
escape, wynnynge his soule for a pray, g shal 
lyue. For thus saieth the LORDE: This 
cite (no doute) r must be delyuered in to y 
power of the kige of Babilo, g he also shal 
wynne it. The sayde the prynces vnto y 
kynge : Syr, we besech you let this man be 
put to death, For thus he discorageth the 
hodes of the soudyers y be in this cite, g the 
hodes of all the people, whe he speaketh soch 
wordes vnto the. This ma verely laboureth 
not for peace of y people, but mischefe. Se- 
dechias the kinge answered and sayde : lo, he 
is in youre hodes, for f kige maye denye you 
nothinge. Then toke they Ieremy, and cast 
him in to the dongeon off Malchias the sonne 
off Amalech, that dwelt in the fore entre off 
the preson. And they let downe Ieremy with 
coardes in to a dongeon, where there was no 
water, but myre. So Ieremy stack fast in 
the myre. Now when Abdemelech the Morian 
beynge a chamberlayne in the kynges courte, 
vnderstode, that they had cast Ieremy in to 
the dongeon : he went out off the kynges house, 
and spake to the kynge (which the sat vnder 
the porte off Ben Iamin) these wordes: My 
lorde the kynge, where as these men medle 
with Ieremy the prophet, they do him wronge : 
Namely, in that they haue put him in preson, 
there to dye of honger, for there is no more 
bred in the cite. The the kynge commauded 
Abdemelech the Morian, and sayde: Take 
from hece xxx. men whom thou wilt, g drawe 



tfo. Mtfbi. 



€i)t prophet $mmy. 



Cfoap* mih 



vp Ieremy the prophet out of the dongeon, 
before he dye. So Abdemelech toke the men 
with him, % went to f house of Amalech, & 
there vnder an almery he gat olde ragges g 
worne cloutes, j let the downe by a coarde, 
in to the dongeon to Ieremy. 

And Abdemelech the Morian sayde vnto 
the prophet Ieremy : O put these ragges and 
cloutes vnder thine arme holes, betwixte the 
and the coardes : ad Ieremy dyd so. So they 
drewe vp Ieremy with coardes and toke him 
out of the dongeon, and he remayned in the 
fore entrie of the preson. The Sedechias the 
kynge sent and caused Ieremy the prophet be 
called vnto him, in to the thirde entrie, that 
was by the house off the LORDE. a And 
the kynge sayde vnto Ieremy : I wil axe the 
somwhat, but hyde nothinge fro me. The 
Ieremy answerde Sedechias : Yf I be playne 
vnto the, thou wilt cause me suffre death : yf 
I geue the coucell, thou wilt not folowe me. 
So the kynge swore an ooth secretly vnto 
Ieremy, sayenge : As truly as the LORDE 
lyueth, that made vs these soules, I will not 
slaye the, ner geue the in to the hodes of 
them, that seke after thy life. 

Then sayde Ieremy vnto Sedechias : Thus 
saieth f LORDE off hoostes the God of 
Israel: Yf case be, that thou wilt go forth 
vnto the kynge off Babilons prynces, thou 
shalt saue thy life, *and this cite shall not be 
bret, yee both thou and thy housholde shall 
escape with youre lyues. But yff thou wilt 
not go forth to the kynge off Babilons prynces. 
then shal this cite be delyuered in to the 
hondes of the Caldees which shal set fyre 
vpon it, and thou shalt not be able to escape 
them. And Sedechias sayde vnto Ieremy: 
I am afrayde for the Iewes, that are fled vnto 
the Caldees, lest I come in their hodes, and 
so they to haue me in derision. 

But Ieremy answerde : No, they shal not 
betraye the : O herken vnto the voyce off the 
LORDE (I beseke y) which I speake vnto 
the, so shalt thou be well, and saue thy life, 
But yf thou wilt not go forth, the LORDE 
hath tolde me this planely : Beholde, all the 
women that are left in the kynge of Iudaes 
house, shal go out to the kynge of Babilons 
prynces. For they thynke, y thou art dis 
ceaued : and that y men in whom thou didest 
put thy trust, haue gotten the vnder, and set 



thy fete fast in the myre, and gone their waye 
from the. Therfore all thy wyues with their 
children shall fie vnto the Caldees, and thou 
shalt not escape their hondes, but shalt be y 
kynge of Babilons presoner, 5 this cite shall 
be brent. Then sayde Sedechias vnto 
Ieremy: loke y no body knowe off these 
wordes, and thou shalt not dye. But yf the 
prynces perceaue, that I haue talked with the, 
and come vnto the, sayenge : O speake, what 
sayde the kynge to the ? hyde it not from vs, 
and we wil not put the to death. Tell vs 
(we praye the) what sayde f kynge to the ? 
Se thou geue them this answere ■ I haue 
humbly besought the kynge, that he will let 
me lye no more in Ionathas house, that I dye 
not there ? Then came all the princes vnto 
Ieremy, and axed him, And he tolde them, 
after the maner as the kynge bad him. c Then 
they helde their peace, for they perceaued 
nothinge. So Ieremy abode still in the fore 
entrie off the preson, vntill the daye that 
Ierusalem was wonne. 

Cfce rrrijr. Chapter. 

NOW when the cite off Ierusale was 
taken d (for in the ix. yeare of Sedechias 
kynge of Iuda in the tenth Moneth, ca 
Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and all 
his hooste, and beseged Ierusalem. And in 
the xi. yeare of Sedechias in the fourth Moneth 
y ix. daye of y Moneth, he brake in to the 
cite). Then all the kynge of Babilons prynces 
came in, % sat the downe vnder the porte 
Nergall, Sarezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, 
Rabsaris, Nergal, Sarezer, Rabmag, with all 
the other prynces of the kynge of Babilon 
And when Sedechias e the kynge of Iuda with 
his soudyers sawe them, they fled, and de- 
parted out of f cite by night thorow the kynges 
garde, and thorow the porte that is betwene 
the two walles, and so they wente towarde the 
wildernesse. 

But the Caldees hooste folowed fast after 
them, and toke Sedechias in the felde of 
Iericho, and brought him presoner to Nabu- 
chodonosor the kynge off Babilo vnto Reb- 
latha, that lieth in the londe off Hemath where 
he gaue iudgment vpon him. So the kynge 
of Babilon caused the children of Sedechias 
and all the nobles off Iuda be slayne, before 
his face at Reblatha. And made Sedechias 

d Iere. 32. a. 4 Re. 25. a. Iere. 52. a. e Iere. 34. a. 



Cfiap, xl 



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eyes be put out, and boiide him with chaynes, 
and sent him to Babilon. 

Morouer, the Caldees bret vp the kynges 
lace, "with f other houses of the people, and 
brake downe the walles off Ierusalem. As for 
the remnaunt of the people that were in the 
cite, and soch as were come to helpe them 
(what so euer was left of the come sorte) 
Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne caried them 
to Babilon. But Nabuzarada the chefe cap- 
tayne let the rascall people (and those that 
had nothinge) dwell still in the lode off Iuda, 
and gaue them vynyardes and corne feldes at 
the same tyme. Nabuchodonosor also the 
kynge of Babilon gaue Nabuzarada the chefe 
captayne a charge, cocernynge Ieremy, say- 
enge : take and cherish him, and make moch 
off him: se thou do him no harme, but in- 
treate him after his owne desyre. 

So Nabuzarada y chefe captayne, Nabu- 
saszba the chefe chamberlayne, Nergalsarezer 
the treasurer and all the kynge of Babilons 
lordes, * sent for Ieremy, g caused him be fet 
out off the fore entrie off the preson, and 
committed him vnto Godolias the sonne off 
Ahicam the sonne of Saphan : that he shulde 
carie him home, and so he dwelt amonge the 
people. c Now whyle Ieremy laye yet bounde 
in the fore entrie of the preson, y worde off 
the LORDE came vnto him sayenge : Go ; 
and tell Abdemelech the Morian : Thus 
saieth the LORDE off hoostes f God off 
Israel : Beholde, the cruell and sharpe plage 
that I haue deuysed for this cite, will I brynge 
vpon them, that thou shalt se it: but I wil 
delyuer the (sayeth the LORDE) and thou 
shalt not come in the hondes off those men, 
whom thou fearest. For doutles I will saue 
the, so that thou shalt not perish with the 
swearde : but thy life shalbe saued, and that 
because thou hast put thy trust in me, saieth 
the LORDE. 

Cfie rl. Chapter. 

THIS is the maner, how the LORDE in- 
treated Ieremy, when Nebuzaradan the 
d chefe captayne had let him go fre from Rama, 
whither as he had led him bounde, amonge all 
the presoners, that were caried from Ierusalem 
and Iuda vnto Babilon. The chefe captayne 
called for Ieremy, and sayde vnto him : The 



4 Re. 25. b. Iere. 32. d. 
d Iere. 43. 



4 Iere. 38. d. 
Iosue 18. d. 



LORDE thy God spake mightely before off 
the mysery vpon this place: Now the LORDE 
hath sent it, and perfourmed it, as he had 
promised : For ye haue synned agaynst the 
LORDE, and haue not bene obedient vnto 
his voyce, therfore commeth this plage vpon 
you. Beholde, I lowse the bondes from thy 
hodes this daye : yf thou wilt now go with me 
vnto Babilon, vp the : For I will se to the, 
and prouyde for the : But yf thou wilt not 
go with me to Babilon, then remayne here. 
Beholde, all the londe is at thy will: e loke 
where thou thinkest conveniet & good for the 
to Abyde, there dwell. Yf thou canst not be 
content to dwell alone, then remayne with 
Godolias the sonne off Ahica the sonne of 
Sapha,^whom the kynge of Babilo hath made 
gouernoure ouer y cities of Iuda, & dwell with 
him amonge the people, or remayne, where 
so euer it pleaseth y. So the chefe captayne 
gaue him his expeses with a rewarde, (j let 
him go. g Then wete Ieremy vnto Godolias y 
sonne of Ahica. to Masphat, j dwelt there 
with him amonge the people that were left 
the londe. 

Now when y captaynes of the hooste of 
Iuda (which with their felowes were scatred 
abrode on euery syde in y lode) vnderstode. 
y the kynge of Babilo had made Godolias y 
sonne of Ahica gouernoure in the lode, tJ y 
man, wife (t. childe, yee cj the poore men 
the londe (y were not led captyue to Babilon) 
shulde be vnder his Iurisdictio : They came 
to Godolias vnto Masphat : Namely, Ismael 
the sonne of Nathanias, Iohana g Ionathas the 
sonnes of Carea, Sareas the sonne of Tanho- 
meth, the sonnes of Opheus y Netophetite, 
Iesanias y sonne of Machati, with their copa- 
nyons. And Godolias the sonne of Ahicam 
the sonne off Sapha, swore vnto the (j their 
felowes on this maner : * Be not afrayed to 
seme the Caldees, dwell in the lode, (j do the 
kynge of Babilon seruyce, so shal ye prospere. 
Beholde, I dwell at Masphat to be an officer 
in the Caldees behalfe, u to satisfie soch as 
come to vs. Therfore gather you wyne, corne 
and oyle, and kepe them in youre ware 
houses, and dwell in youre cities, that ye haue 
in kepinge. 

Yee all the Iewes also y dwelt in Moab 
vnder f Ammonites, in Idumea u in all f 



Gen. 13. b. Tob. 



/4Re. 25.C. * Iere. 39. c. 
4 Re. 25. c. 



tfo. Mnbiih 



ftfyt prophet 3fmmj>* 



Cfjap* flu 



coutrees, whe they herde, y the kinge of Ba 
bilo had made Godolias the sonne of Ahica 
the sonne of Sapha, gouernoure vpo the y 
were left in Iuda : All the Iewes (I saye) re- 
turned out off all places where they were fled 
vnto : (j came in to the lode of Iuda to Godo 
lias vnto Masphat, 5 gathered wyne and other 
frutes, and that very moch. 

Morouer Iohanna the sonne of Carea g all 
y captaynes of y hooste, y were scatred on 
euery syde in the londe, came to Godolias in 
Masphat, 1 sayde vnto him : knowest thou not 
y- Baalis kinge of y Ammonites hath sent 
Ismael y sonne of Nathanias, to slaye the ? 
But Godolias y sonne of Ahica beleued the 
not. The sayde Iohana the sonne of Carea 
vnto Godolias in Masphat these wordes se- 
cretly: Let me go (I praye the) g I will slaye 
Ismael the sonne of Nathanias, so y no body 
shal knowe it. Wherfore will he kyll the, y 
all the Iewes which resorte vnto the, might 
be scatred, (j the remnaunt in Iuda perishe ? 
The sayde Godolias the sonne of Ahicam to 
Iohanna the sonne of Carea : Thou shalt not 
do it, for they are but lies, that men saye of 
Ismael. 

Che rli. Chapter. 

BUT in the seuenth Moneth it happened, 
" y Ismael the sonne of Nathanias y 
sonne of Elisama (one of f kynges bloude) 
came with the that were greatest aboute the 
kynge, (j ten men that were sworne with him : 
vnto Godolias the sonne off Ahicam to Mas- 
phat, and eate there together. And Ismael f 
sonne of Nathanias with those ten men that 
were sworne to him, starte vp, and smote 
Godolias the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of 
Saphan with the swearde, (t slewe hym, whom 
the kynge off Babilo had made gouernoure 
off the londe. Ismael also slewe all the Iewes 
that were with Godolias at Masphat, and all 
the Caldees that he founde there waitynge 
vpon him. 

The nexte daye after that he had slayne 
Godolias (the matter was yet vnknowne) there 
came certayne men from Sichem, fro Silo and 
Samaria, to the nombre off lxxx. which had 
shauen their beerdes, rent their clothes, 5 
were all heuye, bringinge meat offringes and 
incense in their hondes, to offre it in the 
house off the LORDE. And Ismael the 



sonne of Nathanias went forth of Masphat 
wepinge, to mete them. Now whe he met 
them, he sayde : Go youre waye to Godolias 
the sonne of Ahicam. And when they came 
in the myddest off the cite, Ismael the sonne 
off Nathanias (with them that were sworne 
vnto him) slewe them, eue at the myddest off 
the pyt. Amonge these lxxx. me there wer 
ten, y sayde vnto Ismael : Oh slaye vs not, 
for we haue yet a greate treasure in the felde, 
off wheate, barley, oyle and hony. So he 
spared the, and slewe them not with their 
brethren. Now the pyt wherin Ismael dyd 
cast the deed bodies off the me (whom b 
slewe because off Godolias) had kynge Asa 
caused to be made, * for feare off Baasa the 
kynge off Israel, and the same pit dyd Ismael 
fyll with slayne men. As for the renaunt off the 
people, the kynges doughters and all the peo- 
ple that were yet left at Masphat, "vpon whom 
Nabusaradan the chefe Captayne had made 
Godolias the sonne of Ahicam gouernoure : 
Ismael the sonne off Nathanias caried them 
awaye presoners towarde the Ammonites. 
But when Iohana the sonne off Carea and all 
they which had bene captaynes ouer the 
kynges hooste with him, d herde of all the 
wickednes that Ismael the sonne off Nathanias 
had done : they toke their companyons, and 
wente out for to fight with Ismael the sone 
of Nathanias, and founde him by the waters 
of Rabim in Gabaon. Now when all the 
people, whom Ismael led captyue, sawe Io- 
hana y sonne off Carea and all the other 
captaynes off the hooste, they were glad. So 
all the people that Ismael had caried awaye 
fro Masphat, were brought agayne. 

And whe they returned, they came to Io- 
hanna the sonne off Carea. But Ismael the 
sonne off Nathanias fled from Iohana with 
eight of his sworne companyons, (j wente to 
the Ammonites. Then Iohanna the sonne of 
Carea and all the captaynes of the hooste that 
were with him, toke the remnaiit of the peo- 
ple, whom Ismael the sonne of Nathanias had 
led awaye (When he had slayne Godolias the 
sonne of Ahica) whom they also had rescued 
from him : fightinge men, women & children, 
and gelded men, whom they brought agayne 
from Gabaon: and wente from thence, and 
sat them downe at Geruth Chimham, which 
lieth besyde Bethlee, that they might go in to 

"* Gen. 14. c. 1 Re. 30. b. 



Cfiap. xliih 



Wbt prophet ieremy 



tfo. Mm?. 



Egipte for feare of the Caldees: of whom 
they were afrayed, because that Ismael the 
sonne off Nathanias had slayne Godolias Ahi- 
cams sonne, whom the kynge off Babilon had 
" made gouernoure in the londe. 

Che yltj. Chapter. 

SO all the rulers, and Iohana the sonne off 
Carea, Iesanias the sonne off Osias came 
with all the people fro the leest vnto the most, 
& sayde vnto Ieremy the prophet : * O heare 
oure peticio, that thou mayest praye for vs 
vnto the LORDE thy God, and for the rem- 
naunt, wherof there be very few left off many, 
as thou seist vs : that the LORDE thy God 
maye shewe vs a waye to go in, 5 tell vs, what 
we shulde do. Then Ieremy the prophete 
sayde vnto them : I haue herde you. Be- 
holde, I will praye vnto God youre LORDE, 
as ye haue requyred me : and loke what 
answere the LORDE geueth you, I shall 
certifie you theroff, and kepe nothinge back 
fro you. c And they sayde vnto Ieremy : 
The LORDE off treuth g faithfulnes be oure 
recorde, that we wil do all, that the LORDE 
thy God commaundeth vs, whether it be good 
or euell. We will herken vnto the voyce off 
oure LORDE God, to whom we sende the : 
that we maye prospere, when we haue folowed 
the voyce off the LORDE oure God. 

And after ten dayes came the worde off the 
LORDE vnto Ieremy. Then called he Io- 
hanna the sonne of Carea, and all the cap- 
taynes of the people that were with him : Yee 
(5 all the people from the leest to the most, 5 
sayde vnto them: Thus saieth the LORDE 
God of Israel vnto whom ye sent me, to laye 
forth youre prayers before him: Yf ye wil 
dwell in this londe, I shall buylde you vp, 5 
not breake you downe : I shall plante you, (j 
not rote you out: for I am pacified, as cocern- 
ynge the trouble that I haue done to you. 
Feare not the kynge off Babilon, off whom ye 
stonde in awe: O be not afrayed off him, 
saieth the LORDE : for I will be with you, 
to helpe you, and delyuer you from his honde. 
I will pardon you, I wil haue mercy vpon you, 
and brynge you agayne in to youre owne londe. 

Neuertheles, yf ye purpose not to dwell in 
this londe, ner to folowe the voyce off the 
LORDE youre God: but will saye thus: we 

Iere. 40. a. * Iere. 21. a. Iere.37. a. closuel.c. 
1 Mac. 2. d. Iere. 43. a. * Iere. 27. a. e Iere. 41. c. 



will not dwell here, but go in to Egipte: 
where we shall nether se warre, heare the 
noyse off batell, ner suffre honger, there will 
we dwell. Wherfore heare now the worde of 
the LORDE, o ye remnaunt of Iuda. Thus 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of 
Israel : d Yf ye be whole purposed to go in to 
Egipte, ad to be there as straugers: 'the 
swearde that ye feare, shall ouer take you in 
Egipte : and the honger wheroff ye be here 
afrayed, shall hange vpon you in to Egipte, 
and there ye shall dye. For all they, that off 
set purpose vndertake to go in to Egipte, 
there to ease them selues off their mysery, 
shall perish with the swearde, with honger and 
pestilence : not one off them shall remayne, 
there shal none escape the plage, that I wil 
bringe vpon them. 

For thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes 
the God off Israel: like as my wrath and 
indignacion is come vpon the inhabitours of 
Ierusale, so shall my displeasure go forth vpon 
you also, yf ye go in to Egipte : For there ye 
shalbe reuyled, abhorred, brought to shame 
and confucion : and as for this place, ye shall 
neuer se it more. The LORDE forbyddeth 
you (o ye remnaut of Iuda) that ye shall not 
go in to Egipte. And forget not that I haue 
warned you earnestly this daye els shal ye 
begyle youre selues. / For ye sent me vnto 
the LORDE youre God, and sayde : O praye 
thou the LORDE oure God for vs : and loke 
what answere the LORDE oure God geueth 
the, that bringe vs agayne, ad we shall do 
thereafter. Now haue I shewed, and de 
clared vnto you the voyce off the LORDE 
youre God, for the which cause he hath sent 
me to you. s Yf ye will not folowe it, be sure, 
y ye shall perishe with the swearde, with 
honger (t pestilence : euen in the same place, 
where youre lust was to go, and dwell. 

Cfie rlit). Chapter. 

NOW when Ieremy had ended all f 
wordes of y LORDE God vnto y peo- 
ple, (for their sakes to whom God had sent 
him) Asarias the sonne of Osias, & Iohana y 
sonne of Carea, with all the proude personnes, 
sayde vnto Ieremy: Thou lyest, the LORDE 
oure God ; 'hath not sent y to speake vnto vs, 
that we shulde not go in to Egipte, and dwell 



/ Iere. 42. a. 



Deu. 28. c. 



So* Mm* 



Cfee propfoet Seremp* 



Cfcap, rliiih 



there : But Baruch the sonne of Nerias pro- 
uoketh the agaynst vs, that he might bringe 
vs in to the captyuyte off the Caldees : that 
they might slaye vs, and carie vs awaye pre- 
soners vnto Babilon 

So Iohanna the sonne of Carea, and all the 
captaynes of the hooste, and all the people 
folowed not the commaundement of the 
LORDE : Namely, to dwell in the londe off 
Iuda : But Iohanna the sonne of Carea 5 all 
the captaynes of the hooste, caried awaye all 
the remnaunt in Iuda, that were come together 
agayne from the Heithen (amoge whom they 
had bene scatred) " to dwell in the londe of 
Iuda : Men, women, childre, the kynges dough- 
ters: all those that Nabusaradan the chefe 
captayne had left with Godolias the sonne of 
Ahicam. They caried awaye also the prophet 
Ieremy, Baruch the sonne of Nerias, and so 
came in to Egipte : for they were not obedient 
vnto the commaundement of God. Thus 
came they to Taphnis. 

And in Taphnis the worde off the LORDE 
happened vnto Ieremy, sayenge : Take greate 
stones in thine hode, and hyde them in the 
brick wall, vnder the dore off Pharaos house 
in Taphnis, that all the men of Iuda maye se, 
and saye vnto them : Thus saieth the LORDE 
of hoostes the God of Israel : b Beholde, I will 
sende and call for Nabuchodonosor the kynge 
of Babilon my seruaunt, and will set his seate 
vpon these stones that I haue hyd, and he shall 
sprede his tente ouer them. 

And when he commeth, he shal smyte the 
lode of Egipte with slaughter, with preson- 
ment and with the swearde. He shall set fyre 
vpon the temples of the Egipcias goddes, and 
burne them vp, j take them selues presoners. 
Morouer he shall araye himselff with the lode 
of Egipte, like as a shepherde putteth on his 
cote, and shall departe awaye from thence 
in peace. The pilers also of the temple of 
the Sonne that is in Egipte, shal he breake in 
peces, and burne the tempels of the Egipcians 
goddes. 

Cfie rlttij. Cljapter. 

THIS is the worde y was shewed to Ieremy 
cocerninge all f Iewes, which dwelt in 
Egipte : at Magdal, at Taphnis, at Memphis, 
& in the londe of Patures. Thus saieth the 
LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel : Ye 



haue sene all f mysery, y I haue brought vpon 
Ierusalem, and vpon all the cities of Iuda : so 
that this daye they are desolate, and no man 
dwellinge therin : & y because of the greate 
blasphemies, which they committed, to pro- 
uoke me vnto anger: In that they wente 
backe to do sacrifice ad worshipe vnto straunge 
goddes : whom nether they, ner ye, ner youre 
fathers haue knowne. How be it, I sent vnto 
them my seruaiites all the prophetes : c I rose 
vp early, I sent vnto them, and gaue them 
warninge : O do no soch abhominable thinges, 
a thinges that I hate. But they wolde not 
folowe ner herke, to turne from their wicked- 
nes, and to do no more sacrifice vnto straunge 
goddes. 

Wherfore my indignacion % wrath was kyn- 
dled, and it brente vp the cities of Iuda, the 
feldes with the stretes off Ierusalem : so that 
they were made waist and desolate, as it is 
come to passe this daye. Now therfore thus 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of 
Israel: How happeneth it, that ye do so 
greate euell vnto youre owne soules, thus to 
destroye the men and women, childre and 
babes of Iuda? so that none of you is left, 
because ye prouoke me vnto wrath with the 
workes of youre owne hondes : whe ye offre 
vnto straunge goddes in the londe off Egipte, 
where as ye be gone to dwell : That ye might 
vtterly perishe, and that ye might be reuyled 
and sham fully in treated of all nacions. Or, 
haue ye now forgotten the wickednes off youre 
forefathers, the wickednes off f kynges of Iuda 
and their wyues, f wickednes that ye youre 
selues ad youre wyues haue done in the londe 
of Iuda, in the cite and in the londe off 
Ierusalem ? 

Yet are ye not sory this daye, ye feare not, 
nether walke ye in my lawe and in my com- 
maundementes, that I haue geue vnto you 
and youre forefathers. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes 
the God off Israel: ''lam stedfastly advysed 
and determed, to punysh you, and to rote out 
all Iuda. e As for the remnaunt off Iuda that 
purposly wente in to Egipte, there to ease 
them off their mysery : I will take them, and 
they shall all be destroyed. In y londe of 
Egipte shall they perishe, beynge consumed 
with the swearde and with honger. For from 
y leest vnto y most, they shal perishe with the 

d Amo. 9. b. ' Iere. 42. c. 43. a. 



Cftap* jrto. 



€f)t propftet 3tvtmy. 



So. trrlwjtt 



swearde and with honger. Morouer they 
shalbe reuyled, abhorred, shamed, and con- 
founded. For I will viset them that dwell in 
Egipte, "as I haue visited Ierusalem : with the 
swearde, with honger and with pestilence: 
So that none off the remnaunt off Iuda, which 
are gone to dwell in Egipte, shall be left to 
come agayne in to y londe off Iuda : all though 
they thynke to come thither agayne, and to 
dwell there. For none shal come agayne, but 
soch as are fled awaye. 

Then all the men which knewe that their 
wyues had offred vnto straunge goddes, j a 
greate sorte off wyues that stode there, yee 
and all the people that dwelt there in Egipte 
in the cite of Patures, answerde Ieremy, & 
sayde : As for the wordes that thou hast spoken 
vnto vs in the name of the LORDE, we i 
in no wyse heare them: but what so euer 
goeth out of oure owne mouth, that wil we 
do : We will do sacrifice, and offre oblacions 
vnto the Quene off heauen: 4 like as we and 
oure forefathers, oure kynges and oure heades 
haue done in the cities off Iuda, and in the 
stretes and feldes of Ierusalem. For then 
had we plenteousnesse off vytales, then were 
we in prosperite, and no myszfortune came 
vpon vs. 

But sens we left of, to offre, and to do 
sacrifice vnto the Quene of heauen, c we haue 
had scarcenes of all thinges, and perish with 
the swearde and honger. Last of all, when 
we wome did sacrifice and offred vnto the 
Quene of heaue, did we make her cakes ad 
poure vnto her drinkofferinges, to do her 
seruyce, without oure huszbondes wylles ? 

Then sayde Ieremy vnto all the people, to 
the men, to the women and to all the folke, 
which had geuen him that answere : Dyd not 
the LORDE remembre the sacrifices that ye, 
youre forefathers, rf youre klges % rulers (with 
all the people) haue offred in the cities of 
Iuda, in the stretes and londe off Ierusalem ? 
and hath he not considered this in his mynde? 

so moch, that the LORDE might no 
longer suffre the wickednes off youre inuen- 
cions, and the abhominable thynges which ye 
dyd? Ts not youre londe desolate (j voyde, 
yee and abhorred, so that no ma dwelleth therin 
eny more, as it is come to passe this daye ? 
J Dyd not all this happen vnto you, because 

Iere. 39. » Iere. 7. b. c 1 Mach. 1. b. d Iere. 39. 
e Esa. 1. a. / 3 Re. 18. b. Iere. 2. c. 3. e. 5. e. 



ye made soch sacrifice, and synned agaynst 
the LORDE? Ye haue not folowed his voyce, 
to walke in his lawe, in his ordinaunces and 
statutes. 6, 

Yee this is the cause, that all mysfortune 
happened vnto you, as it is come to passe this 
daye. 

Morouer, Ieremy spake vnto all the people 
and to all the women : Heare the worde off 
the LORDE all Iuda, ye that be in the londe 
off Egipte: Thus saieth the LORDE off 
hoostes the God of Israel: Ye and youre 
wyues haue spoken with youre owne mouth, 
the thinge that ye haue fulfilled in dede. 

Yee thus haue ye sayde : ; ' We will not fayle, 
but do the thynge that pleaseth vs : we wil do 
sacrifice and poure out drynkoffringes to the 
Quene of heauen. Purposly haue ye set vp 
youre owne good meanynges, j hastely haue 
ye fulfilled youre owne intente. And therfore, 
heare the worde of the LORDE all Iuda, ye 
that dwell in the londe off Egipte. 

Beholde, ' I haue sworne by my greate name 
(saieth the LORDE) that my name shal not 
be rehearsed thorow eny mans mouth of Iuda 
in all the londe of Egipte : to saye : The 
LORDE God lyueth, for I wil watch, to pli 
them, and not for their wealth. And all the 
men of Iuda that be in the lode of Egipte, 
* shal perish with the swearde and with hoger. 
vntill they be vtterly destroyed. 

Neuertheles, those that fled awaye for f 
swearde, shal come agayne in to the lode of 
Iuda (but there shal be very fewe of them) 
And all the remnaunt off Iuda, that are gone 
in to Egipte, there to dwell, shall knowe, whose 
wordes shalbe founde true : theirs or myne. 
Take this for a token, that I wil viset you in 
this place (saieth the LORDE) and that ye 
maye knowe, how that I (without doute) wil 
perfourme my purpose vpon you, to punysh 
you. Beholde (saieth the LORDE) I wil 
delyuer Pharao Ophram kynge of Egipte in 
to the hondes of his enemies, y seke after his 
life : euen as I gaue Sedechias the kynge of 
Iuda 'in to the hondes of Nabuchodonosor 
kige of Babilo, which sought after his life. 

Che rib. Chapter. 

THESE are the wordes y Ieremy the 
prophet spake vnto Baruch the sonne 



Iere. 44. c. 
1 4 Re. 25. a. 



■' Gen. 22. a 
Iere. 39. b. 



So. Mmih 



Wbt prophet Smmp, 



Cfrap, jrlbu 



of Nerias, "after that he had written these 
Sermos in to a boke at the mouth of Ieremy, 
In the fourth yeare of Ioachim the sonne of 
Iosias kynge of Iuda. 

Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel 
vnto the, O Baruch: In so moch as thou 
thoughtest thus (when thou wast writinge) 
Wo is me, the LORDE hath geuen me payne 
for my trauayle : I haue weeried my self with 
sighinge, and shall I fynde no rest ? Therfore 
tell him (O Ieremy) y the LORDE saieth 
thus: Beholde, The thige that I haue buylded, 
wil I breake downe agayne, and rote out the 
thinge, that I haue planted, yee this whole 
londe. And sekest thou yet promocio ? Loke 
not for it, and desyre it not. For I will bringe 
a miserable plage vpo all flesh, saieth the 
LORDE. * But thy life will I geue the for a 
pray, where so euer thou goest. 

Wfye rlbt. Chapter. 

HERE folowe the wordes off the LORDE 
to the prophet Ieremy, which he spake 
vnto the Gentiles. c These wordes folowinge 
preached he to the Egipcias concernynge the 
hoost off Pharao Necho kynge off Egipte, 
when he was in Charcamis besyde the water 
off Euphrates : what tyme as Nabuchodonosor 
the kynge of Babilon slewe him, In the fourth 
yeare off Ioachim the sonne off Iosias kynge 
off Iuda. 

d Ye make redy buckler and shylde, ye go 
forth to fight: Yee harnesse youre horses, & 
set youre selues vpon them: Ye set youre 
salettes fast on, ye bringe forth speares, ye 
scoure youre sweardes, 5 put on youre brest 
plates. 

But alas, how happeneth it, that I se you 
so afrayed ? why shrecke ye backe ? wherefore 
are youre worthies slayne ? Yee they runne 
so fast awaye, that none off them loketh 
behynde him. Fearfulnesse is fallen vpon 
euerychone off them, saieth the LORDE. 
The lightest off fote shall not fle awaye, and 
the worthies shall not escape. 

Towarde the north by the water of Euphrates 
they shall stomble and fall. But what is he 
this, that swelleth vp, as it were a floude, 
roaringe & raginge like the streames off water ? 
It is Egipte that ryseth vp like the floude, and 
casteth out the waters with so greate noyse. 



Eze. 29. a. 30. 31. 



c Esa. 19. a. 
4 Re. 24. b. 



For they saye : We will go vp, and will 
couer the earth : we wil destroye f cities, with 
them that dwell therin. Get you to horse 
backe, roll forth y Charettes, come forth ye 
worthies : ye Morians, ye Libeans with youre 
buclers, ye Lideans with youre bowes : So 
shall this daye be vnto the LORDE God of 
hoostes, a daye of vegeaunce, that he maye 
avege him of his enemies. The swearde shal 
deuoure, it shal be satisfied and bated in their 
bloude : For the LORDE God off hoostes 
shall haue a slayneoffringe towarde the North, 
by the water of Euphrates. Go vp (o Galaad) 
j bringe triacle vnto the doughter off Egipte : 

But in vayne shalt thou go to surgery, for 
thy wounde shall not be stopped. The Heithen 
shall heare off thy shame, and the londe shalbe 
full of thy confucion : for one stronge man shall 
stomble vpon another, how then shulde they 
not fall both together? 

These are the wordes that the LORDE 
spake to the prophet Ieremy, e concernynge f 
hoost of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon, 
which was to destroye the londe off Egipte : 
Preach out thorow the londe of Egipte, and 
cause it be proclamed at Migdal, Memphis 
and Taphnis, and saye : Stonde still, make 
the redie, for the swearde shal consume the 
rounde aboute. 

How happeneth it that thy mightie worthies 
are fallen ? why stode they not fast ? Euen 
because the LORDE thrust them downe. 
The slaughter was greate, for one fell euer 
still vpon another. One cried vpon another : 
Vp, let vs go agayne to oure owne people, 
and to oure owne naturall countre, from the 
swearde of oure enemie. 

Crie euen there : O Pharao kynge of Egipte, 
the tyme will bringe sedicion. •'As truly as I 
lyue (saieth the kynge, whose name is the 
LORDE of hoostes) it shall come asy mount 
of Thabor, and as Libanus yf it stode in the 
see. O thou doughter of Egipte, make redy 
thy geer to flyt. For Memphis shalbe voyde 
and desolate, so that noma, shal dwell therin. 
The londe of Egipte is like a goodly fayre 
calfe, but one shall come out of the north to 
dryue her forwarde. Hir wagied souldyers 
that be with her, are like fat caiues. 

They also shall fle awaye together, and not 
abyde : for the daye off their slaughter and 



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CJje propfjet §mmp* 



tfo. Mmi$. 



the tyme of their visitation shall come vpon 
them. 

The crie off their enemies shall make a 
noyse, as the blast of a trompet. For they 
shall entre in with their hooste, and come 
with axes, as it were hewers downe of wod. 
And they shall cut downe hir wod (saieth the 
LORDE) with out eny discretion. For they 
shal be mo in nobre then the greshoppers, 
that no man shalbe able to tell the. The 
doughter of Egipte shalbe confoiided, whe she 
shalbe delyuered in to the hondes off the peo- 
ple off the north. 

Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes 
the God of Israel : Beholde I will vyset that 
restlesse people off Alexandria, Pharao and 
Egipte, yee both their goddes and their 
kynges : euen Pharao, and all them y litten 
vnto him. a Yee I will delyuer them in to the 
hondes off those, that seke after their lyues : 
Namely, in to the power off Nabuchodonosor 
the kynge off Babilon, and in to the power off 
his seruautes. 5 And after all these thinges, it 
shalbe inhabited as afore tyme, saieth the 
LORDE. 

c But be not thou afrayed (o my seruaunt 
Iacob) feare not thou, o Israel. For lo, I wil 
helpe the from farre, and thy sede from the 
londe of thy captiuyte. Iacob also shall come 
agayne, and be in rest : he shall be rich, and 
no man shall do him harme. d Feare thou 
not (o Iacob my seruaunt) saieth the LORDE, 
for I am with the : and will destroye all 
nacions, amonge whom I haue scatred the. 
Neuertheles I will not consume the, but 
chasten the and correcke the : yee and that 
with discretion : nether wil I spare the, as one 
that were fautlesse. 

Cfie rl&tj. Cfiaptn-. 

THESE are the wordes, that the LORDE 
spake vnto Ieremy the prophet agaynst 
the Phylistines,' before that Pharao smote the 
cite off Gaza. Thus saieth the LORDE: 
Beholde, there shall waters arise out off the 
north: and shall growe to a greate floude, 
runnynge ouer and couerynge the londe, the 
cities and them that dwell therin. 

And the men shall crie, and all they that 
dwell in the londe, shall mourne at the noyse 
and stampynge off their stronge barded horses, 



' Iere. 14. 
Agg. 2. a. 



Eze. 29. b. 
! Esa. 14. c. 



c Esa. 44. 
Eze. 25. c 



Iere. 30. 
Soph. 2. 



at the shakynge off their charettes, and at the 
romblinge off the wheles. The fathers shall 
not loke to their children, so feable and weery 
shall their hondes be : at the same tyme, when 
he shal be there, to destroye the whole londe 
off the Phylistynes. He shall make waist 
both Tirus, Sidon ad all other that are sworne 
vnto them. 

For the LORDE will destroye all Pale& 
tina, and the other lies, that be deuyded fro 
the countre. Baldnesse is come vpon Gaza, 
Ascalon with hir other valleys shall kepe hir 
peace. 

How longe wilt thou slaye, O thou swearde 
off the LORDE ? Turne agayne in to thy 
sheeth, reste, and leaue off. But how can 
it ceasse, when the LORDE himselff hath 
geuen it a charge agaynst Ascalon, and raysed 
it vp agaynst the cities off the see coast ? 

Wt)( rib itj. CljapUr. 

THUS saieth y LORDE off hoostes f 
God of Israel against Moab : S Wo be 
to y cite of Nebo, for it shal be layed waist, 
brought to confucion and taken. Yee thy 
stroge cite of Cariatharim shalbe brought to 
shame, and afrayed : Moab shall nomore be 
had in honoure : Wicked councell shalbe tak 
vpon Hesebon. Come (shall they saye) let vs 
rote them out, that they maye be nomore 
amonge the nombre of the Gentiles, yee that 
they maye nomore be thought vpon : Thus 
the swearde shall persecute f. A voyce shall 
crie from Horonaim : With greate waistinge 
and destruction, is Moab made desolate. 

And this crie shalbe herde in all hir cities. 
At the goinge vp vnto Luhith there shall arise 
a lametacion : and downe towarde Horonaim, 
there shall be herde a cruell and a deedly crie : 
Get you awaye, saue youre lyues <j be like vnto 
the heeth in y wildernes. s For, because thou 
hast trusted in thy stronge holdes and treasure, 
thou shalt be taken. Chamos with his prestes 
and prynces shall go awaye in to captiuyte. 

The destroyer shal come vpon all cities, 
none shall escape. The valleys shalbe de- 
stroyed, and the feldes shall be layed waist : 
like as the LORDE hath determed. 

Make a token vnto Moab, that she get hir 
awaye spedely : for hir cities shalbe made so 
desolate, that no man shall dwell therin. 



t Esa. 15. 
13. c, 



16. a. 25. b. Eze. 25. b. Soph. 2. b. Iosue 
e Iere. 17. b. Eze. 29. a. Esa. 2. b. 



go* Mmiiih 



Ci)e prophet Sferemp* 



C&ap/jrlbiij. 



Cursed be he that doth the worke of the 
LORDE necligently, and cursed be he that 
kepeth backe his swearde from sheddynge off 
bloude/ 

Moab hath euer bene rich and carlesse 
from hir youth vp, she hath sytten and take 
hir ease with hir treasure. She was neuer yet 
put out off one vessell in to another (y is) she 
neuer wente awaye in to captyuyte, therfore 
hir taist remayneth, and hir sauoure is not yet 
chaunged. 

But lo, the tyme commeth (saieth the 
LORDE) that I shall sende hir trussers to 
trusse her vp, to prepare and season hir ves- 
sels : yee hir tankerdes rattell, and shake to & 
fro. And Moab shalbe ashamed off Chamos, 
like as Israel was ashamed off Bethel, wherin 
she put hir trust. 

Wherfore do ye thinke thus : we are mightie, 
and stronge men off warre ? * Moab shal be 
destroyed, and hir cities brente vp : c hir chosen 
yonge men shall be slayne, saieth the kinge, 
whose name is the LORDE off hoostes. The 
destruction off Moab commeth on a pace, and 
hir fall is at honde. 

All hir neghbours shall mourne for her, 
and all they that knowe hir name, shal saye : 

how happeneth it, that the stronge staff 
and the goodly rod is thus broken ? And 
thou doughter Dibo, come downe from thy 
glory, and syt in pouerte. For he that de- 
stroyeth Moab, shall come vp to the also, and 
breake downe thy stronge holdes. 

And thou that dwellest in Aroer, get the 
to y strete, u loke aboute the : axe them that 
are fled and escaped, and saye : what thynge 
is happened ? O, Moab is confounded and 
ouercome. 

Mourne and crie, tell it out at Arnon, that 
Moab is destroyed. And mysery shall come 
vpon the playne londe : Namely, vp5 holon, 
and Iaza : vpon Mephat and Dibo, vpon 
Nebo and the house of Diplathaim, vpon 
Cariatharim and Bethgamul, vpon Bethmaon 
and Carioth, vpon Bosra and all the cities in 
the lode off Moab, whether they lye farre or 
neare. 

The home of Moab shal be smytte downe, 

1 hir arme broken, saieth the LORDE. Make 
hir dronken (for she magnified hir self aboue 
the LORDE:) that men maye clappe their 
hondes at hir vomyte, and that she also maye 



be laughed to scorne. O Israel, shalt thou 
not laugh him to scorne, when he is taken 
amoge theues ? d Yee because off thy wordes 
that thou hast spoken agaynst him, thou shalt 
be dryuen awaye. Ye Moabites shal leaue the 
cities, and dwell in rockes off stone, and become 
like doues, that make their nestes in holes. 

As for Moabs pryde, we haue herde off it. 
she is very hie mynded. "1 knowe hir stout- 
nesse, hir boostinge, hir arogacy and the pryde 
off hir stomack, saieth the LORDE. For 
hir furiousnes maye nether vpholde hir with 
strength, ner dede. Therfore shal there 
mournynge be made for Moab, and euery ma 
shal crie for Moabs sake : a lamentacion 
shalbe made, to the men that stonde vpon 
the wall. So will I mourne for the also (o 
Iazer) and for the, O thou vynyarde off Sybma. 

Thy wyne brauches shal come ouer y see, 
and the braunches off Iazer but vnto the see : 
the destroyer shall breake in to thy haruest 
and grape gatheringe. Myrth and cheare 
shalbe taken awaye from the tymbre felde, 
and from the whole londe off Moab. 

There shall be no swete wyne in the presse, 
the treader shall haue no stomacke to crie, 
yee there shall be none to crie vnto him : 
which afore tyme were herde from hesebon 
to Eleale and Ioaz, which lifted vp their 
voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim, that bul- 
lock off thre yeare olde. The waters also off 
Nemrim shalbe dried vp. 

Morouer I will make Moab ceasse (saieth 
the LORDE) from the offringes and censinge 
that she hath made vnto hir goddes in hie 
places. Wherfore my herte mourneth for 
Moab, like a crowde playenge an heuy songe : 
and for the mens sake off the bricke wall my 
herte mourneth also/ euen as a pype, that 
pipeth a dolefull songe : for they shalbe very 
fewe, and destroyed. 

All heades shall be shauen, and all beerdes 
clipped off: all hondes bounde, and all loynes 
gyrded aboute with sack cloth. Vpo all the 
house toppes and stretes off Moab, there 
shalbe mournynge : For I will breake Moab 
like an vnprofi table vessell saieth the LORDE. 
O how fearfull is she ? O how mourneth she? 
O how doth Moab hange downe hir heade, 
and is ashamed? Thus shall Moab be a 
laughinge stocke, and had in derision off all 
them, that be rounde aboute her. 

* Nu. 27. a. ' Esa. 16. b. Iere. 49. c. / Esa. 15. a. 



Cfjap* tffr. 



€f)t propfret Seremp, 



jftu Mmb* 



For thus saieth the LORDE : "Beholde, 
the enemie shal come flyenge as an Aegle, 
and sprede his wynges vpon Moab. They 
shall clymme ouer the walles, and wynne the 
stronge holdes. Then the mighty mens hertes 
in Moab, ^shalbe like the herte off a woman 
trauelinge with childe. 

And Moab shalbe made so desolate, that 
she shal nomore be a people, because she hath 
set vp her selfe agaynst the LORDE. Feare, 
pyt, and snare shall come vpo the (o Moab) 
saieth the LORDE. Who so escapeth the 
feare, shal fall in the pyt : and who so getteth 
out off the pyt, shall be taken in the snare.' 

For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon 
Moab, saieth the LORDE. They that are 
able to fie, shall stonde vnder the shadovve off 
Hesebon. For there shall go a fyre out off 
Hesebon, and a flame from Sion, (j shall 
burne vp that proude people off Moab, both 
before and behynde. 

Wo be vnto the (o Moab) for thou people 
off Chamos shalt perish : Yee thy sonnes and 
doughters shall be led awaye captyue. Yet 
at the last will I bringe Moab out off cap- 
tiuyte agayne, saieth the LORDE. Thus 
farre off the plage off Moab. 

CIjc rltr. Chapter. 

AS concerninge the Ammonites, ''thus the 
LORDE saieth : Hath Israel no child- 
ren, or is he without an heyre ? Why hath 
youre kynge then taken Gad in ? wherfore 
doth his people dwell in his cities ? Beholde 
therfore, the tyme commeth (saieth y LORDE) 
that I will brynge a noyse off warre in to Ra- 
bath off the Ammonites. Lahel shalbe deso- 
late, and hir cities brent vp : and the Israelites 
shall be lordes ouer those, that had the in 
possession afore, saieth the LORDE. Hese- 
bon shall mourne, for it shal be roted out off 
the grounde, saieth the LORDE. The cities 
off Rabath shall crie out, and gyrde them 
selues with sack cloth : they shall mourne, 
and runne aboute the walles : for their kynge 
shall be led awaye presoner : yee his preestes 
and prynces with him. 

Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames, 
that flowe to and fro, o thou fearce doughter : 
and thynkest thou art so safe (by reason off 
thy treasure) that no man shal come to the ? 



" Deu. 28. c. Iere.49. d. 
Eze. 21. d. 25. a. Amos 1. : 



•e. 49. d. 
Esa. 21. 



Esa. 24. e, 
Eze. 25. b, 



Beholde, I will brynge a feare vpon the, 
saieth the LORDE God off hoostes, from all 
those that be aboute the : so that ye shall be 
scatred euery man from another, and no ma 
shall gather them together agayne, that be 
fled. But after that, I will bringe the Am- 
monites also out off captyuyte agayne. 

Vpon the Edomites hath the LORDE off 
hoostes spoken on this maner: e Is there no 
more wyszdome in Theman ? Is there no 
more good councell amonge his people ? Is 
their wyszdome then turned clene to naught ? 
Get you hence, turne youre backes, crepe 
downe in to the depe, O ye citesyns off Dedan. 

For I will bringe destructi5 vpon Esau, yee 
and the daye off his visitacion. Yff the grape 
gatherers came vpon the, shulde they not 
leaue some grapes ? Yff the night robbers 
came vpon the, shulde they not take so moch, 
as they thought were ynough ? 

But I will make Esau bare, and discouer 
his secretes, so that he shall not be able to 
hyde them. His sede shalbe waisted awaye, 
yee his brethren and his neghbours, ad he 
himselff shall not be left behinde. 

Thou shalt leaue thy fatherlesse children 
behinde the, /and I will kepe them and thy 
wydowes shall take their comforth in me. For 
thus hath the LORDE spoken: Beholde, 
they that men thought were vnmete to drinke 
of the cuppe, haue dronken with the first : 
and thynkest thou then to be fre ? 

No, no: thou shalt nether be quyte nor fre, 
but thou must drynke also : For why, I haue 
sworne by my selff (saieth the LORDE) that 
Bosra shall become a wyldernesse, an open 
shame, a laughinge stocke and cursynge : and 
hir cities shalbe a continuall deserte. 

For I am perfectly infourmed of the LORDE, 
that he hath sent a message all ready vnto 
the Heithen. Gather you together, and go 
forth agaynst them : make you ready to the 
battayle, for lo : g I will make the but small 
amonge the Heithen, and litle regarded 
amonge men. 

Thy hie stomack j the pryde of thy herte 
haue disceaued y, because thou wilt dwell in 
the holes of stony rockes, and haue the hie 
mountaynes in possession. Neuertheles though 
thy nest were as hie as the Aegles, yet wil I 
cast the downe, saieth the LORDE. Morouer 



32. f. 35. a. 

«• Abdie 



f Iere. 25. b. 
. a. Esa. 47. 1 



Eze. 9. b. 
Iere. 48. 



tfa. MmAU 



€i)t prflpfat 3 eremp. 



CJjap* U 



Idumea shall be a wildernesse: "who so goeth 
by it, shalbe abashed, and wondre at all hir 
miserable plages. Like as Sodom, Gomor 
and the cities that laye there aboute, were 
turned vpsyde downe (saieth f LORDE) so 
shal no body dwell in Idumea, and no man 
shal haue his habitacion there. Beholde, like 
as the Lyon cometh vp from the pleasaunt 
medowes of Iordane vnto f grene pastures 
of Etha, so wil I dryue him, s make him runne 
agaynst her. But who is the yonge man that 
I will ordene therto? Who is like, vnto me? 
What is he that will stryue with me ? What 
shepherde maye stonde in my hondes ? 

Therfore heare the councell of the LORDE, 
1 that he hath taken vpon Idumea : & his pur- 
pose, that he hath deuysed vpon the citesyns 
of Theman : The leest of the flocke shal 
teare them in peces, % loke what fayre thynge 
they haue, they shal make it waist, a them- 
selues also. At the noyse of their fall y earth 
shal quake, the crie of their voyce shalbe 
herde vnto the reed see. Beholde, f enemie 
shall come and fie vp hither, like as it were 
an Aegle, j sprede his wynges vpon Bosra. 
Then shal the hertes of the worthies in Edom 
be c as the herte of a woman trauelinge of 
childe. Vpon Damascus, Hemath and Ar- 
phad shall come confucion, for they shall 
heare euell tydinges : they shal be tossed to 
and fro like the see that can not stonde still. 
Damascus shalbe sore afrayde, a shal fie, 
tremblinge shal come vpon her. Sorowe and 
payne shal ouer take her as a woman trauel- 
inge of childe. But how shulde so worship- 
full and glorious a cite be forsaken ? Heare 
therfore : hir yonge men shal fall in the stretes, 
and all hir men of warre shal be take awaye 
in that tyme, saieth the LORDE of hoostes. 
I will kyndle a fyre in the walles of Damascus, 
which shal cosume the palace of Benadad. 

As for Cedar and the kyngdome of Hasor, 
d whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon 
smote downe, the LORDE hath spoken thus 
vpon them: Arise, and get you vp vnto 
Cedar, and destroye the people towarde the 
easte. Their tentes and their flockes shal they 
take awaye, yee their hanginges and their ves- 
sell. Their Camels also shall they carie awaye 
with them. They shall come aboute them on 
euery syde with a fearfull crie. 



" Iere. 18. b. 19. b. 50. b. Gene. 19. c. 
Iere. 48. f. Esa. 17. e. Amos 1. a. 



' Psal.l36.b. 
" Esa. 21. c. 



Fie, get you soone awaye, ci*epe in to caues, 
that ye maye dwell there : O ye inhabitours 
of Hasor, saieth the LORDE: for Nabu- 
chodonosor y kinge of Babilon hath holden a 
councel concernynge you, % concluded his 
deuyce agaynst you. Arise, 5 get you vp 
agaynst yonder rich (j carelesse people (saieth 
the LORDE) which haue nether gates ner 
dore barres, 5 that dwell not together. Their 
Camels shalbe stollen, 5 the droues of their 
catell dryuen awaye. 

Morouer, these that be shauen wil I scatre 
towarde all the wyndes, 5 bringe them to 
destruction : Yee j that thorow their owne 
familiers, saieth the LORDE. Hasor also 
shall be a dwellinge for Dragons, and an 
euerlastinge wildernesse: so that no body 
shal dwell there, and no man shal haue there 
his habitacion. 

These are the wordes, that the LORDE 
6 spake to the prophet Ieremy concernynge 
Elam, in the begynnynge of the reigne of 
Sedechias kinge of Iuda. Thus saieth the 
LORDE of hoostes : Beholde, I wil breake 
the bowe of Elam, and take awaye their 
strength : and vpon Elam I wil bringe the 
foure wyndes from y foure quarters of heauen, 
& wil scatre them agaynst the same foure 
wyndes. And there shal be no people, but 
some of Elam shal fle vnto them. 

For I wil cause Elam be afrayed of their 
enemies, g of them that seke their lyues: (j 
wil bringe vpo them the indignacion of my 
wrath, saieth the LORDE. And I wil per- 
secute them with the swearde so longe til I 
haue brought them to naught. I wil set my 
stole in Elam, I wil destroye both the kinge 5 
y prynces from thence, saieth the LORDE. 
But in processe of tyme, I wil bringe Elam 
out of captiuyte agayne, saieth the LORDE. 

€f}t I. Chapter. 

THE wordes y the LORDE spake vnto 
the prophet Ieremy, concernynge Babi- 
lon, d the londe of the Caldees : f Preach 
amonge the Gentiles, let youre voyce be herde, 
make a toke : crie out, kepe no sylence, but 
saye : Babilon shal be wonne, Bel shalbe co- 
founded, and Merodach shalbe ouercome. 

Yee their goddes shal be brought to shame, 
and their ymages shall stonde in feare. For 

' Eze. 32. d. Dan. 8. a. / Esa. 13. a. 47. a. Iere. 25. b. 
31. a. Esa. 46. a. Dan. 5. a. 



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#o* Mmbih 



out of the north there shal come a 
agaynst her, which shal make hir londe so 
waist, that no body shal dwell therin : nether 
man ner beast, for they shall fle and departe 
from thence. In those dayes g at that tyme 
(saieth the LORDE) " the childre of Israel 
shall come, they g the children of Iuda, 
wepinge g makinge haist, g shal seke the 
LORDE their God. They shall axe the 
waye to Sion, thyther shall they turne their 
faces, g come, and hange vpon the, in a coue- 
naunt that neuer shal be broken. 

* My people hath bene a lost flocke, my 
shepherdes haue disceaued them, g haue made 
them go astraye vpon the hilles. They haue 
gone from the mountayne to the litle hill, g 
forgotten their folde. All they y came vpon 
them, haue deuoured the: g their enemies 
sayde : We haue made no faute agaynst them, 
for they haue displeased the LORDE, yee 
euen the LORDE which is the bewtie of 
their rightuousnes, g y defended their fathers. 
Yet shal ye fle from Babilon, g departe out of 
y londe of the Caldees, and ye shall be as the 
rammes that go before the flocke. Tor lo, 
I will wake vp an hoost of people from y 
northren londe, g bringe them vpon Babilon : 
these shal laye sege to it, g wynne it : Their 
arowes shal not mysse, like as a connynge 
archer shuteth not wronge. And the Caldees 
shalbe spoyled, g all they that spoyle them, 
shalbe satisfied, saieth the LORDE: ^because 
ye were so chearfull g glad, to treade downe 
myne heretage, g fulfilled youre pleasures, as 
the calues in the grasse : and triumphed ouer 
them like the bulles, when ye had gotten the 
victory. Youre mothers shalbe sore con- 
founded, and they that bare you, shal come 
to shame. She shall be the leest set by 
amonge the nacions, voyde, waist, g dried vp. 
No man shal be able to dwell there, for the 
feare of y LORDE, but she shal be whole 
desolate. All they that go by Babilon, e shall 
stonde still, g be abashed, g shal wondre at all 
hir plages. 

Go forth in youre araye agaynst Babilon 
rounde aboute, all ye that can hadle bowes : 
shute at her, spare no arowes, for she hath 
synned agaynst the LORDE. Crie out: vpon 
her, vpon her, agaynst her roiide aboute : she 
shal yelde her selfe, her foundacios shal fall, 



• 1 Esd. 1. 
d Esa. 47. a. 



» Iere. 25. 
Iere. 18. b. 



a. Eze. 36. f. 
19. b. 49. c. 



c Iere. 50. g. 
/Exo.21.b. 



g hir walles shall come downe, for it shalbe 
the vengeaunce of the LORDE. ^Yee ve- 
geaunce shalbe taken of her, g as she hath 
done, so shal she be dealt withall. They shal 
rote out the sower from Babilon, 5 him y 
handleth the sickle in haruest. For feare of 
the swearde of the enemie, euery man shall 
get him to his owne people, j euery man shal 
fle to his owne londe. Israel is a scatred 
flocke, the Lyons haue dispersed them. g First 
the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them, last 
of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon 
hath brussed all their bones. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes 
the God of Israel : Beholde, I will viset the 
kinge of Babilon g his kingdome, * as I haue 
visited the kinge of the Assirians: and will 
bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture, 
that he maye fede vpon Charmel g Basan, 
and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim 
g Galaad. In those dayes and at the same 
tyme (saieth the LORDE) ' yf the offence of 
Israel be sought for, there shal none be founde : 
Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda, there 
shal be none: for I wil be mercifull vnto them, 
whom I suffre to remayne ouer. 

Go downe (0 thou avenger) in to the ene- 
mies londe, g viset them that dwell therin : 
downe with them, and smyte them vpon the 
backes, saieth the LORDE : do acordinge to 
all, that I haue commaunded the. There is 
gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter g 
greate murthur, namely on this maner : How 
happeneth it, that the hammer of the whole 
worlde is thus broken g brussed in sonder? 
How chaunceth it, that Babilon is become a 
wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner ? 
I my self haue layed wayte for the, g thou art 
taken : vnawarres art thou trapped g snared : 
for why, thou hast prouoked y LORDE vnto 
anger : The LORDE hath opened his house 
of ordinaunce, g brought forth the weapens of 
his wrath. For the thinge that is done in the 
londe of the Caldees, it is the LORDE of 
hoostes worke. 

These thinges shal come vpon her at the 
last, they shal breake in to hir preuy chabres, 
they shall leaue her as bare as stones, that be 
layed together vpon heapes. They shall so 
destroye her, y nothinge shal be left. They 
shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers, and put 



Leu. 24. d. Iohel 3. 1 
4 Re. 25. b. h 4 ] 



e 4 Reg. 17. e. Esa. 10. a. 
g. Esa. 14. d. ' Iere. 51. a. 



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them to death. Wo be vnto the, for the daye 
g tyme of their visitacion is at honde. Me- 
thinke I heare already a crie, of them that be 
fled g escaped out of the londe of Babilon, 
which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the 
LORDE oure God, the vengeaunce of his 
temple : Yee a voyce of them, that crie 
agaynst Babilon: Call vp all the archers 
agaynst Babilon, pytch youre tentes rounde 
aboute her, that none escape. a Recompence 
her, as she hath deserued : and acordinge as 
she hath done, so deale with her agayne : for 
she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE, 
agaynst f holy one of Israel. Therfore shal 
hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes, g all 
hir men of warre shal be roted out in y daye, 
saieth the LORDE. Beholde, I speake vnto 
the (o thou proude) saieth the LORDE God 
of hoostes : for thy daye shal come, eue the 
tyme of thy visitacio. And the proude shal 
stomble g fall, g no man shal helpe him vp. 
I wil burne vp his cities with fyre, g it shal 
consume all that is rounde aboute him. 

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes : The 
children of Israel g Iuda suffre violence to- 
gether. All they that haue them in captiuyte, 
kepe them fast, g wil not let them go : but 
their aveger g redemer is mightie, whose name 
is the LORDE of hoostes : he shal manteyne 
their cause, he shal make the londe shake, g 
iudge them that dwell therin, one with another. 
The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees 
(saieth the LORDE) vpon them that dwell 
in Babilon, vpon their prynces, g vpo their 
wyse me : The swearde vpon their soythsayers, 
(as for those, they shall become fooles.) The 
swearde vpo their worthies, so that they shal 
stonde in feare : The swearde vpon their 
horsmen and charettes, g vpon all the comon 
people that dwell vnder the : so that they all 
shal become like women : The swearde vpon 
their treasure, so that it shal be stollen awaye : 
The swearde vpon their waters, so that they 
shalbe dried vp : For the londe worshippeth 
ymages, 5 delyteth in straunge wondrefull 
thinges. Therfore shal wilde beestes, Apes g 
Estriches dwell therin : for there shal neuer 
man dwell there, nether shal eny man haue 
his habitacion there for euer more. 4 Like 
as God destroyed Sodom g Gomorre, with 
the cities that laye there aboute, saieth the 



Apoc. 



4 Gene. 19. d. 
Deut. 28. c. 



LORDE : So shal noman dwell there also, 
nether shal eny ma haue there his habitacion. 
c Beholde, there shal come a people from the 
north, with a greate bonde of men, g many 
kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the 
earth : They beare bowes g buclers, cruell are 
they g vnmercifull. 

Their voyce roareth like the raginge see, 
they ryde vpon horses, g come weapened to 
fight agaynst the : O Babilon. As soone as 
the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them, his 
hondes shal waxe feable : Sorowe and heuynes 
shall come vpon him, as a woman trauelinge 
with childe. Beholde, rf like as the Lyon 
commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of 
Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan, so 
wil I dryue the forth, and make them runne 
agaynst her. But whom shal I chose out, g 
ordene to soch thinge ? e For who is like me, 
or who wil stryue with me ? or what shepherde 
maye stonde agaynst me ? Therfore heare 
the councel that the LORDE hath geuen 
vpon Babilon, and the deuyce that he hath 
taken vpon the londe of the Caldees. The 
leest amoge the people shal teare them in 
peces, g loke what pleasaunt thinge they haue : 
they shal laye it waist. The noyse at y wyn- 
nynge of Babilon shal moue the earth, g the 
crie shalbe herde amonge the Getiles. 

Cfic It. Cfiapter. 

THUS hath the LORDE sayde: 'Be- 
holde, I will rayse vp a perlous wynde 
agaynst Babilon g hir citesens, y beare euell 
will agaynst me. I wil sende also in to Babilo 
fanners, to fanne her out, g to destroye hir 
londe : for in the daye of hir trouble they shal 
be aboute her on euery syde. Morouer, the 
LORDE hath sayde vnto the bowe men, g to 
them y clymme ouer the walles in brest plates : 
Ye shal not spare hir yonge me, kyll downe 
all hir hoost. Thus the slayne shal fall downe 
in the londe of the Caldees, and the wounded 
in the stretes. ? As for Israel g Iuda, they 
shall not be forsake of their God, of the 
LORDE of hoostes, of the holyone of Israel: 
no, though they haue fylled all their londe full 
of synne. ; 'Fle awaye from Babilon, euery 
man saue his life. Let no man holde his 
tunge to hir wickednes, for the tyme of the 
LORDES vengeaunce is come, yee he shal 



' lob 41. 
s Iere. 50. d. 



f Iere. 25. 
Esa. 48. d. 



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rewarde her agayne. Babilon hath bene in 
the LORDES honde a golden cuppe, " j 
maketh all londes droncken. Of hir wyne 
haue all people droncken, therfore are they 
out of their wittes. * But sodenly is Babilon 
fallen, and destroyed. Mourne for her, 
brynge plasters for hir woundes, yf she maye 
peraduenture be healed agayne. We wolde 
haue made Babilon whole (save they) but she 
is not recouered. Therfore wil we let her 
alone, g go euery ma in to his owne countre. 
For hir iudgmet is come in to heauen, g is 
gone vp to the cloudes. And therfore come 
on, we will shewe Sion the worke of the 
LORDE oure God. 

Make sharpe the arowes, and fyll the 
quyuers : c for the LORDE shall rayse vp the 
sprete of the kynge of the Meedes, which 
hath allready a desyre to destroye Babilon. 
This shalbe the vengeaunce of the LORDES, 
and the vengeaunce of his temple. 

Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babilon, 
make youre watch stronge, set youre watch- 
men in araye, yee holde preuye watches : g 
yet for all that shall the LORDE go forth 
with the deuyce, which he hath taken vpon 
them that dwell in Babilon. 

O thou that dwellest by the greate waters, 
thou that hast so greate treasure and riches, 
thyne ende is come : g the rekenynge of thy 
wynnynges. rf The LORDE of hoostes hath 
sworne by himself, that he wil ouer whelme 
the with men like greshoppers in nombre, 
which with a corage shall crie Alarum Alarum 
agaynst the. *Yee euen the LORDE of 
hoostes, that with his power made the earth, 
with his wiszdome prepayred f rounde worlde, 
g with his discrecion spred out the heauens. 
As soone as he letteth his voyce be herde, the 
waters in the ayre waxe fearce : /He draweth 
vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth. 
He turneth f lightenynges to rayne, he 
bringeth the wyndes out of their secrete 
places. By the reason of wyszdome, all men 
are become fooles. e Confounded be all the 
casters of ymages : for f thinge that they 
make, is but disceate, g hath no breath. 
Vayne is it, j worthy to be laughed at : g in 
the tyme of visitacion it shal perish. 

Neuertheles, the porcion of Iacob is none 
soch: but he that made all thinges, whose 



. b. Apo. 1 
3 Re. 11. 



name is the LORDE of hoostes, he is the 
rodde of his enheritaunce. Thou breakest 
my weapens of warre, g yet thorow the I haue 
scatred the nacions j kyngdomes: Thorow 
the haue I scatred horse 5 horse man, yee the 
charettes, 5 soch as sat vpon them : Thorow 
the I haue scatred man g woman, olde and 
yonge, bacheler g mayden. Thorow the I 
haue scatred the shepherde 5 his flocke, the 
husbond man g his catell, the prynces g the 
rulers. Therfore wil I rewarde the cite of 
Babilon % all hir citesyns the Caldees, with all 
the euell which they haue done vnto Sion 
Yee that ye youre selues shall se it, saieth the 
LORDE. Beholde, I come vpon the (thou 
noysome hill) saieth the LORDE, thou that 
destroyest all londes. I wil stretch out my 
honde ouer the, g cast the downe from the 
stony rockes : g wil make the a brente hill, 
that nether corner stones, ner pinnacles, ner 
foundacion stones shalbe taken eny more out 
of the, but waist g desolate shalt thou lie for 
euermore, saieth the LORDE. 

Set vp a toke in the londe : blowe the 
trompettes amonge the Heithen, prouoke the 
nacions agaynst her, call the kyngdomes, of 
Ararat, Mennij Ascanes agaynst her: nombre 
out Taphsar agaynst her, bringe as greate a 
sorte of horses agaynst her, as yf they were 
greshoppers. Prepare agaynst them y people 
of the Meedes with their kynges, prynces g all 
their chefe rulers, yee and the whole londe 
that is vnder them. 

The londe also shal shake g be afrayed, 
when the deuyce of the LORDE shall come 
forth agaynst Babilon : to make the londe of 
Babilon so waist, that no ma shal dwell eny 
more therin. The Worthies of Babilon shal 
leaue the batell, g kepe them selues in stronge 
holdes, their strength hath fayled them, they 
shalbe like women. Their dwellinge places 
shal be brent vp, their barres shalbe broken. 
One purseuaunt shal mete another, yee one 
poste shal come by another, to bringe the 
kinge of Babilon tydinges: that his cite is 
taken in on euery syde, the foordes occupyde, 
the fennes brent vp, and the souldyers sore 
afrayed. 

For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the 
God of Israel : The doughter of Babilon hath 
bene in hir tyme like as a threszshinge floore, 



Amos 6. c. Iere. 22. a. c l 

s Esa. 44. c. Baru. 6. a 

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10. b. / Psal. 134. b, 



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but shortly shal hir haruest come. Nabucho 
donosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured 
and distroyed me, he hath made me an emptie 
vessell. He swalowed me vp like a Dragon, 
and fylled his bely with my delicates: he 
hath cast me out, he hath take my substaunce 
awaye, (j the thinge that was left me hath he 
caried vnto Babilon, saieth the doughter, that 
dwelleth in Sion : Yee (j my bloude also, vnto 
the Caldees, saieth Ierusalem. Therfore thus 
saieth the LORDE : Beholde, I wil defende 
thy cause, & avenge the : I will drynke vp hir 
see, j drye vp hir water sprynges. 

" Babilon shal become an heape of stones, 
a dwellinge place for dragons, a fearfulnes (j 
wondringe, because no man dwelleth there. 
They shall roare together like lyons, (j as the 
yonge lyons when they be angrie, so shal they 
bede them selues. In their heate I shal set 
drynke before the, & they shalbe droncken for 
ioye : Then shal they slepe an euerlastinge 
slepe, *(5 neuer wake, saieth the LORDE. 
I shal carie them downe to be slayne like 
shepe, like wethers j gootes. O, how was 
Sesah wonne ? O, how was the glory of y 
whole londe taken? how happeneth it, that 
Babilon is so wondred at amonge the Heithe? 
The see is rysen ouer Babilon, tj hath couered 
her with his greate wawes. Hir cities are 
layed waist, the londe lieth vnbuylded and 
voyde : it is a londe where no man dwelleth, 
& where no ma traueleth thorow. Morouer, 

wil vyset Bel at Babilo : (j the thinge that 
he hath swalowed vp, that same shal I plucke 
out of his mouth. The Gentiles also shall 
runne nomore vnto him, yee and the walles of 
Babilon shal fall. 

d O my people, come out of Babilon, that 
euery man maye saue his life, from the fearfull 
wrath of the LORDE. Be not faynte herted, 
(t feare not at euery rumoure that shalbe herde 
in the londe : for euery yeare bringeth new 
tydinges, yee straunge wickednes and lord- 
" ' De. And lo, the tyme commeth that I wil 
vyset the ymages of Babilo, and the whole 
londe shalbe confounded, yee and hir slayne 
shal lie in the myddest of her. Heauen and 
earth with all that is therin, e shall reioyce 
ouer Babilon, when the destroyers shal come 
vpon her from the north, saieth y LORDE. 

^Like as Babilo hath beaten downe and 



a Esa. 21. c. 


4 Iere. 51. b. c Iere. 50. a. Esa. 46 


Dan. 14. d. 


d 2 Cor. 6. c. Esa. 52. b. « Apoc. 18. 



slayne many out of Israel, so shal there fall 
many, and be slayne in all hir kyngdome. 
Ye that haue escaped the swearde, haist you, 
stode not still, remembre the LORDE afarre 
of: and thinke vpon Ierusalem, for we were 
ashamed to heare the blasphemies : oure 
faces were couered with shame, because the 
straunge aleauntes came in to the Sanctuary 
of the LORDE. Wherfore beholde (saieth 
the LORDE) the tyme commeth, that I wil 
vyset the ymages of Babilon, and thorow the 
whole lode they shal mourne and fall. s Though 
Babilon clymmed vp in to heaue, and kepte 
her power an hie : yet shal I sende her de- 
stroyers saieth the LORDE. 

A piteous crie shall be herde from Babilon, 
and a greate mysery from the londe of the 
Caldees: when the LORDE destroyeth them, 
and when he dryueth out the hie stomack % 
proude boostinge, where with they haue bene 
as furious, as the wawes of greate water 
floudes, and made greate crakes with their 
wordes. For the destroyers shall come vpon 
her (euen vpon Babilon) which shal take hir 
worthies, and brake their bowes : for God is 
disposed to avenge him self vpon them, j suf- 
ficiently to recompence the. Yee (saieth the 
LORDE) I will make their prynces, their wyse 
men, their chefe rulers <j all their worthies, 
droncke : so that they shal slepe an euerlast- 
inge slepe, and neuer wake : Thus saieth the 
kinge, whose name is y LORDE of hoostes. 

Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes : The thicke wall of Babilon shal be 
broken, and hir proude gates shalbe brente vp. 
And the thinge that the Getiles and the peo- 
ple haue wrought with greate trauayle and 
laboure, shal come to naught, and be con- 
sumed in the fyre. 

This is the charge that Ieremy gaue vnto 
Sarias the sonne of Nerias, the sonne of 
Maasia, when he wente towarde Babilon with 
Sedechias the kinge of Iuda, in the fourth 
yeare of his reigne. Now this Sarias was a 
peaceable prynce. Ieremy wrote in a boke, 
all the misery that shulde come vpon Babilon, 
yee and all these sermons that be written 
agaynst Babilon, and gaue Sarias this charge : 
When thou commest vnto Babilon, se that 
thou rede all these wordes, and saye : O 
LORDE, thou art determed to rote out this 

f Iere. 50. c. e Iere. 49. d. 



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place, so that nether people ner catell shal 
dwell there eny more, but to lie waist for 
euer: and when thou hast redde out the 
boke, bynde a stone to it, and cast it in the 
myddest of Euphrates, and saye : " Eue thus 
shal Babilon syncke, g be thrust downe with 
the burthen of trouble, that I will bringe 
vpon her: so that she shal neuer come vp 
agayne. Thus farre are y preachinges of 
Ieremy. 

Cfie Itj. Chapter. 

SEDECHIAS was xxj. yeare olde, when 
he was made kynge, h & he raigned xj. 
yeare in Ierusalem. His mothers name was 
Hamithal, Ieremies doughter of Lobna. He 
lyued wickedly before the LORDE euen as 
"oachim dyd. Wherfore the LORDE was 
angrie at Ierusalem j Iuda, so longe till he 
had cast the out of his presence. And Sede- 
chias fel from the kynge of Babilon. c But 
in f ix. yeare of his raigne, In the teth 
Moneth, the tenth daye of the Moneth it 
happened, that Nabuchodonosor kynge of 
Babilon with all his hooste came before Ieru- 
salem, d beseged it, & made them bulworkes 
rounde aboute it. And this beseginge of the 
cite endured vnto the xj. yeare of kynge Se- 
dechias. 

And in the fourth Moneth, the ix daye of 
the Moneth, there was so greate honger in 
the cite : that there were no more vitayles for 
the people of the londe. d So all the souldyers 
brake awaye, and fled out of the cite by night, 
thorow the waye of the porte betwene the 
two walles by the kynges garden. Now y 
Caldees had copassed the cite rounde aboute, 
yet wente these men their waye towarde the 
wildernesse. 

And so the Caldees folowed vpon them, 
and toke Sedechias the kinge in the felde of 
Iericho, when his hoost was runne from him. 
So they caried the kynge awaye presoner to 
Reblatha, vnto the kinge of Babilon in the 
londe of Hemath, e where he gaue iudgment 
vpon him. 

The kinge of Babil5 also caused Sedechias 
sonnes be slayne before his face, yee j put all 
the prynces of Iuda to death at Reblatha. 
Morouer he put out the eyes of Sedechias, 
caused him be bounde with cheynes, to be 



Apoc. 18. e. b 4 Re. 24. d. 2 Par. 36. b. 
39. a. 4 Re. 25. a. d Iere. 38. b. 39. 



caried vnto Babilon: (j let him lie in preson, 
till he dyed. 

Now f tenth daye of the fyfth Moneth in 
the xix yeare of Nabuchodonosor kynge of 
Babilon, Nabusaradan the chefe captayne and 
the kinge of Babilons seruauntes came vnto 
Ierusalem, g brent vp the house of the 
LORDE. He brent vp also the kinges 
palace, all the houses (j all the gorgeous buyld- 
inges in Ierusale. And the whole hoost of 
the Caldees y were with the chefe captayne, 
brake downe all the walles of Ierusalem 
rounde aboute. 

As for the poore people g soch folke as yet 
was left in the cite, which also were fallen to 
the kinge of Babilon, yee g what people as 
yet remayned : Nabusaradan the chefe cap- 
tayne caried them awaye presoners. But y 
poore people of the countre, dyd Nabusar- 
adan the chefe captayne leaue in the londe, 
to occupie the vynyardes g feldes. The Cal- 
dees also brake the brasen pilers, that were in 
the house of the LORDE, yee the seate and 
the brasen lauer that was in the house of y- 
LORDE: (j caried all the metall of them 
vnto Babilon. They toke awaye also the 
Cauldrons, shouels, flesh hokes, sprinklers, 
spones J all the brasen vessell that was occu- 
pide in the seruyce: with the basens, cole- 
pannes, sprinklers, pottes, candilstickes, spones, 
and cuppes : wherof some were of golde, and 
some of syluer. 

The chefe captayne toke also the two pilers, 
the lauer, the xij brasen bullockes y stode 
vnder y seate, Avhich kinge Salomon made in 
the house of the LORDE : g all the vessell 
conteyned so moch metall, that it might not 
be weyed. For euery piler was xviij cubites 
hie, j the rope that went aboute it, was xij 
cubites, & foure fingers thick and rounde: 
Now vpon the rope were brasen knoppes, & 
euery knoppe was fyue cubites hie : & vpon 
the knoppes were whopes, g pomgranates 
rounde aboute of clene brasse. 

After this maner were both the pilers 
fashioned with the pomgranates, wherof there 
were an hundreth and xcvj, which hanged 
vpon the whoopes rounde aboute. The chefe 
captayne also toke Sarias y hie prest, & So- 
phonias that was chefe next him, and the thre 
kepers of the treasury. He toke out of the 



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cite a chamberlayne which was a captayne of 
the souldyers, 5 seuen men that were the 
kinges seruauntes, which were founde in the 
cite : & Sepher a captayne that vsed to muster 
the men of warre : with lx men of the countre 
that were taken in the cite. These Nabu- 
saradan the chefe captayne toke, 5 caried them 
to the kinge of Babilon vnto Reblatha : and 
the kinge of Babilon caused them to be put 
to death at Reblatha in the londe of Hemath. 
And thus Iuda was ledde awaye captyue, out 
of his owne londe. 

This is the summe of the people, whom Nabu- 
chodonosor ledde awaye captyue. 

In the seuenth yeare of his reigne, he caried 
awaye of y Iewes, thre thousande thre and 
twenty. In the xviij yeare Nabuchodonosor 
caried awaye from Ierusalem eight hunderth 
and xxxij personnes. In the xxiij yeare of 



Nabuchodonosor Nabusaradan the chefe cap- 
tayne, toke awaye seuen hundreth xlv Iewes 
presoners. The whole summe of all the pre- 
soners, is foure thousande and sex hundreth. 

" In the xxxvij yeare after that Ioachim the 
kinge of Iuda was caried awaye in the xxv 
daye of the xij Moneth, Euilmerodach kinge 
of Babilon (the same yeare y he reigned) 
gaue Ioachim the kinge of Iuda his pardon, 
and let him out of preson, and spake louyngly 
to him : And set his trone aboue y trones of 
the other kinges that were with him in Babi- 
lon. He chaunged also the clothes of his 
preson, yee and he att with him all his life 
longe. And he had a cotinuall lyuynge geuen 
him of the kinge of Babilon, euery daye a 
certayne thinge alowed him, all the dayes of 
his life, vntill he dyed. 



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AND it came to passe (after Israel was 
brought in to captiuyte, and Ierusalem 
destroyed:) that Ieremy the prophet sat 
wepinge, mournynge and makinge his mone 
in Ierusalem : so that with an heuy herte 
he sighed, j sobbed, sayenge : 

Che first Chapter. 

ALAS, how sitteth the cite so desolate, y 
some tyme was full of people ? how is 
she become like a wedowe, which was the lady 
of all nacions ? " How is she brought vnder 
tribute, that ruled all londes ? 



She wepeth sore in the night, so that f 
teares runne downe hir chekes : for amonge 
all hir louers, there is none, that geueth her 
eny comforte : yee hir nexte frendes abhorre 
her, 5 are become hir enemies. 

Iuda is taken presoner, because she was 
defyled: j for seruynge so many straunge 
goddes, she dwelleth now amonge the Heithen. 
She fyndeth no rest, all they that persecuted 
her, toke her, and so she dwelleth amonge hir 
enemies. 

The stretes of Sion mourne, because no 
man commeth more to the solempne feastes : 
All hir gates are desolate, hir prestes make 



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lamentacion, hir maydens are carefull, and 
she herself is in greate heuynesse. 

Hir enemies are fallen vpon hir heade, j 
haue put her to shame: because the LORDE 
hath chastened her for hir greate wickednes : 
"hir children are ledde awaye captiue before 
their enemie. 

All the bewtie of the doughter of Sion is 
awaye, hir prynces are become like wethers, 
that fynde no pasture. They are dryue awaye 
before their enemie, so that they haue no more 
power. 

Now doth Ierusalem remembre the tyme of 
hir misery 5 disobedience, yee the ioye j plea- 
sure v she hath had in tymes past : seynge hir 
people is brought downe thorow the power of 
their enemie, & there is no man for to helpe 
her: hir enemies stode lokinge at her and 
laugh hir Sabbath dayes to scorne. 

Ierusalem synned euer more j more, ther- 
fore is she come in decaye. All they that had 
her in honoure, despise her: for they haue 
sene hir fylthinesse. Yee she sigheth, and is 
a shamed of herselfe. 

Hir skyrtes are defyled, she remebred not 
what wolde folowe : therfore is hir fall so 
greate, and there is no ma to comforte her. O 
LORDE, cosidre my trouble, for myne enemie 
hath the vpper honde. 

The enemie hath put his honde to all the 
precious thinges that she had, yee euen before 
hir eyes came the Heithen in and out of the 
Sanctuary : whom thou (neuertheles) *hast 
forbydden to come within thy congregacion. 

All hir people seke their bred with heuynes, 
U loke c what precious thinge euery man hath, 
that geueth he for meate, to saue his life. 
Considre (O LORDE) and se, how vyle I 
am become. 

O ye all that go fore by, beholde and se, 
yf there be eny sorowe like vnto myne, wher 
with the LORDE hath troubled me, in the 
daye of his fearefull wrath. 

From aboue hath he sent downe a fyre, in 
to my bones and chastened me : he hath layed 
a net for my fete, and throwne me wyde open : 
he hath made me desolate, so that I must euer 
be mournynge. 

The yocke of my transgression is come at 
the last, with his honde hath he taken it vp, 
and put it aboute my neck. My strength is 



« Iere. 25. a. » Deu. 23. a. "4: 
<* Iere. 14. c. Tren. 2. e. » Dan. 9 



e. 6. f. Tren. 2. c. 
i. / Tren. 4. b. 



gone : the LORDE hath delyuered me in 
to those hondes, wherout I can not quyte 
myself. 

The LORDE hath destroyed all the mightie 
men, that were in me. He hath proclamed 
a feast, to slaughter all my best me. The 
LORDE hath troden downe the doughter of 
Iuda, like as it were in a wyne presse. 

Therfore do I wepe, and myne eyes gusshe 
out of water: ''for the coforter that shulde 
quycken me, is farre fro me. My children 
are dryuen awaye, for why? the enemie hath 
gotten the ouer honde. 

Sion casteth out hir hodes, and there is no 
man to comforte her. The LORDE hath 
layed the enemies rounde aboute Iacob, and 
Ierusalem is as it were a menstruous woma, 
in the myddest of them. 

The LORDE is rightuous/ for I haue pro- 
uoked his countenaunce vnto anger. O take 
hede all ye people, and considre my heuynes: 
My maydens and my yonge men are led awaye 
in to captiuyte. 

I called for my louers (but they begyled 
me :) for my prestes and councelers, but they 
perished : euen while they sought for meate, 
to saue their lyues. 

Considre (O LORDE) how I am troubled, 
my wombe is disquieted, my herte turneth 
aboute in me, and I am full of heuynes. The 
swearde hurteth me without, and within I am 
like vnto death. 

They heare my mournynge, but there is 
none that wil comforte me. All myne ene- 
mies haue herde of my trouble, and are glad 
therof, because thou hast done it. But thou 
shalt brynge forth the tyme, when they also 
shal be like vnto me. 

From the shall come all their aduersite : 
thou shalt plucke them awaye, eue as thou 
hast plucked me, because of all my wicked- 
nesse. For my sorow is very greate, and my 
herte is heuy. 

Chf ij. Cfiapter. 

ALAS, how hath f LORDE darckened 
the doughter of Sion^ so sore in his 
wrath ? As for the honoure of Israel, he hath 
casten it downe from heauen : * How hap- 
peneth it, that he remembred not his owne 
fote stole, when he was angrie ? 



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The LORDE hath cast downe all the glory 
of Iacob without eny fauoure : All the stronge 
places of the doughter Iuda hath he broken 
in his wrath, & throwne them downe to the 
grounde : hir kyngdome a hir prynces hath he 
suspended. 

In the wrath of his indignacion he hath 
broken all the home of Israel : he hath with 
drawe his right honde from the enemie : yee 
a flame of fyre is kyndled in Iacob, 5 hath 
consumed vp all rounde aboute. 

He hath bent his bowe like an enemie, he 
hath fastened his right honde as an aduersary : 
and euery thinge that was pleasaut to se, he 
hath smyten it downe. He hath poured out 
his wrath like a fyre, in to the tabernacle of 
the doughter Sion. 

The LORDE is become, like as it were an 
enemie, he hath cast downe Israel j all his 
places: yee all his stronge holdes hath he 
destroyed, and fylled the doughter of Iuda 
with moch sorow and heuynesse. 

Hir tabernacle (which was like a garden of 
pleasure) hath he destroyed : hir hie solepne 
feastes hath he put downe. " The LORDE 
hath brought it so to passe, that the hie so- 
lempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion, are 
clene forgotte. In his heuy displeasure hath 
he made the kynge j prestes to be despised. 

The LORDE hath forsaken his owne aulter, 
(E is wroth with his owne Sanctuary, 5 hath 
geuen the walles of their towres in to the 
hondes of the enemie. Their enemies made 
a noyse in the house of the LORDE, as it 
had bene in a solempne feast daye. 

The LORDE thought to breake downe the 
walles of the doughter Sion, he spred out his 
lyne, % drewe not in his honde, till he had 
destroyed them. Therfore mourne the tur- 
rettes and the broken walles together. 

Hir portes are casten downe to the grounde, 
hir barres are broken (t smytten in sonder: 
hir kynge & prynces are caried awaye to the 
Getiles.* They haue nether lawe ner pro- 
phetes, ner yet eny vision from the LORDE. 

The Senatours of the doughter Sion sit 
vpon the grounde in sylence, they haue strowed 
aszshes vpon their heades, and gyrded them 
selues with sack cloth. The maydens of Ie- 
rusalem hange downe their heades to the 
grounde. 

'Myne eyes begynne to fayle me thorow 



1 Iere. 7. b. * Iere. 52. b. c Tren. 



d Iere. 5. b, 



wepinge, my body is disquieted, my leuer is 
poured vpon the earth, for the greate hurte 
of my people, seynge the children and babes 
dyd swowne in the stretes of the cite. 

Euen when they spake to their mothers : 
where is meate and drynke ? for whyle they 
so sayde, they fell downe in the stretes of the 
cite, like as they had bene wounded, and some 
dyed in their mothers bosome. 

What shal I saye of the (O thou doughter 
Ierusalem) to whom shall I licke the? To 
whom shal I copare the (o thou doughter 
Sion) to comforte the withall ? Thy hurte is 
like a mayne see, who maye heale the ? 

Thy prophetes haue loked out vayne % folish 
thinges for the/ they haue not shewed the of 
thy wickednesse, to kepe the from captiuyte : 
but haue ouerladen the, and thorow falsede 
scatred the abrode. 

All they that go by the, clappe their hondes 
at the: hissinge and wagginge their heades 
vpon the doughter Ierusalem, and saye: is 
this the cite that men call so fayre, wherin 
the whole londe reioyseth ? 

All thine enemies gape vpon the, whisper- 
inge and bytinge their teth, sayenge : let vs 
deuoure, for the tyme that we loked for, is 
come : we haue founde and sene it. 

The LORDE hath fulfilled the thinge, 
that he was purposed to do : and perfourmed 
that he had deuysed longe agoo : he hath de- 
stroyed, and not spared. He hath caused 
thine aduersary to tryumphe ouer the, and set 
vp the home of thine enemie. 

Let thine hert crie vnto the LORDE, O 
thou cite of the doughter Sion : e let thy teares 
rune downe like a ryuer daye u night : rest 
not, 5 let not the aple of thine eye leaue of. 

Stonde vp, and make thy prayer in the first 
watch of the night, poure out thine hert like 
water before the LORDE: lift vp thine 
hondes, for the lyues of thy yonge children, 
that dye of honger in the stretes. 

Beholde (O LORDE) (j considre, why hast 
thou gathered me vp so clene? Shal the 
women then eate their owne frute, euen chil- 
dren of a spanne longe? Shal the prestes and 
prophetes be slayne thus in the Sanctuary of 
the LORDE? 

Yonge (j olde lye behinde the stretes vpon 
the grounde, my maydens j yonge men are 
slayne with the swearde : whom thou in the 

14. b. 23. c. 27. b. 29. b. « Deu. 4. c. 30. a. Iere. 29. c. 



€l)Up. iij. 



€f)t S-amentamns of Smmp* 



#o, titvtb. 



re of thy wrothfull indignacion hast put to 
death : Yee euen thou hast put them to death, 
(t not spared them. 

My neghbours that are rounde aboute me, 
hast thou called, as it were to a feast daye : 
so that in the daye of the LORDES wrath 
none escaped, nether was eny left behinde. 
Those that I had brought vp & norisshed, hath 
myne enemy destroyed 

Cfie iij. Chapter. 

AM the ma, that (thorow the rodd of his 
wrath) haue experiece of misery. 

He droue me forth, and led me : yee in to 
darcknesse, but not in to light. 

Agaynst me only he turneth his honde, (t 
layeth it euer vpon me. 

My flesh g my skynne hath he made olde, 
and my bones hath he brussed. 

He hath buylded rounde aboute me, & closed 
me in with gall and trauayle. 

He hath set me in darcknesse, as they that 
be deed for euer. 

He hath so hedged me in, that I can not 
get out, d hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me. 

Though I crie g call piteously, yet heareth 
he not my prayer. 

He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure 
squared stones, g made my pathes croked. 

He layeth waite for me like a Bere, and as 
a lyon in a hole. 

He hath marred my wayes, and broke me 
in peces, he hath layed me waist altogether. 

He hath bent his bowe, and made me as it 
were a marck to shute at. 

The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot, euen 
in to my reynes. 

I am laughed to scorne of all my people, 
they make songes vpon me all y daye loge. 

He hath fylled me with bytternesse, g geuen 
me wormwod to drynke. 

He hath smytten my teth in peces, g rolled 
me in the dust. 

He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget 
all good thinges. 

I thought in my self: I am vndone, there is 
no hope for me in the LORDE. 

O remembre yet my mysery and my trouble, 
the wormwod and the gall. 

Yee thou shalt remebre them, for my soule 
melteth awaye in me. 

Whyle I cosidre these thinges in my hert, 
I get a hope agayne. 



Namely, that the mercies of the LORDE H 
are not clene gone, g that his louynge kynd- 
nesse ceasseth not. 

His faithfulnes is greate, and renueth itself 

the mornynge. 

The LORDE is my porcion (saieth my 
soule) therfore wil I hope in him. 

O how good is the LORDE vnto the, that CO 
put their trust in him, and to the soule that 
seketh after him ? 

O how good is it with stilnesse to wate and £0 
tarie, for the health of the LORDE? 

O how good is it for a man, to take the yock CO 
vpon him from his youth vp ? 

He sitteth alone, he holdeth him still, and 
dwelleth quietly by him self. 

He layeth his face vpon the earth, yf (per 
case) there happen to be eny hope. 

He offreth his cheke to the smyter, he will 
be content with reproues. 

For the LORDE wil not forsake for euer. D 

But though he do cast of, yet (acordinge to 3 
f multitude of his mercies) he receaueth to 
grace agayne. 

For he doth not plage, g cast out the chil- 
dren of men from his herte. 

To treade all the presoners of the earth 7 
vnder his fete. 

To moue the iudgment of man before the 7 
most highest. 

To condemne a man in his cause : The 
LORDE hath no pleasure in soch thinges. 

What is he then that saieth: there shulde ft 
somthinge be done without the LORDES 
comaundement ? 

Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth D 
not euell and good. 

Wherfore then murmureth the lyuingeman 
let him murmoure at his owne synne. 

Let vs loke well vpon oure owne waies, i 
remembre oure selues, and turne agayne to y 
LORDE. 

Let vs lift vp oure hertes with oure hondes 
vnto the LORDE, that is in heauen. 

We haue bene dyssemblers g haue offended, 2 
wilt thou therfore not be intreated ? 

Thou hast couered vs in thy wrath, g per- 
secuted vs, thou hast slayne vs without eny 
fauoure. 

Thou hast hyd thy self in a cloude, that 
oure prayer shulde not go thorow. 

Thou hast made vs outcastes, and to be 
despysed amonge the Heithen. 



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All oure enemies gape vpon vs. 

Feare and snare is come vpon vs, yee des- 
pite and destruccion. 

Whole ryuers of water guszshe out of myne 
eyes, for the greate hurte of my people. 

Myne eyes runne, and can not ceasse, for 
there is no rest. 

LORDE, when wilt thou loke downe fro 
heauen, and considre ? 

Myne eye breaketh my herte, because of 
all the doughters of my cite. 

Myne enemies hunted me out sharpely like 
a byrde, yee and that with out a cause. 

They haue put downe my life in to a pitte, 
and layed a stone vpon me. 

They poured water vpon my heade, then 
thought I : now am I vndone. 

1 called vpon thy name (O LORDE) out 
of the depe pitte. 

Thou hast herde my voyce, g hast not 
turned awaye thine eares fro my sighinge and 
crienge. 

Thou hast enclyned thy self vnto me, whe 
I called vpon the, 5 haist sayde : feare not. 

Thou (O LORDE) hast mayntened the 
cause of my soule, and hast redemed my life. 

O LORDE, thou hast sene my blasphemers, 
take thou my cause vpon the. 

Thou hast well considred how they go aboute 
to do me harme, g that all their councels are 
agaynst me. 

Thou hast herde their despytefull wordes 
(O LORDE) yee and all their ymaginacions 
agaynst me. 

The lippes of myne enemies, g their deuyces 
that they take agaynst me, all the daye longe. 

Thou seist also their sittinge downe and 
their rysinge vp, they make their songes of 
nothinge but of me. 

Rewarde them (O LORDE) acordinge to 
the workes of their hondes. 

Geue them y thinge, that their owne herte 
is afrayed of: euen thy curse. 

Persecute them, (O LORDE) with thy 
indignacion, g rote them out from vnder the 
heauen. 

€i)t Hi). Chapter. 

OHOW is the golde become so dymme? 
How is the goodly coloure of it so 
sore chaunged ? and the stones of f Sanctuary 
thus scatred in the corner of euery strete ? 



The children of Sion that were all waye in 
honoure, g clothed with y most precious golde : 
how are they now becomme like the erthen 
vessels which be made with the potters honde? 

The Lamyes geue their yonge ones suck 
with bare brestes: but the doughter of my 
people is cruel, and dwelleth in the wylder- 
nesse : like the Estriches. 

The tonges of the suckinge children, cleue 
to y rofe of their mouthes for very thurst. The 
yonge children axe bred, but there is noman, 
that geueth it them. 

They that were wonte to fayre delicatly, 
perishe in the stretes : they that afore were 
brought vp in purple, make now moch of 
donge. 

The synne of the doughter of my people is 
become greater, then y wickednesse of Sodome, 
that sodely was destroyed/ and not taken with 
hondes. 

Hir absteyners (or Nazarees) were whyter 
then y snowe or mylke : their coloure was 
fresh read as the Corall, their beutie like the 
Saphyre. 

But now their faces are very black : * In so 
moch, that thou shuldest not knowe them in 
the stretes. Their skynne cleue th to their bones, 
It is wythered, and become like a drye stock. 

They that be slayne with the swearde, are 
happier, then soch as dye of honger, and 
perishe awaye famishinge for the frutes of the 
felde. 

The wome (which of natm*e are pitefull) 
haue sodden their owne children c with their 
hondes : that they might be their meate, in y 
miserable destruccion of the doughter of my 
people. 

The LORDE hath perfourmed his heuy 
wrath : d he hath poured out the furiousnes of 
his displeasure. He hath kindled a fyre in Sion, 
which hath consumed the foundacions therof. 

Nether the kinges of the earth, ner all y 
inhabitours of the worlde, wolde haue beleued, 
that the enemie g aduersary shulde haue come 
in at the gates of the cite of Ierusale. 

Which neuertheles is come to passe for y 
synnes of hir prophetes, and for the wickednes 
of hir prestes, that haue shed innocentes 
bloude within her. 

So that these blynde men wete stomblinge 
in the stretes, and stayned them selues with 
bloude, which els wolde touche no bloudy cloth. 

c Deu. 28. e. 4 Re. 6. f. Tren. 2. e. d Tren. 2. a. 



Cfrap, b. 



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fo. orjrrbtj* 



But they cried vnto euery ma : fle the stayn- 
ynge, awaye, get you hece, touch it not. Yee 
(sayde they) ye must be brent, ye must dwell 
amonge the Gentiles, g byde no longer here. 

The countenaunce of the LORDE hath 
banyshed them, & shal neuer loke more vpon 
them : For they them selues nether regarded 
the prestes, nor pitied their elders. 

Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs, whyle we 
loke for vayne helpe : seynge we be euer wait- 
ynge vpon a people, that can do vs no good. 

They laye so sharpe waite for vs, that we 
can not go safe vpon the stretes : for oure 
ende is come, oure dayes are fulfilled, oure 
ende is here. 

Oure persecuters are swifter then the Aegles 
of the ayre : they folowed vpon vs ouer the moun- 
taynes, and layed wait for vs in y wildernesse. 

The very breth of oure mouth : a euen the 
anoynted LORDE himself shalbe take in oure 
synnes, of whom we saye : Vnder his shadowe 
we shalbe preserued amonge the Heithen. 

And thou (O doughter Edom) that dwellest 
in the londe of Hus, be glad and reioyce : for 
the cuppe shal come vnto the also, which whe 
thou suppest of, thou shalt be droncke. 

Thy synne is wel punished ( O thou dough- 
ter Sion) he shall not suffre the to be caried 
awaye eny more. But thy wickednesse (O 
doughter Edom) shall he vyset, and for thy 
synnes sake, he shal lede the in to captiuyte. 

€I)e b. Chapter. 

CALL to remebraunce (O LORDE) what 
we haue suffred, cosidre and se oure 
cofucion. Oure enheritaunce is turned to the 
straungers, j oure houses to the aleauntes. 
We are become carefull and fatherlesse, and 



Gen. 2. b. 



Iere. 31. e. Eze. 18. 



oure mothers are as the wydowes. We are 
fayne to drynke oure owne water for moneye, 
and oure owne wod must we bye with moneye. 
Oure neckes are vnder persecucion, we are 
weery, and haue no rest. 

Afore tyme we yelded oure selues to the 
Egipcians, and now to the Assirians, only that 
we might haue bred ynough. Oure fathers 
(which now are gone) haue synned, ^ we 
must beare their wickednesse. Seruauntes 
haue the rule of vs, and no man delyuereth 
vs out of their h5des. We must get oure 
lyuynge with the parell of oure lyues, because 
of the drouth of the wildernesse. 

Oure skynne is as it had bene brent in an 
ouen, for very sore honger. The wyues are 
raueshed in Sion, & the maydens in the cities 
of Iuda. The prynces are hanged vp with 
the honde of the enemies, they haue not 
spared the olde sage men, they haue taken 
yonge mens lyues from them, and the boyes 
are hanged vp vpon trees. The elders syt no 
more vnder the gates, and the yonge men vse 
no more playenge of Musick. The ioye of 
oure herte is gone, oure mery quere is turned 
in to mourninge. The garlande of oure heade 
is fallen : alas, that euer we synned so sore. 

Therfore oure hert is full of heuynesse, (j 
oure eyes dymme : because of y hill of Sion 
that is destroyed, In so moch, that the foxes 
runne vpon it. But thou (O LORDE) that 
remaynest for euermore, and thy seate worlde 
with out ende : Wherfore wilt thou still forget 
vs, and forsake vs so longe ? O LORDE : 
Turne thou vs vnto the, j so shal we be turned. 
c Renue oure dales as in olde tyme, for thou 
hast now banished vs longe ynough, and bene 
sore displeased at vs. 



Cfie ntiie of tfte 3Lanwntarionsi of %tvtmy. 



Zi)t ^ro$)£t Muvud). 



OTbat Barucfe lantiymtf). 



Chap. I. 
Baruch readeth the boke before the kynge and 
all the people, which sende money to Ierusalem. 

Chap. II. 

They knowlege, that they haue deserued punysh- 

ment : God promyseth them forgeuenesse. 

Chap. III. 
They praye hartely beinge in preson, and he 
exorteth them to amende. 



Chap. IIII. 
A sermon to the people, with an exortacion to 
pacience. 

Chap. V. 
He conforteth them, and sheweth the vocacion of 
the Heithen. 

Chap. VI. 
A copie of the epistole, that Ieremy sent to the 
Iewes, which were led awaye presoners vnto 
Babilon. 



THESE are the wordes of the boke, that 
Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne 
of Maasia, the sonne of Sedechias, the sonne 
of Sedei, the sonne of Helchia, wrote at 
Babilon in the fifth yeare the seueth daye 
of the moneth : a what tyme as the Caldees 
wanne Ierusalem and brent it. 

Che Ux&t Chapter. 
A ND Baruch dyd rede the wordes of 
_£\_ this boke, that Iechonias the sonne of 
Ioachim kynge of Iuda might heare : and in 
the presence of all the people, that were come 
to heare the boke: yee and before all the 
noble kinges sonnes, before y lordes of the 
councell and elders: and before the whole 
people, from f lowest vnto the hyest : before 
all them that dwelt at Babilon, by y water of 
Sodi. Which when they herde it, wepte, 
fasted, and prayed before the LORDE. 

They made a colleccion also of money, 
acordinge to euery mans power, and sent it to 
Ierusalem vnto Ioachim the sonne of Helchia 
the sonne of Salon prest, with y other prestes : 
and to all the people which were with him at 
Ierusale, what tyme as they had gotten the 
ornamentes of the temple of y LORDE (that 
were taken awaye out of the temple) that they 
might brynge them agayne in to the londe 
of Iuda, the x. daye of the moneth Siban : 



namely, syluer vessel, (which Sedechias the 
sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda had made.) 
After that Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon 
had take Iechonias, with all his prynces, lordes, 
and all the people, and led them captyue from 
Ierusalem vnto Babilon. 

And they sayde: d Beholde, we haue sent 
you money, to bye you burntofferynges and 
incense withall : make you vnleuended bred, 
(j offre for synne vpon the aulter of the LORDE 
oure God. c And praye for the prosperite of 
Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon, and of 
Balthasar his sonne : y their dayes maye be 
vpon earth, as the dayes of heauen : that God 
also maye geue vs strength, and lighten oure 
eyes : that we maye lyue vnder the defence of 
Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon, and vnder 
the proteccion of Balthasar his sonne : that we 
maye longe do them seruyce, and fynde fa- 
uoure in their sight. Praye for vs also vnto 
the LORDE oure God, for we haue synned 
agaynst the LORDE oure God, and vnto this 
daye is not his wrath turned yet awaye from 
vs. And se that ye rede this boke (which we 
haue sent vnto you to be rehearced in the 
temple of the LORDE) vpon the hye dayes, 
and at tyme conuenient. 

Thus shal ye save: rf The LORDE oure 
God is rightuous, but we are worthy of cofu- 
cion & shame : like as it is come to passe this 

e Iere. 29. b. 1 Tim. 2. a. d Baruc 2. b. Dan. 9. a. 



C&ap* tj« 



QH)t ptapfyt Mrwt)< 



So. litwv. 



daye, vnto all Iuda, J to euery one y dwelleth 
at Ierusalem : to oure kinges, prynces, prestes, 
prophetes 5 to oure fathers. We haue synned 
before the LORDE oure God, we haue not 
put oure trust in him, ner geuen him credence : 
we haue not obeyed him, we haue not herk- 
ened vnto the voyce of the LORDE oure 
God, to walke in the commaundementes that 
he gaue vs. Sens the daye that he brought 
oure forefathers out of the londe of Egipte 
vnto this present daye, we haue bene euer a 
mysbeleuynge and an vnfaithful people vnto f 
LORDE oure God : destroyenge oure selues 
vtterly, and shrenckinge backe, that we shulde 
not heare his voyce. 

Wherfore there are come vpon vs greate 
plages cj dyuerse curses," like as the LORDE 
deuysed by Moses his seruaut : which brought 
oure forefathers out of the lode of Egipte, to 
geue vs a lode, that floweth with mylcke and 
hony, like as it is to se this daye. Neuer- 
theles, we haue not herkened vnto the voyce 
of the LORDE oure God, acordinge to all 
the wordes of the prophetes, whom he sent 
vnto vs and to oure rulers: but euery man 
folowed his owne mynde and wicked ymagi- 
nacion : to offre vnto straiige goddes, and to 
do euel in the sight of the LORDE oure God. 

Cfie tj. Chapter. 

FOR the which cause the LORDE oure 
God hath perfourmed his deuyce, * wherof 
he certified vs, and oure heades that ruled in 
Ierusale : yee and oure kynges, oure princes, 
with all Israel and Iuda. And soch plages 
hath y LORDE brought vpo vs, as neuer came 
to passe vnder the heaue : like as it is fulfilled 
in Hierusalem, acordinge as it is written in 
the lawe of Moses : c that a man shulde eate f 
flesh of his owne sonne, g the flesh of his 
owne doughter. Morouer, he hath delyuered 
them in to the hondes of all the kinges, y are 
rounde aboute vs (to be confounded and de- 
solate) & scatred the abrode in all londes 5 
nacios. Thus are we brought beneth & not 
aboue, for we haue synned against the 
LORDE oure God, j not bene obedient vnto 
his voyce. ^Therfore f LORDE oure God 
is rightuous, cj we with oure fathers (as reason 
is) are brought to ope shame, as it is to se 
this daye. And as for these plages y are come 

' Leui. 26. Deu. 28. Exo. 12. 13. 14. b Dan. 9.b. 
c Deu. 28. e. 4Re.6.f. Tren.4.b. <*Barucl.d. e Exo. 



vpon vs allready, f LORDE had deuyced the 
for vs: yet wolde we not praye vnto f LORDE 
oure God, y we might euery ma turne fro his 
vngodly wayes. So y LORDE hath caused 
soch plages to come vpon vs, for he is right- 
uous in all his workes, which he hath comaunded 
vs: which we also haue not done, ner harkened 
vnto his voyce, for to walke in f comaunde- 
metes of f LORDE, y he had geue vnto vs. 

And now o LORDE God of Israel, thou 
c that hast brought thy people out of the londe 
of Egipte with a mightie honde, with tokens 
and wodres, with thy greate power ad out- 
stretched arme : and hast gotten thy selff a 
name, as it is come to passe this daye : O 
LORDE oure God, ^we haue synned, we 
haue done wickedly, we haue behaued oure 
selues vngodly in all thy rightuousnesses. 
Turne thy wrath fro vs (we beseke the) for 
we are but a few left amonge the Heithen, 
where thou hast scatred vs. Heare oure 
prayers (o LORDE) j oure peticios, s bringe 
vs out of captiuyte, for thine owne sake : get 
vs fauoure in the sight of the, which haue led 
vs awaye : y all lodes maye knowe, that thou 
art the LORDE oure God, and that Israel 
and his generacion calleth vpon thy name. 

''0 LORDE, loke downe fro thy holy 
house vpon vs: enclyne thine eare, (j heare 
vs. For the deed, y be gone downe to their 
graues, g whose soules are out of their bodies, 
' ascribe vnto the LORDE nether prayse ner 
rigtuousmakynge : but the soule that is vexed 
for the multitude of hir synnes, which goeth 
on heuely and weakely, whose eyes begynne 
to fayle : yee soch a soule ascrybeth prayse 
and rightuousnesse vnto the LORDE. O 
LORDE, we poure out oure prayers before 
the, and requyre mercy in thy sight, O LORDE 
oure God : not for eny godlynesse off oure 
forefathers, but because thou hast sent out 
thy wrath j indignacion vpon vs: acordinge 
as thou dydest threaten vs, by thy seruautes 
the prophetes, sayenge : 

*Thus sayeth the LORDE: Bowe downe 
youre shulders and neckes, and serue the 
kynge of Babilon, so shal ye remayne still in 
the londe, that I gaue vnto youre fathers. 
Yff ye will not do this, ner heare the voyce of 
y LORDE youre God, to serue the kynge of 
Babilon : I shall destroye you in the cities of 



7.8.9.10. 
* Deu. 26. 



.12.13.14. 
Esa. 63. c. 



/Dan. 9. c. 
Psal. 113. c 



e 2 Par. 6. e. 
Iere. 27. a. b. 



4fa* tire* 



€i)t propfcet Barurf)* 



Cfcaj), Hi 



Iuda, within Ierusalem and without. I will 
also take from you the voyce off myrth and 
the voyce of ioye, the voyce of the bryde- 
grome and the voyce of the bryde, ad there 
shal no man dwell more in the londe. But 
they wolde not herken vnto thy voyce, to do 
the kynge of Babilon seruyce : and therefore 
hast thou perfourmed the wordes, that thou 
spakest by thy seruauntes the prophetes : 
namely, that the bones of oure kynges and the 
bones of oure fathers shulde be traslated out 
of their place. 

And lo, now are they layde out in the heate 
of y Sonne, g in the colde of y night, ad deed 
in greate mysery : with hunger, with swearde, 
with pestilence g are clene cast forth. As 
for the teple wherin thy name was called 
vpon thou hast layde it waist, as it is to se 
this daye : g y for the wickednes of the house 
of Israel g the house of Iuda. O LORDE 
oure God, thou hast intreated vs after all thy 
goodnes g acordinge to all y greate louinge 
mercy of thyne, like as thou spakest by thy 
seruaunte Moses, in the daye when thou 
didest comaude him, to wryte thy lawe before 
the children of Israel ? sayenge : Yf ye will 
not herke vnto my voyce, "the shal this greate 
multitude be turned in to a very smal people, 
for I wil scatre the abrode. Not withstodinge 
I am sure, that this folke will not heare me: 
for it is an hardnecked people. But in f I5de 
of their captiuyte, they shall remembre them 
selues, g lerne to knowe, y I am the LORDE 
their God: when I geue the an herte to 
vnderstode, g eares to heare. Then shal they 
prayse me in the lode of their captiuyte, g 
thynke vpon my name. Then shall they 
turne them fro their harde backes, g from 
their vngodlynes : Then shal they i*emembre 
the thynges, y happened vnto their forefathers, 
which synned agaynst me. So will I bringe 
them agayne in to the londe, which I pro- 
mised with an ooth vnto their fathers : Abraha, 
Isaac g Iacob : g they shal be lordes of it, yee 
I wil increace the, and not minysh the. And 
I wil make another couenaiit with them :* 
soch one as shal endure for euer : namely, y 
I will be their God, and they shalbe my peo- 
ple : and I wil nomore dryue my people the 
children off Israel, out of the londe y I haue 
geue the. 



o Deu. 4. d. ! 
Ephe. 2. a. 



4 Heb.8.c. Zach.8.b. Apoc. 21. 
d Dani. 3. c. Iere. 2. c. 3. e. 5. 



Cfte ttj. Chapter. 

AND now o LORDE allmightie, thou 
God of Israel : oure soule y is in 
trouble, g oure sprete y is vexed, crieth vnto 
the : heare vs (o LORDE) g haue pite vpon 
vs, for thou art a mercifull God : be gracious 
vnto vs, for we haue synned before f. Thou 
endurest for euer, shulde we the vtterly 
perishe ? O LORDE almightie, thou God 
of Israel: Heare now f prayer of f "deed 
Israelites g of their childre, which haue 
synned before f , d g not herkened vnto the 
voyce of the LORDE their God, for the 
which cause these plages hange now vpo vs. 
O LORDE, remebre not y wickednes of oure 
forefathers, but thinke vpo thy power g name 
now at this tyme : for thou art y LORDE 
oure God, g y (o LORDE) wil we prayse. 
For thou hast put thy feare i oure hartes, to 
y intet y we shulde call vpon thy name, g 
prayse y in oure captiuyte : e and y we might 
turne from the wickednesse of oure forefathers, 
y synned before the. 

Beholde, we are yet this daye in oure cap- 
tiuyte, where as thou hast scatred vs, to be an 
abhominacion, curse, and synne : like as it hath 
happened vnto oure fathers also/ because of 
all their wickednesse and departynge from the, 

O Israel, heare the commaundementes of 
life : pondre them well with thine eares, 
that thou mayest lerne wysdome. But how 
happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thyne 
enemies lode? thou art waxen olde in a 
straiige countre, and defyled with the deed. Why 
art thou become like them, that go downe to 
their graues? ^Eue because thou hast forsaken 
the well of wysdome. For yf thou haddest 
walked in the waye of God, truly thou shuldest 
haue remayned still safe I thine owne londe. 

; ' O lerne then where discrecion is, where 
vertu is, where vnderstodinge is : that thou 
mayest knowe also fro whence cdmeth longe 
life, *'a necessary lyuynge, the light of the 
eyes g quyetnes. Who euer foiide out hir 
place ? or who came euer in to hir treasures? 

Where are y prynces of the Heithen be- 
come, and socn as ruled the beestes vpon the 
earth? They that had their pastyme with 
the foules of the ayre, they that hoorded vp 
syluer and golde (wherin men trust so moch) 
and made no ende of their gatheringe ? What 

' Nu. 14. a. Psal. 77. a. / Psal. 78. a. ■ e Iere. 2. b. 
h Pro. 1. a. 3. a. * Psal. 18. b. 118. r. 



Cfrap* iiij. 



€f>e propfret Barurfu 



tfo. fcau 



is worth of them, that coyned siluer, and 
were so carefull, and coude not bringe their 
workes to passe? They be roted out, and 
gone downe to hell, and other men are come 
vp in their steade : Yonge men haue sene 
light, and dwelt vpon earth : but the waye of 
reformacion haue they not knowne, ner vnder- 
stonde the pathes therof: nether haue their 
children receaued it, yee right farre is it fro 
the. It hath not bene herde of in the lode of 
Canaan, nether hath it bene sene at Theman. 

The Agarenes sought after wisdome, but 
that which is earthly, like as the marchauntes 
of the lode do. They of Theman are con- 
nynge also, j they laboure for wisdome (j 
vnderstondinge : but y waye of true wisdome 
they knowe not, nether do they thynke vpon 
the pathes therof. O Israel, how greate is 
the house of God ? and how large is the place 
of his possession ? " Greate is he, and hath 
none ende : hye and vnmeasurable. What is 
become of those famouse giauntes, that were 
so greate of bodyes, and so worthy men of 
warre ? Those had not the LORDE chosen, 
nether haue they founde the waye of reforma- 
cion, therfore were they destroyed : and for 
so moch as they had no wisdome, they perished 
because of their foolishnesse. 

Who hath gone vp in to heauen, to take 
wisdome there, & brought her downe fro the 
cloudes? Who hath gone ouer the see to 
fynde her, g hath chosen her aboue golde, and 
so brought her hither ? No man knoweth the 
wayes of wisdome, nether is there eny y can 
seke out hir pathes. But he that woteth all 
thynges, knoweth her, & he hath founde her 
out with his fore knowlege. h This same is he 
which prepared the earth at the begynnynge, 
I fylled it with all maner of foules & beestes. 
When he sendeth out the light, it goeth : j 
whe he calleth it agayne, it obeyeth hi with 
feare. The starres kepe their watch, & geue 
their light, yee and y gladly. When he calleth 
them, they saye : here we be. And so with 
chearfulnes they shewe light vnto him y made 
the. This is oure God, ad there shall none 
other be copared vnto him : It is he, y hath 
founde out all wisdome, c and hath geuen her 
vnto Iacob his seruaunt, (j to Israel his beloued. 
d Afterwarde dyd he shewe himself vpon earth, 
and dwelt amonge men. 



<• Deu. 4. f. Iere. 23. d. Psal. 144. a. * Get 
Esa. 38. b. Eccli. 46. a. ' Psal. 147. 



L. Iosu. 1. c. 
Deu. 4. a. 



W\)t iit). Chapter. 

THIS is the boke off the commaundemetes 
of God, and the lawe y endureth for 
euer. All they y kepe it, shall come to life : 
but soch as forsake it, shall come to death. 
Turne the o Iacob, and take holde of it: waike 
by this waye, thorow his brightnesse and 
shyne. Geue not thyne honoure to another, 
and thy worshipe to a straunge people. e O 
Israel, how happie are we, seige that God hath 
shewed vs soch thynges as are pleasaiit vnto 
him? Be of good cheare, thou people of 
God, o thou awnciet Israel. Now are ye solde 
amonge the Heithen, howbeit not for youre 
vtter destruccion : but because ye prouoked 
God the LORDE to wrath and displeasure, 
therfore were ye delyuered vnto youre enemies: 
For ye displeased the euerlastinge God that 
made you, offerynge vnto deuels and not God. 
Ye haue forgotte him that brought you vp, ad 
youre nurse haue ye greued, o Ierusalem. 

When she sawe that the wrath off God was 
commynge vpon you : she sayde : Herke o ye 
that dwell aboute Sion, for God hath brought 
me in to greate heuynesse : ad why ? I se the 
captyuyte of my people, of my sonnes and 
doughters, which the euerlastynge God will 
brynge vpon them. With ioye dyd I norish 
them, but now must I leaue them with 
wepynge and sorow. 

Let no man reioyce ouer me wyddowe ad 
forsaken : which for the synnes off my children, 
am desolate of euery man. For why, they 
departed from the lawe of God : they wolde 
not knowe his rightuousnes, ner walke in the 
waye off his comaundementes : and as for the 
pathes off the treuth and godlynesse, they had 
no lust to go in them. 

O ye dwellers aboute Sion : come, and let 
vs call to remembraunce the captiuyte, that 
the euerlastinge God hath brought vpon my 
sonnes and my doughters. He hath brought 
a people vpon them from farre, -' an vncur- 
teous people, and of a straunge laguage : 
which nether regarde the olde, ner pyte the 
yonge. 

These haue caried awaye the deare beloued 
of my wyddowes, leauynge me alone, both 
desolate and childlesse. But alas, what can I 
helpe you? Now he y hath brought these 



Ioh. 1. a. « Psal. 
Ieru. 5. c. 



jfo* tittiji 



Wbt propfcet BarurJ). 



Cfrap* b« 



plages vpon you, delyuer you also fro the 
hondes of youre enemies. 

Go youre waye (O my children) go youre 
waye : for I am desolate and forsaken. I haue 
put of the clothinge of peace, and put vpon 
me the sackcloth off prayer, and for my tyme 
I will call vpon the most hyest. Be off good 
cheare, o my children : "crie vnto the LORDE, 
and he shal delyuer you from the power of the 
prynces, youre enemies. 

For verely, I haue euer a good hope off youre 
prosperous health: yeeavery gladnesse is come 
vpon me from the holy one, because of the mercy 
that ye shall haue offoure euerlastinge Sauioure. 

With mournynge and wepinge dyd I let 
you go fro me, but with ioye and perpetuall 
gladnesse, shall the LORDE brynge you 
agayne vnto me. Like as the neghbours of 
Sion sawe youre captyuite from God, Eue so 
shal they also se shortly youre health in God, 
which shal come on you with greate honoure 
and euerlastinge worshipe. 

O my children, suffre pacietly the wrath 
that shal come vpon you, For the enemie 
hath persecuted the, but shortly thou shalt se 
his destruccion, and shalt treade vpon his 
necke. My derlinges haue gone rough harde 
wayes, for they are led awaye as a flocke that 
is scatred abrode with the enemies. But be 
of good coforte (o my children) & crie Vnto 
the LORDE : For he that, led you awaye, 
hath you yet in remembrauce : and like as ye 
haue bene mynded to swarue from youre 
God, so shal ye now endeuoure youre selues 
x. tymes more, to *turne agayne, and to seke 
him. For he that hath brought these plages 
vpo you, shal brynge you euerlastinge ioye 
agayne with youre health. Take a good herte 
vnto the, o Ierusale : for he which gaue y that 
name, exorteth the so to do. 

c The wicked doers that now put the to 
trouble, shall perish: and soch as haue re- 
ioysed at thy fall, shalbe punyshed. The 
cities whom thy children serue, and that haue 
caried awaye thy sonnes, shal be correcte. For 
like as they be now glad of thy decaye, so shal 
they mourne in their owne destruccion. The 
ioye off their multitude shalbe taken awaye 
ad their cheare shalbe turned to sorowe. For 
a fyre shal fall vpon them from the euerlast- 
inge God, longe to endure: and it shalbe 
inhabited of deuels for a greate season. 

» Deu. 4. e. 30. a. Psal. i29. a. b Esa. 55. b. 



€fie b. Chapter. 
/^\ IERUSALEM, loke aboute the to- 
\^f warde the east, and beholde the ioye, 
that commeth vnto the from God. For lo, 
thy sonnes, (whom thou hast forsake, and that 
were scatred abrode) come gathered together 
from the east and west, reioysinge in the worde 
of the holy one, vnto the honoure off God. 

Put of thy mournynge clothes (o Ieru- 
salem) and thy sorow, and decke the with the 
worshipe and honoure, that commeth vnto the 
from God, with euerlastinge glory. God shal 
put the cloake off rightuousnesse vpon the, 
and set a crowne off euerlastinge worshipe 
vpon thine heade : for vpon the will God de- 
clare his brightnes, that is vnder the heauen : 
Yee an euerlastinge name shalbe geuen the 
of God, with peace of rightuousnesse, 5 y 
honoure of Gods feare. 

Arise o Ierusalem, stode vp on hye : loke 
aboute the towarde the east, and beholde thy 
children gathered from the east vnto the west: 
which reioyce in the holy worde, hauynge 
God in remembraunce. They departed from 
the on fote, and were led awaye of their ene- 
mies : but now shal the LORDE bringe them 
caried with honoure, as children off y kyng- 
dome. For God is purposed to brynge downe 
all stoute moutaynes, yee and all hye rockes, 
to fyll the valleys, & so to make them eauen 
with the grounde : y Israel maye be diliget to 
lyue vnto y honoure of God. The woddes (t 
all pleasaut trees shal ouershadowe Israel, at 
the comaundement of God. For hyther shal 
God brynge Israel with ioyfull myrth, and in 
the light of his magesty : with the mercy and 
rightuousnesse, that cometh of himselff. 

A copie off the epistle, that Ieremy the prophet 
did sende vnto the Iewes, which were led awaye 
presoners by the kynge of Babilo. Wherin he 
certifieth _ them of the thinge, that was co- 
maunded him of God 

Che bi. Chapter. 

BECAUSE of the synnes that ye haue 
done agaynst God, d ye shal be led awaye 
captyue vnto Babilon, euen off Nabuchodo- 
nosor the kynge of Babilon. So when ye be 
come in to Babilon, ye shall remayne there 
many yeares, and for ajonge season : namely, 
vij. generacions : 5 after that wil I bringe you 
awaye peaceably from thece. Now shal ye se 

c Iere. 50. a. b. c. rf Ier. 25. a. b. 



CftajK bu 



Wt)t prophet Mvutf). 



ffo. Xntiij. 



in Babilo, goddes of golde, of syluer, of wodd 
and of stone : borne vpon mens shulders, to cast 
out a fearfulnes before the Heithen. But loke 
that ye do not as the other : be not ye afrayed, 
and let not the feare of them ouercome you. 

Therfore, when ye se the multitude of peo- 
ple worshippinge them behinde 5 before, saye 
ye in youre hertes : O LORDE, it is thou, 
that oughtest only to be worshipped ? " Myne 
angel also shal be with you, and I myself wil 
care for youre soules. As for the tymbre of 
those goddes, f carpeter hath polisshed them : 
yee gylted be they, j layed ouer with syluer, 
yet are they but vayne thinges, (j can not 
speake. Like as a wench y loueth peramours 
is trymly deckte, euen so are these made g 
hanged with golde. Crownes of golde verely 
haue their goddes vpon their heades : so the 
prestes them selues take the golde and syluer 
from them, j put it to their owne vses : yee 
they geue of the same vnto harlottes, ad 
trymme their whores withall: Agayne, they 
take it from the whores, and decke their goddes 
therwith. Yet can not these goddes delyuer 
them selues from rust and mothes. *Whe 
they haue couered them with clothynge off 
purple, they wype their faces for the dust of 
the temple, wherof their is moch amoge the. 
One hath a sceptre in his honde, as though he 
were iudge of the countre: yet can he not 
slaye soch as offende him. Another hath a 
swearde or an axe in his honde, for all that, is 
he nether able to defende him selfe from 
batayll, ner fro murtherers. 

By this ye maye vnderstonde, that they be 
no goddes : therfore se y ye nether worshipe 
them, ner feare them. For like as a vessel y 
a man vseth, is nothinge worth when it is 
broken, euen so is it with their goddes. When 
they be set vp in the temple, their eyes be 
full of dust, thorow the fete of those that come 
And like as f dores are shut in roiide 
aboute vp5 him, y hath offended the kinge : 
Or as it were a deed body kepte besyde the 
graue : Euen so the prestes kepte the dores 
with barres and lockes, lest their goddes be 
spoyled with robbers. They set vp cadels be- 
fore the (yee verely and y many) wherof they 
can not se one, but euen as blockes, so stonde 
they in the temple. It is sayde, y the serpentes 
and wormes, which come off the earth, gnawe 
out their hertes, eatinge them (j their clothes 



also, and yet they fele it not. Their faces are 
blacke, thorow the smoke y is in the temple. 
The oules, swalowes (j byrdes fie vpon them, 
yee and the cattes runne ouer their heades. 

By this ye maye be sure, that they are not 
goddes, therfore feare them not. The golde 
that they haue, is to make them beutifull: for 
all that, excepte some body dight off their 
rust, they wil geue no shyne : and when they 
were cast in to a fourme, they felt it not. 
They are bought for money, and haue no 
breth off life within them. They must be 
borne vpon mens shulders, as those that haue 
no fete : wherby they declare vnto men, that 
they be nothynge worth. Confounded be they 
then, that worshipe them. For yf they fall to 
the grounde, they can not ryse vp agayne of 
the selues : Yee though one helpe them vp 
and set them right, yet are they not able to 
stonde alone : but must haue proppes set 
vnder them, like deed men. As for the thinge 
that is offred vnto them, their prestes sell it, 
ad abuse it : yee the prestes wyues take therof, 
but vnto the sicke and poore they geue no- 
thinge of it, the women with childe 5 the 
mestruous laye hondes of their offerynges. By 
this ye maye be sure, that they are not goddes, 
therfore be not ye afrayde of them. From 
whence cometh it the, that they be called 
goddes ? The women syt before the goddes 
of syluer, golde and wodde, and the prestes 
syt in their temples, hauynge open clothes, 
whose heades and beerdes are shauen, and 
haue nothige vpon their heades : roaringe and 
cryenge vpon their goddes, as men do at the 
feast, when one is deed. 

The prestes also take awaye the garmentes 
of the ymages, and decke their wyues & child- 
ren withall. Whether it be good or euell y 
eny man do vnto them, they are not able to 
recompence it : they can nether set vp a 
kynge, ner put him downe. In like maner 
they maye nether geue riches, ner rewarde 
euell. Though a man make a vowe vnto 
them ad kepe it not, they wil not requyre it. c 
They can not restore a blynde ma to his sight, 
ner helpe eny ma at his nede. They ca 
shewe no mercy to the wyddowe, ner do good 
to y fatherles. Their goddes of wodd, stone, 
golde (j syluer, are but euen as other stones, 
y be hewe of y mountayne. They y worshipe 
the, shal be cofounded. How shulde they 



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then be taken for goddes ? yee how darre men 
call the goddes? And though the caldees 
worshiped the not, hearinge y they were but 
domme & coude not speake : Yet they them 
selues offre vnto Bel, and wolde fayne haue 
him to speake : as who saye, they coude fele, 
y maye not moue. But when these me come 
to vnderstodinge, they shall forsake them, for 
their goddes haue no felinge. A greate sorte 
off women gyrded with coardes, syt in the 
stretes, & burne olyue beries. Now yf one off 
them be conveyed awaye, & lye with eny soch 
as come by : she casteth hir neghburesse in 
the teth, because she was not so worthely re- 
puted, ner hir coorde broken. What so euer 
is done for them, it is but in vayne ad lost : 
How maye it the be thought or sayde, y they 
are goddes ? Carpenters <j goldsmythes make 
the, nether be they eny other thinge, but euen 
what the worke men wil make of them. Yee 
the goldsmithes them selues that make the, 
are of no longe cotynuaunce : How shulde 
then the thiges that are made of them, be 
goddes? Vayne therfore are the thinges (yee 
very shame is it) that they leaue behinde the 
for their posterite. For as soone as there 
cometh eny warre or plage vpon the, then the 
prestes ymagyn, where they maye hyde the 
selues with the. How can men thynke then, 
that they be goddes, which nether maye de- 
fende them selues from warre, ner delyuer 
the fro mysfortune ? For seynge they be but 
of wodd, of stone, of syluer and of golde : all 
people j kynges shal knowe herafter, that they 
be but vayne thinges : yee it shalbe openly 
declared, that they be no goddes : but euen 
the very workes off mes hodes, & that God 
hath nothinge to do with the. They can set 
no kynge in the londe ner geue rayne vnto 
men. They can geue no sentence of a matter, 
nether defende the londe fro wronge : For they 
are not able to do so moch as a crowe, that 
flyeth betwixte heuen and earth. 

Whe there happeneth a fyre in to the house 
of those goddes of wodde, of syluer and of 
golde, the prestes wil escape 5 saue the selues, 
but the goddes burne as the balkes therin. 
They can not withstode eny kynge or batell : 
how maye it then be thought or graunted, 
that they be goddes ? Morouer, these goddes 



of wodde, of stone, of golde 5 syluer maye 
nether defende the selues from theues ner 
robbers : yee y very wicked are stronger the 
they. These strype them out off their ap- 
parell, that they be clothed withall, these take 
their golde j syluer fro the, and so get the 
awaye: yet ca they not helpe the selues. 
Therfore it is moch better for a man, to be a 
kinge cj so to shewe his power : or els a pro- 
fitable vessel in a house, wherin he y oweth it, 
might haue pleasure : yee or to be a dore in a 
house, to kepe soch thinges safe as be therin: 
the to be soch a vayne god. The Sone, the 
Mone & all the starres when they geue their 
shyne j light, are obedient, j do men good : 
When the lightenynge glistreth, all is cleare : 
The wynde bloweth in euery countre, g whe 
God comaundeth the cloudes to go rounde 
aboute the whole worlde, they do as they are 
bydden : when the fyre is sent downe fr5 
aboue g comaunded, it burnetii vp hilles ad 
woddes : But as for those goddes, they are not 
like one off these thynges, nether in beuty 
ner stregth. Wherfore me shulde not thynke, 
ner saye that they be goddes, seynge they ca 
nether geue sentence in iudgment, ner do men 
good. For so moch now as ye are sure, that 
they be no goddes, then feare them not : For 
they can nether speake euell ner good of 
kynges. They ca shewe no tokens in heaue 
for y Heithen, nether shyne as the Sone, ner 
geue light as the Mone : yee f vnreasonable 
beastes are better then they : for they can get 
the vnder the rofe, and do them selues good : 
So can ye be certified by no maner off meanes, 
that they be goddes : therfore feare the not. 
For like as a frayboggarde in a garden off 
Cucumbers kepeth nothinge, euen so are their 
goddes of wod, of syluer & golde : and like as 
a whyte thorne in an orcharde, that euery 
byrde sytteth vpon : yee like as a deed body 
that is cast in the darcke, Euen so is it with 
those goddes of wodde, syluer and golde. By 
the purple and scarlet which they haue vpon 
the, ad soone faydeth awaye, ye maye vnder- 
stonde, that they be no goddes : yee they them 
selues shal be cosumed at the last, which shal 
be a greate cofucion of the londe. Blessed is 
the godly man, y hath no ymages j worship- 
peth none, for he shalbe farre from reprofe. 



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WM)%t (fyttbitl iQv&tymti). 



Chap. I. 
The vision of the iiij. beestes and wheles. 

Chap. II. 
The sendinge out of the prophet. 

Chap. III. 
The office of a prophet. 

Cfiap. IIII. 
A prophecy of the sege of Ierusalem. 

Chap. V. 
With what plages God punished Ierusalem. 

Chap. VI. 
Punishment for Idolatry. 

Chap. VII. 
The longe captiuyte of the people and causes 



therof 



Chap. VIII. 



Ezechiel seyth greate abhominacion thorow the 
hole in the wall. 

Chap. IX. 
The slaughter of the people. Soch as haue the 
signe of Jl Thau, are saued. 

Chap. X. 
The visio of the iiii. beestes agayne. 

Chap. XI. 
The vision of the xxv. men. 

CI)ap. XII. 
A prophecy of the captiuyte of Iuda. 



Chap. XIII. 

A sermon agaynst false prophetes 

Chap. XIIII. 

Punyshment for wylfulnesse and presumpci5 of 

synne. God letteth soch people be disceaued. 

Chap. XV. 
Agaynst Ierusalem that vnfrutfull vyne. 

Chap. XVI. 
A maruelous goodly descripcion of the Idolatry 
of Ierusalem, for the which he calleth them 
whores. 

Chap. XVII. 
A prophecy of the destruccion off Ierusalem. A 
piomyse of Christ. 

Chap. XVIII. 

Euery man shall beare his owne synne, and not 
anothers. 

Cfiap. XIX. 
The captiuyte off the kynges of Iuda. The 
crueltie of kinges and princes. 

Chap. XX. 

The greate vnthanfulnesse off the people. Agayne, 
the merciful longe sufferaunce of God. 

Cljap. XXI. 

The swearde, prophecyed to come vpon Israel and 
the Ammonites, by the kynge of Babilon. 

Chap. XXII. 

The synnes, wherfore Ierusale was punished : 
both the prophetes, prestes, rulers and comon 
people. 

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Chap. XXIII. 

The Idolatry or whordome of Samaria and Ie- 
rusalem. 

Chap. XXIIII. 

The destruccion off Ierusalem and captiuyte of 
the people signified by the pot. 

€1)3}). XXV. 
Agaynst Amnion, Moab, Seir,and thePalestynes. 

Chap. XXVI. 

He mourneth vpon the cite off Tyre (otherwyse 
called Zor) for the destruccion that was to 
come vpon her. 

Chap. XXVII. XXVIII. 

Agaynst the prince of Tyre, and agaynst Sidon. 

Chap. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. 

Plages vpon Egipte and the kynges therof. 

Chap. XXXIII. 

The office off a preacher. The worde of God 
must be folowed in very dede, and not only in 
mouth. 



Chap. XXXIIII. 

Agaynst euell shepherdes, Christ the only true 
shepherde is promised. 

Chap. XXXV. 

Agaynst the mount Seir, that is, agaynst the 
Edomites. 

Chap. XXXVI. 

A promyse of the delyueraunce of Israel. 

Chap. XXXVII. 

A consolacion for the Israelites, and a figure of 
the generall resurreccio, signified by the drye 
bones. 

Chap. XXXVIII. XXXIX. 

Of Gog and Magog, with their destruccion. 

Chap. XL. 

From this chapter vnto the ende, the prophet 
seith in a vision the buyldinge agayne of Ie- 
rusale, ad the temple : Wherby is descrybed 
the mystery off the church off christ, and sal- 
uacion of the faithfull in him. 



Che first Chapter. 

IT chaused, in the xxx. yeare the fifth daye 
off the fourth Moneth, that I was amonge 
the presoners by the ryuer off Cobar : where 
the heauens opened, (j I sawe a vision of God. 
Now the fifth daye off the Moneth made out 
the fyfth yeare off kynge Ioachims captiuyte. 
At the same tyme came y worde off the 
LORDE vnto Ezechiel the sonne off Buzi 
prest, in the londe off the Caldees by the water 
of Cobar, where the honde off the LORDE 
came vpo him. "And I loked : & beholde, a 
stormy wynde came out off the north with a 
greate cloude full of fyre, which with his glistre 
lightened all rounde aboute. 

And in f myddest off the fyre it was all 
cleare, and as it were the licknesse of foure 
beastes, which were fashioned like a man : 
sauynge, that euery one had foure faces and 
foure wynges. 

Their legges were straight, but their fete 
were like bullockes fete, and they glistred, as 



it had bene fayre scoured metall. Vnder their 
wynges vpon all the foure corners, they had 
mens hondes. Their faces and their wynges 
were towarde the foure corners : yet were the 
wynges so, that one euer touched another. 
'When they wente, they turned them not 
aboute : but ech one wente straight forwarde. 

Vpon the right side off these foure, their 
faces were like the face off a man and the face 
off a Lyon : But vpon the left side, they had 
the face off an oxe and the face off an Aegle. 

Their faces also and their wynges were 
spred out aboue : so that two wynges off one 
touched euer two wynges off another, and 
with the other two they couered their bodie. 
Euery one when it wente, it wente straight 
forwarde. 

Where as the sprete led them, thither they 
wente, "and turned not aboute in their goynge. 

The fashion and countenance of the beestes 
was like hote coales off fyre, euen as though 
burnynge cresshettes had bene amonge the 
beestes : and the fyre gaue a glistre, and out 



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off the fyre there wente lighteninge. Whe y 
beestes wete forwarde <i backwarde, one wolde 
haue thought it had lightened. Now whe I 
had well considered the beestes, I sawe a worke 
off wheles vpon the earth with foure faces also 
like the beestes. 

The fashion j worke of the wheles was like 
the see. The foure wheles were ioyned and 
made (to loke vpon) as it had bene one whele 
in another. When one wente forwarde, they 
wente all foure, and turned the not aboute I 
their goinge. They were large, greate and 
horrible to loke vpon. 

Their bodies were fall off eyes rounde 
aboute them all foure. Whe the beestes wete, 
the wheles wente also with them : And when 
the beestes lift them selues vp from y earth, 
the wheles were lift vp also. Whyther so euer 
the sprete wente, thither wente they also, 5 y 
wheles were lift vp & Mowed the, for y sprete 
of life was in the wheles. When y beestes 
wete forth, stode still, or lift them selues vp 
from the earth : then the wheles also wente, 
stode still, & were lift vp, for y breth off life 
was in the wheles. 

Aboue ouer f heades of the beestes there 
was a firmament, which was fashioned as it 
had bene off the most pure Christall, a that 
was spred out aboue vpon their heades : vnder 
the same firmament were their wynges layed 
abrode, one towarde another, and two wynges 
couered the body of euery beest. And when 
they wente forth, I herde the noyse off their 
wynges, like the noyse of greate waters, as it 
had bene the voyce off the greate God, and a 
russhinge together as it were off an hoost off 
men. And when they stode still, they let 
downe their winges. Now when they stode still, 
and had letten downe their wynges, it thondred 
in the firmament, that was aboue their heades. 

Aboue the firmament that was ouer their 
heades, there was the fashion off a seate, as it 
had bene made off Saphir. Apon the seate 
there sat one like a ma. I behelde him, and 
he was like a cleare light, as it had bene all 
of fyre with in from his loynes vpwarde. 

And beneth when I loked vpon him vnder 
f loynes, me thought he was like a shyninge 
fyre, that geueth light on euery syde. Yee 
the shyne and glistre y lightened rounde 
aboute, was like a raynbowe, which in a 
raynie daye apeareth in the cloudes. Eue so 

' Eze. 3. d. *> Exo. 32. a. c Iere. 1. c. d Apo. 5. a. 



was the similitude, wherin the glory off the 
LORDE apeared. Whe I sawe it, I fell 
vpon my face, and herkened vnto the voyce 
off him, that spake. 

Cfie tj. Chapter. 

THEN sayde he vnto me: Stonde vp 
vpon thy fete (O thou sonne of ma) 
and I will talke with the. "And as he was 
commonynge with me, the sprete came in to 
me, and set me vp vpon my fete : so that I 
marcked the thinge, that he sayde vnto me. 
And he sayde : Beholde, thou sonne off man : 
I will sende the to the children off Israel, to 
those runnagates and obstinate people : for 
they haue take parte agaynst me, and are 
runne awaye fro me : both they, b and their 
forefathers, vnto this daye. 

Yee I will sende f vnto a people y haue 
rough vysages and stiff stomackes : vnto whom 
thou shalt saye on this maner: This the 
LORDE God himselff hath spoken, y whether 
they be obedient or no (for it is a frauwarde 
housholde) they maye knowe yet that there 
hath bene a prophet amonge them. 

Therfore (thou sonne off man) feare the 
not, nether be afrayed off their wordes : e for 
they shall rebell agaynst the, and despise y. 
Yee thou shalt dwell amonge scorpions : but 
feare not their wordes, be not abashed at their 
lokes, for it is a frauwerde housholde. 

Se that thou speake my wordes vnto them, 
whether they be obediet or not, for they are 
obstinate. Therfore (thou sonne of man) 
obeye thou all thinges, that I saye vnto y, and 
be not thou stiffnecked, like as they are a 
stiffnecked housholde. Open thy mouth, and 
eate that I geue the. 

So as I was lokynge vp, beholde, there was 
sent vnto me an hande, wherin was a closed 
boke : d and the hande opened it before me, 
and it was written within and without, full off 
carefull mourninges : alas, and wo. 

Che it). Chapter. 

THEN sayde he vnto me : thou sonne of 
ma, eate that, what so euer it be : Yee 
eate that closed boke, e and go thy waye, and 
speake vnto the children off Israel. So I 
opened my mouth, and he gaue me the boke 
for to eate, and sayde vnto me : Thou sonne 
of man, thy bely shal eate, and thy bowels 

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shalbe fylled with f boke, that I geue the. 
" Then dyd I eate the boke, and it was in my 
mouth sweter then hony. 

And he sayde vnto me : thou sonne of ma, 
get the soone vnto the house off Israel, ad 
* shewe the y wordes, that I comaunde the : 
for I sende the not to a people that hath a 
strauge, vnknowne or harde speache, but vnto 
the house off Israel: Not to many nacions, 
which haue diuerse speaches and harde 
languages, whose wordes thou vnderstodest 
not : Neuertheles, "yf I sent the to those 
people, they wolde fob we the : But the house 
off Israel wil not folowe y, for they wil not 
folowe me : d Yee all the house off Israel haue 
stiff foreheades and harde hertes. Beholde 
therfore, I will make thy face preuayle agaynst 
their faces, and harden thy foreheade agaynst 
their foreheades : so that thy foreheade shall 
be harder then an Adamat or flynt stone : e 
that thou mayest feare them f lesse, and be 
lesse afrayed off them, for they are a frauwerde 
housholde. 

He sayde morouer vnto me : thou sonne off 
man, take diligent hede with thine eares, to y 
wordes that I speake vnto the, fasten them in 
thine herte : and go to the presoners off thy 
people, speake vnto them, ad saye on this 
maner : 

Thus the LORDE God hath spoke: 
Whether ye heare, or heare not. With that, 
the sprete toke me vp. And I herde the 
noyse of a greate russhinge and remouynge 
off the most blissed glory off the LORDE 
out off his place. 

I herde also the noyse off the wynges off 
the beestes, that russhed one agaynst another, 
yee and the ratlyngeoffthewheles, that were by 
them, which russhinge j noyse was very greate. 

-''Now when the sprete toke me vp, and 
caried me awaye, I wente with an heuy and a 
soroufull mynde, but the honde off y LORDE 
comforted me right soone. 

And so in the begynnynge off the Moneth 
Abib, I came to the presoners, that dwelt by 
the water off Cobar, ^and remayned in that 
place, where they were : and so continued I 
amonge them seuen dayes, beinge very sory. 

And when the seuen dayes were expyred, 
the LORDE sayde vnto me : Thou sonne off 
man, * I haue made the a watch man vnto the 



Psal. 18. b. Psal. 118. n. Apo. 10. 
c lone 3. a. d Mich. 3. b. 



b Iere. 
i. 50. b. 



house of Israel : therfore take good hede to 
the wordes, and geue them warnynge at my 
commaundement. 

Yff I saye vnto the, concernynge the vn- 
godly ma, that (without doute) he must dye, 
and thou geuest him not warnynge, ner speak- 
est vnto him, that he maye turne from his 
euell waye, and so to lyue: Then shall the 
same vngodly man dye in his owne vnright- 
uosnes: but his bloude will I requyre off 
thyne honde. Neuertheles, yff thou geue 
warnynge vnto the wicked, and he yet forsake 
not his vngodlynesse : then shall he dye in his 
owne wickednesse, but thou hast discharged 
thy soule. 

Now yf a rightuous ma go fro his rightuous- 
nesse,' and do the thinge that is euell: I will 
laye a stomblinge blocke before him, and he 
shall dye, because thou hast not geuen him 
warninge : Yee dye shall he in his owne synne, 
so that the vertue, which he did before, shall 
not be thought vpon: but his bloude will I 
requyre of thine honde. 

Neuertheles, yf thou exhortest the right- 
uous, that he synne not, and so y rightuous 
do not synne : Then shall he lyue, because he 
hath receaued thy warnynge, and thou hast 
discharged thy soule. And there came the 
hode off the LORDE vpon me, and he sayde 
vnto me : Stonde vp, and go in to the felde, 
y I maye there talke with the. 

So when I had rysen vp, and gone forth in 
to the felde : k Beholde, the glory off the 
LORDE stode there, like as I sawe it afore, 
by the water off Cobar. 

'Then fell I downe vpon my face, and f 
sprete came in to me, which set me vp vpon 
my fete, and sayde thus vnto me : Go thy 
waye, and sparre thy selff in thyne house. 
Beholde (O thou sonne off man) there shall 
chaynes be brought for the, to bynde the 
withall, so that thou shalt not escape out off 
the. And I will make thy tunge cleue to the 
rofe off thy mouth, that thou shalt be domme, 
and not be as a chider with them : for it is an 
obstinate housholde. 

But when I speake vnto the, then open thy 
mouth, and saye : Thus saieth the LORDE 
God : who so heareth, let him heare : who so 
will not, let him leaue : for it is a frauwarde 
housholde. 



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1 Eze. 18. a. 



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k Eze. 1. a. Eze. 2. 



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se. 1. g. 



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€f)e iiij. Chapter. 

THOU sonne off man : take a tyle stone, 
and laye it before the, and descrybe 
vpon it the cite off Ierusalem : how it is be- 
seged, how bulworkes and stroge diches are 
grauen on euery syde off it : descrybe also 
tentes, and an hoost off men rounde aboute it. 

Morouer, take an yron panne, and set it 
betwixte the & f cite in steade off an yron 
wall, Then set thy face towarde it, besege it, 
and laye ordinaunce agaynst it, to wynne it. 
This shal be a token vnto the house off Israel. 
But thou shalt slepe vpon thy left syde, and 
laye the synne of the house off Israel vpon the. 

Certayne dayes apoynted, thou shalt slepe 
vpon that syde, and beare their synnes." 
Neuertheles I will apoynte the a tyme (to put 
off their synnes) and the nombre off the daies: 
Thre hundreth g xc. dayes must thou beare 
the wickednesse off the house of Israel. When 
thou hast fulfilled these dayes, lye downe 
agayne, and slepe vpon thy right syde xl. dayes, 
and beare the synnes off the house of Iuda. 

A daye for a yeare, *a daye (I saye) for a 
yeare, will I euer laye vpon the. Therfore 
set now thy face agaynst that beseged Ieru- 
salem, and discouer thine arme, that thou 
mayest prophecie agaynst it. 

Beholde, I will laye chaynes vpon the, that 
thou shalt not turne the from one syde to ano- 
ther, till thou hast ended the dayes of thy sege. 

Wherfore, take vnto the wheate, barly 
beanes, growell sede, milium and fitches : and 
put these together in a vessell, and make the 
loaues of bred therof, acordinge to the nombre 
of the dayes that thou must lye vpon y syde : 
that thou mayest haue bred to eate, for thre 
hundreth and XC. dayes. 

And the meate that thou eatest, shall haue 
a certayne waight apoynted : Namely, twentie 
sycles euery daye. This apoynted meate shalt 
thou eate daylie, from the beginnynge to the 
ende. 

Thou shalt dryncke also a certayne measure 
off water : Namely, the sixte parte of an Hin 
shalt thou drynke daylie from the begynnynge 
to the ende. Barly cakes shalt thou eate, yet 
shalt thou first strake the ouer with mas donge, 
y they maye se it. And with that, sayde the 
LORDE: c Euen thus shal the children of 
Israel eate their defyled bred in the myddest 



off the Gentiles, amonge whom I will scatre 
them. 

Then sayde I: Oh LORDE God, Be- 
holde, my soule was yet neuer stayned : for 
fro my youth vp vnto this houre, I dyd neuer 
eate of a deed carcase, or of that which was 
slayne of wilde beestes, nether came there 
euer eny vnclene flesh in my mouth. 

Where vnto he answered me, and sayde : 
Well than, I will graunte the to take cowes 
donge, for the donge off a man, and to strake 
the bred ouer with all, before the. 

And he sayde vnto me : d Beholde thou 
sonne off man, I will mynishe all the prouy- 
sion of bred in Ierusalem, so that they shall 
weye their bred, and eate it with scarcenesse. 
But as for water, they shall haue a very litle 
measure theroff, to drynke. And when they 
haue nomore bred ner water, one shal be 
destroyed with another, and famish awaye for 
their wickednesse. 

Cfie 6. Chapter. 

TAKE the then a sharpe knyfe (O thou 
sonne of man) namely, a rasoure. Take 
that, and shaue the hayre off thy heade and 
beerd : Then take the scoales and the waight, 
and deuyde the hayre a sunder. And burne 
the thirde parte therof in the fyre in the 
myddest off the cite, and cut the other thirde 
parte in peces with a knyfe/ As for the 
thirde parte that remayneth, cast it in the 
wynde, and then shewe the bare knyfe. 

Yet afterwarde take a litle off the same, 
(t bynde it in thy cote lappe. Then take a 
curtesy of it, and cast it in the myddest of y 
fyre, and burne it in the fyre. Out of the 
same fyre shall there go a flame, vpon the 
whole house of Israel. 

Morouer, thus sayde the LORDE God: 
This same is Ierusalem. I set her in the 
middest of the Heithen and nacions, that are 
rounde aboute her, but she hath despised my 
iudgmetes more then y Gentiles the selues, 
and broken my comaundementes more then 
the nacions, that lye rounde aboute her : For 
they haue cast out myne ordinaunces, and 
not walked in my lawes. -''Therfore, thus 
saieth the LORDE God : For so moch as ye 
with youre wickednesse farre exceade the 
Heithe, that dwell rounde aboute you : (For 
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ye kepte myne ordinauees) Therfore thus 
saiethy LORDE God: 

I will also come vpon the, for in the myddest 
of the will I syt in iudgmet, in the sight of 
the Heithen, and will handle the of soch a 
fashion, as I neuer dyd before, and as I neuer 
wil do from that tyme forth, and that because 
of all thy abhominacions. " For in the the 
fathers shal be fayne to eate their owne 
sonnes, and the sonnes their owne fathers, 
Soch a courte will I kepe in the, and the 
whole remnaunt will I scatre in to all the 
wyndes. 

Wherfore, as truly as I lyue (saieth the 
LORDE God) seynge thou hast defyled my 
Sanctuary, with all maner off abhominacions 
and with all thy shamefull offences : For this 
cause will I also destroye the. Myne eye 
shall not ouersee the, nether will I spare the. 

'One thirde parte within the, shall die of 
the pestilence and of honger : Another thirde 
parte shall be slayne downe rounde aboute 
the, with the swearde : The other thirde parte 
that remayneth, will I scatre abrode towarde 
all the wyndes, and drawe out the swearde 
after them. Thus wil I perfourme my indig- 
nacion and set my wrath agaynst them, and 
ease my self. So that when I haue fulfilled 
myne anger agaynst them, they shall knowe, 
that I am the LORDE, which with a feruent 
gelousy haue spoken it. 

Morouer I will make the waist and abhorred, 
before all the Heithen that dwell aboute the, 
and in the sight off all them, that go by the : 
so that when I punysh the in my wrath, in 
myne anger, and with the plage off my 
whote displeasure : thou shaft be a very 
abhominacion, shame, a gasinge and won- 
dringe stocke, amonge the Heithen that lye 
aboute the. 

Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it, and 
it shall come to passe, when I shute amonge 
them the perlous dartes of hoger, which shalbe 
but death : c Yee therfore shall I shute them, 
because I will destroye you. I will encrease 
hunger, and mynish all the prouysion off bred 
amonge you. 

Plages and mysery will I sende you, yee 
and wilde beestes also to destroye you. Pesti- 
lence and bloudsheddinge shall come vpon 
you, and the swearde wil I bringe ouer you. 
Euen I the LORDE, haue sayde it. 



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Che bi. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne off man, 
d turne thy face to the mountaynes of Israel 
that thou mayest prophecie vnto them, and 
saye : Heare the worde of the LORDE God, 

ye mountaynes off Israel : Thus hath the 
LORDE God spoken to the moiitaynes, hilles, 
valleys and dales : 

Beholde, I will brynge a swearde ouer you. 
and destroye youre hie places : I wil cast 
downe youre aulters, and breake downe youre 
temples. Youre slayne men will I laye before 
youre goddes, and the deed carcases off the 
children off Israel will I cast before their 
ymages, youre bones wil I strowe rounde 
aboute youre aulters, and dwellinge places 

The cities shalbe desolate, y hillchapels 
layed waist : youre aulters destroyed, 15 broken 
youre goddes cast downe, and taken awaye, 
youre tepels layde eaue with the groude, youre 
owne workes clene roted out. Youre slayne 
men shall he amonge you, that ye maye lerne 
to knowe, how y I am the LORDE. Those 
y amoge you haue escaped the swearde, will 

1 leaue amonge the Gentiles, for I will scatre 
you amonge the nacions. 'And they that 
escape from you, shall thinke vpon me amonge 
the heithen, where they shalbe in captiuyte. 

As for that whorish and vnfaithfull herte of 
theirs, wherwith they runne awaye fro me, I 
will breake it : yee & put out those eyes off 
theirs, that committe fornicacion with their 
Idols. 

Then shall they be ashamed, and displeased 
with their selues, for the wickednesses ad 
abhominacions, which they haue done : and 
shal lerne to knowe, how that it is not in 
vayne, that I the LORDE spake, to bringe 
soch mysery vpon them. 

The LORDE sayde morouer vnto me : 
Smyte thine hondes together, and stampe 
with thy fete, and saye : Wo worth all the 
abhominacions and wickednesses of the house 
of Israel, for because of the, they shal perish 
with the swearde, with hoger and with pesti- 
lence. Who so is farre of, shall dye off the 
pestilence : he that is nye at hande, shall 
perish with the swearde : and f other that are 
beseged, shall dye of honger. 

Thus wil I satisfie my wrothfull displeasure 



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vpon them. And so shall ye lerne to knowe, 
that I am the LORDE, whe youre slayne 
men lye amoge youre goddes, and aboute 
youre aulters : vpon all hie hilles and toppes 
offmountaynes, amoge all grene trees, amonge 
all thicke okes: euen in the places, where 
they dyd sacrifice to all their Idols. I will 
stretch myne honde out vpon them, g will 
make the londe waist: So that it shall lye 
desolate and voyde, from the wildernesse off 
Deblat forth, thorow all their habitacions : to 
lerne them for to knowe, that I am the 
LORDE. 

Wi)t bvj. Chapter. 

THE worde off the LORDE came vnto 
me, on this maner : The I call, O thou 
sonne off man. Thus saieth the LORDE 
God vnto the londe off Israel: The ende 
commeth, yee verely the ende commeth vpon 
all the foure corners off the earth. 

But now shall the ende come vpon the : for 
I will sende my wrath vpo the, and wil punysh 
the : acordinge to thy wayes, and rewarde the 
after all thy abhominacios. " Myne eye shall 
not ouersee the, nether will I spare the : but 
rewarde the, acordinge to thy waies, and de- 
clare thy abhominacions. Then shall ye 
knowe, that I am the LORDE. 

Thus saieth the LORDE God : Beholde, 
one mysery and plage shall come after another: 
the ende is here. The ende (I saye) that 
waiteth for the, is come already, f houre is 
come agaynst the, that dwellest in the londe. 

The tyme is at honde, the daye of sedicio 
is hard by, j no glad tidinges vpo the mou- 
taynes. Therfore, I will shortly poure out my 
sore displeasure ouer the, and fulfill my wrath 
vpon the. I will iudge the after thy waies, 
and recompence the all thy abhominacions. 

* Myne eye shal not ouersee the, nether wil 

spare the : but rewarde the after thy waies, 
and shewe thy abhominacions : to lerne you 
for to knowe, how y I am the LORDE, y 
smyteth. Beholde, the daye is here, the 
daye is come, the houre is runne out, the 
rodde fiorisheth, wylfulnesse waxeth grene, 
malicious violece is growne vp, and the vn- 
godly waxen to a staff. Yet shall there no 
complaynte be made for them, ner for the 
trouble that shall come of these thinges. 

The tyme cometh, the daye draweth nye : 



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c Who so byeth, let him not reioyce : he that 
selleth, let him not be sory : for why, d Trouble 
shall come in the myddest off all rest : so that 
the seller shall not come agayne to the byer, 
for nether off them both shall lyue. For the 
vision shal come so greatly ouer all, y it shal 
not be hyndered : No ma also with his wicked- 
nesse shall be able to saue his owne life. 

The trompettes shall ye blowe, and make 
you all ready, but no man shall go to the 
batell, for I am wroth with all the whole 
multitude. 

The swearde shalbe without, pestilence and 
honger within : so that who so is in the felde, 
shalbe slayne with the swearde : e and he that 
is in the cite, shall perish with honger and 
pestilence. 

And soch as escape and fie from amonge 
them, shal be vpon the hilles, like as the 
doues in the felde : euery one shalbe afrayed, 
because off his owne wickednesse. 

•^All hondes shalbe letten downe, and all 
knees shalbe weake as the water : they shall 
gyrde them selues with sack cloth, feare shal 
fall vpon them. Their faces shall be confoiided, 
and their heades balde : their syluer shall lye 
in the stretes, and their golde shalbe despised : 
s Yee their syluer and golde maye not delyuer 
them, in the dave of the fearfull wrath of the 
LORDE. 

They shall not satisfie their hongrie soules, 
nether fyll their emptie belies therwith : For 
it is become their owne decaye thorow their 
wickednesse : because they made therof, not 
only costly Ieweles for their pompe and pryde, 
; ' but also abhominable ymages and Idols. 
For this cause will I make them to be ab- 
horred. Morouer, I will geue it in to y hondes 
off the straungers to be spoyled : and to f 
wicked, for to be robbed, and they shall de- 
stroy e it. 

My face wil I turne from the, my Treasury 
shall be defyled : for the theues shall go in to 
it, and suspende it. I wil make clene ryd- 
daunse, for the londe is whole defyled with 
vnrightuous iudgment of innocent bloude, i 
the cite is full off abhominacions. 

Wherfore, I will bringe the most cruell 
tyrauntes from amonge the Heithen, to take 
their houses in possession. I will make the 
pompe off the proude to ceasse, ad they shal 



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take in their Sanctuary. When this trouble 
cometh, they shal seke peace, but they shal 
haue none. One myschefe and sorowe shal 
folowe another, and one rumoure shal come 
after another : Then shall they seke visions in 
vayne at their prophetes. " The la we shal be 
gone from the prestes, and wyszdome from 
the elders. The kynge shall mourne, the 
princes shalbe clothed with heuynesse, and f 
hodes off the people in the londe shall tremble 
for feare. I will do vnto them after their 
owne waies, 5 acordinge to their owne iudg- 
mentes will I iudge them : to lerne them for 
to knowe, that I am the LORDE. 

€$t bttj. Chapter. 

IT happened, that in the sixte yeare, the 
fifth daye of the sixte Moneth I sat in my 
house, and the lordes off the councell off Iuda 
with me : and the honde off the LORDE 
God fell euen there vpo me. 

And as I loked vp, I sawe as it were a 
licknesse off fyre from his loynes downwarde/ 
*and from his loynes vpwarde it shyned 
maruelous cleare. 

This symilitude stretched out an honde, 
and toke me by the hayrie lockes off my 
heade, and the sprete lift me vp betwixte 
heauen and earth : and God brought me in a 
vision to Ierusalem, in to the courte off the 
inwarde porte that lieth towarde the north: 
there stode an ymage, with whom he that hath 
all thinges in his power, was very wroth. 

And beholde, the glory off the God off 
Israel was in the same place : c eue as I had 
sene it afore in the felde. And he sayde vnto 
me: Thou sonne off man, O lift vp thine 
eyes, and loke towarde the north. Then lift 
I vp myne eyes towarde the north, and be- 
holde : Besyde the porte northwarde, there 
was an aulter made vnto the ymage off prouo- 
cacion in the very entrynge in. 

And he sayde furthermore vnto me : Thou 
sonne off man, Seist thou what these do ? 
Seist thou the greate abhominacions that the 
house off Israel commytte in this place ? 
which ought not to be done in my sanctuary? 
But turne the aboute, and thou shalt se 
yet greater abhominacions. And with that 
brought he me to the courte gate : and whe 1 
loked, beholde, there was an hole in the wall 



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Then sayde he vnto me : Thou sonne off 
man, dygge thorow the wall. And when I 
dygged thorow the wall, beholde, there was a 
dore. And he sayde vnto me : go thy waye in, 5 
loke what wicked abhominacions they do there. 

So I wente in, and sawe: and beholde, 
there were all maner ymages off wormes 5 
beastes, all Idols and abhominacions of y 
house off Israel paynted euerychone rounde 
aboute the wall. 

d There stode also before the ymages lxx. 
lordes of the councell off the house off Israel : 
and in the myddest off them stode Iaasanias 
the sonne off Saphan : And euery one off 
them had a censoure in his honde, g out off 
the incense, there wente a smoke, as it had 
bene a cloude. 

Then sayde he vnto me : Thou sonne off 
man, e hast thou sene what the Senatours off 
the house off Israel do secretly, euery one in 
his chambre ? For they saye : Tush, the 
LORDE seth vs not, the LORDE regardeth 
not the woi*lde. And he sayde vnto me : 
Turne the yet agayne, and thou shalt se the 
greate abhominacions that they do. 

And with that, he brought me to the dore 
off the porte off the LORDES house, towarde 
the north. And beholde, there sat women 
mournynge for Thamus. Then sayde he vnto 
me : hast thou sene this, thou sonne of ma ? 
Turne y aboute, & thou shalt se yet greater 
abhominacions. And so he brought me in to 
the inwarde courte of the LORDES house : 
(j beholde, at the porte of the LORDES house, 
betwixte the fore entrie and the aulter, there 
were fyue and twenty men, that turned their 
backes vpon the Temple of the LORDE, 5 
their faces towarde the easte, and these wor- 
shipped the Sonne. 

And he sayde vnto me : hast thou sene 
this, thou sonne of man ? Thinketh the house 
of Israel, that it is but a trifle, to do these 
abhominacions here? Shulde they fyll the 
londe full of wickednesse, and vndertake to 
prouoke me vnto anger ? Yee 5 purposly to 
cast vp their noses vpon me ? Therfore wil I 
also do some thinge in my wrothfull displea- 
sure, so that myne eye shall not ouersee them, 
nether wil I spare them. ^Yee and though 
they crie in myne eares with loude voyce, yet 
wil I not heare them. 



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Cfce ir. Chapter. 

HE cried also with a loude voyce in myne 
eares, sayenge : Come here ye rulers of 
the cite, euery man with his weapened honde 
to the slaughter. Then came there sixe men 
out of the strete of the vpper porte towarde 
the north, and euery man a weapen in hi 
honde to the slaughter. There was one 
amongst them, that had on him a lynninge 
rayment, and a wryters ynckhorne by his syde. 

These wente in, and stode beside the brasen 
aulter: "for the glory of the LORDE was 
gone awaye from the Cherub, and was come 
downe to the thresholde of the house, 5 he 
called the ma, that had the lynnynge rayment 
vpon him, and the writers ynckhorne by his 
syde, and the LORDE sayde vnto him : Go 
thy waye thorow the cite of Ierusalem, and 
set this marck fi Thau vpo the foreheades of 
them, that mourne, and are sory for all the 
abhominacions, that be done therin. And to 
the other, he sayde that I might heare : Go 
ye after him thorow the cite, slaye, ouersee 
none, spare none: 4 Kyll, (j destroye both 
olde men and yonge, maydens, children, and 
wyues. 

But as for those, that haue this marck T\ 
Thau vpo them : se that ye touch them not, 
and begynne at my Sanctuary. c Then they 
begane at the elders, which were in the Temple, 
for he had sayde vnto them : When ye haue 
defyled the Temple, and fylled the courte 
with the slayne, then go youre waye forth. 
So they wete out and slewe downe thorow y 
cite. Now when they had done f slaughter, 
5 I yet escaped : I fell downe vpon my face, 
(j cried, sayenge : O LORDE, wilt thou then 
destroye all the resydue of Israel, in thy sore 
displeasure, that thou hast poured vpo Ie- 
rusalem ? 

Then sayde he vnto me : The wickednesse 
of the house of Israel and Iuda is very greate : 
so that the lode is full of bloude, and y cite 
full of vnfaithfulnesse : d For they saye : Tush, 
y LORDE regardeth not the earth, he seyth 
vs not. Therfore will I vpon them, myne eye 
shall not ouersee them, nether will I spare 
them, but will recompence their wickednesse 
vpon their heades. 

And beholde, the ma that had the lynnynge 



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[ rayment vpon him, and thewriters ynckhorne 
by his syde : tolde all the matter how it hap- 
pened, and sayde : LORDE, as thou hast 
commaunded me, so haue I done. 

Cije r. Chapter. 

AND as I loked, beholde, In the firma- 
ment that was aboue the Cherubins 
there apeared the similitude of a stole of 
Saphir vpo them : e Then sayde he that sat 
therin, to him that had the lynnynge rayment 
vpon him : Crepe in betwene the wheles that 
are vnder the Cherubins, and take thine honde 
full of hote coales out from betwene the 
Cherubins, and cast them ouer the cite. And 
he crepte in, that I might se. 

Now the Cherubins stode vpo the right 
syde of the house, when the man wete in, and 
the cloude fylled the ynnermer courte. /But 
the glory of the LORDE remoued from the 
Cherubins, and came vpon the thresholde of 
the house : so that the Temple was full of 
cloudes, and the courte was full of the shyne 
of the LORDES glory. Yee and the sounde 
of the Cherubins wynges was herde in to the 
forecourte, like as it had bene the voyce of 
the almightie God, when he speaketh. Now 
when he had bydden the man y was clothed 
in lynnynge, to go and take the hote coales 
from the myddest of y wheles, which were 
vnder the Cherubins : he wente and stode 
besyde the wheles. Then the one Cherub 
reached forth his honde from vnder the Che- 
rubins, vnto y fyre that was betwene the 
Cherubins, and toke therof, and gaue it vnto 
him (that had on the lynnynge rayment) in 
his honde : which toke it, and wente out. And 
vnder the wynges of y Cherubins, there apeared 
the licknes of a mas hode : I sawe also foure 
wheles besyde the Cherubins, so that by euery 
Cherub there stode a whele. And the wheles 
were (to loke vpon) after f fashion of y pre- 
cious stone of Tharsis : Yet (vnto the sight) 
were they fashioned & like, as yf one whele 
had bene in another. 

When they wente forth, they wete all iiij 
together, not turnynge aboute in their goinge : 
But where the first wente, thither wente they 
after also, so that they turned not aboute in 
their goinge. g Their whole bodies, their 
backes, their hodes & wynges, yee 5 the wheles 



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also, were all full of eyes rounde aboute them 
all foure. And I herde him call y wheles, 
Galgal (that is) a rounde boull. Euery one 
of them had foure faces : so that the one face 
was the face of a Cherub, the seconde of a 
man, the thirde of a lyon, the fourth of an 
Aegle, (j they were lifted vp aboue. This is 
the beest, that I sawe at the water of Cobar. 
Now when the Cherubins wente, the wheles 
wente with them : & when the Cherubins shoke 
their wynges to lift them selues vpwarde, the 
wheles remayned not behynde, but were with 
them also. Shortly, when they stode, these 
stode also: And when they were lift vp, f 
wheles were lift vp also with the, for the sprete 
of life was in the wheles. 

"Then the glory of the LORDE was lift vp 
from the thresholde of the temple, and re- 
mayned vpon the Cherubins : And the Che 
rubins flackred with their wynges, and lift 
the selues vp from the earth : so that I sawe 
when they went, and the wheles with them 
And they stode at the east syde of the porte 
that is in the house of the LORDE. So the 
glory of the LORDE was vpon them. This 
is the beest that I sawe vnder the God of 
Israel, by the water of Cobar. And I per- 
ceaued, that it was the Cherubins. Euery one 
had foure faces, (j euery one foure wynges, j 
vnder their winges, as it were mes hondes. 
Now the figure of their faces was, euen as I 
had sene them, by the water of Cobar, 5 so 
was the countenaunce of the : Euery one in 
his goinge wente straight forwarde. 

Cht rt. Chapter. 

MOROUER, the sprete of the LORDE 
lift me vp, 5 brought me vnto y east 
porte of the LORDES house. And beholde, 
there were xxv men vnder the dore : amoge 
whom I sawe Iaasanias the sonne of Asur, j 
Pheltias the sonne of Banias, the rulers of the 
people. Then sayde the LORDE vnto me : 
Thou sonne of man: These men ymagin 
myschefe, and a wicked councel take they in 
this cite, sayenge : Tush, there is no destruc- 
cion at honde, let vs buylde houses: This 
Ierusalem is the cauldron, g we be the flesh. 
Therfore shalt thou prophecie vnto them, yee 
prophecie shalt thou vnto them, O sonne of 
man. And with that, fell the sprete of the 
LORDE vpon me, and sayde vnto me : 



°Eze. ll.d.45 



» Eze. 24. i 



latt.26.e. e Leuit. 



Speake, thus saieth the LORDE: On this 
maner haue yee spoke (O ye house of Israel) 
and I knowe the ymaginacios of youre hertes. 
Many one haue ye murthured in this cite, 5 
filled the stretes full of the slayne. 

Therfore, thus saieth the LORDE God : 
The slayne men that ye haue layed on the 
grounde in this cite, are the flesh, 5 this cite 
is the cauldron : b But I wil bringe you out of 
it : ye haue drawe out y swearde, eue so wil 
I also bringe a swearde ouer you, saieth y 
LORDE God. I will dryue you out of this 
cite and delyuer you in to youre enemies 
honde, a wil condemne you. Ye shal be slayne 
in all the coastes of Israel, I wil be avenged 
of you : to lerne you for to knowe, that I am 
the LORDE. This cite shal not be youre 
cauldron, nether shal ye be the flesh therin : 
but in the coastes of Israel wil I punysh you, 
that ye maye knowe, that I am the LORDE 
in whose commaundementes ye haue not 
walked, ner kepte his lawes: but c haue do: 
after the customes of the Heithen, that he 
rounde aboute you. 

Now when I preached, Pheltias the sonne 
of Banias dyed. Then fell I downe vpo my 
face, d cried with a loude voyce: O LORDE 
God, wilt thou then vterly destroye all the 
remnaunt in Israel? And so the worde of 
the LORDE came to me on this maner: 
Thou sonne of man : Thy brethren, thy kyns 
folke, 5 y whole house of Iuda, which dwell 
at Ierusalem, saye : They be gone farre from 
the LORDE, but the londe is geuen vs in 
possession. Therfore tell them, thus saieth 
the LORDE God : I wil sende you farre of 
amoge the Gentiles, 5 scatre you amonge the 
nacions, 5 I wil halo we you but a litle, in the 
londes where ye shall come. Tell them also, 
thus saieth the LORDE God: I wil gather 
you agayne out of the nacions, 5 bringe you 
from the countrees where ye be scatred, j will 
geue you the londe of Israel agayne : 5 thither 
shal ye come. And as for all impedimentes, 
all youre abhominacions : I will take them 
awaye. 

And I wil geue you one herte, 5 wil plante 
a new sprete within youre bowels. d That stony 
herte wil I take out of youre body, % geue you a 
fleshy herte : that ye maye walke in my com- 
maundementes, and kepe myne ordinaunces, 
5 do them : that ye maye be my people, and 

Deut. 12. d. d Iere. 31. f. Eze. 18. e. 36. e. Eze. 36. f. 



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I youre God. But loke whose hertes are dis- 
posed to folowe their abhominacions and 
wicked lyuynges : Those mens dedes will I 
bringe vpon their owne heades, saieth the 
LORDE God. After this dyd the Cherubins 
lift vp their winges, and the wheles wente with 
them, and the glory of the LORDE was vpon 
them. " So the glory of the LORDE wente 
vp from the myddest of the cite, i g stode vpon 
the mount of the cite towarde the east. But 
the wynde toke me vp, (j in a vision (which 
came by the sprete of God) it brought me 
agayne in to Caldea amonge the presoners. 
Then the vision that I had sene, vanyshed 
awaye fro me. So I spake vnto the presoners, 
all the wordes of the LORDE, which he had 
shewed me. 

Che rtj. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : "Thou sonne of ma, thou 
dwellest in the myddest of a frauwerde hous- 
holde: which haue eyes to se, (j yet se not: 
eares haue they to heare, and yet heare they 
not, for they are an obstinate housholde. 
Therfore (O thou sonne of man) make thy 
gere redy to flit, and go forth by fayre daye 
light, y they maye se. Yee eue in their sight 
shalt thou go from thy place to another place : 
yf peraduenture they wil considre, y they be 
an vnobedient housholde. Thy gere that 
thou hast made redy to flit withall, shalt thou 
beare out by fayre daye light, that they maie 
se : & thou thy self shalt go forth also at eue 
in their sight, as a ma doth whe he flitteth. 

Dygge thorow the wall, that they maye se, 
and beare thorow it the same thinge, that thou 
tokest vp in their sight. As for thy self, thou 
shalt go forth in the darcke. Hyde thy face 
that thou se not y earth, for I haue made the 
a shewtoke vnto the house of Israel. Now 
as f LORDE comaunded me, so I dyd : f 
gere that I had made redy, brought I out by 
daye. At euen I brake downe an hole thorow 
the wall with my honde : (j when it was darcke, 
I toke the 
them out in their sight 

And in the mornynge, came the worde of 
the LORDE vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne 
of man, yf Israel, y frauwerde housholde axe 
the, and saye : what dost thou there ? Then 



gere vpo my shulders, and bare 



" Ezec 


10 


. c. 43. 




b Ezec. 


3.b. 8 


a. 




<Esa. 6.b 


Matt. 13. 


b. 


Mar. 4. 


a. 


Luc. 8. b 


Act. 


28. 


d. 


Ro. 11. b 



tell them: Thus saieth the LORDE God: 
This punyshment toucheth the chefe rulers 
at Ierusalem, and all the house of Israel, that 
dwell amonge them : Tell them : I am youre 
shewtoken : like as I haue done, so shal it 
happen vnto you : Flyt shal ye also, and go 
in to captiuyte. rf The chefest that is amonge 
you, shall lade his shulders in the darcke, and 
get him awaye. He shal breake downe the 
wall, to carie stuff there thorow: He shal 
couer his face, that he se not the grounde, 
with his eyes. 

My lyne will I sprede out vpon him, and 
catch him in my net, *and carie him to Babi- 
lon, in the lode of the Caldees: which he shal 
not se, a yet shal he dye there. As for all his 
helpers, and all his hoostes that be aboute 
him : I will scatre them towarde all the 
wyndes, and drawe out a swearde after them. 
^So when I haue scatred them amonge the 
Heithen, and strowed them in the londes: 
they shal knowe, that I am y LORDE. But, 
I will leaue a litle nombre of them, from the 
swearde, hunger & pestilence : to tell all their 
abhominacions amonge the Heithen, where 
they come : that they maye knowe, how that 
I am the LORDE. 

Morouer, the worde of the LORDE came 
vnto me sayenge : Thou sonne of man : with 
a fear full treblinge shalt thou eate thy bred, 
with carefulnesse g sorowe shalt thou drynke 
thy water. And vnto the people of the londe, 
speake thou on this maner : Thus saieth the 
LORDE God, to them that dwell in Ierusa- 
lem, and to the londe of Israel: Ye shall eate 
youre bred with sorowe, and drynke youre 
water with heuynesse : Yee the londe with 
the fulnesse therof shalbe layde waist, for f 
wickednesse of them that dwell therin. And 
the cities that now be well occupied, shal be 
voyde, and the londe desolate : that ye maye 
knowe, how that I am the LORDE. 

Yet came the worde of the LORDE vnto 
me agayne, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, 
what maner of byworde is that, g which ye vse 
in the londe of Israel, sayenge : Tush, seynge 
that the daies are so slacke in commynge/' 
all the visios are of none effecte : Tell them 
therfore, thus saieth the LORDE God : I wil 
make that byworde to ceasse, so that it shall 
nomore be comonly vsed in Israel. 



i Eze. 17. c. 32. a. /Eze. 15. b. 22. b. 
Ro. 2. a. A 2Pet. 3. b. 



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But saye this vnto them : The daies are at 
honde, that euery thinge which hath bene 
prophecied, shalbe fulfilled. There shall no 
vision be in vayne, nether eny prophecie fayle 
amonge the children of Israel : For it is I the 
LORDE, that speake it: and what so euer I 
f LORDE speake, it shal be perfourmed, 
and not be slacke in commynge. 

Yee euen in youre dayes (O ye frauwarde 
housholde) will I deuyse some thinge, £ bringe 
it to passe, saieth the LORDE God. And 
the worde of the LORDE came vnto me 
sayenge : Beholde, thou sonne of man : The 
house of Israel saye in this maner : Tush, as 
for the vision that he hath sene, it will be 
many a daye or it come to passe : It is farre 
of yet, the thinge that he prophecieth. Ther- 
fore saye vnto them: Thus saieth the LORDE 
God : All my wordes shal nomore be slacke : 
Loke what I speake, that same shal come to 
passe, saieth the LORDE. 

Che rtij. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayege : Thou sonne of man, Speake 
prophecie agaynst those prophetes, that preach 
in Israel : (j saye thou vnto them that pro- 
phecie out of their owne hertes : Heare the 
worde of the LORDE, thus saieth the 
LORDE God: 'Wo be vnto those folish 
prophetes, that folowe their owne sprete, and 
speake, where they se nothinge. O Israel, 
thy prophetes are like the foxes vpon the drie 
felde : For they stonde not in the gappes, 
nether make they an hedge for the house of 
Israel, *that me might abyde the parell in 
the daye of the LORDE. Vayne thinges 
they se, 5 tell lies, to mayntene their preach- 
inges withall. The LORDE (saye they) 
hath spoke it, when in very dede the LORDE 
hath not sent them. Vayne visios haue ye 
sene, & spoke false prophecies, when ye saye : 
the LORDE hath spoken it, where as I neuer 
sayde it. 

Therfore, thus saieth the LORDE God: 
Because youre wordes be vayne, (j ye seke 
out lies : Beholde, I wil vpon you, saieth y 
LORDE. Myne hondes shal come vpon the 
prophetes, that loke out vayne thinges, and 
preach lies : they shal not be in the councell 
of my people, ner written in the boke of the 
house of Israel, nether shal they come in the 



londe of Israel: that ye maye knowe, how 
that I am the LORDE God. And that for 
this cause : c they haue disceaued my people, 
j tolde them of peace, where no peace was. 
One setteth vp a wall, g they dawbe it with 
lowse claye. d Therfore tell them which dawbe 
it with vntempered morter, that it shall fall. 
For there shal come a greate shuwer of rayne, 
greate stones shall fall vpon it, (j a sore storme 
of wynde shal breake it, so shal f wall come 
downe. Shal it not then be sayde vnto you : 
where is now the morter, that ye dawbed it 
withall? Therfore thus saieth the LORDE 
God : I will breake out in my wrothfull dis- 
pleasure with a stormy wynde, so that in myne 
anger there shal come a mightie shuwer of 
rayne, (j hale stones in my wrath, to destroye 
withall. 

As for y wall, that ye haue dawbed with 
vntempered morter, I wil breake it downe, g 
make it eauen with the grounde : so that the 
foundacion therof shal remoue, 5 it shal fall, 
yee j ye youre selues shall perish in the 
myddest therof: to lerne you for to knowe, 
that I am the LORDE. Thus wil I per- 
fourme my wrath vpon this wall, (j vpon them 
that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter, 
and then will I saye vnto you : The wall is 
gone, j the dawbers are awaye. These are 
the prophetes of Israel, which prophecie vnto 
the cite of Ierusalem, (t, loke out visions of 
peace for them, where as no peace is, saieth 
the LORDE God. Wherfore (0 thou sonne 
of ma,) set thy face agaynst the doughters of 
thy people, which prophecie out of their owne 
hertes: a speake thou prophecie agaynst them, 
(j saye : Thus saieth the LORDE God : Wo 
be vnto you, that sowe pilowes vnder all arme 
holes, and bolsters vnder the heades both of 
yonge and olde, to catch soules withall. For 
when ye haue gotten the soules of my people 
in youre captiuyte, *ye promyse them life, 
and dishonoure me to my people, for an hand 
full of barly, & for a pece of bred : when ye 
kyll the soules of them that dye not, j pro- 
myse life to them, that lyue not : Thus ye dys- 
semble with my people, y beleueth youre lies. 

Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God : 
Beholde, I wil also vpo the pillowes, wherwith 
ye catch the soules in flyenge: the will I take 
from youre armes, (j let the soules go, that ye 
catch in flyenge. Youre bolsters also wil I 



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teare in peces, j delyuer my people out of 
youre honde : so that they shal come no more 
in youre hodes to be spoyled, j ye shal knowe, 
that I am the LORDE. Seinge y with youre 
lyes ye discomforte the herte of the rightuous, 
whom I haue not discomforted : Agayne : 
" For so moch as ye corage the honde of the 
wicked, so that he maye not turne from his 
wicked waye, ij lyue : therfore shall ye spie 
out nomore vanyte, ner prophecie youre owne 
gessinges : for I wil delyuer my people out of 
youre honde, that ye naye knowe, how that I 
am the LORDE. 

Cfic rut}. Cfiapter. 

THERE resorted vnto me certayne of f 
elders of Israel, d d sat downe by me. 
Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, these men 
beare their Idols in their hertes, & go purposly 
vpon the stomblinge block of their owne wick- 
ednesse : how darre they then axe councell at 
me ? Therfore speake vnto them, (j saye : 
thus saieth the LORDE God : Euery man of 
the house of Israel that beareth his Idols in 
his herte, purposynge to stomble in his owne 
wickednesse, and commeth to a prophet, to 
enquere eny thinge at me by him : vnto that 
man wil I the LORDE myself geue answere, 
acordinge to the multitude of his Idols : that 
the house of Israel maye be snared in their 
owne hertes, because they be clene gone fro 
me, for their Idols sakes. 

Wherfore, tell the house of Israel : thus 
saieth the LORDE God : c Be conuerted, for- 
sake youre Idols, and turne youre faces from 
all youre abhominacions. For euery man 
(whether he be of the house of Israel, or a 
straunger, that sogeourneth in Israel) which 
departeth fro me, and carieth Idols in his 
herte, purposinge to go still stomblinge in his 
owne wickednesse, and commeth to a prophet, 
for to axe councell at me thorow him : vnto y 
man wil I the LORDE geue answere, by 
myne owne self. 

I wil set my face agaynst that man, and 
wil make him to be an example for other, yee 
and a comon byworde : and wil rote him out 
of my people, that he maye knowe, how y I 
am the LORDE. <*And yf that prophet be 
disceaued, when he telleth him a worde : then 
I the LORDE myself haue disceaued that 



1 Ose. 4. b. * Eze. 



Eze. 20. e. d 3 Re. 22. d. 



prophet, and wil stretch forth myne honde 
vpon him, to rote him out of my people of 
Israel : and they both shall be punyshed for 
their wickednesse. 

Acordinge to f synne of him that axeth, 
shal the synne of the prophet be: that y 
house of Israel be led nomore fro me thorow 
erroure, and be nomore defyled in their 
wickednesse : but that they maye be my 
people, and I their God, saieth the LORDE 
God. And the worde of the LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, when 
the londe synneth agaynst me, and goeth forth 
in wickednesse : I will stretch out myne hode 
vpon it, and destroye all the prouysion of their 
bred, and sende derth vpon them, to destroye 
man j beest in the londe. "And though Noe, 
Daniel and lob these thre men were amonge 
them, yet shal they in their rightuousnesse 
delyuer but their owne soules, saieth the 
LORDE God. 

Yf I bringe noysome beestes in to the londe, 
to waist it vp, and it be so desolate, that 
man maye go therin for beestes : yf these thre 
men also were in the londe, as truly as I lyue 
(saieth the LORDE God) they shal saue 
nether sonnes ner doughters, but be only 
delyuered them selues : and as for the londe, 
it shal be waist. 

Or, yf I bringe a swearde in to the londe, 
and charge it to go thorow the londe : so that 
I slaye downe man and beest in it, and yf 
these thre men were therin : As truly as I 
lyue (saieth the LORDE God) they shal de- 
lyuer nether sonnes ner doughters, but only 
be saued them selues. 

Yf I sende a pestilence in to the londe, 
and poure out my sore indignacion vpon it in 
bloude, so that I rote out of it both man and 
beest, and yf Noe, Daniel and lob were 
therin : As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE 
God) they shal delyuer nether sonnes ner 
doughters, but saue their owne soules in their 
rightuousnesse. 

Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE God: 
/Though I sende my foure trublous plages 
vpon Ierusalem : the swearde, honger, perlous 
beestes and pestilence, to destroye man and 
beest out of it : yet shal there a remnaunt be 
saued therin, which shal bringe forth their 
sonnes and doughters. Beholde, they shal 
come forth vnto you, and ye shall se their 

lob 12. c. <■ Eze. 4. d. 5. d. Iere. 15. a. /Iere. 27. b. 



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waye, and what they take in honde, & ye shal 
be coforted, as touchinge all the plages that I 
haue brought vpon Ierusalem. 

They shall comforte you, when ye se their 
waye and workes : and ye shal knowe, how y 
it is not without a cause, that I haue done 
so agaynst Ierusalem, as I dyd, saieth the 
LORDE God. 

tEfje v6. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man : 
What commeth of the vyne amonge all other 
trees? and of the wyne stocke, amoge all 
other tymbre of the groaue ? Do me take 
wodd of it, to make eny worke withall ? Or 
maye there a nale be made of it, to hange 
eny thinge vpon ? Beholde, it is cast in the 
fyre to be brent, the fyre consumeth both the 
endes of it, the myddest is brent to aszshes. 
Is it mete then for eny worke ? No. 

Seinge then, that it was mete for no worke, 
beinge whole: moch lesse maye there eny 
thinge be made of it, when the fyre hath con- 
sumed and brent it. And therfore thus saieth 
the LORDE God : Like as I cast the vyne 
in to the fyre for to be brent, as other trees of 
the wod: Euen so wil I do with them that 
dwell in Ierusalem, and set my face agaynst 
them : they shall go out from the fyre, and 
yet the lyre shall consume them. "Then shal 
ye knowe, that I am the LORDE, when I set 
my face agaynst them, and make the londe 
waist: because they haue so sore offended, 
saieth the LORDE God. 

Clje jr&t. Chapter. 

AGAYNE, the worde of the LORDE 
spake vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne 
of man, shewe the cite of Ierusalem their 
abhominacions, and saye : thus saieth the 
LORDE God vnto Ierusalem : Thy progeny 
and kynred came out of the londe of Canaan, 
thy father was an Amorite, thy mother a 
Cethite. In f daye of thy byrth when thou 
wast borne, y stringe of thy nauel was not cut 
of: thou wast not bathed in water to make 
the clene: Thou wast nether rubbed with 
salt, ner swedled in cloutes : No man regarded 
the so moch, as to do eny of these thinges for 
y, or to shewe the soch fauoure, but thou wast 



Eze. 12. c. 



* Esa. b. a, 
3. a. Ose. 2. 



Iere. 



vtterly cast out vpon y felde, yee despised 
wast thou in the daye of thy byrth. 

Then came I by the, and sawe the troden 
downe in thine owne bloude, j sayde vnto the : 
thou shalt be pourged from thine owne bloude, 
fro thine owne bloude (I saye) shalt thou be 
clensed. * So I planted the, as the blosso 
of thy felde : thou art growen vp, j waxe 
greate: thou hast gotten a maruelous plea- 
saunt beutie, thy brestes are come vp, thy 
hayre is goodly growen, where as thou wast 
naked and bare afore. 

Now when I wente by y, g loked vpon the : 
beholde, thy tyme was come, yee eue the tyme 
to wowe the. Then spred I my clothes ouer 
the, to couer thy dishonestie : c Yee I made 
an ooth vnto the, 5 maried my self with the 
(saieth the LORDE God) 5 so thou becamest 
myne owne. Then waszshed I the with water, 
5 pourged thy bloude from the. I anoynted 
the with oyle, I gaue the chaunge of raymentes, 
I made the shues of Taxus lether : I gyrthed 
y aboute with white sylcke, I clothed the with 
kerchues, I decked the with costly apparell, I 
put rynges vpon thy fyngers : a chayne aboute 
thy necke, spages vpo thy foreheade, eare 
rynges vpon thyne eares, u set a beutifull 
crowne vpon thine heade. Thus wast thou 



deckte with syluer 5 golde, 5 thy rayment 
was of fyne white sylke, of nedle worke 5 of 
dyuerse colours. 

Thou didest eate nothinge but symnels, 
honny 5 oyle : maruelous goodly wast thou 5 
beutifull, yee euen a very Quene wast thou : 
In so moch, that thy beuty was spoken of 
amonge the Heithen, for thou wast excellet 
in my beuty, which I put vp5 the, saieth the 
LORDE God. But thou hast put confidece 
in thine owne beuty, 5 played the harlot, 
when thou haddest gotten the a name. Thou 
hast committed whordome, with all that wente 
by the, (t hast fulfilled their desyres : Yee thou 
hast taken thy garmetes of dyuerse colours, 5 
deckte thine aulters therwith/ where vpon 
thou mightest fulfill thine whordome, of soch 
a fashion, as neuer was done, ner shalbe. e The 
goodly ornametes & Iewels which I gaue the of 
myne owne golde and syluer, hast thou take, 
5 made the mes ymages therof, and committed 
whordome withall. 

Thy garmentes of dyuerse colours hast thou 

d Iere. 2. 3. 5. « Esa. 46. a. Ose. 2. b. 13. a. Eze. 20. d. 
7. d. Ose. 8. a. 



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taken, and deckte them therwith : myne oyle 
I incense hast thou set before them. My 
meate which I gaue the, as symnels, oyle j 
hony : (to fede the withall) that hast thou set 
before them, for a swete sauoure. And this 
came also to passe, saieth the LORDE God : 
Thou hast take thine owne sonnes & doughters, 
whom thou haddest begotten vnto me : "and 
these hast thou offred vp vnto them, to be 
their meate. Is this but a small whordome of 
thine (thinkest thou) that thou slayest my 
children, and geuest them ouer, to be bret 
vnto them ? And yet in all thy abhominacions 
and whordome, thou hast not remembred the 
dayes of thy youth, how naked and bare thou 
wast at that tyme, (j troden downe in thine 
owne bloude. After all these thy wickednesses 
(wo wo vnto the, saieth y LORDE) thou hast 
buylded thy stewes and brodel houses in euery 
place: yee at the heade of euery strete hast 
thou buylded the an aulter. Thou hast made 
thy beuty to be abhorred : thou hast layed out 
thy legges to euery one that came by, and 
multiplied thine whordome. * Thou hast 
committed fornicacion with the Egipcians thy 
neghbours, which had moch flesh : & thus hast 
thou vsed thine whordome, to anger me. 

Beholde, I will stretch out myne honde 
ouer the, and wil mynish thy stoare of fode, 
and delyuer the ouer in to the willes of the 
Philistynes thine enemies, which are ashamed 
of thy abhominable waye. c Thou hast played 
the whore also with the Assirians, which might 
not satisfie the: Yee thou hast played the 
harlot, (j not had ynough. Thus hast thou 
still comitted thy fornicacion from the londe 
of Canaan vnto the Caldees, and yet thy lust 
not satisfied. How shulde I circumcide thine 
herte (saieth the LORDE God) seinge thou 
doest all these thinges, thou precious whore : 
buyldinge thy stewes at the heade of euery 
strete, and thy brodel houses in all places? 
Thou hast not bene as an other whore, y 
maketh booste of hir wynnynge : but as a wife 
y breaketh wedlocke, (j taketh other in steade 
of hir huszbode. Giftes are geuen to all 
other whores, but thou geuest rewardes vnto 
all thy louers : j offrest them giftes, to come 
vnto the out of all places, (j to committe for- 
nicacio with the. It is come to passe with the 
in thy whordomes, contrary to the vse of other 



■ Leuit. 18. c. Deu. 32. c. Leui. 
Iere. 7. d. Eze. 20. c. Psal. 105. 



Deut. 18. b. 
» Eze. 23. b. 



women : yee there hath no soch fornicacion 
bene committed after the, seinge that thou 
profrest giftes vnto other, 5 no rewarde is 
geuen the : this is a contrary thinge. Ther 
fore heare the worde of the LORDE, o thou 
harlot : Thus saieth the LORDE God : For 
so moch as thou hast spet thy moneye, j dis- 
couered thy shame, thorow thy whordome with 
all thy louers, and with all the Idols of thy 
abhominacions in the bloude of thy children, 
whom thou hast geuen them : d Beholde ther- 
fore, I wil gather together all thy louers, vnto 
whom thou hast made thy self comon : yee (j 
all them whom thou fauourest, and euery one 
that thou hatest : e and will discouer thy shame 
before the, that they all maye se thy fylthines. 

Morouer, I wil iudge the as a breaker of 
wedlocke and a murthurer, and recompence 
the thine owne bloude in wrath and gelousy. 
I wil geue the ouer in to their power, that 
shal breake downe thy stewes, and destroye 
thy brodel houses : they shal stripe the out of 
thy clothes, all thy fayre % beutifull Iewels 
shal they take from the, and so let the syt 
naked j bare : ^Yee they shal bringe the 
comon people vpon the, which shal stone the, 
& slaye the downe with their sweardes. They 
shall burne vp thy houses, and punysh the in 
the sight of many wome. Thus wil I make 
thy whordome to ceasse, so that thou shalt 
geue out no mo rewardes. 

Shulde I make my wrath to be still, take 
my gelousy from the, be content, and nomore 
to be displeased ? seinge thou remembrest not 
the dayes of thy youth, but hast prouoked me 
to wrath in all these thinges ? Beholde ther- 
fore, I wil bringe thine owne wayes vpon 
thine heade, saieth the LORDE God : how 
be it, I neuer dyd vnto the, acordinge to thy 
wickednesse and all thy abhominacions. Be- 
holde, all they y vse comon prouerbes, shall 
vse this prouerbe also agaynst the : Soch a 
mother, soch a doughter. 

Thou art euen thy mothers owne doughter, 
that hath cast of hir houszbonde and hir 
children : Yee thou art the sister of thy sisters, 
which forsoke their huszbodes and their child- 
ren. s Youre mother is a Cethite, and youre 
father an Amorite. Thine eldest sister is 
Samaria, she and hir doughters that dwel vpo 
thy left honde. 



Eze. 23. 
5sa. 47. a 



* 4 Re. 16. c. 17. c. ' Nau. 3. a. Eze. 23. f. 
/Leui. 20. b. 4 Re. 25. b. « Eze. 16. a. 



ffio. hitw. 



Cfee prophet O^erfwl* 



Cfcap. ftij. 



But thy yongest sister that dwelleth on thy 
right hode, is Sodoma and hir doughters. 
Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes, 
ner done after their abhominacions : But in 
all thy wayes thou hast bene more corrupte 
then they. 

"As truly as I lyue, saieth the LORDE 
God.: Sodoma thy sister with hir doughters, 
hath not done so euel, as thou and thy dough- 
ters. Beholde, the synnes of thy sister So- 
doma were these : Pryde, fulnesse of meate, 
abundaunce and Idilnesse : these thinges had 
she and hir doughters. Besydes that, they 
reached not their honde to the poore and 
nedy, but were proude, and dyd abhominable 
thinges before me : * therfore I toke them 
awaye, when I had sene it. c Nether hath 
Samaria done half of thy synnes, yee thou 
hast exceaded them in wickednesse : In so 
moch that in comparison of all the abhomi- 
nacions which thou hast done, thou hast made 
thy sisters good women. Therfore beare 
thine owne shame, thou that in synne hast 
ouercome thy sisters : seinge thou hast done 
so abhominably, that they were better then 
thou. Be ashamed therfore (I saye) and 
beare thine owne confucion, thou that makest 
thy sisters good women. 

As for their captiuyte, namely the captiuyte 
of Sodoma and hir doughters : the captiuyte 
of Samaria and hir doughters : I wil bringe 
them agayne, so will I also bringe agayne thy 
captiuyte amdge them : that thou mayest 
take thine owne confucion vpon the, and be 
ashamed of all that thou hast done, and to 
comforte them. 

Thus thy sisters (namely) Sodoma and hir 
doughters : Samaria and hir doughters with 
thy self & thy doughters, shalbe brought 
agayne to youre olde estate. Whe thou wast 
in thy pryde, and before thy wickednesse came 
to light : thou woldest not heare speake of thy 
sister Sodoma, vntill the tyme that the Sirians 
with all their townes, and the Philistynes with 
all that lye rounde aboute them, brought the 
to shame and confucion : that thou mightest 
beare thine owne fylthynes and abhominacion, 
saieth the LORDE. 

For thus saieth the LORDE God: I 
shulde (by right) deale with the, as thou hast 
done. Thou hast despysed the ooth, and 
broken the couenaunte. Neuertheles, I wil 

" Gen. 18. 19. » Gene. 19. f. c Iere. 3. c. 



remembre the couenaunt, that I made with 
the in thy youth, in so moch that it shall be 
an euerlastinge couenaunt : So that thou also 
remembre thy wayes, and be ashamed of the: 
then shalt thou receaue of me thy elder and 
yonger sisters, whom I wil make thy doughters, 
and that besyde thy couenaunt. d And so I 
wil renue my couenaunt with the, j thou 
mayest knowe, that I am the LORDE : that 
thou mayest thincke vpo it, be ashamed, and 
excuse thine owne confucion nomore : when I 
haue forgeuen the, all that thou hast done, 
saieth the LORDE God. - 

QLty rbtj. Cfiapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man : put 
forth a darcke speakynge and a parable, ' vnto 
the house of Israel, and saye : -^Thus saieth 
the LORDE God: There came a greate 
Aegle with greate wynges, yee with mightie 
longe wynges, and full of fethers of dyuerse 
colours, vpon the mount of Libanus, and toke 
a braunch from a Cedre tre, and brake of the 
toppe of his twygge, and caried it in to the 
londe of Canaan, and set it in a cite of mar- 
chauntes. He toke also a braunch of the 
londe, and planted it in a frutefull grounde, 
he brought it vnto greate waters, (j set it as a 
willye tre therby. Then dyd it growe, and 
was a greate wyne stocke, but lowe by the 
grounde : thus there came of it a vyne, and it 
brought forth blossomes, (j spred out braunches. 
But there was another Aegle, a greate one, 
which had greate wynges and many fethers : 
and beholde, f rotes of this vyne had an hiiger 
after him, and spred out his braunches to- 
warde him, to water his frutes : Neuertheles 
it was plated vpon a good grounde besyde 
greate waters : so that (by reason) it shulde 
haue brought out braunches and frute, and 
haue bene a goodly vyne. Speake thou ther- 
fore, thus saieth the LORDE God : Shal this 
vyne prospere ? shal not his rotes be pluckte 
out, his frute broken of, his grene braunches 
wythereed and fade awaye ? yee without ether 
stronge arme or many people, shal it be 
plucked vp by the rotes. Beholde, it was 
planted : shall it prospere therfore ? Shall it 
not be dryed vp and withered, yee euen in the 
shutinge out of his blossomes, as soone as f 
east wynde bloweth ? 



Iere. 31. e. Heb. 8. 



Eze. 24. a. / Dan. 7. a. 



Cfraji* jrbttj* 



€f)t prophet Q5$ttf)ith 



Jxu fcCttjtt 



Morouer, the worde of the LORDE came 
vnto me sayenge : " Speake to that frauwarde 
housholde : knowe ye not, what these thinges 
do signifie ? Tell them : Beholde, the kinge 
of Babilon came to Ierusalem, and toke the 
kinge cE his prynces, and ledde them to 
Babilon. 

He toke of the kinges sede, and made a 
couenaunt with him, and toke an ooth of him : 
The prynces of the londe toke he with him 
also, that the londe might be holden in sub- 
ieccion, and not to rebelle, but kepe the coue- 
naunt, and fulfill it. But he fell from him, & 
sent his Embassitours in to Egipte, that he 
might haue horses s moch people. Shulde 
that prospere ? Shulde he be kepte safe, that 
doth soch thinges ? Or shulde he escape, that 
breaketh his couenaunt ? 

As truly as I lyue, saieth the LORDE 
God: He shal dye at Babilon, in f place 
where the kinge dwelleth, that made him 
kinge: whose ooth he hath despised, and 
whose couenaunt he hath broken. Nether 
shall Pharao with his greate hoost and multi- 
tude of people, maynteyne him in the warre : 
when they cast vp diches, and set vp bul- 
workes to destroye moch people. For seinge 
he hath despysed the ooth, and broken the 
couenaunt (where as he yet gaue his honde 
thervpon) and done all these thinges, he shall 
not escape. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God: 
As truly as I lyue, I will bringe myne ooth 
that he hath despysed, and my couenaunt that 
he hath broken, vpon his owne heade.* I wil 
cast my net aboute him, and catch him in my 
yarne. To Babilon will I cary him, there will 
I punysh him, because of the greate offence 
that he made me. As for those y fie from 
him out of f hoost, they shalbe slayne with 
the swearde. The residue shalbe scatred 
towarde all the wyndes : and ye shal knowe, 
that I the LORDE haue spoken it. 

Thus saieth the LORDE God : I will also 
take a braunch from an hie Cedre tre, and 
will set it, and take the vppermost twygge, 
that yet is but tendre, and plante it vpon an 
hie hill : Namely, vpon the hie hill of Sion 
will I plante it : that it maye bringe forth 
twygges, and geue frute, and be a greate 
Cedre tre : so that all maner of foules maye 



Eze. 12. b. 32. 
* Psal. 23. a. 



byde in it, and make their nestes vnder the 
shadowe of his braunches. 

And all the trees of the felde shall knowe, 
that I the LORDE haue brought downe the 
hie tre, and set the lowe tre vp : that I haue 
dryed vp the grene tre, and made the drye 
tre to florish : Euen I the LORDE y spake 
it, haue also brought it to passe. 

Che jrtmj. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, on this maner : what meane ye by 
this comon prouerbe, that ye vse in the londe 
of Israel, sayenge: The fathers haue eaten 
soure grapes, c and the childres teth are set on 
edge? As truly as I lyue, saieth y LORDE 
God, ye shal vse this by worde nomore in Israel. 

d Beholde, all soules are myne. Like as 
the father is myne, so is f sonne myne also. 
The soule that synneth, shal dye. e Yf a man 
be godly, and do the thinge that is equall j 
right, (he eateth not vpon the hilles: he lifteth 
not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel : he de- 
fyleth not his neghbours wife: he medleth 
with no menstruous woman: he greueth no 
body: he geueth his detter his pledge agayne: 
he taketh none other mans good by violece : 
he parteth his mete with the hongrie: he 
clotheth the naked: he lendeth nothinge vpon 
vsury : / he taketh nothinge ouer : he with- 
draweth his honde from doinge wronge : he 
hadleth faithfully betwixte man u man : he 
walketh in my commaundementes, cj kepeth 
my lawes, % perfourmeth the faithfully:) g This 
is a rightuous ma, he shal surely lyue, saieth 
the LORDE God. 

Yf he now get a sonne, that is a murthurer, 
a shedder of bloude : yf he do one of these 
thinges (though he do not all) ; 'he eateth vpon 
the hilles : he defyleth his neghbours wife : 
he greueth the poore and nedy: he robbeth 
and spoyleth : he geueth not the detter his 
pledge agayne : he lifteth vp his eyes vnto 
Idols, d medleth with abhominable thinges : 
he lendeth vpon vsury, and taketh more ouer. 
Shal this man lyue ? He shal not lyue. 
Seinge he hath done all these abhominacions, 
he shall dye : his bloude shalbe vpon him. 

Now yf this man get a sonne also, that 
seith all this fathers synnes, which he hath 
done : and feareth, nether doth soch like : 



f Matt. 25. c, 
h Iaco. 



Psal. 14. a. s Ro. 10. a. 



4 Z 



So* xntmU 



€i)t propftet O^w&fel* 



4M)H#. w. 



Namely, he eateth not vpon the mountaynes : 
he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel : 
he defyleth not his neghbours wife : he vexeth 
no man : he kepeth no mans pledge : he 
nether spoyleth, ner robbeth eny man: he 
dealeth his meate with the hungrie : he 
clotheth the naked: he oppresseth not the 
poore : he receaueth no vsury, ner eny thinge 
ouer: he kepeth my lawes, and walketh in 
my commaundementes : This man shal not 
dye in his fathers synne, but shall lyue without 
fayle. As for his father : because he oppressed 
and spoyled his brother, and dyd wyckedly 
amonge his people : lo, he is deed in his owne 
synne. And yet saye ye : Wherfore the shulde 
not this sonne beare his fathers synne? Ther- 
fore : because the sonne hath done equyte and 
ight, hath kepte all my commaundementes, 
and done them : therfore, shall he lyue in dede. 
The same soule y synneth, shall dye. The 
sonne shal not beare the fathers offence, ne- 
ther shal the father beare the sonnes offence. 
The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall be 
vpon himself, and the wickednes of the wicked 
shal be vpon him self also. But yf y vngodly 
will turne awaye, from all his synnes that he 
hath done, and kepe all my commaundemetes, 
and do the thinge y is equall g right : doutles 
he shal lyue, and not dye. As for all his 
synnes that he dyd before, they shall not be 
thought vpon: but in his rightuousnes that he 
hath done, he shal lyue. *For haue I eny 
pleasure in the death of a synner, saieth the 
LORDE God ? but rather that he conuerte, 
and lyue ? 

Agayne: yf the rightuous turne awaye from 
his rightuousnes, and do iniquyte, acordinge 
to all the abhominacions, that y wicked ma 
doth: shal he lyue? All the rightuousnes 
that he hath done, shall not be thought vpo : 
but in the fawte that he hath offended withall, 
and in the synne that he hath done, he shal dye. 
And yet ye saye : c Tush, the waye of f 
LORDE is not indifferet. Heare therfore ye 
house of Israel : Is not my waye right ? Or, 
are not youre wayes rather wicked ? When a 
rightuous ma turneth awaye from his rightu- 
ousnesse, and medleth with vngodlynes : he 
must dye therin : Yee for the vnrightuousnes 
that he hath done, must he dye. Agayne: 
d when the wicked man turneth awaye from 



' Deu. 24. c. 4 Re. 14. c. 2 Par. 25. 
Ro. l.b. Abac. 2. a. » 2 Pet. 3. b. 



Iere. 18. 
Eze. 33. 



his wickednesse, that he hath done, and doth 
the thinge which is equall and right : he shal 
saue his soule alyue. For in so moch as he 
remembreth himself, and turneth him from 
all the vngodlynes, that he hath vsed, he shall 
lyue, and not dye. 

And yet saieth the house of Israel : Tush, 
the waye of the LORDE is not equall. Are 
my wayes vnright, o ye house of Israel ? Are 
not youre wayes rather vnequall? As for 
me, I wil iudge euery man, acordinge to his 
wayes, O ye house of Israel, saieth the 
LORDE God. e Wherfore, be conuerted, 
and turne you clene from all youre wicked- 
nesse, so shal there no synne do you harme. 
Cast awaye fro you all youre vngodlynesse, 
that ye haue done: -^make you new hertes 
and a new sprete. Wherfore wil ye dye, O ye 
house of Israel ? seynge I haue no pleasure in 
y death of him that dyeth, saieth the LORDE 
God. Turne you then, and ye shal lyue. 

Cfte jttr. Chapter. 

BUT mourne thou for the prynces off Is- 
rael, g saye : Wherfore laye thy mother 
that lyonesse, amoge the lyons ? g norished 
hir yonge ones amoge the lyons whelpes ? One 
of hir whelpes she brought vp, g it became a 
lyon : it lerned to spoyle, and to deuoure folke. 
The Heithen herde of him, g toke him in 
their nettes, g brought him in chaynes vnto 
the londe of Egipte. 

Now when the damme sawe, that all hi 
hope g comforth was awaye, she toke anothe 
of hir whelpes, and made a lyon of him : 
which wente amonge the lyons, g became a 
fearce lyon : lerned to spoyle and to deuoure 
folcke : he destroyed their palaces, and made 
their cities waist : In so moch that the whole 
londe and euery thinge therin, were vtterly 
desolate, thorow the very voyce of his roaringe. 

Then came the Heithen together on euery 
syde out of all countrees agaynst him, layed 
their nettes for him, and toke him in their 
pytte. e So they bounde him with chaynes, 
and brought him to the kinge of Babilon : 
which put him in preson, that his voyce shulde 
nomore be herde vpon the mountaynes of 
Israel. As for thy mother, she is like a vyne 
in thy bloude, planted by the water syde : hir 
frutes and braunches are growen out of many 

Esa. 55. b. « Esa. 55. b. Matt. 3. a. / Eze. 11. d. 

33. c. 36. e. s 4 Re. 25. a. Iere. 39. c. 52. a. 



Cfrap, #♦ 



Cfje propfat «%erf)feL 



jfo, fcttm'tj. 



waters : hir stalkes were so stronge, that men 
might haue made staues therof for officers: 
she grew so hie in hir stalkes. 

So when men sawe that she exceaded f 
heith and multitude of hir braunches, she 
was roted out in displeasure, and cast downe 
to the grounde. The East wynde dryed vp 
hir frute, hir stronge stalkes were broken of", 
wythered and brent in the fyre. But now she 
is planted in the wildernesse, in a drye and 
thurstie grounde. And there is a fyre gone 
out of hir stalkes, which hath bret vp hir 
braunches and hir frute : so that she hath no 
mo stronge stalkes, to be staues for officers. 
This is a piteous and miserable thinge. 

Cfie rr. Cfiaptfr. 

IN the xvij yeare the x daye of the v 
Moneth, it happened, "that certayne of 
the elders of Israel came vnto me for to axe 
councell at the LORDE, and sat them downe 
by me. Then came the worde of the LORDE 
vnto me on this maner : Thou sonne of man 
Speake to the elders of Israel, and saye vnto 
them : Thus saieth the LORDE God : Are 
ye come hither to axe eny thinge at me ? As 
truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE,) I will 
geue you no answere. Wilt thou not reproue 
them (thou sonne of man) wilt thou not re- 
proue them ? Shewe them the abhominacions 
of their forefathers, j tell the : Thus saieth 
the LORDE God: *In the daye when I 
chose Israel, and lift vp myne honde vpon the 
sede of the house of Iacob, g shewed my self 
vnto them in the londe of Egipte : Yee when 
I lifte vp myne honde ouer the, and sayde : 
I am the LORDE youre God, euen in the 
daye that I lift vp myne honde ouer them, to 
bringe them out of the londe of Egipte : in 
to a londe that I had prouyded for them, 
which floweth with mylcke and hony, and is a 
pleasaunt lode amonge all other : Then sayde 
I vnto them : c Cast awaye euery man the 
abhominacions that he hath before him, and 
defyle not youre selues with the Idols of 
Egipte, for I am the LORDE youre God. 

But they rebelled agaynst me, and wolde 
not folowe me : to cast awaye euery man the 
abhominacions of his eyes, and to forsake the 
Idols of Egipte. Then I made me to poure 

Eze. 14. a. * Exo. 3. b. c Deu. 7. a. d Exo. 
20. 21. 22. 23. Deu. 4. 5. Gala. 3. b. Leui. 18. a. Exo. 
16. e. 31. c. 32. c. ' Nu. 14. b. Exo. 16. f. /Eze. 18. b. 



my indignacion ouer them, and to satisfie my 
wrath vpon them : yee euen in the myddest 
of the londe of Egipte. But I wolde not do 
it, for my names sake : that it shulde not be 
vnhalowed before the Heithen, amonge whom 
they dwelt, and amonge whom I shewed my 
self vnto them, that I wolde bringe them out 
of the londe of Egipte. Now when I had 
caried them out of the londe of Egipte, and 
brought them in to the wildernesse : d I gaue 
them my commaundementes, & shewed the 
my lawes : which who so kepeth shal lyue in 
them. I gaue them also my holy dayes, to 
be a token betwixte me and them, and therby 
to knowe, that I am the LORDE, which 
haloweth them. And yet the house of Israel 
rebelled agaynst me in the wildernesse, they 
wolde not walke in my commaundementes, 
they haue cast awaye my lawes : (which who 
so kepeth shulde lyue in them,) and my Sab- 
bath daies haue they greatly vnhalowed. 

" The I made me to poure out my indigna 
cion vpon them, j to cosume them in the 
wildernesse. Yet I wolde not do it, for my 
names sake : lest it shulde be dishonoured 
before the Heithe, from the which I had caried 
them awaye. But I swore vnto them in the 
wildernesse, that I wolde not bringe them 
in to the londe, which I gaue them : a londe 
that floweth with mylcke (j hony, (j is a plea- 
sure of all londes : & y because they refused 
my lawes, & walked not in my comaunde- 
metes, but had vnhalowed my Sabbathes, for 
their herte was gone after their Idols. Neuer- 
theles myne eye spared the, so y I wolde not 
vtterly slaye the, j cosume the in the wilder- 
nes. Morouer, I sayde vnto their sonnes in y 
wildernesse : ■'walke not in the statutes of youre 
forefathers, kepe not their ordinaunces, and 
defyle not youre selues with their Idols, for I 
am the LORDE youre God. But walke in 
my statutes, kepe my lawes (j do them, halowe 
my Sabbathes : & for they are a token betwixte 
me d you, that ye maye knowe, how y I am 
the LORDE. h Notwithstodinge, their sonnes 
rebelled against me also : they walked not in 
my statutes, ■ they kepte not my lawes to fulfill 
them (which he that doth shal lyue in them) 
nether halowed they my Sabbath dayes. The 
I made me agayne to poure out my indignacion 



e Exo. 16. e. 31. c. 32. c. * Nu. 25. 
Galat. 3. b. Ro. 10. ; 



jfru Kitmiij. 



€i)t propfcet ®$ect)f& 



Cftap, n* 



ouer them, and to satisfie my wrath vpon them 
in the wildernesse. Neuertheles I with drewe 
my honde for my names sake, lest it shulde 
be vnhalowed amonge the Heithe, before 
whom I had brought them forth. I lift vp 
myne honde ouer them also in the wildernesse, 
that I wolde scatre them amonge the Heithen. 
and strowe them amonge the nacions : because 
they had not kepte my lawes, but east asyde 
my commaundementes, vnhalowed my Sab 
bathes, and lift vp their eyes to their fathers 
Idols. Wherfore I gaue them also com- 
maundementes not good, (j lawes thorow the 
which they shulde not lyue, 'j I vnhalowed 
them in their owne giftes : (when I appoynted 
for my self all their first borne) to make them 
desolate : that they might knowe, how that I 
am the LORDE. 

Therfore (O thou sonne of man) tell the 
house of Israel, thus saieth the LORDE God : 
Besyde all this, youre forefathers haue yet 
blasphemed me more, and greatly offended 
agaynst me : For after I had brought them in 
to the londe, y I promysed to geue them, 
when they sawe euery hie hill g all the thicke 
trees: they made there their offringes, and 
prouoked me with their oblacions, makinge 
swete sauoures there, (t poured out their 
drinke offeringes. Then I axed them : what 
haue ye to do with all, that ye go thither? 
And therfore is it called the hie place vnto 
this daye. Wherfore, speake vnto the house 
of Israel: Thus saieth the LORDE God: 
Ye are euen as vnclene as youre forefathers, 
b & committe whordome also with their abho- 
minacios. In all youre Idols, where vnto ye 
bringe youre oblacios, cj to whose honoure ye 
burne youre children : ye defyle youre selues, 
euen vnto this daye : how darre ye the come, 
and axe eny question at me ? O ye housholde 
of Israel ? As truly as I lyue (saieth the 
LORDE God) ye get no answere of me : j 
as for the thinge that ye go aboute, it shal not 
come to passe, where as ye saye : we wil be 
as the Heithen, (j do as other people in the 
londe, wod (j stone wil we worshipe. 

As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE 
God) I myself, wil rule you with a mightie 
honde, with a stretchedout arme, and with 
indignacion poured out ouer you : (j wil bringe 
you out of the nacions and londes, wherin ye 



Exo. 13. a. b Iere. 19. a. Deut. 12. d. 18. b. Eze. 16. c. 
4 Re. 17. c. 21. a. 2 Par. 28. a. 



are scatred : and gather you together with 
a mightie hode, with a stretchedout arme 
with indignacion poured out vpon you : j wil 
bringe you in to the wildernesse of the people : 
d there I will reason with you face to face, 
Like as I punished youre forefathers in the 
wildernesse, so wil I punish you also, saieth 
the LORDE God. I wil bringe you vnder 
my iuriszdiction, and vnder the bonde of the 
couenaunt. The forsakers also and the trans- 
gressours wil I take from amonge you, & bringe 
them out of the londe of youre habitacion : 
for the londe of Israel, they shall not come in 
it : that they maye knowe, how that I am the 
LORDE. 

c Go now then (saieth the LORDE God) 
ye house of Israel, cast awaye, and destroye 
euery man his Idols : then shal ye heare me, 
and nomore blaspheme my holy name with 
youre offrynges and Idols. But vpon my 
holy hill, eue vpon the hie hill of Israel shal 
all the house of Israel and all that is in the 
londe, worshipe me : d and in the same place 
will I fauoure them, and there will I requyre 
youre heaueoffringes, and the firstlinges of 
youre oblacions, with all youre holy thinges. 

I wil accepte youre swete sauoure, when I 
bringe you from the nacions, and gather you 
together out of the londes, wherin ye be 
scatred : that I maye be halowed in you be- 
fore the Heithen, and that ye maye knowe, 
that I am the LORDE, which haue brought 
you in to the londe of Israel : yee in to the 
same lode, that I swore to geue vnto youre 
fore fathers. There shal ye call to remem- 
braunce youre owne wayes and all youre 
ymaginacions, wherin ye haue bene defyled: 
"and ye shal be displeased with youre owne 
selues, for all youre wickednes, that ye haue 
done. And ye shal knowe, that I am the 
LORDE : when I entreate you after my 
name, not after youre wicked wayes, ner 
acordinge to youre corrupte workes : o ye 
house of Israel, saieth the LORDE. 

Morouer, the worde of y LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne of ma, set thy 
face towarde the south, & speake to the south 
wynde, and saye to the wodde towarde the 
south : Heare the worde of the LORDE, 
thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, I 
wil kyndle a fyre in the, y shal cosume the 



Esa. 2. 



30. d. Eze. 14. 
c Iere. 8. a. 



Deu. 12. a. 14. 



C&ap* wu 



fflbt ptotfbtt (Ss&tfyith 



tfo. tur^b* 



grene trees with the drye. No man shal be 
able to quench his flame, but all that loketh 
from the south to the north, shal be brent 
therin : g all flesh shal se, that I the LORDE 
haue kyndled it, so that no man maye quench 
it. Then sayde I: O LORDE, they wil 
saye of me : " Tush, they are but fables, that 
he telleth. 

Che rrt. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came to me, 
sayenge : Thou sonne of man, set thy 
face towarde Ierusalem, speake agaynst the 
Sanctuary, 5 prophecie agaynst the londe of 
Israel, saye to the lode of Israel : Thus saieth 
the LORDE God : Beholde, I wil vpon the, 
g wil drawe my swearde out of y sheth, g rote 
out of y both the rightuous g the wicked. 
Seinge then that I will rote out of the both 
the rightuous 5 wicked, therfore shal my 
swearde go out of his sheth, agaynst all flesh 
from the north to the south : that all flesh 
maye knowe, how that I the LORDE haue 
drawen my swearde out of the sheth, g it shal 
not be put in agayne. 

Mourne therfore (o thou sonne of man) y 
thy loynes crack withall, yee mourne bytterly 
for them : And yf they saye, wherfore mournest 
thou ? Then tell them : for the tydinges that 
commeth, at the which all hertes shall melt, 
all hondes shal be letten downe, all stomackes 
shal faynte, and all knees shall waxe feble. 
Beholde, it commeth g shal be fulfilled, saieth 
the LORDE God. 

Agayne, the worde of the LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge: Thou sonne of man, 
prophecie, and speake : Thus saieth the 
LORDE God : speake, the swearde is sharp- 
ened g wel scoured. Sharpened is it for the 
slaughter, g scoured y it maye be bright. 
* O, the destroyenge staff of my sonne, shal 
bringe downe all wodde. He hath put his 
swearde to y dightinge, y good holde maye be 
take of it. This swearde is sharpened g dight, 
y it maye be geuen in to the honde of the 
manslayer. 

Crie (o thou sonne of man) and howle, for 
this swearde shal smyte my people, 5 all the 
rulers in Israel, which with my people shall 
be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this 
swearde. Smyte thou vp5 thy thee, for, 
wherfore shulde not the plage g staff of iudgmet 



come ? Prophecy thou sonne of man, g 
smyte thine hodes together : make the swearde 
two edged, yee make it thre edged, y man- 
slayers swearde, that swearde of the greate 
slaughter, which shal smyte them, euen in 
their preuy chambres: to make them abaszshed 
g faynte at the hertes, g in all gates to make 
some of them fall. O how bright and sharpe 
is it, how wel dight g mete for y slaughter ? 
Get the to some place alone, ether vpon the 
right honde or on the lefte, whither so euer 
thy face turneth. I wil smyte my hondes to- 
gether also, and satisfie my wrothfull indig- 
nacion : Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it. 

The worde of the LORDE came yet vnto 
me agayne, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, 
make the two stretes, that the swearde of y 
kinge of Babilo maye come. Both these 
stretes shall go out of one londe. He shal set 
him vp a place, at the heade of the strete shal 
he chose him out a corner. Make y a strete, 
that the swearde maye come towarde Rabath 
of the Ammonites, and to the stronge cite of 
Ierusalem. For the kinge of Babilon shall 
stonde in the turnynge of the waye, at the 
heade of the two stretes : c to axe councell at 
the soythsayers, castinge the lottes with his 
arowes, to axe councell at the Idols, and to 
loke in the lyuer. But the soythsayenge shall 
poynte to the right syde vpon Ierusalem, that 
he maye set men of warre, to smyte it with a 
greate noyse, to crie out Alarum, to set batell- 
rammes agaynst the gates, to graue vp dyches, 
g to make bulworkes. 

Neuertheles, as for y soythsayenge, they 
shall holde it but for vanite, euen as though 
a iest were tolde them : Yee and they them 
selues remembre their wickednesse, so that 
by right they must be take and wonne. 
Therfore saieth the LORDE God: For so 
moch as ye youre selues shewe youre offence, 
and haue opened youre wickednesse, so that 
in all youre workes men maye se youre synnes : 
Yee in so moch (I saye) that ye youre selues 
haue made mencion therof, ye shalbe taken 
by violence. 

O thou shameful wicked gyde of Israel, 
whose daye is come : euen the tyme that 
wickednesse shall haue an ende : Thus saieth 
the LORDE God: take awaye the mytre, 
and put of the crowne, and so is it awaye : 
the humble is exalted, and the proude brought 



ffio. fcrtjcjcbu 



Wi)t propfcet (fyttbitl. 



CJjap, mj« 



lowe. Punysh, punysh, yee punysh them will 
I, and destroye them : and that shall not be 
fulfilled, vntill he come, to whom the iudg- 
ment belongeth, and to whom I haue geue it. 
And thou (o sonne of man) prophecy, 5 speake: 
"Thus saieth the LORDE God to the children 
of Ammon, j to their blasphemy, speake thou: 
The swearde, the swearde, is drawen forth al- 
redy to the slaughter, g scoured that it glistreth 
(because thou hast loked the out vanities, 5 
prophecied lyes) y it maye come vpon thy 
necke, like as vpo the other vngodly, which 
be slayne : whose daye came, when their wick- 
ednesse was full. 

Though it were put vp agayne in to the 
sheath, yet will I punysh the, in the londe 
where thou wast norished g borne, and poure 
my indignacion vpon the, and will blowe vpon 
the in the fyre of my wrath, and delyuer the 
vnto cruell people, which are lerned to de- 
stroye. Thou shalt fede the fyre, and thy 
bloude shall be shed in the londe, that thou 
mayest be put out of remembraunce. Euen 
I the LORDE haue spoken it. 

Cftc jrrtj. Chapter. 

MOROUER, the worde of y LORDE 
came vnto me, g sayde : Thou sonne 
of man, wilt thou not reproue this bloud- 
thurstie cite ? Shewe the their abhominacios, 
g tell them : Thus saieth the LORDE God : 
O thou cite, y sheddest bloude in y myddest 
of the, y thy tyme maye come also : and 
makest the Idols to defyle the withall. Thou 
hast made thy self gilty, in y bloude y thou 
hast shed : g defyled y 1 y ydols, which thou 
hast made. Thou hast caused thy daies to 
drawe nye, g made the tyme of thy yeares to 
come. Therfore will I make y to be con- 
founded amoge the Heithe, g to be despised 
in all the lodes, whether they be nye or farre 
fro the : they shal laugh y to scorne, thou y 
hast gotte the so foule a name, g art full off 
myschefe. * Beholde, the rulers of Israel haue 
brought euery man his power, to shed bloude 
in the. In the haue they despised father g 
mother, in the haue they oppressed the straii- 
ger, in the haue they vexed the wyddowe g 
the fatherlesse. Thou hast despysed my Sac- 
tuary, and vnhalowed my Sabbath. c Mur- 
therers are there in the, that shed bloude, g 



" Iere. 49. c. Eze. 25. ; 
Deu. 12. Leui. 18. 



Amos I.e. b Deu. 5. c. 25. c. 
* Eze. 33. f. Iere. 5. a. 



eate vpon the hilles, and in the they vse 
vnhappynesse. 

In y haue they discouered their fathers 
shame, in the haue they vexed women in their 
sicknesse. d Euery ma hath dealte shamefully 
with his neghbours wife, g abhominably defyled 
his doughter in lawe. In the hath euery 
man forced his owne sister, c euen his fathers 
doughter : Yee giftes haue bene receaued in 
the, to shed bloude. Thou hast taken vsury 
g encreace, thou hast oppressed thy neghbours 
by extorcion, and forgotten me, saieth the 
LORDE God. Beholde, I haue smytten my 
hondes vpo thy couetousnesse, that thou hast 
vsed, and vpon the bloude which hath bene 
shed in the. Is thy herte able to endure it, 
or maye thy hondes defende them selues, in 
the tyme that I shall bringe vpon the ? Euen 
I the LORDE that speake it, will bringe it 
also to passe. 

-''I will scatre the amonge the Heithen, g 
strowe the aboute in the lodes, and wil cause 
thy fylthynesse to ceasse out off the : yee and 
I will haue the in possession in the sight of 
the Heithen, that thou mayest knowe, that I 
am the LORDE. 

And the worde off the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, the house 
of Israel is turned to drosse. s All they that 
shulde be brasse, tynne, yro g leade, are in 
the fyre become drosse. Therfore, thus saieth 
the LORDE God: For so moch as ye all 
are turned in to drosse, beholde : I will 
brynge you together vnto Ierusalem, like as 
syluer, brasse, yron, tynne and leade are put 
together in the fornace, and the fyre blowen 
there vnder to melt them : Euen so will I 
gather you, put you in together, and melt you 
in my wrath and indignacion. I will brynge 
you together, and kyndle the fyre of my 
cruell displeasure vnder you, that ye maye be 
melted therin. 

Like as the syluer is melted in the fyre, so 
shall ye also be melted therin : that ye maye 
knowe, how that I the LORDE haue poured 
my wrath vpon you. 

And the worde off the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayege : Thou sonne of ma, tell her : 
Thou art an vn clene londe, which is not 
rayned vpon in the daye off the cruell wrath : 
Hhy prophetes that are in the, are sworne 



Eze. 13. d. 
s Esa. 1. 



Exo. 22. c. fEze. 12. c. 15. b. 
;. * Mich. 3. c. 



Cfcap. niih 



Wbt pvo$fi)tt dftttbith 



So* Hwjrjrfnj, 



together to deuoure soules, like as a roaringe 
Lyon, that lyueth by his pray. They receaue 
riches and good, and make many wyddowes 
in f. Thy prestes breake my lawe, and 
defyle my Sanctuary. " They put no dyfference 
betwene the holy and vnholy, nether discerne 
betwene the clene and vnclene : they turne 
their eyes fro my Sabbathes, and I am ■ 
halowed amonge them. 

*Thy rulers in the are like rauyshinge 
wolues, to shed bloude, and to destroye soules, 
for their owne covetous lucre. As for thy 
prophetes, they dawbe with vntempered claye 
they se vanities, and prophecie lies vnto them 
sayenge : the LORDE God sayeth so, where 
as the LORDE hath not spoken. The people 
in the londe vseth wicked extorcio and rob- 
bery. c They vexe the poore and nedy : and 
oppresse the straunger agaynst right. And I 
sought in the londe for a man, that wolde 
make vp the hedge, and set him self in the 
gappe before me in the lodes behalfe, y I 
shulde not vtterly destroye it: but I coude 
fynde none. Therfore wil I poure out my 
cruell displeasure vpon them, and burne them 
in the fyre of my wrath : their owne wayes 
will I recompence vpo their heades, saieth 
the LORDE God. 

Cfie rrttj. Laptev. 

THE worde off the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, there 
were two wome, that had one mother : d These 
(when they were yonge) beganne to playe the 
harlottes in Egipte. There were their brestes 
brussed, and the pappes off their mayden- 
heade destroyed. The eldest of them was 
called Oola, and hir yongest sister Ooliba. 
These two were myne, and bare sonnes and 
doughters. Their names were, Samaria, and 
that was Oola: and Ierusalem, that was Ooliba. 
As for Oola, she beganne to go a whorynge, 
when I had take her to me. She was set on 
fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians, which had 
to do with her : c euen the prynces and lordes, 
that were deckte in costly araye : fayre yonge 
men, lusty ryders of horses. 

Thus thorow hir whordome, she cleued vnto 
all the yonge men off Assiria : Yee she was 
madde vpon them, and defyled herselff with 
all their Idols. Nether ceassed she fro the 

' Leui. 10. c. * Mich. 3. d. Soph. 3. d. Eze. 13. b. 
Exo.22. c. d Eze. 20. a. < 4 Re. 15. d. /4 Re. 17. e. 



fornicacio, that she vsed with the Egipcians : 
for in hir youth they laye with her, they 
brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade, and 
poured their wordome vpon her. / Wherfore, 
I delyuered her in to y hodes of hir louers, 
euen the Assirians, whom she so loued. e These 
discouered hir shame, toke hir sonnes and 
doughters, and slewe her with the swearde 
An euell name gat she of all people, ad they 
punyshed her. 

; ' Hir sister Ooliba sawe this, ad destroyed 
herself with inordinate loue, more then she, 5 
exceaded hir sister in whordome : she loued y 
Assirians (which also laye with her) namely, 
the prynces % greate lordes, that were clothed 
with all maner of gorgious apparell, all lusty 
horsmen and fayre yonge personnes. Then 
I sawe, that they both were defyled a like. 
But she increased still in whordome: for 
when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall, 
the ymages off the Caldees set forth with 
fresh colours, with fayre gyrdles aboute them, 
and goodly bonettes vpon their heades, lokynge 
all like prynces (after y maner of the Babi- 
lonias and Caldees in their owne londe, where 
they be borne) Inmediatly, as soone as she 
sawe them, she brent in loue vpon them, and 
sent messaiigers for them in to the londe of 
the Caldees. 

Now when the Babilonias came to her, 
they laye with her, and defyled her with their 
whordome, and so was she poluted with them. 
And when hir lust was abated from them, hir 
whordome and shame was discouered g sene : 
'then my herte forsoke her, like as my herte 
was gone from hir sister also. Neuertheles 
she vsed hir whordome euer the longer the 
more, and remembred the dayes off hir youth, 
wherin she had played the harlot in the londe 
off Egipte : she brent in lust vpon them, whose 
flesh was like y flesh of Asses, * and their sede 
like the sede off horses. Thus thou hast re- 
nued the fylthynesse of thy youth, when thy 
louers bressed thy pappes, and marred thy 
brestes in Egipte. 

Therfore (o Ooliba) thus saieth y LORDE 
God. I will rayse vp thy louers (with whom 
thou hast satisfied thy lust) agaynst the, and 
gather them together rounde aboute the : 
Namely, the Babilonians, and all the Caldees : 
Pecod, Schoa and Coa, with all the Assirians : 



e Eze. 16. b. * Iere. 3. b. 4 Re. 16. b. ' Esa. 47. a, 
Nauru 3. d. Eze. 16. e. k Eze. 16. c. 



go. tnw&uj. 



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€i)z$. miih 



all yonge and fayre louers : prynces and lordes, 
knyghtes and gentlemen, which be all good 
horsmen : These shall come vpon the with 
horses, charettes, % a greate multitude of 
people : which shal be harnessed aboute the 
on euery syde, with brestplates, sheldes and 
helmettes. I will punysh y before them, yee 
they the selues shal punysh the, acordinge to 
their owne iudgmet. I will put my gelousy 
vpon the, so that they shall deale cruelly with 
the. They shal cut of thy nose and thine 
eares, and the remnaunt shall fall thorow the 
swearde. They shall cary awaye thy sonnes 
and doughters, J the resydue shalbe brent in 
the fyre. They shal strype the out of thy 
clothes, d cary thy costly Iewels awaye with 
them. 

Thus will I make an ende off thy fylthy- 
nesse 5 whordome, which thou hast brought 
out of the lode of Egipte : so that thou shalt 
turne thine eyes nomore after them, & cast 
thy mynde nomore vpon Egipte. For thus 
saieth the LORDE : Beholde, I will delyuer 
f in to the hodes of them, whom thou hatest : 
yee euen in to the hondes of them, with who 
thou hast fulfylled thy lust, which shall deale 
cruelly with y : All thy laboure shal they take 
with them, and leaue the naked and bare, and 
thus the shame of thy filthy whordome shal 
come to light. All these thinges shal happen 
vnto the, because of thy whordome, which thou 
hast vsed amonge the Gentiles, with whose 
Idols thou hast defyled thy self. Thou hast 
walked in the waye of thy sister, therfore will 
I geue the hir cuppe in thy honde. 

Thus saieth the LORDE God: Thou shalt 
drynke off thy sisters cuppe, how depe & farre 
so euer it be to the botome. Thou shalt be 
laughed to scorne, and had as greatly in deri- 
sion, as is possible. Thou shalt be full off 
dronckennes and sorowe, for the cuppe of thy 
sister Samaria is a cuppe of destruccion 5 
waistinge : the same shalt thou drynke, and 
suppe it out eue to y dregges, yee thou shalt 
eate vp the broken peces off it, and so teare 
thine owne brestes : For euen I haue spoken 
it, saieth the LORDE God. 

Therfore thus saieth y LORDE God: For 
so moch as thou hast forgotte me, 5 cast me 
asyde, so beare now thine owne fylthinesse (j 
whordome. The LORDE sayde morouer 
vnto me : Thou sonne of ma, wilt thou not 



reproue Oola 5 Ooliba? Shewe the their 
abhominacios : namely, y they haue broke 
their wedlocke, 5 stayned their hodes with 
bloude : yee euen with their Idols haue they 
committed aduoutry, \ offred them their owne 
children (to be deuoured) who they had borne 
vnto me. * Yee tj this haue they done vnto 
me also: they haue defyled my Sactuary in 
that same daye, (j haue vnhalowed my Sab' 
bath. For when they had slayne their childre 
for their Idols, they came the same daye in to 
my Sanctuary, to defyle it. Lo, this haue 
they done in my house. Besyde all this, thou 
hast sent thy messaungers for men out of 
farre coiitrees : and whe they came, thou hast 
bathed, trymmed and set forth thy selff off 
the best fashion : c thou sattest vpo a goodly 
bed, j a table spred before the : whervpon 
thou hast set myne incense and myne oyle. 

Then was there greate cheare with her, 5 
the men y were sent fro farre coiitrees ouer 
the deserte : vnto these they gaue bracelettes 
vpon their hondes, (j set glorious crownes 
vpon their heades. Then thought I : no 
doute, these wil vse their harlotry also with 
yoder olde whore. And they wente in to her 
as vnto a comon harlot : Euen so wente they 
also to Oola & Ooliba, those filthy women. 

d O ye all that loue vertue and rightuous- 
nes, iudge the, punysh them : as aduoutrers 
and murtherers ought to be iudged and 
punyshed. For they are breakers off wed- 
locke, and the bloude is in their hondes. 
Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God: 
bringe a greate multitude off people vpon 
them, and make them be scatred and spoyled: 
these shal stone them, and gorre them with 
their sweardes. They shal slaye their sonnes 
and doughters and burne vp their houses with 
fyre. 

Thus will I destroye all soch fylthynes out 
off the londe : that all women may lerne, not 
to do after youre vnclenesse. And so they 
shall laye youre fylthinesse vpon youre owne 
selues, and ye shalbe punyshed for the synnes, 
that ye haue committed with youre Idols : a 
ye shall knowe, that I am the LORDE. 

Cfie rrittj. Chapttt. 

IN the ix. yeare, in the x. Moneth, the 
x. daye off the Moneth, came the worde 
off the LORDE vnto me, sayenge : O thou 

<* Leui. 20. b. Eze. 16. d. 



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sonne off man, wryte vp the name off this 
daye, yee eue y houre of this present daye : 
when the kynge of Babilon set himself agaynst 
Ierusale. " Shewe y obstinate housholde a 
parable, <£ speake vnto the : Thus sayeth the 
LORDE God: Get the a pot, set it on, & 
poure water in to it : put all the peces together 
in it, all the good peces : the loyne and the 
shulder, ij fyll it with the best bones. Take one 
off the best shepe, a an heape off bones withall : 
let it boyle well, (j let the bones seyth well therin. 

With that, sayde the LORDE God on this 
maner : b Wo be vnto the bloudy cite of y pot, 
hervpon the rustynesse hageth, and is not 
yet scoured awaye. Take out the peces that 
are in it, one after another: there nede no 
lottes be cast therfore, for the bloude is yet in 
it. Vpon a playne drye stone hath she poured 
it, and not vpon the grounde, that it might be 
couered with dust. And therfore haue I letten 
her poure hir bloude vpon a playne drye stony 
rocke, because it shulde not be hid, and that 
I might bringe my wrothfull indignacion and 
vengeaunce vpon her. 

Wherfore, thus saieth y LORDE God_: 
O, wo be vnto that bloudthurstie cite, for who 
I wil prepare a heape off wodde : beare thou 
y bones together, kyndle thou the fyre, seeth 
the flesh, let all be well sodde, that the bones 
maye be suckte out. Morouer, set the pot 
emptye vpon the coales, that it maye be warme 
and the metall hote : that the fylth and rusty- 
nesse maye be consumed. But it will not go 
off, there is so moch off it : the rustinesse 
must be brent out. Thy filthinese is abhomi- 
nable, for I wolde haue clensed the, but thou 
woldest not be clensed. Thou canst not be 
pourged from thine vnclennesse, till I haue 
poured my wrothfull indignacion vpon the. 
Euen I the LORDE haue so deuysed: Yee 
it is come therto allredy, that I will do it. I 
will not go backe, I will not spare, I wil not 
be intreated : but acordinge to thy wayes ad 
ymaginacions, thou shalt be punyshed, saieth 
the LORDE God. 

And the worde off the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne off man, beholde, 
I will take awaye the pleasure off thine eyes 
with a plage : yet shalt thou nether mourne 
ner wepe, ner water thy chekes therfore : thou 
mayest mourne by thy selff alone, but vse no 
deadly lamentacion. Holde on thy bonet, 

« Eze. 17. a. Eze. tl. b. * Nau. 3. e. Aba. 2. a. 



and put on thy shues vpon thy fete, couer not 
thy face, and eate no mourners bred. So I 
spake vnto the people by tymes in the morn- 
ynge, and at euen my wyfe dyed : then vpon 
the nexte morow, I dyd as I was comaunded. 
And y people sayde vnto me : wilt thou not 
tell vs, what that signifieth, which thou doest ? 
I answered them, the worde off the LORDE 
came vnto me, sayege : Tell the house of 
Israel, thus saieth y LORDE God : beholde, 
I wil suspende my Sanctuary : eue the glory 
of youre power, the pleasure of youre eyes, 
and the thinge that ye loue : youre sonnes 
and doughters whom ye haue left, shal fall 
thorow the swerde. 

Like as I haue done, so shall ye do also : 
Ye shal not hyde youre faces, ye shal eate no 
mourners bred : youre bonettes shal ye haue 
vpon youre heades, % shues vpon youre fete. 
Ye shal nether mourne ner wepe, but in youre 
synnes ye shal be soroufull, and one repete with 
another. Thus Ezechiel is youre shewtoke. 
For loke as he hath done, so (when this 
commeth) ye shall do also : that ye maye lerne 
to knowe, that I am y LORDE God. But 
beholde, O thou sonne of man : In the daye 
when I take from them their power, their 
ioye and honoure, the lust off their eyes, the 
burthe of their bodies : namely, their sonnes 
and doughters : The shall there one escape, 
and come vnto the, for to shewe the. In that 
daye shal thy mouth be opened to him, which 
is escaped, that thou mayest speake, and be 
nomore domme : Yee and thou shalt be their 
shewtoke, that they maye knowe, how that I 
am the LORDE. 

Cherrfe. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, set 
thy face agaynst y Ammonites, 'prophecy vpon 
them, and saye vnto the Ammonites : Heare the 
worde off the LORDE God, Thus saieth the 
LORDE God : For so moch as thou speakest 
ouer my Sanctuary: A ha, I trow it be now sus- 
pended : and ouer the londe of Israel, I trow 
it be now desolate : yee ad ouer the house of 
Iuda, I trow they be now led awaye presoners : 
Beholde, I will delyuer y to the people of the 
east, y they maye haue the in possession : 
these shal set their castels and houses in the. 
They shall eate thy frute, and drynke vp thy 

c Eze. 21. d. Iere. 49. a. 



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mylcke. As for Rabath, I wil make of it a 
stall for camels, and of Ammon a shepefolde : 
and ye shal knowe, that I am the LORDE. 

For thus saieth the LORDE God : In so 
moch as thou hast clapped with thine hondes, 
and stamped with thy fete, yee reioysed in 
thine herte ouer the londe of Israel with 
despyte : beholde, I wil stretch out myne hode 
ouer the also, and delyuer the, to be spoyled 
off the Heithen, and rote the out from amonge 
the people, and cause the be destroyed out 
off all londes : yee I will make the be layed 
waist, that thou mayest knowe, that I am the 
LORDE. 

Thus saieth y LORDE God: a For so 
moch as Moab and Seir do saye : As for the 
house off Iuda, it is but like as all other 
Getiles be: Therfore beholde, I will make 
the cities off Moab weapenlesse, and take 
awaye their strength : their cities and chefe 
coastes off their londe, which are the pleasures 
off the countre : As namely. Betiesimoth, 
Baalmeo and Cariathaim: these will 1 open 
vnto the off the east, y they maye fall vpon 
the Ammonites : and will geue it them in 
possession: so that the Ammonites shal no 
more be had in remebraunce amonge the 
Heithen. Euen thus will I punysh Moab 
also, that they maye knowe, how that I am 
the LORDE. 

Morouer, thus sayeth the LORDE God : 
b Because that Edom hath avenged g eased 
himself vpon the house off Iuda, therfore thus 
saieth the LORDE : I will reach out myne 
honde vpon Edom, and take awaye man and 
beest out off it. From Thema vnto Dedan 
wil I make it desolate, they shalbe slayne with 
the swearde. Thorow my people of Israel, 
"wil I avenge me agayne vpo Edo: they shal 
hadle him, acordinge to my wrath and indig- 
nacio, so that they shal knowe my vengeaunce, 
saieth the LORDE God. 

Thus saieth y LORDE God : " For so moch 
as the Philistynes haue done this: namely, 
taken vengeaunce with despitefull stomackes, 
and off an olde euell will set them selues to 
destroye : Therfore thus saieth the LORDE 
God : Beholde, I wil stretch out myne hode 
ouer the Philistynes, and destroye the de- 
stroyer, and cause all the remnaunt off the 
see coast to perish. A greate vengeaunce will 



Esa. 15. 16. Esa. 48. a. 
| Iere. 49. b. Eze. 32. f. 35. 



Soph. 2. b. 
. Psal. 136. b. 



b Esa. 34. a. 
Gen. 25. d. 



I take vpon them, and punysh them cruelly : 
that they maye knowe, how that I am the 
LORDE, which haue avenged me off them. 

Cf)e rrbi. Chapter. 

IT happened, that in the xi. yeare, the first 
daye off the Moneth, the worde of the 
LORDE came vnto me, sayenge : e Thou 
sonne of man, Because that Tyre hath spoken 
vpon Ierusalem : A ha, now I trow the portes 
of the people be broken, and she turned vnto 
me, for I haue destroyed my bely full. Yee 
therfore saieth f LORDE God : Beholde O 
Tyre, I will vpo the, I wil bringe a greate 
multitude off people agaynst f, like as whe 
the see aryseth with his wawes : These shal 
breake the walles off Tyre, and cast downe 
hir towres : I wil scrape the grounde from her, 
and make her a bare stone : yee as the dry- 
enge place, where the fyshers hange vp their 
nettes by the see syde. Euen I haue spoken 
it, sayeth the LORDE God. The Getiles 
shal spoyle her : hir doughters vpon the felde 
shall perish with the swearde, y they maye 
knowe, how that I am the LORDE. 

For thus saieth the LORDE God: Be- 
holde, I will brynge hither Nabuchodonosor 
(which is the kynge off Babilon & a kynge of 
kynges) from the North, vpo Tyre, with 
horses, charettes, horsmen and with a greate 
multitude of people. Thy doughters that are 
in the londe, shal he slaye with y swearde : 
But agaynst f, he shall make bullworkes (j 
graue vp dyches aboute the, (t lift vp his 
shylde agaynst f. His slynges & batelrames 
shal he prepare for thy walles, (j with his 
weapes breake downe thy towres. The dust 
of his horses shal couer y, they shalbe so 
many : thy walles shal shake at the noyse of f 
horse men, charettes g wheles: when he cometh 
to thy portes, as men do in to an open cite. 
With the hoffes off his horse fete, shal he 
treade downe all thy stretes. 

He shal slaye thy people with the swearde, 
d breake downe the pilers of thy strength. 
They shal waist awaye thy riches, g spoyle 
thy marchaudise. Thy walles shal they breake 
downe, j destroye thy houses of pleasure. 
Thy stones, thy tymbre & foundacions, shall 
they cast in the water. Thus wil I brynge 
the melody of thy songes, S% the voyce of thy 



1 Mach. 
Esa. 23. 



a. * Esa. 14. 

Iere. 47. b. Eze 



!. Iere. 47. a. Soph. 2. a. 
27. 28. / Iere. 7. d. 



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mynstrelsy to an ende, so that they shal no- 
more be herde. I wil make a bare stone off 
the, yee a dryenge place for nettes, and shalt 
neuer be buylded agayne: For eue I y 
LORDE haue spoken it, sayeth the LORDE 
God: thus hath the LORDE God spoken 
concernynge Tyre : The lies shall be moued 
at the noyse off thy fall, & at the crie of the 
slayne, y shal be murthured in the. All 
kynges off the see shall come downe from 
their seates regall : they shal laye awaye their 
roabes, and put off their costly clothinge : Yee 
with tremblinge shal they be clothed, they 
shall syt vpo the grounde : they shal be afrayed 
at thy sodane fall, and be abasshed at the. 

They shal mourne for the, and saye vnto 
the : O thou noble cite, y hast bene so greatly 
occupyed off olde, "thou that hast bene the 
strongest vpon the see with thine inhabitours 
off whom all men stode in feare : How art 
thou now so vtterly destroyed? Now at the 
tyme off thy fall the inhabitours off the lies, 
yee and the lies them selues shall stonde in 
feare at thine ende. For thus sayeth the 
LORDE God : when I make the a desolate 
cite (as other cities be, that no man dwell in) 
and when I brynge the depe vpon the, y 
greate waters maye couer the : Then will I 
cast the downe vnto them, that descende in 
to y pytte : vnto a people that hath bene I5ge 
deed, and set the in a londe y is beneth, like 
the olde wyldernes, with them which go downe 
to their graues, so y no ma shal dwell more 
in the. And I wil make the to be no more 
in honoure, in the lode of the lyuynge. I wil 
make an ende off the, ad thou shalt be gone. 
Though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou 
not be founde for euermore, saieth y LORDE 
God. 

Clje rrbtj. Chapter. 

THE worde off the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : O thou sonne off ma, 
make a lamentable coplaynte vpon Tyre, & 
saye vnto Tyre, which is a porte off the see, 
y occupieth with moch people : * and many 
lies : thus speaketh y LORDE God: O Tyre 
thou hast sayde : what, I am a noble cite, thy 
borders are in the myddest of the see, and thy 
buylders haue made the maruelous goodly. 
All thy tables haue they made of Cipre trees 
of the mount Senir. Fro Libanus haue they 



take Cedre trees, to make the mastes : j the 
Okes of Basan to make the rowers. 

Thy boordes haue they made of yuery, g 
of costly wod out of the lie of Cethim. Thy 
sale was of whyte small nedle worke out off 
the londe of Egipte, to hage vpo thy mast : & 
thy hanginges of yalow sylcke j purple, out of 
y lies of Elisa. They of Sido & Arnad were 
thy maryners, j the wysest in Tyre were thy 
shypmasters. The eldest and wysest at Gebal 
were they, that mended (j stopped thy shippes. 

All shippes off the see with their shipme 
occupied their marchaundies in the. The 
Perses, Lydians and Lybians were in thyne 
hoost, and helped the to fight : these hanged 
vp their shildes 1 helmettes with the, these 
set forth thy beuty. 

They off Arnad were with thine hoost 
roiide aboute thy walles, & were thy watch- 
men vpon thy towres : these hanged vp their 
shildes roiide aboute thy walles, and made the 
maruelous goodly. Tharsis occupied with the 
in all maner of wares, in syluer, yron, tynne 
and lead, and made thy market greate. Iauan, 
Tubal and Mesech were thy marchauntes, 
which brought the men, j ornamentes off 
metall for thy occupyenge. They off the 
house of Thogarma brought vnto the at the 
tyme off thy Marte, horse, horsmen and mules. 
c They off Dedan were thy marchautes : and 
many other lies that occupyed with the, 
brought the wethers, elephat bones and Pay- 
cockes for a present. The Sirians occupied 
with the, because of thy dyuerse workes, and 
increased thy marchaundies, with Smaragdes, 
with scarlet, with nedle worke, with whyte 
lyn.ninge cloth, with sylcke and with Christall. 

Iuda and the londe off Israel occupide with 
the, and brought vnto thy markettes, wheate, 
balme, hony, oyle, 5 triacle. Damascus also 
vsed marchaiidies with the, in the best wyne 
and whyte woll : because thy occupienge was 
so greate, and thy wares so many. Dan, 
Iauan, and Meusal haue brought vnto thy 
markettes, yron redy made, with Casia and 
Calamus, acordinge to thyne occupienge. 
Dedan occupied with the, in fayre tapestry 
worke and quyszhyns. Arabia (j all the princes 
off Cedar haue occupied with the, in shepe, 
wethers and goates. 

The marchauntes off Seba and Rema haue 
occupied also with the, in all costly spices, in 



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all precious stones and golde, which they 
brought vnto thy marckettes. Haran, Chene 
and Eden, the marchauntes off Saba, Assiria 
and Chelmad, were all doers with f and occu- 
pied with the : In costly rayment, off yalow 
sylke and nedle worke, (very precious, & ther- 
fore packte & boude together with roapes) Yee 
and in Cedre wodde, at the tyme off thy marck- 
ettes. The shippes of Tharsis were the chefe 
off thy occupienge. 

Thus thou art full, and in greate worshipe, 
euen in the myddest off the see. Thy ma- 
ryners were euer brynginge vnto the out of 
many waters. But y easte wynde shal ouer- 
beare the in to the myddest off the see : so y 
thy wares, thy marchaiidies, thy ryches, thy 
maryners, thy shipmasters, thy helpers, thy 
occupiers (that brought the thinges necessary) 
the men off warre that are in the : yee and all 
thy comons shall perish in the myddest off the 

, in the daye off thy fall. The suburbes 
shall shake at the loude crie off thy shippmen. 
All whirry men, and all maryners vpo the 
see, shall leape out of their boates, and set 
them selues vpon the lode. They shal lift vp 
their voyce because off the, and make a la- 
mentable crye. They shall cast dust vpon 
their heades, ad lye downe in the asshes. 
They shal shaue them selues, (j put sacke cloth 
vpon them for thy sake. 

They shall mourne for the with hertfull 
sorow, and heuy lamentacion, yee their child- 
ren also shall wepe for the : Alas, what cite 
hath so bene destroyed in the see, as Tyre is? 
When thy wares j marchaundies came fro the 
sees, thou gauest all people ynough. The 
kynges off the earth hast thou made rich, 
thorow the multitude off thy wares and occu- 
pienge : But now art thou cast downe in to 
the depe of the see, all thy resorte of people 
is perished with the. All they that dwell in 
the lies are abasshed at the, and all their 
kynges are afrayed, yee their faces haue 
chaunged coloure. The marchauntes of the 
nacions wondre at the, In that thou art so clene 
brought to naught, 5 comest nomore vp. 

©he rrbirj. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, tell 
the prynce of Tyre : a Thus saieth the LORDE 
God : because thou hast a proude hert and 



hast sayde : } Iama God, I haue my seate in 
the myddest off the see like a god : where as 
thou art but a man 5 not God, (j yet stondest 
in thine owne coceate, that thou art God: 
Beholde, thou thynkest thy selfe wyser then 
Daniel, that there is no secretes hyd from y. c 
With thy wiszdome j thy vnderstodinge, thou 
hast gotte the greate welthynesse, and gathered 
treasure of syluer (j golde. With thy greate 
wiszdome and occupienge, hast thou increased 
thy power, and because of thy greate riches 
thy hert is proude. 

Therfore thus saieth f LORDE God : For 
so moch as thou hast lift vp thine herte, as 
though thou werst God : beholde, I wil bringe 
enemies vpon the, euen the tyrauntes of the 
Heithe : these shal drawe out their sweardes 
vpon thy beuty and wiszdome, and shall de- 
fyle thy glory. They shal cast the downe to 
the pytte, so that thou shalt dye in the middest 
of the see, as they that be slayne. Let se, yff 
thou wilt saye then (before the that slaye y) 
I am God : where as thou art but a man, and 
not God, in the hondes of them that slaye 
the. Dye shalt thou, euen as the vncircum- 
cised in the hodes of y enemies : for I myself 
haue spoken it, saieth the LORDE God. 

Morouer, the worde off the LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne off man, make 
a lamentable complaynte ouer the kynge of 
Tyre, 5 tell him : Thus saieth the LORDE 
God : Thou art a seale of a licknesse, full off 
wyszdome & excellent beuty. Thou hast bene 
in y pleasaut garde off God : thou art decte 
with all maner of precious stones : with Ruby, 
Topas, Christall, Iacyncte, Onyx, Iaspis, 
Saphir, Smaragde, Carbiicle, (j golde. Thy 
beuty & y holes y be in y were set forth in 
the daye of thy creacion. Thou art a fayre 
Cherub, stretched wyde out for to couer. 

I haue set the vpon the holy mount off 
God, there hast thou bene, and walked amoge 
the fayre glisteringe stones. From the tyme 
of thy creacion thou hast bene right excellent, 
tyll wickednesse was founde in the. d Because 
off thy greate marchaundise, thy hert is full 
of wickednesse, g thou hast offended. Ther- 
fore wil I cast the from the mount of God, (O 
thou coueringe Cherub) and destroye the 
amoge the glisteringe stones. Thy hert was 
proude in thy fayre beuty, g thorow thy beuty 
thou hast destroyed thy wiszdome. I will 



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So* litwmij. 



cast y downe to the grounde, (j y in y sight 
of kynges. Thou hast defyled thy Sactuary, 
with the greate wickednesse off thy onright- 
uous occupyenge. I wil bringe a fyre from 
the myddest of the, to consume the : ad wil 
make the to asshes, in the sight of all the y 
loke vpon the. All they that haue bene ac~ 
quaunted with the amonge the Heithe, shal 
be abasshed at the : seinge thou art so clene 
brought to naught, and comest no more vp. 

And the worde off the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, set thy 
face agaynst Sido, Prophecie vpo it, and 
speake. "Thus saieth the LORDE God: 
Beholde o Sidon, I wil vpo the, g get me 
honoure in the : that it maye be knowne, how 
that I am y LORDE, when I punysh her, g 
get me honoure in her. For I will sende 
pestilence g bloud sheddinge in to hir stretes, 

y those which be slayne with the swerde, 
shal lye rounde aboute in the myddest of her: 
g they shal knowe, that I am the LORDE. 
She shal no more be a prickinge thorne, g an 
hurtinge brere vnto the house of Israel, ner 
vnto the that lye rounde aboute her and hate 
her: and they shal knowe, that I am the 
LORDE. 

Thus saieth the LORDE God: when I 
gather the housholde of Israel together agayne, 
from the nacions amonge whom they be 
scatred : then shal I be sanctified in the, in y 
sight of the Getiles : 5 they shal dwell in the 
lode, y I gaue to my seruaunt Iacob. They 
shal dwell safely therin, *buylde houses, and 
plante vynyardes : Yee safely shal they dwell 
therin, when I haue punyshed all those, that 
despyse them rounde aboute : and then shall 
they knowe, y I am the LORDE their God. 

Cije rrfr. Chapter. 

IN the x. yeare, vpon the xij. daye off the 
x. Moneth, the worde of the LORDE 
came vnto me, sayege : c O thou sonne off ma, 
set now thy face agaynst Pharao the kynge off 
Egipte, Prophecye agaynst him and agaynst 
the whole lode of Egipte : Speake, and tell 
him, thus saieth the LORDE God: beholde, 
o Pharao thou kinge of Egipte, I wil vpo the, 
thou greate whall fysh, y lyest in thy waters : 
Thou y sayest: the water is myne, I haue 
made it myself. I wil put an hoke in thy 

1 Ioel 3. a. Zach. 9. a. » Deu. 28. c. Esa. 65. d. 

c Esa. 19. a. 20. a. Iere. 46. a. Eze. 30. 31. 32. 



chawes, g hage all the fish in thy waters vpo 
thy skales : after y I wil drawe the out of thy 
waters, yee g all the fish of thy waters that 
hange vpon thy skales. 

I wil cast the out vpon the dry lode with 
the fish of thy waters, so that thou shalt lye 
vpon the felde. Thou shalt not be gathered 
ner taken vp, but shalt be meate for the 
beestes of the felde, g for the foules off the 
ayre: that all they which dwell in Egipte, 
maye knowe, that I am the LORDE: be- 
cause thou hast bene a staff of rede to the 
house of Israel. d When they toke holde of y 
with their hode thou brakest and prycdest 
them on euery syde : and yff they leaned vp5 
the, thou brakest, ad hurtdest the reynes 
of their backes. Therfore, thus sayeth the 
LORDE God: beholde, I will brynge a 
swearde vpon the, and rote out of the both 
man and beest. Yee the londe of Egipte 
shalbe desolate and waist, g they shal knowe, 
that I am the LORDE : Because he sayde : 
the water is mine, I my self haue made it. 
Beholde therfore, I wil vpon the, g vpon thy 
waters : I will make the londe off Egipte 
waist and desolate, from the towre of Syenes 
vnto the borders of the Morias londe: so that 
in xl. yeares there shall no fote off man walke 
there, nether fote of catell go there, nether 
shal it be inhabited. I wil make the londe of 
Egipte to be desolate amonge other waist 
countrees, and her cities to lye voyde xl. 
yeares, amonge other voyde cities : And I wil 
scatre the Egipcians amonge the Heithen and 
nacions. 

Agayne, thus sayeth the LORDE God: 
Whe the xl. yeares are expyred, e I wil gather 
the Egipcians together agayne, out off the 
nacios, amonge who they were scatred, and 
wil bringe the presoners off Egipte agayne in 
to the londe off Pathures their owne natyue 
countre, that they maye be there a lowly small 
kyngdome : yee they shal be the smallest 
amonge other kyngdomes, lest they exalte 
them selues aboue the Heithen : for I will so 
mynish them, that they shall nomore rule the 
Heithen. They shall nomore be an hope vnto 
the house off Israel, nether prouoke the eny- 
more to wickednesse, to cause them turne 
backe, and to folowe them : ad they shal knowe, 
that I am the LORDE God. 

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In the xxvij. yeare, the first daye of the 
first Moneth, came y worde off the LORDE 
vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne off man, Na- 
buchodonosor the kynge off Babilon hath 
made his hoost, with greate trauayle and 
laboure to come before Tyre : that euery 
heade maye be balde, and euery shulder bare. 
Yet hath Tyre geuen nether him ner his hoost 
eny rewarde, for f greate trauayle y he hath 
taken there. Therfore thus saieth y LORDE 
God : beholde I will geue the lode of Egipte 
vnto Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilo, y 
he maye take awaye all hir substaiice, robbe 
hir robberies, ad spoyle hir spoyles, to paye 
his hoost their wagies withall. I wil geue him 
the londe of Egipte for his laboure, that he 
toke for me before Tyre. At the same tyme 
wil I cause the home off the house of Israel 
to growe forth, j open thy mouth agayne 
amonge them : that they maye knowe, how 
that I am the LORDE. 

Che rrr. Chapter. 

MOROUER, the worde off the LORDE 
came vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne 
of man, prophecy (j speake : thus saieth the 
LORDE God : "Mourne, wo worth this daye, 
for the daye is here, the daye of f LORDE 
is come : the darcke daye of y Heithe, the 
houre is at honde, the swearde commeth vpon 
Egipte. When the wounded men fall downe 
in Egipte, when hir people are taken awaye, 
and when hir foundacios are destroyed : the 
Morians londe shal be afrayed, yee the Mo- 
rians londe, Lybia u Lydia, all their comon 
people, (j Chub, & all y be confederate vnto 
the, shal fall with the thorow f swearde. 

Thus saieth y LORDE : The maynteyners 
of the lode of Egipte shal fall, the pryde of 
hir power shal come downe : eue vnto the 
tower off Syenes shall they be slayne downe 
with the swearde, saieth y LORDE God: 
amonge other desolate countrees they shal be 
made desolate, (t amoge other waist cities they 
shalbe waisted. And they shal knowe, y I am 
y LORDE, when I kyndle a fyre in Egipte, 
I when all hir helpers are destroyed. 

At that tyme, shal there messaungers go 
forth fro me in shippes, to make y carelesse 
Morians afrayed : and sorowe shal come vpon 
them in the daye of Egipte, for doutles it shal 
come. Thus saieth the LORDE God : I wil 

« Eze. 29. 31. 32. 



make an ende of the people of Egipte thorow 
the honde of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Ba- 
bilon. He and his people with him, yee and 
the cruell tyrauntes of the Heithen shalbe 
brought to destroye the londe. They shal 
drawe out their sweardes vpon Egipte and 
fyll the londe full of slayne men. I will drye 
vp their floudes of water, ad sell the lode in to 
the hondes of wicked people. The lode and 
all y is therin, wil I destroye thorow the ene- 
mies. Eue I the LORDE haue sayde it. 

And thus saieth the LORDE God : I will 
destroye the Idols, and brynge the ymages of 
Noph to an ende. * There shal nomore be a 
prynce of Egypte, and a fearfulnesse will I 
sende in to the Egipcians londe. As for Pa- 
thures, I wil make it desolate, ad kyndle a 
fyre in Zoan. Alexandria will I punysh, & 
poure my wrothfull indignacio vpo Sin, which 
is the strength of Egipte. All the sustaunce 
of Alexandria will I destroye, and kyndle a 
fyre in Egipte. 

Sin shalbe in greate heuynesse, Alexandria 
shalbe roted out, and Noph shall haue daylie 
sorowe. The best men off Heliopolis (j Bu- 
basto shalbe slayne with the swearde, ad caried 
awaye captyue. At Taphnis the daye shalbe 
darcke, when I breake there the scepter of 
the londe of Egipte, and when y pompe of hir 
power shal haue an ende. A cloude shal 
couer her, and hir doughters shalbe led awaye 
in to captyuyte. Thus will I punysh Egipte, that 
they maye knowe, how that I am the LORDE. 

It happened in the xi. yeare, vpon the 
seuethdaye ofy first Moneth, y the LORDES 
worde came vnto me, sayege : Beholde, thou 
sonne of ma, I wil breake y arme of Pharao 
kynge of Egipte : and lo, it shal not be boude 
vp to be healed, nether shal eny playstre be 
layed vpon it, for to ease it, or to make it so 
stroge, as to holde a swearde. Therfore, thus 
saieth the LORDE God: beholde, I will vpon 
Pharao y kinge of Egipte, (j brusse his stroge 
arme (yet is it but a broken one) (j will smyte 
the swearde out of his honde. 

As for the Egipcians, I wil scatre them 
amonge the Heithen, j strowe the in the 
londes aboute. Agayne I wil strength y arme 
of the kinge of Babilo, u geue him my swearde 
in his hode : but I wil breake Pharaos arme, 
so y he shal holde it before him piteously, 
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Yee I will stablish the kynge of Babilos 
arme, g the armes of Pharao shal fall downe : 
that it maye be knowne, that I am the LO RDE, 
which geue the kynge off Babilon my swearde 
in his hode, that he maye drawe it out vpon 
the londe of Egipte : and that when I scatre 
the Egipcians amonge the Gentiles, and strowe 
them in f lodes aboute, they maye knowe, y I 
am the LORDE. 

Cfie jfjctf. Cfiaptn-. 

MOROUER, it happened in the xi. yeare 
y- first daye of the thirde Moneth, that 
the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, 
sayenge : " Thou sonne of man, speake vnto 
Pharao the kynge of Egipte, ad to all his 
people : Whom art thou like in thy great- 
nesse ? Beholde, Assur was like a Cedre tre 
vpo the mount of Libanus, with fay re branches: 
so thicke, that he gaue shadowes, and shot out 
very hye. His toppe reached vnto the cloudes. 
The waters made him greate, and the depe 
set him vp an hye. Roiide aboute the rotes 
of him rane there floudes of water, he sent 
out his litle ryuers vnto all the trees of the 
felde. Therfore was he hyer the all the trees 
of the felde, and thorow y multitude of waters 
that he sent fro him, he optayned many and 
longe braunches. All foules of the ayre made 
their nestes in his brauches, vnder his bowes 
gedred all the beastes of y felde, g vnder hi 
shadow dwelt all people. Fayre and beutifull 
was he in his greatnesse, and in the length of 
his braunches, for his rote stode besyde great* 
waters: no Cedre tre might hyde him. In 
the pleasaut garden of God, there was no 
Fyrre tre like his brauches, the playne trees 
were not like y bowes of him. AH the trees 
in the garden off God might not be copared 
vnto him in his beuty: so fayre and goodly 
had I made him with the multitude of his 
braunches : In so moch, y all the trees in the 
pleasaut garde of God, had envye at hi. 
Therfore, thus saieth the LORDE God : For 
so moch as he hath lift vp himself so hie, g 
stretched his toppe in to the cloudes, g seinge 
his hert is proude in his highnesse : I wil 
delyuer him in to y hondes of y mightiest 
amoge y Heithe, which shall rote him out. 
Acordlge to his wickednes will I cast him 
awaye, the enemies shal destroye him, g the 
mighty men of the Heithen shall so scatre 



Eze. 29. 30. 32. 



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him, that his braunches shal lye vpon all 
mountaynes g in all valleys : his bowes shall 
be broken downe to the grounde thorow out 
the londe. Then all the people of the londe 
shal go from his shadowe, and forsake him. 
When he is falle, all y foules of y ayre shal 
syt vpon him, and all wilde beestes of the 
felde shal go aboute amonge his brauches : so 
that from hence forth, no tre in the water 
shall attayne to his hyenesse, nor reach his 
toppe vnto the cloudes, nether shall eriy tre 
off the water stonde so hye, as he hath done. 
For vnto death shall they all be delyuered 
vnder the earth, and go downe to y graue, 
like other men. 

Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE God : 
In the daye when he goeth downe to the 
graue, I wil cause a lamentacion to be made. 
I will couer the depe vpon him, I will staunch 
his floudes, and the greate waters shalbe 
restrayned. I shall cause Libanus to be 
soroufull for his sake, and all the trees off the 
felde shall be smytte. I wil make the Heithen 
shake at the sounde of his fall,* when I cast 
him downe to hell, with them y descende in 
to the pytte. All the trees of Eden, with all 
the chosen and best frees of Libanus, yee and 
all they that are planted vpon the waters, shal 
mourne with him also in the lower habitacios: 
for they shal go downe to hell with him, vnto 
the that be slayne with the swearde, which 
dwelt afore vnder the shadow off his arme 
amoge the Heithe. To whom shalt thou be 
lickened, that art so glorious g greate, amonge 
the trees off Eden ? Yet art thou cast downe 
vnder y earth (amonge the trees off Eden) 
where thou must lye amonge the vncircum 
cised, with them that be slayne with th< 
swearde. Euen thus is it with Pharao g all 
his people, saieth the LORDE God. 

Che yyyij. Chapter. 

IN the xij. yeare, the first daye of the xij- 
Moneth, the worde of the LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, take 
vp a lamentacion vpo Pharao the kynge of 
Egipte, g saye vnto him : c Thou art reputed 
as a Lyon of the Heithen, g as a whalfish in 
the see. Thou castest thy waters aboute the, 
thou troublest the waters with thy fete, and 
stampest in their floudes. Thus sayeth the 
LORDE God : d I wil sprede my net ouer y, 

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namely, a greate multitude of people : these 
shal dryue the in to my yarne, for I will cast 
the vpo the lode, and let the lye vpo the felde, 
that all the foules of the ayre maye syt vpo 
the : I wil geue all the beastes of the felde 
ynough off the. Thy flesh will I cast vpo the 
hilles, and fyll the valleys with thy hyenesse. 
I will water the londe with the abundaunce 
off thy bloude euen to the moiitaynes, j y 
valleys shal be full off the. 

°When thou art put out, I will couer the 
heauen, and make his starres dymme. I will 
sprede a cloude ouer the Sonne, ad the Moone 
shall not geue hir light. All the lightes off 
heauen will I put out ouer the, and bringe 
darcknesse vpon thy londe, saieth f LORDE 
God. I wil trouble the hertes off many peo- 
ple, when I bringe thy destruccion amoge the 
Heithen and countrees, whom thou knowest 
not. Yee I will make many people with their 
kynges so afrayed thorow y, that their hayre 
shal stonde vp, whe I shake my swearde at 
their faces. Sodenly shal they be astonnyed, 
euery man in him self, at y daye of thy fall. 

For thus saieth the LORDE God: the 
kynge of Babilons swearde shal come vpon f, 
with y sweardes of the worthies will I smyte 
downe thy people. All they that be mightie 
amonge the Getiles, shal waist the proude 
pompe of Egipte, and brynge downe all hir 
people. All the catell also of Egipte wil I 
destroye, that they shal come nomore vpo the 
waters : so that nether mas fote ner beastes 
clawe, shal stere them eny more. Then wil I 
make their waters cleare, and cause their 
floudes to runne like oyle, sayeth the LORDE 
God : when I make the londe of Egipte deso- 
late, and when f countre with all that is 
therin, shalbe layde waist: and whe I smyte 
all the which dwell in it, that they maye knowe, 
that I am the LORDE. This is the mourn- 
ynge, that the doughters off the Heithen shall 
make : Yee a sorow and lamentacio shal they 
take vp, vpon Egipte and all hir people, 
saieth the LORDE God. 

In the xij. yeare, the xv. daye of the 
Moneth, came the worde off the LORDE 
vnto me sayenge : Thou sonne of man. Take 
vp a lamentacion vpon the people of Egipte, 
and cast them downe, yee ad the mightie 
people of the Heithe also, *euen with the that 
dwell beneth : and with them that go downe 



Eze. 13. b. Ioe. 3. 



Esa. 14. c. Eze. 31. c. 



in to the graue. Downe (how fayre so euer 
thou be) and laye the with the vn circumcised 
Am5ge those that be slayne with the swearde, 
shal they lye. The swearde is geuen alredy, 
he shal be drawen forth and all his people, 
The mightie worthies and his helpers, y be 
gone downe and lye with the vncircumcised 
and with them that be slayne with y swearde : 
shal speake to him out of the hell. 

Assur is there also with his company, ad 
their graues rounde aboute, which were slayne 
ad fell all with the swearde, whose graues lye 
besyde him in the lowe pytte. His comos 
are buried rounde aboute his graue: allto- 
gether wounded and slayne with the swearde, 
which men afore tyme brought feare in to y 
londe off the lyuynge. 

'There is Elam also with all his people, 
and their graues rounde aboute : which all 
beynge wounded and slayne with the swearde, 
are gone downe vncircumcised vnder the 
earth, which neuertheles somtyme brought 
feare in to the londe off the lyuynge : for the 
which they beare their shame, with the other 
that be gone downe to y graue. 

Their buryall is geuen them and all their 
people, amonge them that be slayne. Their 
graues are rounde aboute all them, which be 
vncircumcised, and with them that be slayne 
thorow the sweai'de : for seynge that in tymes 
past they made the londe off the lyuynge 
afrayed, they must now beare their owne 
shame, with them that go downe to the pytte, 
and lye amonge them, that be slayne. 

There is Mesech also and Tubal, and their 
people, and their graues rounde aboute. These 
all are amonge the vncircucised, and them 
that be slayne with the swearde, because afore 
tyme they made the londe off the lyuynge 
afrayed. 

Shulde not they then lye also amonge ;y 
worthies, and vncircumcised Giauntes ? which 
with their weapens are gone downe to hel : 
whose sweardes are layed vnder their heades, 
whose wickednesse is vpon their bones : be- 
cause that as worthies, they haue brought 
feare in to y lode of y lyuinge ? Yee amoge 
the vncircucised shalt thou be destroyed, and 
slepe with them, that perished thorow the 
swearde. 

There is the lode off Edom with hir kynges 
and prynces also, d which with their stregth are 

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layed by them that were slayne with the 
swearde, yee amonge the vncircumcised, and 
them which are gone downe in to the pytte. 
Morouer, there be all the prynces of the 
north, with all the Sidonias, which are gone 
downe to the slayne. 

With their feare and strength they are 
come to confucion, and lye there vncircum- 
cised, amonge those that be slayne with the 
swearde : and beare their owne shame, with 
them that be gone downe to y pytte. Now 
when Pharao seyth this, he shal be com- 
forted ouer all his people, that is slayne with 
the swearde : both Pharao % all his hoost, 
saieth y LORDE God. For I haue geue my 
feare in the ldde of the lyuynge. But Pharao 
I all his people shal lye amoge the vncircum- 
cised, and amonge them that be slayne with 
the swearde, saieth the LORDE God. 

Cfie rrjrtt). Chapter. 

AGAYNE, the worde off the LORDE 
came vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne 
off man, Speake to the childre of thy people, 
and tell them: When I sende a swearde vpon a 
londe, yf the people off the londe take a man 
off their countre, and set him to be their 
watchman : " y same man (wha he seyth the 
swearde come vpon the londe) shall blowe the 
trompet, and warne the people. 

Yff a man now heare the noyse off the 
trompet j will not be warned, and the swearde 
come ad take him awaye : his bloude shall be 
vpo his owne heade : For he herde the soude 
of the trompet, and wolde not take hede, 
therfore his bloude be vpon him. But yff he 
will receaue warnynge, he shal saue his life. 
Agayne, yf the watch man se the swerde 
come, and shewe it not with the trompet, so y 
the people is not warned: yff the swearde 
come then, and take eny man from amoge 
the : the same shall be taken awaye in his 
owne synne, but his bloude will I requyre off 
the watchmans honde. 

And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue 
made the a watchman * vnto the house of Is- 
rael: that where as thou hearest eny thinge 
out of my mouth, thou mayest warne them 

my behalfe. Yff I saye vnto the wicked : 
thou wicked, thou shalt surely dye : and thou 
geuest him not warnynge, that he maye be- 
warre off his vngodly waye : then shall the 



wicked dye in his owne synne, but his bloude 
will I requyre of thy honde. Neuertheles 
yf thou warne the wicked off his waye, to 
turne from it, where as he yet wil not be 
turned from it : then shal he dye because off 
his synne, but thou hast delyuered thy soule. 

Therfore (O thou sonne off man) speake 
vnto the house off Israel, Ye saye thus : Oure 
offences and synnes lye vpon vs, and we be 
corrupte in them : how shulde we then be 
restored vnto life ? Tell them : As truly as I 
lyue (saieth the LORDE God) I haue no 
pleasure in the death off the wicked," but 
moch rather that the wicked turne from his 
waye and lyue. Turne you, turne you from 
youre vngodly wayes, o ye off the house off 
Israel. Oh, wherfore will ye dye ? 

Thou sonne off man, tell the children off 
thy people : d The rightuousnes of the righ- 
tuous shall not saue him, whan so euer he 
turneth awaye vnfaithfully : Agayne, the wick- 
ednesse of the wicked shal not hurte him, whan 
so euer he conuerteth from his vngodlynesse : 

And y rightuousnesse of the rightuous shal 
not saue his life, when so euer he synneth. 
Yff I saye vnto the rightuous, that he shall 
surely lyue, and so he trust to his owne 
rightuousnesse, and do synne : then shall his 
rightuousnesse be nomore thought vpon, but 
in the wickednesse that he hath done, he 
shall dye. 

Agayne, yff I saye to the wicked : e thou 
shalt surely dye : and so he turne fro his 
synnes, and do the thinge that is laufull and 
right : In so moch that the same wicked ma 
geueth the pledge agayne, restoreth that he 
had taken awaye by robbery, walketh in the 
comaundementes off life, and doth no wroge : 

Then shall he surely lyue, and not dye. 
Yee the synnes that he had done, shal neuer 
be thought vpon : For in so moch as he doth 
now the thynge that is laufull and right, he 
shall lyue. And yet the children off thy 
people saye : Tush, the waye of the LORDE 
is not right, where as their owne waye is 
rather vnright. 

When the rightuous turneth from his righ- 
tuousnesse, and doeth the thynge that is 
wicked, he shall dye therfore. But yf the 
wicked turne from his wickednesse, doinge 
the thinge that is laufull and right, he shall 
lyue therfore. /Yet ye saye : the waye of y 

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LORDE is not equall. O ye house of Israel, 
I wil iudge euery one of you after his wayes. 

In the xij. yeare, the v. daye of the x. 
Moneth of oure captyuyte, it happened, that 
one which was fled out of Ierusalem, came 
vnto me, and sayde : y cite is destroyed. 
Now the honde of the LORDE had bene 
vpon me the euenynge, afore this man (which 
was escaped) came vnto me, and had opened 
my mouth, vntyll the mornynge that he came 
to me : Yee he opened my mouth, so y I was 
nomore domme. Then came the worde of f 
LORDE vnto me, and sayde: Thou sonne 
off man, these that dwell in the waisted londe 
of Israel, saye : Abraham was but one man, 
ad he had the londe in possessiS : now are we 
many, and the londe is geuen vs to possesse 
also. And therfore tell them : Thus saieth 
the LORDE : In the bloude haue ye eaten, 
youre eyes haue ye lift vp to Idols, " and haue 
shed bloude : shal ye then haue the londe in 
possession ? 

Ye leane vpon youre sweardes, ye worke 
abhominacions, euery one defyleth his negh- 
bours wife : and shal ye then possesse the 
londe ? Saye thou these wordes vnto the : 
Thus saieth the LORDE God : As truly as I 
lyue, all ye that dwell in this wildernesse, 
shall be slayne with the swearde : what so is 
vpon the felde, will I geue vnto the beestes to 
be deuoured : those that be in stronge holdes 
and dennes, shall dye off the pestilece. For 
I wil make the londe desolate and waist, and 
f pope off hir strength shall come to an ende. 
The mountaynes in Israel shal be so waiste 
that no man shall trauayle therby. 

b Then shall they lerne to knowe, that I am 
the LORDE, whe I make the lode waist and 
desolate, because off all their abhominacions, 
that they haue wrought. And thou sonne off 
man, the children off thy people y talke of 
the, by the walles ad in the dores of their 
houses, sayenge one to another : come, let vs 
heare, what worde is gone forth from the 
LORDE : These come vnto the, after y 
maner of a greate people : yee my people syt 
downe before the, and heare thy wordes, but 
they do not therafter : c For in their mouthes 
they shewe them selues, as though they were 
feruent, but their herte goeth after their owne 
couetous lucre. And as a balet y hath a 



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Mat. 15. a. d Eze. 13. a. Iere. 14. h. 23. ; 



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swete tune, ad is pleasaut to synge, so shalt 
thou be vnto them : thy wordes shal they 
heare, but they will not do therafter. Whe 
this commeth to passe (for lo, it cometh in 
dede) then shal they knowe, that there hath 
bene a prophet amonge them. 

Che rrrttt). Cfiaptcr. 

AND the worde off the LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne off ma, 
prophecye agaynst the shepherdes of Israel, 
prophecy, and speake vnto them : Thus saieth 
the LORDE God: Wo be vnto the shep- 
herdes off Israel, rf that fede them selues. 
Shulde not the shepherdes fede f flockes ? 

Ye haue eaten vp the fatte, ye haue clothed 
you with the woll: the best fedde haue ye 
slayne, but y flocke haue ye not norished: 
e The weake haue ye not holden vp, the sicke 
haue ye not healed : the broken haue ye not 
bounde together, the outcastes haue ye not 
brought agayne : Sf lost haue ye not sought, 
but churlishly and cruelly haue ye ruled the. 
Thus are they scatred here and there without 
a shepherde : yee all the beastes off the felde 
deuoure them, and they go astraye. 

My shepe go wandringe vpon all moutaynes 
and vpon euery hye hill, yee they be scatred 
abrode in all feldes, and there is no man, that 
careth for them, or seketh after them. 

Therfore o ye shepherdes, heare the worde 
off the LORDE, Thus sayeth the LORDE 
God : As truly as I lyue, for so moch as my 
shepe are robbed, and deuoured off all the 
wylde beestes off the felde, hauynge no shep- 
herde : and seynge that my shepherdes take 
no regarde off my shepe, but fede them selues 
only, and not my shepe : Therfore heare y 
worde off the LORDE, o ye shepherdes : 
Thus sayeth the LORDE God: Beholde, I 
my selff will vpon the shepherdes, and requyre 
my shepe from their hondes, and make the 
ceasse from fedynge of my shepe : yee the 
shepherdes shall fede them selues nomore : 
For I will delyuer my shepe out off their 
mouthes so that they shall not deuoure them 
after this. 

For thus saieth the LORDE God: Be- 
holde, s I will loke to my shepe myselff, and 
seke them. Like as a shepherde amoge the 
flocke seketh after the shepe that are scatred 

/ 1 Pe. 5. a. e lob. 10. a. Heb. 13. d. 1 Pe. 2. c. 5. a. 



Cftap, mb* 



Cfre pnipfret <&\tityth 



jfcu ttttmfa 



abrode, euen so will I seke after my shepe, 
and gather them together out off all places, 
where they haue bene scatred in the cloudy 
and darcke daye. I will bringe them out 
from all people, and gather them together 
out of all londes. I will bringe the in to their 
owne londe, and fede them vpon the moun- 
taynes off Israel, by the ryuers, and in all the 
places of the countre. I will fede them in 
right good pastures, and vpon the hie moun- 
taynes off Israel shall their foldes be. There 
shal they lye in a good folde, ad in a fat 
pasture shall they fede : euen vpon the moun- 
taynes of Israel. 

I will fede my shepe myselff, and bringe 
them to their rest, sayeth the LORDE God. 
Soch as be lost, will I seke : " soch as go 
astraye, wil I brynge agayne : soch as be 
woiided, will I bynde vp : soch as be weake, 
will I make stronge : soch as be fat and well 
lykinge, those will I preserue, and fede them 
with f thinge that is laufull. And as for you 
(o my shepe) sayeth the LORDE God : I will 
put a difference amonge the shepe, * amonge 
the wethers ad the goates. Was it not ynough 
for you, to eat vp the good pasture, but ye 
must treade downe the residue of youre pas- 
ture with youre fete also? Was it not ynough 
for you to drynke cleare water, but ye must 
trouble the residue also with youre fete ? 

Thus my shepe must be fayne to eate y thinge, 
that ye haue troden downe with youre fete, and 
to drynke it, that ye with youre fete haue defyled. 

Therfore, thus sayeth the LORDE God 
vnto them : Beholde, I will seuer the fat 
shepe from the leane : for so moch as ye haue 
shot the weake shepe ap5 f sydes & shulders, 
and runne vpon them with youre homes, so 
longe till ye haue vtterly scatred them abrode.. 
I wil helpe my shepe, so y they shal nomore 
be spoyled : yee I wil discerne one shepe from 
another. I wil rayse vp vnto them one only 
shepherde : c euen my seruaunt Dauid, he shal 
fede the, and he shal be their shepherde. I 
the LORDE wil be their God, and my ser- 
uaunt Dauid shal be their prince : Euen I the 
LORDE haue spoken it. 

Morouer, I wil make a couenaunt of peace 
with them, and dryue all euell beastes out of 
the londe : so that they maye dwell safely in 
the wildernesse, and slepe in the woddes. 



" Luc. 4. b. Ioh. 10. a. b Matt. 25. c. 
Act. 2. c. Mich. 5. a. d Deu. 11. b. 28. b. 



= Iere. 30. b. 
■ Psal. 94. b. 



Good fortune £ prosperite wil I geue them, 
and vnto all that be rounde aboute my hill. 
d A prosperous shower and rayne wil I sende 
them in due season, that the trees in the wodde 
maye bringe forth their frutes, (j f grounde 
hir increase. They shalbe safe in their londe, 
and shal knowe, that I am the LORDE, 
which haue broke their yocke, and delyuered 
them out of the hondes of those, that helde 
them in subieccion. 

They shal nomore be spoyled of the Heithen, 
ner deuoured with the beastes of the I5de : but 
safely shal they dwell, & no man shall fraye 
them. I wil set vp an excellet plate for them, 
so y they shal suffre no more hunger in the 
londe, nether beare the reprofe of y Heithen 
eny more. Thus shal they vnderstonde, that 
I the LORDE their God am with them, (j y 
they (euen the house of Israel) are my people, 
saieth the LORDE God. Ye men are my 
flocke, ye are the shepe of my pasture : e and 
I am youre God, saieth the LORDE God. 

Che jrrrt). Chapter. 

MOROUER, the worde of the LORDE 
came vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne 
of man, turne thy face towarde the mount 
Seir, prophecy vpon it, j saye vnto it : -'Thus 
saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, (o thou 
mount Seir) I will vpon the, I will reach out 
myne hode ouer the, yee waist (j desolate wil 
I make the. Thy cities wil I breake downe, 
5 thou shalt lye voyde : that thou mayest 
knowe, how that I am the LORDE. s For 
so moch as thou bearest an olde enemyte 
agaynst the children of Israel, g with a cruel 
honde hast made them afrayed, what tyme as 
they were troubled (j punyshed for their synne : 
Therfore, as truly as I lyue (saieth y LORDE 
God) I wil prepare the vnto bloude, yee bloude 
shal folowe vpon the: ''seinge thou layest 
waite for bloude, therfore shall bloude perse- 
cute the. Thus wil I make the mount Seir 
desolate & waist, and bringe to passe, that there 
shall no man go thither, ner come from thence. 
His mountaynes wil I fyll with his slayne men : 
thy hilles, dales and valleys shal lye full of 
them, that are slayne with y swearde. I wil 
make the a perpetuall wildernesse, so that 
noman shal dwell in thy cities : y ye maye 
knowe, how y I am the LORDE. 

36. a. 



/ Esa. 34. a. Iere. 49. 1 
s Nu. 20. c. Deu. 2. a. 



Eze. 25. b. 32. f. 
A 1 Mac. 5. a. 



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And because thou hast sayde : what, both 
these nacions and both these londes must be 
myne, 5 I wil haue them in possession, " where 
as the LORDE was there. Therfore, thus 
saieth the LORDE God: As truly as I lyue, 
I will hadle the acordinge to thy wrath and 
gelousy, like as thou hast dealt cruelly with 
them : that I maye be knowne amoge them, 
how I haue punyshed the. Yee and that thou 
also mayest be sure, that I the LORDE haue 
herde all thy despyteful wordes, which thou 
hast spoke agaynst the mountaynes of Israel, 
sayenge : Lo, they are made waist, and geuen 
vs to deuoure. 

Thus with youre mouthes ye haue made 
youre boost agaynst me, yee (£ multiplied youre 
proude wordes agaynst me, which I haue 
herde altogether. Where vnto, thus saieth f 
LORDE God : when the whole worlde is in 
wealth, then wil I make the waist. * And like 
as thou (o mount Seir) wast glad, because the 
heretage of the house of Israel was destroyed: 
euen so wil I do vnto the also, that thou and 
whole Edom shall be destroyed, 5 knowe, that 
I am the LORDE. 

Cftc rrrbt. Cfiaptev. 

THOU sonne of man, prophecie vpon the 
mountaynes of Israel/ & speake : Heare 
the worde of the LORDE, o ye mountaynes 
of Israel: Thus saieth the LORDE God: 
Because youre enemie hath sayde vpon you: 
A ha, y hie euerlastynge places are now be- 
come ours : prophecy therfore, (j speake : thus 
saieth y LORDE God : Seinge ye be waisted 
(j trode downe on euery syde, (i become a 
possession vnto f resydue of y Getiles, which 
haue brought you in to mes mouthes & vnto 
an euel name amonge y people: Therfore, 
heare the worde of the LORDE God, o ye 
mountaynes of Israel: Thus saieth the 
LORDE God vnto the mountaynes and 
hilles, valleys g dales, to the voyde wilder- 
nesses d desolate cities, which are spoyled, and 
had in derision on euery syde, amonge the 
resydue of the Heithe : Yee eue thus saieth 
the LORDE God : In the fyre of my gelousy 
haue I taken a deuyce, agaynst the resydue of 
the Getiles, and agaynst all Edom : which haue 
take in my lode vnto the selues for a possession : 
which also reioysed fro their whole herte with a 
despiteful stomacke, to waist it, and to spoyle it. 



Exo. 25. c. 



Eze. 22. 



Prophecy therfore vpon the londe of Israel, 
speake vnto y mountaynes and hilles, to valleys 
and dales, thus saieth the LORDE God: 
Beholde, this haue I deuysed in my gelousy 
and terrible wrath : For so moch as ye haue 
sufrred reprofe of the Heithen, therfore thus 
saieth the LORDE God: I haue sworne, that 
the Gentiles which lye aboute you, shal beare 
youre confucion them selues. And as for you 
(o mountaynes of Israel) ye shall shute out 
youre braunches, and bringe forth youre frute 
to my people of Israel, for it is harde by, that 
it wil come. 

Beholde, I come vnto you, and vnto you 
will I turne me, that ye maye be tylled and 
sowen. I wil sende you moch people, which 
shalbe all of the house of Israel: the cities 
shalbe inhabited, and f decayed places shalbe 
repayred againe. I wil prouyde you with 
moch people and catell, which shal increase 5 
bringe frute. I wil restore you also to youre 
olde estate, and shewe you more kindnes the 
euer ye had before : wherby ye shal knowe, y 
I am the LORDE. Yee people wil I sende 
vnto you (o my folke of Israel) which shal 
haue the in possession, and thou shalt be their 
inheritaunce, so that thou shalt nomore be 
without them. Agayne, thus saieth the 
LORDE God: For so moch as they saye 
vnto you : thou art an eater vp of men, and a 
waister of thy people : therfore thou shalt eate 
no mo men, nether destroye thy people eny 
more, saieth the LORDE God. And I wil 
not suffre the, for to heare thine owne con- 
fucion amonge the Gentiles from hensforth. 
Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the nacions, 
ner cast out thine owne people enymore, saieth 
the LORDE God. 

Morouer, the worde of the LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge : O thou sonne of ma, when 
the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne 
grounde, they defyled them selues with their 



owne wayes (j ymagmacions : 



that 



my 



sight their waye was like the vnclennesse of a 
menstruous woman. Wherfore I poured my 
wrothfull displeasure vpon them, because of 
the bloude that they had shed in the londe, g 
because of their Idols, wherwith they had de- 
fyled them selues. I scatred them also amonge 
the Heithen, so that they were strowed aboute 
in the lodes. Acordinge to their wayes & aftei 
their owne inuencions, so dyd I punysh them. 



Gfcap, mbih 



Cfte propfiet a^ecftiel. 



jfru fcrrrlu 



" Now when they were gone vnto the 
Heithen, and come in amonge them, they 
dishonoured my holy name : so that it was 
sayde of them : Are these the people of God, 
<j must go out of their owne londe ? Then 
spared I my holy name, which y house of 
Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentiles, 
to whom they came. Therfore tell y house 
of Israel: Thus saieth the LORDE God: I 
do not this for youre sakes (O house of Israel) 
but for my holy names sake, which ye dis- 
honoured amoge the Heithen, when ye came 
to them. Therfore, I wil halowe my greate 
name agayne, which amonge the Getiles is 
euel spoken of: for ye youre selues haue 
dishonoured it amoge them. And the Gen- 
tiles shal knowe, that I am the LORDE, when 
I am honoured in you before their eyes, saieth 
y LORDE God. 

As for you, I wil take you from amonge 
the Heithen, and gather you together out of 
all countrees, and bringe you agayne in to 
youre owne londe. *Then will I poure cleare 
water vpon you, 5 ye shalbe clene : Yee from 
all youre vnclennesse and from all youre Idols 
shal I dense you. A new herte also wil I 
geue you, c and a new sprete wil I put in to 
you : As for that stony hert, I will take it out i 
of youre body, and d geue you a fleszshy herte. 
I wil geue you my sprete amonge you, and 
cause you to walke in my commaundemetes, 
to kepe my lawes, and to fulfill them. 

And so ye shall dwell in the londe, that I 
gaue to youre forefathers, j ye shal be my 
people, and I wil be youre God. I wil helpe 
you out of all youre vnclenesse, I wil call for 
the corne, and wil increase it, and wil let you 
haue no honger. I will multiplie the frutes 
of the trees and y increase of the felde for 
you, so that ye shal beare no more reprofe of 
honger amoge the Heithe. Then shal ye 
remebre youre owne wicked wayes, and youre 
ymaginacios, which were not good: so that 
ye shal take displeasure at youre owne selues, 
by reason of youre synnes and abhominacions. 

But I wil not do this for youre sakes (saieth 
the LORDE God) be ye sure of it. Ther- 
fore (o ye house of Israel) be ashamed of youre 
synnes. Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE 
God : what tyme as I shal clese you from all 
youre offences, then wil I make the cities to 



Ro. 2. c. Esa. 52. b. 
c Eze. 11. d. 18. e. 



4 Esa. 44. a. Iere. 17. c. 
Deu.8.d. e Iere. 50. a. 



be occupied agayne, and wil repayre the 
places that be decayed. The desolate londe 
shal be buylded agayne, which afore tyme 
laye waist, in the sight of all them, that wete 
by. Then shal it be sayde : This waist lode 
is become like a garden of pleasure, and the 
voyde, desolate and broke downe cities, are 
now stronge, and fensed agayne. Then the 
residue of the Heithen that lye rounde aboute 
you, shal knowe, that I am the LORDE, which 
repayre that was broken downe, and plante 
agayne, that was made waist. Euen I the 
LORDE haue spoken it, ^ wil do it in dede. 
Thus saieth the LORDE God : I wil yet 
once be founde agayne of y house of Israel, ij 
do this for them : e I shal increase them as a 
flocke of men. Like as the holy flocke and 
the flocke of Ierusalem are in the hie solempne 
feastes: so shal also the wilde waisted cities 
be fylled with flockes of men : and they shal 
knowe, that I am the LORDE. 

Che rrrbtj. Cfiaptn-. 

THE honde of the LORDE came vpon 
me, (j caried me out in the sprete of the 
LORDE, (j let me downe in a playne felde, 
that laye full of bones, g he led me rounde 
aboute by them : & beholde, the bones that 
laye vpon the felde, were very many, {j mar- 
uelous drye also. Then sayde he vnto me : 
Thou sonne of man: thinkest thou these bones 
maye lyue agayne ? I answered : O LORDE 
God, thou knowest. And he sayde vnto me : 
Prophecy thou vpon these bones, & speake 
vnto them : Ye drye bones, heare the worde 
of the LORDE. Thus saieth the LORDE 
God vnto these bones: Beholde, I will put 
breth in to you, that ye maye lyue : I wil geue 
you synowes, j make flesh growe vpon you, (j 
couer you ouer with skynne : j so geue you 
breth/ that ye maye lyue, and knowe, that I 
am the LORDE. 

s So I prophecied, as he had cSmaunded 
me. And as I was prophecienge, there came 
a noyse and a greate mocion, so that the bones 
ranne euery one to another. Now whe I had 
loked, beholde, they had synowes, and flesh 
grewe vpon them : and aboue they were 
couered with skynne, but there was no breth 
in them. Then sayde he vnto me: Thou 
sonne of man, prophecie thou towarde the 

/Gene. 2. b. s l Cor. 15. a. 



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Win propfret (fyttbitl 



Cfcap. mbiij* 



wynde : prophecy, and speake to the wynde : 
Thus saieth the LORDE God : Come (o thou 
ayre) from the foure wyndes, & blowe vpon 
these slayne, that they maye be restored to 
life. So I prophecied, as he had commaunded 
me : Then came the breth in to them, and 
they receaued life, and stode vp vpon their 
fete, a maruelous greate sorte. 

Morouer, he sayde vnto me : Thou sonne 
of man, these bones are the whole house of 
Israel. Beholde, they saye : "oure bones are 
dryed vp, oure hope is gone, we are clene cut 
of. Therfore prophecie thou, & speake vnto 
them. Thus saieth the LORDE God: Be- 
holde, I wil open youre graues (o my people) 

take you out of youre sepulcres, 5 bringe 
you in to the londe of Israel agayne. So shall 
ye knowe y I am the LORDE, when I open 
youre graues, 5 bringe you out of them. My 
sprete also wil I put in you, & ye shal lyue : I 
wil set you agayne in youre owne londe, and 
ye shal knowe, that I am the LORDE, which 
haue sayde it, and fulfilled it in dede. 

The worde of the LORDE came vnto me, 
sayenge : Thou sonne of man, take a sticke 
and wryte vpon it : Vnto Iuda 5 to the 
children of Israel his companyons. Then 
take another sticke, and wryte vpon it : Vnto 
Ioseph the stocke of Ephraim, and to all the 
housholde of Israel his companyons. And 
than take both these together in thine honde, 
so shal there be one stycke therof. Now yf 
the childre of thy people saye vnto the : wilt 
thou not shewe vs, what thou meanest by 
these ? Then geue them this answere : Thus 
saieth the LORDE God : Beholde, * I wil 
take the stocke of Ioseph, which is in the honde 
of Ephraim and of the trybes of Israel his 
felowes, and wil put them to the stocke of Iuda, 
(5 make them one stocke, and they shal be one 
in my honde. And the two stickes where vpon 
thou wrytest, shalt thou haue in thine honde, 
that they maye se, and shalt saye vnto them : 

Thus saieth the LORDE God : beholde, 
I wil take awaye the childre of Israel from 
amonge the Heithen, vnto whom they be gone, 
and wil gather them together on euery syde, 
and bringe them agayne in to their owne 
londe : yee I wil make one people of the in f 
londe, vpon the mountaynes of Israel, and 
they all shal haue but one kinge. They shall 
nomore be two peoples from hensforth, nether 



Eze. 33. 



Osee 1. 



be deuyded in to two kingdomes : they shal 
also defyle the selues nomore with their 
abhominacions, Idols and all their wicked- 
doinges. I wil helpe the out of all their 
dwelfinge places, wherin they haue synned: 
U will so dense them, that they shalbe my 
people, and I their God. 

" Dauid my seruaunt shalbe their kinge, J 
they all shal haue one shepherde only. They 
shal walke in my lawes, and my commaunde- 
mentes shal they both kepe 5 fulfill. They 
shal dwell in the londe, that I gaue vnto Iacob 
my seruaunt, where as youre fathers also haue 
dwelt. Yee eue in the same londe shal they, 
their children, 5 their childers children dwell 
for euermore : and my seruaunt Dauid shal be 
their euerlastynge prynce. Morouer, I will 
make a bonde of peace with them, which shal 
be vnto them an euerlastinge couenaunt. I 
wil sattle the also, and multiplie them, my 
Sanctuary wil I set amonge the for euermore. 

My dwellinge shalbe with them, yee I wil 
be their God, & they shalbe my people. Thus 
the Heithen also shal knowe, that I the 
LORDE am f holy maker of Israel : whe my 
Sanctuary shal be amonge them for euer more. 

Cfje yrjrbit). Cfjaptfr. 

AND the worde of the LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge : Thou sonne of man, 
turne thy face towarde Gog in the londe of 
Magog, which is the chefe prynce at Mesech 
and Tubal : prophecy agaynst him, and saye : 
<*Thus saieth the LORDE God: e O Gog thou 
chefe prynce of Mesech and Tubal : beholde, 
I wil vpon the, and wil turne the aboute, and 
put a bytt in thy chawes : I wil bringe the 
forth and all thine hoost, both horse 5 hbrs- 
men, which be all weapened of the best 
fashion: a greate people, that handle altogether 
speares, shyldes, and swerdes: the Perses. 
Moryans and with them the Lybians, which 
all beare shyldes and helmettes : Gomer, and 
all his hoostes: the house of Thogorma out 
of the north quarters, and all his hoostes, yee 
and moch people with the. 

Therfore prepare the, set thy self in araye 
with all thy people, that are come vnto the by 
heapes, and be thou their defence. After 
many dayes thou shalt be visited, and in the 
latter yeares thou shalt come in to the lode, 
that hath bene destroyed with the swearde, 5 

c Eze. 34. d. Ioh. 10. b. d Eze. 39. « Apo. 20. c. 



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now is replenished agayne with dyuerse people 
vpon the mountaynes of Israel, which haue 
loge lyen waist. Yee they be brought out of 
the nacions, 5 dwell all safe. Thou shalt come 
vp like a stormy wether, to couer the lode, 
and as it were a darcke cloude : thou with all 
thine hoostes, and a greate multitude of people 
with the. 

Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE God: 
At the same tyme shal many thinges come 
in to thy mynde, so that thou shalt ymagyn 
myschefe, and saye : I wil vp to yonder playne 
londe, seinge they syt at ease, and dwell so 
safely (for they dwell all without eny walles, 
they haue nether barres nor dores) to spoyle 
them, to robbe the, to laye honde vpon their 
so wel inhabited wildernesses : agaynst that 
people, y is gathered together from amonge 
the Heithe, which haue gotten catell and good, 
and dwell in the myddest of the londe. Then 
shal Saba and Dedan and the marchauntes of 
Tharsis with all their Worthies, saye vnto the : 
Art thou come to robbe ? Hast thou gathered 
thy people together, because thou wilt spoyle ? 
to take syluer and golde : to cary awaye catell 
and good : and to haue a greate pray ? 

Therfore, o thou sonne of man, thou shalt 
prophecie, and saye vnto Gog : Thus saieth 
the LORDE God : In that daye thou shalt 
knowe, that my people of Israel dwelleth safe : 
and shalt come from thy place, out of the 
north partes : thou and moch people with the, 
which ryde vpon horses, wherof there is a 
greate multitude and an innumerable sorte. 
Yee thou shalt come vpon my people of Israel, 
as a cloude to couer the lode. This shal come 
to passe in the latter dayes : I wil bringe the 
vp in to my londe, that the Heithen maye 
knowe me, when I get me honoure vpon the 
(o Gog) before their eyes. 

Thus saieth the LORDE God: Thou art 
he, of whom I haue spoken afore tyme, by 
my seruauntes y prophetes of Israel, which 
prophecied in those dayes 5 yeares, that I 
shulde bringe the vpon them. At the same 
tyme, when Gog commeth vp in to the londe 
of Israel (saieth the LORDE God) shal my 
indignacio go forth in my wrath. For in my 
gelousy and hote displeasure a I haue deuysed, 
that there shalbe a greate trouble in the londe 
of Israel at that tyme. The very fyszshes in 
the see, the foules of the ayre, the beestes of 

° Dan. 12. a. Mat. 24. b. Luc. 21. c. 



the felde, and all the men y are vpon the 
earth, shal tremble for feare of me. 

The hilles also shalbe turned vp side downe, 
the stayres of stone shal fall, and all walles 
shal syncke to the grounde. I wil call for a 
swearde vpon them in all my mountaynes 
saieth the LORDE God: so that euerymans 
swearde shal be vpon another. With pestilece 
and bloude wil I punysh him : stormy rayne 
and hale stones, fyre and brymstone, wil I 
cause to rayne vpon him and all his heape, 
yee and vpon all that greate people that is with 
him. Thus wil I be magnified, honoured, and 
knowne amonge the Heithen : that they maye 
be sure, how y I am y LORDE. 

Cfie rrrtr. Chapter. 

THERFORE o thou sonne of man, 
prophecie agaynst Gog, and speake : 
Thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, 
o Gog: *thou chefe prynce at Mesech and 
Tubal, I wil vpon the, and turne the aboute, 
(j carie the forth, g lede y from the north 
partes, and bringe the vp to the mountaynes 
of Israel. As for thy bowe, I wil smyte it 
out of thy left honde, and cast thine arowes 
out of thy right honde. Thou with all thine 
heape, and all the people that is with the, 
must fall vpon the mountaynes of Israel. 
Then wil I geue the vnto y foules and wilde 
beastes of the felde, to be deuoured: there 
must thou lye vpon the felde : for eue I the 
LORDE haue spoken it, saieth the LORDE 
God. 

In to Magog, and amonge those that sit so 
carelesse in the lies : wil I sende a fyre, and 
they shal knowe, y I am the LORDE. I wil 
make also the name of my holynesse to be 
knowne amonge my people of Israel : and I 
will not let my holy name be euel spoken of 
enymore: but the very Heithen also shal 
knowe, that I am the LORDE, the holy one 
of Israel. Beholde, it commeth, and shalbe 
fulfilled in dede, saieth the LORDE God. 
This is the daye, wherof I haue spoken : 
They that dwell in y cities of Israel, shal go 
forth and set fyre vpon the weapens, and burne 
them : shyldes and speres, bowes and arowes, 
bylles and clubbes : seuen yeares shall they be 
burnynge therof, so that they shall els bringe 
no stickes from y felde, nether haue nede to 
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shall haue weapens ynew to burne. They 
shal robbe those that robbed them, and spoyle 
those that spoyled them, saieth y LORDE God. 
At the same tyme will I geue vnto Gog, a 
place to be buried in, in Israel: eue the valley, 
where thorow men go from the east to the see 
warde. Those that trauayle therby, shal 
abhorre it. There shal Gog and all his peo- 
ple be buried : and it shalbe called the valley 
of the people of Gog. Seuen monethes longe 
shall the house of Israel be burienge of them, 
that they maye dense the lode : Yee all the 
people of the londe shal burie them. O it 
shal be a glorious daye, when I get me that 
honoure, saieth the LORDE God. They 
shal ordene men also to be deedburiers, euer 
goinge thorow the lode, and appoynte them 
certayne places to bury those in, which re- 
mayne vpon the felde, that the londe maye 
be clensed. From ende to ende shal they 
seke, and that vij monethes loge. Now those 
that go thorow the londe, where they se a 
mans bone, they shall set vp a token by it, till 
the deedburiers haue buried it also, in the 
valley of the people of Gog. And the name 
of the cite shalbe called Hamona : Thus shall 
they make the londe clene. 

And thou sonne of man : thus saieth the 
LORDE God: Speake vnto all the foules 
and euery byrde, yee and to all the wilde 
beastes of the felde : heape you together and 
come, gather you roiide aboute vpo my 
slaughter, that I haue slayne for you : euen a 
greate slaughter vpon the mountaynes of 
Israel: eate flesh, and drynke bloude. a Ye 
shal eate y flesh of the worthies, and drynke 
the bloude of the prynces of the londe : of the 
wethers, of the lambes, of the goates, and of 
the oxen that be all slayne at Basan. Eate f 
fat youre bely full, and drynke bloude, till ye 
be droncken of the slaughter, which I haue 
slayne vnto you. Fyl you at my table, with 
horses j stronge horsmen : with captaynes and 
all me of warre, saieth the LORDE God. 

I will bringe my glory also amonge the 
Gentiles, that all the Heithen maye se my 
iudgment, that I haue kepte, and my honde 
which I haue layed vpon them : that y house 
of Israel maye knowe, how that I am | 
LORDE their God, from that daye forth. 
And the Heithen shal knowe, that where as 
the house of Israel were led in to captiuyte : 

Apo. 19. d. 



it was for their wickednes sake, because they 
offended me. 

For the which cause I hyd my face from 
them, and delyuered them in to the hondes of 
their enemies, that they might all be slayne 
with the swearde. Acordinge to their vnclen- 
nesse and vnfaithfull dealinges, so haue I en- 
treated them, and hyd my face from them. 
Therfore thus saieth y LORDE God : Now 
will I bringe agayne the captyues of Iacob, 
and haue mercy vpon the whole house of 
Israel, and be gelous for my holy names sake. 
All their confucion and offence that they haue 
done agaynst me, shal be taken awaye : and so 
safely shal they dwell in their londe, that no 
man shal make them afrayed. And when I 
haue brought the agayne from amonge the 
people, when I haue gathered them together 
out of their enemies londes, and am praysed 
in them before many Heithen : then shall 
they knowe, that I am the LORDE their 
God, which suffred them to be led in to cap- 
tiuyte amonge the Heithen, but now haue 
brought them agayne in to their owne londe, 
and not left one of them yonder. 

After that, will I hyde my face nomore 
from them, but will poure out my sprete vpon 
the house of Israel/ saieth the LORDE God. 

Cfie rl. Cfiapter. 

IN the xxv yeare of oure captiuyte, in the 
begynnynge of the yeare, the x daye of 
the moneth : that is the xiiij yeare, after that 
y cite was smytten downe : the same daye 
came the honde of the LORDE vpon me, 
and caried me forth : euen in to the londe of 
Israel brought he me in the visions of God : 
and set me downe vpo a maruelous hie moun- 
tayne, whervpon there was a buyldinge (as it 
had bene of a cite) to warde the north. 

Thither he caried me, and beholde, there 
was a man, whose similitude was like brasse, 
which had a threde of flax in his honde, and 
a meterodde also. He stode in the dore, 5 
sayde vnto me : marcke well with thine eyes, 
herken to with thine eares, and fasten it in 
thine hert, what so euer I shal shewe the, for 
to the intent that they might be shewed the, 
therfore art thou brought hither. And what 
soeuer thou seyst, thou shalt certifie the house 
of Israel therof. 

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rounde aboute the house : the meterodde that 
he had in his honde, was six cubites longe % a 
sparine. So he measured the bredth of the 
buyldinge, which was a meterodde, and the 
heyth also a meterodde. Then came he vnto 
the east dore, and wente vp the stares, (j mea- 
sured the postes of the dore : wherof euery one 
was a meterodde thicke. Euery chambre was 
a meterodde longe and brode : betwene the 
chambers were fyue cubites. The poste of 
the dore within the porche, was one mete- 
rodde. He measured also the porche of the 
ynnermer dore, which conteyned a meterodde. 
The measured he the entrie of the dore, that 
conteyned eght cubites, and his pilers two 
cubites : and this entrie stode inwarde. 

The chambers of the dore eastwarde, were 
thre on euery syde: alike brode and longe. 
The pilers also that stode of both the sydes, 
were of one measure. After this, he measured 
the wydenesse of the dore : which was x 
cubites, £ the heyth of the dore xiij cubites. 
The edge before the chabres was one cubite 
brode vpo both the sydes, & the chambres six 
cubites wyde of either syde. He measured y 
dore from the rygge of one chabre to another, 
whose wydenesse was xxv cubites, (j one dore 
stode agaynst another. He made pilers also 
lx cubites hie, rounde aboute the courte dore. 
Before the inwarde parte vnto the fore entre 
of the ynnermer dore, were fiftie cubites. 
The chambers and their pilers within, rounde 
aboute vnto f dore, had syde wyndowes : So 
had the fore entries also, whose wyndowes 
wente rounde aboute within. And vpon the 
pilers there stode date trees. 

Then brought he me in to the fore courte, 
where as were chabres & paued workes, made 
in f fore courte roude aboute : xxx chabres 
vpon one paued worcke. Now the paued 
worke was a loge besyde the dores, and that 
was the lower paued worke. After this, he 
measured f bredth from the lower dore, vnto 
the ynnermer courte of the out syde, which 
had an hundreth cubites vpon the east & the 
north parte. And the dore in the vttemost 
courte towarde the north, measured he after 
the legth and bredth : his thre chambres also 
on either syde, with his pilers cj fore entries : 
which had euen the measure of the first dore. 
His heyth was fiftie cubites, the bredth xxv 
cubites : his wyndowes g porches with his date 
trees, had euen like measure as the dore 



towarde the east : there were vij steppes to 
go vp vpo, <j their porche before them. Now 
f dore of the ynnermer courte stode straight 
ouer agaynst the dore, that was towarde f 
north east. From one dore to another, he 
measured an C cubites. 

After that, he brought me to the south 
syde, where there stode a doi'e towarde y 
south : whose pilers and porches he measured, 
these had the fyrst measure, (t. with their 
porches they had wyndowes rounde aboute, 
like the first wyndowes. The heyth was 1 
cubites, y bredth xxv, with steppes to go vp 
vpon : his porche stode before him, with his 
pilers and date trees on either syde. And the 
dore of the ynnermer courte stode towarde 
the south, (j he measured from one dore to 
another an C cubites. So he brought me in 
to f ynnermer courte, thorow the dore of the 
south syde : which he measured, j it had the 
measure a fore sayde. In like maner, his 
chambres, pilers and fore entries, had euen 
the fore sayde measure also. And he had 
with his porches rounde aboute, wyndowes of 
1 cubites hye, & xxv cubites brode. The 
porches rounde aboute were xxv cubites longe, 
and v cubites brode : and his porch reached 
vnto y vttemost courte : vpon his pilers there 
were date trees, and viij steppes to go vp vpon. 

He brought me also in to the ynmost courte 
vpon the east syde, and measured the dore, 
acordinge to y measure afore sayde. His 
chabers, pilers and porches had euen the same 
measure, as the first had : g with his porches 
he had wyndowes roiide aboute. The heith 
was 1 cubites, y bredth xxv cubites : His porches 
reached vnto the vttemost courte : his pilers 
also had date trees on either syde, and viij 
steppes to go vp vpon. And he brought me 
to the north dore, and measured it, which 
also had the foresayde measure. His chabres, 
pilers and porches had wyndowes rounde 
aboute : whose heyth was 1 cubites, and the 
bredth xxv. His pilers stode towarde the vtte- 
most courte, and vpon them both were date 
trees, and viij steppes to go vp vpon. There 
stode a chambre also, whose intrauce was at 
the dore pilers, and there the burntoffringes 
were waszshed. 

In the dore porche, there stode on ether 
syde two tables for the slaughtinge : to slaye 
the brentoffringes, synneoffringes and tres- 
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as men go forth to the north dore, there stode 
two tables. Foure tables stode on ether 
syde of the dore, that is viij tables, whervpon 
they slaughted. Foure tables were of hewen 
stone for the burntoffringes, of a cubite and 
a half longe and brode, and one cubite hie : 
whervpon were layed f vessels and orna- 
mentes, which were vsed to, the burnt 5 slayne 
offeringes, when they were slaughted. And 
within there were hokes foure fyngers brode, 
fastened rounde aboute, to hange flesh vpon, 
(j vpon the tables was layed the offringe flesh. 
On the outsyde of the ynnermer dore were 
the syngers chambers in the inwarde courte 
besyde y north dore ouer agaynst the south. 
There stode one also, besyde the east dore 
north warde. 

And he sayde vnto me : " This chambre on 
the south syde belongeth to the prestes, that 
kepe the habitacion: and this towarde the 
north, is the prestes that wayte vpon the 
aulter : which be the sonnes of Sadoch, that 
do seruyce before the LORDE in steade of 
the children of Leui. So he measured the 
fore courte, which had in length an C cubites, 
and as moch in bredth by the foure corners. 
Now the aulter stode before the house : And 
he brought me to the fore entre of the house, 
and measured the walles by the entre dore : 
which were fyue cubites longe on ether syde. 
The thicknesse also of the dore on ether syde, 
was thre cubites. The legth of the porche 
was xx cubites, the bredth xj. cubites, and 
vpon steppes went men vp to it : by the walles 
also were pilers, on either syde one. 

Che ylt. Chapter. 

AFTER this he brought me to the tem- 
ple, and measured the postes: which 
were of both the sydes vj. cubites thicke, 
acordinge to the wydenesse of the tabernacle. 
The bredth of y dore was x. cubites, (j the 
walles of the dore on either syde fyue cubites. 
He measured the length therof, which con- 
teyned xl. cubites, and the bredth xx. The 
wente he in, and measured the dore postes, 
which were two cubites thicke : but the dore 
it self was sixe cubites, and the bredth of the 
dore was vij. cubites. He measured the legth 
and bredth therof, which were euery one xx. 
cubites, before the temple. 

And he sayde vnto me : this is the holyest 
of all. He measured also the wall of the 



house, which was sixe cubites. The chambres 
y stode rounde aboute f house, were euery 
one foure cubites wyde, and one stode harde 
vpo another, wherof there were xxxiij. And 
there stode postes beneth by the walles rounde 
aboute the house, to beare the vp : but in f 
wall of f house they were not fastened : The 
syde chambres were the hyer the wyder, and 
had steppes thorow them rounde aboute y 
house. Thus was it wyder aboue, that from 
the lowest men might go to the hyest j 
mydde chabers. I sawe also that the house 
was very hye rounde aboute. The foundacion 
of the syde chambres was a meterodde (that 
is sixe cubites) brode. The thicknesse of the 
syde wall without, conteyned fyue cubites, (j 
so dyd y outwall of the chabers in f house. 

Betwene the chambers, was the wydenes 
xx. cubites rounde aboute f house. The 
chambre dores stode ouer agaynst the out 
wall, the one dore was towarde the north, y 
other towarde the south : and the thicknesse 
of the outwall was v cubites rounde aboute. 
Now the buyldinge that was separated towarde 
the west, was lxx. cubites wyde : the wall of 
the buyldinge was v cubites thicke roude 
aboute, and the length foure score cubites and 
ten. So he measured the house which was an 
C. cubites longe, and the separated buyldinge 
with the wall were an C. cubites loge also. 
The wydnesse before the house and of it y 
was separated towarde the east, was an C. 
cubites. 

And he measured the length of the buyld- 
inge before and behinde with the chabers 
vpon both the sydes : and it conteyned an C. 
cubites. The ynnermer temple, the porch of 
the fore courte, y syde postes, these thre had 
syde wyndowes, and pilers rounde aboute ouer 
agaynst the postes, from the grounde vp to 
the wyndowes : The wyndowes them selues 
were syled ouer with bordes : g thus was it 
aboue the dore, vnto the ynmost house, and 
without also : Yee the whole wall on euery 
syde both within and without was syled ouer 
with greate bordes. There were Cherubins 
and date trees made also, so that one date tre 
stode euer betwixte two Cherubins: One 
Cherub had two faces, f face of a man lokinge 
asyde towarde the date tre, and a lyons face 
on the other syde. Thus was it made roiide 
aboute in all the house : Yee the Cherubins 

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and date trees were made from the grounde 
vp aboue the dore, and so stode they also 
vpon the wall of the temple. 

The bypostes of the temple were foure 
squared, and the fashion of the Sanctuary 
was, euen as it appeared vnto me afore in y 
vision. The table was of wodde, thre cubites 
hie and two cubites longer his corners, the 
length and the walles were of wodde. And 
he sayde vnto me: This is the table, that 
shal stonde before the LORDE. The tem- 
ple and the holiest of all had ether of them 
two dores, and euery dore had two litle wick- 
ettes which were folden in one vpon another, 
on euery syde two. And vpon the dores of 
the temple there were made Cherubins and 
date trees, like as vpon the walles : and a 
greate thicke balke of wodde was before on 
the out syde of the porche. Vpo both the 
sydes of the walles of the porche, there were 
made depe wyndowes and date trees, hauynge 
beames and balkes, like as the house had. 

Che rltj. Chapter. 

THEN caried he me out in to the fore 
courte towarde the north, g brought me 
in to the chambre that stode ouer agaynst the 
backebuyldinge northwarde, which had the 
length of an C. cubites, whose dore turned 
towarde the north. The wydenesse conteyned 
L. cubites, ouer agaynst the xx. cubites of 
the ynnermer courte, 5 agaynst the paued 
worke that was in the fore courte. Besyde 
all these thre there stode pilers, one ouer 
against another : And before this chabre there 
was a walkinge place of x. cubites wyde, and 
within was a waye of one cubite wyde, and 
their dores towarde the north. Thus the hyest 
chambres were allwaye narower then the lowest 
and myddelmost of f buildinge : for they bare 
chambre vpon chambre, and stode thre toge- 
ther one vpon another, not hauynge pilers like 
the fore courte: therfore were they smaller 
then those beneth and in the myddest, to 
reken from the grounde vpwarde. 

The wall without that stode by f chambres 
towarde the vttemost courte vpon the fore 
syde of the chambres, was L. cubites loge : 
for the legth of f vttemost chambers in the 
fore courte was L. cubites also: but the 
length therof before the temple was an C, 
cubites. These chambres had vnder them 
an intraunce of the east syde, wherby a man 



might go in to them out of the fore courte, 
thorow the thicke wall of the fore courte 
towarde the east, right ouer agaynst the sepa- 
rated buyldinge. Before the same buyldinge 
vpo this syde there were chabers also, which 
had a waye vnto them, like as the chambers 
on the north syde of the same length and 
wydenesse. 

Their intraunce, fashion and dores were all 
of the same maner. Yee euen like as the 
other chamber dores were, so were those also 
of the south syde. And before the waye 
towarde the syngers steppes on the east syde, 
there stode a dore to go in at. Then sayde he 
vnto me : The chambers towarde the north & 
the south, which stode before the backe buyld- 
inge: those be holy habitacions, wherin the 
prestes that do seruyce before the LORDE, 
must eate the most holy onringes : and there 
must they laye the most holy offringes : meat 
ofFringes, synneoffringes 5 trespaceoffringes, 
for it is an holy place. When the prestes 
come therin, they shal not go out in to the 
fore courte : but (seynge they be holy) they 
shall leaue the clothes of their ministracion, 
and put on other garmentes, when they haue 
eny thinge to do with the people. 

Now when he had measured all the ynner- 
mer house, he brought me forth thorow the 
east porte, and measured the same rounde 
aboute. He measured the east syde with f 
meterodde, which rounde aboute conteyned 
v. C. meteroddes. And the north syde mea- 
sured he, which conteyned rounde aboute 
euen so moch. The other two sydes also 
towarde the south and the west (which he 
measured) conteyned ether of them v. C. 
meteroddes. So he measured all y foure 
sydes where there wente a walle rounde aboute 
v. C. meteroddes longe, and as brode also, 
which separated the holy from the vnholy. 

Che rlttj. Chapter. 

SO he brought me to f dore, that turneth 
towarde the east. Beholde, the came the 
glory of the God of Israel from out of the 
east, whose voyce was like a greate noyse of 
waters, and the earth was lightened with his 
glory. His sight to loke vpon was like the 
first, a that I sawe, when I wente in, what 
tyme as the cite shulde haue bene destroyed 
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of Cobar. ° Then fell I vpon my face, but 
the glory of the LORDE came in to the 
house thorow the east dore. So a wynde toke 
me vp, and brought me in to y ynnermer 
courte : 5 beholde, the house was full of the 
glory of the LORDE. 

I herde one speakinge vnto me out of the 
house, and there stode one by me, that sayde 
vnto me : h O thou sonne of man, this rowme 
is my seate, and the place of my fotesteppes : 
where as I wil dwell amonge the children of 
Israel for euermore : so that the house of 
Israel shal nomore defyle my holy name : 
nether thei, ner their kinges, thorow their 
whordome, thorow their hie places, & thorow 
the deed bodies of their kinges : which haue 
buylded their thresholdes in maner harde vpon 
my thresholdes, and their postes almost at my 
postes : so that there is but a bare wall be- 
twixte me and them. 

Thus haue they defyled my holy name 
with their abhominacions, that they haue 
comitted. Wherfore I haue destroyed them 
in my wrath : But now they shal put awaye 
their whordome and the deed bodies of their 
kinges out of my sight, that I maye dwell 
amoge them for euermore. " Therfore (o thou 
sonne of man) shewe thou the housholde of 
Israel a temple, that they maye be ashamed 
of their wickednesse, and measure them selues 
an example therat. 

And when they be ashamed of all their workes, 
then shewe them the fourme and fashion of the 
temple : the comynge in, the goinge out, all 
the maner and descripcion therof, yee all the 
vses and ordinaunces of it, y they maye kepe 
(j fulfill all the fashions and customes therof. 

This is the descripcion of the house : Aboue 
vpo the mount rounde aboute all the corners, 
it shalbe f holiest of all. Beholde, that is 
the descripcion and fashion of the house. This 
is the measure of the aulter (after the true 
cubite : which is a spanne longer then another 
cubite) his botome in the myddest was a 
cubite longe and wyde, and the ledge that 
wente rounde aboute it, was a spanne brode. 
This is the heyth of the aulter: From the 
grounde to the lower steppes the length is two 
cubites, and the bredth one cubite : and from 
the lower steppes to the higher are foure 
cubites, j the bredth but one cubite. 

Eze. 1. a. Eze. 10. c. 11. d. b Esa. 6. a. 66. a. 

Apo.21.e. c Zac. 2. a. d Exo. 27. a. E Eze. 44. c. 



d The aulter was foure cubites hie, n from 
the aulter vpwarde stode foure homes, and it 
was xij cubites longe and xij cubites brode, 
vpon the foure corners : the coueringe of the 
aulter was xiiij cubites longe and brode vpon 
the foure corners, and the ledge that wente 
rounde aboute, had half a cubite: and the 
botome therof rounde aboute one cubite : his 
steppes stode towarde the easte. And he 
sayde vnto me: Thou sonne of man, thus 
saieth the LORDE God : these are the or- 
dinaunces and lawes of the aulter, in the daye 
whe it is made, to offre burntoffringes, and to 
sprenkle bloude ther vpon. e To the prestes, 
to f Leuites that be of the sede of Sadoch, 
and treade before me to do me seruyce, saieth 
the LORDE God: Vnto these geue thou a 
yonge bullocke, for a synoffringe : & take the 
bloude of him (j sprenkle his foure homes 
withal, i the foure corners of the aulter couer- 
inge, with the ledge that goeth rounde aboute : 
herewith shalt thou dense it/ and reconcile it, 
Thou shalt take the bullock also of the syn- 
offringe, (j burne him in a seuerall place with 
out the Sanctuary. 

The nexte daye, take a gootbuck without 
blemish for a synoffringe, to reconcile the 
aulter withall : like as it was reconciled with 
f bullocke. Now when thou hast made it 
clene, then offre a yonge bullocke without 
blemish, and a ramme out of the flocke with- 
out blemish also: e Offre them before the 
LORDE, and let the prest cast salt thervpon, 
''and geue them so vnto the LORDE for a 
burntoffringe. Seuen dayes shalt thou bringe, 
euery daye a gootbucke. A yonge bullocke 
a ramme of the flocke (both without blemish) 
hal they offre. Seuen dayes shal they re- 
concile and dense the aulter, (j offre vpon it. 
When these dayes are expired, then vpon the 
viij daye and so forth, the prestes shal offre 
their burntoffringes and healthoffringes vpo f 
aulter : so wil I be mercifull vnto you, saieth 
the LORDE God. 

Cfie rlttij. Chapter. 

AFTER this, he brought me agayne to y 
outwarde dore of the Sanctuary on the 
east syde, and that was shut. Then sayde 
the LORDE vnto me : This dore shal be stil 
shut, and not opened for eny ma to go thorow 



Cfrap* xliiij. 



Wi)t prophet (tyttbith 



tfo. togrltj:* 



it, but only for the LORDE God ©f Israel : 
yee he shal go thorow it, els shal it be shut 
still. The prynce himself shal come thorow 
it, that he maye eate bred before the LORDE. 
At the porche shal he come in, and there 
shal he go out agayne. a Then brought he me 
to the dore, vpon the north syde of the house. 
And as I loked aboute me, beholde, the glory 
of the LORDE fylled the house : and I fell 
downe vpon my face. So the LORDE spake 
vnto me : O thou sonne of man, fasten this 
to thine herte, beholde, and take diliget hede 
to all that I wil saye vnto the, concernynge 

the ordinaunces of the LORDE and all 
his lawes : pondre well with thine herte the 
commynge in of the house and the goinge 
forth of the Sanctuary: and tell that obstinate 
housholde of Israel : Thus saieth the LORDE 
God : O house of Israel, ye haue now done 
ynough with all youre abhominacios, seynge 
that ye haue brought in to my Sanctuary 
straungers, hauynge vncircumcised hertes ij 
flesh, where thorow my Sactuary is defiled, 
whe ye offre my bred, fat, & bloude. 

Thus with all youre abhominacions ye haue 
broken my couenaunt, and not kepte the holy 
ordinaunces of my Sanctuary : but set kepers 
of my Sanctuary, euen after youre owne 
mynde. Therfore thus saieth f LORDE 
God : Of all the straungers that dwell amoge 
the childre of Israel, no straunger (whose herte 
ij flesh is not circumcised) shal come within 
my Sanctuary : No ner the Leuites that be 
gone backe fro me, and haue disceaued the 
people of Israel with erroures, goinge after 
their Idols: therfore shal thei beare their 

ne wickednes. Shulde they be set and 
ordened to ministre, vnder the dores of the 
house of my Sanctuary ? and to do seruyce in 
the house : to slaye burntoffringes and sacri- 
fices for y people : to stdde before them, and 
to serue them : seynge the seruyce that they 
do them, is before their Idols, and cause the 
house of Israel to stomble thorow wickednesse? 
*For the which cause I haue pluckte out 
myne honde ouer them (saieth the LORDE) 
so that now they must beare their owne ini- 
quyte, and not to come nye me, to serue me 
with their preasheade, in my Sanctuary, and 
most holyest of all: that they maye beare 
their owne shame and abhominacions, which 



' Exo.40. c. 24. d. Nu.9. c. 3 Reg. 8. b. 2 Par. 7.: 
»3Reg.2.f. c Eze. 43. d. 48. b. * Leui. 19. f. 21. s 



they haue done. Shulde I vse them to be 
porters of the house, and to all the seruyce y 
is done therin ? c But the prestes y Leuites 
the sonnes of Sadoch, that kepte the holy 
ordinaunces of my Sanctuary, when the chil- 
dren of Israel were gone fro me : shal come 
to me, to do me seruyce, to stonde before me, 
and to offre me the fat and the bloude, saieth 
the LORDE God. 

They shall go in to my Sanctuary, and 
treade before my table, to do me seruyce, and 
to waite vp5 myne ordinaunces. Now whe 
they go in' at the dores of the ynnermer courte, 
they shal put on lynnynge clothes, so that no 
wollyne come vpon them: whyle they do 
seruyce vnder the dores of y ynnermer courte, 
and within. They shal haue fayre lynnynge 
bonettes vpon their heades, and lynnynge 
breches vpon their loynes, which in their 
laboure they shal not put aboute them : And 
when they go forth to the people in to the 
outwarde courte, they shal put of the clothes, 
wherin they haue ministred, and laye them in 
the habitacion of the Sanctuary, g put on other 
apparell, lest they onhalowe y people with 
their clothes. 

''They shal not shaue their heades, ner 
norish the bushe of their hayre, but roiide 
their heades only. e All the prestes that go 
in to the ynmost courte, shall drynke no wyne. 
They shall mary no wydowe, nether one that 
is put from hir huszbonde : but a mayde of 
the sede of the house of Israel, or a wydowe, 
that hath had a prest before. 

7 They shal shewe my people the difference 
betwene the holy and vnholy, betwixte the 
clene and vnclene. Yf eny discorde aryse, 
they shal discerne it, and geue sentence after 
my iudgmentes. My solempne feastes, my 
lawes and ordinaunces shal they kepe, and 
halowe my Sabbathes. ? They shal come at 
no deed persone, to defyle them selues : (ex- 
cepte it be father or mother, sonne or doughter, 
brother or sister that hath had yet no hus- 
bonde) in soch they maye be defyled. 

And when he is clensed, there shal be 
rekened vnto him vij dayes : and yf he go in 
to the Sanctuary agayne to do seruyce, he 
shal bringe a synoffringe saieth the LORDE 
God. ; 'They shall haue an heretage, yee I 
my self wilbe their heretage : els shall ye geue 



e Leui. 10. c. 21. b. Ose. 1. 
s Leui. 21. a. Nu. 6.d. h Deu. 



3. a. / Deu. 17. c 

!.a. Nu. 18. c. Iosu. 13. b 



tfo* ttltl 



Cfte propfjet (fyttbkl 



Cfjap* v\b. 



the no possession in Israel, for I am their 
possession. The meatoffringe, synoffringe 5 
trespace offringe shal they eate, and euery 
dedicate thinge in Israel, shalbe theirs. The 
firstlinges of all the first frutes, and all fre 
will offringes shal be the prestes. 

Ye shall geue vnto the prest also the first- 
linges of youre dowe, that God maye prospere 
the resydue. "But no deed carion shall the 
prest eate, ner soch as is deuoured of wilde 
beestes, foules or catell. 

Che rib. Chapter. 

WHEN ye deuyde the lode by the lott, 
ye shal put asyde one parte for the 
LORDE, *to be holy from other londes: 
namely, xxv M meteroddes longe, and x M 
brode. This shalbe holy, as wyde as it is 
rounde aboute. Of this parte there shal be- 
longe vnto the Sanctuary v C meteroddes in all 
the foure corners, and 1 cubites wyde rounde 
aboute to the suburbes. And from this mea- 
sure, namely of xxv M metteroddes longe, and 
x M brode, thou shalt measure, wherin the 
Sanctuary and the holiest of all maye stonde. 

The resydue of that holy grounde shall be 
the prestes, which do seruyce in the Sanctuary 
of the LORDE, and go in before the LORDE 
to serue him, that they maye haue rowme to 
dwell in. 

As for the Sanctuary, it shal stonde for 
itself: and to the Leuites that serue in the 
house, there shalbe geuen xx habitacions, of 
the xxv M legth a x M bredth : ye shal geue 
also vnto the cite a possessio of vM meteroddes 
brode, & xxv M longe, besyde the parte of y 
Sanctuary : that shal be for the whole house 
of Israel. c Vpon both the sydes of the 
Sanctuarys parte, (j by the cite, there shalbe 
geuen vnto the prynce, what so euer lyeth 
ouer agaynst "the cite, as farre as reacheth 
westwarde and eastwarde : which shalbe as 
longe as one parte, fro f west vnto f east. 

This shalbe his owne lode in Israel, that 
my princes be nomore chargeable vnto my 
people. And soch as remayneth yet ouer in 
the londe, shalbe geuen to the house of Israel 
acordinge to their trybes. Thus saieth the 
LORDE God : O ye princes, ye haue now 
oppressed and destroyed ynough : now leaue 
of, handle now acordinge to the thinge, that is 

Exo. 22. d. Leu. 22. a. * Eze. 48. b. c Eze. 48. d. 
d Leui. 19. g. Deut. 25. c. Pro. 20. b. 



equall and laufull : and thrust out my people 
nomore, sayeth y LORDE God. Ye shal haue 
a true weight, a true Epha, 5 a true Bat. 

d The Epha j the Bat shalbe a like. One 
Bat shal coteyne y teth parte of an Homer, 
and so shal one Epha do : their measure shal 
be after f Homer. One Sycle maketh xx. 
Geras. * So xx. Sycles, and xxv. & xv. Sycles 
make a pounde. This is the Heaue offrynge, 
that ye shal geue to be heaued: namely, the xvj. 
parte of an Epha, out of an Homer of wheat : 
and the xvj. parte of an Epha, out of an Homer 
of barlie. The oyle shal be measured with the 
Bat : euen the x. parte of one Bat out of a Cor. 

Ten Battes make one Homer: for one 
Homer maketh ten Battes. And one labe 
from two hundreth shepe out of the pasture of 
Israel, for a meatoffrynge, burntoffrynge and 
healthoffrynge, to recocile them, sayeth the 
LORDE God. All the people of the londe 
shal geue this heaue offrynge with a fre wil. 
Agayne, it shal be the prynces parte to 
offre burntoffrynges, meatoffrynges and drynk- 
offrynges vnto the LORDE, in the holy dayes, 
new Moones, Sabbathes, and in all the hye 
feastes of the house of Israel. The synoffrynge, 
meatofferynge, brentofferynge & healthoffringe 
shal he geue, to recocile the house of Israel. 
Thus sayeth y LORDE God: The first daye 
of the first moneth thou shalt take a yoge 
bullocke without blemysh, and dense the 
Sanctuary. 

So the prest shal take of the bloude of f 
synoffrynge, and sprenkle it vpon the postes 
of the house, and vpon the foure corners of 
the aulter, with the dorepostes of the ynnermer 
courte. And thus shalt thou do also the 
seuenth daye of f moneth (for soch as haue 
synned of ignoraunce, or beynge disceaued) 
to reconcile the house withall. Vpon f xiiij. 
daye of the first moneth ye shal kepe Easter. 
•^Seue dayes shal the feast contynue, wherin 
there shal no sower ner leueded bred be eate. 

Vpon the same daye shal f prynce geue 
for himself and all the people of the londe, a 
bullocke for a synoffringe. And in the feast 
of the seuen dayes he shal offre euery daye a 
bullocke j a ram, that are with out blemysh, 
for a burntoffrynge vnto the LORDE : u an 
he goate daylie for a synoffrynge. For the 
meatoffrynges he shall geue euer an Epha to 



Exo. 30. 1 



Leui. 27. d. 
Leui. 23. 



Nu. 3. g. 
i. Deu. 16. 



Cfcap* jrM 



€i)t prophet (fyttfyitl* 



tfo. fctclu 



a bullocke, an Epha to a ram, 5 an Hin of 
oyle to an Epha. Vpon y xv. daye of the 
seuenth moneth, he shal kepe the seuen dayes 
holy one after another, eue as the other vij. 
dayes: with the synoffrynge, burntoffringe, 
meatoffrynge, and with the oyle. 

Che rlbt. Chapter. 

THUS sayeth the LORDE God : £dore 
of the ynnermer courte towarde the 
east, shall be shut the vj. worke dayes: but 
in the Sabbath and in the daye of the new 
Moone, it shalbe opened. Then shal the 
prynce come vnder the dore porche, & stonde 
still without by the dore cheke. So y prestes 
shall offre vp his burnt 5 healthoffrynges. And 
he shal worshipe at the dore poste, and go his 
waye forth agayne : but y dore shal nomore 
be shut till the euenynge. 

On the same maner shal the people of 
the londe also do their worshipe before the 
LORDE, without this dore vpon the Sab- 
bathes and new Moones. This is now the 
burntoffrynge, that the prynce shall bringe 
vnto the LORDE vpon the Sabbath : sixe 
lambes without blemysh, (j a ram without 
blemysh, and an Epha for a meatoffringe, with 
f ram. As for the lambes, he maye geue as 
many meatoffrynges to them, as he wil, $ an 
Hin of oyle to an Epha. In the daye of the 
new moneth, it shalbe a yonge bullocke with 
out blemysh, sixe lambes (t. a ram also without 
blemysh. With the bullocke he shal geue an 
Epha, and with the ram an Epha also for a 
meatofferinge : but to y lambes, what he maye 
come by : And euer an Hin of oyle to an 
Epha. When the prynce cometh, he shall go 
vnder the dore porche, and euen there departe 
forth agayne. But when the people of the londe 
come before the LORDE in the hye solempne 
feast, as many as come in by the north dore 
to do worshipe, shal go out agayne at the south 
dore. And they that come in at the south dore, 
shal go forth agayne at y north dore. There 
shal none go out at the dore where he came in, 
but shal go forth right ouer on the other syde, 
and the prynce shall go in and out amonge them. 

Vpon the solempne and hie feaste dayes, 
this shalbe the meatofferynge : An Epha to a 
bullock, and an Epha to a ram : and to the 
lambes, as many as he wil, but euer an Hin 
of oyle to an Epha. Now when the prynce 

Leu. 25. b. Nu. 36. c. 



bryngeth aburntofferynge or an healthofferynge 
with a fre wil vnto the LORDE, the east dore 
shalbe opened vnto him, y he maye do with 
his burnt j healthofferynges, as he doth vp5 
the Sabbath : and when he goeth forth, the 
dore shal be shut after him agayne. He shal 
daylie brynge vnto the LORDE a lambe of a 
yeare olde without blemish for a burntofferynge : 
this shall he do euery mornynge. And for a 
meatofferynge he shal geue the sixte parte of 
an Epha, j the thirde parte of an Hin of oyle 
(to myngle with the cakes) euery mornynge. 
Yee this shalbe a daylie meatofferinge vnto 
the LORDE, for an euerlastinge ordinaunce: 
& thus shal the lambe, the meatofferynge and 
oyle be geuen euery mornynge, for a dailie 
burntofferinge. 

Morouer, thus sayeth the LORDE God : 
Yf the prynce geue a gifte vnto eny of his 
sonnes, then shall it be his sonnes heretage 
perpetuall, y he maye possesse it. But yf he 
wil geue one of his seruauntes some of his 
heretage, "it shall be his to the fre yeare, and 
the to l'eturne agayne vnto f prynce : * for his 
heretage shalbe his sonnes only. The prynce 
also shal take none of the peoples enheritaunce, 
ner put the from their possession : but to his 
owne sonnes shal he geue his possession, that 
my people be not scatred abrode, but that 
euery man maye haue his owne. 

And he brought me thorow the intraunce 
at the syde of the dore to y habitacion of the 
Sanctuary, that belongeth to y prestes and 
stode towarde the north, 5 beholde, there was 
a place vpon the west syde, then sayde he vnto 
me : This is the place, where the prestes shall 
dight the trespace and synofferynges, g bake y 
meatofferynges : that they nede not beare the 
in to the outwarde courte, and so to vnhalowe 
the people. So he brought me in to the 
vttemost courte, rounde aboute all the foure 
corners. Beholde, in euery corner of y fore 
courte, there was yet a litle courte. Yee in 
all the foure corners of the courte, there was 
made a litle courte of xl. cubites longe, and 
xxx. cubites brode : these foure litle courtes 
were of one like measure, g there went a rygge 
wall rounde aboute them all foure, vnder the 
which there were harthes made rounde aboute. 
Then sayde he vnto me : This is the kechin, 
where the ministers of the house shal dight the 
slayne offerynges of the people. 

b 3 Re. 21. a. 2 Re. 9. b. 



jfcu tit&fj. 



€i)t propftet (BpxhUfc 



Cfcap, rMj. 



QLty jrtbij. Cifjaptfr. 

AFTER this he brought me agayne before 
the dore of the house : (j beholde, there 
guszshed out waters from vnder y postes of 
the house eastwarde (for the house stode to 
warde the east) that ranne downe vp5 the 
right syde of the house, which lyeth to the 
aulter south warde. The caried he me out 
to the north dore, and brought me forth there 
rounde aboute by the vttemost dore, y turneth 
eastwarde. Beholde, "there came forth the 
water vpon the right syde. Now whan the 
man y had the meterodde in his honde wente 
out vnto the east dore, he measured a M. cu- 
bites, i the he brought me thorow y water, 
eue to the ancles : so he measured yet a 
thousande, 5 brought me thorow y water 
agayne vnto the knees : yet measured he a 
thousande, and brought me thorow the water 
vnto the loynes. After this he measured a 
thousande agayne, then was it soch a ryuer, y 
I might not wade thorow it : The water was 
so depe, that it was nedefull to haue swymmed, 
for it might not be waded ouer. And he sayde 
vnto me : hast thou sene this, o thou sonne of 
man? and with that, he brought me to the 
ryuer banck agayne. 

Now when I came there, there stode many 
trees vpon ether syde of the ryuer backe. 
Then sayde he vnto me: This water that 
floweth out towarde the east, and runneth 
downe in to the playne felde, commeth in to 
the see : and from the see it runneth out, j 
maketh the waters whole. Yee all that hue 
and moue, where vnto this ryuer commeth, 
shal recouer. And where this water cometh, 
there shalbe many fysh. For all that commeth 
to this water, shall be lusty and whole. By 
this riuer shal the fyszshers stonde from En- 
gaddi vnto En Eglaim, g there sprede out their 
nettes : for there shalbe greate heapes of fysh, 
like as in the mayne see. As for his claye 
and pyttes, they shal not be whole, for why, 
it shalbe occupide for salt. 

By this ryuer vpon both the sydes of the 
shore, there shall growe all maner of frutefull 
trees, whose leaues shall not fall of, nether 
shal their frute perish : * but euer be rype at 
their monethes, for their water runneth out of 
the Sanctuary. His frute is good to eate, and 
his leaf profitable for medycine. Thus sayeth 
the LORDE God: Let this be the border, 

Zach. 13. c. and 14. b. b Psal. 1. a. c Gen. 22. c. 



wherin ye shall deuyde the londe vnto the 
xij. trybes of Israel, with the lyne. Parte it 
indifferently vnto one as vnto another : c of the 
which lode I swore vnto youre fathers, that it 
shulde fall to youre enheritaunce. 

This is the border of the londe vpon the 
north syde, from the mayne see, as men go to 
Zadada: namely, Hemath, Berotha, Sabarim 
from the borders of Damascus and Hemath 
vnto Hazar Tichon, that lieth vpon the coastes 
of Hauera. Thus the borders fro the see 
forth, shalbe Hazar Euan, the border of 
Damascus the north, and the borders of He- 
math : that is the north parte. 

The east syde shal ye measure from Haueran 
and Damascus, from Galead and the londe of 
Israel by Iordane and so forth, from the see coast, 
that lieth eastwarde : and this is the east parte, 

The south syde is, from Thamar forth to 
the waters of strife vnto Cades, rf the ryuer, to 
the mayne see : and that is the south parte. 

The west parte: namely the greate see 
from the borders therof, till a man come vnto 
Hemath : this is the west parte. 

This londe shal ye parte amonge you 
acordinge to the trybes of Israel, and deuyde it 
to be an heretage for you, and for the straugers 
that dwel amoge you, and begette children. 

e For ye shal take them amonge the childre 
of Israeli, like as though they were of youre owne 
housholde and countre, and they shal haue he- 
retage with you amonge the childre of Israel. 

Loke in what trybe the straunger dwelleth, 
in the same trybe shal ye geue him his here- 
tage, saieth the LORDE God. 

%\)t rl&it'j. Chapter. 

THESE are y names of the trybes that 
lye vpon the northsyde, by the waye of 
Hetlon, tyll thou commest vnto Hemath and 
Hazar Enam, the borders of Damascus to- 
warde the north besyde Hemath: Dan shal 
haue his porcio from the east quarter vnto the 
west. Vpon the borders of Dan from the east 
syde vnto the west, shal Asser haue his porcion. 
Vpon the borders of Asser fro the east parte 
vnto the west, shal Nephtali haue his porcion. 
Vpon the borders of Nephtali from the east 
quarter vnto the Vest, shal Manasses haue 
his porcion. Vpon the borders of Manasses 
from the east syde vnto the west, shal Ephraim 
haue his porcion. Vpon the borders of Ephraim 
from the east parte vnto the west, shal Ruben 

* Num. 20. b. Exo. 17. b. « Leui. 19. g. Deut. 10. d. and 24.c. 



Cfjap* xMij. 



€i)t propftet (fyttbitl. 



So* train j. 



[haue his porcion. Vpo the borders of Ruben 
from the east quarter vnto the west, shal Iuda 
haue his porcion. Vpon the borders of Iuda 
from the east parte vnto the west, ye shal set 
a syde one porcio of xxv. M. meteroddes 
longe and brode (like as another porcion from 
the east syde vnto the west,) wherin the Sanc- 
tuary shal stode. 

As for the porcion, that ye shal " separate 
out for the LORDE, it shalbe xxv. M. longe, 
and x. M. brode. Which separated holy 
porcion shal belonge vnto these : namely to 
the prestes, towarde the north xxv. M. 5 
towarde the west x. M. brode, towarde the 
east x. M. brode also, 5 towarde the south 
xxv. M. longe, wherin the Sanctuary of the 
LORDE shal stonde. Yee this same place 
shal be the prestes, y are of the childre of 
Sadoch, *& haue kepte my holy ordinaunce : 
which wente not astraye in the erroure of the 
children of Israel, like as the Leuites are gone 

raye : and this separated pece that they haue 
of the londe, shalbe the most holy, harde vpon 
the borders of the Leuites. And nexte vnto the 
prestes, shal the Leuites haue xxv. M. loge and 
x. M. brode. This shalbe on euery syde xxv. 
M. longe, and x. M. brode. Of this porcio 
they shal sell nothinge, ner make eny permuta- 
cion therof, lest the chefe of the londe fall vnto 
other, for it is halowed vnto the LORDE. 

The other v. M. after the bredth, y lyeth 
by the xxv. M, shalbe comon : it shal belonge 
to the cite and to the suburbes for habitacions, 
and y cite shal stonde in the myddest therof. 
Let this be the measure : towarde f north 
parte, v. C. (j iiij. M : towarde the south parte, 
v. C. d iiij. M : towarde the east parte, v. C. and 
iiij. M: towarde y west parte, v. C. and iiij. M. 

The suburbes harde vpon the cite, shall haue 
towarde the north, L. and ij. C : towarde the 
south, L. and two C : towarde the east, L. and 
two C : towarde the west also, L. and two C. 
As for the residue of the length, that lyeth 
hard vpon the separated holy grounde: namely, 
x. M. towarde the east and x. M. towarde the 
west, next vnto the holy porcio : it and the 
increase therof shal serue for their meate, that 
laboure in the cite. They that laboure for 
the welth of the cite, shall manteine this also, 
out of what tribe so euer they be in Israel. 

" Eze. 45. a. * Eze. 43. d. and 44. c. 



All that is separated of the xxv. M. longe 
and xxv. M. brode on the foure partes, y shall 
ye put a syde for the separated porcion of the 
Sanctuary, 5 for the possession of y* cite. The 
resydue vpon both the sydes of the Sanctuary 
and possession of the cite, c shall belonge to 
the prynce, before the place of y xxv. M. vnto 
the east ende, (t before the place of y xxv. M. 
westwarde, vnto the borders of y cite : this 
shalbe y prynces porcio. This shalbe the 
holy place, and the house of the Sanctuary 
shal stonde in the myddest. Morouer, from 
the Leuites and the cities possession, y lye in 
the myddest of the prynces parte : loke what 
remayneth betwixte the border of Iuda & the 
border of Ben Iamin, it shal be the prynces. 

Now of the other trybes. 

Fr5 the east parte vnto the west, shal Ben 
Iamin haue his porcion. Vpon the borders 
of Ben Iamin fro the east syde vnto y west, 
shal Symeon haue his porcion. Vpon the 
borders of Syme5 from the east parte vnto the 
west, shal Isachar haue his porcion. Vpo the 
borders of Isachar from the east syde vnto the 
west, shal Sabulon haue his porcion. Vpon 
the borders of Sabulon from the east parte 
vnto the west, shal Gad haue his porcion. 
Vpon the borders of Gad southwarde, the 
coastes shal reach fro Thamar forth vnto the 
waters of strife to Cades, and to the floude, 
euen vnto the mayne see. 

^This is y lode with his porcios, which ye 
shal distribute vnto the trybes of Israel, saieth y 
LORDE God. Thus wyde shal the cite reach : 
vpon the north parte v C and iiij M measures. 
The portes of the cite, shal haue the names of 
the trybes of Israel. Thre portes of y northsyde 
One Ruben, another Iuda, the thirde Leui. 

Vpo y east syde, v C a iiij M measures, 
with y thre portes : The one Ioseph, another 
Be Iamin, the thirde Dan. Vpon the south 
syde v C and iiij M measures, with the thre 
portes : the one Symeon, another Isachar, the 
thirde Sabulon. And vpon the west syde v C 
and iiij M measures, with thre portes also : the 
one Gad, another Asser, the thirde Nephtali. 
Thus shal it haue xviij M measures roiide 
aboute. And from that tyme forth, y name 
of the cite shal be : the LORDE is there. 



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Chap. I. 
Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Asarias are chosen 
to lerne Caldeish, & to stode before the kynge. 

Chap. II. 
Daniel expoiideth the kynges dreame. 

Gfiap. III. 

The thre children wil not worshipe the ymage, 
they be cast in the fyre, but God delyuereth 
them. 

Chap. IIII. 

Another dreame expounded. 

£fiap. V. 
Daniel readeth the writinge on the wall, and 
declareth it. 

Ci)ap. VI. 

Daniel is cast in the Lyons denne. 



Chap. VII 
The vision of the foure beestes. 

Chap. VIII. 
Of the Ramme and the gote. 

Chap. IX. 
The prophecy of the seuentie wekes and of Christ. 

Chap. X. 
Another vision shewed to Daniel. 

Chap. XI. XII. 

Certayne reuelacions of thinges for to come : 
some, of the delyueraunce fro the captiuyte of 
Babilon: some, of the destruccion of Ieru- 
salem : some, concernynge the latter dayes. 



©he first Chapter. 

IN y thirde yeare of y raigne of Ioachim 
kynge off Iuda, " came Nabuchodonosor 
kynge of Babilon vnto Ierusalem, j beseged 
it : and the LORDE delyuered Ioachim the 
kynge off Iuda in to his honde, with certayne 
ornamentes of the house off God, which he 
caried awaye vnto the londe of Sennar, to the 
house of his god, and there brought them in 
to his gods treasury. And the kynge spake 
vnto Asphenes y chefe chamberlayne, that he 
shulde brynge him certayne of the children of 
Israel, that were come of the kynges sede and 
of prynces, yoge spryngaldes with out eny 
blemish but fayre ad welfauored, instructe in 

" 4 Re. 24. a. 2 Par. 36. c. 



all wisdome, connynge and vnderstodinge : 
which were able to stonde in the kynges palace, 
to reade, and to lerne for to speake Caldeish. 
Vnto these the kinge appoynted a certayne 
porcion of his owne meate and of the wine, 
which he drancke himselff, so to norish the 
thre yeare : that afterwarde they might stonde 
before the kynge. Amonge these now were 
certayne of the children off Iuda : namely 
Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Azarias. Vnto 
these the chefe chamberlayne gaue other 
names, and called Daniel, Balthasar: Ana- 
nias, Sydrac: Misael, Misac: and Asarias, 
Abdenago. But Daniel was at a poynt with 
himself, that he wolde not be defyled thorow 
the kynges meate, *ner y wyne which he 

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droke. And this he desyred off the chefe 
chaberlayne, lest he shulde defyle himselff. 
So God gaue Daniel fauoure and grace before 
y chefe chamberlayne, that he sayde vnto 
him : I am afrayed off my lorde the kynge, 
which hath appoynted you youre meate and 
drynke : lest he spye youre faces to be worse 
lykynge then the other spryngaldes of youre 
age, ad so ye shal make me loose my heade 
vnto f kynge. 

Then Daniel answered Melassar, whom the 
chefe chamberlayne had set ouer Daniel, 
Ananias, Misael and Asarias, and sayde: O 
proue but ten dayes with thy seruauntes, 
and let vs haue potage to eate, and water to 
drynke : then loke vpon oure faces, and theirs 
that eate off the kynges meate. And as 
thou seyst, so deale with thy seruauntes. So 
he consented to them in this matter, ad 
proued the x. dayes. And after f ten dayes, 
their faces were better lykinge (j fatter, then 
all the yonge spryngaldes, which ate of the 
kinges meate. 

Thus Melassar toke awaye their meate and 
wyne, and gaue them potage therfore. God 
gaue now these foure spryngaldes connynge 
and lernynge in all scripture and wisdome: 
but vnto Daniel specially, he gaue vnder- 
stondinge off all visions and dreames. Now 
when the tyme was expyred, that the kynge 
had appoynted to brynge in these yonge 
springaldes vnto him: the chefe chamber- 
layne brought them before Nabuchodonosor, 
and the kynge commoned with them. But 
amonge them all were founde none soch as 
Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Asarias. Ther- 
fore stode they before the kynge, which in all 
wisdome and matters off vnderstodinge, that 
he enquered off them, founde them ten tymes 
better, the all the soythsayers and charmers, 
that were in all his realme. And Daniel 
abode still, vnto the first yeare of kynge Cyrus. 

Cfje i). Chapter. 

IN the secode yeare off the raigne of Na- 
buchodonosor, had Nabuchodonosor a 
dreame, " where thorow his sprete was vexed, 
and his slepe brake from him. Then the 
kynge comaunded to call together all f soyth- 
sayers, charmers, witches and Caldees, for to 
shewe the kynge his dreame. So they came, 
and stode before the kynge. And the kynge 
sayde vnto them : I haue dreamed a dreame, 



a my sprete was so troubled therwith, y I haue 
clene forgotten, what I dreamed. Vpon this, 
the Caldees answered the kynge in the Syrians 
speach : O kynge, God saue thy life for euer. 
Shewe thy seruauntes the dreame, and we 
shal shewe the, what it meaneth. The kynge 
gaue the Caldees their answere, ad sayde: 
It is gone fro me : Yf ye wil not make me 
vnderstonde the dreame with the interpreta- 
cion theroff, ye shal dye, and youre houses 
shal be prysed. But yff ye tell me the dreame 
and the meanynge therof, ye shall haue off 
me giftes, rewardes and greate honoure : only 
shewe me the dreame and the significacion of 
it. They answered agayne, and sayde : the 
kynge must shewe his seruauntes the dreame, 
and so shal we declare, what it meaneth. 

Then the kynge answerde, sayenge : I per- 
ceaue off a treuth, that ye do but prologe f 
tyme : for so moch as ye se, that the thinge is 
gone fro me. Therfore, yff ye wil not tell 
me the dreame, ye shal all haue one iudg- 
ment. But ye fayne and dyssemble with 
vayne wordes, which ye speake before me, to 
put off the tyme. Therfore tell me the 
dreame, ad so shall I knowe, yff ye can shewe 
me, what it meaneth. Vpon this, the Caldees 
gaue answere before the kynge, and sayde : 
there is no man vpon earth, that can tell the 
thinge, which y kynge speake th of: Yee there 
is nether kynge prynce ner lorde, that euer 
axed soch thinges at a soythsayer, charmer or 
Caldeer : for it is a very harde matter, that 
the kynge requyreth. Nether is there eny, 
that can certifie the kynge theroff, excepte the 
goddes: whose dwellinge is not amonge the 
creatures. 

For f which cause the kynge was wroth 
with greate indignacio, and comaunded to 
destroye all the wyse men at Babilon : and y 
proclamacion wete forth, that the wyse me 
shulde be slayne. They sought also to slaye 
Daniel with his copanyons. Then Daniel 
enquered Arioch the kynges stewarde, off the 
iudgment and sentence, that was gone forth 
alredy to kyll soch as were wyse at Babilon. 
He answered, and sayde vnto Arioch beinge 
then the kinges debyte : Why hath the kynge 
proclamed so cruell a sentence ? So Arioch 
tolde Daniel the matter. Vpon this, wente 
Daniel vp, and desyred the kinge, y he might 
haue leysoure, to shewe the kynge the inter- 

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pretacion : and then came he home agayne j 
shewed the thinge vnto Ananias, Misael j 
Asarias his companios : y they shulde beseke 
the God of heauen for grace in this secrete, 
that Daniel and his felowes with other soch 
as were wyse in Babilon, perished not. Then 
was the mystery shewed vnto Daniel in a 
visio by nyght. And Daniel praysed y God 
of heaue, Daniel also cryed loude, and sayde : 
O that the name of God might be praysed 
for euer and euer, for wiszdome and strength 
are his owne : " he chaungeth the tymes and 
ages : he putteth downe kynges, he setteth vp 
kynges : he geueth wyszdome vnto the wyse, 
and vnderstodinge to those that vnderstode : 
he openeth the depe secretes : he knoweth y 
thynge that lyeth in darcknesse, for the light 
dwelleth with him. b I thanke the, and prayse 
the (O thou God off my fathers) that thou 
hast lent me wyszdome and strength, & hast 
shewed me the thinge, that we desyred off 
the, for thou hast opened the kynges matter 
vnto me. 

Vpon this wente Daniel in vnto Arioch, 
whom the kinge had ordened to destroye the 
wyse at Babilon: he wente vnto him, and 
sayde : destroye not soch as are wyse in Babi- 
lon, but bringe me in vnto the kynge, and I 
shal shewe the kynge the interpretacion. Then 
Arioch brought Daniel in to the kynge in all 
the haist, and sayde vnto him : I haue founde 
a man amonge the presoners off Iuda, y shal 
shewe the kinge the interpretacion. The 
answered the kynge, and sayde vnto Daniel, 
whose name was Balthasar : Art thou he, y 
cast shewe me y dreame, which I haue sene, 
(S the interpretacion therof ? Daniel answered 
the kynge to his face, and sayde : As for this 
secrete, for the which the kinge maketh in- 
quisicion : it is nether the wyse, the sorcerer, 
the charmer ner the deuell coniurer, that can 
certifie the kynge off it : Only God in heaue 
ca open secretes, c and he it is, that sheweth 
the kinge Nabuchodonosor, what is for to 
come in the latter dayes. 

Thy dreame, and that which thou hast sene 
in thyne heade vpon thy bed, is this : O kynge, 
thou didest cast in thy mynde, what shulde 
come herafter: So he that is the opener off 
mysteries, telleth the, what is for to come. 
As for me, this secrete is not shewed me, for 



Dan. 7. d. Luc. 
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14. b. Iere. 27. a 
. b. * Mat. : 



eny wiszdome that I haue, more then eny 
other lyuynge : but only that I might shewe 
the kynge the interpretacion, £ that he might 
knowe the thoughtes off his owne herte. Thou 
kynge sawest, and beholde: there stode before 
the a greate ymage, whose fygure was mar- 
uelous greate, and his vysage grymme. The 
ymage heade was of fyne golde, his brest and 
armes off syluer, his body ad loynes were off 
copper, his legges were off yron, his fete were 
parte off yron, and parte of earth. 

This thou sawest, till the tyme that (with 
out eny hondes) there was hewen off a stone 
d which smote the ymage vpon the fete, that 
were both off yron and earth, and brake the 
to poulder : then was the yron, the earth, the 
copper, the syluer and golde broken altogether 
in peces : and became like the chaffe off 
corne, that the wynde bloweth awaye from y 
somer floores, that they ca nomore be foude. 
But the stone that smote the ymage, became 
a greate mountayne, which fulfylleth the whole 
earth : This is the dreame. And now will we 
shewe before the kynge, what it meaneth. 

e O kynge, thou art a kynge off kynges : 
For the God off heaue hath geue the a king- 
dome, ryches, strength and maiesty : & hath 
delyuered the all thinges, that are amoge y 
children off men: the beastes off the felde, 
ad the foules vnder the heaue, and geuen the 
dominion ouer them all. Thou art that golde 
heade. After y there shal aryse another king- 
dome, which shal be lesse then thyne. The 
thyrde kingdome shal be lyke copper, and 
haue dominacion in all lodes. The fourth 
kingdome shal be as stronge as yron. For 
like as yron brusseth and breaketh all thinges : 
Yee euen as yron beateth euery thinge downe, 
so shal it beate downe and destroye. 

Where as thou sawest the fete and toes, 
parte of earth and parte off yron : that is a 
deuyded kyngdome, which neuertheles shal 
haue some off the yron grounde mixte with it, 
for so moch as thou hast sene the yron mixte 
with the claye. 

The toes of the fete that were parte off yron 
and parte off claye, signifieth : that it shalbe 
a kyngdome partely stronge and partely weake. 
And where as thou sawest yron myxte with 
claye : they shall myngle them selues with y 
sede off symple people, 5 yet not contynue 

d Matt. 21. c. Luc. 20. b. * Dan. 5. d. 



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one with another, like as yron wil not be 
souldered with a potsherde. 

"In the dayes off these kynges, shall the 
God of heauen set vp an euerlastinge kyng- 
dome which shall not perish, and his kyng- 
dome shall not be geuen ouer to another 
people : Yee the same shall breake and de- 
stroye all these kyngdomes, but it shall endure 
for euer. 

And where as thou sawest, that without 
eny hondes there was cut out of the mount a 
stone, * which brake the yron, the copper, f 
earth, the syluer and golde in peces : by that 
hath y greate God shewed the kynge, what 
wyl come after this. This is a true dreame, 
and the interpretacion of it is sure. 

Then the kynge Nabuchodonosor fell downe 
vpon his face, and bowed him self vnto Daniel, 
and commaunded that they shulde offre meat- 
offrynges and swete odoures vnto him. 

The kynge answerde Daniel, and sayde : 
Yee off a treuth, youre God is a God aboue 
all goddes, a LORDE aboue all kynges, and 
an opener of secretes : seynge thou canst dis- 
couer this mysterie. So the kynge made 
Daniel a greate man, and gaue him many and 
greate giftes. 

He made him ruler off all the countrees of 
Babilon, and lorde of all the nobles, that 
were at Babilon. Now Daniel intreated the 
kynge for Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago, so 
that he made them rulers ouer all the offyces 
in the londe off Babilon : but Daniel himself 
remayned still in the courte by the kynge. 

Che ttj. Chapter. 

NABUCHODONOSOR the kynge caus- 
ed a golde ymage to be made, which 
was lx. cubites hye, and sixe cubites thicke. 
This he made to be set vp in the valley of 
Duran in the londe of Babilon & sent out to 
gather together the dukes, lordes j nobles, the 
iudges and officers, the debites ad shreues, 
with all the rulers of the londe : y they might 
come to the dedicacion of the ymage which 
Nabuchodonosor the kynge had set vp. So 
the dukes, lordes and nobles, the iudges and 
officers, debytes and shreues with all the rulers 
of the londe gathered them to gether, and 
came vnto the dedicatynge of f ymage, that 
Nabuchodonosor the kinge had set vp. 

Now when they stode before the ymage, 



which Nabuchodonosor set vp, the bedell cried 
out with all his might: O ye people, kynreddes 
and tunges, to you be it sayde : that whe ye 
heare thenoyse offthetrompettes, which shalbe 
blowne, with f hai-pes, shawmes, Psalteries, 
Symphonies and all maner off Musick: ye 
fall downe and worshipe the golden ymage, y 
Nabuchodonosor the kynge hath set vp. Who 
so then falleth not downe and boweth himself, 
shal euen the same houre be cast in to an 
hote burnynge ouen. Therfore, when all the 
folke herde the noyse off the trompettes that 
were blowne, with the harpes, shawmes, Psal- 
teries, Symphonies and all kynde of Melody : 
the all the people, kynreddes and nacions fell 
downe, and bowed them selues vnto the golden 
ymage, that Nabuchodonosor the kynge had 
set vp. 

Now were there certayne men off the 
Caldees, that went euen then and accused f 
Iewes, and sayde vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor : 
O kynge, God saue thy lyfe for euer. Thou 
beynge kynge hast geuen a commaudemet, 
that all men when they heare the noyse off 
the trompettes, harpes, shawmes, psalteries, 
symphonies and all the other melodies : shall 
fall downe and bowe them selues towarde the 
golden ymage : who so the fell not downe and 
worshipped not, that he shulde be cast in to 
an hote burnynge ouen. Now are there cer- 
taine Iewes, whom thou hast set ouer the 
offices of the londe off Babilon : c namely, 
Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago. These men 
(o kynge) regarde not thy comaundemet, yee 
they will not serue thy goddes, ner bowe them 
selues to the golden ymage, that thou hast 
set vp. 

Then Nabuchodonosor in a cruell wrath 
and displeasure, commaunded, y Sidrac, Misac 
(t Abdenago shulde be brought vnto him. So 
these men were brought before the kynge. 
Then Nabuchodonosor spake vnto them, and 
sayde : what ? o Sidrac, Misac and Abdenago, 
will not ye serue my goddes ? nor bowe youre 
selues to the golden ymage, that I haue set 
vp ? wel, be redy herafter, when ye heare the 
noyse of the tropettes, blowne with the harpes, 
shawmes, psalteries, symphonies and all y 
other melodies : that ye fall downe, and wor- 
shipe the ymage which I haue made. But yff 
ye worshipe it not, ye shal be cast immediatly 
in to an hote burnynge ouen. Let se, what 

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god is there, y maye delyuer you out of my 
hondes ? 

Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago answered th 
kynge, and sayde : O Nabuchodonosor, we 
ought not to cosente vnto y in this matter, 
for why: "oure God whom we serue, is able 
to kepe vs from the hote burnynge ouen (O 
kynge) and can right wel delyuer vs out off 
thy hondes. And though he wil not, yet shalt 
thou knowe (o kynge) that we will not serue 
thy goddes, ner do reuerece to the ymage, 
which thou hast set vp. Then was Nabu- 
chodonosor full off indignacion, so that y 
countenaunce of his face chaunged vpo Sidrac. 
Misac (j Abdenago. Therfore he charched 
and commaunded, that the ouen shulde be 
made seuen tymes hoter, then it was wote to 
be : and spake vnto the strongest worthies 
that were in his hooste, for to bynde Sidrac, 
Misac and Abdenago, and to cast them in to 
the hote burnynge ouen. 

So these men were bounde in their cotes, 
hosen, shues with their other garmentes, ad 
cast in to the hote burnynge ouen : for the 
kinges commaundement was so strate, and the 
ouen was exceadynge hote. As for the men 
that put in Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago, the 
flame off the fyre destroyed them. And these 
thre men Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago fell 
downe in y hote burnynge ouen, * beinge fast 
bounde. 

Then Nabuchodonosor the kynge marueled, 
and stode vp in all haist: he spake vnto his 
councel and sayde : dyd not ye cast these thre 
men bounde in to the fyre ? They answered, 
and sayde vnto the kynge : Yee o kynge. He 
answered and sayde : lo, for all that, yet do 
se foure men goinge lowse in the myddest 
off the fyre, and nothinge corrupte : c and the 
fourth is like an angel to loke vpon. Vpon 
this wete Nabuchodonosor vnto the mouth of 
the hote burnynge ouen : he speake also, & 
sayde : O Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago, ye 
seruauntes of the hye God: go forth, and 
come hither. And so Sydrac, Misac, and 
Abdenago wente out of the fyre. Then the 
dukes, lordes and nobles, and the kynges 
councell came together to se these men, vpon 
whom the fyre had no maner of power in their 
bodies : d In so moch that the very hayre of 
their heade was not burnt, and their clothes 



- Nu. 16. g. b Esa. 43. a. 
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Dan. 6. d. 



Dan. 10. b. 
Psal. 33. a. 



vnchaunged : Yee there was no smell of fyre 
felt vpon them. 

Then spake Nabuchodonosor, and sayde 
e Blessed be the God of Sidrac, Misac (j Ab- 
denago: which hath sent his angel, ad defended 
his seruautes, that put their trust in him : y 
haue altered the kynges commaundement, and 
ioperde their bodies thervpon: rather then 
they wolde serue or worshipe eny other god, 
excepte their owne God only. Therfore I 
wil and commaiide, that all people, kynreddes 
(t tunges, which speake eny blasphemy agaynst 
the God of Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago, shal 
dye, and their houses shalbe prysed : Because, 
there is no God y maye saue, as this./ So the 
kynge promoted Sidrac, Misac and Abdenago, 
in the londe of Babylon. 

g Nabuchodonosor kynge, vnto all people, 
kynreddes and tunges that dwell vpon the 
whole earth : peace be multiplied amoge you. 
I thought it good to shewe the tokes 5 mar- 
uelous workes, y f hye God hath wrought 
vpon me. * O how greate are his tokes, (j how 
mightie are his wonders ? His kyngdome is 
an euerlastinge kyngdome, and his power 
lasteth for euer and euer. 

Che iiij. Chapter. 

I NABUCHODONOSOR beynge at rest 
in myne house, ad florishinge in my palace, 
sawe a dreame, which made me afrayed : ad 
the thoughtes that I had vpo my bed, with 
the visions of myne heade, troubled me. ' Then 
sent I out a commission, that all they which 
were of wiszdome at Babilo shulde be brought 
before me, to tell me the interpretacion of 
the dreame. So there came the soythsayers, 
charmers, Caldees and coniurers of deuels : to 
whom I tolde the dreame, but what it be- 
tokened, they coude not shewe me: till at 
the last, there came one Daniel (otherwyse 
called Balthasar, acordinge to the name of my 
God) which hath the sprete of the holy goddes 
in him : to whom I tolde the dreame, sayenge : 
O Balthasar, thou prynce of saythsayers : For 
so moch as I knowe, that thou hast the sprete 
of the holy goddes, and no secrete is hyd from 
the: tel me therfore, what y visi5 of my 
dreame (y I haue sene) maye signifie. I 
sawe a vision in my heade vpon my bed : and 
beholde, there stode a tre vpon the grounde, 



/ Esa. 43. b. 
144. b. 



OseelS. 
Dan. 7. 



s Dan. 6. 
Luc. 1. c. 



h Psal. 44. 
Dan. 2. a. 



Cfrap* mj* 



Cfre prophet IBanfeL 



jftu Irrclt):. 



which was very hye, greate and mightie : 
heyth reached vnto the heaue, and the bredth 
extended to all the endes of the earth: hi 
leaues were fayre, he had very moch frute, so 
y euery ma had ynough to eate therin. 

The beastes of the felde had shadowes vnde 
it, and the foules off the ayre dwelt in the 
bowes therof. Shortly, all creatures fed of it. 
I sawe in my heade a vision vpon my bed : ci 
beholde, a watcher (eue an holy angel) came 
downe from heauen, and cryed mightely, say- 
enge: Hew downe the tre, breake off his 
braunches, shake of his leaues, and scatre his 
frute abrode: that all the beestes maye get 
them awaye from vnder him, and the foules 
from his braunches. Neuertheles leaue the 
grounde of his rote still in the earth, and 
bynde him vpon the playne felde, with cheynes 
of yron and stele. With the dew of heauen 
shall he be wet, and he shall haue his parte 
in the herbes of the grounde with other wylde 
beastes. 

That mans herte off his shall be taken from 
him, and a beastes herte shall be geuen him, 
till seuen yeares be come and gone vpon him. 

This erande of the watcher, is a comaunde- 
met grounded and sought out in the councel 
off him, that is most holy : to lerne men for 
to vnderstonde, that the hyest hath power 
ouer the kyngdomes off men, ad geueth them, 
to whom it liketh him, and bryngeth the very 
outcastes off men ouer them. This is the 
dreame, y I kynge Nabuchodonosor haue sene. 

Therfore o Balthasar, tell thou me what it 
signifieth: for so moch as all the wyse men 
off my kyngdome are not able to shewe me, 
what it meaneth. But thou canst do it, for y 
sprete of the holy Goddes is in the. 

Then Daniel (whose name was Balthasar) 
helde his peace by the space of an houre ad 
his thoughtes troubled him. So the kynge 
spake, and sayde : O Balthasar, let nether the 
dreame ner the interpretacion theroff feare the. 
Balthasar answered, sayenge: O my lorde, 
this dreame happen to thyne enemies, and the 
interpretacion to thyne aduersaries. As for 
the tre that thou sawest which was so greate 
(j mightie, whose heyth reached vnto the 
heauen, and his bredth in to all the worlde : 
whose leaues were fayre, ad the frute moch : 
vnder the which the beastes of the felde had 
their habitacion, and vpon whose braunches 
the foules of the ayre dyd syt : 



Euen thou (o kynge) art the tre, greate g 
stroge. Thy greatnesse increaseth, & reacheth 
vnto the heauen, so doth thy power to the 
endes of the earth. But where as the kynge 
sawe a watcher euen an holy angel, that came 
downe from heauen, and sayde : hew downe 
the tre, and destroye it : yet leaue the grounde 
of the rote in the earth, and bynde him vpon 
the playne felde with cheynes off yron and 
stele : He shall be wet with the dew off heaurn, 
and his parte shalbe with the beestes of the 
felde, till seuen yeares be come and gone vpon 
him : This (o kynge) is f interpretacio, yee it 
is the very deuyce of him, y is hyest of all, (j 
it toucheth my lorde the kynge. 

Thou shalt be cast out fro men, and thy 
dwellinge shalbe with the beestes of the felde 
with grasse shalt thou be fed like an oxe 
Thou must be wet with the dew of the heauen : 
yee seuen yeares shall come and go vpon the, 
till thou knowe, that the hyest hath power 
vpon the kyngdomes of men, "a geueth them, 
to whom he lyst. Morouer, where as it was 
sayde, that the rote of the tre shulde be left 
still in the grounde : it betokeneth, y thy 
kyngdome shall remayne whole vnto y, after 
thou hast lerned to knowe, that the power 
commeth from heauen. Wherfore (o kinge) 
be contet with my councel, that thou mayest 
lowse thy synnes with rightuousnesse, ad thyne 
offences with mercy to poore people : for soch 
thinges shall prolonge thy peace. All these 
thynges touch the kynge Nabuchodonosor. 

So after xij. monethes, the kynge walked 
vp and downe in the paalace off the kyngdome 
off Babilon, and sayde : This is the greate 
cite off Babilo, which I myself (with my power 
& strength) haue made a kynges courte, for the 
honoure off my magesty. Whyle these wordes 
were yet in the kynges mouth, there fell a 
voyce from heaue, sayenge : O kinge Nabu- 
chodonosor, to the be it spoke : Thy kyngdome 
shall departe from the, thou shalt be cast out 
of mens company : thy dwellinge shalbe with 
the beestes off the felde, so that thou shalt eate 
grasse like as an oxe, till seuen yeares be come 
and gone ouer the : euen vntill thou knowest, 
that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes 
off men, and that he maye geue them, vnto 
whom it pleaseth him. 

The very same houre was this matter ful- 
fylled vpo Nabuchodonosor : so that he was 

" Dan. 2. c. Iere. 27. a. 



ffo. tittle 



€bt prophet IBanieL 



Cfcajh b. 



cast out off mes copany, <j ate grasse like an 
oxe. His body was wet with the dew of 
heauen, till his hayres were as greate as Aegles 
fethers, and his nales like byrdes clawes. 

When this tyme was past, I Nabuchodo- 
nosor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and 
myne vnderstondinge was restored vnto me 
agayne. Then gaue I thankes vnto the hyest. 
I magnified and praysed him that lyueth for 
euermore, whose power endureth allwaye, and 
his kyngdome from one generacion to another: 
in comparyson off whom, all they that dwell 
vpon the earth, a are to be reputed as nothinge. 

He handleth acordinge to his will, amoge 
f powers of heauen *(j amonge the inhabitours 
of the earth : and there is none that maye 
resiste his honde, or saye : c what doest thou ? 
At the same tyme was myne vnderstondynge 
geuen me agayne, and I was restored to the 
honoure of my kingdome, to my dignite, and 
to myne owne shappe agayne. My great 
estates and prynces sought vnto me, and I 
was set in my kyngdome agayne, so that I 
had yet greater worshipe. 

The dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loaue, mag- 
nifie and prayse the kynge of heauen : for all 
his workes are true, and his wayes right. As 
for those that go on proudly, he is able to 
bringe them downe. 

Cfje t). Cfjapter. 

BALTHASAR the kynge made a greate 
bancket to his thousande lordes : withall 
these thousande he made greate cheare, and 
when he was dronken with wyne, he com- 
maunded to brynge him y golden and syluer 
vessel, which his father Nabuchodonosor had 
taken out of the temple at Ierusalem : d that 
the kynge and his lordes (with his quene and 
concubynes) might drike therout. 

So they brought the golden vessel, that was 
take out of the temple of the LORDES 
house at Ierusalem. Then the kynge and his 
lordes with his quene and concubines dronke 
out of them. They dronke wyne, and praysed 
their Idols of golde, syluer, copper, yron, 
wodde and stone. 

In the very same houre there appeared 
fyngers, as it had bene of a mans honde 
writynge, right ouer agaynst the candelsticke 
vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace : 
and the kynge sawe the palme of y honde y 



wrote. e Then chaunged the kynge his coun- 
tenaunce, and his thoughtes troubled him 
so that the ioyntes off his body shoke, and his 
knees smote one agaynst the other. Wherfore 
the kynge cryed mightely, -^that they shulde 
brynge him the charmers, Caldees and con 
iurers of deuels. The kynge spake also to 
the wyse men of Babilon, and sayde : Who 
so can rede this wrytynge, and shewe me the 
playne meanynge theroff: shall be clothed 
with purple, haue a cheyne off golde aboute 
his necke, and rule the thirde parte off my 
kyngdome. 

Vpon this, came all the kynges wyse men 
but they coude nether rede the wrytinge, ner 
shewe the kynge what it signified. The was 
the kynge sore afrayed, in so moch, that his 
coloure chaunged, and his lordes were sore 
vexed. So by reason off this matter, y had 
happened to the kynge (j his lordes, the quene 
went vp herself in to the bancket house, and 
spake vnto the kynge, sayenge : O kynge, God 
saue thy life for euer : Let not thy thoughtes 
trouble the, and let not thy countenaunce be 
chaunged. For why : there is a man in thy 
kyngdome, that hath the sprete off the holy 
goddes within him, as it was sene in thy 
fathers dayes. He hath vnderstondinge ad 
wysdome like the goddes. Yee the kynge 
Nabuchodonosor thy father made this man 
chefe of the soythsayers, charmers, Caldees 
and deuel coniurers: because that soch an 
abundaunt sprete, knowlege j wisdome (to 
expoiide dreames, to open secretes, and to 
declare harde dowtes) was founde in him : yee 
euen in Daniel, whom the kynge named Bal- 
thasar. Let this same Daniel be sente for, 
and he shall tell, what it meaneth. 

Then was Daniel brought before the kinge. 
So the kynge spake vnto Daniel, and sayde : 
Art thou that Daniel, one off the presoners of 
luda, whom my father the kynge brought out 
of Iewry ? I haue herde speake of the, that 
thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes, expe- 
rience and vnderstodinge, and that there hath 
bene greate wisdome founde in the. Now 
haue there bene brought me, wise and con- 
nynge charmers, to rede this wrytynge, and 
to shewe me the meanynge theroff: But they 
coude not tell me, what this matter signified. 
Then herde I saye, y thou canst expounde 
darcke thinges, and declare harde doutes. 



Cijap* bt. 



Cfte propftet JBameL 



#o* trrctyu 



Well than, yf thou canst rede this writinge, 
and shewe me the meaninge therof: thou 
shalt be clothed with purple, haue a cheyne of 
golde aboute thy necke, & rule the thirde 
parte of my kyngdome. 

Daniel answered, and sayde before y kynge : 
As for thy rewardes, kepe them to thy self, or 
geue thy rych giftes to another : a yet not the- 
lesse, I wil rede the wrytynge vnto y kinge, 
and shewe him the interpretacion therof. O 
kinge, God the hyest gaue vnto Nabuchodo- 
nosor thy father, * y- dignite of a kynge, with 
worshipe & honoure : so y all people, kyn- 
reddes (j tunges stode in awe 5 feare of him, 
by reason off the hye estate, that he had lent 
him. For why : he slewe, whom he wolde : 
he smote, whom it pleased him. Agayne: 
whom he wolde, he set vp : and whom he list, 
he put downe. c But because his herte was 
so proude, and his stomack set fast vnto wyl- 
fulnesse: he was deposed from his kyngly 
trone, and his magesty was taken from him. 
He was shot out from amonge men, his herte 
was like a beestes herte, and his dwellynge 
was with the wylde Asses : he was fayne to 
eate grasse like an oxe, and his body was wet 
with the dew off the heauen : till he knewe, 
that the hyest had power vpon the kyngdomes 
of men, and setteth ouer them, whom he list. 

And thou his sonne (o Balthasar) for all 
this, hast not submitted thine hert, though 
thou knewest all these thinges : but hast mag- 
nified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen, 
so that the vessels off his house were brought 
before the : that thou, and thy lordes, with thy 
quene and concubynes, might drynke wyne 
therout : And hast praysed the Idols of syluer 
and golde, copper and yron, off wodde 5 
stone : As for the God, d in whose honde con- 
sisted thy breth ad all thy wayes : thou hast 
not loaued him. 

Therfore is the palme off this honde sent 
hither from him, to token vp this wrytinge. 
And this is the scripture, that is written vp : 
Mane, Thetel, Phares. Now the interpreta- 
cion off the thynge is this : Mane, God hath 
nombred thy kyngdome, and brought it to 
an ende : Thetel, Thou art weyed in the 
balaunce, and art founde to light : Phares, 
Thy kyngdome is delt in partes, and geuen 
to the Medes and Perses. 

Then commaunded Balthasar, to cloth 

" 4 Re. 5. d. Mat. 10. a. b Dan. 2. e. e Dan. 4. d. 



Daniel with purple, to hange a cheyne off 
golde aboute his necke, and to make a pro- 
clamacion concernynge him : that he shulde 
be the ruler off the thirde parte off his kyng- 
dome. e The very same night was Balthasar 
the kynge off the Caldees slayne, and Darius 
out of Media toke in the kyngdome, beynge 
lxij. yeare off age. 

€f)e bt. Chapter. 

IT pleased Darius to set ouer his klgdome 
an C. and xx. lordes, which shulde be ' 
all his kingdome aboute. Aboue these he 
set thre prynces (off whom Daniel was one) 
that the lordes might geue accomptes vnto 
them, and the kynge to be vndiseased. 

But Daniel exceaded all these princes ad 
lordes, for the sprete off God was plenteous in 
him: so that the kynge was mynded to set 
him ouer the whole realme. Wherfore the 
prynces and lordes sought, to pyke out in 
Daniel some quarel agaynst the kyngdome : 
yet coude they fynde none occasion ner fawte 
vpon him. For why: he was so faythful, y 
there was no blame ner dishonesty founde 
him. 

Then sayde these men: we will get no 
quarell agaynst this Daniel, excepte it be 
the lawe off his God. Vpon this, wente the 
princes and lordes together vnto the kynge 
and sayde thus vnto him : kynge Darius, God 
saue thy life for euer. 

A 11 the great estates off the realme : as y 
prynces, dukes, senatours and iudges, are de 
termed to put out a commaundement off y 
kynge, and to make a sure statute : namely, 
that who so desyreth eny peticion, ether of 
eny god or man (with in this xxx. day 
excepte it be only off the, O kynge : the same 
person maye be cast in to the Lyons denne 
Wherfore, o kynge, confirme thou this statute, 
and make a writynge : that the thynge which 
the Medes and Perses haue ordened be not 
altered ner broken. 

So Darius made the wrytynge, and con 
firmed it. Now when Daniel vnderstode that 
the wrytynge was made, he wente in to his 
house : and the wyndowes of his hall towarde 
Ierusalem stode open. There kneled he 
downe vpon his knees, thre tymes a daye : 
there he made his peticion, and praysed his 
God, like as his maner was to do afore tvme. 



* Act. 17. e. 



sa. 47. b. 21. a. Dan. 9. a. 



tfo. ticcljrij* 



Cije propfcet IBanteL 



Cfrap* btj. 



Then these men made searche, and founde 
Daniel makynge his peticion, and prayenge 
vnto his God. So they came to the kynge, 
and spake before him concernynge his com- 
maundement, sayenge: O kynge, hast thou 
not subscribed the statute, that within xxx. 
dayes who so requyreth his peticion off eny 
god or man, but only of thyself, o kynge : he 
shalbe cast in to the denne of the Lyons ? The 
kynge answered, ad sayde : yee, it is true. It 
must be as a lawe of f Medes and Perses, 
that maye not be broken. 

Then answered they, and sayde vnto the 
kynge : Daniel one of the presoners of Iuda 
(O kynge) regardeth nether the ner thy sta- 
tute, that thou hast made, but maketh his 
peticion thre tymes a daye. When the kynge 
herde these wordes, he was sore greued, and 
wolde haue excused Daniel, to delyuer him, 
and put off the matter, vnto the Sonne wete 
downe, to the intent that he might saue him. 

These men perceauynge the kynges mynde, 
sayde vnto him: knowe this (o kynge) that 
the lawe off the Medes and Perses is, that 
the commaundement and statute which the 
kynge maketh, maye not be altered. " Then 
the kynge bad them brynge Daniel, and they 
cast him in to the Lyons denne. 

The kynge also spake vnto Daniel, ad 
sayde : Thy God, whom thou allwaye seruest, 
euen he shall defende the. And there was 
brought a stone, and layed vpon the hole of 
the denne : this the kynge sealed with his 
owne rynge, and with y signet of his prynces : 
that the kynges commaundement concernynge 
Daniel, shulde not be broken. 

So the kynge wente in to his palace, and 
kepte him sober all night, so that there was no 
table spred before him, nether coude he take 
eny slepe. But be tymes in the mornynge at 
the breake off the daye, the kynge arose, and 
wente in all haist vnto the denne off the Lyons. 

Now as he came nye vnto y dene, he cried 
with a piteous voyce vnto Daniel : Yee f klge 
spake, and sayde vnto Daniel : O Daniel, thou 
seruaunt off the lyuynge God, Is not thy God 
(whom thou allwaye seruest) able to delyuer 
the from the lyons ? Daniel sayde vnto the 
kynge : O kynge, God saue thy life for euer : 

6 My God hath sent his angel, which hath 



" Dani. 14. e. b Dan. 3. e. Act. 12. c. Iud. 14. c. 

1 Re. 17. e. Heb. 11. f. ' Hest. 2. b. Dani. 14. g. 

i Dnn. 3. f. e Dani. 14. f. 7. c. ' Esa. 43. b. 



shut the lyons mouthes, so that they might 
not hurte me. For why : myne vngiltynesse 
is founde out before him. And as for the 
(o kynge) I neuer offended the. 

Then was the kynge exceadinge glad, ad 
commaunded to take Daniel out off the denne. 
So Daniel was brought out of the dene, and 
no maner of hurte was founde vpo him. For 
he put his trust in his God. And as for those 
men which had accused Daniel, the kige 
commaunded to bringe them, and to cast 
them in the lyons denne : c them, their child- 
ren and their wyues. So the lyons had the 
mastry of them, and brake all their bones 
a sonder, or euer they came at the grounde. 

d After this, wrote kynge Darius vnto all 
people, kynreddes and tunges, that dwelt in 
all londes: peace be multiplied with you: 
My commaundement is, in all my dominio 
and kyngdome, that men feare and stonde in 
awe off Daniels God : 

e For he is the lyuinge God, which abydeth 
euer: his kyngdome shall not fayle, and his 
power is euerlastynge. It is he that delyuer- 
eth, and saueth: ^he doth wonders and mar- 
uelous workes, in heauen and in earth: he 
hath preserued Daniel from the power of the 
lyons. e This Daniel prospered in the raigne 
off Darius and Cirus of Persia. 

Cfie 6tj. Chapter. 

IN the first yeare off Balthasar kynge off 
Babilon, sawe Daniel a dreame, and a 
vision was in his heade vpon his bedde. 
Which dreame he wrote, and the summe of 
the matter is this : Daniel spake, and sayde : 
I sawe in my vision by nyght, and beholde : 
the foure wyndes of y heauen stroue vpon the 
see, and foure greate beestes came vp from 
the see, one vnlike another. 

The first was as a lyon, and yet had he 
Aegles wynges. * I sawe, that his wynges were 
plucte from him, and he taken awaye from the 
earth : that he stode vpon his fete as a man, 
'and that there was geuen him a mans herte. 

Beholde, the seconde beest was like a Beer, 
and stode vpon the one syde. *Amonge his teth 
in his mouth he had ilj. greate loge teth and it 
was sayde vnto him : Arise, eate vp moch flesh. 

Then I loked, x, beholde, there was another 



Osee 13. b. Dan. 3. f. e Dan. 14. f. h Iere. 4. 
Eze. 1. b. 10. b. * Eze. 17. a. * Pro. 28. c. 



CJjap* tnj* 



Cfte propfat Darnel. 



#o + tittWi* 



like vnto a Leoparde : this had wynges as a 
foule, euen foure vpon the backe. This beest 
had foure heades, ad there was power geuen 
him. " After this I sawe in a vision by night, 
U beholde : the fourth beest was grymme and 
horrible, and maruelous stronge. It had 
greate yron teth, it deuoured, and destroyed 
and stamped the residue vnder fete. It was 
farre vnlike the other beestes that were before 
it: *for it had ten homes, wheroff I toke 
good hede. 

And beholde, there came vp amonge the. 
another like home, before whom there were 
thre of the first homes pluckte awaye. Be- 
holde, this home had eyes like a ma, 5 a 
mouth speakynge presumptuous thinges. C I 
loked till the seates were prepared, ad till the 
olde aged sat him downe. His clothinge was 
as white as snowe, and the hayres of his heade 
like the pure woll. 

His trone was like the firie flame, and his 
wheles as the burnynge fyre. There drew 
forth a firie streame, 5 wente out from him. 
d A thousand tymes a thousande serued him, 
x. M. tymes ten thousande stode before him. 
The iudgmet was set, and the bokes opened. 
Then toke I hede there vnto, because of the 
voyce of the proude wordes, which that home 
spake. 

I behelde, till the beest was slayne, and his 
body destroyed, " 5 geuen ouer to be brent in 
the fyre. 

As for the power of the other beestes also, 
it was taken awaye, but their lyues were pro- 
longed for a tyme and season. I sawe in a 
vision by night, and beholde : f there came one 
in the cloudes of heauen like the sonne of a 
man, which wente vnto the olde aged, before 
whom they brought him : Then gaue he him 
power ad dignite regall, f that all people, 
trybes and tunges shulde serue him. His 
power is an euerlastinge power, which shal 
neuer be put downe: 5 his kyngdome en- 
dureth vncorrupte. * My herte was vexed, 5 
I Daniel had a troubled sprete within me, ad 
the visions off my heade made me afrayed : 
till I gat me vnto one off them that stode by, 
to knowe the treuth, conceminge all these 
thinges. So he tolde me, and made me vn- 
derstode the interpretacio of these thinges. 

" Da. 8. b. 11. a. 1 Mac. 1. a. » Apo. 13. a. 17. c. 

Apo. 1. c. 4. a. 20. b. Dan. 10. a. d Apoc. 5. b. 

Mat. 25. d. Apo. 19. d. 20. c. / Matt. 13. c. Act. 1. b. 

Apo. 1. a. s Phil. 2. a. Matt. 28. c. lob. 12. d. 



These foure greate beastes, are foure kinges 
which shal aryse out of the earth. These shal 
take in the kyngdome off the sayntes of the 
most hyest, and possesse it still more (j more 
for a longe season. After this I requyred 
diligently to knowe the treuth, conceminge 
the fourth beest, which was so farre vnlike the 
other beestes, and so horrible : whose teth 
were of yron, and his nales off brasse : which 
deuoured and destroied, and stamped the 
resydue vnder his fete. * I desyred also to 
knowe the treuth, as touchinge the ten homes 
that he had vpon his heade, and this other 
which came vp afterwarde, before whose face 
there fell downe thre : which home had eyes 
and a mouth that spake presumptuous thinges, 
and loked with a grimmer visage then his 
felowes. 

I behelde, and the same home made battail 
agaynst the sayntes, yee ad gat the victory off 
them : vntill the tyme, that the olde aged 
came, that the iudgment was geue to the 
chefest sayntes: and till the tyme, that y 
sayntes had the kyngdome in possession. 

He gaue me this answere: That fourth 
beest shalbe the fourth kingdome vpo earth : 
it shalbe more then all other kyngdomes, it 
shall deuoure, treade downe ad destroye all 
other londes. 

1 The ten homes, are ten kynges that shal 
aryse out of that kyngdome, after who there 
shall stonde vp another, which shall be greater 
then the first. 

He shall subdue thre kynges, and shall 
speake wordes agaynst the hyest off all : he 
shall destroye the sayntes of the most hyest, 
and thynke, that he maye chaunge tymes and 
lawes. m They shall be geuen vnder his power, 
vntill a tyme, two tymes, and halff a tyme. 

But the iudgment shalbe kepte, so that 
his power shalbe taken from him, for he shal 
be destroyed, and perish at the last. As for 
the kyngdome, power and all might that is 
vnder the heauen: it shal be geuen to the holy 
people off the most hyest, " whose kyngdome is 
euerlastinge, yee all powers shall serue and 
obeye him. Thus farre extede y wordes. 

Neuerthelesse, I Daniel was so vexed in my 
thoughtes, that my countenaunce chaunged, 
but the wordes I kepte still in my herte. 



Dani. 14. f. 
' Zach. 1. c. 
Dan. 14. f. 



• Dan. 9. d. k Apo. 13. a. 17. c. 

m Dan. 2. c. Apoc. 12. d. " Luc. 1. c. 
Luc. 2. c. 



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Cfie bit). Chapter. 

IN the thirde yeare off the raigne of kinge 
Balthasar, there apeared a visio vnto me 
Daniel, after that I had sene the first. " I 
sawe in a vision, (and when I sawe it, I was 
at Susis in the chefe cite, which lyeth in the 
londe off Elam) and in y vision, me thought I 
was by the ryuer off Vlai. 

Then I loked vp, and sawe : and beholde 
there stode before the ryuer, a ramme, which 
had homes : and these homes were hye, but 
one was hyer then another, and the hyest came 
vp last. I sawe that this ramme puszhed with 
his homes, agaynst the west, agaynst the 
north, and agaynst the south: so that no 
beestes might stonde before him, ner defende 
them from his power: but he dyd as him 
listed, and waxed greatly. I toke hede vnto 
this, and then came there an hegoate from 
the west, ouer the whole earth, and touched 
not the grounde. 

This goate had a maruelous goodly home 
betwixte his eyes, and came vnto the ramme, 
that had the two homes (whom I had sene 
afore by the ryuer syde) and ranne fearcely 
vpon him with his might. I sawe him drawe 
nye vnto the ramme, beynge very fearce vpon 
him : yee he gaue him soch a stroke, that he 
brake his two homes : 

Nether had the ramme so moch strength as 
to stonde before him : but he kest him downe, 
trodde him vnder his fete : and no man was 
able to delyuer the ramme out of his power. 

The goate waxed exceadinge greate, and 
when he was at the strongest, his greate home 
was broken also. Then grewe there other 
foure soch like in the steade, towarde the 
foure wyndes off the heauen. *Yee out of 
one of the leest off these homes, there came 
vp yet another home, which waxed maruelous 
greate : towarde the south, towarde the east, 
and towarde the fayre pleasaunt londe. It 
grewe vp to the hoost off heauen, wherof it 
dyd cast some downe to the grounde, and off 
the starres also, and trode them vnder fete. 

Yee it grewe vp vnto the prynce off the 
hoost, from whom the daylie offeringe was 
taken, and the place off his Sanctuary casten 
downe. And a certayne season was geuen 
vnto it, agaynst the daylie offeringe (because 
of wickednesse) that it might cast downe the 



verite to the grounde, and so to prospere in 
all thinges, that it went aboute. Vpon this I 
herde one off the sayntes speakynge, which 
saynte sayde vnto one that axed this question : 

How longe shall this vision off the daylie 
sacrifice and of the waistinge abhominacion 
endure: that the Sanctuary and the power 
shall so be troden vnder fote? And he 
answered him : Vnto the euenynge & the 
morninge, euen two thousande and thre hu- 
dreth dayes: then shall the Sanctuary be 
clensed agayne. 

Now when I Daniel had sene this vision, 
and sought for the vnderstondinge of it : be- 
holde, there stode before me a thinge like 
vnto a man. And I herde a mans voyce in 
the ryuer off Vlai, which cryed, and sayde : 

Gabriel, make this man vnderstonde the 
vision. So he came, and stode by me. But 

1 was afrayed at his cominge, and fell downe 
vpon my face. 

Then sayde he vnto me : O thou sonne of 
man, marcke well, for in the last tyme shall 
this vision be fulfylled. Now as he was 
speakynge vnto me, I waxed faynte, so that I 
suncke downe to the grounde. But he toke 
holde vpon me, and set me vp agayne, say- 
enge : Beholde, I will shewe the, what shall 
happen in the last wrath: for in the tyme 
appoynted it shal be fulfilled. 

The ramme which thou sawest with the 
two homes, is the kynge off the Medes ad 
Perses : but the goate is the kynge of Greke 
londe : the greate home that stode betwixte 
his eyes, that is the pryncipall kynge. But 
where as it brake, and foure other rose vp in 
the steade : it signifieth, that out of this peo- 
ple shall stonde vp foure kyngdomes, but not 
so mightie as it. 

After these kyngdomes (whyle vngodlynesse 
is a growinge) there shall aryse a kynge off an 
vnshamefast face, which shall be wyse in 
darcke speakinges. 

He shalbe mightie and stronge, but not in 
his owne strength. He shall destroye aboue 
measure, and all that he goeth aboute, shall 
prospere : he shall slaye the stronge and holy 
people. And thorow his craftynes, falsede 
shall prospere in his honde, his herte shall be 
proude, and many one shall he put to death 
in his welthynesse. He shal stonde vp agaynst 
the prynce off prynces, but he shalbe destroyed 



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without honde. "And this vision that is shewed 
vnto the, is as sure as the evenynge and the 
mornynge. Therfore wryte thou vp this 
sight, *for it wylbe longe or it come to passe. 
Vpon this was I Daniel very faynte, so that 
I laye sicke certayne dayes : but whan I rose 
vp, I wente aboute the kynges busynesse, and 
marueled at the vision, neuerthelesse no man 
knewe of it. 

Che tr. Chapter. 

IN the first yeare off Darius the sonne off 
Ahasuerus, c which was of the sede off the 
Medes, % was made kynge ouer the realme of 
the Caldees : Yee euen in the first yeare off 
his raigne, I Daniel desyred to knowe the 
yearly nombre out of the bokes, d wherof the 
LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet: 
that Ierusalem shulde lie waist lxx. yeares : 
ad I turned me vnto God the LORDE, *for 
to praye and make myne intercessio, with fast- 
inge, sack cloth ad ashes I prayed before the 
LORDE my God, and knowleged, sayenge : 

O LORDE, thou greate 5 fearfull God, 
thou that kepest couenaunt and mercy with 
them, which loue the, and do thy commaunde- 
mentes : f We haue synned, we haue offended, 
we haue bene disobedient and gone backe : 
yee we haue departed from all thy preceptes 
and iudgmentes. 

We wolde neuer folowe thy seruauntes the 
prophetes, that spake in thy name to oure 
kynges and prynces to oure fore fathers, and 
to all the people off the londe. ^ O LORDE, 
rightuousnesse belongeth vnto the, vnto vs 
pertayneth nothynge but open shame : as it is 
come to passe this daye vnto euery man of 
Iuda, and to them that dwell at Ierusalem : 

Yee vnto all Israel, whether they be farre 
or nye: thorow out all londes, wherin thou 
hast strowed them, because of the offences 
that they had done agaynst the. 

Yee o LORDE, vnto vs, to oure kinges & 
prynces, to oure fore fathers : euen to vs all, 
that haue offended the, '' belongeth open shame. 
But vnto the o LORDE oure God, pertayneth 
mercy and forgeuenesse. As for vs, we are 
gone backe from him, and haue not obeyed 
the voyce of the LORDE oure God, to walke 
in his lawes, which he layed before vs by his 

2 Mach. 9. e. 2 Tess. 2. b. * Esa. 8. d. " Dan. 

* Iere. 25. b. Iere. 29. b. ' 2 Esd. 1. a. 9. c. 

/ Baru. 1. a. ■• ■- « Tren. 1. d. A Psal. 105. a. 



seruauntes the prophetes : ' yee all Israel haue 
transgressed, and gone backe from thy lawe, 
so that they haue not herkened vnto thy voyce. 

h Wherfore the curse and ooth, that is writ- 
ten in the law of Moses the seruaiit of God 
(against whom we haue offended) is poured 
vpon vs. And he hath perfourmed his wordes, 
'which he spake agaynst vs, % agaynst oure 
iudges that iudged vs : to bringe vpon vs soch 
a greate plage, as neuer was vnder heauen 
like as it is now come to passe in Ierusalem. 
Yee all this plage, as it is written in the lawe 
of Moses, is come vpon vs. Yet made we 
not oure prayer before the LORDE oure 
God, that we might turne agayne from oure 
wickednesse, and to be lerned in thy verite. 
Therfore hath f LORDE made haist, to 
bringe this plage vpon vs : for the LORDE 
oure God is rightuous, in all his workes which 
he doth : for why, we wolde not harken vnto 
his voyce. 

And now, o LORDE oure God, thou that 
m with a mightie honde hast brought thy peo- 
ple Out of Egipte, to get thy self a name, 
which remayneth this daye : we haue synned 
(o LORDE) (j done wickedly agaynst all thy 
rightuousnes : yet let thy wrothfull displeasure 
be turned awaye (I beseke the) from thy cite 
Ierusalem thy holy hill. And why ? for oure 
synnes sake and for the wickednesse of oure 
forefathers: is Ierusalem and thy people 
abhorred, of all them that are aboute vs. Now 
therfore (O oure God) heare the prayer of thy 
seruaunt, and his intercession : O let thy face 
shyne ouer thy sanctuary, that lieth waist. 

O my God, enclyne thine eare, and herken 
(at the leest for thine owne sake) open thine 
eyes : beholde how we be desolated, yee and 
the cite also, which is called after thy name : 
For we do not cast oure prayers before the in 
oure owne rightuousnesse, no : but only in thy 
greate mercies. O LORDE, heare : O for- 
geue LORDE: O LORDE considre, tary 
not ouer longe : but for thine owne sake do it, 
O my God : for thy cite and thy people is 
called after thy name. 

As I was yet speakinge at my prayers, 
knowleginge myne owne synnes and y synnes 
of my people, makinge so myne intercession 
before the LORDE my God, for the holy 



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hils sake of my God: yee whyle I was yet 
speakinge in my prayer, beholde, the ma 
Gabriel ("whom I had sene afore in the vision) 
came flyenge to me, and touched me aboute f 
offeringe tyme in the euenynge. He 
fourmed me, and spake vnto me : O Daniel 
(sayde he) I am now come, to make the vn 
derstonde it : For as soone as thou begannest 
to make thy prayer, it was so diuysed, and 
therfore am I come to shewe the. *And 
why ? for thou art a man greatly beloued. 

Wherfore, pondre the matter wel, that thou 
mayest lerne, to vnderstonde the vision. Lxx. 
wekes are determed ouer thy people, j ouer 
thy holy cite : that the wickednesse maye be 
consumed, that the synne maye haue an ende, 
that the offence maye be reconciled, and to 
bringe in euerlastinge rightuousnesse, to fulfill 
f visions and the prophetes, and to anoynte 
the most holy one. Vnderstode this then, 
and marcke it well : c that from the tyme it 
shalbe concluded, to go and repayre Ierusalem 
agayne, vnto Christ (or the anoynted) prynce : 
there shalbe seuen wekes. Then shall the 
stretesj walles be buylded agayne lxij. wekes, 
but with harde troublous tyme. Afther these 
lxij. wekes, shal Christ be slayne, % they shal 
haue no pleasure in him. Then shal there 
come a people with the prynce, and destroye 
the cite and the sanctuary : and his ende 
shal come as the water floude. But the deso- 
lacion shall continue till the ende of the 
batell. 

He shall make a stronge bonde with many, 
for the space of a weke : and when the weke 
is half gone, he shal put downe the slayne 
and meatoffringe. d And in the temple there 
shalbe an abhominable desolacio, till it haue 
destroyed all. And it is concluded, y this 
waistinge shal continue vnto the ende. 

€f)e v. Chapter. 

Nthe thirde yeare of kinge Cirus of Per- 
_ sia, there was shewed vnto Daniel (other- 
wise called Balthasar) a matter, yee a true 
matter, but it is yet a longe tyme vnto it. 

He vnderstode the matter well, and per- 
ceaued what the vision was. At the same 
tyme, I Daniel mourned for the space of thre 
wekes, so that I had no lust to eate bred : as 
for flesh and wyne, there came none within 



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d Matt. 24. 13. Mar. 



1 Par. 36. 
« Dan. 7. 



my mouth : No, I dyd not ones anoynte my 
self, till the whole thre wekes were out. 

Vpon the xxiiij. daye of the first moneth, I 
was by the greate floude, called Tigris : I lift 
vp myne eyes, and loked: and beholde, a 
man clothed in lynnynge, e whose loynes were 
gyrded vp with fyne golde of Araby : his 
body was like the Chrisolite stone, his face (to 
loke vpon) was like lightenynge, his eyes as 
the flame of fyre, his armes and fete were like 
fayre glisteringe metall, but the voyce of his 
wordes was like f voyce of a multitude. 

fl Daniel alone sawe this vision, the men 
that were with me, sawe it not : but a greate 
fearfulnesse fell vpon them, so that they fled 
awaye, and hyd them selues. I was left there 
my self alone, and sawe this greate vision, so 
longe til there remayned nomore strength 
within me : Yee I lost my coloure clene, I 
waisted awaye, and my strength was gone 
Yet herde I the voyce of his wordes: (j as 
soone as I herde it, fayntnesse came vpon me, 
and I fell downe flat to the grounde vpon my 
face. And beholde, an hande touched me 
which set me vp vpon my knees u vpon the 
palmes of my hondes, sayenge vnto me : g O 
Daniel, thou well beloued man : take good 
hede of the wordes, that I shal saye vnto f, (j 
stode right vp, for vnto yaml now sent. 

And when he had sayde these wordes, I 
stode vp tremblinge. Then saide he vnto 
me : feare not Daniel : for why, sence the first 
daye that thou set thine herte to vnderstonde, 
and didest chasten thy self before thy God : 
thy wordes haue bene herde. And I had 
come vnto the whe thou begannest to speake, 
had not the prynce ouer the kingdome of the 
Perses with stonde me xxj. dayes. But lo, 
Michael one of the chefe prynces, h came to 
helpe me, him haue I left by the kinge of 
Persia, (j am come to shewe the, what shal 
happen vnto thy people in the latter dayes : 
for it wilbe loge yet or the vision be fulfilled. 

Now when he had spoken these wordes 
vnto me, I kest downe my heade to y grounde, 
and helde my tunge. Beholde, there touched 
my lippes one, very like vnto a man. Then 
opened I my mouth, and sayde vnto him, that 
stode before me : O my lorde, my ioyntes are 
lowsed in the vision, and there is no more 
stregth within me: How maye my lordes 



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h Iosu. 5. 



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seruaunt then talke with my lorde? seinge 
there is no strength in me, so that I can not 
take my breth ? Vpon this there touched me 
agayne, one moch like a man, % conforted me, 
sayenge : a O thou man so wel beloued, feare 
not : be content, take a good herte vnto the, 
and be stronge. So when he had spoken vnto 
me, I recouered, (j sayde: Speake on my 
lorde, for thou hast refreszshed me. The 
sayde he : knowest thou wherfore I am come 
vnto y ? now wil I go agayne to fight with the 
prynce of the Perses. As soone as I go forth, 
lo, the prynce of Grekelonde shal come. 
Neuertheles, I wil shewe the the thinge, y is 
fast noted in the scripture of treuth. And as 
for all yonder matters, there is none that help- 
eth me in them, but Michael youre prynce. 

Che pi. Chapter. 

AND in the first yeare of Darius of Me- 
dia, I stode by him, to conforte him, & 
to strength him, and now wil I shewe the the 
treuth. Beholde, there shal stonde vp yet 
thre kinges in Persia, but y fourth shal be 
farre richer then they all. And when he is 
in the chefest power of his riches, he shal pro- 
uoke euery man agaynst the realme of Greke- 
londe. Then shal there arise yet a mightie 
kinge, that shal rule with greate dominion, 
and do what him list. * And as soone as his 
kingdome commeth vp, it shalbe destroyed, j 
"deuyded towarde y foure wyndes of the hea- 
uen. They y come after him, shall not haue 
soch power (j dominion as he : but his king- 
dome shalbe scatred, yee euen amonge other 
the those. And the kynge of y south shalbe 
mightier, then his other prynces. Agaynst 
him there shal one make himself stroge, cj 
shal rule his dominio with greate power. 

But after certayne yeares they shalbe ioyned 
together, (j the kynges doughter of the south 
shall come to the kynge of the north, for to 
make fredshipe, but she shal not optayne the 
power of that arme, nether shall she be able 
to endure thorow his might : but she, (t, soch 
as brought her (yee (j he y begat her, (j con- 
forted her for his tyme) shalbe delyuered vp. 
Out of f braunches of hir rote, there shal one 
stonde vp in his steade : which with power of 
armes shal go thorow the kynges londe of the 
north, (j handle him acordinge to his strength. 
As for their Idols (j prynces, with their costly 



Iewels of golde & syluer, he shal cary them 
awaye captyues in to Egipte, and he shal pre- 
uayle agaynst the kynge of the north certayne 
yeares. And when he is come in to y kynges 
realme of y south, he shal be fayne to turne 
agayne in to his owne londe. Wherfore his 
sonnes shalbe displeased, and shal gather to- 
gether a mightie greate hoost of people : and 
one of them shal come, and go thorow like a 
waterfloude : then shal he returne, and go 
forth with defyenge and boostinge vnto his 
owne londe. 

The the kinge of y south shalbe angrie, 
and shal come forth to fight agaynst the kinge 
of the north : Yee he shall bringe a greate 
multitude of people together, and a greate 
heape shalbe geue in to his honde : these shal 
he cary awaye with greate pryde, for so moch 
as he hath cast downe so many thousandes, 
neuertheles he shall not preuayle. For y kinge 
of y north shal gather (of the new) a greater 
heape of people then afore, 5 come forth (after 
a certayne tyme and yeares) with a mightie 
hoost (s exceadinge greate good. 

At the same tyme there shall many stonde 
vp agaynst the kinge of the south, so that y 
wicked children of thy people also shal exalte 
them selues (to fulfill the vision) and then 
fall. So the kinge of the north shall come to 
laye sege, and to take the stroge fensed cities : 
And the power of the of y south shal not be 
able to abyde him, g the best men of the 
people shall not be so stronge, as to resist 
him. Shortly, when he commeth, he shall 
handle him as he list, & no man shalbe so 
hardy as to stonde agaynst him. He shal 
stode in the pleasaunt countre, which thorow 
him shalbe destroyed. He shal set his face 
with all his power to optayne his kingdome, g 
to be like it. Yee that shal he do, g geue 
him vnto the doughters amoge women, to de- 
stroye him. But he shal fayle, nether shal 
he optayne his purpose. After this, shall he 
set his face vnto the lies, & take many of the. 
A prynce shal stoppe him, to do him a shame, 
besyde the confucion that els shal come vnto 
him. Thus shal he turne agayne to his owne 
londe, stomble, 5 fall, and be nomore founde : 
so he that came vpon him & dyd him vio- 
lence, shal stonde in his place, 5 haue a 
pleasaunt kingdome : and after few dayes he 
shal be destroyed, 5 that nether in wrath ner 



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in batell. In his steade there shal aryse a 
vyle person not holde worthy of a kinges 
dignite : this shall come in craftely, g optayne 
the kingdome with fayre wordes: he shal fight 
agaynst the amies of the mightie (g destroye 
them,) yee g agaynst the prynce of the coue- 
naunt. 

So after y he hath taken truce with him, he 
shal hadle disceatfully : that he maye get vp. 
g ouer come him with a small flocke : 15 so 
with craftynesse to get him to f fattest place 
of the londe, and to deale otherwise, then 
ether his fathers or grandfathers dyd. For he 
shal destroye the thinge, y they had robbed g 
spoyled, yee g all their substaunce : ymagen 
ynge thoughtes agaynst the stroge holdes, 5 
that for a tyme. His power and herte shalbe 
sterred vp with a greate armye agaynst the 
kinge of the south : where thorow the kinge 
of the south shalbe moued then vnto batell, 
with a greate g mightie hoost also. Neuer- 
he shal not be able to stonde, for 



they shall conspyre agaynst him. Yee they y 
eate of his meate, shal hurte him : so that his 
hoost shal fall, g many be slayne downe. 

These two kinges shalbe mynded to do 
myschefe, g talke of disceate at one table: but 
they shal not prospere : "for why, the ende 
shal not come yet, vnto the tyme apoynted. 
The shall he go home agayne in to his owne 
londe with greate good, g set his herte agaynst 
the holy couenaunt, he shalbe busy agaynst it, 
g then returne home. At the tyme appoynted 
he shal come agayne, g go towarde the south : 
So shall it happen otherwise then at the first, 
yet ones agayne. And why, the shippes of 
Cythim shal come vpon him, that he maye be 
smytten g turne agayne: *y he maye take 
indignacion agaynst the couenaunt of holynes, 
to medle agaynst it. Yee he shal turne him, 

drawe soch vnto him, as leaue the holy 
couenaunt. 

He shal set mightie men to vnhalowe the 
sanctuary of stregth, to put downe the daylie 
offeringe, g to set vp the abhominable desola- 
cion. And soch as breake the couenaunt, shal 
he flatre with fayre wordes. But y people that 
wil knowe their God, shal haue the ouerhade 
and prospere. Those also that haue vnder- 
stondinge amonge the people, shal enfourme 
the multitude: g for a longe season, they 



2 Mac. 5. a. 
d Apoc. 15. 



* Nu. 24. 
' Apo. 12. 



Apo. 



shalbe persecuted with swearde, with fyre, with 
captyuyte g with the takynge awaye of their 
goodes. Now whe they fall, they shalbe set 
vp with a litle helpe : but many shal cleue 
vnto them faynedly. 

Yee some of those which haue vnderstond- 
ynge shal be persecuted also : y they maye be 
tryed, purified g clesed, till the tyme be out : 
for there is yet another tyme appoynted. The 
kinge shal do what him list, he shal exalte and 
magnifie himself agaynst all, that is God. c Yee 
he shall speake maruelous thinges agaynst the 
God of all goddes, wherin he shal prospere, so 
d longe till the wrath be fulfilled, for the con- 
clusion is deuysed alredy. He shal not re- 
garde the God of his fathers, but his lust shall 
be vpon wome : Yee he shal not care for eny 
God, for he shal magnifie himself aboue all. 
In his place shal he worshipe the mightie 
Idols : g the god whom his fathers knewe not, 
shal he honoure with golde and syluer, with 
precious stones and pleasaunt Iewels. 

This shal he do, sekinge helpe and sucoure 
at the mightie Idols and straunge goddes. 
Soch as wil receaue him, and take him for 
God, he shal geue them greate worshipe and 
power : yee and make them lordes of the 
multitude, and geue them the londe with re- 
wardes. In the latter tyme, shal the kinge of 
the south stryue with him : and the kinge of 
the north in like maner shall come agaynst 
him with charettes, horsmen g with a greate 
nauy of shippes. He shal come in to the 
londes, destroye and go thorow : he shal entre 
also in to the fayre pleasaunt londe. ' Many 
cities g countrees shal decaye, excepte Edom, 
Moab g the best of the children of" Ammon, 
which shal escape from his honde. He shall 
stretch forth his hodes vpon the countrees, g 
the londe of Egipte shal not escape him. For 
thorow his goinge in, he shal haue dominion 
ouer the treasures of syluer g golde, g ouer all 
the precious Iewels of Egipte, Lybia and 
Ethiopia. -^Neuerthelesse the tydinges out of 
the east and the north shall trouble him, for 
the which cause he shal go forth to destroye g 
curse a greate multitude. The tentes of his 
palace shall he pytch betwixte the two sees, 
vpon the hill of the noble sanctuary/ for he 
shal come to the ende of it, and then shal no 
man helpe him. 

e Apo. 19. d. 20 c. 



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€fi« rtj. Chapter. 

THE tyme wil come also, that the greate 
prynce Michael/ which stondeth on thy 
peoples syde, shal aryse vp, for there shal 
come a tyme of trouble,* soch as neuer was, 
sens there begane to be eny people, vnto that 
same tyme. Then shal thy people be de- 
lyuered, yee all those that be foude written in 
the boke. c Many of them that slepe in the 
dust of the earth, shal awake : some to euer- 
lastinge life, some to perpetuall shame a re- 
profe. rf The wyse (soch as haue taught other) 
shal glister, as the shyninge of heauen : and 
those that haue instructe the multitude vnto 
godlynesse, shalbe as the starres, worlde with- 
out ende. 

And thou o Daniel, shut vp these wordes, g 
seale the boke, till the last tyme. Many shal 
go aboute here and there, and the shal know- 
lege increase. So I Daniel loked, and beholde, 
there stode other two : one vpon this shore of 
the water, the other vpon yonder syde. And 
one of the sayde vnto him, which was clothed 
in lynnynge, and stode aboue vpon the waters 
of the floude : How longe shall it be to the 



Apo. 19. 



c Ioli. 5. c. 1 Cor. 15. e. 

Apo. 10. a. 



ende of these wonderous workes? "Then 
herde I the man with the lynnynge clothes, 
which stode aboue vpon the waters of the 
floude : when he helde vp his right and left 
honde vnto heauen, & sware by him which 
lyueth for euer :/ that it shal tary for a tyme, 
two tymes g half a tyme: g when the power 
of the holy people is clene scatred abrode, 
the shal all these thinges be fulfilled. 

I herde it well, but I vnderstode it not 
Then sayde I : O my lorde, what shal happen 
after that? He answered: Go thy waye 
Daniel, for these wordes shal be closed vp ( 
sealed, till the last tyme : (j many shalbe puri 
fied, clensed & tried. But the vngodly shall 
lyue wickedly, and those wicked (as many of 
the as they be) shal haue no vnderstondinge 
s As for soch as haue vnderstondinge, they 
shal regarde it. And from f tyme forth that 
the daylie offerynge shalbe put downe g the 
abhominable desolacion set vp, there shalbe a 
thousande two hudreth $ xc. dayes. O well 
is him, that waiteth, g commeth to the thou- 
sande iij. C. (j xxxv. dayes. Go thou thy waye 
now, till it be ended : take thy rest, and byde 
in thy lot, till the dayes haue an ende. 



/Apo. 11. c. 12. c. 



? Matt. 13. b. 



€f)t entie of tfje prapfiet ©aniel. 



5F 











Zf>t ^voptttt <&titu&. 






Wffyat <&&tn$ contepnetfr. 






Chap. I. 


Chap. VIII 






God refuseth the Iewes, and marieth himself to 


Idolatry in Samaria and Israel. 






the Gentiles. 








Chap. II. 


Chap. IX. 






Plage ouer the Iewes, that will not amende : A 


Punyszhment vpon Israel for Idolatry. 






Promyse of mercy to those that wil repente. 








Chap. III. 
The mercifull loue of God, towarde the same 


Chap. X. 

The vnthankfulnesse of Israel. The calfe in_ 

Samaria, for the which and soch like abhomi- 






vntnanklul people. 


nacions, he telleth them of destruccion. 






Chap. IIII. 








The synnes of the prestes and of the people, 


Chap. XI. XII. 






with reprofe for the same. 


God calleth them agayne, with rehearsinge his 
benefites done to them afore. 






Chap. V. 








Against the prestes that disceaue the people. 


Chap. XIII. 






Chap. VI. 


He sheweth them their wickednesse, and punyszh- 






The vnthankfulnes of the People : Agayne, the 


ment for the same. 






louynge kyndnesse of God. 


Chap. XIIII. 






Chap. VII. 


He crieth and exorteth the people to conuerte, 






No medycine can helpe, so sore are they wounded 


promisynge swetely and louyngly to receaue 






with ydolatry. 


them. 




npHIS is the worde of the LORDE, that 
_|_ came vnto Oseas the sonne of Beeri, in 


take an harlot to thy wife, and get childre by 




her: *for the lode hath comitted greate whor- 






the dayes of Osias," Ioathan, Achas & Eze- 


dome agaynst the LORDE. So he wente, and 






chias kinges of Iuda : and in the tyme of 


toke Gomer y doughter of Deblaim : which 






Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel. 


conceaued, and brought forth a sonne. And 
the LORDE sayde vnto him : c call his name 
Iesrael, for I wil shortly auenge the bloude of 






Che first Chapter. 




n 


THIRST, when the LORDE spake vnto 
J^ Oseas, he saide vnto him : Go thy waye, 


Iesrael vpon the house of Iehu, and will bringe 






the kingdome of the house of Israel to an 






"4 Reg. 12. 15. 16, 17. 4 Leui. 21. b. Eze. 44. d. 


c 3 Re. 21. b. 4 Re. 15. c. 17. 18. b. 








1 



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tfo. tm&wi. 



ende. Then will I breake the bowe of Israel, 
in the valley of Iesrael. 

She conceaued yet agayne, and bare a 
doughter. And he sayde vnto him : Call hir 
name Loruhama (that is, not opteyninge 
mercy)" for I wil haue no pyte vpon the house 
of Israel, but forget them, and put them clene 
out of remembraunce. * Neuerthelesse I wil 
haue mercy vpon the house of Iuda, j wil saue 
them, euen thorow the LORDE their God. 
But I wil not delyuer them thorow eny bow, 
swearde, batel, horses or horsmen. 

Now when she had weened Loruhama, she 
conceaued agayne, (j bare a sonne. Then 
sayde he : call his name Lo Ami (that is to 
saye, not my people.) For why? ye are not 
my people, therfore will not I be yours. 'And 
though the nombre of the children of Israel 
be as the sonde of the see, which can nether 
be measured ner tolde : Yet in the place 
where it is sayde vnto them, ye be not my 
people : euen there shall it be thus reported 
of them : they be f childre of the lyuynge 
God. rf Then shal the children of Iuda and 
the childre of Israel be gathered together 
agayne, (j chose them selues one heade, and 
then departe out of the londe: for greate 
shalbe the daye of Iesrael. 

Chf t). Chapter. 

TELL youre brethren, that they are my 
people : and youre sisteren, that they 
haue optayned mercy. As for youre mother, 
ye shal chyde with her, and reproue her : for 
she is not my wife/ nether am I hir huszbode : 
vnlesse she put awaye hir whordome out of 
my sight, and hir aduoutry from hir brestes. 
Yf no, I shal strype her naked, & set her, euen 
as she came in to f worlde •/ Yee I shal laye 
hir waist, and make her like a wildernesse, and 
slaye her for thyrste. I shal haue no pite also 
vpon hir children, f for they be the children of 
fornicacion. 

Their mother hath broken hir wedlocke, 
and she that bare them, is come to cofucion. 
h For she sayde : I wil go after my louers, that 
geue me my water and my bred, my woll (j 
my flax, my oyle and my drynke. But I will 
hedge hir waye with thornes, and stoppe it, 
that she shal not fynde hir fotestoppes : and 



-4 Re. 17. a. » Gen. 49. b. 4 Re. 19. g. c Esa. 10. d. 
Rom. 9. c. Gen. 22. c. " Ioh. 1. a. Eze. 37. o. 

e Iere. 3. a. / Eze. 16. a. e Ioh. 8. d. * 4 Re. 17. a. 



though she runne after hir louers, yet shall 
she not get them : 'she shal seke them, but 
not fynde them. Then shal she saye: well, I 
will go turne agayne to my first huszbonde, 
for at y tyme was I better at ease, then now. 
But this wolde she not knowe, where as I yet 
gaue her come, wyne, oyle, syluer and golde, 
which she hath hanged vpon Baal. 

* Wherfore now will I go take my come 5 
wyne agayne in their season, and fet agayne 
my woll and my flax, which I gaue her, to 
couer hir shame. 'And now will I dyscouer 
hir foolishnesse, euen in the sight of hir louers, 
and no man shal delyuer her out of my 
hondes. Morouer, I wil take awaye all hir 
myrth,"' hir holy dayes, hir new moones, hir 
Sabbathes and all hir solempne feastes : I 
will destroye hir vynyardes and fyge trees, 
though she saieth : lo, here are my rewardes, 
that my louers haue geuen me. I wil make 
it a wodde, and the wylde beestes shall eate it 
vp : I will punysh her also for the dayes of 
Baal," wherin she censed him, deckynge him 
with hir earynges and cheynes : when she 
folowed hir louers, and forgat me, saieth the 
LORDE. 

Wherfore beholde, I wil call her againe, 
bringe her in to a wildernes, and speake frendly 
vnto her : there wil I geue her hir vynyardes 
agayne," yee and the valley of Achor also, to 
shewe hir hope & comforte. Then shal she 
synge there as in the tyme of hir youth, j like 
as in the daye ''when she came out of the 
londe of Egipte. Then (saieth the LORDE) 
she shal saye vnto me : O my houszbande, (j 
shal call me nomore Baal : for I wil take 
awaye those names of Baal from hir mouth, 
yee she shal neuer remembre their names eny 
more. q Then will I make a couenaunt with 
them, with the wylde beastes, with the foules 
of the ayre, 5 with euery thinge that crepeth 
vpon the earth. 

r As for bowe, swerde and batel, I will de- 
stroye soch out of the londe, & wil make them 
to slepe safely. * Thus wil I mary the vnto 
myne owne self for euermore : yee euen to 
my self wil I mary the, in rightuousnesse, in 
equyte, in louynge kyndnesse and mercy. In 
faith also will I mary the vnto my self, & thou 
shalt knowe the LORDE. At the same tyme 



■ Leui. 15. c. * Eze. 16. b. ' Iere. 13. c. m Deu. 16. c, 
" Iud. 2. b. 10. b. " Iosu. 7. d. >> ludic. 5. a. 

Exo. 15. a. 1 Leui. 26. a. r Esa. 2. a. s Eze. 16. b. 



fo. Htdwij. 



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wil I shewe my self frendly and gracious vnto 
y heauens, saieth the LORDE: g the heauens 
shal helpe the earth, and the earth shal helpe 
the corne, wyne and oyle, and they shal helpe 
Iesrael. I wil sowe them vpo earth, for a sede 
to myne owne self, g wil haue mercy vpon her, 
y was without mercy. And to the which 
were not my people," I wil saye : thou art my 
people. And he shal saye : thou art my God. 

Che uj. Chapter 

THEN sayde y LORDE to me: *Go 
yet thy waye u wowe an aduouterous 
woma, who thy neghboure loueth, asy LORDE 
doth the childre of Israel: how be it they 
haue respecte to straunge goddes, c and loue 
the wyne kannes. So I gat her for xv. syluer- 
linges, and for an Homer and an half of barlye, 
& sayde vnto her : Thou shalt byde with me a 
longe season, but se that thou play est not the 
harlot, and loke thou medle with none other 
man, j then wil I kepe my self for the. 

Thus the childre of Israel shal syt a greate 
whyle without kinge and prynce/ without 
offerynge and aulter, without prest and reue- 
lacion. But after warde shal the children of 
Israel conuerte, and seke the LORDE their 
God, and "Dauid their kinge : and in y latter 
dayes they shal worshipe the LORDE, and 
his louynge kyndnesse. 

Cfie tttj. Chapter. 

HEARE y worde of the LORDE, o ye 
children of Israel : For the LORDE 
must punysh the, y dwel in the londe. And 
why ? There is no faithfulnesse, there is no 
mercy, there is no knowlege of God in the 
lode : but swearinge, lyege, maslaughter, theft 
and aduoutry haue gotten the ouerhande, (j 
one bloudgiltynesse foloweth another. Ther- 
fore shal the londe be in a miserable case, and 
all they that dwell therin, shal mourne. The 
beastes in the felde, the foules in y- ayre, and 
the fishes in the see shall dye. Yet is there 
none, that wil chaste nor reproue another. 
The prestes which shulde refourme other me, 
are become like the people. 

Therfore stomblest thou in y daye tyme, cj 
the prophet with the in the night. I wil bringe 
thy mother to sylence, j why? •'"my 



" Ro. 9. c. 1 Pet. 2. b. * Eze. 44. d. ' Esa. 28. a. 
Amos 6. a. d 2 Par. 25. a. Dan. 3. d. * Eze. 34. d. 
/ Baruc 3. c. Esa. 5. b. Mala. 1. b. Exo. 19. a. 



perish, because they haue no knowlege. Seinge 
then that thou hast refused vnderstondinge, 
therfore wil I refuse f also: so that thou shalt 
nomore be my prest. And for so moch as 
thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God, I 
wil also forget thy childre. The more they 
increased in multitude, the more they synned 
agaynst me, therfore wil I chaunge their 
honoure in to shame. ^They eate vp the 
synnes of my people, j corage them in their 
wickednesse. ''Thus the prest is become like 
the people. ! Wherfore I will punysh them 
for their wicked wayes, cj rewarde them acord- 
inge to their owne ymaginacions. They shal 
eate, $ not haue ynough : They haue vsed 
whordome, therfore shall they not prospere : (j 
why ? they haue forsaken the LORDE, g not 
regarded him. 

Whordome, wyne and dronckennesse take 
the herte awaye. * My people axe councel at 
their stockes, their staffe must tell them. For 
an whorish mynde hath disceaued them, so y 
they comitte fornicacion agaynst their God. 
'They make sacrifice vpon the hie moun- 
taynes, j burne their incense vpon the hilles, 
yee amonge the okes, groues ij buszshes, for 
there are good shadowes. Therfore youre 
doughters are become harlottes, and youre 
spouses haue broke their wedlocke I wil not 
punish youre doughters for beinge defyled, g 
youre brydes that became whores : m seinge the 
fathers them selues haue medled with har- 
lottes, and offered with vnthriftes : but the 
people that wil not vnderstonde, must be 
punyshed. 

Though thou Israel art disposed to playe f 
harlot, yet shuldest not thou haue offended, o 
Iuda : " thou shuldest not haue runne to Gal- 
gala, ner haue gone vp to Bethaue, ner haue 
sworne : the LORDE lyueth. For Israel is 
gone backe, like a waton cowe. The LORDE 
therfore shal make hir fede, as y labe y goeth 
astraye. And where as Ephraim is become 
partaker of Idols, wel, let him go. Their 
dronckenesse hath put the backe, (j brought 
them to whordome. Their rulers loue re- 
wardes, brynge (saye they,) to their owne 
shame. A wynde shall take holde of their 
fethers, g they shal be cofounded in their 
offeringes. 



i Eze. 13. d. * Esa. 24. a. * Leui. 26. d. Mich. 6. c, 
Agg. 1. a. k 4 Reg. 1. a. '4 Re. 17. b. m Nu. 25. a, 
" 3 Re. 12. d. Deu. 10. d. 



Cf>a;p* btj» 



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tfo. tittlwiij. 



%\)t 6. Chapter. 

HEARE this, o ye prestes: take hede, 
o thou housholde of Israel : geue eare, 
o thou kingly house : for this punyshment wil 
come vpon you, that are become a snare vnto 
Myspa, and a spred net vnto the mount of 
Thabor: They kyll sacrifices by heapes, to 
begyle the people therwith : " therfore wil I 
punysh them all. I knowe Ephraim well 
ynough, & Israel is not hyd fro me : for 
Ephraim is become an harlot, and Israel is 
defyled. They are not mynded to turne vnto 
their God, for they haue an whorish herte, so 
y they can not knowe the LORDE. 

* But the pryde of Israel wil be rewarded 
him in his face, yee both Israel and Ephraim 
shal fall for their wickednesse, and Iuda with 
them also. c They shall come with their 
shepe & bullockes to seke y LORDE, rf but 
they shal not fynde him, for he is gone from 
them. As for the LORDE, they haue re- 
fused him, and brought vp bastarde children : 
a moneth therfore shall deuoure them with 
their porcions. 

Blowe with the shawmes at Gabea, and 
with the trumpet in Rama, crie out at 
Bethauen vpon the yonside of Ben Iamin. 
In the tyme of y plage shal Ephraim be layed 
waist, therfore dyd I faithfully warne the 
trybes of Israel. " Yet are the prynces of 
Iuda become like them, that remoue the 
londemarckes, therfore wil I poure out my 
wrath vpon them like water. Ephraim is 
oppressed, and can haue no right of the lawe : 
for why ? they folowe y doctrynes of men. 
Therfore will I be vnto Ephraim as a moth, g 
to the house of Iuda as a caterpiller. 

•^When Ephraim sawe his sicknesse, and 
Iuda his disease : Ephraim wente vnto Assur, 
and sent vnto kinge Iareb : yet coude not he 
helpe you, ner ease you of youre payne. I 
am vnto Ephraim as a lyon, and as a lyons 
whelpe to the house of Iuda. Euen I, I wil 
spoyle them, (j go my waye. I wil take them 
with me, and no man shal rescue them. I wil 
go, and returne to my place, till they waxe 
faynt, and seke me. 

Cfte hi. Chapter 
N their aduersite they shall seke me, and 
saye : come, let vs turne agayne to the 



I 



" Eze. 8. b. Iere. 23. d. 
Deu. 4. e. Eze. 14. a. 



Osee 7. b. c Iere. 3. b 
e Deu. 19. d. Deu. 27. b 



LORDE: g for he hath smytten vs, and he 
shal heale vs : He hath wounded vs, 5 he shal 
bynde vs vp agayne : after two dayes shal he 
quycken vs, in the thirde daye he shal rase 
vs vp, so that we shal lyue in his sight. Then 
shal we haue vnderstondinge, & endeuoure 
oure selues to knowe the LORDE. He shal 
go forth as the sprynge of the daye, ''and come 
vnto vs as the euenynge and mornynge rayne 
vpon the earth. 

O Ephraim, what shal I do vnto the ? O 
Iuda, how shal I intreate the ? seynge youre 
loue is like a mornynge cloude, g like a dew y 
goeth early awaye. Therfore haue I cut downe 
the prophetes, & letten them be slayne for my 
wordes sake: so that thy punyshment shal 
come to light. For I haue pleasure in louynge 
kyndnesse, and not in offerynge : ' Yee in the 
knowlege of God, more then in burnt sacrifice. 
k But euen like as Adam dyd, so haue they 
broken my couenaunt, and set me at naught. 
Galaad is a cite of wicked doers, of malicious 
people and bloudshedders. The multitude of 
the prestes is like an heape of theues, mur- 
therers & bloudthurstie : for they haue wrought 
abhominacion. ' Horrible thinges haue I sene 
in the house of Israel, there playeth Ephraim 
the harlot, and Israel is defyled: but Iuda 
shall haue an haruest for himself, when I re- 
turne the captiuyte of my people. 

Cfje bi). Cfiapter. 

WHEN I vndertake to make Israel 
whole, then the vngraciousnesse of 
Ephraim and the wickednes of Samaria com- 
meth to light: then go they aboute with lyes. 
At' home, they be theues: and without, they 
fall to robbynge. They cosidre not in their 
hertes, that I remebre all their wickednes. 
They go aboute with their owne ynuencios, 
but I se them wel ynough. They make the 
kinge and the princes, to haue pleasure in 
their wickednes j lyes. All these burne in 
aduoutry, as it were an ouen y the baker 
heateth, whe he hath lefte kneadinge, till the 
dowe be leuended. Euen so goeth it this 
daye with oure kinges and prynces, for they 
begynne to be woode droncken thorow wyne : 
they vse familiarite with soch as disceaue the. 
They with the ymaginacion of their herte are 
like an oue, their slepe is all y night like the 



/ 4 Re. 16. b. 2 Par. 28. c. « lob 5. b. 
' Matt. 9. b. 12. a. k Gen. 3. b. 



h Pro. 16. 
' Iere. 18. 



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Cfcap* biij. 



slepe of a baker, in the mornynge is he as 
hote as the flame of fyre : they are altogether 
as hote as an ouen. 

They haue deuoured their owne iudges, all 
their kinges are falle : yet is there none of the 
y calleth vpon me. Therfore must Ephraim 
be mixte amonge y- Heithen. Ephraim is 
become like a cake, y no man turneth : 
straungers haue deuoured his strength, yet he 
regardeth it not : he waxeth ful of gray haires, 
yet wil he not knowe it : 5 f pride of Israel is 
cast downe before their face, a yet wil they 
not turne to the LORDE their God, ner seke 
him, for all this. 

Ephraim is like a doue, that is begyled, 
and hath no herte. h Now call they vpon the 
Egipcians, now go they to the Assirians : but 
whyle they be goinge here and there, I shal 
sprede my net ouer them, 5 drawe them downe 
as y foules of the ayre : and acordinge as they 
haue bene warned, so will I punysh them. 
c Wo be vnto them, for they haue forsake me. 
They must be destroyed, for they haue set 
me at naught. d I am he that haue redemed 
them, and yet they dyssemble with me. They 
call not vpon me with their hartes, but lye 
youlinge vpon their beddes. Where as they 
come together, it is but for meate 5 drincke, 
and me will they not obeye. I haue taught 
them, and defended their arme, yet do they 
ymagin myschefe agaynst me. They turne 
them selues, but not a right, 3, are become as 
a broken bowe. Their prynces shalbe slayne 
with the swearde, for the malice of their 
tunges, soch blasphemies haue they lerned in 
the londe of Egipte 

Ci)« bttj. Chapter. 

SET the home to thy mouth, and blowe : 
'get the swiftly (as an Aegle) vnto the 
house of the LORDE : for they haue broken 
my couenaunt, and transgressed my lawe. 
Israel can saye vnto me : thou art my God, 
we knowe the : but he hath refused the thinge 
that is good, therfore shall the enemye folowe 
vpon him. ^They haue ordened kinges, but 
not thorow me : they haue made prynces, and 
I must not knowe of it. g Of their syluer and 
golde haue they made them ymages, to bringe 
them selues to destruccion. 



" Osee 5. a. » 4 Re. 16. b. « Esa. 1. a. d 2 Pet. 2. a. 
Matt. 15. a. Esa. 29. d. Eze. 33. f. > Deu. 31. d. 

/3Re. 12. c. s Eze. 7. d. * 3 Re. 12. d. 



* Thy calfe (O Samaria) shalbe taken awaye, 
for my wrothfull indignacion is gone forth 
agaynst the. How longe wil it be, or they 
can be clensed? For the calfe came from 
Israel, the worke man made it, therfore can it 
be no God, but euen to a spyders webbe shal 
y calfe of Samaria be turned. They haue 
sowne wynde, therfore shal they reepe a 
storme. 

Their sede shal beare no come, there shal 
no meel be made of their increase : though 
yre be, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp. 
Israel shall perish, the Gentiles shall entreate 
him as a foule vessel. Sens they went vp to 
the Assirians, they are become like a wylde 
asse in the deserte. 

'" Ephraim geueth rewardes to get louers, 
therfore are they scatred amoge the Heithe, 
there wil I gather them vp. They shal soone 
be weery of the burthen of kinges & prynces. 
Ephraim hath made many aulters to do 
wickednes, therfore shal the aulters turne to 
his synne. Though I shewe the my lawe 
neuer so moch, they counte it but straunge 
doctrine. Whereas they do sacrifice, offeringe 
the flesh and eatinge it : the LORDE will 
haue no pleasure therin : but will remembre 
their wickednes, and punysh their synnes. 
k Israel turneth agayne in to Egipte, they haue 
forgotten him that made them, they buylde 
churches, and Iuda maketh many stronge 
cities: 'therfore wil I sende a fyre in to their 
cities, and it shal consume their places. 

Clje ir. Chapter. 

DO not thou triumphe (O Israel) make 
no boostinge more then the Heithen, 
for thou hast comitted aduoutry agaynst thy 
God : straunge rewardes hast thou loued, more 
the all corne floores. m Therfore shall they 
nomore enioye the cornefloores and wyne- 
presses, and their swete wyne shal fayle the. 
They wil not dwel in the LORDES londe, 
" but Ephraim turneth agayne in to Egipte, (j 
eateth vncleane thinges amonge the Assirians. 
They poure out no wyne for a drinkofferinge 
vnto the LORDE, nether geue they him their 
slayne offeringes : but they be vnto them as 
mourners meates, wherin all they that eate 
them, are defyled. For the bred that they 

■ 4 Re. 17. a. Eze. 16. b. * Deu. 17. d. 4 Re. 17. a 

' 4 Re. 25. b. m Agg. 2. c. " Eze. 4. c. 



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haue soch lust vnto, shal not come in the 
house of the LORDE. What wil ye do then 
in the solempne dayes, and in the feast of the 
LORDE? lo, they shall get them awaye for 
the destruccion, Egypte shal receaue them, (t 
Noph shal bury them. 

The nettles shall ouergrowe their pleasaunt 
goodes, and burres shalbe in their tabernacles. 
Be ye sure (O Israel) the tyme of visitacion 
is come, the dayes of recompencinge are at 
honde. As for the prophet, ye holde him for 
a foole : and him that is rich in the sprete, 
for a mad man : so greate is youre wickednes 
and malice. Ephraim hath made himself a 
watchman of my God, a prophet y is become 
a snare to do hurte in euery strete, and abho- 
minacion in the house of his God. " They be 
gone to farre, j haue destroied the selues, like 
as they dyd afore tyme at Gabaa. Therfore 
their wickednes shal be remebred, and their 
synnes punyshed. 

I fande Israel like grapes in the wildernes, 
I sawe their fathers as the first fyges in y 
toppe of y fyge tre. But they are gone to 
Baal Peor, d g runne awaie fro me to y 
shamefull Idoll, & are become as abhominable 
as their louers Ephraim flieth like a byrde, so 
shal their glory also : In so moch, y they 
shal nether begette, coceaue ner beare 
children. 

And though they bringe vp eny, yet will I 
make them childlesse amonge men. Yee wo 
shall come to them, when I departe from them. 
c Ephraim (as me thinke) is planted in welthi- 
nesse, like as Tyrus, but now must she bringe 
hir owne children forth to the manslayer. 

O LORDE thou shalt geue them: what 
shalt thou geue them ? geue them an vnfrute- 
full ' wombe and drye brestes. d All their 
wickednesse is done at G algal, there do I 
abhorre them. For the vngraciousnes of their 
owne inuencions, I wil dryue them out of my 
house. I will loue them nomore, for all their 
prynces are vnfaithfull. Ephraim is hewen 
downe, their rote is dryed vp, so y they shal 
bringe nomore frute: yee and though they 
bringe forth eny, yet wil I slaye euen the best 
beloued frute of their body. My God shall 
cast them awaye, for they haue not bene obe- 
diet vnto him, therfore shal they go astraye 
amonge the Heithen. 



"Iud. 19. a. 1 Re. 10. 
Nu.25. a. c Gen. 48. a 



4 Reg. 9. 
d Iosue A 



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e Esa. 5. a. 



C^e r. Chapter. 

ISRAEL was a goodly vyne, but he hath 
e brought forth vnprofitable frute : yee the 
more frute he had, the mo aulters he made : 
y more good I dyd to their londe, the more 
frendshipe shewed they to their ymages. Their 
herte is deuyded, therfore wil they be de- 
troyed. The LORDE shall breake downe 
their ymages, he shal destroye their aulters. 
Then shal they saye : we haue no kinge, for 
why? we haue not feared the LORDE. And 
hat shal then the kinge do to vs ? They 
comon together, and sweare vayne oothes: 
they be cofederate together, therfore groweth 
their punyshment, as the wedes in the forowes 
of the londe. 

They that dwell in Samaria haue wor- 
shipped the calfe of Bethaue : therfore shall 
the people mourne ouer them, yee and the 
prestes also, that in their welthynesse reioysed 
with them : and why ? it shal passe awaye 
from them. It shalbe brought to the Assi- 
rian, for a present vnto kinge Iareb. Ephraim 
shal receaue full punishment : Israel shal be 
confounded for his owne ymaginacions, Sama- 
ria with his kinge shall vanish awaye, as the 
scomme vpon the water. The hye places of 
Auen where Israel do synne, shal be cast 
downe : thistles and thornes shal growe vpon 
their aulters. Then shal they saye to y moun- 
taynes: ''couer vs, and to the hilles: fall vpon vs. 

O Israel, thou hast synned as Gabaa dyd 
afore tyme, where they remayned : e shulde 
not the batel then come vpon the wicked 
children, as wel as vpon the Gabaonites ? I 
wil chasten them, euen after myne owne de- 
syre, the people shal be gathered together 
ouer them, whe I punysh them for their greate 
wickednesse. Ephraim was vnto me, as a 
cow that is vsed to go to plowe, therfore I 
loued him, and fell vpon his fayre neck. I 
droue Ephraim, * Iuda plowed, (t. Iacob played 
the huszbSde man: that they might sowe 
vnto rightuousnes, and reape the frutes of 
weldoynge : y they might plowe vp their fresh 
londe, and seke the LORDE, till he came, 
and lerned them rightuousnes. 

But now they haue plowed them wicked- 
nesse, therfore shal they reepe synne, and eate 
the frute of lyes. Seinge thou puttest thy 

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cofidence in thine owne wayes, and leanest to 
y multitude of thy worthies : there shal growe 
a sedicion amonge thy people. All thy stroge 
cities shalbe layed waist, " euen as Salmana 
was destroyed with his familiers, thorow him 
that was auenged of Baal, in the daye of 
batel, where f mother perished with hir 
childre. Euen so shal it go with you (o 
Bethel) because of youre malicious wickednes. 
Like as the mornynge goeth awaye, so shal 
the kinge of Israel passe. 

Cfte vi. Chapter. 

WHEN Israel was yoge, I loued him 
*and called my sonne out of the londe 
of Egipte. But f more they were called, the 
more they wente backe : offerynge vnto Idols, 
and censynge ymages. c I lerned Ephraim to 
go, and bare them in myne armes, but they 
regarded not me, that wolde haue helped 
them. I led them with coardes of frendshipe, 
il with bondes of loue. I was euen he, that 
layed the yocke vpon their neckes. d I gaue 
them their fodder my self, y they shulde not 
go agayne in to Egipte: And now is Assur 
their kinge : For they wolde not turne vnto 
me. Therfore shal f swearde begynne in 
their cities, the stoare that they haue lickened 
vnto, shall be destroyed and eaten vp : and 
that because of their owne ymaginacions. My 
people hath no lust to turne vnto me, e their 
prophetes laye the yocke vpon the, but they 
ease them not of their burthen. 

What greate thinges haue I geuen the, o 
Ephraim? how faithfully haue I defended 
the, o Israel ? haue I dealt with the as with 
Adama ? -'"or haue I intreated the like Se- 
boim ? No, my hert is otherwise mynded. 
Yee my mercy is to feruent : therfore haue I 
not turned me to destroye Ephraim in my 
wrothful displeasure. For I am God and 
> man, I am euen that holy one in the 
yddest of the, though I came not within 
the cite. 

The LORDE roareth like a lyon, that they 
maye folowe him : ^Yee as a lyon roareth he, 
that they maye be afrayed, like the children 
of the see : that they maye be scarred awaye 
from Egipte, as men scarre byrdes : (j frayed 
awaye (as doues vse to be) from the Assirias 



Iud. 8. c. b Exo. 3. b. 6. b. Matt. 2. c. c Exo. 

32. b. 3 Re. 12. e. 4 Re. 16. o. * Exo. 16. c. ' Esa, 
10. a. 28. b. Matt. 23. Luc. 11. d. / Gen. 19. e. 



londe: and that because I wolde haue them tary f 
at home, saieth the LORDE. But Ephraim 
goeth aboute me with lies, and the house of 
Israel dyssembleth. Only Iuda holdeth him 
with God, and with the true holy thinges. 

Cije rtj. Cfiapter. 

EPHRAIM kepeth the ayre, and foloweth 
after the east wynde : he is euer increas- 
inge lyes d destruction. They be confederate 
with the Assirians, their oyle is caried in to 
Egipte. ''The LORDE hath a courte to 
holde with Iuda, and wil punysh Iacob : After 
their owne waies and acordinge to their owne 
inuencions, shal he recompence them. H 
toke his brother by the hele, ' when he was 
yet in his mothers wombe : and in his strength 
he wrestled with God. He stroue with the 
Angel, and gat the victory : so that he prayde 
and desyred him. He fande him at Bethel, 
(j there he talked with vs. 

Yee the LORDE God of hoostes, euen y 
LORDE him self remembred him: Then 
turne to thy God, kepe mercy and equyte, 
and hope still in thy God. But the mar 
chaunt hath a false weight in his honde, he hath 
a pleasure to occupie extorcion. * Ephraim 
thinketh thus : Tush, I am rich, I haue good 
ynough : In all my workes shal not one fawte 
be founde, that I haue offended. Yet am 
the LORDE thy God, eue as when I brought 
the out of the londe of Egipte, and set the in 
thy tentes, and as in the hye feast dayes. 

I haue spoke thorow the prophetes, and 
shewed dyuerse visions, and declared my self 
by the ministracion of y prophetes. But at 
Galaad is the abhominacion, they are fallen 
to vanyte. At Galgal they haue slayne oxen : 
' and as many heapes of stones as they had in 
their lode forowes, so many aulters haue they 
made. Iacob fled in to the londe of Siria, 
'"and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife 
he kepte shepe. 

By a prophet the LORDE brought them 
out of Egipte, and by a prophet he preserued 
the. But Ephraim hath prouoked him to 
displeasure thorow his abhominacions : ther- 
fore shal his bloude be poured vpon him self, 
and the LORDE his God shal rewarde him 
his blasphemies. 



Deu. 29. d. « Apo. 5. a. »4 Re. 16. b. Esa. 57. b. 

1 Gen. 25. a. Gen. 32. d. Gen. 35. b. * Apo. 3. c. 

1 Deu. 12. a. 14. b. m Gen. 28. a. 



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Cfje y-tt|. Chapter. 

THE abhominacion of Ephraim is come 
also in to Israel. He is gone backe to 
Baal, therfore must he dye. " And now they 
synne more and more : of their syluer, they 
make them molten ymages, like the Idols of 
the Heithen, and yet all is nothinge but the 
worke of the craftesman. Notwithstodinge 
they preach of the same : who so wil kysse 
the calues, offreth to men. Therfore they 
shalbe as the momynge cloude, and as the dew 
that early passeth awaye : and like as dust that 
y wynde taketh awaye from the floore, and as 
smoke that goeth out of f chymney. 

*I am the LORDE thy God, which brought 
the out of the londe of Egipte : that thou 
shuldest knowe no God but me only, j that 
thou shuldest haue no Sauioure but only me. 
c I toke diligent hede of the in the wildernesse 
that drye londe. But when they were wel 
fedde and had ynough, they waxed proude, 
and forgat me. d Therfore will I be vnto them 
as a lyon, and as a leoparde in f waye to 
the Assirians. I wil come vpon them as a 
she beer, that is robbed of hir welpes, and I 
wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs. 
There wil I deuoure them as a lyon : yee the 
wylde beastes shal teare them. 

e O Israel, thou doest but destroye thy 
self, In me only is thy helpe. Where are thy 
kinges now, that shulde helpe the in all thy 
cities ? Yee and thy iudges, of whom thou 
saydest : geue me a kinge and prynces ? -'"well, 
I gaue the a kinge in my wrath, and in my 
displeasure will I take him from the agayne. 
The wickednesse of Ephraim is bounde toge- 
ther, g his synne lieth hyd. Therfore shall 
sorowes come vpon him, as vpon a woman 
that traualeth. An vndiscrete sonne is he : 
for he considreth not, that he shulde not haue 
bene able to haue endured in the tyme of his 
byrth, had not I defended him from the graue, 
and delyuered him from death. 

5 O death, I wil be thy death : o hell, I wil 
be thy stynge. Yet can I se no comforth, for 

" Esa. 46. a. Eze. 16. b. Osee 2. b. Osee 8. a. » Exo. 

20. a. cEsa. 43. b. Deu. 8. a. d Deu. 32. b. 

lob 22. a. / 1 Rear. 8. a. e 1 Cor. 15. f. Heb. 2. b. 



when he is now the goodliest amonge the 
brethren, the east wynde (euen the wynde of 
the LORDE) shal come downe from the wil- 
dernesse, and drye vp his condytes, and drynke 
vp his welles : he shal spoyle the treasure of 
all pleasaunt vessels. 

''As for Samaria, they shalbe made waist, 
X why ? they are disobedient vnto their God. 
They shal perish with the swearde, their child- 
ren shalbe slayne, and their women bygg with 
childe shalbe rypte vp. 

Che vtuj. Chapter. 

TURNE the now (o Israel) vntoy LORDE 
thy God, 'for thou hast taken a greate 
fall thorow thy wickednesse. Take these wordes 
with you, when ye turne to the LORDE, g 
saye vnto him : O forgeue vs all oure synnes, 
receaue vs graciously, g then wil we offre y 
bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the.* Assur 
shalbe no more oure helper, nether will we 
ryde vpon horses eny more. As for the workes 
of oure hondes, we wil nomore call vpon them : 
For it is thou that art oure God, thou shewest 
euer mercy vnto the fatherlesse. 

O (yf they wolde do this) I shulde heale 
their sores : yee with all my herte wolde I 
loue them : so y my wrath shulde clene be 
turned awaye from them. Yee I wolde be 
vnto Israel as the dewe, and he shulde growe 
as y lylie, g his rote shulde breake out as 
Libanus. His braunches shulde sprede out 
abrode, g be as fayre as the olyue tre, g smel 
as Libanus. They that dwel vnder his sha- 
dowe, shulde come agayne, g growe vp as the 
come, (j florish as the vyne : he shulde haue as 
good a name, as the wyne of Libanus. 

O Ephraim, what haue I to do with Idols 
eny more ? I wil graciously heare him, g lede 
him forth. I wil be vnto the as a grene Fyrre 
tre, vpon me shalt thou fynde thy frute. Who 
so is wyse, shal vnderstonde this : g he y is 
right enstructe, wil regarde it. For y waves 
of the LORDE are rightuous, soch as be godly 
wil walke in them : As for the wicked, they 
wil stomble therin. 



■ Iere. 18. a. Eze. 18. e 
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Chap. I. 
He sheweth Israel, that all their glory and out- 
warde ceremonies, shal be put downe and 
ceasse 

Chap. II. 
The plages are greate, wherfore he wolde haue 



them to mourne : yet yf they will amende, 
they maye hope for grace. 



Chap. III. 

How the people are brought agayne, and their 
enemies punished 



Che first Chapter. 

THIS is the worde of the LORDE, that 
came vnto Ioel the sonne of Phatuel : 
Heare o ye elders : podre this wel, all ye that 
dwell in the l5de : yf euer there happened soch 
a thinge in youre dayes, or in y dayes of youre 
fathers. Tell youre children of it, & let them 
shewe it vnto their children, (j so they to cer- 
tifie their posterite therof. "Loke what the 
caterpiller hath lefte, y hath the greshopper 
eaten vp : what the greshopper lefte, that hath 
the locuste eaten vp : & what the locuste hath 
lefte, that hath the blastinge consumed. Wake 
vp ye dronckardes, (j wepe : mourne all ye 
wyne suppers, because of youre swete wyne, 
for it shal be taken awaye from youre mouth. 
Yee a mightie $ an innumerable people shall 
come vp in to my londe : these haue teth like 
the teth of lyons, 6 g chaftbones like the lyon- 
esses. They shal make my vinyarde waist, 
they shal pyll of the barckes of my fygetrees, 
strype them bare, cast them awaye, and make 
the braunches whyte. 

Make thy mone as a virgin doth, y gyrdeth 
her selfe with sacke, because of hir bryde 
grome. For the meate & drynkofferynge 
shalbe taken awaye from the house of the 
LORDE: j the prestes y LORDES ministers 
shal mourne. The felde shalbe waisted, the 
londe shalbe in a miserable case : for the corne 
shalbe destroyed, the swete wyne shal come 



to confucion, j the oyle vtterly desolate. The 
huszbode men cj the wyne gardeners shal loke 
piteously j make lamentacion, for the wheate 
wyne (j barley, 5 because the haruest vpon the 
felde is so clene destroyed. The grapega- 
therers shal make greate mone, when the 
vynyarde & fygetrees be so vtterly waisted. 
Yee all the pomgranettes, palmtrees, aple- 
trees (j the other trees of the felde shall wyther 
awaye. Thus the mery cheare of the children 
of men, shal come to confucion. 

Gyrde you, 5, make youre mone, o ye 
prestes : mourne ye ministres of the aulter 
go youre waye in, & slepe in sackcloth, o ye 
officers of my God : for the meat j drynk- 
offerynge shal be taken awaye from the house 
of youre God. Proclame a fasfcynge, call the 
c5gregacion, c gather the elders 5 all the inha- 
bited of the londe together in to the house of 
the LORDE youre God, 5 crie vnto the 
LORDE : alas, alas for this daye. And why" 
the daye of the LORDE is at honde, and 
commeth as a destroyer from the Allmightie. 
Shal not y meates be taken awaye before 
oure eyes, the myrth also g ioye from the 
house of oure God ? The sede shal perish in 
the grounde, the garners shall lye waist, the 
floores shalbe broken downe, for the corne 
shalbe destroied. d O what a sighinge make 
the catell ? the bullockes are very euel likynge. 
because they haue no pasture : and the shepe 
are fameszshed awaye. 



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O LORDE, to the will I crie : for the fyre 
hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyl- 
dernesse, and the flame hath brent vp all the 
trees of the felde. Yee the wylde beestes 
crie also vnto the: for the water ryuers are 
dryed vp, and the fyre hath consumed the 
pastures of the wyldernesse. 

Cftj i). Chapter. 

BLOWE out y trompet in Sion, 5 crie 
vpo my holy hill, y all soch as dwel in 
the londe, maye treble at it : for y daie of the 
LORDE commeth, "g is harde at honde : a 
darcke daye, a gloomynge daye, a cloudy daye, 
yee g a stormy daye, like as the mornynge 
spredeth out vpo the hilles : Namely, a great 
mightie people : soch as haue not bene sens 
y begynnynge, nether shal be after them for 
euermore. Before him shal be a consumynge 
fyre, g behynde him a burnynge flame. The 
londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before 
him, but behinde him shal it be a very waist 
wildernesse, g there is no man, that shal escape 
him. They are to loke vpon like bayrded 
horses, g runne like horse men. They skyppe 
vp vpon y hilles, as it were the sounde of cha- 
rettes : as the flame of fyre that consumeth the 
strawe, and as a mightie people redy to the batell. 
The folke shalbe afrayed of him, all faces 
shal be as blacke as a pot. These shal rune 
like giauntes, g leape ouer the walles like men 
of warre. Euery ma in his goinge shal kepe 
his araie, g not go out of his Path. There 
shal not one dryue another, but ech shal kepe 
his owne waye. They shal breake in at the 
wyndowes, g not be hurte : They shal come 
in to the cite, g runne vpon the walles : They 
shal clymme vp vpon the houses, & slyppe in 
at the wyndowes like a thefe. The earth shal 
quake before him, yee the heauens shalbe 
moued : * the Sonne & Moone shal be darck- 
ened, and the starres shal withdrawe their 
shyne. The LORDE shal shewe his voyce 
before his hoost, for his hoost is greate, stronge 
& mightie to fulfill his commaundement. This 
is y greate and maruelous fearfull daye of the 
LORDE : And who is able to abyde it ? 

Now therfore saieth the LORDE: c Turne 
you vnto me with all youre hertes, with fast- 
inge, wepynge and mournynge : rente youre 
hertes, g not youre clothes. Turne you vnto 

' Soph. 1. c. Amos 5. c. * Ioel 3. c. Matt. 24. c. 

c Apoc. 6. c. Deu. 4. e. 30. a. 



the LORDE youre God, <%r he is gracious g 
mercifull, longe sufferynge g of greate com- 
passion : g redy to pardone wickednes. Then 
(no doute) he also shal turne, (j forgeue : g 
after his chastenynge, he shal let youre in- 
crease remayne, for meat g dry nek offerynges 
vnto the LORDE youre God? "Blowe out 
with the tropet in Sion, proclame a fastynge, 
call the congregacion, g gather the people 
together : warne the congregacion, gather the 
elders, bringe the children g suclynges to- 
gether. Let f brydegrome go forth of his 
chabre, g the bryde out of her closet. Let the 
prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch 
g f aulter, wepinge g sayenge : be fauourable 
(o LORDE) be fauourable vnto thy people : 
let not thine heretage be brought to soch 
confucion, lest the Heithen be lordes therof. 
Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen : 
f where is now their God ? 

Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his 
londe, g spare his people : yee f LORDE 
shal answere, g saye vnto his people: Be- 
holde, I wil sende you corne, wyne g oyle, so 
that ye shal haue plenty of them : g I wil 
nomore geue you ouer to be a reprofe amonge 
the Heithen. Agayne, as for him of the north 
I shal dryue him farre from you : g shute him 
out in to a drye and waist londe, his face 
towarde the east see, and his hynder partes 
towarde the vttemost see. The stynke of him 
shall go vp, and his fylthy corrupcion shal fall 
vpon himself, because he hath dealte so proudly, 
Feare not (o londe) but be glad and reioyse, 
for the LORDE wil do greate thinges. Be 
not ye afrayed nether (o ye beastes of the 
felde) for the pastures shal be grene, and the 
trees shal beare their frute : the fygetrees g 
vinyardes shal geue their increase. 

Be glad then (o ye children of Sion) and 
reioyse in the LORDE youre God, for he 
hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes 
°g he it is y shal sende you downe shuwers of 
rayne, early and late in the first moneth : so 
that y garners shal be full of corne, and tb 
presses plenteous in wyne and oyle. And a 
for the yeares that f greszshopper, locuste, 
blasstinge g caterpiller (my greate hoost, which 
I sent amonge you) haue eaten vp, I shal 
restore them to you agayne : so that ye shal 
haue ynough to eate, and be satisfied: i 



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prayse the name of the LORDE youre God, 
that so maruelously hath dealte with you. 

And my people shall neuer be confounded 
eny more : Ye shall well knowe, that I am in 
the myddest of Israel, and that I am youre 
God : yee and that there is none other, and my 
people shall nomore be brought to confucion. 

After this, will I poure out my sprete vpon 
all flesh : "g youre sonnes g youre doughters 
shal prophecy: youre olde me shal dreame 
dreames g youre yonge men shal se visions : 
'Yee in those dayes I will poure out my sprete 
vpon seruauntes and maydens. I will shewe 
wonders in heauen aboue, and tokes in the 
earth beneth : bloude and fyre, and the vapoure 
off smoke. The Sonne shalbe turned in to 
darcknesse, g y Moone in to bloude : before y 
greate g notable daye off the LORDE come. 
c And the tyme shal come: y who so euer 
calleth on the name of the LORDE, shalbe 
saued. For vpon the mount Sion g at Ieru- 
salem, there shalbe a saluacion, like as the 
LORDE hath promised : yee g amonge the 
other remnaunt, whom the LORDE shall call. 

Cfte iij. Chapter. 

FOR take hede : In those dayes j at y 
same tyme, when I turne agayne the 
captyuite of luda g Ierusale : I shal gather 
all people together, g brynge the in to the 
valley of Iosaphat : and there wil I reason 
with the, because of my people g heretage of 
Israel : who they haue scatred aboute in the 
nacions, g parted my lode : yee they haue cast 
lottes for my people, the yonge me haue they 
set in the brodel house, g solde the Damsels 
for wyne, y they might haue to drlke. d Thou 
Tims and Sido and all ye borders of the 
Philistynes : what haue ye to do with me ? 
Will ye defye me? well: yf ye will nedes 
defye me, 1 shall recopence you, euen vpon 
youre heade, g y right shortly : for ye haue 
take awaye my syluer g golde, my fayre g 
goodly Iewels, g brought them in to youre 
gods houses. The children also of luda and 
Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto the Grekes, 
that ye might brynge the farre fro y borders 
of their owne countrees. 

- Nu. 11. f. Esa. 44. a. Eze. 36. d. b Act. 2. b. 

c Rom. 10. b. 4 Eze. 26. a. 27. 28. Amos 1 b. 

e lore. 50. c. Abd. 1. c. f Esa. 2. a. « Apo. 14. d. 



Beholde therfore : I will rayse them out of 
the place, where ye haue solde them, e g will 
rewarde you euen vpon youre heade. Youre 
sonnes g youre doughters will I sell thorow 
the hondes of the childre of luda, g so they 
shal geue them forth to sell, vnto the of Saba, 
a people of a farre coiitre : for the LORDE 
himself hath sayde it. Crie out these thinges 
amonge the Gentiles, proclame warre, wake 
vp the giauntes, let them drawe nye, let the 
come vp all the lusty warryours of the. Make 
you sweardes of youre ploweshares, and speares 
of youre syckles g sythes/ Let y weake man 
saye : I am stronge. Mustre you, and come, 
all ye Heithe roiide aboute : gather you to- 
gether, there shall the LORDE laye all thy 
giauntes to the grounde. Let the people aryse, 
and get them to the valley of Iosaphat : for there 
wil I syt, and iudge all Heithe roude aboute. 

? Laye to youre sythes, for the haruest is 
rype : come, get you downe : the wynepresse 
is full, yee the wynepresses runne ouer, for 
their wickednesse is waxen greate. In the 
valley appoynted, there shalbe many, many 
people : for the daye of the LORDE is nye in 
y valley appoynted. The Sonne and Moone 
shall be darckened/ g the starres shal with- 
drawn their light. The LORDE shal roare 
out of Sion, g crie out of Ierusale, ' that the 
heauens g the earth shal quake withall. But 
the LORDE shal be a defence vnto his owne 
people, ad a refuge for the childre of Israel. 
Thus shal ye knowe, y I the LORDE youre 
God dwell vp5 my holy mount of Sion. Then 
shal Ierusale be holy, g there shal no straungers 
go thorow her enymore. Then shal the mou- 
taynes droppe swete wyne, g the hylles shall 
flowe with mylcke, * All the ryuers of luda 
shal haue water ynough, g out of the LORDES 
house, there shal flowe a sprynge, to water y 
broke of Sitim: but Egipte shalbe layed 
waist, g Edo shal be desolate : ' because they 
haue dealte so cruelly with the childre of 
luda, and shed innocent bloude in their londe. 
Agayne, luda shalbe inhabited for euermore, 
g Ierusale from generacion to generacio : for 
I wil not leaue their bloude vnauenged. And 
the LORDE shal dwell in Sion. 

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Chap. I. 



He prophecyeth agaynst Damascus, Gasa, Tyre, 
Edom and Amnion. 

Chap. II. 
Punyshment vp5 Moab, Iuda, and Israel. 

Chap. III. 

God warneth before he punysh. 

Chap. IIII. 

He sheweth them their wickednesse, and the 

plages for the same, and exorteth the to 
amende. 

Chap. V. 
He complayneth for the captyuyte off Israel. 



Chap. VI. 

He reproueth the welthy, ydyll and delicate 
people, tellinge them their destruccion. 

Chap. VII. 

The punyshment off the people shewed by 
dyuerse visions. 

Chap. VIII. 
A vision agaynst the covetous people and false 
waightes. The hunger of Gods worde. 

Chap. IX. 

Plages vpon Iuda. The power off God. The 
receauynge off the Heithen. Conuersion off 
the Iewes. 



Che first Chapter. 

THESE are the sermons, that were shewed 
vnto Amos (which was one of the shep- 
herdes at Thecua) vpon Israel, in the tyme 
of Osias kynge of Iuda, a g in the tyme of 
Ieroboa f sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel, two 
yeare before f earthquake. And he sayde : 
The LORDE shal roare out off Sion, j shewe 
his voyce fro Ierusale : so that y pastures of 
the shepherdes shal be in a miserable case, & 
y toppe of Charmel dryed vp. 

Thus sayeth the LORDE : c for thre j foure 
wickednesses of Damascus, I will not spare 
her : because they haue throszhed Galaad with 
yro flales : But I wil sende a fyre in to y 
house of Hazael, the same shal consume the 
aces of Benadab. Thus wil I breake the 

4 Re. 15. a. 4 Re. 14. c. ' Iere. 25. d. Ioel 3. c. 



barres off Damascus, u rote out the inhabiter 
fro the felde of Auen, and him y holdeth the 
scepter, out of y pleasunt house: so y the 
people shalbe dryuen out of fayre Siria, sayeth 
the LORDE. Thus saieth the LORDE: 
For thre u foure wickednesses of Gaza, I wil 
not spare her: d because they make the pre- 
soners yet more captyue, & haue dryuen the in 
to the lode of Edom. Therfore wil I sende 
a fyre in to y walles of Gaza, which shal de- 
uoure hir houses. I wil rote out the y dwell 
at Asdod ^ him y holdeth the scepter of 
Ascalon, and stretch out myne honde ouer 
Accaron, that the remnaunt of the Philistines 
shal perish, saieth the LORDE. 

Thus sayeth the LORDE : For thre and 
foure wickednesses off the cite off Tyre, I will 
not spare her : e because they haue increased y 

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captiuyte of the Edomites, and haue not re- 
membred the brotherly couenaunt. "Ther- 
fore will I sende a fyre in to the walles off 
Tyre, that shal consume hir pallaces. Thus 
sayeth the LORDE : For thre and foure 
wickednesses of Edora I wil not spai*e him, * 
because he persecuted his brother with the 
swerde, destroyed his mothers wombe, bare 
hatred very longe, and so kepte indignacion 
allwaye by him. Therfore will I sende a fyre 
in to Thema, which shal deuoure the pallaces 
of Bosra. 

Thus sayeth the LORDE: 'For thre ad 
foure wickednesses of the children off Ammon, 
I will not spare them : because they rypte vp 
the wome greate with childe in Galaad, to 
make the borders of their londes the wyder. 
Therfore I wil kyndle a fyre in the walles of 
Rabbath, that shall consume hir palaces : 
with a greate crie, in the daye of batel, in 
tempest and in the daye off storme : so that 
their kynge shal go in to captiuyte, he and 
his prices together, sayeth the LORDE. 

Cfie ij. Chapter. 

THUS sayeth the LORDE: For thre 
and foure wickednesses off Moab, d I will 
not spare him : because he brent the bones off 
the kynge of Edom to asshes. Therfore will 
I sende a fyre in to Moab, which shal cosume 
f pallaces of Carioth : so y Moab shal perish 
with a noyse, and the sounde of a shawme. 

r ill rote out the iudge from amoge them, 
and slaye all his prynces with him, sayeth the 
LORDE. Thus sayeth the LORDE: 'for 
thre ad foure wickednesses of Iuda, I wil not 
spare him : because he hath cast asyde the 
lawe of the LORDE, and not kepte his com- 
maundementes : for why, they wolde nedes be 
disceaued with the lyes, that their forefathers 
folowed. Therfore will I sende a fyre in to 
Iuda, which shal consume the palaces of 
Ierusalem. 

Thus sayeth the LORDE : For thre (t foure 
wickednesses of Israel, I wil not spare him : 
because he hath solde the rightuous for money, 
and the poore for shues. They treade vpon 
poore mens heades in the dust of the earth, 
I croke the wayes off the meke. The sonne 
and the father go to the harlot, to dishonoure 
my holy name : they lye besyde euery aulter 



' 3 Re. 
Iere. 49. 



a. » Abd. 

Eze. 21. d. 25. 



a. Iere. 49. b. Gen. 27. g. 
d Esa. 15. a. 16. a. Iere. 



vpon clothes taken to pledge, and in the 
house of their goddes they drynke the wyne 
of the oppressed. ^Yet destroyed I the Amo- 
rite before them, that was as hie as the Cedre 
trees, and as stronge as the okes: notwith- 
stodinge I destroyed his frute fro aboue, and 
his rote from vnder. 

Agayne : I brought you out of the londe of 
Egipte, sand led you xl. yeares thorow the 
wyldernesse, that ye might haue the Amoriters 
londe in possession. I raysed vp prophetes 
amonge youre children, and absteyners amonge 
youre yoge men. Is it not so, o ye children 
of Israel, sayeth the LORDE ? But ye gaue 
the absteyners wyne to drynke, *yee ye co- 
maunded the prophetes, sayenge: Prophecy 
not. Beholde, I wil crasshe you in sonder, 
like as a wayne crassheth, y is full of sheaues : 
so that y swifte shall not escape, nether the 
stronge be able to do eny thynge : no, the 
giaunte shal not saue his owne life. The 
archer shall not abyde, and the swifte off 
fote shall not escape. The horsma shal 
not saue his life, g he that is as maly of 
stomack as a giaunte, shall in that daye be 
fayne to runne his waye naked, sayeth the 
LORDE. 



H 



Cfic ttj. Chapter. 
EARE, what the LORDE speaketh 
vnto you (o ye children of Israel) 
namely, vnto all f trybes, wh5 I brought out 
of Egipte, and sayde : You only haue I ac- 
cepted from all the generacions off the earth : 
therfore will I vyset you in all youre wicked- 
nesses. Maye twaine walke together excepte 
they be agreed amonge them selues ? Doth 
lyon roare in the wodde, excepte he haue a 
pray ? Or crieth a lyons whelpe out of his 
denne, ' excepte he haue gotten somthige ? 
Doth a byrde fall in a snare vpo f earth 
where no fouler is ? Taketh a man his snare 
vp from the grounde, afore he catche som- 
what ? Crie they out Alarum with the trompet 
in the cite, and the people not afrayed ? Com- 
meth there eny plage in a cite, without it 
be the LORDES doinge? Now doth the 
LORDE God no maner of thinge, but he 
telleth his seci'ete before vnto his seruauntes 
f prophetes. When a lyon roareth, who 
will not be afrayed? Seynge then that the 



25. a. Eze. 48. a. 


« Mich. 1. b. / 


Nu. 13. d. e Exo. 


14. e. Deu. 8. a. 


* Nu. 6. a. Iere. 


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LORDE God himself speaketh, who will not 
prophecy ? 

Preach in the palaces at Asdod, and in the 
palaces off the londe off Egipte, and saye : 
gather you together vpon the moiitaynes off 
Samaria, so shall ye se greate murthur and 
violent oppression amonge them : for why, they 
regarde not the thinge that is right, sayeth the 
LORDE : they gather together euell gotten 
goodes, and laye vp robbery in their houses. 

Therfore, thus sayeth the LORDE God: 
This londe shalbe troubled and beseged roiide 
aboute, thy strength shalbe plucte from the, 
and thy palaces robbed. Thus saieth the 
LORDE: like as an hyrdeman taketh two 
legges or a pece off an eare out off the Lyons 
mouth : Euen so the children of Israel (that 
dwell in Samaria, hauynge their couches in 
the corner, and their beddes at Damascus) 
shalbe plucte awaye. Heare, and beare recorde 
in the house of Iacob a (sayeth the LORDE 
God of hoostes) that when I begynne to vyset 
the wickednesse of Israel, I will vyset f aulters 
at Bethel also : so that the homes of the aulter 
shalbe broken of, a fall to the groude. 

As for the wynter house and sommer house, 
I will smyte them downe : and the houses of 
yuery, yee and many other houses shal perish, 
and be destroyed, sayeth the LORDE. 

%\)t Hi). Cfiaptev. 

HEARE this worde, o ye fat kyne, that 
be vpon the hill of Samaria: ye that 
do poore me wronge, and oppresse the nedy : 
ye that saye to youre lordes : brynge hyther, 
let vs drynke. Therfore the LORDE hath 
sworne by his holynesse: The dayes shall 
come vpon you, that ye shalbe lift vp vpo 
speares, and youre posterite caried awaye in 
fyssher pannes. Ye shall get you out at the 
gappes one after another, and in Armon shal 
ye be cast awaye, sayeth the LORDE. 

Ye came to Bethel for to worke vngra- 
ciousnes, and haue increased youre synnes at 
Galgal. * Ye brought youre sacrifices in the 
mornynge, and youre tythes vnto the thirde 
daye. Ye made a thakofferinge off leuen, 
ye promised frewillofferinges, and proclamed 
them. Soch lust had ye, o ye children of 
Israel, sayeth the LORDE God. Therfore 
haue I geuen you ydle teth in all youre cities, 



* 4 Re. 


16. 17. 


b Iosu. 16. a. 3 Re. 12. e. Osee 4. 


Osee 9. c. 


12. b. 


» Deu.ll. b. 28. b. Iere. 14. a. Ioel 3. 



(S scarcenesse off bred in all youre places : yet 
will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the LORDE. 

Whe there were but thre monethes vnto y 
haruest, I withelde the rayne from you : yee 

1 rayned vpo one cite, and not vpo another 
one pece off grounde was moystured with 
rayne, and the grounde that I rayned not 
vpon, was drye. Wherfore two (yee thre) 
cities came vnto one, to drynke water: but 
they were not satisfied, yet will ye not turne 
vnto me, sayeth y LORDE. 

I haue smyten you with drouth and blast- 
inge : and loke how many orchardes, vinyardes, 
fygetrees and olyue trees ye had : y catirpiller 
hath eaten them vp. But yet will ye not 
turne vnto me, sayeth the LORDE. Pesti- 
lence haue I sent amoge you, rf as I dyd in 
Egipte: youre yonge men haue I slayen with 
f swerde, and caused youre horses be taken 
captyue : I made the stynckinge sauoure of 
youre tentes to come vp in to youre nostrels : 
Yet wil ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the 
LORDE. e Some off you haue I ouer- 
throwen : as I ouerthrewe Sodome & Go- 
morre : so that ye were as a brande plucte 
out of the fyre. Yet will ye not turne vnto 
me, sayeth the LORDE. Therfore, thus 
will I handle the agayne (O Israel) ye euen 
thus will I handle the. Make the ready then 
to mete thy God, o Israel. For lo, he maketh 
the mountaynes, he ordeneth the wynde, he 
sheweth man what he is aboute to do: he 
maketh the mornynge and the darcknesse, he 
treadeth vpo the hye places off the earth : y 
LORDE God of hoostes is his name. 

Cfte b. Chapter. 

HEARE this worde (o ye house of Israel) 
and why ? I must make this mone for 
you : The vyrgin Israel shall fall, & neuer ryse 
vp agayne : she shall be cast downe vpon hir 
owne grounde, and no man shal helpe hir vp. 
For thus sayeth y LORDE God : Where as 
there dwelt a M. in one cite, there shalbe 
left scarce an C. therin : and where ;yre dwelt 
an C. there shal scarce ten be left for the 
house off Israel. Neuertheles, thus sayeth 
the LORDE vnto y house of Israel : Seke 
after me, ad ye shal lyue, but seke not after 
Bethel. Come not at Galgal, and go not to 
Bersaba: for Galgal shall be caried awaye 

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captyue, and Bethel shal come to naught. 
Seke the LORDE, y ye maye lyue : lest the 
house of Ioseph be brent with fyre and cosumed, 
and lest there be none to quench Bethel. 

Ye turne the lawe to wormwod, and cast 
downe rightuousnes vnto the grounde. The 
LORDE maketh the vij. starres and the 
Oryons, a he turneth the night in to daye, and 
off the daye he maketh darcknesse. He calleth 
f waters of the see, and poureth them out 
vpon the playne grounde : * the LORDE is 
his name. He rayseth destruccion vpon the 
mightie people, g bryngeth downe the stronge 
holde : but they owe him euel will, y re- 
proueth them openly : and who so telleth the 
the playne treuth, they abhorre him. For so 
moch the as ye oppresse y- poore, c and robbe 
him of his best sustenaunce : therfore, where 
as ye haue buylded houses off square stone, 
ye shall not dwell in them. Maruelos plea- 
saunt vynyardes shall ye plante, but the wyne 
of the shal ye not drynke : and why ? as for 
the multitude of youre wickednesses and youre 
stoute synnes, I knowe them right well. 
d Enemies are ye off the rightuous, ye take 
rewardes, ye oppresse the poore in iudgment. 
Therfore the wyse must now be fayne to holde 
his tuge, so wicked a tyme is it. 

Seke after the thinge that is good, g not 
euell, so shall ye lyue : yee the LORDE God 
off hoostes shal be with you, acordinge to 
youre owne desyre. e Hate the euell, and 
loue the good: set vp right agayne in the 
porte : g (no doute) the LORDE God of 
hoostes shall be mercifull vnto the remnaunt 
of Ioseph. Yff no (sayeth the LORDE God, 
the God of hoostes) there shal be mourninge 
in all stretes, yee they shal saye I euery strete : 
alas, alas. They shall call the housbonde man 
to lamentacio, and soch as can mourne, to 
mournynge. In all vynyardes there shal be 
heuynesse, for I will come amonge you, sayeth 
the LORDE. Wo be vnto them that desyre 
the daye off y LORDE : Wherfore wolde ye 
haue it? As for that daye of the LORDE, 
it shalbe darcke ad not cleare: Yee like as 
when a ma runeth fro a lyon, and a Beer 
meteth with him : or, whe he commeth in to 
the house, and leeneth his honde vpon the wall, 
a serpent byteth him. /Shall not the daye of 

» lob 9. a. b Am. 9. b. c Deu. 28. c. Soph. 1. c. 

d Exo. 25. a. Mich. 3. a. ' Psal. 96. b. Deu. 17. a 

Ro. 12. b. / Ioel 2. b. Soph. 1. c. e Esa. 1. b 

Mich. 6. b. Esa. 58. a. Mala. I.e. * Iere. 7. c. Act. 7. e 



the LORDE be darcke, and not cleare ? shal 
it not be cloudy, and no shyne in it ? 

«I hate and abhorre youre holy dayes, ad 
where as ye cense me when ye come together 
I will not accepte it. And though ye offre 
me brentofferinges and meatofferinges, yet 
haue I no pleasure therin : As for youre fat 
thankofferynges, I wil not loke vpon them. 
Awaye with that noyse of thy songes, I wil 
not heare thy playes of musick : but se that 
equyte flowe as the water, and rightuousnesse 
as a mightie streame. O ye house of Israel, 
* gaue ye me offeringes and sacrifices those xl. 
yeares longe in the wyldernesse ? Yet haue 
ye set vp tabernacles to youre Moloch, and 
ymages of youre Idols, ' Yee ad the starre of 
youre god Rempha, figures which ye made to 
worshipe them. Therfore wil I cause you be 
caried awaye beyonde Damascus, sayeth the 
LORDE, whose name is the God off hoostes. 

Cije in. Chapter. 

WO be to the proude welthy in Sio, * to 
soch as thinke the so sure vpon y 
mount of Samaria ? which holde them selues 
for the best of the worlde, and rule the house 
of Israel, eue as they list. Go vnto Calne, 
and se : and from thence get you to Hemath 
the greate cite, and so go downe to Gath of 
the Philistines: be they better at ease then 
these kyngdomes, or the border of their londe 
vvyder then yours ? Ye are taken out for the 
euel daye, euen ye that syt in the stole of 
wylfulnesse : Ye that lye vpon beddes off 
yuery, and vse youre wantonnesse vpon youre 
couches : ye that eate the best lambes of f 
flocke, and the fattest calues off the droaue : 
1 ye that synge to the lute, and in playenge off 
instrumentes compare youre selues vntoDauid: 
ye that drynke wyne out of goblettes, g anoynte 
youre selues with the best oyle, but no man is 
sory for Ioseps hurte. Therfore now shall ye 
be the first of them, that shal be led awaye 
captyue, and the lusty chere of the wylfull 
shall come to an ende. 

The LORDE God hath sworne euen by 
himself (sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes :) 
m I hate the pryde of Iacob, and I abhorre his 
palaces : and I wil geue ouer the cite, with all 
that is therin : so that though there remayne 

■ Leu. 20. a. 3 Re. 11. f. ' Luc. 6. c. ' lob 21. b. 

Esa. 5. b. 1 Re. 16. d. 2 Re. 6. a. m Iere. 51. c. 

Amos 8. a. Heb. 6. b. 



Cfcap* biij* 



&t)t prop&et amosu 



jftu fccclwrb. 



ten men in one house, they shal dye. So 
their nexte kynszfolckes and the deed buriers 
shall take them, and cary awaye their bones, 
and saye vnto' him, that is in the ynnermer 
house : is there yet eny mo by f ? And he 
shal answere : they are all gone, holde thy 
tunge (shall he saye) "for they wolde not 
remembre the name of the LORDE. 

Beholde, the LORDE is mynded to smyte 
the greate houses, so that they shall decaye : 
ad the little houses, that they shall cleue a 
sunder. Who can runne with horses, or plowe 
with oxen vpon the harde rockes off stone? 
For why, ye haue turned true iudgment in to 
bytternesse, and the frute of rightuousnesse in 
to wormwod: Yee euen ye, that reioyse in 
vayne thynges : ye that saye : haue not we 
optayned homes in oure owne strength ? Well, 
take hede, o ye house off Israel, sayeth the 
LORDE God of hoostes: I will brynge a 
people vpo you, which shall trouble you, from 
the waye that goeth towarde Hemath, vnto 
the broke in the medowe. 

Che bij. Chapter. 

THE LORDE God shewed me soch a 
vision : beholde, there stode one that 
made greszshoppers, euen when the come was 
shutynge forth, after the kynge had clipte his 
hepe. Now when they vndertoke to eate vp 
all the grene thinges in y lode, I sayde : O 
LORDE God, be mercifull, I beseke the: 
who shulde els helpe vp Iacob, that is brought 
so lowe ? So the LORDE was gracious therin, 
and the LORDE sayde : well, it shall not be. 
Agayne, y LORDE shewed me this vision : 
beholde, the LORDE God called the fyre to 
punysh withall, and it deuoured the greate 
depe : yee it consumed a parte allredy. Then 
sayde I : O LORDE God, holde thyne honde : 
for who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is 
brought so lowe ? So the LORDE was mer- 
ciful therin, and the LORDE God sayde : 
well, it shal not be. 

Morouer, he shewed me this vision: be- 
holde, the LORDE stode vpon a plastered 
wall, g * a masons trowell in his hode. And 
the LORDE sayde vnto me : Amos, what 
seist thou ? I answered : a masons trowell 
Then sayde the LORDE: beholde, I will 
laye the trowell amoge my people of Israel 
and will nomore ouersee them : but the hye 
hilchapels off Isaac must be layed waist, and 

" Deu. 8. d. Some call it * a lyne. b 4 Re. 17 



the churches off Israel made desolate : and 
as for the house of Ieroboam, I will stonde vp 
agaynst it with the swerde. * Vpon this sent 
Amasias the prest to Bethel vnto Ieroboam 
the kinge of Israel, sayenge : "Amos maketh 
the house off Israel to rebell agaynst the, the 
londe ca not awaye with his wordes. For 
Amos sayeth: Ieroboam shall dye with the 
swerde, and Israel shall be led awaye captyue 
out of their owne londe. And Amasias sayde 
vnto Amos : Get the hence (thou that cast se 
so well) and fle in to the londe of Iuda : get 
the there thy lyuynge, and prophecy there : 
d and prophecy nomore at Bethel, for it is the 
kynges chapel, and the kynges courte. 

Amos answered, and sayde to Amasias : As 
for me, e I am nether prophet, ner prophetes 
sonne : but a keper of catell. Now as I was 
breakynge downe molberies, and goynge after 
the catell, the LORDE toke me, g sayde vnto 
me : Go thy waye, and prophecy vnto my 
people of Israel. And therfore, heare thou 
now the worde off the LORDE : Thou saiest: 
prophecy not agaynst Israel, and speake 
nothinge agaynst the house off Isaac. Wher- 
fore thus sayeth the LORDE : Thy wife shalbe 
defyled in y cite, thy sonnes and doughters 
shalbe slayne with the swerde, and thy londe 
shalbe measured out with the lyne : Thou thy 
self shalt dye in an vnclene londe, and Israel 
shalbe dryuen out off his owne countre. 

Che bttj. Cljapter. 

THE LORDE God shewed me this 
vision : and beholde, there was a maiide 
with sommer frute. And he sayde : Amos, 
what seist thou ? I answered : a maiide with 
sommer frute. Then sayde the LORDE 
vnto me : the ende commeth vpon my people 
of Israel, I wil nomore ouersee them. In 
that daye shall the songes off the temple be 
turned in to sorow, sayeth the LORDE God. 
Many deed bodyes shal lye in euery place, g 
be cast forth secretly. Heare this, O ye y 
oppresse the poore, - f and destroye the nedy in 
y londe, sayenge : Whan will the new moneth 
be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and y- Sab- 
bath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of come : 
to make the buszshel lesse, and the Sycle 
greater ? We shall set vp false waightes, y 
we maye get the poore vnder vs with their 
money, and the nedy also for shues : yee let 
vs sell the chaffe for come. 

<SRe. 17. a. d Esa. 30. b. e Zach. 13. a. ./ Esa. 5. b. 



#o. trtctobu 



Cfa prophet gmosu 



Cfjap* ifr 



"The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the 
pryde of Iacob : these workes of theirs will I 
neuer forget. Shal not the londe tremble, 
and all they that dwell therin, mourne for 
this ? Shal not their destruccion come vpon 
them like a water streame, 5 flowe ouer the, 
as the floude of Egipte ? At the same tyme 
(sayeth the LORDE God) b I shall cause f 
Sone to go downe at noone, and the londe to 
be darcke in the cleare daye. e Youre hye 
feastes will I turne to sorow, and youre songes 
to mournynge : I will brynge sackcloth vpo 
all backes, 5 baldnes vpo euery heade : d yee 
soch a mournynge wil I sende them, as is 
made vpon an only begotten sonne, and they 
shall haue a miserable ende. 

Beholde, the tyme commeth (sayeth the 
LORDE God) y I shal sende an huger in to 
y earth : not the hunger of bred, ner the 
thyrst of water : but an hunger to heare the 
worde off the LORDE : so that they shal go 
from the one see to the other, yee from f 
north vnto y east, runnynge aboute to seke 
the worde of f LORDE, and shal not fynde 
it. In that tyme, shal the fayre virgins and 
the yonge men perish for thyrst, yee euen they 
that sweare in the offence off Samaria, and 
saye : as truly as thy God lyueth at Dan, and 
as truly as thy God lyueth at Bersaba. These 
shal fall, and neuer ryse vp agayne. 

Cfic tr. Cfiapter. 

ISA WE the LORDE stondinge vpon the 
aulter, and he sayde : smyte the dore 
cheke, that the postes maye shake withall. 
For their couetousnesse shal fall vpon all their 
heades, and their posterite shalbe slayne with 
the swerde. They shall not fie awaye, there 
shall not one off them escape, ner be delyuered. 
Though they were buryed in the hell, my 
honde shal fetch them from thence : e though 
they clymme vp to heauen, yet shal I cast 
them downe : though they hyde them selues 
vpo the toppe of Carmel, yet shal I seke them 
out, and brynge them from thence : Though 
they crepe downe fro my sight in to the depe 
of the see, I shal comaude the serpente, euen 
there to byte them. Yff they go awaye 
before their enemies 1 to captyuyte, then shall 
I commaunde the swerde, there to slaye them. 

<■ Am. 6. b. b Iere. 15. b. ' Tob. 2. a. d Iere. 6. d. 
e Psal. 138. a. Abd. 1. a. / Am. 8. a. 3 Re. 8. g. 



Thus wil I set myne eyes vpon them, for 
their harme and not for their wealth. For 
when the LORDE God of hoostes toucheth 
a londe, it cosumeth awaye, and all they that 
dwell therin, must nedes mourne : And why? 
f their destruccion shal aryse as euery streame 
and runne ouer them, as the floude in Egipte. 
He that hath his dwellinge in heauen, ad 
groundeth his tabernacle in the earth : « He 
that calleth the waters of the see, and poureth 
them out vpon the playne grounde : his name 
is the LORDE. O ye children off Israel, 
are ye not vnto me, euen as the Morians, 
sayeth the LORDE? haue not I brought 
Israel out off the londe off Egipte, the Philis- 
tynes from Capthor/ and the Sirians fro Cyr ? 
Beholde, the eyes of the LORDE are vpon 
the realme that synneth,' to rote it clene out 
of the earth : Neuertheles, I will not vterly 
destroye the house of Iacob, saieth the 
LORDE. 

For lo, this I promyse : though I siffte y 
house of Israel amonge all nacions (like as 
they vse to sifte in a syue) yet shall not y 
smallest grauel stone fall vp5 the earth : But 
all the wicked doers of my people, that saye : 
Tush, the plage is not so nye, to come so 
hastely vpon vs : those shal perish with the 
swerde. *At that tyme wil I buylde agayne 
the tabernacle off Dauid, that is fallen downe, 
and hedge vp his gappes: and loke what is 
broke, I shal repayre it : Yee I shal buylde 
it agayne, as it was afore tyme, y they maye 
possesse the remnaunt of Edom, yee and all 
soch people as call vpon my name with the, 
saieth the LORDE, which doth these thinges. 

Beholde, the tyme commeth (saieth the 
LORDE) that the plowman shal ouertake y 
mower, and f treader off grapes, him that 
soweth sede. ' The mountaynes shall droppe 
swete wyne, and the hilles shall be frutefull, 
and I wil turne the captyuyte of my people of 
Israel: they shal repayre the waist cities, £ 
haue the in possessio : they shal plante vin- 
yardes, ad drynke the wyne therof : they shal 
make gardens, and enioye the frutes off the. 
And I wil plate them vpo their owne groude, 
so that I will neuer rote them out agayne 
from their londe, which I haue geuen the 
sayeth the LORDE thy God. 



e Amos 5. b. 
Rom. 9. c. 



Gen. 10. b. • Iere. 30. 
k Act. 15. c. Mich. 7. b. 



Zacb. 13. b. 
1 Ioel 3. c. 



€f)t tritit of ti)t propfret 3mosu 



ffitt ^voyfytt &frtrg* 



Wmt 9&by wtdqmflb. 



Cfjap. I. 
He prophecyeth agaynst the proude stomackes of 
the Edomites, that vexed the Israelites in their 
aduersite. He sheweth, what plages shal come 
vpon them. 

€f)e firgt Chapter. 

THIS is the vision that was shewed vnto 
Abdy: Thus hath y LORDE God 
spoke vpo Edo : " We haue herde of the 
LORDE y there is an embassage sent 
amonge the Heithen : Vp, let vs aryse, and 
fight agaynst them. Beholde, I will make y 
small amoge the Heithen, so that thou shalt 
be vtterly despised. * The pryde of thine 
herte hath lift the vp, thou that dwellest in y 
stroge holdes off stone, and hast made the an 
hye seate : Thou sayest in thyne herte : who 
shal cast me downe to the grounde? But 
c though thou wentest vp as hye as the Aegle, 
and maydest thy nest aboue amonge the 
starres : yet wolde I plucke the downe from 
thece. Yf y theues & robbers came to y by- 
night, thou takinge thy rest : shulde they not 
steale, till they had ynough? yf the grape 
gatherers came vpon the, wolde they not leaue 
the some grapes? But how shall they rype 
Esau, and seke out his treasures ? 

Yee the men that were sworne vnto the, 
shal dryue the out off the borders off thyne 
owne londe. They that be now at one with 
the, shal disceaue the, and ouercome y : Eue 
they that eate thy bred, shall betraye the, or 
euer thou perceaue it. d Shal not I at the 
same tyme destroye the wyse men of Edom, 
ad those that haue vnderstondinge, from the 
mount of Esau ? Thy giauntes (o Theman) 

• Eze. 28. b. and 35. a. Amos 1. c. 4 Iere. 49. c. 

c Amos 9. a. Aba. 2. b. 



shalbe afrayed, for thorow the slaughter they 
shalbe all ouer throwne vpon the mout of 
Esau. Shame shal come vpon the, for y 
malice that thou shewedest to thy brother 
Iacob : e yee for euermore shalt thou perish, u 
that because of the tyme, when thou didest 
set thyself agaynst him, euen when the ene- 
mies caried awaye his hoost, and when the 
aleauntes came in at his portes, and cast lottes 
vpon Ierusalem, and thou thyself wast as one 
of them. 

Thou shalt nomore se the daye of thy bro- 
ther, thou shalt nomore beholde the tyme of 
his captiuyte : thou shalt nomore reioyse ouer 
the children of Iuda, in the daye of their de- 
struccion, thou shalt tryumphe nomore in the 
tyme of their trouble. Thou shalt nomore 
come in at the gates off my people, in the 
tyme of their decaye : thou shalt not se their 
mysery in the daye of their fall. 

Thou shalt sende out no man agaynst their 
hoost, in the daye of their aduersite : nether 
shalt thou stode waytinge enymore at y cor- 
ners of the stretes, to murthur soch as are 
fled, or to take them presoners, that remayne 
in the daye of their trouble. For the daye 
off the LORDE is harde by vpon all Heithen. 
■''Like as thou hast done, so shalt thou be 
dealte withall, yee thou shalt be rewarded 
euen vpon thine heade. For like wyse as ye 
haue droncken vpon myne holy hill, so shal 
all heithen dryncke continually : yee dryncke 
shall they, and swalowe vp, so that ye shall be, 
as though ye had neuer bene. 

But vpon the mount Sion, there shall a 
remnaunt escape : g these shalbe holy, and the 
house of Iacob shal possesse euen those, that 



Esa. 29. c. 1 Cor. 1. c. 

/ Iere. 50. c. Ioel 3. 



Exo. 17. c. Ni 
e Zach. 2. b. 



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Cfrap* u 



had them selues afore in possessio. Morouer, 
the house of Iacob shalbe a fyre, "the house 
of Ioseph a flame, (j the house of Esau shalbe 
the strawe : which they shal kyndle and co- 
sume, so that nothinge shalbe left of the house 
of Esau, for the LORDE himself hath sayde 
it. They of the south shal haue the mount 
of Esau in possession : and loke what lieth 
vpon the grounde, that shal the Philistynes 
haue: the playne feldes shal Ephraim and 

■ Iere. 5. c. 



Samaria possesse: and the mountaynes of 
Galaad shal Ben Iamin haue. And this hoost 
shalbe the childre of Israels presoners : Now 
what so lieth from Canaan vnto Sarphad, and 
in Sepharad, that shal be vnder the subieccion 
of Ierusalem : and the cities of the south shall 
enheret it. Thus they that escape vpon the 
hill off Sion, shall go vp to punysh the mount 
off Esau, *and the kyngdome shalbe the 
LORDES. 



Cfje ettire off ti)t prophet $bfcp. 



Zi)t ^voptytt gfanasL 



»at Sonass tonttyntti). 



Chap. I. 



God sendeth Ionas vnto Niniue, he fleyth, and is 
cast in to the see. 

Chap. II. 
A fysh swaloweth vp Ionas, which crieth vnto 
God, and prayseth hym, and the fysh casteth 
him out agayne vpon the londe. 



Chap. III. 
God sendeth him agayne to Niniue, to shewe them 
the punyshment for to come, yf they wil not 
repent : they amende, and God is mercifull to 
them. 

Chap. IIII. 
Ionas is angrie, and complayneth of God, which 
refourmeth him. 



Che ffnit Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE came vnto 
" Ionas the sonne of Amithai, sayenge : 
Aryse, and get the to Niniue that greate cite : 
and preach vnto them, * how y their wicked- 
nesse is come vp before me. And Ionas made 
him ready to fle vnto Tharsis from the pre- 
sence of the LORDE, and gat him downe to 
Ioppa : where he founde a shippe ready for to 
go vnto Tharsis. So he payde his fare, and 
wente aborde, that he might go with them vnto 
Tharsis from the presence of the LORDE. 

" 4 Re. 14. c. lone 3. a. Gen. 10. b. 



But the LORDE hurled a greate wynde in 
to the see, and there was a mightie tempest 
in the see : so that the shippe was in ioperdy 
of goinge in peces. Then the maryners were 
afrayde, and cried euery man vnto his god : 
and the goodes that were in the shippe, they 
cast in to the see, to lighten it off them. But 
Ionas gat him vnder y hatches, where he layed 
him downe and slombred. 

So the master of the shippe came to him 
and sayde vnto him: why slomberest thou? 
Vp, call vpon thy God : yf God (happly) wil 
thynke vpon vs, that we peryshe not. And 

6 Gen. 18. c. 



Cfcap* ttj* 



Wi)t propfat Sottas. 



tfo. rsttlmiV* 



they sayde one to another : come, let vs cast 
lottes : that we maye knowe, for whose cause 
we are thus troubled. a And so they cast 
lottes, and the lot fell vpon Ionas. 

The sayde they vnto him : tell vs, for whose 
cause are we thus troubled? what is thine 
occupacion ? whence commest thou ? what 
countre man art thou, and of what nacion ? 
He answered them: I am an Ebrue, and I 
feare the LORDE God of heauen, which 
made both the see and drie londe. Then 
were y men exceadingly afrayed, 5 sayde vnto 
him : why didest thou so? (for they knewe, 
that he was fled from the presence of the 
LORDE, because he had tolde them) and 
sayde morouer vnto him : What shall we do 
vnto the, that the see maye ceasse from 
troublinge vs ? (for the see wrought and was 
troublous) he answered them : Take me, and 
cast me in to the see, so shal it let you be in 
rest : for I wote, it is for my sake, that this 
greate tempest is come vpon you. 

Neuerthelesse, the men assayed with row- 
inge, to brynge the shippe to lode : but it 
wolde not be, because the see wrought so, 5 
was so troublous agaynst them. Wherfore 
they cried vnto the LORDE, and sayde : 
* O LORDE, let vs not perish for this mans 
death, nether laye thou innocent bloude vnto 
oure charge : for thou (o LORDE) hast done, 
euen as thy pleasure was. 

So they toke Ionas, and cast him in to the 
see, and the see lefte ragynge. And the men 
feared the LORDE exceadingly, doynge sacri- 
fices ad makynge vowes vnto the LORDE. 

€!)? tj. Chapter. 

BUT the LORDE prepared a greate 
fyshe, to swalow vp Ionas. c So was 
Ionas in the bely of the fysh, thre dayes and 
thre nightes. And Ionas prayed vnto the 
LORDE his God, out of the fysshes bely, 
and sayed : d In my trouble I called vnto y 
LORDE, and he herde me : out off the bely 
off hell I cried, and thou herdest my voyce. 
Thou haddest cast me downe depe in y 
middest off the see, and the floude compased 
me aboute : e yee all thy wawes and rowles of 
water went ouer me, I thought that I had 
bene cast awaye out of thy sight : but I wil 
yet agayne loke towarde thy holy temple. 



a Iosu. 7. c. * Deu. i 
119. a. ' Psal. 41. b. 



). c Matt. 
/ lone 1. a. 



I. d. d Psal. 
6 Esa. 37. a. 



rp, 



The waters compased me, euen to the 
very soule : the depe laye aboute me, and the 
wedes were wrapte aboute myne heade. I 
wente downe to the botome of the hilles, 5 
was barred in with earth for euer. But thou 
(o LORDE my God) hast brought vp my 
lyfe agayne out of corrupcion. When my 
soule faynted within me, I thought vpon the 
LORDE : and my prayer came in vnto the, 
euen in to thy holy temple. They that holde 
of vayne vanyties, wil forsake his mercy. But 
I wil do the sacrifice with the voyce of thankes- 
geuynge, and wil paye that I haue vowed : 
for why? saluacion commeth of the LORDE. 
And y LORDE spake vnto y fysh, and it cast 
out Ionas agayne vpon the drye londe. 

€f)e ttj. Chapter. 
HEN came the worde of the LORDE 

JL vnto Ionas agayne, sayenge: vp, and 
get the to Niniue that greate cite, - f g preach 
vnto them the preachinge, which I bade the. 
So Ionas arose, and wente to Niniue at the 
LORDES commaundement. Niniue was a 
greate cite vnto God, namely, off thre dayes 
iourney. 

And Ionas wente to, and entred in to y 
cite : euen a dayes iourney, and cried, say- 
enge : There are yet xl. dayes, and then shal 
Niniue be ouerthrowen. g And the people of 
Niniue beleued God, and proclamed fastinge, 
and arayed them selues in sack cloth, as well the 
greate as the small of them. And the tydinges 
came vnto f kinge of Niniue, which arose out 
off his seate, and dyd his apparell off, and put 
on sack cloth, and sate him downe in asshes. 

And it was cried and commaunded in 
Niniue, by the auctorite of the klge and his 
lordes, sayenge : h se that nether man or beest, 
oxe or shepe taist ought at all : and that they 
nether fede ner drincke water: but put on 
sack cloth both man and beest, and crye 
mightely vnto God : yee se that euery man 
turne fro his euell waye, * and from the wick- 
ednesse, y he hath in honde. 

Who can tell ? God maye turne, and repete, 
and cease from his fearce wrath, that we 
perish not. And when God sawe their workes, 
how they turned from their wicked wayes: 
k he repented on the euell, which he sayde he 
wolde do vnto them, and dyd it not. 

* Matt. 12. d. Luc. 11. c. ■" Iere. 18. a. * Esa. 38. b. 



tfo. ntcjtrr* 



€t)t pvopbtt fflitimz. 



C&ajn I 



Che tttj. Chapter. 

WHERFORE Ionas was sore discontet, 
and angrie. And he prayed vnto the 
LORDE, and sayde : O LORDE, was not 
this my sayenge (I praye the) when I was yet 
in my countre ? therfore I haisted rather to fle 
vnto Tharsis, for I knowe well ynough that 
thou art a mercifull God, full of compassion, 
loge sufferinge, and of greate kyndnesse, and 
repentest when thou shuldest take punysh- 
ment. "And now o LORDE, take my life 
fro me (I beseke the) for I had rather dye 
then lyue. Then sayde the LORDE: art 
thou so angrie ? and Ionas gat him out of 
the cite, and sat downe on f east syde therof : 
and there made him a bothe, and sat vnder it 
in the shadow, till he might se, what shulde 
chaunce vnto the cite. 

And the LORDE God prepared a wylde 
vyne, which sprange vp ouer Ionas, that he 



might haue shadowe aboue his heade, to de- 
lyuer him out of his payne. And Ionas was 
exceadinge glad of the wylde vyne. But vp5 
the nexte morow agaynst the springe of the 
daye, the LORDE ordened a worme, which 
smote the wylde vyne, so that it wethered 
,awaye. And when the Sone was vp God pre- 
pared a feruent east wynde : and the Sonne 
bete ouer the heade of Ionas, that he faynted 
agayne, and wyszshed vnto his soule, that he 
might dye, and sayde : It is better for me to 
dye, the to lyue. And God sayd vnto Ionas : 
Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne ? And 
he sayde : yee very angrie am I euen vnto the 
deeth. And the LORDE sayde : thou hast 
compassion vpon a wylde vyne, whero thou 
bestowdest no laboure, ner maydest it growe : 
which sprange vp in one night and perished 
in another : And shulde not I then haue com- 
passion vpon Niniue that greate cite, wherin 
there are aboue an C. and xx. thousande per- 
sonnes, y knowe not their right hode fro the 
lefte, besydes moch catell ? 



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Zfyz ^rojrf>ct jWiriKa** 



223J>at ilitfteasi contegnetg)* 



Chap. I. 



He reproueth the people off Israel and Iuda for 
their wickednesse and Idolatry : he telleth 
them their punyshment with mournynge. 

Chap. II. 
He rehearseth their abhominacions. 

Chap. III. 

He reproueth the rulers and the prophetes, as 
cause of the peoples misery. 



Chap. IIII. V. 

He prophecyeth of the saluacion off Gods people 
in Christ, of his kyngdome, and power of his 
gospel. 

Chap. VI. 

Another reprofe. Outwarde offeringes are ex- 
cluded, and here is declared what God re- 
quyreth off man. 

Chap. VII. 
The summe off the thinges before sayde. The 
litle flocke of the faithfull. 



Cfiap. ij. 



€\)t prophet iHtcfjeasu 



So. %ttm. 



Cfie first Chapter. 

THIS is the worde of the LORDE, that 
came vnto Micheas "the Morastite, in 
the dayes of Ioathan, Achas and Ezechias 
klges of Iuda: which was shewed him vpon 
Samaria and Ierusalem. 

* Heare all ye people, marcke this well o 
earth, and all that therin is : Yee the LORDE 
God himself be witnesse amonge you, euen f 
LORDE from his holy temple. For why? 
beholde, the LORDE shal go out of his place, 
d come downe, and treade vpon the hie thinges 
of the earth. The moiitaynes shall consume 
vnder him, c <j the valleys shal cleue asunder: 
like as wax cosumeth at the fyre, & as f waters 
runne downwarde. And all this shal be for 
the wickednesse of Iacob, and the synnes of 
the house of Israel 

But what is the wickednesse of Iacob ? Is 
not Samaria ? d Which are the hye places of 
Iuda ? Is not Ierusale ? Therfore I shall make 
Samaria an heape of stones in the felde, to 
laye aboute the vynyarde: hir stones shal I 
cast in to the valley, g discouer hir foudacios. 
All hir ymages shalbe broke downe & all hir 
wynnynges shal be brent in the fyre : yee all 
hir Idols will I destroye : for why, they are 
gathered out of the hyre of an whore, * & in to 
an whores hyre shal they be turned agayne. 
Wherfore I wil mourne (t make lamentacion, 
bare (j naked will I go : I must mourne like y 
dragos, d take sorow as y Estriches : for their 
woude is past remedy : And why ? it is come 
in to Iuda, g hath touched y porte of my peo- 
ple at Ierusale allredy. Wepe not, 'f lest they 
at Geth perceaue it. 

Thou at Betaphra, welter thy self in the 
dust and asshes. Thou that dwellest at 
Sephir, get the hence with shame. The 
proude shall boost nomore for very sorowe : g 
why ? hir neghboure shall take from her what 
she hath. The rebellious cite hopeth, that it 
shal not be so euell : but for all that, the plage 
shal come from the LORDE, euen in to the 
porte of Ierusalem. g The greate noyse off 
the charettes shall feare them, that dwell at 
Lachis, which is an occasion of f synne of y 
doughter of Sion, for in the came vp the 
wickednesses of Israel. Yee she sent hir 
coursers in to the londe of Geth. 



"4 Re. 15. 
Deu. 32. a, 



1. 2 Pa. 27. 
Esa. 1. a. 



4 Re. 16. a. 4 Re. 
c Esa. 26. c. 



and 19. 
e. 12. c. 



The houses of lies will disceaue the kynges 
of Israel. And as for the (o thou that dwellest 
at Morassa) I shal brynge a possessioner vpon 
the, ad the plage of Israel shal reach vnto 
Odolla. Make the balde, and shaue the, 
because of thy tender children : Make the 
cleane balde as an Aegle, for they shalbe 
caried awaye captyue from the. 

Cfi« i). Chapter. 

WO vnto them, that ymagyn to do harme, 
and deuyse vngraciousnesse vpon their 
beddes, to perfourme it in y cleare daye : for 
their power is agaynst God. When they covet 
to haue londe, they take it by violence, * they 
robbe men off their houses. 

Thus they oppresse a ma for his house, g 
euery man for his heretage. Therfore thus 
sayeth the LORDE : ! " Beholde, agaynst this 
housholde haue I deuysed a plage, wherout ye 
shal not plucke youre neckes : Ye shal nomore 
go so proudly, for it will be a perlous tyme. 
In that daye shall this terme be vsed, and a 
mournynge shal be made ouer you on this 
maner: We be vtterly desolate, the porcion 
off my people is translated. Whan wil he 
parte vnto vs the londe, that he hath taken 
from vs ? 

Neuerthelesse there shalbe no man to 
deuyde the thy porcion, in the congregacion 
off the LORDE. * Tush, holde youre tunge 
(saye they) It shall not fall vpon this people, 
we shall not come so to confucion, sayeth the 
house off Iacob. Is the sprete off the LORDE 
so clene awaye ? or is he so mynded ? Treuth 
it is, my wordes are frendly vnto them that 
lyue right : but my people doth the contrary, 
therfore must I take parte agaynst them : for 
they take awaye both cote and cloke from the 
symple. 

Ye haue turned youre selues to fight, the 
women off my people haue ye shot out fro 
their good houses, and taken awaye my excel- 
lent giftes from their children. Vp, get you 
hence, for here shall ye haue no rest. 

Because off their Idolatry they are corrupte, 
and shall myserably perish. Yff I were a 
fleshly felowe, and a preacher of lyes and 
tolde them that they might syt bebbinge and 
bollynge, and be droncken: O that were a 
prophet for this people. 



3 Re. 11. 

s 4 Re. 1 



Re. 16. a. 21. 
h 3 Re. 21. 



■Deu. 23. c. / 2 Re. I.e. 

iAm.5.b, *Nu.33.f. 



ffo. imjxtj. 



Ci)e propftft Jiltrfieasi* 



Cfcap. iij. 



But I will gather the in dede (o Iacob) and 
dryue the remnaunt off Israel all together. I 
shall cary them one with another, as a flocke 
in the folde, and as the catell in their stalles, 
that they maye be disquieted of other men. 

Who so breaketh the gappe, he shall go be- 
fore. They shall breake vp the porte, and go 
in and out at it. Their kynge shall go before 
them, and the LORDE shalbe vpon the heade 
of them. 

Clje itj. Chapter. 
TTEARE, o ye heades of the house of 
JTl Iacob, and ye leders of the house of 
Israel: " Shulde not ye knowe, what were laufull 
and right ? But ye hate the good, and loue the 
euell : ye plucke of mens skynnes, and the flesh 
from their bones : Ye eate the flesh of my peo- 
ple, ad flay of their skynne : ye breake their 
bones, ye choppe them in peces as it were in to 
a cauldron, ad as flesh in to a pot. * Now the 
tyme shall come, that when they call vnto the 
LORDE, he shall not heare them, but hyde his 
face from them: because that thorow their owne 
ymaginacios, they haue dealte so wickedly. 

And as concernynge the prophetes that 
disceaue my people, thus the LORDE sayeth 
agaynst them : c When they haue eny thinge to 
byte vpon, then they preach that all shalbe well : 
but yf a man put not some thinge in to their 
mouthes, they preach of warre agaynst him. 

^Therfore youre vision shalbe turned to 
night, J youre prophecyenge to darcknesse. 
The Sonne shall go downe ouer those pro- 
phetes, (J the daye shalbe darcke vnto them. 
Then shall the vision seers be ashamed, (j y 
saythsayers confounded : yee they shalbe fayne 
(all the packe of the) to stoppe their mouthes, 
for they haue not Gods worde. e As for me, I 
am full of strength, g of f sprete of f LORDE, 
full of iudgment & boldnesse : to shewe the 
house of Iacob their wickednesse, (t the house 
of Israel their synne. 

O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob, 
and ye iudges of the house off Israel : ye that 
abhorre the thinge that is laufull, and wraist 
asyde the thinge that is straight: / Ye that 
buylde vp Sion with bloude, and Ierusalem 
with doynge wronge. O ye iudges, ye geue 
sentence for giftes : O ye preastes, ye teach 
for lucre: O ye prophetes, ye prophecy for 

' Deu. 17. d. Iere. 5. a. Psal. 81. a. b Esa. 1. b. 

Eze. 8. c. 1 Pet. 3. b. c Eze. 25. d. d Deu. 28. c. 

« Iere. I.e. Eze.3.a. / Aba. 2.b. 1 Re. 8. a. Eze.22.b. 
Amos 5. b. Iere. 6. b. e Iere. 26. d. Iere. 9. b. 3Re.9.b. 



money. Yet wil they be take as those that 
holde vpon God, and saye: Is not the LORDE 
amonge Vs ? * Tush, there can no misfortune 
happen vs. Therfore shal Sion (for youre 
sakes) be plowed like a felde : Ierusale shall 
become an heape of stones, and the hill of f 
temple shal be turned to an hye wodde. 
Cfje tit). Chapter. 

BUT in the latter dayes it wil come to 
passe, that ''the hill off the LORDES 
house shalbe set vp hyer the eny moiitaynes 
or hilles : Yee the people shall preese vnto it, 
and the multitude off the Gentiles shal haist 
them thither, sayege : Come, let vs go vp to 
the hill of the LORDE, a to the house of the 
God of Iacob : that he maye teach vs his 
waye, and that we maye walke in his pathes. 

' For the lawe shall come out off Sion, ad 
the worde of God from Ierusalem, and shall 
geue sentence amonge the multitude off the 
Heithen, and refourme the people off farre 
coutrees : so that of their swerdes they shal 
make plowshares, and sythes off their speares. 

One people shall not lift vp a swerde 
agaynst another, * yee they shall nomore lerne 
to fight: but euery man shal syt vnder his 
vinyarde and vnder his fyge tre, and no man 
to fraye him awaye : for the mouth off f 
LORDE of hoostes hath spoken it. Ther- 
fore, where as all people haue walked euery man 
in y name of his owne god, we will walke in the 
name of oure God for euer and euer. 'At the 
same tyme (sayeth the LORDE) will I gather 
vp the lame and the outcastes, and soch as I 
haue chastened : and will geue yssue vnto the 
lame, and make of y outcastes a greate people : 
'"and the LORDE himself shal be their kynge 
vpon the mount Sion, fro this tyme forth for 
euermore. "And vnto the (O thou tower of 
Eder, thou stronge holde off the do ugh ter Sion) 
vnto the shal it come : eue the first lordshipe 
and kyngdome of the doughter Ierusale. Why 
the art thou now so heuy ? is there no kynge 
in the? are thy councelers awaye, that thou 
art so payned, as a woman in hir trauayle ? 

And now (o thou doughter Sion) be sory, 
let it greue the as a wife laboringe with childe : 
for now must thou get the out off the cite, 
and dwell vpon the playne felde: Yee vnto 
Babilo shalt thou go, there shalt thou be 



Lue. 19. d.21.a. * Esa. 2. a. Leui. 26. j 
Psal. 49. a. k Esa. 11. b. Esa. 65. d. 
"' Luc. 1. c. n Gen. 35. d. 



Leui. 24. d. 
Soph. 3. d. 



Cfeap* bu 



&t)t projpfeet ffliifyte. 



jfcu tutfxfffi* 



delyuered, and there the LORDE shal lowse 
the from the honde off thine enemies. a 

Now also are there many people gathered 
together agaynst the, sayenge : what, Sion is 
cursed, we shall se oure lust vpon her. But 
they knowe not the thoughtes off the LORDE, 
* they vnderstonde not his councell, that shall 
gather them together as the sheeues in the 
barne. Therfore get the vp (o thou doughter 
Sion) and throsshe out the come : For I wil 
make thy home yron, and thy clawes brasse, 
that thou mayest grynde many people : their 
goodes shalt thou appropriate vnto the 
LORDE, and their substaunce vnto the ruler 
off the whole worlde . 

Cfte b. Chapter. 

AFTER that shalt thou be robbed thy 
selff, o thou robbers doughter: they 
shal laye sege agaynst vs, and smyte the iudge 
off Israel with a rodde vpon the cheke. And 
thou Bethleem Ephrata, "art litle amonge 
the thousandes off Iuda. Out off the shal 
come one vnto me, which shall be f gouern- 
oure I Israel: whose outgoinge hath bene 
from the begynnynge, and from euerlastinge. 
In the meane whyle he plageth them for a 
season, vntill the tyme that she (which shall 
beare) haue borne : then shall the remnaunt 
of his brethren be conuerted vnto f children 
of Israel. He shal stonde fast, and geue fode 
in the strength of the LORDE, rf and in the 
victory of the name of y LORDE his God : 
and when they be conuerted, he shall be mag- 
nified vnto the farthest partes of the worlde. 

Then shal there be peace, so that the 
Assirian maye come in to oure londe, and 
treade in oure houses. We shall brynge vp 
seuen shepherdes and viij. prynces vpo them : 
these shal subdue the londe of Assurwith the 
swerde, and the londe of Nymrod with their 
naked weapens. e Thus shal he delyuer vs 
from the Assiria, when he commeth within 
oure lande, and setteth his fote within oure 
borders. And the remnaunt of Iacob shal be 
amonge the multitude of people, as the dew 
of the LORDE, and as the droppes vpon the 
grasse, that tarieth for no man, and waiteth 
of no body. / Yee the residue of Iacob shalbe 
amonge the Gentiles and the multitude off 
people, as the lyon amonge the beestes of y 
wodde, and as the lyons whelpe amonge a 

" Mich. 5. b. b Esa. 14. d. ' Matt. 2. a. Ioh. 7. d. 
d Eze. 34. d. Ioh. 10. a. Rom. 1. b. « Gen. 10. b. 



flocke of shepe : which (when he goeth thorow) 
treadeth downe, teareth in peces, and there is 
no man that can helpe. Thyne honde shalbe 
lift vp vpon thine enemies, and all thine ad- 
uersaries shal perish. 

The tyme shal come also (sayeth the 
LORDE) that I wil take thine horses from 
the, J destroye thy charettes. I will breake 
downe the cities off thy londe, and ouerthrowe 
all thy stronge holdes. «A11 witchcraftes will 
I rote out of thyne hande, there shall no mo 
soythsayenges be within the. Thine Idols 
and thyne ymages will I destroye out of f so 
that thou shalt nomore bowe thy self vnto the 
workes of thyne owne hondes. Thy groues 
wil I plucke vp by the rotes, & breake downe 
thy cities. Thus will I be aueged also, vpon 
all Heithen that will not heare. 

Cfie bi. Chapter. 

HERKEN now what the LORDEsayeth: 
Vp, reproue the mountaynes, ; ' and let 
the hilles heare thy voyce. O Heare the 
punyshment of the LORDE, ye mountaynes, 
and ye mightie foundacios of f earth : for the 
LORDE wil reproue his people, ad reason 
with Israel: O my people, what haue I done 
vnto the ? or wherin haue I hurte the ? geue 
me answere. 'Because I brought the fro the 
londe of Egipte, and delyuered the out of the 
house of bondage ? Because I made Moses, 
Aaron and Miriam to lede the ?* Remembre 
(o my people) what Balach the kynge of 
Moab had ymagined agaynst the, ' ad what 
answere that Balaam the sonne of Beor gaue 
him, from Sethim vnto Galgal : y ye maye 
knowe the louynge kyndnesses of y LORDE. 
What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto 
the LORDE? shall I bowe my kne to the 
hye God? Shal I come before him with 
brent offeringes, and with calues of a yeare 
olde ? Hath the LORDE a pleasure in many 
thousand rammes, or innumerable streames 
of oyle? Or shal I geue my firstborne for 
myne offences, and the frute of my body for 
the synne of my soule ? I wil she we the (O 
ma) what is good, and what the LORDE 
requyreth off the : Namely, to do right, to 
haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse, to be 
lowly, and to walke with thy God : m that thou 
mayest be called a cite of the LORDE, tj that 
thy name maye be rightuousnesse. Heare (o 

Mich. 4. c. / Gen. 49. b. * Deu. 18. b. h Esa. 58. a. 
'Exo.l4.c. *Nu. 12. a. ' Nu.22. 23. 24. 25. m Esa. l.d. 



tfQ. fcttjttffff. 



Cfee pvopbtt Mitf)t%$* 



Cfjap, irij* 



ye trybes) who wolde els geue you soch warn- 
ynge ? " Shulde I not be displeased, for the 
vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked, 
and because the measure is minished? Or 
shulde I iustifie the false balaunces and the 
bagge of disceatfull weightes, amonge those that 
be full off riches vnrightuously gotten : where 
the citesyns deale with falsede, speake lyes, and 
haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes ? 

Therfore I will take in honde to punysh 
the, and to make the desolate, because of thy 
synnes. Thou shalt eate, 5 not haue ynough : 
yee thou shalt bringe thy self downe. h Thou 
shalt fle, but not escape : ad those y thou 
woldest saue, wil I delyuer to the swerde. 
Thou shalt sowe, but not reaper c thou shalt 
presse out olyues, but oyle shalt thou not 
haue, to anoynte thy self withall : thou shalt 
treade out s wete must, but shalt drynke no wyne. 
^Ye kepe the ordinaunces of Amri, $ all the 
custom es of the house of Achab : ye folowe their 
pleasures, therfore wil I make the waist, j cause 
thy inhabiters to be abhorred, O my people : 5 
thus shalt thou beare thine owne shame. 

Cfie bij. Cfiaptn-. 

WO is me : I am become as one, that 
goeth a gleenynge in the haruest. 
There are no mo grapes to eate, yet wolde I 
fayne (with all my herte) haue of the best 
frute. There is not a godly man vp5 earth, 
there is not one rightuous amoge me. They 
laboure all to shed bloude, & euery ma hunteth 
his brother to death : yet they saye they do 
well, when they do euell. As the prince wil, 
so sayeth the iudge : y he maye do him a 
pleasure agayne. The greate ma speaketh 
what his herte desyreth, (j f hearers alowe 
him. The best off the is but as a thistle, and 
the most rightuous of them is but as a brere 
in the hedge. But when the daye of thy 
preachers commeth, y thou shalt be vysited : 
the shal they be waisted awaye. J Let no man 
beleue his frende, ner put his confidece in a 
prince. Kepe the porte of thy mouth, from 
her y lieth in thy bosome : s for f sonne shal 
put his father to dishonoure, the doughter 
shal ryse agaynst her mother, y doughter in 
lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe : and a 

<• Leu. 19. g. Deu. 25. c. Pro. 20. b. Eze. 25. b. 
* Leui. 26. d. Osee 4. b. Agg. 1. a. c Deu. 28. c. 

d 3 Re. 16. e. e Rom. 3. b. / Iere. 9. a. e Matt. 10. e. 



mans foes shalbe euen they of his owne 
housholde. 

Neuerthelesse I wil loke vp vnto f LORDE, 
I wil paciently abyde God my sauioure : my 
God shal heare me. O thou enemie of myne, 
reioyce not at my fall, for I shal get vp agayne : 
''and though I syt in darcknesse, yet y LORDE 
is my light. I will beare the punishment of 
the LORDE (for why, I haue offended him) 
till he syt in iudgment vpon my cause, and se 
that I haue right. He wil bringe me forth to 
the light, and I shal se his rightuosnesse. 

She that is myne enemy shall loke vpon it, 
j be confounded, which now saieth : ' Where 
is thy LORDE God ? Myne eyes shal be- 
holde her, when she shalbe troden downe, as 
the claye in the stretes. * The tyme wil come, 
that thy gappes shal be made vp, and the 
lawe shal go abrode : and at that tyme shal 
they come vnto the, from Assur vnto the 
stroge cities, and from the stronge cities vnto 
the ryuer : from the one see to the other, from 
the one mountayne to the other. 

Notwithstondinge the londe must be waisted, 
because of them that dwell therin, and for the 
frutes of their owne ymaginacions. Therfore 
fede thy people with thy rodde, the flocke of 
thine heretage which dwell desolate in the 
wodde: that they maye be fedde vpon the 
mount of Charmel, Basan & Galaad as afore 
tyme. Maruelous thinges will I shewe them, 
1 like as when they came out of Egipte. This 
shal the Heithen se, and be aszshamed for all 
their power : '" so that they shal laye their 
honde vpon their mouth, and stoppe their 
eares. " They shal licke the dust like a ser- 
pent, j as the wormes of the earth, y tremble 
in their holes. They shalbe afrayed of the 
LORDE oure God, & they shal feare y. 

Where is there soch a God as thou? that par- 
donest wickednes, and forgeuest the offences of 
the remnaunt of thine heretage ? He kepeth 
not his wrath for euer. And why? his delyte is 
to haue compassion: "he shal turne agayne, (t 
be mercyfull to vs: he shal put downe oure 
wickednesses, (j cast all oure synnes in to the 
botome of the see. Thou shalt kepe thy trust 
with Iacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as 
thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo. 

Deu. 13. b. 33. b. Psal. 37. b. 54. b. h Pro. 17. c. 

' 4 Re. 19. a. * Amos 9. c. ' Exo. 14. a. m lob 39. d. 
" Gen. 3. c. " Iere. 9. d. 



Wt)t mist of tfyt prophet Mitbtas. 



%i)t ^voyfytt Jiattm* 



W)at ^aum ronfrprti)* 



Chap. I. 



He prayseth the power and goodnesse of God : 
he reproueth the Niniuites, because they de- 
spysed the councell and punyshment of God. 



Cijap. II. 

He descrybeth vnto them the terryblenesse of the 

plage. 

Cijap. III. 
He reproueth the abhominacions of the malicious 

cite, and sheweth them of their punyshment. 



THIS is the heuy burthen of Niniue, 
which Naum of Elchos dyd wryte, as 
he sawe it 

Cftc first Chapter. 

THE LORDE is a gelous God, and a 
taker of vengeaunce: yee a taker of 
vegeaunce is f LORDE, and wrothfull. " The 
LORDE taketh vengeaunce of his enemies, 
and reserueth displeasure for his aduersaries. 
* The LORDE suffreth longe, he is of greate 
power, i so innocent, that he leaueth no man 
fautlesse before him. The LORDE goeth 
forth in tempest and stormy wether, the 
cloudes are the dust of his fete. Whe he 
reproueth the see, he dryeth it vp, 11 turneth 
all the floudes to drye londe. Basan is deso- 
late, Channel and the pleasure of Libanus 
waisteth awaye. The mountaynes tremble 
for him, the hilles consume. At the sight of 
him, the earth quaketh : yee the whole worlde, 
and all that dwell therin. c Who maye endure 
before his wrath ? Or who is able to abyde 
his grymme displeasure? His anger taketh 
on like fyre, and the harde rockes burst in 
sunder before him. 



Deu. 5. b. 
c Iere. 10. 



4 Ro. 2. 

Esa. 34. 



Exo. 34. a. Iere. 30. 1 
Abac. 3. a. Soph. 3. b. 



Ful gracious is the LORDE, and a stronge 
holde in tyme of trouble, he knoweth the that 
put their trust in him : when the floude ren- 
neth ouer, and destroyeth the place, and when 
the darcknesse foloweth still vpon his enemies. 
What do ye ymagin then agaynst the LORDE 
on this maner? (Tush, when he hath once 
made an ende, there shal come nomore trou- 
ble.) For like as the thornes that sticke 
together, and as the drye strawe, so shal the 
dronckardes be consumed together, euen when 
they be full. There come out of f soch as 
ymagin myschefe, and geue vngracious coun- 
cell agaynst the LORDE. 

Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Let 
the be as wel prepared, yee and as many as 
they can, yet shal they be hewen downe, and 
passe awaye. And as for the, I wil vexe the, 
but not vtterly destroie the. And now wil I 
breake his rodde from thy backe, and burst 
thy bondes in sonder. But the LORDE 
hath geuen a commaundement cocernynge 
the, that there shall come nomore sede of thy 
name. d The carued and casten ymages will 
I rote out of the house of thy god. Thy 
graue shal I prepare for the, and thou shalt 
be confounded. 



So. hurtbi. 



Wbt prophet l^aum* 



Cfcap* i> 



Clje tj. Chapter. 

BEHOLDE, vpon the mountaynes come 
the fete of him, "that bryngeth good 
tydinges, g preacheth peace. O Iuda, kepe 
thy holy dayes, perfourme thy promyses : for 
Belial shal come nomore in the, he is vtterly 
roted out. 

The scaterer shal come vp agaynst the, g 
laye sege to the castell. Loke thou wel to 
the stretes, make thy loynes stronge, arme thy 
self with all thymyght: for the LORDE shal 
restore agayne the glory of Iacob, like as y 
glory of Israel. The destroyers haue broken 
them downe, g marred the wyne braunches. 
The shylde of his giauntes glistereth, his men 
of warre are clothed in purple. His charettes 
are as fyre, when he maketh him forwarde, 
his archers are wel deckte g trimmed. The 
charettes rolle vpon the stretes, g welter in the 
hye wayes. They are to loke vpon like cres- 
settes of fyre, and go swyftly, as the lightenynge. 

When he doth but warne his giauntes, they 
fall in their araye, g haistely they clymme vp 
the walles : yee the engyns of the warre are 
prepared all ready. The water portes shal be 
opened, and the kinges palace shall fall. The 
quene hir self shal be led awaye captyue, and 
hir gentilwomen shal mourne as the doues, g 
grone within their hertes. b Niniue is like a 
pole full of water, but then shal they be fayne 
to fie. Stonde, stode, (shal they crie) g there 
shal not one turne backe. Awaye with the 
syluer, awaye with the golde : for here is no 
ende of treasure. There shalbe a multitude 
of all maner costly ornamentes. Thus must 
she be spoyled, emptied g clene striped out : 
that their hertes maye be melted awaye, their 
knees treble, all their loynes be weake, and 
their faces blacke as a pot. 

Where is now the dwellinge of the lyos 3 
and the pasture of the lyons whelpes ? where 
the lyon and the lyonesse wente with the 
whelpes, and no man frayed them awaye? 
But the lyon spoyled ynough for his yonge 
ones, and deuoured for his lyonesse : he fylled 
his dennes with his pray, g his dwellinge place 
with that he had rauyszshed. Beholde, I wil 
vpon the (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) and 
wil set fyre vpon thy charettes, that they shal 
smoke withall, and the swerde shal deuoure 
thy yonge lyons. I wil make an ende of thy 

" Esa. 52. b. Ro. 10. c. * Tob. 14. b. Soph. 2. c. 



spoylinge from out of the earth, g the voyce 
of thy messaungers shall nomore be herde. 

Cfie ttj. Chapter. 

WO to that bloudthursty cite, which is 
all full of lyes and robbery, c g wil not 
leaue of from rauyszshinge. There a man 
maye heare scourginge, ruszshinge, the noyse 
of the wheles, the crienge of the horses, g the 
rollinge of the charettes. There the horse 
men get vp with naked swerdes, and glister- 
ynge speares : There lyeth a multitude slayne, 
and a greate heape of deed bodies : There is 
no ende of deed coarses, yee men fall vpon 
their bodies: And that for the greate and 
manyfolde whordome, of the fayre and beuti- 
full harlot : which is a mastresse of wychcraft, 
yee and selleth the people thorow hir whor- 
dome, and the nacions thorow hir wichcraft. 

d Beholde, I wil vpon the (saieth the LORDE 
of hoostes) and wil pull thy clothes ouer thy 
heade : that I maye shewe thy nakednes amonge 
the Heithen, and thy shame amonge the king- 
domes. I wil cast dyrte vpon y, to make the 
be abhorred, and a gasynge stocke : Yee all 
they that loke vpon the, shal starte backe, g 
saye : Niniue is destroyed. 

Who wil haue pyte vpo the ? where shal I 
seke one to conforte the? Art thou better 
then the greate cite of Alexadria? that laye 
in the waters, and had the waters rounde 
aboute it : which was strongly fenced g walled 
with the see ? Ethiopia and Egipte were hir 
stregth, g that exceadinge greate aboue mea- 
sure. Aphrica and Lybia were hir helpers, 
yet was she dryuen awaye, g brought in to 
captiuyte: hir yonge children were smytten 
downe at the heade of euery strete, the lottes 
were cast for the most awncient men in her, 
and all hir mightie men were bounde in 
chaynes. Euen so shalt thou also be droncken, 
and hyde thy self, and seke some helpe agaynst 
thine enemy. All thy stronge cities shal be 
like fyge trees with rype fyges : which whe a 
ma shaketh, they fail in to the mouth of the 
eater. 

Beholde, thy people with in the are but 
women: the portes of thy londe shal be 
opened vnto thine enemies, and the fyre shal 
deuoure thy barres. Drawe water now agaynst 
thou be beseged, make vp thy stroge holdes, 
go in to the claye, tempre the morter, make 



Eze. 24. a. Abac. 2. b. 



Esa. 47. a. Eze. 16. d. 



ICfrap* u 



Cfie prophet Static* 



So. imj*bij< 



stronge bricke: a yet the fyre shal consume 
the, the swerde shal destroye the, yee as f 
locuste doth, so shal it eate the vp. It shal 
fall heuely vpon the as the locustes, yee right 
heuely shal it fall vpon the, euen as the gres- 
hoppers. Thy marchauntes haue bene mo 
then the starres of heaue : but now shal they 
sprede abrode as the locustes, and fie their 
waye : Thy lordes are as the greshoppers, g 
thy captaynes as the multitude of greshoppers: 

<• Esa. 10. a. 30. f. 31. b. Zach. 10. b. 



which whe they be colde, remayne in f 
hedges : but when the Sonne is vp, they fie 
awaye, and no ma can tell where they are be- 
come. Thy shepherdes are aslepe (o kinge of 
Assur) thy worthies are layed downe : thy peo- 
ple is scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes, 
and no man gathereth them together agayne. 
Thy wounde can not be hyd, thy plage is so 
sore. All they that heare this of the, shall 
clappe their handes ouer the. For what is he, 
to who thou hast not allwaye bene doynge 
hurte ? 



£J)e tvtot oi t\)t prapfcrt ^auttk 



zi)t ^vo^i)tt atatttc* 



Mbat <3bnmi amtepneft. 



Chap. T. 
He complayneth vnto God of the wickednes of 
the people, and threateneth them with the 
plage of God. 



Chap. II. 
He reproueth the cuvetous and vnrightuous men 

Chap. III. 
A prayer of the prophet. 



€hc fifast ChapUr. 

THIS is the heuy burthe, which the 
prophet Abacuc dyd se. a O LQRDE, 
how longe shal I crie, a thou wilt not heare ? 
How longe shall I complayne vnto the, suf- 
frynge wronge, and thou wilt not helpe ? Why 
lettest thou me se weerynesse and laboure? 
Tyrany and violence are before me, power 
ouergoeth right : for the lawe is torne in 
peces, and there can no right iudgment go 
forth. And why ? the vngodly is more set by 
then the rightuous : this is the cause, y wronge 
iudgment procedeth. c Beholde amonge the 
Heithen, and loke wel : wondre at it, and be 



for I wil do a thinge in youre 
tyme, which though it be tolde you, ye shal 
not beleue. 

For lo, d I wil rase vp f Caldees, that bytter 
and swifte people : which shal go as wyde as 
the londe is, to take possession of dwellinge 
places, that be not their owne. A grymme g 
boysteous people is it, these shal syt in iudg- 
ment (£ punyshe. Their horses are swifter 
then the cattes of the mountayne, (j byte sorer 
then y wolues in y euenynge. e Their hors- 
men come by greate heapes from farre, they 
fie hastely to deuoure as the Aegle. They 
come all to spoyle : out of them commeth 
an east wynde, which bloweth and gathereth 

* Deu. 28. c. e Soph. 3. a. 



tfo. fcufrtiij. 



Cfte prophet ghntui. 



C&ap* (j. 



their captyues, like as the sonde. They shall 
mocke the kinges, and laugh the prynces to 
scorne. They shal not set by eny stronge 
holde, for they shal laye ordinaunce agaynst 
it, and take it. Then shal they take a fresh 
corage vnto them, to go forth j to do more 
euell, a g so ascrybe that power vnto their God. 
But thou o LORDE my God, my holy one, 
thou art from the begynnynge, therfore shal 
we not dye. O LORDE, thou hast ordened 
them for a punyshmet, and set them to re- 
proue the mightie. Thine eyes are clene, 
thou mayest not se euell, thou canst not be- 
holde y thinge that is wicked. * Wherfore 
then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly, and 
holdest thy tunge, when the wicked deuoureth 
the man that is better the himself.'' Thou 
makest men as the fish in the see, and like 
as the crepinge beestes, that haue no gyde. 
They take vp all with their angle, they catch 
it in their net, j gather it in their yarne : 
herof they reioyce and are glad. Therfore 
offre they vnto their net, and do sacrifice vnto 
their yarne: because that thorow it their 
porcion is become so fat, and their meate so 
pleteous. Wherfore they cast out their net 
agayne, (j neuer ceasse to slave the people. 

Cftt tj. Cfjaptev. 

ISTODE vpon my watch, and set me vpon 
my bulworke, to loke 5 se what he wolde 
saye vnto me, and what answere I shulde 
geue him y reproueth me. But the LORDE 
answered me, and sayde: Wryte the vision 
planely vpon thy tables, that who so commeth 
by, maye rede it : for f visio is yet farre of 
for a tyme, c but at f last it shal come to 
passe, & not fayle. And though he tary, yet 
wait thou for him, rf for in very dede he wil 
come, and not be slacke. Beholde, who so 
wil not beleue, his soule shal not prospere 
but the iust shal lyue by his faith/ Like as 
the wyne disceaueth the dronckarde, euen so 
the proude shal fayle 5 not endure. He 
openeth his desyre wyde vp as the hell, j is as 
vnsaciable as death. ^All Heithen gathereth 
he to him, 5 heapeth vnto him all people. 

But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe 
agaynst him, and mocke him with a byworde, 
and saye : Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other 



<• Esa. 46. a. 2 Par. 28. d. b Iere. 12. a. Psal. 36. a. 

« Dan. 9. d. d Heb. 10. d. ' Ro. 1. b. f Pro. 30. b. 
e Abdi. 1. c. * Esa. 5. b. ' Abdi. 1. a. * Luc. 19. d. 



mens goodes ? How longe wil he lade him- 
self with thicke claye? O how sodenly wil 
they stonde vp, y shal byte the, J awake, that 
shal teare f in peces ? yee thou shalt be their 
pray. s Seinge thou hast spoyled many 
Heithen, therfore shall the remnaunt of the 
people spoyle the : because of mens bloude, (J 
for the wronge done in the londe, in the cite 
& vnto all them that dwel therin. 

* Wo vnto him, that couetously gathereth 
euell gotten goodes in to his house : that he 
maye set his nest an hye, to escape from the 
power of mysfortune.' Thou hast deuysed f 
shame of thine owne house, for thou hast 
slayne to moch people, and hast wilfully of- 
fended : k so that the very stones of the wall 
shal crie out of it, and the tymbre that lieth 
betwixte the ioyntes of the buyldinge shall 
answere. 'Wo vnto him, y buyldeth the 
towne with bloude, and maynteneth y cite 
with vnrightuousnes. Shal not the LORDE 
of hoostes bringe this to passe, that the 
laboures of the people shal be brent with a 
greate fyre, and that the thinge wher vpon the 
people haue weeried them selues, shall be lost? 
'" For the earth shalbe full of knowlege of the 
LORDES honoure, like as the waters that 
couer the see. 

Wo vnto him that geueth his neghboure 
dryncke, to get him wrothfull displeasure for 
his dronckennesse : "that he maye se his pre- 
uytees. Therfore with shame shalt thou be 
fylled, in steade of honoure. Dryncke thou 
also, till thou slombre withall : for the cuppe 
of the LORDES right hode shall compasse 
the aboute, and shamefull spewinge in steade 
of thy worshipe. For the wroge that thou 
hast done in Libanus, shal ouerwhelme the, 
and the wilde beastes shal make the afrayed : 
because of mens bloude, and for the wronge 
done in the londe, in the cite, and vnto all 
soch as dwel therin. 

What helpe than wil f ymage do, whom 
the workman hath fashioned ? Or the vayne 
cast ymage, wherin because the craftesman 
putteth his trust, therfore maketh he domme 
Idols ? Wo vnto him, that saieth to a pece 
of wod : arise, and to a domme stone : stonde 
vp. For what instruccio maye soch one geue ? 
Beholde, it is layed ouer with golde and 



' Eze. 24. a. Nau. 3. a. Mich. 3. c. 
Nu. 14. c. Esa. 11. b. " Gen. 9. d. 

Abdi. 1. c. 



m Exo. 9. c. 
» Iere. 50. e. 



CI)ap* it). 



&f)t pvopf)tt 9Lbnmt* 



$o* Xnwift. 



syluer, g there is no breth in it. "But the 
LORDE in his holy teple is he, whom all the 
worlde shulde feare. 

Cfie it). Chapter. 

A prayer of the prophet Abacuc for the ignoraunt. 

LORDE, when I herde speake of y, I 
was afrayed. The worke y thou hast 
taken in honde, shalt thou perfourme in his 
tyme, O LORDE : and when thy tyme com- 
meth, thou shalt declare it. In thy very 
wrath thou thinkest vpon mercy. God com- 
meth from Theman, and the holy one from 
the mount of Pharan. Sela. 

His glory couereth the heauens, and the 
earth is full of his prayse. His shyne is as f 
sonne, g beames of light go out of his hondes, 
there is his power hid. Destruccio goeth be- 
fore him, and burnynge cressettes go from his 
fete. He stondeth, g measureth the earth : 
He loketh, g the people consume awaye, the 
moutaynes of f worlde fall downe to powlder, 
and the hilles are fayne to bowe them selues, 
for his goinges are euerlastinge and sure. 

I sawe, that the pauilions of the Morians 
and the tentes of the londe of Madian were 
vexed for weerynesse. Wast thou not angrie 
(o LORDE) in the waters? was not thy 
wrath in the floudes, and thy displeasure in 
the see ? yes, whe thou sattest vpon thine 
horse, and when thy charettes had the victory. 
Thou shewdest thy bowe opely, like as thou 
s haddest promised with an ooth vnto the 
trybes. Sela. 

Thou didest deuyde the waters of the earth. 
When the mountaynes saw the, they were 



afrayed, f water streame wete awaye : the 
depe made a noyse at the liftinge vp of thine 
honde. c The Sonne and Mone remayned 
still in their habitacion. Thine arowes wente 
out glisteringe, and thy speares as the shyne 
of the lightenynge. d Tho\i trodest downe 
the londe in thine anger, and didest throsshe 
the Heithen in thy displeasure. Thou earnest 
forth to helpe thy people, to helpe thine 
anoynted. Thou smotest downe the heade 
in the house of the vngodly, tj discoueredest 
his foundacions, eue vnto y necke of him. 
Sela. 

Thou cursest his septers, the captayne of 
his men of warre : which come as a stormy 
wynde to scatre me abrode, 5 are glad when 
they maye eat vp f poore secretly. Thou 
makest a waye for thine horses in the see, 
euen in the mudde of greate waters. Whe I 
heare this, my body is vexed, my lippes 
tremble at y voyce therof, my bones corruppe, 
I am afrayed where I stonde. O that I 
might rest in the daye of trouble, that I 
might go vp vnto oure people, which are al- 
redy prepared. 

For the fyge trees shal not be grene, g the 
vynes shal beare no frute. The laboure of y 
olyue shalbe but lost, and the londe shall 
bringe no corne : the shepe shalbe taken out 
of y folde, and there shalbe no catell in y 
stalles. But as for me, I wil be glad in 
the LORDE, and will reioyce in God my 
Sauioure. "The LORDE God is my strength, 
he shall make my fete as the fete of hertes : 
g he which geueth y victory, shal bringe 
me to my hye places, synginge vpon my 
psalmes. 



Cfte txibt of tbt propfoet %hmii. 



Ztyt ^voptytt goptytrnv* 



Wfyut ^opJjonp wjntepnetl)* 



Chap. I. 
He prophecieth of plages for to come vpon Iuda. 

Chap. II. 
He exorteth them to amede, that they maye 
escape the wrath of God : and sheweth the 
Gentiles their punyshment. 



Chap. III. 
Punyshment because of the wickednesse of the 
Iewes : whom God therfore refused, and chose 
the Heithen. 



Che firgt Chapter. 

THIS is the worde of the LORDE, which 
came vnto Sophony the sonne of Chusi, 
the sonne of Gedolias, the sonne of Amarias y 
sonne of Hezechias: in the tyme of Iosias 
the sonne of Anion kinge of Iuda. " I will 
gather vp all thinges in the londe (saieth the 
LORDE) I wil gather vp man and beest : I 
wil gather vp the foules in the ayre, and the 
fysh in the see (to the greate decaye of the 
wicked) j wil vtterly destroye the men out of 
the londe, saieth the LORDE. I wil stretch 
out myne honde vpon Iuda, and vpon all soch 
as dwel at Ierusalem. Thus wil I rote out 
the remnaunt of Baal from this place, and the 
names of the Kemuryns and prestes : yee (j 
soch as vpon their house toppes worshipe 5 
bowe them selues vnto the hoost of heauen : 
which sweare by the LORDE,* and by their 
Malchom also : which starte a backe from f 
LORDE, and nether seke after the LORDE, 
ner regarde him. 

" Be still at y presence of the LORDE 
God, for the daye of the LORDE is at honde: 
yee the LORDE hath prepared a slayne 
offeringe, and called his gestes therto. And 



" 4 Re. 21. & 23. h Deut. 17. 

Zach. 2. b. d 4 Reg. 25. Iere. 39. b. 



Iere. 5. 
■ Iere. 5. 



thus shall it happen in the daye of the 
LORDES a slaynofferinge : d I will vyset the 
prynces, the kinges children, g all soch as 
weere strauge clothinge. In the same daye 
also wil I vyset all those, that treade ouer the 
thresholde so proudly, which fyll their lordes 
house with robbery and falsede. At y same 
tyme (saieth the LORDE) there snail be 
herde a greate crie from the fyshporte, and an 
howlinge from y other porte, and a greate 
murthur from the hilles. Howie ye that dwel 
in the myll, for all the marchaunt people are 
gone, and all they that were laden with syluer. 
are roted out. 

e At the same tyme wil I seke thorow Ieru- 
salem with lanternes, and vyset them that 
contynue in their dregges, and saye in their 
hertes: Tush, the LORDE wil do nether 
good ner euell. Their goodes shalbe spoyled, 
and their houses layed waist. -They shall 
buylde houses, and not dwel in them : they 
shal plante vynyardes, but not drynke the 
wyne therof. s For the greate daye of the 
LORDE is at honde, it is harde by, cj com- 
meth on a pace. Horrible is y tydinges of the 
LORDES daye, then shall the giaunte crie 
out : for that daye is a daye of wrath, a daye 

I Deut. 29. c. Iere. 23. c. / Amos 5. b. s Ioel 2. a. 



Cfoap* t'ij. 



Cf)e propftrt &opl)QnQ. 



jfcu trmu 



of trouble 8 heuynesse, a daye of vtter de- 
struction g mysery, a darcke 5 glomynge daye, 
a cloudy g stormy daye, a daye of the noyse 
of trompettesand shawmes, agaynst the stronge 
cities and hie towres. I wil bringe y people 
in to soch vexacion, that they shal go aboute 
like blinde me, because they haue synned 
agaynst the LORDE. Their bloude shalbe 
shed as the dust, g their bodies as the myre. 
" Nether their syluer ner their golde shalbe 
able to delyuer the in that wrothfull daye of 
the LORDE, 4 but the whole londe shalbe co- 
sumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy : for he 
shall soone make clene ryddaunce of all them 
that dwell in the londe. 

Wt>t i). Chapter. 

COME together and gather you, O ye 
frauwerde people : or y thinge go forth 
that is concluded, g or the tyme be passed 
awaye as the dust : or the fearfull wrath of 
the LORDE come vpon you, yee or the daye 
of the LORDE S sore displeasure come vpon 
you. c Seke the LORDE all yee meke harted 
vpon earth, ye that worke after his iudgmet : 
seke rightuousnesse, seke lowlynesse : that ye 
maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of y 
LORDE. ''For Gaza shal be destroyed, g 
Ascalon shall be layed waist : They shal cast 
out Aszdod at the noone daye, and Accaron 
shal be pluckte vp by the rotes. 

Wo vnto you y dwel vpon the see coost, ye 
murthurous people: the worde of y LORDE 
shal come vpon you. O Canaan thou londe 
of the Philistynes, I wil destroye the, so that 
there shal no man dwel in the eny more : g 
as for the see coost, it shal be hyrdmens co- 
tages g shepe foldes : yee it shalbe a porcion 
for soch as remayne of the house of Iuda, to 
fede ther vpon. In f houses of Ascalon shal 
they rest towarde night: for the LORDE 
their God shal vyset the, g turne awaye their 
captyuite. I haue herde the despite of Moab, 
g the e blasphemies of the children of Ammon: 
how they haue shamefully intreated my people, 
and magnified them selues within the borders 
of their londe. Therfore as truly as I lyue 
(saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of 
Israel) Moab shalbe as Sodome, g Ammon 
as Gomorra : euen drie thorne hedges, salt 

' Eze. 7. d. » Soph. 3. b. *4 Re. 20. a. lone. 3. a. 
* Esa. 14. e. Iere. 47. a. Eze. 25. c. e Esa. 15. 16. 

Iere. 48. a. Eze. 25. b. / Zach. 2. b. e Esa. 2. c. 



pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes. The 
residue of my folke shall spoyle them, the 
remnaunt of my people shall haue them in 
possession. This shal happen vnto them for 
their pryde, ■''because they haue dealte so 
shamefully with the LORDE of hoostes 
people, and magnified them selues aboue 
them. The LORDE shall be grymme vpon 
them, and s destroye all the goddes in the 
londe. And all the lies of the Heithen shal 
worshipe him, euery man in his place. 

Ye Morias also shal perish with my swerde : 
Yee he shall stretch out his honde ouer the 
north, and destroye Assur. As for Niniue, 
he shal make it desolate, drye and waist. 
The flockes and all the beastes of the people 
shall lye in the myddest of it, pellicanes and 
storckes shall abyde in the vpper postes of it, 
foules shal synge in the wyndowes, and rauens 
shal syt vpon the balckes, for the bordes of 
Cedre shalbe ryue downe. ; ' This is the proude 
and carelesse cite, that sayde in hir herte : I 
am, and there is els none. O how is she made 
so waist, y the beestes lye therin? Who so 
goeth by, mocketh her, and poynteth at her 
with his fynger. 

Clje itj. Chapter. 

WO to the abhominable, fylthie and 
cruel cite : which wil not heare, ner be 
refourmed. Hir trust is not in the LORDE, 
nether wil she holde her to hir God. ' Hir 
rulers within her are as roaringe lyons : hir 
iudges are as wolues in the euenynge, which 
leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow. 
Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn- 
faithfull men : hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanc- 
tuary, and do wronge vnder the pretence of 
the lawe. But the iust LORDE that doth 
no vnright, was amonge them, euery mornynge 
shewinge them his lawe clearly, and ceassed 
not. But the vngodly will not leme to be 
aszshamed. Therfore wil I rote out this 
people, and destroye their towres : yee and 
make their stretes so voyde, that no man shall 
go therin. Their cities shall be broke downe, 
so that no body shal be left, ner dwel there 
eny more. 

I sayde vnto them: O feare me, and be 
c5tent to be refourmed. That their dwellinge 



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shulde not be destroyed, and that there shulde 
happen vnto them none of these thinges, 
wherwith I shal vyset the. But neuertheles 
they stonde vp early, to folowe the filthynes 
of their owne ymagi nations. Therfore ye shal 
waite vpon me (saieth the LORDE) vntil the 
tyme that I stonde vp : for I am determed, 
to gather the people and to bringe the king- 
domes together, that I maye poure out myne 
anger, yee all my wrothfull displeasure vpon 
them. "For all the worlde shalbe consumed 
with the fyre of my gelousy. And then wil I 
dense the lippes of the people, that they maye 
euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE, 
and serue him with one shulder. Soch as I 
haue subdued, and my children also whom I 
haue scatred abrode, shal brynge me presentes 
beyonde the waters of Ethiopia. 

In that tyme shalt thou nomore be con- 
founded, because of all thy ymaginacions, 
wher thorow thou haddest offended me : s for I 
wil take awaye the proude boosters of thine 
honoure from the, so that thou shalt nomore 
tryumphe because of my holy hill. In the 
also wil I leaue a smal poore symple people, 
which shal trust in the name of the LORDE. 
The remnaunt of Israel shal do no wickednes, 
ner speake lyes : nether shal there eny dis- 
ceatful tunge be founde in their mouthes. 
For they shal be fed, and take their rest, and 

a Naum 1. a. Sopb. 1. c. 



no man shal make them afrayed. Geue 
thankes o doughter Sio, be ioyful o Israel: 
reioyce (j be glad from thy whole herte, o 
doughter Ierusalem, for the LORDE hath 
taken awaye thy punyshment, and turned 
backe thine enemies. The kinge of Israel, 
euen the LORDE himself is with the: so 
that thou nedest nomore to feare eny mysz- 
fortune. 

In that tyme it shall be sayed to Ierusalem : 
feare not, and to Sion : let not thine hondes 
be slacke, for the LORDE thy God is with 
the, it is he that hath power to saue : he hath 
a special pleasure in the, and a maruelous 
loue towarde the : yee he reioyseth ouer the 
with gladnesse. Soch as haue bene in heuy- 
nesse, wil I gather together, and take out of 
thy congregacion : as for the shame and re- 
profe that hath bene layed vpon the, it shal 
be farre from the. And lo, in y tyme wil I 
destroye all those that vexe the: C I wil helpe 
the lame, and gather vp the cast awaye : yee 
I wil get them honoure and prayse in all 
lodes, where they haue bene put to shame. 
At y same tyme wil I bringe you in, and at 
the same tyme wil I gather you. I wil get 
you a name and a good reporte, amonge all 
people of the earth, when I turne backe 
youre captiuyte before youre eyes, saieth the 
LORDE. 



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Chap. I. 



He exorteth the people to buylde vp the teple, 
and reproueth their loge tariege. 



Chap. II. 



He geueth the rulers a corage. Of the orna- 
metes and glory of the seconde temple, wherby 
is vnderstode the church of the faithfull. 



Che first Chapter. 

IN the seconde yeare of kynge Darius, "in 
the vj. moneth the first daye of the moneth, 
came the worde of the LORDE (by the 
prophet Aggeus) *vnto Zorobabel the sonne 
of Salathiel y prynce of Iuda, and to Iesua 
the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest, sayenge : 
Thus speaketh the LORDE of hoostes, and 
saieth : This people doth saye : The tyme is 
not yet come to buylde vp the LORDES 
house. Then spake the LORDE by the 
prophet Aggeus (j sayed: c Ye youre selues 
can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses, and 
shal this house lye waist? Considre now 
youre owne wayes in youre hertes (saieth y 
LORDE of hoostes) ye sowe moch, but ye 
bringe litle in: d Ye eate, but ye haue not 
ynough : ye drinke, but ye are not fylled : ye 
decke youre selues, but ye are not warme : 5 
he y earneth eny wage, putteth it in a broken 
purse. 

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: Co- 
sidre youre owne wayes in youre hertes, get 
you vp to the mountayne, fetch wod, g buylde 
vp the house : e that it maye be acceptable vnto 
me, and that I maye shewe myne honoure, 
saieth the LORDE. Ye loked for moch, 
and lo it is come to litle : g though ye brynge 

" 1 Esd. 6. a. Dan. 5. e. 6. a. b 1 Esd. 5. a. 1 Esd. 
2. 3. 4. 5. c Iere. 22. b. << Leui. 26. d. Mich. 6. b. 
Osee4.b. Mala. 3. b. ' 3 Re. 8. d. / 1 Cor. 3.b. 6.c. 



it home, yet do I blowe it awaye. And why 
so, saieth the LORDE of hoostes? Eue be- 
cause that my house lyeth so waist, ^and ye 
renne euery man vnto his owne house. Wher- 
fore the heauen is forbydde to geue you eny 
dew, and the earth is forbydden to geue you 
encrease. e I haue called for a drouth, both 
vpo the londe & vpon the mountaynes, vpon 
corne, vpon wyne j vpon oyle, vpon euery 
thinge that the grounde bryngeth forth, vpon 
men and vpon catell, yee and vpon all handy 
laboure. 

Now when Zorobabel the sonne of Sala- 
thiel, (j Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye 
prest with the remnaunt of the people, herde 
the voyce of the LORDE their God, (j the 
wordes of the prophet Aggeus (like as the 
LORDE their God had sent him) the people 
dyd feare the LORDE. Then Aggeus the 
LORDES angel sayed in the LORDES 
message vnto the people : ; ' I am with you, 
saieth the LORDE. So the LORDE waked 
vp the sprete of Zorobabel the prynce of 
Iuda, and the sprete of Iesua the sonne of 
Iosedec the hye prest, and the sprete of the 
remnaunt of all the people : y they came & 
laboured, in the house of the LORDE of 
hoostes their God. 

2 Cor. 6. c. s Dei.t. 23. d. * Deut.7. d. 31. g. 

Agg. 2. a. Iere. 46. e. 1 Esd. 5. a. 



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Cfie ij. Chapter. 

VPON the xxiiij. daye of the sixte moneth, 
in the secode yeare of kinge Darius, 
the xxi. daye of the seuenth moneth, came 
the worde of the LORDE by the prophet 
Aggeus, sayenge: speake to Zorobabel the 
sonne of Salathiel prynce of Iuda, and to 
Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest, and 
to the residue of y people, (j saye : " Who is 
left amoge you, that sawe this house in hir 
first beuty ? But what thinke ye now by it ? 
Is it not in youre eyes, eue as though it were 
nothinge ? Neuerthelesse be of good chere, 
o Zorobabel (saieth the LORDE) *be of good 
conforte, o Iesua thou sonne of Iosedec, hye 
prest : take good hartes vnto you also, all ye 
people of the londe, saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes, and do acordinge to the worde (for I 
am with you/ saieth the LORDE of hoostes) 
like as I agreed with you, when ye came out 
of the londe of Egypte : (j my sprete shalbe 
amonge you, feare ye not. 

For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes : 
Yet once more will I shake heaue and earth, 
the see and the drye lode : Yee I will moue 
all Heithen, g the comforte of all Heithen 
shall come, & so wil I fyll this house with 
honoure, saieth the LORDE of hoostes. The 
syluer is myne, e j the golde is myne, saieth 
the LORDE of hoostes. Thus y glory of 
the last house shalbe greater the the first, 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes: & in this 
place wil I geue peace, saieth the LORDE 
of hoostes. 

The xxiiij. daye of the ix moneth in the 
seconde yeare of kinge Darius, came the 
worde of the LORDE vnto the prophet Ag- 
geus sayenge : Thus saieth y LORDE God 
of hoostes : Axe the prestes concernynge the 
lawe, cj saye : -Tf one beare holy flesh in his 
cote lappe, & with his lappe do touch the 
bred, potage, wyne, oyle or eny other meate: 
shall he be holy also ? The prestes answered, 
d saide : No. Then sayde Aggeus : Now yf 



isd.3. c. "Deu.31. 
Heb. 12. d. ' Deut. 



'Agg.l. 



one beynge defyled with a deed carcase, touch 
eny of these : shall it also be vnclene ? The 
prestes gaue answere (j sayed : yee, it shall be 
vnclene. g The Aggeus answered, and sayde : 
Euen so is this people & this nacion before 
me, saieth y LORDE: and so are all the 
workes of their hodes, yee and all that they 
offre, is vnclene. 

And now (I praye you) cosidre from this 
daye forth, and how it hath gone with you 
afore : or euer there was layed one stone vpo 
another in the temple of the LORDE : that 
when ye came to a come heape of xx. bus- 
shels, there were scarce ten : ''and that when 
ye came to the wyne presse for to poure out 
L. pottes of wyne, there were scarce xx. For 
I smote you with heate, blastinge g hale stones 
in all the labours of youre hondes : yet was 
there none of you, that wolde turne vnto me, 
saieth the LORDE. Considre then from 
this daye forth and afore, namely, from the 
xxiiij. daye of the ix. moneth, vnto the daye 
that the fbundacion of the LORDES temple 
was layed : ' Marck it well, Is not the sede 
yet in the barne? haue not the vynes, the 
fyge trees, the pomgranates and olyue trees 
bene yet vnfrutefull ? but fro this daye forth, 
I shal make them to prospere. 

Morouer the xxiiij. daye of the moneth 
came the worde of the LORDE vnto Aggeus 
agayne, sayenge : Speake to Zorobabel the 
prynce of Iuda, and saye : I will shake both 
heauen and earth, and ouerthrowe the seate 
of the kingdomes, yee & destroye the mightie 
kingdome of the Heithe. I wil ouerthrowe 
the charettes, and those that syt vpon them, 
so that both horse and man shal fall downe, 
euery man thorow his neghbours swerde. 
And as for the, o Zorobabel (saieth the 
LORDE of hoostes) thou sonne of Salathiel, 
my seruaunt : I wil take the (saieth the 
LORDE) at the same tyme, and make the 
as a seale : for I haue chosen the, saieth the 
LORDE of hoostes 



11. d. Nu.l9.b. 



€!)£ entrt oi tin propfjet gggeusu 











€t)t ^vo$)tt ^ari)ar#* 






Mfjat Zarfjarp tantqmfb* 






Chap. I. 


Chap. VIII. 






He exorteth the people, not to be disobedient to 


Cause of all the wrath of God : yet yf men wil 






the voyce of God, as their forefathers were, 


turne, he is mercifull. 






but to conuerte : and he sheweth them ioyfull 








thinges in visions. 


Chap. IX. 






Chap. II. 


The ioyfull callinge of the Heithe. 






Visions, signifienge the delyueraunce out of the 








captiuyte of Babilon, and the redempcion in 


Chap. X. 






Christ. 


Thorow corporal promises, the prophet ledeth 






Chap. III. 


men vnto the promises that are fulfilled in 






A vision in Iesua, signifienge the LORDE Iesus 


Christ: and threateneth punyshment vnto the 






oure hye prest. 


false prophetes and shepherdes. 






Chap. IIII. 

Another vision, wherin Zorobabel is conforted 


Chap. XI. 






with his litle nombre of people. The right 


Of secrete mysteries, and of the destruccio of the 






mystery herof belongeth vnto Christ. 


secode temple. God is a good shepherde. 






Chap. V. 
The wrath of God for the synnes of the people. 


Chap. XII. 






The punyshment which the LORDE deuysed for 






Chap. VI. 


Israel. 






A vision, wherin is declared the almighty power 


Chap. XIII. 






of God, which geueth peace or warre at his 






pleasure. 


Of welles and clensynge, which belonge to the 






Chap. VII. 


tyme of Christ. 






What the true fast is : namely, to kepe iudg- 








ment and iustice, a man to do good to his 


Chap. XIIII. 






neghboure, to defende the widdowe and the 


The plage of the Iewes. The takynge vp of 






fatherlesse, to do no man wronge, jc. 


Ierusalem the church of God. 






enge: The LORDE hath bene sore dis- 




Che fifat Chapter. 


pleased at youre forefathers. And saye thou 




3 


TN the eight moneth of the secode yeare of 
X kinge Darius, came the worde of the 


vnto them : thus saieth the LORDE of 






hoostes. * Turne you vnto me (saieth the 






LORDE vnto " Zachary the sonne of Bara- 


LORDE of hoostes) and I wil turne me vnto 






chias, the sonne of Addo, the prophet, say- 


you, saieth the LORDE of hoostes. c Be not 






" Matt. 23. c. * Iere. 31. c. Mala. 3. b. 


c Iere. 44. c. Psal. 77. a. 











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Cfrap. ij. 



ye like youre forefathers, vnto whom the 
prophetes cried a fore tyme, sayege : Thus 
saieth the LORDE God of hoostes: "Turne 
you from youre euell wayes, g from youre 
wicked ymaginacions. But they wolde not 
heare, ner regarde me, saieth the LORDE. 
* What is now become of youre forefathers and 
the prophetes ? are they yet still alyue ? But 
dyd not my wordes g statutes (which I co- 
maunded by my seruauntes y prophetes) touch 
youre fore fathers ? Vpo this, they gaue an- 
swere g sayde : like as f LORDE of hoostes 
deuysed to do vnto vs, acordinge to oure owne 
wayes g ymaginacions, euen so hath he dealte 
with vs. 

Vpon the xxiiij. daye of the xj. moneth 
(which is the moneth Sebat) in the seconde 
yeare of Darius, came the worde of the 
LORDE vnto Zachary the sonne of Bara- 
chias, the sonne of Addo the prophete, say- 
enge : I sawe by night, and lo, there sat one 
vpon a reade horse, and stode still amonge 
the Myrte trees, c that were beneth vpon the 
grounde : and behynde him were there reade, 
spreckled and whyte horses. 

Then sayde I : O my LORDE, what are 
these ? And the angel that talked with me, 
sayed vnto me : 1 will shewe the what these 
be. And the man that stode afnoge the 
Myrte trees, answered g sayde : These are 
they, whom the LORDE hath sent to go 
thorow the worlde. And they answered the 
angel of the LORDE, that stode amonge the 
Myrte trees, and sayde : We haue gone thorow 
the worlde : and beholde, all the worlde dwell 
at ease, and are carelesse. 

Then the LORDES angel gaue answere 
and sayde : O LORDE of hoostes, how longe 
wilt thou be vnmercifull to Ierusale and to the 
cities of Iuda, d with whom thou hast bene 
displeased now these lxx. yeares ? So the 
LORDE gaue a louynge and a confortable 
answere, vnto the angel that talked with me. 
And the angel that commoned with me, sayde 
vnto me : Crie thou, and speake, thus saieth 
the LORDE of hoostes : I am exceadynge 
gelous ouer Ierusalem and Sion, and sore dis- 
pleased at the carelesse Heithen : for where 
as I was but a litle angrie, they dyd their best 
that I might destroye them. Therfore thus 



" Osee 14." a. Tob. 13. b. <■ Eze. 33. b. Iere.44. a. 35. c. 
Zach. 6. a. Apo. 6. a. <* Iere. 25. b. 29. b. 1 Esd. 1. a. 
Zach. 8. a. / Dan. 7. d. s Eze. 43. b. Apo. 21. c. 



saieth the LORDE : ' I wil turne me agayne 
in mercy towarde Ierusalem, so that my house 
shalbe buylded in it, saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes : yee and the plommet shal be layed 
abrode in Ierusalem, saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes. 

Crie also, and speake: thus saieth the 
LORDE of hoostes : My cities shall be in 
good prosperite agayne, the LORDE shall 
yet conforte Sion, and chose Ierusalem. 
Then lift I vp myne eyes and sawe, and be- 
holde, foure homes. And I sayde vnto the 
angel, that talked with me : what be these ? 
he answered me : /These are y homes, which 
haue scatred Iuda, Israel and Ierusalem 
abrode. And y LORDE shewed me iiij. car- 
penters. Then sayde I : what wil these do ? 
He answered, g sayde : Those are the homes, 
which haue so strowed Iuda abrode, that no 
man durst lift vp his heade : But these are 
come to fraye them awaye, and to cast out f 
homes of the Gentiles, which lift vp their 
home ouer the londe of Iuda, to scatre it 
abrode. 

%\)t i). Cljapter. 

I LIFT vp myne eyes agayne, g loked: 
and beholde, ? a man with a measure lyne 
in his honde. Then saide I : whether goest 
thou ? And he sayde vnto me : To measure 
Ierusalem, that I maye se how longe and how 
brode it is. And beholde, the angel that 
talked with me, wente his waye forth. Then 
wete there out another angel to mete him, g 
sayde vnto him : Runne, speake to this yonge 
man, g saye : Ierusalem shal be inhabited 
without eny wal, for f very multitude of 
people g catell, y shal be therin. ; ' Yee I my- 
self (saieth the LORDE) wil be vnto her a 
wall of fyre rounde aboute, g wilbe honoured 
in her. 

O get you forth, O fie from the londe of y 
north (saieth the LORDE) ye, 'whom I haue 
scatred in to the foure wyndes vnder heaue, 
saieth the LORDE. Saue thy self, o Sion : 
thou that dwellest with f doughter of Babilon, 
for thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes : 
*With a glorious power hath he sent me out 
to the Heithe, which spoyled you: for who 
so toucheth you, shal touche the aple of his 



. Zacb. 9. a. ' Iere. 23. b. * Iere. 2. a, 
3. d. 30. c. Psal. 16. b. Esa. 14. a. 



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owne eye. Beholde, I will lift vp myne honde 
ouer them : so that they shal be spoyled of 
those, which afore serued them: g ye shal 
knowe, that the LORDE of hoostes hath 
sent me. 

" Be glad, 5 reioyee, o doughter of Sion : 
for lo, I am come to dwell in the myddest 
of the, saieth the LORDE. At the same 
tyme there shal many Heithen cleue to the 
LORDE, d shal be my people. Thus wil I 
dwel in the myddest of the, & thou shalt 
knowe, that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent 
me vnto the. The LORDE shall haue Iuda 
in possession for his parte in the holy grounde, 
(j shal chose Ierusalem yet agayne. b Let all 
flesh be still before the LORDE, for he is 
rysen out of his holy place. 

Cfie itj. Chapter. 

AND he shewed me Iesua y hye prest, 
c stondinge before the angel of the 
LORDE, and Satan stode at his right honde 
to resiste him. And the LORDE sayde 
vnto Satan : The LORDE reproue the (thou 
Satan) yee the LORDE that hath chosen 
Ierusalem, reproue the. Is not this a brande 
take out of the fyre ? Now Iesua was clothed 
in vnclene rayment, and stode before the 
angel : which answered (t sayde vnto those, y 
stode before him : take awaye y foule clothes 
from him. And vnto him he sayde : Beholde, 
I haue take awaye thy synne from the, 5 wil 
decke the with chaunge of raymet. He sayde 
morouer : set a fayre myter vpon his heade. 
So they set a fayre myter vpon his heade, (t 
put on clothes vpon him, and the angel of y 
LORDE stode there. Then the angel of the 
LORDE testified vnto Iesua, & spake, thus 
sayeth the LORDE of hoostes : Yf thou wilt 
walke in my wayes, 5 kepe my watch : thou 
shalt rule my house, & kepe my courtes, 5 I 
wil geue the place am5ge these that stonde 
here. Heare o Iesua thou hye prest, thou & 
thy frendes that dwell before the, for they 
are woderous people. Beholde, d I will bringe 
forth the braunch of my seruaunt : for lo, the 
stone that I haue layed before Iesua : vpon 
one stone shalbe vij. eyes. Beholde, I will 
hewe him out (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) 
and take awaye the synne of that londe in one 



' Exo. 25. a. Matt. 28. c. * Soph. 1. b. «Psal 

108. a. Matt. 4. a. Iude 1. b. d Esa. 47. a. Zach. 6. b 
Iere. 23. a. 33. c. Esa. 28. c. 1 Pet. 2. a. Esa. 53. a 



daye. Then shall euery man call for his 
neghboure, vnder the vyne 5 vnder y fyge tre, 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes. 

Che titj. Chapter. 

AND y angel that talked with me, came 
agayne, (j waked me vp (as a man that 
is raysed out of his slepe) ct sayde vnto me: 
What seist thou ? And I sayde : I haue loked, 
and beholde : a candelsticke all of golde, with 
a boll vpon it a his vij. lampes therin, e g vpon 
euery lampe vij. stalkes : And ij. olyue trees 
therby, one vpon the right syde of the boll, g 
the other vpon the left syde. So I answered, (j 
spake to the angel y talked with me, sayenge : 
O my lorde what are these ? The angel that 
talked with me, answered cj sayde vnto me : 
knowest thou not what these be ? And I 
sayde : No, my lorde. He answered, ig sayde 
vnto me : This is the worde of the LORDE 
vnto Zorobabel, sayenge : Nether thorow an 
hoost of men, ner thorow stregth, ! but thorow 
my sprete, saieth y LORDE of hoostes. What 
art thou (thou greate mountayne) before 
Zorobabel ? thou must be made eauen. s And 
he shal bringe vp the first stone, so that men 
shall crie vnto him : good lucke, good lucke. 
Morouer, the worde of the LORDE came 
vnto me, sayenge : h The hondes of Zorobabel 
haue layed y foundacion of this house, his 
hondes also shal fynishe it: that ye maye 
knowe, 'how that the LORDE of hoostes 
hath sent me vnto you. For he that hath 
bene despysed a litle season, shal reioyee, whe 
he seyth the tynne weight in Zorobabels honde. 
The vij. eyes are the LORDES, which go 
thorow the hole worlde. Then answered I, (j 
sayde vnto him : What are these two olyue 
trees vpon the right and left syde of the can- 
dilsticke? I spake morouer, (j sayde vnto 
him : what be these ij. olyue braunches which 
(thorow y two golden pipes) emptie them 
selues in to the golde ? He answered me, (j 
sayde : knowest thou not, what these be ? 
And I sayde : No, my lorde. Then sayde 
he . These are the two olyue braunches, *that 
stonde before the ruler of the whole earth. 

Che b. Chapter. 

SO I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes, g 
loked, (t beholde, a flyenge boke. And 



Apo. 11. 



/ Esa. 11. a. e Esa. 23. c. h Phi. 
Deut. 18. d. k Apoc. 11. a. 



tfo. hmbiij. 



Wbt propftet Zatfmrp* 



C&ap* bn 



he sayde vnto me : what seist thou ? I an- 
swered : I se a flyenge boke of xx. cubites 
longe g x. cubites brode. Then sayde he 
vnto me : This is the curse, y goeth forth 
ouer the whole earth : For all the ties shalbe 
iudged after this boke, g all swearers shalbe 
iudged acordinge to the same. I wil bringe 
it forth (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) "so y 
it shal come to the house of the thefe, g to 
the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my 
name : g shal remayne in his house, g cosume 
it, with the tymbre g stones therof. The the 
angel that talked with me, wente forth, g 
sayde vnto me : lift vp thine eyes g se, what 
this is y goeth forth. And I sayde : what is 
it ? He answered : this is a measure goinge 
out. He sayde morouer : Euen thus are they 
(y dwell vpon the whole earth) to loke vpon. 
And beholde, there was lift vp a talent of 
leade : g lo, a woman sat in the myddest of 
the measure. And he sayde : This is vngod- 
lynesse. So he cast her in to the myddest of 
the measure, g threwe y lompe of leade vp in 
to an hole. 

Then lift I vp myne eyes, g loked: g be- 
holde, there came out ij. women, g the wynde 
was in their wynges (for they had wynges like 
the wynges of a Storke) g they lift vp the 
measure betwixte the earth g the heauen. 
Then spake I to the angel, y talked with me : 
whyther wil these beare the measure ? And 
he sayde vnto me : b in to the londe of Synear, 
to buylde them an house : which when it is 
prepared, the measure shall be set there in 
his place. 

Cfte bt. Cljapttr. 

MOROUER I turned me, liftynge vp 
myne eyes, g loked : g beholde, there 
came iiij. charettes out fro betwixte two hilles, 
which hilles were of brasse: c In the first 
charet were reade horse, In the secode charet 
were blacke horse, In y thirde charet were 
whyte horse, In y fourth charet were horses 
of dyuerse colours, g stronge. Then spake I, 
and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me : 
O lorde, what are these ? The angel answered, 
g sayde vnto me : d These are the iiij. wyndes 
of the heauen, which be come forth to stode 
before the ruler of all f earth. That with the 
blacke horse wente in to the londe of the 



" 2 Thes. 2. b. 


Rom. 1. d. 


* Gen. 10. b. « Zach 


b. Apo. 6. a. 


d Iere. 4. b. 


« Zach. 3. b. Psal.l26.a 



north, g the whyte folowed the, and the 
sprekled horses wente forth towarde the south. 
These horses were very stronge, g wente out : 
and sought to go and take their iourney ouer 
the whole earth. And he sayde : get you 
hence, and go thorow the worlde. So they 
wete thorow out the worlde. Then cried he 
vpon me, and spake vnto me, sayenge : Be- 
holde, these that go towarde y north, shal 
still my wrath in the north countre. 

And the worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : Take of the presoners that are 
come from Babilon : namely, Heldai, Tobias 
and Idaia : g come thou the same daye, and 
go in to the house of Iosias the sonne of 
Sophony. Then take golde and syluer, and 
make crownes therof, and set them vpon the 
heade of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec, the hie 
prest, and speake vnto him : Thus saieth the 
LORDE of hoostes : Beholde, the man whose 
name is the braunch : e g he that shall springe 
vp after him, shal buylde vp the temple of 
the LORDE: yee euen he shall buylde vp 
the temple of the LORDE. S He shal beare 
the prayse, he shall syt vpon the LORDES 
trone, and haue the dominacion. 

s A prest shall he be also vpon his trone, g 
a peaceable councell shalbe betwixte them 
both. And the crownes shal be in the temple 
of the LORDE, for a remembraunce vnto 
Helem, Tobias, Idaia and Hen the sonne of 
Sophony. And soch as be farre of, shal come 
and buylde the temple of the LORDE : that 
ye maye knowe, how that the LORDE of 
hoostes hath sent me vnto you. And this 
shal come to passe, yf ye wil herken diligently 
vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God. 

Cfic bij. Chapter. 

IT happened also in the fourth yeare of 
kynge Darius, that the worde of the 
LORDE came vnto Zachary in the fourth 
daye of the ix. moneth, which is called Casleu : 
what tyme as Sarasar and Rogomelech and 
the men that were with them, sent vnto 
Bethel for to praye before f LORDE : and 
that they shulde saye vnto the prestes, which 
were in the house of the LORDE of hoostes, 
and to the prophetes : * Shulde I wepe in the 
fyfte moneth, and absteyne, as I haue done 
now certayne yeares ? Then came the worde 



Apo. 4. b. 5. b. 



e Psal. 109. a. Heb. 5. 6. 7. 
* 4 Re. 25. b. 



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ffo. iKitiv* 



of the LORDE of hoostes vnto me, sayenge : 
Speake vnto all the people of the londe, and 
to the prestes, and saye : when ye fasted and 
mourned "in the v (j vij. moneth (now this 
lxx. yeares) dyd ye fast vnto me ? When ye 
ate also and dronke, dyd ye not eate and 
drinke for youre owne selues ? Are not these 
the wordes, which the LORDE spake by his 
prophetes afore tyme, when Ierusalem was 
yet inhabited and welthy, she and the cities 
rounde aboute her: when there dwelt me, 
both toward e the south and in the playne 
countrees ? 

And the worde of the LORDE came vnto 
Zachary, sayenge : Thus saieth y LORDE 
of hoostes : Execute true iudgment : shewe 
mercy and louynge kyndnesse, b euery man to 
his brother : Do the wyddowe, the fatherlesse, 
the straunger, and poore no wronge : and let 
no man ymagen euell agaynst his brother in 
his hert. c Neuertheles they wolde not take 
hede, but turned their backes, and stopped 
their eares, that they shulde not heare, yee 
they made their hertes as an Adamant stone, 
lest they shulde heare the lawe & wordes, 
d which the LORDE of hoostes sent in his 
holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. 

Wherfore the LORDE of hoostes was very 
wroth at them. And thus is it come to passe, 
that like as he spake and they wolde not 
heare : euen so they cried, and I wolde not 
heare (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) but 
scatered them amonge all Gentiles, whom 
they knewe not. Thus the londe was made 
so desolate, y there traualed no man in it 
nether to ner fro, for that pleasaunt londe was 
vtterly layed waist. 

€h« bttj. Chapter. 
OO the worde of the LORDE came vnto 
^3 me, sayenge : Thus saieth the LORDE 
of hoostes : I was in a greate gelousy ouer Sion, 
yee I haue bene very gelous ouer her in a 
greate displeasure, thus saieth the LORDE 
of hoostes : I wil turne me agayne vnto Sion, 
and wil dwel in the myddest of Ierusalem : 
-''so that Ierusalem shalbe called a faithfull and 
true cite, the hill of the LORDE of hoostes, 
yee an holy hill. 

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes : 



Iere.41.a. 4 Re. 25. d. 
Leui. 19. g. lob 24. a. Iere. 7. 
1. d. * Iere. 11. b. 



b Zach. 8. c. Exo. 22. c. 

c Iere. 7. c. J 2 Pet. 

i. 1. d. s Mat. 19. d. 



There shall yet olde men and women dwel 
agayne in the stretes of Ierusalem : yee and 
soch as go with staues in their hondes for very 
age. The stretes of the cite also shalbe full 
of yonge boyes and damselles, playnge vpon 
the stretes. 

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: yf 
the residue of this people thynke it to be vn- 
possible in these dayes, shulde it therfore be 
vnpossible in my sight, s sayeth the LORDE 
of hoostes? Thus saieth the LORDE of 
hoostes: Beholde, I wil delyuer my people 
from the londe of the east and west, and wil 
brynge them agayne : that they maye dwel at 
Ierusalem. * They shalbe my people, and 1 
will be their God, in treuth and rightuous- 
nesse. Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes : 
let youre hondes be stronge, ye that now 
heare these wordes by the mouth of the pro- 
phetes, which be in these dayes that the 
foundacion is layed vpon the LORDE of 
hoostes house, that the temple maye be 
buylded. * For why ? before these dayes ne- 
ther men ner catel coude wynne eny thinge, 
nether might eny man come in and out in 
rest, for trouble : but I let euery man go 
agaynst his neghboure. 

Neuerthelesse I wil now intreate the resi- 
due of this people nomore, as afore tyme 
(saieth the LORDE of hoostes) but they 
shalbe a sede of peace. *The vynyarde shal 
geue hir frute, the grounde shal geue hir 
increase, and the heauens shal geue their 
dew : and I shal cause the remnaunt of this 
people, to haue all these in possession. And 
it shall come to passe, that like as ye were 
a curse amonge the Heithen (O ye house of 
Iuda and ye house of Israel) Euen so wil I 
delyuer you, that ye shalbe a blessynge : feare 
not, but let youre hodes be stronge. 

For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: 
like as I deuysed to punysh you, what tyme 
as youre fathers prouoked me vnto wrath 
(sayeth the LORDE of hoostes) and spared 
not : Euen so am I determed now in these 
dayes, for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda 
and Ierusalem, therfore feare ye not. Now 
the thinges that ye shal do, are these : ' Speake 
euery man the treuth vnto his neghboure, 
execute iudgment truly and peaceably within 



* Iere. 3. f. Heb. 
* Agg. 2. c. 



!. c. Apo. 21. c. ' Agg. 1. a, 

Epbe. 4. c. Zach. 7. b. Mala. 2. b. 



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youre portes, none of you yraagyn euell in his 
hert agaynst his neghboure, and loue no false 
oothes : for all these are the thinges that I 
hate, sayeth the LORDE. And the worde 
of the LORDE of hoostes came vnto me, 
sayenge : thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes: 
The fast of the fourth moneth, the fast of the 
fifth, the fast of the seuenth, and the fast of 
the tenth, shal be ioye and gladnesse, & pros- 
perous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda: 
Only, loue the treuth and peace. 

Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: There 
shall yet come people, and the inhabiters of 
many cities : and they that dwell in one cite, 
shal go to another, sayenge : " Vp, let vs go, 
and praye before the LORDE, let vs seke the 
LORDE of hoostes, I wil go with you. Yee 
moch people and mightie Heithen shal come 
and seke the LORDE of hoostes at Ierusa- 
lem, and to praye before the LORDE. Thus 
saieth the LORDE of hoostes : In that tyme 
shal ten men (out of all maner of languages 
of the Gentiles) take one Iewe by the hemme 
of his garment, and saye : we wil go with you, 
for we haue herde, that God is amonge you. 

Cfje tr. Chapter. 

THE worde of the LORDE shalbe re- 
ceaued at Adrach, & Damascus shal be 
his offerynge : for the eyes of all me and of 
the trybes of Israel shall loke vp vnto the 
LORDE. The borders of Hemath shal be 
harde therby, Tyrus also & Sidon, for they are 
very wise. * Tyrus shal make hirself stronge, 
heape vp syluer as the sonde, and golde as the 
claye of the stretes. Beholde, the LORDE 
shal take her in, and haue her in possession : 
he shal smyte downe hir power in to the see, c 
and she shalbe consumed with fyre. This 
shal Ascalon se, and be afrayed. Gaza shalbe 
very sory, so shal Accaron also, d because hir 
hope is come to confucion. For the kinge of 
Gaza shall perish, and at Ascalon shal no man 
dwel. 

Straugers shall dwel at Aszdod, & as for f 
pryde of f Philistynes, I shal rote it out. 
Their bloude will I take awaye from their 
mouth, 'and their abhominacios from amonge 
their teth. Thus they shal be left for oure 
God, yee they shalbe as a prynce in Iuda, & 



a Esa. 2. a. Psal. 121. a. Iere. 31. a. * Ioel 3. a. 

Exo. 14. c. ■* Iere. 47. a. Amos 1. b. e Act. 15. d. 
Cor. 8. a. 10. c. /Esa. 62. c. Matt. 21. a. Ioh. 12. b. 



Accaron like as Iebusi. And so will I co 
pase my house rounde aboute with my men of 
warre, goinge to and fro : that no oppressoure 
come vpon them eny more. For that haue I 
sene now with myne eyes. 

Reioyce thou greatly, o doughter Sion : be 
glad, o doughter Ierusalem. /For lo, thy 
kinge commeth vnto the, euen the rightuous 
and Sauioure : Lowly and symple is he, he 
rydeth vpon an asse, and vp5 the foale of an 
asse. I wil rote out the charettes fro Ephraim, 
(E the horse from Ierusalem, the batel bowes 
shal be destroyed. He shall geue the doctryne 
of peace vnto the Heithen, s and his dominion 
shalbe from the one see to the other, (j from 
the floudes to the endes of the worlde. 

Thou also thorow the bloude of thy coue- 
naunt : * shalt let thy presoners out of the 
pytte, wherin is no water. Turne you now 
to the stronge holde, ! ye that be in preson, g 
longe sore to be delyuered : And this daye I 
bringe the worde, that I wil rewarde the 
dubble agayne. For Iuda haue I bent out as 
a bowe for me, and Ephraim haue I fylled. 

Thy sonnes (o Sio) wil I rayse vp agaynst 
the Grekes, and make the as a giauntes 
swearde: the LORDE God shalbe sene 
aboue the, and his dartes shall go forth as the 
lightenynge. The LORDE God shall blowe 
the trompet, and shal come forth as a storme 
out of the south. 

* The LORDE of hoostes shall defende 
the, they shall consume and deuoure, and 
subdue them with slynge stones. They shal 
drynke & rage, as it were thorow wyne. They 
shalbe fylled like y basens, j as f homes of y 
aulter. The LORDE their God shal delyuer 
the in y daye, as the flock off his people : for 
the stones off his Sanctuary shalbe set vp in 
his lade. O how prosperous and goodly a 
thynge shall that be ? The corne shall make 
the yonge men chearefull, and the new wyne 
the maydens. 

Cfte r. Cfjaptcv. 

PRAYE the LORDE then by tymes to 
geue you the latter rayne, so shall the 
LORDE make cloudes, 'and geue you rayne 
ynough for all the increace off the felde : For 
vayne is the answere of Idols. The soyth- 



Psal. 71. b. * Esa. 42. a. Apo. 9. a. ' Rom. 

Zacb. 2. a. Eccl. 47. a. 1 Re. 17. f. ' Deu. i 



Cfrap* vl 



Cfte prophet Zarfjarp* 



go* ham. 



sayers se lyes, and tell but vayne dreames: 
the comforth that they geue, is nothynge worth. 
Therfore go they astraye like a flocke of shepe, 
ad are troubled, because they haue no shep- 
herde. " My wrothfull displeasure is moued 
at the shepherdes, and I will vyset the goates. 
For the LORDE of hoostes wil graciously 
vyset his flocke (the house of Iuda) and holde 
them as a goodly fayre horse in the batell. 
' Out of Iuda shal come the helmet, the nale, 
the batelbowe, and all the princes together. 
They shalbe as the giauntes, which in the 
batell treade downe the myre vpon y stretes. 
They shal fight, for y LORDE shalbe with 
them, so that the horsmen shalbe confounded. 

I wil cdforte the house of Iuda, and pre- 
serue the house of Ioseph. I wil turne them 
also, for I pytie them : and they shal be like 
as they were, when I had not cast them of. 
For I the LORDE am their God, and wil 
heare them. Ephraim shalbe as a giaunt, 
and their herte shalbe cherefull as thorow 

yne : Yee their children shal se it, and be 
glad, and their herte shal reioyce in the 
LORDE. I wil blowe for them j gather 
them together, for I wil redeme them. They 
shall increace, as they increased afore. I wil 
sowe the amonge the people, y they maye 
thinke vpo me in farre countrees : they shal 
lyue witn their childre, and turne agayne. 
I wil bringe them agayne also from the londe 
of Egipte, and gather them out of Assiria. I 
wil carye them in to y londe of Galaad and 
to Libanus, and they shal wante nothynge. 
He shall go vpon the see of trouble, and 
smyte the see wawes: so y all the depe 
floudes shalbe dryed vp. The proude boost- 
inge c of Assur shalbe cast downe, and the 
scepter off Egipte shall be taken awaye. I 
will comforte them in the LORDE, that they 
maye walke in his name, saieth the LORDE. 

Cfie ji Chapter. 
/^\PEN thy dores (o Libanus) that the 
V_y fyre maye consume thy Cedre trees. 
Howie ye Fyrre trees, for the Cedre is falle, 
yee all y proude are waisted awaye. Howie 
(o ye oke trees of Baasan) for y mightie 
stronge wod is cut downe. Men maye heare the 
shepherdes mourne, for their glory is destroyed. 
Me maye heare the lyons whelpes roare, for 
the pryde off Iordane is waisted awaye. 

"Eze. 13. a. » Esa. 22. d. Gen. 49. b. 



Thus sayeth the LORDE my God : Fede 
the shepe of y slaughter, which shalbe slayne 
of those that possesse them : yet they take it 
for no synne, but they y sell the, saye : The 
LORDE be thanked, I am rich : Yee their 
owne shepherdes spare them not. Therfore 
wil I nomore spare those that dwell in the 
londe (sayeth the LORDE) but lo, I will 
delyuer the people, euery man in to his negh- 
bours honde, and in to the hode of his kynge : 
that they maye smyte the londe, and out off 
their hondes wil not I delyuer them. 

I myself fedde y slaughter shepe (a poore 
flocke verely) ad toke vnto me two staues : 
the one I called louynge mekenesse, the other 
~ called wo, and so I kepte the shepe. Thre 
shepherdes destroyed I in one moneth, for I 
might not awaye with them, nether had they 
eny delyte in me. Then sayde I : I will fede 
you nomore, rf the thinge that dyeth, let it dye : 
and that wil perishe, let it perish, & let the 
renaunt eate, euery one the flesh of his negh- 
boure. I toke also my louynge meke staff, ad 
brake it, that I might disanull the conuenaunt, 
which I made with all people, And so it was 
broken in that daye. 

Then the poore symple shepe that had a 
respecte vnto me, knewe therby, that it was 
the worde of the LORDE. And I sayde 
vnto them : yff ye thynke it good, brynge 
hither my pryce : yf no, then leaue. So they 
wayed downe xxx. syluer pens, y value that I 
was prysed at. e And the LORDE sayde 
vnto me : cast it vnto the potter (a goodly 
pryce for me to be valued at of them) and I 
toke the xxx. syluer pens, and cast them to 
the potter in the house of the LORDE. 

Then brake I my other staff also (namely 
wo) that I might lowse the brotherheade be- 
twixte Iuda and Israel. And the LORDE 
sayde vnto me : Take to the also the staff off 
a foolish shepherde : for lo, I will rayse vp a 
shepherde in the londe, which shall not seke 
after the thinges that be lost, ner care for 
soch as go astraye : he shall not heale the 
wounded, he shal not norish the thinge that is 
whole : but he shall eate the flesh off soch as 
be fat, and teare their clawes in peces. 

O Idols shepherde, that ieaueth the flocke. 
The swerde shal come vpon his arme and 
vpon his right eye. His arme shalbe clene 
dried vp, and his right eye shalbe sore blynded. 

' Esa. 10. a. Eze. 29. d Apo. 22. c. « Matt. 27. a. 



tfa. trmjctj* 



€f)t prophet %arfmrp* 



Cfjap* v$. 



Cfie jrij. Chapter. 

The heuy burthen which the LORDE hath 

deuysed for Israel. 

THUS saieth the LORDE, which spred 
the heaues abrode, "layde the founda- 
tion of the earth, and geueth man y breath 
of life : Beholde, I will make Ierusalem a 
cuppe of surfet, vnto all the people y are 
rounde aboute her: *Yee Iuda himself also 
shalbe in the sege agaynst Ierusalem. At 
the same tyme will I make Ierusalem an heuy 
stone for all people, so that all soch as lift it 
vp, shalbe toarne and rete, and all the people 
of the earth shalbe gathered together agaynst it. 

In that daye (sayeth f LORDE) I wil 
make all horses abasshed, and those that ryde 
vpon them, to be out of their wyttes. I will 
open myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda, ad 
smyte all the horses of the people with blynd- 
nesse. And the prynces of Iuda shall saye in 
their hertes : The inhabiters off Ierusalem 
shall geue me consolacion in the LORDE off 
hoostes their God. c In that tyme will I make 
the prynces of Iuda like an hote burnynge 
ouen with wodd, and like a cresshet off fyre 
amonge the strawe : so that they shal cosume 
all the people rofide aboute them, both vpon 
the right honde and the left. Ierusale also 
shalbe inhabited agayne : namely, in the same 
place where Ierusalem stondeth. 

The LORDE shall preserue the tentes off 
Iuda like as afore tyme : so that the glory of 
the house of Dauid and the glory of the cyte- 
syns of Ierusalem, shalbe but litle regarded, 
in comparison off the glory off Iuda. In that 
daye shall the LORDE defende the citesyns 
of Ierusalem : so that the weakest then amonge 
them shalbe as Dauid: rf and the house of 
Dauid shalbe like as Gods house, and as the 
angell off the LORDE before them. 

At the same tyme will I go aboute to de- 
stroye all soch people as come agaynst Ieru- 
salem. *Morouer, vpon the house off Dauid 
and vpon the citesyns off Ierusalem, will I 
poure out the sprete of grace and prayer : -'"so 
that they shal loke vpon me, whom they haue 
pearsed: and they shall bewepe him, as men 
mourne for their only begotten sonne : Yee 
and be sory for him, as men are sory for their 
first childe. 



" Esa. 40. c. 44. e. 45. b. Gen. 2. b. 
' Abd. 1. d. Amos 1. a. d l Re. 17. f. 
Ioel 2. f. Act. 2. b. / Ioh. 19. d. 



b Zac. 14. c. 
« Eze. 36. d. 
s Luc. 23. c. 



^Then shall there be a greate mournynge 
at Ierusalem, like as the lamentation at A- 
dremnon in the felde off Maggadon. A And 
the londe shall bewayle, euery kynred by the 
selues : The kynred off the house of Dauid 
them selues alone, and their wyues by them 
selues : 'The kynred off the house of Nathan 
them selues alone, and their wyues by them 
selues : The kynred off the house of Leui the 
selues alone, and their wiues by them selues : 
The kynred of the house of Semei them selues 
alone, and their wyues by them selues : In like 
maner, all the other generacios, euery T chone 
by them selues alone, and their wyues by them 
selues. 

Che yitj. Chapter. 

IN that tyme shall the house off Dauid and 
the citesyns off Ierusalem haue an open 
well, *to wash of synne and vnclennesse. 
And then (sayeth the LORDE off hoostes) 
I will destroye the names of Idols out off the 
londe: 'so that they shal nomore be put in 
remembraunce. 

" ! As for the false prophetes also and the 
vn clene sprete, I shall take them out of the 
londe : So that yf eny off them prophecy eny 
more, his owne father and mother that begat 
him, shall saye vnto him : " Thou shalt dye, 
for thou speakest lyes vnder the name off the 
LORDE : Yee his owne father and mother 
that begat him, shall wounde him, when he 
prophecyeth. And then shall those prophetes 
be confounded, euery one off his vision when 
he prophecieth : nether shall they weere sack 
clothes eny more, to disceaue me with all. 

But he shall be fayne to saye : I am no 
prophet : I am an husbonde man, for so am 

1 taught by Adam fro my youth vp. p And 
yff it be sayde vnto him : How came these 
woundes then in thine hondes? He shall 
answere : Thus am I wounded in the house ofi 
myne owne frendes. 

"Arise (o thou swearde) vpon my shepherde, 
and vpon the prynce of my people, sayeth the 
LORDE of hoostes : Smyte the shepherde 
and the shepe shalbe scatred abrode, and so 
will I turne myne honde to the litle ones. 
And itshal come to passe (sayeth the LORDE) 
that in all the londe two partes shalbe rotedout, 

h 2 Par. 35. e. ' 2 Re. 12. a. * Eze. 47. a. Zach. 14. b. 
Ioh. 19. d. 'Esa.2.c. Eze. 30. c. ™Iere.l4.c. "Deu.13. b. 
Amos 7. c. t Gen. 3. d. i Matt. 26. e. Mar. 14. d. 



C&ap* jrmj* 



Cfte propfret Zarfrarp, 



jfcu &mjri(j. 



a but the thirde parte shal remayne therin. And 
the same thirde parte *wil I brynge thorow the 
fyre, and will dense them, as the syluer is clens- 
ed : Yee and trye them, like as golde is tryed. 
Then shall they call vpon my name, and I 
wil heare them : I will saye : it is my people. 
And they shal saye: LORDE, my God. 

Cfie rutj. Chapttr. 

BEHOLDE, the daye of the LORDE 
cometh, that thou shalt be spoyled and 
robbed: for I wil gather together all the 
Heithen, to fight agaynst Terusalem : so that 
the cite shalbe wonne, the houses spoyled, and 
the women defyled. The half of the cite shal 
go awaye in to captiuyte, and the residue of 
the people shal not be caried out of the cite. 

After that shall the LORDE go forth to 
fight agaynst those Heithen, as men vse to 
fight in the daye of batell. The shall his fete 
stode vpo the mount oliuete, that lieth vpon 
the east syde of Ierusale. And f mount oly- 
uete shal cleue in two, eastwarde, g westwarde 
so y there shal be a greate valley : g the halff 
mount shal remoue towarde the north, and 
the other half towarde the south. 

And ye shall fie vnto the valley of my hilles, 
for the valley off the hylles shal reach vnto 
Asal. c Yee fie shall ye, like as ye fled for 
the earthquake in the dayes off Osias kynge of 
Iuda. And the LORDE my God shal come, 
and all sanctes with him. rf In that daye shal 
it not be light, but colde and frost. This 
shalbe that specyall daye, which is knowne 
vnto the LORDE : nether daye ner night, 
but aboute the euenynge tyme it shal be light. 
e In that tyme shall there waters of life runne 
out from Ierusalem : the half parte of them 
towarde the east see, ad the other half towarde 
the vttemost see, and shall continue both 
somer and wynter. r And the LORDE him- 
self shalbe kynge ouer all the earth. 

At that tyme shal there be one LORDE 
only, and his name shalbe but one. Men shal 
go aboute the whole earth, as vpon a felde : 
from Gibea to Remmon, and from y south to 
Ierusalem. s She shalbe set vp, and inha- 
bited in hir place : From Ben Iamins porte, 

8 Amos 9. b. :_ b lob 23. a. Esa. 43. a. Psal. 16. a. 
25. a. 65. b. 1 Pet. i.b. Pro. 17. a. Sap. 3. a. Eccli. 2. a. 
aos 1. a. J Matt. 24. c. « Zacb. 13. a. Apoc. 22. a. 



vnto the place of the first porte, ^and vnto y 
corner porte : and from the tower of Hanael, 
vnto the kynges wyne presses. There shall 
men dwell, and there shal be nomore cursinge, 
but Ierusalem shalbe safely inhabited. 

This shalbe the plage, wherwith y LORDE 
wil smyte all people, that haue fought agaynst 
Ierusalem : Namely, their flesh shall consume 
awaye, though they stonde vpon their fete : 
their eyes shall corruppe in their holes, and 
their tunge shal consume in their mouth. 

In that daye shall the LORDE make 
greate sedicion amoge them, so that one ma 
shal take another by the honde, and laye his 
hondes vpon the hondes of his neghboure, 
' Iuda shal fight also agaynst Ierusalem, ad 
the goodes of all the Heithen shalbe gathered 
together rounde aboute : golde and syluer and 
a very greate multitude off clothes. And so 
shal this plage go ouer horses, mules, camels, 
asses and all the beastes that shall be in the 
hooste, like as yonder plage was. 

Euery one that remayneth then of all f 
people, which came agaynst Ierusalem, shal 
go vp yearly, to worshipe the kynge (euen y 
LORDE of hoostes) *and to kepe the feast 
off tabernacles. And loke what generacion 
vpon earth goeth not vp to Ierusalem, for to 
worshipe the kynge (euen the LORDE of 
hoostes) vpon the same shal come no rayne. 
Yff the kynred of Egipte go not vp g come 
not, it shall not rayne vpon them nether. 

This shalbe the plage wherwith f LORDE 
wil smyte all Heithen, that come not vp to 
kepe the feast of tabernacles : Yee this shalbe 
the synneplage of Egipte and the synneplage 
of all people, that go not vp to kepe the feast 
of tabernacles. 

At that tyme shal the rydinge geer of y 
horses be holy vnto the LORDE, and the 
kettels in the LORDES house shal be like 
the basens before the aulter : yee all the 
kettels in Ierusalem and Iuda, shalbe holy 
vnto the LORDE of hoostes : and all they 
that slaye offeringes, shall come and take of 
them, and dight them therin. And at that 
tyme there shal be no mo Cananites in the 
house of the LORDE. 

/Abd. 1. d. « Iere. 31. f. * 3 Esd. 3. a. 'Zach.l2.a. 
* Nu. 29. b. Leui. 23. f. 3 Esd. 5. e. 2 Mac. I.b. 



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Zi)t ^vopi)tt iEaXat^^. 



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Cljap. I. 
The benefites of God, shewed specially vnto 
Israel before all other : Agayne, the punysh- 
ment of the vnthanfulnesse, vnfaithfulnesse and 
covetousnesse of the prestes and the people. 

€I)ap. II. 
He threatneth punyshment and confucion vnto 



the prestes, and commaundeth men to loue 
their wyues. 

Chap. III. 

Of Christes commynge, and of him that maketh 
redy his waye before him. Off the abrogacion 
of the olde leuitieall prestheade. Of the 
power of the iudge for to come and of that 
fearfull daye. 



Che first Chapter. 

The heuy burthen which the LORDE sheweth 
agaynst Israel by Malachy. 

IH AUE loued you, sayeth f LORDE : ad 
yet ye saye : wherin hast thou loued vs ? 
Was not Esau Iacobs brother, sayeth the 
LORDE ? yet haue I loued Iacob, and hated 
Esau : a Yee I haue made his hilles waist, and 
his heretage a wyldernesse for dragos. And 
though Edom sayde : well, we are destroyed, 
we wil go buylde vp agayne the places that 
be waisted : yet (sayeth f LORDE of hoostes) 
what they buylded, that brake I downe : * so 
that it was called a cursed londe, and a people, 
whom the LORDE hath euer bene angrie 
vithall. 

Youi'e eyes haue sene it, ad ye youre selues 
must confesse, that y LORDE hath brought 
the londe of Israel to greate honoure. Shulde 
not a sonne honoure his father, and a seruaut 
his master ? Yf I be now a father, where is 
myne honoure? c yf I be the LORDE, where 
am I feared? sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. 



, 25. c. Ro. 
1. a. 



Iosu. 24. a. Gen. 36. a. * Abd. 
Exo. 20. a. Deu. 32. a. 



Now to you prestes, that despise my name. 
And yf ye saye : wherin haue we despised thy 
name ? In this, that ye offre vnclene bred 
vpo myne aulter. And yf ye wil saye : wherin 
haue we offred eny vnclene thynge vnto the ? 
In this that ye saye : the aulter of the LORDE 
is not to be regarded. Yf ye offre f blynde, 
is not y euell ? d And yf ye offre the lame 
and sick, is not that euell ? Yee offre it vnto 
thy prynce, shal he be cotent with the, or 
accepte thy personne, sayeth the LORDE of 
hoostes ? 

And now make youre prayer before God, 
that he maye haue mercy vpon vs: for soch 
thinges haue ye done. Shal he regarde youre 
personnes (thynke ye) sayeth the LORDE of 
hoostes ? Yee what is he amonge you, that 
wil do so moch as to shut f dores, or to kyndle 
y fyre vpo myne aulter for naught ? I haue 
no pleasure in you, sayeth the LORDE off 
hoostes : and as for the meatofferinge, e I wil 
not accepte it at youre honde. -'For from 
the rysinge vp of y sonne vnto y goinge downe 
of the same, my name is greate amonge the 

d Leu. 22. c. Eze. 43. e. ' Esa. 1. b. / Psal. 11 2. a. 



Cfrap, UU 



€t)t propbet Jfflalac&p* 



So. bttifb. 



Gentiles : Yee in euery place shal there sacri- 
fice be done, and a clene meatofferinge offred 
vp vnto my name: for my name is greate 
amonge the Heithe, sayeth the LORDE of 
hoostes. But ye haue vnhalowed it, in that 
ye saye, the aulter of f LORDE is not to be 
regarded, and the thinge that is set thervpon, 
not worthy to be eaten. 

Now saye ye : It is but laboure and trauayle, 
and thus haue ye thought scorne at it, (sayeth 
the LORDE off hoostes) offerynge robbery, 
yee the lame and the sicke. Ye haue brought 
me in a meatofferynge, shulde I accepte it of 
youre honde, sayeth the LORDE? Cursed 
be the dyssembler, which hath in his flocke 
one that is male, and when he maketh a vowe, 
offereth a spotted one vnto the LORDE. For 
I am a greate kynge (sayeth the LORDE of 
hoostes) and my name is fearfull amonge the 
Heithen. 

Cfte tj. Chapter. 

AND now (o ye prestes) this commaunde- 
ment toucheth you: yf ye will not 
heare it, ner regarde it, to geue the glory 
vnto my name (sayeth the LORDE off 
hoostes) " I wil sende a curse vpon you, (j will 
curse youre blessinges : yee curse them will I 
yf ye do not take hede. Beholde, I shal 
corruppe youre sede, and cast donge in youre 
faces: euen the donge of youre solempne 
feastes, and it shal cleue fast vpon you. And 
ye shall knowe, that I haue sent this com- 

undement vnto you: that my couenaunt 
which I made with Leui, might stonde, sayeth 
y LORDE of hoostes. 

I made a couenaunt of life and peace with 
him : this I gaue him, that he might stonde 
in awe of me : and so he dyd feare me, ad 
had my name in reuerence. The lawe of 
treuth was in his mouth, and there was no 
wickednesse founde in his lippes. He walked 
with me in peace ad equyte, * and dyd turne 
many one awaye from their synnes. For the 
prestes lippes shulde be sure knowlege, that 
men maye seke the lawe at his mouth, for he 
is a messaunger of the LORDE of hoostes. 
But as for you, ye are gone clene out off the 
waye, and haue caused the multitude to be 
offended at the lawe : c ye haue broken the 

" Deu. 28. b. * Num. 25. c. c Deu. 33. b. 

d Ephe. 4. a. Zac. 7. b. 8. c. ' 1 Esd. 9. a. Leui. 21 . c. 
* The one. This the interpreters reke to be spoken of 



couenaunt of Leui, sayeth the LORDE of 
hoostes. Therfore wil I also make you to be 
despised, and to be of no reputacion amonge 
all y people : because ye haue not kepte my 
wayes, but bene parciall in the lawe. 

''Haue we not all one father? Hath not one 
God made vs? why doth euery one off vs 
then despyse his owne brother, and so breake 
the couenaunt of oure fathers? Now hath 
Iuda offended : yee the abhominacion is done 
in Israel and in Ierusale, for e Iuda hath de- 
fyled the Sactuary of the LORDE, which 
he loued, and hath kepte the doughter of a 
straunge God. But the LORDE shal destroye 
the ma that doth this (yee both the master & 
the scolar) out off the tabernacle of Iacob, 
with him that offreth vp meatofferynge vnto 
the LORDE off hoostes. Now haue ye 
brought it to this poynte agayne, that the 
aulter of the LORDE is couered with teares, 
wepynge and mournynge : so that I will no- 
more regarde the meatofferynge, nether wil I 
receaue or accepte eny thinge at youre hodes. 

And yet ye saye : wherfore ? Euen because 
that where as the LORDE made a couenaut 
betwixte y and the wife off thy youth, thou 
hast despysed her : Yet is she thyne owne 
copanyon and maried wife. 

So dyd not * the one, g yet had he an ex- 
cellent sprete. What dyd then the one ? He 
sought the sede promised of God. Therfore 
loke well to youre sprete, j let no man despyse 
y- wife of his youth. Yf thou hatest her, put 
her awaye, sayeth the LORDE God of Israel, 
and '"geue her a clothinge for the scorne, sayeth 
the LORDE of hoostes. Loke well then to 
youre sprete, and despyse her not. Ye greue 
the LORDE with youre wordes, and yet ye 
saye: wherwithall haue we greued him? In 
this, that ye saye : All that do euell are good 
in the sight of God, and soch please him. Or 
els where is the God that punysheth? 

Che it). Chapter 

BEHOLDE, g I wil sende my messaunger. 
which shal prepare the waye before me : 
and the LORDE whom ye wolde haue, shal 
soone come to his temple, yee euen the mes- 
saunger of the couenaunt whom ye longe for. 
Beholde, he commeth, sayeth the LORDE 



Abra-ham. / Deu. 24. a. lere. 3. a. e Matt. 11 b 

Mar. 1. a. Luc. 7. c. Gen. 4. a. 5. d. Esa. 64. a. 



tfo. fcmjrfju 



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of hoostes. But who maye abyde the daye of 
his commynge ? Who shalbe able to endure, 
when he appeareth ? For he is like a gold- 
smythes fyre, ad like wasshers sope. He shall 
syt him downe to trye and to dense y syluer, 
he shal pourge the children of Leui, and 
purine them like as golde and syluer : that 
they maye brynge meatofferinges vnto the 
LORDE in rightuousnes. Then shall the 
offeringe of Iuda and Ierusalem be acceptable 
vnto the LORDE, like as from the begyn- 
ninge & in the yeares afore tyme. I will come 
(£ punysh you, 5 I my self wil be a swift wytnes 
agaynst the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, 
agaynst false swearers : yee ad agaynst those, 
that wrogeously kepe backe the hyrelynges 
dewty: which vexe the wyddowes g the father- 
lesse, 5 oppresse the straunger, and feare not 
me, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. For I 
am the LORDE y chaunge not, (j ye (o chil- 
dren of Iacob) wil not leaue of: "ye are gone 
awaye fro myne ordinances, & sens y tyme of 
youre forefathers haue ye not kepte them. 

* Turne you now vnto me, and I wil turne 
me vnto you, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. 
Ye saye : Wherin shal we turne ? Shulde a 
man vse falsede and disceate with God, as ye 
vse falsede and disceate with me ? Yet ye 
saye : wherin vse we disceate with the ? In 
Tythes and heaue offerynges. c Therfore are 
ye cursed with penury, because ye dyssemble 
with me, all the sorte of you. 

Brynge euery Tythe in to my barne, y 
there maye be meat in myne house : and proue 
me withall (sayeth the LORDE of hoostes) 
yf I wil not open the wyndowes of heauen 
vnto you, and poure you out a blessinge with 
plenteousnesse. Yee I shal reproue the con- 
sumer for youre sakes, so that he shall not 
eate vp the frute of youre grounde, nether 
shal y vynyarde be baren in the felde, sayeth 
f LORDE of hoostes : In so moch that all 
people shal saye, that ye be blessed, for ye 
shall be a pleasaunt lode, sayeth the LORDE 
off hoostes. 



"Veu. 31. f. 4Re. 17. c. 
Agg. 1. a. b. d lob 21. b 



4 Zach.l. 
Psal. 72. 



Leui. 27. d. 
«Iob21.a. 



Ye speake hard wordes agaynst me, sayeth 
the LORDE. And yet ye saye: What haue 
we spoken agaynst the ? Ye haue sayed : It 
is but lostlaboure, to serue God: ^What profit 
haue we for kepynge his commaundementes, 
and forwalkinge humbly before the LORDE 
off hoostes ? Therfore maye we saye, that the 
proude are happie/ and that they which deale 
with vngodlynesse, are set vp : for they tempte 
God, and yet escape. 

But they that feare God, saye thus one to 
another: The LORDE cSsidreth and heareth 
it. Yee it is before him a memoriall boke 
written for soch as eare the LORDE, and 
remembre his name. And in the daye that I 
wil make (saieth y LORDE of hoostes) they 
shalbe myne owne possession : and I will fa- 
uoure them, like as a man fauoureth his owne 
sonne, that doth him seruyce. Turne you 
therfore, and considre what difference is be- 
twixte the rightuous and vngodly : betwixte 
him that serueth God, ad him that serueth 
him not. 

For marck, the daye commeth that shall 
burne as an oue : f and all the proude, yee and 
all soch as do wickednesse, shalbe straw: and 
the daye that is for to come, shall burne the 
vp (sayeth the LORDE of hoostes) so that it 
shal leaue them nether rote ner braunch. 
But vnto you that feare my name, shall the 
Sone of rightuousnesse aryse, g health shal be 
vnder his winges. Ye shal go forth, j multi- 
plie as f fat calues. Ye shal treade downe y 
vngodly : for they shalbe like the asshes vnder 
the soles of your fete, in the daye y I shal 
make, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. 

Remembre the lawe of Moses my seruaunt, 
which I committed vnto him in Oreb ? for all 
Israel, with the statutes and ordinaunces. 
Beholde, * I will sende you Elias f prophet : 
before the comynge off the daye of the great 
and fearfull LORDE. He shall turne the 
hertes of the fathers to their children/ and the 
hertes of the children to their fathers, that I 
come not, and smyte the earth with cursynge. 



/ Psal. 17. 
b. 17. b. 



e Deu. 4. 5. 9. 
Luc. 1. a. 



Cfte entre of tfje proufret iftalacfrp. 



APOCRIPHA 
Ztyt fcoftetf anil tvtutitit& 

Uifttcti amonge fht fathers of oltre are not 

reftenei to tie of title author ite toiflb tfce 

otter tioftes of tbt tigtrte, netfier 

are tfteg foufce in tbt ©anon 

of tfie f^etirue. 



Cfee tfn'rot bofce of <£s$&ra& 

Cf)e fourtf) bofee of <£^fcra& 

Cbe bofo of Cobtasi* 

Cbe bofee of Subttft* 

Certape chapters of fester, 

Cbe bofee of ^Mp^fcome* 

<Ealesiaattcu& 

Cbe ^torpe of ^usiaima, 

Cbe £>torpe of 33eIL 

Cfte firsJt bofee of tbe Jtebabees;* 

Cbe stfroii&e botte of tbe JHarbabees, 



"Unto tfjese also belongetf) 33aruc, inijom toe b,aue Set amoge ti)e pvopljetes next onto 
Sferemg, because I)e was ijtjf Aerobe, antJ in iffe tome. 



Wbt txam^latonvt fcnto fht xtttotv. 

THESE bokes (good reader) which be called Apocrypha, are not iudged amonge 
the doctours to be of like reputacion with the other scripture, as thou mayest 
perceaue by S. Jerome in epistola ad Paulinum. And the chefe cause therof is this : 
there be many places in them, that seme to be repugnaunt vnto the open and manyfest 
trueth in the other bokes of the byble. Neuertheles I haue not gathered them together 
to the intent that I wolde haue them despysed, or litle sett by, or that I shulde thinke 
them false, for I am not able to proue it : Yee I doute not verely, yf they were equally 
conferred with the other open scripture (tyme, place, and circumstaunce in all thinges 
considered) they shulde nether seme contrary, ner be vntruly (j peruersly aledged. 
Treuth it is : A mas face can not be sene so wel in a water, as in a fayre glasse : nether 
ca it be shewed so clearly in a water that is stered or moued, as in a styll water. These 
5 many other darck places of scripture haue bene sore stered and myxte with blynde 
and cuvetous opynions of men, which haue cast soch a myst afore the eyes of y symple, 
that as longe as they be not coferred with the other places of scripture, they shall not 
seme other wyse to be vnderstonde, then as cuvetousnes expoundeth them. But who so 
euer thou be that readest scripture, let the holy goost be thy teacher, and let one text 
expounde another vnto the : As for soch dreames, visions and darck sentences as be hyd 
from thy vnderstondinge, commytte them vnto God, and make no articles of them : 
But let the playne text be thy gyde, and the sprete of God (which is the author therof) 
shal lede the in all trueth. 

As for the prayer of Salomo (which thou findest not herin) f prayer of Azarias, 
and the swete songe that he and his two felowes songe in the fyre : the first (namely 
the prayer of Salomon) readest thou in the eight chapter of the thirde boke of the 
kynges, so that it appeareth not to be Apocryphum : The other prayer and songe (namely 
of the thre children) haue I not founde amonge eny of the interpreters, but onely in the 
olde latyn texte, which reporteth it to be of Theodotios translacion. Neuertheles, both 
because of those y be weake and scrupulous, and for their sakes also that loue soch swete 
songes of thankesgeuinge : I haue not left them out : to the intent that the one shulde 
haue no cause to complayne, and that the other also might haue the more occasion to 
geue thankes vnto God in aduersite, as the thre children dyd in the fyre. Grace be with 
the. Amen. 



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Chap. I. 

The vertuous kynge Osias renueth the seruyce of 
God, setteth the prestes in their ordre, and 
holdeth the feast of Easter. Of his death. 
Of Iechonias his sonne. Of kynge Ioachim 
and Sedechias. 

Chap. II. 

God mouethkinge Cyrus todelyuer the presoners, 
like as he promysed by the prophet Ieremy. 
Of kynge Artaxerses, by whose auctorite the 
Iewes are forbydden to buylde vp Ierusalem. 

Chap. III. 
Of the feast that kinge Darius made, and of the 
thre yonge men that wrote euery one his sen- 
tence, to proue who might saye the best. The 
first sheweth his mynde. 

CJjap. IIII. 

The seconde goeth aboute to proue his sentence 
the wisest, but Zorobabel getteth the victory, 
for the trueth beareth euer the bell. Darius 
comaundeth to buylde vp Ierusalem agayne. 



Chap. V. 

What they be j how many, that come agayne to 
Ierusalem out of the captiuyte of Babilon. 
The teple and the altare are buylded agayne. 
The Heithen withstonde them. 

Chap. VI. 

The officers in Syria laboure vnto kynge Darius, 
to forbyd the buyldinge of the temple at Ieru- 
salem : but he commaundeth to kepe the ordi- 
naunce that kynge Cyrus made before. 
Chap. VII. 

The aduersaries myndes are satisfied, the buyld- 
inge is fynished, and the Passeouer holden. 

Chap. VIII. 

How Eszdras and the other (beinge discharged 
by the letters and commaudemet of kinge 
Artaxerses) go vp to Ierusalem. The com- 
playnte concernynge those, that were defyled 
and vncleane. 

Chap. IX. 

Of the councell that was taken, as touchinge the 
vncleane mariage. 



Cft« finit Chapter. 

AND Iosias helde the feast of Easter in 
Ierusalem vnto the LORDE, " and 
slewe y Passeouer the xiiij. daye of the first 
moneth. He set y prestes also in ordre 
(acordige to their daylie courses) beynge 
arayed in longe garmetes in the teple of the 
LORDE. And he spake vnto the Leuites 
the holy ministers of Israel, that they shulde 

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halowe them selues vnto the LORDE, to set 
the holy arke of the LORDE, in the house 
that kynge Salomo the sonne of Dauid had 
buylded and sayde : Ye shal nomore beare the 
Arke vpon youre shulders. Now serue youre 
LORDE, n take the charge of his people of 
Israel, after youre vyllagies and youre trybes : 
acordinge as kynge Dauid the kynge of Israel 
hath ordened, j acordinge as Salomon his 
sonne hath honorably prepared : Yee loke y 
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pall me which are appoynted out of the trybes, 
to do seruyce for the childre of Israel. " Kyll 
y Passeouer, g prepare offeringes for youre bre- 
thren, and do accordinge to the commaunde- 
met of y LORDE, which he gaue vnto Moses. 
And vnto y people y was foiide, Iosias gaue 
xxx. thousande of shepe, lambes, kyddes and 
goates, g thre thousande oxe. These the 
kynge (of his kyngly liberalite) gaue vnto the 
people, acordinge as he had promysed : g to 
the prestes (for the Passeouer) he gaue two 
thousande shepe g an hundreth oxe. Mor- 
ouer Iechonias g Semeias and Nathanael 
brethren, g Hasabias, Iehiel and Iosabad, 
gaue them to the Passeouer, fyue thousande 
shepe and fyue hundreth bullockes. 

And whan these thinges were brought to 
passe, the prestes and the Leuites stode good- 
ly in their ordre, and had the vnleuended 
bred thorow out y trybes. And after the 
ordringe of the pryncipall men in the trybes, 
they oflred vnto the LORDE in the sight of 
the people, acordinge as it is wrytten in the 
boke of Moses, * g so they rosted the Easter- 
lambe as acordinge was. As for the thak 
offeringes g the other, they dight the in ket- 
tels g pottes, g sett them before the people 
with good will, and afterwarde before them 
selues and the prestes. For the prestes offred 
the fatt, vntyll the tyme was expyred, but the 
Leuites prepared for them selues g for their 
brethren the childre of Aaron. The syngers 
) y children of Asaph stode in their ordre, 
acordinge as Dauid had deuysed. So dyd 
Asaph, Zachary g Iedithu, which were ap- 
poynted by the kynge. Morouer the porters 
dorekepers stode by the dores i y diligently, 
so y none wente out of his stondinge g ser- 
uyce: for their brethren (the Leuites) pre- 
pared for them. Thus were all thinges per- 
fourmed, that belonged to the offringe of the 
LORDE. In that daye they helde the 
Passeouer, g offred thank offeringes besyde y 
sacrifice of y LORDE, acordinge to y co- 
maundement of kynge Iosias. 

So the children of Israel which were the 
present helde an honorable Passeouer, g the 
feast of swete bred vij: dayes loge. Yee soch 
a Passeouer was not kepte in Israel, from y 
tyme of the prophet Samuel. And all the 
kynges of Israel helde not soch an Easter, as 
this which kynge Iosias helde, g y prestes, y 

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leuites, y Iewes g all Israel, of all the y were 
at Ierusale. In y xviij: yeare of y raigne of 
Iosias was this Passeouer kepte. And with a 
parfecte hert dyd kynge Iosias ordre all his 
workes (before y LORDE) g y things y were 
wrytte of hi in tymes past, cocernynge those 
y synned g were vngodly agaynst y LORDE 
before all people, g y sought not the worde of 
y LORDE vpon Israel. After all these actes 
of kynge Iosias, Pharao y kynge of Egipte 
wete vp, g came towarde c Carcamis by Eu- 
phrates, g Josias wete to mete hi. Then sent 
the kynge of Egipte vnto Iosias, sayenge: 
what haue I to do with y, o kynge of Iuda ? 
I am not sent of y LORDE to fight agaynst 
y, for my warre is upo Euphrates, go thou f 
waye home agayne in all y haist. And Iosias 
wolde not tume agayne vpon his charet, but 
vndertoke to fight agaynst him, g herkened 
not vnto y worde of y prophet, which he 
tolde him out of the mouth of God, but pitched 
a battaill agaynst him in y felde of Mageddo. 
And the prynces preassed to kynge Iosias. 
Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes : 
d Cary me awaye out of the battayll, for I am 
sore wounded. And immediatly his seruauntes 
toke him awaye out of the front of the battayll. 
Then satt he vp vpon the secode charett, came 
to Ierusale, dyed, g was buried in his fathers 
sepulcre. And in all Iewry they mourned 
for Iosias, yee the rulers also with their wyues 
made lametacion for him vnto this daye : 
And this was done euer still in Israel. 

These thinges are written in the boke of 
the stories of y kynges of Iuda : namely, all 
the actes g workes of kynge Iosias, his kyngly 
power g maiesty, his vnderstandinge in the 
lawe of God, g what he dyd, yee thinges which 
are not wrytte in the boke of the kynges of 
Israel g Iuda. ' And y people toke Iechonias 
the sonne of Iosias, g made him kynge in y 
steade of Iosias his father, whan he was xxxiij. 
yeare olde. And he raigned ouer Israel thre 
monethes. And the kinge of Egipte put him 
downe, y he shulde not raigne in Ierusale, g 
raysed vp a taxinge of the people : namely, 
an C. talentes of syluer g one talet of golde. 
The kinge of Egipte also made Ioachim his 
brother kynge of Iuda g Ierusale. As for the 
of the kinges councell with the kynge himself 
and Zaraceles his brother, he toke the, g ca- 
ried the awaye presoners into Egipte. Fyue 

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(j twentie yeare olde was Ioachim, whan he 
was made kynge in the londe of Iuda and 
Ierusalem, and he dyd euell before the 
LORDE. a After this, Nabuchodonosor f 
kynge of Babylo came vp, bounde him with 
bandes of yron, u caried him vnto Babilo. 
Nabuchodonosor also toke all y vessel! y were 
halowed in the teple of the LORDE, g all f 
Iewels, <j caried the vnto Babilon, g brought 
the in to his owne teple at Babilon. Of his 
vnclennes j vngodlynes, it is writte in y- boke 
of the actes of y kynges. And Ioachim his 
sonne raigned in his steade : He was made 
kynge beinge xviij. yeare olde, % raigned but 
thre monethes j x. dayes in Ierusale, & dyd 
euell before the LORDE. So after a yeare, 
Nabuchodonosor sent & caused him be brought 
vnto Babilon with y holy vessels of f LORDE, 
(j made Sedechias his brother kynge of Iuda 
and Ierusale, whan he was xxj. yeare olde : 
and he raigned xj. yeare. 

And he dyd euell also in f sight of y 
LORDE, (j cared not for f wordes y were 
spoke vnto hi by y prophet Ieremy at y mouth 
of the LORDE. * And where as he had made 
on ooth vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor, he man- 
swore himself, & fell fro him hauynge a stiff 
neck & hert, (j trasgressed all y statutes (j or- 
dinaunces of the LORDE God of Israel. 
The rulers also g heades of y people of the 
LORDE dyd moch euell, j became vngodly, 
more the the Heithen, beynge defyJed in all 
maner of abhominacios : Yee & defyled y holy 
teple of the LORDE at Ierusale. And the 
God of their fathers sent his messaungers 
vnto the, to turne them backe g to call the 
agayne fro their synnes : for he wolde fayne 
haue spared the for his holy tabernacles sake. 
Neuertheles, they had his messaungers in 
derision : & loke what God spake vnto the by 
his prophetes, they made but a sporte of it. 
This drew on so longe, tyll the LORDE was 
wroth with his people for their vngodlynes, g 
tyll he caused the kinges of y Caldees to 
come vp, which slew their yonge men with 
the swerde, yee euen in the compasse of their 
holy teple, & spared no body, nether yonge 
ner olde, nether mayden ner yonge man : but 
they were all delyuered in to the power of 
the kynges of y Caldees, 5 all the holy vessels 
of the LORDE and the kynges treasures 
toke they, (t. caried them vnto Babilon. c As 



for the house of the LORDE, they bret it, 
<j brake downe the walles of Ierusale, set fyre 
vpon hir towres, destroyed all hir noble buyld- 
inges and brought them to naught, and the 
people that were not slayne with the swerde, 
they caried vnto Babilon. 

Thus became they y presoners (t, bode me 
of y kynge of Babilon, tyll they were dely- 
uered & raygned for them selues, when the 
wordes of the LORDE were fulfilled, which 
he promysed them by the mouth of the pro- 
phet Ieremy, and tyll the londe had hir rest : 
d namely, all the time y it laye wayest, had it 
rest cj quyetnes lxxvij. yeares. 

Che it. Chapter. 

NOW wha kynge Cyrus raigned ouer the 
Persians, e j wha the LORDE wolde per- 
fourme the worde y he had promysed by the 
mouth of the prophet Ieremy : the LORDE 
raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus, the kynge of 
the Persias, so y he caused this wrytinge to 
be proclamed thorow out his whole realme, 
sayenge : Thus sayeth the kynge of y Per- 
sians : The LORDE of Israel that hye 
LORDE hath made me kynge of the lode, 
and commaunded me to buylde him an house 
at Ierusalem in Iewry. Yf there be eny now 
of youre people, y LORDE be with him, 
and go vp with him to Ierusalem. And all 
they that dwell rounde aboute y place, shal 
helpe the, whether it be with golde, with 
sylutr, with giftes, with horses and necessary 
catell, and all other thinges that are brought 
with a fre wyll to the house of the LORDE 
at Ierusale. 

Then the pryncipall me out of the trybes 
and vyllages of Iuda and Ben Iamin stode 
vp: so dyd the prestes also 5 the leuites (who 
the LORDE had moued) to go vp, and to 
buylde the house of the LORDE at Ieru- 
sale. And they that were aboute them, 
helped them with all maner of golde, and 
syluer, and catell also and with many liberall 
giftes, and this dyd many one, whose mynde 
was stered vp therto. Kynge Cyrus also 
brought forth the vessels and ornamentes, 
that were halowed vnto the LORDE (which 
Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had 
caried awaye from Ierusalem, and conse- 
crated them to his Idoll and ymage) and 
delyuered them to Mithridatus his treasurer, 

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and by him they were delyuered to Salma- 
nasar f debyte in Iewry. And this was the 
nobre of them : Two thousande and iiij. C. 
syluer boules, xxx. syluer basens, xxx. basens 
of golde, ij. M. and iiij. C. vessels of syluer, 
and a thousande besyde. All the vessels of 
golde and syluer were v. M. viij. C. and lx. 
These were nombred vnto Salmanasar, and 
them that were come agayne with him to 
Ierusale out of the captiuyte of Babilon. 
Now in the tyme of kynge Artaxerses the 
kynge of Persia, these men: Balemus and 
Mithridatus, Sabellius, Rathimus, Balthemus, 
Semelius y scrybe, and other that dwelt in 
Samaria & in other places vnder y dominion 
therof, Wrote a letter vnto kynge Artaxerses, 
wherin they complayned vnto the kynge of 
them in Iewry and Ierusalem. The letter 
was made after this maner : 

Syr, thy seruauntes Rathimus the story 
wryter, Sabellius the Scrybe, & other iudges 
of thy courte in Celosyria and Phenices. 
Be it knowne and manifest to our lorde the 
kynge, that the Iewes which are come vp fro 
you vnto vs in to the rebellious and wicked 
cite, begynne to buylde it agayne, and the 
walles aboute it, and to set vp the teple of 
the new. Now yf this cite and the walles 
therof be sett vp agayne, they shal not only 
refuse to geue trybutes and taxinges, but also 
rebell vtterly agaynst the kynge. And for so 
moch as they take this in hande now aboute 
the temple, we thought it reason, to thinke 
no scorne of it, but to shewe it vnto our lorde 
the kynge, j to certifie him therof: to the 
intent y yf it please the kinge, he maye 
cause it be sought in the bokes of olde : 
and thou shalt fynde soch warnynge wrytten, 
and shalt vnderstonde, that this cite hath 
allwaye bene rebellious and disobedient, that 
it hath subdued kynges and cities, and that 
the Iewes which dwell therin, haue euer bene 
a rebellious, obstinate, vnfaithfull and fight- 
inge people, for the which cause this cite is 
ysted. Wherfore now we certifie oure 
lorde the kynge, that yf this cite be buylded 
and occupied agayne, g the walles therof set 
vp a new, thou canst haue no passage in to 
Celosyria and Phenices. 

Then wrote the kynge to Rathimus the 
story wryter, to Balthemus, to Sabellius f 
scrybe, and to the other officers and dwellers 
in Syria and Phenices, after this maner: I 



haue red the epistle which thou sentest vnto 
me, and haue commaunded to make diligent 
search, and haue founde, that the cite hath 
euer resisted kynges, that the same people 
are dishobedient, and haue caused moch 
warre, (t, that mightie kynges haue raigned 
in Ierusalem, which also haue raysed vp 
taxinges of Syria and Phenices. Wherfore, I 
haue commauded those people, that they shal 
not buylde the cite, that they make no more 
in it, and that they procede no further with 
the buyldinge : for so moch as it might be 
the cause of warre, and displeasure vnto 
kynges. 

Now whan Rathymus and Sabellius the 
scrybe and the rulers in the londe had red 
the wrytinge of kynge Artaxerses, they gatt 
them together, and came in all the haist to 
Ierusalem with an hoost of horsemen, and 
with moch people of fote, and forbad them to 
buylde. And so they left of from buyldinge 
of the temple, vnto the seconde yeare of 
kynge Darius. 

Cfte ttj. Chapter. 

KYNGE Darius made a greate feast vnto 
his seruaiites, vnto all his courte, (t to 
all the officers of Media and Persia, yee and 
to all the debytes (j rulers that were vnder 
him, from India vnto Ethiopia, an hundreth 
(5 xxvij. countrees. So whan they had eaten, 
and dronken beinge satisfied, and were gone 
home agayne, Darius the kynge wente in to 
his chambre, layed him downe to slepe, and 
so awaked. 

Then the thre yonge men, that kepte the 
kynges personne, and watched his body, 
commoned amonge them selues, and spake 
one to another: Let euery one of vs saye 
some thinge, and loke whose sentence is 
wyser and more excellent then the other, 
vnto him shal kinge Darius geue greate 
giftes, and clothe him with purple. He shal 
geue him vessels of golde to drynke in, 
clothes of golde and coueringes: he shall 
make him a costly charett 5 a brydle of 
golde, he shall geue him a bonet of whyte 
sylke and a chayne of golde aboute his neck: 
yee he shal be the seconde 5 pryncipall nexte 
vnto kynge Darius, (j that because of his 
wyszdome, and shalbe called f kynges kyns- 
man. 

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and layed it vnder the kinges pelowe, and 
sayde : whan the kynge aryseth, we will geue 
him oure wrytinges : and loke whose worde the 
kynge and his chefe lordes iudge to be the 
most wysely spoken, the same shall haue the 
victory. One wrote : wyne is a stronge thinge. 
The secode wrote : The kynge is stroger. The 
thirde wrote : wemen haue yet more strength, 
but aboue all thinges f trueth beareth awaye 
the victory. Now whan the kynge was rysen 
vp, they toke their wrytinges and delyuered 
them vnto him, and so he red them. Then 
sent he forth to call all his chefe lordes, all 
the debytes j rulers of the countrees of Media 
and Persia. And whan they were sett downe 
in the councell, the wrytinges were red before 
them. And he commaunded to call for f 
yonge me, y they might declare their mean- 
ynges the selues by mouth. So when they 
were sent for, and came in, f kynge sayde 
vnto them : shew vs and make vs to vnder- 
stode, what the thinges are that ye haue 
wrytten. 

Then beganne the first (which had spoke 
of the strength of wyne) g sayde : O ye men, 
wyne is maruelous stroge," and ouercometh 
them y drynke it : it disceaueth the mynde, g 
bryngeth both the poore man g y kynge to 
dotage and vanite. Thus doth it also with 
the bondman and with the fre, with the poore 
g rych : it taketh awaye their understondinge, 
and maketh them careles and mery, so that 
none of them remembreth eny heuynes, dett 
or dewtie: It causeth a man to thinke also 
that f thinge which he doth, is honest and 
good: and remembreth not that he is a kynge, 
nor y he is in auctorite, j y he ought not to 
do soch thinges. Morouer, whan men are 
drynckinge, they forgett all frendshipe, all 
brotherly faithfulnes and loue : but as soone 
as they are droncke, they drawe out the 
swerde g wil fight: 15 wha they are layed 
downe fro the wyne, g so rysen vp agayne, 
they can not tell what they dyd. Iudge ye 
now, Is not wyne the strongest? For who 
wolde els take in hande, to do soch thinges ? 
And whan he had spoken this, he helde his 
tonge. 

Wl)t Hi). Chapter. 

THEN the seconde (which had sayde, y 
the kynge was stronger) beganne to 



speake, sayege: O ye men, are not they 
the strongest g most excellent, y coquere the 
lode g the see, g all y is in f see g in the 
earth ? Now is the kynge lorde of all these 
thinges, g hath dominion of the all : g loke 
what he comaudeth, it is done. Yf he sende 
his me forth a warfare, they go and breake 
downe hilles, walles g towres. They are 
slayne, <j slaye (other men) them selues, 5 ouer 
passe not y kynges worde. Yf they get the 
victory, they brynge the kynge all the spoyle. 
Likewyse, the other y medle not with warres 
and fightinge, but tyll the grounde : whan 
they reape, they brynge trybute vnto f kynge. 
And yf f kynge alone do but comaunde to 
kyll, they kyll : yf he comaunde to forgeue, 
they forgeue : yf he comaunde to smyte, they 
smyte : yf he byd dryue awaye, they dryue 
awaye : yf he commaunde to buylde, they 
buylde : yf he comaude to breake downe, they 
breake downe : yf he comaunde to plante, 
they plate. The comon people g y rulers 
are obedient vnto him. And f kynge in the 
meane season sytteth hi downe, eateth and 
drynketh, g taketh his rest: the kepe they 
watch roude aboute f kinge, g not one of 
the darre gett him out of y waye, to do his 
owne busynes, but must be obediet vnto y 
kinge at a worde. Judge ye now o ye men, 
how shulde not he go farre aboue, vnto whom 
men are thus obediet? And whan he had 
spoke this, he helde his tonge. The thirde 
(whose name was Zorobabel, which had spoke 
of wemen g of y trueth) begane to saye after 
this maner: O ye me, it is not y greate 
kynge, it is not the multitude of me, nether 
is it wine y excelleth : Who is it the, y hath 
y lordshipe ouer the? Haue not wemen borne 
the kynge, g all y people y rule these thinges ? 
Haue not weme borne the, g brought the vp, 
y plante the vynes, wherout y wyne cometh ? 
They make garmetes for all me, they geue 
honour vnto all men, g with out wemen can 
not men lyue. Yf they gather golde g syluer 
g all precious thinges, g se a fayre g wel 
fauoured woma, they leaue all together, and 
turne their eyes onely vnto the woman, g 
gape vpon her, g haue more desyre vnto her, 
then vnto the syluer g golde, or eny maner of 
precious thinge. A ma leaueth his father* y 
brought him vp, he leaueth his owne naturall 
coutre, and cleueth vnto the woman : yee he 



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ioperdeth his life with the woman, and re 
membreth nether father, ner mother, ner 
countre. By this then ye must nedes knowe, 
y wemen haue y domynion ouer you. 

Doth it greue you ? A ma taketh his swerde 
g goeth his waye to steale, to kyll, to murther, 
to sayle vpon the see, g seyth a lyon, and 
goeth in the darcknes : and when he hath 
stollen, disceaued g robbed, he bringeth it 
vnto his loue. Agayne, a man loueth his wyfe 
better then father and mother : yee many one 
there be, that renne out of their wyttes g be- 
come bondmen for their wyues sakes : many 
one also haue perished, g haue bene slayne, g 
haue synned because of wemen. 

And now beleue me, I knowe a kynge 
which is greate in his power, g all lodes stode 
in awe of him, g no man darre laye hande 
vpon him : yet dyd I se, y Apame (f daugh- 
ter of the greate kynge Bartacus) the kynges 
cocubine, satt besyde the kynge vpo the right 
hade, and toke of his crowne from his heade, 
and set it vpon hir owne heade, and smote 
the kynge with hir left hande. Morouer, the 
kynge loked vpo her with open mouth: yf 
she laughed vpon him, he laughed also : but yf 
she toke eny displeasure with him, the kynge 
was fayne to flater her, g to geue her good 
wordes, till he had gotten hir fauoure agayne. 

O ye men, are not wemen then stronger? 
Greate is the earth, and hie is the heauen 
that do these thinges. Then the kynge g the 
prynces loked one vpon another. So he be- 
ganne to speake of the trueth : O ye men, 
are not weme stronger ? Greate is the earth, 
hye is the heauen, swyft is the course of the 
Sonne, he compaseth the heauen rounde 
aboute, "and fetcheth his course againe to his 
owne place in one daye. Is he not excellent 
that doth this? yee greate is the trueth, and 
stronger then all thinges. All the earth calleth 
vpon the trueth, the heauen prayseth it, all 
workes shake and tremble at it, and with it is 
no vnrighteous thinge. Wine is vnrighteous, 
the kynge is vnrighteous, wemen are vn- 
righteous : all the children of men are vn- 
righteous, yee all their workes are vnrigh- 
teous, and there is no trueth in them, in their 
vnrighteousnes also shall they be destroyed 
and perish. *As for f trueth, it endureth, 
and is allwaye stronge : it lyueth, and coquer- 
eth for euermore worlde without ende. 

3 Eccls. 1. a. b Esa. 40. a. Psal. 116. a. 



The trueth accepteth no personnes, it put- 
teth no difference betwixte rych or poore, be- 
twixte f mightie or symple, but doth right 
vnto euery ma, whether they be euel or good, 
g all men are louyngly dealt withall in the 
workes of it. In the iudgment of it there is 
no vnrighteous thinge, but strength, kingdome 
& power and maiesty for euermore. Blessed 
be the God of trueth. 

And with that he helde his toge, and all 
y people cried g sayde : Greate is the trueth, 
and aboue all. Then sayde the kynge vnto 
him: Axe what thou wilt, more then is ap- 
pointed in the wrytinge, and I shal geue it 
the, for thou art founde wyser then thy com 
panyons : thou shalt sytt nexte me, and be my 
kynsman. Then sayde he vnto the kynge : 
Remembre thy promyse and vowe, which 
thou hast vowed and promysed (in the daye 
whan thou earnest to the kyngdome) to buylde 
vp Ierusalem, and to sende againe all the 
vessels and Iewels, that were taken awaye 
out of Ierusalem: which Cyrus separated, 
whan he offred in Babilon, and wolde sende 
them agayne : And thy minde was to buylde 
vp the temple, which the Edomites bret, whan 
Ierusalem was destroyed by the Caldees. 
This onely (O kynge) is the thinge that I 
requyre, this is f maiesty, which, I desyre 
g axe of the : that thou perfourme the vowe, 
which thou with thine owne mouth hast made 
vnto the kynge of heauen. 

Then Darius the kynge stode vp, and 
kyssed him, and wrote a c letter vnto all the 
debytes and shreues, to all y- lordes and no- 
bles, y they shulde conveye him forth, g all 
them y wolde go vp with him. He wrote a 
letter also vnto all f shreues y were in 
Celosyria g Phenices, g vnto Libanus, y they 
shulde harle cedre trees from Libanus vnto 
Ierusalem, to buylde f cite withall. Morouer 
he wrote vnto all y- Iewes that were gone out 
of his realme in to Iewry because of the fre- 
dome, y no officer, no ruler ner shreue shulde 
come to their dores : and that all their londe 
which they had conquered, shulde be fre and 
not tributary : And that the Edomytes shulde 
geue ouer the cities and vyllagies of the 
Iewes, which they had taken in : yee g that 
they shulde yearly geue xx. taletes to y buy! 
dinge of the temple, vntill the tyme that it 
were fynished: and to the daylie halowinge 

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of the brent offeringes (as it is commaunded) 
ten talentes yearly also : And y all they which 
come from Babilon to buylde the cite, shulde 
haue fre lybertie, they (j their children, and 
all the prestes. 

He wrote the greatnesse also, & com- 
maunded that the holy garment shulde be 
geuen the, wherin they ministred : and wrote 
that commaundementes shulde be geuen to 
the Leuites, vntill the daye, that the house 
were fynished and Ierusalem buylded vp : and 
comaunded that all they that watched the 
cite, shulde haue their porcions and wagies. 

He gaue ouer also all the vessell y Cyrus 
had separated from Babilon: (j all y Cyrus 
had geue in comaundement, y same charged 
he also, y it shulde be done, j sent vnto Ieru- 
salem. Now whan this yonge ma was gone 
forth, he turned his face towarde Ierusale, 
CE praysed y kinge of heaue, (j sayde : Of y 
cometh "victory, of the cometh wyszdome (i 
clearnesse, (t, I am thy seruaunt. Blessed art 
thou, which hast geuen me wyszdome : the 
wyll I prayse, O LORDE, thou God of oure 
fathers. 

And so he toke the letters, g wente vnto 
Babilon : And whan he came there, he tolde 
this vnto all his brethre y were at Babilo, 
& they praysed f God of their fathers, y he 
had geuc them refreszshinge (t lyberte to go 
vp, (j to buylde Ierusale & the temple (which 
is there called after the name of the LORDE) 
and they reioysed with instrumentes j glad 
nesse, seuen dayes longe. 

©he b. Chapter. 

AFTER this, were the prynciall me of all 
y vyllagies chosen in the trybes j ki 
reddes, that they shulde go vp with their 
wiues and children, with their seruauntes and 
maydens, with all their catell a substaunce. 
And Darius the kynge sent with them a 
thousande horsmen, to conveye them safely 
vnto Ierusalem : and their brethre were glad, 
playenge vpon instrumetes, and synginge. 

And these are the names of the me, which 
wente vp out of the vyllagies acordinge to 
the trybes. Of the prestes, the sonne of Phi- 
neas, the sonne of Aaron : Iesus the sonne 
of Iosedec, Ioachim the sonne of Zorobabel* 
the sonne of Salathiel (of the kynred of Dauid, 
out of the kynred of Phares, of the trybe of 



c Iuda) which spake wonderfull thinges vnder 
Darius the kynge of Persia, in y seconde 
yeare of his raigne in the first moneth of 
Nisan. 

These also are they of Iewry, which came 
vp and turned Agayne vnto Ierusalem, out of 
the captiuyte that Nabuchodonosor y kynge of 
Babilon had brought vnto Babilon. And 
euery man sought his porcion agayne in 
Iewry, his cite, they that came with Zoro- 
babel, and with Iesus, Nehemias, Saraias, 
Raelaias, Elimeus, Emmanius, Mardocheus, 
Beelserus, Mechpsa, Rochor, Oliorus, Emo- 
nias, one of their prynces. 

And the nobre of the, acordinge to their 
kynreddes (j rulers, was. The childre of 
Phares, two thousande, an hundreth (j lxxij. 
The children of Ares, iij. M. an C. and lvij. 
The children of Femo, an C. and xlij. In 
the sonnes of Iesus and Ioabes, a M. iij. C. 
and two. The sonnes of Beniu, ij. M. iiij. C. 
and lxx. The sonnes of Choroba, ij. C. and v. 
The sonnes of Banica, an C. and lxviij. 
The sonnes of Rebech, iiij. C. and thre. The 
sonnes of Archad, iiij. C. and xxvij. The 
sonnes of Cham, xxxvij . The sonne of Zoroar, 
ij. M. and Ixvij. The sonnes of Adinu, iiij. C. 
and lxj. The sonnes of Adarectis an C. and 
viij. The sonnes of Ciaso and Zelas, an C. 
and vij. The sonnes of Azorec, iiij. C. and 
xxxix. The sonnes of Iedarbone, an C. and 
xxxij. The sonnes of Hananias, an C. and 
xxx. The sonnes of Asoni, xc. The sonnes 
of Marsar, iiij. C. and xxij. The sonnes of 
Zabarus, xcv. The sonnes of Sepholemon, 
an C. and xxiij. The sonnes of Nepopas, lv. 
The sonnes of Hechanatus, an C. and lviij. 
The sonnes of Zebethanus, an C. and xxxij. 
The sonnes of Crearpatros, (which is called 
also Enohadies and Modias) iiij. C. and xxiij. 
Of them of Gramos and Gabea, an C. and 
xxj. Of them of Besselon and Ceagge, lxv. 
Of them of Bastharus, an C. and xxij. Of 
them of Bechenobes, lv. Of the sonnes of 
Liptis, there were an C. and lv. Of the 
sonnes of Labonnus, iij. C. and lvij. Of the 
sonnes of Sichem, iij. C. and lxx. Of the 
sonnes of Suadon and Elimon, iij. C. and 
lxxviij. Of the sonnes of Ericus, ij. M. an C 
and xlv. The sonnes of Anaas, thre hun- 
dreth and lxx. 

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sonnes of Euther: The sonnes of El Iasib, 
iij. C. and lxxij. The sonnes of Emerus, ij. 
C. and Iij. The sonnes of Fasurius, iij. C. g 
lvij. The sonnes of Carea, ij. C. g xxvij. 
The Leuites : The sonnes of Iesus in Caduhel 
and Banus, and Serebias, and Edeas, seuentie 
and foure. 

The whole nombre of these from xij. yeares, 
was iij. M. iiij. C. and lxij. Of the sonnes, 
daughters and wyues, the whole summe was 
iiij. M. ij. C. and xlij. The sonnes of the 
prestes that praysed God in the temple : 
The sonnes of Asaph, of whom there were 
an C. and xxviij. But the dore kepers were: 
The children of Esmenus: The children of 
Aser : The children of Amon : The children 
of Acuba, Topa : The children of Tobi : an 
C. and xxxix. in all. 

The prestes that serued in the temple : 
The sonnes of Sel, the sonnes of Gaspha, the 
sonnes of Tobloch, the sonnes of Caria, the 
sonnes of Sub, the sonnes of Heliu, the sonnes 
of Labana, y sonnes of Armacha, y sonnes 
of Acub, the sonnes of Vtha, the sonnes of 
Cetha, the sonnes of Aggab, the sonnes of 
Obay, the sonnes of Anani, the sonnes of 
Canna, y sonnes of Geddu, y sonnes of An, 
y sonnes of Radin, y sonnes of Desanon, the 
sonnes of Nechoba, the sonnes of Caseba, the 
sonnes of Goza, the sonnes of Ozul, the 
sonnes of Sinona, the sonnes of Atra, y 
sonnes of Hastem, y sonnes of Asiana, y 
sonnes of Manei, y sonnes of Nasisin, y 
sonnes of Accufa, y sonnes of Agista, y sonnes 
of Azui, y sonnes of Fauon, the sonnes of 
Phasalon, the sonnes of Meeda, the sonnes of 
Susa, the sonnes of Cared, y sonnes of Barcus, 
the sonnes of Sarea, y sonnes of Coesi, y 
sonnes of Nasit, y sonnes of Agista, the sonnes 
of Pedon : Salomon his sonnes, the sonnes of 
Asophot, the sonnes of Phazida, the sonnes 
of Celi, y sonnes of Dedon, the sonnes of 
Gaddahel, the sonnes of Zapheus, y sonnes 
of Aggia, the sonnes of Sacharet, f sonnes of 
Sabathe, the sonnes of Saroneth, y sonnes of 
Malsit, y sonnes of Ania, y sonnes of Sasus, 
y sonnes of Addus, y sonnes of Suba, y sonnes 
of Eura, y sonnes of Rahotis, the sonnes of 
Phasphat, y sonnes of Malmon. All these 
mynistred in the Sanctuary, g were seruauntes 
of Salomon : euen iiij. C. and lxxxij. 

These folowinge are they, y wete vp fro 



Chelmellat Thelarsa (whose prynces were 
Carmela ij Careth) g might not shewe forth 
their cities g kynreddes, how they were of 
Israel : The sonnes of Dalarus, y sonnes of 
Tube, y sonnes of Nechodaicus. Of y preste: 
y executed y office of f presthode, g were not 
founde : The sonnes of Obia, y sonnes of 
Achisos, the sonnes of Addin, which maried 
one of y daughters of Phargeleu, g were 
named, after him. The writinge of f same 
kynred was sought in y register of their 
generacion, but it was not foiide : and ther- 
fore were they forbydde to execute y office of 
y presthode. Vnto these sayde Nehemias and 
Astharas, y they shulde haue no porcion in y 
Sanctuary, tyll there rose vp an hie prest, y 
were well instructe in the playne clearnes g 
trueth. Of all Israel (besyde seruauntes g 
maydens) there were xlij. M. iij. C. g xl. Now 
were there of seruauntes g maydens, vij. M. 
iij. C. and xxxyj. Of synginge me g synginge 
wemen there were ij. C. g lxv. Foure hundreth 
g xxxv. Camels. Seuen thousande g xxxvj. 
horses. Two hundreth thousande g xlv. 
Mooles. Fyue thousande and xxxv. Asses. 

Their heades also and the rulers in the 
trybes, whan they came to Ierusalem, g wolde 
buylde g sett vp y teple of God againe in his 
place, they gaue (after their abylite) vnto the 
teple, to y treasure g to y seruyce of the 
Sactuary, xij. M. poundes of golde, v. thou- 
sande of syluer, g an hundreth prestes gar- 
metes. And so dwelt the prestes g the 
Leuites, g the people y wente out to Ierusale 
g in the countre there aboute, the syngers 
also g the porters, euery one of Israel in his 
owne lande. 

So whan the seuenth moneth came, and 
whan the childre of Israel were euery man" 
at his busines, they came all with one cosent 
in to the courte, which was before y east 
dore. And there stode Iesua the sonne of 
Iosedec and his brethren y prestes, g Zoro- 
babel the sonne of Salathiel and his brethren, 
settinge vp an aulter, to offre brent sacrifices 
vpon it, as it is written in y lawe of Moses. 

There came people also of other countrees, 
and the Heithen out of all londes set vp the 
aulter in his place, and offred sacrifices g 
brent offerynges vnto the LORDE in the 
mornynge. And so they helde the feast of 
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And daylie offred they as acordinge was, and 
made the sacrifices appoynted, the offeringes 
also of the Sabbathes and of the new Moones, 
and all holy feastes. "And all they that 
vowed offerynges vnto the LORDE, beganne 
at the new Moone of f seueth moneth to 
offre vnto God, for the temple of the LORDE 
was not yet buylded. And they gaue vnto 
the Masons and Carpeters, money, meate g 
drynke with chearftdnesse. Vnto them of 
Sydon also and Tyre they gaue cartes, y they 
shulde cary Cedre trees from Libanus to be 
ieastes and beames, and that they shulde 
make shippes in the hauen of Ioppa, acord- 
inge as it was appoynted and ordeyned, by 
Cyrus kynge of the Persians. 

And in the seconde yeare they came in to 
the temple of God at Ierusalem. In the 
seconde moneth beganne Zorobabel* the 
sonne of Salathiel, and Iesua the sonne of 
Iosedec, and their brethren the prestes and 
Leuites, and all they that were come vnto 
Ierusalem out of the captiuyte of Babilon, g 
layed the foundacion of the temple, in the 
new Moone of the seconde moneth in the 
seconde yeare y they were come in to Iewry 
and Ierusalem. And they appoynted the 
Leuites (that were aboue xx. yeare olde) vnto 
the seruyce of the LORDE: so Iesua and 
his sonnes and his brethren all the Leuites 
stode together, and perfourmed the lawe g 
ordinaunce in the house of the LORDE. 

And the prestes stode and had their gar- 
mentes 15 trompettes, 5 the Leuites, the sonnes 
of Asaph had Cymbals, geuynge thankes, 
and prayses vnto the LORDE, acordinge 
as Dauid the kynge of Israel had ordeyned/ 
And the songe that they dyd synge vnto the 
LORDE, was after this maner: O synge 
vnto the LORDE, 4 for he is gracious, and 
his goodnes vpon Israel endureth for euer. 
And all the people blew out with trompettes, 
and sunge with loude voyce, praysynge the 
LORDE together in the rearinge vp of the 
house of the LORDE. There came also 
from amonge the prestes and Leuites the 
rulers and elders, acordinge to the trybes 
and kynreds (soch as had sene the house 
afore) to the buyldinge of this temple with 
greate crye and greate mournynge, many also 
u trompettes and greate ioye : In so 



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moch, that the trompettes might not wel be 
herde for the wepynge and mournynge. For 
the comon people blew goodly vpo the 
trompettes. 

Then came the enemies of the trybes of 
Iuda and Ben Iamin/ to knowe what that 
tropettynge and noyse of shawmes might be. 
And they perceaued y it was they which 
were come agayne out of captiuyte, g wolde 
buylde the temple a new vnto the LORDE 
God of Israel. So they wente to Zorobabel 
and Iesua and to the rulers of the vyllages, g 
sayde vnto them : Shal we buylde with you 
also? for we like wyse haue herde youre 
LORDE, g we walke after the same maner, 
from the dayes of Aszbazareth the kinge of 
Assiria, which brought vs hither. Then 
Zorobabel and Iesua and the rulers of the 
villages of Israel sayde vnto them : It is not 
mete, that ye shulde buylde the temple of 
oure God with vs : we oure selues alone wil 
buylde vnto the LORDE, like as Cyrus^ the 
kynge of the Persians hath commanded vs. 

But the Heithen in the londe layed them 
selues against those that were in Iewry, helde 
vp the buyldinge from them, layed wayte 
vpo them preuely, stopped soch as brought 
eny thinge to them, forbad them to buylde, g 
hyndered those that made the passage, that 
the buyldinge shulde not be fynished : g this 
contynued so longe as kynge Cyrus lyued : g 
so they put of the buyldinge for the space of 
two yeare, vntill y raigne of kynge Darius. 

Cfie tit. Chapter. 
IV TOT with stondinge, in the seconde yeare 
\\l of the raigne of Darius/ Aggeus g 
Zachary the sonne of Addo prophecied vpon 
them in Iewry and Ierusalem, in the name 
of the God of Israel. Then Zorobabel the 
sonne of Salathiel and Iesua the sonne of 
Iosedec stode vp/' and beganne to buylde the 
house of the LORDE at Ierusalem, when 
the prophetes of the LORDE helped them. 

At the same tyme came Sysennes the 
vnder shreue in Syria and Phenices, with the 
landlordes and his companyons, and sayde 
vnto them : Who hath bydden g commaunded 
you to buylde the house? to make the rofe 
and all other thinges agayne ? And who are 
the workemen, that buylde them? Neuer- 



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theles the elders of the Iewes had soch grace 
of the LORDE, that they wolde not be lett 
(though they were prouoked therto) but 
buylded on still, vntill the tyme that kynge 
Darius were certified therof, and an answere 
receaued from him. The letter that these 
men sent vnto kynge Darius, was after this 
maner : 

Sysennes the vnder shreue in Syria and 
Phenices, and the land lordes with their co- 
panios, which are head rulers in Syria and 
Phenices, sende their salutacion vnto Darius 
the kynge. We certifie oure lorde the kynge, 
that we came in to the londe of Iewry, & 
wente to Ierusalem : where we founde them 
buyldinge the greate house of God and the 
teple, with greate costly fre stone and with 
goodly tymbre for the walles : yee they make 
greate haist with the worke, 5 helpe one 
another, and it goeth forth prosperously in 
their handes, and with greate diligence & 
worshipe is it made. Then axed we the 
elders, who had comaunded them to make vp 
the house and the buyldinge: and this we 
dyd, to f intet that we might certifie the 
perfectly, and wryte vnto the, the names of 
those y were y rulers of the worke. So they 
gaue vs this answere : we are the seruauntes 
of the LORDE, which made heauen and 
earth : j as for this house," it hath bene 
buylded and set vp afore tyme by the greate 
and mightie kynge of Israel. But whan oure 
fathers prouoked God vnto wrath, (j synned 
agaynst the God of Israel, *he gaue the ouer 
in to the power of Nabuchodonosor kynge of 
Babilon the kynge of the Caldees, which 
brake downe y house and bret it, and caried 
awaye the people presoners vnto Babilon. 

Neuertheles, in the first yeare that kynge 
Cyrus reigned at Babilon/ Cyrus the kynge 
wrote and commaunded to buylde vp this 
house agayne: and all the ornamentes that 
Nabuchodonosor caried awaye from Ierusalem 
vnto Babilon, and appropriated vnto his 
owne temple : those brought Cyrus forth 
agayne, and delyuered them to Zorobabel g 
to Salmanasar the vndershreue, commaund- 
ynge them, y they shulde brynge those same 
ornamentes agayne to Ierusale in to y teple, 
(i to begynne from y tyme forth, to buylde 
the teple agayne in his owne place. The Sal- 
manasar layed the foundacion of y LORDES 

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house at Ierusalem, and euer sence haue 
they buylded, (j yet is it not ended. And 
therfore (O kynge) yf thou thynkest it good, 
let it be sought in the Lybraries (j rolles of 
kynge Cyrus : yf it be founde the, that it is 
done with the councell and cosent of kynge 
Cyrus, and yf oure lorde y kynge be so mynded, 
let him wryte vnto vs therof. 

Then comaunded kinge Darius, to seke in 
the Lybraries : d and so at Egbathanis in a 
litle cite in Media there was founde soch a 
wrytinge : In the first yeare of the raigne of 
Cyrus, the same kynge Cyrus comaunded, y 
the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem shulde 
be buylded agayne (<j odoures to be made 
there contynually vnto the LORDE) whose 
heyth shalbe ten cubites, y bredth lx. cubites 
CE iiij. square with thre hewen stones, with a 
lofte of tymbre of the same countre, yee with 
a new loft, & the expenses therof to be geuen 
of f house of kynge Cyrus. And the orna- 
metes of golde j syluer, y Nabuchodonosor 
toke out of the house of the LORDE at Ie- 
rusalem, shalbe set agayne in the temple at 
Ierusale, where they were afore. Sysennes 
also the vndershreue in Syria and Phenices, 
y prynces and their companyons, and the 
other y be head rulers in Syria and Phenices, 
shall not medle ner haue eny thinge to do 
with that place. 

I Cyrus haue comaunded also, that they 
shal buylde the house of the LORDE whole 
vp : (j haue ordeyned them, to helpe those y 
be come out of captiuyte, tyll the house of 
the LORDE be fynished : ct out of the try- 
bute and taxinge that is yearly raysed vp in 
Syria and Phenices, diligently to geue them 
a certayne summe, to the offerynge of the 
LORDE : and the same to be delyuered vnto 
Zorobabel the officer: that he therwithall 
maye ordeyne oxen, rammes, lambes, & corne, 
salt, wyne and oyle, and that contynually 
euery yeare: after the expences which the 
prestes that be at Ierusalem, shew to be made 
daylie : e this shalbe geuen vnto them with- 
out delaye, that they maye offer sacrifices 
daylie to the hyest God, for the kynge and 
for his seruauntes, and to praye for their 
lyues. Let it be proclamed also on euery 
syde, that who so euer breaketh or despyseth 
this comaundement of y kynge, shalbe hanged 
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his goodes shalbe seasoned vnto y kynge. 
The LORDE therfore (whose name is there 
called vpon) rote out and destroye all y 
kynges and people, that vndertake by vio- 
lence to hynder the same, or to deale vncur- 
teously with the house of the LORDE at Je- 
rusalem. I Darius the kinge haue ordeyned, 
that these thinges shalbe done with all dili- 
gence. 

Cfie brj. Cfiapfer. 

THEN Sysennes y vndershreue in Ce- 
losyria and Phenices, and the other 
landlordes with their companyons, obeyed the 
thinges that kynge Darius had ordened, were 
diligent in the holy workes, j were felow 
helpers with the olde rulers of the Iewes. 
And so the worke of the Sanctuary wente 
forth and prospered, whan Aggeus and Za- 
chary prophecied. And they perfourmed all 
thinges thorow the commaundement of the 
LORDE God of Israel, and after the deuyce 
of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerses kynges of 
Persia. 

And thus was oure house fynished, vnto 
the xxiij. daye of the moneth Addar in y vj. 
yeare of kynge Darius. And the children of 
Israel the prestes % the Leuites, g the other 
that were come out of captiuyte, g soch as 
were ioyned vnto them, dyd acordinge as it 
is wrytten in the boke of Moses. And in the 
dedicacion of the temple they offred an hun- 
dreth oxen, an C. rammes, iiij. C. lambes, g 
xij. goates for the synnes of all the people of 
Israel, after y nombre of the trybes of Israel. 
The prestes also g the Leuites stode arayed 
in the prestly garmetes, after y trybes, ouer 
all y workes of the LORDE God of Israel, 
acordinge to y boke of Moses, and the porters 
by all the dores. 

And the children of Israel (with those y 
were come out of captiuyte) helde the Passe- 
ouer the xiiij. daye of the first moneth, whan 
the prestes and the Leuites were sanctified. 
They that came out of captiuyte, were not 
all sanctified together : but the Leuites were 
all sanctified together. And so all they that 
came out of captiuyte, kylled the easter lambe, 
for their brethre, for the prestes 5 for them 
selues. And the childre of Israel y came out 
of captiuyte, g escaped fro all y abhomina- 
cions of the Heithe, sought the LORDE, and 
kepte the feast of vnleuended bred vij. daies 
longe, eatinge g drynkynge g were mery be- 



the deuyce of the kynge of Assiria, g com 
forted their handes to the workes of y LORDE 
God of Israel. 

Cfte biij. Chapter. 

AND after him, whan Artaxerses the 
kynge of y Persias raigned," there wete 
vnto him Eszdras the sonne of Saraias, the 
sonne of Azarias, the sonne of Helchia, y 
sonne of Sallu, the sonne of Sadoc, y sonne 
of Achitob, the sonne of Amarias, y sonne 
of Azarias, the sonne of Boccus, y sonne of 
Abisu, y sonne of Phineas, the sonne of 
Eleazar, y sonne of Aaron y first prest. This 
Eszdras wete vp from Babilon (for he had 
good vnderstondinge in y lawe of Moses, y 
was geue of the LORDE God of Israel, to 
be taught g done in dede.) And y kinge fa- 
uoured him, g dyd him greate worshipe and 
honoure, after all his desyres. There wente 
vp with him also certayne of y children of 
Israel, of the prestes, of y Leuites, of the 
syngers, porters, and mynisters of y temple at 
Ierusalem. 

In the vij. yeare of the raigne of kynge 
Artaxerses, in the v. moneth, y is in the vij. 
yeare of the raigne, they wente from Babilon 
in the newmoone of the v. moneth, g came 
the hye waye to Ierusale after his commaunde- 
ment, like as the LORDE had prospered 
their iourney. For in these Eszdras gat 
greate instruccion, y he shulde leaue none of 
y thinges behynde, which were in y lawe g 
comaundementes of God. And he taught 
whole Israel all righteousnes g iudgment. 

Then came the Secretaries of kynge Ar- 
taxerses, g delyuered y wrytinges (y were 
come fro Artaxerses the kynge) to Eszdras 
the prest g reder of the lawe of the LORDE: 
And this is y copye of y letter: Kynge Ar- 
taxerses sendeth his gretinge vnto Eszdras the 
prest g reder of the lawe of y LORDE: Of 
frendshipe g good will I haue ordeyned and 
charged, yf there be eny of the Iewes, of y 
prestes g Leuites in my realme, which de- 
syreth 15 is contet to go with the vnto Ierusale, 
y he maye do it. Therfore yf eny be mynded 
to beare the copany, let the come together, g 
go with the (like as I am contet g my vij. 
frendes my coucelers:) to se what they do at 
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inge as thou hast in y lawe of the LORDE: 
g to bringe the giftes vnto God the LORDE 
of Israel, j I g my frendes haue promysed to 
Ierusale, g all the syluer g golde y is in y 
countre of Babilon, vnto y LORDE to Ie- 
rusale, with the thinge y is geue for the peo- 
ple in the LORDES temple at Ierusalem 
Yee that the same syluer g golde maye be 
gathered, and oxen, rammes, shepe g goates 
and other that beloge to these thinges : and 
that they maye offer sacrifices vnto the 
LORDE, vpon the aulter of their LORDE, 
which is at Ierusalem. 

And what so euer thou g thy brethre wyl 
do with the syluer g golde, y do after y mynde, 
g after the comaundement of the LORDE 
thy God : g like wyse with all the holy vessels, 
y are geue the for the seruyce of the house of 
the LORDE thy God: g other thinges what 
soeuer is necessary for the to the worke of 
the temple, y shalbe geue the of the kynges 
treasure : g loke what thou with thy brethre 
wilt do with the golde and syluer, that do 
after y wil of the LORDE. And I kynge 
Artaxerses haue commaunded the kepers of 
y treasures in Syria and Phenices, that what 
soeuer Eszdras the prest and reder of the lawe 
of the LORDE doth wryte, it shalbe geuen 
him: tyll an C. talentes of syluer, and of 
golde in lyke maner: Of corne also an C. 
measures, and tyll an hiidreth vessels of wyne, 
and other plenteous thinges without nombre. 
Let all thinges be done after the lawe of y 
hyest God, that the wrath of God aryse not 
in the realme of the kynge and of his sonnes. 
I commaunde you also, that ye requyre no 
taxinge ner tribute of the prestes, Leuites, 
syngers, and mynisters of the temple, ner of 
the wryters : and that no man haue auctorite 
to medle eny thinge against them. As for 
the (O Eszdras) set thou iudges and arbitrers 
in the whole lande of Syria and Phenices, 
after the wyszdome of God: and lerne all 
soch as are ignoraunt in the lawe of God thy 
LORDE, and let all them that offende 
agaynst the lawe, be punyshed : whether it 
be with death, with payne, to be condemned 
in money, or to be banyshed. 

Then sayde Eszdras y wryter : Blessed be 
y God of oure fathers, that hath geuen so 
good a mynde and wyll in to the hert of the 
kynge, to magnifie his house y is at Ieru- 



salem, and hath made me to be accepted in 
the sight of y kynge, of his councell, of his 
fredes and of his nobles. And so I was sted- 
fast in my mynde, acordinge as the LORDE 
my God helped me, and I chose out men of 
Israel, to go vp with me. And these are the 
heades" (after their kynreds g houses of their 
fathers) that wente vp with me from Babilon, 
out of the kyngdome of Artaxerses : Of the 
sonnes of Phares, Gersonius. Of y sonnes 
of Siemarith, Amenus. Of the sonnes of 
Dauid, Accus, the sonne of Cecilia. 

Of the sonnes of Phares, Zachary: and 
with him there turned agayne an hundreth 
and fiftie men. Of the sonnes of the captayne 
of Moabilon, Zaraei, and with him ij. C. and 
1. men. Of the sonnes of Zachnes, Iechonias 
Zecholi, and with him ij. C. and 1. men. Of 
the sonnes of Salamaasias, Gotholie, and lxx 
with him. Of the sonnes of Zaphacia, Zarias 
Miheli, and with him lxxx. Of the sonnes 
of lob, Abdias Ieheli, and with him ij. C 
and xij. men. Of the sonnes of Bania, Sali- 
moth the sonne of Iosaphia, and with him an 
C. and lx. men. Of the sonnes of Beer. 
Zachary Bebei, and with him ij. C. and viij 
men. Of the sonnes of Esead, Iohannes 
Ezechan, and with him Cx. men. Of the 
sonnes of Adonica those that were the last 
and these are their names : Eliphalam y 
sonne of Gebel and Semeias, ij with him lxx. 
men. All these called I together by the 
water Thia, where we pitched oure tentes 
thre dayes, and there I mustered them. 

5 As for the sonnes of the prestes and 
Leuites, I founde none there. Then sent I 
vnto Eleazar, g Eccelom, and Masman, g 
Malobam, and Enaathan, and Samea, and 
Ioribimathan, Eunagan, Zachary, Mosollamu 
(these were the leders and men of experiece) 
I I sent them worde, that they shulde come 
vnto Loddeus, which was by the place of the 
treasury, g commaunded them that they 
shulde speake vnto Loddeus and to his 
brethren g to those that were in the treasury, 
to sende vs soch me, as might execute the 
prestes office in the house of the LORDE 
oure God. And with the mightie hade of 
oure LORDE God, they brought vnto vs me 
of good experience, from amoge the sonnes of 
Moolius, the sonne of Leui, y sonne of Israel, 
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(S Anim, of whom there were xviij. From 
amoge the children of the sonnes of Cananeus, 
j their sonnes were xx. men. And of them 
y serued in the temple, whom Dauid had or- 
deyned, and the pryncipall men that ministred 
for the worke vnto the Leuites in the temple, 
ij. C. and xx. men : whose names are all 
tokened vp in wrytinge. 

Then commaunded I a fastynge vnto y 
yonge men before the LORDE," y I might 
desyre of him a prosperous iourney £ a good 
waye for vs, yee for vs, for oure children and 
for the catell, because of the layenges awayte : 
(5 I durst not require of the kynge men of 
horse & of fote, to conveye vs safely agaynst 
oure enemies, for we had sayde vnto the 
kynge, that y power of the LORDE oure 
God shulde be with them, that seke him with 
their whole hert. And therfore we besought 
God oure LORDE earnestly because of these 
thinges, and he was mercifull vnto vs, and 
herde oure prayer. And I separated from 
amonge y rulers of the people, (t. from y 
prestes of y temple xij. men, £ Sebeia j 
Asania, g ten men of their brethren with 
them. And I weied the the golde g the syluer 
5 all the prestly ornametes of the house of oure 
God, which the kynge & his coiicell, & his 
prynces & whole Israel had geue. And whan 
I had weyed it, I gaue the an CI. taletes in 
syluer, an C. talentes of syluer vessell, an C. 
talentes of golde, & of golde vessell seue tymes 
twentie, and vessels of other metall (yee of 
good metall) xij. glisteringe as the golde, g 
saide vnto the : ye also are holy vnto the 
LORDE, j the vessels are holy, £ the golde 
£ the syluer is promised vnto the LORDE 
the God of oure fathers. Be diligent now u 
kepe it, vntill the tyme y ye delyuer it to the 
rulers of the people, to y prestes, to the 
Leuites & to y pryncipall me of the cities of 
Israel in Ierusalem, g in the chambre of the 
house of oure God. 

So y prestes (j the Leuites which receaued 
of me the golde, 4 the syluer & the vessell, 
brought it to Ierusale in to the teple of the 
LORDE. And from Thia we brake vp the 
xij. daye of the first moneth, tyll we came to 
Ierusale. And whan the thirde daye was 
past, the weyed golde 5 syluer was delyuered 
in y house of the LORDE the fourth daye, 
vnto Marimoth the sonne of lor the prest, (j 



with him was Eleazar y sonne of Phineas, 
and with the were Iosabdus y sonne of Iesnet, 
Medias & the sonne of Banus, (j certayne of 
the Leuites to the nombre a to the waighte : 
(j the waight of them was writte vp the same 
tyme. As for those that were come out of 
captiuyte, they offred sacrifice vnto the 
LORDE the God of Israel : eue xij. oxen 
for all Israel, lxxxvj. rammes, lxxij. shepe, 
xij. goates for synne, xij. kyne for a thank- 
offeringe, all to the sacrifice of the LORDE. 
And y kinges comission delyuered they vnto 
y stewardes and debytes of the kynge, and to 
the vndershreues in Celosyria and Phenices. 

c Now whan these thinges were done, the 
rulers came vnto me, and sayde : The gene- 
racion of Israel, the prynces, y prestes and 
Leuites, the straunge people and indwellers 
of the londe, haue not put awaye their vn- 
clennesse, from the Cananites, Hethites, 
Pheresites, from the Moabites, Egipcians (j 
Edomites. For both they and their sonnes 
haue mengled them selues with the daughters 
of them, £ the holy sede is mixte with the 
outlandish Heithen, g sens the begynnynge 
of their raigne haue the rulers and heades 
bene partakers of their wickednesse. 

As soone as I had herde these thinges, 
immediatly I rent my holy garmentes, and 
pulled out y hayre of my heade & my beerd, 
& sat me downe soroufull it heuy. So all they 
that were moued thorow the worde of the 
God of Israel, came vnto me : and I sat still 
full of heuines vntill the euenynge sacrifice. 
Then stode I vp fro fastinge, hauynge rente 
clothes j the holy garmet, kneled downe 
vpon my knees, helde out my hades vnto y 
LORDE, 5 sayde : O LORDE, I am con- 
founded & ashamed before thy face, for oure 
synnes are become many vpon oure heades, 5 
oure wickednesses are exalted vnto the heaue : 
for sens y tyme of oure fathers we are in 
greate sinne vnto this daye. And for the 
synnes of vs & oure fathers, we with oure 
brethren j with oure prestes haue bene de- 
liuered vnto the kinges of the earth, in to the 
swerde, (j in to captiuite, & became a spoyle 
with confucion g shame vnto this daie. And 
now O LORDE God, how greate is the 
mercy y we have gotte of the ? in y thou 
hast left vs a rote j a name in the place of 
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house of y LORDE oure God, j geue vs 
meate at all tymes of our ministracion. And 
whan we were in captiuyte, we were not for- 
saken of the LORDE oure God : but he 
made the kynges of Persia gracious (j fauour- 
able vnto vs, so y they gaue vs vytayles & 
meate, yee cj leue to buylde vp the teple of 
oure LORDE God agayne, to repayre the 
waisted places of Sion, and to dwell in Iewry 
(j Ierusalem. And now O LORDE, what 
shall we saye, hauynge all these thinges in 
possession? For we haue broken thy co- 
maundementes, which thou gauest vnto vs by 
the handes of thy seruauntes the prophetes, 
sayenge: The londe y ye go vnto, & y is 
geuen you for an heretage to haue in posses- 
sion, is defyled with the vnclennes & fylthynes 
of the Heithen, g with their abhominacion 
haue they poluted it alltogether. Therfore 
shal ye not ioyne" youre daughters vnto their 
sonnes, ner mary youre sonnes vnto their 
daughters : Morouer, ye shall neuer seke to 
make peace with them, y ye maye increase j 
eate the best in the lande, (S y ye maye de- 
uyde y inheritaunce of the lande vnto youre 
children for euermore. As for the thinge y 
now happeneth vnto vs, it commeth all for 
oure wicked workes and greate synnes. yet 
hast thou geuen vs soch a rote, y we are 
come againe in to oure owne londe : and we 
are so wicked, y we haue broke thy statutes 
{j comaundementes agayne, & mengled oure 
selues with the vnclenes of the outlandish 
Heithen. O LORDE, art thou angrie with 
vs? wilt thou rote vs cleane out? y oure 
rote (J name remayne nomore ? O LORDE 
God of Israel, thou art true, for oure rote 
endureth yet vnto this present daye. And 
beholde, now are we before y in oure synnes, 
now can we not stonde before the in them. 

And whan Eszdras with this prayer had 
knowleged the synne, wepinge,* a lyege flatt 
vpon the grounde before the teple, there 
gathered vnto him from Ierusalem a greate 
multitude of men & wemen, of yonge men (j 
maydens, for there was a very greate wepinge 
and mournynge in the cogregacion. So 
whan Iechonias the sonne Ieheli one of the 
children of Israel cried, he sayde vnto Eszdras : 
we haue synned agaynst the LORDE, be- 
cause we haue maried outlandish women of 
the Heithe. Now art thou ouer all Israel, 

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We wil sweare an ooth therfore vnto y 
LORDE, y we shal put awaye all oure wyues 
which we haue take of the Heithe, with their 
childre : like as it is appoynted the by oure 
fore elders. Stonde vp then, open thou it 
and declare it playnely vnto vs acordige to 
the lawe of y LORDE : for the matter be- 
longeth vnto y, g we wyll helpe the, quyte 
thy self manly. So Eszdras arose, and toke 
an ooth of the rulers of y prestes (j of y 
Leuites a of all Israel, to do after these 
thinges, and they sware. 

Cfte fr. Cfiapttr. 

THEN Eszdras stode vp from the courte 
of the teple without/ (j wente in to the 
chaber of Ionathas the sonne of Nasabus, 5 
remayned there, 1 ate no meate ner dronke 
drynke, for the multitude of the wickednes of 
the people. And there was made a procla- 
macion in all Iewry (j at Ierusalem, for all 
soch as were gathered at Ierusale out of cap- 
tiuyte, y who so euer came not to Ierusale 
within two or thre dayes (acordinge to the 
iudgment of the olde lordes of councell) his 
goodes shulde be taken from him, 5 he 
excluded from the cogregacion of the cap- 
tiuyte. And in thre dayes were all they of 
the trybe of Iuda (j Ben Iamin gathered 
together at Ierusalem, the xx. daye of y ix. 
moneth. And y whole multitude sat tre- 
blinge in the courte of the temple, for it was 
wynter. So Eszdras arose vp, j sayde vnto 
them : ye haue done vnrighteously, in that 
ye haue taken outlandish wyues to mariage, 
5 so to increase the synnes of Israel. And 
now knowlege the same, 5 geue prayse vnto 
the LORDE God of oure fathers, u per- 
fourme his wil, departinge from the Heithen 
of the londe, & from the outlandish wyues. 
Then cried the whole multitude with loude 
voyce, (i sayde : like as thou hast spoke, so 
wil we do : But for so moch as the people 
are many, g y wynter here, we maie not 
stode without y house : agayne, this worke is 
not a thinge, y can be fynished in a daye or 
two, for we be many y haue synned in these 
thinges: Ordene therfore, y the rulers of 
the multitude and all they that dwell with vs, 
and as many as haue outlandish wyues, the 
prestes also and iudges of euery place, maye 
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lowse vp the wrath of the LORDE in this 
busynes. 

Then Ionathas the sonne of Ezeli, g Ozias 
and Thecam receaued y charge of this matter. 
g Bozoramus, g Leius and Sabatheus helped 
the therto. After this, all they stode vp y 
were come out of captiuyte. And Eszdras 
the prest chose vnto him the pryncipall men 
from amonge the fathers acordinge to their 
names, g in the new moone of the tenth 
moneth they sat together, to examen this 
matter. And so the matter was a determynge 
(concernynge the men y had outlandish wyues) 
vntill the new moone ol the first moneth. And 
of the prestes y had mixte the selues with out- 
landish wyues, there were founde:" Of the 
sonnes of Iesu the sonne of Iosedec g his 
brethren, Mazeas, Eleazer, Ioribus g Ioadeus, 
which offred them selues to put awaye their 
wyues, g to ofFre a ramme for their ignoraunce. 
And of the sonnes of Gemmeri, Masseas, g 
Esses £ Ieelech Azarias. Of y sonnes of 
Fosera, Limosias, Hismaen, Nathanea, Iussio, 
Ieddus, g Talsas. And of the Leuites, Io- 
sabdus, Semeis and Colnis, Caletas, Facteas, 
Colnas and Elionas. Of the syngers of the 
Sactuary, Eliarib, Zackarus. Of the porters, 
Sallumus g Tolbanes. And of Israel, of the 
children of Foro, Osi g Remias, g Geddias, 
g Melchias, Michelus, Eleazarus, Iemebias g 
Bannas. And of the childre of Iolaman, 
Chanias, Zachary, Ietzrelus, Ioddius, Erimoth 
g Elias. And of f sonnes of Iathoim, Elia- 
das, Liasamus, £ Zochias, Larimoth, Sabdis 
£ Tebedias. And of f sonnes of Zebes, 
Iohanes Amanias, Zabdias, £ Emeus. And 
of the sonnes of Bannus, Olammus, Malu- 
chus, Ieddus, Iasub, Asabus £ Ierimoth. 
And of f sonnes of Addin, Naatus £ Moosias 
I Caleus £ Raanas Maasuas, Mathathias, 
Besel, Bannus, and Manasses. 

And of the sonnes of Naue, Nones, Afeas, 
Melchias, Sameas, Simo, Ben Iamin, Malchus 
X Marras. And of the sonnes of Asom, Ca- 
rianeus, Mathathias, Bannus, Eliphalach, Ma- 
nasses, Semei. Of the sonnes of Bannus, 
Ieremy, Moodias, Abramas, Iohel, Baneas, 
Peliaas, Iona, Marimoth, Eliasib, Mathaneus, 
Eliasis, Orizas, Dielus, Semedius, Zambris £ 
Ioseph. Of y sonnes of Nobeus, Idelus, Ma- 
thathias, Sabadus, Zecheda, Sedmi, Iesseus, 
£ Baneas. All these had take outladish weme 



to mariage, £ they put the awaye with their 
childre. 

The prestes £ Leuites, £ all they y were 
of Israel, dwelt at Ierusalem £ thorow out all 
y londe, in the new moone of the seuenth 
moneth, £ the childre of Israel were in their 
dwellynges. And y whole multitude came 
together vpon y floore at f east syde* of the 
holy porte of y teple. And they spake vnto 
Eszdras y hie prest £ reder, y he wolde brynge 
f lawe ol Moses, which was geue of f LORDE 
God of Israel. So Eszdras the hie prest 
brought the lawe vnto the whole multitude 
to man and woman, £ to all prestes, y they 
might heare the lawe, in the new moone of 
the seuenth moneth. And he red in y floore 
y is before y holy porte of y teple, from the 
mornynge early vntill the euenynge, before 
men £ wemen. And they applied their mynde 
all vnto the lawe. 

And Eszdras the prest £ reder of y lawe 
stode vp vpon a scaffolde of wodd, which 
was made therfore : £ vpon his right hande 
there stode by him Mathathias, Samus, 
Ananias, Azarias, Vrias, Ozechias, £ Bal- 
samus: Vpon his lefte hade stode Faldeus, 
Misael, Malachias, Abuschas, Sabus, Naba- 
dias, £ Zachary. Then toke Eszdras y boke 
before the whole multitude, for he was y 
pryncipall and had in most honoure of the all. 
And wha he had red out f lawe, they stode 
all straight vp vpon their fete. So Eszdras 
praysed the LORDE the most hye God, the 
Allmightie God of hoostes. And all y people 
answered, Amen : £ helde vp their hades, 
fell downe flat vpon the earth, £ praysed ;y 
LORDE: Iesus, Beneas, Sarebias, Iaddimus, 
Accubus, Sabbatheus, Calithes, Azarias, Io- 
radus, Ananias, £ Philias the Leuites which 
taught the lawe of the LORDE, £ red the 
lawe of the LORDE in the cogregacion, £ 
euery man sett those before y vnderstode the 
lawe. Then spake Atharathes vnto Eszdras 
the hye prest £ reder, £ to the Leuites y 
taught the multitude, sayenge: This daye is 
holy vnto the LORDE: g all they y had 
herde the lawe, wepte. So Eszdras sayde: c 
Departe youre waye then, £ eate the best, g 
drynke the swetest, £ sende giftes vnto them 
y haue nothinge : for this daye is holy vnto 
the LORDE, and be not ye sory. Then 
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Chap. I. 

God reproueth the people for their vnthank- 
fulnes, and rehearseth vnto them his owne 
louynge mercy, that he maye bringe the 
agayne : yf they wyl not amende, he wil 
chose another people. 

Chap. II. 
The Synagoge coplayneth vp5 hir children. The 
callynge of the Heithen. 

Chap. III. 
Eszdras sheweth of the excellent workes of God, 
done vnto the people, and hath a frendly 
contencion with God : because he sufFreth the 
Babilonians to haue the dominion ouer them, 
where as they yet are sinners also. 

Chap. IIII. 

The angel rebuketh Eszdras, for takinge in 
hade to seke out the grounde of Gods iudg- 
ment, and instructeth him with fay re symlli- 
tudes. 

Chap. V. 
A communicacio of Eszdras and the angel to- 
gether. 

Chap. VI. 

The angel enfourmeth Eszdras, and answereth 
him to his questions. 



Chap. VII. 



The angel sheweth Eszdras many secrete mat- 
ters, and thinges for to come. 

Chap. VIII. 

Eszdras prayeth for the people, that God wyll 
rather loke vpon his owne louynge mercy and 
the godlynes of few, the vpon the wycked 
synnes of many. 

Chap. IX. 
Tokens of the tyme and punyshment for to 
come. Visions are shewed vnto Eszdras. 

Chap. X. 
A communicacion betwixte Eszdras, and the 
woman that appeared vnto him. 

Chap. XI. XII. XIII. 

Of certayne visions and the interpretacions 

therof. 

Chap. XIIII. 
God appeareth vnto Eszdras in the bush, talketh 

with him, and comaundeth him what he shal 

doo. 

Chap. XV. 
God sheweth Eszdras the punyshmet that he 

wyl sende vpon the synfull people, and com- 

maundeth him to tell them the same. 

Chap. XVI. 
Punyshment vpon the Heithen, and how the 
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THE seconde boke of f prophet Eszdras: a 
(y sonne of Saraias, the sonne of Aza- 
rias, y sonne of Helchia, y sonne of Sallii, 
the sonne of Sadoc, the sonne of Achitob, 
the sonne of Amerias, the sonne of Azarias, 
the sonne of Maraioth, the sonne of Sarahias, 
the sonne of Vzi, the sonne of Boccus, the 
sonne of Abisu, the sonne of Phineas, the 
sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron, of the 
trybe of Leui) which was presoner in the 
lande of the Meedes, in the raigne of Ar- 
taxerses kynge of Persia. 

And the worde of the LORDE came vnto 
me, sayenge : *Go thy waye u shew my people 
their synfull dedes, & their children their 
wickednesses, which they haue done against 
me, that they maye tell their childers childre 
the same : for the synnes of their fathers are 
increased in them. And why? they haue 
forgotten me, u haue offred vnto straunge 
goddes. Am not I euen he, that brought 
them out of the lande of Egipte, from the 
house of bondage ? But they haue prouoked 
me vnto wrath, & despysed my councels. Pull 
thou out then the hayre of thy heade, and 
cast all euell ouer them, for they haue not 
bene obedient vnto my lawe. 

It is a people without lernynge (j nour- 
toure. How longe shal I forbeare them, vnto 
whom I haue done so moch good? Many 
kynges haue I destroyed for their sakes:' 
Pharao with his seruautes and all his power 
haue I smytten downe and slayne: rf All y 
nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before 
them, and in y east haue I brought two landes 
and people to naught, euen Tyre & Sydon, 
and haue slayne all their enemies. Speake 
thou therfore vnto them, sayenge: Thus 
sayeth the LORDE: 6 I led you thorow the 
see, and haue geuen you sure stretes sence 
the begynnynge. I gaue you Moses to be 
youre captayne, and Aaron to be the prest/ 
I gaue you light in a piler of fyre, (j greate 
woders haue I done amoge you : yet haue ye 
forgotten me, sayeth the LORDE. 

Thus sayeth the allmightie LORDE: I 
? gaue you quales to eate, and tentes for youre 
sucoure : Neuertheles ye murmured, and 



lEsd.7. a. 3Esd. 8. a. » Esa. 58. a. c Exo. 14. f. 
d Nu. 21. d. Iosu. 8. 10. & 12. ' Exo. 14. f. / Exo. 3. b. 
Nu. 18. a. Exo. 13. d. e Exo. 16. c. * Nu. 14. a. 



ascrybed not y victory of youre enemies vnto 
my name : yee this same daie do ye yet mur- 
moure. Where are the benefites, that I haue 
done for you? Whan ye were hongrie in the 
''wildernes, dyd ye not crie vnto me : Why 
hast thou brought vs in to this wildernes, to 
kill vs ? It had bene better for vs, to haue 
serued y Egipcians, then to dye in this wil- 
dernesse. The had I pitie vpon youre mour- 
ninges, and gaue you Manna to eate. Ye ate 
angels foode. Wha ye were thyrstie, dyd not 
'I hew y hardstone, g caused water ynough to 
flowe thereout ? For the heate, I couered you 
with y leaues of the trees. A good pleasaunt 
fatt londe gaue I you: I cast out the Ca- 
nanites, the Pheresites and Philistynes before 
you. What, shal I do more for you, saieth 
the LORDE ? 

Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE: 
''Whan ye were in the wildernes, in the water 
of the Amorites, beynge a thyrst j blas- 
phemynge my name, I gaue you not fyre for 
youre blasphemies, but cast a tre in to y wa- 
ter, and made the ryuer swete. What shall I 
do vnto the, O Iacob? Thou Iuda woldest 
not obeye me. 'I wil turne me to another 
people, & vnto those will I geue my name, 
that they maye kepe my statutes. Seinge ye 
haue forsake me, I wil forsake you also. 
Whan ye desyre me to be gracious vnto you, 
I shal haue no mercy vpon you. m Whan ye 
call vpo me, I wil not heare you. For ye 
haue defyled youre hades with bloude, and 
youre fete are swift to commytt manslaugh- 
ter. Ye haue not forsaken me (in a maner) 
but youre owne selues, sayeth the LORDE. 

Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE: 
haue I not prayed you, as a father his sonnes, 
as a mother hir daughters, and as a norsse 
hir yonge babes, that ye wolde be my people, 
and I shulde be youre God: that ye wolde 
be my children, and I shulde be youre owne 
father? "I gathered you together, as an henne 
gathereth hir chekens vnder hir wynges. 
But now what shal I do vnto you? I shal 
cast you out fro my face. "Whan ye offre 
vnto me, I shal turne my face from you : for 
your solempne feast dayes, youre new moones 
and youre circumcisions haue I forsaken. I 
sent vnto you my seruauntes the prophetes : 

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whom ye haue taken and slayne, and tome 
their bodies in peces, whose bloude I wyll 
requyre of youre handes, sayeth the LORDE. 
Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE: 
youre house must be desolate. I wil cast you 
out as the wynde doth y strawe : youre chil- 
dren shal not be frutefull, for they haue 
despysed my commaundement, and done y 
thinge y is euell before me. Youre houses 
wil I geue vnto a people y shal come, and 
'they y neuer herde me, shal beleue in me : 
j they vnto who I neuer shewed token, shal 
do the thinge y I comaunde the. They haue 
sene no prophetes, yet shal they call their 
synnes to remembraunce, and knowlege the 
I reporte me vnto the grace, that I wil do for 
the people which is to come, whose children 
reioyse in gladnes: ct, though they haue not 
sene me with bodely eyes, yet in sprete they 
beleue the thinge that I saye. And now 
brother, beholde what greate Vorshipe, and 
se y people that commeth from the east, vnto 
whom I wyll geue the dukedome of Abra- 
ham, Isaac and Iacob, of Oseas, Amos, and 
Micheas, of Ioel, Abdy, Ionas, Naum and 
Abacuc, of Sophony, Aggeus, Zachary and 
Malachy, which is called also an angel (or 
messaiiger) of the LORDE. 

Wi)t it. Chapter. 

THUS sayeth the LORDE: I brought 
this people out of bondage, I gaue 
the my comaundementes by my seruautes y 
prophetes, whom they wolde not heare, but 
despysed my coiicels. The mother that bare 
them, sayeth vnto them : Go youre waye ye 
children, for I am a wyddow ij forsaken : I 
brought you vp with glaclnesse, but with sorow 
and heuynes haue I lost you: for ye haue 
synned before the LORDE youre God, and 
done y thinge that is euell before him. But 
what shall I now do vnto you? I am a wyddow 
and forsake : go youre waye (o my children) 
and axe mercy of the LORDE. As for me 
O father, I call vpon the for a wytnesse ouer 
the mother of these childre, which wolde not 
kepe my couenaunt : y thou brynge them to 
cofucion, and their mother to a spoyle, that 
she beare no more. Let their names be 
scatred abrode amonge the Heithen, let them 
be put out of the earth, for they haue thought 
scorne of my couenaunt. 



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Esa. 41. d. Luc. 13. c. 



Wo be vnto the Assur, thou that hydest 
the vnrighteous by the. Thou wicked people, 
remembre what I dyd vnto 'Sodom and 
Gomorre, whose land is turned to pitch and 
aszshes. Euen so also wyll I do vnto all 
them, that heare me not, sayeth the All 
mightie LORDE. Thus sayeth the LORDE 
vnto Eszdras : Tell my people, y I will geue 
them the kyngdome of Ierusalem, which I 
wolde haue geuen vnto Israel. Their glory 
also wyl I take vnto me, and geue them the 
euerlastynge tabernacles, which I had pre- 
pared for those. 

The tre of life shalbe vnto them a swete 
smellynge oyntment: they shal nether laboure 
ner be weery. Go ye youre waye, j ye shall 
receaue it. Praye for youre selues a few 
dayes, that they maye dwell therin. Now is 
the kingdome prepared for you, therfore 
watch. Take heaue and earth to wytnesse, 
for I haue broken the euell in peces, and 
created the good, for I lyue sayeth y LORDE. 
Mother enbrace thy children, and brynge 
them vp with gladnes : make their fete as fast 
as a piler, for I haue chosen the, sayeth the 
LORDE. 

And those that be deed wyll I rayse vp 
agayne from their places, and brynge them 
out of y graues, for I haue knowne my name 
in Israel. Feare not thou mother of the 
children, for I haue chosen the, sayeth the 
LORDE. And for thy helpe I shal sende 
the my seruauntes Esay and Ieremy, after 

3se councell I haue sanctified (j prepared 
for the, xij. trees with dyuerse frutes, and as 
many welles flowinge with mylck and hony, 
I seuen mountaynes, whervpd there growe 
roses and lilies, wherin I wyl fyll my children 
with ioye. Execute iustice for the wyddowe, 
be iudge for the fatherlesse : geue to f poore : 
defende the cofortlesse: clothe the naked: 
heale the wounded and sick: laugh not a 
lame man to scorne : defende the crepell, and 
let the blinde come in to y sight of my clear- 
nes. Kepe the olde & yonge within thy 
walles : rf where so euer thou fyndest the deed, 
toke them, and burye them, and I shal geue 
the the first place in my resurreccion. Holde 
styll (O my people) and take thy rest, for 
thy quyetnes is come. Fede thy children O 
thou good norsse, stablish their fete : As for 
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shal not one of them perishe, for I wyl seke 
the from thy nombre, vexe not thy self. 

For whan the daye of trouble and heuynes 
commeth, other shal wepe and be soroufull, 
but thou shalt be mery and plenteous. The 
Heithen shalbe gelous, but they shalbe able 
to do nothinge agaynst the, sayeth the 
LORDE. My handes shal couer the, so 
that thy children shal not se the fyre euer- 
lastinge. Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy 
childre, for I wyll delyuer the, sayeth the 
LORDE. Remembre thy deed childre, for 
I shal brynge them out of the earth, and shew 
mercy vnto them, for I am mercifull, sayeth 
the LORDE Allmightie. 

Enbrace thy childre, vntyll I come and 
shew mercy vnto them, for my welles runne 
ouer, and my grace shal not fayle. I Eszdras 
receaued a charge of the LORDE vpon the 
mount Oreb, that I shulde go vnto Israel. 
But whan I came vnto the, they set me at 
naught, and despysed the commaundement 
of y LORDE. And therfore I saye vnto 
you O ye Heithen, that heare and vnder- 
tonde : Loke for youre shepherde, he shal 
geue you euerlastinge rest: for he is nye at 
hande, that shal come in the ende of the 
worlde. Be ready to the rewarde of the 
kyngdome, for the euerlastinge light shall 
shyne vpon you for euermore. Fie the sha- 
dowe of this worlde, receaue the ioyfulnes of 
youre glory. I testifie my sauioure openly: 
O receaue the gift y is geuen you, and be 

i, geuynge thankes vnto him, that hath 
called you to the heauenly kyngdome. Aryse 
vp, and stonde fast : beholde the nombre of 
those that be sealed in the feast of the 
LORDE, which are departed from the sha- 
dowe of the worlde, and haue receaued glo- 
rious garmetes of the LORDE. Take thy 
nombre O Sion, and shutt vp thy purified, 
which haue fulfilled the lawe of the LORDE. 
The nombre of thy children whom thou 
longedest for, is fulfilled : beseke the power 
of the LORDE, that thy people which haue 
bene called from the begynnynge, maye be 
halowed. 

I Eszdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a 
greate people, whom I coude not "nombre, g 
they all praysed the LORDE with songes of 
thankesgeuynge. And in the myddest of the 
there was a yonge ma of an hye stature, more 

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excellent then all they, and vpon euery one 
of their heades he sett a crowne, and was euer 
hygher and hygher, which I marueled at 
greatly. So I axed f angell, g sayde : Syr 
what are these ? He answered and sayde vnto 
me : These be they, that haue put of the 
mortall clothinge and put on the immortall, 
and haue testified g knowleged the name of 
God. Now are they crowned, and receaue 
the rewarde. 

Then sayde I vnto the angell : what yonge 
personne is it, that crowneth them, g geueth 
them the palmes in their handes? So he 
answered and sayde vnto me : It is y sonne of 
God, whom they haue knowleged in the 
worlde. Then beganne I greatly to com- 
mende them, that stode so stifly for the name 
of the LORDE. And so the angell sayde 
vnto me : Go thy waye, and tell my people, 
what maner of thinges and how greate won- 
ders of the LORDE thy God, thou hast sene. 

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IN the thirtie yeare of the fall of the cite, 
I was at Babilon g laye troubled vpo my 
bed, g my thoughtes came vp ouer my hert : 
for I sawe y desolacion of Sion, g the plen- 
teous wealth of them y dwelt at Babilon : 
g my sprete was sore moued, so that I begane 
to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest, 
and sayde: O LORDE LORDE, thou 
spakest at the begynnynge, whan thou plant- 
edst y earth, (and that thy self alone) and 
gauest commaundement vnto y people, and a 
body vnto Adam, * which was a creature of 
thy handes, and hast brethed in him the breth 
of life : and so he lyued before the, and thou 
leddest him in to paradyse, which garde of 
pleasure thy right hande had planted, or euer 
the earth was made. And vnto him thou 
gauest commaundemet to loue y waye, which 
he transgressed, g immediatly thou appoynt- 
edest death in him, and in his generacions. 
Of him came nacions, trybes, people, g kyn- 
reddes out of nombre. c And euery people 
walked after their owne wil, and did nyce 
thinges before the : and as for thy com- 
maundementes, they despysed them. 

a But in processe of tyme thou broughtest 
the water fioude, vpon those that dwelt in the 
worlde, and destroydest them. And like as 
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floude also in these. Neuertheles one of them 
thou leftest : namely, Noe with his housholde, 
of whom come all righteous me. And it hap- 
pened that, whan they y dwelt vpon the earth, 
beganne to multiplie, and had gotten many 
children, and were a greate people, they be- 
ganne to be more vngodly then the first. 

Now whan they all lyued so wickedly before 
the, " thou didest chose the a man from 
amonge them, whose name was Abram. Him 
thou louedest, and vnto him only thou shewd- 
est thy wyll, and maydest an euerlastinge 
couenaunt with him, promisinge him, that 
thou woldest neuer forsake his sede. * And 
vnto him thou gauest Isaac, vnto Isaac also 
thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As for Iacob 
thou didest chose him, and put backe Esau. 
And so Iacob became a greate multitude. 

And it happened that wha thou leddest 
his sede out of Egipte, thou broughtest the 
vp to the mount Sion, c bowinge downe the 
heauens, settinge fast the earth, mouynge the 
grounde, makynge the depthes to shake, and 
troublynge the worlde : And thy glory wente 
thorow foure portes of fyre, and earth quakes, 
and wyndes and colde: that thou mightest 
geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob, and 
diligence vnto the generacio of Israel. 

And yet tokest thou not awaye from the 
that wicked hert, that thy lawe might brynge 
forth frute in them. For the first Adam bare 
a wicked hert, transgressed, and was ouer- 
come, and so be all they y are borne of him. 
* Thus remayned weaknes with the lawe in 
the hert of the people, with the wickednesse 
of the rote : so that the good departed awaye, 
and the euell abode still. So the tymes passed 
awaye, and the yeares were brought to an 
ende. e Then didest thou rayse the vp a ser- 
uaunt called Dauid, whom thou commaundedst 
to buylde a cite vnto thy name, and to offre 
vp incense and sacrifice vnto the therin. This 
was done now many yeares. 

Then the inhabiters of the cite forsoke the, 
and in all thinges dyd eue as Adam and all 
his generacions had done : for they also had 
a wicked hert. And so thou gauest thy cite 
ouer in to the handes of thine enemies. Are 
they of Babilon then better and more righte- 
ous then thy people, y they shal therfore haue 
the domynion of Sion? For whan I came 

" Gen. 12. 15. » Gen. 21. a. Gen. 25. c. Gen. 32. a. 



there, and sawe their vngodlynes, and so 
greate wickednesse, that it coude not be 
nobred: yee whan my soule sawe so many 
euell doers (in f xxx. yeare) my hert fayled 
me, for I sawe, how thou suffrest them in 
soch vngodlynes, and sparest f wicked doers : 
but thine owne people hast thou roted out, 
and preserued thine enemies, j this hast thou 
not shewed me. 

I cannot perceaue how this happeneth. Do 
they of Babilon then better, then they of 
Sion ? Or is there eny other people, y know- 
eth the, sauynge the people of Israel? Or 
what generacion hath so beleued y couenautes, 
as Iacob ? And yet their rewarde appeareth 
not, and their laboure hath no frute. For I 
haue gone here and there thorow the Heithe, 
U I se, y they be rych (j wealthy, j thynke not 
vpon y commaundementes. Weye thou ther- 
fore oure wickednesse now in y balaunce, and 
theirs also that dwell in the worlde, and so 
shal thy name be no where founde but in 
Israel. Or where is there a people vpon 
earth, y hath not synned before the? Or 
what people hath so kepte thy commaunde- 
mentes? Thou shalt fynde, that Israel by 
name hath kepte thy preceptes, but not the 
other people and Heithen. 

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AND the angell that was sent vnto me 
(whose name was Vriel) gaue me an- 
swere, and sayde : Thy hert hath take to 
moch vpon it in this worlde, and thou think- 
est to comprehende the waye of the Hyest. 
Then sayde I : yee my lorde. And he an- 
swered me, and sayde : I am sent to shewe 
the thre wayes, and to sett forth thre symili- 
tudes before the : wherof yf thou canst declare 
me one, I wil shewe the also the waye, that 
thou desyrest to se, and I shal shewe the from 
whece the wicked hert commeth. And I 
sayde : tell on my LORDE. Then sayde he 
vnto me : Go thy waye, weye me the weight 
of the fyre, or measure me the blast of the 
wynde, or call me agayne the daye that is 
past. Then answered I and sayde : What 
man borne is able to do that ? Why requyrest 
thou soch of me ? And he sayde vnto me : 
Yf I shulde axe the, how depe dwellinges are 
in the see ? Or how greate water springes are 



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vpon f firmamet ? Or how greate water 
sprynges are in the begynnynge of the depe ? 
Or which are the outgoinges of Paradise? 
Peradueture thou woldest saye vnto me: I 
neuer wente downe yet in to f depe ner hell 
nether dyd I euer clymme vp in to heauen 
Neuertheles now haue I axed the but onely 
of fyre and wynde and of the daye, where 
thorow thou hast trauayled, and from the 
which thou canst not be separated: and 
yet canst thou geue me no answere of 
them. 

He sayde morouer vnto me : Thine owne 
thinges, and soch as are growne vp with y. 
canst thou not knowe : how shulde thy vessel 
then be able to coprehende the waye of the 
Hyest, and now outwardly in the corrupte 
worlde, to vnderstode the corrupcion y is 
euydent in my sight? The sayde I vnto him : 
It were better that we were not at all, the 
that we shulde lyue in wickednesse, and to 
suffre, and not to knowe wherfore. He an- 
swered me, and sayde : I wete in a wod, and 
the trees toke soch a deuyce and sayde : 
" Come let vs go, and fight agaynst the see, 
that it maye departe awaye before vs, and 
that we maye make vs yet more woddes. 

The floudes of the see also in lyke maner 
toke this deuyce, and sayde : Come, let vs go 
vp, and fight agaynst the trees of the wodd, 
that we maye make our londe the wyder. 
The thought and deuyce of the wodd was 
but vayne and nothinge worth, for the fyre 
came, and consumed the wod : The thought 
of the floudes of the see came likewyse to 
naught also, for the sonde stode vp and stop- 
ped them. 

Yf thou were iudge now betwyxte these 
two, whom woldest thou iustifie, or whom 
woldest thou codemne ? I answered and sayde : 
Verely it is a foolish thought that they both 
haue deuysed. For the grounde is geuen 
vnto the wod, and the see also hath his place 
to beare his floudes. Then answered he me 
(S sayde : Thou hast geuen a right iudgment, 
why iudgest thou not thy self also ? For like 
as the grounde is geuen vnto the wod, and 
the see to his floudes : * euen so they that 
dwell vpon earth, maye vnderstonde nothinge, 
but that which is vpon earth: and he that 
dwelleth aboue the heauens, maye onely vn- 
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uens. Then answered I and sayde : I beseke 
the (O LORDE) let me haue vnderstond- 
inge : for it was not my mynde to be curious 
of thy hye thinges, but of soch as we daylie 
medle withall: namely, wherfore that Israel 
is blasphemed of the Heithen, and for what 
cause the people (whom thou euer hast loued) 
is geuen ouer, to be punyshed of vngodly 
nacios : and why the lawe of oure fathers is 
brought to naught, and the wrytten coue- 
nauntes come to none effecte, and we passe 
awaye out of the worlde as the greshopers, 
and oure life is a very feare, and we are not 
worthy to optayne mercy. What wyl he do 
then vnto his name, which is called vpon 
ouer vs? Of these thinges haue I axed 
question. 

Then answered he me and sayde : The 
more thou searchest, the more thou shalt 
maruel, for the worlde hasteth fast to passe 
awaye, and can not comprehende the thinges, 
that are promysed for the righteous in tyme 
to come, c for this worlde is full of vnright- 
eousnes and weaknes. 

But as concernynge the thinges wherof 
thou axest me, I wyl tell the. The euell is 
sowne, but the destruccion therof is not yet 
come. Yf the euell now that is sowne, be 
not turned vpsyde downe, and yf the place 
where y euell is sowne, passe not awaye, then 
can not the thinge come y is sowne with f 
good. For the corne of euell sede hath bene 
sowne in the hert of man from the begyn- 
nynge, and how moch vngodlynes hath he 
brought vp vnto this tyme ? and how moch 
shal he yet brynge forth, vntyll he come in to 
the barne ? 

Pondre now by thyself, wha y corne of 
euell sede is cutt downe, how greate a barne 
shal it fyll ? I answered and sayde : How 
and wha shal these thinges come to passe? 
Wherfore are oure yeares few j euell? And 
he answered me, sayege : Haist not thou to 
moch vpon the Hyest, for thy haistynes to be 
aboue him is but in vayne, thou makest to 
moch a doo. Dyd not y soules also of the 
righteous axe question of these thinges in 
their holynes, sayenge : How longe shal I 
hope of this fashion ? Whan commeth the 
frute of my barne, and my rewarde ? And 
vpo this Ieremiel the archangel gaue them 
answere, and sayde : rf Eue whan the nombre 

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of the sedes is fylled in you : for he hath 
weyed the worlde in the balaunce : in mea- 
sure and nombre hath he measured the tyme, 
and moueth it not, vntyll the same measure 
be fulfylled. Then answered I and sayde : 
O LORDE LORDE, now are we all full of 
synne, and for oure sake peraduenture it is 
not, that the barne of the righteous shall not 
be fylled, because of the synnes of the that 
dwell vpon earth. 

So he answered me, & sayde : Go y waye 
to a woman with childe, and axe her, when 
she hath fulfilled hir ix. monethes, yf hir 
childeszbed mayekepeybyrth enyloger within 
her. The sayde I : No LORDE, that can 
she not. And he sayde vnto me : In hell the 
secrete places of soules are like y preuy 
chamber of a woman. For like as a woman 
that trauayleth, maketh haist, whan the tyme 
(t necessite of the byrth is at hande : Eue so 
doth she haist to delyuer it that is commytted 
vnto her. Loke what thou desyrest to se, it 
shalbe shewed the from the begynnynge. 
Then answered I and sayde: Yf I haue 
founde fauoure in thy sight, and yf it be pos- 
sible, and yf I be mete therfore, shewe me 
then, whether there be more to come the is 
past, or more past then is for to come. What 
is past, I knowe : but what is for to come, I 
knowe not. 

And he saide vnto me : Stonde vp vpo y 
right syde, and I shal expounde the symili- 
tude vnto the. So I stode, (j beholde, an 
whote burnynge oue wente ouer before me : 
& it happened y whan the flamme was gone 
by, the smoke had the vpper hande. After 
this there wete ouer before me a watery 
cloude, and sent downe moch rayne with a 
storme : (t whan the stormy rayne was past, 
the droppes remayned still. Then sayde he 
vnto me : like as the rayne is more then the 
droppes, and as the fyre exceadeth the smoke, 
euen so y measure of the thinges that are 
past, hath the vpper hande. Then wente the 
droppes and the smoke aboue : and I prayed 
and sayde : May I lyue (thynkest thou) vntyll 
that tyme? Or what shall happen in those 
dayes ? He answered me, and sayde : As for 
the tokes wherof thou axest me, I maye tell 
the of the in a parte: but as touchinge *y 
life, I may not shewe the, for I am not sent 
therfore. 

* Some rede, my life. 



Cftf 6. Chapter. 

NEUERTHELESSE, as concernynge 
the tokens, mark this : Beholde, the dayes 
shal come, that they which dwell vpon earth, 
shalbe take in a greate nombre, & the waye 
of the trueth shalbe hyd, and the lode shalbe 
baren from faith: 2 but iniquyte shal haue the 
vpper hande, like as thou hast sene now, 
and as thou hast herde loge agoo. And the 
londe that thou seist now to haue rule, shalt 
thou shortly se waist. But yf God graunte 
the to lyue, thou shalt se after y thirde trom- 
pet, that the Sonne shal sodenly shyne agayne 
in the night, and the Moone thre tymes in 
the daye, (j bloude shal droppe out of wodd, 
and the stone shal geue his voyce, and the 
people shalbe vnquyete : and euen he shal 
rule, whom they hope not that dwell vpon 
earth, and the foules shal flyt, and the Sodo- 
mitysh see shal cast out his fish, and make a 
noyse in the night, which many shal not 
knowe, but they shal all heare the voyce 
therof. 

There shalbe a cofucion also in many 
places, and the fyre shal be oft sent agayne, 
and the wylde beastes shal go their waye, g 
menstruous wemen shal beare monsters, and 
salt waters shalbe founde in the swete : one 
frende shal fight agaynst another : then shal 
all wyt and vnderstandinge be hyd and put 
asyde in to their secrete places, (j shalbe sought 
of many, and yet not be founde : then shal 
vnrighteousnes and volupteousnes haue the 
vpperhande vpon earth. One lande also shal 
axe another, and saye : Is righteousnes gone 
thorow the ? And it shal saye : No. At the 
same tyme shal men hope, but nothinge op- 
tayne : they shal laboure, but their wayes shall 
not prospere. 

To shewe the soch tokens I haue leue, and 
yf thou wylt praye agayne, (j wepe as now, 
and fast seuen dayes, thou shalt heare yet 
greater thinges. Then I awaked, and a fear- 
fulnes wente thorow all my body, j my 
mynde was feble and carefufl, so that I all- 
most swowned withall. So the angell that 
was come to talke with me, helde me, com- 
forted me, and sett me vp vpon my fete. 

And in the seconde night it happened, y 
Salathiel the captayne of the people came 
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and why is thy countenaunce so heuy ? 
Knowest thou not, y Israel is commytted 
vnto the, in the londe of their captyuyte ? 
Vp then, and eate, and forsake vs not, as the 
shepherde that leaueth his flock in the handes 
of wicked wolues. Then sayde I vnto him : 
Go thy waye fro me, and come not nye me : 
g he herde it, and as I sayde, so wete he his 
waye fro me. And so I fasted seuen dayes, 
mournynge and wepynge, like as Vriell the 
angell commaunded me. And after seuen 
dayes it happened, that f thoughtes of my 
hert were very greuous vnto me agayne, g my 
soule receaued y- sprete of vnderstandynge, g 
I begane to talke with the most hyest agayne, 
and sayde : O LORDE LORDE, of euery 
wod of y earth g of all the trees therof, 
thou hast chosen y one onely vynyarde : and 
of all londes of the whole worlde thou hast 
chosen the one pytt : and of all floures of the 
groiide thou hast chosen the one lylie : and 
of all the depthes of the see thou hast fylled 
the one ryuer : and of all builded cities thou 
hast halowed Sion vnto thy self : and of all f 
foules that are created, thou hast named the 
one doue : and of all the catell y are made, 
thou hast prouyded y- one shepe : g amoge all 
y- multitudes of folkes thou hast gotten the 
one people, and vnto this people whom thou 
louedest, thou gauest a lawe, y is proued of all. 
And now O LORDE, why hast thou geue 
this one people ouer vnto many ? g vpon the 
one rote thou hast prepared other, and why 
hast thou scatred f one onely people amonge 
many? which treade the downe, yee which 
haue euer withstonde y promyses, g neuer 
beleued y couenautesr And though thou 
werest enemye vnto y- people, yet shuldest 
thou punysh the with thine owne handes. 
Now wha I had spoke these wordes, the an- 
gell y came to me y night afore, was set vnto 
me, g sayde vnto me : Heare me, g herke to 
y thinge y I saye, g I shal tell f more. And 
I sayed: Speake on my LORDE. The 
sayde he vnto me : Thou art sore vexed g 
troubled for Israels sake. Louest thou y 
people better, then him y made them ? And 
I sayde : No LORDE, but of very grefe g 
copassion haue I spoke. For my reynes 
payne me euery houre, because I wolde haue 
experience of the waye of the most hyest, 
and to seke out parte of his iudgment. And 
he sayde vnto me : that thou mayest not. 



And I sayde: wherfore LORDE? Where 
vnto was I borne then ? Or why was not my 
mothers childesbed then my graue ? So had 
I not sene the mysery and trouble of Iacob, 
and the trauayle of my people of Israel. 

And he sayde vnto me : Nobre me y 
thinges, y are not yet come : gather me to- 
gether y droppes, that are scatred abrode : 
make me y floures grene agayne, y are 
wythered : ope me the thinge that is closed : 
and bringe me forth the wyndes, that are 
shutt vp : Shewe me the ymage of a voyce, 
and then shal I declare the the thinge, that 
thou labourest to knowe. And 1 sayde : O 
LORDE LORDE, who may knowe these 
thinges, but he that hath not his dwellynge 
with me ? As for me, I am vn wise : how 
maye I the speake of these thinges, wherof 
thou axest me ? The sayde he vnto me : like 
as thou canst do none of these thinges y I 
haue spoken of, Euen so canst thou not fynde 
out my iudgment, or in the ende the loue that 
I haue promysed vnto my people. And I 
sayde : Beholde o LORDE, yet art thou nye 
vnto them that haue no ende : and what shal 
they do that haue bene before me, or we that 
be now, or they that shal come after vs ? And 
he sayde vnto me : I wyll lycken my iudgment 
vnto a rynge. Like as there is no slacknesse 
of the last, euen so is there no swiftnesse of 
the first. So I answered g sayde : Coudest 
thou not make those (that haue bene made, 
and that be now, and that are for to come) in 
one, that thou mightest shewe thy iudgment 
the sooner? 

Then answered he me and sayde : The 
creature may not haist aboue the maker, 
nether maye the worlde holde the at once, 
that shalbe created. 

And I sayde : How hast thou sayde then 
vnto thy seruaunt, that thou lyuynge maker 
hast made the creature lyuynge at once, g the 
creature bare it? eue so might it now also 
beare them that be present, at once. And he 
sayde vnto me : Axe the childeszbed of a 
woma, and saye vnto her : Yf thou bringest 
forth childre, why doest thou it not together, 
but one after another ? Praye her therfore, to 
brynge forth ten children at once. And I 
sayde: she can not, but must do it one after 
another. 

Then sayde he vnto me : Euen so haue I 
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that be sowne vpon it by processe of tyme. 
For like as a yonge childe maye not brynge 
forth the thinges that belonge to the aged, 
euen so haue I ordened the worlde which I 
made. 

And I axed and sayde: Seynge thou hast 
now geue me a waye, I wyl speake before y : 
for oure mother of who thou hast tolde me, is 
yet yonge, j now she draweth nye vnto age. 
He answered me (j sayde : Axe a woman that 
beareth children, & she shal tell the. Saye vnto 
her : wherfore are not they (whom thou hast 
now brought forth) like those that were be- 
fore the, but less of stature? And she shal 
answere the : They y be borne in the youth 
of stregth, are of one fashion : and they that 
are borne in the tyme of age (whan the child- 
eszbed fayleth) are other wyse. Cosidre now 
thy self, how that ye are lesse of stature, then 
those that were before you, and so are they 
that come after you, lesse then ye, as the crea- 
tures which now begynne to be olde, and haue 
passed ouer the strength of youth. Then 
sayde I: LORDE I beseke the, yf I haue 
founde fauoure in thy sight, shewe thy ser- 
uaunt, by whom doest thou vyset thy crea- 
ture? 

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ND he sayde vnto me : In the begyn- 
_ V nynge whan the grounde was made, 
before the worlde stode, or euer f wyndes 
blew, before it thondred and lightened, or 
euer the foundacions of Paradise were layed, 
before the fayre floures were sene, or euer 
the moueable powers were stablished, before 
y innumerable multitudes of angels were 
gathered together, or euer f highnesses of f 
ayre were lifted vp, afore y measures of the 
firmament were named, or euer y chymneys 
in Sion were hote, and or the presente yeares 
were sought out, and or euer the invencions 
of them y now synne, were put asyde, before 
they were sealed that now gather faith for a 
treasure : then dyd I cdsidre and pondre all 
these thinges, and they all were made thorow 
me, and thorow none other : by me also they 
be ended, and by none other. 

Then answered I and sayde : which shalbe 
the partynge asunder of the tymes ? Or whan 
shalbe the ende of the first, and the begyn- 
nynge of it that foloweth? And he sayde 
vnto me : From Abraha vnto Isaac, wha 
Iacob (j Esau were borne of him, Iacobs 



hande helde first the hele of Esau : for Esau 
is the ende of this worlde, and Iacob is the 
begynnynge of it that foloweth. The hande 
of man betwixte the hele and the hande. 
Other question (Eszdras) axe thou not. 

I answered then and sayde : O LORDE 
LORDE, yf I haue founde fauoure in thy 
sight, I beseke the, shewe thy seruaunt the 
ende of thy tokes, wherof thou shewdest me 
parte the last night. So he answered and 
sayde vnto me : Stode vp vpon thy fete, and 
heare the perfecte voyce and sounde. There 
shal come a greate mocion, but y place where 
thou stddest shal not be moued. And ther- 
fore whan thou hearest the wordes, be not 
afrayed: for of the ende shal the worde and 
foundacion of y earth be vnderstonde. And 
why? the worde therof trembleth and quaketh, 
for it knoweth, that it must be chaunged at 
the ende. And it happened, that wha I had 
herde it, I stode vp vpon my fete and herkened: 
and beholde, there was a voyce y spake, and 
the sounde of it was like the sounde of many 
waters, and it sayde. Beholde, y dayes come, 
y I wyl begynne to drawe nye, and to vyset 
them that dwell vpo earth, and wyl begynne 
to make inquysicion of them, what they be y 
haue hurte equyte with vnrighteousnes, and 
whan the lowe estate of Sion shalbe fulfylled : 
and whan the worlde, that shal vanish awaye, 
shalbe ouersealed, then wyl I do these 
tokens. 

The bokes shalbe opened before the firma- 
ment, and they shal se all together, & the chil- 
dren of a yeare olde shal speake with their 
voyces : the wome with childe shal brynge 
forth vntymely children of thre or foure 
monethes olde, and they shall lyue, and be 
raysed vp: & sodely shal the sowne places 
appeare as the vnsowne, the full store houses 
shal sodenly be founde emptie, and the trom- 
pett shal geue a sounde, which wha euery 
man heareth, they shalbe haistely afrayed. 
At that tyme shall frendes fight" one agaynst 
another like enemies, and the earth shal 
stonde in feare with them. 

The sprynges of the welles shal stonde 
styll, and in thre houres they shal not renne. 
Who so euer remayneth from all these thinges 
that I haue tolde the, shal escape, and se my 
saluacion, and the ende of youre worlde. And 
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that haue not taisted death fro their byrth: 
and the hert of the indwellers shalbe chaunged, 
and turned in to another meanynge : for euell 
shalbe put out, and disceate shalbe quenched. 
As for faith, it shal florish, corrupcion shalbe 
ouercome : and the trueth, which hath bene 
so longe without frute, shalbe declared. 

And it happened whan he talked with me, 
that I loked demurely vpo him, before who 
I stode, and these wordes sayde he vnto me : 
I am come to shewe f, the tyme of f night 
for to come. 

Yf thou wilt praye yet more, and fast seue 
dayes agayne, I shal tel the more thinges, j 
greater then before : for thy voyce is herde 
before the Hyest: for why? the Mightie hath 
sene thy righteous dealynge, he hath sene also 
thy chastite, which thou hast had euer sence 
thy youth : and therfore hath he sent me to 
shewe the all these thinges, and to saye vnto 
the : Be of good comforte, and feare not, and 
haist not with y tymes that are past to thynke 
vayne thinges, and make no haist of the latter 
tymes. 

And it happened after this, y I wepte 
agayne, and fasted seuen dayes in like maner, 
that I might fulfill the thre wekes, which he 
tolde me. In the eight night was my hert 
vexed within me agayne, and I beganne to 
speake before the Hyest : for my sprete was 
greatly set on fyre, and my soule was in dis- 
tresse, and I sayde : O LORDE, thou spakest 
vnto thy creature from the begynnynge (euen 
the first daye) and saydest : Let 3 heauen and 
earth be made, and thy worde was a perfecte 
worke. And then was there the sprete, and 
the darcknesses were yet on euery syde, and 
sylence : there was no mans voyce as yet from 
the. Then commaundedst thou a fayre light 
to come forth out of thy treasures, that thy 
worke might appeare and be sene. 

Vpon the seconde daye thou maydest the 
sprete of the firmament, and commaundedst 
it to parte asunder & to make a deuysion be- 
twixte the waters, that the one parte might 
remayne aboue, and the other beneth. Vpon 
the thirde daye thou broughtest to passe, y 
the waters were gathered in the seuenth parte 
of the earth : Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp, 
and kepte them, to the intet y men might 
sowe and occupie huszbandrie therin. As 
soone as thy worde wente forth, the worke was 



made. For immediatly there was greate in 
numerable frute, & many dyuerse pleasures 5 
desyres of temptacion, floures of chaungeable 
coloure and smell, and this was done the thirde 
daye. 

Vpon the fourth daye thou comaundedst 
that the Sonne shulde geue his shyne, and f 
Moone hir light : the starres didest thou sett 
in ordre, and gauest them a charge, to do 
seruyce euen vnto man,* that was for to be 
made. Vpd the fifth daye thou saydest vnto 
the seuenth parte (where the waters were 
gathered) that they shulde bringe forth diuerse 
beastes, foules and fishes. And so it came to 
passe, that the domme water and without 
soule, brought forth lyuynge beastes at the 
commaundement of God, that all people might 
prayse thy wonderous workes. Then didest 
thou preserue two soules, y one thou calldest 
Enoch and the other Leuiathan, and didest 
separate the one from the other: for the 
seuenth parte (namely, where the water was 
gathered together) might not holde them 
both. Vnto Enoch thou gauest one parte, 
which was dryed vp the thirde daye, that he 
shulde dwell in the same parte, wherin are 
a thousande hilles. But vnto Leuiatha. thou 
gauest the seuenth parte, namely the moyst, 
and hast kepte him to deuoure what thou 
wylt, and whan. 

Vpon the sixte daye thou gauest comaunde- 
ment vnto the earth, that before the it shulde 
brynge forth beastes, catell and all y crepe, 
(t, (besydes this) Adam also, whom thou 
maydest lorde of all thy creatures: Of him 
come we all, and the people also, whom thou 
hast chosen specially vnto thy self. All this 
haue I sayde now and spoken before the, that 
I might shewe, how that the worlde is made 
for oure sakes. As for the other people which 
also come of Adam, thou hast sayde that they 
are nothinge, but be like a spetle, and hast 
lickened the abundauce of them vnto a droppe 
(that falleth) from the rofe of the house. 

And now (O LORDE) the Heithe which 
haue euer bene reputed as nothinge, haue 
begone to be lordes ouer vs, and to deuoure 
vs : but we thy people (whom thou hast called 
f first borne, thy only begotten, and thy fer- 
uent louer) are geuen in to their handes and 
power. Yf the worlde now be made for oure 
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possession with the worlde ? How longe shal 
this endure? 

Cfie bit. Chapter. 

AND it happened after that I had spoken 
out these wordes, there was sent vnto 
me an angell (which had bene by me also the 
nightes afore) and he sayde vnto me : Vp 
Eszdras, and heare the wordes that I am come 
to tell the. And I sayde : speake on LORDE 
my God. The sayde he vnto me : The see 
is sett in a wyde place, y it might be depe 
and greate: but the intrauce is narow and 
small like a ryuer. For who wolde go in to 
the see, to loke vpon it, and to rule it ? Yf he 
wente not thorow the narow, how might he 
come in to the brode ? 

Item, another. A cite is buylded and sett 
vpon a brode felde, and is full of all goodes : 
the intraunce is narow and sodane, like as yf 
there were a fyre at the right hande, and a 
depe water at the left, and as it were onely 
one strate path betwixte the both, so small, 
that there coude but one man go there. 

Yf this cite now were geuen to an heyre, g 
he neuer wente thorow this parlous waye, how 
wolde he receaue his inheritauce? And I 
sayde : It is so, LORDE. Then sayde he : 
Euen so is Israel also a porcion. And why ? 
for their sakes haue I made the worlde : g 
whan Adam trasgressed my statutes, then was 
y thinge iudged that was done. Then were y 
mtraunces of the worlde made narow, full 
of sorow and trauayle : They are but few g 
euell, full of parels and laboure. For the 
intraunces of the fore worlde were wyde and 
sure, and brought immortall frute. 

Yf they now which are entred in to this 
worlde, maye not comprehende these strayte 
and vayne thinges, moch lesse maye they co- 
prehende and vnderstonde the secrete thinges : 
Why disquietest thou thy self then, seynge 
thou art but a corruptible ma? And what 
woldest thou knowe, where as thou art but 
mortall? And why hast thou not receaued 

to thine hert the thinge that is for to come, 
but that is present ? 

The sayde I : O LORDE LORDE, thou 
hast ordened in thy lawe," that the righteous 
shulde inheret these thinges, but that the vn- 
faithfull and vngodly shulde perishe. Neuer- 



theles the righteous shall suffre strayte thinges. 
and hope for wyde : for they that haue lyued 
vngodly g suffred strayte thinges, shal not se 
the wyde. 

And he saide vnto me : There is no iudge 
aboue God, and none that hath vnderstond 
inge aboue the Hyest. For there be many y 
perish, because they despyse y lawe of God 
that is sett before them. For God hath 
geuen strayte commaundement to soch as 
come, that they knowe what they do, and how 
they shulde lyue : and yf they kepte this, they 
shulde not be punyshed. 

Neuertheles they were not obedient vnto 
him, but spake agaynst him : ymagined vayne 
thinges, g purposed to synne, and sayde 
morouer, that there was no God, g that God 
regarded it not. His wayes haue they not 
knowne, his lawe haue they despysed, g de- 
nyed his promyses: in his statutes g ordi- 
naunces haue they not bene faithfull g stedfast, 
and haue not perfburmed his workes. 

And therfore Eszdras, vnto the full, plenty: 
and to the emptye, emptynesse. Beholde, 
the tyme shal come, y these tokens which I 
haue tolde the, shal come to passe, g the bryde 
shall appeare : g the earth y now passeth 
awaye, shalbe shewed : g who so euer is de- 
lyuered from y foresayde euels, shal se my 
woders. For my sonne Iesus shal be openly 
declared, with those y be with him : and they 
y remayne, shal be mery in foure hundreth 
yeares. 

After these same yeares shall my sonne 
Christ dye, and all men that haue life : and 
y worlde shalbe turned in to the olde sylence 
seuen dayes, like as in the fore iudgmentes, so 
that no man shall remayne. And after seue 
dayes, the worlde that yet awaketh not, shalbe 
raysed vp, g shal dye corrupte. And the 
earth shal restore those that haue slepte in 
her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in 
sylece, and the secrete places shal delyuer 
those that be committed vnto them. And y 
most hyest shal be openly declared vpon the 
seate of iudgment, g all misery shal vanysh 
awaye, and loge suffringe shalbe gathered 
together. But the iudgment shall contynue, 
y- trueth shal remayne, and faith shal waxe 
stroge, the worke shal folowe, and the rewarde 
shall be shewed, the righteousnesses shall 
watch, and the vnrighteousnesses shall beare 
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Then sayde I : Abraham prayed first for 
the Sodomites," a Moses for the fathers y 
synned in the wyldernes, j hey came after 
him for Israel, in y tyme of Achas and 
Samuel: and Dauid for y destruccion, and 
Salomon for them that came in to the Sanc- 
tuary, j Helias for those that receaued rayne, 
and for the deed, that he might lyue: and 
Ezechias for y people in the tyme of Sen- 
nacherib : (j dyuerse other in like maner, 
which haue prayed for many. 

Eue so now, seynge y corrupte is growne 
vp, and wickednes increased, and the righ- 
teous haue prayed for the vngodly, wherfore 
shal it not be so now also ? 

He answered me, and sayde : This present 
worlde is not y ende, there remayneth moch 
honoure in it, therfore haue they prayed for 
the weake. But the daye of dome shalbe the 
ende of this tyme, and y begynnynge of the 
immortalite for to come, wherin all corrup- 
cion vanysheth, all volupteousnes is lowsed, 
all myszbeleue taken awaye, righteousnes 
growne, and the verite spronge vp. Then 
shall no man be able to saue him that is de- 
stroyed, ner to oppresse him y hath gotte y 
victory. I answered the, (t sayde : This is my 
first j last sayenge : y it had bene better, not 
to haue geuen the earth vnto Adam : or els 
whan it was geue him, to kepe him that he 
shulde not synne. For what profit is it for 
men now in this present tyme to lyue in 
heuynes, a after death to loke for punysz- 
ment ? O thou Ada, what hast thou done ? 
For though it was thou y synned, thou art 
not falle alone, but we all y come of the. 
For what profit is it vnto vs, yf there be pro- 
mysed vs an immortall tyme, where as we 
medle with deadly workes? g that there is 
promysed vs an euerlastinge hope, where as 
we oure selues are euell andvayne? (j y there 
are layed vp for vs dwellynges of health u 
fredome, where as we haue lyued euell ? and 
that the worshipe of y Hyest is kepte to 
defende them, which haue led a pacient life, 
where as we haue walked in y most wicked 
wayes of all? and that there shalbe shewed 
a paradyse, whose frute endureth for euer, 
wherin is fredome and medycyne, where as we 
shal not go in? for we haue walked in vn- 
pleasaunt places : And that the faces of them 



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which haue absteyned, shal shyne aboue the 
starres, where as oure faces shalbe blacke and 
darcke? For whyle we lyued and dyd vn- 
righteously, we considered not, that we shulde 
suffre therfore after death ? 

The answered he me, and sayde : Thi: 
the consideracion & thought of the battayl, 
which man hath vpon earth: that yf he be 
ouercome, he shall suffre as thou hast sayde. 
But yf he gett the victory, he shall receaue 
the thinge that I saye. For this is the life 
wherof Moses spake vnto the people, whyle 
he lyued, sayenge : Chose the life,* that thou 
mayest lyue. Neuertheles they beleued him 
not, nether the prophetes after him, No ner 
me which haue spoken vnto them, that heuynes 
shulde not reach vnto them to their destruc- 
cion, like as ioye is for to come ouer those, 
that haue suffred the selues to be enfourmed 
in salvacion. 

I answered then j sayde: I knowe LORDE, 
that the Hyest is mercyfull, in y he hath 
mercy vpon them, which are not yet in the 
worlde, and vpon those also that walke in his 
lawe : c and that he is pacient and longe suf- 
feringe towarde those that haue synned in 
their workes : and that he is liberall to geue 
where as it requyreth : and that he is of greate 
mercy, for he multiplieth his louynge kynd- 
nesses towarde those that are present, and 
that are past, and to them which are for to 
come. For yf he multiplie not his mercies, 
the worlde shal not be made lyuynge, with 
those that dwell therin : He geueth also, for 
yf he gaue not of his goodnesse, that they 
which haue done euell, might be eased, the 
ten thousande parte of men shulde not be 
made lyuynge. And yf the iudge forgaue 
not those y be healed with his worde, and yf 
he wolde destroye y multitude that stryueth, 
there shulde be very few left in an innumer- 
able multitude. 

Cfje bitj. Cfjapter. 

AND he answered me, sayege : The most 
hyest made this worlde for many, but 
the worlde to come for few. I wyl tell the a 
symilitude, Eszdras : As whan thou axest the 
earth, it shal saye vnto the, that it geueth 
moch moulde, wherof erthen vessels are made, 
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Euen so is it with the worke of this worlde. 
There be many created/ but few shall be 
presented. Then answered I & sayde : Then 
swalowe vp the witt (thou soule) and deuoure 
the vnderstondinge, for thou art agreed to 
herken and to geue eare, and wyllinge to 
prophecie : for thou hast no longer space 
geuen the, but only to lyue. O LORDE, 
wilt thou not geue thy seruaunt leue, y we 
maye praye before the, and that thou mayest 
geue sede vnto oure hert, and buylde oure 
vnderstondinge, that there maye come frute of 
it : and that euery one which is corrupte, and 
beareth the state and place of a man, maye 
lyue? 

For thou art alone, and we all are one 
workmanshipe of thy handes, like as thou 
hast sayde, and like as the body is fashioned 
now in the childeszbed, and thou geuest the 
membres, and thy creature is preserued in 
fyre and water: j ix. monethes doth thy 
worke suffre thy creature, which is fashioned 
in her : but the thinge that preserueth and it 
y is preserued, shal both be kepte together : 
(t whan tyme is, the childeszbedd delyuereth f 
thinge, that is kepte and growne in her. 

For thou hast commaunded the brestes to 
geue mylck vnto the frute, that the thinge 
which is created and fashioned, maye be no- 
rished for a tyme: and then thou disposest 
and ordrest it with thy mercy, bryngest it vp 
with thy righteousnes, nurturest it in thy 
lawe, and refourmest it with thy vnderstond- 
inge, mortifiest it as thy creature, and makest 
it lyuynge as thy worke. Seinge then that 
thou destroyest him, which with so greate 
labours is created and fashioned thorow thy 
commaundement, thou coudest lyghtly ordene 
also, that the thinge which is made, might be 
preserued. 

And this I speake now of all men in 
generall, as thou knowest : but of thy people, 
for whose sake I am sory: and of thy in- 
heritance, for whose cause I mourne : and 
of Israel, for whom I am wofull: and for 
Iacob, for whose sake I am greued : therfore 
begynne I to praye before the, for my self and 
for them, for I se the fall of vs, euen of vs, 
that dwell vpon earth. But I haue herde the 
swiftnes of the iudge, which is to come: 
therfore heare my voyce, and vnderstode my 
wordes, and I shal speake before the. 

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This is the begynnynge of the wordes of 
Eszdras, before he was receaued: O LORDE, 
thou that dwellest in euerlastyngnesse, whose 
eyes are lift vp in the ayre, whose stole is 
exceading hye, whose glory and maiesty maye 
not be compreheded, before whom the hoostes 
of heauen stonde with tremblinge, wh 
kepinge is turned in winde and fyre, whose 
worde is true, whose talkynge is stedfast. 
whose commaundement is stronge, whose 
ordynaunce is fearfull, whose loke dryeth vp 
the depthes, whose wrath maketh the moun- 
taynes to melt awaye, 5 whose trueth beareth 
wytnes: O heare y prayer of thy seruaunt, 
and marck with thine eares the peticion of 
thy creature. 

For whyle I lyue, I wil speake: and so 
loge as I haue vnderstondinge, I will answere. 
O loke not vpo the synnes of thy people, 
which serue f in the trueth. Haue no re- 
specte vnto the wicked studies of the Heithen, 
but to the desyre of those that kepe thy testi- 
monies with sorowes. Thinke not vpon those 
that haue walked faynedly before the, but 
vpon them, which with wyll haue knowne 
thy feare. 

Let it not be thy wyll to destroye them, 
which haue had beastly maners, but to loke 
vpon them that haue clearly taught thy lawe. 
Take thou no indignacion at them, which 
are worse then beastes : but loue them, that 
allwaye put their trust in y righteousnes and 
glory; for we and oure fathers haue all the 
same sicknes and disease, but because of oure 
synnes thou shalt be called mercifull. 

For yf thou hast mercy vpon vs, thou shalt 
be called mercifull, where as we haue no 
workes of righteousnes : for y righteous which 
haue layed vp many good workes together, 
shall out of their dedes receaue rewarde. For 
what is man, that thou shuldest take displea- 
sure at him? Or what is the corruptible 
mortall generacion, that thou shuldest be so 
rough towarde him ? 

b For of a trueth there is no man amonge 
them that be borne, but he hath dealt wick- 
edly : and amonge the faithfull there is none, 
which hath not done amysse. For in this (O 
LORDE) thy righteousnes (j thy goodnes 
shalbe praysed and declared, yf thou be mer- 
cifull vnto them, which are not lych in good 
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Then answered he me and sayde: Some 
thinges hast thou spoken a right, and acord 
inge vnto thy wordes it shal be. For I wil 
not verely cosidre the worke of them, which 
haue synned before death, before the iudg- 
ment, before destruccio, " but I wyll reioyse 
ouer the worke and thought of y righteous. 
I wil remembre also the pilgramege, the ho- 
lymakynge and the rewarde. Like as I haue 
spoken now, so shall it come to passe. For 
as the huszbad man soweth moch sede vpon 
the grounde, and planteth many trees, and 
yet allwaye the thinge that is sowne or plated 
is not all kepte safe, nether doth it all take 
rote : Euen so is it of them that are sowne in 
the worlde, they shal not all be preserued. 

I answered then cj sayde : Yf I haue founde 
grace, then let me speake. Like as the hus- 
bade mans sede perisheth, yf it receaue not 
rayne in due season, or yf there come to moch 
rayne vpon it : Euen so perisheth man also, 
which is created with thy handes, and is like 
vnto thine owne ymage and to thy self, for 
whose sake thou hast made all thinges, and 
lickened him vnto the huszbande mans sede. 
Be not wroth at vs (O LORDE) but spare 
thy people, and haue mercy vpon thine owne 
inheritaunce : O be mercifull vnto thy crea- 
ture. 

Then answered he me and sayde : Thinges 
present are for the present, and thinges to 
come for soch as be to come. For thou 
watest yet moch, seynge thou mayest loue my 
creature aboue me : I haue oft times drawne 
nye vnto the, but neuer to the vnrighteous. 
In this also thou art maruelous before the 
Hyest, in that thou hast humbled thy self, as 
it becommeth the, and hast not regarded 
thine owne self, y thou art had in soch ho- 
noure amonge the righteous. Therfore shal 
greate wrechidnes and mysery come vpon 
them, that in the latter tyme shal dwell in y 
worlde, for they haue walked in greate pryde. 

But vnderstonde thou for thy self, and seke 
out glory for soch as be like the : for vnto 
you is paradyse opened, the tre of life is 
plated, the tyme to come is prepared, plen- 
teousnes made ready: a cite is builded for 
you, and a rest is prepared, yee perfecte good- 
nes and wyszdome. The rote of euell is 
marked from you, the weaknes and moth is 
hyd from you, g into hell flyeth corrupcion in 



forgetfulnes. Sorowes are vanyshed awaye. 
and in the ende is shewed the treasure of 
immortalite. And therfore axe thou no more 
questions, cocernynge the multitude of them 
that perishe. For they haue taken libertie, 
despysed the Hyest, thought scorne of his 
lawe, and forsaken his wayes. 

Morouer, they haue troden downe his 
righteous, * and sayde in their hert, that there 
is no God, yee and that wittingly, for they 
dye. For like as the thinge that I haue 
spoken of, is made ready for you : Eue so is 
thyrst and payne prepared for them. For it 
was not his wil that man shulde come to 
naught : but they which be created, haue de- 
fyled the name of him that made them, and 
are vnthankefull vnto him, which prepared life 
for them. And therfore is my iudgment now 
at hande. These thinges haue I not shewed 
vnto all men, but vnto few : namely, vnto the, 
and to soch as be like the. 

Then answered I and sayde: Beholde O 
LORDE, now hast thou shewed me the mul- 
titude of the tokens, which thou wilt begynne 
to do at the last : but at what tyme and whan, 
thou hast not shewed me. 

Clje if. Chapter. 

HE answered me then and saide : Mea- 
sure thou the tyme diligently in it self, 
whan thou seist that one parte of the tokens 
come to passe, which I haue tolde y before: 
so shalt thou vnderstonde, that it is the very 
same tyme, wherin the Hyest wil begynne to 
vysit the worlde, which he made. And wha 
there shalbe sene earthquake and vproure of 
the people in the worlde, then shalt thou well 
vnderstonde, that the most hyest spake of 
those thinges, from the dayes that were before 
the, euen from the begynnynge. 

For like as all that is made in the worlde, 
hath a begynnynge and ende, and the ende is 
manyfest: Euen so the tymes also of the 
Hyest haue playne begynnynges in wonders 
and signes, and the ende in workynge and in 
tokens. And euery one that shalbe saued, 
and shall be able to escape by his workes 5 
by faith (wherin ye haue beleued) shall be 
preserued from the saide parels, and shal se 
my sauioure in my londe and within my 
borders, for I haue halowed me from the 
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which now haue abused my waies : and they 
that haue cast them out despytefully, shall 
dwell in paynes. 

For soch as in their life haue receaued 
benefites, and haue not knowne me, and they 
that haue abhorred my lawe, whyle they 
had yet fredome, and whan they had yet open 
rowme of amendemet and conuersion, (j vn- 
derstode not, but despysed it : f same must 
knowe it after death in payne. And therfore 
be thou nomore carefull, how the vngodly 
shalbe punyshed, g how the righteous shalbe 
saued, and whose the worlde is, and for whom 
the worlde, and whan it is. Then answered 
I and sayde : a I haue talked before a now 
speake, and wyl speake also herafter, that 
there be many moo of them which perish 
then shal be saued, like as the floude is greater 
then the droppes. 

And he answered me, sayenge : like as the 
felde is, so is also the sede : as the floures be, 
so are the colours also : soch as the workman 
is, soch is also f worke : and as the huszband 
man is himself, so is his huszbandrye also, for 
it was the tyme of the worlde. And whan I 
prepared for them that are now, or euer the 
worlde was made, wher in they shulde dwel, 
then was there no man that withstode me. 
Now whan euery one was, and the maker 
also in the worlde which is now prepared, 
and the moneth that ceaseth not, and the 
lawe which is vnsearcheable, their maners were 
corrupte. So I considered the worlde, and 
beholde, there was parell, because of f 
thoughtes that were come in to it. And I 
sawe, and spared the greatly, and haue kepte 
me a wynebery of the grapes, and a plante 
from amonge many generacions. Let the 
multitude perish the, which are growne vp 
in vayne, and let my grape j wynebery be 
kepte : euen my plante : for with greate la- 
boure haue I made it vp. 

Neuertheles yf thou wilt take vpon the yet 
seuen dayes mo (but thou shalt not fast in 
them) go thy waye then in to f felde of 
floures, where no house is buylded, and eate 
onely of the floures of the felde, taist not 
flesh, drinke no wine, but eate floures onely. 
Praye vnto the Hyest contynually, so will I 
come, and talke with the. 

So I wente my waye and came in to the 
felde which is called Ardath (like as he com- 

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maunded me) and there I sat amonge y 
floures, and ate of the herbes of the felde, 
and y meate of the same satisfied me. After 
seuen dayes I sat vpon the grasse, (j my hert 
was vexed within me like as afore: and I 
opened my mouth, and beganne to talke be- 
fore the Hyest, and saide : O LORDE, thou 
y shewest thy self vnto vs, * thou hast declared 
and opened thy self vnto oure fathers in the 
wyldernes, in a place where no man dwelleth, 
in a baren place, whan they came out of 
Egipte, and thou spakest, sayege : Heare me 
O Israel, and marke my wordes thou sede of 
Iacob. Beholde, I sowe my lawe in you. 
and it shal brynge frute in you, g ye shalbe 
honoured in it for euer. For oure fathers 
which receaued the lawe, kepte it not, and 
obserued not thy ordinaunces and statutes, j 
the frute of y lawe was not declared : for it 
might not, for why ? it was thine. For they 
that receaued it, perished, c because they kepte 
not y thinge that was sowne in them. 

It is a custome whan the grounde receaueth 
sede, or the see a shipp, or a vessell meate 
and drynke, that, whan it perisheth or is 
broken wherin a thinge is sowne, or wherin 
eny thinge is put : the thinges also perishe & 
are broken, which are sowne or putt therin. 
But vnto vs it hath not happened so : for we 
y haue receaued the lawe, perish in synne, 
and oure hert also which receaued the lawe : 
notwithstondinge d the lawe perisheth not, but 
remayneth in his laboure. 

And whan I considered these thinges in 
my hert after this maner, I loked aboute me 
with myne eyes, ' and vpon the right syde I 
sawe a woman, which mourned sore, made 
greate lamentacion, and wepte with loude 
voyce : hir clothes were rent in peces, j she 
had aszshes vpon hir heade. 

The let I my thoughtes go, y I was in, j 
turned me vnto her, (j sayde : wherfore wepest 
thou? why art thou so sory (j discomforted? 
And she sayde vnto me : Syr, let me bewayle 
my self ct, take yet more sorowe : for I am sore 
vexed in my mynde, (j brought very lowe. 
And I said vnto her : what ayleth y ? Or 
who hath done eny thinge to y? tell me. 
She sayde : I haue bene vnfrutefull and 
baren, and haue had an huszband thirtie 
yeares. And these xxx. yeares I do nothinge 
els daye and night and all houres, but make 

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my prayer to y Hyest. After thirtie yeares 
God herde me thy handmayden, loked vpon 
my misery, considred my trouble, and gaue 
me a sonne, and I was glad of him, so was 
my huszbad also and all my neghbours, and 
we gaue greate honoure vnto y Mightie. 
And I norished him with gi*eate trauayle. 
So whan he grewe vp, & came to the tyme, 
that he shulde haue a wife, I made a feast. 

Cfte r. Chapter. 

AND it happened that whan my sonne 
wente in to his chamber, he fell downe, 
and dyed: the ouerthrew we all the lightes, 
and all my neghbours rose vp to coforte me. 
The toke I my rest vnto the secode daye at 
night: j whan they had all rested, y they 
might comforte me, I rested also, and rose vp 
by night, and fled, and am come hither in to 
this felde, as thou seist : and am purposed not 
to come in the cite, but to remayne here, and 
nether to eate ner drynke, but continually to 
mourne and to fast, vntill I dye. 

Then let I my meditacions and thoughtes 
fall, that I was in, and spake to her in dis- 
pleasure : Thou foolish woman, seist thou not 
oure heuynes and mournynge, and what hap- 
peneth vnto vs ? how Sion oure mother is all 
wofull and sory, and how she is cleane brought 
downe and in misery? seinge we be all now 
in heuynes, j make oure mone (for we be all 
soroufull.) As for the heuynes that thou 
takest, it is but for one sonne. Demaunde 
the earth, and she shal tell the, that it is she 
which ought (by reason) to mourne, for the 
fall of so many that growe vpon her. For 
from the begynnynge all men are borne of 
her, 5 other shal come : and beholde, they 
walke allmost all in to destruccion, and many 
of them shalbe roted out. 

Who shulde then (by reason) make more 
mournynge, then she, that hath lost so greate 
a multitude? and not thou, which art sory 
but for one. But yf thou woldest saye vnto 
me : My mournynge is not like the mournynge 
of the earth, for I haue lost the frute of my 
body, which I bare with heuynes : as for the 
earth, acordinge to the ordynaunce of y earth 
onely, so that many are gone awaye in her, as 
it is come to passe : Then saye I vnto the 
like as thou hast borne with trauayle j sorowe, 
euen so the earth also from the begynnynge 



geueth hir frute vnto man, for him y made 
her. And therfore witholde thy sorowe and 
heuynes by thy self, and loke what happeneth 
vnto f, beare it strogly." For yf thou iudgest 
the marck j ende of God to be righteous and 
good, and receauest his councell in tyme, thou 
shalt be commended therin. Go thy waye 
then in to the cite to thy husbande. 

And she sayde vnto me : that wyll I not 
do, I will not go in to the cite, but heare will 
I dye. So I commoned more with her, and 
sayde : Do not so, but be coiiceled, and 
folowe me : for how many falles hath Sion ? 
Be of good comforte because of the sorowe of 
Ierusalem. For thou seist that oure Sanc- 
tuary is layed waist, oure aulter broken, oure 
temple destroyed, oure playenge of instru- 
mentes and synginge layed downe, the 
thankesgeuynge put to sylence, oure myrth 
is vanished awaye, the light of oure candle- 
stick is quenched, y Arke of the couenaunt is 
take from vs, all oure holy thinges are defyled, 
and the name that is called vpon ouer vs, is 
dishonoured, oure children are put to shame 
oure prestes are brent, oure Leuites are caried 
awaye in to captiuyte, oure virgins are defyled, 
and oure wyues rauyshed, oure righteous men 
spoyled, and oure childre destroyed, oure 
yonge men are brought in bodage, and oure 
stroge worthies are become weake : and Sion 
(which seale is y greatest of all) is lowsed vp 
from hir worshipe : for she is deliuered in to 
the handes of them that hate vs. 

And therfore shake of y greate heuynes. 
and putt awaye the multitude of sorowes 
that the Mightie maye be mercyfull vnto the. 
and that the Hyest maye geue the rest from 
y laboure and trauayle. And it happened, 
that whan I was talkynge with her, hir face 
dyd shyne & glyster, so that I was afraied of 
her, and mused what it might be. And im- 
mediatly she cast out a greate voyce, very 
fearfull, so that y earth shoke at the noyse of 
the woman: and I loked, and beholde, the 
woman appeared vnto me nomore : but there 
was a cite buylded, and a place was shewed 
from the grounde and foundacion. 

Then was I afrayed, and cried with loude 
voyce, and sayde : where is Vriel the angell, 
* which came to me at the first? For he hath 
caused me to come in many consideracions 
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to corrupcion, and my prayer to rebuke. 
And as I was speakynge these wordes, he 
came vnto me, and loked vpon me, and I 
laye as one that had bene deed, and myne 
vnderstandinge was altered, and he toke me 
by the right hande, and comforted me, and 
set me vp vpon my fete, and sayde vnto me : 
what ayleth the ? and why is thine vnder- 
standinge vexed ? and the vnderstondinge of 
thy hert, and wherfore art thou sory ? And I 
sayde : Because thou hast forsaken me : and 
I haue done acordynge vnto thy wordes/ I 
wente in to the felde, and there haue I sene 
thinges, that I am not able to expresse. He 
saide vnto me : Stode vp and be manly, and 
I shal geue the exortacion. 

Then sayde I : Speake on to me my 
LORDE, forsake me not, lest I dye in vayne: 
for I haue sene that I knewe not, j herde that 
I do not knowe. Or shall my vnderstondynge 
be disceaued, and my mynde ? But now I 
beseke the, that thou wilt shewe thy seruaunt 
of this woder. He answered me the and 
sayde : heare me, and I shall enfourme the, 
and tell the wherfore thou art afrayed, for the 
Hyest hath opened many secrete thynges 
vnto the. 

He hath sene that thy waye is right, and 
that thou takest sorowe continually for thy 
people, and makest greate lamentacion for 
Sion : and therfore vnderstonde the vision 
which thou sawest a litle whyle agoo after this 
maner : Thou sawest a woman mournynge, 
and thou hast comforted her : Neuertheles 
now seist thou the licknes of the woman no- 
more, but thou thoughtest there was a cite 
buylded : and like as she tolde the of the fall 
of her sonne, so is this the answere : The 
woman whom thou sawest, is Sion : and where 
as she tolde the, that she hath bene thirtie 
yeares vnfrutefull and baren, those are the 
xxx. yeares, wherin there was no offeringe 
made in her. 

But after xxx. yeares Salomon buylded 
her, and offred, and then bare the baren a 
sonne. And where as she tolde the, that she 
norished him with laboure, that was the 
dwellynge of Ierusalem. But where as the 
sonne dyed in hir chamber, that is the fall of 
Ierusalem. And thou sawest hir lickenesse, 
how she mourned for hir sonne : and what 
els happened vnto her, I haue shewed f. 



And now God seyth, that thou art sory in thy 
mynde, and suffrest from y hert for her 
and so hath he shewed the hir clearnesse, and 
the fayrnes of hir bewtye. 

And therfore I bad the remayne in the 
felde, where no house is buylded. For I 
knew y the Hyest wolde shew this vnto the, 
therfore I commaunded the to go in to the 
felde, where no foundacion ner buyldinge is. 
For in the place where the Hyest wyll shewe 
his cite, there shall be no mans buyldinge. 
And therfore feare not, and let not thine hert 
be afrayed, but go thy waye in, and se the 
glorious and fayre buyldinge, and how greate 
it is, and how greate thou thinkest it after the 
measure of thine eyes, j then shalt thou heare 
as moch as thine eares maye comprehede. For 
thou art blessed aboue many other, and art 
called with the Hyest, as f few. But to- 
morow at night thou shalt remayne here, and 
so shal the Hyest shewe the visions of hye 
thinges, which he wyll do vnto them that 
dwell vpon earth in y last dayes. So I slepte 
the same night like as he comaunded me. 

Che rt. Chapter. 

THEN sawe I a dreame : and beholde, 
there came vp from y see an Aegle, 
which had xij. wynges and thre heades : And 
I sawe, and beholde, he spred his wynges 
ouer all the earth, and all the wyndes of the 
ayre blew in them, and so they were put to- 
gether agayne. And I behelde, and out of 
his fethers there grew other litle contrary 
fethers : the heades rested, the head in the 
myddest was greater then the other, yet rested 
it with the residue. 

Morouer I sawe, that the Aegle flew with 
his wynges, and raigned vpon earth, ct ouer 
all them that dwell vpon the earth : and I 
sawe y all thinges vnder heauen were subiecte 
vnto him, and no man spake against him, no 
not one creature vpon earth. I sawe also 
that the Aegle stode vp vpon his clawes, j 
gaue a sounde with his fethers, j a voyce 
sayege after this maner: watch not all to- 
gether, slepe euery ma in his owne place, 
d watch for a tyme, but let the heades be 
preserued at the last. Neuertheles I sawe, y 
the voyce wente not out of his heades, but 
from the myddest of his body. And I nom- 
bred his cotrary fethers, & beholde, there were 
eight of them. And I loked, g beholde, vpon 



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the right syde there arose one fether, g raigned 
ouer all the earth. And it happened, y whan 
it raigned, the ende of it came, g the place 
therof appeared no more. So the nexte 
folowinge stode vp, g raigned, g had a greate 
tyme : g it happened, y whan it raigned, the 
ende of it came also like as the first, so that it 
appeared nomore. 

Then came there a voyce vnto it, g sayde : 
Heare thou y hast kepte in the earth so loge, 
this I saye vnto the, before thou begynnest to 
appeare nomore : There shal none after y 
atteyne vnto thy tyme. Then arose the thirde, 
g raigned as the other afore, g appeared no- 
more also. So wete it with all the residue 
one after another, so y euery one raigned, g 
the appeared nomore. The I loked, g be- 
holde, in processe of tyme the fethers y folowed 
were set vp vpo the right syde, y they might 
rule also : and some of the ruled, but within 
a while they appeared nomore : for some of 
the were set vp, but ruled not. After this I 
loked, g beholde, y xij. fethers appeared no- 
more, and the two wynges : g there was no- 
more vpon the Aegles body, but two heades 
that rested, g sixe fethers. Then sawe I also, 
y the sixe fethers were parted in two, g re- 
mayned vnder the heade, y was vpon the 
right syde, for the foure cotynued in their 
place. So I loked, and, beholde, they that 
were vnder the wynges, thought to set vp 
them selues, and to haue the rule. Then was 
there one set vp, but shortly it appeared no- 
more, and the seconde were sooner awaye then 
the first. And 1 behelde, and lo, the two 
thought also by the selues to raigne : g wha 
they so thought, beholde, there waked one of 
the heades that were at rest, namely, it that 
was in the myddest, for that was the greater 
of the two heades. And then I sawe, that the 
two heades were fylled with him, and the 
heade was turned with them y were by him 
g ate vp f two vnder wynges, y wolde haue 
raigned. 

But this heade put y whole earth in feare, 
and bare rule in it, ouer all those y dwelt 
vpon earth with moch laboure, and he had the 
gouernaunce of the worlde, ouer all the foules 
that haue bene. After this I loked, and be- 
holde, the heade that was in the middest 
sodenly appeared nomore, like as y wynges 
then came the two heades, which ruled vpon 
earth, g ouer those that dwelt therin. And * 



behelde, g lo, the heade vpon the right side, 
deuoured it that was vpon the left syde. And 
I herde a voyce, which sayde vnto me : loke 
before the, and considre the thinge that thou 
seist. Then I sawe, and beholde, as it were 
a lyon that roareth, rennynge haistely out of 
y wod, and he sent out a mans voyce vnto 
the Aegle, and sayde: Heare thou, I wyl 
talke with the, and the Hyest shal saye vnto 
the : Is it not thou that hast the victory of the 
foure beastes, whom I made to raigne vpon 
earth and in my worlde, and that y ende of 
their times might come thorow the ? 

And the fourth came, and ouerwanne all 
the beastes that were past, and had power 
ouer the worlde with greate fearfulnes, and 
ouer the whole compasse of the earth with the 
most wicked laboure, and so longe time dwelt 
he vpon the earth with disceate, g the earth 
hast thou iudged not with trueth. For thou 
hast troubled the meke, thou hast hurte the 
peaceable and quyete, thou hast loued lyers, 
and destroyed the dwellynges of them that 
brought forth frute, and hast cast downe the 
walles of soch as dyd the no harme. Therfore 

thy wrongeous dealynge and blasphemy 
come vp vnto the Hyest, and thy pryde vnto 
the Mightie. The Hyest also hath loked vpo 
the proude tymes, and beholde, they are 
ended, and their abhominacions are fulfilled. 
And therfore appeare nomore thou Aegle, 
and thy horrible wynges, and thy wicked 
fethers, and thy vngracious heades, and thy 
synfull clawes, and all thy vayne body : that 
the earth maye be refreshed, and come agayne 
to herself, whan she is deliuered from thy vio- 
lence, and that she maye hope for y iudgment 
and mercy of him that made her. 

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A ND it happened wha y Lyo spake these 
_£\_ wordes vnto y Aegle, *y heade y afore 
had y vpperhade, appeared nomore : nether 
dyd y foure wynges appeare eny more, y came 
to hi, g were sett vp to" raigne, g their kyng- 
dome was small g full of vproure. 

And I sawe, g beholde, they appeared no- 
more, g y whole body of f Aegle was bret, g 
the earth was in greate feare. Then awaked 
I out of the traunce of my mynde, and from 
greate feare, and sayde vnto my sprete : Lo, 
this hast thou geuen me, in y thou searchest 

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out the wayes of the Hyest: lo, yet am I 
weery in my minde, and very weake in my 
sprete, and litle stregth is there in me, for the 
greate feare that I receaued this night. Ther- 
fore wil I now beseke the Hyest, y he wyl 
comforte me vnto the ende, g I sayde : 
LORDE LORDE yf I haue founde grace 
before thy sight, and yf I am iustified with y 
before many other, g yf my prayer be come 
vp before thy face, coforte me then, and shew 
me thy seruaunt the interpretacion g playne 
differece of this horrible sight, that thou 
mayest perfectly coforte my soule : for thou 
hast iudged me worthy, to shew me f last of 
tymes. 

And he sayde vnto me : this is the inter- 
pretacion of this sight, The Aegle whom thou 
sawest come vp from the see, is the kingdome 
which was sene in the vision of thy brother 
''Daniel, but it was no expounded vnto him, 
for now I declare it vnto the. 

Beholde, the dayes come, that there shal 
ryse vp a kyngdome vpo earth, and it shal be 
feared aboue all the kyngdomes y were before 
it. In the same kyngdome shal xij. kynges 
raigne, one after another. For the secode 
shal begynne to raigne, and shal haue more 
tyme the the other, g this do f xij. wynges 
signifie, which thou sawest. As for the voyce 
that spake, and that thou sawest go out from 
the heades but not from y body, it betokeneth, 
that after the tyme of that kyngdome there 
shall aryse greate stryuynges, and it shal 
stonde in parell of fallynge : neuertheles it 
shal not yet fall, bot shal be set in to his 
beginnynge. And y eight vnderwynges which 
thou sawest hage vnto y wynges of hi, betoke, 

in hi there shal aryse eight kynges, whose 
tyme shalbe but small, g their yeares swift, g 
two of them shal beare. But whan the mid- 
dest tyme commeth, there shal be foure kepte 

the tyme, whan his tyme begynneth to 
come that it maye be ended, but two shal be 
kepte vnto y ende. 

And where as thou sawest thre heades 
•estynge, this is the interpretacion : In his last 
shal the Hyest rayse vp thre kyngdomes, and 
call many agayne in to the, g they shal haue 
the dominion of the earth, and of those that 
dwell therin, with moch laboure aboue all those 
y were before the. Therfore are they called y 
heades of the Aegle : for it is they y shal 

" Dan. 7. 



bringe forth his wickednes agayne, g y shal 
perfourme g fynish his last. And where as 
thou sawest, that y greate heade appeared no- 
more, it signifieth, that one of them shal dye 
vpo his bed, g yet with payne, for the two 
that remayne, shalbe slayne with the swerde. 
For the swerde of the one shal deuoure the 
other, but at the last shal he fall thorow the 
swerde himself. 

And where as thou sawest two vnderwinges 
vpon the heade that is on the right syde, it 
signifieth, that it is they, who the Hyest hath 
kepte vnto their ende : this is a small kyng- 
dome, g full of trouble. The Lyon who 
thou sawest rysinge vp out of the wodd and 
roaringe, and speakinge vnto the Aegle, and 
rebukynge him for his vnrighteousnesse, is the 
wynde, which the Hyest hath kepte for them 
and for their wickednesse vnto the ende : he 
shal reproue them, and rente them asunder 
before them. For he shal sett them lyuynge 
before the iudgment, and shal rebuke them : 
for the residue of my people shal he delyuer 
with trouble, those y be preserued ouer myne 
endes : and he shal make them ioyfull vntyll 
the commynge of the daye of iudgment, wherof 
I haue spoken vnto the from the begynnynge. 
This is the dreame that thou sawest, and this 
is the interpretacion. Thou only hast bene 
mete to knowe the secrete of the Hyest. 

Therfore wryte all these thinges y thou 
hast sene in a boke, and hyde them, and teach 
the the wyse in the people, whose hertes thou 
knowest maye comprehede and kepe these 
secretes. But wayte thou here f self yet 
seuen dayes moo, that it maye be shewed 
the, what so euer it pleaseth the Hyest to 
declare vnto the, and with that he wente his 
waye. 

And whan all the people perceaued, y the 
seuen dayes were past, g I not come agayne 
into y cite, they gathered them all together 
from the least vnto the most, g came vnto me, 
and sayde : what haue we offended the ? and 
what, euell haue we done agaynst the, y thou 
forsakest vs, g syttest here in this place ? For 
of all people thou only art left vs, as a grape 
of the vyne, and as a candell in a darcke place, 
and as an hauen g shippe preserued from f 
tepest. Haue we not els aduersite ynough, 
but thou must forsake vs ? Were it not better 
for vs, that we had bene brent with Sion ? 
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and they wepte with loude voyce. Then an- 
swered I the j sayde: Be of good coforte O 
Israel, (t be not heuy thou house of Iacob : for 
f Hyest hath you in remebravice, (j y Mightie 
hath not forgotte you in tetacio. As for me, 
I haue not forsake you, nether am I departed 
from you : but am come in to this place to 
praye, because of f mysery of Israel, that I 
might seke mercy for y lowe estate of youre 
Sactuary. And now go youre waye home euery 
ma, and after these dayes wyl I come vnto you. 
So the people wete their waye in to the cite, 
like as I commaunded them : but I remayned 
still in the felde seuen dayes, as y angell bad 
me, and I ate onely of the floures of the felde, 
and had my meate of the herbes in those 



Cfie rtt}. Chapter. 

A ND it happened after the seue dayes, y 
J^\_ I dreamed a dreame by night. And 
beholde, there arose a wynde from the see, 
that it moued all the floudes therof. And I 
loked, and beholde, the man was stronge and 
increased with the cloudes of heauen: and 
whan he turned his countenaunce to cosider, 
all the thinges trembled that were sene vnder 
him : and whan the voyce wente out of his 
mouth, all they brent that herde him, like as 
the earth whan it feleth the fyre. 

After these I sawe, & beholde, there was 
gathered together a multitude of me out of 
nombre from the foure wyndes of the heaue, 
to fight agaynst y man, that came out from 
f see. And I loked, j beholde, he graued him- 
self a greate moiitayne, and flew vp vpon it. 
But I wolde haue sene the border or place, 
wherout the hill was grauen, & I coude not. 

I sawe after these, y all they which came 
to fight agaynst him, were sore afrayed, and 
yet durst they fight. Neuertheles whan he 
sawe the fearsnesse and violence of the people, 
he nether lift vp his hande ner helde swerde, 
ner eny weapen: but onely (as I sawe) he 
sent out of his mouth as it had bene a blast 
of fyre, and out of his lippes y wynde of the 
flamme: and out of his toge he cast out 
sparkes and stormes, and they were all myxte 
together : the blast of fyre, the wynde of the 
flames, and y greate storme, & fell with a russhe 
vpon y people, which was prepared to fight 
5 bret the vp euerychone : so that of the in- 
numerable multitude there was nothinge sene, 



but onely dust a smoke. Whan I saw this, I 
was afrayed. 

Afterwarde sawe I the same man come 
downe from the mountayne, and callinge vnto 
him another peaceable people : and there 
came moch people vnto him: some were glad 
some were sory, some of them were bounde, 
so that they were caried and brought forth. 

Then was I sick thorow greate feare, and I 
awaked, and sayde : thou hast shewed f ser- 
uaunt all y woders fro y begynnynge, & hast 
counted me worthy, y thou mightest receaue 
my prayer : she we me now yet the interpreta- 
cion of this dreame. For thus I cosidre in 
my vnderstandinge : Wo vnto them that shal 
be left in those dayes, j moch more wo vnto 
the that are not left behynde : for they that 
were not left, were in heuynes. 

Now vnderstonde I y thinges that are layed 
vp in the latter dayes, which shal happen vnto 
them, and to those that are not left behynde. 
Therfore are they come in to greate parells, 
and many necessities, like as these dreames 
declare. Yet is it easier, y he which suffreth 
hurte, come in these, then to passe awaye as 
a cloude out of the worlde, and now to se y 
thinges y shal happen in y last. 

Then answered he me, and sayde : The in- 
terpretation of the sight shall I shewe the, 
and I will open vnto the, the thinge y thou 
hast requyred. For thou hast spoken of them 
that are left behynde, and this is the inter- 
pretation. He that taketh awaye the parell 
in that tyme, hath kepte himself. They that 
be fallen in to harme, are soch as haue workes 
(j faith vnto the Most mightie. Knowe this 
therfore, that they which be left behynde, are 
more blessed, then they that be deed. This 
is the meanynge of the vision. Where as thou 
sawest a man commynge vp from the depe of 
the see, y same is he whom God the Hyest 
hath kepte a greate season, which by his owne 
self shall delyuer his creature, j he shal ordre 
the that are left behynde. And where as thou 
sawest, y out of his mouth there came a blast 
of wynde, fyre and storme, g how y he lift vp 
nether swerde ner weapen, but y the ruszsh- 
inge in of him destroyed the whole multitude, 
y came to fight agaynst him: it signifieth, 
that the dayes come, whan God wyll delyuer 
the y are vpon earth, & in a traunce of mynde 
shall he come vpon the, y dwell in the earth. 
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another, one cite agaynst another, one place 
agaynst another, one people agaynst another, 
(E one realme agaynst another. Whan this 
commeth to passe, then shal the tokens come, 
that I shewed the before : and the shal my 
sonne be declared, who thou sawest clymme 
vp as a ma. And whan all y people heare his 
voyce, euery man shal in their owne lode leaue 
the battayll, y they haue one agaynst another, 
and an innumerable multitude shall be gathered 
together, as they that be willinge to come and 
to ouercome him by fightinge. But he shal 
stode vpon the toppe of the mount Sion. 
Neuertheles Sion shall come, u shall be 
shewed, beynge prepared & buylded for all 
men, like as thou sawest the hill grauen forth 
without eny hades. But my sonne shal rebuke 
the people y are come for their wickednes, 
with the tempest, and for their euell ymagi- 
nacions: and their paynes wherwith they shal 
be punyshed, are lickened vnto the fiamme: 
and without eny laboure shal he destroye 
them, euen by the lawe, which is copared vnto 
the fyre. 

And where as thou sawest, that he gathered 
another peaceable people vnto hi : those are 
the ten trybes, which were caried awaye pre- 
soners out of their owne londe, in the tyme 
of Oseas the kynge, whom * Salmanasar the 
kinge of Assiria toke presoner, and caried 
them ouer f water, and so came they in to 
another londe. 

But they gaue them this councell, y they 
shulde leaue the multitude of the Heithe, and 
to go forth in to a farther countre, where neuer 
mankynde dwelt : that they might there kepe 
their statutes, which they neuer kepte in their 
owne lande. And so they entred in at the 
narow passages of the water of Euphrates, 
and c God shewed tokens for the, and helde 
styll the floude tyll they were passed ouer: 
for thorow that countre there was a greate 
waye, namely of a yeare and an half iour- 
ney, for the same region is called Asareth. 
Then dwelt they there vnto the latter tyme : 
and when they come forth agayne, y Hyest 
shall holde styll the sprynges of the streame 
agayne, that they maye go thorow, therfore 
sawest thou the multitude with peace. And 
they that be left behynde of thy people, are 
those that be founde within my border. Now 
whan he destroyeth the multitude that is 

Mat. 24. a. » 4 Re. 17. a. c Exo.14. c. Iosu.3. d. 



gathered together, he shal defede his people 
that remayne, and then shal he shew them 
greate wonders. 

Then sayde I: O LORDE LORDE, 
shew me this : wherfore haue I sene the man 
commynge vp from the depe of the see ? 

And he sayde vnto me : Like as thou cast 
nether seke out ner knowe these thinges that 
are in the depe of the see, euen so maiest 
thou not se my sonne, or those that be with 
him, but in the tyme of the daye. This is 
the interpretacion of the dreame which thou 
sawest, therfore thou onelyart here lightened: 
for thou hast forsaken thine owne lawe, and 
applied thy diligence vnto myne, and sought 
it. d Thy life hast thou ordred in wyszdome, 
and hast called vnderstondinge thy mother, 
and therfore haue I shewed the f treasure of 
the Hyest. After thre dayes I wil shew the 
more, and talke with the at more large, yee 
heuy and wonderous thinges wyl I declare 
vnto the. 

Then wente I forth in to f felde, geuynge 
prayse and thankes greatly -vnto God, because 
of his wonders which he dyd in tyme, and 
because he gouerneth the same, and soch as 
is in tyme, and there I satt thre dayes. 

Ci)« rufj. Chapter. 

VPON the thirde daye I satt vnder an 
oke tre, then came there a voyce vnto 
me out of the bush, (t, sayde : Eszdras, Esz- 
dras. And I sayde: here I am LORDE, 
and stode vp vpon my fete. The spake he 
vnto me: e In the bush dyd I appeare vnto 
Moses, a talked with him, wha my people 
serued in Egipte, and I sent him, and led my 
people out of Egipte, j brought him vpo f 
mount Sion, where I helde him by me a longe 
season, and tolde him my wonderous workes, 
and shewed him y secretes of the tymes, and 
the ende, and commaunded him, sayege : 
These wordes shalt thou declare, $ not hyde 
the. And now I saye vnto the, that thou laye 
vp in thine hert the dreames that thou hast 
sene, and the interpretacions which I haue 
shewed the : for thou shalt be receaued of all, 
thou shal be turned and remayne with my 
councell, and with soch as be like the, vntyll y 
tymes be ended. For the worlde hath lost his 
youth, and the tymes begynne to waxe olde. 
For the tyme is deuyded in to twolue partes, 

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and ten partes of it are gone all ready, and 
half of the tenth parte : yet remayneth there 
that, which is after f half of y tenth parte. 

Therfore prepare and ordre thy house, and 
refourme thy people : comforte soch of them 
as be in trouble : and tell now of the destruc- 
cion : let go from the mortall thoughtes : 
cast awaye the burthens of man : put of the 
weake nature : laye vp in some place y 
thoughtes that are most heuy vnto the, and 
haist the to flyt from these tymes : for soch euell 
(j wickednesse as thou hast now sene happe, 
shal they do yet moch worse. For the weaker 
that the worlde and the tyme is, the more shal 
" synne and wickednesse increase, in them that 
dwell vpo earth. For the trueth is fled farre 
awaye, (i lesynge is hard at hande. For now 
haisteth the vision to come, that thou hast sene. 

Then answered I and sayde : Beholde 
LORDE, I wyl go as thou hast commaunded 
me, and refourme the people which are pre- 
sent. But they y shal be borne afterwarde, 
who wyl exhorte or rebuke the? Thus the 
worlde is set in darcknes, and they y dwel 
therin, are without light: for thy lawe is 
kyndled, because no man knoweth the thinges 
that are done of the, or that shalbe done. Yf 
I haue foiide grace before the, sende the holy 
goost in to me, and I shall wryte all that hath 
bene done in the worlde sens the begynnynge, 
which was wrytten in thy lawe, that men maye 
fynde the path, and that they which wyl lyue 
in the latter dayes, may lyue. 

And he answered me, sayege : Go y waye, 
gather thy people together, (j saye vnto the, 
that they seke the not for xl. dayes, but loke 
thou gather the many boxe trees, and take 
with the Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Echanus 
and Asial, these fyue, which are ready to 
wryte swiftly, and come hither, and I shal 
light a cadle of vnderstodinge in thine hert, 
which shal not be put out, tyll the thinges 
be perfourmed which thou shalt begynne to 
wryte. And then shalt thou declare some 
thinges openly vnto the perfecte, and some 
thinges shalt thou shew secretly vnto y wyse. 
Tomorow this houre shalt thou begynne to 
wryte. 

Then wete I forth (as he commauded me) 
and gathered all y people together, and sayde : 
Heare these wordes o Israel : Oure fathers 
from the begynnynge were straungers in Egipte, 

" Mat. 24. a. 1 Job.. 2. c. b Deut. 4. 5. 



from whece they were delyuered, and receaued 
the lawe of life, b which they kepte not, which 
ye also haue trasgressed after the. Then was 
this londe and the londe of Sion parted amoge 
you by the lot to possesse. But youre fathers 
and ye youre selues also haue done vnright- 
eousnes, (j haue not kepte the wayes which the 
Hyest comaunded you. And for so moch as 
he is a righteous iudge, he toke from you in 
tyme the thinge that he had geuen you. And 
now are ye here and youre brethren amoge 
you. Therfore yf so be that ye wil subdue 
youre owne vnderstandinge, and refourme 
youre hert, ye shal be kepte aliue, j after 
death shal ye opteyne mercy. For after 
death shall the iudgment come, whan we shal 
lyue agayne : and then shal the names of the 
righteous be manifest, and y names of the 
vngodly with their workes shalbe declared. 
Let no ma therfore come now vnto me, ner 
axe eny question at me these xl. dayes. 

So I toke the fyue men (as he commaunded 
me) and we wente in to the felde, and re- 
mayned there. The next daye a voyce called 
me sayege : c Eszdras, Open thy mouth, (j 
drynke that I geue the. The opened I my 
mouth, & beholde, he reached me a full 
cuppe, which was full of water, but the colour 
of it was like fyre. And I toke it and dranke. 
And wha I had dronken it, my hert had vn- 
derstondinge, and wyszdome grew in my brest : 
for my sprete was kepte in remembraunce, 
and my mouth was opened and shut no more. 
The Hyest gaue vnderstondinge vnto the fyue 
men, y they wrote y hye thlges of the night, 
which they vnderstode not. But in the night 
they ate bred : as for me, I spake in the daye, 
and helde not my tonge by night. In xl. 
dayes, they wrote two hundreth j foure bokes. 

And it happened wha the xl. dayes were 
fulfilled, that the Hyest spake, sayenge : The 
first that thou hast wrytte, speake openly, y 
the worthy and vnworthy maye rede it. But 
kepe f lxx. last, y thou mayest shew it onely 
to soch as be wyse amonge thy people. For 
in them is the sprynge of vnderstodinge, the 
fountayne of wyszdome, and the streame of 
knowlege. And I dyd so. 

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my people the wordes of prophecie 

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which I wyll put in f mouth, saieth the 
LORDE : and cause them to be wrytten in 
a letter, for it is the trueth. Feare not the 
ymaginaci5s against f, let not y vnfaithful- 
nes of them trouble the, that speake agaynst 
the. For all the vnfaithfull shal dye in their 
vnfaithfulnes. Beholde saieth the LORDE, 
I wil brynge plages vpon the worlde : f swerde, 
honger, death and destruccion, for wickednes 
hath the vpper hande in all f earth, and their 
shamefull workes are fulfilled. 

Therfore saieth the LORDE : I wil holde 
my tonge nomore vnto their wickednesse, which 
they do so vngodly : nether wil I suflfre them 
in the thinges, that they deale with all so 
wickedly. " Beholde, the innocent bloude of 
the troubled crieth vnto me, and the soules of 
the righteous complayne cotynually : and 
therfore (saieth the LORDE) I wil surely 
auege, and receaue vnto me all the innocet 
bloude from amonge them. 

* Beholde, my people, is led as a flock of 
shepe to be slayne, I wil not suffre them now 
to dwel in Egipte, but wyl brynge them out 
with a mightie hande and a stretched out 
arme, and smyte it with plages as afore, and 
wyl destroye all the londe off it. Egipte shal 
mourne, and the foundacions of it shalbe 
smytten with the plage and punyshment, y 
God shal brynge vpon it. 

They that tyll f groiide, shal mourne, for 
their sedes shal be destroyed thorow the blast- 
inge and hale, and an horrible starre. Wo 
worth y worlde and them that dwell therin, 
for f swerde & their destruccio draweth nye : 
j one people shal stode vp to fight against 
another, & swerdes in their hades. For me 
shalbe vnstedfast, and some shal do violence 
vnto other : they shal not regarde their kynge 
and prynces, the wayes of their doinges and 
hadelinges in their power. A man shal de- 
syre to go in to the cite, j shal not be able. 
For because of their pryde y cities shalbe 
brought in feare, f houses shal shake, and 
men shalbe afrayed. A man shal haue no 
pitie vpon his neghboure, but one shal pro- 
uoke another vnto battayll, to spoyle their 
goodes because of the honger of bred, and 
because of the greate trouble. 

Beholde, I gather j call together all the 
kynges of f earth which are from the vprys- 
inge, from the south, from the east and Liba- 

" -Apo. 6. b. and 19. a. 



nus to turne vnto them, and restore the thinges 
that they haue geue them. Like as they do 
yet this daye vnto my chosen, so wil I do 
also, and recopense the in their bosome. Thus 
sayeth y LORDE God : My right hande shal 
not spare y synners, and my swerde shal not 
ceasse ouer them, that shed the innocet bloude 
vpon earth. The feare is gone out fro his 
wrath, and hath cosumed the foundacions of 
the earth, and the synners like the strawe that 
is kindled. Wo worth them that synne, and 
kepe not my commaundementes, saieth the 
LORDE. I wil not spare them. Go youre 
waye ye children from violence, defyle not 
my Sanctuary : for the LORDE knoweth all 
the that synne agaynst him, and therfore 
delyuereth he them vnto death and destruc- 
cio : For now are the plages come vpon the 
worlde, (j ye shal remayne in the. For God 
shal not delyuer you, because ye haue synned 
agaynst him. 

Beholde, an horrible vision commeth fro 
the east, where generacions of Dragons shal 
come out, and the people of the Arabes with 
many charettes, and the multitude of them 
shalbe as the wynde vpo earth, that all they 
which heare them ragynge in their wrath, 
maye feare and be afrayed : and as the wylde 
bores out of y wod, so shal they go out, and 
with greate power shal they come, and stonde 
fightinge with the, and shal waist the porcion 
of the londe of the Assirians. 

And then shal the Dragons haue the vpper 
hande, not remembringe their byrth, and shal 
turne aboute swearinge together in greate 
power, to persecute them. But these shalbe 
afrayed, and kepe sylence at their power, and 
shal fie : and one out of the londe of the 
Assirians shal besege the, and consume one 
of the, and in their hoost shal be feare and 
drede, and strife amonge their kynges. 

Beholde cloudes from the east, and from 
the north vnto the south, and they are very 
horrible to loke vpon, full of wrath and storme. 
They shal smyte one vpon another, and they 
shal smyte at y greate starre vpon earth and 
their starre, and the bloude shalbe from the 
swerde vnto the bely, and the smoke of ma 
vnto f Camels lytter : And there shalbe greate 
fearfulnes and tremblinge vpo earth, and they 
that se the wrath, shal be afrayed, and a trem- 
blinge shal come vpon them. 

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And then shal there come greate raynes 
from f south and from the north, and parte 
from the west, and from the stormy wynde 
from the east, and shal shutt them vp agayne, 
5 the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath, 
and the starre to cause feare towarde y east 
and west wynde, shalbe destroyed, cj the 
greate cloudes shalbe lift vp, and f mightie 
cloudes full of wrath, and the starre, that they 
maye make all the earth afrayed and the y 
dwell therin, and that they maye poure out 
ouer all places an horrible starre, fyre and 
hale and flyenge swerdes, and many waters : 
y- all feldes maye be full, and all ryuers, (j 
they shal breake downe the cities & walles, 
mountaynes cE hylles, all trees, wod, and the 
grasse of the medowes, and all their frute. 
And they shal go stedfast vnto Babilon, and 
make her afrayed, they shal come to her and 
besege her : the starre and all wrath shal they 
poure out vpon her. 

Then shal the dust and smoke go vp vnto 
the heauen, and all they that be aboute her, 
shal bewayle her : and they that remayne vn- 
der her, shal do seruyce vnto them that haue 
put her in feare. And thou Asia y cofortest 
thyself also vp5 the hope of Babilon, and art 
a worshipe of hir personne : Wo be vnto the 
thou wretch, because thou hast made thyself 
like vnto her, cj hast decte y daughters I 
whordome, that they might tryumphe and 
please thy louers, which haue allwaye desyred 
to comytte whordome with the: thou hast 
Mowed the abhominable cite in all hir workes 
and invencions. 

Therfore sayeth God : I wyl sende plages 
vpon the, wyddowhode, pouer,te, hoger, warres, 
and pestilence, to waist thy houses with 
destruccion and death, and the glory of thy 
power shal be dryed vp as a floure, whan f 
heate aryseth y is sent ouer the. Thou shaft 
be sick as a poore wife that is plaged ij beate 
of wemen : so y the mightie and louers shal 
not be able to receaue the. Wolde I so hate 
the saieth the LORDE? Yf thou haddest 
not allwaye slayne my chosen, exaltinge the 
stroke of thy handes, and sayde ouer their 
death, whan thou wast dronke : set forth the 
bewtye of thy countenaunce. 

The rewarde of thy whordome shalbe re- 
compensed the in thy bosome, therfore shalt 
thou receaue * rewarde. 

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Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen 
(sayeth the LORDE) euen so shal God do 
vnto the, and shal delyuer the in to the plage. 
Thy childre shal dye of honger, g thou shalt 
fall thorow f swerde. Thy cities shalbe broken 
downe, j all thine shal perish with the swerde 
in f felde. They y be in y moutaynes shal 
dye of honger, & eate their owne flesh, g 
drinke their owne bloude for very hoger of bred 
and thyrst of water. Thou vnhappie shalt 
come thorow the see, j receaue plages agayne. 

In the passage they shal caste downe the 
slayne cite, & shal rote out one parte of y 
londe, (j cosume the porcion of thy glory. 
They shal treade the downe like stuble, (t 
they shalbe thy fyre and shal consume the : 
thy cities and thy londe, thy wod and thy 
frutefull trees shal they burne vp with the 
fyre. Thy children shal they cary awaye 
captyue, and loke what thou hast, they shal 
spoyle it, and marre the bewtie of thy face. 

€h« rbt. Chapter. 

WO vnto the Babilon & Asia, wo vnto f 
Egipte & Syria : gyrde youre selues 
with clothes of sack & hayre, and mourne for 
youre childre, be sory, for youre destruccion 
is at honde. A swerde is sent vpon you, 5 
who wil turne it back? A fyre is kyndled 
amoge you, u who wil quench it ? Plages are 
sent vnto you, (j what is he that wyl dryue 
them awaye ? Maye eny man dryue awaye 
an hogrie lyon in the wod? Or maye eny 
ma quench the fyre in the stubble, whan it 
hath begonne to burne ? Maye one turne 
agayne the arowe, y is shot of a stronge 
archer? The mightie LORDE sendeth the 
plages, d what is he that wil dryue them 
awaye ? The fyre is kyndled & gone forth in 
his wrath, and what is he that will quench it ? 
He shall cast lightenynges, and who shal not 
feare ? He shal thonder, and who shall not be 
afrayed? The LORDE shal threaten, and 
who shal not vtterly be beaten to poulder at 
his presence? The earth quaketh, u the 
foundacions therof: y see aryseth up with 
wawes from the depe, and the floudes of it 
are vnquyete, g the fishes therof also before 
the LORDE, & before the glory of his power. 
For stronge is his right hande that holdeth 
the bowe, his arowes that he shuteth, are 
sharpe, j shall not mysse, whan they begynne 
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Beholde, f plages are sent, g shal not turne 
agayne, tyll they come vpon earth. The fyre 
is kyndled, g shall not be put out, tyll it con- 
sume the foundacions of the earth. Like as 
an arowe which is shot of a mightie archer, 
returneth not bacwarde, euen so y plages y 
shal be sent vpon earth, shal not turne agayne. 
Wo is me, wo is me, who wyl delyuer me in 
those dayes ? The begynnynge of sorowes g 
greate mourninge : the begynnynge of derth 
g greate death: the begynnynge of warres, 
g the powers shal stonde in feare : the begyn- 
nynge of euels, u they shal tremble euery one. 
What shal I do in these thinges, whan the 
plages come ? Beholde, hoger and plage, 
trouble g anguysh are sent, as scourges for 
amendement. But for all these thinges they 
shal not turne fro their wickednesses, ner be 
allwaye myndefull of y scourges. 

Beholde, vitayles shalbe so good cheape 
vpon earth, y they shal thinke them selues to 
be in good case : and euen then shal myschefe 
growe vpo earth, warres, derth g greate dis- 
quietnes. For many of them that dwell vpo 
earth shall perish of hoger, g the other that 
escape the honger, shal the swerde destroye : 
g the deed shalbe cast out as donge, g there 
shalbe no man to coforte them. For y earth 
shalbe waisted, g the cities shalbe cast downe : 
there shalbe no man left to tyll y earth g to 
sowe it. The trees shal geue frute, g who 
shal plucke the of 5 gather them? The 
grapes shal be ripe, g who shal treade the? 
For all places shalbe desolate of me, so that 
one man shal desyre to se another, or to heare 
his voyce. For of one whole cite there shalbe 
ten left, g two in the felde, which shall hyde 
the selues in the thicke buszshes, g in the clyffes 
of stones : like as whan there remayne thre or 
foure olyues vpon the olyue tre, or as whan a 
vynyarde is gathered, there are left some 
grapes, of them that diligetly sought thorow 
the vynyarde. 

Euen so in those dayes there shalbe thre or 
foure left, for the y search their houses with 
the swerde. And the earth shalbe left waiste, 
g the feldes therof shall waxe olde : and hir 
wayes and all hir pathes shal growe full of 
thornes, because no man shal trauayle there 
thorow. The daughters shal mourne, hauinge 
no brydegromes: the wemen shal make la- 
mentacion, hauynge no huszbandes, their 



daughters shal mourne, hauinge no helpe of 
their brydegrome. In the warres shall they 
be destroyed, g their huszbandes shal perish 
of honger. O ye seruauntes of the LORDE, 
heare these thinges, g marck the. Beholde, 
the worde of the LORDE, O receaue it: 
beholde, the plages drawe nye, g are not slack 
in tarienge. Like as a trauaylinge woman, 
which after y ix. moneth brlgeth forth a sonne, 
whan the houre of the byrth is come, an houre 
two or thre afore that the paynes come vpo 
hir body, g whan the childe cometh to the 
byrth, they tary not the twincklynge of an 
eye : Eue so shall not y plages be slack to 
come vpon earth, g the worlde shal mourne, 
g sorowes shal come vpo it on euevy syde. 

O my people, heare my worde, make you 
redy to the battayll : g in all euell be euen as 
pylgrems vpon earth. He y selleth, let him 
be as he that flyeth his waye : (t he y byeth, 
as one that wil lese." Who so occupieth mar- 
chaudies, as he that wynneth not : g he that 
buyldeth, as he that shall not dwell therin: 
he that soweth, as one y shal not reape : he 
that twysteth the vynyarde, as he that shal 
not gather the grapes: they that mary, as 
they that shall get no children : and they y 
mary not, as the wyddowes: i g therfore they 
y laboure, laboure in vayne. For straungers 
shall reape their frutes, g spoyle their goodes, 
ouer throwe their houses, g take their childre 
captyue, for in captiuyte g honger shal they 
get children. And they that occupie their 
marchaundies with robbery, how longe decke 
they their cities, their houses, their posses- 
sions g personnes? the more wil I punysh 
them for their synnes, sayeth the LORDE. 
Like as an whore enuyeth an honest woman, 
so shall righteousnes hate iniquyte, whan she 
decketh hir self, and shall accuse her to hir 
face, whan he cometh that defendeth, which 
shal make inquysicio for all synne vpo earth. 
And therfore be not ye like there vnto, ner to 
the workes therof: for or euer it be longe, in- 
iquite shalbe taken awaye out of the earth, 
and righteousnes shal raigne amonge you. 

Let not the synner saye, that he hath not 
synned : for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his 
heade, which saieth before the LORDE God 
g his glory: I haue not synned. Beholde, 
the LORDE knoweth all y workes of men, 
their ymaginacions, their thoughtes g their 



C&ap, vbu 



€f)t iiij. bote of Cs^orasu 



So* vliij. 



hertes. For he spake but the worde : " let the 
earth be made, 5 it was made : let the heaue 
be made, and it was made. In his worde 
were y starres made, 5 he knoweth the nombre 
of them. He searcheth the grounde of the 
depe, a the treasures therof: he hath mea- 
sured the see, and what it conteyneth. He 
hath shut the see in the myddest of the waters, 
and with his worde hath he hanged the earth 
vpon the waters. He spredeth out the heauen 
like a vowte, vpon the waters hath he founded 
it. In the deserte and drye wyldernes hath 
he made sprynges of water, and poles vpo the 
toppe of the mountaynes, y the floudes might 
poure downe from y stony rockes to water the 
earth. He made man, and put his hert in the 
myddest of f body, and gaue him breth, life 
and vnderstandinge, yee and the sprete of f 
Allmightie God, which made all thinges, and 
hath searched the groude of all the secretes 
of the earth. 

He knoweth youre ymaginacions u inue- 
cions, and what ye thynke whan ye synne, 5 
wolde hyde youre synnes. Therfore hath y 
LORDE searched and sought out all youre 
workes, and he shal bewraye you all. And 
whan youre synnes are brought forth, ye shalbe 
ashamed before men, and youre owne synnes 
shalbe youre accusers in that daye. What wil 
ye do? Or how will ye hyde youre synnes 
before God and his angels ? Beholde, God 
himself is the iudge, feare him, leaue of from 

" Gene. 1. a. 



youre synnes, and forget youre vnrighteous- 
nesses, and medle nomore with them : so shal 
God lede you forth, and delyuer you from all 
trouble. For beholde, the heate of a greate 
multitude is kyndled ouer you, and they shal 
take awaye certayne of you, and fede the 
ydle with Idols: and they that cosent vnto 
them, shal be had in derision, laughed to 
scorne, (t trodden vnder fote. 

For vnto the places there shalbe a place, 
and in the next cities a greate insurreccion 
vpon those that feare y LORDE. They shal 
be like mad men, they shall spare no man : 
they shall spoyle and waist soch as feare the 
LORDE, their goodes shall they take from 
them, and shute them out of their houses. 
Then shall it be knowne who are my chosen, 
5 they shalbe tryed as the golde in the fyre. 
Heare O ye my beloued, saieth the LORDE : 
beholde, the dayes of trouble are at honde, 
but I wil delyuer you from the same. Be 
not ye afraied, dispayre not, for God is youre 
captayne. 

Who so kepeth my comaundementes and 
preceptes (sayeth the LORDE God) let not 
youre synnes weye you downe, 5 let not youre 
vnrighteousnesses be lift vp. Wo be vnto 
the that are subdued vnto their synnes, and 
tangled in their wickednesses : like as a felde 
is hedged in with buszshes, and the path 
therof couered with thornes, y no man maye 
trauayle thorow : and so is he taken, and cast 
in the fyre, and brent. 



Wbt tvtot of tbt fourti) bote of e^orae;* 



®f>* iyokc uf Z*Mn&. 



Wfont tin's tofee tontzynttf). 



Chap. I. 
Of the kynred, life and godly conuersacion of 
Tobias. 

Chap. II. 
The louynge compassion that Tobias sheweth in 
buryege the deed, for the which cause he is 
hated and persecuted. God nurtoureth him 
with blyndnes. His wyfe casteth him in the 
teth. 

Chap. III. 
Tobias prayeth hertely vnto God, for the trouble 
and captiuyte of him self and the people. Of 
Sara the daughter of Raguel. 

Chap. IIII. 
Tobias teacheth his sonne in the feare of God. 

Chap. V. 

The sonne obeyeth the father, and goeth his 
earade. God prouydeth mercifully for him, 
and sendeth his angell to be his gyde. 

Chap. VI. 
In their iourney they take a fish, wherof the an- 
gell commaundeth him to kepe the hert, the 
gall and the leuer, and telleth him wherto it 
is good. 

Chap. VII. 

They come to Raguel, which receaueth them lou- 
yngly, and marieth his daughter Sara vnto 
Tobias. 



Chap. VIII. 

Tobias goinge to bed with his wife, ordreth him 

self as the angell bad him, and so both he and 

his wyfe are preserued from euell. 

Chap. IX. 

Tobias sendeth the angell vnto Gabelus for the 
money. 

Chap. X. 

Tobias father and mother loge sore for his com- 
mynge : And Raguel seynge that he can kepe 
him no longer, sendeth him awaie with his 
wife. 

Chap. XI. 
They returne home, and are welcommed ioyfully. 
Olde Tobias hath his sight agayne. They 
reioyse altogether, and geue thakes vnto God. 

Chap. XII. 
The father and the sonne wolde fayne rewarde 
the angell. He wil haue nothinge : but 
sheweth them what he is. 

Chap. XIII. 

Tobias the elder prayseth God, (j exorteth other 
me, to be thankfull vnto him. 

Chap. XIIII. 

Tobias beynge now olde, prophecieth the destruc- 
cio of Niniue, and the prosperous health of 
Israel. The sonne forsaketh the sinfull cite, 
as his father bad him, g goeth to his father in 
lawe. 



Che first Chapter. 

TOBIAS was of the trybe and cite of 
Nephtali, which lyeth in the hye coun- 
trees of Galile aboue Naason the waye to- 
warde the west, hauynge the cite of Sephet 
vpon the left syde. 

Though he was taken presonner in the 



dayes of " Salmanasar kynge of the Assirians, 
neuertheles beynge in captiuyte, he forsoke 
not f waye of trueth : In so moch that what 
so euer he might gett, he parted it dailie with 
his felowpresoners g brethren, that were of 
his kynred. And though he were yonger the 



Cfcap* ij. 



Cfa tiofee of Cofctaes* 



Jfio* tfi)« 



33 



C 



all in the trybe of Nephtali, yet dyd not he 
behaue himself childeshly in his workes. And 
whan all the other wente to the golde calues, 
which Teroboam the kynge of Israel had made, 
he himself alone fled all their companies, and 
gat him to Ierusalem vnto the temple of the 
LORDE, and there worshipped f LORDE 
God of Israel, * faithfully offeringe all his first 
frutes and tithes, so that in the thirde yeare 
he ministred all the tithes vnto the straungers 
and conuertes. These and soch like thinges 
dyd he acordinge to the lawe of God, whan 
he was yet but yonge. 

But whan he was a man, he toke out of his 
owne trybe c a wyfe called Anna, and of her he 
begat a sonne, whom he called after his owne 
name, and taught him from his youth vp, to 
feare God, and to refraine from all synne. 

Now whan he with his wife, his sonne and 
with all his kynred was come in captiuite vnto 
Niniue, what tyme as they all ate of the 
meates of the Heithe, he ''kepte his soule, and 
was neuer defyled in their meates. And for 
so moch as he was myndefull of the LORDE 
in all his hert, God gaue him fauoure* in the 
presence of Salmanasar the kynge, which gaue 
him power to go where he wolde, and so had 
he liberte to do what him list. 

So wente Tobias vnto all them that were 
in preson/and comforted them, and gaue them 
wholsome exortacions. And whan he came 
to Rages a cite of the Medes, hauynge * ten 
taletes of syluer (of y thinges wherwith the 
kynge had honoured him) and sawe amonge 
a greate company of people of his kinred, 
one Gabelus (which was of his owne trybe) 
beynge in necessite, he gaue him the sayde 
weight of syluer vnder an handwritinge. 

After a longe season whan Salmanasar the 
kynge was deed, and Sennacherib his sonne 
reigned in his steade, which hated the children 
of Israel, Tobias wente daylie thorow out all 
his kynred, and comforted them, and gaue of 
his goodes to euery one of the, as moch as he 
might : he fed the hongrie, clothed the naked, 
and buried the deed and slaine, and that dili- 
gently. 

And whan Sennacherib the kynge came 
agayne and fled out of Iewry/ (what tyme as 
God punyshed him for his blasphemy) 5 in 



3 Re. 12. d. * Exo. 22. d. and 23. c. Deut. 12. a. 

18. a. 26. a. ' Nu. 36. c. d Gen. 43. f. Iudit. 12. a. 
Iere. 40. a. / Matt. 25. c. 



his wrath slew many of the children of Israel, 
Tobias buried their bodies/' But whan it was 
tolde the kynge, he commaunded to slaye him, 
and toke awaye all his goodes. Neuertheles 
Tobias with his sonne g with his wife fled his 
waye, and was hyd naked, for there were 
many that loued him. But after xlv. dayes 
the kynge was slayne of his owne sonnes. 
Then came Tobias againe to his house, and 
all his goodes were restored vnto him. 

Cftc ij. CftapUr. 

AFTER these thinges vpon a solempne 
daye of the LORDE Tobias made a 
good feast in his house, g sayde vnto his sonne : 
Go y waye % brynge hither some of oure trybe, 
soch as feare God, that they maye make mery 
with vs. And wha he was gone, he came 
agayne, and tolde his father, that one of the 
children of Israel laye slayne vpon the strete. 
And immediatly he leape from his table, left 
the feast, came fastinge to the deed coarse, 
toke him & bare him preuely in to his house, 
y whan the Sonne was downe, he might 
safely burye him. And wha he had hyd the 
coarse, he ate his meate with mournynge and 
feare, remembrynge y wordes, that the LORDE 
sayeth by the prophet Amos : 'youre hye 
feastes shalbe turned to sorowe and heuynes. 
But whan y Sonne was downe, he wente 
his waye g buried him. Then all his negh- 
bours reproued him, sayenge : It is not loge, 
sens it was commaunded to slaye the* because 
of this matter, and hast scarce escaped the 
of death, and buriest thou the deed 



againe ? Neuertheles Tobias fearinge God 
more then the kynge, toke the bodies of the 
slayne, hyd them in his house, g buried them 
at mydnight. 

It happened vpo a daye, that he had buried 
y deed, g was weery, came home, g layed 
aim downe by the wall g slepte. And whyle 
he was a slepe, there fell downe vpo his eyes 
warme donge out of the swalowes nest, so 
y he was blynde. 'This tentacion dyd God 
suflre to happen vnto him, that they which 
came after, might haue an example of his 
paciece, like as of holy lob. For in so moch 
as he euer feared God from his youth vp, g 
kepte his commaundementes, he was not heuy 



* Some reade : ten taletes of golde. e 4 Re. 19. g. 

h 4 Esd. 2. c. ' Amos 8. b. 1 Mac. 1. b. * Tobi. 1. d. 
' Deu. 8. a. and 13. a. lob. 9. a. and 1 1. a. 



tfo* V&i. 



Wt)t frofce of Cofciass* 



Cfcap* it). 



against God, that the plage of blyndnes 
chaused vnto him, but remayned stedfast in 
the feare of God, and thanked God all the 
dayes of his life. 

For like as blessed lob was had in derision 
of kynges, euen so was he laughed to scorne 
of his elders tg kynsfolkes, which sayde vnto 
him: "where is thy hope, for y which thou hast 
done allmes and buried the deed? But 
Tobias rebuked the, & spake: Saye not so, for 
we are the children of holy men,* j loke for 
the life, which God shal geue vnto them, that 
neuer turne their beleue from him. Anna 
his wife wente daylie to the weeuynge worke, 
(S loke what lyuinge she coude get c with the 
laboure of hir handes, she brought it. And it 
happened y she toke a kyd and brought it 
home. 

And whan hir huszband herd it crie, he 
sayde : loke y it be not stollen/ restore it 
agayne to the owners : for it is not laufull for 
to eate or to touch eny thinge of theft. 
Then was his wife angrie, and sayde : e Now is 
thy hope become vayne openly, & thy allmes 
dedes are manifest. With these (j soch like 
wordes dyd she cast him in the tethe. 

€f)e it). CfiapUr. 

THEN Tobias toke it heuely, 5 with 
teares beganne to make his prayer, 
ege : O LORDE, thou art righteous, <j 
thy iudgmetes are true, yee all y wayes are 
mercy, faithfulnes g iudgmet/ And now O 
LORDE be myndefull of me, & take no ven- 
geaunce of my synnes, nether remembre my 
myszdedes ner y myszdedes of my elders. 
For we haue not bene obediet vnto y comaun- 
demetes, therfore are we spoyled, brought 
in to captiuyte, in to death, in to derision cj 
shame vnto all nacions, amoge who thou hast 
scatred vs. And now O LORDE, f iudg- 
mentes are greate, for we haue not done acor- 
dige to f comaundemetes, nether haue we 
walked innocetly before y. And now O 
LORDE, deale with me acordinge to thy 
wil, & comaunde my sprete to be receaued in 
peace, for more expediet were it for me to 
dye, the to lyue. 

At the same tyme it happened, that Sara 
the daughter of Raguel at Rages a cite of y 
Medes was slaundred of one of hir fathers 
handmaydes, namely, that she shulde haue 

" lob 4. a. » Tobi. 8. a. c Epbe. 4. c. * Deu. 22. 



had seuen huszbandes, which as soone as they 
were gone in vnto hir, were slayne of the 
deuell called Asmodeus. Therfore whan she 
reproued the mayden for hir faute, she an- 
swerde her, sayenge : God let vs neuer se 
sonne ner daughter of the more vpon earth, 
thou kyller of thy huszbandes. Wilt thou slay 
me also, as thou hast slayne seuen men ? At 
this voyce wete Sara in to an hye chamber of 
hir house, and thre dayes and thre nightes she 
nether ate ner drake, but cotynued in prayer, 
and besought God with teares, that he wolde 
delyuer her from this rebuke. 

Vpon the thirde daye it chaunced, that 
whan she had made an ende of hir prayer, 
she praysed the LORDE, sayenge : Blessed 
be thy name O God of oure fathers, which 
whan thou art wroth, shewest mercy, and in 
the tyme of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes 
of them, that call vpon the. Vnto the O 
LORDE turne I my face, vnto the lift I vp 
myne eyes. I beseke y O LORDE, lowse 
me out of the bondes of this rebuke, or els 
take me vtterly awaye fro of y earth. Thou 
knowest LORDE, that I neuer had desyre 
vnto man, and that I haue kepte my soule 
cleane from all vnclenly lust. I haue not 
kepte company with those that passe their 
tyme in sporte, nether haue I made my self 
partaker with them that walke in lighte be- 
hauoure. Neuertheles an huszbande haue I 
consented to take, not for my pleasure, but in 
thy feare. 

Now peraduenture either I haue bene 
vnworthy of them, or els were they vnmete 
for me, for thou happly hast kepte me to 
another huszband. For why? ^thy councell 
is not in f power of man. But who so euer 
loueth the and serueth the a right, is sure, 
that yf his life be tempted and proued, it 
stadeth in the tryenge : and yf he endure in 
pacience, he shal haue a rewarde and be hylie 
crowned : and yf he be in trouble, that God 
(no doute) shal delyuer him : and yf his life 
be in chastenynge, that he shall haue leue to 
come vnto thy mercy. 

For thou hast no pleasure in oure damp- 
nacion : (i why ? after a storme thou makest 
y wether fayre and still: after wepinge and 
heuynes thou geuest greate ioye. Thy name 
O God of Israel, be praysed for euer. At the 
same tyme were both their prayers herde in 

' lob 2. b. / Psal. 24. b. «Esa. 8. d. and 40. b. and 46. b. 



C&ap* &♦ 



Cfje hokt of Cofria& 



Jfb* rlbij. 



the sight of the magesty of the Hyest God. 
And Raphael the holy angel of the LORDE 
was sent to helpe the both, whose prayers 
came together before God. 

Cf)e tit). Chapter. 

SO wha Tobias thought his prayer to be 
herde, that he might dye, he called vnto 
him his sonne Tobias, j sayde vnto him : My 
sonne, heare the wordes of my mouth, and 
laye the in thine hert as a foundacion. Whan 
God taketh awaye my soule, burie thou my 
body, (j "holde thy mother in honoure all the 
dayes of hir life. For thou oughtest to re- 
membre, what and how greate parels she 
suffred for y in hir wobe. And wha she also 
hath fulfilled the tyme of hir life, bury her 
besyde me. Haue God in thy thought all 
the dayes of thy life, (j bewarre, lest at eny 
tyme thou c5sent vnto *synne, and lest thou 
let slippethe commaundemetesof the LORDE 
oure God. 

Geue allmes of thy goodes, and turne neuer 
thy face from the poore : and so shal it come 
to passe, that the face of the LORDE shal 
not be turned awaye from the. Be mercifull 
after f power. Yf thou hast moch, geue 
pleteously : yf thou hast litle, do thy diligence, 
gladly to geue of that litle. For so gatherest 
thou thy self a good rewarde in the daye of 
necessite. For allmes delyuereth * fro death, 
(E suffreth not the soule to come in darcknes. 
A greate comforte is allmes before the hye 
God, vnto all them that do it. 

My sonne, kepe the well from all whor- 
dome, and (besyde thy wife) se that no faute 
be knowne of the. Let neuer pryde haue 
rule in thy mynde ner in thy worde, for in 
c pryde beganne all destruccion. 

Who so euer worketh eny thinge for the, 
immediatly geue him his ''hyre, and loke that 
thy hyred seruaunte wagies remayne not by 
the ouer night. c Loke that thou neuer do 
vnto another man, the thinge that thou wold- 
est not another ma shulde do vnto the. Eate 
thy bred with the -^hongrie and poore, and 
couer the naked with thy clothes. Set thy 
bred and wyne vpon the buryall of the righ- 
teous, and do not thou eate and drynke 
therof with the synners. Axe euer councell 
at y wyse. 



Exo. 20. b. Eccli. 7. c. ' Rom. 6. b. * Some reade 
fro all svnne & from death. 1 Tess. 4. a. 



Be allwaye thankfull vnto God, and beseke 
him, that he will ordre thy wayes, a that what 
so euer thou deuysest or takest in hande, it 
maye remayne in him. I certifie the also my 
sonne, that (whan thou wast yet but a bab) 
s l delyuered ten talentes of syluer vnto 
Gabelus, at Rages a cite of the Medes, j 
his handwritinge haue I by me. And ther- 
fore seke some meanes, how thou mayest 
come by him, a receaue of him y sayde weight 
of syluer, and geue him his handwritynge 
agayne. 

My sonne, be not afrayed : trueth it is, we 
lede here a poore life : ''but greate good shall 
we haue, yf we feare God, and departe from 
all synne, and do well. 

Ci)c b. Chapter. 

THEN answered Tobias his father, '% 
sayde : father, all that thou hast com- 
maunded me, wil I do, and that diligently. 
But how I shal requyre this money, I can not 
tell. Nether doth he knowe me, ner I him. 
What token shal I geue him ? And as for the 
waye thither, I neuer knew it. Then his 
father answered him, and sayde : I haue his 
handwritinge by me, which whan thou shewest 
him, immediatly he shall paye the. But go 
thy waye now, g get the some faithfull man to 
go with y for an hyre, that thou mayest re- 
ceaue y" money, whyle I am yet lyuynge. 

Then wente Tobias out, & vpon the strete 
he founde a fayre yonge man stondinge, 
gyrded vp, and as it were one ready to take 
his iourney. And he knew not that it was 
an angell of God, but saluted him, and sayde : 
From whence art thou, thou good yonge man? 
He answered : Of the children of Israel. 

And Tobias sayde vnto him : knowest thou 
the waye, that ledeth vnto the countre of y 
Medes ? He answered : I knowe it well, and 
all those stretes haue I gone oft tymes, and 
haue lodged with oure brother Gabelus, that 
dwelleth in Rages a cite of f Medes, which 
lyeth vpon the mount Egbathanis. Tobias 
sayde vnto him: I praye the, tary for me, tyll 
I haue tolde my father these thinges. Then 
wete Tobias in, and tolde his father all. At 
f which his father marueled, (t prayed, that 
he wolde come in vnto him. 

Now whan the angell came in, he saluted 



d Deu. 24. c. 
s Tobi. 1. c. 



Matt. 7. a. 
* Rom. 8. 



tfo. tfbttj* 



Cfte ijofee of Cottar 



Cfcap* bt. 



him, and sayde : ioye be with the for euermore. 
And olde Tobias saide : what ioye can I haue, 
that syt here in darcknes, (t se not the light of 
heauen? The yonge man sayde vnto him: 
Be of good cheare, God shal helpe the shortly. 
And Tobias sayde vnto him : Canst thou 
brynge my sonne to Gabelus, vnto the cite of 
Rages in Media ? And whan thou commest 
agayne, I shal paye the thy hyre. And the 
angell sayde vnto him : I shal lede thy sonne, 
and brynge him to the agayne. Then Tobias 
answered him : Tell me I praye the, of what 
house, or of what trybe art thou ? 

The angell Raphael sayde vnto him : Axest 
thou after the kynred of an hyrelinge, or 
sekest thou a gyde for thy sonne to go with 
him? But that I make the not carefull, I 
am Azarias the sonne of greate Hananias. 
And Tobias answered : Thou art come of a 
greate kynred, but I praye y, be not dis- 
pleased, that I desyred to knowe thy kynred. 
The angell sayde vnto him : Thy sonne shal 
I lede forth safely, and brynge him whole to 
the agayne. 

Then answered Tobias, and sayde : well, 
go on youre waie, and God be in youre iour- 
ney, and his angell beare you company. So 
whan they had prepared all thinges, y they 
wolde take with them in their iourney, Tobias 
bad his father j his mother fare well, and 
they wente on their waye both together. 
Now whan they were gone, his mother be- 
ganne to wepe, and sayde : "The staff of oure 
age hast thou taken awaye, and sent him 
from vs. 

Wolde God that money had neuer bene, 
for the which thou hast sent him awaye. Yf 
we had bene content with oure pouerte, this 
had bene greate riches vnto vs, that we sawe 
oure sonne here. Then sayde Tobias vnto 
her : wepe not, oure sonne shall come to vs 
agayne safe and sounde, (j thine eyes shall se 
him. For I trust, that f good angell of God 
shal beare him copany, and ordre well all the 
thinges that he doth : so that he shal come to 
vs agayne with ioye. At these wordes his 
mother left of fro wepynge, a helde hir tonge 

Ci)c bi. Cijapttv. 

SO Tobias wente on his waye, and a dogg 
folowed him, and f first night they abode 
by the water of Tigris. Then wente he out 



to wash his fete, and beholde, there came 
forth an horrible fish to deuoure him. Of 
whom Tobias was afrayed, and cried with a 
loude voyce, sayenge : LORDE, he commeth 
vpon me. And the angell sayde vnto him : 
Take him by the cheke blade, and drawe 
him to the. And he dyd so, and drew him 
vpo the londe, and the fish beganne to leape 
at his fete. 

The sayde the angell vnto him : Take out 
the bowels of this fish, and as for the hert, 
the gall and the leuer, kepe them by the. 
For these thinges are necessary and good for 
medicyne. Tobias dyd so, and rosted the 
fish, and they toke him with them in their 
iourney : the residue they salted, as moch as 
was sufficient for them, till they came to 

ges. Then Tobias axed the angell, and 
sayde vnto him : I praye y brother Azarias, 
tell me, wher to are these thinges good of the 
fish, that thou hast bydden me kepe ? 

The angell answered him and sayde : Yf 
thou layest a pece of the hert vpon the coales. 
the smoke therof dryueth awaye all maner of 
euell spretes, whether it be from man or from 
woman, so that from thence forth y same shal 
come nomore vnto them. The gall is good 
to anoynte or to strake f eyes withall, where 
as there is eny blemish in them, so shal they 
be whole. 

And Tobias sayde vnto him : where wilt 
thou that we remayne? 'The angell answered 
and saide : Here is a nye kinsman of thine, one 
Raguel by name, which hath a daughter 
called Sara, 5 hath nether sonne ner daughter 
but her. All his good belogeth vnto the, and 
thou must mary his daughter : and therfore 
desyre her at her father, and he shal geue her 
the to wife. Then answered Tobias (j sayde : 
As I vnderstonde, she hath bene maried vnto 
seuen huszbandes, and they all are deed : and 
I haue herde saye, that the deuell slew them. 
I am afrayed therfore, lest soch thinge: 
happen vnto me also : which yf it came to 
passe (seinge I am the onely sonne of my 
father and my mother) I shulde brynge the in 
their age with sorow to their graues. 

Then sayde y angell Raphael vnto him : 
Heare me, and I will tell the, what they be of 
whom the deuell hath power. Namely, they 
that receaue mariage of soch a fashio, that 
they shut God out from the and from their 



Cf)ap, fcitii* 



Cfre bokt of Cobtas* 



So. jrtir* 



hert, and "geue them selues to their owne 
lust, euen as it were an horse and Moole, 
which haue no vnderstondinge : vpon soch 
hath y deuell power. But whan thou takest 
her, and art come in to the chamber, witholde 
thy self from her thre dayes, and geue thy 
diligence vnto nothinge but *vnto prayer 
with her. 

And in the first night rost the leuer of the 
fish, and the deuell shalbe dryue awaye. The 
secode night shalt thou be receaued in to the 
company of the holy patriarkes. The thirde 
night shalt thou opteyne the blessinge of God, 
so that whole children shalbe borne of you. 
After the thirde night take the mayden in the 
feare of God, and more for the desyre of 
children, then for eny fleshly lust : that in the 
sede of Abraham thou mayest optayne the 
blessinge in children. 

Che btj. Chapter. 

THEN wente they in to Raguel, which 
receaued them ioyfully. And whan 
Raguel loked vpon Tobias, he sayde vnto 
Anna his wife : How like is this yonge man 
vnto my sisters sonne. And whan he had 
spoken this, he saide : whence be ye good 
brethren ? They saide : Of the trybe of 
Nephtali, out of the captiuyte of Niniue. 
Then sayde Raguel vnto them : knowe ye my 
brother Tobias ? They saide : yee, we knowe 
him well. And whan he had spoken moch 
good of him, the angell sayde vnto Raguel : 
Tobias of whom thou axest, is this yonge mas 
father. Then Raguel bowed him self downe, 
and wepte, toke him aboute the neck and 
kyssed him, and sayde : c Gods blessynge haue 
thou my sonne, for thou art the sonne of a 

ood vertuous man. And Anna his wyfe and 

iara his daughter wepte also. 
Now wha they had talked together, Raguel 
bad kyll a wether, and to make a feast. And 
wha he prayed the to sytt downe to dyner, 
Tobias sayde : I wil nether eate ner drinke 
here this daye, excepte thou first graunte me 
my peticion, % promyse me to geue me thy 
daughter Sara. Whan Raguel herde this, he 
was astonnyed, for he knew, what had hap- 
pened vnto the other seuen men, that wete in 
vnto her : and he beganne to feare that it 
shulde chaunce vnto him also in like maner. 
And whyle he stode so in doute, and gaue 

<■ 1 Tess. 4. a. Psal. 31. b. * Tobi. 8. b. ' Tobi. 9. b. 



the yonge man no answere, the angell sayde 
vnto him : Feare not to geue him thy 
daughter, for vnto this man that feareth God, 
beldgeth thy daughter to wife, therfore might 
none other haue her. 

The sayde Raguel : I doute not, but God 
hath accepted my prayers and teares in his 
sight : and I trust he caused you to come vnto 
me for the same intent, that this daughter of 
myne might be maried in hir owne kynred, 
acordinge to the lawe of Moses/ And now 
dowte thou not, but I wil geue her vnto the : 
So he toke the righthande of his daughter, 
and gaue her in to the right hade of Tobias, 
and sayde : The God of Abraha, the God of 
Isaac and the God of Iacob be with you, ioyne 
you together, and fulfill his blessynge in you. 
And they toke a letter and made a wrytinge 
of the mariage. And then made they mery, 
and praysed God. And Raguel called Anna 
his wife vnto him, and bad her prepare 
another chamber, and thither he brought Sara 
his daughter, and she wepte. Then sayde he 
vnto her : Be of goode cheare my daughter, 
the LORDE of heauen geue the ioye, for the 
heuynesse that thou hast suffred. 

Che bttj. Cfiapter. 
IV TOW after y they had supped, they 
J^^ brought the yoge man in to her. The 
thought Tobias vpon the wordes of the angell, 
and toke out of his bagg a pece of the leuer 
of the fish, and layed it vpon the hote coales. 
So the angell Raphael toke holde of the 
deuell, and sent him awaye, and bounde him 
in the wyldernes of the hyer Egipte. The 
spake Tobias vnto the virgin, and sayde : Vp 
Sara, let vs make oure e prayer vnto God to 
daye, tomorow, and ouermorow : for these 
thre nightes wil we reconcyle oure selues with 
God : and whan the thirde holy night is past, 
we shall ioyne together in y deutye of mariage. 
For we are the children of holy men, and we 
maye not come together as the Heithen, y 
knowe not God. 

Then stode they vp both together, and be- 
sought God earnestly, ^y he wolde preserue 
them. And Tobias sayde : O LORDE God 
of oure fathers, praysed be thou of heaue (j 
earth of the see, welles, a floudes, & of all the 
creatures that be therm. Thou maydest 
Adam s of the moulde of the earth, (t gauest 

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him Eua for an helper. And now LORDE 
thou knowest that it is not because of volup- 
tuousnes, that I take this sister of myne to 
wyfe, but onely for the loue of children, in 
whom thy name be blessed for euer. And 
Sara sayde: haue mercy vpon vs (O LORDE) 
haue mercy vpon vs, and let vs both come 
whole and sounde to a good age. 

And aboute the cocke crowe, it happened, 
that Raguel called his seruauntes, and they 
wete with him, to make a graue. For he 
sayde : it is chaunced vnto him peradueture, 
as it dyd vnto the other seuen men, that wente 
in vnto her. Now wha they had made the 
graue, Raguel came agayne to his wyfe, and 
sayde vnto her : sende one of thy maydes, to 
loke yf he be deed, that I maye burye him 
afore it be light daye. 

So she sent a mayden to se, which whan 
she came in to the chamber, she founde them 
whole and sounde, slepynge together. And 
so she came agayne, g brought good tydinges. 
Then Raguel and Anna his wife praysed y 
LORDE, and sayde : Praysed be thou o 
LORDE God of Israel, For it is not hap- 
pened vnto vs, as we thought. For thou hast 
dealte mercifully with vs, and put awaye from 
vs the enemye that persecuted vs, and hast 
shewed mercy vnto yonder two beloued. O 
LORDE, cause the to magnifie the more 
perfectly, and to offre the the sacrifice of thy 
prayse, and of their health : that all people maye 
knowe, y thou onely art God in all the earth. 

And immediatly Raguel commaunded his 
seruauntes, to fyll the graue, that they had 
made, with earth, afore it was light: and 
bade his wife prepare a feast, g to make ready 
all thinges that were necessary for meate, to 
soch as wente by y waye. He caused two 
fatt kyne also and foure wethers to be slayne, 
g meates to be prepared for all his neghbours 
and frendes. 

And Raguel charged Tobias, to remayne 
with him two wekes. As for all the good y he 
had, he gaue Tobias y one half of it, and made 
his wrytinge, that the half which remayned, 
shulde fall vnto Tobias after their death. 

Che tr. Chapter. 

THEN Tobias called vnto him the angell, 
whom he thought to haue bene a man, 
and sayde vnto him. Brother Azarias, I 
praye the herke vnto my wordes : Yf I shulde 
geue myself to be jrseruaunt, I shal not 



deserue y prouydence. Neuertheles I be 
seke the, that thou wylt take the beastes and 
the seruauntes, and go vnto Gabelus in Rages 
the cite of the Meedes, and delyuer him his 
handwrytinge, and receaue the money of him, 
and praye him to come to my mariage. For 
thou knowest thyself, that my father telleth y 
dayes : and yf I tary one daye to longe, he 
wyl be sory in his mynde. Now seist thou 
how earnestly Raguel hath requyred me, so 
that I can not saye him nay. 

Then toke Raphael foure of Raguels ser- 
uauntes, and two Camels, g wente vnto Rages 
the cite of the Medes: and whan he had 
founde Gabelus, he gaue him his handwry- 
tynge, g receaued all y money. He tolde 
him also of Tobias y sonne of Toby, how all 
thiges had happened, g caused him to come 
with him to f mariage. Now whan he came 
in to the house of Raguel, he foude Tobias 
syttinge at y- table : g he leape vp, <t they 
kyssed one another, and Gabelus wepte, and 
praysed God, and sayde : the blessynge of the 
God of Israel haue thou," for thou art the 
sonne of a right verteous g iust man, g of one 
y feareth God, g geueth greate allmes. And 
blessynge haue y wife, and youre elders, 
that ye maye se youre children, and youre 
childers childre, vnto the thirde and fourth 
generacio, and that youre sede maye be 
blessed of y God of Israel, which reigneth 
worlde without ende. And whan they all 
had sayde Amen, they wente to the feast, but 
with the feare of the LORDE helde they the 
feast of the mariage, 

Cfie v. Chapter. 
IV TOW whyle yoge Tobias made loge 
J_^ tarienge by reason of f mariage, his 
father was full of care and heuynes, and 
thought : what shulde be the cause, that my 
sonne tarieth so longe? Or why shulde he 
be kepte so longe there ? Peraduenture 
Gabelus is deed, and no man wyl geue him 
the money. Thus begane he to be very 
soroufull, he g Anna his wife with him, g be- 
ganne to wepe both together, because their 
sonne was not come agayne vnto them at the 
daye appoynted. As for his mother, she 
wepte with discomfortable teares, and sayde : 
Wo is me, my sonne : Oh what ayled vs to 
sende the awaye into a straunge countre, thou 



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tfo. II 



light of oure eyes, thou staff of oure age, thou 
comforte of oure life, "thou hope of oure gene- 
racion? Seinge all f thinges that we haue 
are onely in the, we shulde not haue sent the 
awaye from vs. 

Then Tobias comforted her, and sayde: 
holde thy tonge, and be not discomforted, 
oure sonne is whole and sounde : the man y 
we sent him withall, is faithfull ynough. 
Neuertheles she might in no wyse be c5fort- 
ed : but daylie wente out, loked aboute, and 
wente aboute all the stretes, wherby she 
thought he shulde come againe : that (yf it 
were possible) she might se him comynge 
afarre of. 

But Raguel saide vnto his sonne I lawe : 
O tary here, and I shall sende a messauger 
vnto thy father Tobias, to tell him y thou 
art in good health. Tobias sayde vnto him : I 
am sure, that my father and my mother counte 
euery daye, and that their hertes are sory. 

So whan Raguel prayed Tobias with many 
wordes, ij he wolde in no wyse heare him, he 
delyuered Sara vnto him, j the half parte of 
all his good : in seruauntes and handmaydes, 
in shepe, in camels, and in kyne and moch 
money, and so sent him awaye from him with 
peace and ioye, and sayde : The holy angell 
of the LORDE be with you in youre iourney, 
and brynge you forth safe (j sounde, that ye 
maye fynde all thinges in good case with youre 
elders, and that myne eyes maye se youre 
children, afore I dye. 

So the elders enbraced their daughter, 
kyssed her, and let her go, exortinge her to 
honoure hir father and mother in lawe, to 
loue hir huszbande, to rule well hir huszsholde, 
to kepe hir house in good ordre, and to shew 
hir self fautlesse. 

Efje jt Chapter. 

NOW as they were goinge homewarde 
againe, vpon y xj. daye they came to 
Charra, which lyeth in the half waye towarde 
Niniue. And the angell sayde : Brother 
Tobias, thou knowest how thou hast left thy 
father : therfore yf it please the, we two wyll 
go before, and let the husholde with thy wife 
and f catell come soft (t, fayrly after vs. And 
whan Tobias was content that they shulde go 
before, Raphael sayde vnto him : Take of the 
gall of the fish with the, for it shal be neces- 



sary. So Tobias toke of the gall, and they 
wente their waye. But Anna the mother of 
Tobias sat daylie by the waye syde vpon ;y 
toppe of an hill, from whence she might se 
farre aboute her. 

And whyle she was waytinge there for his 
comynge, she loked afarre of, and anone she 
perceaued hir sonne comminge, and ranne 
and tolde hir huszbande, sayenge : beholde, 
thy sonne commeth. And Raphael sayde 
vnto Tobias : As soone as thou commest in to 
the house, immediatly worshipe the LORDE 
thy God, and geue thankes vnto him : then 
go to thy father, and kysse him, (j strake his 
eyes ouer with the gall of y fish, that thou 
hast brought with the. For be sure, that his 
eyes shal straight waye be opened, and thy 
father shal se the light of heauen, and shal 
reioyse at the sight of the. Then the dogg 
that had bene with them in their iourney, 
rane before, and came as a messauger, and 
wagged with his tayle for gladnesse. 

So y blynde father arose, and beganne to 
renne, and stombled with his fete, and gaue a 
seruaunt his hande, ranne to mete his sonne, 
receaued him, and kyssed him, he and his 
wife, and beganne to wepe for ioye. 

Now whan they had worshipped g thanked 
God, they satt downe. Then toke Tobias of 
the fishes gall, and anoynted his fathers eyes : 
and taried half an houre, and then beganne 
the blemysh to go out of his eyes, like as it 
had bene the whyte szkynne of an egg : which 
Tobias toke and drew from his eyes, and im- 
mediatly he receaued his sight. 

Then they praysed God, he and his wife, 
and all they that knew him. And Tobias 
sayde : O LORDE God of Israel, I geue the 
prayse and thankes, for thou hast chastened 
me, and made me whole. And lo, now do I 
se my sonne Tobias. After seuen dayes came 
Sara his sonnes wife also whole and sounde 
with all y housholde and catell, with camels 
and moch money of his wyues, and with the 
money that he had receaued of Gabelus : and 
he tolde his father and his mother all the 
benefites, which God had done for him, by 
the man that led him. Achior also and 
Nabath Tobias sister sonnes came and were 
glad, (j reioysed with him, by reason of all the 
good that God had shewed vnto him. 

And so for y space of seuen dayes they 
made mery, and were right ioyfull euerichone. 



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Cfij rti. Chapter. 

THE Tobias called his sonne vnto him 
(j sayde : What maye we geue this holy 
man, that wente with the ? Tobias answered 
his father and sayde : Father, what rewarde 
shal we geue him ? Or what thinge can de- 
serue his benefites ? He hath bene my gyde, 
and brought me safe agayne : he receaued the 
money from Gabelus, he caused me to get my 
wife, he droue the euell sprete from her, he 
hath bene occasio of gladnesse to hir father 
and mother : he delyuered me, that I was not 
deuoured of the fish, he hath made the to se 
the light of heauen, yee we all haue receaued 
greate good of him. How shulde we worthely 
deserue these thinges vnto him ? But I praye 
the my father, that thou wilt desyre him, yf 
happlie he wil voutsafe, to take with him the 
half of all that we haue brought. 

So the father and the sonne called him, 
toke him asyde, and beganne to praye him, 
that he wolde be content to take in good 
worth, the half parte of all that they had 
brought. Then sayde he secretly vnto them : 
Prayse y God of heauen, and geue thankes 
vnto him before all men lyuynge, for he hath 
shewed his mercy * vnto vs. It is good to 
hyde the Kynges secrete, but to shew and to 
prayse y workes of God, it is an honorable 
thinge. Prayer is good with fastinge, and to 
geue allmes is better, then to hoorde vp trea- 
sures of golde. a For allmes delyuereth from 
death, clenseth synne, and causeth to fynde 
euerlastinge life, But they that do synne and 
vnrighteousnes, are y enemies of their owne 
soules. 

Wherfore I tell you the trueth, and wyll hyde 
nothinge from you. * Whan thou praydest 
with teares, and burydest the deed, and leftest 
thy dyner, and hyddest the deed in thy house 
vpon the daye tyme, that thou mightest burye 
them in the night, I offred thy prayer before 
the LORDE. And because thou wast ac- 
cepte and beloued of God, it was necessary, 
that tentacion shulde trye the. "And now 
hath the LORDE sent me to heale tb 
and to delyuer Sara y sonnes wife from the 
euell sprete. For I am Raphael an angell 
one of the seuen that stonde before God. 

Wha they herde this, they were sore afrayed, 



* Some rede, vnto you. 
4 Tob. 2. a. 



Tob. 4. b. Dani. 4. d. 
c Prou. 3. b. 



and trembled, and fell downe vpon their faces 
vnto the grounde. Then sayde the angell: 
Peace be with you, feare not. Where as I 
haue bene with you, it is the will of God, 
geue prayse and thankes vnto him. 

' You thought that I dyd eate and drinke 
with you, but I vse meate that is invisible, 
and drynke that can not be sene of men. 

Now therfore is y tyme that I must turne 
agayne, vnto him that sent me: but be ye 
thankfull vnto God, and tell out all his won- 
derous workes. 

And whan he had spoken these wordes, 
he was taken awaye out of their sight, so y 
they sawe him nomore. Then fell they downe 
flat vpon their faces by the space of thre 
houres, and praysed God: and whan they 
rose vp, they tolde all his woderous workes. 

Cfte ritj. Chapter. 

THEN olde Tobias opened his mouth, 
and praysed the LORDE and sayde: 
Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore, 
and thy kyngdome worlde without ende : for 
e thou scourgest and healest, thou ledest vnto 
hell, and bryngest out agayne, and there is 
none y maye escape thy hande. O geue 
thankes vnto f LORDE ye children of Israel, 
and prayse him in the sight of the Heithe. 
For amonge the Heithen which knowe him 
not hath he scatred you, to the intet that ye 
shulde shew forth his maruelous workes: cj 
cause them for to knowe, that there is none 
other God allmightie but he. He hath chast- 
ened vs for oure myszdedes, and for his owne 
mercy sake shal he saue vs. 

Considre then, how he hath dealt with you, 
& prayse him with feare and drede, and mag- 
nine the euerlastinge kynge in youre workes 

I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my 
captiuyte, for he hath shewed his maiesty 
vnto a synfull people. Turne you therfore 
O ye synners, and do righteousnes before 
God, and be ye sure, that he wyl shew his 
mercy vpon you. As for me (j my soule, we 
wil reioyse in God. O prayse the LORDE 
all ye his chosen, holde the dayes of gladnesse, 
and be thankfull vnto him. -^O Jerusalem 
thou cite of God, the LORDE hath punyshed 
the for the workes of thine owne handes. O 
prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges, (t 



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eg. 2. b. Sap. 16. c. / 2 Para. 6. 



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geue thankes to the euerlastinge God, that he 
maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y, 
that he maye call agayne vnto the, all soch as 
be in captiuyte, and that thou mayest haue 
ioye for euermore. " With a fayre light shalt 
thou shyne, j all f endes of y- worlde shal 
honoure the. *The people shal come vnto 
the from farre, they shal bringe giftes, and 
worshipe f LORDE in the, and thy londe 
shal they haue for a Sanctuary, for they shal 
call vpon the greate name in the. 

Cursed shal they be that despyse the, (j all 
they that blaspheme the, shal be condepned : 
but blessed shal they be, y buylde the vp. 
As for the, thou shalt reioyse in y childre, for 
they all shalbe blessed, and gathered together 
vnto the LORDE. Blessed are they all y 
loue y, and be glad of thy peace. Prayse 
thou the LORDE o my soule, for the LORDE 
oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem 
from all hir troubles. I wil counte my self 
happie, yf my sede remayne to se y- clearnes 
of Ierusale. 

The gates of Ierusalem shalbe buylded 
with Saphyre and Smaragde, and all the 
copase of hir walles with precious stones/ All 
hir stretes shalbe paued with whyte Marble 
stone, and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be 
sunge. Praysed be f LORDE, which hath 
exalted her, y his kyngdome maye be vpon 
her for euermore, Amen. And so Tobias 
made an ende of his talkynge. 

Wt)t rut). Chapter. 

AND after that Tobias had gotte his 
sight agayne/ he lyued two and xl. 
yeares, & sawe his childers children. Now 
whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde, 
he dyed, j was buried honorably in Niniue. 
For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age, 
he lost the sight of his eyes, and wha he was 
thre score yeare olde, he gat his sight agayne. 
The residue of his life led he in ioye, and 



Luc. 2. c 

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60. a. Mar. 
d lob 42. c. 



I. a. Acto. 2. 
Psal.127. a. 



increased well in the feare of God, and de- 
parted in peace. 

But in y houre of his death he called vnto 
him his sonne Tobias, and seuen yonge sprin- 
galdes his sonnes children, and sayde vnto 
them: The destruccion of Niniue is at hande, e 
for the word of the LORDE can not fayle, 
and oure brethren that are scatred out of the 
londe of Israel, shal come thither agayne. 
And the whole londe of it that hath bene 
waist, shalbe fylled:-^ and the house of God 
that was brent in it, shalbe buylded againe, & 
all soch as feare God shall returne thither: 
the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols, & 
come to Ierusalem, and dwell there, and all 
the kynges of the earth shalbe glad of her, 
and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel. 

And therfore mv children, heare youre 
father: Seme the LORDE in faithfulnes/ 
seke after his will, and do the thinge that 
pleaseth him. Commaunde youre children y 
they do right, geue allmes r be myndefull of 
God, and euer to be thankfull vnto him in 
trueth and with all their power. Heare me 
therfore my childre, and abyde not here : but 
in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre 
mother besyde me, gett you from hence. 
For I se, that the wickednes of it shal brynge 
it to destruccion and ende. 

After f death of his mother, Tobias de- 
parted awaye from Niniue, with his wife and 
children, and with his childers children, j 
came agayne to his father and mother in lawe, 
and founde them whole and in a good age, 
and toke the care of the. And he closed 
their eyes, and was heyre vnto all Raguels 
goodes, and sawe the fifth generacion and 
childers childre. And whan he was xcix. 
yeare of age, he dyed in the feare of the 
LORDE, and his kynsfolkes buried him. 
And all his posterite continued in a good life, 
and holy conuersacion : so that they were 
loued & accepted both of God and men, and 
of all the people of the londe. 



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Chap. I. 
Of the noble cite Egbathanis. Of Nabuchodo- 
nosor the kynge of the Assirians, of his victory 
and power. 

Chap. II. 

The vnsaciable desyre that Nabuchodonosor had 
to raigne : of his hoost 5 tyranye. 

Chap. III. 

Dyuerse kynges and prynces yelde them selues 
for feare. The tyranny of Holofernes and 
pryde of the kynge. 

Chap. IIII. 

The Iewes are afrayed and carefull for Ierusalem 
and the temple, make their londe stroge, pre- 
pare them selues to the battayll, call vpon 
God and Eliachim the prest comforteth them. 

Chap. V. 
Holofernes taketh indignacion at the children of 
Israel, because they go aboute to defende them 
selues. Achior beareth wytnesse to the trueth. 

Chap. VI. 

Achior for tellynge the trueth is take, and de- 
lyuered vnto the people of the Iewes : vnto 
whom he telleth all the matter, which moueth 
the people to crye vpon God. 

Chap. VII. 

Holofernes layeth sege to Bethulia. The children 
of Israel crye vpon God. Holofernes taketh 
the water from them, so that they in the cite 
haue greate thyrst, and are vnpacient. Osias 
comforteth them, and appoynteth fyue dayes 
to the grace of God. 

Chap. VIII. 

Iudith reproueth the elders that sett a tyme to 
the mercy of God ; she exorteth the people to 
amedemet & to praier, rehearseth the benefites 
of God, and telleth them hir deuyce. 



Chap. IX. 

Iudith goeth in to hir oratory, and prayeth fer- 
uently vnto God, for the deliuerauce of hir 
people. 

Chap. X. 

Iudith decketh herself of the best fashio, taketh 
hir mayde with her, (J goeth forth by night in to 
Holofernes tent. 

Chap. XL 
Iudith telleth Holofernes the cause of hir c5- 
mynge, which pleaseth him well. 

Chap. XII. 
Holofernes commaundeth to intreate hir well, 
and geueth hir liberty to go in and out to hir 
prayer, maketh a greate supper, byddeth hir 
to it, and is dronken. 

Chap. XIII. 

Iudith seketh oportunite, prayeth vnto God for 
stregth, smyteth of the heade of droken Holo- 
fernes, and bryngeth it in to the cite, where 
the people reioyse and prayse God. 

Chap. XIIII. 

Holofernes heade is stickte vp vpon the walles, 
the children of Israel fall vpon their enemies, 
which take their flight. Achior cometh in to 
the nombre of the people of God. 

Chap. XV. 

Holofernes hoost are out of their wyttes after his 
death, the Israelites folowe vpo the, the other 
cities of Israel helpe them, they wynne greate 
spoyles, 5 c5mede Iudith. 

Chap. XVI. 

Iudith syngeth prayse vnto the LORDE. The 
people come together vnto Ierusale to geue 
thankes and prayse vnto the LORDE. How 
Iudith made hir ende. 



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Che first Chapter. 

ARPHAXAT the kynge of the Medes 
subdued many people vnto his domi- 
nion, 5 buylded a noble stroge cite, which he 
called Egbathanis. The walles of it made he 
of fre stone, foure squared, seuetie cubites 
hye, and thirtie cubites brode. He made 
towres therevpon of an hundreth cubites hye. 
But vpon the foure corners euery syde was 
twentie fote brode. He made the portes in 
the heith, like as the towres. This kynge 
trusted in his mightie hoost, j in his glorious 
charettes. 

So in f twolft yeare of his raigne it hap- 
pened, that Nabuchodonosor f kynge of the 
Assirians (which raigned in the greate cite of 
Niniue) fought agaynst Arphaxat, and ouer- 
came hi in y greate felde called Ragau, be- 
syde Euphrates and Tigris and Iadason in the 
felde of Erioth the kinge of the Elikes. 

Then was the kyngdome of Nabuchodono- 
sor exalted, and his hert was lift vp : " and he 
sent vnto all them that dwelt in Celicia, in 
Damascus, in Libanus, and vnto the Heithen 
that dwelt in Carmel and Cedar, and to soch 
as dwelt in Galile in the greate felde of Esz- 
drelo, to all them that were in Samaria, and 
beyonde the water of Iordane vnto Ierusalem 
and the whole londe of Iesse vnto the moun- 
taynes of Ethiopia. Vnto all these dyd Na- 
buchodonosor the kynge of y Assirians sende 
messaungers. But they all with one consent 
wolde not agree vnto him, and sent the mes- 
saungers agayne emptie, and put the awaye 
without honoure. Then Nabuchodonosor the 
kynge toke indignacio at all those londes, and 
sware by his trone % by his kyngdome, that he 
wolde be auenged of all these countrees. 

Che t). Chapter. 

IN the xiij. yeare of kynge Nabuchodono- 
sor, vpon the xxij. daye of f first moneth, 
it was deuysed in the courte of Nabuchodo- 
nosor y kynge of the Assirias, that he wolde 
defende himself. So he called vnto him all y 
elders, all his captaynes and men of warre, 
and shewed them his secrete councell, and 
tolde them, that his purpose was, to brynge 
the whole earth vnder his domynion. Now 
whan they were all content with this sayenge, 
Nabuchodonosor the kinge called Holofernes 



the chefe captayne of his warres and saide 
vnto him : Go thy waye forth agaynst all the 
kyngdomes of the west and specially agaynst 
those that haue despysed my commaunde- 
ment. *Thou shalt spare no realme, all 
stronge cities shalt thou brynge in subieccion 
vnto me. 

Then Holofernes called together all the 
captaynes & rulers of all the power in Assiria, 
and mustred the soudyers vnto the hoost (like 
as the kynge commaunded him) namely, an 
hundreth and twetye thousande fightinge 
men vpon fote, and twolue thousande archers 
vpon horsebacke. All his ordinaunce sent he 
before with an innumerable multitude of 
camels, so that the hoost was well prouyded 
for with oxen, and small catell, and y without 
nombre. He caused come to be prepared 
out of all Syria for his hoost. Moch golde and 
syluer also toke he out of the kynges house. 
So he toke his iourney, he and all his hoost, 
with charettes, horsmen, and archers: of 
whom there were so many, that they couered 
the grounde of the lande, like the gres- 
hoppers. 

And whan he was gone past the borders of 
the Assirians, he came towarde the greate 
mountaynes of Ange, which lye vpon the left 
syde of Celicia : and so he wente vp in to all 
their castels, and wanne euery strdge holde. 
As for f welthy citie of Melothus, he brake 
it downe, & spoyled all the childre of Tharsis 
and the Ismaelites, which laye towarde the 
wyldernes and vpon the south syde of y londe 
of Chelon. He went ouer Euphrates also, 
and came in to Mesopotamia, and brake 
downe all the hye cities that were there, from 
the broke of Mambre tyll a man come to the 
see : and he toke the borders in from Celicia 
vnto the coastes of Iaphet towarde the south. 
He caried awaye all the Madianites, and 
spoyled all their goodes : & who so euer with- 
stode him, he slew them with the swerde. 
After this he wente downe in to the felde of 
Damascus in the tyme of haruest, and brent 
vp all the come and all the trees, and caused 
the vynes to be cutt downe. And the feare 
of him fell vpon all them that dwelt in y earth. 

Che it). Chapter. 

SO the kynges & prynces of all cities (j 
londes sent their Embassitours : namely, 



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they of Syria and Mesopotamia, Syria Sobal 
5 Lybia 5 Celicia, which came to Holofernes, 
8 sayde : Let thy wrath ceasse towarde us : 
It is better for vs to serue the greate kynge 
Nabuchodonosor with oure lyues, and to be 
subiecte vnto the, then that we shulde dye and 
be slayne, and receaue greater hurte. All oure 
cities and possessions, all mountaynes and 
hilles, all feldes, greate and small catell, shepe, 
goates, horses, and camels, all oure goodes 
and housholdes, be in thy power, vnder thy 
subieccion be it altogether. We oure selues 
also and oure children wylbe thyne owne, 
come vnto vs a peceable lorde, and vse oure 
seruyce at thy pleasure. 

Then came Holofernes downe from the 
mountaynes with horseme 5 greate power, 
and conquered all stronge fensed cities, and 
all that dwelt in the londe. And out of all 
cities he toke stronge men, 5 soch as were 
mete for y warre, to helpe him. There came 
soch a feare also vpon those countrees, that 
the indwellers of all the cities, the prynces 
and rulers & the people together, "wete forth to 
mete him as he came, & receaued him honor- 
ably with garlandes cj torches, with daunses, 
tabrettes and pipes. 

Neuertheles though they dyd this, yet 
might they not swage his rigorous stomak : 
but he destroyed their cities, g hewed downe 
their woddes. For Nabuchodonosor the kynge 
had commaunded him, that he shulde rote out 
all the goddes of the londe : to y intent that 
he onely might be called and taken for God, 
of the nacions which Holofernes with his 
power brought vnder him. So wente he 
thorow Syria Sobal, and thorow all Appamia, 
and all Mesopotamia, came to the Idumeans 
in the lode of Gabaa and Septopoli, and toke 
their cities, and remayned there thirtie dayes, 
wherin he caused all the whole multitude of 
his hoost to be gathered together. 

Cfte Hi). Chapter. 

WHAN the children of Israel y dwelt in 
Iewry herde this, they were sore 
afrayed of him. There came soch tremblinge 
also and feare vpon them, that they sorowed 
he shulde do vnto the cite of Ierusalem and 
the temple of the LORDE, as he had done 
to other cities it, their temples. So they 
sent in to all Samaria roiide aboute vnto 



Iericho, toke in and occupied all the toppes 
of the mountaynes, made fast the townes with 
walles, and prepared corne for them agaynst 
the battayll. 

Eliachim also f prest wrote vnto all the 
that dwelt towarde Eszdrelon (which lyeth 
ouer agaynst y greate felde by Dotha Im) a 
vnto aU those by whom men might haue pas- 
sage vnto them, that they shulde take in the 
wayes of the mountaynes, wherby there 
might be eny waye and passage to Ierusalem, 
(j y they shulde holde diligent watch, where 
eny strate waye was betwixte y moiitaynes. 
And the children of Israel dyd, as Eliachim 
the prest of the LORDE had commaunded 
them. *And all the people, cried earnestly, 
and humbled their soules with fastinges and 
prayers, they and their wyues. The prestes 
put on hayrie clothes, and layed the yonge 
babes before the temple of the LORDE, and 
couered the aulter of the LORDE with an 
hayrie clothe. And with one acorde cried 
they vnto the LORDE God of Israel, that 
their children shulde not be geuen in to a 
pray, and their wyues in to a spoyle, y their 
cities shulde not be layed waist, (j y their 
Sanctuary shidde not be vnhalowed, and so 
they to be a shame and rebuke vnto the 
Heithen. 

Then Eliachim the hye prestof the LORDE 
wente rounde aboute all Israel, and spake 
vnto them, sayenge : Be ye sure, y the 
LORDE wil heare youre peticions, yf ye co- 
tynue stedfast in fastinges and prayers in y 
sight of the LORDE. Remembre Moses 
the seruaunte of the LORDE, which c ouer- 
threw y Amalechites (that trusted in their 
might (S power, in their hoost, in their shildes, 
in their charettes a horsmen) not with weapens, 
but with holy prayers. Euen so shal all the 
enemies of Israel be, yf ye contynue in this 
worke, that ye haue begonne. So vpon this 
exortacion they contynued in prayer before 
the LORDE : In so moch that they which 
offred brent sacrifices vnto the LORDE, offred 
the offringes vnto f LORDE, beynge arayed 
in hayrie clothes, and had aszshes vpon their 
heades. And they all besought God from 
their whole hert, y he wolde vyset his people 
of Israel. 

Che b. Chapter. 

AND worde came to Holofernes the prynce 
of the warres of the Assyria's, y the 



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childre of Israel prepared them selues to make 
resistaunce, 5 how they had stopped the wayes 
betwixte the mountaynes. Then was he ex- 
ceadinge wroth, g called all the prynces of 
Moab, g the captaines of Ammon, g sayde 
vnto them : Tell me, what people is this, y 
kepeth in the moutaynes ? Or what maner of 
cities are they ? What is their power ? Or 
what maner of hoost haue they? Who is their 
captayne? And why do they "despyse vs (more 
then all those that dwell in the east) and come 
not forth to mete vs, y they might receaue vs 
with peace ? 

Then Achior the *captayne of all the Am- 
monites answered, and sayde : Syr, yf it please 
the to heare me, I wil tell the trueth before 
the concernynge this people that dwell in the 
mountaynes, and there shal no lye go out of 
my mouth. 

This people is of the generacion of the 
Caldees/ they dwelt first in Mesopotamia, for 
they wolde not folowe y goddes of their fathers 
that were in the londe of the Caldees, g so 
forsoke they the customes of their fore fathers 
(which had many goddes) and worshipped one 
God, that made heaue" and earth : which also 
commaunded them that they shulde go from 
thence, and dwell at Haran. Now whan there 
came a derth rf in to y whole londe, they wente 
downe to Egipte, u there they dwelt foure 
hundreth yeares, in y which they multiplied so 
greatly, that their hoost might not be nombred. 
And whan the kynge of Egipte oppressed 
them/ and subdued the in buyldinge of his 
cities with makynge of claye g brick, they 
cried vnto God their LORDE, which pun- 
yshed the whole londe of Egipte with dyuerse 



Now whan the kynge of Egipte let the go 
their waye/ g the plage ceassed, g then folowed 
after the, to take the, g to brynge the agayne 

to his seruyce, whyle they were flyenge 
awaye, the God of heaue opened y see, so y 
the waters stode fast vpon both the sydes as a 
wall, g these wente thorow the botome of the 
see drye shod, In the which place wha an in- 
numerable people of the Egipcians folowed 
vpon them, they were so ouerwhelmed with 
the waters, that there remayned not one, to 
tell the that came after, how it happened. 



«Iudit. 3. b. 6 Iudit. 11. b. c Gen. 11. d. 

d Gen. 41. g. and 46. a. Exodi 1. a. and 12. f. Galat. 3. c. 
' Exodi 1. b. and 5. b. / Exo. 12. c. and 14. b. 



So whan this people was passed thorow the 
reed see, they came in to the wildernes of the 
mount Synai, where neuer man might dwell 
afore, g where the sonne of ma had neuer 
rested. s There were y bytter waters made 
swete for the, that they might drynke, g xl. 
yeares had they meate from heaue. Where 
so euer they wente (without bowe g arowe, 
without bukler or swerde) their God fought 
for the, g caused the to haue the victory. Yee 
no man was able to hurte this people, ex- 
cepte it were so, y they departed vnfaithfully 
from y worshippinge of the LORDE their 
God. But as oft as they worshipped'* eny other 
besyde their God, he gaue them ouer to be 
spoyled, to be slayne, g to be put to confucion. 
Neuertheles as oft as they were sory for de- 
partynge from the worshipe of their God, the 
same God of heauen gaue them power g 
stregth to withstode their enemies. 

Morouer they slew the kynge of the Cana- 
nites, Iebusites, Pherezites, Ethites, Euites g 
Amorites,' g all y mightie in Hesebon, g toke 
their lodes g cities in possession : and so longe 
as they synned not in y sight of their God, it 
wete well with them, for their God hateth vn- 
righteousnesse. For in tymes past whan they 
wente out of y waye,* which God had geuen 
them, y they shulde walke in it, they were 
destroyed in dyuerse battayles of many 
nacions, g many of them were caried awaye 
presoners into a straiige coiitre. But now 
lately they haue turned the selues agayne vnto 
the LORDE their God, g are come together 
agayne' out of the countrees where they were 
scatred abrode : and thus haue they coquered 
these mountaynes g dwell therin : g as for 
Ierusalem where their Sanctuary is, they haue 
it againe in possession. 

And therfore my lorde, make diliget inqui- 
sicion, yf this people haue done wickednesse 
in the sight of their God, then let vs go vp 
agaynst them, for doutles their God shal de- 
lyuer them in to thy handes, g subdue them 
vnto y power. But yf this people- haue not 
displeased their God, we shal not be able to 
withstande them, for their God shal defende 
the, m g so shall we be a shame to all y worlde. 

Now whan Achior had spoken out these 
wordes, all the prynces of Holofernes were 



g Exo. 15. d. Exo. 16. f. Deut. 8. a. 
Nu.21. a. Iosu. 12. * 4 Re. 25. a. 

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wroth, (t thought to slaye him, g sayde one to 
another: what is he this, which darre saie, y 
y childre of Israel are able to withstode Na- 
buchodonosor the kynge g his hoost? where 
as they are an vnwapened people, without 
stregth or vnderstodinge of f fettes of warre? 
That Achior therfore maye knowe, y he hath 
disceaued vs, we wil go vp in to y moutaynes : 
g whan the mightie men of the are taken, he 
also shalbe stickte with the swerde, y all people 
maye knowe, that Nabuchodonosor is the God 
of the earth, and that there is none other 
without him. 

€i)t bi. Chapter. 

SO whan they had left of speakinge, Holo- 
fernes toke sore indignacion, g sayde 
vnto Achior. For so moch as thou hast 
prophecied vnto vs, sayenge : that the 
people of Israel "shalbe defended of their 
God, I will shew the, that there is no God 
but Nabuchodonosor. Yee whan we slaye 
them all as one man, Hhou also shalt perish 
ith them thorow the swerde of the Assirians, 
g all Israel shal be destroyed with the, g the 
shalt thou fele, that Nabuchodonosor is the 
LORDE of the whole earth. The shal the 
swerde of my knyghthode go thorow thy 
sydes, g thou shalt fall downe stickte amonge 
the wounded of Israel, g shalt not come to 
thy self agayne, but be vtterly destroyed with 
the. But yf thou thynkest thy prophecy to 
be true, why dost thou then chaunge thy 
coloure? why art thou afrayed? Thynkest 
thou that my wordes are not able to be per- 
fourmed ? But that thou mayest knowe, that 
thou shalt fele these thinges with the, be- 
holde, from this houre forth wyll I sende the 
vnto yonder people, that whan the punysh- 
ment of my swerde (which they haue worthely 
deserued) falleth vpon them, thou mayest be 
punyshed with them. 

So Holofernes comaunded his seruauntes 
to take Achior, g to cary him vnto Bethulia, 
and to delyuer him in to the handes of the 
children of Israel. Then Holofernes ser- 
uatites toke him, g wete thorow the playne 
felde. But whan they drew nye vnto the 
mountaynes, the slynge casters came out 
agaynst them : Neuertheles they gat them 
awaye by the syde of the mountayne, g 
bounde Achior hand g fote to a tre, g so left 



him bounde with wythies, g turned agayne 
vnto their lorde. 

Notwithstodinge the children of Israel 
wente downe fro Bethulia, came vnto him, 
lowsed him, brought him to Bethulia, set him 
in the myddest of the people, and axed him 
what the matter was, that the Assirias had 
left him bounde. 

Osias the sonne of Micha of the trybe of 
Symeon, % Charmim (which is also called 
Gothoniel) were the pryncipall rulers at the 
same tyme. Now whan Achior stode in the 
myddest of the Senatours, g before the all, 
he tolde them, c what answere he gaue Holo- 
fernes, to the thinge that he axed him, and 
how Holofernes people wolde haue slayne 
him for so sayenge, g how Holofernes himself 
was wroth, g comaunded him for the same 
cause to be delyuered vnto y Israelites : that 
whan he ouercame the childre of Israel he 
might commaunde Achior also to be put to 
death with dyuerse tormentes, because he 
sayde : rf the God of heauen is their defender. 

And wha Achior had playnely tolde out 
all these thinges, all the people fell downe 
vpon their faces, praysinge the LORDE, and 
poured out their prayers together vnto the 
LORDE, with a generall complaynte g 
wepynge, g sayde : O LORDE God of 
heauen g earth, beholde their pryde, g loke 
vpon oure lowlynes, g cosidre how it standeth 
with thy sayntes, g make it to be knowne, y 
thou forsakest not those, which holde them 
fast by the, g how y thou bringest the lowe, y 
presume of the selues, g make their boast in 
their owne strength. So whan the wepinge 
and prayer of the people (which they had 
made the whole daye longe) was ended, they 
coforted Achior, sayege : the God of oure 
fathers, whose power g strength thou hast 
praysed, shall so rewarde the, y thou shalt 
rather se their destruccion. Whan y LORDE 
oure God then shall geue his seruauntes this 
liberte, God be with the also amonge vs : so 
y if it please y, thou with thyne mayest dwell 
with vs. 

Now whan Osias had ended the councell, 
he toke him in to his house, and made a 
greate supper, called all the elders to it, g so 
they refreszshed them selues after the fastinge. 
And afterwarde was all the people called to- 
gether, which made their prayers all the night 



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longe in the congregacion, and besought the 
God of Israel for helpe. 

€f)f 6tj. Chapter. 

THE next daye Holofernes commaunded 
his hoost, to go vp agaynst Bethulia. 
There were "an C. j xx. thousande fightinge 
men on fote, & two j twentie thousande 
horsme, besyde the preparynge of them y 
were wonne, j came to them on euery syde 
out of the countrees d cities which he had 
take. All these prepared them selues vnto 
the battayll agaynst the Israelites, and came 
on by the hyll syde, vnto the topp that loketh 
ouer agaynst Dothaim, from the place which 
is called Belma, vnto Chelmon y lyeth to- 
warde Eszdrelon. 

Now whan the childre of Israel sawe so 
greate a multitude of the Assirians, they fell 
downe flat vpon f grounde, strowed aszshes 
vpon their heades, (j prayed with one acorde, 
y the God of Israel wolde shew his mercy 
vpon his people. And so they toke their 
weapens, g sat betwixte the mountaynes in f 
narow place, & kepte the waye daye g night. 
But whyle Holofernes was goinge aboute, he 
founde the water springe, which from the 
south syde was conueyed in to the cite by a 
condyte : this comaunded he to be directe 
another waye, & to cut their condite in sunder. 
There were welles also not farre from the 
walles, which they vsed secretly, more for 
pleasure then for necessite. 

Then wente the Ammonites j the Moabites 
vnto Holofernes, and sayde : The children of 
Israel trust nether in speare ner arowe, but 
haue taken in, and kepe the mountaynes and 
hilles. That thou mayest ouercome them 
therfore without y strykynge of eny battayll, 
sett me to kepe the welles, that they drawe 
no water out of them : so shalt thou destroye 
the without swerde, or at the least they shall 
be so feble, that they must be fayne to geue 
ouer the cite, which they thinke not able to 
be wone, for so moch as it lieth in the mou- 
taynes. These wordes pleased Holofernes 
well and all his men of warre, and he *set an 
hundreth men at euery well rounde aboute. 

And whan this watch had endured twentye 
dayes, the Cisternes and all that had water, 
fayled them that dwelt in the cite of Bethulia, 



so that in y whole cite they had not drynke 
ynough for one daye, for the people had water 
geuen them daylie in a measure. Then came 
the men and women, yonge personnes and 
children all vnto Osias, and sayde all with one 
voyce : c God be iudge betwixte vs and the, 
for thou hast dealt euell with vs : thou woldest 
not speake peaceably with the kynge of the 
Assirians, therfore hath God solde vs in their 
handes, and there is no man to helpe vs, 
where as we are brought downe before their 
eyes in thirste and greate destruccion. Ther- 
fore gather now together all the people that 
be in the cite, that we maye all yelde oure 
selues wyllingly vnto y people of Holofernes : 
for better it is y we be captyue and prayse 
the LORDE with oure lyues, then to be 
layne and perishe, and to be laughed to 
scorne & shamed of euery man whan we se 
oure wyues and children dye before oure eyes. 
We take heauen tj earth this daye to recorde, 
and the God of oure fathers (which punysheth 

acordinge to the deseruynge of oure synnes) 
and geue you warnynge, y ye geue vp the 
cite now in to y power of Holofernes hoost, 
that oure ende maye be shorte with the 
swerde, which els shal endure longe for wante 
of water and for thirst. 

Whan they had spoke out these wordes, 
there was a greate wepynge and howlynge ' 
the whole congregacion, and that of euery 
man, and they cryed an whole houre longe 
vnto God with one voice, sayenge : we haue 
synned with oure fathers/ we haue done 
amysse, we haue dealt wickedly. Thou y art 
gracious, haue mercy vpon vs, punysh oure 
vnrighteousnes with thine owne scourge, and 
geue not those ouer that knowlege the, vnto 
a people which knoweth the not, lest they 
saye amonge the Heithen : e where is their 
God? 

And whan they were so weery with this 
crienge and wepynge, that they helde their 
tunges, Osias stode vp with watrye eyes, and 
sayde : -^O take good hertes vnto you (deare 
brethren) and be of good cheare, and let vs 
wayte yet these fyue dayes for mercy of the 
LORDE : peraduenture he shal cut awaye 
his indignacion, and geue glory vnto his name, 
But yf he helpe vs not whan these fyue 
dayes are past, we shall do as ye haue 
sayde. 



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Cfte bttj. Chapter. 

AND it happened whan these wordes 
came to the eares of Iudith a wyddow, 
which was the daughter of Merari, the sonne 
of Idox, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of 
Osias, the sonne of Elai, y sonne of Iammor, 
the sonne of Iedeon, the sonne of Raphoim, 
the sonne of Achitob, the sonne of Melchia, 
the sonne of Euam, f sonne of Nathania, the 
sonne of Salathiel, f sonne of Symeon, the 
sonne of Ruben. And hir huszbande was 
called Manasses, which dyed in the dayes of 
the barlye haruest. For whyle he was bynd- 
inge f sheeues together in the felde, the 
heate came vpon his heade, and he dyed at 
Bethulia his cite, and there was he buried 
beside his fathers. Now was Iudith his deso- 
late wyddow thre yeares (j six monethes. 
And in the hyer partes of hir house she made 
hirself a preuy chambre, where she dwelt, 
beynge closed in with hir maydes. She ware 
a smock of hayre, and fasted all the dayes of 
hir life, excepte the Sabbathes, and new 
moones & the solempne dayes that the peopl 
of Israel kepte. She was a very fayre and 
beutyfull personne. Hyr husbande also had 
lefte her greate riches, a plenteous housholde, 
greate vnmoueable possessions and many 
catell. This Iudith was a woman of a very 
good reporte with euery one, for she feared 
the LORDE greatly, and there was no body 
that speake an euell worde of her. 

Wha this Iudith herde, how Osias had 
promised the people, "that after the fyffte daye 
he wolde geue vp f cite vnto the Assirians, 
she sent for the elders Chambri and Charmin : 
and whan they came to her, she sayde : what 
thinge is this, wherin Osias hath consented, y 
yf God helpe not within fyue dayes, he wil 
geue ouer the cite to the Assirians ? What 
are ye, that ye tempte the LORDE ? This 
deuyce optayneth no mercy of God, but pro- 
uoketh him vnto wrath and displeasure. Wyl 
ye set the mercy of y LORDE a tyme, ij 
appoynte him a daye after youre wyll ? 

Neuertheles for so moch as the LORDE 
is pacient, let vs rather amende oure selues, 
pouringe out teares, and besekynge him of 
grace. *For God threateneth not as a ma, 
nether wyll he be prouoked vnto wrath as the 



Iudit. 7. e. » Iere. 18. 
4. a. 6. a. d Deut. 32. e. 



and 25. a. 
' Deu. { 



: ludic. 2. b. 
2 Par. 32. f. 



children of men. And therfore let vs hertely 
fall downe before him, and serue him with a 
meke sprete, and with wepynge eyes saye vnto 
the LORDE, that he deale with vs acordinge 
to his owne wyll and mercy: that like as oure 
hert is now vexed, j brought lowe thorow the 
pryde of them, it maye so be comforted thorow 
his grace: in so moch as we folowe not the 
synnes of oure fathers, which forsoke their 
God, 5 worshipped other goddes : c for the 
which synne they perished with the swerde, 
were spoyled <j brought to shame of all their 
enemies. As for vs, we knowe none other 
God but onely him, for whose coforte let vs 
tarry with mekenesse. He shall requyre and 
make rf inquisition for oure bloude, from the 
vexations of oure enemies : he shal brynge 
downe all the Heithen, that ryse vp agaynst 
vs, and put them to dishonoure, eue the 
LORDE oure God. 

Therfore deare brethren, seinge ye are the 
honorable and elders in the people of God, 
vnto whom all y people haue respecte, and 
vpon whom the life of the people stondeth 
lift vp their hertes with youre exortacion, y 
they maye call to remembraunce, how oure 
* fathers also in tymes past were tempted, y 
they might be proued, yf they worshipped 
their God a right. They ought to remebre, 
^how oure father Abraham beinge tempted, 
and tryed thorow many tribulations, was 
founde a louer and frende of God. So was 
s Isaac, so was Iacob, so was Moses, and all 
they that pleased God, beinge tryed thorow 
many troubles, were foude stedfast in faith. 
Agayne, they that receaued not their tenta- 
cions with the feare of God, but put the selues 
''forth with vnpaciency and murmurynge 
agaynst God, perished of the destroyer, and 
were slayne of serpentes. And therfore shulde 
not we vndertake to be auenged, for the 
thinge that is done vnto vs : but to considre, 
that all these punyshmentes are farre lesse 
then oure synnes & myszdedes : Beleuynge 
also, that this correction commeth vnto vs 
(as to the 'seruauntes of God) for amendment, 
and not for oure destruction. 

Then sayde Osias (j the elders vnto Iudith: 
All that thou speakest, is true, and no ma 
can reproue thy wordes. Praie thou for vs 
now therfore vnto God, for thou art an holy 

/ Gen. 17. a. and 22. a. s Gen. 28. b. Pro. 3. b. Heb. 12. a. 
* Nu. 11. a. and 21. a. 1 Cor. 10. a. f Rom. 8. d. 



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woma, and fearest God. And Iudith sayde 
vnto them : a Seynge ye knowe, that my 
wordes are of God, then proue my councell 
and deuice, yf it be of God : and beseke God 
that he wyll brynge my councell to a good 
ende. 

Thus haue I deuysed: *Ye shal stode thii 
night before the porte, and I wyll go forth 
with Abra my mayde : Praye ye therfore vnto 
God, that he wyl graciously remebre his peo^ 
pie of Israel within fyue daies, as ye haue 
sayde. As for the thinge that I go in hande 
withall, axe ye no questions of it, tyll I open 
it vnto you myself: do ye nothinge els, but 
praye vnto the LORDE youre God for me. 
Then Osias the prynce of the people of Iuda 
sayde vnto her: Go thy waye in peace, the 
LORDE be with the, that we maye be 
auenged of oure enemies, And so they wente 
from her agayne. 

Clje ir. Chapter. 

NOW wha they were gone their way, 
Iudith wente in to hir oratory, put on 
an hayrie smock, strowed aszhes vpon hir 
heade, fell downe before the LORDE, and 
cryed vnto him, sayenge: O LORDE God 
of my father c Symeon, which gauest him a 
swerde for a defence agaynst the enemies, 
that vsed violence and wilfulnes, and that 
rauyshed y vyrgin and put her to dishonesty. 
Thou that gauest their wiues in to a praye, 
and their daughters in to captiuyte, and all 
their praye for a spoyle vnto thy seruauntes, 
which bare a zele vnto the, helpe me wyddow, 

LORDE my God, I beseke y. For thou 
hast done all thinges from the begynnynge, 
and loke what thou hast taken in hande and 
deuysed, it came euer to passe. For all thy 
wayes are prepared, & thy iudgmentes are 
done in thy euerlastinge fore knowlege. O 
loke now vpon the armyes of the Assirians, 
like as it was thy pleasure somtyme to loke 
vpon the hoost of the d Egipcians, whan they 
beynge weapened, persecuted thy seruauntes, 

1 put their trust in their charettes, horsmen, 
and in the multitude of their men of warre. 
But thou lokedest vpon their hoost, castinge 
a thick darcknes before them : and whan they 
came in to the depe, the waters ouerwhelmed 
them. 

<• 1 Cor. 14. d. 1 Ioh. 4. a. 1 Tess. 5. c. b ludit. 10. b. 
c Gen. 34. d. d Exo. 14. c. e Psal. 45. b. 



Eue so LORDE let it go with these, that 
trust in y power and multitude of their men 
of warre, in their charettes, e arowes g speares, 
and knowe not, that thou onely art oure God 
which destroyest warres from the begynnynge. 
and that thou art the LORDE. O lift vp 
thine arme now like as euer from y begyn- 
nynge, and in thy power brynge their power 
to naught, cause their might to fall in thy 
wrath. They make their boast, y they wyl 
vnhalowe and defyle thy Sanctuary, and to 
waist the tabernacle of thy name, and to cast 
downe the home of thine aulter with their 
swerde. Brynge to passe (O LORDE) y the 
pryde of the enemye maye be cut downe with 
his owne swerde : that he maie be taken 
with the snare of his eyes in me, and y thou 
mayest smyte him with the lippes of my loue. 
O geue me a stedfast mynde, that I maye 
despyse him and his strength, and that I 
maye destroye him. 

This shal brynge thy name an euerlastinge 
remebraunce, yf the hande of a woman ^ouer- 
throwe him. For thy power (O LORDE) 
stondeth not in y power of men, nether hast 
thou eny pleasure in the stregth of horses. 
There was neuer proude personne that pleased 
the, but in the prayer of the humble and 
meke hath thy pleasure bene euermore. 

O thou God of the heauens, thou maker of 
the waters, and LORDE of all creatures, 
heare me poore woman, callynge vpon the, 
and puttynge my trust in thy mercy. Re- 
membre thy ^couenaunt O LORDE, and 
mynister wordes in my mouth, (j stablysh this 
deuyce in my hert, that thy house maye 
contynue still in holynes, and that all the 
Heithen maye knowe and vnderstode, that 
thou art God, and that there is none other 
but thou. 

Ci)t r. Chapter. 

AND whan she had left of cryenge vnto 
the LORDE, she rose vp from the 
place, where she had lyen flat before the 
LORDE, and called hir mayde, wente downe 
in to hir house, layed y hayrie cloth from her, 
A put of the garmentes of hir wyddowhode, 
waszshed hir body, anoynted hir self with 
precious thinges of swete sauoure, broyded 
and plated hir hayre, sett an hooue vpon hir 



/ Iudic. 4 

Psal. 146 



and 5. d. 2 Par. 14. c. 16. b. 20. a. Iudic. 7. 
g Eccli. 36. a. * ludit. 16. b. 



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heade, and put on soch apparell as belongeth 
vnto gladnesse, slippers vpon hir fete, arme- 
lettes, spanges, earynges, fynger rynges, and 
deckte herself with all hir best araye. 

The LORDE gaue her also a speciall 
beutye and fayrnesse (for all this deckinge of 
hir self was not done for eny volupteousnesse 
and pleasure of the flesh, but of a right dis- 
crecion and vertue, therfore dyd the LORDE 
increase hir bewtye) so y she was exceadinge 
amyable and welfauoured in all mens eyes. 
She gaue hir mayde also a bottell of wyne, a 
pot with oyle, pottage, cakes, bred g chese, 
and wente hir waye. 

Now whan she came to the porte of the 
cite, she founde Osias and the elders of the 
cite waitinge there. Which whan they sawe 
her, they were astonnyed, g marueled greatly 
at her bewty, neuertheles they axed no ques- 
tion at her, but let her go, sayenge: The 
God of oure fathers geue f his grace, and 
with his power perfourme all the deuyce of 
thy hert : that Ierusalem maye reioyse ouer 
the, and that thy name maye be in the nombre 
of the holy g righteous. And all they y were 
there, sayde with one voyce : so be it, so be it. 
Iudith made hir prayer vnto y LORDE, g 
wente out at f porte, she g hir mayde. 

And as she was goinge downe the moun- 
tayne, it happened that aboute the sprynge of 
the daye, the spyes of y Assirians met with 
her, and toke her, sayenge : whence commest 
thou? Or whither goest thou ? She answered: 
I am a daughter of f Hebrues, and am fled 
from them, for I knowe, that they shalbe 
geue vnto you to be spoyled: because they 
thought scorne to yelde the selues vnto you, 
that they might fynde mercy in youre sight. 
Therfore haue I deuysed by my self after this 
maner : I wyll go before the prynce Holo- 
fernes, and tell him all their secretes, and 
wyll shew him, how he maye come by them, 
and wynne them, so that not one man of his 
hoost shall perish. 

And whan these men had herde hir wordes, 
g considered hir fayre face, they were aston- 
nyed (for they wondred at hir excellent bewtye) 
g sayde vnto her: Thou hast saued thy life 
by fyndinge oute this deuyce, y thou woldest 
come downe to oure lorde: & be thou sure, 
that wha thou comest vnto him, he shal in- 
treate the well, g thou shalt please him at y 
hert. So they brought her in to Holofernes 



pauylion, and tolde him of her. Now whan 
she came in before him, immediatly he was 
ouercome g taken with hir bewtye. Then 
saide his seruauntes : who wolde despyse y 
people of y Iewes, y haue so fayre weme? 
Shulde we not by reason fight against the for 
these ? So wha Iudith sawe Holofernes syt- 
tinge in a canapye, y was wrought of purple, 
sylke, golde, Smaragde and precious stones, 
she loked fast vpo him, g fell downe vpo the 
earth. And Holofernes seruautes toke hir vp 
agayne, at their lordes commaundement. 
€f)e rt. Chapter. 

THEN sayde Holofernes vnto her : Be of 
good chere, and feare not in thine hert, 
for I neuer hurte man, that wolde serue 
Nabuchodonosor the kynge. As for thy 
people, yf they had not despysed me, I shulde 
not haue lift vp a speare agaynst the. But 
tell me now, what is the cause y thou art 
departed from them, and wherfore art thou 
come vnto vs ? 

And Iudith sayde vnto him: Syr, vnder- 
stonde the wordes of thy handmayden: for 
yf thou wilt do after f wordes of thy had- 
mayden, the LORDE shall brynge thy mat- 
ter to a prosperous effecte. As truly as 
Nabuchodonosor a lorde of the londe lyueth, 
g as truly as his power lyueth, which is in the 
to the punyshment of all men that go wronge, 
all men shall not onely be subdued vnto him 
thorow the, but all the beestes also of y felde. 
For all people speake of thy prudet actiuyte, 
and it hath euer bene reported, how thou 
onely art good and mightie in all his kyng- 
dome, and thy discrecion is commeded in all 
londes. 

The thinge is manifest also, that Achior 
spake," and it is wel knowne, what thou com- 
maiidedst to do vnto him. For this is plaine 
and of a suretye, that oure God is so wroth 
with vs (by the reason of oure synnes) that 
he hath shewed by his prophetes vnto the 
people, how that for their synnes he wyl de- 
lyuer them ouer vnto the enemie. And for 
so moch as the children of Israel knowe that 
they haue so displeased their God, they are 
sore afrayed of the. They suffre greate hon- 
ger also, g for wante of water, they are deed 
now in a maner. Morouer, they are ap- 
poynted to slaye all their catell, that they 



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maye drynke the bloude of them: and are 
purposed to spende all the holy ornamentes of 
their God (which he hath forbydde the to 
touch) for corne, wyne and oyle. Seinge now 
that they do these thinges, it is a playne case, 
y they must nedes be destroyed. Which whan 
I thy handmayden perceaued, I fled from 
them, and the LORDE hath sent me vnto f, 
to shew the these thinges. For I thy hand- 
mayden worshipe God euen here now besyde 
the, and thy honde mayden shal go forth, and 
I wil make my praier vnto God, and he shal 
tell me, whan he wyl rewarde the their synne : 
then shal I come and shew the, 5 brynge the 
thorow the myddest of Ierusalem, so that 
thou shalt haue all y people of Israel, as the 
shepe without a shepherde: there shal not 
so moch as one dogg barck agaynst the, for 
these thinges are shewed me by the pro- 
uydence of God : and for so moch as God is 
displeased with them, he hath sent me to tell 
the the same. 

These wordes pleased Holofernes and all 
his seruauntes, which marueled at the wys- 
dome of her, and sayde one to another: there 
is not soch a woman vpon earth, in bewtye 
and discrecion of wordes. And Holofernes 
sayde vnto her : God hath done well, that he 
hath sent the hither before thy people, that 
thou mayest geue them in to oure handes. 
And for so moch as thy promyse is good, yf 
thy God perfourme it vnto me, he shall be 
y God also, and thou shalt be excellent 
and greate in the courte of Nabuchodonosor, 
and thy name shalbe spoken of in all the 
londe. 

Cfte j#. Chapter. 

THEN commaunded he her to go in, 
where his treasure laye, and charged 
that she shulde haue hyr dwellynge there, and 
appoynted, what shulde be geuen her fro his 
table. Iudith answered him, and sayde : 3 As 
for the meate that thou hast commaunded to 
geue me, I maye not eate of it as now (lest I 
displease my God) but wyl eate of soch as I 
haue brought with me. Then sayde Holo- 
fernes vnto her: Yf these thinges that thou 
hast brought with the fayle, what shal we do 
vnto the? And Iudith sayde: As truly as 
thou lyuest my lorde, thy hande mayden shall 



not spende all this, tyll God haue brought to 
passe in my hande, the thinges that I haue 
deuysed. 

So his seruauntes brought her in to the 
tent, where as he had appointed. And as she 
was goinge in, she desyred that she might 
haue leue to go forth by night cj before daye, 
to hir prayer and to make intercession vnto 
the LORDE. Then commaunded Holofer 
nes his chamberlaynes, that she shulde go out 
and in at hir pleasure, to praye vnto hir God 
those thre dayes. 

And so in the night season she wete forth in 
to the valley of Bethulia, and wasszhed hirself 
in the well water. Then wente she vp, and 
besought the LORDE God of Israel that he 
wolde prospere hir waye, for the delyueraunce 
of his people. And so she wente in, and 
remayned cleane in hir tent, till she toke hir 
meate in the euenynge. 

Vpon y fourth daye it happened, y Holo- 
fernes made a costly supper vnto his seruautes, 
and sayde vnto Vagao his chamberlayne : Go 
thy waye, and councell this Hebruesse, that she 
maye be wyllynge to consent to kepe com- 
pany with me. For it were a shame vnto all 
the Assirians, that a woman shulde so laugh a 
man to scorne, that she were come from him 
vnmedled withall. 

Then wente Vagao vnto Iudith, and sayde : 
Let not the good daughter be afrayed, to 
come in to my lorde, that she maye be ho- 
noured before him, that she maye eate and 
drynke wyne, and be mery with him. Vnto 
whom Iudith answered: Who am I, that I 
shulde saye my lorde naye ? what so euer is 
good before his eyes, I shal do it : and loke 
what is his pleasure, that shal I thinke well 
done, as long as I lyue. 

So she stode vp, and deckte hirself with hir 
apparell, and wente in, and stode before him. 
And Holofernes hert was whole moued, so 
that he brent in desyre towarde her. And 
Holofernes sayde vnto her : drynke now and 
sytt downe, and be mery, for thou hast founde 
fauoure before me. Then sayde Iudith: Syr, 

wil drynke, for my mynde is meryer to 
daye, than euer it was in all my life. And 
she toke and ate and dranke before him, the 
thinges that hir mayden had prepared for her. 
And Holofernes was mery with her, and 
dranke more wyne, then euer he dyd afore in 
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Cfce rttj. Chapter. 

NOW whan it was late in the night, his 
seruauntes made haist, euery ma to his 
lodginge. And Vagao shutt the chamber 
dores, and wente his waye, for they were all 
ouerladen with wyne." So was Iudith alone 
in the chamber. As for Holofernes, he laye 
vpon the bed all droncken, and of very 
dronkennes fell a slepe. 

Then commaunded Iudith hir mayden, to 
stode without before the dore, and to wayte. 
And Iudith stode before the bed, makynge 
her prayer with teares, and moued hir lippes 
secretly, and sayde. Strength me O LORDE 
God of Israel, and haue respecte vnto the 
workes of my handes in this houre, that thou 
mayest set vp thy cite of Ierusalem, like as 
thou hast promysed: O graunte that by the 
I maye perfourme the thinge, which I haue 
deuysed thorow the beleue that I haue in the. 

And whan she had spoken this, she wente 
to the bedsteade, and lowsed the swerde that 
hanged vpon it, and drew it out. Then toke 
she holde of the hairie lockes of his heade, 
and sayde : Strength me o LORDE God in 
this houre, and with that, she gaue him two 
strokes vpon the neck, and smote of his heade. 
Then toke she the canapy awaye, and rolled 
the deed body asyde. Immediatly she gat 
her forth, and delyuered the head of Holo- 
fernes vnto hir mayden, and bad hir put it in 
hir walett. 

And so these two wente forth together after 
their custome, as though they wolde praye, 
and so passed by the hoost, and came thorow 
the valley vnto the porte of the cite. And 
Iudith cried afarre of vnto y watchmen vpon 
the walles : Open the gates (sayde she) for 
God is with vs, which hath shewed his power 
in Israel. And whan they herde hir voyce, 
they called the elders of the cite together. 
And they came all to mete her, litle j greate, 
yonge g olde, for they thought not that she 
shulde haue come so soone. So they lighted 
candels, and gathered aboute hir euerichone : 
but she wente vp in to an hye place, and 
caused sylence to be proclamed. 

Whan euery man now helde his tonge, 
Iudith sayde: O prayse the LORDE oure 
God, for he hath not despysed, ner forsaken 
them, that put their trust in him : and in me 



his honde mayden he hath perfourmed his 
mercy, which he promysed vnto the house of 
Israel : yee in my hade this same night hath 
he slayne the enemy of his people. 

And with that she toke forth the heade of 
Holofernes out of the walett, and shewed it 
them, sayenge : Beholde the heade of Holo- 
fernes the captayne of the Assirias, and this 
is the canapy, wherin he laye in his dronken- 
nes: where the LORDE oure God hath slayne 
him by the hande of a woman. 

But as truly as the LORDE lyueth, his 
angell hath kepte me, goinge thither, remayn- 
inge there, and commynge hither agayne from 
thence. And the LORDE hath not sufrred 
me his handmayden to be defyled, but with- 
out eny fylthynes of synne hath he brought 
me agayne vnto you : cj y with greate victory, 
so that I am escaped, and ye delyuered. O 
geue thankes vnto him euerychone, for he is 
gracious, and his mercy endureth for euer.* 

So they praysed the LORDE alltogether, 
and gaue thakes vnto him. And to her they 
sayde : The LORDE hath blessed the in his 
power, for thorow the he hath brought oure 
enemies to naught. 

And Ozias y chefe ruler of the people of 
Israel, sayde vnto her: Blessed art thou of 
the LORDE the hye God, aboue all wemen 
vpon earth. 

Blessed be the LORDE the maker of 
heauen and earth, which hath gyded f a right 
to wounde and to smyte of the heade of the 
captayne of oure enemies. For this daye he 
hath made thy name so honorable, that thy 
prayse shall neuer come out of the mouth of 
me, which shal all waye remembre y power 
of the LORDE : seinge thou hast not spared 
thine owne self, but put the in ieoperdy, con- 
sideringe the anguysh and trouble of thy 
people, and so hast helped their fall before 
God oure LORDE. And all the people 
sayde : Ame, Amen. 

Achior also was called, & he came. Then 
sayde Iudith vnto him : The God of Israel 
vnto who thou gauest wytnes, that he wolde 
be auenged of his enemies, euen he hath this 
night thorow my hande smytte of the head of 
all the vnfaithfull. And that thou mayest se 
that it so is, beholde, this is y heade of Holo- 
fernes, which in his presumptuous pryde des- 
pysed the God of the people of Israel, and 

* Psal. 105. a. and 106. a. 



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threatened f with destruccion, sayenge : 
a whan the people of Israel is take, I shall 
cause the also to be stickte with the swerde. 
Whan Achior sawe Holofernes heade, he fell 
downe vpon his face to the grounde for very 
anguish % feare, so y he swowned withall. 
But after that he was come agayne to himself, 
he fell downe before her & praysed her, sayege : 
Blessed art thou of thy God in all the taber- 
nacles of Iacob : for all the people that heare 
of thy name, shall prayse the God of Israel 
because of the. 

Cije jrtitj. Cfiajptcr. 

IUDITH saide vnto all the people: Bre- 
thren heare me, Styck vp this heade vpon 
oure walles, and whan the Sonne aryseth, take 
euery man his weapen, and fall out violently : 
not as though ye wolde go besyde them, but 
to renne vpon them with violence. Whan the 
spyes in the tetes se this, they shall of neces- 
site be copelled to fie bacwarde, and to rayse 
vp their captayne to the battyll. So wha 
their captaynes come in to Holofernes pauy- 
lion, and fynde the deed body wrapped in the 
bloude, fearfulnes shall fall vpon them : and 
whan ye perceaue that they fie, folowe them 
without all care, for God shal delyuer them 
vnto you, to be destroyed. 

Then Achior seynge the power of God 
which he had shewed vnto the people of 
Israel, fell of from his Heithenish beleue, and 
put his trust in God, and let him self be cir- 
cumcided : and so was he nombred amonge 
the people of Israel, he and all his posterite 
vnto this daye. 

Now as soone as it was daye, they stickte 
vp Holofernes heade vpon the walles, and 
euery man toke his weapen, and so they 
wente out with an horrible crye. Whan the 
spyes sawe that, they ranne vnto Holofernes 
tent. And they that were within the tet, 
came before his chamber, and made a greate 
russzhinge to wake him vp, because they 
thought with the noyse to haue raised him. 
For there durst not one of the Assirians 
knocke, go in, ner to open. 

But whan the captaynes and prynces and 
all the chefe in the kynge of the Assirians 
hoost came together, they saide vnto the 
chamberlaynes : Go youre waye in, and wake 



him vp, for the myse are crepte out of their 
holes, * and darre prouoke vs vnto battayll. 

Then wente Vagao in to his chamber, 
stode before the bed, and clapped with his 
handes, for he thought he had bene slepynge 
with Iudith. 

But wha he had herkened perfectly with 
his eares, and coude perceaue no sterynge, 
he wente nyer to the bed, and lift it vp, and 
then sawe he the deed body of Holofernes 
lyenge there without a heade, weltred in his 
bloude vpon the earth. Then cried he with 
loude voyce, and with wepynge rent his 
clothes, and wente in to Iudiths tent, and 
founde her not : And so he leapte out vnto 
the people, and sayde : one woma of y Iewes, 
hath brought all Nabuchodonosors people to 
shame. 

For lo, Holofernes lyeth vpon the grounde, 
and hath no heade. 

Whan the chefe of the assirians hoost herde 
that, they rente their clothes, and there fell 
an intollerable feare and tremblinge vpo them, 
so y theyr myndes were sore afrayed. And 
there was an exceadynge greate crye in the 
whole hoost. 

C^e rb. Chapter. 

NOW whan all the hoost herde that 
Holofernes was headed, their mynde 
and councell fell from them : and soch a 
feare came vpon them, that they vndertoke 
to defende them selues by flyenge awaye : one 
spake not to another, but hanged downe their 
heades, left all behynde them, and made haist 
to escape from the Hebrues : for they herde, 
that they were haistinge to come after with 
their weapens, and so they fled by the wayes 
of the feldes, and thorow all the fote pathes 
of the dales. 

And whan y children of Israel sawe that 
they fled, they folowed vpon them, and wente 
downe with tropettes, blowinge and makynge 
a greate crie after the. As for the Assirians, 
they had no ordre, and kepte not the selues 
together, but fled their waye. Neuerthelesse 
the children of Israel fell vpon them with 
one company and ordre, and discomfited as 
many as they might gett. And Osias sent 
messaungers vnto all the cities and coutrees 
of Israel. 

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their best men after them in harnesse, 
smote them with the swerde, tyll they came 
to y vttemost parte of their borders. And 
the other that were in Bethulia came in to 
the tetes of the Assirians, and toke all that 
they which were fled, had left behynde them 
and so they founde greate good. And they 
that came agayne to Bethulia from the bat- 
tayll, toke with them soch thinges as had 
bene theirs : there was no nobre of the catell, 
and of all costly Iewels, so that from the 
lowest vnto the hyest, they were all made 
riche of the spoyles of them. And Ioachim 
the Hye prest at Ierusale, came to Bethulia 
with all the elders, that they might se 
Iudith. 

Now whan she came out vnto them, they 
beganne all to prayse her with one voyce, 
sayenge : thou worshipe of the cite of Ieru- 
salem, thou ioye of Israel, thou honoure of 
oure people, thou hast done manly, and thy 
hert is comforted, because thou hast loued 
clenlynes and chastyte, & hast knowne no man 
but thine owne huszbande : therfore hath the 
hade of the LORDE comforted the, and 
blessed shalt thou be for euer. And all people 
sayde : so be it, so be it. 

In thirtie dayes coude the people of Israel 
scarse gather vp the spoyles of the Assirians. 
But all that belonged vnto Holofernes, and 
had bene his specially, (whether it were of 
golde, of syluer, precious stones, clothinge 
and all ornamentes) they gaue it vnto Iudith. 
And all the people reioysed, both wemen, 
maydens, and yonge people, with pipes and 
harpes. 

%\)t rbt. Cljapttr. 

THEN sange Iudith this songe vnto the 
LORDE : Begynne vnto the LORDE 
vpon the tabrettes, singe vnto the LORDE 
vpon the cymbals. O synge vnto him a new 
songe of thankesgeuynge, be ioyfull and call 
vpon his name. a It is the LORDE that 
destroyeth warres, euen the LORDE is his 
name. Which hath pitched his tentes in the 
myddest of his people, that he might delyuer 
vs from the hande of all oure enemies. Assur 
came out of the mountaynes in the multitude 
of his strength. His people stopped the water 
brokes, * and their horses couered the valleys. 



Psal. 45. b. »Iudit.7.c. 

d Iudit. 10. d. 



He purposed to haue bret vp my londe, and 
to slaye my yonge men with the swerde. 

He wolde haue caryed awaye my children 
and virgins in to captiuyte, but the allmightie 
LORDE hurte him, and delyuered him in to 
the handes of a woman, which brought him 
to confucion. For their mightie was not 
destroyed of the yonge men. It was not the 
sonnes of Titan that slew him, nether haue 
the greate giauntes sett them selues agaynst 
him : but Iudith the daughter of Merari with 
hir fayre bewtye hath discomfited him, and 
brought him to naught. ° For she layed awaie 
hir widdowes garment, and put on the apparell 
of gladnesse in the reioysinge of the children 
of Israel. She anoynted hir face, and bounde 
vp hir hayre in an hooue, to begyle him. Hir 
slippers rauyshed his eyes, hir bewtye capty- 
uated his mynde, * with the swerde smote she 
of his neck. The Persians were astonnyed at 
hir stedfastnesse, and the Medes at hir bold- 
nes. Then howled the armyes of f Assirians, 
whan my symple appeared, drye of thyrst 
The sonnes of the daughters haue pearsed 
them thorow, and slayne them as fugityue 
childre : they peryshed in the battayll, for the 
very feare of the LORDE my God. Let 
us synge a songe of thakesgeuynge vnto the 
LORDE, a new songe of prayse wyl we synge 
vnto oure God. LORDE, LORDE, thou 
art a greate God, mightie in power, whom no 
man maye ouercome. All thy creatures shulde 
serue the, e for thou spakest but the worde, (j 
they were made: thou sente thy sprete, (j 
they were created, and no man maye with- 
stonde thy voyce. The mountaynes shal 
moue from the foundacions with the waters, 
the stony rockes shal melt before the like 
waxe. But they that feare the, shal be greate 
with y in all thinges. Wo vnto the people 
that ryse vp against my generacion, for the 
allmightie LORDE wyll auenge him self of 
them, ts in the daye of iudgmet wyl he vyset 
them. For he shall geue fyre (j wormes in to 
their flesh, that they maye burne and fele it 
for euermore. 

After this it happened, that after the vic- 
tory all the people came to Ierusalem, to geue 
prayse and thankes vnto the LORDE. And 
wha they were purified, they offred all their 
brent sacrifices and their promysed offerynges. 

e Gen. 1. a. Psal. 32. a. Psal. 103. d. 



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And Iudith offred all Holofernes weapens, 
and all the Iewels, that f people had geue 
her, "and the canapy that she toke from his 
bed, and hanged them vp vnto the LORDE. 
The people was ioyfull, as the vse is : & this 
ioye by reason of the victory, with Iudith, 
endureth thre monethes. 

So after these dayes euery man wente home 
agayne, and Iudith was in greate reputacion 
at Bethulia, and right honorably taken in all 
the londe of Israel. Vnto hir vertue also was 
chastite ioyned, so y after hir huszbonde 
Manasses dyed, she neuer knew man all the 
dayes of hir life. Vpon the hye solempne 



dayes she wente out with greate worshipe 
She dwelt in hir huszbandes house an hun- 
dreth and fyue yeare, & left hir honde 
mayden fre, and dyed, and was buried be- 
syde hir huszbande in Bethulia. And all 
the people mourned for her seuen dayes. * So 
longe as she lyued, there was none that 
troubled Israel, and many yeares also after hir 
death. 

The daye wherin this victory was gotten, 
was solemply holden, and rekened of the 
Iewes in the nombre of the holy dayes, and is 
yet greatly holden of the Iewes euer sence, 
vnto this daye. 



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Che rt. Chapter afttt the Hatgn. 

In this chapter is descrybed the 
Mardocheus. 



of 



MARDOCHEUS the sonne of lair, the 
sonne of Semei, "f sonne of Cisei of 
f trybe of Ben Iamin a lew: which had his 
dwellynge in Susis, a man of greate reputacio, 
excellent amonge all them that were in the 
kynges courte (Neuerthelesse he was one of 
the presoners, whom *Nabuchodonosor the 
kynge of Babilo had caried awaye from Ieru- 
salem vnto Babilon with Iechonias the kynge 
of Iuda.) In the seconde yeare of the raigne 
of greate Artaxerses in the first daye of y 
moneth Msan, had this Mardocheus soch a 
dreame : He thought he herde a greate tepest, 
horrible thonderclappes, erthquakes, g greate 
vprour in y londe : j y he sawe two greate 



dragos, ready to fight one agalst another, 
Their crye was greate. At the which roaringe 
and crye all Heithen were vp, to fight agaynst 
y righteous people. And f same daye was 
full of darcknes u very vncleare, full of trouble 
Cj anguysh, yee a greate fearfulnes was there 
in all the londe. The righteous were amased, 
for they feared y plage g euell y was deuysed 
ouer the, g were at a poynte with them selues 
to dye. So they cried vnto God, and while 
they were cryenge, the litle well grew in to a 
greate ryuer 5 in to many waters. And with 
y it was daye, & the sonne rose vp agayne. 
And y^ lowly were exalted, and deuoured the 
glorious and proude. 

Now whan Mardocheus had sene this 
dreame, he awoke, and mused stedfastly in his 
hert, what God wolde do : and so he desyred 
to knowe all the matter, and his mynde was 
there vpon vntyll the night. 



4 Reg. 24. d. Iere. 24. 



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Che rtj. Chapter. 

In this chapter is declared, how Mardocheus 
vttereth the treason of the two seruauntes 
agaynst the kynge, and therfore doth the kynge 
rewarde him. 

AT the same tyme dwelt Mardocheus 
with Bagatha and Thares the kynges 
chamberlaynes and porters of the palace. 
But whan he herde their deuyce, and had 
diligently considered their ymaginacions, he 
perceaued that they wente aboute, to laye 
their cruell "handes vpon the kynge Arta- 
xerses: and so he certified the kinge therof. 
Then caused the kynge to examen y two 
gelded with tormentes. And whan they had 
graunted it, they were put to death. 

This the kynge caused to be put in y 
Cronicles for an euerlastinge remembrauce, 
and Mardocheus wrote vp the same matter. 
So the kynge commaunded, that Mardocheus 
shulde do seruyce in the courte, and for this 
faithfulnesse of his, he gaue him a rewarde. 
But Aman the sonne of Amadathu the 
Agagite, which was holden in greate honoure 
and reputacion in the kynges courte, vnder- 
toke to hurte Mardocheus & his people, be- 
cause of the two chamberlaynes that were put 
to death. 

Che jrtvj. Chapter 
The copie of the commaundement, which kige 
Artaxerses (by the entisinge of Ama) sent out 
in to all countres, for the destruccion of the 
Iewes. The prayer of Mardocheus. 

THE greate kynge Artaxerses which 
*raigneth from India vnto Ethiopia, ouer 
an hundreth and seuen and twetye londes. 
sendeth his frendly salutacion vnto all the 
prynces and debytes of the countrees, which 
be subiecte vnto his dominion. Whan I was 
made lorde ouer many people, and had sub 
dued the whole earth vnto my dominion, my 
mynde was not with crueltye and wronge to 
exalte myself by the reason of my power: but 
purposed with equyte allwaye and gentylnes, 
to gouerne those that be vnder my iurisz- 
diccion, and wholy to set them in a peaceable 
life, and therby to brynge my kingdome vnto 
tranquylite, that men might safely go thorow 
on euery syde, and to renue peace agayne, 
which all men desyre. Now whan I axed my 

■ Hest. 2. d. and 6. a. 



councelers, how these thinges might be brought 
to a good ende, there was one by vs, excellet 
in wyszdome, whose good wyll, trueth j faith- 
fulnes hath oft bene shewed j proued (which 
was also y pryncipall & next vnto y kige) Ama 
by name, which certified vs, how y in all 
lodes there was crepte in a rebellious folke, 
y made statutes j lawes agaynst all other peo- 
ple, j haue allwaye despysed the proclamed 
commaundementes of kynges : and how that 
for this cause it were not to be suffred, that 
soch rule shulde contynue by you & not to be 
put downe. Seinge now we perceaue the 
same, that this people alone are contrary vnto 
euery man, vsynge straunge and other maner 
of lawes, & withstonde oure statutes and 
doinges, and go aboute to stablish shrewd 
matters, that oure kyngdome shulde neuer 
come to good estate and stedfastnes : Therfore 
haue we commauded, that all they that are 
appoynted in wrytinge and shewed vnto you 
by Aman (which is ordened and set ouer all 
oure busynes, and the most pryncipall next 
vnto the kynge, and in maner as a father) 
shal with their wiues a children be destroyed 
and roted out with the swerde of their ene- 
mies and aduersaries: g y there shalbe no 
mercy shewed, g no man spared. And this 
shalbe done y xiiij. daye of the moneth called 
Adar) of this yeare, that they which of olde 
(and now also) haue euer bene rebellious, 
maye in one daye with violence be thrust 
downe in to the hell, to the intet that after 
this maner, oure empyre maye haue peace and 
tranquylite. 

But Mardocheus thought vpon all the 
workes and noble actes of y LORDE, g made 
his prayer vnto him, sayenge: O LORDE 
LORDE, thou valeaunt and allmightie kynge 
(for all thinges are in thy power, and yf thou 
wilt helpe and delyuer Israel, there is no ma 
that can withstode ner lett the : for thou hast 
made heauen & earth, and what wonderous 
thinge so euer is vnder the heauen : thou art 
LORDE of all thinges, and there is no man, y 
can resist the O LORDE) Thou knowest all 
thinges, thou wotest LORDE, that it was 
nether of malyce, ner presumpcion, ner for 
eny desyre of glory, that I wolde not bowe 
downe myself ner worshipe yonder proude 
presumptuous Aman (for I wolde haue bene 
cotent, and y with good wyll, yf it might haue 

4 Hest. 1. a. and 16. a. 



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done Israel eny good, to haue kyst eue his 
fotesteppes) but that I dyd it, because I 
wolde not sett the honoure of a ma in the 
steade of the glorye of God, and because I 
wolde worshipe none but onely y my LORDE. 
And this haue I done in no pryde ner pre- 
sumption. 

And therfore O LORDE thou God and 
kinge, haue mercy vpon thy people for they 
ymagyn how they maye bringe vs to naught, 
yee their mynde and desyre is to destroye and 
to ouerthrowe the people, that hath euer bene 
thine enheritaunce of olde. O despyse not 
thy porcio, which thou hast delyuered & 
brought out of Egipte for thine owne self. 
Heare my prayer, and be mercifull vnto thy 
people, who thou hast chosen for an heretage 
vnto thyself. Turne oure complaynte and 
sorow in to ioye, that we maye lyue O 
LO RDE, and prayse thy name. O LORDE, 
suffre not y mouthes of them that praise the, 
to be destroyed. 

All y- people of Israel in like maner cried 
as earnestly as they coude vnto the LORDE, 
for their death and destruction stode before 
their eyes. 

Cfie rmj. Chapter. 

Of the sorowe, complaynte and prayer of quene 
Hester. 

QUENE Hester also beynge in the battayll 
of death, resorted vnto the LORDE, 
layed awaye hir glorious apparell, and put on 
the garmetes that serued for sighinge and 
mournynge. In the steade of precious oynt- 
ment, she scatred ashes and doge vpon hir 
heade : and as for hir body, she humbled it, 
and brought it very lowe, All the places 
where she was wote to haue ioye afore, those 
fylled she with y hayre, y she plucte out 
hirself. She prayed also vnto the LORDE 
God of Israel with these wordes : 

O my LORDE, thou onely art oure kynge, 
helpe me desolate woma, which haue no 
helper but y, for my misery and destruction 
is harde at my hande. Fro my youth vp I 
haue herde " out of the kynred of my father, 
that thou tokest Israel from amoge all people 
(and so haue oure fathers of their fore elders) 
that they shulde be thy perpetuall inherit- 
aunce, and loke what thou didest promise the, 
thou hast made it good vnto the. 

" Deut. 4. c. and 7. d. * Iere. 32. c. 



Now well LORDE, we haue synned before 
the, * therfore hast thou geuen vs in to the 
hades of oure enemies, because we worshipped 
their goddes. LORDE thou art righteous. 
Neuertheles it satisfieth the not, that we are 
in bytter and heuy captiuyte and oppressed 
amonge them, but thou hast layed their 
hondes vpon the hondes of their goddes : so 
that they begynne to take awaye, the thinge 
that thou with thy mouth hast ordened and 
appoynted: to destroye thyne inheritaunce. 
to shut and to stoppe f mouthes of them that 
prayse the, to quech the glory and worshipe 
of thy house and thine aulter, and to open 
the mouthes of- the Heithen, y they maye 
prayse the power j vertue of the goddes, and 
to magnifie the fleshly kynge for euer. 

O LORDE, geue not thy cepter vnto the 
that be nothinge, lest they laugh vs to scorne 
in oure misery and fall : but turne their de- 
uyce vpo them selues, and punysh him, that 
hath begonne the same ouer vs, and set him 
to an example. Thinke vpon vs O LORDE, 
and shew thy self in y tyme of oure distres 
and of oure trouble. Strength me O thou 
kynge of goddes, thou LORDE of all power, 
geue me an eloqueV and pleasaunt speach in 
my mouth before the Lyon. Turne his hert 
in to y hate of oure enemie, to destroye him, 
and all soch as consent vnto him. But de- 
lyuer vs with thy hande, and helpe me deso- 
late woman, which haue no defence ner helper 
but onely y. LORDE thou knowest all 
thinges, thou wotest that I loue not the glory 
and worshipe of the vnrighteous, and that I 
hate and abhorre the bed of the vncircucyded 
and of all Heithen. 

Thou knowest and wotest my necessite, y 
I hate the token of my preemynence % wor- 
shipe, which I beare vpon my heade, what 
tyme as I must shew my self and be sene, (t 
that I abhorre it as an vncleane cloth, and 
that I weere it not wha I am quyete and 
alone by my self. Thou knowest also that I 
thy honde mayden haue not eaten at Amas 
table, and that I haue had no pleasure ner 
delyte in the kynges feast, that I haue not 
dronke the drynkofferinges, and that I thy 
honde mayden haue had no ioye sens y daie 
that I was brought hither vnto this daye : but 
onely in the O LORDE. O thou God of 
Abraham, O thou mightie God aboue all, 



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heare the voyce of them, that haue none 
other hope, and delyuer vs out of the 
hande of y wicked, g delyuer me out of 
my feare. 

Cfte rb. Chapter. 

Quene Hester appeareth before the kynge, with 
an heuy hert for the trouble of hir people, 
and God turneth the kynges hert. 

AND vpon y thirde daye it happened, 
that Hester* layed awaye y mournynge 
garmetes, and put on hir glorious apparell, 
and decte hirself goodly (after that she had 
called vpon God, which is the beholder g 
Sauioure of all thinges) toke two maydes with 
her : vpon the one she leaned hir self, as one 
y was tender : the other folowed her, and 
bare the trayne of hir vesture. The shyne 
of hir bewtye made hir face rose coloured. 
The similitude of hir face was chearfull and 
amyable, but hir hert was soroufull for greate 
feare. She wente in thorow all the dores, 
and stode before the kynge. The kynge sat 
vpon the trone of his kingdome, and was 
clothed in his goodly araye, all of golde, and 
sett with precious stones, and he was very 
terryble. He lift vp his face, that shone in 
the clearnes, and loked grymly vpon her. 
Then fell the Quene downe, was pale and 
faynt, leaned hir self vpon the heade of the 
mayde that wente with her. 

Neuertheles God turned y kynges mynde, 
that he was gentle,* that he leape out of his 
seate for feare, and gat her in his amies, g 
helde hir vp tyll she came to herself agayne. 
He gaue her louynge wordes also, g sayde 
vnto her : Hester, what is the matter ? I am 
thy brother, be of good cheare, thou shalt 
not dye : for oure commaundement toucheth 
the comons, not the. Come nye. And with 
that he helde vp his golden wande, and layed 
it vpon hir neck, and enbraced her frendly, 
and sayde : talke with me. The sayde she : 
I sawe the c (O lorde) as an angell of God, g 
my hert was troubled for feare of thy maiesty 
and clearnesse. For excellent and wonderfull 
art thou (O lorde) and thy face is full of 
amyte. But as she was thus speakynge vnto 
him, she fell downe agayne for fayntnes : for 
the which cause the kynge was afrayed, and 
all his seruauntes comforted her. 



Che rbi. Chapter. 

A copye of the commaundement, which kinge 
Artaxerses caused to be proclamed in all the 
countrees of his domynion, for the wealth of 
the Iewes. 

THE greate kynge Artaxerses, which 
raigneth fro India vnto Ethiopia, ouer 
an hundreth and xxvij. londes, sendeth vnto 
the prynces g rulers of the same londes, soch 
as loue him, his frendly salutacion. There 
be many, that for the sondrye frendshipes and 
benefites which are diuersly done vnto them 
for their worshipe, be euer f more proude 
and hye mynded, and vndertake not onely to 
hurte oure subiectes (for plenteous benefites 
maye they not suffre, and begynne to ymagin 
some thinge agaynst those that do them good, 
and take not onely all vnthankfulnes awaye 
fro men) but in pryde and presumpcion (as 
they that be vnmyndefull and vnthakfull for 
the good dedes) they go aboute to escape the 
iudgment of God, y seyth all thinges, which 
(iudgment) hateth g punysheth all wickednes. 
It happeneth oft also, y they which be set in 
office by the hyer power, and vnto whom the 
busynes and causes of the subiectes are 
comytted to be handled, waxe proude, and 
defyle the seines with sheddynge of innocent 
bloude, which bryngeth them to intollerable 
hurte. Which also with false and disceatfull 
wordes and with lyenge tales, disceaue and 
betraye the innocent goodnes of prynces. 

Now is it profitable and good, that we take 
hede, make search therafter, and consider, not 
onely what hath happened vnto vs of olde, 
but the shamefull, vnhonest, and noysome 
thinges, that the debites haue now taken in 
hande before oure eyes : and therby to be- 
warre in tyme to come, that we maye make 
the kyngdome quyete g peaceable for all men, 
and that we might some tyme drawe it to a 
chaunge: and as for y thinge that now is 
present before oure eyes, to withstande it, 
and to put it downe, after the most frendly 
maner. 

What tyme now as Aman the sonne of 
Amadathu y Macedonyan* (a straunger verely 
of the Persians bloude, and farre from oure 
goodnes) was come in amoge vs as an aleaunt, 
and had optayned the frendshipe that we 



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beare towarde all people, so that he was called 
oure father, and had in hye honoure of euery 
man, as the next and pryncipall vnto the 
kynge, he coude not forbeare him self from 
his pryde, hath vndertaken not onely to robbe 
vs of the kyngdome, but of oure life. 

With manyfolde disceate also hath he de- 
syred to destroye Mardocheus oure helper 
and preseruer, which hath done vs good in all 
thinges : and innocent Hester the like par- 
taker of oure kyngdome, with all hir people. 
For his mynde was (whan he had take them 
out of the waye, and robbed vs of them) by 
this meanes to translate the kyngdome of the 
Persians vnto the of Macedonia. But we 
fynde, that the Iewes (which were accused of 
y wicked, y they might be destroyed) are no 
euell doers, but vse reasonable g right lawes, 
and that they be the children of the most Hye 
lyuynge God, by whom the kyngdome of vs 
and oure progenitours hath bene well ordred 
hither to. Wherfore, as for the letters and 
comaundementes, that were put forth by 
Aman the sonne of Amadathu, ye shal do 
well, yf ye holde them of none effecte : for he 
that set them vp and inuented the, hangeth at 



Susis before the porte, with all his kinred, 
and God (which hath all thinges in his power) 
hath rewarded him after his deseruynge. 

And vpon this ye shal publish and set vp 
the copy of this letter in all places, that the 
Iewes maye frely and without hinderaunce 
holde them selues after their owne statutes, 
and that they maye be helped, and that vpo 
y xiij. daye of y xij. moneth Adar they maye 
be auenged of them, which in the tyme of 
their anguysh and trouble wolde haue op- 
pressed the. For the God that gouerneth all 
thinges, hath turned to ioye, the daye wherin 
f chosen people shulde haue perished. 

Morouer, amoge the hye solempne dayes 
that ye haue, ye shall holde this daye also 
with all gladnesse : that now and in tyme to 
come, this daye maye be a remembrauce to 
good, for all soch as loue the prosperite of the 
Persians : but a remembraunce of destruccion 
to those that be sedicious vnto vs. 

All cities and lodes that do not this, shal 
horribly perish and be destroyed with the 
swerde and fyre, and shall not onely be no- 
more inhabited of men, but be abhorred also 
of y wilde beastes (i foules. 



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Mbat tfife fcofce contepnetfn 



Chap. I. 
An exortacio for iudges and rulers to loue wysz- 
dome. The sprete of wyszdome hateth falsede, 
dissimulacion and Ypocrysie, rebuketh vnright- 
eousnesse and abhorreth wicked doers. 
Chap. II. 
The ymaginacios and thoughtes of the vngodly, 
how they geue the selues ouer vnto synne, and 
persecute allvertue and trueth. 
C^ap. III. 
The felicite and health of godly people, though 
they be put here to trouble and heuynesse : 
Agayne, what sorow shall happen to the vn- 
godly and their children. 

Chap. IIII. 
To lyue chaist (j godly withall, is coniendable. 
A disprayse of the wicked. The honoure of 
verteous age. The shamefull death of the 
vngodly. 

Chap. V. 
How the iust men shal stode against the wicked, 
that haue put them here to trouble (j what 
sorowe shall come vpon the vngodly. Agayne, 
what ioye shal happen to the righteous, which 
haue God himself for their defece. 
Chap. VI. 
An exortacion vnto soch as be in rule and aucto- 
rite, to receaue wyszdome. A commedacion 
of wyszdome. 

Chap. VII. 
All men haue like intrauce in to the worlde : yet 
who so calleth vpon God for wyszdome, shal 
haue his desyre. The profit that cometh by 
wyszdome passeth all other thinges. 
Cljap. VIII. 
Wiszdome shulde be receaued in youth. He 
that marieth himself vnto her, shall optayne 
loue of God and men. 

Chap. IX. 
A prayer vnto God for the gift of wyszdome. 



Chap. X. 
What profit and good came by wyszdome in the 
olde tyme. 

Chap. XI. 
How wiszdome ledeth the righteous, & how the 
vngodly are punyshed thorow the mightie 
hande of God. 

Chap. XII. 
God is mercifull and suffreth longe, to the intent 
that synners shulde amende. 
Chap. XIII. 
Vayne are they that haue not the knowlege of 
the lyuynge God, but turne vnto the crea- 
tures: vnhappie are they that honoure ymages. 
Chap. XIIII. 
The worshippinge of ymages. The power of God. 
Punyshment of them that make ymages, and 
of soch as worshipe them. How ymages came 
vp first. The honouringe of ymages is the 
cause, begynnynge, and ende of all myschefe. 
Chap. XV. 
The faithfull haue respecte vnto God and not 
vnto ymages. 

Chap. XVI. 

God punisheth the wicked, but defendeth the 

godly, (t, that by greate wonders. 

Chap. XVII. 

Of the greate darcknesse in Egipte, and blynd- 

nesse of the vngodly. 

Chap. XVIII. 
How God destroied the firstborne of Egipte. 
Gods people eate the easter lambe ioyfully, 
the Egiptians mourne. God punysheth the 
synners in the wildernesse. Moses intreateth 
for the people. 

Chap. XIX. 
Like as the wicked are euer synnynge more and 
more, so doth the wrath of God neuer ceasse, 
tyll they be destroyed. Of them that were 
punyshed in the tyme of Loth. 



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Cije fitsst Chapter. 

OSET youre affeccion vpo wyszdome, 
ye that be iudges of the earth. " Haue 
a good opinion of the LORDE, & seke him 
in the synglenesse of hert. i For he will be 
foude of them that tempte him not, and ap- 
peareth vnto soch as put their trust in him. 
As for frowarde thoughtes, they separate from 
God, but vertue (yf it be alowed,) refourmeth 
f vnwyse. And why? wyszdome shall not 
entre in to a frowarde soule, ner dwell in the 
body that is subdued vnto synne. For the 
holy goost abhorreth fayned nurtoure, j with- 
draweth himself fro y thoughtes that are 
without vnderstondinge : (t where wickednes 
hath the vpper hade, he flieth from thence. 
For the sprete of wyszdome is louynge, gentle 
and gracious, and wil haue no pleasure in him 
that speaketh euell with his lippes. For God 
is a witnesse of his reynes, a true searcher out 
of his hert, and an hearer of his tonge. d For 
the sprete of y LORDE fylleth the rounde 
compasse of the worlde, and y same that 
vpholdeth all thinges, hath knowlege also of 
the voyce. 

e Therfore he that speaketh vnrighteous 
thinges, can not be hydd, nether maye he 
escape the iudgmet of reprofe. And why ? 
inquysicion shal be made for the thoughtes of 
the vngodly, and the reporte of his wordes 
shal come vnto God, so that his wickednes 
shalbe punished. For the eare of gelousy 
heareth all thinges, and the noyse of the 
grudginges shal not be hydd. Therfore 
bewarre of murmuringe, which is nothinge 
worth, and refrayne youre tonge from slauder. 
f For there is no worde so darck and secrete, 
that it shall go for naught : and the mouth 
that speaketh lyes, slayeth the soule. 

e O seke not youre owne death in y erroure 
of youre life, destroye not youre selues thorow 
the workes of youre owne handes. For God 
hath not made death, nether hath he pleasure 
in the destruccion of the lyuynge. For he 
created all thinges, that they might haue their 
beynge : yee all the people of the earth hath 
he made that they shulde haue health, that 
there shulde be no destruccion in them, and 
that the kyngdome of hell shulde not be vpon 

" 3 Reg. 3. a. Psal. 2. b. » 2Pav. 15. a. <= Galat. 5. b. 
d Esaie 6. a. Iere. 23. d. Acto. 7. c. « 3 Re. 2. g. 

Matt. 6. a. Heb. 4. b. / Luc. 12. a. s Deut. 4. c. 



earth (for righteousnesse is euerlastinge and 
immortall, but vnrighteousnes bringeth death.) 
Neuerthelesse, the vngodly call her vnto them 
both with wordes & workes, (t whyle they thinke 
to haue a frende of her, they come to naught : 
for the vngodly that are confederate with her 
and take hir parte, are worthy of death. 

Ci)e i). Cljapttr. 

FOR y vngodly talke <& ymagin thus 
amonge them selues (but not right:) 
4 The tyme of oure life is but short j tedious, 
j when a man is once gone, he hath nomore 
ioye ner pleasure, nether knowe we eny man 
y turneth agayne from death: for we are 
borne of naught, (t we shal be herafter as 
though we had neuer bene. For oure breth 
is as a smoke in oure nostrels, & y wordes as 
a sparck to moue oure herte. As for oure 
body, it shalbe very aszshes y are queched, 5 
oure soule shal vanish as y soft ayre. Oure life 
shall passe awaye as y trace of a cloude, & 
come to naught as y myst y is dryue awaye 
with the beames of y Sonne, j put downe 
with the heate therof. Oure name also shalbe 
forgotten by litle {t litle, g no man shal haue 
oure workes in remembraunce. 

For oure tyme is a very shadow y passeth 
awaye, ' and after oure ende there is no re- 
turnynge, for it is fast sealed, so y no ma 
cometh agayne. Come on therfore, let vs 
enioye y pleasures y there are, & let vs soone 
vse y creature like as in youth. We wil fyll 
oure selues with good wyne j oyntment, there 
shal no floure of the tyme go by vs. We wil 
crowne oure selues with roses afore they be 
wythered. There shal be no fayre medowe. 
but oure lust shal go thorow it. Let euery 
one of you be partaker of oure volupteousnes. 
Let vs leaue some token of oure pleasure 
euery place, for y is oure porcion, els gett we 
nothinge. Let vs oppresse the poore right- 
eous, let vs not spare the wyddowe ner olde 
man, let vs not regarde f heades y are gray 
for age. Let y' lawe of vnrighteousnesse be 
oure auctorite, for y thinge y is feble is no- 
thinge worth. Therfore let vs defraude the 
righteous, 5 why? he is not for oure profit, 
yee he is cleane cotrary to oure doinges. He 
checketh vs for offendinge agaynst f lawe, (5 

* lob 7. a. Mat. 22. b. 1 Cor. 15. d. j 1 Par. 30. c. 
Esa. 22. b. and 56. c. Sap. 5. b. 



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slaundreth vs as transgressours of all nur 
toure. He maketh his boost to haue f know> 
lege of God, yee he calleth him self Gods 
sonne. He is the bewrayer of our thought 
" It greueth vs also to loke vpon him, for his 
lyfe is not lyke other mens, his wayes are of 
another fashion. He counteth vs but vayne 
personnes, he withdraweth him self from oure 
wayes as from fylthynes : he comendeth 
greatly f latter ende of the iust, & maketh his 
boast y God is his father. Let vs se then yf 
his wordes be true, let vs proue what shal 
come vpon him : so shal we knowe what ende 
he shal haue. For yf he be y true sonne of 
God, *he will receaue him £ delyuer him 
from the handes of his enemies. Let vs exa- 
men him with despitefull rebuke and tor- 
mentinge, that we maye knowe his dignite 
(j proue his pacience. ° Let vs condemne him 
with the most shamefull death : for like as he 
hath spoken, so shal he be rewarded. 

Soch thinges do the vngodly ymagin, j 
go astraye, for their owne wickednes hath 
blynded them. As for the misteries of God, 
they vnderstonde them not : they nether hope 
for the rewarde of righteousnesse, ner regarde 
the worshipe that holy soules shall haue. For 
God created man to be vndestroied, yee d after 
the ymage of his awne licknesse made he 
him. e Neuerthelesse thorow envye of the 
deuell came death in to the worlde, f and they 
that holde of his syde, do as he doth. 

Cfie iij. Chapter. 

BUT the soules of y righteous are in 
y hande of God, s <j jf payne of death 
shal not touch the. h In y sight of y vnwyse 
they appeare to dye, d their ende is take for 
very destruccion. The waye of the righteous 
iudged to be vtter destruccion, but they are 
in rest. And though they sufire payne be- 
fore men, * yet is their hope full of immor- 
talite. They are punished but in few thinges, 
neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be 
well rewarded. For God proueth them, cj 
fyndeth the mete for himself: yee as the 
golde in the fornace doth he trye them, & 
receaueth them as a brentofferinge, andl 
when y tyme commeth they shalbe loked 
vpon. 

' Ioh. 7. a. Esa. 53. a. » Psal. 21. a. Matt. 27. c. 

Iere. 11. d. d Gen. 1. 2. « Gen. 3. a. / Ioh. 8. d. 
e Deut. 33. a. '' Sap. 5. b. Heb. 11. f. • 1 Pet. 1. c. 



The righteous shal shyne as the sparkes 
y renne thorow the rede buszshe. *They shal 
mdge the nacions, j haue dominion ouer f 
people, j their LORDE shal raigne for euer 
They y put their trust in him, shal vnder- 
stonde the trueth, and soch as be faithfull, wil 
agree vnto him in loue : for his chosen shal 
haue giftes % peace. ' But the vngodly shalbe 
punyshed acordinge to their awne ymagina- 
cios, for they haue despysed the righteous, (j 
forsaken the LORDE. 

Who so despyseth wyszdome & nurtoure, 
he is vnhappie, and as for the hope of soch, it 
is but vayne, their labours vnfrutefull, and 
their workes vnprofitable. Their wyues are 
vndiscrete, and their childre most vngodly. 
Their creature is cursed. Blessed is rather y 
baren & vndefyled, which hath not knowne 
the synfull bedd : she shall haue frute in the 
rewarde of the holy soules. And blessed is f 

'ded, m which with his handes hath wrought 
no vnrighteousnesse, ner ymagined wicked 
thinges agaynst God. For vnto him shal be 
geuen y speciall gift of faith, and the most 
acceptable porcion in y temple of God. For 
glorious is the frute of good laboure, & the 
rote of wyszdome shall neuer fade awaye. As 
for y childre of aduoutrers, they shal come to 
an ende <j the sede of an vnrighteous bedd shal 
roted out. And though they lyue loge, 
yet shal they be nothinge regarded, j their 
last age shalbe without honoure. Yf they dye 
haistely, they haue no hope, nether shal they 
be spoken to in the daye of knowlege. For 
horrible is the death and ende of the vnright- 

LS. 

€f)e tttj. Chapter. 

OHO W fayre is a chaist generacion with 
vertue ? The memoriall therof is im- 
mortall, for it is knowne with God and men. 
When it is present, me take exaple thereat : 
and yf it go awaye, yet they desyre it. It is 
allwaie crowned (j holden in honoure, (t wyn- 
neth y rewarde of the vndefyled battayll. But 
the multitude of vngodly childre is vnprofit- 
able, and the thinges y are planted with whor- 
dome, shal take no depe rote, ner laye eny 
fast foundacion," Though they be grene in the 
braunches for a tyme, yet shal they be shake 
with the wynde : for they stonde not fast, (j 

i. 8. c. 2 Cor. 5. a. * Matt. 13. c. 1 Cor. 15. c. 

Matt. 19. c. 1 Cor. 6. a. ' Matt. 25. d. m Esa. 56. b. 
Iere. 17. b. Mai. 1. a. Mat. 7. c. 



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thorow the vehemence of the wynde they 
shalbe roted out. For the vnparfecte braun- 
ches shalbe broken, their frute shalbe vnpro- 
fitable g sower to eate, yee mete for nothinge. 
And why? all the children y are borne of the 
wicked, must beare recorde of the wickednesse 
agaynst their fathers g mothers, when they be 
axed. But though the righteous be ouertaken 
with death, yet shal he be in rest. 

Age is an honorable thinge : neuertheles 
it stondeth not only in the lenth of tyme, ner 
in the multitude of yeares : but a mans wysz- 
dome is the graye hayre, and an vndefyled 
life is the olde age. He pleased God, g was 
beloued of him: so that where as he lyued 
amoge synners, a he traslated him. Yee sodely 
was he taken awaye, to the intent y wicked- 
nesse shulde not alter his vnderstodinge, g y 
ypocrisye shulde not begyle his soule. For y 
craftie bewitchinge of lyes make good thinges 
darck, y vnstedfastnesse also g wickednes of 
voluptuous desyre, turne asyde y vnderston- 
dinge of f symple. Though he was soone 
deed, yet fulfilled he moch tyme. For his 
soule pleased God, therfore haisted he to take 
him awaye fro amonge y wicked. This the 
people se, g vnderstonde it not: they laye not 
vp soch thinges in their hertes, how y y lou- 
ynge fauoure g mercy of God is vpo his saintes, 
5 y he hath respecte vnto his chosen. 

Thus f righteous y is deed, codemneth the 
vngodly which are lyuinge: g y youth y is 
soone brought to an ende, y loge life of y 
vnrighteous. For they se y ende of y wyse, 
but they vnderstode not what God hath de- 
uysed for him, g wherfore y LORDE hath 
taken him a waie. And why? they se him 
g despyse him, therfore shall God also laugh 
the to scorne : So y they the selues shal dye 
here after (but without honoure) yee in shame 
amonge y deed for euermore. For without 
eny voyce shal he burst those y be puft vp, g 
remoue the fro y foundacions, so y they shalbe 
laied waist vnto the hyest. They shal mourne, 
and their memoriall shall perishe. So they 
beynge afrayed shall remembre their synnes, 
and their owne wickednesse shal bewraye the. 

Cfte b. Chapter. 

THEN shal y righteous stonde in greate 
stedfastnesse* agaynst soch as haue dealt 



Heb.ll.a. * Matt. 19. c. 

d 1 Par. 30. c. Sap. 2. b. 



c Sap. 3. 
Pro. 30. b. 



extremely with the, g take awaye their labours 
When they se it, they shalbe vexed with hor- 
rible feare, % shal wonder at the haistynesse 
of y sodane health : groninge for very dis- 
tresse of mynde, g shall saye within them 
selues (hauynge inwarde sorow, and mourn- 
ynge for very anguysh of mynde) : 

These are they, whom we somtyme had in 
derision, g iested vpo. c We fooles thought 
their life very madnesse, g their ende to be with- 
out honoure. But lo, how they are counted 
amonge the children of God, g their porcion 
is amonge the sayntes. Therfore we haue 
erred from the waye of trueth, y light of 
righteousnesse hath not shyned vnto vs, and 
the Sone of vnderstodinge rose not vp vpo 
vs. We haue weeried oure selues in y waye 
of wickednesse g destruccion. Tedious wayes 
haue we gone : but as for the waye of the 
LORDE, we haue not knowne it. 

What good hath oure pryde done vnto vs ? 
Or, what profit hath the pompe of riches 
brought vs? 'All those thinges are passed 
awaye like a shadowe, jasa messaunger ren- 
nynge before : as a shippe y passeth ouer the 
wawes of the water, which whan it is gone by, 
the trace therof can not be founde/ nether y 
path of it in the floudes. Or as a byrde y 
flyeth thorow y ayre, g no man can se eny 
token where she is flowen, but only heareth 
the noyse of hir wynges, beatinge the light 
wynde, partinge the ayre thorow the vehemece 
of hir goinge, g flyeth on shakynge hir wynges, 
where as afterwarde no toke of hir waye can 
be foiide. Or like as whe an arowe is shott at 
a marck, it parteth the ayre, which immediatly 
cometh together agayne, so that a man can 
not knowe where it wente thorow. Euen so 
we in like maner as soone as we were borne, 
beganne immediatly to drawe to oure ende : 
g haue shewed no token of vertue, but are 
consumed in oure owne wickednesse. 

Soch wordes shal they that haue synned, 
speake in the hell: for the hope of the vngodly 
is like-'' a drye thistell floure (or dust) that is 
blowne awaye with the wynde : like as thynne 
scomme y is scatred abrode with the storme : 
like as y smoke which is dispersed here g there 
with the wynde, (t as y remembraunce of a 
strauger s y tarieth for a daie, g the departeth. 

But y righteous shal lyue for euermore : 

/lob 8. a. Psal. 1. b. Pro. 10. d. and 11. a. lac. 1. b. 
e Psal. 39. a. 



ffo. itfbu 



®i)t bote of my$$SQm. 



C&ap* bu 



their rewarde also is with the LORDE, g their 
remembraunce with the Hyest. Therfore shal 
they receaue a glorious kyngdome g a beuti 
full crowne of the LORDE S hande: for with 
his right hande shal he couer the, g with his 
owne arme shall he defende the. His gelousy 
also shal take awaye the harnesse, and he shal 
wape f creature to be aueged of f enemies. 
He shal put on "righteousnes for a brest plate, 
g take sure iudgment in steade of an helmett. 
The invyncible shylde of equite shall he take, 
his cruell wrath shal he sharpe for a speare, g 
the whole compase of the worlde shall fight 
with him agaynst the vnwyse. 

The shal the thonder boltes go out of y 
lighteninges, g come out of the rayne bowe of 
the cloudes to the place apoynted : out of the 
hard stony indignacion there shall fall thick 
hales, & f water of y see shal be wroth agaynst 
the, g the floudes shal renne roughly together. 
Yee a mightie wynde shal stode vp agaynst 
them, g a storme shall scater the abrode. Thus 
the vnrighteous dealinge of the shal bringe 
all the lode to a wyldernes, & wickednes shall 
ouerthrowe the dwellinges of the mightie. 

€I)e bi. Chapter. 

WYSZDOME is better then strength/ g 
a ma of vnderstadinge is more worth 
the one y is stroge. Heare therfore (O ye 
kinges) g vnderstonde : O lerne ye y be iudges 
of the endes of the earth. Geue eare ye y 
rule f multitudes, g delite in moch people. 
For the power is geue you of the LORDE/ g 
the stregth from the Hyest: which shal trie 
youre workes and search out youre ymagina- 
cios : How that ye beynge officers of his 
kyngdome, haue not executed true iudgment, 
haue not kepte the lawe of righteousnes, ner 
walked after his will. Horribly g that right 
soone shall he appearevnto you: for an harde 
iudgmet shal they haue y beare rule. Mercy 

grauted vnto the symple/ but they that be 
in auctorite shalbe sore punyshed. For God 
which is LORDE ouer all, shall excepte no 
mas personne, nether shal he stande in awe 
of eny mans greatnesse : for he hath made y 
small and greate, g careth for all alyke. But 
the mightie shal haue y sorer punyshmet. 

Vnto you therfore (o ye kinges) do I speake, 
y ye maye lerne wyszdome and not go amysse : 



Ephe. 6. b. * Eccls. 9. 

d Eccli. 10. c. 



' Rom. 13. 
Rom. 13. b. 



for they y kepe righteousnes shalbe righteously 
iudged: and they y are lerned in righteous 
thinges, shal finde to make answere. Wher- 
fore set youre lust vpon my wordes, g loue the, 
so shal ye come by nurtoure. Wyszdome is 
a noble thinge, g neuer faydeth awaie : yee she 
is easely sene of the that loue her, g founde of 
soch as seke her. She preueteth them y desyre 
her, y she maye first shewe herself vnto the. 
Who so awaketh vnto her by tymes, shal haue 
no greate trauayle, for he shal fynde her sytt- 
inge ready at his dores. To thinke vpon her. 
is parfecte vnderstandinge : g who so watcheth 
for her, shalbe safe, g that soone. For she 
goeth aboute, sekynge soch as are mete for 
her, sheweth her self cherefully vnto them in 
their goynges, g meteth them with all diligece 
For y vnfained desyre of refourmacion is hir 
begynnynge : to care for nurtoure is loue, 
and e loue is the kepinge of hir lawes. Now 
the kepinge of f lawes is perfeccion g an vn 
corrupte life, g an vn corrupte life maketh a 
man familier with God. And so the desyre 
of wyszdome ledeth to y kingdome euerlast- 
inge. If youre delyte be the in royall seates 
g cepters (o ye kynges of the people) ^set youre 
lust vpo wyszdome, y ye maye raigne for euer 
more. O loue the light of wyszdome, all ye 
y be rulers of the people. As for wyszdome, 
what she is, and how she came vp, I wil tell 
you, and will not hyde the misteries of God 
from you : but wil seke her out from f be- 
gynnynge of the natiuyte, and brynge the 
knowlege of her in to light, and wil not kepe 
back the trueth. Nether will I haue to do 
with cosumynge envye, for soch a man shal 
not be partaker of wiszdome. But the multi- 
tude of the wyse is the welfare of the worlde, 
and a wyse kynge is the vpholdinge of the 
people. O receaue nourtoure then thorow my 
wordes, and it shal do you good. 

€fi* bij. Chapter. 

I MYSELF also am a mortall man, like as 
all other, g am come of y earthy genera- 
cio of him jy was first made, g in my mothers 
wobe s was I fashioned to be flesh : In the tyme 
of ten monethes was I brought together in 
bloude thorow the sede of man, g the co- 
modious appetite of slepe. Whan I was 
borne, I receaued like ayre as other men, 

/ Num. 27. c. 2 Re. 14. c. 3 Re. 3. a. 
s lob 10. a. b. 



CJjap, bitj* 



CI)e tjolte uf my$$jam. 



So. Iwbij. 



g fell vpon the earth (which is my nature) 
crienge 5 wepinge at the first, as all other do. 
I was wrapped in swadlinge clothes, g brought 
vp with greate cares. For there is no kinge 
y hath had eny other begynnynge of byrth." 
All men then haue one intraunce vnto life, 
g one goinge out in like maner. 

Wherfore I desyred, and vnderstandinge 
was geue me : I called, % the sprete of wysz- 
dome came in to me. I set more by her the 
by kingdomes g royall seates, % counted riches 
nothinge in coparison of her.* As for preci- 
ous stone I compared it not vnto her : for all 
golde is but grauell vnto her, g syluer shal be 
counted but claye before hir sight. I loued 
her aboue wel fare g beutie, g purposed to 
take her for my light, for hir shyne can not 
be quenched. " All good thinges came to me 
with her, g innumerable riches thorow hir 
hades. I was glad in the all, for this wysz- 
dome wete before me, g I knew not y she is 
the mother of all good thinges. Now as I 
myself lerned vnfaynedly, so do I make other 
men partakers of her, g hyde her riches from 
no man : for she is an infinite treasure vnto 
men, which who so vse, become partakers of 
the loue g frendshipe of God, and are ac- 
cepted vnto him for the giftes of wyszdome. 

God hath graunted me to talke wysely, g 
conuenietly to hadle the thinges y he hath 
graciously lent me. For it is he, y ledeth 
vnto wyszdome, g teacheth to vse wyszdome 
aright. rf In his hade are we g oure wordes : 
yee all oure wyszdome, oure vnderstandinge g 
knowlege of all oure workes. For he hath geue 
me y true sciece of these thinges : so that I 
knowe how y worlde was made, g the powers 
of y elemetes : y begynnynge, endinge g myd- 
dest of y tymes : how the tymes alter, how 
one goeth after another, and how they are 
fulfilled : y course of the yeare : the ordi- 
naunces of the starres : the natures g kindes 
of beastes : the furiousnesse of beastes : the 
power of y wyndes : the ymaginacions of me : 
the deuersities of yonge plantes : the vertues 
of rootes, g all soch thinges as are secrete g 
not loked for, haue I lerned. For the worck- 
master of all thinges hath taught me wysz- 
dome. In hir is y sprete of vnderstadinge, 
which is holy, manifolde, one onely, sotyll, 
curteous, discrete, quyck, vndefyled, playne, 
swete, louynge the thinge y is good, sharpe, 

' lob 1. c. 1 Tim. 6. b. b lob 28. b. 



which forbyddeth not to do well, getle, kynde, 
stedfast, sure, fre : hauynge all vertues, cir- 
cuspecte in allthinges : receauinge all spretes 
of vnderstadinge beige cleane g sharpe. For 
wiszdome is neembler the all neeble thiges : 
she goeth thorow g attayneth to all thiges, 
because of hir clennes. For she is y breth of 
y power of God, g a pure cleane expressinge 
of y clearnes of Allmightie God. Therfore 
can no vndefyled thinge come in to her : for 
'she is y bryghtnes of y euerlastlge light, y 
vndefiled myrroure of y maiesty of God, g y 
ymage of his goodnesse. And for so moch as 
she is one, she maie do all thinges : g beinge 
stedfast herself she renueth all, g amoge y 
people coveyeth she herself in to y holy soules. 
She maketh Gods frendes g prophetes : for 
God loueth no ma, but him in who wyszdome 
dwelleth. For she is more beutyfull then the 
Sonne, and geueth more fight then the starres, 
and the daye is not to be copared vnto her : 
for vpo y daye cometh night. But wicked- 
nesse can not ouercome wyszdome, and fool- 
ishnes maye not be with her. 

Che bttj. Chapter. 

WYSZDOME reacheth fro one ende to 
another mightely, j loulgly doth she 
ordre all thinges. I haue loued her and la- 
boured for her eue fro my youth vp : I dyd 
my diligece to mary my self with her, soch 
loue had I vnto hir beutye. Who so hath y 
copany of God, comedeth hir nobilyte, yee the 
LORDE of all thinges himself loueth her. For 
she is y scolemastresse of y nurtoure of God, 
d y choser out of his workes. Yf a man wolde 
desyre riches in this life, what is richer then 
wiszdome, y worketh all thiges? (Thou wilt 
saye:) vnderstadinge worketh. What is it 
am5ge all thinges, y worketh more the wysz- 
dome ? Yf a man loue vertue & righteousnes, 
let him laboure for wyszdome, for she hath 
greate vertues. And why? she teacheth sober- 
nes & prudence, righteousnes a stregth, which 
are soch thinges as me can haue nothinge more 
profitable in their life. Yf a ma desyre moch 
knowlege, she ca tell y thinges y are past, & 
discerne thinges for to come : she knoweth y 
sotilties of wordes, (j ca expoude darke sen- 
teces. She can tell of tokes g woderous 
thinges, or euer they come to passe, g the 



Re. 3. b. Matt. 6. d. 



Sap. 3. 



tfo. IftMj* 



Wbt feofee of Wlyfytiom. 



Cfcap* fa 



endes of all tymes g ages. So I purposed 
after this maner: I will take her vnto my 
copany, g corao louigly with her : no doute 
she shal geue me good coiicell, g speake co- 
fortably vnto me in my carefulnes g grefe. 
For hir sake shal I be well and honestly taken 
amoge the comos g lordes of y councell. 
Though I be yonge, yet shal I haue sharpe 
vnderstandinge : so y I shal be maruelous in 
y sight of greate me, g f faces of prynces shal 
woder at me. Wha I holde my toge, they 
shal byde my leysure:" wha I speake, they 
shal loke vpo me : g yf I talke moch, they 
shal laye their handes vpo their mouth. Mor- 
ouer, by the meanes of her I shal optayne 
immortalite, and leaue behinde me an euer- 
lastinge memoriall, amoge the y come after 
me. I shal set y people in ordre, and the 
nacions shalbe subdued vnto me. Horrible 
tyrauntes shal be afrayed, whan they do but 
heare of me : amonge the multitude I shal 
be counted good, g mightie in battayll. Wha 
I come home, I shal fynde rest with her : for 
hir copany hath no bytternes, g hir felashipe 
hath no tediousnesse, but myrth 5 ioye. 

Now whan I cosidered these thinges by 
myself, 5 pondered them in my hert, how y to 
be ioyned vnto wyszdome is immortalite, g 
greate pleasure to haue hir frendshipe: how 
y in the workes of hir handes are infinite 
riches : how that, who so kepeth company 
with her shalbe wyse : and that he which 
talketh with her, shal come to honoure: I 
wente aboute sekynge, to gett her vnto me. 
For I was a ladd of a rype wytt, and had a 
good vnderstandinge. 

But whan I grewe to more vnderstadinge, 
came to an vndefyled body. Neuertheles 
whan I perceaued that I coude not kepe my- 
self chaist, excepte God gaue it me (g y was 
a poynte of wyszdome also, to knowe whose 
gift it was) I stepte vnto the LORDE, and 
besought him, and with my whole hert I sayde 
after this maner : 

Wtfe tr. Chapter. 

OGOD of my fathers, 5 LORDE of mer- 
cies, (thou y hast made* all thiges with 
thy worde, g ordeyned ma thorow thy wysz- 
dome, y he shulde haue dominio ouer y crea- 
ture, which thou hast made : y he shulde 



» 3 Reg. 3. b. Gen. 
d 1 Par. 29. b. 2 Par. 



ordre y worlde acordinge to equite g right- 
eousnes, g execute iudgmet with a true hert) 
geue me wyszdome, which is euer aboute thy 
seate, g put me not out fro amoge thy children: 
for I thy seruaunt g sonne of thy handmayden/ 
am a feble personne, of a shorte tyme, and 
to yoge to the vnderstandinge of iudgment 
and f lawes. And though a man be neuer 
so parfecte amonge the children of men, yet 
yf thy wyszdome be not with him, he shal be 
nothinge regarded. d But thou hast chosen me 
to be a kynge vnto thy people, and the iudge 
of thy sonnes and daughters. 

Thou hast comaunded me to buylde a tern 
pie vpon thy holy mount, g an aulter in the cite 
wherin thou dwellest : a licknesse of thy holy 
tabernacle which thou hast prepared fro the 
beginnynge, and thy wyszdome with f, which 
knoweth thy workes:* which also was with y 
whan thou maydest f worlde, g knew what 
was acceptable in thy sight, g right in thy 
commaundementes. O sende her out of thy 
holy heauens and from the trone of thy ma- 
iesty, that she maye be with me, g laboure 
with me : that I maye knowe, what is accept- 
able in thy sight. For she knoweth and vn 
derstandeth all thinges : and she shal lede me 
soberly in my workes, and preserue me in hir 
power. So shal my workes be acceptable, g 
then shal I gouerne thy people righteously, g 
be worthy to syt in my fathers seate. -^For 
what man is he, that maye knowe the coun- 
cell of God ? Or, who can thinke what the 
will of God is ? For the thoughtes of mortall 
men are miserable, g oure forecastes are but 
vncertayne. ? And why ? a mortall and cor- 
ruptible body is heuy vnto the soule, and the 
earthy mansion kepeth downe the vnder 
standinge y museth vpon many thinges. Very 
hardly can we discerne the thinges that are 
vpon earth, and greate laboure haue we, or we 
can fynde the thinges which are before oure 
eyes : Who will then seke out the groiide of 
the thinges that are done in heaue? Oh 
LORDE, who ca haue knowlege of thy vnder- 
standinge and meaninge, excepte thou geue 
wyszdome and sende thy holy goost fro aboue? 
that the wayes of them which are vpon earth 
maye be refourmed: y men maye lerne y 
thinges that are pleasaunt vnto the, and be 
preserued thorow wyszdome. 



Pro.8.c. Ioh. 1. : 



/Esa.40.b. 
s 2 Cor. 5. 



Rom. 11. d. 1 Cor. 2. b. 



Cfjap* jcl 



Wot bote of WlyfyliQm. 



jfa. Ink. 



€fy r. Chapter. 

WYSZDOME preserued f first ma, 
who God made " a father of the worlde, 
wha he was created alone, brought him out 
of his offence, toke him out of the moulde of 
y earth, 5 gaue him power to rule all thinges. 
Whan the vnrighteous wente awaye in his 
wrath from this wyszdome, y brotherheade 
perished* thorow f wrath of murthur. A- 
gayne, wha f water c destroyed y whole worlde, 
wyszdome preserued the righteous thorow a 
poore tre, wherof she was gouerner herself. 
Morouer wha wickednes had gotten y vpper- 
hande, so y the nacions were puft vp with 
pryde, rf she knewe y righteous, preserued him 
fautlesse vnto God, and layed vp sure mercy 
for his children. e She preserued the righte- 
ous, whan he fled from the vngodly y pe- 
rished, what tyme as y fyre fell downe vpon 
f v. cities : Like as yet this daye the vnfrute- 
full, waist and smokinge lode geueth testi- 
mony of their wickednesse : yee the vnripe 
and vntymely frutes that growe vpon the 
trees. 

And for a toke of a remembraunce of the 
vnfaithfull soule, there standeth a piler of 
salt. For all soch as regarded not wyszdome, 
gat not only this hurte, that they knewe not 
the thinges which were good, but also left 
behinde them vnto me, a memoriall of their 
foolishnes: so y in the thinges wherin they 
synned, they coude not be hydd. But as for 
soch as take hede vnto wyszdome, she shal 
delyuer them from sorowe. 

Whan the righteous fled because of his 
brothers wrath, ■'"wyszdome led him the right 
waye, shewed him y kyngdome of God, gaue 
him knowlege of holy thinges, made him 
riche in his laboures, and brought to passe 
the thinges that he wente aboute. In y- dis- 
ceatfulnes of soch as defrauded him, she stode 
by him, g made him ryche. She saued him 
from the enemies, and defended him from y 
disceauers. She made him stronge in battayll, 
and gaue him the victory, y he might knowe, 
how that wyszdome is stronger then all thinges. 
g Whan the righteous was solde, she forsoke 
him not, but delyuered him fro synners. She 
wente downe with him in to the dongeon, and 



» Gen. 1. d. and 2. b. b Gen 
d Gen. 11. d. c Gen. 19. c. f Gi 
Acto. 7. b. 



■■ Gen. 6. 7. 8. 
s Gen. 37. e. 



fayled him not in the bandes : ''tyll she had 
brought him the cepter of f realme, and 
power agaynst those that oppressed him. As 
for them that had accused him, she declared 
them to be lyers, g brought him to perpetual! 
worshipe. 

She delyuered the righteous people and 
fautlesse sede, 'from the nacions that oppressed 
them. She entred in to the soule of the ser- 
uaunt of God, and stode by him in wonders 
and tokens agaynst the horrible kynge. She 
gaue f righteous the rewarde of their labours, 
(S led them forth a maruelous waye : on the 
daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them, and 
a light of starres in the night season. * She 
brought them thorow the reed see, and caried 
them thorow the greate water. She drowned 
their enemies in the see, and brought them 
out of the depe. So the righteous toke the 
spoyles of the vngodly, and 'praysed thy holy 
name (o LORDE) and magnified thy vic- 
torious had with one acorde. For wyszdome 
openeth the mouth of f domme, j maketh f 
tonges of babes to speake. 

€i)e rt. Chapter. 

SHE ordred their workes in the hades of 
the holy prophet : m so y they wente thorow 
y wyldernes y was not inhabited, j pitched 
their tetes in y waist deserte. They stode 
agaynst their enemies, jj were auenged of 
their aduersaries. w Wha they were thirstie, 
they called vpo f, & water was geue them out 
of y rok, g their thirst slockened out of y 1 
harde stone. For by y thinges, where thorow 
their enemies were punished, were they helped 
in their nede. For vnto the enemies tnou 
gauest mas bloude in steade of lyuynge water. 
And where as they had scarcenesse in jf- rebuke 
whan the children were slayne, thou gauest 
vnto thine awne a plenteous water vnloked 
for: declaringe by the thyrst y was at that 
tyme, how thou woldest bringe thine awne 
vnto honoure, & slaye their aduersaries. 

For whan they were tryed g nourtured with 
fatherly mercy, "they knowleged how the vn- 
godly were iudged, and punyshed thorow y 
wrath of God. These hast thou exorted as a 
father, j proued the : but vnto y- other thou 
hast bene a boysteous kynge, layed hard to 

A Gen. 41. f. * Exo. 1. b. and 3. 4.5. 7. 9. * Exo. 14. f. 
I Exo. 15. a. " Exo. 16. a. » Exo. 17. b. Nil. 20. a. 
Deut. 8. a. 



tfo. im> 



Ci)e hokt of Wiy$$!Qm. 



Cfeap* vij. 



their charge, & condened the. Whether they 
were absent or present, their punyshmet was 
alyke. For their grefe was dubble : namely, 
mournynge, and y remebraunce of thinges 
past. But wha they perceaued y their punish- 
metes dyd the good, they thought vpon the 
LORDE, (t wondered at y ende. For at the 
last they helde moch of him, of who in y out- 
castinge they thought scorne, as of an abiecte. 
Neuerthelesse y righteous dyd not so when 
they were thirstie : but euen like as y thoughtes 
of y foolish were, so was also their wickednes. 
Where as certayne me now (thorow erroure) 
dyd worshipe domme "serpentes (j vayne 
beestes, thou sendedst a multitude of domme 
beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce : y they 
might knowe, that loke where withall a ma 
synneth, by the same also shal he be punyshed. 
For vnto thy allmighty hande, that made the 
worlde of naught, it was not vnpossible, to 
sende amonge them an heape of ''Beeres, or 
woode lyos, or cruell beastes of a straiige 
kynde, soch as are vnknowne, or spoute fyre, 
or cast out a smokinge breth, or shote horrible 
sparkes out of their eyes : which might not 
only destroye them with hurtinge, but also 
kyll them with their horrible sight. Yee 
without these beestes might they haue bene 
slayne with one winde, beynge persecuted of 
their awne workes, and scatered abrode thorow 
the breth of thy power. 

Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in 
measure, nobre g weight. For thou hast euer 
had greate stregth j might, 5 who maye with- 
stode y power of thine arme ? And why like 
as y small thynge y y balaunce weyeth, so is 
y worlde before y : yee as a droppe of y 
morninge dew, that falleth downe vpon the 
earth. Thou hast mercy vpon all, for thou 
hast power of all thynges : and makest the as 
c though thou sawest not the sinnes of me, 
because they shulde amende. For thou louest 
all the thinges that are, and hatest none of 
the who thou hast made : nether didest 
thou ordeyne or make eny thinge of euell 
will. 

How might eny thinge endure, yf it wer 
not thy will ? Or how coude eny thinge be 
preserued, excepte it were called of f ? But 
thou sparest all, for all are thine, o LORDE, 
thou louer of soules. 



Sap. 12. c. Rom. 1. 
Iere. 8. 



* Leui. 26. d. Sap. 16. 
Rom. 2. a. 



€f)t rij. Chapter. 

O LORDE, how gracious & swete is thy 
sprete in all thinges ? Therfore chas- 
tenest thou the measurably that go wroge, 
and warnest them, concernynge the thinges 
wherin they offende : thou speakest vnto them 
(o LORDE) and exortest the to leaue their 
wickednes, and to put their trust in the. As 
for those olde "'inhabiters of thy holy londe, 
thou mightest not awaye with them, for they 
commytted abhominable workes agaynst the : 
as wytchcraft, sorcery and Idolatry: they slew 
their owne children without mercy : they ate 
vp mens bowels, and deuoured the bloude: 
Yee because of soch abhominacios, myszbe- 
leues & offeringes, thou slewest the fathers of 
the desolate soules by the handes of oure 
fathers : that y londe which thou louest aboue 
all other, might be a dwellinge for the childre 
of God. 

Neuertheles thou sparedest the also (as 
me) d sendedst y foreruners of thyne hoost, 
eue hornettes to destroye the out by lytle & 
litle. Not y thou wast vnable to subdue y 
vngodly vnto y e righteous in battayll, or with 
cruell beestes, or with one rough worde to 
destroye the together : But thy mynde was to 
dryue the out by lytle ij litle, geuinge the 
time (j place to amende : knowinge well, y it 
was an vnrighteous nacion (j wicked of nature, 
(j y their thought might neuer be altered. 
For it was a cursed sede from y begynnynge, 
& feared no ma : Yet hast thou pardoned 
their synnes. For who wyl saye vnto the: 
why hast thou done y? Or who wyl stode 
agaynst thy iudgmet? Or who wil come 
before thy face an aueger of vnrighteous me ? 
Or who wil blame y, yf y people perish, who 
thou hast made ? For there is none other 
■^God but thou, y carest for all thinges: y thou 
mayest declare how y thy iudgmet is not 
vnright. There dare nether klge, ner tyraiit 
in thy sight requyre accoptes of them, who 
thou hast destroyed. 

For so moch the as thou art righteous thy 
self, thou ordrest all thiges righteously, (j 
g punishest eue hi y hath not deserued to be 
punyshed, & takest him for a straiiger j an 
aleaunt in y lode of thy power. For thy power 
is y beginnynge of righteousnes : and because 



a. 12. d. 18. b. 
f 1 Pet. 5. a. 



c Exo. 25. d. Deut. 7. d. 
s lob 9. b. 



Cfcap, jrtfj* 



Cfre fjofee of fmyfyXtomt. 



tfo. Imi* 



thou art LORDE of all thinges, therfore art 
thou gracious vnto all. Whan men thinke y 
not to be of a full strength, thou declarest thy 
power : s boldly delyuerest thou them ouer y 
knowe y not. But thou LORDE of power 
iudgest quyetly, and ordrest us with greate 
worshipe, for thou mayest do as thou wilt. 

By soch workes now hast thou taught thy 
people, that a ma also shulde be iust and 
louynge : and hast made thy childre to be of 
a good hope : for euen when thou iudgest, 
thou geuest rowme to amende from synnes. 
For in so moch as thou hast punyshed, and 
with soch diligence delyuered y enemies of 
thy seruautes, which were worthy to dye 
(where thorow thou gauest the tyme g place 
of amedement y they might turne fro their 
wickednes) with how greate diligence then 
punyshest thou thine awne childre, vnto whose 
fathers thou hast sworne 5 made couenautes 
of good promises ? So where as thou doest 
but chasten vs, thou punyshest oure enemies 
dyuerse wayes : to y intet y wha we punysh, 
we shulde remebre thy goodnesse : (j whan we 
oure selues are punyshed, to put oure trust in 
thy mercy. 

Wherfore where as men haue lyued igno- 
raiitly 5 vnrighteously, thou hast punyshed 
the sore, eue thorow y same thinges that they 
■"worshipped. For they wente astraye very 
loge in y waye of erroure, (j helde y beestes 
(which eue their enemies despysed) for goddes, 
lyuynge as children of no vnderstandinge. 
Therfore hast thou sent a scornefull punysh- 
ment amonge them, as amonge the childre 
of ignoraunce. As for soch as wolde not be 
refourmed by those scornes & rebukes, they 
felt the worthy punishmet of God. For y 
thinges y they suffred, they bare the vn- 
pacietly, beinge not contet in them but vn 
wyUinge. And whan they peryshed by y 
same thinges that they toke for goddes, they 
knowleged then, that there was but one true 
God, whom afore they wolde not knowe : 
therfore came y ende of their dampnacion 
vpon them. 

Cfte rttj. Cfcaptar. 

VAYNE are all men, wliich haue not y 
knowlege of God: as were they that 
out of the good thinges which are *sene, knewe 
not him, that of himself is euerlastinge. 

" Sap. 11. c. Rom. 1. c. b Rom. 1. b. 



Nether toke they so moch regarde of the 
workes that are made, as to knowe, who was 
the craftesman of them: but some toke the 
fyre, some the wynde or ayre, some y course 
of y starres, some y water, some toke Sonne 
and Moone, or the lightes of heauen which 
'rule y earth, for goddes. But though they 
had soch pleasure in their beuty, that they 
thought them to haue bene goddes: yet 
shulde they haue knowne, how moch more 
fayrer he is that made them. For the maker 
of beuty hath ordened all these thinges. O: 
yf they marueled at the power and workes of 
the, they shulde haue perceaued therby, y he 
which made these thinges, is mightier then 
they. 

For by the greatnesse & beutye of the crea- 
ture, y maker therof maye playnely be knowne. 
Notwithstondinge they are the lesse to be 
blamed, that sought God j wolde haue founde 
him, and yet myssed. And why? for so 
moch as they wete aboute in his workes and 
sought after them, it is a toke, that they re- 
garded and helde moch of his workes y are 
sene : howbeit they are not wholy to be ex- 
cused. For yf their vnderstondinge and 
knowledge was so greate, y they coude dis- 
cerne the worlde and y creatures, why dyd 
they not rather fynde out y LORDE therof? 

But vnhappie are they, and amonge the 
deed is their hope, that call the God which 
are but the workes of mens handes : golde. 
syluer and the thinge, that is founde out by 
connynge, the similitude of beastes, or eny 
vayne stone that hath bene made by hande of 
olde. rf Or as whan a carpenter cutteth downe 
a tre out of the wodd, and pareth of the barck 
of it connyngly : and so with the one parte 
maketh a vessell to be vsed, and dighteth 
meate with the residue. As for the other 
parte that is left, which is profitable for 
nothinge (for it is a croked pece of wodd and 
full of knobbes) he carueth it diligently 
thorow his vanite, and (acordinge to the 
knowlege of his connynge) he geueth it some 
proporcion, fashioneth it after the similitude 
of a man, or maketh it like some beest, 
straketh it ouer with reed and paynteth it, 
and loke what foule spot is in it, he casteth 
some coloure vpon it. Then maketh he a 
conueniet tabernacle for it, setteth it in the 
wall and maketh it fast with yron, prouydinge 

Deut.4. c. and 17. b. d Esa. 44. b. Iere. 10. a. 



go. imij. 



Cfte hokt of Ifflgggtomfe. 



Cfcap, xiii). 



so for it, lest it happe to fall : for it is well 
knowne, that it can not helpe it self: And 
why ? it is but an ymage, and must of neces- 
site be helped. 

Then goeth he and offreth of his goodes 
vnto it for his children and for his wife : he 
seketh helpe at it, he axeth councell at it : he 
is not ashamed to speake vnto it y hath no 
soule : for health, he maketh his peticion vnto 
him that is sicke : for life, he prayeth vnto 
him that is deed: he calleth vpon him for 
helpe, that is not able to helpe him self: j to 
sende him a good iourneye, he prayeth him 
that maye not go. And in all the thinges y 
he taketh in hande (whether it be to optayne 
eny thinge or to worke) he prayeth vnto him 
that can do no maner of good. 

Ci)« rmj. Chapter. 

AGAYNE, another ma purposinge to 
sayle j beglnynge to take his iourney 
thorow y raginge see, calleth for helpe vnto a 
stock, y is farre weaker, the f tre y beareth 
him. For as for it, coueteousnesse of moneye 
hath founde it out, j y craftesma made it with 
his connynge. But thy prouydence (O father) 
gouerneth all thinges fro f begynnynge, for 
thou hast made a waye in y see, a & a sure 
path in the myddest of y wawes : declaringe 
therby, y thou hast power to helpe in all 
thinges, yee though a man wente to the see 
without shippe. Neuerthelesse, y y workes of 
thy wyszdome shulde not be vaine, thou hast 
caused an arke to be made:* & therfore do 
men commytte their lyues to a small pece of 
wod passinge ouer the see in a shyppe, (j are 
saued. 

For in the olde tyme also wha the proude 
giauntes perished, he (in who the hope was 
left to increase y worlde) wete in to the 
shippe, which was gouerned thorow thy hande, 
and so left sede behinde him vnto f worlde. 
For happie is f tre where thorow righteousnes 
cometh : but cursed is the ymage of wod, y is 
made with hades, yee both it g he y made it : 
He, because he made it : & it, because it was 
called God, where as it is but a frayle thinge. 
d For the vngodly g his vngodlynes are both 
like abhominable vnto God. Euen so f worke 
(t he y made it also shal be punyshed together. 
Therfore shal there a plage come vpon the 
ymages of the Heithen : for out of the crea- 



ture of God they are become an abhomina- 
cion, a temptacion vnto the soules of men, 
and a snare for the fete of the vnwyse. And 
why ? the sekinge out of ymages is the begin- 
nynge of whordome, and the bringinge vp of 
them is the destruccion of life. For they 
were not from the begynnynge, nether shall 
they cotinue for euer. The welthy ydilnes of 
men hath founde them out vpon earth, ther- 
fore shal they come shortly to an ende. Whe 
a father mourned for his sonne y was taken 
awaye fro him, he made him an ymage (in 
all y haist) of his deed sonne : j so begane to 
worshipe him as God, which was but a deed 
ma tj ordened his seruauntes to oflxe vnto 
him. Thus by processe of tyme j thorow 
loge custome, this erroure was kepte as a 
lawe, & tyraiites copelled me by violece to 
honoure ymages. As for those y were so 
farre of, y me might not worshipe them pre- 
sently, their picture was brought fro farre 
(like the ymage of a kynge who they wolde 
honoure) to the intent that with greate dili- 
gence they might worshipe him which was 
farre of, as though he had bene present. 
Agayne, the syngular connynge of the craftes- 
man gaue the ignoraunt also a great occasio 
to worshipe ymages. For the workman wyl- 
linge to do him a pleasure that sett him a 
worke, laboured with all his connynge to make 
the ymage of the best fashion. And so 
(thorow the beuty of the worke) the comon 
people was disceaued, in so moch that they 
toke him now for a God, which a litle afore 
was but honored as a man. And this was the 
erroure of mans life, whan men (ether for to 
serue their owne affeccion, or to do some 
pleasure vnto kinges) ascrybed vnto stones 
and stockes the name of God, which ought to 
be geuen vnto no man. 

Morouer, this was not ynough for them 
that they erred in the knowlege of God : but 
where as they lyued in the greate warres of 
ignoraunce, those many and greate plages 
called they peace/ For ether they slewe their 
awne children and ofired them, or dyd sacrifice 
in the night season, or els helde vnreasonable 
watches: so that they kepte nether fife ner 
mariage cleane : but ether one slewe another 
to death maliciously, or els greued his negh- 
boure with aduoutrie. And thus were all 
thinges myxte together: bloude, manslaughter, 

<* Psal. 7. a. ' Deut. 18. b. Iere. 7. a. and 19. a. 



Cftap + jrbu 



Cfce foofee of W&y$$io\m. 



So. lmi% 



theft, dissimulacion, corrupcion, vnfaithful- 
nesse, sedicion, penury, disquyetinge of good 
men, vnthakfulnes, defylinge of soules, chau- 
ginge of byrth, vnstedfastnesse of mariage, 
mysordre of aduoutrie and vnclennesse. And 
why ? the honouringe of abhominable ymages, 

the cause, the begynnynge and ende of all 
euell. For they y worshipe Idols, either they 
are madd wha they be mery, or prophecie 
lyes, or lyue vngodly, or els lightly mansweare 
them selues. For in so moch as their trust is 
in y- Idols (which haue nether sole ner vnder- 
stondinge) though they sweare falsely, yet 
they thinke it shal not hurte them. 

Therfore commeth a greate plage vpon 
them, and that worthely: for they haue an 
euell opinio of God, geuinge hede vnto Idols, 
swearinge vniustly to disceaue, and dispysinge 
righteousnes. For their swearinge is no vertue, 
but a plage of them that synne, and goeth 
euer with the offence of the vngodly. 

Cfce rb. Chapter. 

BUT thou (O oure God) art swete, longe 
sufferinge and true, and in mercy ordrest 
thou all thinges. Though we synne, yet are 
we thine, for we knowe thy strength. Yf we 
synne not, then are we sure, that thou regard- 
est vs. For to knowe the, is parfecte right- 
eousnes : Yee to knowe thy righteousnes and 
power, is the rote of immortalite. As for the 
thinge that men haue founde out thorow theyr 
euell science, it hath not disceaued vs: as the 
payn tinge of the picture (an vnprofitable 
laboure) and carued ymage, with diuerse 
colours, whose sight entiseth the ignoraunt: 

that he honoureth and loueth the picture 
of a deed ymage, that hath no soule. 

Neuertheles, they that loue soche euell 
thinges, are worthy of death : they that trust 
in them, they that make them, they that loue 
them, and they that honoure them. The 
potter also taketh (j tempereth soft earth, 
laboureth it, and geueth it the fashion of a 
vessell, what so euer serueth for oure vse 
and so of one pece of claye he maketh some 
cleane vessel for seruice, and some contrary, 
But where to euery vessell serueth, that 
knoweth f potter himself. So with his vayne 
laboure he maketh a god of the same claye : 
this doth euen he, which a litle afore was 
made of earth himself, and within a litle 



whyle after (whan he dyeth) turneth to earth 
agayne. 

Notwithstandinge, he careth not y more 
because he shal laboure ner because his 
life is shorte : but stryueth to excell gold- 
smythes, f syluer smythes a copper smithes, 
and taketh it for an honoure to make vayne 
thinges. For his hert is ashes, his hope is 
but vaine earth ij his life is more vyle then 
claye: for so moch as he knoweth not his 
awne maker, that gaue him his soule to worke, 
and brethed in him the breth of life. They 
counte oure life but a pastyme, and oure con- 
uersacion to be butt a market, and that men 
shulde euer be gettinge, yee and that by euell 
meanes. Now he y of earth maketh frayle 
vessell and ymages, knoweth himself to offende 
aboue all other. 

All the enemies of thy people and y holde 
them in subieccion, are vnwyse, vnhappie and 
exceadinge proude vnto their owne soules : for 
they iudge all the Idols of the Heithe to be 
goddes," which nether haue eyesight to se, ner 
noses to smell, ner eares to heare, ner fingers 
of handes for to grope : a as for their fete, 
they are to slowe to go. For man made 
them, and he that hath but a borowed sprete, 
fashioned them. But no man can make a 
God like vnto him : for seinge he is but mor- 
tall himself, it is but mortall that he maketh 
with vnrighteous handes. He himself is better 
then they whom he worshippeth, for he lyued 
though he was mortall, but so dyd neuer 
they. Yee they worshippe beestes also, which 
are most miserable : for compare thinges that 
can not fele vnto them, g they are worse then 
those. Yet is there not one of these beestes, 
that with his sight ca beholde eny good thinge, 
nether haue they geuen prayse ner thankes 
vnto God. 

Cfte rbt. Cijaptw. 

FOR these and soch other thinges haue they 
suffred worthy punyshment, & thorow y 
multitude of beestes are they roted out. In 
steade of the which punishmentes thou hast 
graciously ordred thine awne people, (j geuen 
them their desyre that they loged for : a new 
Cj straunge taist, preparinge them * quales to 
be their meate: to the intent y (by the thinges 
which were shewed and sent vnto them) they 
y were so gredy of meate, might be with- 



jfo* Imib. 



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Cftap, xbij. 



drawen euen from the desyre that was neces- 
sary. But these within shorte tyme were 
brought vnto pouerte, and taisted a new 
meate. For it was requisite y (without eny 
excuse) destruccion shulde come vpo those 
which vsed tyrany, & to shewe onely vnto the 
other, how their enemies were destroyed. " For 
whan the cruel woodnesse of the beestes came 
vpon them, they peryshed thorow the stinges 
of the cruell serpentes. 

Notwithstodinge thy wrath endured not 
perpetually, but they were put in feare for 
a litle season, y they might be refourmed, 
hauynge a token of saluacion, to remembre 
the comaundement of thy lawe. For he y 
couerted, was not healed by the thinge y he 
sawe, but by THE, O sauioure of all. So 
in this thou shewdest thine enemies, y it is 
thou, which deliuerest fro all euell. As for 
the whan they were bytten with greshoppers 
and flyes, b they died, for they were worthy to 
perish by soch : But nether the teth of dragons 
nerofvenymouswormes ouercame thy children, 
for thy mercy was euer by them g helped the. 
Therfore were they punyshed to remebre thy 
wordes, but hastely were they healed agayne : 
lest they shulde fall in to so depe forgetful- 
nesse, that they might not vse thy helpe. 

It was nether herbe ner plaster y restored 
the to health, but thy worde (o LORDE) 
which healeth all thinges. It is thou (o 
LORDE) y hast the power of life & death: 
c thou ledest vnto deathes dore, (j bringest vp 
agayne. But man thorow wickednes slayeth 
his owne soule, (j when his sprete goeth forth, 
it turneth not agayne, nether maye he call 
agayne y soule y is take awaye : It is not pos- 
sible to escape thy hande. For y vngodly y 
wolde not- knowe y, were punyshed by f 
stregth of thine arme : d with straiige waters, 
hales and raynes were they persecuted, & 
thorow fyre were they cdsumed. For it was 
a wonderous thinge that fyre might do more 
then water which quecheth all thinges : but y 
worlde is y aueger of the righteous. Some 
tyme was y fyre so tame, y the beestes which 
were sent to punysh y vngodly, brent not : (j 
y because they shulde se & knowe, y they 
were persecuted with the punyshmet of God. 
And somtyme brent the fyre in the water on 
euery syde, y it might destroye y vnrighteous 



Num. 21. a. * Exo. 10. d. 
d Exo. 9. c. 



c Deut. 32. f. 1 Re. 2. 
Ixo. 16. a. 



nacio of the earth. Againe, thou hast fed 
thine awne people with angels fode, e (t sent 
the bred ready from heaue (without their 
laboure) beynge very pleasaut j well gusted. 
And to shewe thy riches & swetnesse vnto 
thy childre, thou gauest euery one their de- 
syre, so y euery man might take what liked 
him best. But the snowe (j yse abode the 
violece of the fyre, (t melted not : y they might 
knowe, y the fyre burninge in the hale ij rayne, 
destroied f frute of y enemies : y fyre also, 
forgatt his stregth agayne, y f righteous might 
be norished. For f creature y serueth f 
(which art y maker) is fearse in punyshinge 
f vnrighteous, but it is easy (j getle to do 
good, vnto soch as put their trust in the. 
Therfore dyd all thinges alter at the same 
tyme, (j were all obediet vnto thy grace, which 
is y norse of all thinges, acordinge to y desyre 
of the y- had nede therof : y thy childre (O 
LORDE) who thou louest, / might knowe, 
y it is not nature (t the growinge of frutes y 
fedeth me, but y it is thy worde, which pre- 
serueth the y put their trust in the. For 
loke what might not be destroyed with the 
fyre, as soone as it was warmed with a litle 
Sonne beame, it melted: y all men might 
knowe, y thankes ought to be geuen vnto y 
before f Sonne ryse, 5 y thou oughtest to be 
worshipped before y daye sprynge. For y 
hope of y vnthankfull shal melt awaie as the 
wynter yse, (j perishe as water, y is not necessary. 

Che rbtj. Chapter. 

GREATE are thy iudgmetes (o LORDE) 
e & thy councels can not be expressed : 
therfore men do erre, y^wil not be refourmed 
with thy wyszdome. For whan the vnright- 
eous thought to haue thy holy people in sub- 
iecio, * they were bounde with the bandes of 
darcknes (j longe night, shutt vnder f rofe, 
thinkinge to escape y euerlastinge wiszdome. 
And whyle they thought to be hyd in f 
darcknesse of their synnes, they were scatered 
abrode in y very myddest of the darck couer- 
inge of forgetfulnes, put to horrible feare (j 
wonderously vexed. For the corner where 
they were, might not kepe them from feare : 
because y sounde came downe and vexed 
them : yee many terryble and straunge visions 
made them afrayed. 

/ Deut. 8. a. Matt. 4. a. « Rom. 11. d. * Exo. 10. c. 



Ci)ajp t xbiij. 



Wi)t bofee of Wlysfram. 



tfo. Imb. 



No power of the fyre might geue them 
light, nether might the cleare flames of the 
starres lighte y horrible night. For there 
appeared vnto the a sodane fyre, very drede- 
ful: At y which (whan they sawe nothinge) 
they were so afrayed, that they thought y 
thinge which they sawe, to be the more fear- 
full. " As for the sorcery j enchauntemet y 
they vsed, it came to derisio, and the proude 
wyszdome was brought to shame. For they 
y promysed to dryue awaie the fearfulnes & 
drede fro y weake soules, were sick for feare 
the selues, and that with scorne. And though 
none of y woders feared the, yet were they 
afrayed at the beestes which came vpon the, 
(j at y Hissynge of the serpetes : In so moch 
that with treblinge they swowned, (j sayde 
they sawe not y ayre, which no ma yet maye 
escape. 

For it is an heuy thinge, wha a mans owne 
consciece beareth recorde of his wickednes $ 
condepneth him. And why? a vexed g 
wounded consciece, taketh euer cruell thinges 
in hade. * Fearfulnes is nothinge els, but a 
declaringe y a ma seketh helpe & defence, to 
answere for him self. And loke how moch 
lesse the hope is within, the more is y vncer- 
taynte of the matter, for the which he is 
punished. But they y came in y mightie 
night, slepte y slepe y fell vpo the fro vnder 
I fro aboue : somtyme were they afrayed 
thorow y feare of y wonders, d somtyme they 
were so weake, y they swowned withall : for 
an hastie 5 sodane fearfulnes came vpon the. 
Afterwarde, yf eny of the had falle, he was 
kepte g shutt in preson, but without chaynes. 
But yf eny dwelt in a vyllage, yf he had bene 
an hyrd or huszbandman, he suffred intoller- 
able necessite : for they were all bounde with 
one chayne of darcknesse. 

Whether it were a blasynge wynde, or a 
swete songe of y byrdes amonge the thicke 
braunches of the trees, or the vehemence of 
haistie riinynge water, or greate noyse of y 
fallynge downe of stones, or the playenge j 
riinynge of beastes who they sawe not, or y 
mightie noyse of roaringe beestes, or y sownde 
y answereth agayne in the hye mountaynes : it 
made the swowne for very feare. For all the 
earth shyned with cleare light, (j no ma was 
hyndered in his laboure. Onely vpon the 
there fell a heuy night, an ymage of darck- 



Exod. 7. b. 



Psal. 45. ; 



nesse that was to come vpon them. Yee they 
were vnto them selues the most heuy j hor 
rible darcknesse. 

Cfi« jrbttj. Chapter. 

TVJEUERTHELES thy sayntes had a 
J_\ very greate light (and the enemies 
herde their voyce, but they sawe not the 
figure of them.) And because they suffred 
not y same thinges, they magnified the : and 
they y were vexed afore (because they were 
not hurte now) thanked the, and besought y 
(o God) y there might be a difference. Ther- 
fore had they c a burnynge piler of fyre to 
lede them in the vnknowne waye, g thou 
gauest them the Sonne for a fre gift without 
eny hurte. Reason it was, that they shulde 
want fight & to be put in the preson of darck- 
nes, which kepte thy childre in captiuyte, by 
whom the vncorrupte light of the lawe of y 
worlde was for to be geuen. Whan they 
thought to slaye d the babes of the righteous 
(one beinge laied out, and yet preserued to be 
leder vnto the other) thou broughtest out the 
whole multitude of the children, e and de- 
stroydest these in the mightie water. Of that 
night were oure fathers certified a fore, that 
they knowinge vnto what oothes they had 
geuen credece, might be of good cheare. Thus 
thy people receaued y health of the right- 
eous, but the vngodly were destroied. For 
like as thou hast hurte oure enemies, so hast 
thou promoted vs whom thou calledest a fore. 
For the righteous children of the good men 
offred secretly, g ordred the lawe of righteous- 
nes vnto vnite : y the iust shulde receaue 
good and euell in like maner, singinge prayses 
vnto y father of all men. Agayne, there was 
herde an vnconuenient voyce of the enemies, 
(j a piteous crie for childre that were bewayled. 
The master and the seruaut were punyshed 
alike, the meane man and the kynge suffred 
in like maner. For they all together had 
innumerable that dyed one death. 

f Nether were y lyuinge sufficient to bury 
y deed, for in y twincklinge of an eye, the 
noblest nacion of the was destroyed. As oft 
as God helped the afore, yet wolde it not 
make the beleue : but in y destruccion of y 
first borne they knowleged, that it was y 
people of God. For whyle all thinges were 
still, (j wha y night was in y myddest of hir 

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course, thy Allmightie worde (o LORDE) 
leapte downe fro heaue out of thy royall trone, 
as a rough ma of warre, in y myddest of f 
londe y was destroyed: u y sharpe swerde 
perfourmed thy straite comaundemet, stadinge 
Cj fyllinge all thinges with death : yee it stode 
vpo f earth 5 reached vnto the heauen. Then 
the sight of the euell dreames vexed them 
sodenly, and fearfulnesse came vpon them 
vnawarres. 

Then laye there one here, another there 
half deed half quyck, and shewed the cause of 
his death. For the visions that vexed the, 
shewed the these thinges afore : so that they 
were not ignoraunt, wherfore they perished. 

The tentacion of death touched the right- 
eous also, and amonge the multitude in the 
wyldernesse there was insurreccion, but thy 
wrath endured not longe. For the fautlesse 
man wente in all the haist," and toke the bat- 
tayll vpon him, brought forth the weape of 
his ministracion : euen prayer and y cesours 
of recocilinge, set himself agaynst y wrath, 
and so brought the misery to an ende : de- 
claringe therby, that he was thy seruaunt. 
For he ouercame not the multitude with 
bodely power, ner with weapes of might : but 
with the worde he subdued him that vexed 
him, puttinge the in remembraunce of the 
ooth d couenaiit made vnto the fathers. For 
whan the deed were fallen downe by heapes 
one vpon another, he stode in the myddest, 
pacified the wrath, and parted y waye vnto 
the lyuynge. And why ? ' in his longe garmet 
was all the beuty, and in the foure rowes of 
the stones was the glory of the fathers graue, 
and thy maiesty was written in the crowne of 
his heade. Vnto these the destroyer gaue 
place, and was afrayed of them: for it was 
only a tentacion worthy of wrath. 

Cfte rtr. Chapter. 

AS for the vngodly, the wrath came vpo 
them without mercy vnto the ende. 
For he knew before what shulde happe vnto 
them : how that (whan they had cosented to 
lett them go, and had sent them out with 
greate diligence) they wolde repente, j folowe 
vpon them. e For whan they were yet mourn- 
ynge and makinge lametacion by the graues 
of the deed, they deuysed another foolishnes : 
so that they persecuted them in their flienge, 

Num. 16. g. * Exo. 28. b. c. c Exo. 14. a. 



whom they had cast out afore with prayer. 
Worthy necessite also brought them vnto this 
ende, for they had cleane forgotten the 
thinges y happened vnto them afore. But 
the thinge that was wantynge of their punysh- 
ment, was requysite so to be fulfilled vpon 
them with tormetes: that thy people might 
haue a maruelous passage thorow, and that 
these might fynde a straunge death. 

The was euery creature fashioned agayne 
of the new acordinge to the wyll of their 
maker, obeyenge thy commaundementes, y 
thy children might be kepte without hurte. 
For the cloude ouershadowed their tentes, 
d the drye earth appeared, where afore was 
water : so y in the reed see there was a waye 
without impediment, and the greate depe be- 
came a grene felde: where thorow all y 
people wente that were defended with thy 
hande, seinge thy wonderous (t maruelous 
workes. For as y horses, so were they fedd, 
& leapte like labes, praysing the (o LORDE) 
which haddest delyuered them. And why? 
they were yet myndefull of the thinges, that 
happened whyle they dwelt in the londe : how 
the grounde brought forth fiyes in steade of 
catell, and how y ryuer scrauled with the 
multitude of frogges in steade of fyszshes. 

But at the last they sawe a new creacion of 
byrdes, what tyme as they were rf disceaued 
with lust, and desyred delicate meates. For 
whan they were speakinge of their appetite, 
the quales came vp vnto them from the see, 
and punyshmentes came vpon y synners, not 
without the tokes which came to passe afore 
by the vehemece of y streames : for they 
suffred worthely acordinge to their wicked- 
nesses, they dealt so abhominably g churlishly 
with straungers. Some receaued no vn- 
knowne gestes, some brought the straungers 
in to bondage that dyd them good. Besyde 
all these thinges there were some, that not 
only receaued no straungers with their wylles, 
but persecuted those also/ and dyd the moch 
euell, that receaued the gladly. Therfore 
were they punyshed with blyndnesse, like as 
they that were couered with-^sodane darcknesse 
at the dores of the righteous : so y euery one 
sought y intraunce of his dore. 

Thus the elementes turned in to them 
selues, like as whan one tune is chaunged 
vpon an instrument of musick, and yet all 

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the residue kepe their melody : which maye 
easely be perceaued, by the sight of the 
thinges that are come to passe. The drye 
lode was turned in to a watery, j y thinge 
that afore swamme in the water, wente now 
vpon the drye grounde. The fyre had power 
in the water (cotrary to his awne vertue) and 
the water forgatt his awne kynde to quench. 



Agayne, the flammes of the noysome beastes 
hurte not the flesh of them that wete with 
them, nether melted they the yse, which els 
melteth lightly. In all thinges hast thou pro- 
moted thy people (o LORDE) and brought 
them to honoure : thou hast not despysed 
them, but allwaye and in all places hast thou 
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MANY and greate me haue declared wyszdome vnto vs out of y lawe, out of y 
prophetes £ out of other that folowed the. In the which thinges Israel ought to be 
commended, by the reason of doctrine and wiszdome : Therfore they that haue it (j 
reade it, shulde not onely the selues be wyse there thorow, but serue other also with 
teachinge and wrytinge. 

After that my graundfather Iesus had geuen diligent laboure to reade the lawe, the 
prophetes and other bokes that were left vs of oure fathers, and had wel exercised himself 
therin : he purposed also to wryte some thinge of wyszdome and good maners, to the intet 
that they which were wyllinge to lerne and to be wyse, might haue the more vnder- 
standinge, and be the more apte to lede a good conuersacion. 

Wherfore I exorte you to receaue it louyngly, to reade it with diligence, and to take it 
in good worth : though oure wordes be not so eloquent as the famous oratours. For the 
thinge that is wryttin in the Hebrue tonge, soundeth not so well whan it is traslated in to 
another speache. Not only this boke of myne, but also the lawe, the prophetes, and 
other bokes sounde farre other wyse, than they do, whan they are spoken in their awne 



Now in the XXXVIII. yeare whan I came in to Egipte in the tyme of Ptolomy 
Euerges, and continued there all my life, I gat libertie to reade and wryte many good 
thinges. Wherfore I thought it good and necessary, to bestowe my diligence and trauayle 
to interprete this boke. And consideringe that I had tyme, I laboured and dyd my best 
to perfourme this boke, and to brynge it vnto light: that the straiigers also which are 
disposed to lerne, might applye them selues vnto good maners, £ lyue acordinge to y lawe 
of y LORDE. 



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Chap. I. 

All wyszdome commeth of God, for he onely is 
wyse. The frute of Gods feare. 

Chap. II. 

An exortacion vnto pacience 5 to the feare of 

God. 

Chap. III. 
A doctryne for children, how they shulde 

honoure father and mother : 5 how men 

ought to be gentle and lowly. 

Chap. IIII. 
Wyszdome lerneth to be mercifull and louynge 
vnto euery man. What rewarde wyszdome 
geueth, to them that loue her and seke her. 

Chap. V. 
Let no man trust in his riches, let no man leane 
vpon his owne power, let no man despyse the 
mercy 5 longe sufferynge of God. 
Chap. VI. 
Of true 5 false frendshipe. An exortacion to 
herken vnto wyszdome. 

Chap. VII 
Many goodly lessons and documetes. 

Chap. VIII. 
He teacheth to bewarre of strife, to thincke 
scorne of no ma, to avoyde suertyshipp, to be- 
warre of branelesse and cruell people. 

Chap. IX. 
How me shulde behaue them selues with their 
wyues, d how olde frendshipe ought not to be 
broken, (jc. with many other good lessons. 

Chap. X. 
Of iudges and rulers of the people. How pryde 
ought to be eschued. 

Chap. XI. 
Many good instruccions. 

Chap. XII. 
How and to whom a ma shulde do good. 

Chap. XIII. 
How the poore shulde kepe himself from the 
riche. 



Chap. XIIII. 
The vnfaithfulnes and wickednes of rich nygardes. 
An exortacion to do good (j to cleue vnto 
wyszdome. 

Chap. XV. 
The profit that commeth of the feare of God 5 of 
wyszdome, which the wicked will not receaue. 

Chap. XVI. 

The multitude of euell children is not good, for 
the grace of God is not amonge the vngodly. 
The pacience, mercy, and wyszdome of God. 

Chap. XVII. 

How God made man, endewed him with giftes, 
openynge his wil j lawe vnto him : but chose 
Israel out of all people. 

Chap. XVIII. 

The wyszdome of God and ordre of his workes, 
which no man maye comprehende. The dayes 
of man are shorte. God suffreth longe, re- 
buketh and teacheth all soch as wil receaue 
nurtoure. 

Chap. XIX. 

Many good lessons of wyszdome. 
Chap. XX. 

Men ought to geue warnynge, to exorte and to 
rebuke : but not to be cruell, violent or 
malicious. Of sylence, and speakinge, (J how 
to bewarre of lyes. 

Chap. XXI. 

All maner of synnes ought to be eschued. The 
difference of the wyse and foolish. 

Chap. XXII. 

A foole wyll not be refourmed nor rebuked. Be 
faithfull vnto thy neghboure and frende. 

Chap. XXIII. 

A faithfull prayer vnto God, to preserue the 
mouth and tonge from noysome wordes and 
oothes, & the hert from euell thoughtes. How 
greate abhominacion aduoutry is. 

Chap. XXIIII. 

A commendacion of wyszdome. 



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Cf)ap. XXV. 

There is nothinge better, then an honest verteous 
woman. Agayne, there is nothinge worse then 
an euell, vngodly, j frowarde woman. 

Cljap. XXVI. 

A commendacion and prayse of a good honest 

woman, and how noysome an euell wyfe is. 

CJ)ap. XXVII. 

Many goodly sentences. 

Cijap. XXVIII. 

Men ought not to take vengeauce, but euery man 
to forgeue his neghboure, & not to beare euell 
wil ner to stryue. What harme commeth of 
false tongues j slaunderers. 

C^ap. XXIX. 

How me shulde haue compassion and lende vnto 
their neghbours : and how they that borowe, 
ought to behaue them selues agayne. Of vn- 
aduysed suertieshipe. How euery man ought 
to be content with that he hath, and not to be 
chargeable vnto other. 

Cljap. XXX. 

Who so loueth his children, teacheth them, nur- 
toreth them and chasteneth the. Health is a 
noble gift. 

Cljap. XXXI. 

The misery of the cuvetous. How one shulde 
behaue him self at the table, and be measur- 
able in meate and drynke. What harme com- 
meth of drynkinge to moch wyne. 

Cljap. XXXII. 

To be set in rule (j dignite, shulde not make a 
man proude and hye minded, but to feare, to 
be diligent and faithful vnto them, that are 
committed vnto him gc. with other good 
lessons. 

C|)ap. XXXIII. 

How God ought to be feared, & his lawe kepte. 
The difference of dayes and of men. The 
ordringe of children and housholde. 

CJ)ap. XXXIIII. 

The hope of the vngodly is vayne : the righteous 
shalbe preserued, for he putteth his trust in 
God, which wil not be reconciled with offer- 
inges, but with an innocent life. 

CI)ap. XXXV. 

The offringe that pleaseth God is to kepe his 
comaundementes, to be thankful, mercifull, 
and to ceasse from synne. God is the de- 
fender of wyddowes, fatherlesse, and op- 
pressed, and heareth their prayer. 



Cljap. XXXVI. 

An earnest prayer vnto God for helpe agaynst 

the enemies. The prayse of an honest woman. 

C£ap. XXXVII. 

Of true j false fredshipe. Good councell ought 
to be sought at them, which are verteous and 
feare God, but first at God himself. Of 
wyszdome and sobernesse. 

CJ)ap. XXXVIII. 
Phisicians and medicyns ought not to be des- 
pysed, but vsed as a gift of God : neuertheles 
God himself is first to be sought in all sick- 
nesse. Men shulde be measurable in mourn - 
inge for the deed, j prepare them selues also 
vnto death. Euery workman ought to be 
diligent in his laboure, and to please God with 
kepinge his commaundementes. 

Cljap. XXXIX. 

Wyszdome and the feare of God excell all other 
thinges. All thinges are made to serue the 
faithfull. 

Cljap. XL. 

The life of man is a battayll. All thinges passe 
awaie, but the trueth abydeth for euer. The 
liberall and louynge condicions of the right- 
eous. The vnfaithfullnes and nigardnesse of 
the vngodly. 

C§ a p. XLI. 

Death is fearfull vnto the wicked, but a ioye vnto 
the righteous. The cursinge of the vngodly. 
A good name is a noble thinge. What the 
thinges be, wherof a man ought to be ashamed. 

CJ>ap. XLII. 
Where one ought not to be ashamed. The care 
and bringinge vp of childre. The power and 
wyszdome of God. 

Cijap. XLIII. 

The beuty of the firmamet, wherby the power and 
wyszdome of God is knowne, (j shulde by right 
be praysed. 

Cljap. XLIIII. 

A commendacion and prayse of the olde fathers. 

CI)ap. XLV. 

Of the faithfull worthies, and their noble actes. 
Of the presthode and offeringes. The punysh- 
ment of the sedicious. 



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Chap. XLVI. 

The manlynesse of Iosue g Caleb. Of the rulers 
in Israel, vnto the tyme of faithfull Samuel. 

Chap. XLVII. 
Of Nathan, Dauid and Salomon. 

Chap. XLVIII. 
Of Elyas, Ezechias and Esay. 



Chap. XLIX. 

The actes of good Iosias. The decaye of Ieru- 
salem. Of the prophetes and patriarckes. 

Chap. L. 

A commedacion of Simeon the sonne of Onias. 

Chap. LI. 

A prayer of Iesus Syrac. Wyszdome calleth the 
ignoraunt vnto her. 



Che fiwst Chapter. 

ALL wyszdome cometh of God a the 
LORDE, g hath bene euer with him, 
and is before all tyme. Who hath nombred 
y sonde of the see, y droppes of the rayne g 
the dayes of tyme ? Who hath measured the 
heyth of heaue, y bredth of the earth g the 
depenesse of the see ? Who hath sought out 
the grounde of Gods wiszdome,* which hath 
bene before all thinges? Wiszdome hath 
bene before all thinges, and the vnderstand- 
inge of prudence from euerlastinge. (Gods 
worde in the heyth is the well of wyszdome, 
and the euerlastinge comaundementes are the 
intraunce of her.) Vnto whom hath y rote 
of wyszdome bene declared? Or who hath 
knowne hir wyt? Vnto whom hath the 
doctrine of wyszdome bene discouered and 
shewed? and who hath vnderstande the 
manyfolde entrauce of her? 

There is one : eue the Hyest, the maker of 
all thinges, y Allmightie, y kynge of power 
(of whom men ought to stonde greatly in 
awe) which sytteth vpon his trone, beinge a 
God of dominion : He hath created her 
thorow y holy goost : he hath sene her, nom- 
bred her, and measured her : He hath poured 
her out vpon all his workes, and vpon all 
flesh acordinge to his gift: he geueth her 
richely vnto them that loue him. The feare 
of the LORDE is worshipe and triuphe, 

dnesse g a ioyfull crowne. The feare of 
the LORDE maketh a mery hert, geueth 
gladnesse, ioye and longe life. Who so fear- 
eth the LORDE, it shal go well with him at 
the last, g in the daye of his death he shal be 
blessed. 

" 3 Re. 3. b. and 4. c. lob 28. c. Iacobi 1. a. 



The loue of God is honorable wiszdome 
loke vnto whom it appeareth, they loue it, 
for they se what woderous thinges it doth. c 
The feare of LORDE is the begynnynge of 
wyszdome, and was made with the faithfull 
in the mothers wombe : it shall go with the 
chosen wemen, and shalbe knowne of y righ 
teous and faithfull. The feare of the LORDE 
is y right Gods seruyce, that preserueth and 
iustifieth the hert, and geueth myrth g glad 
nesse. Who so feareth the LORDE, shalbe 
happie : and whan he hath nede of comforte, 
he shal be blessed. To feare God is the wisz- 
dome that maketh rich, and bringeth all good 
with her. She fylleth the whole house with 
hir giftes, g the garners with her treasure. 
The feare of the LORDE is the crowne of 
wyszdome, and geueth plenteous peace g 
health. He hath sene her g nombred her: 
knowlege and vnderstandinge of wyszdome 
hath he poured out as rayne : and them that 
helde her fast, hath he brought vnto honoure. 

The feare of the LORDE is the rote of 
wyszdome, and hir braunches are longe life. 
(In the treasures of wyszdome is vnderstond- 
inge and deuocion of knowlege, but wysz- 
dome is abhorred of synners.) The feare of 
the LORDE dryueth out synne, for he that 
is without feare, can not be made righteous, 
g his wilfull boldnes is his owne destruccion. 
A paciet man wyl suffre vnto the tyme, and 
the shal he haue y rewarde of ioye. A good 
vnderstodinge wil hyde his wordes for a tyme, 
and many mes lippes shal speake of his wysz- 
dome. In the treasures of wyszdome is the 
declaracion of doctrine, but the synner ab- 
horreth the worshipe of God. My sonne, yf 

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thou desyre wiszdome, kepe the commaunde- 
ment, and God shal geue her vnto the : for 
the feare of the LORDE is wyszdome & nur- 
toure, he hath pleasure in faith and louynge 
mekenesse, and he shal fyll the treasures 
therof. Be not obstinate and vnfaithfull to 
the feare of the LORDE, and come not vnto 
him with a duble hert. Be not an ypocrite 
in the sight of men, and take good hede what 
thou speakest. Marck well these thinges, lest 
thou happen to fall and brynge thy soule to 
dishonoure, and so God discouer thy secretes, 
and cast the downe in the myddest of the 
congregacion : because thou woldest not re- 
ceaue the feare of God, and because thy hert 
is full of faynednes and disceate. 

Cfie tj. Chapter. 

MY sonne, yf thou wilt come in to f 
seruyce of God, 3 stonde fast in righte- 
ousnes and feare, & arme thy soule to ten- 
tacion: sattle thine hert, and be paciet: 
bowe downe thine eare, receaue the wordes 
of vnderstondinge, and shrencke not awaye, 
whan thou art entysed. Holde the fast vpon 
God, ioyne thy self vnto him (j suffre, that thy 
life maye encreace at the last. What so euer 
happeneth vnto the, receaue it: suffre in 
heuynesse, and be pacient in thy trouble.* 
For like as golde and syluer are tryed in the 
fyre, euen so are acceptable men in the for- 
nace of aduersite. Beleue in God, and he 
shal helpe the : ordre thy waie a right, and 
put thy trust in him. Holde fast his feare, 
and growe therin. O ye y feare the LORDE, 
take sure holde of his mercy : shrencke not 
awaye fro him, that ye fall not. O ye that 
feare y LORDE, beleue him, and youre re- 
warde shall not be emptye. O ye that feare 
y LORDE, put youre trust in him, g mercy 
shal come vnto you for pleasure. O ye y 
feare f LORDE, set youre loue vpo him, j 
youre hertes shal be lightened. 

Considre the olde generacions of men (o 
ye children) and marck them well: c was there 
euer eny one confounded, that put his trust 
in the LORDE? Who euer contynued in 
his feare, and was forsaken ? Or whom dyd 
he euer despyse, that called faithfully vpo 
him ? For God is gracious and mercifull, he 
forgeueth synnes in f tyme of trouble, and is 



! Matt. 4. a. 2 Tim. 3. b. 2 Pet. 4. b. ' Sap. 3. a. Pro. 17. a. 
Psal. 30. a. Esa. 26. a. i Ioh. 14. b. c Rom. 13. b. 



a defender for all them y seke him in y trueth. 
Wo be vnto him that hath a dubble hert, 
wicked lippes and euell occupied handes, g 
to the synner y goeth two maner of waies. 
Wo be vnto them that are lowse of hert, 
which put not their trust in God, and ther- 
fore shal they not be defended of him. Wo 
be vnto them that haue lost pacience, forsaken 
the right wayes, and are turned back in to 
frowarde wayes. What wyl they do, whan 
the LORDE shal begynne to vyset the ? 

They that feare y LORDE, wil not mys- 
trust his worde: and they that loue him, rf wyl 
kepe his commaundement. They that feare 
the LORDE, wyl seke out y thinges that are 
pleasaunt vnto him : and they that loue him, 
shal fulfill his lawe. e They that feare y 
LORDE wil prepare their hertes, and huble 
their soules in his sight. (They that feare the 
LORDE, kepe his commaundementes, and 
wil be pacient, tyll they se himself) sayenge : 
f better it is for vs to fall in to the handes of y 
LORDE, then in to the hades of men : for 
his mercy is as greate as him self. 

Wfyz t't). Cijajptcr. 

THE children of wyszdome are a cogre- 
gacion of the righteous, and their exer- 
cise is obedience and loue. Heare me youre 
father (o my deare children) and do there after, 
that ye maie be safe. *For the LORDE wil 
haue the father honoured of the children, and 
loke what a mother commaudeth hir children 
to do, he wil haue it kepte. Who so honour- 
eth his father, his synnes shall be forgeue 
him : and he that honoureth his mother, is 
like one that gathereth treasure together. 
Who so honoureth his father, shal haue ioye 
of his owne children : % whan he maketh his 
prayer, he shal be herde. He that honoureth 
his father/' shall haue a longe life : J he that is 
obedient for y LORDE S sake, his mother 
shal haue ioye of him. 

He that feareth the LORDE, honoureth 
his father and mother, and doth them seruyce, 
as it were vnto the LORDE himself. Ho- 
noure thy father in dede, in worde and in all 
pacience, that thou mayest haue his blessinge : ' 
for the blessinge of y father buyldeth vp the 
houses of the children, but the mothers curse 
roteth out the foundacions. Reioyse not 

/"2 Re. 24. c. Susan, d. s Exo. 20. b. Deut. 5. b. Ephe. 6. a. 
h Epbe. 6. a. ' Gen. 27. d. and 49. a. Deut. 33. a. 



tfo. xti). 



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whan thy father is reproued, for it is no ho- 
noure vnto the, but a shame. For the wor- 
shipe of a mans father is his awne worshipe, 
and where the father is without honoure, it is 
the dishonesty of the sonne. My sonne, make 
moch of thy father in his age, and greue him 
not as longe as he lyueth. And yf his vnder- 
standinge fayle, haue pacience with him, g 
despyse him not in thy strength. For the 
good dede that thou shewest vnto thy father, 
shall not be forgotten: and whan thou thy 
self wantest, it shall be rewarded the (and for 
thy mothers offence thou shalt be recompensed 
with good, yee it shal be founded for the ' 
righteousnes) and in the daye of trouble thou 
shalt be remembred: thy synnes also shall 
melt awaye, like as the yse in f fayre warme 
wether. 

He y forsaketh his father, shall come to 
shame : and he that defyeth his mother, 
cursed of God. My sonne, perfourme thy 
workes with louynge mekenesse, so shalt thou 
be loued aboue other men. " The greater thou 
art, the more huble thy self (in all thinges) 
and thou shalt fynde fauoure in the sight of 
God. For greate power belongeth onely vnto 
God, g he is honoured of the lowly. 

*Seke not out the thinges that are aboue 
thy capacite, and search not the grounde of 
soch thinges as are to mightie for the : but 
loke what God hath commaunded the, c thinke 
vpo that allwaye, and be not curious in many 
of" * his workes. For it is not nedefull for the, to 
se with thine eyes, y thinges y are secrete. 
Make not thou to moch search in superfluous 
thinges, and be not curious in many of his 
workes : for many thinges are shewed vnto the 
allready, which be aboue y capacite of men. 
The medlinge with soch hath begyled many a 
man, and tangled their wyttes in vanite. 
Now he that loueth parell, shal perish therin. 

An harde herte shal fayre euell at y last 
(an hert that goeth two wayes, shal not pros- 
pere : g he that is frowarde of hert, wyll euer 
be the worse and worse.) A wicked hert shall 
be lade with sorowes, and f vngodly sinner 
wyll heape one synne vpon another. The 
councell of the proude hath no health, for y 
plante of synne shal be roted out in the. The 
hert of him y hath vnderstandinge, shal per- 
ceaue hye thinges, and a good eare wil gladly 

il. 2. a. 4 Pro. 25. d. Rom. 12. a. c Deut. 4. a. 
* Some rede, thy workes. 



herken vnto wyszdome. An hert that is wyse 
g hath vnderstadinge, wyl abstayne from 
synnes, and increase in the workes of righte- 
ousnes. d Water quencheth burnynge fyre, g 
mercy reconcyleth synnes. God hath respecte 
vnto him y is thankfull: he thinketh vpon 
him agaynst the tyme to come : so that whan 
he falleth, he shal fynde a stronge holde. 

Cije tit}. Cijapttr. 

MY sonne, defraude not the poore of his 
almes, e and turne not awaye thine 
eyes from him that hath nede. Despise not 
an hongrie soule, and defye not the poore in 
his necessite : greue not the hert of him that 
is helplesse, and withdrawe not the gift from y 
nedefull. Refuse not the prayer of one that 
is in trouble, and turne not awaye thy face 
from the nedy. Cast not thine eyes asyde 
fro f poore, y thou geue him not occasion to 
speake euell of the. For yf he complayne of 
f in the bytternes of his soule, his prayer shal 
be herde: eue he y made him, shal heare 
him. Be curteous vnto y company of the 
poore, humble thy soule vnto the elder, g 
bowe downe thy heade to a man of worshipe. 
Let it not greue the to bowe downe thine eare 
vnto the poore, but paye thy dett, and geue 
him a frendly answere, and y with mekenesse 

Delyuer him y suffreth wroge fro y hade of 
y oppressoure/ g be not faint harted wha thou 
sittest in iudgmet. Be merciful vnto y- father 
les as a father, g be in steade of an nuszbade 
vnto their mother : so shalt thou be as an 
obediet sonne of y Hyest, and he shal loue the 
more the thy mother doth. Wiszdome bretheth 
life in to hir children, receaueth the y seke 
her, g wyll go before the in y waye of right- 
eousnes. He y loueth her, loueth life : g they 
y seke her diligetly, shal haue greate ioye. 
They y kepe her, shal haue the heretage of 
life: for where she entreth in, there is the 
blessinge of God. They that honoure her, 
shal be y seruauntes of the holy one : and 
they that loue her, are beloued of God. 
Who so geueth eare vnto her, shal iudge the 
Heithe : and he that hath respecte vnto her, 
shall dwell safely. 

He that beleueth her, shal haue her in pos- 
session, and his generacion shal endure : for 
whan he falleth, she shal go with him before 



Psal. 40. a. Dan. 4. d. Math. 
Mat. 25. c. / Gen. 14. 



c Deut. 15. a. 
Exo. 2. b. 



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all. Feare, drede and tentacion shal she 
bringe vpon him, and trye him in hir doc- 
trine: tyll she haue so proued him in his 
thoughtes, that he committe his soule vnto 
her. The shal she stablish him, bringe the 
right waye vnto him, make hi a glad ma, 
shewe him hir secretes, and heape vpon him 
the treasures of knowlege, vnderstondinge 
and righteousnes. But yf he go wronge, she 
shall forsake him, and geue him ouer in to 
the handes of his enemie. 

" My sonne, make moch of the tyme, eschue 
the thinge y is. euell, and for thy life shame 
not to saye f trueth. h For there is a shame 
y bringeth synne, and there is a shame that 
bringeth worshipe and fauoure. c Accepte no 
person after thine owne will, that thou be not 
confounded to thine owne decaye. Be not 
ashamed of thy neghboure in his aduersite, j 
kepe not back thy councell wha it maye do 
good, nether hyde thy wyszdome in hir beuty. 
For in the toge is wyszdome knowne, so is 
vnderstandinge, knowlege and lernynge in the 
talkinge of the wyse, {t stedfastnesse in f 
workes of righteousnes. In no wise speake 
agaynst the worde of treuth, but be ashamed 
of the lyes of thine owne ignoraunce. Shame 
not to confesse thine erroure, and submitte 
not thyself vnto euery man because of synne. 
Withstande not y face of the mightie, and 
stryue not agaynst the streame. But for the 
trueth stryue thou vnto death, and God shal 
fight for the agaynst thine enemies. Be not 
haystie in thy tonge, nether slack and negli- 
gent in thy workes. Be not as a lyon in thine 
owne house, destroyinge thy housholde folkes, 
and oppressinge them y are vnder the. d Let 
not thine hande be stretched out to receaue, 
and shutt whan thou shuldest geue. 

€i)e b. Cljapter. 

TRUST not vnto thy riches, and saye 
not : tush, I haue ynough for my life/ 
(For it shall not helpe in the tyme of ven- 
geaunce and temptacion.) Folowe not the 
lust of thine owne hert in thy strength, and 
saye not : tush, how shulde I, or who wyl cast 
me downe because of my workes ? for doutles 
God shal auenge it. And saye not : I haue 
committed mo synnes, butt what euell hath 



" Ephe. 5. b. b Math. 10. e. c Leui. 19. d 

Act. 20. c. e Luc.l2.b. EcclT.ll.c. /Rom. 7. a 
Eccll. 21. a. * Eccli. 16. b. ' Pro. 10. a. and 11. c 



happened me ? For the Allmightie is a 
pacient rewarder. -^Because thy synne is for- 
geue f, be not therfore without feare, nether 
heape one synne vpo another. And saye not: 
"tush, the mercy of the LORDE is greate, 
he shal forgeue my synnes, be they neuer so 
many. ; ' For like as he is mercifull, so goeth 
wrath from him also, and his indignacion 
cdmeth downe vpon synners. 

Make no tariege to turne vnto y LORDE, 
(j put not of fro daye to daie : for sodenly shal 
his wrath come, j in the tyme of vengeaunce 
he shal destroie y. i Trust not in wicked 
riches for they shal not helpe in the daye of 
punishment and wrath. Be not caried aboute 
to euery wynde, and go not in to euery waye : 
for so doth the synner that hath a dubble 
tonge (Stonde fast in f waye of y LORDE) 
be stedfast in thy vnderstandinge, abyde by 
thy worde, and folowe the worde of peace and 
righteousnes. Be getle to heare f worde of 
God, that thou mayest vnderstande it, and 
make a true answere with wyszdome. *Be 
swift to heare, but slowe and pacient in 
geuinge answere. Yf thou hast vnderstond- 
inge, shappe thy neghboure an answere : Yf 
no, laye thine hade vpo thy mouth : lest thou 
be trapped in an vndiscrete worde, (j so 
cofoiided. Honoure j worshipe is in a mas 
wyse talkinge, but y toge of y vndiscrete is 
his awne distruccio. 'Be not a preuy accuser 
as long as thou lyuest, and vse no slaunder 
with thy tonge. For shame and sorow goeth 
ouer the thefe, and an euell name ouer him 
that is dubble tonged : but he that is a preuy 
accuser of other men, shalbe hated envyed 
and confounded. Se that thou iustifie the 
small and greate alyke. 

€f)j bt. Chapter. 

BE not thy neghbours enemye for thy 
fredes sake : for who so is euel shal be 
y heyre of rebuke cj dishonoure, & who so 
euer beareth envye and a dubble toge, offend- 
eth. ro Be not proude in the deuyce of thyne 
owne vnderstandinge, lest thy leaues wyther 
and thy frute be destroyed, j so thou be left as 
a drye tre. For a wicked soule destroyeth him 
that hath it, maketh him to be laughed to 
scorne of his enemies, (and bringeth him to 



Eze. 7. c. Soph. 1. c. * Iaco. 1. b. ' Leui. 19. d, 

m Rom. 12. c. Phil. 2. a. 



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Cfrap* bfj. 



the porcion of the vngodly.) a A swete worde 
multiplieth frendes, and pacifieth the y be at 
variaunce, and a thankfull tonge will be plen- 
teous in a good man. Holde frendshipe with 
many, neuertheles haue but one counceler of 
a thousande. 

Yf thou gettest a frende, proue him first,* 
and be not haistie to geue him credence. For 
some man is a frende but for a tyme, and wyl 
not abyde in the daye of trouble. And there 
is some frende that turneth to enemyte, and 
taketh parte agaynst the : and yf he knowe 
eny hurte by the, he telleth it out. Agayne, 
some frende c is but a companyon at the table, 
and in the daye of nede he contynueth not. 
But a sure frende wil be vnto f euen as thyne 
owne self, and deale faithfully with thy hous^ 
holde folke. Yf thou suffre trouble and ad 
uersite, he is with the, and hydeth not him 
self from the. Departe fro thine enemies, 
yee and bewarre of thy frendes. 

A faithful frende is a stronge defence: who 
so findeth soch one, findeth a noble treasure. 
A faithfull frende hath no peare, the weight 
of golde and syluer is not to be compared to 
the goodnesse of his faith. A faithfull frende 
is a medicyne of life, & they y feare the 
LORDE, shal fynde him. Who so feareth 
the LORDE, shal prospere with frendes: and 
as he is himself, so shal his frende be also. My 
sonne, receaue doctryne fro thy youth vp, so 
shalt thou fynde wyszdome tyll thou be olde. 
Go to her as one that ploweth, and soweth, 
and wayte pacietly for hir good frutes. For 
thou shalt haue but litle laboure in hir worke, d 
but thou shalt eate of hir frutes right soone. 
O how exceadlge sharpe is wiszdome to vn- 
lerned men? an vnstedfast body wyl not 
remayne in her. Vnto soch she is as it were 
a twichstone, u he casteth her from him in all 
the haist : for wyszdome is with him but in 
name, there be but few y haue knowlege of 
her. (But with them that knowe her, she 
abyde th eue vnto y appearinge of God.) 

Geue eare (my sonne) receaue my doc- 
tryne, and refuse not my councell. Put thy 
fote in to hir lynckes, and "take hir yock 
vpon thy neck : bowe downe thy shulder vnder 
her, beare hir paciently, and be not weery of 
hir bandes. Come vnto hir with thy whole 
hert, and kepe hir wayes with all thy power. 



Eccli. 20. b. 
Mat. 10. c. 



b Deut. 13. b. and 33. b. Mich. 7. a. 
Eccli. 37. a. ''Eccli. 51. d, 



Seke after her, and she shalbe shewed the : 
and wha thou hast her, forsake her not. For 
at the last thou shalt fynde rest in her, and 
that shal be turned to thy greate ioye. Then 
shal hir fetters be a stronge defence for the, 5 
hir yock a glorious rayment. For the bewtye 
of life is in her, and hir bandes are the coup- 
linge together of saluacion. Yee a glorious 
rayment is it, thou shalt put it on, and the 
same crowne of ioye shalt thou weere. 

My sonne, yf thou wilt take hede, thou 
shalt haue vnderstadinge : and yf thou wilt 
applye thy mynde, thou shalt be wyse. Yf 
thou wilt bowe downe thine eare, thou shalt 
receaue doctryne : and yf thou delyte in hear- 
inge, thou shalt be wyse. Stonde with y mul- 
titude of soch elders as haue vnderstandinge, 
and consente vnto their wyszdome with thine 
hert : that thou mayest heare all godly ser- 
mons/ and that the worthy sentences escape 
the not. And yf thou seist a man of discrete 
vnderstandinge, gett the soone vnto him, and 
let thy fote treade vpon the steppes of his 
dores. £ Let thy mynde be vpon the com- 
maundementes of God, and be earnestly occu 
pied in his lawes : so shal he stablish thy hert, 
and geue f wyszdome at thine owne desyre. 

%\)t bij. Chapter. 

DO no euell, so shall there no harme 
happen vnto the. Departe awaye from 
the thinge that is wicked, and no mysfortune 
shal medle with the. My sonne, sowe no euell 
thinges in the forowes of vnrighteousnes, so 
shalt thou not reape the seuenfolde. Laboure 
not vnto man for any lordshipe, nether vnto 
the kynge for the seate of honoure. Iustifie 
not thy self before God'' (for he knoweth the 
hert) and desyre not to be reputed wyse in 
the presence of the kynge. Make no laboure 
to be made a iudge, excepte it so were, y thou 
coudest mightely put downe wickednes : for 
yf thou shuldest stode in awe of y presence 
of the mightie, thou shuldest fayle in geuynge 
sentence. Offende not in f multitude of the 
cite, and put not thyself amonge the people. 
Bynde not two synnes together,' for in one 
synne shalt thou not be vnpunyshed. Saye 
not: tush, God wil loke vpo the multitude of 
my oblacions, and whan I offre to the hyest 
God, he wyl accepte it. 



Mat. 11. c. / Eccli. 8. a. s Psal. 1. 
. a. Eccls. 7. c. lob 9. a. c. Luc. 19. b. * 



a. * Psal. 
Eccli. 12. c. 



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Be not faynt harted whan thou makest thy 
prayer, nether slack in geuinge of allmesse. 
Laugh no man to scorne in the heuynesse of 
his soule, for God (which seyth all thinges) is 
he that can bringe downe," and set vp agayne. 
Accepte no lesynge agaynst thy brother, nether 
do the same agaynst thy frende. Vse not to 
make eny maner of lye, for the custome therof 
is not good. Make not many wordes, whan 
thou art amonge the elders : and whan thou 
prayest,* make not moch bablinge. Let no 
laborious worke be tedious vnto the, nether 
the huszbandrie which the Allmightie hath 
created. Make not thy boast in the multi- 
tude of thy wickednes, but humble thy self 
euen from thine hert: and remembre that the 
wrath shall not be longe in tarienge, and that 
the vengeaunce of the flesh of y vngodly is a 
very fyre and worme. Geue not ouer thy 
frende for eny good, ner thy faithfull brother 
for the best golde. 

Departe not from a discrete and good 
woman, that is fallen vnto the for thy porcion 
in the feare of the LORDE, for f gift of hir 
honesty is aboue golde. "Where as thy ser- 
uaunt worketh truly, intreate him not euell, 
ner the Hyrelinge that is faithfull vnto the. 
Loue a discrete seruaunte as thine owne soule, 
defraude him not of his liberties nether leaue 
him a poore man. Yf thou haue catell, loke 
well to them: and yf they be for thy profit, 
kepe them. Yf thou haue sonnes, brynge 
them vp in nurtoure and lernynge, e j holde the 
in awe from their youth vp. Yf thou haue 
daughters, kepe their body, (j shew not thy 
face cherefull to warde the. Marye thy 
daughter, and so shalt thou perfourme a 
weightie matter : but geue her to a man of 
vnderstandinge. Yf thou haue a wife after 
thine owne mynde, forsake her not : (but co- 
mitte not thy self to the hatefull.) 

-^Honoure thy father from thy whole herte, 
and forgett not the sorofull trauaile that thy 
mother had with the: remembre that thou 
wast borne thorow them, and how cast thou 
recopense them the thinges that they haue 
done for the? Feare the LORDE with all 
thy soule, (j honoure his ministers. ^Loue thy 
maker with all thy stregth, and forsake not his 
seruauntes. Feare the LORDE with all thy 



? 1 Reg. 2.b. » Mat. 6. b. Eccli. 1. c. Ro. 12. b. 

c Leui. 19. c. d Deut. 25. a. « Eccli. 30. a. 

/ Eccli. 3. a. Tobi. 4. a. s Deut. 12. c. A Nu. 18. b. c. 



soule, (j ; ' honoure his prestes. Geue the their 
porcion of the first frutes and increase of y 
earth, like as it is commanded the : geue the 
y shulders, and their appoynted offeringes, 
and firstlinges, Reach thine hande vnto the 
poore, that God maye blesse the with plente- 
ousnes. 'Be liberall vnto all men lyuynge, 
yet let not but do good euen to them that are 
deed/ 

Let not them that wepe be without com- 
forte,' but mourne with soch as mourne. Let 
it not greue the to vyset the sick, m for that shal 
make the to be loued. What so euer thou 
takest in hande, remembre the ende, and thou 
shalt neuer do amysse. 

Cfte bttj. Cfjapter. 

STRYUE not with a mightie man, lest 
thou chaunse to fall in to his hades. Make 
no variauce with a riche ma," lest he happen 
to bringe vp an harde quarell agaynst y. For 
golde (j siluer" hath vndone many a man, yee 
eue y hertes of kynges hath it made to fall. 
Stryue not with a ma that is full of wordes, (t 
laye no stickes vpon his fyre. Kepe no com- 
pany with the vnlerned, lest he geue thy 
kynred an euell reporte. p Despyse not a man 
that turneth himself awaye from synne, and 
cast him not in the teth withall : but remebre 
y we are frayle euerychone. ? Thynke scorne 
of no ma in his olde age, for we waxe olde 
also. Be not glad of the death of thine ene- 
mie, but remembre that we must dye all the 
sorte of vs (and fayne wolde we come in to 
ioye.) r Despyse not the sermons of soch 
elders as haue vnderstandinge, but acquaunte 
thy self with the wyse sentences of them : for 
of them thou shalt lerne wyszdome and the 
doctrine of vnderstandinge, and how to serue 
greate men without complaynte. 

Go not from f doctryne of the elders, for 
they haue lerned it of their fathers. For of 
them thou shalt lerne vnderstandinge, so y 
thou mayest make answere in y tyme of nede. 
Kyndle not y coales of synners, lest thou be 
brent in the fyrie flammes of their synnes. 
Resist not the face of the blasphemer, that he 
laye not wayte for thy mouth. Leide not 
vnto him that is mightier then thyself : s Yf 
thou lendest him, counte it but lost. Be not 



» Galat. 6. b. k Tobi. 1. d. ' Ro. 12. b. '" Matt. 25. c 
Matt. 5. c. « Eccli. 31. a. f Gala. 6. a. 2 Cor. 2. b, 
Leu. 19. e-. ' Eccli. 6. c. * Eccli. 29. a. 



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suertie aboue thy power : yf thou be, then 
thynke surely to paye it. Go not to lawe with 
the iudge, for he wyl iudge acordinge to his 
owne honoure. Trauayle not by the waye with 
him y is a branelesse, lest he do the euell : for 
he foloweth his awne wilfulnes, % so shalt thou 
perish thorow his foly. 

Stryue not with him that is angrie and 
cruell, and go not with him in to y *wyldernes: 
for bloude is nothinge in his sight, and where 
there is no helpe, he shal murthur f. c Take 
no councell at fooles, for they loue nothinge 
but the thinges that please themself. Make 
no coiicell before a straunger, for thou canst 
not tell what wyll come of it. Ope not thine 
hert vnto euery man, lest he be vnthafull to 
the, and put the to reprofe. 



B 



Cfie if. Chapter. 

E not gelous ouer y wyfe of thy bosome, 
y she shew not some shrewed poynte of 
wicked doctryne vpo the. Geue not the power 
of thy lyfe vnto a woman, lest she come in 
thy strength, and so thou be confounded. 
Loke not vpon a woma that is desyrous of 
many men, lest thou fall in to hir snares. Vse 
not the company of a woma that is a player 
and dauser, j heare hir not, lest thou perish 
thorow hir entysinge. Beholde not a mayde, 
that thou be not hurt in hir bewtye. d Cast 
not thy mynde vpon harlottes in eny maner 
of thinge, lest thou destroye both thy self and 
thine heretage. Go not aboute gasinge in 
euery layne of the cite, nether wadre thou 
abrode in the stretes therof. e Turne awaye 
thy face from a beutyfull woman, and loke 
not vpon the fayrnesse of other. 

Many a man hath perished thorow the 
bewty of f women, for thorow it the desyre is 
kyndled as it were a fyre. (An aduouterous 
woman shalbe trodden vnder fote as myre, 
of euery one that goeth by the waye. Many 
a man wonderinge the bewtye of a strauge 
woman, haue bene cast out, for hir wordes 
kyndle as a fyre.) Sytt not with another 
mans wyfe by eny meanes, lye not with her 
vpon the bedd, make no wordes with her at y 
wyne : lest thine hert consent vnto her, & so 
thou with thy bloude fall in to destruccion. 



" Gen. 4. b. » Pro. 22. d. Esa. 3. a. c Eccli. 9. c. 
37. a. b. d Pro. 5. a. e Matt. 5. c. / Gen. 34. a. 
2 Re. 11. a. Iudit. 10. and 11. 12. 



Forsake not an olde frende, for the new shal 
not be like him. 

A new frende is new wine : let him be olde, 
(E thou shalt drynke him with pleasure. De- 
syre not f honoure and riches of a synner, for 
thou knowest not what destruccion is for to 
come vpon him. Delyte not thou in the 
thinge that the vngodly haue pleasure in: 
beinge sure, that the vngodly shall not be 
accepted vntyll their graue. 

Kepe the from the man that hath power to 
slaye, so nedest thou not to be afrayed of 
death. And yf thou commest vnto him, make 
no fawte, lest he happen to take awaye thy 
life. Remembre that thou goest in the 
myddest of snares, and vpon the bulworkes 
of f cite. Bewarre of thy neghboure as nye 
as thou canst, and s medle with soch as be 
wyse and haue vnderstandinge. Let iust men 
be thy gestes, let thy myrth be in the feare of 
God, let the remembrauce of God be in thy 
mynde, and let all thy talkynge be in the 
commaundementes of the Hyest. In the 
handes of craftesmen shall the workes be 
commended, so shal the ''prynces of the people 
in the wyszdome of their talkynge. A man 
full of wordes is perlous in his cite : and he 
that is temerarious and past shame in his 
talkinge, is to be abhorred. 

Che r. Chapter. 

A WYSE iudge wil ordre his people with 
_£\^ discrecion, and where a man of vnder- 
standinge beareth rule, there goeth it well. 
* As the iudge of the people is himself, eue so 
are his officers : and loke what maner of 
man the ruler of the cite is, soch are they 
that dwell therm also. *An vnwise kinge 
destroyeth his people, but where they that be 
in auctorite are men of vnderstandinge, there 
the cite prospereth. 

The power of the earth is in the hande of 
God, and whan his tyme is, he shal set a pro- 
fitable ruler vpon it. In the hande of God is 
the power of man, and vpo the scrybes shal 
he laye his honoure. Remembre no wronge 
of thy neghboure, and 'medle thou with no 
vnrighteous workes. Pryde is hatefull before 
God and men, and all wickednes of the 



s Eccli. 8. c. and 37. a. b. 
* 3 Re. 12. a 



3 Re. 3. 
Leui. 19. c. 



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<Bak#iti&titu#. 



So. vibij. 



Heithen is to be abhorred. " Because of vn- 
righteous dealinge, wronge, blasphemies and 
diuerse disceate, a realme shal be traslated 
fro one people to another. 

There is nothinge worse then a cuvetous 
man. What prydest thou the, o thou earth 
and aszshes? There is not a more wicked 
thinge, then to loue moneye. And why? 
soch one hath his soule to sell : yet is he but 
fylthie doge whyle he lyueth. 

And though the phisician shewe his helpe 
neuer so longe, yet in conclucion it goeth 
after this maner : to daye a kynge, to morrow 
deed. For whan a man dyeth, he is the 
heyre of serpentes, beastes and wormes. The 
begynnynge of mans pryde, is to fall awaye 
from God: and why? his hert is gone from 
his maker, for pryde is the origenall of all 
synne. Who so taketh holde therof, shalbe 
fylled with cursinges, and at y last it shal 
ouer throwe him. Therfore hath the LORDE 
brought the cogregacions of the wicked to 
dishonoure, and destroyed them vnto the ende. 

God hath destroyed the seates of proude 
prynces, and sett vp the meke in their steade. 
God hath wythered the * rotes of the proude 
Heithen, and planted the lowly amonge them. 
God hath ouerthrowne the londes of the 
Heithen, and destroyed them out of the 
grounde. He hath caused them to wyther 
awaye, he hath brought them to naught, and 
made the memoriall of them to ceasse from 
out of the earth. (God hath destroyed the 
name of the proude, and left the name of y 
humble of mynde.) Pryde was not made for 
man, nether wrothfulness for mens children. 
The sede of men that feareth God, shalbe 
brought to honoure : but y sede which trans- 
gresseth the commaundementes of f LORDE 
shalbe shamed. He y is the ruler amoge 
brethren, is holde in honoure amoge them, 
and he regardeth soch as feare the LORDE. 

The glory of the riche, of the honorable 
and of the poore is the feare of God. 

Despyse not thou the iust poore man, and 
magnifie not y rich vngodly. Greate is the 
iudge and mightie in honoure, yet is there 
none greater, then he y feareth God. Vnto 
y rf seruaunt that is discrete, shal the fre do 
seruyce. He that is wyse and well nur- 



" Iere. 27. a. Dan. 4. c. ' Sap. 6. b. Luc. 1. d. 
14. b. 18. b. c Gen. 19. c. d Pro. 17. a. e 2 Re. 
12. c. / Pro. 12. b. « Gen. 41. f. Dan. 6. a. 



toured, wyll not grudge whan he is refourmed, 
(j an e ignoraut body shal not come to honoure. 
Be not proude to do thy worke, and dispare 
not in the tyme of -'"aduersite. Better is he y 
laboureth, and hath plenteousnes of all 
thinges, then he y is gorgious, and wanteth 
bred. 

My sonne, kepe thy soule in mekenes, and 
geue her hir due honoure. Who shal iustifie 
him, that synneth agaynst himself? Who wil 
honoure him, that dishonoureth his owne life ? 
The poore is honoured for his faithfulnes and 
trueth, but f rich is had in reputacio be- 
cause of his goodes. He that ordreth him- 
self honestly in pouerte, how moch more shal 
he behaue himself honestly in riches ? And 
who so ordreth himself vnhonestly in riches, 
how moch more shal he behaue himself vn- 
honestly in pouerte ? 

€l)t rt. Cljapter. 

THE ? wyszdome of him y is brought 
lowe, shal lift vp his heade, and shal 
make him to sytt amonge greate me. Com- 
mende not a man in his bewtye, nether 
despyse a man in his vtter appearauce. The 
Bey is but a small beast amonge the foules, 
yet is hir frute exceadige swete. Be not 
proude of thy rayment, h and exalte not thyself 
in the daye of thy honoure : for f workes of 
the Hyest onely are wonderfull : yee glorious, 
secrete and vnknowne are his workes. Many 
tyrauntes haue bene ' fayne to syt downe vpo 
the earth, g f vnlickly hath worne f crowne. 
Many mightie me haue bene brought lowe, 
and the honorable haue bene delyuered in to 
other mens handes. *Condemne no man, 
before thou haue tryed out the matter : and 
whan thou hast made enquisicion, then re- 
fourme righteously. Geue no sentece before 
thou hast herde the 'cause, but first let men 
tell out their tayles. 

Stryue not for a matter that toucheth not 
thyself, and stonde not in the iudgment of 
synners. My sonne, medle not with many 
matters : & yf thou wylt be m riche, thou shalt 
not gettit: and though thou rennest thy waye 
afore, yet shalt thou not escape. There is 
some ma that "laboureth, and the more he 
weerieth himself, the lesse he hath. Agayne, 



h Acto. 12. d. * 1 Reg. 15. f. Hest. 6. 7. * Deut. 
13. b. and 17. b. Iosu. 7. c. and 22. c. ' Pro. 18. b. 
m Mat. 19. c. 1 Ti. 6. b. ■ Pro. 10. c. 



fa. rtbiij. 



ealestasitirusu 



Cfoap, rij. 



some man is slouthfull, hath nede of helpe, 
wateth stregth, and hath greate pouerte, and 
Gods eye loketh vpon him to good, setteth 
him vp from his lowe estate, and "lifteth vp 
his heade : so that many men maruell at him, 
and geue honoure vnto God. 

Prosperite and aduersite, 4 life and death, 
pouerte and riches come all of the LORDE. 
(Wyszdome, nurtoure and knowlege of f 
lawe are with God : loue and f wayes of good 
are with him. Erroure and darcknes are 
made for synners : and they that exalte them 
selues in euell, waxe olde in euell.) The 
gift of God remayneth for the righteous, and 
his good wyl shal geue prosperite for euer. 
Some man is rich by lyuynge nygardly, and y 
is the porcion of his rewarde, in that he 
sayeth : now haue I gotten rest, and now wyl 
I eate and drynke of my goodes myself c alone. 
And yet he considereth not, that the tyme 
draweth nye, y he must leaue all these thinges 
vnto other men, and dye himself. Stonde 
thou fast in thy couenaunt, and exercyse thy 
self therin, and remayne in the worke vnto f 
age. Contynue not in the workes of synners, 
but put thy trust in God, and byde in thine 
estate : for it is but an easy thige in f sight of 
God, to make a poore man riche, and that 
sodenly. The blessinge of God haisteth to y 
rewarde of the righteous, and maketh his 
frutes soone to florish and prospere. Saye 
not : what helpeth it me ? and what shal I 
haue y whyle ? Agayne, saye not : I haue 
ynough, how can I wante ? Whan thou art 
in welfare, forget not rf aduersite : and whan it 
goeth not well with the, haue a good hope, 
that it shal be better. For it is but a small 
thinge vnto God, in the daye of death to 
rewarde euery ma acordinge to his wayes. 
The aduersite of an houre maketh one to 
forgett all pleasure, and whan a man dyeth, 
his workes are discouered. Prayse no body 
before his death, for a man shalbe knowne in 
his children. 

Bringe not euery man in to thine house, 
for the disceatfull layeth wayte dyuersly. 
Like as a partrich in a maude, so is the hert 
of the proude : and like as a spye, that loketh 
vpon the fall of his neghboure. For he turneth 
good vnto euell, and slaundreth the chosen. 
Of one sparck is made a greate fyre, j an 
vngodly ma layeth wayte for bloude. Be- 

" lob 42. c. b lob 1. c. Eze. 28. a. c Luc. 12. b. 



warre of the disceatfull, for he ymagineth 
wicked thinges, to bringe f in to a perpetuall 
shame. Yf thou takest an aleaiit vnto y, he 
shal destroye the in vnquietnes, and dryue 
the from thine owne wayes. 

Cfte rtj. Chapter. 

WHAN thou wylt do good, knowe to 
whom thou doest it, ct so shalt thou 
be greatly thanked for thy benefites. e Do 
good vnto the righteous, and thou shalt fynde 
greate rewarde : though not of him, yet (no 
doute) the LORDE him self shal rewarde 
the. He stodeth not in a good case, that is 
allwaye occupied in euell, & geueth no allmes : 
for the Hyest hateth the synners, and hath 
mercy vpon them that shew the workes of 
repetaunce. Geue thou vnto soch as feare 
God, and receaue not a synner : As for the 
vngodly and synners, he shall recompense 
vengeauce vnto them, and kepe them to the 
daye of wrath. Geue thou vnto the good, 
and receaue not the synner : do well vnto him 
that is lowly, but geue not to the vngodly. 
Let not the bred be geuen him, that he be 
not mightier then thy self therin. For so 
shalt thou receaue twyse as moch euell, in all 
the good that thou doest vnto him: And 
why ? the Hyest hateth synners, and shal re- 
warde vengeaunce to the vngodly. 

In prosperite a frende shal not be knowne, 
(t in aduersite an enemye shal not be hyd. 
For whan a ma is in wealth, it greueth his 
enemies : but in heuynes and trouble a man 
shal knowe his frende. Trust neuer thine 
enemy, for like as an yron rusteth, so doth 
his wickednes. And though he make moch 
croutchinge and knelinge, yet kepe well thy 
ynde, and bewarre of him. Sett him not 
by y, nether let him sytt at thy right hade : 
lest he turne him, gett in to thy place, take 
thy rowme and seke thy seate, and so thou 
at the last remembre my wordes, and be 
pricked at my sayenges. 

Bynde not two synnes together, for there 
shal not one be vnpunyshed/ Who wil haue 
pite of the charmer, that is stynged of f 
serpet, or of all soch as come nye y beastes ? 
Eue so is it with him y kepeth copany with a 
wicked ma, (j lappeth him self in his synnes. 
For a season wil he byde with the, but yf 
thou stomble, he tarieth not. An enemy is 



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swete in his lippes, "he can make many wordes 
I speake many good thinges: Yee he can 
wepe with his eies, but in his herte he 
ymagineth, how to throwe the in to the pytte : 
(j yf he maye fynde oportunyte, he wil not be 
satisfied with bloude. Yf aduersite come 
vpon the, thou shalt fynde him there first : 5 
though he pretede to do y helpe, yet shal he 
vndermyne f. He shal shake his heade, g 
clape his handes ouer y for very gladnes, % 
whyle he maketh many wordes, he shall dys- 
guyse his countenaunce. 

%\)t rtrj. Chapter. 

WHO so toucheth pitch, shalbe fyled 
withall : *and he that is famyliar with 
y proude, shal clothe himself with pryde. He 
taketh a burthen vpon him, that accompanyeth 
a more honorable man then him self. Ther- 
fore kepe no familiarite with one that is richer 
then thy self. How agree the ketell & the pott 
together? for yf f one be smytten agaynst 
the other, it shal be broke. The rich dealeth 
vnrighteously, 5 threateneth withall: but f 
poore beinge oppressed and wrogeously dealt 
withall, suffreth scarcenesse, (j geueth fayre 
wordes. Yf thou be for his profit, he vseth 
the : but yf thou haue nothinge, he shal for- 
sake the. As longe as thou hast eny thinge 
of thine owne, he shal be a good felowe with 
thee : Yee he shal make the a bare man, and 
not be sory for the. Yf he haue nede of the, 
he shall defraude the : & (with a preuy mock) 
shal he put the in an hope, and geue the all 
good wordes, and saye : what wantest thou ? 
Thus shal he shame f in his meate, vntill he 
haue supte the cleane vp twyse or thryse, and 
at the last shal he laugh the to scorne. After- 
warde, whan he seyth that thou hast nothinge, 
he shal forsake the, and shake his heade 
at the. 

Bewarre, that thou be not disceaued and 
brought downe in thy symplenesse. (Be not 
to humble in thy wyszdome, lest whan thou 
art brought lowe, thou be disceaued thorow 
foolishnes.) Yf thou be called of a mightie 
man, absent thy self, so shal he call the to 
him the more oft. Preasse not thou vnto 
him, that thou be not shott out : but go not 
thou farre of, lest he forgett the. Withdrawe 
not thy self fro his speach, but beleue not his 
many wordes. For with moch comunicacion 



shall he tempte the, and (with a preuy mock) 
shall he question f of thy secretes. The vn- 
mercifull mynde of his shal marck thy wordes, 
he shal not spare to do y hurte j to put f in 
preson. Bewarre, & take good hede to thy 
self, for thou walkest in parell of thy ouer- 
throwinge. 

(Now wha thou hearest his wordes, make 
the as though thou werest in a dreame, j 
wake vp. Loue God all thy life longe, g call 
vpon him in thy nede.) Euery beast loueth 
his like, euen so let euery man loue his negh- 
boure. All flesh wil resorte to their like, and 
euery man will kepe company with soch as he 
is himself. But as y wolfe agreeth with the 
lambe, so doth the vngodly with y righteous. 
What felishippe c shulde an holy man haue 
with a dogg? How can the ryche and the 
poore agree together? The wilde asse is the 
lyons pray in the wildernesse, euen so are 
poore men the meate of the ryche. Like as 
the proude maye not awaye with lowlynes, 
euen so doth the riche abhorre the poore. Yf 
a rich man fall, his frendes sett him vp agayne : 
but whan the poore falleth, his frendes forsake 
him. Yf a rich ma fall in to an erroure, he 
hath many helpers : he speaketh proude 
wordes, and yet men iustifie him. 

But yf a poore man go wronge, he is 
punyshed : yee though he speake wisely, yet 
can it haue no place. Whan the riche man 
speaketh, euery body holdeth his t5ge : and 
loke what he sayeth, they prayse it vnto the 
cloudes. But yf the poore man speake, they 
saye ; What felowe is this ? and yf he do 
amysse, they shal destroye him. Riches are 
good vnto him that hath no synne in his con- 
science, and pouerte is a wicked thinge in the 
mouth of the vngodly. The hert of man 
chaungeth his countenaunce, whether it be in 
good or euell. A chearfull countenaunce is 
a toke of a good hert, for els is it an harde 
thinge to knowe the thought. 

Che riiij. Chapter. 

BLISSED is the man, that hath not fallen 
with f worde of his mouth/ and is not 
pricked with the conscience of synne. Happie 
is he that hath had no heuynes in his mynde, 
and is not fallen from his hope. It becom- 
meth not a cuvetous man and a nygarde, to 
be ryche : and what shulde a nygarde do with 

d Eccli. 19. c. and 25. c. Iaco. 3. a. 



tfo.i. 



felesitastiatsi* 



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golde ? He that with all his carefulnes 
heapeth together vnrighteously, gathereth for 
other folkes, and another ma shal make good 
chere with his goodes. He y is wicked vnto 
him self, how shulde he be goode vnto other 
me ? How can soch one haue eny pleasure 
of his goodes ? There is no thinge worse, 
then whan one disfauoureth himself, 5 this is 
a rewarde of his wickednes. Yf he do eny 
good, he doth it not knowinge therof, and 
agaynst his will, and at the last he declareth 
his vngraciousnes. A nygarde hath a wicked 
eye, he turneth awaye his face, and despyseth 
his owne soule. a A couetous mans eye hath 
neuer ynough in the porcion of wickednes, 
vntyll the tyme that he wither awaye, and 
haue lost his owne soule. 

A wicked eye spareth bred, (t there 
scarcenesse vpo his table. My sonne, do 
good to thy self of y thou hast, & geue f 
LORDE his due offeringes. Remembre y 
death tarieth not, (t. how y the couenaunt of the 
graue is shewed vnto the : (for the couenaunt 
of this worlde shal dye the death.) *Do good 
vnto thy frende before thou dye, and acord- 
inge to thy abylite reach out thine hande, and 
geue vnto y poore. Be not dispoynted of y 
good daye, (j let not f porcion of f good daie 
ouerpas the. Shalt thou not leaue thy tra- 
uayles and labours vnto other men ? In the 
deuydinge of the heretage geue and take, and 
sanctifie thy soule. Worke thou righteousnes 
before thy death, for in y hell there is no 
meate to fynde. "All flesh shal fade awaye 
like grasse, & like a florishinge leaf in a grene 
tre. Some growe, some are cast downe : 
euen so is y generacion of flesh and bloude : 
one commeth to an ende, another is borne. 

All transitory thinges shall fayle at the last, 
and the worker therof shal go withall. Euery 
chosen worke shall be iustified, and he y 
medleth withall, shal haue honoure therin. 
Blessed is the man y kepeth him in wysz- 
dome, and exercyseth himself in vnderstand- 
inge, (J with discrecion shal he thinke vpon 
the fore knowlege of God. Which considereth 
y- wayes of wyszdome in his hert, hath vnder- 
standinge in hir secretes, goeth after her (as 
one that seketh hir oute) j contynueth in hir 
wayes. He loketh in at hir windowes, g 
herkeneth at hir dores : He taketh his rest 



Eccls. l.a. » Eccli. 4. a. Tobi.4. b. Luc. 16. b. 
Esa. 40. a. 1 Pet. 1. d. Iacob. 1. b. 



besyde hir house, & festeneth his stake in hir 
walles : He shall pitch his tent nye vnto hir 
hande, and in his tent shal good thinges rest 
for euermore: He shal sett his children 
vnder hir coueringe, j shal dwell vnder hir 
braunches. Vnder hir coueringe shal he be 
defended from the heate, and in hir glory 
shall he rest. 

Cfte jrfc. Chapter. 

HE that feareth God, wil do good : and 
who so kepeth the lawe, shal optayne 
wyszdome. As an honorable mother shal she 
mete him, and as a vyrgin shall she receaue 
him. d With y bred of life and vnderstandinge 
shal she fede him, and geue him the water of 
wholsome wyszdome 6 to drynke. Yf he be 
constant in her, he shall not be moued : and 
yf he holde him fast by her, he shal not 
come to cofucion. She shall brynge him to 
honoure amonge his neghbours, and in the 
myddest of the congregacion shall she open 
his mouth. With the sprete of wyszdome 
and vnderstadinge shal she fyll him, and 
clothe him with the garment of glory. She 
shal heape the treasure of myrth & ioye vpo 
him, and geue him an euerlastinge name to 
heretage. Foolish men wyll not take holde 
vpon her, but soch as haue vnderstandinge. 
wil mete her, for she is farre from pryde and 
disceate. Men that go aboute with lyes, wil 
not remembre her : (but men of trueth shall 
be founde in her, euen vnto the beholdinge of 
God.) Prayse is not semely in the mouth of 
y vngodly, for he is not sent of y LORDE. 
For of God commeth wyszdome, & the prayse 
shall stonde by the wyszdome of God, and 
shal be plenteous in a faithfull mouth, and the 
LORDE shal geue her vnto him. 

Saye not thou : It is the LORDES faute 
that I am gone by, for thou shalt not do f 
thinge that God hateth. Saye not thou : he 
hath caused me to go wronge, for he hath no 
nede of the vngodly. God hateth all abho- 
minacion of erroure, & they that feare God 
wyl loue no soch. f God made man from the 
begynnynge, & left him in the hande of his 
councell. He gaue him his commaundementes 
and preceptes: yf thou wilt obserue the 
commaundementes, & kepe acceptable faith- 
fulnes for euer, they shal preserue f. He 



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tfs*. it 



hath "set water and fyre before the, reach 
out thine hande vnto which thou wilt. Before 
man is life and death, good and euell : loke 
what him liketh, shalbe geuen him. For the 
wyszdome of God is greate and mightie in 
power, and beholdeth all men contynually. 
* The eyes of the LORDE are vpon them 
that feare him, and he knoweth all the workes 
of man. He hath commauded no man to do 
vngodly, nether hath he geuen eny man leue 
to synne. 

Cfie rbi. Chapter. 

DELYTE not thou in the multitude of 
vngodly children, and haue no pleasure 
in them, yf they feare not God. Trust not 
thou to their life, and regarde not their la- 
bours : for one sonne y feareth God is better, 
the a thousande vngodly. And better it is 
for a man to dye without childre, the to leaue 
behynde him soch children as are vngodly. 
For by one y hath vnderstandinge, maye a 
whole cite be vpholden, but though the vn- 
godly be many, yet shal it be waysted thorow 
them. Many soch thinges hath myne eye 
sene, and greater thinges then these haue I 
herde with myne eares. c In the congrega- 
cion of the vngodly shal a fyre burne, 5 
amonge vnfaithfull people shal the wrath be 
kyndled. 

The olde giavites optayned no grace for 
their synnes, d which were destroyed, trustinge 
to their owne stregth. Nether spared he 
them, e amoge whom Loth was a straunger : 
but smote them and abhorred them because 
of the pryde of their wordes. He had no pitie 
vpo them, but destroyed all the people, that 
were so stoute in synne. f And for so moch 
as he ouersawe not the sixe hundreth thou- 
sande, that gathered them selues together in 
f hardnesse of their hert : it were maruell yf 
one beynge hardnecked, shulde be fre. For 
mercy a wrath is with him: f he is both 
mightie to forgeue, and to poure out displea- 
sure. Like as his mercy is greate, eue so is 
his punyshment also, he iudgeth a man acord- 
inge to his workes. The vngodly shal not 
escape in his spoyle, and the longe pacience 
of him that sheweth mercy, shal not byde 
behynde. All mercy shall make place vnto 
euery man acordinge to the deseruynge of his 



" Iere. 21. b. 


b Psal. 33. b. 


c Eccli. 21. b 


Gen. 6. a. c Ge 


n. 19. e. 


/ Nu. 14. c. and 



workes, (and after the vnderstandinge of his 
pilgremage.) 

Saye not thou : I wyl hyde my self from 
God, for who wyl thinke vpon me from 
aboue ? I shal not be knowne in so greate a 
heape of people, for what is my soule amonge 
so many creatures ? Beholde, the heauen, yee 
the heauen of heauens, the depe, the earth 
and all that therin is, shall be moued at his 
presence : the mountaynes, the hilles and the 
foundations of the earth shal shake for feare, 
whan God vysiteth them. These thinges doth 
no hert vnderstonde, but he vnderstandeth 
euery hert, and who vnderstandeth his wayes ? 
No man seyth his storme, and the most parte 
of his workes are secrete. Who wil declare 
the workes of his righteousnes ? Or who shal 
be able to abyde them ? for the couenaunt is 
farre from some, and the tryenge out of men 
is in the fulfillynge. He that is humble of 
hert, thinketh vpon soch thinges : but an vn- 
wyse and erroneous man casteth his mynde 
vnto foolish thinges. 

My sonne, herken thou vnto me, j lerne 
vnderstadinge, and marck my wordes with 
thine hert : I wyll geue the a sure doctrine, (t 
planely shal I enstrucke the. God hath sett his 
workes in good ordre from the begynninge, 
and parte of them hath he sundered from the 
other. He hath garnyshed his workes from 
euerlastinge, and their begynnynges acord- 
inge to their generacions. None of the hyn- 
dered another, nether was eny of them disho- 
bedient vnto his worde. After this, God loked 
vpo the earth, and fylled it with his goodes. 
With all maner of lyuinge beastes hath he 
couered the grounde, and they all shalbe 
turned vnto earth agayne. 

Cfie rbtj. Chapter. 

GOD shope man of the earth, and turned 
him vnto earth agayne. ; ' He gaue him 
the nombre of dayes and certayne tyme, yee 
and gaue him power of the thinges that are 
vp5 earth. He clothed him with strength, 
and made him after his owne licknes. He 
made all flesh to stonde in awe of him, so that 
he had the dominion of all beastes 5 foules. 
He made out of him an helper like vnto 
him self, and gaue them discrecion and tonge, 
eyes and eares, and a hert to vnderstande, and 



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fylled them with instruccion & vnderstandinge. 
He created for them also the knowlege of the 
sprete, fylled their hert with vriderstandinge, 
and shewed them good and euell. He sett 
his eye vpo their hertes, declaringe vnto them 
his greate and noble workes : (that they shulde 
prayse his holy name together, reioyse of his 
wonders, & be tellinge of his noble actes.) 
" Besydes this, he gaue them instruccion, and 
the lawe of life for an heretage. He made an 
euerlastinge couenaunt with them, and shewed 
them his righteousnes (j iudgmentes. They 
sawe his glory with their eyes, and their eares 
herde the maiesty of his voyce. And he 
saide vnto them : bewarre of all vnrighteous 
thinges. He gaue euery man also a com- 
maundement concernynge his neghboure. 

Their waies are euer before him, and are 
not hyd from his eyes. * He hath sett a ruler 
vpon euery people, but Israel is y LORDES 
porcion. All their workes are as the Sonne 
in f sight of God, & his eyes are allwaye 
lokynge vpon their wayes. All their vnright- 
eousnesses are manifest vnto him, and all 
their wickednesses are open in his sight. The 
mercy y a man sheweth c is as it were a purse 
with him, and a mans good dede preserueth 
him as the apple of an eye. At the last shall 
he awake, d & rewarde euery man vpon his 
heade as he hath deserued, and shal turne 
them together in to the nethermost partes of 
the earth. ' But vnto them that wyll repent, 
he hath geue the waye of righteousnes. As 
for soch as be weake, he comforteth the, 
suffreth them, and sendeth them the porcion 
of f verite. O turne then vnto the LORDE, 
forsake thy synnes, make thy prayer before 
the LORDE, do the lesse offence, turne 
agayne vnto the LORDE, forsake thine vn- 
righteousnes, be an vtter enemy to abhomina- 
cion (lerne to knowe the righteousnes and 
iudgmentes of God, stonde in the porcion that 
is sett forth for the g in the prayer of the 
most hye God. Go in to the porcion of the 
holy worlde, with soch as be lyuinge and 
geue thankes vnto God.) 

/Who wil prayse the LORDE in the hell? 
Abyde not thou in the erroure of the vn- 
godly, but geue him thakes before death. As 
for y- deed, thankfulnesse perisheth from him 
as nothinge. Geue thou thankes in thy life, 



" Exo. 20. a. Deut. 4. 5. and 9. 
4. c. and 10. c. e Eccli. 29. 1 



Rom. 13. a. Deut. 
d Matt. 25. c 



yee whyle thou art lyuynge & whole shalt thou 
geue thankes, and prayse God and reioyse 
in his mercy. O how greate is the louynge 
kyndnesse of the LORDE, and his mercifull 
goodnes vnto soch as turne vnto him ? For 
all thinges maye not be in man : g why ? the 
sonne of man is not immortall, and he hath 
pleasure in the vanyte of wickednes. What 
is more cleare the the Sonne? yet shal it 
fayle. Or what is more wicked, then the 
thinge that flesh and bloude hath ymagined ? 
and that same shall be reproued. The 
LORDE seyth the power of the hye heauen, 
and all are but earth and aszshes. 

Cfie rbuj. Chapter. 

HE that lyueth for euermore, made all 
thinges together. g God onely is right- 
eous, g remayneth a victorious kynge for euer. 
; ' Who shalbe able to expresse the workes of 
him ? Who hath sought out the grounde of 
his noble actes ? Who shal declare the power 
of his greatnesse? Or, who will take vpon 
him to tell out his mercy ? As for the won- 
derous workes of the LORDE, there maye 
nothinge be taken from them, nothinge maye 
be put vnto them, nether maye the grounde 
of them be founde out. But whan a man 
hath done his best, he must begynne agayne : 
and whan he thinketh to be come to an ende, 
he must go agayne to his laboure. What is 
man ? Wherto is he worth ? What good or 
euell can he do ? ' Yf the nombre of a mans 
dayes be allmost an hundreth yeare, it is 
moch. 

Like as the droppes of rayne are vnto y 
see, and as a grauell stone is in comparison 
of the sonde : * so are these few yeares to the 
dayes euerlastinge. Therfore is y LORDE 
pacient with them, and poureth out his mercy 
vpon them. He sawe and perceaue'd the 
thoughtes and ymaginacions of their harte, 
that they were euell : therfore heaped he vp 
his mercifull goodnes vpon them, and shewed 
them the waie of righteousnes. The mercy 
that a ma. hath, reacheth to his neghboure : 
but y mercy of God is vpon all flesh. He 
chasteneth, he teacheth and nourtureth : yee 
euen as a shepherde turneth agayne his flock, 
so doth he all them that receaue chastenynge, 
nurtoure and doctryne. Mercifull is he vnto 



' Acto. 3. c. / Psal. 6. 

* Psal. 105. a. Eccli. 43. d. 



Esa. 38. d. e Gen. 1. 

' Psal. 89. b. * 2 Pet. 3. 



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them, " that stonde in awe of his iudg- 
mentes. 

My sonne, whan thou doest good, make no 
grudginge at it : and what so euer thou geuest, 
peake no discomfortable wordes. Shal not 
the dew coole the heate ? Euen so is a worde 
better then a gift. Is not a frendly worde a 
good honest gift ? b but a gracious man geueth 
them both. A foole shal cast a man in the 
tethe, and that roughly, c and a gift of the 
nygarde putteth out y eyes. Get the right- 
eousnes before thou come to iudgmet: Lerne 
before thou speake, and go to phisick or euer 
thou be sick: ^examen and iudge thy self, 
before the iudgment come, and so shalt thou 
fynde grace in the sight of God. Humble 
thy self afore thou be sick, and in tyme of 
thy disease shewe thy conuersacion. Let not 
to praye allwaye, and stonde not in feare to 
be refourmed vnto death, for the rewarde of 
God endureth for euer. Before thou prayest, 
prepare thy soule, and be not as one y tempt- 
eth God. Thynke vpon the wrathfull indig- 
nacion that shalbe at the ende, and the houre 
of vegeaunce, wha HE shal turne awaie his 
face. 'Whan thou hast ynough, remembre 
the tyme of honger : and whan thou art rych, 
thynke vpon the tyme of pouerte and searce- 
nesse. 

From the momynge vntyll the euenynge 
the tyme is chaunged, and all soch thynges 
are soone done in y sight of God. A wyse 
man feareth God in all thinges, and in the 

res of transgression he kepeth him self 
from synne. A discrete man hath pleasure 
in wyszdome, and he that fyndeth her, maketh 
moch of her. They that haue had vnder- 
standinge, haue dealt wysely in wordes, haue 
vnderstonde the trueth and righteousnes, and 
haue sought out wyse senteces and iudg- 
mentes. -^Folowe not thy lustes, but turne y 
from thine owne will. For yf thou geuest 
thy soule hir desyres, it shal make thine ene- 
mies to laugh the to scorne. Take not thy 
pleasure in greate volupteousnes, <j medle not 
to moch withall. Make not to greate cheare 
of the thinge that thou hast wonne by avaunt- 
age: lest thou fall in to pouerte, and haue 
nothinge in thy purse. 



Esa. 66. a. » Pro. l. r >. a. and 25. c. ' Eccli. 20. 

1 Cor. 11. d. e Eccli. 11. d. / Rom. 6. b. and 13. 

s Gen. 19. g. 3 Reg. 11. a. * losu. 22. c. 



Cfie jrtr. Chapter. 

LABOURYNGE man that is geuen 
_ vnto dronckennes, shall not be riche : 
ana he that maketh not moch of small thynges, 
shal fall by litle and litle. ? Wyne and wo- 
men make wyse men renagates, and put men 
of vnderstadinge to reprofe : and he that ac- 
companieth aduouterers shal become a wicked 
man. Mothes and wormes shall haue him to 
heretage, yee he shall be sett vp to a greater 
example, and his soule shalbe roted out of the 
nombre. '' He that is haistie to geue cre- 
dence, is light mynded, and doth agaynst 
himself. Who so reioyseth in wickednes, shal 
be punished : he that hateth to be refourmed, 
his life shalbe shortened : and he that abhor- 
reth bablinge of wordes, quencheth wickednes. 
(He that offendeth agaynst his owne soule, 
shal repent it: and he that reioyseth in wick- 
ednes, shalbe punyshed.) 

Rehearse not a wicked and churlish worde 
twyse, and thou shalt not be hyndered. Shew 
thy secretes nether to frende ner foo, % yf thou 
hast offended, tell it not out. For he shal 
herken vnto the and marck the : and whan 
he fyndeth oportunyte, he shall hate the. ' Yf 
thou hast herde a worde agaynst thy negh- 
boure, lett it be deed within the : and be 
sure, thou shalt haue no harme therby. A 
foole trauaileth with a worde, like as a woman 
that is payned with bearinge of childe. Like 
as an arowe shott in a dogges thye, so is a 
worde in a fooles hert. *Tell thy frende his 
faute, lest he be ignoraunt, and saye : I haue 
not done it, or yf he haue done it, that he do 
it nomore. Reproue thy neghboure, that he 
kepe his tonge : and yf he haue spoke, that he 
saye it nomore. 

Tell thy neghboure his faute, for oft tymes 
an offence is made, and geue not credece to 
euery worde. A man falleth somtyme with 
his tonge, but not with his will. ' For what is 
he, y hath not offended in his tonge ? Geue 
thy neghboure warnynge, before thou threaten 
him, and geue place vnto the lawe of the 
LORDE. The feare of God is all wysz- 
dome, & he that is a right wyse man kepeth 
the lawe. As for the doctrine of wicked- 
nes, it is no wyszdome, and the prudence of 



Eccli. 22. d. and 27. c. * Leui. 19. d. Matt. 

' Eccli. 14. a. and 25. b. Iacob. 3. a. 



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synners is no good vnderstondinge : it is but 
wickednesse and abhominacion 5 a blasphem 
ynge of wyszdome. A symple man of small 
vnderstandinge that feareth God, is better 
then one that hath moch wyszdome, and 
transgresseth the lawe of the Hyest. 

A craftye sotell man can be wyse, but he 
is vnrighteous, and with giftes he wraysteth 
the open and manyfest lawe. A wicked man 
can behaue himself humbly, and can douke 
with his heade, and yet is he but a disceauer 
within. He hydeth his face," and disguyseth 
it : & because he shulde not be knowne, he 
preuenteth the. 

And though he be so weake that he can 
do the no harme, yet whan he maye fynde 
oportunyte, he shall do some euell. A man 
maye be knowne by his face, and one that 
hath vnderstondinge, maye be perceaued by 
the loke of his countenaunce. A mans gar- 
ment, h laughter g goynge, declare what he is. 

Cft« rr. Chapter. 

SOME man reproueth his neghboure oft 
tymes, but not in due season : 'Agayne, 
some man holdeth his tonge, and he is wyse 
and discrete. It is moch better to geue 
warnynge and to reproue, then to beare euell 
will : for he that knowlegeth him self openly, 
shalbe preserued from hurt and destruccion. 
Like as whan a chamberlayne thorow desyre 
and lust defyleth a mayden, euen so is it with 
him that vseth violence and vnrighteousnes in 
y lawe : (O how good a thinge is it, a man y 
is reproued, to shewe openly his repentaunce ? 
for so shalt thou escape wylfull synne.) 

Some man kepeth sylence, and is founde 
wyse: but he that is not ashamed what he 
sayeth, is hatefull. Some man holdeth his 
tonge, because he hath not the vnderstand- 
inge of the language : and some man kepeth 
sylence, waytinge a conuenyent tyme/ A 
wyse man wyll holde his tonge tyll he se 
oportunyte, but a wanten and an vn discrete 
body shal regarde no tyme. He that vseth 
many wordes, shal hurte his owne soule : and 
he that taketh auctorite vpo him vnrighte- 
ously, shalbe hated. 

Some man hath oft tymes prosperite in 
wicked thinges: Agayne, some man getteth 
moch, and hath harme and losse. There is 

Matt. 6. b. » Eccli. 21. c. c Eccll. 31. d. 

d Eccls. 3. a. Eccli. 32. a. ' Eccll. 6. a. 



some gift that is nothinge worth: Againe, 
there is some gift, whose rewarde is dubble. 
Some man getteth a fall for beynge to proude, 
and some commeth to worshipe from lowe 
estate. Some man bieth moch for a litle 
pryce, and must paye for it seuenfolde. 

A wyse man with his wordes maketh him 
self to be loued, 'but the fauours of fooles 
shalbe poured out. The gift of the vn wyse 
shal do the no good, for his eyes are seuen 
folde. -Tie shal geue litle, g saye he gaue 
moch : he openeth his mouth and crieth out, 
as it were one that crieth out wyne. To daye 
he lendeth, tomorow he axeth it agayne, and 
soch a man is to be hated. The foole sayeth: 
I haue no frende, I haue no thanke for all 
my good dedes : yee euen they that eate my 
bred, speake no good of me. O how oft, and 
of how many shal he be laughed to scorne r 
He taketh a more perlous fall by soch wordes, 
then yf he fell vpon the grounde: euen so 
shal the falles of wicked men come haistely. 
In the mouth of him that is vntaught, are 
many vnconuenient and vnmete wordes. A 
wyse sentence shall not be alowed at the 
mouth of the foole, for he speaketh it not in 
due season. 

Some man synneth not, because he hath 
not wherwithall, and in his rest he shall be 
stynged. Some man there is that destroyeth 
his owne soule with shame, and for an vnwyse 
bodyes sake destroieth he it, (and with ac- 
ceptinge of personnes shal he vndoo himself.) 
Some man promiseth his frende a gift for 
very shame, and getteth an enemye of him 
for naught. A lye is a wicked shame in a 
man, yet shall it be euer in the mouth of the 

wyse. A thefe is better, then a man that 
is accustomed to synne, but they both shal 
haue destruccion to heretage. The condi- 
cions of lyers are vnhonest, and their shame 
is euer with them. 

A wyse man shall brynge himself to ho- 
nour e with his wordes, s and he that hath vn- 
derstondinge shall be sett by amonge greate 
men. He that tylleth his londe, h shal increase 
his heape of come : he that worketh righte- 
ousnes, shall be exalted, j he that pleaseth 
greate men, shall escape moch euell. "Re- 
wardes and giftes blynde the eyes of the wyse, 
and make him domme, that he can not tell 

ell. 18. c. s Gen. 41. f. Dan. 2. g. * Pro. 12. b. 
' Exo. 23. a. Deut. 17. a. 



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me their fautes. Wyszdome that is hyd, and 
treasure that is hoorded vp,° what profit is in 
them both? Better is he that kepeth his 
ignoraunce secrete, then a man that hydeth 
his wyszdome. 

Cfie rrt. Chapter. 

MY sonne, yf thou hast synned, do it 
no more :* but praye for thy foresynnes, 
that they maye be for geuen the. Fie from 
synne, euen as from a serpent: for yf thou 
commest to nye her, she wyll byte the. The 
teth therof are as the teth of a lyon, to slaye 
the soules of men. The wickednes of man is 
as a sharpe two edged swerde, which maketh 
soch woundes that they can not be healed. 

Stryfe and wrongeous dealinge shall waist 
awaye a mans goodes, 5 thorow pryde a rich 
house shalbe brought to naught : so the riches 
of the proude shalbe roted out. The prayer 
of the poore goeth out of the mouth," and 
commeth vnto the eares, and his vengeaunce 
(or defence) shall come, and y haistely. Who 
so hateth to be refourmed, it is a token of an 
vngodly personne : but he that feareth God, 
wyl remembre himself. A mightie man is 
knowne afarre of by his tonge, but he that 
hath vnderstondinge, perceaueth that he shal 
haue a fall. 

Who so buyldeth his house with other 
mens cost, is like one that gathereth stones 
in wynter. The congregacion of the rf vngodly 
is like stubble gathered together, their ende 
is a flamme of fyre. The waye of the vn- 
godly is sett with stones, but in their ende 
is hell, darcknes, and paynes. He that kepeth 
the lawe, wyll holde fast the vnderstandinge 
therof, and the ende of the feare of God is 
wyszdome. He that is not wyse, wyll not be 
taught in good : but the vnwyse man aboun- 
deth in wickednes : and where bytternes is, 
there is no vnderstodinge. The knowlege of 
the wyse shall flowe like water that renneth 
ouer, and his councell is like a fountayne of life. 

The hert of a foole is like a broke vessell, 
he can kepe no wyszdome. Whan a man of 
vnderstondinge heareth a wyse worde, he shal 
commende it, and make moch of it. But yf 
a volupteous man heare it, he shall haue no 
pleasure therin, but cast it behynde his back. 
The talkynge of a foole is like an heuy bur- 



Eccll. 41. c. 

Luc. 15. c. 



. 5. a. 7. a. 12. c. Psal. 40. a. 
Exo. 3. b. and 22. c. 



then by the waye : but to heare a wyse man 
speake, it is a pleasure. Where a doute is in 
the congregacion, it is axed at the mouth of 
the wyse, and they shal pondre his wordes in 
their hertes. Like as a house that is de- 
stroyed, euen so is wyszdome vnto a foole : As 
for the knowlege of the vnwyse, it is but darck 
wordes. Doctryne is vnto him y hath no 
vnderstandinge, euen as fetters aboute his 
fete, and like mannicles vpon his right hande/ 
A foole lifteth vp his voyce with laughter, but 
a wyse man shall scarse laugh secretly. 

Lernynge is vnto a wyse man a Iewell of 
golde, and like an armlett vpo his right arme. 
A foolish mans foote is soone in his neghbours 
house, but one that hath experience, shall be 
ashamed at the personne of the mightie. A 
foole wyll pepe in at y wyndow in to the 
house, but he that is well nourtured, wyll 
stonde without. A foolish man stondeth her- 
kenynge at the dore, but he that is wyse, wyll 
be ashamed. 

The lippes of the vnwyse wylbe tellynge 
foolish thinges, but y wordes of soch as haue 
vnderstandinge, shalbe weyed in the balaunce. 
The hert of fooles is in their mouth, but the 
mouth of the wyse is in their hert. Whan 
the vngodly curseth the blasphemer, he curseth 
his owne soule/ A preuy accuser of other 
men shal defyle his owne soule, and be hated 
of euery man : (but he that kepeth his tonge 
and is discrete, shall come to honoure.) 

Clje rrrj. Chapter. 

ASLOUTHFULL body is moulded of 
a stone of claie : he that toucheth him, 
must wash his handes agayne. A mysnur- 
tored sonne is the dishonoure of the father. 
A foolish daughter shalbe litle regarded. A 
wyse daughter is an heretage vnto hir hus- 
bande : but she that commeth to dishonesty, 
bringeth hir father in heuynes. A daughter 
that is past shame, dishonoureth both hir 
father and hir huszbande: the vngodly shal 
regarde her, but they both shal despise her. 
the playenge of Musick is not mete where 
heuynes is, euen so is the correccio j doctryne 
of wyszdome euer vnpleasaunt vnto fooles. 

Who so teacheth a foole, is euen as one that 
gleweth a potsherde together : as one that 
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and as one that rayseth a ma out of an heuy 
slepe. Who so telleth a foole of wyszdome, 
is euen as a man, which speaketh to one y is 
a slepe. Wha he hath tolde his tayle, he 
sayeth : what is the matter ? Wha one dyeth, 
lamentacion is made for him, because the 
light fayleth him : eue so let me mourne ouer 
a foole, for he wanteth vnderstandinge. Make 
but litle wepinge because of the deed : for 
he is come to rest : but the life of the foole is 
worse then the death. " Seuen dayes do men 
mourne for him that is deed, but the lamen- 
tacion ouer the vnwyse and vngodly shulde 
endure all the dayes of their life. 

Talke not moch with a foole, and go not 
with him that hath no vnderstondinge. Be- 
warre of him, lest it turne the to trauayle, 5 
thou shalt not be defyled with his synne. De- 
parte from him, and thou shalt fynde rest, 5 
shalt not be drawe back in to his foolishnes. 
What is heuyer then leade? And what shulde 
a foole be called els, but leade ? * Sode, salt j a 
lope of yron is easier to beare, then an vnwyse, 
foolish, and vngodly man. Like as the band 
of wodd bounde together in the foundacion 
of the house can not be lowsed, eue so is it 
with f hert y is stablished in y thought of 
coucell. The thought of the wyse, shal nether 
feare ner be offended at eny tyme. 

Like as a fayre playstred wall in a winter 
house, (t an hye buyldinge, maye not abyde y 
wide (t, storme : eue so is a fooles hert afraied 
in his ymaginacion : he feareth at euery thinge, 
and can not endure. He that nyppeth a mans 
eye, bryngeth forth teares : and he that 
pricketh the hert, bringeth forth y meanynge 
tj thought. Who so casteth a stone at the 
byrdes, frayeth them awaye : <j he y blasphe- 
meth his frede, breaketh y fredshipe. though 
thou drewest a swerde at thy frende, yet dis- 
payre not, for thou mayest come agayne to 
thy frende. Yf he speake sowerly, feare not, 
for ye maye be agreed together agayne : ex- 
cepte it be so that thou blaspheme him, dysz- 
dayne him, ope his secretes and wounde him 
tratorously: for all soch thinges shal dryue 
awaye a frende. 

Be faithfull vnto thy neghboure in his 
pouerte, that thou mayest reioyse with him 
also in his prosperite. Abyde stedfast vnto 
him in y tyme of his trouble, that thou maiest 
be heyre with him in his heretage. Like as 



the vapor and smoke goeth out at the ouen 
before f fyre, euen so euell wordes, rebukes 
and threatenynges go before bloudsheddinge. 
Be not ashamed to defende thy frende : as for 
me, I wyl not hyde my face from him, though 
he shulde do me harme. Who so euer 
heareth it, shal bewarre of him. Who shal 
set a watch before my mouth/ 5 a sure seale 
vpon my lippes, y I fall not with the, (j y my 
tonge destroye me not ? 

Che vrtij. Chapter. 

OLORDE, father and gouernoure of my 
life, leaue me not in their ymaginacio & 
councell. Oh let me not fall in soch reprofe. 
Who wyll kepe my thought with f scourge, 
and the doctryne of wyszdome in myne herte ? 
that he spare not myne ignoraunce, that I fall 
not with them, lest myne ignoraunces increase, 
that myne offences be not many in nombre, 
and that my synnes exceade not : lest I fall 
before myne enemyes, and so my aduersary 
reioyse. O LORDE, thou father g God of 
my life, leaue me not in their ymaginacion. O 
let me not haue a proude loke, but turne 
awaye all volupteousnes fro me. Take fro 
me the lustes of the body, let not the desyres 
of vnclennes take holde vpon me, and geue 
me not ouer in to an vnshamefast and obsti- 
nate mynde. 

Heare me (o ye children) I will geue you a 
doctryne, how ye shal ordre youre mouth : 
who so kepeth it, shal not perish thorow his 
lippes, ner be hurt thorow wicked workes (As 
for the synner, he shalbe taken in his owne 
vanite : he that is proude and cursed, shal fall 
therin.) rf Let not thy mouth be accustomed 
with swearinge, for in it there are many falles. 
Let not the namynge of God be continually 
in thy mouth : for like as a seruaunt which is 
oft punyshed can not be without some sore, 
euen so what so euer he be y sweareth and 
nameth God, shal not be cleane pourged fro 
synne. A man that vseth moch swearinge, 
shalbe fylled with wickednes, and the plage 
shall neuer go from his house. Yf he begyle 
his brother, his faute shalbe vpon him : yf he 
knowlege not his synne, he maketh a dubble 
offence : and yf he sweare in vayne, he shall 
not be founde righteous, for his house shalbe 
full of plages. 

The wordes of f swearer bringeth death 

d Exo. 20. b. Eccli. 27. d. Matt. 5. d. 



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(God graunte y it be not founde in the house 
of Iacob.") But they y feare God, esehue all 
soch and lye not weltringe in synne. Vse not 
thy mouth to vnhonest and fylthye talkynge/ 
for in it is the worde of synne. Remembre 
thy father and thy mother, wha thou art set 
amonge greate men: lest God forget y in their 
sight, and lest thou dotinge in thy custome, 
suffre rebuke, and wyshe not to haue bene 
borne, and so curse the daye of thy natiuite. 
The man that is accustomed with the wordes 
of blasphemy/ wyl neuer be refourmed all y 
dayes of his life. To synne twyse is to moch, 
but the thirde bringeth wrath and destruccion. 
An whote stomack can not be quenched, (eue 
like a burnynge fyre) tyll it haue swalowed 
vp somthige : eue so an vnchaste ma hath no 
rest in his flesh, tyll he haue kyndled a fyre. 

All bred is swete to an whoremonger, he 
wyl not leaue of, tyll he haue his purpose. A 
man that breaketh wedlock, g regardeth not 
his soule, but sayeth: Tush, who seyth me?' 
I am compassed aboute with darcknes, the 
walles couer me, no body seyth me : whom 
nede I to feare? The Hyest wyl not remembre 
my synnes. (He vnderstondeth not that his 
eyes se all thinges, for all soch feare of me 
dryueth awaye the feare of God from him : 
for he feareth onely the eyes of men, and con- 
sidered not that the eyes of the LORDE 
are clearer then the Sonne, beholdinge all y 
wayes of men and the grounde of the depe, 
and lokynge euen to mens hertes in secrete 
places. The LORDE God knewe all thinges 
or euer they were made, and after they be 
brought to passe also he loketh vpon them 
all. The same ma shalbe opely punyshed in 
y stretes of y cite, e and shalbe chased abrode 
like a yonge horse foale : and when he thinketh 
leest vpon it, he shalbe take, Thus shal he be 
put to shame of euery man, because he wolde 
not vnderstonde the feare of the LORDE. 
And thus shal it go also with euery wyfe y 
leaueth hir huszbande, g getteth enheretaunce 
by a straiige mariage. First, she hath bene 
vnfaithfull vnto the lawe of y Hyest / Secodly, 
she hath forsaken hir owne huszbande : Thirdly, 
she hath played y whore in aduoutry, g gotte 
hir childre by another man. She shalbe 
brought out of y cogregacio, and hir childre 
shalbe loked vpo. Hir childre shal not take 



' Leui. 24. c. 
d Esa.29.c. 



* Ephe. 5. a, 
Leui. 20. b. Deut. 



c 2 Re. 16. b. 
/ Exod. 20. c. 



rote : g as for frute, hir brauches shal brlge 
forth none. A shamefull reporte shal she 
leaue behynde her, g hir dishonoure shal not 
be put out. And they y remayne, shal knowe, 
y there is nothige better, the y feare of God : 
g y there is nothinge sweter, then to take hede 
vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE. 
A greate worshipe is it to folowe y LORDE, 
for longe life shalbe receaued of him. 

Cft« rrtttj. Chapter. 

WYSZDOME shal prayse hirself, g be 
honoured in God, g reioyse in y 
myddest of his people : In the cogregacions of 
the Hyest shal she open hir mouth, g try- 
umphe in y beholdinge of his power: In y 
myddest of hir people shal she be exalted, g 
wondred at in the holy fulnesse : In the mul- 
titude of the chosen she shalbe commended, 
g amonge soch as be blessed she shalbe 
praysed, g shal saye : I am come out of the 
mouth of y Hyest, first borne before all crea- 
tures. I caused y fight y fayleth not, to 
aryse in the heauen, g couered all the earth as 
a cloude. My dwelfinge is aboue in y heyth, 
g my seate is in the piler of the cloude. I 
my self alone haue gone rounde aboute the 
compasse of heauen, g pearsed the grounde 
of y depe : I haue walked in the floudes of y 
see, g haue stonde in all landes : my domy- 
nion is in euery people and in euery nacion, 5 
with my power haue I troden downe the 
hertes of all, both hye and lowe. 

In all these thinges also I sought rest, g a 
dwelfinge in some enheritaunce. So y creator 
of all thinges gaue me a commaundement : g 
he that made me, appoynted me a tabernacle, 
and saide vnto me : Let thy dwelfinge be in 
Iacob, and thy inheritaunce in Israel, g rote 
thy self amoge my chosen. e I was created 
from the begynninge and before the worlde, 
g shal not leaue of vnto the worlde to come. 
'Tn the holy habitacion haue I serued before 
him, and so was I stablished in Sion. ' In y 
holy cite rested I in like maner, g in Ierusa- 
lem was my power. I toke rote in an ho- 
nourable people, euen in the porcion of y 
LORDE g in his heretage, g kepte me in y 
fulnes of the sayntes. I am sett vp an hye 
like a Ceder vpo Libanus, jasa Cypers tre 
vpon the mount Hermon : I am exalted like 



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a palme tre in Cades, jas a rose plated in 
Iericho : As a fayre olyue tre in the felde, & 
am exalted like as a plantayne tre by the 
water syde. I haue geuen a smell in the 
stretes, as y Cynamon and Balme, that hath 
so good a sauoure : yee a swete odoure haue 
I geuen, as it were Myrre of the best. 

I haue made my dwellinges to smell as it 
were of rosyn, Galbanum, of Clowes and 
Incense, cj as Libanus whan it is not hewe 
downe, & mine odoure is as the pure Balme. 
As the Terebynte haue I stretched out 
my braunches, and my braunches are the 
braunches of honoure and louynge fauoure. 
" As f vyne haue I brought forth frute of a 
swete sauoure, and my floures are f frute of 
honoure and riches. I am the mother of 
bewtye, of loue, of feare, of knowlege and of 
holy hope. In me is all grace of life and 
trueth : * In me is all hope of life and vertue. 
O come vnto me, all ye that be desyrous of 
me, and fyll youre selues with my frutes : for 
my sprete is sweter then hony, j so is my 
inheritaunce more then the hony combe : the 
remembraunce of me endureth for euermore. 
They that eate me, shal haue the more hon- 
ger: and they that drynke me, shal thyrste 
the more. Who so herkeneth vnto me, shal 
not come to confucion : and they that 
worke in me, shal not offende. They that 
make me to be knowne, shal haue euerlast- 
inge life. 

All these thinges are the boke of life, the 
couenaunt of the Hyest, and the knowlege of 
the trueth. ' Moses commaunded the lawe in 
the preceptes of righteousnes for an heretage 
vnto the house of Iacob/ and comitted y pro- 
mises vnto Israel (Out of Dauid his seruaut 
HE ordened to raise vp a most mightie kinge, 
syttinge in the seate of honoure for euermore.) 
e This fylleth with wyszdome like as the floude 
of Phison, (j as y floude of Tigris, whan the 
new frutes are a growinge. 

This bringeth a plenteous vnderstandinge, 
like Euprates : f & fylleth it vp, as Iordane in 
the time of haruest. This maketh nurtoure 
to breake forth as the light, j as the water 
Gihon in y haruest. The first hath not 
knowne her perfectly, nomore shal the last 
seke out y grounde of her. For hir thought 



" Ioh. 15. a. b Ioh. 14. a. c Exo. 20. a. and 24. a. 

Psal. 131. b. Act. 2. d. ' Deut. 4. a. and 29. b. 

/ losu. 3.c. £ Eccli. 33. b. A Gen. 13. b. Rom. 12. a. 



is fuller the the see, and hir councell is pro- 
founder then the greate depe. 

I wyszdome haue cast out floudes. I am 
as a greate waterbroke out of f riuer. I am 
as the ryuer Dorix, and as a water condyte 
am I come out of the garden of pleasure. I 
sayde : I wyl water the garden of my yonge 
plantes, and fyll the frute of my byrth. So 
my waterbroke became exceadinge greate, 
and my ryuer approched vnto the see. For I 
make doctryne to be vnto all me as light as 
the fayre mornynge, and I shall make it to 
be euer the clearer. (I will pearse thorow 
all the lower partes of the earth, I wyll loke 
vpon all soch as be a slepe, and lighten all 
the that put their trust in the LORDE.) I 
shal yet poure out doctrine, like as prophecy, 
and leaue it vnto soch as seke after wyszdome, 
and their generacions shal I neuer fayle, vnto 
the holy euerlastinge worlde. Beholde, how 
that I haue not laboured for my self onely, 
g but for all them y seke after y trueth. 

Cfie rrb. Chapter. 

THRE thinges there are, y my sprete 
fauoureth, A which be also a lowed before 
God and men : The vnyte of brethren, the 
loue of neghbours, and man and wyfe that 
agree well together.' 

Thre thinges there be which my soule 
hateth, and I vtterly abhorre the life of them 
A poore man that is proude. A rich ma that 
is a lyar, 4 and an olde body that doteth and is 
vnchaste. 

Yf thou hast gathered nothinge in thy 
youth, what wylt thou fynde the in thine age 
O how pleasaiit a thinge is it, wha gray headed 
men are discrete, g whan the elders can geue 
good councell ? O how coly a thinge is wysz- 
dome vnto aged men? yee vnderstondinge 
and councell is a glorious thinge. The crowne 
of olde men is to haue moch experience, & f 
feare of God is their worshipe. 

There be ix. thinges, which I haue iudged 

my hert to be happie, and the tenth wil I 
tell forth vnto men with my tonge. A man 
y whyle he lyueth, hath ioye of his children, 
and seith y fall of his enemies. Well is him, 
that dwelleth ' with an houswife of vnderstod- 
inge, and that hath not fallen with his tonge, 

el. 40. d. * Gen. 18. b. ' Eceli. 14. a. and 19. c. 



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and y hath not bene faine to serue soch as are 
vnmete for him. Wei is him, y fyndeth a 
faithfull frende : cs wel is him, which talketh 
of wiszdome to an eare y heareth him. O 
how greate is he, y fyndeth wyszdome & know- 
lege ? Yet is he not aboue him, that feareth 
the LORDE. The feare of God hath sett 
itself aboue all thinges. Blessed is y man, 
vnto who it is graunted to haue the feare of 
God. Vnto who shal he be lickened, y kepeth 
it fast ? The feare of God is the begynnynge 
of his loue, and the begynnynge of faith is to 
cleue fast vnto it. The heuynes of the hert 
is all the punyshment, and the wickednes of a 
woman goeth aboue all. All punyshment & 
plage is nothinge in comparison of the plage 
of the hert, eue so all wickednes is nothinge 
to the wickednes of a woman. 

What so euer happeneth vnto a man, is 
nothinge in comparison of it, y his euell 
willers do vnto him: and all vengeaunce is 
nothinge to the vengeauce of the enemye. 
There is not a more wicked heade then the 
heade of the serpet, and there is no wrath 
aboue y wrath of a woman. "1 wyl rather 
dwell with a lyon and dragon, then to kepe 
house with a wicked wyfe. The wickednesse 
of a woman chaungeth hir face, she shal 
moffell hir coiitenaunce as it were a Beer, g 
as a sack shall she shewe it amonge the negh- 
bours. Hir husbande is brought to shame 
amoge his neghbours, g wha he heareth it, it 
maketh him to sighe. All wickednes is but 
litle to the wickednes of a woman, y porcion 
of the vngodly shal fall vpon her. 

Like as to clymme vp a sondy waye is to y 
fete of the aged, eue so is a wife full of wordes 
to a still quyete man. * Loke not to narowly 
vpon the bewtye of a woman, lest thou be 
prouoked in desyre towarde her. The wrath 
of a woman is dishonoure and greate confu- 
cio. Yf a woman gett the mastrie, then is 
she contrary to hir huszbande. A wicked wife 
maketh a sory hert, an heuy countenaunce 
and a deed wounde. c Of the woman came 
y begynnynge of synne, and thorow her we 
all are deed. Geue thy water no passage, no 
not a litle, nether geue a wicked woman hir 
will. Yf she walke not after thy hande, she 
shall confounde the in the sight of thy enemies. 
Cut her of then from thy flesh, that she do 
not allwaye abuse the. 



Eocll.42. 



! Reg. 11. a. and 13. a. c Gen 



Cfie rrbt. Chapter. 

HAPPIE is the man that hath a vertuous 
wyfe, for the nobre of his yeares shalbe 
dubble. An honest woman maketh hir husz- 
bande a ioyfull man, a she shall fyll y yeares 
of his life in peace. A vertuous woman is a 
noble gift, which shalbe geuen for a good por- 
cion vnto soch as feare God. Whether a man 
be rich or poore, he maye haue euer a mery 
hert, (j a chearful countenance. There be 
thre thinges y my hert feareth, and my face is 
afrayed of the fourth. Treason in a cite, a 
sedicious people, and noysome tonges, all these 
are heuyer then the death. But whan one is 
gelous ouer his wife, it bryngeth payne and 
sorowe vnto the hert: and a woman that 
telleth out all thinges, is a scourge of the 
tonge. Whan one hath an euell wife, it is 
euen as whan an vnlike pare of oxen must 
drawe together : he that getteth her, getteth a 
scorpion/ A dronken woman is a greate 
plage, for she can not couer hir owne shame. 

The whordome of a woman maye be 
knowne in the pryde of hir eyes and eye- 
lyddes. " Yf thy daughter be not shamefast, 
holde her straitly, lest she abuse hirself thorow 
ouermoch liberte. Bewarre of all the dis- 
honesty of hir eyes, and maruell not yf she 
do agaynst the. Lik as one that goeth by the 
waye and is thyrstie, so shall she open hir 
mouth, and drynke of euery nexte water that 
she maye gett. 

By euery hedge shal she syt her downe, (j 
ope hir quyuer against euery arowe. A lou- 
ynge wyfe reioyseth hir huszbande, and fedeth 
his bones with hir wyszdome. A woman 
of few wordes is a gift of God, and to a well 
nurtured mynde maye nothinge be compared. 

An honest and manerly woman is a gyft 
aboue other giftes, and there is no waight 
to be compared, vnto a mynde that can rule 
it self. Like as the Sonne whan it aryseth, 
is an ornament in the hye heauen of y 
LORDE, so is a vertuous wife y bewtye of 
all hir house. Like as the cleare light is 
vpon y holy cadelstick, so is the bewtye of the 
face vpo an honest body. 7 Like as the golde 
pilers are vpon the sockettes of syluer, so are 
the fayre legges vpon a woman that hath a 
costant mynde. (Perpetuall are the foiida- 
cions that be laied vpon a whole stonye rocke, 

3.a. lTim.2. b. <*Iudic.l(5. e Eccli.42.b. /Cant.5.d. 



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so are f commaundementes of God vpon an 
holy woman.) 

There be two thinges y greue my hert, and 
in the thirde is a displeasure come vpon me. 
When an experte man of warre suffreth 
scarsenes and pouerte, Whan men of vnder- 
stondinge and wyszdome are not set by: And 
whan one departeth from righteousnes vnto 
synne. Who so doth soch, the LORDE hath 
prepared him vnto the swerde. There be 
two maner of thinges, which me thyncke to 
be herde and perylous. A marchaunt can 
not lightly kepe him from wronge, nether a 
tauerner himself from synne. 

Che rriivj. Chapter. 

BECAUSE of pouerte haue many one 
offended : and he that seketh to be riche, 
turneth his eyes asyde. Like as a nale in 
the wall sticketh fast betwixte two stones, 
euen so doth synne sticke betwixte f byer 
and the seller. Yf he holde him not dili- 
gently in y feare of the LORDE, his house 
shall soone be ouerthrowne. Like as whan 
one sifteth, the fylthynes remayneth in the 
syue : So, remayneth there some vncleane 
thinge in the thought of man. The ouen 
proueth the potters vessell, so doth a tentacion 
of trouble trye righteous men. The tre of 
the felde is knowne by his frute, so is the 
thought of mas hert knowne by his wordes. 
Prayse no ma excepte thou haue harde him, 
for a man is knowne by his wordes. Yf thou 
folowest righteousnes, thou shalt get her, and 
put her vpon f as a fayre garment. (And 
thou shalt dwell with her, and she shal de- 
fende the for euer, and in y daye of knowlege 
thou shalt fynde stedfastnesse.) The byrdes 
resorte vnto their like, so doth the trueth 
turne vnto them that be occupied withall. 
The lyon wayteth for y praye : so do the 
synnes lurke vpon the workes of wickednes. 
The talkinge of him that feareth God, is 
nothinge but wyszdome: as for a foole, he 
chaungeth as y Moone. Yf thou be amonge 
the vndiscrete, kepe thy worde to a conue- 
nient *tyme, but amonge soch as be wyse, 
speake on hardely. The talkinge of fooles is 
abhominacio, and their sporte is volupteous- 
nesse and mysnurtoure. c Moch swearynge 

<■ Sap. 3. a. 1 Pet. 1. b. Matt. 7. b. b Ro. 12. b. 
Col. 4. a. ' Eccli. 23. b. * Eccli. 19. b. and 22. d. 

« Pro. 10. b. / Exo. 21. b. e Hest. 7. b. Psal. 7. b. 



maketh the hayre to stonde vp, and to stryue 
with soch, stoppeth the eares. 

The stryfe of the proude is bloudsheddynge, 
& their blasphemynge is heuy to heare. d Who 
so discouereth secretes, leseth his credence, 
and fyndeth no frende after his will. Loue 
thy frende, and bynde thyself in faithfulnes 
with him : but yf thou bewrayest his secretes, 
thou shalt not get him agayne : For like as 
the ma is that destroyeth his enemye so is he 
also that dealeth falsly in the frendshipe of his 
neghboure. 

Like as one that letteth a byrde go out of 
his honde, can not take her agayne : Euen so 
thou, yf thou geue ouer thy frende, thou canst 
not get him agayne : Yee thou cast not come 
by him, for he is to farre of. He is vnto the 
as a Roo escaped out of the snare, for his 
soule is wounded. As for woundes, they 
maye be bounde vp agayne, and an euell 
worde maye be reconcyled : but who so be- 
wrayeth the secretes of a frende, there is no 
more hope to be had vnto him. 

He that e wyncketh with the eyes, ymagineth 
some euell, and no man shal take him from 
it. Whan thou art present, he shal hylie 
commende and prayse thy wordes : but at the 
last he shall turne his tayle, and slauder thy 
sayenge. Many thinges haue I hated, but 
nothinge so euell, for the LORDE himself 
also abhorreth soch one. 

Who so casteth a stone an hye, it shal fall 
vpon his owne heade : f and he that smyteth 
with gyle, woundeth himself. Who so diggeth 
a g pytt, shal fall therin : and he that layeth a 
snare, shal be taken in it himself. Who so 
geueth a wicked noysome councell, it shall 
come vpon himself, and he shall not knowe 
from whece. The proude blaspheme and are 
scornefull, but vengeaunce lurketh for them 
as a lyon. They that reioyse at the fall of f 
righteous, shal be taken in f snare, anguysh 
of hert shall consume them before they dye. 
Anger and rigorousnes are two abhominable 
thinges, and f vngodly hath them both 
vpon him. 

Che vrbttj. Chapter. 

HE that seketh vengeaunce, shal fynde 
"vengeaunce of the LORDE, which 
shal surely kepe him his synnes. Forgeue 

Pro. 26. c. Eccls. 10. a. * Deut. 32. c. Rom. 12. c. 

Mat. 5. b. 6. b. 18. b. 



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thy neghboure the hurte that he hath done 
the, and so shal thy synnes be forgeuen the 
also, whan thou prayest. A man that beareth 
hatred agaynst another, how darre he desyre 
forgeuenesse of God ? He that sheweth no 
mercy to a ma which is like himself, how 
darre he axe forgeuenesse of his synnes ? Yf 
he that is but flesh, beareth hatred and kepeth 
it, who wyl intreate for his synnes ? Remem- 
bre the ende, j let enmyte passe, which seketh 
death and destruccion, and abyde thou in y 
commaundementes. Remembre y commaun- 
dement, so shalt thou not be rigorous ouer thy 
neghboure. Thynke vpo the couenaunt of y 
Hyest, and forgeue thy neghbours ignoraiice. 
"Bewarre of strife, and thou shalt make y 
synnes fewer. For an angrie man kyndleth 
variaunce, and the vngodly disquyeteth fredes, 
and putteth discorde amonge them that be at 
peace. The more wodd there is, the more 
vehement is the fyre : and the * mightier y 
men be, the greater is the wrath : and the 
longer the strife endureth, the more it 
burnetii. 

An haistie brawlinge kyndleth a fyre, and 
an haistie strife sheddeth bloude. Yf thou 
blowe the sparke : it shal burne : Yf thou spytt 
vpo it, it shal go forth, and both these go out 
of thy mouth. The c slaunderer and dubble 
togued is cursed, for many one that be frendes 
setteth he at variaunce. The thirde tonge 
hath disquieted many one, and dryuen them 
from one londe to another. Stronge cities 
hath it broken downe, and ouerthrowne the 
houses of greate men. The thirde t5ge hath 
cast out many an honest woman, and robbed 
them of their labours. Who so harkeneth 
vnto soch, shal neuer fynde rest, and neuer 
dwell safely. The stroke of f rod maketh 
yedders, but the stroke of the tonge smyteth 
the bones in sunder. There be many that 
haue perished with the swerde, but many mo 
thorow the tonge. 

Wei is him that is kepte fro an euell tonge, 
d commeth not in y anger therof: which 
draweth not the yock of soch, and is not 
boude in the bondes of it. For the yock 
therof is of yron, and y bonde of it of stele. 
The death therof is a very euell death : hell 
were better for one, then soch a tonge. But 
the fyre of it maye not oppresse them that 

<• Eccli. 8. a. * Pro. 26. c. c Eccli. 21. d. * Deut. 
15. a. Luc. 6. d. 



feare God, and y flamme therof maye not 
burne the. Soch as forsake the LORDE, 
shal fall therin : and it shal burne them, and 
no man shal be able to quench it. It shal 
fall vpon the as a Lyo, and deuoure them as 
a leparde. Thou hedgest thy goodes with 
thornes : why doest thou not rather make 
dores and barres for thy mouth? Thou 
weiest thy golde and syluer : why doest thou 
not weye thy wordes also vpon the balaunce ? 
Bewarre, that thou slyde not in thy tonge, 
and so fall before thine enemies, that laye 
wayte for the. 

Cftc rrtr:. Chapter. 

WHO so wil shewe mercy, let him lende 
vnto his d neghboure : and he that is 
able, let him kepe the commaundement. 
Lende vnto thy neghboure in tyme of his 
nede, and paye thou thy neghboure agayne in 
due season. Kepe thy worde, % deale faith- 
fully with him, g thou shalt allwaye fynde the 
thinge y is necessary for the. There haue 
bene many, that whan a thinge was lent them, 
rekened it to be founde: and made them 
trauayle and laboure, that had helped them. 
Whyle they receaue eny thinge, they kysse 
the handes of soch as geue them, and for their 
neghbours good they huble their voyce. But 
whan they shulde paye agayne they kepe it 
back, and geue euell wordes, and make many 
excuses by reason of the tyme : & though he 
be able, yet geueth he scarse the half agayne, 
and rekeneth y other to be founde. And yf 
he witholde not his moneye, yet hath he an 
enemye of him, and that vndeserued. 

He payeth him with cursinge and rebuke 
and geueth him euel wordes for his good 
dede. There be many one which are not 
glad for to lende, not because of euell, but 
they feare to lese the thinge that they lende. 
Yet haue thou pacience with the symple, and 
withholde not mercy from him. Helpe the 
poore for the commaundementes sake, and let 
him not go emptye from the because of his 
necessite. Lese thy money for thy brother 
and neghbours sake, and burye it not vnder a 
stone, wher it rusteth and corruppeth. Gather 
thy e treasure after the commaundement of y 
Hyest, and so shal it bringe the more profit 
the golde. Laye vp the allmes in the hande 

e Math. 6. c. Luc. 12. d. 1 Tim. 6. d. 



jfau txij. 



tolesiasttrusf* 



Cftap, m:. 



of the poore, and it shal kepe the from all 
euell." (A mans allmes is as a purse with him, 
and shall kepe a mans fauoure as the apple of 
an eye : and afterwarde shall it aryse, g paye 
euery man his rewarde vpon his heade.) It 
shal fight for the agaynst thine enemies, bet- 
ter then the shylde of a giaunte, or speare of 
the mightie. 

A good honest ma is suertye for his negh- 
boure, but a wicked personne letteth him 
come to shame. Forget not the frendshipe of 
thy suertye, for he hath geue his soule for y, 
The vngodly despyseth f good dede of his 
suertye, g the vnthankfull and ignoraunt 
leaueth his suertie in daunger. (Some man 
promyseth for his neghboure : g whan he hath 
lost his honesty, he shal forsake him.) Suer- 
tishipe hath destroyed many a ryche man, 
g remoued them as the wawes in y see. 
Mightie people hath it dryuen awaye, and 
caused the to wandre in straunge countrees. 
An vngodly man transgressynge the com- 
maundement of the LORDE, shal fall in to 
an euell suertishipe : and though he force 
himself to get out, yet shal he fall in to iudg- 
ment. Helpe thy neghboure out after thy 
power, and bewarre, y thou thy self fall not 
in soch dett. *The chefe thinge that kepeth 
in the life, is water and bred, clothinge and 
lodginge, to couer the shame. 

Better is it to haue a poore lyuynge in a 
mans owne house/ the delicate fayre amoge 
the straunge. d Be it litle or moch y thou 
hast, holde the contet withall (g thou shalt 
not be blamed as a vagabounde :) for a 
myserable life is it, to go from house to 
house : and where a ma is fremde, he darre 
not ope his mouth. Though one be lodged, 
and haue meate and drynke, yet shall he be 
taken as vnworthy, g heare many bytter rough 
wordes, namely thus: Go thy waye thou 
straunger, and prepare a table (for thy self) 
and fede me also of that thou hast. Awaye 
thou straunger (so, that he regardeth his 
honoure nomore) my brother commeth in to 
my house, g so he telleth him the necessite of 
his house. These thinges are heuy to a man 
that hath vnderstandinge : namely, the for- 
byddinge of y house, g that the leder casteth 
him in the teth. 



' Dan. 4. d. 
* Eccli. 39. e. 
Heb. 13. a. 



Luc. 11. d. Act. 10. a. Tob. 4. 

c Psal. 36. b. d 1 Tim. 6. 

' Pro. 13. c. and 23. b. / Deut. 6. 



Cfie jrrr. Chapter. 

WHO so loueth his childe, holdeth him 
still vnder correccion/ that he maye 
haue ioye of him afterwarde (and that he 
grope not after his neghbours dores.) -^He y 
teacheth his sonne, shall haue ioye in him 
nede not be ashamed of him amoge his 
aquantaiice. Who so enfourmed g teacheth 
his sonne, greueth y enemie, and before his 
frendes he maye haue ioye of him. Though 
the father dye, yet is he as though he were 
not deed : for he hath left one behynde him 
that is like him. In his life he sawe him, g 
had ioye in him, g was not sory in his death, 
(nether was he ashamed before y enemies.) 
For he left behinde him an auenger agaynst 
his enemies, and a good doer vnto the frendes. 
For the life of childre he shal binde the 
woundes together, and his hert is greued at 
euery crye. An vntamed horse wylbe harde, 
and a wanton childe wylbe wylfull. Yf thou 
brynge vp thy sonne delicatly, he shal make 
y afrayed : and yf thou playe with him, he 
shal brynge the to heuynes. Laugh not with 
him, lest thou wepe with him also, and lest 
thy teth be sett on edge at the last. 

Geue him not liberte in his youth, g excuse 
not his foly/ Bow downe his neck whyle he 
is yonge, hytt him vpon the sydes whyle he is 
yet but a childe, lest he waxe stubbume, g 
geue no more force of y (and so shalt thou 
haue heuynes of soule.) Teach thy childe, g 
be diliget therin, lest it be to thy shame. 
Better is the poore beynge whole g stronge, 
the a man to be riche, g not to haue his 
health. Health and welfare is aboue all 
golde, and an whole body aboue all treasure. 
There is no riches aboue a sounde body, g no 
ioye aboue the ioye of the hert. Death is 
better then a wretched life, or contynuall 
sicknes. The good thinges y are put in a 
close mouth, are like as whan meate is layed 
vpon f graue. 

What good doth the offeringe vnto an Idoll ? 
For he can nether eate, taist ner smell/ Eue 
so is it also with the riche, whom God maketh 
seke : he seith it with his eyes, g groneth ther- 
after, and is euen as a gelded man, that lyeth 
with a vyrgin and sygheth. 'Geue not ouer 



s Eccli. 7. 



* Bel. a 
Eccli. 38. 



' Pro. 12. d. 15. b. 17. 
Pro. 14. d. 



Ctiap* mi* 



ealestasttni^ 



So. wij. 



thy mynde in to heuynes, 5 vexe not thy self 
in thine owne councell. The ioye g chear- 
fulnes of the hert is the life of man, and a 
mans gladnes is the prolonginge of his dayes. 
Loue thine owne soule, and comforte thine 
hert : as for sorow and heuynes, dryue it farre 
from f," for heuynes hath slayne many a man, 
and bryngeth no profit. Zele and anger 
shorten the dayes of the life : carefulnes and 
sorow brynge age before the tyme. Vnto a 
mery hert euery thinge hath a good taist, that 
he eateth. 

Che rrri. Chapter. 

TRAUAYLE and carefulnes for riches 
taketh awaye the slepe, and * maketh 
the flesh to cosume. Whan one lyeth and 
taketh care, he waketh euer vp, like as greate 
sicknes breaketh the slepe. The rich hath 
greate laboure in gatheringe his riches to- 
gether, and then with the pleasure of his 
riches he taketh his rest g is refreshed. But 
who so laboureth and prospereth not, he is 
poore: and though he leaue of, yet is he a 
begger. He that loueth riches, shall not be 
iustified : and who so foloweth corrupcio, shal 
haue ynough therof. 'Many one are come in 
greate mysfortune by the reason of golde, g 
haue founde their destruccion before them. 
It is a tre of fallynge vnto them that offre it 
vp, and all soch as be foolish fall therin. 
Blessed is the rich, which is founde without 
blemysh, and hath not gone after golde, ner 
hoped in money and treasures. Where is 
there soch one ? and we shal commende him, 
and call him blessed, for greate thinges doth 
he amonge his people. Who so is tryed, g 
founde perfecte in soch thinges, shalbe com- 
mended and praised. Who might offende, g 
hath not offended ? Who coude do euell, and 
hath not done it ? Therfore shal his good be 
stablished, and the whole congregacion shal 
declare his allmesses. Yf thou sytt at a 
greate mans table, open not thy mouth wyde 
vpon it, and make not many wordes. Re- 
membre, that an euell eye is a shrew. 

What thinge created is worse then a wicked 
eye? therfore wepeth it before euery mas 
face ? Laye not thine hand vpon euery thinge 
that thine eye seyth, and stryue not with him 
in the dyshe/ Ponder by thy self what thy 



2 Cor. 7. 
latt. 7. a. 



* 1 Tim.G.b. 
Eccll. 37. d. 



neghboure wolde fayne haue, 15 be descrete in 
euery poynte. Eate the thinge that is set 
before the, manerly, as it becommeth a man : 
and eate not to moch/ lest thou be abhorred. 
Leaue thou of first of all because of nurtoure, 
lest thou be he whom no man maye satisfie, 
which maye turne to thy decaye. Wha thou 
syttest amonge many men, reach not thine 
hade out first of all. O how well contet is a 
wyse man with a litle wyne ? so y in slepe 
thou shalt not be seke therof, ner fele eny 
payne. A swete wholsome slepe shal soch 
one haue, and fele no inwarde grefe. He 
ryseth vp by tymes in y mornynge, and is 
well at ease in him self. But an vnsaciable 
eater slepeth vnquyetly, and hath ache and 
payne of the body. Yf thou felest that thou 
hast eaten to moch, aryse, go thy waye, cast 
it of thy stomach, and take thy rest. 

My sonne, heare me, and despyse me not : 
and at the last thou shalt fynde as I haue told 
the. -^In all thy workes be diligent and 
quycke, so shal there no sicknes happen vnto 
the. e Who so is liberall in dealynge out his 
meate, many men shall blesse him and prayse 
him with their lippes : and the same is a sure 
token of his loue and faithfulnes. But he y 
is vnfaithfull in meate, the whole cite shall 
complayne of him : and that is a sure ex- 
periece of his infidelite and wickednes. ; 'Be 
not thou a wine bebber, for wyne hath 
destroyed many a man. The fyre proueth 
y hard yron, euen so doth wyne proue 
the hertes of the proude, whan they be 
droncken. 

Wyne soberly droncken, quyckeneth the life 
of ma.' Yf thou drynckest it measurably, 
thou shalt be temperate. What life is it, y 
maye contynue without wyne? Wyne was 
made from the begynnynge to make men 
glad (and not for dronkennes.) Wyne mea- 
surably dronke is a reioysinge of the soule 
and body. But yf it be dronken with excesse, 
it maketh bytternes and sorowe vnto the 
mynde. Dronkenes fylleth the mynde of the 
foolish with shame and ruyne, mynisheth the 
stregth, and maketh woundes. * Rebuke not 
thy neghboure at y wyne, and despyse him 
not in his myrth. Geue him no despytefull 
wordes, and preasse not vpon him with con- 
trary sayenges. 



Eccli. 8. a. s Pro. 22. a. h Epbe. 5. b. Iudit. 13. a. ' Psal. 103. 
/ Rom. 12. b. Pro. 31. a. 1 Tim. 5. c. * Eccll. 20. a. 



ffo. mb* 



fclestaatiaws* 



Cfcap* miih 



Che rrrtj. Chapter. 

YF thou be made a ruler, pride not thy 
self therm," but be thou as one of the 
people. *Take diligent care for them, and 
loke well therto: and whan thou hast done 
all thy dewtye, syt the downe, that thou 
mayest be mery with them, and receaue a 
crowne of honoure. Talke wysely & honestly, 
for wyszdome becommeth the right well. 
Hynder not musyck. Speake not, where 
there is no audyence : c and poure not forth 
wyszdome out of tyme, at an importunyte. 
Like as the Carbuncle stone shyneth, that is 
set in golde, so doth a songe garnysh the 
wyne feast : and as y Smaragde that is set in 
golde, so is the swetnes of Musyck by y 
myrth of wyne. 

Thou yonge ma, speake that becommeth 
the, i that is profitable, and yet scarse whan 
thou art twyce axed. Comprehende moch 
with few wordes. In many thinges be as one 
that is ignoraunt, geue eare, and holde thy 
tonge withall. Yf thou be amonge men of 
hyer auctorite, desyre not to compare thy self 
vnto them : and wha an elder speaketh, make 
not thou many wordes therin. Before the 
thonder goeth lightenynge, and before nur- 
toure and shamefastnesse goeth loue and 
fauoure. Stode vp by tymes, and be not the 
last: but get the home soone, & there take 
thy pastyme, (j do what thou wilt : so y thou 
do no euell, and defye no ma. But for all 
thinges geue thankes, vnto him that hath 
made the, and replenished the with his 
goodes. 

Who so feareth the LORDE, wyl receaue 
his doctryne : and they that get them to him 
by tymes, shall fynde grace. He that seketh 
the lawe, shall be fylled withall : As for him 
y is but fayned, he wyll be offended therat. 
They that feare the LORDE, shal fynde the 
iudgment, & their righteousnes shalbe kyndled 
as a light. An vngodly man will not be re- 
fourmed, but can helpe himself with the 
example of other in his purpose. A man of 
vnderstondinge despyseth no good councell : 
but a wylde and proude body hath no feare. 
My sonne, do nothinge without advisement, 
so shal it not repet the after y dede. Go 
not in the waye where thou mayest fall, ner 



Deut. 17. 
d Rom. 9. i 



* Rom. 12. b. ' Eccls. 3. a. Eccll. 20. s 
* Some reade : two agaynst one. 



where thou mayest stomble against the stone 
Geue not thy self in to a laborious slypery 
waye, and bewarre of thine owne children. In 
all thy workes put thy trust in God from thy 
whole hert, for that is the kepinge of the 
cdmaundementes. Who so beleueth Gods 
worde, taketh hede to the commaundementes 
& he that putteth his trust in y LORDE, shal 
wante nothinge. 

Cf)« rrrttj. Chapter. 

THERE shall no euell happen vnto him 
that feareth God: but whan he is 
tentacion, the LORDE shall delyuer him. A 
wyse man hateth not y lawe, but an ypocryte 
is as a shyp in a raginge water. A man of 
vnderstondinge geueth credence vnto the lawe 
of God, and y lawe is faithfull vnto him. Be 
sure of the matter, then talke therof : Be first 
wel instructe, the maiest thou geue answere. 
The hert of y foolish is like a cartwhele, and 
his thoughtes renne aboute like the axell tre. 
Like as a wylde horse that neyeth vnder euery 
one y sytteth vpon him, so is it with a scorne< 
full frende. Why doth one daie excell an 
other, seynge all the dayes of the yeare come 
of the Sonne? The wyszdome of the LORDE 
hath so parted them a sunder, and so hath he 
ordened the tymes and solempne feastes. 
Some of them hath he chosen and halowed 
before other dayes. And all men are made 
of the grounde, 5 out of the earth of Adam. 

In the multitude of scyence hath y- LORDE 
sundered them, and made their wayes of 
dyuerse fashions. Some of them hath he 
blessed, made moch of them, halowed them, 5 
claymed them to himself. But some of the 
hath he cursed, brought the lowe, g put the 
out of their estate. d Like as y claye is in the 
potters hande, g all the ordrynge therof at his 
pleasure : so are men also in the hande of him 
y made the, so that he maye geue them as it 
liketh him best. Agaynst euell is good, and 
agaynst death is life : so is the vngodly 
agaynst soch as feare God. Beholde thus all 
the workes of the Hyest, g there are euer *two 
agaynst two, and one set agaynst another. I 
am awaked vp last of all, as one that gathereth 
after in haruest. In the giftes of God and in 
his blessynge I am increased, (t haue fylled my 
wyne presse, like a grape gatherer. e Beholde, 

c Ecclesiastici 24. d. 



CfcajK miiij. 



(fitttesitetitm. 



tfo. rjcb* 



how I haue not laboured onely for my self, but 
for all soch as loue nurtoure and wyszdome. 

Heare me O ye greate men of the people, 
5 harken with youre eares ye rulers of y con- 
gregacion. Geue not thy sonne g wyfe, thy 
brother & frende power ouer the, whyle thou 
lyuest : g geue not awaye thy substaunce and 
good to another, lest it repent the, g thou be 
fayne to begg therfore thy self. As longe as 
thou lyuest g hast breth, let no man chaunge 
the : For better it is thy children to praye the, 
then y thou shuldest be fayne to loke in their 
handes. In all thy workes be excellent, that 
thy honoure be neuer stained. At the tyme 
whan thou shalt ende thy dayes, and fynish 
thy life, distribute thine inheretauce. The 
fodder, the whyppe, and the burden belongeth 
vnto the Asse : Meate, correction^ and worke 
vnto the seruaunt. 

Yf thou set thy seruaunt to laboure, thou 
shalt fynde rest. But yf thou let him go ydel, 
he shal seke libertye. The yock and y 
whyppe bowe downe the neck, but tame thou 
thy euell seruaunt with bodes g correction. 
Sende him to laboure, that he go not ydle : 
For Idylnesse bryngeth moch euell. Sett 
him to worke, for that belongeth vnto him and 
bec5meth him well. Yf he be not obedient, 
bynde his fete: but do not to moch vnto 
him in anye wyse, g without discretion do 
nothinge. " Yf thou haue a (faithfull) seruaiit, 
let him be vnto the as thine owne soule, for in 
bloude hast thou gotten him. Yf thou haue 
seruaunt, holde him as thy self, for thou hast 
nede of him as of thy self. Yf thou intreatest 
him euell, and kepest him harde, and makest 
him to be proude, and to renne awaye from 
y, thou canst not tell, what waye thou shalt 
him. 

Ci)c rviuij. Chapter. 

VNWYSE people begyle them selues with 
vayne and cusceatfull hope, and fooles 
trust in dreames. Who so regardeth dreames, 
is like him that wil take holde of a shadowe, 
and folowe after the wynde : Euen so is it with 
the appearinges of dreames. Before the face 
is the licknes of a face. Who can be clensed 
of y vncleane? Or what treuth can be spoken 
of a lyar? Soythsayenge, witchcraft, sorcery, 
and dreaminge is but vanyte : like as whan a 
~ trauayleth with chylde, and hath many 



Deu. 24. c. Eccli. 7. c. 



fantasyes in hir herte. Where as soch vision 
come not of God, set not thine herte vpon 
them : For dreames haue disceaued many a 
ma, and they fayled, that put their truste 
therin. 

The lawe shalbe fulfilled without lyes, g 
wyszdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth 
A wyse man y is well instructe, vnderstondeth 
moch : g he y hath good experiece, can talke 
of wyszdome. He y hath no experiece, 
knoweth litle : g he y erreth, causeth moch 
wickednes. Whan I was yet in erroure, I 
lerned moch also : yee I was so lerned, that I 
coude not expresse it all, and came oft in 
parell of death therouer, tyll I was delyuered 
from it. Now I se, that they which feare 
God, haue the right sprete: for their hope 
stodeth in him, that can helpe the. Who 
feareth the LORDE, st5deth in awe of no 
man, and is not afrayed, for the LORDE is 
his hope and comforte. 

Blessed is the soule of him y feareth the 
LORDE: In who putteth he his trust? who 
is his stregth? For the eyes of the LORDE 
haue respecte vnto them, that loue him. He 
is their mightie protection, g strdge grounde 
A defence for the heate, a refuge for the hote 
noone daye, a sucore for stomblynge, g an 
helpe for fallynge. He setteth vp the soule, 
and lighteneth f eyes : He geueth health life, 
and blessynge. He that geueth an offeringe 
of vnrighteous good, his offerynge is refused : 
and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous 
please not God. * God hath no delyte in the 
offerynges of y vngodly, nether maye synne 
be reconcyled in the multitude of oblations. 
Who so bryngeth an offerynge out of y goodes 
of y poore, doth eue as one y kylleth y sonne 
before y fathers eyes. 

The bred of the nedefull is the life of the 
poore : he y defraudeth him therof, is a man, 
of bloude. Who so robbeth his neghboure of 
his lyuinge, doth as greate synne as though he 
slew him to death. c He that defraudeth y 
laborer of his hyre, is a bloude shedder. Wha 
one buyldeth, and another breaketh downe, 
what profit haue they then but laboure? 
Whan one prayeth, g another curseth, whose 
voyce wyl the LORDE heare? d He that 
washeth himself because of a deed body, g 
then toucheth the deed agayne, what doth his 
waszshinge ? e So is it with a man that fasteth 



Pro. 26. b. 2 Pet. 2.b. 



tfo. tfil 



errlesfett'wsu 



Cfjap, jc^k 



for his synnes, and doth them agayne : who 
wil heare his prayer ? Or what doth his fast- 
ynge helpe him ? 

Cfje rrrb. Chapter. 

WHO so kepeth the lawe, bryngeth of- 
ferynges ynough. "He that holdeth 
fast the commaundement, offreth the right 
healthoffrynge. He y is thankfull (t recom- 
penseth, offreth fyne floure. * Who so is mer- 
cifull a geueth allmes, y is the right thank 
offrynge. God hath pleasure, wha one de- 
parteth fro synne : j to forsake vnrighteousnes 
recocileth vs with him. Thou shalt not 
appeare emptye before y LORDE, for'all soch 
is done because of y comaundemet. The 
offeringe of y righteous maketh y aulter fatt, 
d a swete smell is it before y Hyest. d The 
offerynge of the righteous is acceptable vnto 
God, and shal neuer be forgotte. Geue God 
his honoure with a chearfull eye, & kepe not 
backe the firstlinges of thy handes. In all thy 
giftes shew a mery countenaunce, g e halo we thy 
tithes vnto God with gladnes. 'Geue vnto 
God, acordinge as he hath enriched j pros- 
pered the : (j loke what thine hande is able, y 
geue with a chearfull eye : for the LORDE 
recompenseth, j geueth y seue tymes as moch 
againe. 

Geue no vnrighteous giftes, for soch wil not 
he receaue. Bewarre of wrongeous offeringes, 
for y LORDE is g a righteous iudge, (j re- 
gardeth no mans personne : He accepteth not 
the personne of the poore, but he heareth y 
prayer of f oppressed. * He despyseth not y 
desyre of y fatherles, ner f wyddow, whan she 
poureth out hir prayer before him. Doth not 
God se y teares, y renne downe y chekes of 
the wyddow? Or heareth he not the com- 
playnte, ouersoch as make hertowepe? Who 
so serueth God after his pleasure, shalbe ac- 
cepted, ct his prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes. 
' The prayer of him y humbleth himself, goeth 
thorow y cloudes, tyll she come nye. She 
wyl not be comforted, ner go hir waye, tyll y 
hyest God haue respecte vnto her, geue true 
sentece, (j perfourme y iudgmet. And y 
LORDE wil not be slack in comynge, ner 
tary longe : tyll he haue smytte in sonder y 
backes of y vnmercyfull, & auenged himself of 
y Heithen : tyll he haue take awaye y multi 



Iere. 7. 
Gen. 4. 



» Heb. 13. 
; 2 Cor. 9. 1 



Phil. 4. c. 
/Tobi. 4. b 



' Exo. 34. c. 
e Deut. 10. d. 



H 



tude of y cruell, a broke the cepter of the vn- 
righteous : tyll he geue euery man after his 
workes, & rewarde them as they haue deserued: 
tyll he haue delyuered his people, mayntened 
their cause, and reioysed them in his mercy. 
O how fayre a thinge is mercy, in the tyme of 
anguysh j trouble? It is like a cloude of rayne, 
y cometh in y tyme of a drouth. 

Che yyybu Chapter. 
AUE mercy vpon vs O LORDE, thou 
God of all thinges. Haue respecte 
vnto vs (shew vs the light of thy mercies, j 
sende thy feare amoge y Heithe (t straiigers, 
which seke not after the : y they maye knowe, 
how y there is no God but thou, and y they 
maye shew thy wonderous workes.) Lift vp 
thine hande ouer the outladish Heithen, y 
they maye lerne to knowe thy might & power. 
Like as thou art halowed in vs before them, 
so brynge to passe, y thou mayest be magni- 
fied also in them before vs: y they maye 
knowe the, like as we knowe the. For there 
is none other God, but onely thou O LORDE. 
Renue the tokens, (j chaunge the wonderous 
workes. Shewe thine hade and thy right 
arme gloriously. Rayse thy indignacion, g 
poure out thy wrath. Take awaye the ad- 
uersary, j smyte the enemye. Make f tyme 
shorte, remembre thy couenaunt, that thy 
wonderous workes maye be praysed. Let the 
wrath of the fyre consume them, that lyue so 
careles: and let them perish, that do thy 
people hurte. Smyte in sonder the heade of 
the prynces, that be oure enemies, and saye : 
there is none other but we. 

Gather all y trybes of Iacob together againe, 
y they maie knowe, how y there is none 
other God but onely thou, y they maie shew 
thy wonderous workes, and be thy people g 
heretage, like as from the begynninge. O 
LORDE haue mercy vpon the people y hath 
thy name/ & vpo Israel, whom thou hast lick- 
ened to a first borne sonne. O be merciful 
vnto Ierusale the cite of thy Sanctuary, y 
cite of thy rest. ' Fyll Sion with thy vnspeake 
able vertues, j thy people with thy glory. 
Geue wytnes vnto thy creature, whom thou 
maydest from the begynnynge, and rayse vp 
the prophecies y haue bene shewed in thy 
name. Rewarde them y wayte for the, y 



h Iudit. 4. b. Exo. 3. b. 
* Exo. 4. f. 



Tren. 3. d. Acto. 10. 
' 1 Par. 6. g. 



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thy prophetes maye be founde faithful! O 
LORDE heare the prayer of thy seruauntes, 
acordinge to y blessinge of Aaron ouer thy 
people : "that all they which dwell vpon earth, 
maye knowe, that thou art the LORDE the 
eternall God, which is from euerlastinge. 

The bely deuoureth all meates, yet is one 
meate better then another. Like as the tonge 
taisteth venyson, * so doth an hert of vnder- 
stondinge marck false wordes. A frowarde 
hert geueth heuynes, but a man of experience 
lifteth him vp agayne. The woman receaueth 
euery man, yet is one daughter better then 
another. A fayre wife reioyseth hir husz- 
bande, and a man loueth nothinge better. Yf 
she be louynge cj vertuous withall, then is not 
hir huszbande like other men. He that hath 
gotten a vertuous woman, hath a goodly pos- 
session : she is vnto him an helpe and piler 
wher vpon he resteth. Where no hedge is, 
there the goodes are spoyled : and where no 
houszwife is, there y- fredles mourneth. Like 
as there is no credence geuen to a robber, y 
goeth from one cite to another : So is not y 
man beleued, that hath no nest, and must 
turne in, where he maye abyde in the night. 

Tt)t rvybtj. Cljapttr. 

EUERY frende sayeth: I wil be frendly 
vnto him also. But there is some frende, 
which is onely a frende in name. Remayneth 
there not heuynes vnto death, whan a com- 
panyon and frende is turned to an enemye? 
O most wicked presumpcion: Fro whence 
art thou spronge vp, to couer the earth with 
falsede j disceate ? c There is some companyon, 
which in prosperite reioyseth with his frede : 
but in the tyme of trouble, he taketh parte 
agaynst him. There is some copanyon, that 
mourneth with his frende for the bely sake : 
but whan trouble commeth, he taketh holde 
of the shylde. Forget not thy frende in thy 
mynde, (j thynke vpon him in thy riches. 
Euery counceler bryngeth forth his councell : 
Neuertheles there is some, y counceleth but 
for his owne profit. ^Bewarre of y counceler, 
d. be aduysed afore wherto thou wilt vse him, 
for he wil geue coucell for him self. Lest he 
cast the lott vpon the, j saye vnto the : Thy 
waye and purpose is good, and afterwarde he 
stande agaynst the, and loke what shal be 
come of the. 



Axe no coucell at him, y suspecketh f for 
an enemie, & hyde thy councell from soch as 
hate y. Axe no councell at a woman, < 
cernynge y thinges y she logeth for: ner at a 
fearful j fayntharted body, in matters of 
warre : or at a marchaunt, how deare he wil 
cheape thy wares towarde his : or at a byer, 
of sellynge : Or at an envyous man, of 
thankesgeuynge : Or at the vnmercifull, of 
louynge kindnes : Or at y slouthfull, of work- 
inge : Or at an hyrelynge which hath no 
house, of profit or wealth. (An ydle body 
wolde not gladly heare speake of moch la- 
boure.) Take no soch folkes to coucell, but 
be diliget to seke coiicel at a vertuous man, 
'■ feareth God, soch one as thou knowest to 
e a keper of y comaundemetes, which hath 
a minde after thine owne minde, & is sory for 
y- wha thou stoblest. 

And holde thy councell fast in thine hert : 
for there is no man more faithful to kepe it, 
then thou thy self. For a mas mynde is som- 
tyme more disposed to tell out, then seuen 
watchmen that sytt aboue in an hye place 
lokynge aboute them. And aboue all this 
praye the Hyest, that he wil lede thy waye in 
faithfulnes j trueth. Before all thy workes 
axe councell first: and or euer thou doest eny 
thinge, be well aduysed. There be foure 
thinges that declare a chaunged hert, wherout 
there springeth euell & good, death (j life, & a 
masterfull tonge that bableth moch. Some 
man is apte and well instructe in many 
thinges, and yet very vnprofitable vnto him- 
self. Some man there is, that can geue wyse 
and prudent councell, and yet is he hated, & 
contynueth a begger: for that grace is not 
geue him of God, to be accepted. Another 
is robbed of all wiszdome, yet is he wise vnto 
himself, and the frute of vnderstodinge is 
faithfull in his mouth. 

A wyse man maketh his people wyse, (j f 
frutes of his wiszdome fayle not. A wyse ma 
shal be pleteously blessed of God : j all they 
that se him, shal speake good of him. The 
life of man stondeth in y nobre of the dayes, 
but the dayes of Israel are innumerable. A 
wyse man shal opteyne faithfulnes j credence 
amonge his people, (j his name shalbe per- 
petuall. My sonne, proue thy soule in thy 
life : d yf thou se eny euell thinge, geue it not 
vnto her. f For all thinges are not profitable 

<*■ Eccli. 8. c. and 9. c. e 1 Cor. 6. c. and 10. c. 



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for all men, nether hath euery soule pleasure 
in euery thinge. Be not gredy in euery eat- 
ynge, and be not to haistye vpo all meates. 
For "excesse of meates bryngeth siknes, and 
glotony commeth at the last to an vnmea- 
surable heate. Thorow glotony haue many 
one perished : but he that dyeteth him self 
temperatly, prolongeth his life. 

Wfye rrrbtrj. Chapter. 

HONOURE the Phisician : honoure him 
because of necessite. God hath cre- 
ated him (for of the Hyest commeth mede- 
cyne) and he shal receaue giftes of the kynge. 
The wiszdome of the phisician bryngeth him 
to greate worshipe, g in the sight of the greate 
men of this worlde, he shalbe honorably taken. 
The LORDE hath created medecyne of the 
earth, and he that is wyse, wyl not abhorre it. 
* Was not f bytter water made swete with a 
tre? that men might lerne to knowe the 
vertue therof. The LORDE hath geuen men 
wyszdome g vnderstondinge, y he might be 
honoured in his woderous workes. With soch 
doth he heale men, g taketh awaye their 
paynes : Of soch doth the Apotecary make a 
confeccion, yet can no man perfourme all his 
workes. For of y LORDE commeth pros- 
perous wealth ouer all y earth. 

My sonne, despyse not this in thy sicknes: 
but praye vnto the LORDE/ g he shal make 
the whole. Leaue of from synne, 5 ordre thy 
handes a right: clese thine hert from all 
wickednes. Geue a swete sauoured offrynge, 
g f fyne floure for a token of remembraunce : 
make the offrynge fatt, as one that geueth the 
first frutes, g geue rowme to the Phisician. 
For f LORDE hath created him: let him 
not go from the, for thou hast nede of him. 
The houre maye come, y the seke maye be 
helped thorow them, whan they praye vnto y 
LORDE, y he maie recouer, g get health to 
lyue loger. He that synneth before his maker, 
shall fall in to the handes of the Phisician. 

My sonne, brynge forth thy teares ouer the 
deed: and rf begynne to mourne, as yf thou 
haddest suffred greate harme thy self: g the 
couer his body after a conuenyent maner, g 
despyse not his buryall. Enforce thy self to 
wepe, g prouoke thy self to mourne, g make 
lamentacion expediently/ and y a daye or two, 



<• Eccli. 31. b. 
Esa.38. a. 2 Par. 16. c. 



Exo. 15. d. 
* Eccli. 22. 



4 Re. 4. c. 
. 'lTb.es. 4.b. 



lest thou be euell spoken of: g then coforte 
thy self because of the heuynes. For of he- 
uynes cometh death/ the heuynes of y hert 
breaketh strength. Heuynes and pouerte 
greueth the hert in tentacion g offence. Take 
no heuynes to hert, dryue it awaye, and re- 
membre the last thinges. Forget it not, for 
there is no turnynge agayne. Thou shalt do 
him no good, but hurte thy self. Remembre 
his iudgmet, thine also shalbe likewyse : vnto 
me yesterdaye, vnto the to daye. Let the 
remembraunce of the deed ceasse in his rest, 
and coforte thy self agayne ouer him/ seynge 
his sprete is departed from him. 

The wyszdome of the scrybe is at coue- 
nyent tyme of rest : g he y ceasseth from ex- 
ercyse g laboure, shalbe wyse. He that hold- 
eth f plough, g hath pleasure in proddynge g 
dryuynge f oxen, g goeth aboute with soch 
workes, he can speake of oxen. He setteth 
his hert to make forowes, g is diligent to geue 
f kyne fodder. So is euery carpenter also g 
work master, that laboureth still night g daye : 
he carueth, graueth g cutteth out, g his desyre 
is in sondrye connynge thinges, and his hert 
ymagineth, how he maye conyngly cast an 
ymage, his diligence also g watchinge per- 
fourmeth the worke. The yronsmyth in like 
maner bydeth by his stythie, g doth his dili- 
gence to laboure the yron. The vapoure of 
the fyre brenneth his flesh, and he must fight 
with the heate of the fornace. The noyse of 
the Hammer soundeth euer in his eares, and 
his eyes loke still vpon the thinge y he maketh. 
He hath set his minde there vpon, that he 
wyll make out his worke, and therfore he 
watcheth, how he maie set it out, and brynge 
it to an ende. 

So doth the potter syt by his worke, he 
turneth y whele aboute with his fete, he is 
diligent g carefull in all his doynges, g his 
laboure and worke is without nombre. He 
fashioneth the claye with his arme, and with 
his fete he tepereth it. His hert ymagineth 
how he maye make it pleasaunt, g his dili- 
gence is to dense the ouen. All these hope 
in their hades, g euery one thinketh to be 
connynge in his worke. Without these maye 
not the cities be manteyned, inhabited ner 
occupied : yet come they not hye in the 
congregacion : they vnderstande not the coue- 

/ Pro. 12. d. and 17. d. Eccli. 30. c. e 2 Re. 12. c. 



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naunt of f lawe : they can not declare equyte 
I iudgment: they can not fynde out the 
darck senteces : but thorow them shal the 
creature of y worlde be manteyned: their 
prayer concerneth onely the worke & laboure 
of coninge. 

Che rrrtr. Chapter. 

BUT he y applyeth his mynde to vnder- 
stande the lawe of God, doth diligently 
seke out f wyszdome of them of the olde 
tyme, % exercyseth him self in the prophetes. 
He kepeth y sayenges of famous men, and 
preasseth to the vnderstandinge of darck 
senteces of wyszdome. He seketh out y 
mysterye of secrete sayeges, and exercyseth 
him self therin cotynually. He doth seruyce 
amonge greate men, 5 appeareth before the 
prynce. He goeth in to a straunge countre, (j 
trauaileth thorow it : loke what good or euell 
is amoge men, he proueth it 5 seketh it out. 
He purposeth in his hert, to resorte early 
vnto the LORDE y made him, & to praye 
before the hyest God. He openeth his mouth 
in prayer, g prayeth for his synnes. 

When the greate LORDE wil, he shalbe 
rilled with the sprete of vnderstadinge, y he 
maie then poure out wyse sentences, & geue 
thankes vnto the LORDE in his prayer. He 
shal ordre his deuyce, and lede his knowlege 
aright, a geue him vnderstandinge of secrete 
thinges. He shal shew forth the sciece of his 
lerninge, & reioyce in the couenaunt of the 
lawe of the LORDE. The whole congre- 
gacion shal comende his wyszdome, & it shal 
neuer be put out. The remembraunce of 
him shal neuer be forgotten, j his name shal 
contynue from one "generacion to another. 
His wyszdome shalbe spoken of, & the whole 
congregacion shall openly declare his prayse. 
Whyle he liueth, he hath a greater name the 
a thousande besyde : & after his death, the 
same name remayneth vnto him. Yet wyll I 
speake of mo men of vnderstandinge, for I am 
full as the Moone. 

Herke vnto me (ye holy vertuous childre) 
brynge forth frute, as the rose that is planted 
by the brokes of the felde, and geue ye a swete 
smell as Libanus. Florish as the rose garden, 
synge a songe of prayse. O geue thakes 



Eccli. 44. 



* Gen. 1. d. c Gen. 7. d. d Ose. 14. 
Rom. 8. d. 



vnto God ouer all his workes. Geue glory 
and honoure vnto the LORDE, shew hi 
prayse with youre lippes. Yee euen with tb 
songe of youre lippes, with harpes 5 play- 
enge, and in geuinge thankes vnto him, saye 
after this maner : * All y workes of the LORDE 
are exceadinge good, and all his commaun 
dementes are mete and conuenient in due 



A ma nede not to saie : what is y ? what is 
that ? for at time c conuenient they shal all be 
sought. At his comaundement y water was 
as a wall, & at the worde of his mouth f wa- 
ters stode still. In his commaundement is 
euery thinge acceptable and reconcyled, and 
his health can not be minished. The workes 
of all flesh are before him, ct. there is nothinge 
hydd from his eyes. He seith from euerlast- 
inge to euerlastinge, and there is nothinge 
to wonderfull or hye vnto him. A man nede 
not to saye then, what is this, or that ? For 
he hath made all thinges to do good vnto 
man. His blessynge shall renne ouer as the 
streame, and moysture the earth like a floude 
of water. Like as he maketh the water 
for drouth, so shall his wrath fall vpon the 
Heithen. 

d His wayes are playne and right vnto y 
iust, but the vngodly stomble at them. For 
the good are good thinges created from the 
begynnynge, and euell thinges for the vngodly. 
All thinges necessary for the life of man are 
created from the begynnynge : e water, fyre, 
yron and salt, meel, wheate and hony mylke 
and wyne, oyle and clothinge. All these 
thinges are created for the best to the faithfull : 
But to the vngodly shal all these thinges be 
turned to hurte and harme. There be spretes 
that are created for vengeauce, and in their 
rigorousnes haue Ahey fastened their tor- 
mentes. In the tyme of the ende they shal 
poure out their stregth, and pacifie f e wrath 
of him that made them. Fyre, hayle, honger 
and death: all these thinges are created for 
vengeaunce. 

The teth of wylde noysome beestes, the 
scorpions, serpentes, and the swerde are 
created also for vengeaunce, to the destruc- 
cion of the vngodly. They shall be glad to 
do his commaundementes : and whan nede is, 
they shalbe ready vpon earth : and whan their 



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e Eccli. 40. b. 



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houre is come, they shal not ouerpasse the 
commaundement of the LORDE. 

Therfore haue I taken a good corage vnto 
me from the begynnynge, and thought to put 
these thinges in wrytinge, and to leaue the 
behynde me. " All f workes of the LORDE 
are good, and he geueth euery one in due 
season, and whan nede is, So that a man 
nede not to saye : this is worse then that. For 
in due season they are all pleasaunt and 
good : And therfore prayse the LORDE with 
whole hert and mouth, j geue thankes vnto 
his name. 

Cfte yt. Chapter. 

A GREATE trauayle is created for all 
_£\_ me, and an heuy yock vpon all mens 
children, from the daye that they go out of 
their mothers wombe, tyll they be buried in 
(the earth) the mother of all thinges: namely, 
their thoughtes and ymaginacions, feare of the 
hert, councell, meditacions, longinge and 
desyre, the daye of death: from the hyest 
that sytteth vpon the glorious seate, vnto the 
lowest and most symple vpon the earth: from 
him that is gorgiously arayed, and weereth a 
crowne, vntyll him that is but homely and 
symple clothed. There is nothinge but 
wrath, zele, fearfulnes, vnquietnes, and feare 
of death, rigorous anger and stryfe. And 
in the night whan one shulde rest and slepe 
vpon his bedd, the slepe chaungeth his vnder- 
standinge and knowlege. A litle as nothinge 
is his rest, in f slepe as well as in the daye of 
laboure. 

He feareth and is disquyted in the vision 
of his hert, as one that renneth out of a bat- 
tayll: and in the tyme of health he awaketh, 
and marueleth that the feare was nothinge. 
Soch thinges happen vnto all flesh, both man 
and best: but seuenfolde to the vngodly. 
Morouer death, bloudsheddinge, strife g 
swerde, oppression, honger, destruccion and 
*punyshment: these thinges are all created 
agaynst the vngodly, and for their sakes came 
the floude also. All that is of the earth, shal 
turne to earth agayne : and all waters ebb 
agayne in to the see. All brybes and vn- 
righteousnes shalbe put awaye, but faithfulnes 
and trueth shal endure for euer. The sub- 



6 Eccll. 39. 
Eccli. 41. b. 



. Gen. 7. d. 
Eccli. 41. b. 



staunce and goodes of y vngodly shalbe dried 
vp and syncke awaye as a water floude, and 
they shall make a sounde like a greate thon- 
der in the rayne. 

Like as the righteous reioyseth whan he 
openeth his hande, so shall the trasgressours 
be faynte, whan their goodes vanysh and con- 
sume awaye. "The children of the vngodly 
shal not optayne many braunches : and y 
vncleane rotes vpo the hye rockes shalbe roted 
out before the gras by the water syde & vpon 
the ryuer bankes. 

Frendlynes and liberalite in the increase 
and blessynge of God, is like a paradise (j 
garden of pleasure : soch mercy also g kindnes 
endureth for euer. tf To laboure a to be con- 
tent with that a man hath, is a swete plea- 
saunt life : (j that is to fynde a treasure aboue 
all treasures. To beget children and to 
repayre the cite, maketh a perpetuall name : 
but an honest woman is more worth the they 
both. Wyne and mynstralsye reioyse the 
hert, but the loue of wyszdome is aboue 
them both. 

Pypinge and harpinge make a swete noyse, 
but a frendly tonge goeth beyonde them both. 
Thine eye desyreth fauoure and bewtie but a 
grene sede tyme rather the they both. A 
frende and companyon come together at 
oportunyte, "but aboue them both is a wife 
that agreeth with hir huszbande. One bro- 
ther helpeth another in the tyme of trouble, 
but allmes shal deliuer more then they both. 
Golde and syluer fasten the fete, but a good 
councell is more pleasaunt then they both. 
Temporall substaunce and strength lift vp 
the mynde : but the feare of the LORDE 
more then they both. The feare of the 
LORDE wanteth nothinge, and nedeth no 
helpe. The feare of f LORDE is as a plea- 
saunt garde of blessynge, and nothinge so 
bewtyfull as it is. My sonne, lede not a 
beggers life, for better it were to dye the to 
begg. Who so loketh to another mans table, 
taketh no thought for his owne lyuynge how 
to vpholde his life, for he fedeth himself with 
other mens meate. But a wyse and well 
nurtoured man wyll bewarre therof. Beg- 
gynge is swete in the mouth of the vn- 
shamefast, but in his bely there burneth a 
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O DEATH, how bytter is the remem- 
braunce of the, to a man that seketh 
rest and comforte in his substaunce and riches, 
vnto the man that hath nothinge to vexe him, 
and that hath prosperite in all thinges, yee 
vnto him that yet is able to receaue meate ? 
O death, how acceptable and good is thy 
iudgment vnto the nedefull, and vnto him 
whose strength fayleth, 5 that is now in his 
last age, and that in all thinges is full of care 
and fearfulnes ; vnto him also that is in dis- 
payre, and hath no hope ner pacience ? Be 
not thou afrayed of death : remembre them y 
haue bene before the : and y come after y : 
this is the iudgmet of y LORDE ouer all 
flesh. "And why woldest thou be agaist this 
pleasure of y Hiest? Whether it be ten, an 
hundreth, or a thousande yeares : death axeth 
not how longe one haue lyued. 

The children of the vngodly are abhomin- 
able children, and so are they that kepe com- 
pany with the vngodly. The inheretaunce of 
vngodly children shall come to naught, *and 
their posterite shal haue perpetuall shame 
and confucion. The children complayne of 
an vngodly father : and why ? for his sake 
they are rebuked and despysed. Wo be vnto 
you (O ye vngodly) which haue forsake the 
lawe of y hyest God: Yf ye be borne, ye 
shal be borne to cursynge : yf ye dye, f curse 
shal be youre porcion. 

All that is of y earth, shal turne to earth 
agayne : so go the vngodly also out of y curse 
in to destruccion. The sorow of men is in 
their body : but y name of the vngodly shal 
be put out, for it is nothinge worth. Laboure 
to get the a good name, for that d shall con- 
tynue surer by the, then a thousande greate 
treasures of golde. A good life hath a nobre 
of dayes, but a good name endureth euer. 

My children, kepe wyszdome in peace : for 
wiszdome that is hyd and a treasure that is 
not sene, what profit is in the both ? e A 
man that hydeth his foolishnes, is better then 
a man that hydeth his wyszdome. Therfore 
be ye turned at my wordes : for it is not good 
in all thinges and allwaie to be ashamed 
True faith must proue and measure it. 

Be ashamed of whordome before father 
and mother: Be ashamed of lesynge before 



Gen. 3. 



EcclT. 40. c. 



Eccli. 40. b. 



the prynce and men of auctorite : Of synne, 
before the iudge and ruler: Of offence, before 
the congregacion and people : Of vnrighte- 
ousnes, before a companyon and frede : Of 
theft, before y neghbours. As for the trueth 
of God and his couenaunt, f be not ashamed 
therof. 

Be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon 
the bred : Be ashamed to loke vpo harlottes : 
Be ashamed to turne awaye thy face from thy 
frende : Be ashamed to take g not to geue : 
Be ashamed also to loke vpon another mans 
wyfe, and to make many tryflinge wordes with 
hir mayden, or to stonde by hir bedsyde. Be 
ashamed to vpbrade thy frede : and whan 
thou geuest eny thinge, cast him not in the 
teth withall. 

Che rlrj. Chapter. 

REHEARSE not a thinge twyse, and dis- 
close not the wordes, that thou hast 
herde in secrete. Be shamefast & well ma- 
nered in dede, so shall euery man fauoure 
the. Of these thinges be not thou ashamed, 
and accepte no personne to offende. Namely, 
of these thinges be not ashamed: Of the 
lawe of God, of the couenaunt, of iudgmet : 
to brynge the vngodly from his vngodlines 
vnto righteousnes, and to make him a good 
man: to deale faithfully with neghboure 5 
companyon : to distribute the heretage vnto 
y frendes : to be diligent to kepe true mea- 
sure and weight: to be content, whether thou 
gettest moch or litle : to deale truly with tem- 
porall goodes in byenge and sellynge : to 
brynge vp children with diligence : to correcke 
an euell seruaunt: to kepe that thine is fro 
an euell wife : to set a lock where many 
handes are : what thou delyuerest and geuest 
out to be kepte, to tell it, and to weye it : to 
wryte vp all the out geuynge and receauynge 
to enfourme y vnlerned and vnwyse : Of the 
aged, that are iudged of the yonge. Yf thou 
be diliget in these thinges, truly thou shalt be 
lerned and wyse and accepted of all men. 

The daughter maketh f father to watch 
secretly : and the carefulnes that he hath for 
her, taketh awaye his slepe : yee in the youth, 
lest she shulde ouergrowe him: And whan 
she hath an huszbande, lest she shulde be 
hated: lest she shulde be defy led or rauyshed 
in hir virginyte, or gotten with childe in hir 



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fathers house : Or (whan she commeth to the 
man) lest she behaue herself not right, or 
contynue vn frutefull. Yf thy daughter be 
wanton," kepe her strately, lest she cause thine 
enemies laugh the to scorne, 3, the whole cite 
to geue f an euell reporte, and so thou be 
fayne to heare thy shame of euery man, and 
be confounded before all f people. b Beholde 
not euery bodies bewtye, 5 haue not moch 
dwellynge amonge wemen. For like as the 
worme and moth commeth out of clothinge, 
c so doth wickednes come of wemen. 

It is better to be with an euell man, then 
with a frendly wife y putteth one to shame 
and rebuke. I wyl remembre the workes of 
the LORDE, and declare the thinge y I 
haue sene. In f wordes of f LORDE are 
his workes. The Sone ouerloketh all thiges 
with his shine, 5 all his workes are full of f 
clearnes therof. Hath not the LORDE 
brought to passe, that his sayntes shulde tell 
out all his woderous workes, which the all- 
mightie LORDE hath stablyshed? All thinges 
endure in his glory. He seketh out the 
grounde of the depe and the hert, and he 
knoweth all their ymaginacion (j wyszdome. 
For f LORDE knoweth all scyence, and he 
loketh in to y token of the time. He de- 
clareth the thinges y are past and for to come, 
<j discloseth thinges that are secrete. d No 
thought maye escape him, nether maye eny 
worde be hyd from him. He hath garnyshed 
the hye excellent workes of his wyszdome, 
and he is fro euerlastinge to euerlastinge. 
Vnto him maye nothinge be added nether can 
he be mynished, he hath no nede also of eny 
councell. O how amiable are all his workes, 
I as a sparke to loke vpon ? They lyue all, 
and endure for euer : and whan so euer nede 
is, they are all obedient vnto him. They are 
all dubble, one agaynst another: he hath 
made nothinge' that hath faute or blemysh. 
He hath stablyshed the goodes of euerychone : 
and who maye be satisfied with his glory, whan 
he seith it ? 

€!)« rltrj. Chapter. 

THE glory of the heyth, is the fayre and 
cleare firmament/ the bewtye of the 
heauen in his glorious clearnes. The sonne 
whan it appeareth, declareth the daye in ;y 



<• ^ccli. 26. h. " Eccli. 25. d. 

lob 24. a. Esa. 29. c. c Deut. 32. 



' Gen. 3.b. 
/ Psal. 8. a. 



goinge out of it, a maruelous worke of the 
Hyest. At noone it burneth f earth, and 
who maye abyde for the heate therof? Who 
so kepeth an ouen whan it is hote, thre tymes 
more doth the Sonne burne vpon f moun- 
taynes, whan it bretheth out the fyrie beames 
and shyneth: with the brightnes of it, it 
blyndeth the eyes. Greate is the LORDE 
that made it, and in his commaundement he 
causeth it to renne haistely. 

g The Moone also is in all, and at conue- 
nient season it sheweth the tymes, and is a 
token of the tyme. ''The token of the so 
lempne feast is taken of the Moone, a light 
that mynisheth and increaseth againe. The 
Moneth is called after the Moone, it groweth 
wonderously in hir chaunginge. 

The armye of heauen also is in the Heith, 
in the firmament of heauen it geueth a cleare 
and glorious shyne. This is the clearnes of 
the starres, the bewtifull apparell of heauen, 
the apparell that the LORDE lighteneth in 
the heyth. In his holy worke they continue 
in their ordre, and not one of them fayleth in 
his watch. 'Loke vpon y* rayne bowe, and 
prayse him that made it : very bewtifull is it 
in his shyne. He compaseth the heauen 
aboute with his clearnes and glory, the handes 
of the Hyest haue beded it. Thorow his 
commaundement he maketh the snowe to 
fall, and the thonder of his iudgment to smyte 
hastely. Thorow his commaundement the 
treasures are opened, and the cloudes fle as 
the foules. In his power hath he strengthened 
the cloudes, and broke the hayle stones. 

The mountaynes melt at y sight of him, 
the wynde bloweth accordinge to his wyll. 
The sounde of his thonder beateth y earth, 
and so doth the storme of the north: the 
whirle wynde also lighteth downe as a fe- 
thered foule, casteth out and spredeth the 
snow abrode: and as the greshoppers that 
destroye all, so falleth it downe. The eie 
marueleth at f bewtye of the whytenesse 
therof, and the hert is afraied at the raine of 
it. He poureth out the frost vpon earth, like 
salt, and whan it is frosen, it is as sharpe as 
the prycke of a thistle. 

Whan the colde northwynde bloweth, harde 
Christall commeth of the water. He lighteth 
downe vpon all the gatheringes together of 



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water, and putteth on y waters as a brest 
plate. He deuoureth the mountaynes, and 
burneth the wyldernesses : and loke what is 
grene, he putteth it out like fyre. The me- 
dycine of all these is, whan a cloude commeth 
hastely : and whan a dew commeth vpon the 
heate, it shalbe refreszshed agayne. 

(In his worde he stylleth the wynde,) In 
his councell he setteth the depe, and (the 
LORDE) Iesus planted it. They that sayle 
ouer the see, tell of his parels and harmes : 
and whan we heare it with oure eares, we 
maruell therat. For there be straiige won- 
derous workes, dyuerse maner of nyce beestes 
and whall fishes. Thorow him are all thinges 
in good ordre and perfourmed, £ in his 
worde all thinges endure. 

T speake moch, but I can not sufficiently 
attayne vnto it, for he himself onely is the 
perfeccion of all wordes. We shulde prayse 
the LORDE after all oure power, for he is 
greate in all his workes. "The LORDE is to 
be feared yee very greate is he, and maruelous 
is his power. Prayse the LORDE, and mag- 
nifie him as moch as ye maye, yet doth he farre 
farre exceade all prayse. *0 magnifie him 
with all youre power, and laboure earnestly, 
yet are ye in no wyse able sufficiently to prayse 
him. 'Who hath sene him, that he might 
tell vs ? Who can magnifie him so greatly as 
he is? For there are hyd yet greater thinges 
the these be : as for vs, we haue sene but few 
of his workes. For the LORDE hath made 
all thinges, and geuen wyszdome to soch as 
feare God. 

Cfie rliiij. Chapter. 
A commendacion of the olde vertuous fathers. 

LET vs commende the noble famous 
men, and the generacion of oure fore- 
elders and fathers. Many more glorious 
actes hath the LORDE done, and shewed 
his greate power euer sens y begynnynge. 
The noble famous men raigned in their 
kyngdomes, and bare excellent rule. In their 
wyszdome and vnderstondinge, they Mowed 
the councell shewed in the prophecies/ They 
led the folke thorow the councell and wysz- 
dome of the scrybes of the people. Wyse 
sentences are founde in their instruccion. 



° Psal. 95. 
Exo. 18. c. 



* Psal. 105. a. « Deut. 5. c. Ioh. 1. b. 
' Gen. 7. d. / Eccll. 49. c. Gen. 5. c. 



They sought the swetenes and melody of 
Musick, and brought forth the pleasaunt 
songes in scripture. They were riche also, (j 
coude comforte and pacifie those that dwelt 
with them. All these were very noble and 
honorable men in their generacions, and were 
well reported of in their tymes. These haue 
left a name behynde them, so that their prayse 
shal allwaye be spoke of. Afterwarde there 
were some, whose remembraunce is gone/ 
They came to naught and perished, as though 
they had neuer bene : and became as though 
they had neuer bene borne, yee & their 
children also with them. 

Neuertheles these are louynge men, whose 
righteousnes shal neuer be forgotten, but 
contynue by their posterite. Their children 
are an' holy good heretage : Their sede en- 
dured fast in f couenaunt. For their sakes 
shal their childre & sede contynue for euer, j 
their prayse shal neuer be put downe. Their 
bodies are buried in peace, but their name 
lyueth for euermore. The people can speake 
of their wyszdome, (j the congregacion can 
talke of their prayse. f Enoch walked right j 
acceptably before the LORDE : therfore was 
he traslated for an example of amendemet to 
f generacions. g Noe was a stedfast & righteous 
man : g in the tyme of wrath he became a 
recocylinge. Therfore was he left a rem- 
naunt vnto the earth, whan the floude came. 
A An euerlastinge couenaunt was made with 
him, that all flesh shulde perishe nomore with 
f water. 

Abraham was a greate father of many 
in glory was there none like vnto him. 

e kepte the lawe of the Hyest, j came in to 
a couenaunt with him. He set the couenaunt 
in his flesh,* and whan he was tempted, he 
was founde faithfull. Therfore swore God 
vnto him with an ooth, that he wolde blesse 
all people in his sede, that he wolde multiplie 
and increase him as the dust of the earth, and 
to exalte his sede as the starres : yee and that 
his sede shulde haue f possession and in- 
heretaunce of the londe from see to see, and 
from the ryuer vnto y borders of the londe. 

With Isaac ' dyd he stablish y same coue- 
naut, for Abraha his fathers sake. Yee y 
gracious blessynge and health of all men, and 
couenaunt dyd he stablysh with Isaac, and 



e Gen. 6. b. and 7. 
15. a. 17. a. 



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made it to rest vpon the heade of Iacob. 
He knew him/ in that he prospered him so 
well and richely, and gaue him an heretage, 
and sundered his porcion by it self,* and parted 
it amonge the twolue trybes. Merciful! men 
brought he out of him, which founde fauoure 
before all flesh. 

Efie rib. Chapter. 

MOSES beloued of God and me, whose 
remembraunce is in hye prayse : c him 
hath the LORDE made like in the glory of 
the sayntes, and magnified him so that the 
enemies stode in awe of him, thorow his 
wordes he dyd greate wonders. He made him 
greate in the sight of kynges, gaue him com- 
maundement before his people, and shewed 
him his glorious power. He stablyshed him 
with faithfulnes and mekenes/ and chose him 
out of all men. For he herde his voyce, and 
led him in the darcke cloude/ and there he 
gaue him the commaundementes, yee the lawe 
of life and wyszdome, that he might teach 
Iacob the couenaunt, and Israel his lawes. 

He chose Aaron his brother also out of y 
trybe of Leui/ exalted him, & made him soch 
like. An euerlastinge couenaunt made he 
with him/ and gaue him the presthode in the 
people. He made him glorious in bewtifull 
araye, and clothed him with the garment of 
honoure. He put perfecte ioye vpo him, and 
gyrded him with strength. He deckte him 
with syde clothes and a tunycle, with an ouer- 
body cote also and gyrdle. Rounde aboute 
made he him belles of golde, and that many : 
that whan he wente in,* the sounde might be 
herde, that they might make a noyse in the 
Sanctuary, and geue the people warnynge. 
The holy garment was wrought & broderd 
with golde, yalow sylke and purple. And in 
the brestlappe there was a goodly worke,' 
wherin was fastened light and perfectnesse. 

Vpon f same also there was a worke 
fastened and set with costly precious stones, 
all bounde with golde : and this he brought 
in his mynistracion. The stones also were 
fastened for a remembraunce, after the twolue 
trybes of Israel. Vpon his mytre there was 
a plate of pure golde, a grauen ymage of 
holynes, a famous and noble worke, garnished, 



"Ge 

Act. 7. 
s Exo. 



3. c. 29. 30. * Iosu. 18. 19. c Exo. 11. a. 

''Num. 12. a. c Exo. 19. 20. / Exo. 4. c. 

a. h Exo. 28. f. ' Exo. 28. c. * Leui. 8. a. 



and pleasaunt to loke vpon. Before him 
were there sene no soch fayre ornametes, and 
these it behoued hi allwaye to vse : There 
might none other put them on, but onely his 
children and his childers children perpetually 
Daylie perfourmed he his burntofFeringes 
two tymes/ Moses fylled his handes, and 
anoynted him with holy oyle. 

This was now confirmed him with an euer- 
lastinge couenaunt, and to his sede, as f 
dayes of heaue : namely, that his childre 
shulde allwaye mynistre before him, and per- 
fourme the office of the presthode, and wysh 
the people good in his name. Before all men 
lyuynge chose he him, that he shulde offre 
before the LORDE, and make odours for a 
swete sauoure and remembrauce, that he 
shulde reconcyle the people of the LORDE 
with him agayne/ He gaue him auctorite 
also in his commaundementes and in f coue- 
naut, that he shulde teach Iacob the statutes 
and testimonies, and to enfourme Israel in 
his lawe. 

Therfore there stode vp certayne agaynst 
him,'" and had envye at him in the wyldernes : 
namely, they that were of Dathan j Abirams 
syde, and the furious congregacio of Chore. 
This the LORDE sawe, and it displeased 
him, and in his wrothfull indignacion were 
they consumed. A greate wonder did he 
vpon them, and consumed them with the fyre. 
" Besydes this, he made Aaron yet more honoi-- 
able and glorious. He gaue him an heretage, 
and parted the first frutes vnto him." Vnto 
him specially he appoynted the bred for sus- 
tenaunce (for the prestes ate of y offerynges 
of the LORDE) this gaue he vnto him g his 
sede. Els had he no heretage p ner porcion 
in f londe and with the people. For the 
LORDE himself is his porcion and en- 
heritaunce. 

The thirde noble and excellent ma is 
Phineas the sonne of Eleazer, which pleased 
the God of Israel/ because he had f zele j 
feare of the LORDE. For whan the people 
were turned back, he put him self forth right 
soone, j that with a good wyll, to pacifie the 
wrath of the LORDE towarde Israel. Ther- 
fore was there a couenaiit of peace made with 
him, y he shulde be the principall amonge 



' Deu. 17. c. and 21. a. Mai. 2. a. ■» Num. 16. a. 

■ Num. 17. b. o Exo. 25. f. Leui. 24. b. v Deut. 12. b. 
and 18. a. Eze. 44. d. i Num. 25. c. 



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the righteous and the people, that he and his 
posterite shulde haue the office of the prest- 
hode for euer (Like as there was made a 
couenaiit with Dauid of the trybe of Iuda, 
that fro amonge his sonnes onely there shulde 
be a kynge : And that Aaron also j his sede 
shulde be the heretage, to geue vs wyszdome 
in oure hert, to iudge his people in righteous- 
nes : that his goodes shulde not come in to 
forgetfulnes, and that their honoure might 
endure for euer. 

Clje rlbt. Chapter. 

MANLY (t stronge in battaill was Iesus 
y sonne of Naue/ which in steade of 
Moses f prophet was geuen to be captayne of 
the people (which acordinge vnto his name 
was a greate sauioure vnto the electe of God) 
to punysh the enemies, that rose vp agaynst 
Israel, y Israel might optayne their in- 
heritaunce. O how greate, noble and ex- 
cellent was he,* whan he lift vp his hande, 
and drew out his swerde agaynst the cities ? 
Who stode so manly before him ? For the 
LORDE himself brought in the enemies/ 
Stode not the Sonne styll at his commaunde- 
met, and one daye was as longe as two ? He 
called vpon the Hyest j most mightie, wha y 
enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde: 
and the LORDE herde him with the hayle 
stones. They smote y Heithenish people 
mightely, ij in faUinge downe they slew all y 
aduersaries, so that the Heithe knewe his 
hoost, and all his defence, that the LORDE 
himself fought against them, for he folowed 
vpon the mightie men of them. 

In the tyme of Moses also he and Caleb 
the sonne of Iephune/ dyd a good worke 
which stode agaynst the enemies, withelde the 
people from synne, and stylled y wicked mur- 
murynge. e And of sixe hundreth thousande 
people offote, they two were preserued, whan 
they were brought in to the heretage, namely 
a londe that floweth with mylke (t. hony. The 
LORDE gaue strength also vnto Caleb, 
which remayned with him vnto his age : so 
that he wente vp in to the hye places of the 
londe, and his sede conquered the same for an 
heretage : that all the childre of Israel might 
se, how good a thinge it is, to be obedient 
vnto the LORDE. And the iudges or rulers 

» losu. 12. c. Num. 27. d. Deut. 34. b. Iosu. 1. a. 
* Iosu. 8. c Iosu. 10. c. d Num. 14. a. c Num. 26. g. 



(euery one after his name) whose hert wente 
not a whoringe, ner departed from f LORDE, 
and that forsake not the LORDE vnfaith- 
fully, whose remembrauce hath a good re- 
porte : Yee their bones florish out of their 
place, and their name shal neuer be chauged. 
Samuel the prophet beloued of the 
LORDE/ ordeyned a kinge, and anoynted 
the prynces ouer the people. In the lawe of 
the LORDE ruled he, and iudged the con- 
gregacion, (j the LORDE had respecte vnto 
Iacob. The prophet was founde diligent in 
his faithfulnes : yee in his faithfulnes was the 
faithfulnes of the vision knowne. He called 
vpon y LORDE the mightie/' wha the ene- 
mies preassed vpon him on euery syde, what 
tyme as he offred the suckynge lambes. And 
the LORDE thondred from heauen, and 
mayde his voyce to be herde with a greate 
noyse. He discomfited the prynces of Tyre, 
& all the rulers of the Philistynes. 'Before 
his last ende he made protestacion in the sight 
of the LORDE 5 his anoynted, that he toke 
nether substaunce ner good of eny man, no 
not so moch as a shue : 3 no man might accuse 
him. After this he tolde, that his ende was 
at honde, and shewed the kynge also his ende 
and death : g from y earth lift he vp his voyce 
in the prophecie, y the vngodly people shulde 
perishe. 

Cfje rlbij. Chapter. 

AFTERWARDE in the tyme of kynge 
Dauid/ there rose vp a prophet called 
Nathan : For like as the fat is taken awaye 
from the offrynge, so was Dauid chosen out 
of the childre of Israel. He toke his pastyme 
with the lyons as with kyddes, and with beares 
like as with lambes. Slew he not a giaunte 
whan he was yet but yonge/ (j toke awaye the 
rebuke from his people ? what tyme as he toke 
the stone in his hande, g smote downe proude 
Goliath with the slynge ? For he called vpon 
the hyest LORDE, which gaue him strength 
in his right hande, so that he ouerthrew the 
mightie giaunte in the battayll, that he might 
set vp the home of his people agayne. 

Thus brought he him to worshipe aboue all 
prynces, and made him to haue a good reporte 
in the OT prayse of the LORDE, y he shulde 
weere a crowne of glory. For he destroied 

/ Iosu. 14. 1 1 Reg. 10. and 16. c. * 1 Reg. 7. b. 

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the enemies on euery syde," roted out the 
Philistynes his aduersaries, (j brake their home 
in sunder, like as it is broke yet this daye. In 
all his workes he praysed y Hyest (j Holiest, 

ascrybed the honoure vnto him. With his 
whole hert dyd he prayse and loue him that 
made him.* He set syngers also before the 
aulter, and in their tune he made swete songes. 
He ordeyned to kepe the holy daies worsMp- 
fully, and that the solempne feastes thorow 
the whole yeare shulde be honorably holde, 
with praysinge the name of the LORDE, (j 
with synginge by tymes in the mornynge in 
the Sanctuary. 

The LORDE c toke awaye his synnes, and 
exalted his home for euer. He gaue him y 
couenaunt of the kyngdome, and the trone of 
worshipe in Israel. After him there rose vp 
the wyse sonne called Salomon, rf and for his 
sake he droue y enemies awaie farre of. This 
Salomon reigned with peace in his tyme (for 
God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery 
syde, that he might buylde him an house in 
his name, j prepare the Sanctuary for euer) 
like as he was well istructe in his youth (j fylled 
with wyszdome and vnderstodinge, as it were 
with a water floude. He couered and fylled 
the whole londe with similitudes and wyse 
prudent sentences. 

His name wente abrode in the lies, because 
of his peace he was beloued. All londes 
marueled at his songes, prouerbes, symilitudes, 
and at his peace, and at the name of y 
LORDE God, which is called the God of 
Israel. " He gathered golde as tynne, $ he had 
as moch syluer as leade. -^He was moued in 
vnordinate loue towarde we men, andwas ouer 
come in affeccion. He stayned his honoure 
and worshipe, yee his posterite defyled he also, 
in bringinge the wrath of the LORDE vpon 
his children, and sorowe after his ioye : so 
y his kyngdome was deuyded, j f Ephraim 
became an vn faithfull janvn constant king- 
dome. Neuertheles God forsoke not his mercy, 
''nether was he vtterly destroyed because of his 
workes, y he shulde leaue him no posterite. 

As for y sede y came vpon him (which he 
loued) he brought it not vtterly to naught, 
but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob, and a 
rote vnto Dauid out of him. Thus rested 



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Salomon with his fathers, and out of his sede 
he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the 
people, and soch one as had no vnderstodinge: 
namely, 'Roboa which turned awaye the people 
thorow his councell, and Ieroboam y sonne of 
Nabat, which caused Israel to synne, and 
shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes : In 
so moch that their synnes g myszdedes had 
the vpper hande so sore, that at the last they 
were dryuen out of the londe for the same : 
Yee he sought out (j brought vp all wickednes, 
tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them. 

Cfie rlbttj. Cftapttr. 

THEN stode vp Elias the prophet* as a 
fyre, and his worde bret like a creshett. 
He brought an hoger vpon the and in his zele 
he made them few in nombre. (For they 
might not awaye with the commaudementes 
of the LORDE.) Thorow the worde of the 
LORDE he shut the heauen, and thre tymes 
brought he the fyre downe. 'Thus became 
Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes. Who 
maye make his boost to be like him ? One that 
was deed raysed he vp from death,™ j in the 
worde of y Hyest he brought him out of the 
graue agayne. He cast downe kynges and 
destroyed them, and the honorable from their 
seate. Vpon the mount Syna he herde the 
punyshment, j vpon Horeb the iudgmet of the 
vengeaunce. He prophecied recompensynge 
vnto kynges, and ordeyned prophetes after 
him. " He was taken vp in the storme of fyre, 
in a charett of horses of the LORDE. He 
was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme, to 
pacifie the wrath, to turne f hertes of the 
fathers vnto the children, n to set vp the 
trybes of Iacob agayne. Blessed were they 
that saw the, and were garnished in loue : for 
we lyue in life. 

Elias was couered in the storme, but He- 
liseus was fylled with his mouth. p Whyle he 
lyued he was afrayed of no prynce, and no 
man might ouer come him. There coude no 
worde disceaue him/ & after his death his body 
prophecied. He dyd wonders in his life, & in 
death were his workes maruelous. For all 
this, the people amended not, nether departed 
they from their synnes : tyll they were caried 
awaye presoners out of the londe, and were 



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scatred abrode in all countrees, so that of them 
there remayned but a very litle people, and a 
prynce vnto f house of Dauid. How be it 
some of them dyd right, and some heaped vp 
vngodlynes. 

Ezechias made his cite stronge, conveyed 
water in to it, "dygged thorow the stony rock 
with yron, g made vp a well by the water syde. 
In his tyme came Sennacherib vp,* and sent 
Rabsaches, lift vp his hande agaynst Sion, 
g defyed them with greate pryde. The 
trymbled their hertes and handes, so y they 
sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe. 
So they called vpd the LORDE, which is 
mercyfull, g lift vp their hades before him. 
Immediatly the LORDE herde the out of 
heauen, and delyuered them by the hande of 
Esay. c He smote the hoost of the Assirians, g 
his angell destroyed the. For Ezechias had 
done the thinge that pleased the LORDE, g 
remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his 
father. Which Esay was greate g faithfull in 
his visions. rf In his tyme y Sonne wete back- 
warde, g he lengthened the kynges life. With 
a right sprete prophecied he, what shulde come 
to passe at the last : g to soch as were soroufull 
in Sion he gaue consolacion, wherwhith they 
might coforte them selues for euermore. He 
shewed thinges y were for to come g secrete, 
or euer they came to passe. 

Cf)* vlir. Chapter. 

THE remembrauce of Iosias is like as 
whan the Apotecary* maketh many pre- 
cious swete smellynge thinges together. His 
remembraunce shalbe swete as hony in all 
mouthes, and as the playenge of Musick by 
the wyne. He was appoynted to turne the 
people agayne, g to take awaye all abhomina- 
cions of y vngodly. He directed his hert vnto 
the LORDE, g in the tyme of the vngodly 
he set vp the worshipe of God agayne. All 
kynges (excepte Dauid, Ezechias g Iosias) 
comitted wickednes: for euen y kynges of 
Iuda also forsoke y lawe of God. For they 
gaue their home vnto other, their honoure g 
worshipe also to a straunge people. 

Therfore was the electe cite of the Sac- 
tuary brent with fyre, and ^the stretes therof 
laye desolate and waist: for they in treated 

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Ieremy euell, which neuertheles was a prophet 
ordeyned from his mothers wombe/ that he 
might rote out, breake of, g destroye : g that he 
might buylde vp, g plante agayne. Ezechiel 
sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision, 
which was shewed him vpon the charet of the 
Cherubins. For he thought vpon the enemies 
in f rayne, to do good vnto soch as had ordred 
their wayes a right. And the bones of the 
twolue prophetes florish from out of their 
place : for they gaue comforte g consolacion 
vnto Iacob, and delyuered the faithfully. How 
shall we prayse Zorobabel, ''which was as a 
ringe in the right hande ? 

So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec: 
these men in their tymes buylded the house, 
g set vp the Sanctuary of y LORDE agayne, 
which was prepared for an euerlastinge w 
shipe. And Nehemias* is all waye to be co- 
mended, which set vp for vs the walles ' y were 
broken downe, made the portes g barres 
agayne, and buylded our houses of the new. 
m But vpon earth is there no man created like 
Enoch, for he was taken vp from y earth. 
And Ioseph, which was lorde of his brethren, 
g the vpholder of his people : His bones were 
couered g kepte. Seth g Sem were in greate 
honoure amonge y people : and so was Adam 
aboue all the beastes, wha he was created. 

Che I. Chapter. 

SYMON the sonne of Onias the hye prest, 
" which in his life set vp the house agayne, 
g in his dayes made fast the teple. The heyth 
of f temple also was founded of him, the 
dubble buyldinge, g the hye walles of the 
temple. In his dayes the welles of water 
flowed out, and were exceadinge full as the 
. He toke care for his people, g delyuered 
them from destruccion. He kepte his cite g 
made it stronge, that it shulde not be beseged. 
He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge 
his people, and enlarged the intraunce of the 
house and the courte. He geueth light as the 
mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes, 
and as y Moone whan it is full. He shyneth 
as the Sonne in the temple of God. He is as 
bright as y rayne bowe in y fayre cloudes, g 
florisheth as the fioures and roses in the 
sprynge of y yeare, g as the lilies by the 



and 2. a. *2Esd. 
Eccli. 44. b. Heb. 
2 Mac. 3. b. 



'2 Esd. 7. a. m Gen. 5. c. 
Gen. 41. f. 42. a. 45. c. 



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ryuers of water : Like as the braunches vpon 
the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer : as a 
fyre j incise that is kyndled: Like as an 
whole ornament of pure golde, set with all 
maner of precious stones : and as an olyue tre 
that is frutefull: 5 as a Cypres tre which 
groweth vp an hye. 

Whan he put on the garment of honoure, 
5 was clothed withall bewtye : whan he wente 
to the holy altare, to garnysh the couerynge 
of the Sanctuary: whan he toke y porcions 
out of the prestes hande, he himself stode by 
the herth of the altare, and his brethren 
rounde aboute in ordre. As the braunches 
of Cedre tre vpon the mount Libanus, so 
stode they rounde aboute him. And as the 
braunches of the olyue tre, so stode all y 
sonnes of Aaron in their glory. And y he 
might sufficiently perfourme his seruyce vpon 
the altare, (t garnysh the offrynge of the hyest 
God, he stretched out his hande and toke of 
the drynkofferynge, (j poured in of the wyne : 
so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a 
good smell vnto the hyest prynce. 

Then beganne f sonnes of Aaron to synge, 
and to blowe with trompettes, <j to make a 
greate noyse, for a remembrauce (t prayse 
vnto the LORDS. Then were the people 
afrayed, (j fell downe to the earth vpo their 
faces, to worshipe the LORDE their God, g 
to geue thankes to Allmightie God. They 
sunge goodly also with their voyces, so that 
there was a pleasaunt noyse in y greate house 
of the LORDE. And the people in their 
prayer besought the LORDE the Hyest, that 
he wolde be mercyfull, tyll the honoure of y 
LORDE were perfourmed. Thus ended they 
their mynistracion and seruyce. 

Then wente he downe, and stretched out 
his handes ouer the whole multitude of the 
people of Israel, that they shulde geue praise 
(j thankes out of their lippes vnto y LORDE, 
and to reioyse in his name. He beganne yet 
once also to praye, that he might openly shew 
the thankesgeuynge before the Hyest, namely 
thus : O geue prayse j thankes (ye all) vnto 
the LORDE oure God, which hath euer 
done noble and greate thinges: which hath 
increased oure dayes from oure mothers 
wombe, and dealt with vs acordinge to his 
mercy: that he wyl geue vs the ioyfulnes 
of hert, d peace for oure tymes in Israel. 
Which faithfully kepeth his mercy for vs 



euermore, (j allwaye delyuereth vs in duel 
season. 

There be two maner of people, that I ab 
horre fro my hert : as for the thirde, whom I 
hate, it is no people : They that syt vpon the 
mountayne of Samaria, the Philistynes, 5 the 
foolish people that dwell in Sichimis. 

I Iesus the sonne of Sirac Eleazarus of 
Ierusalem, haue tokened vp these informa 
cions and documetes of wyszdome and vnder 
stadinge in this boke, and poured out the 
wyszdome out of my hert. Blessed is he that 
exerciseth him self therin : and who so taketh 
soch to hert, shal be wyse. Yf he do these 
thinges, he shal be stronge in all. For the 
light of the LORDE ledeth him. 

€i)e It. Chapter. 
A prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirac. 

ITHANKE the O LORDE and kynge ; 
and praise the O God my Sauioure. I 
wil yelde prayse vnto thy name : for thou art 
my defender and helper, (j hast preserued my 
body from destruccion, from y snare of tray- 
torous toges, and from the lippes that are 
occupied with leyes. Thou hast bene my 
helper, from soch as stode vp agaynst me, 
and hast delyuered me after the multitude of 
thy mercy, and for thy holy names sake 
Thou hast delyuered me from the roaringe of 
them, that prepared them selues to deuoure 
me, out of y handes of soch as sought after 
my life : from the multitude of them y trou- 
bled me, j wente aboute to set fyre vpon me 
on euery syde, so y I am not brent in the 
myddest of the fyre : From the depe of hell, 
from an vncleane toge, from lyenge wordes, 
from the wicked kynge, and from an vnright- 
eous tonge. My soule shal prayse y LORDE 
vnto death, for my life drew nye vnto hell. 

They copased me rounde aboute on euery 
syde, & there was no ma to helpe me. I loked 
aboute me, yf there were eny man that wolde 
socoure me : but there was none. Then 
thought I vpon thy mercy O LORDE, and 
vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of 
olde : namely, y thou delyuerest soch as putt 
their trust in the, and ryddest them out of y 
handes of the Heithen. Thus lift I vp my 
prayer from the earth, and prayed for dely- 
ueraunce from death. I called vpon the 
LORDE my father, that he wolde not leaue 
me without helpe, in the daye of my trouble 



Cfoap* !(♦ 



Gtilastosttms. 



So. WW* 



CE in the tyme of the proude. I praysed thy 
name contynually, yeldinge honoure and 
thakes vnto it : and so my prayer was herde. 
Thou sauedest me from destruccion, and de- 
lyueredest me fro y vnrighteous tyme. Ther- 
fore wil I aknowlege and praise the, and 
magnifie y name of the LORDE. 

Wha I was yet but yonge, or euer I wete 
astraye, I desyred wyszdome openly in my 
prayer. I came therfore before the temple, j 
sought her vnto the last. Then florished she 
vnto me, as a grape that is soone rype. My 
hert reioysed in her, then wente my fote the 
right waye, yee from youth vp sought I after 
her : I bowed downe myne eare and receaued 
her. I founde me moch wyszdome, and pros- 
pered greatly in her. Therfore wyll I ascrybe 
the glory vnto him, that geueth me wysz- 
dome : for I am aduysed to do therafter. I 
will be gelous to cleue vnto the thinge y is 
good, so shal I not be cofounded. My soule 
hath wrestled with her, and I haue bene dili- 
gent to be occupied in her. I lift vp myne 
handes an hye, then was my soule lightened 



thorow wiszdome, that I knowleged my fool- 
ishnes. I ordred my soule after her, she j 
I were one hert from the begynninge, and I 
founde her in clennesse. And therfore shal I 
not be forsaken. 

My hert longed after her, and I gat a good 
treasure. Thorow her y LORDE hath geuen 
me a new tonge, wherwith I wil praise him. 
O come vnto me ye vn lerned, g dwell in y 
house of wyszdome: withdrawe not youre 
selues from her, but talke (j comon of these 
thinges, for youre soules are very thirstie. I 
opened my mouth, and spake : ° O come & bye 
wyszdome without money, bowe downe youre 
neck vnder hir yock, and youre soule shall 
receaue wyszdome. She is harde at hande, (j 
is content to be founde. Beholde with youre 
eyes,* how that I haue had but litle laboure, 
and yet haue founde moch rest. O receaue 
wyszdome, and ye shall haue plenteousnes of 
syluer and golde in possession. Let youre 
mynde reioyse in his mercy, & be not ashamed 
of his prayse. Wyrke his worke by tymes, 11 
he shal geue you youre rewarde in due tyme. 

* Eccll. 6. c. 



fflbz ttitit of (Mksiasttrug, ati)txtoy#z tz&tb $t$\x& tt)t stomte of §>yrni. 



Wi)t pvuytv of ®L$uviu& 

anij tf)e gunge jrf p tfjre rijCfomt 

after CljeotJottoa translation : bxfyifi) foortos art forgtw in g ! tijirtfe chapter of ©antel 
after rt)e oltfc tert in Haton. 



AND they walked in the myddest of the 
flamme, praysynge God and magni- 
fienge y LORDE. Asarias stode vp, and 
prayde on this maner, Euen in the myddest 
of the fyre opened he his mouth, g saide: 
Blessed be thou (o LORDE God of oure 
fathers) right worthy to be praysed and ho- 
noured is y name of thine for euermore : 
for thou art righteous in all y thinges y thou 
hast done to vs: Yee faithfull are all thy 
workes, thy wayes are right, g thy iudgmetes 
true. In all y thinges y thou hast brought 
vpon vs, g vpon the holy cite of oure fathers 
(euen Jerusalem) thou hast executed true 
iudgment : Yee acordinge to right and equyte 
hast thou brought these thinges vpo vs, be- 
cause of oure synnes. 

For why ? we haue offended, g done wick- 
edly, departynge from the : In all thinges haue 
we trespaced, "g not obeyed thy comaunde- 
mentes, ner kepte the, nether done as thou 
hast bydden vs, y we might prospere. Wher- 
fore, all y thou hast brought vpon vs, 6 g euery 
thinge y thou hast done to vs, thou hast done 
them in true iudgment : As in delyueringe vs 
in to the hondes of oure enemies, amoge 
vngodly g wicked abhominacions, g to an 
vnrighteous kinge, yee y most frowarde vpo 
earth. And now we maye not ope oure 
mouthes, we are become a shame g reprofe 
vnto thy seruauntes, g to the y worshipe the. 

Yet for thy names sake (we beseke the) 
geue vs not vp for euer, breake not thy coue- 
naunt, g take not awaye thy mercy from vs, 
for thy beloued Abrahams sake, for thy ser- 
uaunt Isaacs sake, g for thy holy Israels sake : 
to whom thou hast spoken g promysed, c y 
thou woldest multiply their sede as y starres 
of heauen, g as the londejy lieth vpon f see 
shore. For we (o LORDE) are become lesse 
the eny people, g be kepte vnder this daye in 

" Dan. 9. c. b Baruc %. b. 

c Gen. 17. a. 22. c. Deut. 28. g-. 



all the worlde, because of oure synnes: So 
that now we haue nether prynce, duke, pro 
phet, burntofferynge, sacrifice, oblacio, incese 
ner Sanctuary before the. 

Neuerthelesse, in a contrite herte and an 
humble sprete let vs be receaued, y we maie 
opteyne thy mercy. Like as in the burnt- 
offerynge of rammes g bullockes, and like as 
in thousandes of fat lambes: so let oure 
rf offrynge be in thy sight this daye, y it maye 
please y, for there is no cofucion vnto them, 
y put there trust in the. And now we folowe 
the with all oure hert, we feare the, g seke 
thy face. Put vs not to shame, but deale 
with vs after thy louynge kyndnesse, g acord 
inge to the multitude of thy mercies. Delyuer 
vs by thy miracles (o LORDE) g get thy 
name an honoure : that all they which do thy 
seruauntes euell, maye be confoiided. Let 
them be ashamed thorow thy Allmightie 
power, and let their strength be broken : that 
they maye knowe, how that thou only art the 
LORDE God, g honoure worthy thorow out 
all the worlde. 

And the kynges seruaiites y put them in, 
ceassed not to make the ouen note with wyide 
fyre, drye strawe, pitch g fagottes : so that the 
flamme wente out of the ouen vpon a xlix. 
cubites : yee it toke awaye, g brent vp those 
Caldees, y it gat holde vpon besyde the ouen. 
But the angel of the LORDE came downe 
in to the ouen to Asarias and his felowes, 
g smote f flamme of the fyre out of the ouen, 
g made the myddest of the ouen, as it had 
bene a coole wynde blowinge : so that the fyre 
nether touched them, greued them, ner dyd 
them hurte. Then these thre (as out of one 
mouth) praysed, honoured, and blessed God 
in the fornace, sayenge : 

e Blessed be thou, o LORDE God of oure 
fathers : for thou art prayse g honoure worthy/ 



1 Pet. 2. a. Ro. 
e 1 Mac. 4. d. 



c. Esa. 28. d. Ro. 9. g. 
/Psal.71. c. 



€f)t song* of tfre iij* tfyfltovm. 



So. tmi* 



yee j to be magnified for euermore. Blessed 
be y holy name of thy glory, for it is worthy 
to be praysed, and magnified in all worldes. 
Blessed be thou in the holy temple of thy 
glory, for aboue all thinges thou art to be 
praysed, yee (t, more then worthy to be mag- 
nified for euer. Blessed be thou in the trone 
of thy kyngdome, for aboue all thou art worthy 
to be wel spoken of, 5 to be more then mag- 
nified for euer. a Blessed be thou, that lokest 
thorow the depe, g syttest vpon the Cheru- 
byns: for thou art worthy to be praysed, 5 
aboue all to be magnified for euer. Blessed 
be thou in f firmament of heauen, for thou 
art prayse and honoure worthy for euer. 

O all ye workes of the LORDE : speake 
good of f LORDE, prayse him, and set him 
vp for euer. 

O ye angels of the LORDE, * speake good 
of the LORDE : prayse him, and set him vp 
for euer. 

O ye heaues, speake good of the LORDE: 
prayse him, and set him vp for euer. 

O all ye waters that be aboue the firmamet, 
speake good of the LORDE : prayse him, and 
set him vp for euer. 

O all ye powers of the LORDE, speake 
good of the LORDE : prayse him, 5 set him 
vp for euer. 

c O ye Sone g Moone, speake good of the 
LORDE : prayse him, 5 set him vp for euer. 

J ye starres of heaue, speake good of the 
LORDE : prayse him, 5 set him vp for euer. 

O ye schowers j dew, speake good of the 
LORDE : prayse him, 5 set him vp for euer. 

O all ye wyndes of God, speake good of y 
LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer. 

O ye fyre 5 heate, speake good of f 
LORDE : prayse him, and set him vp for euer. 

O ye wynter and sommer, speake good of the 
LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer. 

O ye dewes j frostes, speake good of the 
LORDE : prayse him, g set him vp for euer. 

O ye frost and colde, speake good of the 
LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer. 

O ye yse and snowe, speake good of the 
LORDE : prayse him and set him vp for euer. 

O ye nightes and dayes, speake good of the 
LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer. 

O ye fight and darcknesse, speake good of the 
LORDE: prayse him, and set vp him for euer. 



Psal. 79. a. 
Psal. 135. a. 



* Psal. 101. c. and 148. a. « Psal. 148. a. 
Psal. 112. a. 134. a. & 133. a. Apo. 19. a. 



O ye lightenynges and cloudes, speake 
good of the LORDE : prayse him, & set him 
vp for euer. 

O let the earth speake good of the 
LORDE : yee lett it prayse him, and set him 
vp for euer. 

O ye moiitaynes and hilles, speake good 
of the LORDE : prayse him, and set him vp 
for euer. 

O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth, 
speake good of the LORDE : prayse him, j 
set him vp for euer. 

O ye welles, speake good of the LORDE : 
prayse him, and set him vp for euer. 

O ye sees and floudes, speake good of the 
LORDE : prayse him, & set him vp for euer. 

O ye whalles and all that lyue in the 
waters, speake good of the LORDE: prayse 
him, and set him vp for euer. 

O all ye foules of the ayre, speake good of the 
LORDE : prayse him, and set him vp for euer. 

O all ye beastes % catell, speake good of y 
LORDE : prayse him, & set him vp for euer. 

O ye children of men, speake good of the 
LORDE : prayse him, g set him vp for euer. 

O let Israel speake good of the LORDE, 
prayse him, and set him vp for euer. 

O ye prestes of y LORDE, speake good 
of the LORDE : prayse him, and set him vp 
for euer. 

e O ye seruauntes of the LORDE, speake 
good of the LORDE : prayse him, (j set him 
vp for euer. 

O ye spretes and soules of the righteous, 
speake good of y LORDE : prayse him, and 
set him vp for euer. 

O ye holy and humble men of herte, speake 
ye good of the LORDE : prayse ye him, 5 
set him vp for euer. 

O Ananias, Asarias and Misael, speake ye 
good of the LORDE : prayse ye him, and 
set hi vp for euer. f Which hath delyuered vs 
from y- hell, kepte vs from y honde of death, 
rydde vs from the myddest of the g burnynge 
flamme, and saued vs eue in the myddest ofy 
fyre. O geue thakes therfore vnto y LORDE: 
for he is kynde harted, and his mercy en- 
dureth for euer. O all ye deuoute men, speake 
good of the LORDE, euen the God of all 
goddes: O prayse him, and geue himthankes, 
for his mercy endureth worlde without ende. 



/ Iere. 20. c. 
h Psal. 104. a. 



e Esa. 43. a. 1 Mac. 2. f. 
105. a. 106. a. 116. a. & 135. a. 



TOn'tf) te ti)t viij. r&apter of Mnnitl after tfce ilatpm 



THERE dwelt a man in Babilo, called 
Ioachim : y toke a wife, whose name 
was Susanna, (y- doughter of Helchias) a very 
fay re woman, 5 soch one as feared God. Hir 
father (j hir mother also were godly people, 5 
taught their doughter acordinge to y lawe of 
Moses. Now Ioachim (hir huszbonde) was a 
greate rich man, (j had a fayre orcharde 
ioyninge vnto his house. And to him resorted 
the Iewes comonly, because he was a man of 
reputacion amonge them. The same yeare 
were there made two iudges, soch as the 
LORDE speaketh of: All the wickednesse of 
Babilon, cometh from y elders (y is) from f 
iudges, which seme to rule the people. These 
came offt to Ioachims house, (t all soch as had 
eny thinge to do in the lawe, came thither 
vnto them. 

Now when the people came agayne at 
after noone, Susanna wente in to hir husz- 
bodes orcharde, to walke. The elders seynge 
this, that she wente in daylie & walked: they 
burned for lust to her, yee they were allmost 
out of their wittes, (j cast downe their eyes, 
that they shulde not se heaue, ner remembre, 
y God is a righteous iudge. For they were 
both wouded with the loue of her, nether 
durst one shewe another his grefe. And for 
shame, they durst not tell her their inordynate 
lust, y they wolde fayne haue had to do with 
her. Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly 
from daye to daye, that they might (at the 
leest) haue a sight of her. And the one 
sayde to y other : Vp, let vs go home, for it is 
dyner tyme. So they wente their waye 
from her. 

When they returned agayne, they came 
together, enqueringe out f matter betwixte 
them selues : yee the one tolde y other of his 



wicked lust. The apoynted they a tyme, whe 
they might take Susanna alone. 

It happened also y they spyed out a con- 
ueniet tyme, when she wente forth to walke 
(as hir maner was) & no body with her, but 
two maydes, a g thought to wash her self in 
the garden, for it was an hote season : And 
there was not one person there, excepte the 
two elders, y had hyd them selues, to beholde 
her. So she sayde to hir maydens : go fet 
me oyle (j sope, & shut the orcharde dore, y I 
maye wash me. And they dyd as she bad 
them, & shut the orcharde dore, 5 wente out 
them selues at a backe dore, to fet the thinge 
y she had comaunded: but Susanna knewe 
not, y- y elders laie there hyd within. Now 
when the maydens were gone forth, f two 
elders gat them vp, (j ranne vpon her, say- 
enge : now, the orcharde dores are shut, that 
no man can se vs: we haue a lust vnto the, 
therfore consent vnto vs, and lye with vs. 

Yf thou wilt not, we shall bringe a testi- 
moniall agaynst the : that there was a yonge 
felowe with the, and that thou hast sent awaye 
thy maydens from the for the same cause. 
Susanna sighed, and sayde : Alas, I am in 
trouble on euery syde. Though I folowe 
youre mynde, it wyll be my death : and yf I 
consent not vnto you, I can not escape youre 
hondes. Wei, it is better for me, to fall in to 
youre hondes without the dede doinge, then 
to synne in the sight of the LORDE : and 
with that, she cried out with a loude voyce : 
the elders also cried out agaynst her. 

Then ranne there one to the orcharde dore, 
(5 smote it open. Now when the seruauntes 
of the house herde y crie in y orcharde, 

" Exo. 2. a. 2 Re. 11. a. 



Cfre storp of ^usiamta* 



So. tmiih 



they ruszshed in at the back dore, to se what 
the matter was. So when the elders tolde 
them, the seruauntes were greatly ashamed, 
for why, there was neuer soch a reporte made 
of Susanna. On the morow after came the 
people to Ioachim hir houszbonde, and y two 
elders came also, full of myscheuous ymagina- 
cions agaynst Susanna, to bringe her vnto 
death, cs spake thus before the people : Sende 
for Susanna f daughter of Helchias, Ioachims 
wife. And immediatly they sent for her. So 
she came with her father (j mother, hir 
children 5 all hir kynrede. Now Susanna 
was a tender person, and maruelous fayre of 
face. Therfore the wicked men comaunded 
to take of the clothes from her face (for she 
was couered) y at the leest, they might so be 
satisfied in hir beutie. Then hir fredes, yee 
all they y knewe her, begane to wepe. 

These two elders stode vp in the myddest 
of the people," g layed their hondes vpon y 
heade of Susanna: which wepte, and loked 
vp towarde heauen, for hir herte had a sure 
trust in the LORDE. And the elders sayde : 
As we were walkinge in the orcharde alone, 
this woman came in with hir two maydes: 
whom she sent awaye from her, g sparred f 
orcharde dores. With that, a yonge felowe 
(which there was hyd) came vnto her, j laye 
with her. As for vs, we stode in a corner of 
the orcharde. And whe we sawe this wicked- 
nes, we rane to her : j perceaued, y they had 
medled together. But we coude not holde 
him, for he was stronger then we: thus he 
opened y dore, & gat him awaye. Now whe 
we had take this woma, we axed her, what 
yoge felow this was : but she wolde not tell 
vs. This is y matter, 5 we be witnesses of y 
same. 

The comon sorte beleued them, as those y 
were the elders (j iudges of the people, & so 
they condemned her to death. Susanna 
cried out with a loude voyce, tJ sayde : O 
euerlastinge God, 4 thou sercher of secretes, 
thou y knowest all thinges afore they come to 

se : thou wotest, y they haue borne false 
wytnes agaynst me : & beholde, I must dye, 
where as I neuer dyd eny soch thinges, as 
these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst 
me. And y LORDE herde hir voyce. For 
whe she was led forth to death, y LORDE 
raised vp y sprete of a yoge childe, whose 

Leui. 24. c. 4 Hebr.4. c. c 2 Re. 3. f. Act. 20. d. 



u 



name was Daniel, which cried with a loude 
voice : c I am clene fro this bloude. The all 

people turned the towarde him, (j saide 

hat meane these wordes, y thou hast spoke 
Daniel stode in y myddest of the, (j sayde 
Are ye soch fooles (O ye childre of Israel) y 
ye ca not discerne? Ye haue here condened 
daughter of Israel vnto death, and knowe not 
the trueth wherfore : Go syt on iudgment 
agayne, for they haue spoken false witnesse 
agaynst her. 

Wherfore the people turned agayne in all 
the haist. And the elders (that is, the prin- 
cipall heades) sayde vnto him : come sit 
downe here amonge vs, and shewe vs this 
matter, seynge God hath geuen the as greate 
honoure, as an elder. And Daniel sayde vnto 
them : d Put these two asyde one from another 
and then shal I heare them. When they were 
put a sunder one from another, he called one 
of them, and sayde vnto him : O thou olde 
canckerde carle, that hast vsed thy wickednesse 
so longe : thine vngracious dedes which thou 
hast done afore, are now come to light. For 
thou hast geuen false iudgmentes, thou hast 
oppressed the innocent, and letten the giltie 
go fre, where as yet the LORDE saieth : 
e The innocent and righteous se thou slaye not. 
Wei than, yf thou hast sene her, tel me, 
vnder what tre sawest thou them talkynge 
together ? He answered : Vnder a Molbery 
tre. And Daniel sayde : very wel, Now thou 
leist euen vpon thine heade. Lo the mes- 
saunger of the LORDE hath receaued the 
sentence of him, to cut y in two. 

Then put he him asyde, and called for the 
other, and sayde vnto him : O thou sede of 
Canaan but not of Iuda: Fayrnesse hath 
disceaued the, and lust hath subuerted thine 
herte. Thus dealte ye afore with the daugh- 
ters of Israel, and they (for feare) consented 
vnto you : but the daughter of Iuda wolde 
not abyde youre wickednesse. Now tell me 
than, vnder what tre didest thou take them 
speakinge together ? He answered : vnder a 
pomgranate tre. Then sayde Daniel vnto 
him: very wel, now thou leyst also euen 
vpo thine heade. The messaunger of the 
LORDE stondeth waytinge with the swerde, 
to cut the in two, and to slaye you both. 

With that, all the whole multitude gaue a 
greate shoute, and praysed God, which all- 



tfo. rrrrmj* 



Cfa sstorpe of %tl 



waye delyuereth them y put their trust" in 
him. And they came vpon the two elders, 
(whom Daniel had conuicte with their owne 
mouth: that they had geuen false witnesse) 
and dealte with them,* euen likewyse as they 
wolde haue done with their neghbouresse : 
Yee they dyd acordinge to the lawe of Moses, 

' Psal. 16. a. * Deu. 19. d. Prou. 19. a. 



and put them to death. Thus the innocent 
bloude was saued the same daye. 

The Helchias 5 his wife praysed God for 
their daughter Susanna, with Ioachim hir 
huszbonde and all y kinrede : that there was 
no dishoneste founde in her. From that 
daye forth was Daniel had in greate reputa- 
cio in the sight of f people. 



C&e tttist of tfa sstorp of ^usarata* 



tofcitf) tt tfee jrtttj* Chapter of Baniel after tbt £atm* 



THERE was at Babilon an ymage, called 
Bel: and there were spent vpon him 
euery daye, xij. cakes, xl. shepe, and sixe 
greate pottes of wine. Him dyd the kynge 
worshipe himself, and went daylie to honoure 
him: but Daniel worshiped his owne God. 
And the kynge sayde vnto him: Why dost 
not thou worshipe Bel? he answered and 
sayde : a Because I maye not worshipe thinges, 
that be made with hondes, but the lyuynge 
God, which made heauen and earth, and hath 
power vpon all flesh. The kynge sayde vnto 
him: thinkest thou not, y Bel is a lyuynge 
God ? Or seist thou not, how moch he eateth 
and drynketh euery daye? Daniel smyled, 
and sayde : O kynge, disceaue not thyselfe : 
This is but made of claye within, and of 
metall without, nether eateth he euer eny 
thinge.* 

Then the kynge was wroth, and called for 
his prestes, and sayde vnto them : Yf ye tell 
me not who this is, that eateth vp these ex- 
penses, ye shal dye : But yf ye can certifie 
me, that Bel eateth them, then Daniel shall 
dye/ for he hath spoken blasphemy agaynst 
Bel. And Daniel sayde vnto the kynge : let 



Deut. 4. c. and 5. 



Deut. 6. d. Matt. 4. a. 



it so be, acordinge as thou hast sayde. The 
prestes of Bel were lxx. besyde their wyues 
and children. And the kynge wente with 
Daniel in to the temple of Bel. So Bels 
prestes sayde : Lo, we wil go out, u set thou 
y meate there (O kynge) u poure in the 
wyne : then shutt the dore fast, and seale it 
with thine owne signet: and tomorow when 
thou commest in, yf thou fyndest not, that 
Bel hath eaten vp all, we wil suffre death : or 
els daniel, that hath lyed vpon vs. The 
prestes thought them selues sure ynough, for 
vnder y altare they had made a preuy in- 
traunce, j there wente they in euer, and ate 
vp what there was. 

So when they were gone forth, the kynge 
set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had 
comaunded his seruauntes to bringe aszshes 
and these he siffted thorow out all the temple, 
that the kynge might se. Then wente they 
out, a sparre the dore, sealinge it with y 
kynges signet, and so departed. In y night 
came the prestes with their wyues and child- 
ren (as they were wonte to do) and ate and 
dronke vp all. In the mornynge be tymes at 
the breake of the daye, the kynge arose, 5 



ZX)t storpe of 33eL 



So. tm& 



Daniel with him. And the kynge sayde: 
Daniel, are the seales whole yet? He 
answered: Yee (o kynge) they be whole. 
Now as soone as he had opened the dore, the 
kinge loked vnto y altare, and cried with a 
loude voyce : Greate art thou o Bel, and with 
the is no disceate. Then laughed Daniel, 
and helde the kynge, that he shulde not go 
in, and sayde : Beholde the pauement, marcke 
well, whose fotesteppes are these ? The kynge 
sayde : I se the fotesteppes of men, women 
and children. 

Therfore the kynge was angrie, and toke 
the prestes, with their wyues and childre, j 
they shewed him y preuy dores, where they 
came in, (j ate vp soch thinges as were vpon 
y altare. " For the which cause y kynge slewe 
them, 5 delyuered Bel in to Daniels power, 
which destroyed him and his temple. 

And in that same place there was a greate 
dragon, which they of Babilon worshipped. 
And y kynge sayde vnto Daniel: sayest thou, 
y this is but a god of metall also ? lo, he 
liueth, he eateth % drinketh: so y thou cast 
not saye, that he is no lyuinge God, therfore 
worshipe him. Daniel sayde vnto y kinge : 
I wil worshipe the LORDE my God,* he is y 
true lyuynge God: as for this, he is not the 
God of life. But geue me leaue (o kynge) 5 
I shal destroye this dragon without swearde 
or staff. The kynge sayde : I geue y leaue. 
Then Daniel toke pitch, fatte, and hairie woll, 
and did seyth them together, and made lompes 
therof : this he put in y Dragos mouth, and 
so f dragon barst in sonder: and Daniel 
sayde : lo, there is he whom ye worshipped. 

When they of Babylon herde that, they 
toke greate indignacion, and gathered them 
together agaynst the kynge, sayenge : The 
kynge is become a Iewe also, he hath de- 
stroyed Bel, he hath slayne y Dragon, and 
put the prestes to death. So they came to y 
kynge, & sayde : let us haue Daniel, or els we 
wil destroye the and thine house. 

Now whan y kynge sawe, that they russhed 
in so sore vpon him, (t that necessite con- 1 
strained him, c he deliuered Daniel vnto them: j 
which cast him in to the lyons denne, where he | 



Iere. 51. 
Daniel 6. 



Esa. 46. a. 
d Eze. 8. a. 



Iere. 50. a. 
c 3 Re. 17. 



4 Dan. 6. c. 
/Iere. 38. b. 



was sixe dayes. In the denne there were 
seuen lyons, and they had geuen them euery 
daye two bodies and two shepe : which then 
were not geue them, that they might deuoure 
Daniel. 

There was in Iewry a prophet called 
Abacuc, which had made potage, and broken 
bred in a depe platter, and was goinge in to 
the felde, for to brynge it to y mowers. But 
the angell of the LORDE sayde vnto Abacuc: 
go cary the meate that thou hast in to Babilon, 
vnto Daniel, which is in ^y lyos denne. 
And Abacuc sayde : LORDE, I neuer sawe 
Babilon : and as for the denne, I knowe it 
not. ''Then the angel of the LORDE toke 
him by the toppe, and bare him by the hayre 
of the heade, and (thorow a mightie wynde) 
set him in Babilon vpon the denne. And 
Abacuc cried, sayenge : O Daniel thou ser- 
uaunt of God, e haue, take the breakfast, y 
God hath sent y. And Daniel saide : O God, 
hast thou thought vpon me ? wel, thou neuer 
faylest them that loue the. So Daniel arose, 
(j ate : and the angel of the LORDE set 
Abacuc in his owne place agayne imme- 
diatly. 

Vpon the seuenth daye, the kynge wente 
to bewepe Daniel : and whan he came to the 
denne, he loked in : and beholde, Daniel sat 
in the myddest of the lyons. Then cried y 
kynge with a loude voyce, sayenge : Greate 
art thou, o LORDE God of Daniel:'' 5 he 
drewe him out of the denne. As for those 
that were y cause of his destruccio/ he dyd 
cast the in to the denne, and they were de- 
uoured in a moment before his face. 

After this, wrote the kynge vnto all people, 
kynreddes and tunges, that dwelt in all 
countrees, sayenge : peace be multiplied with 
you. My commaundement is, in all the 
dominyon of my realme : that men feare and 
stonde in awe of Daniels God/' for he is the 
lyuynge God, which endureth euer : his kyng- 
dome abydeth vncorrupte, and his power is 
euerlastinge.' It is he that can delyuer and 
saue : he doth wonders and maruelous workes 
in heauen and in earth, for he hath saued 
Daniel from the power of the Lyons. 



Hest. 7. 



e Dan. 6. c. * Dan. 6. c. ' 
Esa. 43. b. Ose. 13. b. Dan. 3. f. 



Luc. 



Cfte tvtot of t\)t £>torpe of 25eL 



Zf)t fivtit ftufee of ti)t ffilutfytibttg. 



TOfjat tW fcofee tontepetk 



Chap. I. 
Of the power of Alexander kynge of Macedonia. 
Of certayne vnfaithfull Israelites. Of the 
greate tyranny of Antiochus, 5 how miserably 
he destroyeth Ierusale : which God suffreth to 
be plaged, because they haue forsaken him. 

Chap. II. 

How feruently Matathias and his sonnes stryue 
for the honoure of God and welfare of the 
people ; How swetely he exorteth his sonnes 
(eue in the houre of his death) to be stedfast 
in the lawe of God. 

Chap. III. 
Of Iudas Machabeus that worthy captayne, and 
of his noble actes agaynst Antiochus. 

Chap. IIII. V. 
Of the glorious victory, that God gaue Iudas 
against Gorgias and Lisias : how they wynne 
the cite, and dense the temple agayne, j how 
they fyght afterwarde against the Heithen. 

Chap. VI. 
Antiochus besegeth Elymas in Persia. Iudas 
layeth sege to the castel at Ierusalem, the 
kynge goeth aboute to help the that are therin. 

Chap. VII. 
The tyranny of Demetrius. They take truce 
with the people of God, (t kepe it not. 

Chap. VIII. 

Iudas hearinge how reasonable the Romaynes 
are, seketh for to make peace with them. 

Chap. IX. 
How Iudas was slaine in the bataill and how 
there came vp derth after his death. Ionathas 
was captayne after him. and gatt the victory 
of Bachides. 



Chap. X. 

Of Alexader the sonne of Antiochus. Demetrius 
maketh peace with Ionathas, (j so doth Alex- 
ander afterwarde. Ptolomy geueth his doughter 
Cleopatra vnto Alexader. Demetrius defyeth 
Ionathas. 

Chap. XI. 

Ptolomy ryseth agaynst Alexander and Ionathas, 
and promyseth to geue Demetrius his daughter, 
whom he had geuen allredy vnto Alexander. 
The death of Alexander and Ptolomy, the 
raigne of Demetrius. Demetrius and Ionathas 
are frendes. Alexanders sonne taketh the 
kyngdome vpon him. 

Chap. XII. 
The Iewes wryte vnto the Romaynes and Spar- 
cians to renue the olde frendshipe. Triphon 
receaueth Ionathas with fayre wordes, and then 
causeth him and his to be slayne. 

Chap. XIII. 

After the death of Ionathas is Symon his brother 
made Captaine of the people which goeth forth 
agaynst Triphon, and burieth his brother. 
Triphon slayeth Antiochus haynously. Symon 
maketh peace with Demetrius, and layeth sege 
to Gaza. 

Chap. XIIII. 

Demetrius seketh helpe against Tripho. Deme- 
trius is take. Peace in Iewry. Simo ruleth 
well. The Romaines and they of Sparta renue 
the peace with Symon. 

Chap. XV. 
Antiochus wryteth louyngly vnto the Iewes, and 
persecuteth Triphon. He breaketh the bonde 
with the Iewes. 

Chap. XVI. 

The faithfulnes of Symo & his sonnes. Ptolomy 
szlayeth them disceatfully, and betrayeth the 
londe. 



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fa, tmhi). 



Cfie ffnit Chapter. 

AFTER that Alexander the sonne of 
Philippe, kynge of Macedonia wente 
forth of the londe of Cethim, and slewe Darius 
kynge of the Persia's and Meedes: It hap- 
pened, that he toke greate warres in honde, 
wanne very many stronge cities, and slew 
many kinges of f earth : goinge thorow to y 
endes of the worlde, and gettinge many 
spoyles of the people : In so moch, y the 
worlde stode in greate awe of him," (j therfore 
was he proude in his herte. Now whe he 
had gathered a mightie stroge hoost, {t sub- 
dued y lodes and people with their prynces, 
so that they became tributaries vnto hi : he 
fell sick. And whe he perceaued that he 
must nedes die, he called for his noble estates 
(which had bene brought vp with him of 
children) g parted his kyngdome amonge 
them, 4 whyle he was yet alyue. So Alexader 
raygned xij. yeare, and then dyed. 

After his death fell the kyngdome vnto his 
prynces, and they optayned it euery one in 
his rowme, and caused them selues to be 
crowned as kynges : and so dyd their childre 
after them many yeares, & moch wickednesse 
increaced in the worlde. Out of these came 
y vngracious rote, noble Antiochus y sonne 
of Antiochus the kynge c (which had bene a 
pledge at Rome) & he raigned in y Cxxxvij. 
yeare of the raigne of the Grekes. 

In those dayes wete there out of Israel 
wicked men, which moued moch people with 
their coucel/ sayege : Let vs go 5 make a 
couenaunt with the Heithen, y are rounde 
aboute vs: *for sence we departed from them, 
we haue had moch sorow. So this deuyce 
pleased them well, and certayne of y people 
toke vpon the for to go vnto f kynge, which 
gaue them licence to do after the ordinauce 
of the Heithen/ Then set they vp an open 
scole (at Ierusalem) of the lawes of the 
Heithe, and were nomore circumcised: but 
forsoke y holy Testamente, and ioyned them 
selues to f Heithe/ j were cleane solde to do 
myschefe. 

So when Antiochus beganne to be mightie 
in his kyngdome, he wente aboute to optayne 
y londe of Egipte also, that he might haue 
the dominion of two realmes. Vpon this 



- Iudit. 1. b. 
d Deut. 7. a. Iudic 



Dan. 7. a. and 8. b. 
2. a. ' Iere. 44. c. 



' 1 Mac. 8. a. 
/ 2 Mac. 4. b. 



entred he in to Egipte' 1 with a stronge hoost, 
with charettes, elephantes, horsmen & a greate 
nombre of shippes, and beganne to warre 
agaynst Ptolomy the kynge of Egipte. But 
Ptolomy was afrayed of him, and fled : and 
many of his people were wounded to death. 
Thus Antiochus wane many stroge cities, 
and toke awaye great good out of the londe 
of Egipte. 

And after that Antiochus had smytten 
Egipte, he turned agayne in the Cxliij. yeare 
(j wente towarde Israel,' and came vp to Ieru- 
salem with a mightie people : and entred 
proudly into y Sanctuary, and toke awaye 
the golden altare, the candilsticke and all y 
ornametes therof : the table of the shewbred 
the pouringe vessel, the chargers, the golden 
spones, the vale, the crownes and golden 
apparel of the temple, and brake downe all. 
He toke also the syluer and golde, the pre- 
cious Iewels, and the secrete treasures that he 
foude. And when he had taken awaye alto- 
gether, caused a greate murthur of men, and 
so fulfilled his malicious pryde, he departed 
in to his owne londe. 

Thus there arose greate heuinesse and 
misery in all the londe of Israel. The prynces 
and the elders of the people mourned, the 
yoge men and the maydens were defyled, and 
the fayre beutye of women was chaunged: 
the brydegrome and the bryde toke them to 
mournynge : the londe and those that dwelt 
therin, was moued : for all the house of Iacob 
was brought to confucion. 

After two yeares the kynge sent his chefe 
treasurer vnto the cities of Iuda,* which came 
to Ierusalem with a greate multitude of people, 
speakige peaceable wordes vnto the, but all 
was disceate : for when they had geuen him 
credence, he fell sodely vpon the cite, and 
smote it sore, 'and destroyed moch people of 
Israel. And when he had spoyled the cite, 
he set fyre on it, m castinge downe houses and 
walles on euery syde. The women (j their 
children toke they captiue, and led awaye 
their catell. Then buylded they the castel of 
Dauid with a greate and thicke wall, and with 
mightie towres, and made it a stronge holde 
for them. Besyde all this they sett wicked 
people and vngodly men to kepe it, stoared it 
with weapens and vytales : gathered the goodes 



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of Ierusalem, and layed the vp there : thus 
became it a theuysh castell. 

And this was done to laye waite for the 
people that wente in to the Sanctuary, and for 
the cruell destruccion of Israel. Thus they 
shed innocent bloude on euery syde of y 
Sanctuary, and defyled it : In so moch that 
the citesyns were fayne to departe, and the 
cite became an habitacion of straungers, be- 
ynge desolate of hir owne sede, for hir owne 
natyues were fayne to leaue her. Hir Sac- 
tuary was clene waisted/ hir holy dayes were 
turned in to mournynge, hir Sabbathes were 
had in derision, and hir honoure brought to 
naught. Loke how greate hir glory was afore, 
so greate was hir confucion, and hir ioye 
turned in to sorow. 

Antiochus also the kynge sent out a com- 
mission* vnto all his kyngdome, that all the 
people shulde be one. Then they left euery 
man his lawe, and all the Heithen agi'eed to 
the comaundement of kynge Antiochus : Yee 
many of the Israelites consented there vnto, 
offerynge vnto Idols, and defylinge the Sab- 
bath. So the kynge Antiochus sent his 
messaungers with his commission vnto Ieru- 
salem, and to all y cities of Iuda : that they 
shulde folowe y lawes of the Heithe, and for- 
bad ether burntofferynge, meatofferynge or 
peaceofferynge to be made in the temple of 
God, (j that there shulde no Sabbath ner hye 
feast daye be kepte : but commaunded, that 
the Sanctuary and the holy people of Israel 
shulde be defyled. 

He commaunded also that there shulde be 
set vp other altares, temples and Idols : to 
offre vp swynes flesh and other vnclene beastes: 
that men shulde leaue their children vncir- 
cumcised, to defyle their soules with all maner 
of vnclennesse j abhominacions : that they 
might so forget the lawe, and chaiige all the 
holy ordinaunces of God: and that who so 
euer wolde not do acordynge to the com- 
maundement of kynge Antiochus, shulde 
suffre death. In like maner commaunded he 
thorow out all his realme, and sett rulers ouer 
the people, for to compell them to do these 
thynges, commaundinge the cities of Iuda to 
do sacrifice vnto Idols. 

Then wente the people vnto the Heithen 
by heapes, forsoke the lawe of the LORDE, 
and committed moch euell in the londe : yee 



and chaced out the secrete Israelites, which 
had hyd them selues in corners and preuy 
places. The xv. daye of the moneth Casleu, 
in the Cxlv. yeare, set kynge Antiochus an 
abhominable Idol of desolacion vpon the 
altare of God, and they buylded altares thorow 
out all the cities of Iuda on euery syde, before 
the dores of the houses, and in the stretes : 
where they brent incense, and dyd sacrifyce, 
And as for the bokes of the lawe of God, they 
brent them in the fyre, c and rente them in 
peces. What so euer he was that had a boke 
of the Testament of the LORDE founde by 
hym, yee who so euer endeuored himself to 
kepe the lawe of the LORDE, the kynges 
commaundement was, y they shulde put him 
to death. And thorow his auctorite they 
executed these thinges euery moneth, vpon 
the people of Israel that were founde in the 
cities. 

The fyue and twentye daye of the moneth/ 
what tyme as they dyd sacrifice vpon the 
altare (which stode in the steade of the altare 
of the LORDE) acordinge to the commaunde- 
ment of kynge Antiochus ? they put certayne 
women to death, which had caused their 
children to be circumcised: Not only that, but 
they hanged vp the children by the neckes 
thorow out all their houses, and slewe the 
circumcisers of them. 

Yet were there many of the people of 
Israel, which determed in them selues, that 
they wolde not eate vncleane thinges: but 
chose rather to suffre death, then to be defyled 
with vncleane meates. So because they wolde 
not breake the blessed lawe of God, they were 
cruelly slayne. And this greate tyranny in- 
creased very sore vpon the people of Israel. 

Cht tj. Chapter. 

IN those dayes there dyd stode vp one 
Matathias the sonne of Symeon the prest 
(out of the kynred of Ioaris) fro Ierusalem, 
and dwelt vpon the mount of Modin, and had 
v. sonnes : Iho called Gaddis : Symon, called 
Thasi : Iudas, other wyse called Machabeus : 
Eleazer, other wyse called Abaron : and 
Ionathas, whose surname was Apphus. These 
sawe the euell, y was done amonge the people 
of Iuda and Ierusalem. And Matathias sayde : 
Wo is me, alas that euer I was borne, to se 
this misery of my people, and y piteous de 



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struccio of the holy cite : (j thus to syt so styll, 
it beynge delyuered in to the hondes of the 
enemies, "Hir Sanctuary is come in to the 
power of straungers, hir temple is, as it were 
a man y hath lost his good name. Hir pre- 
cious ornamentes are caried awaye captyue, 
hir olde men are slayne in the stretes, and hir 
yonge men are fallen thorow the swearde of 
the enemies. 

What people is it, that hath not some pos- 
session in hir kyngdome ? Or who hath not 
gotten some of hir spoyles ? All hir glory is 
taken awaye. She was a Quene, and now she 
is become an handmayde. Beholde our Sanc- 
tuary, oure bewtye and honoure is waisted 
awaye, and defyled by the Gentiles. What 
helpeth it vs then to lyue ? And Matathias 
rente his clothes, he and his sonnes, and put 
sackcloth vpon them, 5 mourned very sore. 

Then came the men thither which were 
sent of kynge Antiochus, to compell soch as 
were fled in to the cite of Modin, for to do 
sacrifice and to burne incense vnto Idols, and 
to forsake the lawe of God. So, many of the 
people of Israel consented and enclyned vnto 
them, but Matathias and his sonnes remayned 
stedfast. Then spake the commissioners of 
ge Antiochus, & sayde vnto Matathias : 
hou art a noble man, of hye reputacion and 
greate in this cite, hauinge fayre children and 
brethren. Come thou therfore first, and fulfill 
the kynges commaundemet, like as all the 
Heithen haue done, yee and y men of Iuda, 
and soch as remayne at Ierusalem : so shalt 
thou and thy children be in y kynges fauoure, 
and enriched with golde, syluer and greate 
rewardes. 

Matathias answered, and spake with a loude 
voyce: Though all nacions obeye the kynge 
Antiochus, and fall awaie euery man fro kep- 
ynge y lawe of their fathers : though they 
consente to his commaundementes, yet wil I (j 
my sonnes and my brethren, not fall from the 
lawe of oure fathers. God forbyd we shulde : 
that were not good for vs, that we shulde for- 
sake the lawe and ordinaunces of God,* and to 
agre vnto the commaundement of kynge An- 
tiochus. Therfore we will do no soch sacrifice, 
nether breake the statutes of oure lawe, to go 
ther waye. And whe he had spoken these 
wordes/ there came one of the Iewes, which 
openly in the sight of all, dyd sacrifice vnto the 



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Idols vpon the aulter in the cite of Modin 
acordinge to the kynges commaundement. 

When Matathias sawe this, it greued him 
at the herte, so that his raynes shoke withall, 
and his wrath kindled for very zele of the 
lawe. With that he gaue a szkippe forth, 
and kylled the Iewe besyde the aulter : Yee 
and slewe y kynges commissioner, that co- 
pelled him to do sacrifice, cs destroyed the 
aulter at the same time : soch a zele had he 
vnto the lawe of God, like as d Phinees dyd 
vnto Zambri the sonne of Salomi. And Ma 
tathias cried with a loude voyce thorow y cite, 
sayenge : Who so is feruent in the lawe, (j wil 
kepe y* couenaunt, let him folowe me. So 
he and his sonnes fled in to the mountaynes* 
and left all that euer they had in y cite. Many 
other godly men also departed in to the wyl 
dernesse with their children, their wyues and 
their catell, and remayned there : for the 
tyranny increaced so sore vpon them. 

Now when the kynges seruauntes and the 
hoost, which was at Ierusalem in the cite of 
Dauid herde, that certayne me had broken 
the kynges commaundement and were gone 
their waye to the wyldernesse in to secrete 
places, and that there were many departed 
after them : they Mowed vpon them to fight 
agaynst them in the Sabbath daye, and sayde 
Wyll ye yet rebell ? Get you hence 5 do the 
commaundement of kynge Antiochus, and ye 
shal lyue. They answered: We wil not go 
forth, nether wil we do the kinges comaunde- 
ment, to defyle y Sabbath daye.^ Then 
beganne they to fight agaynst them neuer- 
thelesse they gaue them none other answere, 
nether cast they one stone at them, ner made 
fast their preuy places, but sayde : We wil dye 
all in our innocency, heauen g earth shal 
testifie with vs, that ye put vs to death wrong- 
eously. Thus they fought agaynst them vpon 
the Sabbath, g slewe both men and catell, 
their wyues and their children, to the nombre 
of a thousande people. 

When Matathias and his frendes herde this, 
they mourned for them right sore, and sayde 
one to another : Yf so be that we all do as oure 
brethre haue done, and fight not for oure lyues 
& for oure lawes agaynst the Heithen : then 
shall they the sooner rote vs out of the earth. 
So they cocluded amonge theselues at the 
same tyme, sayenge : What soeuer he be that 



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cometh to make battayll with vs vpon the 
Sabbath daye, we wyll fight agaynst him, j 
not dye all, as oure brethren y were mur- 
thured so haynously. Vpo this came the 
Synagoge of the Iewes vnto the : stronge 
men of Israel, all soch as were feruent in the 
lawe. And all they that were fled for per- 
secution, came to helpe them, and to stonde 
by them : In so moch that they gathered an 
hoost of men, and slewe the wicked doers in 
their gelousy, and the vngodly men in their 
wrath. Some of the wicked fled vnto the 
Heithen, and escaped. 

Thus Matathias and his frendes wente 
aboute, and destroyed the aulters, and circum- 
cided the children, that had not yet receaued 
circumcision : as many as they founde within 
f coostes of Israel: and folowed mightely vpon 
the children of pryde, and this acte prospered 
in their hondes : In so moch, that they kepte 
the lawe agaynst the power of the Gentiles 
and the kynges, and gaue not ouer their do- 
minion vnto wicked doers. 

After this when the tyme drew on fast, 
that Matathias shulde dye, he sayde vnto his 
sonnes : Now is pryde and persecucion in- 
creased, now is the tyme of destruction and 
wrathfull displeasure: Wherfore (omy sonnes) 
be ye feruent in the lawe, and ioperde youre 
lyues for the Testament of the fathers: call 
to remembraunce what actes oure fathers dyd 

their tyme, so shall ye receaue greate ho- 
noure and an euerlastinge name. 

Remembre Abraham," was not he founde 
faithfull in tentacion, and it was reckened 
vnto him for righteousnesse ? Joseph in tyme 
of his trouble kepte the commaundement, and 
was made a lorde of Egipte. Phinees oure 
father was so feruent for the honoure of God, 
that he* optayned the couenaut of an euer- 
lastinge presthode. Iosue for fulfillinge the 
worde of God, was made the captayne of Is- 
rael. "Caleb bare recorde before the cogre- 
gacion, and receaued an heretage. rf Dauid 
also in his mercifull kyndnesse, optayned the 
trone of an euerlastinge kyngdome. 'Elias 
beynge gelous and feruent in the lawe, was 
taken vp in to heaue. -^Hananias, Asarias and 
Misael remayned stedfast in faith, and were 



" lacob. 2. c. Heb.ll. d. Ro. 4. d. Gen. 22. a. Eccli. 
14. c. Gen. 41. f. Nu. 25. c. Eccli. 45. f. * Nu. 27. d. 
Iosu. 1. a. c Nu. 14. a. d 1 Re. 24. c. '4Re.lc. 
/ Dan. 3. d. e Dan. 6. d. Bel g. * Heb. 11. b. 



delyuered out of the fyre. In like maner 
1 Daniel beynge vngiltie, was saued from the 
mouth of the Lyons. 

And thus ye maye considre thorow out all 
ages sens the worlde beganne/' that who so 
euer put their trust in God, were not ouer 
come. ' Feare not ye then the wordes of an 
vngodly man, for his glory is but donge and 
wormes : to daye is he set vp, and to morow 
is he gone : for he is turned in to earth, and 
his memoriall is come to naught. Wherfore 
(o my sonnes) take good hertes vnto you, and 
quyte youre selues like men in the lawe : for 
yf ye do the thinges that are commaunded 
you in the lawe of the LORDE youre God, 
ye shal optaine greate honoure therin. 

And beholde, I knowe that youre brother 
Syrnon is a man of wyszdome : se that ye 
geue eare vnto him allwaye, he shall be a 
father vnto you. As for Iudas Machabeus, 
he hath euer bene mightie and stroge from 
his youth vp: let him be youre captayne, and 
ordre the battayll of y people : Thus shall ye 
brynge vnto you all those that fauoure the 
lawe, and se that ye auenge the wronge of 
youre people, and recompence the Heithen 
agayne, and applie youre selues whole to the 
commaundement of the lawe. So he gaue 
them his blessinge, and was layed by his 
fathers: and dyed in the Cxlvj. yeare at 
Moclin, where his sonnes buried him in his 
fathers sepulcre, cj all Israel made greate la- 
mentation for him. 

Che t't). Chapter. 

THEN stode vp Iudas Machabeus in his 
fathers steade,* and all his brethre helped 
him : and so dyd all they that helde with his 
father, and fought with cherefulnesse for Is- 
rael. So Iudas gat his people greate honoure : 
He put on a brest plate as a giaunte, and 
arayed him self with his hamesse, and de- 
fended the hoost with his swearde. In his 
actes he was like a lyon, a as a lyons whelpe 
roaringe at his praye. He was an enemie to 
the wicked,' and hiited them out : and brent 
vp those, that vexed his people : So that his 
enemies fled for feare of him, and all the 
workers of vngodlynes were put to trouble : 



' Mat. 10. d. Esa. 51. c.and40. a. lPet.l. d. Iacob. l.b. 
Eccli. 14. b. Psal. 26. c. and 30. d. k Iosepbus cap. 
8. 9. li. 12 Antiq. ' Psal. 100. b. 2 Mac. 8. a. 



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soch lucke and prosperite was in his honde. 
This greued dyuerse kynges, but Iacob was 
greatly reioysed thorow his actes, and he gat 
him self a greate name for euer. 

He wente thorow the cities of Iuda, de- 
stroyenge the vngodly out of them, turnynge 
awaye the wrath from Israel, and receauynge 
soch as were oppressed : and the fame of him 
wente vnto the vttemost parte of f earth. 
Then Appollonius (a prynce of Syria) ga- 
thered a mightie greate hoost of the Heithen 
5 out of Samaria, to fight agaynst Israel. 
Which when Iudas perceaued, he wente forth 
to mete him, fought with him, slewe him, and 
a greate multitude with liim : the remnaunte 
fled, and he toke their substaunce. Iudas 
also toke Appollonius owne swearde, and 
fought with it all his life longe. 

Now when Seron (another prynce of Siria) 
herde saye, that Iudas had gathered vnto him 
the congregacion and church of the faithfull, 
he sayde : I will get me a name and a prayse 
thorow out the realme: for I will go fight 
with Iudas and them that are with him, as 
many as haue despised the kynges com- 
maundement. So he made him ready, and 
there wente with him a greate mightie hoost 
of the vngodly, to stonde by him, and to be 
auenged of the childre of Israel. And when 
they came nye vnto Bethoron, Iudas wente 
forth agaynst them with a small company. 
And when his people sawe soch a greate hoost 
before the, they sayde vnto Iudas : How are 
we able (beynge so fewe) to fight agaynst so 
greate a multitude and so stronge ? seinge we 
be so weery, and haue fasted all this daye ? 

But Iudas sayde :" It is a small matter for 
many to be ouer come with fewe : Yee there 
is no difference to the God of heauen, to de- 
lyuer by a greate multitude or by a small 
company : * for the victory of the battell stond- 
eth not in the multitude of the hoost, but the 
strength commeth from heauen. Beholde, 
they come agaynst vs with a presumptuous 
and proude multitude : to destroye vs, oure 
wyues and oure children, and to robbe vs. 
But we will fight for oure lyues and for oure 
lawes, and the LORDE himself shall de- 
stroye the before oure face : therfore be not 
ye afrayed of them. 

As soone as he had spoken these wordes, 
he leapte sodenly vpon the. Thus was Seron 

" 1 Ee. 14. a. b 2 Par. 25. b. ' 1 Mac. 6. a. 



smytten, and his hoost put to flight, and Iudas 
folowed vpon them beyonde Bethoron vnto 
the playne felde : where there were slayne 
eight hundreth men of them, and the residue 
fled in to the londe of the Philistynes. Then 
all the Heithen on euery syde were afrayed 
for Iudas and his brethren : so y the rumoure 
of him came vnto the kynges eares, for all 
the Gentiles coude tell of the warres of 
Iudas. 

So whan kynge Antiochus herde these 
tidinges, he was angrie in his mynde: wher- 
fore he sente forth and gathered an hoost of 
his whole realme, very stronge armies: and 
opened his treasury, and gaue his hoost a 
yeares wagies in honde, commaundynge them 
to be ready at all tymes. 

Neuerthelesse when he sawe, that there 
was not moneye ynough in his treasuries, and 
that thorow the discorde and persecucion, 
which he made in y londe (to put downe y 
lawes that had bene of olde tyme) his cus- 
tomes and tributes of the londe were my- 
niszshed : he feared that he was not able for 
to beare the costes and charges eny lenger, 
ner to haue soch giftes, to geue so liberally as 
he dyd a fore, more then the kynges that were 
before him. 

Wherfore he was heuy in his mynde, and 
thought to go in to Persides/ for to take tri- 
butes of y londe, and so to gather moch 
moneye. So he left Lysias (a noble man of 
the kynges bloude) to ouersee the kynges 
busynesses, from the water Euphrates vnto 
the borders of Egipte : and to kepe well his 
sonne Antiochus, till he came agayne. 

Morouer, he gaue him half of his hoost 
and elephantes, committed vnto him euery 
thinge of his mynde, concernynge those which 
dwelt in Iuda, and Ierusalem : that he shulde 
sende out an army agaynst them, to destroye 
and to rote out the power of Israel and the 
remnaunt of Ierusalem : to put out their me- 
moriall from that place, to set straungers for 
to inhabit all their quarters, and to parte 
their londe amoge them. ''Thus the kynge 
toke the other parte of the hoost, and de- 
parted from Antioch (a cite of his realme) 
ouer the water of Euphrates, in the hundreth 
and xlvij. yeare, and wente thorow the hye 
countrees. 

e And Lysias chose vnto him Ptolomy the 

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sonne of Doriminus, Nycanor and Gorgias 
mightie men, (t the kynges frendes. These 
he sent with xl. thousande fote men and vij. 
thousande horsmen, for to go in to y londe 
of Iuda, and to destroye it, as the kynge 
commaunded. So they wente forth with all 
their power, and came to Emmaus in to the 
playne felde. When the marchaiites herde 
the rumoure of them, they and their seruauntes 
toke very moch siluer and golde, for to bye 
the children of Israel to be their bonde men 
There came vnto them also yet moo men of 
warre on euery syde, out of Syria & the from 
the Palestynes. 

Now when Iudas and his brethre sawe that 
trouble increased, and that the hoost drew 
nye vnto their borders : consideringe y kynges 
wordes which he commaunded vnto the peo- 
ple : namely, that they shulde vtterly waist 
and destroye them : They sayde one to ano- 
ther: Let vs redresse the decaye of oure 
people, let vs fight for oure folke and for 
oure Sanctuary. Then the congregacion 
were soone ready gathered to fight, to praie 
and to make supplicacion vnto God for mercy 
and grace. 

"As for Ierusalem, it laye voyde, and was 
as it had bene a wyldernesse. There wente 
no man in nor out at it, and the Sanctuary 
was troden downe. The aleauntes kepte the 
castell, there was the habitacion of the 
Heithen. The myrth of Iacob was taken 
awaye, the pype (j the harpe was gone from 
amonge them. 

The Israelites gathered them together, 
and came to Maspha before Ierusalem: for 
'n Maspha was the place where they prayed 
afore tyme. h So they fasted that daye, and 
put sackclothes vpo them, cast aszshes vpon 
their heades, rente their clothes, and layde 
forth the bokes of the lawe (wherout y Heithen 
sought the licknesse of their ymages) and 
brought the prestes ornamentes, the firstlinges 
and the Tythes. They set there also the 
absteyners (which had fulfilled their dayes) 
'before God, and cried with a loude voyce 
towarde heauen, sayenge : what shal we do 
with these ? and whither shall we cary them 
awaye ? 

For thy Sanctuary is troden downe and 
defyled, thy prestes are come to heuynesse 



Bg.7.b. 
1. 20. a. 



c Num. 6. a. 
Iudic. 7. a. 



and dishonoure : and beholde, the Heithen 
are come together for to destroye vs. Thou 
knowest what thiges they ymagyn against vs. 
How maye we stonde before them, excepte 
thou (o God) be oure helpe ? 

They blewe out the trompettes also with a 
loude voyce. Then Iudas ordened captaynes 
ouer the people : d ouer thousandes, ouer hun- 
dredes, ouer fiftie, and ouer ten. But as for 
soch as buylded them houses, maried wyues, 
planted them vynyardes, and those that were 
fearfull: e he commaunded them euery man to 
go home, acordinge to y lawe. So the hoost 
remoued, and pitched vpon the South syde 
of Emmaus. 

And Iudas sayde : Arme youre selues, be 
stronge (o my children) make you ready 
agaynst tomorow in the mornynge, that ye 
maye fight with these people, which are 
agreed together to destroye vs £ oure Sanc- 
tuary. Better is it for vs to dye in battayll, 
then to se oure people and oure Sanctuary in 
soch a miserable case. f Neuerthelesse, as y 
will is in heauen, so be it. 

Che tit). Chapter. 

THEN toke Gorgias fyue thousande men 
of fote, and a s thousande of the best 
horsmen : and remoued by night, to come 
nye where y Iewes hoost laye, and so to slaye 
them sodenly. Now the men that kepte the 
castell, were the coueyers of them. Then 
arose Iudas to smyte the chefe and pryncipall 
of the kinges hoost at Emmaus, for the army 
was not yet come together. In the meane 
season came Gorgias by night in to Iudas 
tentes : <j when he founde no man there, he 
sought them in the moiitaynes, and thought 
they had bene fled awaye because of him. 
But whe it was daie, Iudas shewed himself in 
y felde with thre thousande men only, which 
bad nether harnesse ner sweardes to their 
myndes. 

But on the other syde, they sawe that the 
Heithen were mightie and wel harnessed, and 
their horsmen aboute them, and all these wel 
experte in fettes of warre. Then sayde Iudas 
to y men that were with him : * Feare not ye 
the multitude of them, be not afrayed of their 
violente runnynge : remembre how oure fa- 
thers were delyuered in the ' reed see, when 



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Pharao threatned them with a greate hoost. 
a Euen so let vs also crie now towarde heauen : 
and the LORDE shall haue mercy vpon vs, 
and remembre the couenaunt of oure fathers, 
yee and destroye this hoost before oure face 
this daye : And all Heithen shal knowe, that 
it is God himself, which delyuereth and saueth 
Israel. 

Then the Heithen lift vp their eyes : and 
when they sawe that they were commynge 
agaynst them, they wente out of their tentes 
in to the battayll : and they that were with 
Iudas, blewe vp the trompettes. So they 
'buckled together, and the Heithen were dis- 
comfited, and fled ouer the playne felde : but 
the hynmost of them were slayne. For they 
Mowed vpon them vnto Assaremoth, and in 
to the feldes of Idumea towarde Azot and 
Iamnia: so that there were slayne of them 
vpon a thre thousande men. So Iudas turned 
agayne with his hoost, and sayde vnto the 
people : Be not gredy of y spoyles, we haue 
yet a battayll to fight : for Gorgias % his hoost 
are here by vs in the mountaynes, but stonde 
ye fast agaynst oure enemies, and ouercome 
them : then maye ye safely take the spoyles. 

As Iudas was speakynge these wordes, 
there apeared one parte of them vpon the 
mount. But when Gorgias sawe that they of 
his partie were fled, and the tentes brent vp 
(for by the smoke they might vnderstonde 
what was done) they perceauynge this, were 
very sore afrayed : and when they sawe also 
that Iudas and his hoost were in f felde x-eady 
to stryke battayll, they fled euerychone in to 
the londe of the Heithen. 

So Iudas turned agayne to spoyle the 
tentes, where they gat moch golde and syluer, 
precious stones, purple % greate riches. Thus 
they wente home, and sunge a Psalme of 
thankesgeuynge and "praysed God in heauen : 
for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for 

sr : And so Israel had a greate victory in 
that daye. 

Now all the Heithen that escaped, came 
and tolde Lysias euery thinge as it happened. 
Wherfore Lysias was sore afrayed and greued 
in his mynde, because Israel had not gotte 
soch mysfortune as he wolde they shulde, 
nether as the kynge ^commaunded. The 
nexte yeare folowinge, gathered Lysias thre 

a 1 Mac. 9. c. » 1 Mac. 8. d. * Iudit. 13. c. Psal. 106. a. 
117. a. 135. a. and 105. a. 



score thousande chosen men of fote, and fyue 
thousande horsmen, to fight agaynst them. 

So they came in to Iewry, and pitched 
their tentes at Bethoron, where Iudas came 
agaynst them with ten thousande men. And 
when he sawe so greate mightie an hoost, he 
made his prayer and sayde : Blessed be thou 
(o sauioure of Israel) which diddest ' destroye 
the violent power of the giaunte, in the honde 
of thy seruaunt Dauid, and gauest the hoost 
of the Heithe in to the honde of Ionathas 
(the sonne of -^Saul) and of his weapen 
bearer. 

Put this hoost now in to the honde of thy 
people of Israel, and let them be confounded 
in their multitude and horsmen. Make them 
afrayed, j discomforth the boldnes of their 
strength, y they maye be moued thorow 
their destruccion. Cast them downe thorow 
the swearde of thy louers, then shal all they 
that knowe thy name, prayse the with thankes- 
geuynge. 

So they stroke the batell, and there were 
slayne of Lysias hoost, fyue thousande men. 
Then Lysias seynge the discomfetynge of his 
men, and the manlynesse of the Iewes, how 
they were ready, ether to lyue or to dye like 
men : He wente vnto Antioche and chose out 
men of warre : that when they were gathered 
together, they might come agayne in to 
Iewry. Then sayde Iudas and his brethren : 
beholde, oure enemies are discomfited : Let 
vs now go vp, to clese and to repayre the 
Sanctuary. 

Vpon this, all the hoost gathered them 
together, and wente vp vnto mount Sion. 
Now when they sawe the « Sanctuary laied 
waist, the aulter defyled, the dores brent vp, 
the shrubbes growinge in the courtes, like as 
in a wod or vpon mountaynes, yee and that 
the prestes Celles were broken downe : They 
rente their clothes, made greate lamentacion, 
cast aszshes vpon their heades, fell downe flat 
to the grounde, made a greate noyse with the 
trompettes, and cried towarde heauen. 

Then Iudas apoynted certayne men to 
fight against those which were in the castel, 
till they had clensed the Sanctuary. So he 
chose prestes y were vndefyled, soch as had 
pleasure in the lawe of God : and they 
clensed the Sanctuary, j bare out the defyled 



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stones in to an vncleane place. And for so 
moch as the aulter of burntofferynges was vn- 
halowed, he toke aduysement, what he might 
do withall : so he thought it was best to de- 
stroye it (lest it shulde happen to do them 
eny shame) for the Heithen had defyled it, 
(j therfore they brake it downe. As for 
the stones, they layed them vp vpon the 
mountayne by the house in a conuenient 
place : till there came a prophet to shewe, 
what shulde be done with them. 

So they toke whole stones acordinge to the 
lawe, a and buylded a new aulter soch one as 
was before, and made vp the Sanctuary within 
and without, and halowed the courtes. They 
made new ornamentes, g brought f candil- 
sticke, the aulter of incense, and the table in 
to the temple. The incense layed they vpon 
the aulter, g lighted the lampes which were 
vpon the candilsticke, that they might burne 
in the temple. They set the shewbred vpon 
the table, and hanged vp the vale, and set vp 
y temple, as it was afore. *And vpon the 
xxv. daye of the ix. moneth (which is called 
the moneth of Casleu) in the C.xlviij. yeare : 
they rose vp by tymes in the mornynge for to 
do sacrifice (acordinge to the lawe) vpon the 
new burnt offrynge aulter, that they had 
made : after the tyme and season that y 
Heithen had defyled it. The same daye was 
it set vp agayne, with songes pipes, harpes 
and cymbales. 

And all the people fell vpon their faces, 
worshippynge and thankynge the God of 
heauen, which had geuen them the victory. 
c So they kepte the dedicacion of the aulter 
viij. dayes, offerynge burntsacrifices and 
thankofferinges with gladnesse. They deckte 
the temple also with crownes and shyldes of 
golde, and halowed the portes and celles, and 
hanged dores vpon them. Thus was there 
very greate gladnes amonge the people, be- 
cause the blasphemy of the Heithe was put 
awaye. 

So Iudas and his brethren with the whole 
cogregacion of Israel, ordened, that the tyme 
of the dedicacion d of y aulter shulde be kepte 
in his season from yeare to yeare, by the space 
of viij. dayes, from the xxv. daye of the 
moneth Casleu : yee and that with myrth and 



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1 Mac. 6. d. f. 



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Par. 7. b. d loh. 10. c. 



And at the same tyme buylded they vp y 
mount Sion with hye walles and stronge 
towres rounde aboute : lest y Gentiles shulde 
come and treade it downe, as they dyd afore/ 
Therfore Iudas set men of warre in it, to 
kepe it : and made it stronge, for to defende 
Bethsura: that the people might haue a 
refuge agaynst the Edomites. 

Cfte b. Cfiapttr. 

IT happened also that when y Heithen 
rounde aboute herde/ how that the aulter 
and the Sanctuary were set vp in their olde 
estate : it displeased them very sore, wherfore 
they thought to destroye the generacion of 
Iacob that was amonge them: In so moch 
that they beganne to slaye and to persecute 
certayne of y people. g Then Iudas fought 
against the children of Esau in Idumea, and 
agaynst those which were at Arabathane'' (for 
they dwelt rounde aboute y Israelites) where 
he slewe g spoyled a greate multitude of the. 
He thought also vpon the malice and vnfaith- 
fulnes of the children of Bean, how they were 
a snare and stoppe vnto f people, and how 
they layed waite for them in the hie waye : 
wherfore he shut them vp in to towers, and 
came vnto them, condemned them, and brent 
vp their towres, with all that were in them. 

Afterwarde wente he agaynst the children 
of Ammon, wherof he founde a mightie 
power and a greate multitude of people, with 
Tymothy their captayne. So he stroke many 
battayls with them, which were distroyed be- 
fore him. And when he had slayne them, he 
wanne Gazer the cite, with the townes be- 
longinge therto, and so turned agayne in to 
Iewry. The Heithen also in Galaad gathered 
them together, agaynst the Israelites that 
were in their quarters, to slaye them: but 
they fled to the castel of Datheman, and sent 
letters vnto Iudas and his brethren, sayenge : 
The Heithen are gathered agaynst vs on 
euery syde, to destroye vs, and now they 
make the for to come and laye sege to f 
castel, whervnto we are fled, (j Timothy is the 
captayne of their hoost : come therfore, and 
delyuer vs out of their hondes : for there is a 
greate multitude of vs slayne all ready. Yee 
and oure brethren that were at Tubin, are 
slayne and destroyed (wel nye a thousande 



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men) and their wyues, their children and 
their goodes haue the enemies led awaye 
eaptyue. 

Whyle these letters were yet a readinge, 
beholde, there came other messaugers from 
Galilee, with rente clothes : which tolde euen 
the same tydinges, and sayde, that they of 
Ptolomais, of Tirus and of Sidon were 
gathered agaynst them, and that all Galilee 
was fylled with enemies to destroye Israel. 
When Iudas and f people herde this, they 
came together (a greate congregacion) "to 
deuyse, what they might do for their brethren, 
that were in trouble and beseged of their 
enemies. And Iudas sayde vnto Symon his 
brother : chose f out certayne men, and go 
delyuer thy brethren in Galilee : As for me 
and my brother Ionathas, we wyl go in to 
Galaadithim. So he left Iosephus y sonne of 
Zachary, and Asarias, to be captaynes of the 
people and to kepe the remnaunt of the hoost 
in Iewry, & commaunded them, sayenge : 
Take the ouersight of this people, and se that 
ye make no warre agaynst the Heithen, vntill 
the tyme that we come agayne. And vnto 
Simon he gaue thre thousande men for to go 
in to Galilee, but Iudas himself had eight 
thousande in to Galaadithim. 

Then wente Symon in to Galilee, and 
stroke dyuerse batels with the Heithen: 
whom he discomfited, and folowed vpon them 
vnto the porte of Ptolomais. And there were 
slayne of the Heithen allmost iij. thousande 
men. So he toke the spoyles of them, and 
caried awaye the Israelites (that were in 
Galilee and Arbatis) with their wyues, their 
children and all that they had, and brought 
them in to Iewry with greate gladnesse. 
Iudas Machabeus also and his brother Iona- 
thas, wente ouer Iordane, and trauayled iij. 
dayes iourney in the wyldernesse : Where the 
Nebuthees met them, and receaued them 
louyngly, and tolde the euery thinge that had 
happened vnto their brethren in Galaadithim, 
and how that many of them were beseged in 
Barasa, Bosor, Alimis, Casphor, Mageth and 
Carnaim (all these are stronge walled and 
mightie greate cities) and y they were kepte 
in other cities of Galaad also : and tomorow 
they are apoynted to brynge their hoost vnto 
these cities, to take them and to wynne them 
in one daye. 



So Iudas and his hoost turned in all the 
haist in the wildernesse towarde Bosor, and 
wanne the cite, slewe all the males with the 
swearde, toke all their goodes, and set fyre 
vpon the cite. And in the night they toke 
their iourneye from thence, and came to the 
castell. And by tymes in the mornynge when 
they loked vp, beholde, there was an innu- 
merable people bearynge laders and other 
instrumetes of warre, to take the castell and 
to ouer come them. 

When Iudas sawe that the battayll beganne, 
and that the noyse therof wente vp and range 
in to the Heauen, and that there was so 
greate a crie in the cite : He sayde vnto his 
hoost: fight this daye for youre brethren. 
And so came behynde their enemies in thre 
companies, and blewe vp the trompettes, and 
cried in their prayer to God. 

But as soone as Tymothis hoost perceaued 
that Machabeus was there, they fled from 
him, and f other slewe them downe right 
sore : so that there were kylled of them that 
same daye, allmost eight thousande men. 
Then departed Iudas vnto Maspha, layed 
sege vnto it and wanne it, slewe all the males 
in it, spoyled it, and set fyre vpon it. From 
thence wente he and toke Casbon, Mageth, 
Bosor and the other cities in Galaad. 

After this gathered Timothy another hoost, 
which pitched their tentes before Raphon* 
beyonde the water. Iudas sent to spye the 
hoost, and they brought him worde againe, 
sayenge : All the Heithen that be rounde 
aboute vs, are gathered vnto him, and the 
hoost is very greate : Yee they haue hyred the 
Arabians to helpe them, (t haue pitched their 
tentes beyonde the water, and are ready to 
come and fight agaynst the. So Iudas wente 
on to mete them. 

And Timothy sayde vnto the captaynes of 
his hoost: when Iudas and his hoost come 
nye the ryuer : yf he go ouer first, we shall 
not be able to withstonde him : for why, he 
wil be to stronge for vs. But yf he darre not 
come ouer, so that he pitch his tente beyonde 
the water: then will we go ouer, for we shalbe 
stronge ynough agaynst him. Now as soone 
as Iudas came to the ryuer, he appoynted 
certayne scrybes of the people, and com- 
maunded them, sayenge : se that ye leaue 
none behynde vpon this syde of y ryuer, but 



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let euery man come to the battayll. So he 
wente first ouer vnto them, and his people 
after him. 

And all the Heithen were discomfited be- 
fore him, and let their weapens fall, and ranne 
in to the temple that was at Carnaim. Which 
cite Iudas wanne, and brent the temple with 
all y were in it : So was Carnaim subdued, 
and might not withstode Iudas. Then Iudas 
gathered all the Israelites that were in 
Galaadithim, from y leest vnto the most, 
with their wyues and their children (a very 
greate hoost) for to come in to the londe of 
Iuda. 

So they came vnto Ephron, which was a 
mightie, greate and stronge cite," and laye in 
their waye. For they coude not go by it, 
nether of the right honde ner of the left, but 
must go thorow it. Neuerthelesse they that 
were in the cite, wolde not let them go 
thorow, but walled vp the portes with stones. 
And Iudas sent vnto the with peaceable 
wordes, sayenge : Let vs passe thorow youre 
londe,* that we maye go in to oure owne 
coutre : there shal no body do you harme, we 
wil but only go thorow. But they wolde not 
let them in. 

Wherfore Iudas commanded a proclamacion 
to be made thorow out the hoost, that euery 
man shulde kepe his ordre : and so they dyd 
their best like valeaunt men. 

And Iudas beseged the cite all that daie 
and all that night, and so wanne it: where 
they slewe as many as were males, and de- 
stroyed the cite, and spoyled it, and wete 
thorow all the cite ouer them that were slayne. 
Then wente they ouer Iordane in to the 
playne felde before Bethsan. And Iudas 
helped those forwarde that came behynde, 
and gaue the people good exortacion all y 
waye thorow, till they were come in to the 
londe of Iuda. Thus they wente vp vnto the 
mount Sion, where they offred with myrth 
and thankesgeuynge : c because there were 
none of them slayne, but came home agayne 
peaceably. 

Now what tyme as Iudas and Ionathas 
were in the londe of Galaad, and Symon 
their brother in Galilee before Ptolomais : 
Then Iosephus the sonne of Zachary and 
Asarias the captaynes, hearinge of the actes 



2 Mac. 12. c. 

d 1 Mac. 5. ' 



that were done and of the battels that were 
stroken, sayde : Let vs get vs a name also, 
and go fight agaynst the Heithen that are 
rounde aboute vs. 

So they gaue their hoost a commaunde- 
ment, and wente towarde Iamnia. Then 
came Gorgias and his men out of the cite, 
to fight agaynst them : Iosephus also and 
Asarias were chased vnto y borders of Iewry, 
& there were slayne y daye of y people of 
Israel ij. M. men: so y there was a greate 
misery amoge y people, & all because they 
were not obediet vnto Iudas & his brethren, 
but d thought they shulde quyte them selues 
manfully. Neuertheles they came not of the 
sede of these men, by whom Israel was helped. 
But the men that were with Iudas, were 
greatly commended in the sight of all Israel 
and all Heithen, where so euer their name 
was herde vpo, and the people came vnto 
them byddinge them welcome. 

After this wente Iudas forth with his bre- 
thren, and fought agaynst the children of 
Esau, in the londe y lieth towarde the south 
where he wanne the cite of Hebron and the 
townes that lye besyde it : and as for the 
walles and towres rounde aboute it, he brent 
them vp. Then remoued he to go in to the 
lode of the Philistines, and wente thorow 
Samaria. At the same tyme were there 
many prestes slaine in f battayll, which wil- 
fully (j without advysement wente out for to 
fight to get them honoure. And when Iudas 
came to Azot in the Philistynes londe, he 
brake downe their altares/ brent the ymages 
of their Idols, spoyled the cities, and came 
agayne in to the londe of Iuda. 

Che bi. Chapter. 

NOW when kynge Antiochus trauayled 
thorow the hye countrees/ he herde that 
Elymas in Persia was a noble and plenteous 
cite in siluer and golde, & that there was in it 
a very rich temple : where as were clothes, 
cote armoures and shyldes of golde, which 
Alexander the sonne of Philippe kynge of 
Macedonia had left behynde him. Wherfore 
he wente aboute to take the cite and to spoyle 
it, but he was not able : for y citises were 
warned of it, g fought with him. And so he 
fled, and departed with greate heuynesse, (j 

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came agayne in to Babilon. Morouer there 
came one which brought him tidinges in 
Perside," y his hoostes which were in the 
londe of Iuda, were dryuen awaye, and how 
that Lisias wente forth first with a greate 
power, and was dryuen awaye of the Iewes : 
how they had wonne the victory, and gotten 
greate goodes out of the hoostes that pe- 
ryshed : how they had broken downe the 
abhominacion, which he set vp vpon the altare 
at Ierusalem,* and fenced the Sanctuary with 
hye walles, like as it was afore : yee and 
Bethsura his cite also. 

So it chaunced, that when the kinge had 
herde these wordes, he was afrayed and greued 
very sore. Wherfore he layed him downe 
vpon his bed, and fell sicke for very sorowe : 
and all because it had not happened as he 
had deuysed. And there continued he longe, 
for his grefe was euer more and more, so y he 
sawe he must nedes dye. Therfore he sent 
for his frendes, <j sayde vnto them : f slepe is 
gone fro mine eyes, for f very sorowe and 
vexacio of herte y I haue. For when I considre 
in my mynde y greate aduersitie y I am come 
vnto and the floudes of heuynesse which I am 
in, where as afore tyme I was so mery, and so 
greatly set by (by reason of my power) 
Againe, cosideringe y euell y I haue done at 
Ierusale, from whence I toke all f riches of 
golde and syluer y were in it, (t. sent to fetch 
awaye the inhabitours of Iewry without eny 
reason why: I knowe, y these troubles are 
come vpon me for the same cause. And 
beholde, I must dye with greate sorow in a 
strauge londe. 

Then called he for one Philippe a frende of 
his, whom he made ruler of all his realme and 
gaue him the crowne, his robe and his rynge : 
that he shulde take his sonne Antiochus vnto 
him and brynge him vp, till he might raigne 
himself. c So the kynge Antiochus dyed there, 
in the Cxlix. yeare. When Lysias knewe that 
the kynge was deed/ he ordened Antiochus 
his sonne (whom he had brought vp) to raigne 
in his fathers steade, and called him Eupator. 
Now they that were in the castel (at Ierusa- 
lem) kepte in the Iewes rounde aboute the 
Sactuary, and sought euer styll to do them 
harme, for the strengthenynge of the Heithen. 

Wherfore Iudas thought to destroye them, 

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and called all the people together, y they 
might laye sege vnto them. So they came 
together in the CI. yeare, and beseged the 
layenge forth their ordinaunce and instru- 
mentes of warre. Then certayne of them y 
were beseged wente forth (vnto whom some 
vngodly men of Israel ioyned the selues also) 
and wente vnto the kynge, sayege : How 
longe wil it be, or thou pimysh and avenge 
oure brethren ? We haue bene euer mynded 
to do thy father seruyce, to walke in his sta- 
tutes, and to obeye his commaundementes : 
Therfore oure people fell from vs, and where 
so euer they founde eny of vs, they slewe 
them : and they haue not only medled with 
vs, but with all oure countrees : and beholde, 
this daye are they beseginge the castell at 
Ierusalem, and haue made vp the stronge 
holde in Bethsura: c And yf thou doest not 
preuente them right soone, they wil do more 
then these, and thou shalt not be able to 
ouercome them. 

When the kynge herde this, he was very 
angrie/ and called all his frendes, the captaynes 
of his fote men and of all his horse men 
together. He hyred men of warre also out of 
other realmes and out of the lies of the see, 
which came vnto him. And the nombre of 
his hoost was an hundreth thousande fote 
men, and twentye thousande horsme, (t xxxij. 
Elephantes wel exercised to battayll. s These 
came thorow Idumea vnto Bethsura, and 
beseged it a longe season, and made dyuerse 
instrumentes of warre agaynst it. But the 
Iewes came out and brent them, and fought 
like men. Then departed Iudas from the 
castell at Ierusalem, and remoued f hoost 
towarde Bethzacara ouer agaynst the kynges 
armye. 

So the kynge arose before the daye, and 
brought the power of his hoost in to y waie 
to Bethzacaran, where the hoostes made 
them to the battayll, blowynge the trompettes. 
'' And to prouoke the Elephantes for to fight, 
they shewed them the sappe of reed grapes 
and molberies. And deuyded the Elephantes 
amonge the hoost: so that by euery Elephante 
there stode a M. men wel harnessed, and 
helmettes of stele vpon their heades: Yee 
vnto euery one of the Elephantes also, were 
ordened v. C. horsmen of the best, which 



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waited of the Elephante, goinge where so 
euer he wente, and departed not from him. 
Euery Elephante was couered with a stroge 
tower of wod, where vpon were xxxij. va- 
leaunt men with weapens to fight, j within it 
was a man of Inde to rule the beest. 

As for the remnaunt of the horsmen, he 
set them vpon both the sydes in two partes 
with trompettes, to prouoke the hoost, and to 
stere vp soch as were slowe in the armye. 
And when the Sonne shone vpon their shyldes 
of golde and stele, the mountaynes glistered 
agayne at them, & were as bright as the 
ereszshettes of fyre. The kynges hoost also 
was deuyded, one parte vpon the hie moun- 
taynes, the other lowe beneth : so they wente 
on, takynge good hede, and kepinge their 
ordre. And all they that dwelt in the londe, 
were afrayed at the noyse of their hoost, when 
the multitude wente forth, and when the 
weapens smote together, for the hoost was 
both greate ij mightie. Iudas also and his 
hoost entred in to the battayll, and slewe 
vj. C. men of the kynges armye. 

Now when Eleasar the Sonne of Saura 
dyd se one of y Elephantes deckte with the 
kynges badge, and was a more goodly beest 
the the other : He thought y kinge shulde be 
vpo him, and ioperde himself to delyuer his 
people, and to get him a perpetuall name. 

Wherfore he ranne with a corage vnto the 
Elephante in the myddest of the hoost, smyt- 
inge them downe of both the sydes, and slewe 
many aboute him. So wente he to the Ele- 
phantes fete, and gat him vnder him, and 
slewe him : then fell the Elephante downe 
vpon him, and there he dyed. Iudas also and 
his men seinge the power of the kinge and 
the mightie violence of his hoost, departed 
from them. And the kynges armye wente vp 
agaynst them towarde Ierusalem, and pitched 
their tentes in Iewry besyde mount Sion. 
Morouer the kynge toke truce with them that 
were in Bethsura." 

But when they came out of the cite * (be- 
cause they had no vytales within, and the 
londe laye vntylled) the kynge toke Bethsura, 
and set men to kepe it, & turned his hoost to 
the place of the Sanctuary, and layed sege to 
it a greate whyle. Where he made all maner 
ordinaunce : handbowes, fyrie dartes, rack- 
ettes to cast stones, scorpions to shute arowes, 

" 1 Mac. 4. g. 6. d. » 2 Mac. 11. a. 15. d. 



and slynges. The Iewes also made ordi- 
naunce agaynst theirs, and fought a longe 
season. 

But in the cite there were no vytayles, for 
it was the seuenth yeare of the warres, and 
those Heithen that remayned in Iewry had 
eaten vp all their stoare. And in the Sanc- 
tuary were few men lefte, for the hunger came 
so vpon them, that they were scatered abrode 
euery man to his owne place. 

So when Lysias herde,that Philippe" (whom 
Antiochus the kynge whyle he was yet lyuinge, 
had ordened to bringe vp Antiochus his sonne, 
that he might be kynge) was come agayne out 
of Persia and Media with the kynges hoost, 
and thought to optayne the kyngdome : He 
gat him to the kynge in all the haist and to 
the captaynes of the hoost, and sayde: we 
decrease daylie,and oure vytales are but small: 
Agayne, the place that we laye sege vnto, is 
very stronge, and it were oure parte to se for 
the realme. Let vs agre with these men and 
take truce with them, and with all their 
people, and graunte them to lyue after their 
lawe, as they dyd afore. For they be greued 
and do all these thinges agaynst vs, because 
we haue despysed their lawe. So the kynge 
and the prynces were content, and sent vnto 
them to make peace, and they receaued it. 
Now whe' the kynge and the prynces had 
made an ooth vnto them, they came out of 
the castel, and the kynge wete vp to mount 
Sion. But when he sawe that y place was 
wel fenced, he brake the ooth that he had 
made, and commaunded to destroye the wall 
rounde aboute. Then departed he in all the 
haist, and returned vnto Antioche, where he 
founde Philippe hauynge dominion of the cite. 
So he fought agaynst him, and toke the cite 
agayne in to his hondes. 

Clje bij. Chapter. 

IN the Clj. yeare came d Demetrius y sonne 
of Seleucus from y cite of Rome with 
a small company of men, vnto a cite of the 
see coast, and there he bare rule. And it 
chaunced, that when he came to Antioch the 
cite of his Progenitours, his hoost toke An- 
tiochus and Lysias, to brynge them vnto him. 
But when it was tolde him, he saide : let me 
not se their faces. So the hoost put them to 
death. Now when Demetrius w r as set vpon 



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the trone of his kyngdome, there came vnto 
him wicked and vngodly men of Israel : whose 
captayne was Alcimus, that wolde haue bene 
made hye prest. These men accused the 
people of Israel vnto the kynge, sayenge: 
Iudas and his brethren haue slayne thy frendes, 
and dryuen vs out of oure owne londe. Wher- 
fore sende now some man (to whom thou 
geuest credence) that he maye go and se all 
the destruccion, which he hath done vnto vs 
and to the kynges londe, and let him be 
punished with all his fredes and fauourers. 

Then the kynge chose Bachides a frende 
of his, which was a man of greate power in 
the realme (beyonde the greate water) and 
faithfull vnto the kynge : and sent him to se 
the destruccion that Iudas had done. And as 
for that wicked Alcimus, he made him hye 
Prest, and commaunded him to be auenged of 
the children of Israel. So they stode vp, and 
came with a greate hoost in to f londe of 
Iuda, sendinge messaugers to Iudas tj his 
brethre, & speakinge vnto them with peaceable 
wordes : but vnder disceate. Therfore Iudas 
d his people beleued not their saiege," for they 
sawe y they were come with a greate hoost. 

After this came y scribes together vnto 
Alcimus ij Bachides, trustinge the best vnto 
them. And first, f Assideans requyred peace 
of them, sayenge : Alcimus y prest is come of 
the sede of Aaro, how can he disceaue vs? So 
they gaue them louige wordes, a, swore vnto 
them, and sayde: we wil do you no harme, 
nether youre frendes : and they beleued them. 
But the very same daye toke they lx. men of 
them, j slewe the : acordinge to y wordes y are 
writte : They haue cast y flesh of thy sanctes, 
d shed their bloude roude aboute Ierusale,* j 
there was noma y wolde bury the. 

So there came a greate feare and drede 
amonge the people, sayenge : there is nether 
treuth nor righteousnesse in them, for they 
haue broke the appoyntment and ooth that 
they made. And Bachides remoued his hoost 
from Ierusalem, and pitched his tente at 
Bethzecha: where he sent forth, and toke! 
many of them that had forsaken him : He 
slewe many of the people also, and cast them 
in to a greate pytt. Then committed he the 
londe vnto Alcimus, and left men of warre! 
with him to helpe him, and Bachides himself 
wente vnto the kynge. And thus Alcimus! 



defended his hie presthode, and all soch as 
vexed Israel, resorted vnto him : In so moch 
that they optayned the lode of Iuda, and dyd 
moch euell vnto the Israelites. 

Now when Iudas sawe all the myschefe that 
Alcimus and his company had done (yee more 
then the Heithe them selues) vnto the Israel- 
ites: He wente forth rounde aboute all the 
borders of Iewry, and punyshed those vnfaith- 
full rennagates, so that they came no more out 
in to the countre. So whe Alcimus sawe, that 
Iudas and his people had gotten the vpper- 
hande, and that he was not able to abyde 
them: he wente agayne to the kynge, and 
sayde all the worst of them that he coude. 
Then the kynge sent Nicanor, one of his chefe 
prynces (which bare euell wyl vnto Israel) 
and commaunded him, that he shulde vtterly 
destroye the people. 

So Nicanor came to Ierusalem with a 
greate hoost, c and sent vnto Iudas and his 
brethren with frendly wordes (but vnder dis- 
ceate) sayenge : there shal be no warre 
betwixte me and you : I wil come with a few 
men, to se how ye do, with frenshipe. Vpon 
this he came vnto Iudas, and they saluted one 
another peaceably: but the enemies were 
appoynted to take Iudas by violence. Neuer- 
theles it was tolde Iudas, y he came vnto him 
but vnder disceate : wherfore he gat him awaie 
from him, and wolde se his face nomore 
When Nicanor perceaued y his councell was 
bewrayed, he wente out to fight agaynst Iudas. 
besyde Capharsalama : Where there were 
slayne of Nicanors hoost, v. M. men: the 
residue fled vnto the castell of Dauid. 

After this came Nicanor vp vnto moiit 
Sion : and the prestes with the elders of the 
people wente forth to salute him peaceably, & 
to shewe him y burnt sacrifices y were offered 
for the kynge. But he laughed the to scorne 
mocked the, defyled their offeringes, and spake 
diszdanedly, yee and swore in his wroth, 
sayenge : d Yf Iudas and his hoost be not 
delyuered now in to my hondes, as soone as 
euer I come agayne (and fayre well) I shal 
burne vp this house. With that, wente he 
out in a greate anger. Then the prestes came 
in, and stode before the aulter of the teple, 
wepinge & sayenge : For so moch as thou (o 
LORDE) hast chosen this house/ that thy 
name might be called vpon therin, and y it 

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shulde be an house of praier and peticion" vn 
to thy people : Be avenged of this ma j his 
hoost, and let them be slayne with f swearde : 
remembre the blasphemies of them, & suffre 
them not to continue eny longer. 

When Nicanor was gone from Ierusalem, 
he pitched his tente at Bethoron, and there 
an hoost met hi out of Siria. And Iudas 
came to Adarsa with iij. M. me, & made his 
prayer vnto God, sayenge : O LORDE, be- 
cause the messaungers of kynge Senacherib 
blasphemed the, the angel wente forth, and 
slewe an Clxxxv. thousande of them : * Euen 
so destroye thou this hoost before vs to daie 
that other people maye knowe, how that he 
hath blasphemed thy Sanctuary : and punysh 
him, acordinge to his maliciousnesse. 

And so the hoostes sti-oke the felde, the 
thirtente daye of the moneth Adar : and 
Nicanors hoost was discomfited, and he him- 
self was first slayne in the battayll. c When 
Nicanors men of warre sawe that he was 
kylled, they cast awaye their weapens and 
fled: but the Iewes folowed vpon them an 
whole dayes iourney, from Adazer vnto Ga- 
zara, blowinge with the trompettes, and 
makinge tokens after them. So the Iewes 
came forth of all the townes there aboute, and 
blewe out their homes vpon them, and turned 
agaynst them : Thus were they all slayne, and 
not one of them lefte. 

Then they toke their substaunce for a pray, 
and smote of Nicanors heade (t his right honde 
( d which he helde vp so proudly) and brought 
it with them, and haged it vp afore Ierusalem. 
Wherfore the people were exceadingly re- 
ioysed, and passed ouer that daye in greate 
gladnesse. And Iudas ordened, that y same 
daye (namely the xiij. daye of y moneth Adar) 
shulde be kepte in myrth euery yeare. Thus 
the londe of Iuda was in rest a litle whyle. 

€f)e bttj. Chapter. 

IUDAS herde also the fame of the Ro- 
maynes, that they were mightie and va- 
leaunt men, agreable to all thinges that are 
requyred of them, j make peace with all men, 
which come vnto them, and how they were 
doughty men of strength. Besydes that, it 
was tolde him of their battayls u noble actes 
which they dyd in Galacia, how they had con- 



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quered them and brought them vnder tribute : 
and what greate thinges they had done in 
Spayne, how that with their wyszdome and 
sober behauoure they had wonne the Mynes 
of syluer and golde that are there, and op- 
tayned all the londe, with other places farre 
from the: how they had discomfited and 
slayne downe the kynges that came vpon 
them from the vttemost parte of the earth, 
and how other people geue them tribute euery 
yeare : How they had slayne and ouercome 
Philippe and Perses kynge of Cethim and 
other mo (in battayll,) which had brought 
their ordinaunce agaynst them: how they dis- 
comfited greate Antiochus kynge of Asia (that 
wolde nedes fight with them) hauynge an 
hundreth and xx. Elephantes, with horsmen, 
charettes, and a very greate hoost : how they 
toke him self alyue, and ordened him (with 
soch as shulde raigne after him) to paye the 
a greate trybute, ' yee and to fynde the good 
suerties and plege : Besydes all this, how they 
had take from him India, Media and Lydia 
(his best londes) and geuen them to kynge 
Eumenus. Agayne, how they perceauynge y 
the Grekes were comynge to vexe them: 
sent against the a captaine of an hoost which 
gaue the battayll, slewe many of the, led 
awaye ther wyues and children captyue, 
spoyled the, toke possession of their londe, 
destroyed their stronge holdes, and subdued 
the to be their bonde men vnto this daye: 
Morouer, how y as for other kyngdomes (t 
lies, which somtyme withstode the, they de- 
stroyed them, and brought them vnder their 
dominion : But helped euer their owne frendes 
and those y were confederate with them, (j 
conquered kyngdomes both farre % nye : j y 
who so euer herde of their renowne, was 
afrayed of them : for whom they wolde helpe 
to their kyngdomes, those raigned : and who 
it lyked not them to raigne, they put him 
downe : And how they were come to greate 
preeminence : hauynge no kynge amonge the, 
nether eny man clothed in purple, to be 
magnified there thorow: but had ordened 
the selues a perlament, where in there sat iij. 
C. and xx. Senatours daylie vpon the councell, 
to dispatch euer the busynesse of the people, 
and to kepe good ordre : And how y euery 
yeare they chose a Mayre, to haue the gouer- 

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naunce of all their londe : to whom euery man 
was obedient, and y there was nether euell 
will ner discencion amonge them. 

Then Iudas chose Eupolemus the sonne of 
Ihon the sonne of Iacob, g Iason the sonne 
of Eleazar, g sent the vnto Rome for to make 
frenshipe g a bonde of loue with them : y 
they might take fro them the bondage of y 
Grekes, for y Iewes sawe y the Grekes wolde 
subdue the kyngdome of Israel. So they 
wete vnto Rome (a very greate iourney) g 
came in to y Perlamet, g saide : Iudas Ma- 
chabeus with his brethre g the people of y 
Iewes hath sent vs vnto you, to make a bonde 
of frendshipe g peace with you, g ye to note 
vs as youre louers g frendes. And y matter 
pleased y Romaines right well, wherfore it 
was writte vp : of y which y Romaynes made 
a wrytinge in tables of Lato & sent it to Ie- 
rusale : y they might haue by the a memo- 
riall of y same peace g bode of fredshipe, after 
this maner: God saue y Romaines g y people 
of the Iewes both by see g by lode, g kepe y 
swearde g enemy fro the for euermore. Yf 
there come first eny warre vpo y Romaynes 
or eny of their fredes thorow out all their 
dominyo y people of y Iewes shal helpe the 
(as y tyme requireth) g y with all their hertes. 
Also they shal nether geue nor sede vnto their 
enemies vitales, weapes, money ner shippes : 
but fulfil this charge at the Romaynes plea- 
sure, g take nothinge from them therfore. 
Againe yf the people of the Iewes happe first 
to haue warre, the Romaynes shal stonde by 
the with a good wil, acordinge as the tyme 
wil suffre: Nether shal they geue vnto the 
Iewes enemies, vytales, weapens, money ner 
shippes. Thus are the Romaynes content to 
do, g shal fulfill their charge without eny 
disceate. 

Acordinge to these articles, the Romaynes 
made the bonde with the Iewes. Now after 
these articles (sayde they) yf eny of the par- 
ties wyll put to them, or take eny thinge from 
them: they shal do it with the consente of 
both : and what so euer they adde then vnto 
them or take from them, it shall stonde fast. 
And as touchinge the euell that Demetrius 
hath done vnto the Iewes, we haue wrytten 
vnto him, sayenge : Wherfore layest thou thy 
heuy yocke vpon the Iewes oure frendes and 
louers? Yf they make eny complaynte of 

' 1 Mac. 7. f. lose. ca. 17. libro 12. 



the agayne vnto vs, we shall defende them, 
and fight with the by see and by londe. 

Cfie tr. Cftaptn-. 

TNy meane season " when Demetrius herde 
X that Nicanor g his hoost was slayne in the 
felde, he proceded further to sende Bachides 
and Alcimus againe in to Iewry, and those 
that were in the right wynge of his hoost, 
with them. So they wete forth by the waye 
that ledeth vnto Galgala, and pitched their 
tentes before Mesaloth which is in Arbellis, 
and wanne the cite, and slewe moch people. 
In f first moneth of the Clij. yeare, they 
brought their hoost to Ierusalem, and rose vp 
and came to Berea, with xx. M. fote men, 
and ij. M. horsmen. 

Now Iudas had pitched his tente at Laisa, 
with thre thousande chosen men. And when 
they sawe the multitude of the other army y 
it was so greate, they were sore afrayed, g 
many conveyed them selues out of the hoost, 
In so moch y there abode no mo of them 
but viij. C. men. When Iudas sawe that his 
hoost fayled him, and that he must nedes 
fight : it brake his herte, y he had no tyme 
to gather them together : wherfore the man 
was in extreme trouble. Neuerthelesse he 
sayde vnto them, y remayned with him : Vp, 
let vs go agaynst oure enemies, peraduanture 
we shal be able to fight with them. But they 
wolde haue stopped him, sayenge: we shall 
not be able, therfore let vs now saue oure 
lyues, and turne agayne to oure brethren, 
and then wil we fight agaynst the, for we are 
here Out fewe. And Iudas sayde : God forbyd, 
that we shulde fie from them. Wherfore 
yf oure tyme be come, let vs dye manfully 
for oure brethren, and let vs not stayne 
oure honoure. Then the hoost remoued out 
of the tentes, g stode agaynst them. The 
horsmen were deuyded in two partes : the 
slynge casters and the archers wente before 
the hoost, and all the mightie men were for- 
mest in the felde. Bachides himself was in 
the right wynge of the batell, g the hoost 
drewe nye in two partes, and blewe the trom- 
pettes. They of Iudas syde blewe y trom- 
pettes also, g the earth shoke at the noyse of 
the hoostes, and they stroke a felde from the 
morow till night. And when Iudas sawe y 
Bachides hoost was strongest of the right syde, 
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the right wynge of their ordre, and folowed 
vpon them vnto the mount Azot. 

Now when they which were of the lefte 
wynge, sawe that the right side was discom- 
fited, they persecuted Iudas and them that 
were with him. Then was there a sore bat- 
tayll, for many were slayne and wounded of 
both the parties, Iudas also himself was kylled, 
and the remnaunt fled. So Ionathas and 
Sym5 toke Iudas their brother, and buried 
him in his fathers sepulcre in the cite of Mo- 
din. And all the people of Israel made greate 
lamentacion for him, and mourned longe, say- 
enge : Alas, that this worthy shulde be slayne, 
which delyuered f people of Israel. As for 
other thinges pertayninge to y battayls of 
Iudas, the noble actes that he did and of his 
worthynesse : they are not writte, for they 
were very many. 

And after the death of Iudas, wicked me 
came vp in all the coastes of Israel," and there 
arose all soch as worke vngodlynesse. In 
those dayes was there a greate derth in the 
londe, and all the countre gaue ouer them 
selues & theirs vnto Bachides. So Bachides 
chose wicked men, and made them lordes in 
the londe. These sought out and made search 
for Iudas frendes, and brought them vnto 
Bachides : which auenged himself vpon the 
with greate despite. And there came so greate 
trouble in Israel, as was not sens the time that 
no prophet was sene there. 

Then came all Iudas frendes together, and 
sayde vnto Ionathas: For so moch as thy 
brother Iudas is deed, there is none like him 
to go forth agaynst oure enemies, agaynst 
Bachides, and soch as are aduei'saries vnto 
oure people. Wherfore this daye we chose 
the for him, to be oure prynce and captayne 
to ordre oure batell. And Ionathas toke the 
gouernaunce vpon him at the same tyme, and 
ruled in steade of his brother Iudas. When 
Bachides gat knowlege therof, he sought for 
to slaye him: But Ionathas and Symon his 
brother, perceauynge that, fled in to f 
wildernesse of Thecua with all their company, 
and pitched their tetes by the water pole of 
Asphar. 

Which when Bachides vnderstode, he came 
ouer Iordane with all his hoost vpon y Sab- 
bath daye. Now had Ionathas sent his bro- 
ther Ihon (a captayne of the people) to praye 

" Ioseph. c. 1. lib. 13. An. 



his frendes the Nabuthites, y they wolde 
lende them their ordinaunce, for they had 
moch. So the children of Iambry came out 
of Madaba, g toke Ihon j all y he had, (j 
wente their waye withall. Then came worde 
vnto Ionathas u Symon his brother, y the 
children of Iambri made a greate mariage, g 
brought y bryde from Madaba with greate 
pompe : for she was doughter to one of the 
noblest prynces of Canaan. Wherfore they 
remembred the bloude of Ihon their brother 
and wente vp, and hyd them selues vnder the 
shadowe of the mountayne. 

So they lift vp their eyes, and loked : and 
beholde, there was moch a doo, & greate re 
payre : for the brydegrome came forth, (j his 
fredes and his brethren met them with tym- 
panys, instrumentes of musick, and many 
weapes. Then Ionathas and they that were 
with him, rose out of their skoukinge places 
agaynst them, and slewe many of them. As 
for the remnaunt, they fled in to y moun 
taynes, and they toke all their substaunce. 
Thus the mariage was turned to mournynge 
and y noyse of their melody in to lamen- 
tacion. And so when they had auenged the 
bloude of their brother, they turned agayne 
vnto Iordane. 

Bachides hearinge this, came vnto y very 
border of Iordane with a greate power vpon 
the Sabbath daye. And Ionathas sayde to 
his company : let vs get vp, (j fyght agaynst 
oure enemies : for it stondeth not with vs to 
daye, as in tymes past : Beholde, oure ene- 
mies are in oure waye, y water of Iordane 
vpon the one syde of vs, with banckes, fennes 
and woddes of y other syde, so y there is no 
place for vs to departe vnto. * Wherfore crie 
now vnto heauen, that ye maye be delyuered 
from the power of youre enemies. So they 
stroke the batell. And Ionathas stretched 
out his honde to smyte Bachides, but he fled 
bacwarde. Then Ionathas and they y were 
with him leapte in to Iordane, (j swymmed 
ouer Iordane vnto him, & there were slayne 
of Bachides syde that daye, a thousande men. 

Therfore Bachides with his hoest turned 
againe to Ierusalem, & buylte vp'y castels (j 
stronge holdes that were in Iewry, Iericho, 
Emaus, Bethoron, Bethel, Thanata, Phara (j 
Thopo, with hye walles, with portes g with 
lockes : & set men to kepe them, y they might 

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vse their malice vpon Israel. He walled vp 
Bethsura, Gazara g the castell at Ierusale 
also, g prouyded them with men g vytales : 
He toke also the chefest mens sonnes in the 
countre for pledges, and put them in the 
castel at Ierusalem to be kepte. 

Afterwarde in the C.liij. yeare in the se- 
conde moneth, Alcimus comaunded, that y 
walles of the ynmost Sanctuary shulde be 
destroyed, g the buyldinges of y prophetes 
also. And when he beganne to destroye the, 
y thinges y he wete aboute, were hyndered : 
for he was smytten with a palsey, g his mouth 
shutt, so y he coude nomore speake ner com- 
maunde eny of his house cocerninge his busy- 
nesse. Thus dyed Alcimus in greate misery 
at the same tyme. And whe Bachides sawe 
y Alcimus was deed, he turned agayne to 
y kynge, g so the londe was in rest ij. yeares. 
Then all the vngodly men helde a councell, 
sayenge : Beholde, Ionathas and his copany 
are at ease, g dwell without care. Wherfore 
let vs brynge Bachides hither, g he shall take 
them all in one night. 

So they wete g gaue Bachides this councell, 
which arose to come with a greate hoost, g 
sent letters priuely to his adherentes which 
were in Iewry, to take Ionathas g those y 
were with him : but they might not, for the 
other had gotten knowlege of their deuyce. 
And Ionathas toke L. men of the countre 
(which were the ryngleders of them) g slewe 
them. Then Ionathas and Symon with their 
cdpany departed vnto the cite Bethbessen, 
which lieth in the wyldernesse, and repayred 
the decaye therof, g made it stronge. When 
Bachides knewe this, he gathered all his 
hoost, and sent worde to them that were of 
Iewry. The came he and layed sege to 
Bethbessen, and fought against it a longe 
season, and made instrumentes of warre. 
Now Ionathas lefte his brother Symon in the 
cite, and wente forth himself in to the countre, 
and came with a certayne nombre, and slewe 
Odares and his brethren and the children of 
Phaseron in their tentes : so y he beganne to 
be stronge, 15 to increase in power. 

As for Symon and his company, they 
wente out of the cite, and bret vp the instru- 
metes of warre, and fought agaynst Bachides, 
and discofited him. And Bachides was sore 
vexed, because his councell and trauayle was 

" Iosephus cap. 2. 3. libro 13. 



in vayne. Wherfore he was wroth at y 
wicked men (that gaue him councell to come 
in to their londe) and slew many of them. 
Then purposed he with his company to go 
awaye in to his owne countre : wherof whe 
Ionathas had knowlege, he sent embassitours 
vnto him, for to make peace with him, g y 
he shulde deliuer him his presoners againe. 
To the which Bachides cosented gladly, and 
dyd acordinge to his desyre : yee and made an 
ooth, that he shulde neuer do him harme all 
the dayes of his life. So he restored vnto 
him all the presoners that he had taken out 
of the londe of Iuda, and the turned and 
wente his waye in to his owne londe, nether 
proceded he eny further to come vnto y bor- 
ders of Iuda. Thus Israel had no more 
warre. And Ionathas dwelt at Machmas, and 
beganne there to gouerne the people, and 
destroyed the vngodly men out of Israel. 

Cfie r. Chapter. 

IN the C.lx. yeare came Alexander y 
sonne of noble " Antiochus, and toke 
Ptolomais, whose citisens receaued him, and 
there he raigned. When Demetrius herde 
therof, he gathered an exceadinge greate 
hoost, and wete forth agaynst him to fight. 
Wherfore Demetrius sent letters vnto Ionathas 
with louynge wordes, and praysed him greatly. 
For he sayde : we wyll first make peace with 
him, before he bynde him selfe with Alex- 
ander agaynst vs : els he shall remembre the 
euell that we haue done against him, his 
brother g his people. *And so he gaue Iona- 
thas leue to gather an hoost, to make weapens, 
and to be confederate with him, and com- 
maunded the pledges that were in the castell, 
to be delyuered vnto him. 

Then came Ionathas to Ierusalem, and red 
the letters in the audience of all the people, 
and of them that were in y castell. And 
therfore were they sore afrayed, because they 
herde, that the kynge had geue him licence 
to gather an hoost. Thus were the pledges 
delyuered vnto Ionathas, which restored them 
to their elders. Ionathas also dwelt at Ieru- 
salem, and begane to buylde vp and to repayre 
the cite: commaundinge the worke men, to 
wall it, and the mount Sion rounde aboute 
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they dyd. As for the Heithen that were in y 
castels which Bachides had made vp, they 
fled: so that euery man left the place, and 
wete in to his owne countre. Onely at Beth- 
sura remayned certayne of the Iewes, which 
had forsaken the lawe and comaundementes 
of God, for Bethsura was their refuge. 

Now when kynge Alexander herde of f 
promises y Demetrius had made vnto Io- 
nathas, and when it was tolde him of y batels 
and noble actes, which he and his brethren 
had done, and of the greate trauayles that 
they had taken : he saide : where shal we 
fynde soch a man ? wel, we will make him 
oure frende, (t, be confederate with him. Vpon 
this he wrote a lettre vnto him, with these 
wordes : kinge Alexader saluteth his brother 
Ionathas. We haue herde of the, y thou art 
a valeaunt man, j mete to be oure frende: 
wherfore this daye we ordene the to be the 
hye prest of thy people, and to be called the 
kynges frende. (Vpon this, he sente him a 
purple clothinge g a crowne of golde) y thou 
mayest considre what is for oure profit, (j 
kepe frendshipe towarde vs. 

So in the vij. moneth of the C. lx. yeare 
vpon the solempne feast daye of the taber- 
nacles, Ionathas put the holy rayment vpon 
him. Then gathered he an hoost, g made 
many weapes. Which when Demetrius herde, 
he was maruelous sory, j sayde : Alas, what 
haue we done, y Alexander hath preuented 
vs in gettinge the frendshipe of the Iewes, for 
his owne defence ? Yet wil I wryte louingly 
vnto them also, yee j promise them dignities 
j rewardes, y they maye be of my syde. 
Whervpon he wrote vnto the these wordes : 
Kinge Demetrius sendeth gretinge vnto y 
people of the Iewes. Where as ye haue 
kepte youre couenaunt towarde vs, j cotinued 
in oure frendshipe, not enclyninge to oure 
enemies we were glad, when we herde therof. 
Wherfore remayne still (j be faithfull to vs : 
j we shal wel recopense you for the thinges, y 
ye haue done on oure partie : we shall release 
you of many charges, and geue you rewardes. 

And now I discharge you & all y Iewes 
from tributes, I forgeue you the customes of 
salt, and release you of the crowne taxes, of 
the thirde parte of sede, and half of the frute 
of trees, which is myne owne dewty. These 
I leaue for you, from this daye forth : so that 
thev shall not be taken of the londe of Iuda 



ner of the thre cities which are added ther 
vnto out of Samaria and Galilee, from this 
daye forth for euermore. Ierusale also with 
all thinges beloginge therto, shal be holy and 
fre, yee f tithes & tributes shal pertayne vnto 
it. As for the power of y castell which is at 
Ierusalem, I remytte j geue it vnto the hye 
prest, that he maye set in it soch men, as he 
shall chose to kepe it. I frely delyuer all the 
Iewes that are presoners thorow out all my 
realme : so that euery one of them shalbe fre 
from payenge eny tribute, yee euen of their 
catell. 

All the solepne feastes, Sabbathes, New 
mones, the dayes appoynted, the thre daies 
before and after the feast shall be fre for all 
the Iewes in my realme : so that in them no 
man shal haue power to do eny thinge, or to 
moue eny busynesse agaynst eny of them in 
eny maner of cause. There shal xxx. M. also 
of the Iewes be written vp in the kynges 
hoost, and haue their wages payed, as all 
other men of warre of the kynges shulde haue : 
and of them shalbe ordened certayne, to kepe 
the kynges stronge holdes : yee and some of 
them shalbe set ouer the kynges busynesse, 
that they maye faithfully deale with the same. 
The Iewes also shal haue prynces of their 
owne, j walke in their owne lawes, as the 
kynge hath commaunded in the londe of 
Iuda. 

And the thre cities that are fallen vnto Iewry 
from the countre of Samaria and Galilee : shalbe 
taken as Iewry, and be vnder one : nether be 
subiecte to eny straunge lorde, but to the hye 
preste. As for Ptolomais and the londe per- 
tayninge therto, I geue it vnto the Sanctuary 
at Ierusalem, for the necessary expeces of the 
holy thinges. Morouer, I will geue euery 
yeare xv. M. Sycles of syluer out of y kynges 
checker (which pertayneth vnto me) to the 
worke of the temple : yee 5 loke what re- 
mayneth (which they y had oure matters in 
honde in tymes past, haue not payed) that 
same shal they geue vnto them also. And 
besydes all this, the v. M. sycles which they 
toke yearly of the retes of the Sanctuary, 
shal belonge vnto the prestes that do seruyce. 

Item, who so euer they be that fle vnto the 
temple at Ierusalem or within the liberties 
therof, where as they are fallen in to the 
kynges daunger for eny maner of busynes, 
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that they haue in my realme, shalbe fre. For 
the buyldinge also <j repayringe of the worke 
of the Sanctuary, expenses shalbe geuen out 
of the kynges Checker : Yee and for the 
makinge of the walles rounde aboute Ierusa- 
lem, for the breakinge downe of the olde, and 
for the settinge vp of the stronge holdes in 
Iewry, shal f costes and charges be geuen out 
of the kynges Checker. 

" But when Ionathas and the people herde 
these wordes, they gaue no credence vnto 
them, nether receaued them: for they re- 
membred the greate wickednesse that he had 
done vnto Israel, and how sore he had vexed 
them. Wherfore they agreed vnto Alexander, 
for he was a prynce that had dealte frendly 
with them, and so they stode by him allwaye. 
The gathered kynge Alexader a greate hoost. 
and brought his armye agaynst Demetrius. 
So y two kynges stroke battayll together/ but 
Demetrius hoost fled, and Alexander folowed 
after and fell vpon them. A mightie sore 
felde was it, continuynge till the Sonne wente 
downe, and Demetrius was slayne the same 
daye. 

And Alexander sente embassitours vnto 
Ptolomy the kynge of Egipte with these 
wordes, sayenge : For so moch as I am come 
agayne to my realme, and am set in the trone 
of my progenitours, and haue gotten the do- 
minion, ouer come Demetrius, conquered the 
londe, and striken a felde with him, so that 
we haue discomfited both him and his hoost, 
and syt in the trone of his kyngdome : Let 
now make frendshipe together, geue me 
thy daughter to wife : so shall I be thy sonne 
in lawe, and both geue the rewardes, and hir 
greate dignite. Ptolomy the kynge gaue 
answere, sayenge : Happy be the daye wherin 
thou art come agayne to the londe of thy 
progenitours, and set in the trone of their 
kyngdome. And now will I fulfill thy 
writynge: but mete me at Ptolomais, y we 
maye se one another, and that I maye mary 
my doughter vnto the acordinge to thy desyre. 
So Ptolemy wete out of Egipte with his 
doughter Cleopatra, 5 came vnto Ptolomais in 
f Clxij. yeare : where kynge Alexader met 
him, (j he gaue Alexander his doughter Cleo- 
patra, and maried them at Ptolomais with 
greate worshipe, like as the maner of kynges 
is to be. 

" 1 Mac. 7. b. * Iosephus ca. 5. lib. 13. 



Then wrote kynge Alexander vnto Iona- 
thas, that he shulde come and mete him. So 
he wente honorably vnto Ptolomais, g there 
he met the two kinges, and gaue them greate 
presentes of golde and syluer, & founde fa- 
uoure in their sight. And there came together 
agaynst Ionathas certayne wicked men and 
vngracious personnes of Israel, makynge com- 
playntes of him, but the kynge regarded them 
not. As for Ionathas, the kynge commaunded 
to take of his garmentes, and to clothe him in 
purple : and so they dyd. Then the kynge 
appoynted him to syt by him, and sayde vnto 
his prynces : Go with him in to the myddest of 
the cite, and make a proclamacion, that no 
man complayne agaynst him of eny matter, 
and that no man trouble him for eny maner 
of cause. 

So it happened that when his accusers sawe 
the worshipe which was proclamed of him, 5 
y he was clothed in purple : they fled euery- 
chone. And the kynge made moch of him, 
wrote him amonge his chefe frendes, made 
him a duke, and partaker of his dominion. 
Thus Ionathas wente agayne to Ierusalem 
with peace and gladnesse. c In the Clxv. 
yeare came Demetrius the sonne of Deme- 
trius from Creta in to his fathers londe : 
wherof when Alexander herde tell, he was 
right S017, and returned vnto Antioche. And 
Demetrius chose d Appollonius (which had the 
gouernaunce of Celosyria) to be his captayne. 

So he gathered a greate hoost and came 
vnto Iamnia, and sende worde vnto Ionathas 
the hye prest, sayenge: Darrest thou with- 
stonde vs thy self alone ? As for me, I am 
but laughed to scorne and shamed, because 
thou prouest thy strength agaynst vs in the 
mountaynes. Now therfore, yf thou trustest 
in thyne owne strength, come downe to vs in 
to the playne felde, and there let vs proue 
oure strength together: thou shalt fynde, that 
I haue valeaunt men of warre with me : and 
shalt knowe who I am, & the other that stonde 
by me. 

Which saye, that youre fote is not able to 
stonde before oure face, for thy fathers haue 
bene twyse chaced in to their owne londe. 
And now, how wylt thou be able to abyde so 
greate an hoost of horsmen and fotemen in 
the felde, where as is nether rocke, stone ner 
place to fle vnto ? 

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When Ionathas herde the wordes of Ap- 
pollonius, he was moued in his mynde : wher- 
fbre he chose x. thousande men and wente 
out of Ierusalem, and Symon his brother met 
him for to helpe him : And they pitched their 
tentes at Ioppa, but the cite kepte him forth, 
for Ioppa was an holde of Appollonius. Then 
Ionathas layed sege to it, and they that were 
in the cite, for very feare let him in : and so 
Ionathas wanne Ioppa. Appollonius hearinge 
of this, toke thre thousande horsmen, with a 
greate hoost of fote, and wente as though he 
wolde go to Azotus, (j came Immediatly in to 
the playne felde: because he had so many 
horsme, and put his trust in the. So Ionathas 
folowed vpon him to Azotus, (j there they 
stroke the battayll. Now had Appollonius 
left a M. horsmen behynde them pryuely in 
the tetes. And when Ionathas knewe that 
soch waite was layed behynde them, they 
wete rounde aboute the enemies hoost, and 
shot dartes at the people from the mornynge to 
the euenynge. As for Ionathas people, they 
kepte their ordre as he had commaunded them, 
(S the enemies horses were euer labouringe. 

Then brought Symon forth his hoost, and 
set them agaynst the fote men. For the 
horsme were weery allready. So he discom- 
fited them, and they fled. And they that 
were scatred in the felde, gat them to Azotus, 
and came in to the temple of Dagon their 
Idol, y they might there saue their lyues. 
But Ionathas set fyre vpon Azotus and all the 
cities rounde aboute it, ct. toke their goodes, 
"and bret vp the temple of Dagon with all 
them that were fled in to it. 

Thus were slayne and bret well nye viij. 
thousande men. So Ionathas remoued the hoost 
from thence, and brought them to Ascalon : 
where y men of the cite came forth, and met 
him with greate worshipe. After this wente 
Ionathas and his hoost agayne to Ierusalem, 
with greate substaunce of good. And when 
kynge Alexander herde these thinges, he 
thought to do Ionathas more worshipe, g sent 
him a colar of golde, as the vse is to be geuen 
vnto soch as are of the kynges nexte bloude. 
He gaue him also y cite of Accaron (with the 
londes belongynge therto) in possession. 



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ND y kynge of Egipte gathered an 
hoost, * (like the sonde y lieth vpon the 



see shore) and many shippes : and wente 
aboute thorow disceate to optayne y kingdome 
of Alexader, & to ioyne it vnto his owne 
realme. Vpon this he toke his iourneye in to 
Syria, j was letten in to the cities, and me 
came forth to mete him : for kinge Alexader 
had comaunded them so to do, because he 
was his father in lawe. Now when Ptolomy 
entred in to eny cite, he lefte me of warre to 
kepe it, and this he dyd thorow out all y 
cities. And when he came to Azotus, they 
shewed him the temple of Dagon and Azotus" 
that was brent vp, with the other thinges 
which were destroyed, the deed bodies cast 
abrode, and f graues that they had made by 
the waye syde, for soch as were slayne in the 
felde: And tolde the kynge that Ionathas 
had done all these thinges, to the intet they 
might get him euell will. But the kynge 
sayde not a worde therto. 

And Ionathas met the kynge with greate 
honoure at Ioppa, where they saluted one 
another, and toke their rest. So when Iona- 
thas had gone with y kynge, vnto the water 
that was called Eleutherus, he turned agayne 
to Ierusalem. Now Ptolomy had gotten the 
dominion of the cities vnto Seleucia vpon the 
see coost, ymaginynge wicked councels agaynst 
Alexandei*, & sent embassitours vnto Deme- 
trius, sayenge : Come, let vs make a bonde 
betwixte vs, so shall I geue the my doughter 
that Alexander hath, and thou shalt raigne in 
thy fathers kyngdome. I repente that I gaue 
Alexander my doughter, for he goeth aboute 
to slaye me. And thus he slaundred Alex- 
ander, because he wolde haue had his realme. 

Thus he toke his doughter from him, gaue 
her vnto Demetrius, and forsoke Alexander, 
so that his malice was openly knowne. And 
Ptolomy came to Antioche, where he set two 
crownes vpon his owne heade : the crowne of 
Egipte and of Asia. In the meane season 
was kynge Alexander in Cilicia, for they that 
dwelt in those places, had rebelled agaynst 
him. But when Alexader herde of this, he 
came to warre agaynst him. So kinge 
Ptolomy brought forth his hoost and met 
him with a mightie power, and chaced him 
awaye. Then fled Alexander in to Araby, 
thei-e to be defended, and kynge Ptolomys 
honoure increased. And Zabdiel the Arabian 
smote of Alexanders heade, and sent it vnto 

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Ptolomy. But the thirde daye after, died 
kynge Ptolomy himself: and they whom he 
had set in the stronge holdes, were slayne of 
those that were within f cities. And Deme- 
trius raigned in f hundreth and seuen and 
sixtie yeare. 

At the same tyme gathered Ionathas them 
that were in Iewry to laye sege vnto the 
castell which was at Ierusalem, and so they 
made many instrumentes of warre agaynst it. 
Then wente there certaine vngodly personnes 
(which hated their owne people) vnto kynge 
Demetrius, and tolde him, that Ionathas be- 
seged y castell. So when he herde it, he was 
angrie, and Immediatly came to Ptolomais, 
and wrote vnto Ionathas, that he shulde not 
laye sege to the castell, but come and speake 
with him in all the haist. Neuerthelesse 
when Ionathas herde this he commaunded 
to besege it. He chose also certayne of the 
elders and prestes of Israel, and put him self 
in the parell, and toke with him golde, syluer, 
clothinge and diuerse presentes : and wente 
to Ptolomais vnto the kynge, and founde him 
gracious. 

And though certayne vngodly men of his 
owne people made complayntes vpon him, yet 
the kynge intreated him, a like as his pre- 
decessours had done before : and promoted 
him in the sight of all his frendes, confirmed 
him in the hye presthode with all the worshipe 
y he had afore, and made him his chefe 
frende. Ionathas also desyred the kynge that 
he wolde make Iewry fre, with the thre head 
cities of Samaria* and the londes pertayninge 
therto : vpon this dyd Ionathas promyse him 
thre C. talentes. Where vnto the kynge con- 
sented, and gaue Ionathas wrytinge of the 
same, conteyninge these wordes : kynge De- 
metrius sendeth gretinge vnto his brother 
Ionathas and to the people of y Iewes. We 
sende you here a copy of the lettre which we 
dyd wryte vnto oure elder Lasthenus, con- 
cernynge you, that ye shulde knowe it. 

Kynge Demetrius sendeth gretinge vnto 
Lasthenus his elder. For the faithfulnes that 
oure frendes the people of the Iewes kepe 
vnto vs, and for the louynge kyndnesse which 
they beare towarde vs: we are determed to 
do them good. Wherfore we ordene all y 
coostes of Iewry with the thre cities, Lyda 
and Ramatha (which are added vnto Iewry 



from Samaria) g all f lodes pertayninge 
there vnto, to be frely separated for soch as 
do sacrifice in Ierusale : both concernynge 
the paymetes which the kynge toke yearly 
afore tyme, g f frutes also of the earth g 
trees. As for other tithes g tributes y be- 
longed vnto vs, we discharge the therof from 
this tyme forth. In like maner we graute 
vnto the all the customes of salt and crowne 
taxes, which were brought vnto vs. And this 
fredome shal they haue firme g stedfast, fro 
this tyme forth for euermore. Therfore se y ye 
make a copy of these oure letters, and delyuer 
it vnto Ionathas : that it maye be kepte vpon 
y holy mount in a couenient place. 

After this, when Demetrius the kynge sawe 
that his londe was in rest, and that no re- 
sistaunce was made him : he sent awaye all 
his hoost euery man to his owne place, ex- 
cepte an armye of straungers, whom he 
brought from the lies of the Heithen, wher- 
fore all his fathers hoost had euell wyll at 
him. Now was there one Triphon 1 (that had 
bene of Alexanders parte afore) which when 
he sawe that all the hoost murmured agaynst 
Demetrius : he wente to Emalcuel the 
Arabian (that brought vp Antiochus the 
sonne of Alexander) and laye sore vpon him, 
to delyuer him this yonge Antiochus : that he 
might raigne in his fathers steade. He tolde 
him also what greate euell Demetrius had 
done, g how his me of warre loued him not : 
g so remayned there a loge season. 

And Ionathas sent vnto kynge Demetrius, 
to druye them out which were in the castell 
at Ierusalem and in the other refugies, for 
they dyd Israel greate harme. So Demetrius 
sent worde vnto Ionathas, sayenge : I wil not 
only do these thinges for the and thy people, 
but at tyme conueniet I wil do both the g thy 
people greate worshipe. But now thou shalt 
do me a pleasure, yf thou wilt sende me men 
to helpe me : for all myne armye is gone fro 
me. So Ionathas sent him iij. M. stronge 
men vnto Antioche, and they came vnto the 
kynge, wherfore the kynge was very glad at 
their commynge. But they that were of the 
cite (euen an Cxx. thousande me) gathered 
them together, g wolde haue slayne the kynge, 
which fled in to his courte : g the citesyns 
kepte the stretes of the cite, and beganne to 
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Then the kynge called for the Iewes helpe, 
which came vnto him all together, g wente 
abrode thorow the cite, and slewe the same 
daye an C. M. men : set fyre vpon the cite, 
gat many spoyles in that daye, and delyuered 
y kynge. So when the citesyns sawe that the 
Iewes had gotten their wyll of the cite, and 
they them selues dispoynted of their purpose : 
they made their supplicacion vnto the kynge, 
sayege : Graunte vs peace, and let the Iewes 
ceasse from troublinge vs and the cite, and 
vpon this they cast awaye their weapens. 
Thus they made peace, and y Iewes gat 
greate worshipe in the sight of the kynge, and 
in the sight of all that were in his realme, and 
were spoken of thorow out the kyngdome : 
and so they came agayne to Ierusalem with 
greate goodes. 

So the kynge Demetrius sat in the trone 
of his kyngdome, and had peace in his lode. 
Neuertheles he dyssembled in all that euer 
he spake, g with drewe himself from Ionathas, 
nether rewarded him acordinge to the bene- 
fites which he had done for him, but troubled 
him very sore. After this came Triphon 
agayne with yonge Antiochus, which raigned 
g was crowned kynge. Then there gathered 
vnto him all y men of warre, who Demetrius 
had put awaye : these fought agaynst Deme- 
trius, which fled g turned his backe. So 
Triphon toke the Elephantes, g wanne 
Antioche. And yoge Antiochus wrote vnto 
Ionathas, sayenge : I confirme the in thy 
presthode, g make y ruler of iiij. countrees, y 
thou mayest be a frende of y kinges. 

Vpon this he sent him golden vessel to be 
serued in, and gaue him leue to drynke in 
golde, to be clothed in purple, and to weere a 
colar of golde. He made his brother Symon 
also captayne, from the coostes of Tyrus vnto 
the borders of Egipte. Then Ionathas toke 
his iourney, g wente thorow f cities beyode 
the water (of Iordane) and all the men of 
warre of Syria gathered the vnto him for to 
helpe him. So he came vnto Ascalon, and 
they of the cite receaued him honorably : g 
from thence wente he vnto Gaza, but they 
wolde not let him in : wherfore he layed sege 
vnto it, burnynge vp and spoylinge the places 
that were aboute the cite. 

And the citesyns of Gaza submytted the 
selues vnto Ionathas, which made peace with 



them, but toke of their sonnes to pledge, sent 
the to Ierusale, g wente thorow the countre 
vnto Damascus. Now when Ionathas herde 
that Demetrius princes were come in to 
Cades (which is in Galilee) with a greate 
hoost, purposinge to put Demetrius out from 
medlinge in the realme : he came agaynst 
them, and lefte Symon his brother in the 
londe : which came to Bethsura, and layed 
sege to it a longe season, and discomfited 
them. So they desyred to haue peace with 
him, which he graunted them, g afterwarde 
put them out from thence, toke the cite, and 
set me to kepe it. And Ionathas with his 
hoost came to the water of Genesar, g by 
tymes in the mornynge gat them to the playne 
felde of Azor. 

And beholde, the hoostes of the Heithen 
met the in the felde, g layed watch for the in 
the mountaynes : so y when Ionathas came 
agaynst the, the other (which were layed to 
watch) rose out of their places, g fought, g 
they that were of Ionathas syde, fled euery 
man: g there was not one of the lefte, excepte 
Matathias the sonne of Absalomus, and Iudas 
the sonne of Calphi the captayne of the hoost. 
The Ionathas rente his clothes, layed earth 
vpo his heade, made his prayer, g turned 
againe to the in y felde: where they fought 
together, and he put them to flight. Now 
when his owne me y were fled, sawe this : 
they turned agayne vnto him, g helped him 
to folowe vpon all their enemies vnto their 
tentes at Cades. So there were slayne of the 
Heithen the same daye, iij. M. men, g Iona- 
thas turned agayne to Ierusalem. 

Cftc jrrj. Chapter. 

IONATHAS seynge that y tyme was mete 
for him, chose certayne men and sent them 
vnto Rome for to stablish g to renue the 
frendshipe with the. "He sent lettres also vnto 
Sparta, and to other places in like maner. So 
they wete vnto Rome and entred in to f 
councell, g sayde : Ionathas y hye prest g 
the people of the Iewes sent vs vnto you, for 
to renue y olde fredshipe and bonde of loue. 
Vpo this f Romaynes gaue the fre pasportes, 
y me shulde lede the home in to y lode of 
luda peaceably. And this is f copy of the 
lettres that Ionathas wrote vnto the Sparcians: 
Ionathas y hye prest with y elders, prestes, 
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vnto y Sparcias their brethre. There were 
lettres sente loge agoo vnto Onias y hye prest, 
from Arius which than raigned amonge you : 
that ye are oure brethren, as the wrytinge 
made thervpon specifieth. And Onias in- 
treated the embassitoure that was sent, honor- 
ably, and receaued y lettres : wherin there 
was mencion made of the bonde of loue a 
frendshipe. But as for vs, we nede no soch 
writinges : for why, we haue the holy bokes of 
scripture in oure hondes to oure comforte. 
Neuerthelesse we had rather sende vnto you, 
for the renuynge of y brotherhode and frend- 
shipe : lest we shulde be straunge vnto you, 
for it is longe, sens y tyme y ye sent worde 
vnto vs. Wherfore in y sacrifices y we offre 
(t. other ceremonies vpon y hye solempne dayes 
and other we allwaye remembre you without 
ceassynge (like as reason is, and as it becom- 
meth vs to thynke vpon oure brethren) yee 
and are right glad of youre prosperous honoure. 

And though we haue had greate troubles 
and warres, so that the kynges aboute vs haue 
foughten agaynst vs: yet wolde we not be 
greuous vnto you ner to other of oure louers 
and frendes in these warres. For we haue had 
helpe fro heaue, so that we are delyuered, 
and oure enemies subdued. Wherfore we 
chose Numenius the sonne of Antiochus and 
Antipater the sonne of Iason, and sente them 
vnto the Romaynes, for to renue the olde 
bonde of frendshipe and loue with them. We 
commaunded them also to come vnto you, to 
salute you, and to delyuer you oure lettres, 
concerninge the renouacion of oure brother- 
hode. And now ye shal do right wel, to geue 
vs an answere there vnto. 

And this is the copy of the wrytinge, which 
Arius the kynge of Sparta sente vnto Onias : 
Arius kinge of the Sparcians sendeth gretynge 
vnto Onias the hye prest. It is founde in 
wrytynge, that the Sparcians and Iewes are 
brethren, and come of the generacion of 
Abraham. And now for so moch as this is 
come to oure knowlege, ye shal do wel, to 
wryte vnto vs of youre prosperite. As for vs, 
we haue wrytten oure mynde vnto you : Oure 
catell and goodes are yours and yours, ours. 
These thinges haue we comaunded to be 
shewed vnto you. 

When Ionathas herde, that Demetrius 
prices were come forth to fight against him 
with a greater hoost the afore, he wente fro 



Ierusalem, u met the in the lode of Hemath, 
for he gaue them not space to come in to his 
owne countre. And he sent spyes vnto their 
tentes, which came agayne and tolde him, 
that they were appoynted to come vpo him 
in the night season. Wherfore when the Sone 
was gone downe, Ionathas comaunded his men 
to watch all y night, & to be ready with wea- 
pens for to fight : and set watchmen rounde 
aboute the hoost. But when the aduersaries 
herde that Ionathas was ready with his men 
to the battayll, they feared (j were afrayed in 
their hertes, cj kyndled fyres in their tentes, 
brake vp, and gat them awaye. Neuertheles 
Ionathas and his company knewe it not till the 
morninge, for they sawe the fyres burnynge. 

Then Ionathas folowed vpon the, but he 
might not ouertake them, for they were gone 
ouer the water Eleutherus. So Ionathas 
departed vnto y Arabias (which were called 
Zabadei) slewe them, 5 toke their goodes. 
He proceded furthur also, and came vnto 
Damascus, g wente thorow all that countre. 
But Simon his brother toke his iourney and 
came to Ascalon and to the nexte stronge 
holdes : departinge vnto Ioppa, and wanne it. 
For he herde, that they wolde stonde of De- 
metrius partie : wherfore he sent me of warre 
in the cite, to kepe it. After this came Iona- 
thas home agayne, & called the elders of the 
people together : and deuysed with the for to 
buylde vp the str5ge holdes in Iewry, and the 
walles of Ierusalem, to set vp an hye wall 
betwixte the castell and y cite, for to separate 
it from the cite, that it might be alone, and 
that men shulde nether bye nor sell in it. 

Vpo this they came together for to buylde 
vp the cite : and for so moch as the wall vpo 
the broke of the west syde (called Caphetheta) 
was fallen downe, they repayred it. And 
Symon set vp Adiada in Sephela, and made 
it stronge, settinge portes (j lockes vpo it. 
"Now when Triphon purposed to raigne in 
Asia, to be crowned, and to slaye the kynge 
Antiochus : he was afrayed that Ionathas 
wolde not suffre him, but fight against him. 
Wherfore he wente aboute to take Ionathas, 
and to kyll him. 

So he departed, and came vnto Bethsan. 
Then wente Ionathas forth against him to the 
battayll with fourtye thousande chosen men, 
and came vnto Bethsan also. But whe 

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Triphon sawe that Ionathas came with so 
greate an hoost to destroye him, he was 
afrayed: and therfore he receaued him honor- 
ably, commended him vnto all his frendes, 
gaue him rewardes, and commaunded his 
men of warre to be as obediet vnto him as to 
himself. 

And saide vnto Ionathas: why hast thou 
caused this people to take soch trauayle, seynge 
there is no warre betwixte vs? Therfore sende 
them home agayne, g chose certaine me to 
waite vpon the, g come thou with me to 
Ptolomais : for I wil geue it the, with the 
other stroge holdes, men of warre and their 
officers: As for me, I must departe, this is 
only y cause of my comynge. Ionathas be- 
leued him, g dyd as he sayde, puttinge awaye 
his hoost, which wente in to y londe of Iuda. 
He kepte but iij. M. by him, wherof he sente 
ij. M. in to Galilee, g one M. wente with 
himself. 

Now as soone as Ionathas entred in to 
Ptolomais, the citesyns sparred the gates of 
the cite, and toke him, and slewe all them 
with the swerde, that came in with him. Then 
sent Triphon an hoost of fote me and horsmen 
in to Galilee and in to the greate playne felde, 
to destroye all Ionathas company. But when 
they knew that Ionathas was taken, and all 
they slayne that wayted vpon him : they toke 
councell together, and came forth ready to 
the battayll. So when they which folowed 
vpon them, sawe, that it was a matter of life, 
they turned backe agayne. As for the other, 
they wente in to y londe of Iuda peaceably, g 
bewayled Ionathas, g them that were with 
him right sore. And Israel made greate 
lamentacion. The all the Heithen y were 
rounde aboute them, sought to destroye the. 
For they sayde : now haue they no captayne, 
nor eny man to helpe them. Therfore let vs 
ouercome them, and rote out their name from 
amonge men. 

€i)« rtrj. Chapter. 

NOW whan Symon herde that Triphon 
gathered a greate hoost, to come in to f 
londe of Iuda, and to destroye it : and sawe y 
the people was in greate fearfulnesse and care : 
He came vp to Ierusalem, and gathered the 
people together, g gaue the exortacion, sayenge : 
Ye knowe what greate battayls I and my 
brethren g my fathers house haue stryken for 



the lawe g the Sactuary, and what maner of 
troubles we haue sene : thorow occasion wherof, 
all my brethren are slayne for Israels sake, and 
I am left alone." And now let not me spare 
myne owne life in eny maner of trouble, for I 
am no better then my brethren : but wil 
avenge my people and the Sanctuary, oure 
children and oure wyues : for all the Heithen 
are gathered together, to destroye vs of very 
malice. 

At these wordes the hartes of the people 
were kyndled together, so that they cried 
with a loude voyce, sayenge : Thou shalt be 
oure captayne in steade of Iudas g Ionathas 
thy brethren, ordre thou oure batell, g what 
so euer thou commaundest vs, we shall do it. 
So he gathered all the men of warre, makinge 
haist to fynish all the walles of Ierusalem, 
which he made stronge rounde aboute. Then 
sent he Ionathas the sonne of Absalomus with 
a fresh hoost vnto Ioppa, which droue them 
out y were in the castell, and remayned there 
himself. Triphon also remoued from Ptolo- 
mais with a greate armye, to come in to the 
londe of Iuda, and Ionathas with him in 
warde. And Simon pitched his tentes at 
Addus before the playne felde. 

But when Triphon knewe that Symon 
stode vp in steade of his brother Ionathas, 
and that he wolde warre agaynst him: he 
sent messaungers vnto him, sayenge : Where 
as we haue kepte Ionathas thy brother, it is 
for money that he is owynge in the kynges 
accompte, concernynge the busynesse y he 
had in honde. Wherfore sende now an C. 
taletes of syluer and his two sonnes for suertie, 
that when he is lette forth he shal not forsake 
vs : and we shal sende him agayne. Neuer- 
thelesse Symon knewe, that he dyssembled in 
his wordes : yet commaunded he the money 
g children to be delyuered vnto him : lest he 
shulde be the greater enemye agaynst y people 
of Israel, and saye : because he sent him not 
the money and the children, therfore is Io- 
nathas deed. 

So Symon sent him the children and an 
hundreth talentes, but he dyssembled, g wolde 
not let Ionathas go. Afterwarde came Tri- 
phon in to the londe, to destroye it, and wente 
rounde aboute by the waye, y ledeth vnto 
Ador. But where so euer they wente, thither 
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that were in the castell, sent messaungers 
vnto Triphon, that he shulde make haist to 
come by the wyldernesse, and to sende them 
vytales : And Triphon made ready all his 
horsmen to come that same night. Neuer- 
thelesse it was a very greate snowe, so that 
he came not in Galaadithim. And whe h 
drewe nye Baschama, he slewe Ionathas and 
his sonnes there, and then turned for to go 
home in to his owne londe. 

The sente Symon for to fet his brothers 
deed coarse, and buried it in Modin his fa- 
thers cite. So all Israel bewayled him with 
greate lamentacion, and mourned for him 
very longe. And Symon made vpon the se- 
pulcre of his father and his brethre a buyld- 
ynge hye to loke vnto of fre stone behynde 
and before: and set vp seuen pylers, one 
agaynst another (for his father, his mother 
and foure brethren) and set greate pilers roude 
aboute, with amies vpon them for a perpetuall 
memory, and carued shippes besyde the amies : 
y they might be sene of me saylinge in the 
see. This sepulcre which he made at Modin, 
stondeth yet vnto this daye. 

"Now as Tripho wente forth to walke with 
y yoge kynge Antiochus, he slewe him tray- 
terously, and raigned in his steade, crowned 
himself kynge of Asia, and dyd moch euell in 
the londe. Symon also buylte vp the castels 
Iewry, makynge them stronge with hye 
towres, greate walles, portes and lockes, and 
layed vp vytales in the stronge holdes. And 
Symon chose certayne men, and sente them 
to kynge Demetrius : to desyre him, y he 
wolde discharge the londe from all bondage, 
for Triphon had spoyled it very sore. Where 
vpon Demetrius the kynge answered him, g 
wrote vnto him after this maner: 

Demetrius y kige sendeth gretinge vnto 
Symon the hye prest his frende, with the el- 
ders and people of the Iewes. The golden 
crowne and precious stone y ye sente vnto vs, 
haue we receaued : and are ready to make a 
stedfast peace with you, yee and to wryte 
vnto oure officers, for to release you, concern- 
ynge the thinges wherin we made you fre : 
and the appoyntment y we make with you, 
shalbe firme and stable. The stronge holdes 
which ye haue buylded, shalbe youre owne. 
As for eny ouer sight or fawte committed 
vnto this daye, we forgeue it, and the crowne 

' Iosephus capite 10. libro 13. 



taxe that ye ought vs also. And where 
was eny other tribute in Ierusalem, it shal 
now be no tribute : and loke who are mete 
amonge you to be in oure courte, let them 
be written vp, that there maye be peace be 
twixte vs. 

Thus the yock of the Heithen was taken 
from Israel, in the hundreth and seuentie 
yeare. And the peple of the Iewes beganne 
to write in their lettres and actes on this 
maner : * In y first yeare of Symon the hye 
prest, and prynce of the Iewes. 

In those dayes wente Symon vnto Gaza, 
and beseged it rounde aboute, where he set 
vp ordinaunce of warre. And wanne a towre, 
which he toke. So they that gat in to the 
towre leapte into the cite, which was in 
greate feare : In so moch that the people of 
the cite rente their clothes, and clymmed vp 
vpon the walles with their wyues and chil- 
dren, besekynge Symon to be at one with 
them, sayenge : 

O rewarde vs not after oure wickednes, but 
be gracious vnto vs, and we shal do y seruyce. 
Then Symon for very pite, wolde fight no- 
more agaynst them, but put them out of the 
cite, and caused the houses (wherin the 
ymages were) to be clensed: and so entred 
the cite with Psalmes of prayse, geuinge 
thankes vnto the LORDE. So when he had 
cast all abhominacios out of the cite, he set 
soch men in it as kepte the lawe of God, and 
made the cite stronge, and builded a dwell- 
inge place for himself. 

Now when they in the castell at Ierusalem 
were kepte so strately, that they coude not 
come forth ner in to countre, and might 
nether bye ner sell : they were very hungrie, 
and many of them famished to death : In so 
moch that they besought Symon to be at one 
with them, which he graunted them. So he 
put them out from thence, and clensed the 
castell from fylthynesse. And vpon the xxiij. 

e of the seconde moneth in the Clxxj. 
yeare they entred in to it with thankesgeuynge 
and braunches of palme trees, with harpes, 
crowdes, cymbals, and lutes, synginge psalmes 
and songes of prayse vnto God, for that the 
greate enemy of Israel was ouer come. 

And Symon ordened that the same daye 
shulde be kepte euery yeare in gladnesse, and 
made stronge the hyll of the temple that 

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was besyde the castell, where he dwelt him 
self with his company. Symon also perceau- 
ynge that Ihon his sonne was a mightie man 
of armes, made him captayne of all the 
hoostes, and caused him to dwell at Gaza. 

Cftc rutj. Chapter. 

IN the Clxxij. yeare gathered kynge De- 
metrius his hoost, and departed vnto Me- 
dia, to gett him helpe for to fight agaynst 
Triphon. Now when Arsaces the kynge of 
Persia and Media herde, that Demetrius was 
entred within his borders: he sente one of 
his prynces to take him alyue, and to brynge 
him vnto him. So he wente and slewe De- 
metrius hoost, toke himselfe, brought him to 
Arsaces, which kepte him in warde. And all 
the londe of Iuda was in rest, so longe as 
Symon lyued: for he sought the wealth of 
his people, therfore were they glad to haue 
him for their ruler, and to do him worshipe 
allwaye. 

Symon wanne the cite of Ioppa also for an 
hauen towne, and made it an intraunce in to 
the lies of the see. He enlarged the borders 
of his people, and coquered them more londe : 
He gathered vp many of their people that 
were presoners : he had the dominio of Gaza, 
Bethsura and the castell, which he clensed 
from fylthines, and there was no ma that 
resisted him: So that euery man tylled his 
grounde in peace, the londe of Iuda and the 
trees gaue their frute and encreace. The 
elders sat all in iudgment, and toke their 
deuyce for the wealth of the londe : the yonge 
men put on worshipe and harnesse vpon them. 
He prouyded vytayles for the cities, and made 
goodly stronge holdes of them : so that the 
fame of his worshipe was spoken of vnto the 
ende of y worlde. a For he made peace thorow 
out the londe, and Israel was full of myrth 
and ioye. 

Euery ma sat vnder his vyne j fyge trees 
and there was no man to fraye them awaye. 
There was none in f londe to fight agaynst 
them, for then the kinges were ouer come. 
He helped those that were in aduei*site 
amonge his people, he was diligent to se y 
lawe kepte : as for soch as were vngodly and 
wicked he toke the awaye. He set vp y 
Sanctuary, j encreased the holy vessels of the 
temple. 

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When f Romaynes and Sparcians had 
gotten worde, y Ionathas was deed, they were 
right sory. But when they herde y Symon 
his brother was made hye prest in his steade, 
and how he had wonne the londe agayne with 
the cities in it: they wrote vnto him in tables 
of laton, to renue the frendshipe cj bonde of 
loue, which they had made afore with Iudas 
(E Ionathas his brethre. l Which writinges were 
red before the congregacion at Ierusalem. 

And this is the copy of the lettres, that the 
Sparcians sent : The Senatours and citesyns 
of Sparta sende gretinge vnto Simo y greate 
prest with the elders, prestes, (j f other peo- 
ple of the Iewes their brethre: Whe youre 
embassitours that were sente vnto oure people, 
certified vs of youre worshipe, honoure and 
prosperous wealth: we were glad of their 
cominge, and haue written the earande which 
they spake before the councell of the people : 
namely, that Numenius the sonne of Antio- 
chus, and Antipater the sonne of Iason the 
Iewes embassitours are come vnto vs, for to 
renue the olde frendshipe with vs. Vpon this 
the people consented, that the men shulde be 
honorably intreated, and that the copy of 
their earande shulde be written in the special! 
bokes of the people, for a perpetuall memory 
vnto the Sparcians : yee and that we shulde 
sende a copy of the same vnto Symon the 
greate prest. 

After this dyd Symon sende Numenius 
vnto Rome, with a golden shylde of a thou- 
sande pounde weight, to confirme the frend- 
shipe with them : which when the Romaynes 
vnderstode, they saide : what thakes shal we 
recompence agayne vnto Symon g his child- 
ren ? For he hath stablished his brethre, and 
ouer come the enemies of Israel. Wherfore 
they grauted him to be fre. And all this 
wrote the Iewes in tables of laton, and naled 
it vnto the pilers vpon the mount Sion. The 
copy of the writinge is this : 

The xviij. daye of f moneth Elul in the 
Clxxij. yeare in the thirde yeare of Symon 
the hye prest, in the greate congregacion of 
y prestes, rulers of the people, and elders of 
the countre at Asaramel, were these wordes 
openly declared : 

For so moch as there was moch warre in 
oure londe, therfore Symon y sonne of Mata- 
thias (come of the children of Iareb) and his 

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brethren, put them selues in parell, and re- 
sisted the enemies of their people : that their 
Sanctuary and lawe might be manteyned, and 
dyd their people greate worshipe. Ionathas 
in like maner, after that he had gouerned his 
people and bene their hye prest : dyed, and 
lyeth buried besyde his elders. 

After that wolde their enemies haue trodden 
their holy thinges vnder fote, destroyed their 
londe, and vtterly waisted their Sanctuary. 
Then Symon withstode them, and fought for 
his people, spent moch of his owne money, 
weapened the valeaunt men of his people, 
gaue them wages, made stronge f cities of 
Iuda, with Bethsura that lieth vpon the bor- 
ders of Iewry, (where the ordinaunce of their 
enemies laye somtyme) & set Iewes there for 
to kepe it. 

He made fast Ioppa also, which lieth vpon 
the see, and Gaza that bordreth vpon Azotus, 
(where the enemies dwelt afore) and there he 
set Iewes to kepe it : and what so euer was 
mete for the subduynge of the aduersaries, 
that layed he therin. Now whe the people 
sawe the noble actes of Symon, and what 
worshipe he purposed to do for them, his 
godly behauoure, and faithfulnesse which he 
kepte vnto them, & how he sought by all waies 

wealth of his people, because he dyd all 
this, therfore they chose him to be their 
prynce 5 hye prest. And in his tyme they 
prospered wel by him, so y the Heithe were 
take out of their londe : g they also which 
were in the cite of Dauid at Ierusale in the 
castell (where they wente out and defiled all 
thinges that were aboute the Sanctuary, and 
did greate harme vnto clenlynes) and Symon 
put men of the Iewes in it, for the defence of 
the londe and the cite, and set vp the walles 
of Ierusalem. 

And kynge Demetrius confirmed him in 
his hye presthode, made him his frende, and 
dyd him greate worshipe. For he herde that 
the Romayns called f Iewes their frendes, 
louers and brethren: how honorably they 
receaued Symons embassitours : how y Iewes 
and prestes consented that he shulde be their 
prynce and hye prest perpetually (till God 
raysed vp the true prophet) and that he 
shulde be their captayne, to care for the 
Sanctuary, and to set officers vpon the workes 
therof, ouer the londe, ouer the weapens, ouer 
the houses of defence, to make prouysion for 



the holy thynges, and to be obeyed of euery 
man, and all the writynges of y londe to be 
made in his name : that he shulde be clothed 
in purple and golde, and that it shulde be 
laufull for none of the people nor prestes to 
breake eny of these thynges, to withstonde his 
wordes, ner to call eny congregacion in the 
londe without him: that he shulde be clothed 
in purple, and weere a colar of golde : And 
yf there were eny which disobeyed or brake 
this ordinaunce, that he shulde be punyshed. 
So all the people consented to alowe Sy- 
mon, and to do acordynge to these wordes. 
Symon also himself toke it vpon him, and 
was contente to be the hye prest, the cap- 
tayne and prynce of the Iewes and prestes, 
and to gouerne them all. And they com- 
maunded to make this writinge in tables of 
laton, and to fasten it vnto the compasse of 
the Sanctuary in an open place : and to laye 
vp a copy of the same in the treasury, that 
Symon and his posterite might haue it. 

Che rb. Chapter. 

MOROUER, kynge Antiochus the sonne 
of Demetrius sente lettres from the 
lies of the see, vnto Symon the hye prest and 
prynce of the Iewes, and to all the people, 
conteyninge these wordes: Antiochus the 
kynge sendeth gretinge vnto Symon the hye 
prest and to the people of the Iewes. For so 
moch as certayne wicked men haue gotten 
the kyngdome of oure progenitours, I am 
purposed to chalenge the realme agayne, and 
to restore it to the olde estate. 

Wherfore I haue gathered a greate hoost 
and made shyppes of warre : that I maye go 
thorow the countre, and be auenged of them 
which haue destroyed oure londe, and waysted 
many cities in my realme. And therfore 
now I make the fre also from all the tributes, 
wherof all kynges my progenitours haue dis- 
charged the, and from other customes (wher 
from they haue released the) what so euer 
they be : Yee I geue the leaue to smyte 
money of thine owne within thy londe. As 
for Ierusalem, I wil that it be holy and fre : 
and all the weapens and houses of defence 
which thou hast buylded and kepest in thine 
hondes, shal be thine. Where as eny thinge 
is or shal be owynge vnto the kynge, I forgeue 
it the, from this time forth for euermore. 
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we shal do the, thy people and the temple 
greate worshipe : so that youre honoure shal 
be knowne thorow out f whole worlde. 

In the Clxxiiij. yeare wente Antiochus in to 
his fathers londe, and all the men of warre 
came together vnto him, so that fewe were 
left with Triphon. So the kynge Antiochus 
folowed vpon him, but he fled vnto Dora, 
which lieth by the see syde : for he sawe y 
there was myschefe comminge vnto him, and 
that his hoost had forsaken him. Then came 
Antiochus vnto Dora with an hiidreth & twen- 
tye thousande men of armes vpon fote, and 
eight thousande horsmen. So he compased 
the cite rounde aboute, and y shippes came 
by the see. Thus they vexed the cite by 
londe and by water, in so moch that they 
suffred no man to go in nor out. 

"In the meane season came Numenius (cc 
they that had bene with him) from the cite 
of Rome, hauynge lettres written vnto the 
kynges and prouyncies, wherin were conteyned 
these wordes : Lucius the Mayre of Rome 
sendeth gretinge vnto Ptolomy the kynge. 
The embassitours of the Iewes oure fredes 
beinge sent from Symon the hye prest and 
from the people of the Iewes, came vnto us, 
for to renue the olde frendshipe and bonde of 
loue, and brought a shylde of golde weyenge 
a thousande pounde, which we were contente 
to receaue of them. Wherfore we thought it 
good to wryte vnto the kynges g prouincies, 
to do them no harme, nor to take parte 
agaynst the, their cities ner countrees nether 
to mayntene their enemies agaynst them. 
Yf there be eny wicked personnes therfore 
fled from their countre vnto you, delyuer them 
vnto Symon the hye prest, y he maye punysh 
them acordinge to their owne lawe. 

The same wordes wrote the Romaynes also 
vnto Demetrius the kynge, to Attalus, Araba, 
Arsaces and to all regions: as Samsanes, to 
them of Sparta, Delo, Mido, Sydon, Caria, 
Samos, Pamphilia, Lycia, Alicarnassum, and 
to y Rhodes: to Faselis, Coo, Sida, Arado, 
Gortyna, Gnydum, to Cypres and to Cyren. 
And of euery lettre they sent a copy to Sy- 
mon the hye prest and to the people of the 
Iewes. So Antiochus the kynge brought his 
host vnto Dora the seconde tyme, to take it : 
where he made diuerse ordinance of warre, 
and kepte Triphon in, y he shulde not come 



forth. Then Symon sent Antiochus two 
thousande chosen me to helpe him with golde 
syluer and other plenteous geer : Neuerthe- 
lesse he wolde not receaue them, but brake 
all f couenaunt which he made with Symon 
afore, g withdrewe himself fro him. 

He sent Athenobius also a frende of his 
vnto Symon, for to reason with him, sayenge : 
Ye witholde fro me Ioppa and Gaza (with 
the castell that is at Ierusale) which are cities 
of my realme, whose borders ye haue de- 
stroyed, and done greate euell in the londe, 
hauynge the dominacio in many other places 
of my kyngdome. Wherfore delyuer now y 
cities which ye haue take, with y tributes of y 
places y ye haue rule vpon without the bor- 
ders of Iewry : Or els geue me fyue hiidreth 
talentes of syluer, yee and for the harme that 
ye haue done in the cities and for the tributes 
of the same, other fyue hundreth taletes. Yf 
no, we shal come and fight agaynst you. 

So Athenobius the kynges frende came to 
Ierusale, and when he sawe y greate worshipe 
and honoure of Symo in golde, syluer and so 
greate plenty of ornamentes : he marveled, 
and tolde Symon as the kynge commaunded 
him. Then answered Symon and saide vnto 
him: * As for vs, we haue nether taken other 
mes londe, ner witholde them, but only oure 
fathers heretage, which oure enemies had 
vnrighteously in possession a certayne tyme. 
This heretage of oure fathers haue we cha- 
lenged in processe of tyme. And where as 
thou coplaynest concernynge Ioppa and Gaza, 
they dyd greate harme to oure people and in 
oure londe, yet wyll we geue an C. talentes 
for them. 

Neuertheles Athenobius answered him not 
one worde, but turned agayne wrothfully vnto 
f kynge, and tolde him all these wordes, 
and the greate dignite of Symon with all 
that he had sene, and the kinge was very 
angrie. In the meane tyme fled Triphon by 
shippe vnto Orthosaida. Then the kynge 
made Cendebeus captayne of the see coost, (j 
gaue him an hoost of fote men and horsmen, 
comaundinge him to remoue y hoost towarde 
Iewry, (t. to buylde vp the cite of Cedron, to 
make vp y portes, (t to warre agaynst f people 
of the Iewes. As for the kynge him self, he 
folowed vpon Triphon. So Cendebeus came 
vnto Iamnia, 5 beganne to vexe y people, to 

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treade downe Iewry, to " take the people pre- 
soners, to slaye the 5 to buylde vp Cedron : 
where he set horsme 5 other men of warre, 
that they might come forth and go thorow the 
stretes of Iewry, like as the kynge had com- 
maunded him. 

€J)e rbi. Chapter. 

THEN came Ihon vp from Gaza,* and 
tolde Symon his father, what Cendebeus 
had done amonge their people. Vpon this 
called Symon two of his eldest sonnes, Iudas 
5 Ihon, and sayde vnto them : I and my 
brethren g my fathers house, haue euer from 
oure youth vp vnto this daye, foughten agaynst 
the enemies of Israel, a God gaue vs good 
fortune to delyuer Israel oft tymes. And now 
for so moch as I am olde, be ye in steade of 
me u my brother, to go forth & fight for oure 
people, j the helpe of God be with you. So 
he chose xx. M. fightinge men of the countre, 
with horsmen also, which wente forth agaynst 
Cendebeus and rested at Modin. 

In the mornynge they arose, a wete in to y 
playne felde : and beholdej a mightie greate 
hoost came agaynst the, both of fote men ^ 
horsmen. Now was there a water broke 
betwixte them, & Ihon remoued the hoost 
towarde them. And when he sawe that the 
people was afrayed to go ouer y water broke, 
he wente ouer first him self: and the men 
seynge this, folowed him. 

Then Ihon set his horsmen j fote men in 
ordre, the one by the other, for their enemies 
horsmen were very many. But when they 
blewe vp the prestes trompettes, Cendebeus 
fled with his hoost, wherof many were slayne, 
and the remnaunt gat them to their stronge 
holde. Iudas also Ihos brother whas wouded 
at y same tyme. And Ihon folowed still vpon 
y enemies/ till he came to Cedro which he 
buylded. The enemies fled also vnto the 
towres y were in y feldes of Azotus, & those 
dyd Ihon burne vp. Thus there were slayne 
ij. M. men of them, (j Ihon turned agayne 
peaceably in to Iewry. 

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And in the felde of Iericho was Ptolomy 
the sonne of Abobus made captayne : which 
because he had abundaunce of syluer j golde, 
(for he had maried the doughter of Symon 
the hye prest) waxed proude in his mynde, (j 
thought to conquere the lode, ymageninge 
falsed agaynst Symo j his sonnes, to destroye 
the. Now as Symon was goynge aboute 
thorow the cities, y were in y coutre of Iewry, 
and carynge for them: he came downe to 
Iericho, with Matathias & Iudas his sonnes, in 
the Clxxvij. yeare, in y xj. moneth called 
Sabat. Then Ptolomy y sonne of Abobus 
receaued them (but with disceate) in to a 
stronge house of his called Doch, which he 
had buylded, where he made them a bancket. 

So when Symon a his sonnes were mery u 
had dronken well, Ptolomy stode vp with his 
men (who he had hyd there) (j toke their 
weapens, entred in to the bancket house, (t 
slewe Symon with his two sonnes, (t. certayne 
of his seruautes. Soch greate vnfaithful- 
nesse dyd Ptolomy in Israel, and recdpensed 
euell for good. Then wrote this Ptolomy y 
same vnto kynge Antiochus, requyringe him 
that he shulde sende him an hoost to helpe 
him : g so shulde he delyuer him the londe, 
with the cities (j tributes of the same. He 
sent other men also vnto Gaza, for to take 
Ihon : (j wrote vnto the captaynes to come to 
him, & he shulde geue them syluer, golde and 
rewardes. And to Ierusalem he sent other, 
to take it and the Sanctuary. 

The ranne there one before, & tolde Ihon 
in Gaza, that his father (t his brethren were 
slayne, and how that Ptolomy had sent to 
slaie him also. Whe Ihon herde this, he was 
sore abaszshed, and layed hodes of them that 
were come to destroye him, and slewe them : 
for he knewe, that they wente aboute to kyll 
him. 

As for other thinges concernynge Ihon : of 
his warres, of his noble actes (wherin he 
behaued him self manfully) of the buyldinge 
of walles which he made, and other of his 
dedes : They are written in the cronicles of 
his presthode, from the tyme forth y he was 
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Thelewes wryte vnto Aristobolus of the clensynge 
of the temple, and of the feast of tabernacles. 
Of the fyre that was hyd in the pyt. 

Chap. II. 
What Ieremy requyred of the Iewes that were in 
preson, and of their stories. 

Chap. III. 
The Heithe kynges helde the temple at Ierusalem 
in honoure. The variaunce betwixte Simon 
and Onias. What Appollonius tj Heliodorus 
dyd at Ierusalem. The punyshment of Helio- 
dorus. 

Chap. IIII. 
The wickednes of Symon. The faithfulnesse of 
Onias. Iason laboureth to be hye prest. Of 
his wickednesse, and how he was dryuen awaye. 
The alteracion of the presthode. Andronicus 
destroyeth Onias, and God striketh him ther- 
fore. 

Chap. V. 
Wonderous thinges done at Ierusalem. Iason 
falleth vpon the cite, handleth abhominably, 
and yet is fayne to fle at the last. The kynge 
of Egipte taketh the cite agayne with greate 
bloudsheddynge. 

Chap. VI. 

The kynge procedeth forth in his tyranny, as well 
in other cities where the lawe of God is kepte, 
as at Ierusalem. All this sendeth God for the 
wickednes of the people. The stedfastnesse of 
Eleazar. 

Chap. VII. 

The death of the vij. brethre j their mother. 
How constante they are to suffre, rather then 
to obeye the wicked kynge. 



Chap. VIII. 
The manlynesse of Iudas Machabeus, and how 
Philippe medleth against him. Iudas con- 
forteth his people, and ouercommeth Nicanor. 

Chap. IX. 
Of Antiochus and his pryde, & how God punyshed 
him. 

Chap. X. 

Machabeus wynneth the holy cite agayne, and 
clenseth it. Eupator foloweth his father An- 
tiochus. Iudas Machabeus ordreth him self 
well. 

Chap. XI. 
What Lysias purposeth. Iudas withstondeth him, 
God taketh his parte. Lysias a Iudas are at 
one. 

Chap. XII. 

Timotheus, Appolonius and other, ymagin treason. 
Iudas Machabeus punysheth them, wynneth 
Caspin j other cities. 

Chap. XIII. 

Antiochus (j Lysias make the forth agaynst the 
Iewes. Iudas gathereth the people, cj byddeth 
them call vpon God, goeth on, and besyde 
Modin striketh a greate batell. 



Chap. XIIII. 

Of Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus. The tray- 
terous dealinge of Alcimus. Nicanor breaketh 
falsely the bonde made with Iudas Machabeus. 
Of the malynes of Razis. 

Chap. XV. 

Nicanors wicked purpose. Iudas geueth his 
people godly consolacion. Of his dreames 
and visions, and how Nicanor perished. 



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€J)e first Chapter. 

THE brethre of f Iewes which be at 
Ierusalem 5 in the londe of Iewry, wish 
vnto those brethre of f Iewes that are thorow 
out Egipte : good fortune, health and peace. 

God the LORDE be gracious vnto you, g 
thynke vpon his couenaunt y he made with 
Abraham, Isaac g Iacob his faithfull ser- 
uauntes : and "geue you all soch an herte, that 
ye maye loue and serue him, yee and per- 
fourme his wyll with an whole herte and of a 
wyllinge mynde : He ope youre hertes in his 
lawe and in his commaundementes, sende 
you peace : heare youre prayers, be at one 
with you, and neuer forsake you in tyme of 
trouble. This is heare oure prayer for you. 

What tyme as Demetrius raigned, in the 
Clxix. yeare, we Iewes wrote vnto you in ;y- 
trouble and violence that came vpon vs. In 
those yeares after that Iason departed out of 
the holy londe and kyngdome, they brent vp 
the portes, and shed innocent bloude. Then 
made we oure prayer vnto y LORDE, and 
were herde : we offred, and lighted the can- 
dels, settinge forth cakes and bred. * And now 
come ye vnto the feast of tabernacles in the 
moneth Casleu. 

In the Clxxxviij. yeare y people y was at 
Ierusalem and in Iewry, the councell and 
Iudas him self, sent this wholsome salutacio 
vnto Aristoboluskynge Ptolomys master, which 
came of the generacion of the anoyntedprestes : 
and to the Iewes that were in Egipte : In so 
moch as God hath delyuered vs from greate 
parels, we thanke him hylie, In that we resisted 
so mightie a kynge. And why ? he brought 
men out of Persis by heapes, to fight agaynst 
vs and the holy cite. For as he was in Persis 
(namely, y captayne with the greate hoost) 
he perished in the temple of Naneas, beynge 
disceaued thorow the deuyce of Naneas prestes. 
For as he was purposed to haue dwelt there, 
Antiochus g his fredes came thither, to receaue 
moch moneye for a dowry. So whe Naneas 
prestes had layed forth y moneye, he entred 
with a small company in to the compasse of 
the temple, and so they shut the temple. 

Now when Antiochus entred by openynge 
the preuy intraunce of the temple, y prestes 
stoned y captayne to death, hewed the in 
peces that were with him, smote of their 

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heades, and threwe them out. In all thinges 
God be praysed, which hath delyuered the 
wicked in to oure hondes. 

Where as we now are purposed to kepe the 
purificacion of the temple vpon y xxv. daye 
of the moneth Casleu, we thought necessary 
to certifie you therof : that ye also might kepe 
the tabernacles feast daye, g the daye of the 
fyre, which was geuen vs when Nehemias 
offred, after that he had set vp f temple g the 
aulter. For what tyme as oure fathers were 
led awaye vnto Persis, f prestes (which then 
sought the honoure of God) toke y fyre 
priuely from y aulter, g hyd it in a valley, 
where as was a depe drye pyt : g therin they 
kepte it, because the place was vnknowne to 
euery man. Now after many yeares when it 
pleased God, y Nehemias shulde be sent from 
the kynge of Persia: he sent the c childers 
children of those prestes (which had hyd the 
fyre) to seke it. And as they tolde vs, they 
founde no fyre, but thicke water. 

The comaunded he them to drawe it vp, 
g to brynge it him, g y offerynges withall. 
Now when y sacrifices were layed on g ordred, 
the prest Nehemias commaunded to sprenkle 
them g the wod with the water. Whe this 
was done, g the tyme come y the Sonne 
shone, which afore was hyd in the cloude : 
there was a greate fyre kyndled, In so moch 
y euery man marueled. Now all the prestes 
prayed, whyle the sacrifice was a makynge. 
Ionathas prayed first, and y other gaue an- 
swere. 

And Nehemias prayer was after this maner: 
O LORDE God maker of all thinges, thou 
fearfull g stronge, thou righteous j mercifull, 
thou y art onely a gracious kynge, onely 
lyberall, onely iust, Allmightie and euer- 
lastinge, thou y delyuerest Israel from all 
trouble, thou y hast chosen the fathers g 
halowed them : receaue the offeringe for the 
whole people of Israel, preserue thine owne 
porcion, g halowe it. Gather those together, 
y are scatred abrode from vs : delyuer them 
y are vnder the Heithes bondage, loke vpon 
them which are despysed g abhorred, y the 
Heithen maie knowe g se, how y thou art 
oure God: Punyshe them y oppresse, and 
proudly put vs to dishonoure. Set thy people 
agayne in thy holy place, d like as Moses hath 
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And the prestes songe Psalmes of thankes 
geuynge, so loge as the sacrifice endured. 
Now when the sacrifice was brent, Nehemias 
commaunded the greate stones to be sprenkled 
with the "resydue of the water. Which when 
it was done, there was kyndled a flamme of the 
also : but it was consumed thorow the light, y 
shyned from the aulter. So whe this matter 
was knowne, it was tolde the kynge of Persia, 
that in the place where the prestes (which 
were led awaye) had hyd fyre, there apeared 
water in steade of fyre, g that Nehemias 
1 his company had purified the sacrifices 
withall. Then the kynge considerynge g 
ponderynge y matter diligently, made him a 
temple, to proue the thinge y was done. 
And whe he founde it so in dede, he gaue the 
prestes many giftes g dyuerse rewardes : yee 
he toke them with his owne hode, g gaue the. 
And Nehemias called the same place Neph- 
thar, which is as moch to saye as a clensynge : 
but many men call it Nephi. 

€f)e ij. Chapter. 

IT is founde also in the writinges of Ieremy 
the prophet, y he commaunded them 
which were caried awaye, to take fyre, as it is 
sayde afore. *He comaunded them also, y 
they shulde not forget the c lawe g comaunde- 
mentes of the LORDE, g y they shulde not 
erre in their ^myndes, whe they se ymages of 
syluer g golde with their ornamentes. These 
g soch other thinges commaunded he them, g 
exorted them, that they shulde not lett the 
lawe of God go out of their hertes. 

It is wrytten also, how the prophet (at y 
commaundement of God) charged them, to 
take the tabernacle g the arke with them : 
g he wente forth vnto the mountaine, where 
Moses clymmed vp, e g sawe y heretage of 
God. And when Ieremy came there, he 
founde an open caue, wherin he layed the 
tabernacle, y- arke g the aulter of incense, g 
so stopped the hole. There came certayne 
men together also folowinge him, to marck 
the place, but they coude not fynde it. Which 
when Ieremy perceaued, he reproued the, 
sayenge : As for that place, it shalbe vn- 
knowne, vntill y tyme that God gather his 
people together againe, g receaue the vnto 
mercy. Then shal God shewe them these 



Iudic. 6. d. 3 Re. 18. e. 
c Iere. 29. b. d Baruc 6. 



Eccli. 48. a. 
i. ' Deu. 34. 



» 2 Mac. 1. c 
/ Exo. 13. d. 



thinges, g the maiesty of the LORDE shall 
appeare, g the cloude also, like as it was 
shewed vnto S Moses : g like as when Salomon 
desyred y the place might be g sanctified, g it 
was shewed him. 

For he beynge a wyse man, handled hono- 
rably g wysely : offerynge vnto God in f 
halowinge of the temple, when it was fynished. 
''And like as when Moses prayed vnto the 
LORDE, the fyre came downe from heauen, 
g consumed the burntofferinge : Euen so 
prayed Salomon also, g the ' fyre came downe 
from heauen, g cosumed the burntofferinge. 
And Moses sayde : because the synofFerynge 
was not eaten, therfore it is cosumed. In 
like maner Salomon kepte the dedicacion 
(or halowynge) eight dayes. 

In y Annotacions g wrytynges of * Ieremy, 
were these thinges put also : g how he made a 
lybrary, g how he gathered out of all coun- 
trees the bokes of the prophetes, of Dauid, 
the epistles of the kynges, and of the pre- 
sentes. Euen so Iudas also, loke what he 
lerned by experiece of warre, g soch thinges 
as hath happened vnto vs, he gathered the 
all together, g so we haue them by vs. Yf ye 
now desyre to haue the same, sende some 
body to fetch them vnto you. Where as we 
the are aboute to celebrate the purificacion, 
we haue written vnto you. Therfore ye shall 
do well, yf ye kepe the same dayes. We 
hope also, that the God (which delyuered his 
people, g gaue them all y heretage, kyng- 
dome, presthode g k Sanctuary y he promised 
them in the lawe) shal shortly haue mercy 
vpo vs, g gather vs together from vnder the 
heaue in to his holy place : for he hath saued 
vs fro greate parels, g hath clensed the place 

As concernynge Iudas Machabeus g hi; 
brethren, the purificacion of the greate tern 
pie, the dedicacion of the aulter, yee g of the 
warres y cocerne noble Antiochus and 'Eu- 
pator his sonne, of the shyninges y came 
downe from heauen vpon those, which man- 
fully defended the Iewes. (For though they 
were but fewe, yet defended they the whole 
londe, droue awaye y enemies hoost, recouered 
agayne the temple, y was spoken of thorow 
out all the worlde, delyuered the cite, doynge 
their best y the lawe of the LORDE which 
was put downe, might with all tranquilite be 



s 3 Re. 8. b. h Leui. 9. d. ' 2 Par. 7. a. * Somereade: 
Nehemias. * Deut. 30. a. ' 1 Mac. 6. a. 



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restored agayne vnto the LORDE, y was so 
mercifull vnto the.) As touchinge Iason also 
of Cyren, we haue vndertake cdpendiously to 
brynge in to one boke, the thinges y were 
coprehended of him in fyue. For we cosi- 
deringe the multitude of the bokes, and how 
harde it shulde be for them y wolde medle 
with stories and actes (and that because of so 
dyuerse matters) haue vnder taken so to com- 
prehende the stories : that soch as are disposed 
to reade, might haue pleasure and pastyme 
therin : and that they which are diligent in 
soch thinges, might the better thinke vpon 
them : yee and that who so euer red them, 
might haue profit therby. 

Neuerthelesse we oure selues that haue 
medled with this matter for the shortenynge 
of it, haue taken no small laboure, but greate 
diligence, watchynges and trauayle. Like as 
they that make a feast, wolde fayne do other 
men pleasure: Euen so we also (for many 
mens sakes) are very wel content to take 
the laboure, where as we maye shortly com- 
prehede, the thynges that other men haue 
truly wrytten. 

For he y buyldeth an house a new, must 
prouyde for many thynges to y whole buyl- 
dinge : but he that paynteth it afterwarde, 
seketh but only what is comly, mete and con- 
uenient to garnysh it withall. Euen so do 
we also in like maner. And why ? He that 
begynneth to wryte a story for the first, must 
with his vnderstondinge gather the matter 
together, set his wordes in ordre, and dili- 
gently seke out euery parte : But he that 
afterwarde wyll shorten it, vseth few wordes, 
and toucheth not the matter at the largiest. 
Let this be sufficient for a prologe, now wyll 
we begynne to shewe the matter : for it is but 
a foolish thinge to make a longe prologe, and 
to be shorte in the story it self. 

€i)t ftj. Chapter 

WHAT tyme as the holy cite was inha- 
bited in all peace and wealth, 5 when 
the lawes were yet very well kepte. (For so 
was it ordened by Onias the hye prest and 
other godly men, that were enemies to wick 
ednesse:) It came therto, that euen the 
kynges and "prynces the selues dyd the place 
greate worshipe, and garnyshed y temple with 
greate giftes : In so moch that Seleucus 



kynge of Asia of his owne rentes bare all the 
costes *belonginge to the seruyce of the 
offerynges. Then Symon of the trybe of Ben 
Iamin, a ruler of the temple, laboured to 
worke some myschefe in the cite : but the hye 
prest resisted him. 

Neuerthelesse when he might not ouercome 
Onias, he gat him to ' Appolonius the sonne 
of Thersa (which the was chefe lorde in 
Celosyria and Phenices) and tolde him, y the 
treasury in Ierusalem was full of innumerable 
money, and how that the comons goodes 
(which belonged not vnto the offeringes) were 
exceadinge greate also : yee and how it were 
possible, that all these might come vnder the 
kynges power. 

Now when Appollonius had shewed the 
kynge of the moneye, as it was tolde him : y 
kinge called for Heliodorus his stewarde, and 
sent him with a commaundement, to brynge 
him the sayde money. Immediatly Helio- 
dorus toke his iourney, but vnder a coloure, 
as though he wolde go thorow Celosyria and 
Phenices to vyset the cities, but his purpose 
was to fulfill the kynges pleasure. So when 
he came to Ierusalem, and was louyngly re- 
ceaued of the hye prest in to the cite : he 
tolde what was determed concernynge the 
moneye, and shewed the cause of his com- 
mynge : he axed also, yf it were so in dede. 
Then the hye prest tolde him, that there was 
soch money layed vp for the vpholdinge of 
weddowes and fatherlesse childre, and ho 1 
that a certayne of it belonged vnto Hyrcanus 
Tobias a noble man : and that of all the 
moneye (which that wicked Symon had be- 
wrayed) there were iiij. hundreth talentes of 
syluer, and ij. hundreth of golde : yee j that 
it were vnpossible for those mens meaninge 
to be disceaued, that had layed vp their 
moneye in the place and temple (which 
had in worshipe thorow the whole worlde) for 
the mayntenaunce and honoure of y same. 
Whervnto Heliodorus answered, y the kynge 
had commaunded him in eny wyse, to brynge 
him the moneye. 

So at the daye appoynted, Heliodorus 
entred in to the temple to ordre this matter. 
But there was no small feare thorow out the 
whole cite. The prestes fell downe before 
the aulter in their vestimentes, and called 
vnto heauen vpon him, which had made a 

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lawe concernynge stuffe geuen to kepe," that 
they shulde be safely preserued, for soch as 
comitte them vnto kepynge. Then who so 
had loked the hye prest in the face, it wolde 
haue greued his herte : For his countenaunce 
and the chaunginge of his coloure, declared 
the inwarde sorowe of his mynde. The ma 
was all in heuynesse, and his body in feare : 
wherby they that loked vpon him, might per- 
ceaue the grefe of his herte. The other 
people also came out of their houses by 
heapes vnto the comon prayer, because the 
place was like to come in to confucion. The 
women came together thorow the stretes, with 
hayrie clothes aboute their brestes. 

The virgins also that were kepte in, ranne 
to Onias, some to the walles, other some 
loked out at the wyndowes: yee they all 
helde vp their hondes towarde heaue, g 
prayed. A miserable thinge was it, to loke 
vpon the comon people, g the hye prest 
beynge in soch trouble. But they besought 
Almightie God, that the goodes which were 
committed vnto the, might be kepte whole, 
for those that had deliuered them vnto their 
kepynge. Neuertheles the thinge that Helio- 
dorus was determed to do, that perfourmed 
he in the same place, he him self personally 
beynge aboute the treasury with his men of 
warre. But the sprete of Allmightie God 
shewed him self openly, so that all they which 
presumed to obeye Heliodorus, fell thorow y 
power of God in to a greate fearfulnesse g 
drede. For there apeared vnto them an 
horse, 4 with a terrible man syttinge vpon him, 
deckte in goodly araye, and the horse smote 
at Heliodorus with his fore fete. Now he 
that sat vpon y horse, had harnesse of golde 
vpon him. 

Morouer there apeared ij. fayre and beu- 
tifull yonge men in goodly araye, which stode 
by him, scourged him of both the sydes, g 
gaue him many stripes without ceassinge. 
With that, fell Heliodorus sodenly vnto the 
grounde. c So they toke him vp (beynge 
compased aboute with greate darcknesse) and 
bare him out vpo a beare. Thus he that 
came with so many runners and men of warre 
in to y sayde treasury, was borne out, where 
as no man might helpe him: and so the 
power of God was manifest and knowne. He 
laye still domme also by the power of God, 

" Exo. 22. b. b 2 Ma. 10. c. and 11. b. 



destitute of all hope and life. And they 
praysed the LORDE, that he had shewed his 
power vpon his place and temple, which a 
litle afore was full of feare g trouble : and 
that thorow the reuelacion of the Allmightie 
LORDE it was fylled with ioye and gladnesse. 

The certaine of Heliodorus fredes praied 
Onias, that in all haist he wolde call vpon 
God, to graunte him his life, which was 
geuynge vp the goost. So the hye prest con- 
sidered the matter, and lest the kynge shulde 
suspecte that the Iewes had done Heliodorus 
some euell : he oflred an healthofferynge for 
him. Now whe y hye prest had opteyned his 
peticion, the same yonge me in the same 
clothinge apeared, g stode besyde Heliodorus, 
sayenge : Thanke Onias y hye prest, for for his 
sake hath y LORDE graunted the thy life : d 
therfore seynge y God hath scourged y, geue 
him prayse g thankes, and shewe euery man 
his might g power. And whe they had 
spoken these wordes, they apeared nomore. 

So Heliodorus ofFred vnto God, made 
greate vowes vnto him which had grauted 
him his life, thaked Onias, toke his hoost, g 
wete againe to y kinge. The testified he vnto 
euery ma, of y greate workes of God, y he 
had sene with his eyes. And whe the kynge 
axed Heliodorus who were mete to be sent 
yet once agayne to Ierusalem, he sayde : Yf 
thou hast eny enemy or aduersary vnto thy 
realme, sende him thither, g thou shalt haue 
him punished, yf he escape with his life : for 
in y place (no doute) there is a speciall power 
g workinge of God. For he y dwelleth in 
heaue, vysiteth g defendeth y place : g all y 
come to do it harme, he punysheth g plageth 
the. This is now y matter cocerninge Helio- 
dorus, g f kepinge of y treasuiy at Ierusale. 

Ci)« tttj. Cijaptn*. 

THIS Symon now (of whom we spake 
afore) e beynge a bewrayer of the money 
and of his owne natural! countre, reported 
the worst of Onias : as though he had moued 
Heliodorus vnto this, and as though he had 
bene a brynger vp of euell. Thus was he not 
ashamed to call him an enemie of f realme, 
that was so faithfull ah ouerseer g defender of 
the cite g of his people : yee g so feruent in 
the lawe of God. But when the malice of 
Symon increased so farre, y thorow his frendes 



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there were certayne manslaughters c5mitted : 
Onias considered the parell y might come 
thorow this strife, and how that Appollonius 
(namely the chefe lorde in Celosyria and 
Phenices) was all set vpon tyranny, and 
Symons malice increased the same : He gat 
him to the kynge, not as an accuser of the 
citesyns, but as one that by him self intended 
the comon wealth of the whole multitude. 
For he sawe it was not possible to lyue in 
peace, nether Symon to leaue of from his 
fbolishnesse, excepte the kynge dyd loke 
therto. 

But after the death of Seleucus, when 
Antiochus (which is called the noble) toke 
y kyngdome : Iason the brother of Onias 
laboured to be hye prest : For he came vnto 
the kynge, and promised him thre hundreth 
I lx. talentes of syluer, & of the other retes 
lxxx. talentes. Besydes this he promised him 
yet an C. (t L, yf he might haue y scole of y 
children, and that he might call them of 
Ierusalem Antiochians. Which when the 
kynge had graunted, g he had gotten the 
superiorite : he begane immediatly to drawe 
his kinsmen to the custome of the Heithen, 
put downe the thinges, that the Iewes had set 
vp of loue, by Ihon the father of Eupolemius 
(which was sent embassitoure vnto Rome, for 
to make the bonde of frendshipe and loue.) 
He put downe all the Lawes j Lyberties of 
the Iewes, and set vp wicked statutes. He 
durst make a fightinge scole vnder y castell, 
and set fayre yonge men to lerne the maners 
of whores and brodels. 

This was now the begynnynge of the 
Heithenish £ straunge couersacion, brought 
in thorow the vngracious and vnherde wicked- 
nesse of Iason (which shulde not be called a 
prest, but an vngodly personne.) In so moch, 
that the prestes were now nomore occupide 
aboute the seruyce of the aulter, but despysed 
the temple, regarded not the offrynges : yee 
gaue their diligece to lerne to fight, to wristle, 
to leape, to daunce, & to put at y stone : not 
settynge by y honoure of y fathers, but 
liked y glory of the Grekes best of all: for 
the which they stroue perlously, and were 
gredy to folowe their statutes, yee their lust 
was in all thinges to be like the, which afore 
were their enemies a destroyers. Howbeit to 
do wickedly agaynst y- lawe of God, shal not 

* These were kepte euery fifth yeare. 



escape vnpunyshed: but of this we shal 
speake here after. 

What tyme as the *01ympiades sportes 
were played at Tyrus (the kynge him selfe 
beinge presente) this vngracious Iason sent 
wicked men, bearinge from them of Ierusalem 
(which now were called Antiochians) iij. C. 
drachmas of syluer for an offerynge to 
Hercules. These had they that caried them, 
desyred vnder soch a fashio, as though they 
shulde not haue bene offred, but bestowed to 
other vses. Neuertheles he that sent them, 
sent them to the intent that they shulde be 
offred vnto Hercules. But because of those 
that were present, they were geuen as to the 
makynge of shippes. And Appollonius the 
sonne of Nesteus was sent in to Egipte, be- 
cause of the noble men of kynge Ptolomy 
Philometor. Now when Antiochus perceaued 
y he was put out from medlinge in the 
realme, he sought his owne profit, departed 
from thence, came to Ioppa, a then to Ieru- 
salem : where he was honorably receaued of 
Iason (j the cite, g was brought in with torche 
light and with greate prayse : and so he 
turned his hoost vnto Phenices. 

After iij. yeare Iason sent Menelaus (the 
fore sayde Symons brother) Ho beare the 
money vnto y kynge, & to bringe him answere 
of other necessary matters. But he (when 
he was praysed of y kynge for magnifienge of 
his power) turned y hye presthode vnto him 
self, layenge vp iij. C. taletes of syluer for 
Iason. So whe he had gotten comaundemetes 
from y kynge, he came, hauinge nothinge y 
becometh a prest, but bearinge y stomack of 
a cruell tyraunte, j the wrath of a wylde brute 
beest. c Then Iason (which had disceaued 
his owne brother) seynge y he him self was 
begyled also, was fayne to fie in to y lode of 
y Ammonites, ct Menelaus gat y dominio. 
But as for y moneye y he had promised vnto 
the kynge, he dyd nothinge therin, when 
Sostratus the ruler of y castell requyred it of 
him. (For Sostratus was the man, y gathered 
y customes) wherfore they were both called 
before the kynge. Thus was Menelaus put 
out of y presthode, g Lysimachus his brother 
came in his steade. Sostratus also was made 
lorde of the Cyprians. 

It happened in y meane season, y y Thar- 
ians (t Mallocians made insurrecio, because 



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they were geuen for a present vnto kynge 
Antiochus concubyne. Then came f kinge 
in all y haist, to still them agayne and to 
pacifie the matter, leauynge Andronicus there 
to be his debyte, as one mete therfore. Now 
Menelaus supposinge that he had gotten a 
right convenient tyme, stole certayne vessels 
of golde out of the temple, and gaue the to 
Andronicus for a present : and some he solde 
at Tyrus and in the cities therby. 

Which when Onias knewe of a suertye, he 
reproued him: but he kepte him in a santuary 
besyde Daphnis, that lyeth by Antioche. 
Wherfore Menelaus gat him to Andronicus, 
and prayed him that he wolde slaye Onias. 
So when he came to Onias, he counceled him 
craftely to come out of the santuary, geuynge 
him his honde with an ooth (how be it he 
suspecte him) and the he slewe Onias, with- 
out eny regarde of rightuousnesse. For the 
which cause not only the Iewes, but other 
nacions also toke indignacion, and were dis- 
pleased for the vnrightuous death of so godly 

nan. 

And when the kynge was come agayne 
from Cilicia, the Iewes and certaine of the 
Gi*ekes wente vnto him, complayninge for 
the vnrightuous death of Onias. Yee An- 
tiochus himself also was sory in his mynde 
for Onias, so y it pitied him, and he wepte, 
remembringe his sobernesse and manerly be- 
hauoure. Wherfore he was so kyndled in his 
mynde, y he comaunded Andronicus to be 
striped out of his purple clothinge, g so to be 
led thorow out all the cite, yee and y vngra- 
cious man to be slayne in y same place, where 
he committed his wickednes vpon Onias. 
Thus y LORDE rewarded him his punysh- 
ment, as he had deserued. Now when Lysi- 
machus had done many wycked dedes in y 
temple thorow the councell of Menelaus, and 
the voyce came abrode : the multitude ga- 
thered the together agaynst Lisimachus, for 
he had caried out now moch golde. 

So when the people arose and were full of 
displeasure, Lisimachus armed iij. M. vn- 
thriftes to defende him : a certayne tyraunte 
beynge their captayne, which was growen 
both in age g woodnesse. But when the 
people vnderstode the purpose of Lysimachus, 
some gat stones, some good stronge clubbes, 
g some cast aszshes vpon Lisimachus. Thus 
there were many of the wounded, some 



beynge slayne, g all the other chaced awaye. 
But as for y wicked churchrobber himself, 
they kylled him besyde the treasury. Of 
these matters therfore there was kepte a courte 
agaynst Menelaus. 

Now when y kinge came to Tyrus, they 
made a coplaynte vnto him of Menelaus, 
concerninge this busynesse, g f embassitours 
were thre. But Menelaus wente g promised 
Ptolomy to geue him moch money, yf he 
wolde persuade the kynge. So Ptolomy wete 
to the kinge in to a courte (where as he was 
set to coole him) g brughte him out of y 
mynde. In so moch y he discharged Mene- 
laus fro y accusacions, y not withstondinge 
was cause of all myschefe : and those poore 
men (which yf they had tolde their cause, yee 
before the Scythians, they shulde haue ben 
iudged innocet) the he codened to death. 
Thus were they soone punyshed, which folowed 
vpo y matter for f cite, for y people, g for f 
holy vessell. Wherfore they of Tyrus toke 
indignacion, ij buried the honorably. And so 
thorow y covetousnesse of them that were in 
power, Menelaus remayned still in authorite, 
increasinge in malyce, to the hurte of the 
citesyns. 

Cfie b. Chapter. 

AT y same tyme Antiochus made him 
ready to go againe in to Egipte. The 
were there sene at Ierusalem (xl. dayes loge) 
horsme runninge to and fro in the ayre, which 
had rayment of golde, g speares. There were 
sene also whole hoostes of me weapened, g 
horses runnynge in an ordre, how they came 
together, how they helde forth their shildes, 
how y harnessed men drew out their sweardes, 
g shot their dartes. The shyne of y golde 
weapes was sene, g of all maner of armure. 
Wherfore euery ma prayed, y those tokens 
might turne to good. Now whe there was 
gone forth a false rumoure, as though An- 
tiochus had bene deed : Iason toke a M. me, 
g came sodely vpo y cite. The citesyns rane 
vnto y walles, at y last was f cite taken, and 
Menelaus fled in to the castell. 

As for Iason, he spared not his owne citesyns 
in the slaughter, nether considered he what 
greate euell it were, to destroye y prosperite 
of his owne kynsmen : but dyd as one that 
had gotten the victory of his enemies, and not 
of his frendes. For all this gatt he not the 



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superiorite, but at the last receaued confucion 
for his malice, and " fled agayne like a vaga- 
bunde in to the londe of the Ammonites. 
Fynally (for a rewarde of his wickednesse) he 
was accused before Aretha the kynge of the 
Arabians : In so moch that he was fayne to 
fle from cite to cite, beynge despysed of euery 
man as a forsaker of the lawes, and an abho- 
minable personne. And at y last (as an open 
enemy of his owne naturall countre and of 
the citesyns,) he was dryuen in to Egipte. 

Thus he y afore put many out of their 
owne natyue londe, peryshed from home him 
self. He wente to Lacedemon, thinkinge 
there to haue gotten sucoure by reason of 
kynrede. And he that afore had casten many 
one out vnburied, was throwen out himself, 
no man mournynge for him, ner puttinge 
him in his graue : so that he nether enioyed 
y buriall of a straunger, nether was he par- 
taker of his fathers sepulcre. 

Now when this was done the kinge sus- 
pecte, y the Iewes wolde haue fallen from 
him : wherfore he came in a greate displea- 
sure out of Egipte, g toke the cite by violence. 
*He comaunded his men of warre also, that 
they shulde kyll g not spare, but slaye downe 
soch as with stode them, or clymmed vp vpo 
y houses. Thus was there a greate slaughter 
of yonge men, olde men, women, children 
and virgins. In iij. dayes were there slayne 
lxxx. M, fourty thousande put in preson, g 
no lesse solde. Yet was he not c5tent with 
this, but durst go in to the most holy temple 
(Menelaus that traytoure to y lawes g to his 
owne naturall countre, beynge his gyde) g 
with his wicked hondes toke y holy vessell, 
which other kynges g cities had geuen thither 
for y garnishinge g honoure of y place : the 
toke he in his hodes vnworthely, g defyled 
them. 

So madd was Antiochus, that he consi- 
dered not, how that God was a litle wroth for 
the synnes of them that dwelt in the cite, for 
the which soch confucion came vpon that 
place. And why? c yf it had not happened 
them to haue bene lapped in many synnes, 
this Antiochus (as soone as he had come) had 
sodenly bene punished, and shot out for his 
presumpcio: ''like as Heliodorus was, whom 
Seleucus the kynge sente to robbe y treasury. 
Neuertheles God hath not chosen the people 



for the places sake, but the place for the 
peoples sake : and therfore is the place be- 
come partaker of the peoples trouble, but 
afterwarde shall it enioye the wealth of them. 
And like as it is now forsaken in the wrath of 
allmighty God, so when the greate God is 
reconcyled, it shal be set vp in hye worshipe 
agayne. 

So when Antiochus had taken a M. and 
viij. C. talentes out of the temple, he gat him 
to Antioche in all the haist, thinkinge in his 
pryde, that he might make me sale vpon the 
drye lonrle, and to go vpon y see, soch an hye 
mynde had he. He lefte debites there to 
vexe the people: At Ierusalem left he Phi- 
lippe a Phrigian, in maners more cruell the 
himself y set him there : At Garisim he left 
Andronicus g Menelaus, which were more 
greuous to the citisyns then other. Now as 
he was thus set in malyce against y Iewes, he 
sent Appollonius an hated prynce, e with xxij. 
M. comaundinge him to slaye all those y 
were of perfecte age, and to sell the wome, 
maydes g children. When he came now to 
Ierusalem, he fained peace, g kepte him still 
vntill y Sabbath daye. And then he co- 
maunded his men to take them to their 
weapens (for y Iewes kepte holy daye) and 
so he slewe all them y were gone forth to the 
open playe, runninge here and there thorow 
the cite with his men wapened, and mur- 
thured a greate nombre. •'But Iudas Ma- 
chabeus which was the tenth, fled in to the 
wyldernesse, led his life there with his com- 
pany amonge the wylde beestes and vpon the 
mountaynes : dwellinge there and eatinge 
grasse, lest they shulde be partakers of the 
fylthynesse. 

Che tit. Chapter. 

NOT longe after this, sent the kynge a 
messaunger of Antioche/ for to com- 
pell y Iewes to altre y ordinaunces of y fathers 
g the la we of God, to defyle the temple y was 
at Ierusalem, g to call it the teple of Iupiter 
Olimpius : g y they shulde be in Gazarim, as 
those which dwell at y place of Iupiter the 
harberous. This wicked sedicio of y vngodly 
was heuy vpon all y people : For y temple 
was full of voluptuousnes bebbinge g bollinge 
of y Heithe, of ribaudes g harlottes together. 
The wome wente in to y holy place, g bare 

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in that was not laufull. The aulter also was 
full of vnlaufull thinges, which y lawe for- 
byddeth to laye vpo it. The Sabbathes were 
not kepte, the other solempne feastes of y 
londe were not regarded. To be plaine, 
there durst no ma be a knowne that he was a 
Iewe. 

In the daye of the kynges byrth they were 
compelled perforce to offre: (j when y feast 
of Bachus was kepte, they were costrayned 
to weere garlandes of yven, and so to go 
aboute for the honoure of Bachus. 

Morouer thorow the councell of Ptolomy, 
there wente out a commaundement in y 
nexte cities of the Heithen, y they shulde 
intreate the Iewes in like maner : namely, to 
copell the for to do sacrifice after y lawes of y 
Gentiles : and who so wolde not, to put them 
to death. °A piteous thinge was it to se. 
There were ij. women accused to haue cir- 
cumcided their sonnes, whom when they had 
led rounde aboute the cite (the babes hang- 
inge at their brestes) they cast them downe 
headlinges ouer the walles. Some y were 
crepte in to dennes and had kepte the Sab- 
bath, were accused vnto Philippe, and brent 
in the fyre : because that for the feare of God 
they kepte the commaudement so stiffly, and 
wolde not defende them selues. 

Now I beseke all those which reade this 
boke, that they refuse it not for these falles of 
aduersite : & iudge the thinges (y are hap- 
pened) for no destruccion, but for a chas- 
tenynge of oure people. And why? Whe 
God suffreth not synners longe to folowe 
their owne mynde, *but shortly punysheth 
them, it is a toke of his greate louynge kynd- 
nes. For this grace haue we of God more 
then other people, y he suffreth not vs longe 
to synne vnpunyshed like other nacions, that 
when the daye of iudgment commeth, he 
maye punysh the in the fulnes of their synnes. 
Yf we synne, he correcketh vs, but he neuer 
withdraweth his mercy fro vs : j though he 
punysh with aduersite, yeth doth he neuer for- 
sake his people. But let this that we haue 
spoke now with few wordes, be for a warninge 
& exortacio of y Heithe. Now wil we come 
to the declaringe of the matter. Eleazar one 
of y principall scribes, an aged ma & of a wel- 
fauored coutenaiice, was cSstrained to gape 
with ope mouth g to eate swynes flesh/ But 



he desyringe rather to dye gloriously the to 
Hue with shame, offred himself willlgly to y 
martirdome. Now whe he sawe y he must 
nedes go to it, he toke it pacietly : for he was 
at a poynte with himself, y he wolde consente 
to no vnlaufull thynge for eny pleasure of 
life. They y stode by beynge moued with 
pyte (but not a right) for y olde frendshipe of 
the man, toke him asyde priuely, and prai 
him y he wolde let soch flesh be brought him 
as were laufull to eate, cj the to make a cotite' 
naiice as though he had eaten of y flesh of y 
sacrifice like as the kynge commaunded, for 
so he might be delyuered from death : (j so 
for the olde frendshipe of y man, they shewed 
him this kindnes. But he beganne to con- 
sidre his discrete and honorable age, his noble 
and worshipfull stocke, and how y fro his 
youth vp he had bene of an honest and good 
conuersacion, yee (j how constantly he had 
kepte y ordinaunces and lawes commauded 
by God, wherfore he gaue them this answere, 
and sayde : 

Yet had I rather first be layed in my 
graue. ''For it becommeth not myne age 
(sayde he) in eny wyse to dyssemble, wherby 
many yonge personnes might thinke, that 
Eleazar beinge lxxx. yeare olde and ten, were 
now gone to a straunge fife : and so thorow 
myne ypocrisy (for a litle tyme of a transitory 
life) they might be disceaued : by this meanes 
also shulde I defyle myne age, & make it abho- 
minable. For though I were now delyuered 
from the tormentes of men, yet shulde I not 
escape the e honde of allmightie God, nether 
alyue ner deed. Wherfore I will dye man- 
fully, i do as it becommeth myne age: 
Wherby I maie peraduenture leaue an exaple 
of stedfastnesse for soch as be yonge, yf I with 
a ready mynde (j manfully dye an honest 
death, for the most worthy and holy lawes. 

When he had sayde these wordes, imme- 
diatly he was drawen to the tormete. Now 
they that led him and were mylde a litle afore, 
beganne to take displeasure, because of the 
wordes y he sayde : for they thought he had 
spoke them of an hye mynde. But whe he 
was in his martirdome, he mourned and 
sayde : Thou (O LORDE) which hast the 
holy knowlege, knowest openly : that where as 
I might be delyuered fro death, I suffre these 
sore paynes of my body : but in my mynde I 



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am wel contente to suffre them, because I 
feare the. Thus this man dyed, leauynge f 
memoriall of his death for an example, not 
only vnto yonge men, but vnto all f people, 
to be stedfast and manly. 

Ci)e 6tj. Chapter. 

IT happened also that there were vij. 
"brethren (with their mother) taken, 5 
compelled by the kynge agaynst the lawe, to 
eate swynes flesh : namely with scourges and 
lethren whippes. And one of them which 
was f chefe, sayde : What sekest thou, and 
what requyrest thou of vs? As for vs, we 
are ready rather to suffre death, then to 
offende the lawes of God and the fathers. 
Then was the kynge angrie, and bad heate 
cauldrons and brasen pottes. Which when 
they were made hote, immediatly he com- 
maunded y tonge of him that spake first, to 
be cut out, to pull the skynne ouer his heade, 
to payre of the edges of his handes and fete : 
yee and that in the sight of his mother and 
the other of his brethren. Now when he was 
cleane marred, he commaunded a fyre to be 
made, u so (whyle there was eny breath in 
him) to be fryed in the caudron. In the 
which when he had bene longe payned, the 
other brethren with their mother exorted him 
to dye manfully, sayege : The LORDE God 
shal regarde the treuth, and comforte vs, like 
as Moses testifieth and declareth in his ^songe, 
sayenge : and he wyl haue compassion on his 
seruauntes. 

So whe the first was deed after this maner, 
they brought the seconde to haue him in 
derision, pulled the skynne with the hayre 
ouer his heade, and axed him, yf he wolde 
eate swynes flesh, or he were payned in f 
other membres also thorow out his body. 
But he answered boldly, and sayde : I will not 
do it. And so was he tormented like as f 
first. And whe he was eue at f geuinge vp 
of y goost, he sayde : Thou most vngracious 
personne puttest vs now to death, but the 
kynge of f worlde shall rayse vs vp (which 
dye for his lawes) in y resurreccion of euer- 
lastinge life. 

After him, was the thirde had in derision : 
and when he was requyred, he putt out his 
tonge, and that right soone, holdinge forth 
his hondes manfully, and spake with a stedfast 



faith : These haue I of heaue, but now for 
the lawe of God I despyse them : for my trust 
is, that I shall receaue them of him agayne. 
In so moch that the kynge and they which 
were with him, marueled at the yonge mans 
boldnesse, that he nothinge regarded the 
paynes. 

Now when he was deed also, they vexed the 
fourth with tormentes in like maner. So 
when he was now at his death, he sayde : It 
is better that we beynge put to death of me, 
haue oure hope and trust in God, for he shal 
rayse vs vp agayne. 'As for the, thou shalt 
haue no resurreccion to life. 

And when they had spoken to the fifth, 
they tormeted him. Then loked he vnto y 
kinge, & sayde : Thou hast power amoge me 
(for thou art a mortall man also thy self) 
to do what thou wilt, but thinke not, y God 
hath forsaken oure generacion. Abyde the, 
tary styll a whyle, (j thou shalt se the greate 
power of God, how he wil punysh the g 
thy sede. 

After him they brought the sixte, which 
beynge at the poynte of death, sayde : Be not 
disceaued (0 kynge) for this we suffre for oure 
owne sakes, because we haue offended oure 
God, & therfore marvelous thinges are shewed 
vpon vs. But thinke not thou (which takest 
in honde to stryue agaynst God) that thou 
shalt escape vnpunyshed. 

This excellent mother (worthy to be well 
reported of, and had in remembraunce) sawe 
hir seuen sonnes dye in one daye, and suffred 
it pacietly, because of the hope that she had 
in God : Yee she exorted euery one of them 
in especiall, and that boldly and stedfastly, 
with parfite wyszdome, wakynge vp hir wyuysh 
thought with a manly stomacke, and sayde 
vnto them : I can not tell how ye came in my 
wombe, for I nether gaue you breth ner soule, 
no ner life. It is not I y ioyned y mebres of 
youre bodies together, but y maker of y 
worlde, which fashioned y byrth of ma, j 
begane all thinges. Euen he also of his owne 
mercy shall geue you breath and life agayne, 
like as ye now regarde not youre owne selues 
for his lawes sake. 

Now thought Antiochus that she had 
despysed him, therfore he let her go with hir 
reproues, and beganne to exorte the yongest 
sonne (which yet was left) not only with wordes 



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but swore vnto him with an ooth, y he shulde 
make him a rich 5 welthy man (yf he wolde 
forsake y lawes of his fathers) yee and y he 
shulde gene him, what so euer were necessary 
for him. But whe the yonge man wolde not 
be moued, for all these thinges, he called his 
mother, g counceled hir to saue hir sonnes 
life. And when he had exorted her with 
many wordes, she promised him, that she 
shulde speake vnto hir sonne. So she turned 
her vnto him (laughinge y cruell tyraunte to 
scorne) (S spake with a bolde voyce: O my 
sonne, haue pite vpon me, y bare y ix. 
monethes in my wombe, that gaue the sucke, 
norished the and brought the vp vnto this 
_ i. I beseke the (my sonne) loke vpon 
heauen and earth and all that is therin, and 
considre, that God made them and mans 
generacion of naught : so shalt thou not feare 
this hangman, but sufFre death stedfastly, like 
as thy brethren haue done: that I maye 
receaue the agayne in the same mercy with 
thy brethren. 

Whyle she was yet speakynge these wordes, 
the yonge man sayde : Whom loke ye for ? 
Wherfore do ye tary ? I wil not obeye the 
kynges commaundement, but the lawe that 
God gaue vs by a Moses. As for the that 
ymaginest all myschefe agaynst the Iewes, 
thou shalt not escape the honde of God: 
for we suffre these thinges, because of oure 
synnes. 

And though God be angrie with vs a litle 
whyle (for oure chasteninge g reformacion,) 
yet shal he be at one agayne with his ser- 
uauntes. But thou. (O shame full g most 
abhominable personne.) Pryde not thy self 
thorow vayne hope, in beynge so malicious 
vpon y seruauntes of God : for thou hast not 
yet escaped the iudgmet of the God, which is 
all mighty, g seyth all thinges. My bre- 
thren y haue suffred a litle payne, are now 
vnder the couenaunt of euerlastinge life : but 
thorow the iudgment of God, thou shalt be 
punyshed righteously for thy pryde. 

As for me (like as my brethre haue done) 
I offre my soule g my body for y lawes of oure 
fathers, callinge vpon God, y he will soone be 
mercifull vnto oure people : yee g with payne 
g punyshment to make the graunte,* y he only 
is God. In me now g in my brethre y 
wrath of allmighty God is at an ende, which 

Leuit. 11. a. Deut. 14. a. * 2 Mac. 9. c. 



righteously is falle vpon all oure people. Then 
y kynge beynge kyndled in anger, was more 
cruell vpon him then vpon all y other, g toke 
indignacio, y he was so lightly regarded. So 
this yonge ma dyed vndefiled, g put his trust 
stil in y LORDE. Last of all after y sonnes, 
was y mother put to death also. Let this 
now be ynough spoken, concernynge y of- 
fringes, g extreme cruelnesse. 

Cfie bttj. Chapter. 

THEN Iudas Machabeus and they y were 
with him, wete pryuely in to y townes, 
called their kinsfolkes g frendes together, toke 
vnto them all soch as contynued yet in the 
faith and lawe of y Iewes, and brought forth 
vj. M. men. So they called vpon the LORDE, 
y he wolde haue an eye vnto his people, which 
was trodde downe of euery ma : to be gracious 
vnto y teple, y was defyled of the vngodly 
to haue copassion vpon y destruccion of the 
cite, (which was shortly like to be laied waist) 
to heare y voyce of y bloude y cried vnto him 
to remebre y most vnrighteous deathes of 
yonge innocent children, the blasphemies also 
done vnto his name, g to punysh the. Now 
whe c Machabeus had gathered this multitude 
together, he was to mightie for the Heithen 
(for y wrath of y LORDE was turned in to 
mercy) he fell vpon the townes and cities 
vnawarres, brent them, toke the most como- 
dious places, g slewe many of the enemies 
But specially he made soch chases by night 
in so moch that his manlynesse was spoken of 
euery were. 

So when Philippe sawe that the man in- 
creased by litle and litle, and that the matter 
prospered with him for the most parte: he 
wrote vnto Ptolomy (which was a captayne in 
Celosiria g Phenices) to helpe him in y kinges 
busynes. The sent he Nicanor Patrocli (a 
speciall frende of his) in all y haist/ g gaue 
him of y comon sorte of the Heithen no lesse 
than xx. M. harnessed men, to rote out y 
whole generacion of the Iewes, hauinge to 
helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre, which 
in matters concernynge battayls had greate 
experience. Nicanor ordened also the tribute 
(which the Romaynes shulde haue had) to be 
geuen vnto the kynge, out of the captiuyte of 
the Iewes, namely, ij. M. talentes. And 
immediatly he sent to y cities of y see coost, 



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requyringe the for to bye Iewes to be their 
seruauntes a bonde men, promisynge to sell 
them lxxx. and ten for one talente : but he 
considered not the wrath of allmighty God, y 
was to come vpon him. 

When Iudas knewe of this, he tolde the 
Iewes y were with him, of Nicanors comynge. 
Now were there some of them fearfull, not 
trustinge vnto the rightuousnes of God and 
fled their waye. But the other y remayned, 
came together & besought the LORDE, to 
delyuer the fro y wicked Nicanor, which had 
solde the or euer he came nye them: and 
though he wolde not do it for their sakes, yet 
for the couenaunt that he made with their 
fathers, (j because they called vpon his holy j 
glorious name. "And so Machabeus called 
his men together, namely aboute vi. M. ex- 
ortinge them not to agree vnto their enemies, 

ther to be afrayed for f multitude* of their 
aduersaries comynge agaynst them vnrigh- 
teously: but to fight manly, consideringe y 
reprofe that they had done to the holy place 
without cause, how they had despysed and 
oppressed the cite, yee and destroyed y lawes 
of the fathers. For they (sayde he) "trust in 
their weapens and boldnesse, but oure con- 
fidence is in the allmighty LORDE, which in 
the twincklinge of an eye maye both destroye 
them that come agaynst vs, and all the 
worlde. 

He exorted them also to call to remebrauce 
the helpe, that God shewed vnto their fathers : 
d as whe there perished an C. & lxxxv. M. of 
Sennacheribs people : And of y battaill y 
they had in Babilo agaynst y Galacians : how 
y all the Macedonias y came to helpe the, 
stode in feare ; (t how they beynge but only 
yj. M. slewe an C. (j xx. M. thorow y helpe y 
was geuen them from heauen, wherby they 
also had receaued many benefites. 

Thorow these wordes y me toke good 
hertes vnto the, ready to dye for the lawe (j 
the coutre. So he set vpon euery copany a 
captayne, one of his owne brethren : Simon, 
Ioseph and Ionathas : geuynge ech one xv. C. 
men. He caused Eszdras also to reade the 
holy boke vnto them, and to geue them a 
token of the helpe of God. 

Then he himself beinge captaine in y fore 
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And God was there helpe, in so moch that 
they slewe aboue ix. M. me & compelled y 
more parte of Nicanors hoost to fle, they were 
so wounded and feable. Thus they toke the 
money from those that came to bye the, and 
folowed vpon them on euery syde. But whe 
the tyme came vpon them, they returned, for 
it was the Sabbath, and therfore they folowed 
nomore vpon them. So they toke their 
weapens and spoyles & kepte the Sabbath, 
geuynge thankes vnto the LORDE, which 
had delyuered them that daye, and shewed 
them his mercy. After the Sabbath they 
distributed the spoyles to the sicke/ to y 
fatherlesse, and to wyddowes, and the residue 
had they them selues with theirs. Whe this 
was done, and they all had made a generall 
prayer: they besought the mercifull LORDE 
to be at one with his seruauntes. 

Of those also that were with Timotheus 
and Bachides, which fought agaynst them, 
they slewe xx. M. wanne hye and stronge 
holdes, and deuided moo spoyles : euer 
geuynge an equall porcion vnto y sicke, to 
y fatherles, to wyddowes 5 to aged persons. 
And when they had diligently gathered their 
weapes together, they layed them all in con- 
venient places, & the remnaunt of y spoyles 
brought they to Ierusalem. They slewe 
Philarches that wicked personne, which was 
with Timotheus, and had vexed many Iewes. 
And when they helde the thankesgeuynge at 
Ierusalem for the victory, they brent those 
that had set fyre on the portes of the temple : 
namely Calisthenes, which was fled in to an 
house : and so they gat a worthy rewarde for 
their wickednesse. As for that most vngra- 
cious Nicanor, which had brought a thousande 
marchautes, to bye the Iewes, he was thorow 
y helpe of the LORDE brought downe, euen 
of them whom he regarded not : in so moch 
that he put of his glorious raymet, fled by 
see, and came alone to Antioche with greate 
shame g dishonoure, which he gat thorow the 
destruccion of his hoost. Thus he y pro- 
mysed the Romaynes to paye the their tribute, 
when he toke Ierusalem: besranne now to 



saye planely, that God was y defender of the 
Iewes, & therfore not possible to wounde them, 
because they folowed y lawes which God had 
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Ci)c tr. Chapter. 
T the same tyme came Antiochus agayne 
with "dishonoure out of Persis. For 
when he came to Persepolis, and vndertoke 
to robbe the temple and to subdue the cite, 
the people ranne together and defended them 
selues, in so moch y he and his were fayne to 
fle with shame. And so after that flight, it 
happened, that Antiochus came agayne with 
dishonoure. But when he came to Egbathana, 
he gat knowlege what was happened vnto 
Nicanor j Timotheus. Now as he was 
auauncinge himself in his wrath, he thought 
he was able to avenge the iniury that was 
done to them, vpon the Iewes : and therfore 
commaunded to make ready his charet, haist- 
inge on his iourney without ceassinge : the 
iudgmet of God prouokynge him, because he 
had spoke so proudly, that he wolde come to 
Ierusalem, and make it a graue of the Iewes. 
But the LORDE God of Israel, 4 that seith 
all thinges, smote him with an invisible plage, 
which no man coude heale. 

For as soone as he had spoken these wordes, 
there came vpon him an horrible payne of his 
bowels, (j a sore grefe of the tharmes. And y 
was but right: for he had martired other 
mens bowels with dyuerse and straiige tor- 
mentes, how be it he wolde in no wyse ceasse 
from his malice. Yee he was yet the prouder, 
and more malicious agaynst the Iewes : But 
whyle he was commaundinge to make haist in 
the matter, it happened y he fell downe vio- 
lently from the charet, so y it brussed his 
body, (j dyd him greate payne. 

And so he that thought he might com- 
maunde y floudes of the see (so proude was 
he beyonde the condicio of man) and to weye 
the hye mountaynes in a payre of scoales, 
was now brought downe to the grounde, g 
caried vpon an horszlytter, knowlegynge f 
manyfest power of God vpon him : so that y 
wicked body of his c was full of wormes, which 
in his payne fell quyck out of his flesh : In so 
moch y his hoost was greued with the smell 
and styncke of him. Thus he that a litle 
afore thought he might reach to the starres of 
heauen, him might no man now abyde ner 
beare, for the vehemence of styncke. 

Therfore he beynge brought from his 
greate pryde, begane for to come to f know- 



lege of him self : for the punyshment of God 
warned him, (S his payne increased euer more 
& more. And when he him self might not 
abyde his owne styncke, he sayde these 
wordes : It is reason to be obedient vnto God, 
(j that a man desyre not to be like vnto him. 
This wicked personne prayed also vnto the 
LORDE, of whom he shulde haue optained 
no mercy. And as for the cite that he came 
vnto so haistely, to brynge it downe to the 
grounde, (t. to make it a graue for deed men : 
now he desyreth to delyuer it fre. And as 
touchinge f Iewes, whom he had iudged not 
worthy to be buried, but wolde haue cast the 
out for to be deuoured of the foules and 
wylde beastes, sayenge, that he wolde haue 
destroyed both olde and yonge : Now he pro- 
miseth, to make the like f citesyns of Athens. 
And where as he had spoyled the holy temple 
afore, now he maketh promyse to garnish it 
with greate giftes, to increase the holy orna- 
metes, and of his owne rentes to beare the 
costes and charges belonginge to the offer- 
ynges : yee and that he wolde also become a 
Iewe him self, to go thorow euery place of the 
worlde, and to preach the power of God. 

But when his paynes wolde not ceasse, (for 
the righteous iudgmet of God was come vpon 
him) out of a very despayre he wrote vnto the 
Iewes a lettre of intercession, cSteyninge these 
wordes : The kynge and prynce Antiochus 
wysheth vnto the vertuous citesyns of the 
Iewes, moch health and good prosperite. 

Yf ye and youre children fare well, and yf 
all thinges go after youre mynde : we geue 
greate thankes. In my sicknesse also do I 
remembre you louyngly : for as I came out 
of Persia, and was taken with sore disease : I 
thought it necessary to care for the comon 
wealth. Nether despare I in my self, but 
haue a good hope to escape this sicknes. 

But considerynge that my father led an 
hoost some tyme in y hyer places, & shewed 
who shulde raigne after him, that (yf there 
happened eny cotrouersy, or eny harde thinge 
were declared,) they in the londe might 
knowe their chefe lorde, y there shulde be no 
insurreccion : Agayne, when I pondre by my 
self, how that all f mightie men and negh- 
bours rounde aboute, are layege waite, and 
loke but for oportunyte to do harme : I haue 
ordened that my sonne Antiochus shall raigne 



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after me, whom I oft commended to many of 
you, when I was in the hyer kyngdomes, and 
haue wrytten vnto him as it foloweth herafter. 
Therfore I praye you and requyre you, to re- 
membre the benefices that I haue done vnto 
you generally and in especiall. For I hope 
that he shall be of sober 5 louynge behauoure, 
and yf he folowe my deuyce, he shal be 
indifferent vnto you. 

"Thus that murthurer and blasphemer of 
God was sore smytte : and like as he had 
intreated other men, so he dyed a myserable 
death in a straunge countre vpon a mountayne. 
And his body dyd Philippe (that wete with 
him) cary awaye : which fearynge the sonne 
of Antiochus, wente in to Egipte to Ptolomy 
Philometor. 

Cftc r. Chapter. 

MACHABEUS now 5 his company* 
(thorow the helpe of the LORDE) 
wanne the temple and the cite agayne, de- 
stroyed the aulters and chapels that the 
Heithe had buylded thorow the stretes : c 
clensed the temple, made another aulter of 
bricke stone, and after ij. yeares they offered 
sacrifices, set forth the incense, the lightes and 
shewe bred. When that was done, they fell 
downe flat vpon the grounde, and besought 
the LORDE, that they might come nomore 
in to soch trouble : but yf they synned eny 
more agaynst him, he him self to chasten them 
with mercy, and not to come in the hondes 
of those aleauntes and blasphemous men. 

Now vpon the same daye that y straungers 
poluted the temple, it happened that on the 
very same daye it was clensed agayne : d 
namely, the xxij. daye of the moneth called 
Casleu. They kepte viij. dayes in gladnesse, 
like as in the feast of the tabernacles: remem- 
brynge that not longe afore, they helde the 
feast of f tabernacles vpon the mountaynes 
and in dennes like beastes. And to y same 
token they bare grene bowes, braunches and 
palmes before him that had geuen them good 
fortune to dense his place. They agreed also 
together, and made a statute, y euery yeare 
those dayes shulde be solemply kepte of all 
the people of the Iewes. 

How Antiochus then (that was called the 
noble) dyed, it is sufficiently tolde. Now wil 
we speake of Nicanor the sonne of that 



wicked Antiochus, how it happened with 
him : and so with few wordes to comprehende 
the aduersite that chaunsed in y warres. 
When he had taken in the kyngdome, he 
made one Lysias (which had bene captayne 
of the hoost in Phenices and Syria) ruler 
ouer the matters of the realme. For Ptolomy 
that was called Macron, beynge a ruler for 
the Iewes (and specially, to syt in iudgment 
for soch wronge as was done vnto them) 
vndertoke to deale peaceably with them. 
For the which cause he was accused of the 
frendes before Eupator: and when he was 
suspecte to be a traytoure (because he had 
left Cypers, that Philometor had committed 
vnto him : and because he departed from 
noble Antiochus, that he was come vnto) he 
poysoned himself, and dyed. 

Now when Gorgias was gouernoure of the 
same places, he toke straungers and vndertoke 
oft tymes to warre with y Iewes. Morouer 
the Idumeans that helde the stroge holdes, 
receaued those that were dryuen from Ieru- 
salem, and toke in honde to warre also. But 
they that were with Machabeus, besought and 
prayed vnto the LORDE,* that he wolde be 
their helper: and so they fell in to the stronge 
holdes of the Idumeans, (t. wanne many places 
by strength : Soch as came agaynst them they 
slew, and kylled no lesse (of all together) then 
twentye thousande. Neuerthelesse some (no 
lesse then nyne thousande) were fled in to 
two stronge towres, hauynge all maner of 
ordinaunce to withstonde them. 

Then Machabeus leauynge Symon, Iose- 
phus, Zachaus and those that were with them, 
(which were very many) wente to besege the, 
and to fight where most nede was. Now 
they that were with Symon beynge led with 
couetousnesse, were intreated for money, 
thorow certayne of those that laye in the 
towers : toke lxx. M. drachmas, & let some of 
them escape. But when it was tolde Macha- 
beus what had happened, he called y captaynes 
of the people together, accusynge those per- 
sonnes, that they had solde the brethren for 
money, and let their enemies go. So he 
slewe those traytours, (j immediatly wente in 
honde with the ij. towers. And when they 
had ordred them selues manly with their 
weapens (j hondes, they slewe in y two castels 
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"Now Timotheus whom the Iewes had 
ouercome afore, gathered a multitude of 
straunge people, brought an hoost also of 
horsmen of the Asians, to wynne Iewry by 
strength. But when he drewe nye, Machabeus 
and they that were with him fell to their 
prayer, 4 sprencled aszshes vpon their heades, 
beynge gyrded with hayrie cloth aboute their 
loines, fel downe before y aulter, & besought 
the LORDE that he wolde be mercifull to 
them, but an enemie vnto their enemies, and 
to take parte agaynst their aduersaries, acord- 
inge as it is promised in the lawe. So after 
the prayer/ they wente on further from the 
cite : and when they came nye the enemies, 
they prepared them selues agaynst them. 

And by tymes in the mornynge at f 
breake of the daye, both the hoostes buckled 
together. The one parte had the LORDE 
for their refuge/ which is the geuer of 
prosperite, stregth and victory. The other 
had a maly stomack, which is a captayne of 
warre. 

The battayll now beynge greate, there 
e apeared vnto the enemies from heauen v. 
men, vpon horszback with brydels of golde, 
ledinge the Iewes, and two of them hauynge 
Machabeus betwixte them, y kepte him safe 
on euery syde with their weapes, but shot 
dartes and lighteninges vpon the enemies, 
where thorow they were confounded with 
blyndnesse and so sore afrayed, that they fell 
downe. There were slayne of fote men 
twenty thousande and fyue hundreth, and 
sixe hudreth horsmen. As for Timotheus 
him self, he fled vnto Gazar a very stroge 
holde, wherin Cereas was captayne. But 
Machabeus and his company layed sege to it 
cherfully iiij. dayes. Now they that were 
within, trustinge to the strength of the place, 
cursed & banned exceadingly, and made greate 
crakynge with wicked wordes. Neuerthelesse 
vpon the fifth daye in the mornynge, xx. yonge 
men of Machabeus copany, beynge set on 
fyre in their myndes because of the blasphemy: 
came manfully vnto the wall, and with bolde 
stomackes they and their other companyons 
clymmed vp vpon the towres, vndertakynge 
to set fyre vpon the portes, j to burne those 
blasphemous personnes quycke. Two dayes 
were they destroyenge the castell, which when 



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they founde Timotheus (that was crepte in to 
a corner) they kylled him, and slewe Cereas 
his brother in like maner with Appollophanes 
When this was done, they sunge Psalmes. 
with prayses and thankesgeuynges vnto the 
LORDE, which had done so greate thinges 
for Israel, & geuen them the victory. 

Che ft Chapter. 

NOT longe after this, Lysias the kynges 
stewarde and a kynsman of his, (which 
had the gouernaunce of his matters,) toke 
sore displeasure for the thinges that had hap- 
pened: and when he had gathered lxxx. M. 
men of fote with all the hoost of the horsmen, 
he came agaynst the Iewes, thinkynge to 
wynne the cite, to make it an habitacion for 
the Heithen, ^and the temple wolde he haue 
to be an house of lucre, like as the other 
goddes houses of the Heithe are, & to sell y 
prestes office euery yeare: Not consideringe 
the power of God, but was wylde in his 
mynde, trustinge in y multitude of fote me, 
g 'm thousandes of horsme, and in his lxxx. 
Elephantes. 

So he came in to Iewry g then to Bethsura 
(a castell of defence lyenge in a narow place, 
v. furlonges from Ierusale) and wanne it. 
Now when Machabeus and his company knew 
that the stronge holdes were taken, they fell 
to their prayers 7 ' with wepynge and teares 
before the LORDE : and all the people in 
like maner besought him, that he wolde sende 
a good angell to delyuer Israel. Machabeus 
him self was the first that made him ready 
to the battayll, exortynge the other that were 
with him, to ioperde themselues and to helpe 
their brethre. And when they were goyenge 
forth of Ierusalem 1 together with a ready and 
wyllynge mynde, there apeared before the 
vpon horszbacke a ma in whyte clothinge with 
harnesse of golde, shakinge his speare. Then 
they praysed f LORDE all together, which 
had shewed them mercy, and were conforted 
hi their myndes: in so moch that they were 
ready, not only to fight with men, but with y 
most cruell beestes, yee and to runne thorow 
walles of yron. 

Thus they wente on wyllingly hauynge an 
helper from heaue, and the LORDE mer- 
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their enemies like lyons, brought downe xj 
M. fote men, xvj. C. horsmen, put all y other 
to flight, many of them beynge wounded, and 
some gat awaye naked. Yee Lysias himself 
was fayne to fle shamefully, and so to escape. 
Neuerthelesse the man was not without vn- 
derstondinge, but considered by himself that 
his power was mynished, and pondred how y 
Iewes beynge defended by the helpe of All- 
mighty God, were not able to be ouercome : 
wherfore he sent them worde, and promised, 
that he wolde consente to all thinges which 
were reasonable, and to make the kynge their 
frede. To the which prayer of Lysias Ma- 
chabeus agreed, sekynge in all thinges the 
comon wealth : and what so euer Machabeus 
wrote vnto Lysias cocernynge the Iewes, the 
kynge graunted it. For there were lettres 
writte vnto f Iewes from Lysias conteynynge 
these wordes: 

Lysias sendeth gretinge to the people of 
the Iewes. Ihon and Absalon which were 
sent from you, delyuered me wrytinges, and 
requyred me to fulfill the thinges concernynge 
their earande. Therfore loke what might be 
graunted, I certified y kynge therof: and 
what so euer was conuenient, I agreed therto. 
Yf ye now wyll be faithfull in the matters, I 
shal endeuer my self herafter also to do you 
good. As concernynge other thinges by euery 
article therof: I haue committed them to 
youre messaungers, and to those whom I sent 
vnto you, to comon with you of the same, 
fare ye well, In the hudreth and xlviij. yeare, 
the xxiiij. daye of the moneth Dioscorinthius. 

Now the kynges lettre conteyned these 
wordes: Kynge Antiochus sendeth gretinge 
vnto his brother Lysias. "For so moch as 
oure father is now deed, oure wyll is, that 
they which are in oure realme, lyue without 
eny insurreccion, and euery man to be diligent 
in his owne matters. We vnderstonde also, 
that the Iewes wolde not consent to oure 
father, for to be brought vnto the custome of 
the Gentiles, but stiffly to kepe their owne 
statutes : for the which cause they requyre of 
vs also, to let them remayne still by their 
owne lawes. 

Wherfore oure minde is, that this people 
shalbe in rest: we haue concluded and de- 
termed also, to restore them their temple 
agayne : that they maye lyue acordinge to the 



vse j custome of their forefathers. Thou shalt 
do vs a pleasure therfore, yf thou sende vnto 
them J agre with them : that when they are 
certified of oure mynde, they maye be of good 
chere, and loke to their owne wealth. 

And this was the lettre, that the kynge 
wrote vnto the Iewes : Kynge Antiochus 
sendeth gretinge vnto the councell and the 
other people of the Iewes. Yf ye fare well, 
we haue oure desyre : as for vs, we are in 
good health. Menelaus came and tolde vs, 
how y youre desyre was to come downe to 
youre people, which are with vs. 

Wherfore those that wyll come, we geue 
them fre lyberte, vnto the xxx. daye of the 
moneth of Aprill, that they maye vse f meates 
of the Iewes and their owne lawes, like as 
afore: and none of them by eny maner of 
wayes to haue harme, for thinges done in 
ignoraunce. Menelaus whom we haue sent 
vnto you, shal comon with you at large, fare 
ye well. In the Cxlviij. yeare, the xv. daye 
of the moneth of Aprill. 

The Romaynes also sent a lettre, conteyn- 
ynge these wordes : Quintus Mennius g Titus 
Manilius embassatours of the Romaynes, sende 
gretinge vnto the people of the Iewes. Loke 
what Lysias the kynges kynsman hath graunted 
you, we graunte you the same also. But as 
concernynge the thinges which he referred 
vnto the kynge, sende hither some with spede : 
and podre the matter diligetly amonge youre 
selues, that we maye cast y best to youre 
profite, for we must departe now vnto An- 
tioche. And therfore wryte shortly agayne, 
that we maye knowe youre mynde. Fare 
well. In the hundreth xlviij. yeare, f xv. 
daye of the moneth of Aprill. 

Cfte Vi). Cfcapttv. 

WHEN these couenauntes were made, 
Lysias wente vnto the kynge, and y 
Iewes tylled their grounde. But Timotheus, 
Appollonius the sonne of Gemei, Ierome and 
Demophon y proude, Nicanor y captayne of 
Cypers, and they that laye in those places: 
wolde not let them lyue in rest and peace. 
They of Ioppa also dyd euen soch a shamefull 
dede : They prayed f Iewes that dwelt amoge 
them, to go with their wyues and children 
in to the shippes which they had prepared, (j 
dyd with them, as though they had ought 
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there was gone forth a generall proclamacio 
thorow f cite because of peace, they con- 
sented therto, and suspecte nothinge: but 
when they were gone forth in to the depe, 
they drowned no lesse then ij. C. of them. 

Whe Iudas knew of this cruelte shewed 
vnto his people, he commaunded those that 
were with him to make them ready, exortinge 
them to call vpon God the righteous iudge : 
wete forth agaynst those murthurers of his 
brethre, set fyre in y hauen by night, brent 
vp f shippes, and those that escaped from the 
fyre, he slewe with the swearde. And when 
he had done this, he departed as though he 
wolde come agayne, and rote out all them of 
Ioppa. But when he had gotte worde that 
the Iamnites were mynded to do in like maner 
vnto f Iewes which dwelt amonge them, he 
came vpon the Iamnites by night, and set 
fyre in the hauen with the shippes : so that 
the light of the fyre was sene at Ierusalem, 
vpon a ij. C. & xl. furlonges. 

Now when they were gone from thence 
ix. furlonges, in their iourney towarde Ti- 
motheus : v. thousande men of fote and v. 
hundreth horsmen of the Arabians fought 
with him. So when the batell was earnest, 
and prospered with Iudas thorow the helpe of 
God : y residue of the Arabians beynge ouer- 
come, besought Iudas to be at one with them, 
and promised to geue him certayne pastures, 
I to do him good in other thinges. Iudas 
thynkynge that they shulde in dede be pro- 
fitable concernynge many thynges, promised 
them peace : whervpon they shoke hondes, 
and so they departed to their tentes. Iudas 
wente also vnto a cite, which was very fast 
kepte with brydges, fensed rounde aboute 
with walles, & dyuerse kyndes of people dwell- 
inge therin, called Caspin. 

They that were within it, put soch trust in 
the strength of the walles, (j in their stoare of 
vytales: that they were the slacker in their 
doynges, cursinge and reuylinge Iudas with 
blasphemies, and speakynge soch wordes as it 
becommeth not. But Machabeus callynge 
vpon the greate prynce of y worlde (which 
without eny battayll rammes or ordinaunce of 
warre, " dyd cast downe the walles of Iericho, 
in the tyme of Iosue) fell manfully vpon the 
walles, toke the cite, and (thorow the helpe of 
the LORDE) made an exceadinge greate 

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slaughter : In so moch that a lake of ij. fur- 
loges brode which laye therby, semed to flowe 
with the bloude of the slayne. 

Then departed they from thence vij. C. and 
L. furlonges, and came to Taraca vnto f Iewes 
that are called Tubianei. But as for Timo- 
theus, they coude not get him there: for (not 
one matter dispatched,) he was departed from 
thence, and had lefte certayne men in a very 
stronge holde. But Dositheus and Sosipater 
which were captaynes with Machabeus, slewe 
those y Timotheus had lefte in the house of 
defence, euen x. M. men. And Machabeus 
prepared him with f vj. M. men y were aboute 
him, set them in ordre by companies, and 
wente forth agaynst Timotheus, which had 
with him an C. and xx. M. men of fote, ij. 
M. and v. C. horsme. 

When Timotheus had knowlege of Iudas 
commynge, he sent the women, children and 
the other baggage vnto a castell called Carnion. 
(For it coude not be wonne, (j was harde to 
come vnto, the wayes of the same places were 
so narow) and when Iudas copany came first 
in sight, the enemies were smytten with feare, 
thorow the presence of God, which seyth all 
thinges : In so moch y they fieynge one here, 
another there, were rather discomfited of their 
owne people,* (j woiided with the strokes of 
their owne sweardes. Iudas also was vex*y 
earnest in folowinge vpon them and punysh- 
inge those vngodly, and slewe xxx. M. men of 
them. Timotheus also himself fell in to the 
hondes of Dositheus 5 Sosipater, whom he 
besought with many prayers, to let him go 
with his life : because he had many of the 
Iewes fathers and brethren in preson, which 
(yf they put him to death) might be dis- 
apoynted. So when he had promised faith- 
fully to delyuer them agayne acordinge to the 
condicion made, they let him go without 
harme, for the health of y- brethren. And 
when Iudas had slayne xxv. M, he wente from 
Carnion. 

Now after y he had chased awaye and slayne 
his enemies, he remoued the hoost towarde 
Ephron a stroge cite/ wherin dwelt many 
dyuerse people of the Heithen, and y stronge 
yonge men kepte the walles, defendinge the 
mightely. In this cite was moch ordinaunce, 
and prouysion of dartes. d But when Iudas 
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God, (which with his power breaketh the 
strength of the enemies) they wanne the cite, 
and slew xxv. M. of them y were within. From 
thence wente they to the cite of the Scythians, 
which lieth yj. C. furlonges from Ierusalem. 
But when y Iewes which were in the cite 
testified, that the citesyns dealte louyngly 
with them, yee and intreated them kyndly in 
y tyme of their aduersite, Iudas and his com- 
pany gaue them thankes, desyringe them to 
be frendly still vnto them: °and so they came 
to Ierusalem the hye feast of the wekes beynge 
at honde. And after the feast they wete forth 
agaynst Gorgias the gouernoure of Idumea, 
with iij. M. men of fote and iiij. C. horsme. 
Which when they met together, it chaunsed a 
few of the Iewes to be slayne. 

And Dositheus one of the Bachenors a 
mighty horsma toke holde of Gorgias, and 
wolde haue take him quyke. But an horsma 
of Thracia fell vpon him, and smote of his 
arme, so that Gorgias escaped and fled in to 
Moresa. When they now that were of Gor- 
gias syde, had foughte longe and were weery: 
Iudas called vpon the LORDE that he wolde 
be their helper, j captayne of the felde : and 
with that, he beganne with a manly voyce to 
take vp a songe of prayse, and a crie : In so 
moch that he made the enemies afrayed, and 
Gorgias men of warre to take their flight. So 
Iudas gathered his hoost, and came in to y 
cite of Odolla. And when the seuenth daye 
came vpon them, they clensed them selues (as 
the custome was) (t kepte the Sabbath in the 
same place. And vpon the daye folowinge, 
Iudas J his company came to take vp the 
bodies of them that were slayne, and to bury 
them in y fathers graues. Now vnder y cotes 
of ceitayne Iewes which were slayne, they 
founde Iewels that they had taken out of the 
temple and from the Idols of the Iamniters : 
which thinge is *forbydden the Iewes by the 
lawe. Then euery man sawe y this was the 
cause, wherfore they were slayne. 

And so euery man gaue thankes vnto the 
LORDE for his righteous iudgmet, which 
had opened the thinge that was hyd. They 
fell downe also vnto their prayers, and besought 
God, that the fawte which was made, might 
be put out of remembraunce. Besydes that, 
Iudas exorted y people earnestly, to kepe them 

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selues from soch synne : for so moch as they 
sawe before their eyes, y these men were 
slayne for the same offence. So he gathered 
of euery one a certayne, in so moch that he 
brought together * two thousande drachmas of 
syluer, which he sent vnto Ierusalem, y there 
might a sacrifice be offred for the myszdede. 
In the which place he dyd well % right : for 
he had some cosideracion g pondringe of y 
life y is after this tyme. For yf he had not 
thought y they, which were slayne, dyd yet 
lyue, it had bene superfluous and vayne, to 
make eny vowe or sacrifice, for the y were 
deed. But for so moch as he sawe, that they 
which dye in the fauoure & beleue of God, are 
in good rest & ioye, he thought it to be good 
(j honorable for a reconcylinge, to do the same 
for those which were slayne, that the offence 
might be forgeuen. 

Cftc riij. Chapter. 

IN the Cxlix. yeare gat Iudas knowlege, c y 
Antiochus Eupator was commynge with a 
greate power in to Iewry, cj Lysias the stewarde 
& ruler of his matters with him : hauynge an 
C. and x. M. men of fote, v. M. horsmen, 
xxij. Elephantes, and iij. C. charettes. Mene- 
laus also ioyned him self with them (but with 
greate disceate) g spake fayre to the kynge, 
not for eny good of y coiitre, but because he 
thought to haue bene made some greate man 
of auctorite. But the kynge of kynges moued 
Antiochus mynde agaynst this vngodly per- 
sonne, j Lysias infourmed the kynge, that this 
Menelaus was the cause of all myschefe : d so 
that y kynge commaunded to take him, and 
(as f maner of them is) to put him vnto death 
in the same place. 

There was also in the same place a tower 
of L. cubites hye, heaped with aszshes: but 
aboue it was so made, that men might loke 
downe on euery syde. Where in to the kynge 
commaunded that shamefull person to be cast 
amonge the aszshes, as one that was cause 
of all vngraciousnesse. And reason it was, 
y y vnthrift shulde dye soch a death, and 
not to be buried : for he had done moch 
myschefe vnto the aulter of God (whose fyre 
and aszshes were holy) therfore was it right, 
y he him self also shulde be destroyed with 
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But the kynge was woode in his mynde, & 
came to shewe him self more cruell vnto the 
Iewes, then his father was. "Which when Iudas 
perceaued, he commaunded the people to call 
vpon the LORDE night and daye : that he 
wolde now helpe them also, like as he had 
done allwaye : (For they were afrayed to be 
put from their lawe, from their naturall countre 
and from f holy temple:) and not to suffre 
the people (which a litle whyle afore beganne 
to recouer) to be subdued agayne of f blas- 
phemous nacions. 

So when they had done this together, and 
besought the LORDE for mercy, with wep- 
ynge and fastinge thre dayes longe, fiat vpon 
the grounde : Iudas exorted them, to make 
them selues ready. But he and the elders 
together deuysed, to go forth first with their 
people, afore the kynge brought his hoost 
in to Iewry, and afore he beseged the cite, g 
so to committe the matter vnto God. Wher- 
fore he ascrybed the power of all thinges vnto 
God the maker of y worlde, exortinge his 
people to fight manfully, (yee euen vnto 
death) for y lawes, the temple, y cite, their 
owne natyue countre, & to defende y citesyns : 
& set his hoost before Modin. He gaue them 
also y were with him, a token of y victory of 
God, chosinge out the manlyest yonge men, 
wente by night in to the kynges pauylion, 
*slewe of the hoost xiiij. M. men, and the 
greatest Elephantes, with those that sat vpon 
them. 

Thus when they had brought a greate 
feare & rumoure amonge y- tentes of their 
enemies, and all thinges wente prosperously 
with them, they departed in the breake of ;y 
daye, God beynge their helper (j defender. 
Now when the kynge perceaued the manly- 
nesse of the Iewes, he wente aboute to take 
the stronge places by craft, (j remoued his 
hoost vnto c Bethsura, which was a wel kepte 
house of defence of the Iewes : but they were 
chaced awaye, hurte and discomfited. And 
Iudas sent vnto them that were in it, soch 
thinges as were necessary. In the Iewes 
hoost also there was one Rhodocus, which 
tolde the enemies their secretes: but they 
sought him out, and when they had gotten 
him, they put him in preson. After this dyd 
the kynge comon with them that were in 
Bethsura, toke truce with them, departed, 



and stroke a battayll with Iudas, which ouer- 
came him. 

But when he vnderstode, that Philippe 
(whom he had left to be ouerseer of his busy- 
nesses at Antioche) begane to rebell agaynst 
him, he was astonnied in his mynde : so that 
he yelded himself to the Iewes, and made 
them an ooth, to do what so euer they thought 
right. Now when he was reconcyled with 
them, he offred, made moch of the temple, 
gaue greate gyftes vnto it, enbraced Macha- 
beus, makynge him captayne and gouernoure 
from Ptolomais vnto y Gerrenes. 

Neuerthelesse when he came to Ptolomais, 
the people of the cite were not content with 
that bonde of frendshipe : for they were 
afrayed, that he wolde breake the couenaunt. 
Then wente Lysias vp in to the seate, and 
enfourmed the people, shewed the the cause 
why, and pacified them. So he came agayne 
to Antioche. This is now the matter con- 
cernynge y kynges iourney, and his returne. 

Che rut). Chapter. 

AFTER thre yeares was Iudas infourmed, 
how that Demetrius the sonne of Se- 
leucus was come vp with a greate power and 
shippes, thorow the hauen of Tripolis (to take 
certayne commodious places and countrees) 
agaynst Antiochus and his captayne Lysias. 
Now Alcimus (which had bene hye prest, and 
wilfully defyled himself, in the tyme of the 
myxtinge) seynge, that by no meanes he 
coude be helped, ner haue eny more intraunce 
to the altare : he came to kynge Demetrius in 
the hundreth and one and fiftie yeare, pre- 
sentinge vnto him a crowne of golde, a palme 
and an olyue tre : which (as men thought) 
belonged to the temple, and that daye he 
helde his tonge. 

But when he had gotten oportunite for 
his madnesse, Demetrius called him to coucell, 
and axed him, what thinges or councels the 
Iewes leaned vnto? He answered: The 
Iewes that be called Assidei (whose captayne 
is Iudas Machabeus) maynteyne warres, make 
insurreccions, and wyl not let the realme be 
in peace. 

For I beynge depryued of my fathers 
honoure (I meane the hye presthode) am 
come hither : partly because I was faithfull 
vnto the kynge, and partly because I sought 



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the profit of the citesyns. And why? all 
oure people (thorow the wickednesse of them) 
are not a litle troubled. Wherfore I beseke 
the (o kynge) considre all these thinges dili- 
gently, and then make some prouysion for the 
londe and the people, acordinge to the kynd- 
nesse that thou hast offred vnto them. For 
as longe as Iudas hath the vpper hande, it is 
not possible that men can lyue in peace. 

When he had spoken these wordes, other 
frendes also hauynge euell will at Iudas, set 
the kynge Demetrius on fyre agaynst him. 
Which immediatly sent Nicanor (ruler of y 
elephantes) a captayne, in to Iewry : com- 
maundinge him, to take Iudas himself alyue, 
but to slaye them that were with him, and to 
make Alcimus hye prest of the temple. 

Then the Heithen which fled out of Iewry 
from Iudas, came to Nicanor by flockes, 
thinkynge the harme and decaye of the Iewes 
to be their welfare. Now whe the Iewes 
herde of Nicanors commynge, & the gather- 
ynge together of y Heithe: they "spreckled 
them selues with earth, and besought him 
(which made them his people, and euer de- 
fended his owne porcion with euydent tokens) 
that he wolde preserue them still. So at the 
commaundement of the captayne, they re- 
mo ued from thence, and came to a towne 
called Dessasan. And Symon Iudas brother 
fell in honde with Nicanor, but thorow the 
sodane ''commynge of the enemies, he was 
afrayed. 

Neuertheles Nicanor hearinge the man- 
lynes of them that were with Iudas, and y 
bolde stomackes that they had to fight for 
their naturall countre, durst not proue the 
matter with bloudsheddinge. Wherfore he 
sent Possidonius, Theodocius g Mathias be- 
fore, to geue and to take peace. So when 
they had taken longe advysement there vpon, 
and the captayne shewed it vnto the multi- 
tude : they were agreed in one mynde, to 
haue peace. And they appoynted a daye to 
yt vpon these matters quyetly amonge them 
selues, f stoles also were brought and set 
forth. Neuerthelesse Iudas comaunded cer- 
taine men of armes to waite in conueniet 
places, lest there shulde sodenly aryse eny 
euell thorow the enemies. And so they com- 
moned reasonably together. 

Nicanor, whyle he abode at Ierusalem, 



ordred himself not vnreasonably, but sent 
awaye the people that were gathered to- 
gether. He loued Iudas euer with his hert 
and fauoured him. He prayed him also to 
take a wyfe, and to brynge forth children, 
So he maried, lyued in rest, and they led a 
comon life. But Alcimus perceauynge the 
loue that was betwixte them, and how they 
were agreed together, came to Demetrius, 
and tolde him that Nicanor had taken straunge 
matters in honde, and ordened Iudas (an 
enemy of the realme) to be the kynges suc- 
cessoure. Then the kinge was sore dis- 
pleased, and thorow the wicked accusations 
which Alcimus made of Nicanor, he was so 
prouoked, that he wrote vnto Nicanor, say- 
enge : that he was very angrie for the frend- 
shipe and agrement, which he had made with 
Machabeus. Neuertheles he commaunded 
him in all the haist, that he shulde take 
Machabeus presoner, and sende him to 
Antioche. 

Which lettres when Nicanor had sene, he 
was at his wittes ende, and sore greued, that 
he shulde breake the thinges, wherin they had 
agreed : specially, seynge Machabeus was the 
man, that neuer dyd him harme. But be- 
cause he might not withstonde the kynge, he 
sought oportunite to fulfil his commaunde- 
ment. Notwithstondinge when Machabeus 
sawe that Nicanor beganne to be churlish 
vnto him, and that he intreated him more 
rughly then he was wonte, he perceaued that 
soch vnkyndnes came not of good, and ther- 
fore he gathered a few of his men, and with- 
drewe himself fro Nicanor. Which when he 
knewe that Machabeus had manfully pre- 
uented him, he came in to the greate and 
most holy temple : and commaunded the 
prestes (which were doynge their vsuall 
offeringes) to delyuer him the man. And 
when they sware that they coude not tell, 
where the ma was who he sought, he stretched 
out his honde, and made an ooth, sayenge : 
Yf ye wyll not delyuer me Iudas *captyue, I 
shall remoue this temple of God in to the 
playne felde, I shal breake downe the aulter, 
and consecrate this teple vnto Bachus. After 
these wordes he departed. 

Then the prestes lift vp their hondes to- 
warde heauen, and besought him that was 
euer the defender of their people, sayenge : 



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Thou o LORDE of all, which hast nede of 
nothinge, woldest that the temple of thy ha- 
bitation shulde be amonge vs. Therfore 
now (o most holy LORDE) kepe this "house 
euer vndefyled, which lately was clensed. 
Now was there accused vnto Nicanor, one 
Razis an Alderman of Ierusalem, a louer of 
the whole cite, and a man of good reporte : 
which for the kynde hert that he bare vnto 
the people, was called a father of y Iewes. 
This man oft tymes (when the Iewes were 
mynded to kepe them selues vndefyled) de- 
fended and delyuered them, beynge content 
stedfastly to spende his body and his life for 
his people. 

So Nicanor wyllinge to declare the hate, 
that he bare to the Iewes, sent fyue hundreth 
men to take him : for he thought, yf he gat 
him, he shulde brynge the Iewes in greate 
decaye. Now when the people beganne to 
ruszshe in at his house, to breake the dores, 
and to set fyre on it : he beynge now taken, 
wolde haue defended himself with his swearde : 
chosinge rather to dye manfully, then to yelde 
himselfe to those wicked doers : and because 
of his noble stocke, he had rather haue bene 
put to extreme craelte. 

Notwithstondynge what tyme as he myssed 
of his stroke for haist, and the multitude 
fell in violently betwixte the dores : he 
rane boldly to f wall, & cast himself downe 
manfully amonge the heape of them, which 
gaue soone place to his fall, so that he fell 
vpon his bely. Neuerthelesse whyle there 
was yet breath within him, he was kyndled 
in his mynde: and whyle his bloude guszshed 
out exceadingly (for he was vei"y sore wounded) 
he ranne thorow the myddest of y people, and 
gat him to the toppe of a rocke. So when 
his bloude was now gone, he toke out his 
owne bowels with both his hondes, and threw 
them vpon the people: callinge vpon the 
LORDE of life and sprete, to rewarde him 
this agayne, and so he dyed. 

®3)e r&. Chapter. 

NOW when Nicanor knewe that Iudas 
was in the countre of b Samaria, he 
thought with all his power to strike a felde 
with him vpon a Sabbath daye. Neuerthe- 
lesse the Iewes that were compelled to go 
with him, sayed: O do not so cruelly and 

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vnkyndly, but halowe f Sabbath daye, and 
worshipe him that seyth all thinges. For all 
this, yet sayed the vngracious personne : c Is 
there a mightie one in heauen, that com- 
maunded the Sabbath daye to be kepte? 
And when they sayde : yee the lyuynge God, 
the mightie LORDE in heauen commaunded 
the seuenth daye to be kepte/ he sayde : And 
I am mightie vpon earth, to commaunde them 
for to arme them selues, and to perfourme 
the kynges busynesse. Notwithstondinge he 
might not haue his purpose. 

Nicanor had deuysed with greate pryde to 
ouercome Iudas, and to brynge awaye f vic- 
tory. But Machabeus had euer a fast con- 
fidece and a parfecte hope in God that he 
wolde helpe him, and exorted his people, not 
to be afrayed at the commynge of the Heithen : 
but allwaye to remembre the helpe that had 
bene shewed vnto them from heauen, yee and 
to be sure now also, y Allmightie God wolde 
geue them the victory. He spake vnto them 
out of the lawe and prophetes, puttinge them 
in remembraunce of the battayls, that they 
had striken afore, j made them to be of a 
good corage. 

So when their hartes were plucte vp, he 
shewed them also the disceatfulnesse of the 
Heithen, and how they wolde kepe no coue- 
naunt ner ooth. Thus he weapened the not 
with the armoure of shylde and speare, but 
with wholsome wordes and exortacions. He 
shewed them a dreame also, wherthorow he 
made them all glad, which was this: He 
thought that he sawe Onias (which had bene 
hye prest, a vertuous 5 louynge man, sad, and 
of honest conuersacion, well spoken, and one 
that had bene exercised in godlynes fro a 
childe) holdinge vp his hodes towarde heauen, 
and prayenge for his people. After this there 
apeared vnto him another ma, which was 
aged, honorable and glorious. And Onias 
sayde: This is a louer of the brethren, and of 
the people of Israel. This is he that prayeth 
moch for the people, and for all the holy cite : 
Ieremy the prophet of God. He thought 
also y Ieremy helde out his right hode, and 
gaue him (namely vnto Iudas) a swearde of 
golde, sayenge : Take this holy swearde, a 
gifte from God, wherwith thou shalt smyte 
downe the enemies of the people of Israel. 

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wordes of Iudas, and toke corage vnto the, so 
that the yonge men were determed in their 
myndes to fight, 5 to byde styfly at it : In so 
moch that in the thinges which they toke in 
honde, their boldnesse shewed the same, 
because the holy cite and the temple were in 
parell: for the which they toke more care, 
then for their wyues, children, brethre and 
kynsfolkes. Agayne, they that were in the 
cite, were most carefull for those which were 
to fight. Now when they were all in a hope 
that the iudgment of the matter was at hode, 
and the enemies drew nye, the hoost beynge 
set in araye, the Elephantes and horsme 
euery one stondinge in his place: Machabeus 
considered the commynge of the multitude, 
the ordinaunce of dyuerse weapens, the cruel- 
nesse of the beestes, and helde vp his hondes 
towarde heauen, callinge vpon the LORDE 
that doth wonders, which geueth not the 
victory after the "multitude of weapens and 
power of the hoost (but to them that please 
him) acordinge to his owne will. Therfore 
in his prayer he sayde these wordes : 

*0 LORDE, thou that diddest sende thine 
angell in the tyme of Ezechias kynge of Iuda, 
and in the hoost of Sennacherib slewest an 
hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande : 
sende now also thy good angell before vs 
(o LORDE of heauens) in the fearfulnesse 
and drede of thy mightie arme, that they 
which come agaynst thy holy people to blas- 
pheme them, maye be afrayed. And so he 
made an ende of his wordes. Then Nicanor 
and they that were with him, drew nye with 
shawmes and songes : but Iudas and his com- 
pany with prayer and callinge vpon God. 

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With their hondes they smote, but with 
their hertes they prayed vnto the LORDE, 
and slewe no lesse then xxxv. M. me : For 
thorow the present helpe of God they were 
gloriously conforted. 

Now when they left of, and were turninge 
agayne with ioye, they vnderstode that Nica- 
nor himself was slayne with the other. Then 
they gaue a greate shoute and a crie, praysinge 
the allmighty LORDE with a loude voyce. 
And Iudas (which was euer ready to spende 
his body and life for his citesyns) com- 
maunded to smyte of Nicanors heade, with 
his arme and honde, and to be brought to 
Ierusalem. When he came there, he called 
all the people, and the prestes at the aulter 
with those that were in y castell, and shewed 
them Nicanors heade, and his wicked honde, 
which he had presumptuously holden vp 
agaynst the temple of God. He caused y 
tonge also of that vngodly Nicanor to be cut 
in litle peces, and to be cast to the foules, and 
the cruell mans honde to be hanged vp before 
the temple. 

So euery man gaue thankes vnto y LORDE, 
saienge : blessed be he, that hath kepte his 
place vndefyled. 

As for Nicanors heade, he hanged it vp 
vpo the hye castell, for an euydent and playne 
token of the helpe of God. And so they 
agreed all together, to kepe that daye holy : 
namely y xiij. daye of f moneth Adar, which 
in f Syrias language is called y nexte daye 
before Mardocheus daye. Thus was Nicanor 
slayne, and from that tyme forth the Iewes 
had the cite in possession : And here wil I 
now make an ende. 

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CJjap. I. 


Chap. VII. 






The genealogy of Christ, and mariage of his 
mother Mary. The angell satisfieth Iosephs 


He forbyddeth fooliszh and temerarious iudgment, 
reproueth ypocrisie, exorteth vnto prayer, war- 






mynde. 


neth to bewarre of false prophetes, and so 
concludeth his sermon. 






Cfjap. II. 








The tyme 5 place of Christes byrth. The wyse 


CI)ap. VIII. 






men ofre their presentes, Christ flyeth in to 






Egipte, the yonge childern are slayne. Christ 


Christ clenseth the leper, healeth the captaynes 






turneth in to Galilee. 


seruaunt and many other diseases : helpeth 
Peters mother in lawe, stilleth the see and the 






C$ap. III. 
The baptyme, preachinge and office of Ihon, and 


wynde, and dryueth the deuels out of the 






possessed in to the swyne. 






how Christ was baptysed of him in Iordan. 


Ci)ap. IX. 






Cljap. IIII. 


He healeth the palsye, calleth Mathew from the 






Christ fasteth and is tempted : he calleth Peter, 


custome, answereth for his disciples, healeth 






Andrew, lames and Ihon, 5 healeth all the 


the woman of the bloude yssue, helpeth Iairus 






sicke. 


doughter, geueth ij. blyndmen their sight, 
maketh a domme man to speake, dryueth out 






CI)ap. V. 


a deuell. 






In this Chapter and in the two next folowinge is 








conteyned the most excellet and louynge Ser- 


Chap. X. 






mon of Christ in the mount : Which sermon is 
the very keye that openeth the vnderstondinge 


Christ sendeth out his Xij. Apostles to preach in 
Iewry, geueth them a charge, teacheth them, 
5 comforteth them agaynst persecucion and 
trouble. 






in to the lawe. In this fifth chapter specially 
he preacheth of the VIII. beatitudes or bless- 






inges, of manslaughter, wrath and anger : of 








aduoutrie, of swearinge, of suffringe wronge, 








and of loue euen towarde a mans enemies. 


Chap. XI. 

Ihon baptist sendeth his disciples vnto Christ, 






Chap. VI. 


which geueth them their answere, rebuketh the 






Of Almes, prayer and fastinge. He forbyddeth 


vnthakfull cities, and louyngly exorteth men 






the carefull sekynge of wordly thinges. 


to take his yock vpon them. 













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Chap. XII. 

The disciples plucke the eares of come, he 
excuseth them, healeth the dried hande, helpeth 
the possessed that was blynde and dome, 
rebuketh the vnfaithfull that wolde nedes haue 
tokens, and sheweth who is his brother, sister 
and mother. 

Chap. XIII 

The parable of the sede, of the tares, of the 
mustarde sede, of the leuen, of the treasure 
hyd in the felde, of the perles, and of the 
nett. 

Chap. XIIII. 

Ihon is taken and headed, Christ fedeth fyue 
thousande men with v. loaues and two fishes, 
and apeareth by night vnto his disciples vpon 
the see. 

Chap. XV. 
Christ excuseth his disciples, and rebuketh the 
scrybes and pharises for transgressinge Gods 
comaundement thorow their owne tradicions. 
The thinge that goeth in to the mouth defyleth 
not the ma. He delyuereth the woman of 
Cananees daughter, healeth the multitude, and 
with vij. loaues and a fewe litle fishes fedeth 
iiij. M. men, besyde wemen j children. 

Chap. XVI. 

The Pharises requyre a token. Iesus warneth 
his disciples of the pharises doctrine. The 
confession of peter. The keyes of heauen. 
The faithfull must beare the crosse after Christ. 

Chap. XVII. 
The transfiguracion of Christ vpo the mount of 
Tabor. He healeth the lunatike and payeth 
tribute. 

Chap. XVIII. 
He teacheth his disciples to be humble, and 
harmlesse, to avoyde occasios of euel, and 
one to forgeue anothers offence. 

Chap. XIX. 

Christ geueth answere concernynge mariage, (j 
teacheth not to be carefull ner to loue worldly 
riches. 

Chap. XX 

Christ teacheth by a similitude that God is detter 
vnto no man, and how he is allwaye callinge 
me to his laboure. He teacheth his disciples 
to be lowly, j geueth ij. blynde men their 
sight. 



Chap. XXI. 
He rydeth in to Ierusalem, dryueth the mar- 
chauntes out of the temple, curseth the fyge 
tre, and rebuketh the Pharises with the simili- 
tude of the ij. sonnes and of the huszband- 
men, that slew soch as were sent vnto them. 



Chap. XXII. 

The mariage of the kynges sonne. Tribute to 
be geue to the Emperoure. . Christ confuteth 
the opynion of the Saduces cScernynge the 
resurreccio, and answereth the scrybe vnto his 
questyon. 

Chap. XXIII. 

Christ crieth wo ouer the pharises scribes and 
ypocrites, and prophecieth the destruccion of 
Ierusalem. 

Chap. XXIIII. 

Christ sheweth his disciples the destruccion of 
the temple, the ende of the worlde, the tokens 
of the latter dayes, and warneth the to wake, 
for the worlde shal sodely perish. 



Chap. XXV. 

The X. virgins, the talentes delyuered to the 
seruauntes, and of the generall judgment. 

Chap. XXVI. 

The Magdalene anoynteth Christ. They eate the 
easter lambe and the supper of the LORDE, 
Christ prayeth in the garden, Iudas betraieth 
him, Peter smyteth of Malcus eare, Christ is 
accused by false wytnesses. Peter denyeth 
him. 

Chap. XXVII. 

Christ is delyuered vnto Pilate. Iudas hangeth 
himself. Christ is crucified amoge theues, he 
dyeth and is buried. Watchmen kepe the 
sepulcre. 

Chap. XXVIII. 

The resurreccio of Christ. The hye prestes geue 
the soudiers large money e, to saie that Christ 
was stolle out of his graue. Christ appeareth to 
his disciples, and sendeth them forth to preach 
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Abiud begat Eliachim : 




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nr^HIS is the boke of the generacion of 
X Iesus Christ" f sonne of Dauid, the 




Eliachim begat Azor: 








Azor begat Sadoc : 






sonne of Abraham. *Abraha begat Isaac: 




Sadoc begat Achin : 






Isaac begat Iacob : Iacob begat Iudas 5 his 




Achin begat Eliud : 






brethre : 




Ehud begat Eleasar ; 






Iudas c begat Phares (j Zara of Thamar: 




Eleasar begat Matthan : 






Phares 1 * begat Hesrom: 




Matthan begat Iacob : 






Hesrom* begat Aram : 




Iacob begat Ioseph the huszbande of Mary, 






Aram / begat Aminadab : 




of who was borne that Iesus, which is called 






AminadaM begat Naasson : 




Christ. 






Naasson begat Salmon : 




All the generacions from Abraha to Dauid 






Salmon begat Boos of Rahab : 




are fourtene generacions : From Dauid vnto 






Boos begat Obed of Ruth : 




the captiuite of Babylon, are fourtene gene- 






Obed begat Iesse : 




racions. From the captiuite of Babylon vnto 






Iesse'' begat Dauid the kynge: 




Christ, are also fourtene generacions. 






Dauid 1 the kynge begat Salomon, of her 




The byrth of Christ was on thys wyse : 


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that was the wyfe of Vry : 




' When his mother Mary was maried to Ioseph 






Salomon begat Roboam : 




* before they came together, she was foude 
with chylde by y holy goost. But Ioseph her 






Roboam begat Abia : 








Abia begat Asa : 




huszbande was a perfect man, and wolde not 






Asa begat Iosaphat : 




bringe her to shame, but was mynded to put 




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Iosaphat begat Ioram : 
Ioram begat Osias : 
Osias* begat Ioatham : 
Ioatham ' begat Achas : 
Achas" begat Ezechias: 
Ezechias " begat Manasses : 
Manasses" begat Amon : 
Amon' begat Iosias : 

Iosias' begat Iechonias and his brethren 
aboute the tyme of the captiuyte of Babylon. 
r And after the captiuyte of Babylon, Ie- 
chonias begat Salathiel : 
Salathiel begat Zorobabel: 

"Luc. 3. d. >Gen. 21. a. Gen. 25. c. Gen. 29. f. 
c Gen. 38. e. d Gen. 46. b. < Ruth 4. d. / 2 Par. 2. a. 
s Num. 1. a. * 1 Reg. 16. a. ' 2 Re, 12. e. 1 Par. 
3. b. 3 Re. 11. g. * 2 Par. 26. d. ' 2 Pa. 27. b. 
"• 2 Par. 28. d. "4 Re. 20. c. ° 4 Re. 21. d. 




her awaie secretely. Neuertheles whyle he 
thus thought, beholde, the angell of the 
LORDE appered vnto him in a dreame, 
saynge : Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid, feare 
not to take vnto the Mary thy wyfe. For 
that which is coceaued in her, is of y holy 
goost. She shall brynge forth a sonne, and 
thou shalt call his name Iesus.' For he shall 
saue his people from their synnes. 

All this was done, y the thinge might, be 
fulfilled, which was spoken of the LORDE 
by the Prophet, saynge : " Beholde, a mayde 
shall be with chylde, and shall brynge forth a 

?4Re. 21. e. ? 4 Re. 23. f. 24, 25. r 1 Par. 3. c. 
Agg. 1. a. 1 Esd. 3. a. ' Luc. 1. b. * Some reade 
before they sat at home together. • Phi. 2. a. Act. 4. a. 
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sonne, and they shall call his name Emanuel, 
which is by interpretacion, God with vs. 

Now whan Ioseph awoke out of slepe he 
did as the angell of y LORDE bade hym, 
and toke his wyfe vnto hym, and knewe her 
not, tyll she had brought forth hir fyrst borne 
sonne," and called his name Iesus. 

Che tj. Chapter. 

WHEN Iesus was borne at Bethlee in 
Iury, in the tyme of Herode the 
kynge, Beholde, there came wyse men from 
the east to Ierusale, saynge: Where is the 
new borne kynge of the lues? We haue 
sene his starre in the east, and are come to 
worship him. 

When Herode y kynge had herde thys, he 
was troubled, % all Ierusale with hym, and he 
gathered all the hye Prestes and Scribes of y 
people, and axed of them, where Christ shulde 
be borne. And they sayde vnto hym: at 
Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by 
the Prophet: 4 And thou Bethleem in the 
londe of Iury, art not the leest amonge the 
Princes of Iuda. " For out of y shall come 
vnto me the captayne, that shall gouerne my 
people Israel. 

Then Herod preuely called the wyse men, 
and dyligently enquyred of them, what tyme 
the starre appered, and sent them to Bethleem, 
sainge : Go, and searche dyligently for the 
chylde. And when ye haue founde hym, 
bringe me worde agayne, that I maye come 
and worshippe hym also. 

When they had heard the kynge, they de- 
parted: and lo, the starre which they sawe in 
the east, went before them, tyll it came, and 
stode ouer the place where the chylde was. 
When they sawe the starre, they were mar- 
uelously glad : and went into the house, and 
found the chylde with Mary his mother, and 
kneled downe and worshipped hym/ & opened 
ther treasures, and ofrred vnto hym gyftes: 
gold, franckynsence and myrre. And after 
they were warned of God in a dreame, that 
they shuld not go ageine to Herod, they 
returned into their awne countre another 
waye. 

When they were departed: beholde, the 
angell of the LORDE appered to Ioseph in 
a di-eame, sayinge: aryse, and take the chylde 



Luc. 2. a. b Mich. 5. 

1. b. Esa. 60. a. c Exo. 



c Iohan.7.d. 
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and his mother, and flye into Egypte, e and 
abyde there tyll I brynge the worde. For 
Herod wyl seke the chylde to destroye hym, 
The he arose, and toke the chylde and his 
mother by night, and departed into Egypte, 
and was there vnto y deeth of Herod, that the 
thinge might be fulfylled which was spoke of 
the LORDE, by the Prophet, which sayeth : 
f out of Egypte haue I called my sonne. 

Then Herod perceauynge y he was dis- 
ceaued of the wyse men, was excedynge 
wroth, and sent forth, and slue all the chyl- 
dren that were in Bethleem, and in all the 
coastes there of, as many as were two yere 
olde and vnder, accordynge to the tyme 
which he had diligently searched out of the 
wyse men. 

Then was y fulfilled which was spoken by 
y Prophet Ieremy sayinge : s On y hilles was 
a voyce herde, greate mournynge, wepynge, 
& lamentacion : Rachel wepynge for her chyl- 
dren, and wolde not be conforted, because 
they were not. 

When Herode was deed: beholde, an angell 
of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph 
in Egypte, sayinge : arise and take the chylde 
and his mother, and go in to y londe of 
Israel. For they are deed, which sought the 
chyldes life. And he arose vp, and toke y 
chylde and his mother, (j came into the londe 
of Israel. But whe he herde that Archelaus 
did raygne in Iury, in y rowme of his father 
Herode, he was afrayde to go thither. Not- 
withstondinge after he was warned of God in 
a dreame, he turned asyde into the parties of 
Galile, and went and dwelt in a cite called 
Nazareth/' to fulfill y which was spoken by the 
Prophetes: he shalbe called a Nazarite. 

Che uj. Chapter. 

IN those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and 
preached in the wildernes of Iury, saynge : 
Amede youre selues, the kyngdome of heuen 
is at honde.' This is he, of whom it is spoke 
by y Prophet Esay, which sayeth : The 
voyce of a cryer in f wyldernes, prepare the 
LORDES waye, and make his pathes straight. 
This Ihon had his garment of camels heer, 
and a lethre gerdell aboute his loynes.* Hys 
meate was locustes and wylde hony. Then 
went out to hym Ierusalem, and all Iury, and 



fflere. 31. c. * Iudic. 13. b. ' Math. 4. b. Iohan. l.b, 
Esai. 40. a. * 4 Reg. l.b. Marc. 1. a. 



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all the region rounde aboute Iordan, and 
were baptised of him in Iordan, cofessynge 
their synnes. 

" Now when he sawe many of the Pharises 
and of y Saduces come to hys baptim, he 
sayde vnto them : ye generacio of vipers, who 
hath certified you, that ye shal escape y 
vengeaunce to come? Bewarre, brynge forth 
due frutes of pennaunce. Thinke not now, 
to saye in your selues, we haue Abraham to 
oure father. For I saye vnto you, that God 
is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren 
vnto Abraham. Euen now is the axe put 
vnto y rote of the trees : therfore *euery tre 
which bringeth not forth good frute, shalbe 
hewe downe, and cast into the fyre. 

I baptise you with water to repentaunce : 
but he that cometh after me, is myghtier the 
I, c whose shues I am not worthy to beare. 
He shall baptise you with y holy goost % with 
fyre : which hath also his fan in his hond, and 
will pourge his floore, and gadre the wheet 
into his garner, <j will burne y chaffe with 
vnquencheable fyre/ 

Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan, 6 
vnto Ihon, to be baptised of hym. But Hid 
forbade hym, saynge : I haue nede to be bap- 
tysed of the : and commest thou to me ? Iesus 
answered 5 sayd vnto hym : Let it be so now. 
For thus it be commeth vs to fulfyll all 
righteousnes. Then he suffred hym. ■'And 
Iesus assone as he was baptised, came straight 
out of the water. And lo, heue was ope ouer 
hym: and Ihon sawe the spirite of God 
descende lyke a doue, and lyght vpon hym. 
And lo, there came a voyce fro heue sayng : 
^Thys ys that my beloued sonne, in whom is 
my delyte. 

Wife titj. Cfiaptar. 

THEN was Iesus ledd awaye of the spirite 
in to wildernes, to be tempted of the 
deuyll. And when he had fasted fourtye 
dayes and fourtye nightes, he was afterward 
an hungred. *And the tepter came to him 
and sayde : yf thou be the sonne of God, 
commaunde, that these stones be made breed 
He answered 5 sayde: yt is wrytte: 'Man 
shall not lyue by bred onlye, but by euery 
worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God. 

° Luc. 3. b. 4 Matth. 7. b. Luc. 3. b. c Marc. 1. b. 
Luc. 3. c. Iohan. I.e. d Luc. 3. c. e Marc. 1. a. 

Ioh. 13. a. / Marc. 1. a. Luc. 3. c. Iohan. 1. d. 

U Esa. 42. a. Mat. 17. a. Luc. 9. d. 2 Pet. 1. d. 



Then the deuyll toke hym vp into the holy 
cite, and set hym on a pynacle of the temple, 
and sayde vnto hym : yf thou be y sonne of 
God, cast thy sylfe downe. * For it is wry tten : 
he shall geue his angels charge ouer the and 
with their handes they shal holde the vp, that 
thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. And 
Iesus sayde vnto hym: it ys wrytten also: 
Thou shalt not tempte thy LORDE God. 

Agayne, the deuyll toke hym vp and led 
hym in to an excedynge hye mountayne, and 
shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde, 
and all the glorie of them, and sayde vnto 
hym : all these wil I geue the, yf thou wilt 
fall downe and worship me. '"Then sayde 
Iesus vnto hym: Auoyde Sata. For it ys 
wrytte : thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy 
God and hym onely shalt thou serue. 

Then the deuell left hym, and beholde, the 
angels came and ministred vnto hym. 

" When Iesus had herde that Ihon was 
taken, he departed into Galile and left 
Nazareth, and went and dwelt in Capernaum, 
which is a cite apon the see, in the coostes of 
zabulon and Neptalim, y the thinge might 
be fulfilled whiche was spoken by Esay the 
Prophet, sayinge : " The londe of zabulon and 
Neptalim, the waye of the see beyonde Iordan, 
and Galile of the Gentyls, the people which 
sat in darknes, sawe a greate lyght, & to them 
which sat in the region j shadowe of deeth, 
lyght is begone to shyne. 

From that tyme forth beganne Iesus to 
preach, and to saye : Amende youre selues, 
y kingdome of heauen is at honde. 

As Iesus walked by the see of Galile, he 
sawe two brethren : Simon which was called 
Peter, & Andrew his brother, castynge a net 
into y see, for they were fiszhers, and he 
sayde vnto them : folowe me, (t I will make 
you fiszhers of me/ And they strayght waye 
lefte their nettes, and folowed hym. 

And whan he wet forth from thence, he 
sawe other two brethren, lames the sonne of 
zebede, and Ihon his brother, in the ship with 
zebede their father, mendynge their nettes, 
and called them. ? And they without tarynge 
lefte y shyp and their father, and folowed hym. 

And Iesus went aboute all Galile/ teachyng 
in their synagoges, and preachynge the gospel 

h Marc. 1. b. Luc. 4. a. ■' Dut. 3. a. Sap. 16. c. 

* Psal. 90. b. ' Deut. 6. c. '" Deut. 6. c. 1 Reg-. 7. a. 
" Marc. 1. b. Luc. 4. b. ° Luc. 4. d. Esa. 9. a. 

P Iere. 16. c. Eze.47.b. J Mat. 19. d. Luc. 5. b. 'Marc.l.c. 



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of the kyngdome, and healed all maner of 
siknes, 5 all maner dyseases amonge the 
people. And his fame spred abrode through 
out all Siria. And they brought vnto hym 
all sick people, that were taken with diners 
diseases and gripinges, and the y were 
possessed with deuils, 5 those which were 
lunatyke, and those that had the palsie : (j he 
healed the. And ther folowed hym a greate 
nombre of people, from Galile, g from the ten 
cities,* and from Ierusalem, and from the 
regions that lye beyonde Iordan. 

€l)t b. Chapter. 

WHEN he sawe the people, he went vp 
into a mountayne : and when he was 
set, his disciples came to hym, and he opened 
his mouth, and taught them, sayinge : * Blessed 
are the poore in sprete : for theirs is the 
kyngdome of heue. Blessed are they that 
mourne : for they shalbe coforted/ Blessed 
are the meke : for they shall inheret the erth. 
d Blessed are they which honger (t, thyrst for 
rightewesnes : for they shalbe filled. Blessed 
are the merciful!: for they shall obteyne 
mercy. Blessed are the pure in herte : for 
they shall se God. Blessed are the peace- 
makers : for they shalbe called the chyldren 
of God. Blessed are they which suffre per- 
secucion for rightwesnes sake : for theirs is 
the kyngdome of heuen. e Blessed are ye 
when men reuyle you, and persecute you, 
and falsly say all manner of yuell saynges 
against you for my sake. ^Reioyce and be 
glad, for greate is youre rewarde in heue. 

For so persecuted they the Prophetes 
which were before youre dayes. 

Ye are y salt of the earth, but and yf the 
salt haue lost his saltnes, ^what can be salted 
therwith? It is thence forth good for 
nothynge, but to be cast out, and to be 
trodden vnder fote of men. Ye are the light 
of the worlde. A cite that is set on an hill, 
can not be hid: nether do men lyght a candell, 
and put it vnder a buszhell, but on a candel- 
stick, and it lighteth all that are in the house. 
Let youre light so shyne before men/' that 
they maye se youre good workes, and glorify 
youre father which is in heauen. 

" Marc. 3. a. Luc. 6. b. » Luc. 6. c. c Esa. 61. a 
and 66. b. d Iere. 31. d. c 1 Pet. 4. c. 1 Pet. 2. c 
and 3. c. / Act. 5. e. e Marc. 9. e. Luc. 14. d 

Marc. 4. b. Luc. 8. b. and 11. c. * Math. 6. a. 1 Pet. 2. b 
' Mat. I.e. 2. c. d. Luc. 16. c. Luc. 18. d. Esa. 40. a 



Thinke not, that I am come to destroye 
the lawe, or the Prophetes : ! no, I am not 
come to destroye them, but to fulfyll them. 
For truly I saye vnto you : till heauen and 
earth periszhe, one iott or one tyttle of the 
lawe shall not escape, tyll all be fulfilled. 

* Whosoeuer breaketh one of these least 
comaundmentes, and teacheth me so, he 
shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of 
heauen. But whosoeuer obserueth and 
teacheth the same shalbe called greate in the 
kyngdome of heauen. 

For I saye vnto you : excepte youre 
rightewesnes exceade the rightewesnes of the 
Scribes and Pharises, ye can not entre in to 
the kyngdome of heauen. 

Ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of 
the olde tyme: 'Thou shalt not kyll. For 
whosoeuer kylleth, shall be in daunger of 
iudgement. But I saye vnto you : whosoeuer 
is angrie with his brother, is in daunger of 
the iudgement. Whosoeuer sayeth vnto his 
brother : Racha, is in daunger of y cousell. 
But whosoeuer sayeth : thou foole, is in 
daunger of hell fyre. 

m Therfore when thou offrest thy gift at the 
altare, and there remembrest that thy brother 
hath ought agaynst the : leaue there thyne 
offrynge before the altare, and go thy waye 
first, and reconcyle thy selfe to thy brother, j 
then come and offre thy gyfte. 

"Agre with thine aduersary quicklye, whyle 
thou art in the waye with hym, lest that 
aduersary deliuer the to the iudge, and the 
iudge deliuer the to the minister, and then 
thou be cast in to preson. I saye vnto the 
verely: thou shalt not come out thece, till 
thou haue payed the vtmost farthinge. 

Ye haue herde, how it was sayde to them 
of olde tyme: "Thou shalt not committe 
aduoutrie. But I saye vnto you, that whoso- 
euer loketh on a wife lustinge after her, hath 
committed aduoutrie with hir already in his 
hert. 

Wherfore yf thy right eye offende the, 
plucke hym out, and cast him from the. 
v Better it is for the, that one of thy membres 
periszhe, then that thy whole body shulde be 
cast in to hell. Also yf thy right honde 

* Iaco. 2. b. Ezec. 18. b. * Exo. 20. c. 21. b. Leu. 24. d. 
Deut. 5. c. " lob 42. b. Mala. 2. b. " Luc. 12. f. 

Prou. 25. b. • Exo. 20. c. Eccl. 41. c. lob 31. a. 

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offende the, cut hym of, and cast him from 
the. Better yt is that one of thy mebres 
periszh, the y all thy body shulde be cast in 
to hell. 

It is sayde : "whosoeuer putteth awaye his 
wyfe, let hym geue her a testimonyall of the 
deuorcemet. But I saye vnto you: * who- 
soeuer putteth awaye his wyfe (except it be 
for fornicacio) cause th her to breake matry- 
mony. And whosoeuer maryeth her that is 
deuorsed, breaketh wedlocke. 

Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde 
to the of olde tyme : c Thou shalt not for- 
sweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne 
ooth to God. But I saye vnto you : sweare 
not at all, nether by heaue, for it is Godis 
seate : nor yet by the earth, for it is his fote 
stole : nether by Ierusalem, for it is the cyte 
of y greate kinge : nether shalt thou sweare 
by thy heed, because thou canst not make 
one heer whyte or blacke : But your com- 
municacion shalbe, yee, yee : nay, nay/ For 
what soeuer is more then that, commeth of 
euel. 

Ye haue herde howe it is sayde : An eye 
for an eye, a toth for a toth." But I saye 
vnto you : that ye resist not euell. But who- 
soeuer geueth the a blowe on thy right cheke, 
turne to him the other also. And yf eny 
man will sue the at the lawe, (j take awaye 
thy coate, let him haue thy cloake also. And 
who so compelleth the to go a myle, go with 
hym twayne. Geue to hym that axeth : and 
from hym that wolde borowe, turne not 
awaye. 

Ye haue herde, how it is saide : •'thou shalt 
loue thyne neghboure, cj hate thyne enemy. 
But I saye vnto you : loue youre enemies : 
Blesse the that cursse you: g Do good to the 
that hate you : Praye for the which do you 
wronge and persecute you, that ye maye be 
the chyldern of youre father which is in 
heauen : ''for he maketh his sonne to aryse on 
the euel and on the good, and sendeth his 
rayne on the iust and vniuste. 'For yf ye 
loue them which loue you, what rewarde shall 
ye haue ? Do not the Publicans eue so ? 
And yf ye be frendly to youre brethren onlye : 
what singuler thynge do ye? Do not the 

" Deu. 24. a. Math. 19. b. * Marc. 10. a. Luc. 16. c. 
c Leuit. 19. c. Exo. 20. Deu. 10. d. Iaco. 5. c. 2 Para. 6. f. 
Esa. 66. a. Mat. 23. c. d Ephe. 4. c. c Exod. 21. c. 
Deu. 19. d. Leui. 24. d. Luc. 6. c. / Leui. 9. c. 

s Rom. 12. c. h Deut. 4. c. ■ Luc. 6. c. * Leui. 19. a. 



Publicans also lyke wyse ? * Ye shall therfore 
be perfecte, euen as youre father in heaue is 
perfecte. 

Che bi. Cfiapttr. 

TAKE hede to youre almes, that ye geue 
it not in the syght of men, 'to the intent 
that ye wolde be sene of them : or els, ye get 
no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen. 
When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, 
thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen 
before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges 
and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. 
Verely I saye vnto you : they haue their re- 
warde. But whe thou doest almes, let not 
thy lefte hande knowe, what thy righte hande 
doth, that thine almes maye be secrete : and 
thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde 
the openly. 

"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be 
as f ypocrytes are. For they loue to stode 
and praye in the synagoges, and in the corners 
of the stretes, to be sene of men. Verely I 
saie vnto you: they haue their rewarde. "But 
when thou prayest, entre in to thy chamber, 
and shut thy dore to the, 5 praye to thy father 
which is in secrete : and thy father which 
seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly. 

And when ye praye, bable not moch, as y 
Hethen do :° for they thinke that they shalbe 
herde, for their moch bablynges sake. Be 
not ye lyke them therfore. v For youre father 
knoweth where of ye haue nede, before ye 
axe of him. After thys maner therfore shall 
ye praye : 

q O oure father which art in heauen, halowed 
be thy name. Thy kyngdome come. Thy 
wyll be fulfilled vpon earth as it is in heauen. 
Geue vs this daye oure dayly bred. And 
forgeue vs oure dettes, as we also forgeue oure 
detters. And lede vs not in to teptacion : but 
delyuer vs from euell. For thyne is the 
kyngdome, and the power, and the glorye for 
euer. Amen. For yf ye forgeue other men 
their treaspases, youre heauenly father shall 
also forgeue you. r But and ye wyll not for- 
geue me their trespases, nomore shall youre 
father forgeue you youre trespases. 

'Moreouer when ye fast, be not sad as f 

'Luc. 11. d. ™3Re. 18. d. Esa. 29. c. Luc. 11. a. 

" 4 Re. 4. d. Act. 10. a. ' Esa. 1. b. P Rom. 8. d. 

i Luc. 11. a. r Mat. 18. d. Marc. 11. c. ' Esa. 58. a. 
Mat. 9. b. 



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ypocrytes are. For they disfigure their faces, 
that they myght be sene of men to fast. 
Verely I saye vnto you : they haue their re- 
warde. But thou, whe thou fastest, armoynte 
thyne heed, and wash thy face, that it appeare 
not vnto men, that thou fastest: but vnto 
thy father which is in secrete : and thy father 
which seyth in secrete, shal rewarde the 
openly. 

Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon 
the earth," where rust and mothes corrupte, 
and where theues breake through and steale. 
But gather you treasure together in heauen, 
where nether rust nor mothes corrupte, and 
where theues nether breake vp nor yet steale. 
For where youre treasure is, there is youre 
herte also. 

* The eye is the light of the body. Yf thyne 
eye then be syngle, all thy body shal be ful 
of light : But and yf thyne eye be wycked, 
all thy body shalbe full of darckenes : Wher- 
fore yf the light that is in the, be darckenes, 
how greate then shall that darckenes be ? 

No ma can serue two masters. For ether 
he shall hate the one and loue the other:' or 
els he shall leane to the one, and despise the 
other: ''Ye can not serue God and mammon. 
Therfore I saye \nto you : be not ye carefull 
for youre lyfe, what ye shall eate, or what ye 
shall drinke : nor yet for youre body, what ye 
shal put on. Ys not the lyfe more worth the 
meate, and the body more of value then 
raymet? Beholde the foules of y ayer: for 
they sowe not, nether reepe, nor yet cary in 
to the barnes : and yet youre heauely father 
fedeth the. Are ye not moch better the they? 

Which of you (though he toke thought 
therfore) coulde put one cubit vnto his sta- 
ture? why care ye then for rayment? Con- 
sidre the lylies of the felde, how they growe. 
They laboure not, nether spynne. And yet 
for all that I saye vnto you, that euen Salo- 
mon in all his royalte was not arayed lyke 
vnto one of these. Wherfore yf God so 
cloth the grasse, which is to daye in the 
felde, and to morowe shalbe cast in to the 
fornace : shal he not moch more do the same 
vnto you, o ye of lytle fayth ? 

Therfore take no thought, sayinge: what 
shall we eate, or what shall we drinke? 



' Luc. 12. d. Eccle. 29. b. Iere. 17. a. Pro. 23 
» Luc.ll. c. e Luc. 16. b. d Luc. 12. c. Psal. 54. c. 
1 Pet. 5. a. ' 3 Reg. 3. b. / Luc. 6. d. Rom. ! 



where with shall we be clothed? After all 
soch thynges do the heithen seke. For youre 
heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede 
of all these thynges. e Seke ye fyrst the 
kyngdome of heauen and the righteousnes 
therof, so shal all these thynges be ministred 
vnto you. 

Care not then for the morow, for the morow 
shall care for it self: Euery daye hath ynough 
of his owne trauayll. 

Che bi). Cijapter. 

IUDGE not, that ye be not iudged : ^For 
as ye iudge, so shal ye be iudged. And 
with what measure ye meete, with the same 
shall it be measured to you agayne. Why 
seist thou a moate in thy brothers eye, and 
perceauest not the beame y is yn thine awne 
eye ? Or why saiest thou to thy brother : 
holde, I wil plucke the moate out of thyne 
eye, and beholde, a beame is in thyne awne 
eye. Ypocryte, fyrst cast out the beame out 
of thyne awne eye/ and then shalt thou se 
clearly, to plucke out the moate out of thy 
brothers eye. 

Geue not that which is holy, to dogges : 
nether cast ye youre pearles before swyne/' 
lest they treade them vnder their fete, (j the 
other turne agayne and all to rente you. 

' Axe, and it shalbe geuen you : Seke, and 
ye shall fynde : knocke, and it shalbe opened 
vnto you. For whosoeuer axeth, receaueth : 
and he that seketh, fyndeth : * and to hym y 
knocketh, it shalbe opened. Ys there eny man 
amonge you, which yf his sonne axed hym 
bred, wolde offer him a stone ? Or yf he axed 
fyszhe, wolde he proffer hym a serpent? yf ye 
then which are euell/ can geue youre chyldren 
good gyftes : how moche more shall youre 
father which is in heauen, geue good thynges 
to them that axe hym ? 

m Therfore what soeuer ye wolde that me 
shulde do to you, eue so do ye to them. This 
ys the lawe and the Prophetes. 

Enter in at the strayte gate: for wyde is 
the gate," and broade is the waye, that leadeth 
to destruccion : j many there be, which go in 
therat. But strayte is the gate, and narowe 
ys the waye, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and 
fewe there be that fynde it. 

Marc. 4. c. e Prou. 18. c. * Psal. 136. c. ' Iere. 29. c. 
Iohan. 16. c. fc Luc. 11. b. 'Gen. 6. a. *" Eccli. 31. b. 
lob 4. c. Luc. 6. c. " Luc. 13. c. 



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" Beware of false Prophetes, which come to 
you in shepes clothinge, but inwardly they 
are rauenynge wolues, Ye shall knowe them 
by their frutes. Do men gather grapes of 
thornes ? or figges of thistles ? Euen so 
euery good tree bryngeth forth good frute. 
But a corrupte tree, bryngeth forth euyl frute, 
* A good tree can not bryng forth bad frute : 
nother can a rotten tre bringe forth good 
frute. c Euery tre that bryngeth not forth 
good frute, shalbe hewen downe, and cast into 
the fyre. Wherfore by their frutes ye shall 
knowe them. 

''Not all they that saye vnto me, LORDE 
LORDE, shall enter in to the kyngdome of 
heauen : but he that doth the will of my 
father which ys in heauen. 

c Many shall saye to me in that daye : 
LORDE, LORDE: haue we not prophecied 
in thy name ? Haue we not cast out deuyls 
in thy name ? Haue we not done many 
greate dedes in thy name ? And then will I 
knowlege vnto them: -^1 neuer knewe you, 
Departe fro me, ye workers of iniquite. 

Whosoeuer therfore heareth of me these 
sayinges/ and doeth the same, I wyll lycke 
hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house 
vpon a rocke: Now whan abundaunce of 
rayne descended, and the wyndes blewe and 
bet vpon that same house, it fel not, because 
it was grounded on the rocke. And who 
soeuer heareth of me these sayinges, 5 doth 
the not, shalbe lyckened vnto a folysh ma, 
which buylt his housse apon the sonde : * 
Now whan abudaunce of rayne deseeded, (j 
the wyndes blewe/ (j bet vpon y housse, it 
fell, and great was the fall of it. 

k And it came to passe, that when Iesus had 
had ended these saynges, the people were 
astonnyed at hys doctryne. For he taught 
them as one hauynge power, and not as the 
Scribes. 

Cftc bttj. Chapter. 

WHEN he was come downe from the 
mountayne,' moch people folowed 
him. And lo, there came a leper, and wor- 
sheped him, sayinge: LORDE, yf thou wylt, 
thou canst make me cleane. And Iesus put 

" Deut. 13. a. Ioha. 4. a. Luc. 6. e. b Math. 12. d. 

c Iere. 11. c. Math. 3. a. Luc. 3. b. d Math. 25. a. 

Luc. 6. e. and 13. c. ' Act. 19. b. / Psal. 6. b. 

Math. 25. d. s Luc. 6. e. Rom. 2. b. h Iaco. 2. b. 

' Eze. 13. b. * Marc. 1. b. Luc. 4. c. 'Marc. 1. d. 



forth hys honde, ij touched him, sayinge: 
wyl, be thou cleane : % immediatly his leprosie 
was clensed? And Iesus sayde vnto him 
Se thou tell no ma, but go and shew thy 
selfe to the preste, and offer the gyfte that 
Moses comaunded, m in witnes to them. 

When Iesus was entred into Capernaum, 1 
there came vnto him a Captayne, g besought 
hym, sayinge: Syr, my seruaunt lyeth sicke 
at home of the palsye, and ys greuously 
payned. Iesus sayd vnto hym : I wil come 
(5 heale him. The Captayne answered and 
sayde: Syr, I am not worthy, that thou 
shuldest come vnder my rofe, but speake the 
worde only," and my seruaunt shalbe healed. 
For I my selfe also am a ma subiect to f 
auctorite of another, (j haue sowdiers vnder 
me. Yet wha I saye to one : go, he goeth, 
and to another : come, he commeth : 5 to my 
seruaunt : do this, he doeth it. When Iesus 
hearde that, he marueled, and sayde to them 
that folowed hym : Verely I say vnto you : I 
haue not founde so greate fayth: no not 
Israel. But I say vnto you: ? Many shall 
come from the east and west, and shall rest 
with Abraham, Isaac and Iacob in the kyng 
dome of heauen : and the chyldren of the 
kyngdome shalbe cast out in to vtter darcknes: 
there shal be wepinge, & gnaszhing of teth. 
And Iesus sayd vnto y Captayne : go thy 
waye, and as thou beleuest, so be it vnto the. 
And his seruaunt was healed the same houre. 

? And Iesus went in to Peters housse, and 
sawe hys wyues mother lyinge sicke of a feuer : 
so he touched her hande, and the feuer left 
hir : and she arose, and ministred vnto them. 

r When the euen was come, they brought 
vnto him many that were possessed with 
deuylls. And he cast out f spirites with a 
worde, & healed all that were sicke, that f 
thinge might be fulfilled, which was spoken by 
Esay the Prophet, sayinge: J He toke on him 
oure infirmities, and bare oure sickneses. 

'Whe Iesus sawe moch people about him, 
he commaunded to go ouer the water. And 
there came a scribe and sayde vnto hym: 
master, I wyll folowe the, whyther so euer 
thou goest. And Iesus sayde vnto him : the 
foxes haue holes, and the byrddes of the ayer 

Luc. 5. b. "' Leui. 14. a. " Luc. 7. a. Iohan. 4. f. 

" Psal. 106. c. p Esa. 41. d. Luc. 13. c. 1 Luc. 4. d. 

Marc. 1. c. r Luc. 4. c. s Esa. 53. a. 1 Pet. 2. c. 

' Luc. 9. f. 



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haue nestes, but f sonne of ma hath not 
wheron to rest his heede. a Another that was 
one of his disciples, sayde vnto hym : Syr, 
geue me leue fyrst, to go & burye my father. 
But Iesus sayde vnto him : folowe thou me, 
and let the deed burie their deed. 

*And he entred in to a shyppe, & his disci- 
ples Mowed him. And beholde, there arose 
a greate tempest in the see, in so moch that 
the shippe was couered with wawes, & he was 

lepe. And his disciples came vnto him, 
and awoke hym, sayinge : LORDE, saue vs, 
we perishe. And he sayde vnto them : why 
are ye fearfull, o ye of lytell faithe ? Then he 
arose, and rebuked the wyndes and the see, c g 
there Mowed a greate calme. And the men 
marueyled and sayde : what ma is this, that 
both wyndes and see obey hym ? 

And when he was come to y other syde, 
in to the countre of the Gergesites, there met 
him two possessed of deuyls/ which came out 
of the graues, and were out of measure fearce, 
so that no man myght go by that waye. And 
beholde, they cryed out sayinge : Oh Iesu 
thou sonne of God, what haue we to do with 
the ? e Art thou come hyther to tormet vs, 
before the tyme be come ? And there was a 
good waye of from them a greate heerd of 
swyne fedinge. 'Then the deuyles besought 
him, sayinge : yf thou cast vs out, suffre vs to 
go oure waye in to the heerd of swyne. And 
he sayde vnto them : go youre wayes. Then 
went they out, and departed in to the heerd 
of swyne. And beholde, y whoale heerd of 
swyne was caryed with violece headlinge in to 
the see, and perished in the water. The the 
heerdmen fled and wente their ways in to the 
cyte, and tolde euery thinge, u what had 
fortuned vnto the possessed of the deuyls. 
And beholde, all the cyte came out and met 
Iesus. And when they sawe hym/ they be- 
sought hym, for to departe out of their coostes, 

Cijc fr. Chapter. 

THEN entred he in to a shipp, and passed 
ouer and came in to his awne cite. And 
lo, they brought vnto him a man sicke of y 
palsie, lyinge in his bed. ; ' And when Iesus 
sawe the faith of the, he sayde to the sicke of 
f palsie: my sonne, be of good cheare, thy 

<• Lu. 9. f. * Mar. 4. d. Luc. 8. c. c lob 26. b. 

Psal. 106. d. Esa. 51. c. d Mar. 5. a. Lu. 8. a, 

e 2 Cor. 6. c. /Mar.5.b. «Act. 16.c. * Marc. 2. a 
Luc. 5. c. Iohan. 5. a. j Act. 9. c. * Mar. 2. b 



sinnes are forgeue the. And beholde, cer- 
teyne of the scribes sayde in them selues : 
this man blasphemeth. But when Iesus sawe 
their thoughtes, he sayde: wherfore thinke ye 
euill in youre hertes ? Whether ys it easier to 
saye: thy synnes be forgeue y, or to saie: 
arise and walke ? But that ye maye knowe, 
that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue 
sinnes in earth, the sayde he vnto the sicke of 
f palsye : ' arise, take vp thy bed, and go 
home. And he arose and wente home. When 
y people sawe it, they marueyled, j glorified 
God, which had geue soch power vnto men. 

k And as Iesus passed forth from thence, he 
sawe a man syt a receyuinge of custome, 
named Mathew, & sayde vnto him : folowe me. 
And he arose, and folowed him. And it came 
to passe as he sat at meate in the house : be- 
holde, many publicans and synners came and 
sat downe also with Iesus and hys disciples. 

When the Pharises sawe that, they sayde to 
hys disciples : why eateth youre master with 
publicans and synners ? When Iesus herde 
that, he sayde vnto them : The whole nede 
not f phisicio, but they that are sicke. Go 
and learne, what that meaneth : I haue plea- 
sure in mercy, and not in offerynge.' For I 
am not come to call the righteous, but f 
synners to repentaunce. 

"' Then came the disciples of Ihon to hym 
sayinge : why do we ij y Pharises fast so oft : 
and thy disciples fast not ? And Iesus sayde 
vnto the : Can the weddynge chyldre mourne 
as loge as the bridegrome is with them ? The 
tyme will come, when the bridegrome shalbe 
taken from them, and the shall they fast. No 
man peceth an olde garment with a pece of 
newe clothe. For then taketh he awaye the 
pece agayne from the garment, & the rent ys 
made greater. " Nether do men put new wyne 
in to olde vessels, for then the vessels breake, 
and the wyne runneth out, g f vessels peryshe, 
But they poure newe wyne in to newe vessels, 
and so are both saued together. 

Whyle he thus spake vnto them, beholde 
there came a certayne ruler," and worshipped 
him, sayinge : My doughter is eue now 
deceased, but come and lay thy honde on her, 
and she shall liue. Iesus arose and folowed 
hym with hys disciples/ And beholde, 

Luc. 5. d. 15. a. ' Ose. 6. b. Math. 12. a. 1 Tim. 1 
m Mar. 2. b. Luc. 5. c. " Act. 2. b. ' Marc. 5. d. 

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woman which was diseased with an yssue of 
bloude xij. yeres, came behynde hym, and 
touched the hem of hys vesture. For she 
sayde in her silfe: yf I maye touche but euen 
his vesture only, I shalbe safe. Then Iesus 
tourned him aboute, and behelde her, sayinge : 
Doughter be of good conforte, thy faith hath 
made f safe. And she was made whole, euen 
that same houre. 

"And when Iesus came into the rulers house, 
and sawe the minstrels and the people raginge, 
he sayde vnto them: Get you hece, for f 
mayde is not deed, but slepeth.* And they 
laughed hym to scorne. But whan the people 
were put forth, he went in, and toke her by 
the honde, and the mayde arose. And this 
was noysed through out all that londe. 

And as Iesus departed thence, two blynde 
me folowed hym, cryinge and sayinge : O 
thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy vpon vs. 
And when he was come home, the blynde 
came to hym, And Iesus sayde vnto them 
Beleue ye, that I am able to do thys ? And 
they sayde vnto hym : yee, LORDE. Then 
touched he their eyes, sayinge : acordinge to 
youre fayth, be it vnto you/ And their eyes 
were opened. And Iesus charged the, sayinge : 
Se that no ma knowe of it. But they de- 
parted, j spred abroade his name through out 
all the londe. 

Whan these were gone out, 1 * beholde, they 
brought to hym a domme man possessed of a 
deuyll. And whan the deuyl was cast out, 
the domme spake : And the people merueled 
sayinge : it was neuer so sene in Israel. But 
y Pharises sayde : e he casteth out deuyls, 
thorow the chefe deuyll. 

•'And Iesus wente aboute in all cities and 
townes, teachinge in their synagoges % preach- 
yng f gospel of f kyngdome, 5 healinge all 
maner sicknes (j all maner desease am5ge the 
people. s And when he sawe the people, he 
had compassion on the, because they were 
pyned awaye, and scattered abroade, euen as 
shepe hauinge no shepherd. 

Then sayde he to hys disciples : f heruest 

greate, but f laborers are fewe. Wherfore 
praye the LORDE of the haruest/' to sende 
forth laborers into hys haruest. 



Mar. 5. d. Luc. 8. f. 6 Ioha. 11. b. c Mat. 8. b. 
* Mar. 7. d. Luc. 11. b. 'Mat. 12. c. Mar. 3. b. 

/ Mar. 6. a. Luc. 13. b. e Mar. 6. d. h Luc. 10. a. 

2 Tes. 3. a. * Mar. 3. b. Luc. 6. b. 9. a. 10. a. 



Cftc r. Cfiapttr. 

AND he called his xii. disciples vnto hym, 
& 'gaue them power ouer vncleane 
spretes, to cast them out, g to heale all maner 
of sicknesses, and all maner of deseases. 

The names of the xii. Apostels are these : 
The fyrst, Simon called Peter : j Andrew his 
brother. lames the sonne of Zebede, and 
Ihon his brother. Philip and Bartlemew. 
Thomas, and Mathew the Publican. lames 
the sonne of Alphe, and Lebbeus otherwyse 
called Taddeus. Simon of Cane, and Iudas 
Iscarioth, which also betrayed hym. 

These twolue sent Iesus, and commaunded 
them, sayinge :* Go not in to the wayes y leade 
to the Heithen, and in to the cities of the 
Samaritas enter ye not. But go rather to the 
lost shepe of the housse of Israel. ' Go and 
preach, sayinge : The kyngdome of heue is at 
hande. Heale the sicke, dense the lepers 
rayse the deed, cast out the deuils. "' Frely ye 
haue receaued, frely geue againe. Posses not 
golde, nor siluer, nor brasse yn youre gerdels. 
nor yet scrip towardes your iorney: nether 
two cotes, nether shues, nor yet a staffe. For 
"the workman is worthy of his meate. In to 
what soeuer cite or towne ye shall come, en- 
quyre in it, who is mete for you, and there 
abyde, tyll ye go thence. 

And whe ye come in to an house, salute f 
same. And yf the housse be mete for you, 
youre peace shal come vpo it. But yf it be 
not mete for you, youre peace shal turne to 
you againe. 

And yf no man wil receaue you, ner heare 
youre preachinge, departe out of that house 
or that cite, and shake the dust of youre fete. 
Truly I saye vnto you: "it shall be easyer for 
y londe of Sodoma and Gomorra in f daye 
of iudgment, then for that cite. 

Beholde, I sende you forth as shepe amoge 
wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, 
and innocent as doues. v Beware of men, for 
they shall deliuer you vp to the coiisels, and 
shal scourge you in their synagoges. And ye 
shall be brought before prynces and kynges 
for my sake, in witnes to them and to the 
gentyls. 



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Lu. 9. a. and 10. a. " Phi. 2. c. 1 Timo. 5. c. 

Mar. 6. b. Lu. 9. a. an 10. a. Act. 13. c. an. 18. a. 
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"But when they delyuer you vp, take no 
thought how or what ye shall speake, for yt 
shalbe geuen you, euen in that same houre. 
what ye shall saye. For it is not ye that 
speake, but the sprete of your father which 
speaketh in you. 

* The brother shall delyuer the brother to 
deeth, and the father the sonne. And the 
chyldren shall aryse agaynst their fathers 5 
mothers, & shall helpe them to deeth : 5 ye 
shall be hated of all men for my names 
sake. But he y endureth to the ende, shalbe 



When they persecute you in one cite/ flye 
in to another. I tell you for a treuth, ye shall 
not fynysshe all the cities of Israel, tyll the 
sonne of man come. 'The disciple is not 
aboue the master, nether the seruaunt aboue 
the LORDE. It is ynough for the disciple, 
to be as his master, and the seruaunt as his 
LORDE. Yf they haue called the good ma 
of the house Beelzebub, how moch more shal 
they call them of his housholde so ? Feare 
them not therfore. 

•There is nothinge hyd, that shal not be 
openly shewed: and nothinge secrete, that 
shall not be knowne. What I tell you in 
darcknes, that speake ye in light : and what 
ye heare in the eare, that preach ye vpon the 
house toppes. 

And feare ye not them that kyll the body, 
and be not able to kyll the soule. But rather 
feare hi, which is able to destroye both soule 
and body in to hell. Are not two sparowes 
solde for a farthinge ? Yet doth there none 
of the light vpon the groiide without youre 
father. And now are all f hayres of youre 
heade tolde. Feare ye not therfore : ye are 
of more value then many sparowes. 

; ' Therfore whosoeuer knowlegeth me before 
me, him wil I knowlege also before my father 
which is in heauen. But who soeuer denyeth 
me before me, him wil I also denie before 
my father which is in heauen. 

Thynke not that I am come to sende peace 
vpon earth. I came not to sende peace, but 
a swerde. For I am come to set a ma at 
variaunce ageynst his father, and the doughter 
ageynst hir mother, k & the doughter in lawe 

" Mar. 13. b. Luc. 12. b. an. 21. b. * Mich. 7. a 

Mat. 24. a. d Iere. 1. a. Mat. 2. c. Act. 8. a. 14. a 

Luc. 6. d. Ioha. 13. b. and 15. b. / Marc. 4. b 

Luc. 8. b. and 12. a. e Luc. 12. a. * Marc. 8. c 

Luc. 9. c. and 12. b. » Luc. 12. f. * Mich. 7. a 



ageynst her mother in lawe : and a mans foes 
shalbe they of his owne housholde. 

'Who so loueth father and mother more 
then me, is not mete for me: and he that 
loueth sonne or doughter more then me, is 
not mete for me. And he y taketh not his 
crosse and foloweth me, is not mete for me 
Who so fyndeth his life, shal lose it:"' and 
he that loseth his life for my sake, shal 
fynde it. 

He that receaueth you, receaueth me: 
who so receaueth me, receaueth him y sent 
me. He that receaueth a prophet in the 
name of a prophet," shal receaue a prophetes 
rewarde. He y receaueth a righteous man in 
the name of a righteous man, shal receaue a 
righteous mans rewarde: "And who soeuer 
geueth vnto one of the least of these a cuppe 
of colde water onely to drinke, in y name of 
a disciple, verely I saie vnto you : he shal not 
lose his rewarde. 

Cije rt. Chapter 

AND it came to passe, wha Iesus had 
made an ende of comaundinge his 
twolue disciples, he departed thence, to teach 
and to preach in their cities. 

Whan Ihon beinge in preson p herde of the 
workes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 
and sayde vnto him : Art thou he y shal 
come, or shal we loke for another? Iesus 
answered and sayde vnto the : Go youre waye 
and tell Ihon agayne, what ye se and heare. 
The blynde se, and the lame go : ' the lepers 
are clensed, and y deaf heare : the deed aryse 
ageyne, and the r gospell is preached to the 
poore : and blessed is he, that is not offended 
at me. 

Whan they wente their waye, Iesus beganne 
to speake vnto the people, ' concernynge Ihon : 
What are ye gone out for to se in the wyl- 
dernes ? Wolde ye se a rede shaken with the 
wynde ? Or what are ye gone out for to se ? 
Wolde ye se a man clothed in soft rayment ? 
Beholde, they that weare soft clothinge, are 
in kinges houses, But what are ye gone out 
for to se ? A prophet ? Yee I saye vnto you, 
and more the a prophet. For this is he, of 

Luc. 14. d. and 17. d. m Mat. 16. d. Marc. 8. c. 

Ioha. 12. c. Luc. 9. b. and 10. c. Ioh. 13. c. "3 Reg. 
8. a. • Marc. 9. c. t Luc.7. b. i Esa. 35. a. 

Esa. 61. a. s Luc. 7. c. 



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who it is written : " Beholde, I sencle my mes 
sauger before thy face, which shal prepare 
thy waye before the. 

Verely I saye vnto you : Amonge f chil- 
dren of wemen arose there not a greater then 
Ihon the baptist. Not withstondinge he that 
is * lesse in the kyngdome of Heauen, is greater 
then he. From the tyme of Ihon baptist 
hither to, f kyngdome of heauen* suffreth 
violence, and the violent plucke it vnto them. 
For all the prophetes and the lawe prophecied 
vnto Ihon. Also yf ye wil receaue it, this is 
Helias/ which shulde come. Who so hath 
eares to heare, let hi heare. 

But where vnto shal I licke this generacion? 
It is like vnto childre which syt in the market, 
and call vnto their felowes, g saye : we haue 
pyped vnto you, and ye wolde not daunse 
We haue morned vnto you, g ye wolde not 
wepe. For Ihon came nether eatinge nor 
drynkinge, j they saye : he hath the deuyll, 
The sonne of man came eatinge and drynk- 
inge, cj they saye : lo what a glutton and wyne 
bebber this ma is, and a companyon of pub- 
licans & synners ? And wiszdome is iustifled 
of hir children. 

Then beganne he to vpbrade the cities, in 
the which most of his miracles were done, 
''because they amended not. Wo vnto the 
Chorasin, Wo vnto the Bethsaida: for yf the 
miracles which haue bene shewed amoge you, 
had bene done in Tyre and Sidon, they had 
repented longe agoo in sackcloth and aszhes. 
Neuertheles I saye vnto you : It shalbe easyer 
for Tyre and Sidon in the daye of iudgment, 
then for you. And thou Capernaum which 
art lift vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe 
vnto hel. For yf the miracles which haue 
bene done in the, had bene shewed in Sodom, 
they had remained vnto this daye. Neuer- 
theles I saye vnto you: It shalbe easyer for 
the londe of Sodome in the daye of iudgment, 
the for the. 

At y same tyme Iesus answered, and sayde: 
e I prayse the (O father and LORDE of heauen 
and earth) that thou hast hid these thinges 
from the wyse and prudent, and opened the 
vnto babes. Euen so father, for so it pleased 
the. 'All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of 



" Mai. 3. a. Marc. 1. a. * Some reade : least. 

Luc. 16.c. c Luc. 1. a. Mala. 3. d. Ihon l.b. Luc.7.d. 
d Luc.l0.b. «Luc. 10. c. Prou.ll.a. /Mat. 28. c. 
Luc. 10. c. Iohan.3.c. Ioha.7. c.8.b. lO.b. rEcclf. 



my father: and no ma. knoweth the sonne, 
but the father : nether knoweth eny man the 
father, saue the sonne, and he to whom the 
sonne wil open it. Come vnto me all ye that 
laboure and are laden, and I wil ease you/ 
Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for 
I am meke and lowlye of hert, j ye shal fynde 
rest vnto youre soules : ''for my yock is easy, 
and my burden is light. 

Cfie rrj. Chapter. 

AT the same tyme wete Iesus thorow the 
corne vpon the Sabbath,' and his dis- 
ciples were hongrie, and beganne to plucke of 
the eares of the corne, and to eate. When y 
Pharises sawe that, they sayde vnto him 
Beholde, thy disciples do that, which is not 
laufull to do vpon the Sabbath. He sayde 
vnto them : haue ye not red what Dauid did, 
whan he was hongrie, (t, they also y were with 
him ? How he entred in to the house of God, 
(E k ate the shew breds which were not laufull 
for him to eate, nether for the y were with 
him, but onely for the prestes ? Or haue ye 
not red in the lawe how that the prestes in 
the temple breake the Sabbath, and yet are 
blamelesse ? But I saye vnto you : y here is 
one greater then the temple. ' But yf ye wyst 
what this were (I haue pleasure in mercy, and 
not in offeringe) ye wolde not haue condemned 
innocentes : For the sonne of man is LORDE 
euen ouer the Sabbath. 

And he departed thence, and wente in to 
their synagoge : and beholde,™ there was a ma 
which had his hade dryed vp. And they axed 
him, sayenge : Is it laufull to heale, vpon the 
Sabbath?" because they might accuse him. 
But he sayde vnto the : Which of you is it, yf 
he had a shepe falle in to a pytte vpon the 
Sabbath, that wolde not take him, and lift 
him out? And how moch is a man better 
then a shepe? Therfore it is lefull to do 
good vpon the Sabbath. Then sayde he to 
the ma : Stretch forth thine hande. And he 
stretched it forth : and it was whole agayne 
like vnto the other. 

Then wente the Pharises out/ and helde 
a councell agaynst him, how they might de- 
stroye him. But wha Iesus knew therof, he 



6. d. Iere. 6. c. h 1 Ioha. 5. a. « Marc. 2. c. Luc. 
6. a. Dut.23. d. *lRe.21.b. 'Ose.6.b. Mat. 9. b. 
Marc. 3.a. Luc. 6. a. "Luc. 14. b. « Deu. 22. a. 
p Marc. 3. a. Ioha. 10. d. and 11. f. 



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departed thence, % moch people folowed him : 
and he healed them all, and charged them, y 
they shulde not make him knowne : that the 
thinge might be fulfylled, which was spoken 
by Esay the prophet, which sayeth: "Beholde, 
this is my seruaunt, whom I haue chosen: 
and my beloued, in whom my soule delyteth : 
I wil put my sprete vpon hi, and he shal 
shewe iudgment vnto the Heithe. He shal 
not stryue, ner crye, nether shal eny man 
heare his voyce in the stretes. A brosed rede 
shal he not breake, and flax that beginneth 
to burne shal he not quench, tyll he sende 
forth iudgment vnto victory. And in his name 
shal the Heithen trust. 

Then was there brought vnto him one 
possessed* (of a deuell) the which was blynde 
and domne, and he healed him: in so moch 
y y blynde and domne both spake and sawe. 
And all the people were amased, and sayde : 
Is not this the sonne of Dauid ? c But whan 
the Pharises herde that, they sayde: He 
dryueth the deuyls out none other wyse, but 
thorow Beelzebub the chefe of the deuyls. 
Neuertheles Iesus knew their thoughtes, and 
sayde vnto them : Euery kyngdome deuyded 
within it self, shalbe desolate : and euery cite 
or house deuyded in it self, maye not con- 
tynue. So yf one Sathan cast out another, 
the is he at variaunce within him self: how 
maye then his kyngdome endure ? But yf I 
cast out deuils thorow Beelzebub, thorow 
whom do youre childre cast them out ? Ther- 
fore shal they be youre iudges. But yf I cast 
out the deuyls by the sprete of God then is 
the kyngdome of God come vpon you. Or 
how ca a man entre in to a stronge mans 
house, rf and violently take awaye his goodes, 
excepte he first bynde the stronge ma, (j the 
spoyle his house ? He that is not with me, is 
agaynst me: j he y gathereth not with me, 
scatereth abrode. Therfore I saye vnto you: 
"All synne and blasphemy shalbe forgeuen 
vnto men, but the blasphemy agaynst the 
sprete shal not be forgeuen vnto men : And 
whosoeuer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne 
of man,-^ it shalbe forgeue him. But whoso- 
euer speaketh agaynst the holy goost it shal 
not be forgeuen him, nether in this worlde, 
ner in the worlde to come. 

Esa.42. a. » Luc. 11. b. c Math. 9. d. Marc. 3. b. 
Luc. 11. b. d Luc. 11. a. c Marc. 3. c. Luc. 12. a. 
/ 1 Reg. 1. c. i Mat. 7. b. Luc. 6. c. A Psal. 39. b. 
Luc. 6. c. ' Luc. 19. b. 2 Reg. 1. c. * Mat. 16. a. 



e Either make the tre good and his frute 
good also, or els make the tre euel £ his frute 
euel also. For the tre is knowne by the frute 
O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake 
good, whan ye youre selues are euell ? ; ' For 
of y abundace of f hert y mouth speaketh. 
A good man out of the good treasure of his 
hert, bringeth forth good thinges : (j an euel 
man out of his euell treasure, bringeth forth 
euell thinges. But I saye vnto you, that of 
euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they 
shal geue accomptes at y daye of iudgmet. 
■ Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, (j 
out of thy wordes thou shalt be codemned. 

Then answered certayne of the scrybes 
and Pharises, and sayde : Master, we wolde 
fayne se a toke of the. *And he answered 
and saide vnto the : This euell and ad 
uouterous generacion seketh a token : and 
there shal no token be geuen the, but the 
token of the prophete Ionas. ' For as Ionas 
was thre dayes and thre nightes in the Whalles 
bely, so shal the sonne of ma be thre dayes 
and thre nightes in the hert of the earth. 
The men of Ninyue shal ryse in the last 
iudgment with this generacion, and shal con- 
demne it: m for they dyd penaunce acordinge 
to y preachinge of Ionas. And beholde, here 
is one greater the Ionas. The quene of the 
south shal "aryse in the last iudgmet with this 
generacion, and shal condene it : for she came 
from the vttemost partes of the earth, to 
heare y wyszdome of Salomon : And lo, here 
is one greater then Salomon. 

Whan the vncleane sprete is gone out of 
man, " he walketh thorow dry places, sekinge 
rest, (t fyndeth none. The saieth he : I wil 
turne agayne in to my house, fro whence I 
wete out. And whan he cometh, he fyndeth 
it emptye, swepte and garnyshed. Then 
goeth he his waye, j taketh vnto him seuen 
other spretes worse then him self: and whan 
they are entred in, they dwell there: p And 
the ende of that man is worse then the be- 
gynnynge. Euen so shal it go with this euell 
generacion. 

Whyle he yet talked vnto the people, be- 
holde, his mother g his brethre stode without 
desyringe to speake with him. 'Then sayde 
one vnto him : Beholde, thy mother and thy 

Marc. 8. b. Luc. 11. c. ' Iona; 2. a. "» Ionae 3. b. 

3 Re. 10. a. 2 Par. 9. a. » Luc. 11. c. P 2 Pet. 

d. Heb. 6. a. « Marc. 3. c. Luc. 8. c. 



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brethren stonde without, 5 wolde speake with 
the. Neuertheles he answered g sayde vnto 
him that tolde him : Who is my mother ? g 
who are my brethren? And he stretched 
forth his hande ouer his disciples, g sayde : 
Beholde my mother and my brethre. For 
"who soeuer doth f wyll of my father which 
is in heaue, the same is my brother, sister and 
mother. 



Che rtt). Chapter. 

THE same daye wente Iesus out of f 
house, *and sat by the see syde, g moch 
people resorted vnto him : so y he wete in to 
a shyppe and satt him downe, and all the 
people stode vpo the shore. And he spake 
many thinges vnto the in symilitudes, say- 
enge: Beholde, The sower wente forth to 
sowe : and as he sowed, some fell by the waye 
syde: Then came the foules, ct ate it vp. 
Some fell vpon stony grounde, g anone it 
spronge vp, because it had no depth of earth: 
But whan the Sonne arose, it caught heate : 
and for so moch as it had no rote, it withred 
awaye. Some fell amoge the thornes, g the 
thornes grewe vp, and choked it. Some fell 
vpo good groiide, g gaue frute : some an hun- 
dreth folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie 
folde. Who so hath eares to heare, let hi 
heare. 

And the disciples came vnto him, and 
yde: c Why speakest thou to the by parables? 
He answered and sayde vnto the : Vnto you 
it is geuen to knowe the d mystery of the king- 
dome of heauen, but vnto them it is not 
geuen. For whoso hath, vnto him shal be 
geue, and he shal haue abundaunce. But who 
so hath not, from him shalbe taken awaye, 
eue that he hath. Therfore speake I vnto 
the by parables, for with seynge eyes they se 
not, g with hearinge eares they heare not, for 
they vnderstonde it not. And in them is 
fulfilled f prophecie of Esay, which sayeth : 
" Ye shal heare in dede, and shal not vnder- 
stonde : and with seinge eyes shal ye se, and 
not perceaue. For y hert of this people is 
waxed grosse, g their eares are thick of 
hearlge, g their eyes haue they closed, lest 
they shulde once se with y eyes, g heare with 



° Ioha. 15. b. b Marc. 4. a. Luc. 8. a. c Marc. 

4. a. Luc. 8. b. * 2 Cor. 3. c. Mat. 25. c. Marc. 4. b. 
Luc. 8. b. and 19. c. e Esa. 6. b. Marc. 4. a. Luc. 8. b. 



the eares, g vnderstode with the hert, g turne, 
that I might heale them. 

But blessed are youre eyes, for they se : g 
youre eares, for they heare. Verely I saye 
vnto you : -'"Many prophetes g righteous men 
haue desyred to se y thinges that ye se, and 
haue not sene the : and to heare the thinges 
that ye heare, and haue not herde the. Heare 
ye therfore the parable of the sower. g Whan 
one heareth y worde of the kyngdome, and 
vnderstondeth it not, the euell man cometh, 
and plucketh it awaye that is sowne in his 
hert: g this is he y is sowne by the waye 
syde. But he y is sowne in the stonye 
grounde, is this : wha one heareth the worde, 
g anone with ioye receaueth it: neuertheles 
he hath no rote I him, but endureth for a 
season: wha. trouble g persecucion aryseth 
because of the worde, immediatly he his 
offended. As for him that is sowne amonge 
y thornes, this is he : Wha one heareth the 
worde, g the carefulnes of this worlde, g the 
disceatfulnes of riches choke the worde, g so 
he becometh vnfrutefull. But he y is sowne 
in the good grounde, is this : whan one hear- 
eth the worde, and vnderstondeth it, and 
bringeth forth frute : and some geueth an 
hudreth folde, some sixtie folde, and some 
thirtie folde. 

Another parable put he forth vnto the, 
g sayde : The kyngdome of heaue is like vnto 
a man, * y sowed good sede in his felde. But 
whyle me slepte, there came an enemye, and 
sowed tares amonge y wheate, g wente his 
waye. Now wha the blade was sproge vp 
g brought forth frute, the y tares appeared 
also. Then came the seruautes to y hous- 
holder, g sayde vnto him : Syr, sowdest not 
thou good sede in thy felde ? Fro whece the 
hath it tares ? He sayde vnto the : that hath 
the enemye done. The sayde y seruautes : 
wilt thou then y we go g wede the out ? He 
sayde : No, lest whyle ye wede out y tares, ye 
plucke vp the wheate also with the. Let the 
both growe together tyll the haruest, and in 
tyme of haruest I wil saye vnto the reapers : 
Gather y tares first, j bynde the in sheeues 
to be bret: but gather the wheate in to my 
barne. 

Another parable put he forth vnto the, and 



Ioha. 12. c. Act. 28. d. Rom. 11. b. / Luc. 10. c. 

1 Pet. 1. b. e Marc. 4. b. Luc. 8. b. '' Marc. 4. c. 



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sayde : The kyngdome of heauen is like vnto 
a "grane of mustarde sede, which a man toke, 
and sowed it in his felde. Which is the leest 
amonge all sedes. But whan it is growne, it 
is the greatest amonge herbes, and is a tre : 
so that the byrdes vnder the heauen come and 
dwell in the braunches of it. 

Another parable spake he vnto the : * The 
kyngdome of heaue is like vnto leue, which 
a woman toke, and myxte it amonge thre 
peckes of meele, tyll all was leuended. 

'All soch thinges spake Iesus vnto f people 
by parables, j without parables spake he 
nothinge vnto the : y the thinge might be 
fulfilled, which was spoke by y prophet, say- 
enge : I wil open my mouth in parables, and 
wil ^speake out the secretes from the begyn- 
nynge of the worlde. 

Then sent Iesus the people awaye, and 
came home. And his disciples came vnto hi, 
and sayde : Declare vnto us f parable of y 
tares of f felde. Iesus answered, and sayde 
vnto them : He that soweth the good sede, is 
the sonne of man : the felde is the worlde : f 
good sede are the childre of the kyngdome 
The tares are the children of wickednes: y 
enemye that soweth the, is the deuell : y har 
uest is the ende of the worlde : y reapers are 
y angels. e For like as y tares are weded out, 
and brent in the fyre, eue so shal it go in f 
ende of this worlde. The sonne of man shal 
sende forth his angels, j they shal gather out 
of his kingdome all thinges y offende, (j the 
y do iniquyte, g shal cast the in to a fornace 
of fyre, there shalbe waylinge and gnaszhinge 
of teth. -^The shal the righteous shyne as 
the Sonne, in the kyngdome of their father. 
Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare. 

Agayne, the kingdome of heauen is like 
vnto a treasure hyd in the felde, which a ma 
founde and hid it, and for ioye therof he wete 
5 solde all y he had, and bought y felde. 

Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is like 
vnto a marchaut, y sought good pearles : & 
wha he had founde a precious pearle, s he wete 
and solde all that he had, g bought it. 

Agayne, f kyngdome of heaue is like vnto 
a nett cast in to y see, wherwith are take all 
maner of fyshes : (j wha it is ful, me drawe it 
out vnto y shore, & sytt tj gather f good i to 

" Marc. 4. c. Luc. 13. b. * Luc. 13. b. c Marc. 

4. d. * Psal. 77. a. ' Apo. 14. d. / Dan. 12. a. 

Sap. 3. b. 1 Cor. 15. c. s Phil. 3. a. h Mat. 22. b. 

; Mat. 15. c. * Marc. 6. a. Luc. 4. b. ' Ioha. 6. c. 



the vessels, but cast the bad awaye. ''So 
shal it be also in y ende of f worlde. The 
angels shal go out, j seuer the bad fro the 
righteous, u shal cast the in to a fornace of 
fyre, 'there shalbe waylinge j gnaszhinge 
of teth. 

And Iesus sayde vnto them : Haue ye 
vnderstode all these thinges? They sayde: 
* Yee LORDE. Then sayde he vnto the : 
Therfore euery scribe taught vnto y king- 
dome of heauen, is like an houszholder, which 
bryngeth out of his treasure thinges new 
and olde. 

And it came to passe wha Iesus had ended 
these parables, he departed thence, and came 
in to his owne coiitre, and taught the in their 
synagoges : in so moch, that they were aston 
nyed and sayde : Whece cometh soch wysz- 
dome & power vnto him ? ' Is not this the 
carpeters sonne ? Is not his mother called 
Mary ? and his brethre lames (j loses, and 
Symon and Iude ? And are not all his sisters 
here with us ? Whence hath he the all these 
thinges? And they were offended at him 
But Iesus sayde vnto the : m A prophet is 
nowhere lesse sett by, the at home g amonge 
his owne. And he dyd not many miracles 
there, because of their vnbeleue. 

Cfte jtfuj. C^apttr. 

AT that tyme Herode f Tetrarcha herde 
of f fame of Iesu, "g sayde vnto his 
seruautes : This is Ih5 y baptist. He is 
rysen agayne fro the deed, therfore are his 
dedes so mightie. * For Herode had take Iho 
bounde hi, & put him in preson for Herodias 
sake his brothers Philips wife. For Ihon 
sayde vnto him : # It is not laufull for y to 
haue her. And fayne wolde he haue put him 
to death, but he feared the people/ because 
they helde him for a Prophet. 

s But whan Herode helde his byrth daye, the 
doughter of Herodias daunsed before the/ and 
that pleased Herode well, wherfore he pro- 
mysed her with an ooth, y he wolde geue her, 
whatsoeuer she wolde axe. And she (beynge 
instructe of hir mother afore) sayde : geue 
me Ihon baptistes heade in a platter. And 
the kynge was sory. Neuertheles for y ooth 
sake, ij the y sat with him at y table, he 

'" Marc. 6. a. Luc. 4. c. Ioha. 4. c. » Marc. 6. b. 

Luc. 9. a. "Luc. 3.c. * Leui. 18. b. 'Mat. 21. b. 
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comaunded it to be geuen her, g sent, j be- 
heeded Ihon in the preson. And his heed 
was brought in a platter, and geuen to the 
damsell, g she brought it vnto her mother. 
Then came his disciples, and toke his body, 
and buried it, and wente and tolde Iesus. 

Whan Iesus herde y, he departed thence 
by shippe in to a desert place alone. And 
wha the people herde therof, they folowed him 
on fote out of y cities. And Iesus wete forth, 
and sawe moch people, and had pytie vpon 
them, and healed their sicke. But at euen 
his disciples came vnto him, g saide : This is 
a deserte place, and y night falleth on : let y 
people departe from the, that they maye go in 
to the townes, and bye them vytayles. But Iesus 
sayde vnto them : They nede not go awaye, 
geue ye the to eate. The saide they vnto 
him : We haue here but fyue loaues and two 
fyshes. And he sayde : bringe the hither. 
And he cdmaunded y people to syt downe 
vpon the grasse, and toke y fyue loaues and 
two fiszhes, and loked vp towarde heauen, and 
gaue thankes, and brake and gaue the loaues 
vnto the disciples, and the disciples gaue them 
to the people. And they all ate, and were 
suffised. And they gathered vp of the broken 
meate that remayned ouer, twolue baszkettes 
full. And they y ate, were aboute a fyue 
thousande men, besyde wemen and children. 

*And straight waye Iesus made his disciples 
to entre in to a shippe, g to go ouer before hi, 
tyll he had sent y people awaye. And whan 
he had sent the people awaye, he wete vp in 
to a mountayne alone/ to make his prayer. 
And at euen he was there him self alone. 
And y shippe was allready in y myddest of the 
see, g was tost with wawes, for the winde was 
:6trary. But in f fourth watch of y night 
Iesus came vnto the, walkinge vpon the see. 
And whan his disciples sawe him goinge vpon 
the see, they were afrayed, sayenge: It is 
some sprete, and cried out for feare. But 
straight waye Iesus spake vnto them, and 
sayde : Be of good cheare, it is I, be not 
afrayed. 

Peter answered him, g saide : LORDE, yf 
it be thou, byd me come vnto the vpon y 
water. And he sayde : come on thy waye. 
And Peter stepte out of the shippe, g wete 
vpon the water, to come vnto Iesus. But 



"Marc. 6. d. Luc. 9. b. 
Ioha. 6. b. c Luc. 6. b. 



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whan he sawe a mightie wynde, he was afrayed, 
g begane to synke, g cried, sayenge : LORDE. 
helpe me. And imediatly Iesus stretched forth 
his hande, g caught him, 5 sayde vnto him : 
O thou of litle faith, wherfore doutest thou ? 
And they wente in to the shippe/ g the wynde 
ceased. Then they that were in y shippe 
came g fell downe before him, g sayde : Of a 
trueth thou art y sonne of God. And they 
shipped ouer, 15 came in to the lode of Gena- 
zereth. And wha f me of y place had know- 
lege of hi, they sent out in to all that coiitre 
rounde aboute, g brought vnto him all that 
were sicke, g besought him, that they might 
but touch the hemme of his vesture onely : 
as many as touched it, were made whole. 

Cfte rb. Chapter. 

THEN came vnto him the scribes and 
pharises from Ierusalem,* sayenge 
Why do thy disciples transgresse y tradicions 
of the elders ? for they wash not their hodes 
whan they eate bred. He answered <j sayde 
vnto the : Why do ye transgresse the 
maundemet of God, because of youre owne 
tradicios? For God comaunded, sayege 
Honoure father g mother: g f he j curseth 
father g mother, shal dye the death. But ye 
saye: Euery man shal saye to father or 
mother: g The thige y I shulde helpe y withal, 
is geue vnto God. By this is it come to passe, 
that no man honoureth his father or his 
mother eny more. And thus haue ye made 
the comaundement of God of none effecte, 
for youre owne tradicios. Ye ypocrites, full 
well hath Esaye prophecied of you, g sayde : * 
This people draweth nye vnto me with their 
mouth, g honoureth me with their lippes, how 
beit, their hert is farre fro me. But in vayne 
do they serae me, whyle they teach soch doc- 
trynes as are nothinge but the commaunde- 
mentes of men. 

And he called y people to hi, g saide vnto 
the : Heare g vnderstode : That which goeth 
in to the mouth, defyleth not the ma : but y 
which cometh out of the mouth, defyleth y ma. 

Then came his disciples, g sayde vnto him : 
knowest thou j the Pharises were offended, 
whan they herde this sayenge ? He answered, 
and sayde : 'All plantes which my heauenly 
father hath not planted, shal be pluckte vp by 



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rotes. Let the go, they are y blynde leaders 
of y blynde. Wha one blinde leadeth another, 
they fall both I y diche. 

* Then answered Peter j sayde vnto him : 
Declare vnto us this parable. And Iesus 
sayde vnto the : Are ye yet the without 
vnderstondinge ? Perceaue ye not, y what so- 
euer goeth in at f mouth, descedeth downe 
in to y bely, 5 is cast out in to the draught ? 
But the thinge that proceadeth out of the 
mouth, cometh fro y hert, j that defyleth y 
ma. For out of f hert come euell thoughtes 
murthur, breakynge of wedlocke, whordome 
theft, false witnesse, blasphemy. These are 
y thinges that defyle a man. But to eate 
with vnwaszhen hondes, defyleth not a man. 

And c Iesus wente out from thence, 5 de- 
parted in to the coastes of Tyre of Sidon. 
And beholde, a woma of Canaan wete out of 
y same coastes, j cried after him, sayege : O 
LORDE, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy 
vpon me. My doughter is sore vexed with a 
deuell. And he answered her neuer a worde. 
The came his disciples vnto him, cj besought 
him, sayege : Sede her awaye, for she crieth 
after us. But he answered, % saide : I am not 
sent, rf but vnto the lost shepe of the house of 
Israel. Notwithstondinge she came 5 fell 
downe before him, & sayde : LORDE, helpe 
me. He answered & sayde : It is not good, to 
take the childrens bred, g to cast it vnto 
dogges. It is trueth LORDE (sayde she) 
Neuertheles the whelpes eate of the crommes, 
that fall fro their lordes table. Then answered 
Iesus (j sayde vnto her : O woma, greate is thy 
faith be it vnto the, eue as thou desyrest. And 
hir doughter was made hole at y same houre. 

And Iesus departed thece, and came nye 
vnto the see of Galile, and wente vp in to a 
mountayne, and sat downe there, And there 
came vnto him moch people, hauinge with 
them, lame, blynde, dome, crepell, and other 
many, and cast them downe at Iesus fete. 
And he healed the/ in so moch that the 
people wodred, to se the dome speake, the 
crepell whole, the halt to go, 3 the blynde to 
se. And they praysed the God of Israel. 

And Iesus called his disciples vnto him, & 
sayde : f I haue copassion vpon the people, for 
they haue cotynued with me now thre dayes, 



a Esa. 42. c. Luc. 6. d. h Marc. 7. b. c Marc.7.c 
' Luc. 19. a. c Esa. 35. a. / Marc. 8. a. ffMarc, 
i. b. Ioha.6. d. '' Luc. 12. f. » Mat. 12. d, 



d haue nothinge to eate, d I wil not let the 
departe fastynge, lest they perishe in f waye. 
And his disciples sayde vnto him : Whence 
shulde we get so moch bred in the wyldernes, 
that we might satiszfie so moch people ? And 
Iesus sayde vnto the : How many loaues haue 
ye ? They sayde : seue, d a few litle fyshes. 
And he comaunded y people to syt downe 
vpo the grounde, and toke f seue loaues, d 
the fyshes, d gaue thankes d brake the, d 
gaue the to his disciples, d y disciples gaue 
the vnto the people. And they all ate, j were 
suffised. And they toke vp of the broke 
meate y was left, seuen baszkettes full. And 
they y ate, were foure thousande me, besyde 
wemen and children. And whan he had sent 
awaye the people, he wente in to a shippe, 5 
came in to the parties of Magdala. 

Che rbt. Chapter. 

THEN came the Pharises d Saduces vnto 
him, & tepted him, s requyringe him to 
shewe the a toke from heaue. But he an- 
swered, (j sayde : ; ' At eue ye saye : It wil be 
fayre wedder, for y szkye is reed. And in y 
mornynge, ye saye : It wil be foule wedder to 
daye, for the szkye is reed, & gloometh. O 
ye ypocrytes, ye can discerne the fashion of y 
szkye : can ye not the discerne the tokes of 
these tymes also? This euell and aduouterous 
generacio seketh a toke, {t 'there shal no toke 
be geue the, but the toke of y prophet Ionas." 
So he left the, and departed. 

'And wha his disciples were come to the 
other syde of the water, they had forgotten 
to take bred with them. Iesus sayde vnto the : 
Take hede a bewarre of the leue of y Pharises 
(E of the Saduces."" The thought they in the 
selues, sayege : We haue take no bred with 
us. Whe Iesus perceaued y, he sayde to the : 
O ye of litle faith, why are ye combred (in 
youre mindes) because ye haue take no bred 
with you? Do ye not yet perceaue? Remembre 
ye not those fyue loaues, " whe there were fyue 
thousande me, and how many baszkettes toke 
ye vp? Nether y ° seue loaues whan there were 
foure thousande men, & how many baszkettes 
toke ye vp ? Why perceaue ye not then, y I 
spake not to you of bred, whe I saide: be- 
warre of y leue of y Pharises d of y Saduces? 



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Mat. 15. d. 



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The vnderstode they, how y he bad not the 
bewarre of the leue of bred, but of y doc- 
tryne of the Pharises and of the Saduces. 

Then came Iesus in to the coastes of the 
cite Cesarea Philippi, j axed his disciples 5 
saide : Who do me saie,* y y sonne of ma is? 
They sayde : Some saye, y thou art Iho the 
baptist, Some y thou art Elias, Some y thou 
art Ieremy, or one of y prophetes. He saide 
to the : But who saye ye y I am? The 
answered Symo Peter and saide : Thou art 
Christ y sonne of y lyuinge God. 2 And Iesus 
answered, & saide vnto hi : Blessed art thou 
Symo y sonne of Ionas, for flesh (j bloude 
hath not opened y vnto the, but my father y 
is in heaue.* And I saie to f : Thou art 
Peter, u f vpo this rocke wil I builde my cogre- 
gacion : and y gates of hell shal not preuayle 
agaynst it. 'And the keyes of heauen wil I 
geue vnto the : Whatsoeuer thou shalt bynde 
vpon earth, shalbe bounde also in heauen : 
(j whatsoeuer thou shalt lowse vpon earth, 
shalbe lowsed also in heaue. Then charged 
he his disciples, that they shulde tell no ma 
that he was tesus Christ. 

''From that tyme forth beganne Iesus to 
shew vnto his disciples, how that he must go 
vnto Ierusale, and suffre many thinges of the 
elders, and of the hye prestes, and of the 
scrybes, and be put to death, and ryse againe 
the thirde daye. But Peter toke him asyde, 
and beganne to rebuke him, sayenge : 
LORDE, fauoure thy self, let not this happen 
vnto the. e Neuertheles he turned him aboute, 
(j sayde vnto Peter: Auoyde fro me Satha, 
thou hindrest me, for thou sauourest not y 
thinges that be of God, but of men. 

Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples : / Yf 
eny man wil folowe me, let him forsake him 
self, (j take vp his crosse, and folowe me. For 
who so wil saue his life, shal lose it : but who 
so loseth his life for my sake, shal fynde it. 
What helpeth it a man though he wanne the 
whole worlde, and yet suffred harme in his 
soule ? Or what can a man geue, to redeme 
his soule withall ? For it wil come to passe, 
that the sonne of ma shal come in the glory 
of his father with his angels, and then shal he 
rewarde euery one acordinge to his dedes/ 
Verely I saye vnto you : h there stonde here 

* Some reade that I the sonne of man am. " Ioha. 6. g. 
b Ioha. 6. e. 1 1 Cor. 10. a. c Esa. 28. a. 1 Par. 18. b. 
Mat. 18. b. Ioha. 20. c. d Marc. 8. d. Luc. 9. c. 

' 3 Re. 19. d. / Mat. 10. e. Marc. 8. c. Luc. 9. c. 



some, which shal not taist of death, tyll they 
se y sonne of ma come in his kingdome. 

Cfie rbtj. Cljaptw. 

AND after sixe dayes Iesus toke Peter 
lames, and Ihon his brother,' and 
brought them vp in to an hye mountayne out 
of the waye, and was transfigured before the : 
& his face shone as y Sonne, and his clothes 
were as white as the light. And beholde, 
there appeared vnto the Moses and Elias 
talkinge with him. Then answered Peter, 
and sayde vnto Iesus : LORDE, here is good 
beynge for us. Yf thou wilt, let us make 
here thre tabernacles: one for the, one for 
Moses, and one for Elias. *Whyle he yet 
spake, beholde, a bright cloude ouershadowed 
them : and lo, there came a voyce out of the 
cloude, saienge: 'This is my deare sonne, in 
whom I delyte, t heare him. Whan y disciples 
herde that, they fell vpon their faces, and 
were sore afrayed. But Iesus came and 
touched them, and sayde : Aryse, and be not 
afrayed. And whan they loked vp, they sawe 
no man, but Iesus onely. 

And wha they came downe fro y moun- 
tayne, Iesus charged them, and sayde : m Tell 
no man of this vision, tyll the sonne of man 
be rysen agayne from y deed. And his dis- 
ciples axed him, and sayde : Why saye the 
scrybes then, that Elias must first come ?" 
Iesus answered and sayde vnto them : Elias 
shall come first in dede, and bringe all thinges 
to right agayne. But I saye vnto you : Elias 
is come all ready, j they knewe him not, but 
haue done vnto him what they wolde. Eue 
so shal also the sonne of man suffre of them. 
Then the disciples perceaued, that he spake 
vnto them of Ihon the baptist. 

"And whan they were come to the people, 
there came vnto him a certayne man, and 
kneled vnto him, and sayde : LORDE, haue 
mercy vpon my sonne, for he is lunatike, (j 
sore vexed. He falleth oft tymes in to y fyre, 
and oft in to y water : and I brought him 
vnto thy disciples, and they coude not heale 
him. Iesus answered, and sayde : O thou 
faithles and frowarde generacion, how longe 
shal I be with you ? How longe shal I suffre 
you ? Bringe him hither to me. And Iesus 

and 14. d. Ioha. 12. c. s Rom. 2. a. A Marc. 8. e. 
Luc. 9. c. ' Marc. 9. a. Luc. 9. d. * Esa. 42. a. 

Math. 3. b. 'Marc. 1. a. Ioha. 1. d. {Deut. 18. c. 
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rebuked him, and f deuyll wete out of him, and 
y childe was healed, euen that same houre. 

Then came the disciples vnto Iesus secretly, 
(S sayde : " Why coude not we cast him out ? 
Iesus sayde vnto them : Because of youre vn- 
beleue. For I saye verely vnto you: *Yf ye 
haue faith as a grane of mustarde sede, ye 
maye saye vnto this mountayne: Remoue 
hence to yonder place, and he shal remoue, 
nether shal eny thinge be vnpossible vnto you. 
How beit this kinde goeth not out, but by 
prayer and fastynge. 

Whyle they occupied in Galile, Iesus sayde 
vnto them: it wil come to passe, that the 
sonne of man shalbe delyuered in to the 
hondes of men, and they shal kyll him, and 
the thirde daye shal he aryse agayne. And 
they were very sory. Now wha they were 
come to Capernaum, they that receaued y 
tribute money, came to Peter, and sayde : 
Doth youre master paye tribute ? He sayed : 
yee. And when he was come home, Iesus 
preuented him, and sayde: What thinkest 
thou Symon? Of whom do the kynges of 
the earth take toll or tribute? Of their 
children, or of straungers? Then sayde 
Peter to him : Of straungers. Iesus sayde 
vnto him : c Then are f children fre. Neuer- 
theles lest we offende them, go thy waye to 
the see, and cast thine angle, and take the 
fysh that first cometh vp, and whan thou hast 
opened his mouth, thou shalt fynde a pece of 
twenty pens, take that, and geue it them for 
me and the. 

Cije rbir). Chapter. 

A T the same tyme came the disciples vnto 
j^\_ Iesus, and sayde : d Who is the greatest 
in the kyngdome of heauen ? And Iesus 
called a childe vnto him, and set him in the 
myddest amonge them, and sayde : Verely I 
saye vnto you : Excepte ye turne and become 
as children/ ye shal not entre in to the 
kyngdome of heauen. Whosoeuer therfore 
humbleth him self as this childe, f same is 
the greatest in y kyngdome of heauen. And 
who so receaueth soch a childe in my name, 
receaueth me. 7 But who so offendeth one of 
these litle ones which beleue in me, it were 
better for him, that a mylstone were hanged 

" Marc. 9. c. b Mat. 21. c. Luc. 17. a. c Mat. 22. c. 
d Marc. 9. d. Luc. 9. e. c 1 Pet. 2. a. / Marc. 9. e. 
Luc. 17. a. e 1 Cor. 11. b. * Mat. 5. d. Marc. 9. e. 
; Deut. 13. a. k Luc. 15. a. ' Luc. 17. a. Eccli. 17. b. 



aboute his neck, and he drowned in the depth 
of the see. 

Wo vnto the worlde because of slaiiders 
g Yee there must slaunders come : but wo vnto 
that man, by whom slaunder commeth. *But 
yf thy hande or thy fote offende the, cut him 
of, and cast him from the. It is better for f 
to entre in vnto life lame or crepell, the y 
thou shuldest haue two hodes or two fete, and 
be cast in to euerlastinge fyre. 'And yf thyne 
eye offende the, plucke it out, u cast it from 
the. Better it is for the to entre in vnto life 
with one eye, the to haue two eyes, and to be 
cast in to hell fyre. 

Take hede, y ye despyse not one of these 
litle ones. For I saye vnto you : their angels 
do alwaye beholde the face of my fathe 
which is in heauen : for the sonne of man is 
come to saue that which is lost. How thinke 
ye ? * Yf a man haue an hundreth shepe, and 
one of the be gone astraye, doth not he leaue 
the nyentie and nyene in the mountaynes, 
and goeth, and seketh that one which is gone 
astraye ? And yf it happen that he fynde it, 
verely I saye vnto you : he reioyseth more 
ouer it, then ouer the nyentie j nyene which 
wete not astraye. Euen so is it not the will 
before youre father in heauen, that one of 
these litle ones shulde perishe. 

'Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, go 
and tell him his faute betwene the and him 
alone. Yf he heare the, thou hast wone thy 
brother. But yf he heare the not, then take 
yet with the one or two, that in the mouth of 
two or thre wytnesses,"" euery matter maye be 
stablyshed. Yf he heare not them, tell it 
vnto the congregacion. Yf he heare not the 
cogregacion, holde him as an Heithen and 
Publican. Verely I saye vnto you : " what 
soeuer ye shal bynde vpon earth, shalbe 
boiide also in heauen : & what soeuer ye lowse 
vpon earth, shalbe lowsed also in heaue. 
Agayne, I saye vnto you : Yf two of you shal 
agree vpon earth (for what thinge soeuer it be 
y they wolde desyre) they shal haue it of my 
father which is in heaue. For where two or 
thre are gathered together I my name," there 
am I in the myddest amonge them. 

Then came Peter vnto him, (t sayde, 
? LORDE, how oft shal I forgeue my brother, 

Deut. 19. d. m Num. 25. d. Deut. 17. b. and 19. c. 

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y trespaceth agaynst me ? Seue tymes ? 
Iesus saide vnto hi : I saye not vnto f seue 
tymes, but seuetie tymes seuen tymes. Ther- 
fore is y* kingdome of heaue lickened vnto a 
kynge which wolde reken with his seruauntes. 
And whan he beganne to reke, one was 
brought vnto him, which ought him ten 
thousande poiide. Now wha he had nothinge 
to paye his lorde comaunded him to be solde, 
(j his wife & his childre, 5 all y he had, & pay- 
ment to be made. Then the seruaunt fell 
downe, j besought him, sayenge : Syr, haue 
paciece with me, and I wil paye the all. 
Then had the lorde pytie on that seruaunt, j 
discharged him, and forgaue him the dett. 

And the same seruaunt wete out, & foude 
one of his felowes, which ought him an 
hudreth pens, and layed hande vpon him, and 
toke him by the throte, and sayde : paye me 
that thou owest. The his felowe fell downe, 
and besought him, sayenge: haue paciece 
with me, and I wil paye the all. Neuertheles, 
he wolde not, but wente and cast him in to 
preson, tyll he shulde paye the dett. Whan 
his felowes sawe what was done, they were 
very sory, and came and tolde their lorde all 
that had happened. Then his lorde called 
for him, and sayde vnto him : " O thou wicked 
seruaiit, I forgaue the all this dett, because 
thou praydest me : shuldest not thou then 
haue had compassion also vpon thy felowe, 
euen as I had pytie vpon the? And his lorde 
was wroth, and delyuered him vnto the iaylers, 
tyll he payed all that he ought. *So shal my 
heauenly father do also vnto you, yf ye euery 
one of you fro your hertes, forgeue not his 
brother his trespaces. 

Cfte rir. Cfiapttv. 

AND it came to passe, wha Iesus had 
ended these sayenges, c he gat him fro 
Galile, (j came i to y coastes of Iewry beyonde 
Iordane, (j moch people folowed him, and he 
healed them there. 

Then came vnto him the Pharises (i tepted 
him, (j sayde vnto him: Is it laufull for a man 
to put awaye his wife for eny maner of cause? 
He answered 5 sayde vnto the : Haue ye 
not red, how y he which made (man) at the 
begynnynge, made the ma cj woma, g sayde: 



"Iaco. 2.b. 'Mat 6. b. Marc. 11. c. c Mar.l0.a. 
* Gen. 2. d. « Deu. 24. a. Iere. 3. a. Mala. 2. c. 

/Mat. 5. d. Marc. 10. a. Luc. 16. d. e Sap. 8. c. 



rf For this cause shal a ma leaue father j 
mother, & cleue vnto his wife, and they two 
shalbe one fleshe. Now are they not twayne 
then, but one flesh. Let not man therfore 
put a sunder, y which God hath coupled 
together. 

e Then sayde they : Why dyd Moses then 
comaunde to geue a testimonyall of deuorse- 
ment, % to put her awaye ? He sayde vnto 
the : Moses (because of y hardnes of youre 
hertes) suffred you to put awaye youre wyues : 
Neuertheles fro the begynnynge it hath not 
bene so. But I saye vnto you : f Whosoeuer 
putteth awaye his wife (excepte it be for for- 
nicacion) and marieth another, breaketh wed- 
locke. And who so marieth her y is deuorced, 
commytteth aduoutrye. 

Then sayde his disciples vnto him : Yf f 
matter be so betwene ma and wife, the is it 
not good to mary. But he sayde vnto them: 
All me can not coprehende y sayenge, saue 
they to who it is geue. 6 For there be some 
gelded, which are so borne from their mothers 
wombe : and there be some gelded, which are 
gelded of men: ij there be some gelded, which 
haue gelded the selues for the kyngdome of 
heauens sake. He that can coprehende it, 
let him comprehende it. 

* Then were brought vnto him yoge children, 
y he shulde put his hondes vpon the, & praye. 
And y disciples rebuked them. But Iesus 
sayde : Sufire y childre, g forbyd the not to 
come vnto me, for vnto soch belogeth the 
kyngdome of heauen. And wha he had layed 
his hodes vpo the, he departed thece. 

And beholde, one came vnto him, and 
sayde : ' Good master, what good shal I do, y 
I maye haue the euer lastinge life? He 
sayde vnto him : Why callest thou me good ? 
there is none good, but God onely. * Neuer- 
theles yf thou wilt entre in to life, kepe y 
* c5maudemetes. The sayde, he vnto him : 
Which ? Iesus saide : Thou shalt not kyll : 
thou shalt not breake wedlocke : thou shalt 
not steale : l thou shalt beare no false wytnes : 
Honoure father and mother : and thou shalt 
loue thy neghboure as thy self. Then sayde 
the yonge ma vnto him : "' All these haue I 
kepte fro my youth vp : what lack I yet? Iesus 
sayde vnto him : Yf thou wilt be perfecte, 



71 Marc. 10. b. Luc. 18. b. ' Marc. 10. b. Luc. 18. c. 

* Psal. 118. i. * Exo. 20. d. Deu. 4. a. and 5. a. 

' Rom. 13. b. m Gal. 5. b. 



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go thy waye and sell that thou hast," j geue 
it vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue a 
treasure in heauen,* and come and folowe me. 
Whan y yonge man herde y worde, he wente 
awaye sory, for he had greate possessions. 

Iesus sayde vnto his disciples: c Verely I 
saie vnto you : it shalbe harde for a rich man 
to entre in to the kyngdome of heaue. And 
morouer I saye vnto you : It is easier for a 
Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle, the 
for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of 
heauen. Whan his disciples herde that, they 
were exceadingly amased, and sayde: Who 
can the be saued ? Neuertheles Iesus behelde 
them, and sayde vnto them : With men it is 
vnpossyble, but with God all thinges are 
possyble/ 

e Then answered Peter j sayde vnto him : 
Beholde, we haue forsake all, and folowed 
the : What shal we haue therfore ? Iesus 
sayde vnto the : Verely I saye vnto you: that 
when the sonne of man^ shal sytt in the seate 
of his maiestye, ye which haue folowed me 
in the new byrth, shal syt also vpon twolue 
seates, and iudge y twolue trybes of Israel/ 
And who so euer forsaketh houses or brethre,* 
or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or 
children, or londes, for my names sake, the 
same shal receaue an hundreth folde, and 
inheret euerlastinge life. ' But many that be 
the first, shalbe the last : and the last shal be 
the first. 

Cftf rr. Chapter. 

THE kyngdome of heauen is like vnto an 
housholder, which wete out early in the 
mornynge, to hyre labourers in to his vyniarde. 
And wha he had agreed with the labourers 
for a peny a daye, he sent the in to his 
vynyarde. And about f thirde houre he 
wente out, and sawe other stondinge ydle in 
the market place, and sayde vnto them : Go 
ye also in to my vynyarde, (j what so euer is 
right, I wil geue it you. And they wete their 
waye. Agayne, he wete out aboute the sixte 
and nyenth houre, and dyd likewyse, And 
aboute the eleuenth houre he wete out, and 
founde other stodynge ydle, and sayde vnto 
them : Why stonde ye here all the daye ydle ? 
They sayde vnto him : because no man hath 



"Luc.l2.d. »Mat.6.c. c Marc. 10. c. Luc. 18. c. 
Zach. 8. a. e Marc. 10. c. Luc. 18. c. Mat. 4. c. 

Luc. 21. b. « Sap. 5. a. A Deu.33.b. 'Mat. 20. b. 



hyred us. He saide vnto the : Go ye also in 
to my vinyarde, and loke what is right, ye 
shal haue it. Now whan euen was come, the 
lorde of the vynyarde sayde vnto his stewarde 
Call the labourers, and geue them their hyre, 
begynnynge from the last vnto y first Then 
they that were hyred aboute the eleuenth 
houre, came and receaued euery man a peny, 
But whan the first came, they supposed that 
they shulde receaue more: and they also 
receaued euery man a peny. And whan they 
had receaued it, they murmured agaynst the 
housholder, and sayde : These last haue 
wrought but one houre, and thou hast made 
the equall vnto us, which haue borne the 
burthen and heate of the daye. He answered 
and sayde vnto one of them: frende, I do y 
no wronge : diddest not thou agree with me 
for a peny ? Take that thine is, and go thy 
waye. I wil geue vnto this last also, like as 
vnto the. * Or haue I not power, to do as me 
listeth with myne owne ? Is thine eye euell, 
because I am good ? ' So the last shalbe the 
first, 5 the first the last. For many are called 
but few are chosen. 

m And Iesus wente vp to Ierusalem, and 
toke the twolue disciples asyde in the waye, 
and sayde vnto them : Beholde, we go vp to 
Ierusalem, and the sonne of man shalbe de- 
lyuered vnto the hye prestes and scribes: 5 
they shal condemne him to death, and shal 
delyuer him vnto y Heithen, to be mocked to 
be scourged, and to be crucified. And the 
thirde daye he shal ryse agayne. 

Then came vnto him the mother of Ze- 
bedes childre with hir sonnes," fell downe 
before him, and desyred a certayne thinge of 
hi. And he saide vnto her : What wilt thou? 
She sayde vnto him : Let these two sonnes of 
myne syt in thy kyngdome : the one vpon thy 
right honde, 5 the other vpon thy left honde. 
But Iesus answered, and sayde : Ye wote not 
what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, that 
I shal drynke? 5 to be baptised with the 
baptyme, that I shalbe baptysed withall? 
They sayde vnto him: Yee that we maye. 
And he sayde vnto them: My cuppe truly 
shal ye drynke, 5 with the baptyme y I shal 
be baptysed withall, shal ye be baptysed: 
Neuertheles to syt vpon my right honde <j on 



Luc. 13. c. k Rom. 11. c. ' Mat. 19. d. Marc. 10. c, 
Luc. 13. c. Mat. 22. b. » Mar. 10. d. Luc. 18. d, 

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my left, is not myne to geue, but vnto the for 
whd it is prepared of my father/ 

6 Whan the ten herde that, they disdayned 
at the two brethren. But Iesus called them 
vnto him, and sayde: Ye knowe that y 
prynces of the worlde haue domynacion of 
the people, and the greatest * exercise power 
amonge the,- It shal not be so amonge you. 
But who so euer wyl be greate amonge you, 
let him be youre mynister : & who soeuer wyl 
be chefe, let him be yom-e seruaunt: Euen as 
the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but 
to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redep- 
cion for many. 

c And when they departed from Iericho, 
moch people folowed him : and beholde, two 
blynde men sat by the waye syde : And when 
they herde that Iesus passed by, they cried (j 
sayde. O LORDE, thou sonne of Dauid, haue 
mercy vpon vs. But y people rebuked the, 
that they shulde holde their peace. Neuer- 
theles they cried the more, & sayde : O 
LORDE, thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy 
vpon vs. And Iesus stode styll, and called 
them, and sayde : What wil ye, y I shal do 
vnto you? They sayde vnto him: LORDE, 
that oure eyes maye be opened. And Iesus 
had compassion vpon them, and touched their 
eyes : 5 immediatly their eies receaued sight. 
And they folowed him. 

Cfje jtjri. Chapter. 

NOW whan they drew nye vnto Ieru- 
salem/ and were come to Bethphage 
vnto mount Oliuete, Iesus sent two of his 
disciples, and sayde vnto them : Go in to the 
towne that lyeth before you, g anone ye shal 
fynde an Asse bounde, and hir foale with her : 
lowse them, and brynge the vnto me. And 
yf eny man saye ought vnto you, saye ye : the 
LORDE hath nede of the, And straight 
waye he wil let them go. But all this was 
done, that the thinge might be fulfyiled, 
which was spoken by the prophet, sayenge : 
e Tell the doughter of Sion: beholde, thy 
kynge commeth vnto y meke, syttinge vpon 
an Asse and a foale of y Asse vsed to the 
yocke. The disciples wente, and dyd as Iesus 
commaunded them, and brought the Asse and 

" Mat. 25. c. h Marc. 9. d. and 10. e. Luc. 9. e 

and 22. b. *Some reade, The greatest deale with violence 
c Marc. 10. e. Luc. 18. d. d Marc. 11. a. Luc. 19. c, 

' Zach. 9. b. Esa. 62. c. f Ioha. 12. b. e Psal. 117. c 
* Marc. 11. b. Luc. 19. d. Ioha. 2. b. Ioha. 7. d 



the foale, <j layed their clothes vpon them, 
and set. him theron. But many of the people 
spred their ^"garmentes in the waye : other 
cut downe braunches from the trees, and 
strawed them in the waye. As for the people 
that wente before and that came after, they 
cryed and sayde: Hosianna vnto the sonne of 
Dauid, g Blessed be he that commeth in the 
name of the LORDE, Hosianna in the 
height. 

And whan he was come in to Ierusalem, 
all the cite was moued, and sayde : h . Who is 
this? And the people sayde : This is Iesus f 
prophet of Nazareth out of Galile. And 
Iesus wente in to the teple of God, and cast 
out all them that bought and solde in the 
teple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money 
chaungers, and the seates of them that solde 
doues, and sayde vnto them : It is wrytte : 
'My house shalbe called y house of prayer, 
but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers. 
The blynde also and y lame came vnto him 
in the temple, and he healed them. 

But whan the hye prestes and the scrybes 
sawe the wonders that he dyd, and the children 
crienge in the temple and sayenge : Hosianna 
vnto the sonne of Dauid, they disdayned, and 
sayde vnto him: Hearest thou what these saye? 
Iesus sayde vnto them : Yee. Haue ye neuer 
red : * Out of the mouth of very babes and 
sucklinges thou hast ordeyned prayse? And 
he left them there, ; and wente out of the cite 
vnto Bethania, and there abode ouer night. 

m But in the mornynge as he returned in to 
the cite, he hiigred. And in the waye he 
sawe a fygge tre, and came vnto it, and founde 
nothinge theron, but leaues onely," and sayde 
vnto it: Neuer frute growe on the from hence 
forth. And immediatly the fygge tre wythred 
awaye. And whan his disciples sawe that, 
they marueyled, and sayde. How is y fygge 
tre wythred awaye so soone ? Iesus answered 
and sayde vnto them: Verely I saye vnto 
you : ° Yf ye haue faith g doute not, ye shal 
not onely do this with the fygge tre, but yf ye 
shal saye vnto this mountayne : Avoyde, and 
cast thy self in to the see, it shal be done. 
''And what soeuer ye axe in prayer, yf ye 
beleue, ye shal receaue it. 

■3 Reg. 8. d. Esa. 56. b. Iere.7. a. * Psal. 8. a. 

'Ioha. 8. a. m Marc. 11. c. " Luc. 13. a. » Mat. 17. c. 
Luc. 17. a. p Marc. 11. c. Ioha. 14. b. 15. a. 16. c. 

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And when he was come in to the teple, the 
chefe prestes and the elders of the people 
came vnto him (as he was teachinge) g sayde: 
" By what auctorite doest thou these thinges ? 
and who gaue the this auctorite ? Iesus an- 
swered and sayde vnto them: I wil axe a 
worde of you also : which yf ye tell me, I in 
like wyse wyl tell you, by what auctorite I do 
these thinges. The baptime of Iho, whece 
was it? from heaue, or of men? Then thought 
they amoge them selues, and saide: Yf we 
saye it was from heaue, then shal he saye vnto 
us : Why dyd ye not then beleue him? But 
yf we saye it was of men, the feare we the 
people : For * euery ma helde Ihon for a pro- 
phet. And they answered Iesus, 5 sayde: 
We can not tell. Then sayde he vnto them : 
Nether tell I you, by what auctorite I do 
these thinges. But what thinke ye? A cer- 
tayne man had two sonnes, and came to the 
first, and sayde : Go thy waye my sonne, u 
worke to daye in my vynyarde. He answered 
and sayde : I wil not, but afterwarde he re- 
pented, and wente. He came also vnto the 
secode, and sayde likewyse. And he answered 
and saide : I wil syr. And wete not. Whether 
of them twayne dyd the wil of the father ? 
They sayde vnto him: the first. Iesus sayde 
vnto the: Verely I saye vnto you: The pub- 
licans and harlottes shal come in to the 
kyngdome of God before you. c For Ihon 
came vnto you, and taught you y right waye 
and ye beleued him not : but the publicans 
CE harlottes beleued hi. As for you, though 
ye sawe it, yet were ye not moued with 
repetaunce, that ye might afterwarde haue 
beleued him. 

Heare another parable. There was a cer- 
tayne houszholder which planted a vynyarde/ 
and hedged it roude aboute, and dygged a 
wyne presse in it, and built a tower, and let it 
out vnto huszbandmen, and wente in to a 
straunge countre. Now wha the tyme of the 
frute drew neare, he sent his seruautes to the 
huszbandmen, to receaue the frutes of it. 
Then the huszbandmen caught his seruauntes : 
one they bett, another they kylled, the thirde 
they stoned. Agayne, he sent other ser- 
uauntes, moo then the first, and they dyd 
vnto them in like maner. At the last he 



" Exo. 2. b. Act. 4. a. and 7. d. * Mat. 14. a. 

c Mat. 3. a. d Gen. 9. c. Esa. 5. a. Iere. 12. b. 

Marc. 12. b. Luc.20. a. c Gen. 37. d. /Psal.ll7.c. 



sent his owne sonne vnto them, and sayde : 
they wyl stode in awe of my sonne. But whe 
the huszbandme sawe the sonne, they sayde 
amonge the selues : This is the Heyre, come, 
let us kyl hym/ and take his inheritauce vnto 
oure selues. And they caught him, and 
thrust him out of the vynyarde, j slew him. 
Now whe the lorde of the vynyarde commeth, 
what wyl he do with those huszbandmen? 
They sayde vnto him: He wyl cruelly de- 
stroye those euell personnes, ij let out his 
vyniarde vnto other huszbadmen, which shal 
delyuer him the frute at tymes conuenyent. 

Iesus sayde vnto the : Dyd ye neuer rede 
in the scriptures : The same stone which the 
buylders refused/ is become the heade stone 
in the corner? This was the LORDES 
doynge, £ it is maruelous i oure eyes. Ther- 
fore I saie vnto you : The kingdome of God 
shalbe take fro you, g shalbe geue vnto the 
Heithe, which shal brynge forth y frutes of it. 
And who so falleth vp5 this stone, shalbe 
broke in peces : * & loke vpo whom it falleth, 
it shal grynde him to poulder.'' And when 
the hye prestes & Pharises herde his parables, 
they perceaued, that he spake of them.' And 
they wente aboute to take him, but they 
feared y people, because k they helde hi for a 
prophet. 

Wt)t rrtj. Chapter. 

AND Iesus answered, and spake vnto the 
agayne by parables, (j sayde : The king- 
dome of heauen is like vnto a kynge,' which 
maried his sonne. And sent forth his ser- 
uauntes, to m call the gestes vnto the mariage, 
(j they wolde not come. Agayne, he sent 
forth other seruauntes, and sayde : Tell the 
gestes: Beholde, I haue prepared my dynner, 
myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled, and 
all thinges are readye, come to the mariage. 
But they made light of it, and wente their 
wayes : one to his huszbandrye, another to his 
marchaundise. As for the remnaiit, they 
toke his seruauntes, and intreated the shame- 
fully, and slew the. When the kynge herde 
that, he was wroth, and sent forth his war- 
ryers, and destroyed those murtherers, and 
set fyre vpon their cite. Then sayde he 
vnto his seruauntes: The mariage in dede is 



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* Marc. 11. c. Luc. 19. a. and 20. b. * Ioha. 7. d, 

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prepared, but the gestes were not worthy. 
Go youre waye out therfore in to y hye wayes, 
and as many as ye fynde, byd them to the 
mariage. And the seruauntes wete out in to 
the hye wayes, and gathered together as many 
as they coulde fynde, both good and bad, 5 
the tables were all full. Then the kynge 
wete in, to se the gestes, and spyed there a 
man that had not on a weddynge garment, 
and sayde vnto him: Frende, how earnest 
thou in hither, 5 hast not on a weddyinge 
garment? And he was euen spechlesse. Then 
sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes: "Take 
and bynde him hande and fote, 5 cast him into 
y vtter darcknes : there shal be waylinge and 
gnaszhinge of teth. For many be called, but 
few are chose.* 

Then wente the Pharises, and toke councell, 
how they might tangle him in his wordes, and 
c sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes 
officers, and sayde : Master, we knowe that 
thou art true, and teachest the waye of God 
truly, and carest for no ma : for thou regardest 
not the outwarde appearaunce of me. Tell 
us therfore, how thinkest thou? Is it laufull 
to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure, or not ? 
Now wha Iesus perceaued their wickednes, he 
sayde : O ye ypocrites, why tepte ye me ? 
Shewe me y tribute money. And they toke 
hi a peny. And he saide vnto the : Whose 
is this ymage and superscription? They sayde 
vnto him : The Emperours. Then sayde he 
vnto them: ''Geue therfore vnto the Em- 
perour, that which is the Emperours : and 
geue vnto God, that which is Gods. When 
they herde that, they marueyled, and left him, 
S wete their waye. 

The same daye there came vnto him the 
Saduces* (which holde that there is no resur- 
reccion) and axed him, and sayde : Master, 
Moses sayde : J Yf a man dye, hauynge no 
children, his brother shal mary his wife, g 
rayse vp sede vnto his brother. Now were 
there with us seue brethren. The first maried 
a wife, and dyed : & for somoch as he had no 
sede, he left his wife vnto his brother. Like 
wyse the secode, and thirde vnto the seueth. 
Last of all the woman dyed also. Now in the 
resurreccion, whose wife shal she be of the 



' Mat. 13. f. and 25. c. » Mat. 20. b. c Marc. 12. a. 

Luc. 20. c. Ioba. 7. d. d Mat. 17. d. Rom. 13. b. 

c Mar. 12. b. Luc. 20. d. Act. 23. a. f Deut. 25. a. 

s Exod. 3. a. Heb. 11. c. * Marc. 12. c. Luc. 10. c. 



seuen? For they all had her. Iesus an- 
swered, and sayde vnto them : Ye erre, and 
vnderstode not the scriptures, ner the power 
of God. In the resurreccion they shal nether 
mary, ner be maried, but are as the angels of 
God in heauen. 

As touchinge the resurreccio of the deed, 
haue ye not red, what is spoken vnto you of 
God, which sayeth : I am the God of Abraham, 
and f God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob?« 
Yet is not God a God of the deed, but of the 
lyuynge. And whan the people herde that, 
they were astonnyed at his doctryne. 

When the Pharises herde,'' that he had 
stopped the mouth of the Saduces, they 
gathered them selues together. And one of 
them (a Scrybe) tepted him, and sayde : 
Master, which is the chefest commaundemet 
in the lawe? Iesus saide vnto him: Thou 
shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy 
hert, ! with all thy soule, and with all thy 
mynde: this is the pryncipall and greatest 
comaundement. As for the seconde, it is 
like vnto it : * Thou shalt loue thy neghboure 
as thy self. In these two commaundementes 
hange all the lawe and the prophetes. 

Now whyle the Pharises were gathered to- 
gether, ' Iesus axed them, and sayde : What 
thinke ye of Christ? Whose sonne is he? 
They sayde vnto him: Dauids. He sayde 
vnto them: How then doth Dauid in sprete, 
call him LORDE, sayenge : The LORDE 
sayde vnto my LORDE: m Syt thou on my 
right honde, tyll I make thine enemies thy 
fote stole. Yf Dauid now call him LORDE, 
how is he then his sonne ? And no man coude 
answere him one worde, nether durst eny man 
axe him eny mo questios, fro that daye forth. 

€3)c vrttj. Chapter. 

THEN spake Iesus vnto y people and to 
his disciples, and sayde : The scrybes & 
Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate. 
Therfore what soeuer they bid you obserue, 
that obserue and do," but after their workes 
shal ye not do, for they saye (j do not. ° For 
they bynde heuy and intolerable burthens, 
and laye them vpon mens shulders : But they 
them selues wil not heaue at them with one 



Deut. 6. b. and 30. b. * Leui. 19. c. Rom. 13. b. 

Marc. 12. d. m Psal. 109. a. » Deut. 17. c. 

' Esa. 10. a. and 28. b. Luc. 11. d. 



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of their fyngers. All their workes do they to 
be sene of men. They set abrode their Phi- 
latelies,* and make large borders vpon their 
garmentes, and loue to syt vppermost at the 
table, and to haue the chefe seates in the 
synagoges, and loue to be saluted in the 
market, and to be called of me Rabbi. 

"But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be 
called Rabbi, for one is youre master, euen 
Christ, and all ye are brethren. And call no 
man father vpon earth, for one is youre father 
which is in heaue. And ye shal not suffre 
youre selues to be called masters, for one is 
youre master, namely, Christ. He that is 
greatest amoge you, shalbe youre seruaunt, 
* For who so exalteth himself, shal be brought 
lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe 
exalted. 

Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye 
ypocrytes/ that shut vp the kyngdome of 
heauen before men: Ye come not in youre 
selues, nether suffre ye them to enter, that 
wolde be in. 

Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye 
ypocrytes, that deuoure wyddowes houses, 
and that vnder the culoure of prayenge longe 
prayers, therfore shal ye receaue y greater 
damnacion. 

Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye 
ypocrytes, which compasse see and lode to 
make one t Proselyte : and whan he is be- 
come one, ye make of him a childe of hell, 
two folde more then ye youre selues are. 

Wo vnto you blyndegydes, which saye : 
Who so euer sweareth by the temple, that is 
nothinge : but who so euer sweareth by the 
golde of the temple, he is giltie. Ye fooles 
and blynde, whether is greater? the golde, 
or the teple that sanctifieth the golde ? And 
who so euer sweareth by the altare, that is 
nothinge : but who so euer sweareth by the 
offeringe that is vpo it, he is giltye. Ye 
fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the 
offerynge, or the altare that sanctifieth the 
offeringe ? Therfore who so sweareth by the 
altare, sweareth by the same, and by all that 
is theron : and who so sweareth by the tem- 
ple, sweareth by the same, and by him that 
dwelleth therin. And who so sweareth by 



* Philateries were writinges wherin the commaunde- 
metes were wry tte. " Iaeob. 3. a. ' Luc. 14. b. and 18. b. 
c Luc. 20. c. t Proselyte, a nouyce or conuerte, turned 
from the beleue of the Heythen vnto the Iewes. "* Mat. 5. d. 



heauen/ sweareth by the seate of God, and 
by him that sytteth theron. 

Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye 
ypocrytes/ which tythe Mynt, Anyse and 
Commyn, and leaue the waightier matters 
of the lawe behynde : namely, iudgment, 
mercy, and fayth. These ought to haue bene 
done, and not to leaue the other behynde. 
O ye blynde gydes, which strayne out a gnat, 
but swalowe vp a Camell. 

Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye 
Ypocrytes, which make cleane the vtter syde 
of the cuppe and platter, but within are ye 
full of robbery and t excesse. Thou blynde 
Pharise, dense first the in syde of the cuppe 
and platter, that the out syde maye be cleane 
also. 

Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye 
Ypocrites, which be like vnto paynted Se- 
pulcres, that appeare beutyfull outwarde, but 
within they are full of deed mens bones and 
all fylthines. Euen so are ye also : Out 
warde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but 
within ye are full of ypocrisye and iniquyte, 

Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye 
ypocrites, which buylde the tombes of the 
prophetes, and garnysh the sepulcres of the 
righteous, and saye : Yf we had bene in oure 
fathers tyme, we wolde not haue bene par- 
takers with them in the bloude of the pro- 
phetes. Therfore ye be wytnesses vnto youre 
selues, that ye are the children of them,' 
which slew the prophetes. Go to, fulfyll ye 
also the measure of youre fathers. O ye 
serpentes, O ye generacion of vypers, how 
wyl ye escape the damnacion of Hell ? 

Therfore beholde, I sende vnto you pro- 
phetes and wyse men, and scrybes/ and some 
of them shal ye kyll and crucifye, and some 
of them shal ye scourge in youre synagoges, 
and persecute them from cite to cite : that 
vpon you maye come all the righteous bloude 
which hath bene shed vpon y earth, from the 
bloude of righteous Abel/' vnto y bloude of 
Zachary y sonne of Barachias, whom ye slew 
betwene the temple and the altare. ' Verely 
I saye vnto you : All these thinges shal light 
vpo this generacion. O Ierusalem Ierusalem/ 
thou that slayest the prophetes, and stonest 



Luc. 11. d. t Some reade : vnclennes. /lTess.2. 

s Mat. 10. b. Luc. 11. e. Ioha. 16. a. Act. 5. e. and 7. 

Gen. 4. b. '2 Pa. 24. d. * Luc. 13. 



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them that are sent vnto the : How oft wolde 
I haue gathered thy children together, euen 
as the henne gathereth hir chekens vnder hir 
wynges/ and ye wolde not ? Beholde, youre 
habitacion shalbe left vnto you desolate/ For 
I saye vnto you : Ye shal not se me hence 
forth, tyll ye saye : ° Blessed be he, that com- 
meth in the name of the LORDE. 

Cfterrtuj. Chapfcv. 

AND Iesus wente out and departed from 
the temple/ and his disciples came vnto 
him, to shew him the buyldinge of the tem- 
ple. But Iesus sayde vnto them : Se ye not 
all these thinges ? Verely I saye vnto you : 
" there shal not be left here one stone vpon 
another, y shal not be cast downe. And as 
he sat vpon the mount Oliuete, his disciples 
came vnto him secretly, & saide : Tell us, 
whe shal these thinges come to passe ? and 
which shal be the token of thy comynge, and 
of the ende of the world e ? Iesus answered 
and sayde vnto them: Take hede, that no 
man disceaue you. /For there shal many 
come in my name, and saye: I am Christ, 
and shal disceaue many. 

Ye shal heare of warres, and of y noyse of 
warres : take hede, and be not ye troubled. 
All these thinges must first come to passe, 
but the ende is not yet. For one people 
shall ryse vp agaynst another/ and one realme 
agaynst another : and there shalbe pestilece, 
honger, and earthquakes here ij there. All 
these are the begynnynge of sorowes. 

Then shal they put you to trouble, (j shal 
kyll you, and ye shalbe hated of all people for 
my names sake. The shal many be offended, 
and shal betraye one another, and shal hate 
one the other. And many false prophetes 
shal aryse, and shal disceaue many: and 
"because iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande, 
the loue of many shal abate. But whoso 
endureth vnto y ende/ y same shal be saued. 
And this gospell of the kyngdome shalbe 
preached in all the worlde for a wytnes vnto 
all people/ and then shal the ende come. 

Whan ye therfore shal se the abhominacion 
of desolacion'" (wher of it is spoke by Daniel 
the prophet) stonde in the holy place (who so 
readeth it, let him marck it well) the let the 

<• 4 Esdr. 1. c. » Psal. 68. d. * Psal. 117. c. 

d Marc. 13. a. Luc. 21. a. « Luc. 19. d. / Col. 2. c. 
£4Esd. 13. c. A Mat.lO.b. Marc.lS.b. Luc. 21. b. 
Ioha. 16. a. « 4 Es. 14. b. * Mat. 10. c. ' Marc. 13. b. 



which be in Iewry, flye vnto y moutaynes: 
and let him which is on the house toppe, not 
come downe to fet eny thinge out of his 
house : and let him which is in y felde, not 
turne back to fetch his clothes. But wo vnto 
them that are with childe, and to them that 
geue suck in those dayes. But praye ye, that 
youre flight be not in y wynter, ner on the 
Sabbath. "For then shal there be greate 
trouble, soch as was not from the begynnynge 
of the worlde vnto this tyme, ner shalbe. Yee 
and excepte those daies shulde be shortened, 
there shulde no flesh be saued: but for f 
chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened. 

Then yf eny man shal saye vnto you : lo, 
here is Christ, or there, beleue it not. For 
there shal aryse false Christes and false pro- 
phetes/ and shal do greate tokes and wonders : 
In so moch, that (yf it were possible) the 
very chosen shulde be brought in to erroure. 
Beholde, I haue tolde you before. Wherfore 
yf they shal saye vnto you : Beholde, he is 
in the wildernes, go not ye forth: Beholde, 
he is in the chamber, beleue it not. For like 
as the lightenynge goeth out from the East, 
and shyneth vnto the west, so shal the com- 
mynge of the sonne of man be. For where 
so euer a deed carcase is/ there wyl the 
Aegles be gathered together. 

r Immediatly after the trouble of the same 
tyme, shal the Sonne and Moone lose their 
light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, 
and the powers of heauen shal moue : and 
then shal appeare the token of the sonne of 
man in heaue : and then shal all the kynreds 
of the earth mourne, and they shal se the sonne 
of man 'come in the cloudes of heauen with 
greate power and glory. And he shal sende 
his angels with y greate voyce of a trompe/ % 
they shal gather together his chosen from the 
foure wyndes, from one ende of the heauen 
to the other. 

Lerne a symilitude of y fygge tre. * When 
his braunche is yet tender, and his leaues 
spronge, ye knowe that Sommer is nye. So 
likewyse ye, whan ye se all these thynges, be ye 
sure, that it is nye euen at the dores. Verely 
I saye vnto you: This generacion shal not 
passe, tyll all these be fulfylled. Heauen and 
earth shal perishe, but my wordes shal not 

m Marc. 13. b. Luc. 21. c. Dan. 9. e. " Dan. 12. a. 

" Marc. 13. c. Luc. 17. c. M Tess. 2. b. Deut. 13. a. 
i lob 39. d. r Marc. 13. c. Luc. 21. c. Ioel 2. b. 

5 Act. 1. b. '1 Tess. 4. c. " Marc. 13. d. Luc. 21. d. 



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perishe. "Neuertheles of that daye & houre 
knoweth no man, no not the angels of heauen, 
but my father onely. Euen as it was in the 
tyme of Noe, so shal the commynge of the 
sonne of man be also. * For as they were in 
the dayes before f floude (they ate, they 
dronke, they maried, and were maried, euen 
vnto the daye y Noe entred in to the shippe, 
and they regarded it not, tyll the floude came 
and toke them all awaye) So shal also the 
commynge of the sonne of man be. The 
shal two be in the felde: c the one shal be 
receaued, and the other shalbe refused : Two 
shal be gryndinge at the Myll, the one shalbe 
receaued, and the other shalbe refused: (Two 
in the bed, the one shalbe receaued, and the 
other refused.) 

d Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what 
houre youre LORDE wil come. But be sure 
of this, that yf the good man of the house 
knewe what e houre the thefe wolde come, he 
wolde surely watch, and not sufrre his house 
to be broken vp. Therfore be ye ready also, 
for in the houre that ye thynke not, shal the 
sonne of man come. f Who is now a faithfull 
and wyse seruaut, whom his lorde hath made 
ruler ouer his houszholde, that he maye geue 
them meate in due season? s Blessed is y 
seruaut, whom his lorde (whan he cometh) 
shal fynde so doynge. Verely. I saye vnto 
you : he shal set him ouer all his goodes. But 
and yf the euell seruaut shal saye in his hert : 
Tush, it wil be longe or my lorde come, and 
begynne to smyte his felowes, yee and to eate 
and drynke with the dronken : The same 
seruaiites lorde shal come in a daye, wha he 
loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is 
not ware of, and shal hew him in peces and 
geue him his rewarde with ypocrytes : there 
shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth. 

Clje rrb. Chapter. 

THEN shal the kyngdome of heauen be 
like vnto ten virgins, which toke their 
lapes, and wente forth to mete the brydegrome. 
But fyue of them were foolish, and fyue were 
wyse. The foolish toke their lapes, neuerthe- 
les they toke none oyle with them. But the 
wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their 
lampes. Now whyle the brydegrome taried, 



Esa. 40. a. and 51. b. Act. 1. a. » Gen. 6. 7. 

Luc. 17. c. c Luc. 17. d. d Mat. 25. a. Marc. 13. d. 
Luc. 12. d. <Apo.l6. c. /Mat. 25. b. e Apo. 16. c. 



they slombred all and slepte. But at myd 
night there was a crye made: Beholde, the 
brydegrome commeth, go youre waye out for 
to mete him. Then all those virgins arose, 
and prepared their lampes. But the foolish 
sayde vnto the wyse : geue vs of youre oyle. 
for oure lapes are gone out. Then answered 
the wyse, and sayde : Not so, lest there be 
not ynough for vs and you, but go rather vnto 
them that sell, and bye for youre selues. And 
whyle they wente to bye, the brydegrome 
came : and they that were readye, wente in 
with him vnto the mariage, and the gate was 
shut vp. At f last came f other virgins also, 
and sayde: ''LORDE LORDE, ope vnto vs. 
But he answered, and sayde : Verely I saye 
vnto you: I knowe you not. 'Watch ye ther- 
fore, for ye knowe nether the daye ner yet the 
houre, whan y sonne of man shal come. 

Like wyse as a certayne ma. ready to take 
his iourney in to a straunge countre/ called his 
seruaiites, and delyuered his goodes vnto the. 
And vnto one he gaue fyue talentes, to another 
two, and to another one : vnto euery man 
after his abilyte, and straight waye departed. 
Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes, 
wente and occupied with the same, and wanne 
other fyue talentes. Likewyse he y receaued 
two talentes, wane other two also. But he 
that receaued y one wente and dygged a pyt 
in the earth, and hyd his lordes money. After 
a longe season the lorde of those seruauntes 
came, and rekened with them. Then came he 
that had receaued fyue talentes, and brought 
other fyue talentes, and sayde: Syr, thou 
delyuerdst vnto me fyue talentes : Beholde, 
with them haue I wonne fyue taletes mo.' 
Then sayde his lorde vnto hi : wel thou good 
(j faithfull seruaunt, thou hast bene faithfull 
ouer litle, I wil set the ouer moch : entre 
thou in to the ioye of thy lorde. The came 
he also that had receaued two talentes, and 
sayde : Syr, thou delyuerdst vnto me two 
talentes : Beholde, I haue wonne two other 
taletes with the. His lorde sayde vnto him : 
Wel thou good and faithfull seruaut, thou hast 
bene faithfull ouer litle, I wil set the ouer 
moch : entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde. 

Then he that had receaued the one talet, 
came and sayde : Syr, I knew that thou art 



'' Mat. 7. b. '" Luc. 6. e. Mat. 24. d. Marc. 13. d. 

Luc. 12. d. and 21. d. * Marc. 13. d. Luc. 19. a. 

1 Mat. 24. d. 



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an hard man : thou reapest where thou hast 
not sowen, and gatherest where thou hast not 
strowed, and so I was afrayed, and wete and 
hyd thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou 
hast thine owne. But his lorde answered, and 
sayde vnto him: Thou euell and slouthfull 
seruaunt, knewest thou that I reape where 
sowed not, and gather where I strawed not ? 
Thou shuldest therfore haue had my money 
to the chaungers, and then at my commynge 
shulde I haue receaued myne owne with 
vauntage. Therfore take the talent fro him, 
and geue it vnto him that hath ten talentes. 
" For who so hath, to him shalbe geuen, and he 
shal haue abundaunce. But who so hath not, 
fro him shalbe take awaye euen that he hath. 
And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt in to vtter 
darcknes : * there shalbe waylinge and gnaszh- 
inge of teth. 

But whan the sonne of man shal come in 
his glory, and all holy angels with him, then 
shal he syt vpon the seate of Ms glory. And 
all people shalbe gathered before him : and he 
shal separate them one from another * as a 
shepherde deuydeth the shepe from y goates. 
And he shal set f shepe on his right honde, 
and the goates on the lefte. Then shal the 
kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on his right 
honde : Come hither ye blessed of my father, 
inheret ye y kingdome/ which is prepared for 
ou from the begynnynge of the worlde. For 

Was hongrie, and ye gaue me meate : I was 
thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke -J I was har- 
bourlesse, and ye lodged me : I was naked, % 
ye clothed me : I was sicke, and ye vysited 
me : s I was in preson, and ye came vnto me. 

Then shal the righteous answere him, j 
saye : LORDE, whe sawe we the hogrie, and 
fed the ? Or thirstie, and gaue the drynke ? 
When sawe we the herbourlesse, and lodged 
the ? Or naked, and clothed y ? Or whe sawe 
we y sicke or in preson, and came vnto the ? 
And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto 
them : Verely I saye vnto you : Loke what 
ye haue done vnto one of the least of these 
my brethren, the same haue ye done vnto me. 

Then shal he saye also vnto them that 
shalbe on the left hande : * Departe fro me ye 
cursed in to the euerlastinge fyre, which is 

" Mar. 13. b. Marc. 4. a. Luc. 8. b. and 19. c. 
* Mat. 13. f. c 2 Tess. 1. b. d Ezec. 34. c. 

= Mat.20. c. /Esa. 58. b. Ezec. 18. a. 6 Eccll. 7. d. 
2 Tim. 1. c. * Psal. 6. b. Mat. 7. b. Luc. 13. c. 

Esa. 30. f. Dan. 7. b. Apo. 19. d. and 20. c. « Zacb. 



prepared for the deuell and his angels. For I 
was hogrie, and ye gaue me no meate : I was 
thirstye, and ye gaue me no drynke : I was 
herbourlesse, and ye lodged me not : I was 
naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke 
and in preson, and ye vysited me not. 

Then shal they also answere hi, and saye : 
LORDE, when sawe we the hogrie, or 
thyrstie, or herbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or 
in preson, and haue not mynistred vnto the ? 
The shal he answere them, and saye : Verely 
I saye vnto you : j Loke what ye haue not 
done vnto one of the leest of these, the same 
haue ye not done vnto me. And these shal 
go in to euerlastinge payne, but the righteous 
in to euerlastinge hfe. 

€f)e jrjrbt. Cfiapttr. 

A ND it came to passe wha Iesus had 
£\__ fynished all these wordes, he sayde vnto 
his disciples : Ye knowe, that after two dayes 
shalbe Easter, and the sonne of man shalbe 
delyuered to be crucified.* 

Then 'assembled together the hye prestes 
and the scrybes, and the elders of the people 
in to the palace of the hye prest which was 
called Caiphas, and helde a councell, how they 
might take Iesus by disceate, and kyll him. 
But they sayde : Not on the holy daye, lest 
there be an vproure in the people. 

Now when Iesus was at Bethany" 8 in the 
house of Symon the leper, there came vnto hi 
a woman, which had * a boxe with precious 
oyntment, and poured it vpon his heade, as 
he sat at the table. Whan his disciples sawe 
that, they diszdayned, and sayde : Where to 
serueth this waist ? This oyntmet might haue 
bene wel solde, and geue to the poore. Whe 
Iesus perceaued that, he sayde vnto them : 
Why trouble ye the woman ? She hath wrought 
a good worke vpon me for ye haue allwaye the 
poore with you," but me shal ye not haue 
allwayes. Where as she hath poured this 
oyntmet vpon my body, she dyd it to bury 
me. Verely I saye vnto you : where so euer 
this gospell shalbe preached thorow out all 
the worlde, there shal this also that she hath 
done, be tolde for a memorial! of her. 

2. b. Iere. 30. c. Pro. 14. d. and 17. a. Ioha. 5. c. 
4 Mar. 14. a. Luc. 22. a. Ioha. 18. a. ' Ioha. 11. e. 

m Mar. 14. a. Luc. 7. d. Ioha. 12. a. * Some reade : A 
glas with precious water. " Deut. 15. b. 



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Then one of the twolue (called Iudas Is 
carioth) wente vnto the hye prestes, and 
sayde : a What wil ye geue me, and I shal 
delyuer him vnto you ? And they offred hi 
thirtie syluer pens. And from that tyme forth, 
he sought oportunyte to betraye him. 

The first daye of swete bred came the dis- 
ciples to Iesus, h and sayde vnto him : Where 
wilt thou that we prepare for the, to eate the 
Easter lambe ? He sayde : Go in to the cite 
to soch a man, and saye vnto him : The 
Master sendeth the worde: My tyme is at 
honde, I wil kepe myne Easter by the with 
my disciples. And the disciples dyd as Iesus 
had appoynted them, and made ready the 
Easter lambe. 

c And at euen he sat downe at the table 
with the twolue. And as they ate, he sayde : 
Verely I saye vnto you : One of you shal 
betraye me. And they were exceadinge 
soroufull, and beganne euery one of them to 
saye vnto him : Syr, is it I? He answered and 
sayde : He that deppeth his honde with me in 
the dyszhe, the same shal betraye me. The 
sonne of man goeth forth, as it is wrytten of 
him : but wo vnto that man by who the sonne 
of man shalbe betrayed : It had bene better 
for that ma, yf he had neuer bene borne. 
The Iudas that betrayed him, answered and 

de : Master, is it I ? He sayde vnto him : 
Thou hast sayde. 

And as they ate, Iesus toke the bred, 
gaue thankes/ brake it, and gaue it to the 
disciples, and sayde : Take, eate, this is my 
body. And he toke the cuppe, and thanked, 
and gaue it the, and sayde: Drynke ye all 
therof, this is my bloude of the new testa- 
ment, that shalbe shed for many for the 
remission of synnes. I saye vnto you : I wil 
not drynke hence forth of this frute of the 
vyne tre, vntill that daye that I shal drynke 
it new with you in my fathers kyngdome. 

And whan they had sayde grace, e they wente 
forth vnto mount Oliuete. Then sayde Iesus 
vnto them.* This night shal ye all be offended 
in me. For it is wrytten : I wil smyte the 
shepherde, and the shepe of the flocke shalbe 
scatered abrode. But after that I ryse agayne, 
f I wil go before you in to Gable. Peter 
answered and sayde vnto him : tThough all 

Mar. 14. b. Luc. 22. a. Ioha. 18. a. b Marc. 14. b. 

Luc. 22. a. c Marc. 14. c. Luc. 22. b. Ioha. 13. c. 

Marc. 14. c. Luc. 22. b. 1 Cor. 11. c. e Mar. 14. d. 

Luc. 21. c. Ioha. 18. a. * Mat. 26. f. Zach. 13. b. Mar. 



men shulde be offended in y, yet wyl I neuer 
be offeded. Iesus sayde vnto hi: Verely I 
saye vnto f : This same night before f cock 
crowe, shalt thou denie me thryse. Peter saide 
vnto him: And though I shulde dye with the, 
yet wil I not denye the. Likewyse also sayde 
all the disciples. 

Then came Iesus with them in to a felde 
which is called g Gethsemane, and sayde vnto 
the. disciples : Syt ye here, whyle I go yonder 
(t praye. And he toke with him Peter, and 
the two sonnes of Zebede, and beganne to 
wexe soroufull and to be in an agonye. Then 
sayde Iesus vnto them : ' My soule is heuy 
euen vnto the death. Tary ye here, and 
watch with me. 'And he wente forth a litle, 
and fell flat vpon his face, and prayed sayenge : 
O my father, yf it be possible, let this cuppe 
passe fro me : neuertheles not as I wil but as 
thou wilt. And he came to his disciples, and 
founde the a slepe, (j sayde vnto Peter 
What? coude ye not watch with me one 
houre ? Watch g praye, that ye fall not in 
to temptacion. ''The sprete is wy Hinge, but 
the flesh is weake. 

'Agayne, he wete forth the seconde tyme 
and prayed, sayenge : O my father, yf this 
cuppe can not passe awaye fro me (excepte I 
drynke of it) thy will be fulfilled. And he 
came, and founde them a slepe agayne, and 
their eyes were heuy. And he left them, and 
wente forth agayne, and prayed the thirde 
tyme, sayenge the same wordes. Then came 
he to his disciples, and sayde vnto them : 
Slepe on now, and take youre rest. Beholde, 
the houre is come, y the sonne of man shalbe 
delyuered in to the hondes of synners : Aryse, 
let us be goynge. Beholde, he is at hode, 
that betrayeth me. 

Whyle he yet spake, lo, Iudas one of the 
twolue came, '"and with him a greate multitude 
with swerdes and staues, sent fro the hye 
prestes and elders of the people. And he 
that betrayed him, had geuen them a toke, 
sayenge : Whom so euer I kysse, that same is 
he, laye hodes vpo him. And forth withal he 
came to Iesus, and sayde : Hayle master, and 
kyssed him. And Iesus sayde vnto him : 
Frende, wherfore art thou come ? Then came 
they, and layed hondes vpon Iesus, and toke 

14. d Ioha. 16. d. / Act. 1. a. t Mar. 14. d. Luc. 
22. c. Ioha. 13. d. s Mar. 14. d. * Ioha. 12. c. 

•' Luc. 22. c. * Gal. 5. c. ' Mar. 14. e. m Mar. 

14. b. Luc. 22. d. Ioha. 18. a. 



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him. And beholde, one of them that were 
with Iesus, stretched out his honde, and drue 
his swerde, and stroke a seruaunt of the hye 
prestes, (j smote of his eare : Then sayde 
Iesus vnto him : Put vp thy swerde in to his 
place. ° For all that take the swerde, shal 
perish with the swerde. Or thinkest thou 
that I can not praye my father now, to sende 
me more then twolue legions of angels ? But 
how the shulde the scriptures be fulfilled? 
* For thus must it be. 

In the same houre sayde Iesus vnto the 
multitude : * Ye are come out as it were to a 
murthurer with swerdes and staues for to 
take me. I sat daylie teachinge in the tem- 
ple amonge you, and ye toke me not. But 
all this is done, that the scriptures of the "pro- 
phetes might be fulfylled. * The all the dis- 
ciples left him, and fled. But they that toke 
Iesus/ led him to Caiphas the hye prest, 
where the scrybes and the elders were ga- 
thered together. As for Peter, he folowed 
him a farre of vnto the hye prestes palace, 5 
wente in, and sat with the seruauntes, that he 
might se the ende. 

e But the hye prestes and the elders, and 
the whole councell sought false wytnesse 
ageynst Iesus, that they might put him to 
death, and founde none. And though many 
false wytnesses stepte forth, yet founde they 
none. At the last there stepte forth two false 
wytnesses, (j spake : He sayde : I can breake 
downe the temple of God, •''and buylde it 
agayne in thre dayes. 

^And the hye prest stode vp, and sayde 
vnto him : Answerest thou nothinge, vnto it, 
that these testifie agaynst the ? Neuerthe- 
les Iesus helde his tonge. And the hye prest 
answered, and sayde vnto him: h I charge the 
by y lyuynge God, that thou tell us, yf thou 
be Christ the sonne of God. Iesus spake : 
Thou hast sayde it. Neuerthelesse I saye 
vnto you : ' From this tyme forth it shal come 
to passe, that ye shal se the sonne of man 
syttinge vpon the right hande of the power (of 
God) and commynge in the cloudes of the 
heauen. 

Then the hye prest rente his clothes, and 
sayde : * He hath blasphemed, what nede we 

" Gen. 9. a. Apoc. 13. b. Ezec. 11. b. * Lu. 24. d. 
*> Marc. 14. f. Luc. 22. d. c Esa. 35. d. Psal. 21. 69. 
t Mat. 26. c. d Marc. 14. f. Ioha. 18. b. c Marc. 

14. f. Act. 6. b. / Ioha. 2. c. s Mar. 14. g. h Luc. 
22. e. * Ioha. 6. g. Act. l.b. k Mar. 14. g. Luc. 



eny mo wytnesses ? Lo, now haue ye herde 
his blasphemy : What thinke ye? They an- 
swered, (j sayde : He is gyltie of death. 'Then 
tspytted they in his face, g smote him with 
fistes. Some smote him vpon the face, and 
sayde : Prophecie vnto us thou Christ, who 
is it, that smote the ? 

m As for Peter, he sat without in the palace. 
And there came vnto him a damsell, and 
sayde : And thou wast with Iesus of Galile 
also. Neuertheles he denyed before the all, 
and sayde : I can not tell what thou sayest. 
But whan he wete out at the dore, another 
damsell sawe him, and sayde vnto them that 
were there : This was also with Iesus of 
Nazareth. And he denyed agayne, and 
sware also : I knowe not the ma. And after 
a litle whyle, they that stode there, stepte 
forth, and sayde vnto Peter: Of a trueth 
thou art one of them also, for thy speach be- 
wrayeth the. Then begane he to curse and 
to sweare : I knowe not the man. And im- 
mediatly the cock crew. Then thought Peter 
vpon the wordes of Iesus, which sayde vnto 
him: "before the cock crow, thou shalt denye 
me thryse. And he wente out, and wepte 
bytterly. 

Cl)c jrrbtj. Chapter. 

VPON the morow, all the hye prestes 
and elders of the people helde a coun- 
cell agaynst Iesus, ° that they might put him 
to death, and bounde him, and led him forth, 
and delyuered him vnto ''Pontius Pilate the 
debyte. 

When Iudas which betrayed him, sawe 
this that he was condemned vnto death, it 
repented him, and brought agayne the thirtie 
syluer pens to the hye prestes and the elders, 
and sayde : I haue done euell, in that I haue 
betrayed innocet bloude. They sayde : What 



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And he cast the syluer pens in the teple, and 
q gat him awaye, and wente and hanged him 
self. 

So the hye prestes toke the syluer pens, 
and sayde : It is not laufull to put them in to 
the Gods chest, for it is bloudmoney. Neuer- 
theles they helde a councell, and bought with 

22. e. > Leui. 24. c. % Esa. 50. b. Ioha. 18. c. 

m Mar. 14. g. Luc. 22. d. Ioha. 18. b. " Mat. 26. c. 

• Psal. 2. a. Marc. 15. a. Luc. 23. a. Ioha. 18. d. 
V Act. 3. b. !J Re. 17. d. Act. 1. c. 



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the a potters felde, for to burye straugers 
Wherfore the same felde is called the 
bloudfelde vnto this daye. Then was that 
fulfylled, which was spoken by Ieremy the pro- 
phet sayenge: "And they toke thirtie syluer 
pens, the pryce of him that was solde, whom 
they bought of the children of Israeli: and 
these they gaue for a potters felde, as the 
LORDE commaunded me. 

As for Iesus, he stode before the debyte, 
and the debyte axed him, and sayde : *Art 
thou the kynge of the Iewes ? And Iesus 

de vnto him : Thou sayest it. And wha 
he was accused of the hye prestes and elders, 
he answered nothinge. Then sayde Pylate 
vnto him : Hearest thou not, how sore they 
accuse the ? And *he answered him not one 
worde : in so moch that the debyte marueled 
exceadingly. 

"At that feast, the debyte was wote to 
delyuer a presoner fre vnto the people, whom 
they wolde. And at the same tyme he had a 
notable presoner called Barrabas. And whan 
they were gathered together, Pylate sayde 
vnto them : Whether wil ye, that I geue lowse 
vnto you ? Barrabas, or Iesus which is called 
Christ? For he knewe well that they had 
delyuered him of enuye. And wha he sat 
vpo the iudgmet seate, his wife sent vnto him, 
sayenge : Haue thou nothinge to do with 
that righteous man, for I haue suffred many 
thinges this daye in a dreame because of him. 

But the hye prestes and the elders per- 
suaded the people, rf that they shulde axe Bar- 
rabas, and destroye Iesus. Then answered 
the debyte, 5 sayde vnto the : ' Whether of 
these two wyl ye y I geue lowse vnto you ? 
They sayde : f Barrabas : Pylate sayde vnto 
them : What shal I do then with Iesus, which 
is called Christ? They sayde all: let him be 
crucified. The debyte saide : What euell 
hath he done the? Neuertheles they cried 
yet more and sayde, let him be crucified. So 
whan Pilate sawe, that he coude not helpe, 
but that there was a greater vproure, he toke 
water, and waszhed his handes before the 
people, and sayde : I am vngiltie of y bloude 
of this righteous man. Se ye therto. Then 
answered all the people, and sayde: His 



" Iere.32.b. Zach. 11. c. b Marc. 15. a. Luc. 23. a, 
Ioha. 18. d. *Esa. 53. b. c Marc. 15. a. Luc. 23. b 
Ioha. 18. e. < l Mar. 15. a. e Luc. 23. b. f Act, 

3. b. Marc. 15. b. e Act. 5. d. Marc. 15. b. Luc 



bloude come vpon vs, and vpon oure children. 
s Then gaue he Barrabas lowse vnto the, but 
caused Iesus be scourged, and delyuered him 
to be crucified. 

Then the debites soudyers toke Iesus, in to 
the comon hall, ^and gathered the whole 
multitude ouer him, and stryped him out of 
his clothes, and put a purple robe vpo him, 
and plated a crowne of thorne, <j set it vpon 
his heade, and a rede in his hade, and kneled 
before him, and mocked him, and sayde : 
hayle kynge of the Iewes. And spytted vpon 
him, and toke y rede, & smote him vpon the 
heade. And wha they had mocked hi, they 
toke the robe of him ageyne, (j put his owne 
clothes vpon him, and led him forth, y they 
might crucifie hi. ' And as they were goinge 
out, they founde a man of Cyren called 
Symon : him they compelled to beare his 
crosse. And when they came vnto the place 
called * Golgatha (that is to saye by interpre- 
tacio a place of deed mens sculles) they gaue 
him to drynke, veneger myxte with gall. And 
whan he had tasted therof, he wolde not drynke. 

' So whan they had crucified him, they 
parted his garmetes, and cast lottes therfore : 
that the thinge might be fulfilled, which was 
spoken by the prophet : "' They haue parted 
my garmetes amonge the, 5 cast lottes vpon 
my vesture. And there they sat, and watched 
hi. And aboue ouer his heade, they put vp 
the cause of his death in wrytinge : namely : 
This is the kynge of the Iewes. 

Then were there two murthurers cru- 
cified with him, "the one of the right hande, 
and the other on the left. They that 
wente by, reuyled him, and wagged their 
heades and sayde : Thou that breakest downe 
the teple of God, and buyldest it in thre 
dayes, helpe thy self. Yf thou be the sonne 
of God, come downe from the crosse. The 
hye prestes also in like maner with the scrybes 
& elders, laughed him to scorne, and sayde : 
he hath helped other, and can not helpe him- 
self : Yf he be the kynge of Israel," let him 
come downe now from the crosse, and we wil 
beleue him. +He trusted in God, let him 
delyuer him now, yf he wil haue him. For 
he hath sayde : I am the sonne of God. The 



23. c. Ioha. 19. a. h Marc. 15. b. Ioha. 19. a 

' Marc. 15. c. Luc. 23. c. * Ioha. 19. b. ' Marc 

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murtherers also that were crucified with him, 
cast the same in his tethe. 

"And from y sixte houre there was darcknes 
ouer the whole earth vnto the nyenth houre. 
And aboute the nyenth houre, Iesus cried 
with a loude voyce, and sayde: Eli, Eli, 
Lamma asabthani? that is, My God, my God, 
why hast thou forsaken me?* But some of 
the that stode there, when they herde y 
sayde : he calleth Elias. c And immediatly 
one of them ranne, and toke a spoge, and 
fylled it with veneger, and put it vpon a rede, 
and gaue him to dryncke. But y other sayde : 
holde, let se whether Elias wyl come, and 
delyuer him. Iesus cried agayne with a loude 
voyce, and gaue vp the goost. 

And beholde, the vale of the temple was 
rente in two peces, from aboue tyll beneth, 
and the earth quaked, and the stones rent, 
and the graues opened, and many bodies of 
the sayntes that slepte, arose, and wete out 
of the graues after his resurreccion, and came 
in to the holy cite, and appeared vnto many. 

''But the captayne and they that were with 
him, and kepte Iesus, when they sawe the 
earthquake and the thinges that were done, 
they were sore afrayed, and sayde: Verely 
this was Gods sonne. And there were many 
wemen there lokynge to afarre of/ which had 
folowed Iesus from Galile, and had mynistred 
vnto him : amonge whom was Mary Mag- 
dalene, and Mary the mother of lames and 
loses, and the mother of the children of 
Zebede. 

At euen there came a rich man of Arima- 
thia, called Ioseph/ which was also a disciple 
of Iesus. He wete vnto Pylate, and axed the 
body of Iesus. Then commaunded Pylate 
that the body shulde be geue him. And 
Ioseph toke the body, and wrapped it in a 
cleane lynnen cloth, and layed it in his owne 
new sepulcre, which he had hewen out in a 
rocke, and rolled a greate stone to the dore of 
the sepulcre, and wente his waye. And there 
was Mary Magdalene and y other Mary/ 
syttinge ouer agaynst the sepulcre. 

The next daye that foloweth the daye of 
preparynge, the hye prestes and Pharises came 
together vnto Pylate, and saide: Syr, we 



" Marc. 15. c. Luc. 23. d. J Psal. 21. a. c Marc. 
15. d. Luc. 19. c. d Marc. 15. d. Luc. 23. c. 

« Marc. 15. e. / Marc. 15. e. Luc. 23. e. Ioha. 19. e. 
e Marc. 15. e. * Mat. 16. c. 17. c. d. Marc. 9. d. 



haue called to remembraunce, that this dis- 
ceauer sayde whyle he was yet alyue :* After 
thre dayes I wyl ryse agayne. Comaunde 
therfore that the sepulcre be kepte vnto the 
thirde daye, lest peraduenture his disciples 
come, and steale him awaye, and saye vnto 
the people : He is rysen from the deed, and 
so shal the last errour be worse the the first. 
Pylate sayde vnto them : There haue ye 
watchme, go youre waye, and kepe it as ye 
can. They wete and kepte the sepulcre with 
watchmen, and sealed the stone. 

Che rrbtrj. Chapter. 

VPON the euenynge of the Sabbath holy 
daye/' which dawneth y morow of the 
first daye of y Sabbathes, came Mary Mag- 
dalene and y other Mary, to se y sepulcre. 
And beholde, there was made a greate earth- 
quake : for the angell of the LORDE de- 
scended from heauen, and came and rolled 
backe y stone from the dore, and sat vpon it. 
And his countenaunce was as y lightenynge, 
and his clothinge whyte as snowe. But y 
watch me were troubled for feare of him, and 
became as though they were deed. 

The angell answered/ and sayde vnto y 
women : Be not ye afrayed. I knowe that 
ye seke Iesus that was crucified. He is not 
here. He is rysen, as he sayde. Come, and 
se y place, where the LORDE was layed, 
and go youre waye soone, and tell his dis- 
ciples, that he is rysen from the deed. And 
beholde, he wyl go before you in to Galile, 
there shal ye se him. Lo, I haue tolde you. 

And they departed from the graue in all 
the haist with feare and greate ioye/ g ranne 
to brige his disciples worde. And as they 
were goinge to tell his disciples, beholde, 
Iesus met them, and sayde : God spede you. 
And they wente vnto him, and helde his fete, 
and fell downe before him. The sayde Iesus 
vnto them : Be not afrayed : go youre waye 
and tell my brethren, that they go in to Galile, 
there shal they se me/ 

And whan they were gone, beholde, cer- 
tayne of the watchmen came in to the cite, j 
tolde the hye prestes euery thinge that had 
happened. And they came together with the 



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elders, and helde a councell, and gaue f 
souders money ynough, and sayde : Saye ye : 
his disciples came by night, and stole him 
awaye, whyle we were a slepe. And yf this 
come to the debytes eares, we wyl styll him, 
and brynge it so to passe, that ye shal be safe. 
And they toke the money, and dyd as they 
were taught. And this sayenge is noysed 
amonge the Iewes vnto this daye. 

The eleuen disciples wente vnto Galile in 
to a mountayne, where Iesus had appoynted 

" Mat. 11. e. Ioha. 17. a. Phil. 2. a. Mar. 16. b. 



them. And whan they sawe him, they fell 
downe before him : but some of them douted. 
And Iesus came vnto them, talked with them, 
and sayde : " Vnto me is geue all power in 
heauen and in earth. Go ye youre waye 
therfore, and teach all nacions, and baptyse 
them in the name of the father, and of* the 
sonne, and of the holy goost : and teach them 
to kepe all thinges, what soeuer I haue com- 
maunded you. 'And lo, I am with you euery 
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Chap. I. 

The office of Ikon the baptist. The baptyme of 
Christ, his fastynge, his preachinge, and the 
callynge of Peter, Andrew, lames and Ihon. 
Christ healeth the man with the vncleane 
sprete, helpeth Peters mother in lawe, and 
clenseth the leper. 

Chap. II. 

He healeth the man of the palsye, calleth Leui 
the customer, eateth with open synners, and 
excuseth his disciples. 

Chap. III. 

He helpeth the man with the dryed hande, 
choseth his apostles, and casteth out the 
vncleane sprete, which the Pharises ascrybe 
vnto the deuell. The brother, sister and mo- 
ther of Christ. 

Chap. IIII. 

The parable of the sower. Christ stilleth the 
tempest of the see, which obeyeth him. 
Chap. V. 

He delyuereth the possessed from the vncleane 
sprete, the woman from the bloudye yssue, and 
rayseth the captaynes doughter. 
Chap. VI. 

Christ preacheth at home, and is not regarded. 
He sendeth out his disciples. Ihon baptist is 
taken and headed. Christ fedeth fyue thou- 
sande men with fyue loaues and two fiszhes. 
He walketh vpon the see. 

Chap. VII. 

The Pharises are not c5tent, that the disciples 
eate with vnwaszhen handes : but Christ re- 
buketh the selues for breakinge the com- 
maundementes of God, healeth the woman of 
Canaans daughter, and maketh the domme to 
speake. 

Chap. VIII. 

He fedeth foure thousande me with vij. loaues, 
reproueth the Pharises that are so desyrous of 
tokens, warneth his disciples to bewarre of 
their leuen, maketh a blynde man to see, axeth 
his disciples what men holde of him, reproueth 
Peter, telleth his disciples of his passion, and 
exorteth them to folowe him. 



Chap. IX 
The transfiguracion of Christ, which healeth the 
childe that was possessed of a domme sprete, 
teacheth his disciples to be lowly, and to 
auoyde occasions of euell. 

Chap. X. 

Christ geueth his answere concernynge mariage, 
and that it is harde for the rich to come in to 
heaue: reproueth the disdayne of his disciples, 
lerneth the to be meke, and restoreth blynde 
Barthimeus to his sight. 

Chap. XI. 

Christ rydeth in to Ierusalem, dryueth the mar- 
chauntes out of the temple, curseth the fyge 
tre, and confoundeth the Pharises. 

Chap. XII. 

He rebuketh the synne and vnthankfulnesse of 
the Iewes with a goodly symilitude, taketh the 
in their owne disceatfull questions, exorteth to 
bewarre of their doctryne and lyuynge, and 
commendeth the good wyll of the poore 
wyddowe. 

Chap. XIII. 

He warneth his disciples to bewarre of false 
teachers and disceauers, comforteth them 
agaynst the trouble for to come, tellinge them 
of the horrible destruccion of Ierusalem, of his 
commynge, and ende of the worlde. 

Chap. XIIII. 
The Magdalene anoynteth Christ. They eate 
the easter lambe, and the supper of the 
LORDE. Christ is taken, and brought in to 
Caiphas house. Peter denyeth him. 

Chap. XV. 

The crucifienge of Christ, and how he was buried. 

Chap. XVI. 

The resurreccion of Christ, which appeareth vnto 
Mary Magdalene and to his disciples, whom 
he sendeth forth in to the worlde to preach the 
gospell, and ascedeth vp in to heauen himself. 



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Cljf first Chapter. 

THIS is the begytinynge of the gospell of 
Iesus Christ the sonne of God, as it is 
wrytte in the prophetes. "Beholde, I sende 
my messaiiger before thy face, which shal 
prepare thy waye before the. * The voyce of 
a cryer is in the wyldernes : Prepare the waye 
of the LORDE, make his pathes straight. 

c Ihon was in the wyldernes, and baptysed, 
and preached the baptyme of amendment, for 
the remyssion of synnes. And there wente 
out vnto him the whole londe of Iewry, and 
they of Ierusalem, and were all baptysed of 
him in Iordan, and knowleged their synnes. 

d Ihon was clothed with Camels heer, and 
with a lethron gerdell aboute his loynes, and 
ate locustes and wylde hony, and preached, 
and sayde : e There commeth one after me, 
which is stronger then I : before whom I am 
not worthy to stoupe downe, and to lowse vp 
y lachet of his shue. I baptyse you with 
water, but he shal baptyse you with the holy 



■'And it happened at the same tyme, that 
Iesus came out of Galile from Nazareth, and 
was baptysed of Ihon in Iordan. And as 
soone as he was come out of the water, he 
sawe that the heauens opened, and the goost 
as a doue comynge downe vpon him. And 
there came a voyce from heaue : Thou art 
my deare sonne,* in whom I delyte. 

And immediatly the sprete droue him in to 
the wyldernes : g and he was in the wyldernes 
fourtye dayes, and was tempted of Sathan, 
and was with the wylde beestes. And the 
angels mynistred vnto him. 

" Mai. 3. a. Mat. 1 1. b. Luc. 7. c. * Esa. 40. a. 

Mat. 3. a. Luc. 3. a. Ioha. 1. b. c Ioha. 3. d. 

d Mat. 3. a. e Mat. 3. b. Luc. 3. c. Ioha. 1. c. 

/ Mat. 3. b. Luc. 3. c. Ioha. 1. d. * Some reade : 



But after that Ihon was taken,* Iesus came 

to Galile, and preached the gospell of the 

kyngdome of God, and sayde: the tyme is 

fulfylled, and the kyngdome of God is at 

hande : Amende youre selues, and beleue the 



So as he walked by the see of Galile, he 
sawe Symon and Andrew his brother, castinge 
their nettes in the see, for they were fyszhers, 
And Iesus sayde vnto the : Folowe me, and 
I wil make you fyszhers of me.* And imme- 
diatly they left their nettes, and folowed him. 

And when he was gone a lytle further from 
thence, he sawe lames the sonne of Zebede, 
and Ihon his brother, as they were in the 
shyppe mendynge their nettes. And anone 
he called them. And they left their father 
Zebede in the shyppe with the hyred ser- 
uauntes, and folowed him. 

'And they wente in to Capernaum, and 
immediatly vpon the Sabbathes, he entred in 
to the synagoge, and taught. And "'they were 
astonnyed at his doctryne: for he taught 
them as one hauynge power, and not as the 
Scrybes. 

And in their synagoge there was a man 
possessed with a foule sprete," which cried and 
sayde : Oh what haue we to do with the, thou 
Iesus of Nazareth. Art thou come to de- 
stroye us? I knowe that thou art euen y 
holy one of God. And Iesus reproued him, 
and sayde : holde thy tonge, and departe out 
of him. And the foule sprete tare him, and 
cried with a loude voyce, and departed out of 
him. And they were all astonnyed, in so 
moch that they axed one another amonge the 
selues, (j sayde : What is this ? What new 

In who I am pacified. s Mat. 4. a. Luc. 4. a. 

" Mat. 4. b. Luc. 4. b. ' Mat. 4. c. Luc. 5. a. 

* Iere. 16. c. Eze. 47. b. ' Luc. 4. d. Ioha. 2. b. 
m Mat. 7. c. » Luc. 4. d. 



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lernynge is this? For he comaundeth the 
foule spretes with powei', and they are 
obedient vnto him. And immediatly the 
fame of him was noysed rounde aboute in the 
coastes and borders of Galile. 

"And forth with they wente out of the 
synagoge, and came in to the house of Symo 
and Andrew, with lames and Ihon. And 
Symons mother in lawe laye, 5 had the feuers, 
and anone they tolde him of her. And he 
came to her, and set her vp, and toke her by 
f hande, and the feuer left her immediatly. 
And she mynistred vnto them. 

*At euen whan the Sonne was gone downe, 
they brought vnto him all that were sick and 
possessed, and the whole cite was gathered 
together at the dore, and he healed many 
that were diseased with dyuerse sicknesses, 
and cast out many deuels, and suffred not the 
deuels to speake, because they knew him. 

And in the mornynge before daye, he 
arose, and wente out. And Iesus departed 
in to a deserte place, and prayed there. 
Peter also and they that were with him, 
folowed after him. And whan they had 
founde him, they sayde vnto him: Euery 
man seketh the. And he sayde vnto them : 
Let us go in to the next townes, that I maye 
preach there also, for therto am I come. 
And he preached i their synagoges, in all 
Galile, and droue out the deuyls. 

"And there came vnto him a leper, which 
besought him, and kneled before him, & sayde 
vnto him : Yf thou wilt, thou canst make me 
cleane. And it pitied Iesus, and he stretched 
forth his honde, and touched him, and sayde : 
I wyll, be thou cleane. And wha he had 
so spoken, immediatly the leprosy departed 
fro him, and he was clensed/ And Iesus for- 
bad him strately, and forth with sent him 
awaye, and sayde vnto him : Take hede, that 
thou saye nothinge to eny man, but go thy 
waye, and shew thy self vnto the prest, and 
e offre for thy clensynge what Moses com- 
maunded, for a wytnesse vnto them. But he 
whan he was departed, beganne to speake 
moch of it, and made the dede knowne : in 
so moch that Iesus coude no more go in to the 
cite openly, but was without in deserte places, 
(j they came vnto him fro all quarters. 

_ " Mat. 8. b. Luc, 4. d. b Mat. 8. b. Luc. 4. c. 

c Mat. 8. a. Luc. 5. b. * Marc. 7. d. and 9. a. 

' Leui. 14. a. / Mat. 9. a. Luc. 5. c. Ioha. 5. a. 



Cfie tj. Chapter. 

AND after certayne dayes he wente 
agayne vnto Capernaum/ and it was 
noysed that he was in f house. And imme- 
diatly there was gathered a greate multitude, 
in so moch that they had no rowme, no not 
without before the dore. And he spake the 
worde vnto the. And there came vnto him 
certaine, which brought one sicke of the 
palsye borne of foure. And when they coude 
not come nye him for f people, they vn- 
couered y rofe of f house where he was. 
And when they had made a hole, they let 
downe the bed (by coardes) wherin the sicke 
of y palsy laye. But when Iesus sawe their 
faith, he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsye : 
My sonne, thy synnes are forgeuen the. 

Neuertheles there were certayne scrybes 
which sat there, i thought in their hertes : 
How speaketh this man soch blasphemy? 
e Who can forgeue synnes, but onely God ? 
And immediatly Iesus knew in his sprete, 
that they thought so in the selues, and saide 
vnto them : Why thynke ye soch thinges in 
youre hertes? Whether is easier to saye to 
the sicke of the palsye : Thy synnes are forgeue 
the, or to saye : aryse, take vp thy bed and 
walke. But that ye maye knowe, that f 
sonne of man hath power to forgeue synnes 
vpon earth, he sayde vnto the sicke of f 
palsye: I saye vnto the, aryse, take vp thy 
bed, and go home. ''And immediatly he 
arose, toke his bed, and wente forth before 
them all : in so moch that they were all 
astonnied, and praysed God, and sayde : We 
neuer sawe soch. 

And he wente forth agayne vnto the see, 
and all the people came vnto him,' and he 
taught them. And as Iesus passed by, he 
sawe Leui the sonne of Alpheus syttinge at 
the receate of custome, and sayde vnto him : 
Folowe me. And he arose, and folowed him. 
And it came to passe as he sat at the table in 
his house, there sat many publicans (j synners 
at the table with Iesus and his disciples : For 
there were many y folowed him. And whan 
the scrybes and Pharises sawe that he ate 
with publicans & synners, they sayde vnto his 
disciples : Why doth he eate and dryncke 



Act. 9. c. 
and 15. 



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with y publicans and synners ? Whan Iesus 
herde that, he sayde vnto the: The whole 
nede not y Phisician, but they that are sycke. 
I am not come to call the righteous, but the 
synners to repetaunce." 

And the disciples of Ihon and of y Pharises 
fasted.* And there came certaine, which 
sayde vnto him: Why fast the disciples of 
Ihon, and of y Pharises, and thy disciples fast 
not ? And Iesus sayde vnto them : How can 
the weddinge children fast, whyle the bryde- 
grome is with them ? So longe as y bryde- 
grome is with them, they can not fast. But 
the tyme wyl come, that the brydegrome 
shalbe taken from them, and then shal they fast. 

No man soweth a pece of new cloth vnto 
an olde garment, for els he taketh awaye the 
new pece from the olde, and so is the ret 
worse. And no man putteth new wyne in to 
olde vessels, els the new wyne breaketh the 
vessels, and the wyne is spylt, and y vessels 
perishe: but new wyne must be put in to 
new vessels. 

c And it chaunsed that vpon y Sabbath he 
wente thorow the corne feldes, and his dis- 
ciples begane to make a waye thorow, and to 
plucke the eares of y corne. And the 
Pharises sayde vnto him : Beholde, what thy 
disciples do, which is not laufull vpo the 
Sabbath. And he sayde vnto the : Haue ye 
neuer red what Dauid dyd, wha he had 
nede, and was an hongred, both he and they 
that were with him : how he wente in to the 
house of God in the tyme of Abiathar the hye 
prest/ and ate the shewbreds (which was 
laufull for no man to eate, but for the prestes) 
and he gaue them vnto him, and to them that 
were with him ? And he sayde vnto them : 
The Sabbath was made for mans sake, and 
not man for the Sabbathes sake. Therfore is 
the sonne of man LORDE euen ouer the 
Sabbath. 

Ci)t trj. Chapter. 

HE wente agayne also in to the synagoge, 
and there was there a ma that had 
a wythred hande. 6 And they marked him, 
whether he wolde heale him on the Sabbath, that 
they might accuse him. And he sayde vnto y 
ma with the wythred hade : Steppe forth here. 



" 1 Tim. 1. c. b Mat. 9. b. Luc. 5. c. c Mat. 12. a. 
Luc. 6. a. d 1 Re. 21. b. « Mat. 12. b. Luc. 6. a. 

f 3 Re. 13. b. « Mat. 12. b. Ioha. 10. d. * Mat. 4. c. 



And he sayde vnto the : Is it laufull to do 
good on the Sabbath ? Or is it laufull to do 
euell.'' to saue life, or to kyll? But they 
helde their tonge. And he loked rounde 
aboute vpon them with wrath, and was sory 
for the harde hertes of the, and sayde vnto 
the man : Stretch out thine hande. And he 
stretched it out. -^And his hande was made 
whole like as y other. 

And the Pharises wete out, and straight 
waye ^they helde a councell with Herodes 
officers agaynst him, how they might destroye 
him. But Iesus departed awaye with his 
disciples vnto the see. 'And there folowed 
him moch people out of Galile, and fro Iewry, 
and from Ierusale, and out of Idumea, and 
from beyonde Iordan, and they that dwelt 
aboute Tyre and Sydon, a greate multitude 
which had herde of his noble actes, and came 
vnto him. 

And he spake vnto his disciples y they 
shulde kepe a shyppe for him because of the 
people, lest they shulde thrunge him : for he 
healed many of them, in so moch, that all 
they which were plaged, preased vpon him, 
that they might touch him. And whan the 
foule spretes sawe him,' they fell downe be- 
fore him, and cried, and sayde : Thou art the 
sonne of God. And he charged them strately, 
that they shulde not make him knowne. 

*And he wente vp in to a mountayne, and 
called vnto him whom he wolde, and they 
came vnto him. And he ordeyned y twolue, 
that they shulde be with him, and that he 
might sende them out to preach, and that 
they might haue power to heale sicknesses, 
and to cast out deuyls. And vnto Symon he 
gaue the name Peter, and lames the sonne of 
Zebede, and Ihon the brother of lames, and 
gaue the the name Bonarges, that is to saye, 
the children of thonder : and Andrew, and 
Philippe, and Bartylmew, and Mathew, and 
Thomas, and lames y sonne of Alpheus, and 
Taddeus, and Symon of Cana, and Iudas 
Iscarioth which betrayed him. 

And they came to house. Then assembled 
the people together agayne, in so moch that 
they had no leysure to eate. And when they 
that were aboute him herde of it, they wente 
out to holde him. For they sayde : * he 



Luc. 6. 
Act. 1. 



Luc. 4. c. u Mat. 10. a. Luc. 6. b. and 9. a. 
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taketh to moch vpon him. But the scrybes 
that were come downe from Ierusalem, sayde : 
He hath Belzebub, and thorow the chefe 
deuell casteth he out deuyls. And he called 
them together," and spake vnto them in 
symilitudes : 

How can one Sathan dryue out another? 
And yf a realme be deuyded in it self, how 
can it endure ? And yf a house be deuyded 
agaynst it self, it can not contynue. Yi 
Sathan now ryse agaynst him self, and be at 
variaunce with him self, he can not endure, 
but is at an ende. No man can entre in to a 
stronge mans house, and take awaye his 
goodes, excepte he first bynde the stronge 
man, and then spoyle his house. 

b Verely I saye vnto you : All synnes shalbe 
forgeuen the children of men, and the 
blasphemy also wherwith they blaspheme. 
But who so blasphemeth the holy goost, hath 
neuer forgeuenes, but is giltie of the euer- 
lastinge iudgment. For they sayde : he hath 
an vncleane sprete. 

"And there came his mother and his 
brethre, and stode without, and sente vnto 
him, and called him. And the people sat 
aboute him, and sayde vnto him : Beholde, 
thy mother and thy brethre axe after the 
without. And he answered, and sayde: Who 
is my mother and my brethren ? And he 
loked rounde aboute him vpon his disciples, 
which sat rounde in compasse aboute him, 
and sayde : Beholde, my mother and my 
brethren. For who so euer doth the will of 
God the same is my brother, and my sister 
and my mother. 

Cfte iiij. Chapter. 

AND he begane agayne to teach by y see 
side. ^And there gathered moch people 
vnto him, so that he wente in to a shippe, 
and sat vpon the water. And all the people 
stode vpon the londe by the see syde. 
And he preached longe vnto the by 
parables, and sayde vnto the in his doctryne : 
Herken to, beholde, there wente out a sower 
to sowe : j it happened whyle he was sowinge, 
that some fell by the waye syde. Then came 
the foules vnder the heauen, and ate it vp. 
Some fell vpon stonye grounde, where it had 

"■ Mat. 9. d. and 12. c. Luc. 11. b. b Mat. 12. c. 

Luc. 12. a. 1 Ioh. 5. c. c Mat. 12. c. Luc. 8. c. 

A Mat. 13. a. Luc. 8. b. c Mat. 13. b. Luc. 8. b. 



not moch earth : and anone it came vp, be- 
cause it had not depe earth. Now wha the 
Sonne arose, it caught heate : and in so moch 
as it had no rote, it wythred awaye. And 
some fel amonge the thornes, j the thornes 
grew vp, and choked it, and it gaue no frute. 
And some fell vpon a good grounde, which 
gaue frute, that came vp and grew. And 
some bare thirtie folde, and some sixtie folde, 
and some an hundreth folde. And he sayde 
vnto them : Who so hath eares to heare, let 
him heare. 

e And whan he was alone, they that were 
aboute him with the twolue, axed him con- 
cernynge this parable. And he sayde vnto 
the : Vnto you it is geuen, to knowe the 
mystery of the kyngdome of God : but vnto 
them that are without, all thinges happen by 
parables/ that with seynge eyes they maye se, 
and not discerne : and that with hearinge 
eares they maye heare, and not vnderstode, 
lest at eny tyme they turne, and their synnes 
be forgeuen them. And he sayde vnto them : 
Vnderstonde ye not this parable ? How wyl 
ye then vnderstonde all other parables ? 

The sower soweth the worde. * These be 
they that are by the waye syde : where the 
worde is sowne, and as soone as they haue 
herde it, immediatly commeth Satha, and 
taketh awaye the worde that was sowen in 
their hertes. And likewyse are they that are 
sowen on the stonye grounde : which when 
they haue herde the worde, receaue it with 
ioye, and haue no rote in them : but endure 
for a tyme. When trouble and persecucion 
aryseth for y wordes sake, immediatly they 
are offended. And these are they that are 
sowen amdge the thornes : which heare the 
worde, and y carefulnes of this worlde, and 
the disceatfulnes of riches, and many other 
lustes entre in, and choke the worde, and so 
is it made vnfrutefull. And these are they y 
are sowen vpo a good grounde : Which heare 
y worde, and receaue it, and brynge forth 
frute : some thirtie folde, and some sixtie 
folde, and some an hundreth folde. 

And he sayde vnto the : * Is a candle lighted 
to be put vnder a buszhell, or vnder a table ? 
Is it not lighted, to be set vpon a candel- 
sticke ? For there is nothinge hyd, that shal 



Esa. 6. b. Ioha. 12. e. Act. 28. d. Rom. 11. 1 
e Mat. 13. c. '' Mat. 5. b. Luc. 8. b. and 11. c. 



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not be openly shewed : and there is nothinge 
secrete, y shal not be knowne. "Who so hath 
eares to heare, let him heare. And he sayde 
vnto them : Take hede what ye heare. With 
what measure ye mete, with the same shal it 
be measured vnto you agayne. *And vnto you 
that heare this, shal more be geuen. c For 
who so hath, vnto him shal be geuen : and 
who so hath not, from him shalbe taken 
awaye, euen that he hath. 

And he sayde : The kyngdome of God is 
after this maner, as when a man casteth sede 
vpon the londe, and slepeth, and stondeth vp 
night and daye/ and the sede spryngeth vp, g 
groweth, he not knowinge of it. (For the 
earth bryngeth forth frute of her selfe : first 
the grasse, afterwarde the eare, then the full 
wheate in the eare.) But whan she hath 
brought forth the frute, he putteth to the 
syckell, because the haruest is come. 

And he sayde : Where vnto wyl we licken 
the kyngdome of God ? Or by what symili- 
tude wyl we compare it? "Tt is like a grayne 
of mustarde sede, which wha it is so we vpo 
the londe, is the leest amonge all sedes of 
the earth. And wha it is sowen, it groweth 
vp, and is greater then all herbes, and getteth 
greate braunches, so y the foules vnder the 
heaue maye dwell vnder y shadowe therof. 

And by many soch parables he spake the 
worde vnto the, there after as they might 
heare it/ g without parables spake he nothinge 
vnto them: but vnto his disciples he ex- 
pounded all thinges pryuately. And the 
same daye at euen he sayde vnto them : s let 
us passe ouer. And they let the people go, 
and toke him as he was in the shippe, and 
there were mo shippes with him. And there 
arose a greate storme of wynde, and daszhed 
the wawes in to the shippe, so that the shippe 
was full. And he was behynde in the shippe 
and slepte vpon a pelowe. And they awoke 
him g sayde vnto him : Master, Carest thou 
not, that we perishe ? And he arose, and 
rebuked y wynde, and sayde vnto the see: 
Peace, and be styll, And the wynde was 
layed, g there folowed a gi'eate calme. And 
he sayde vnto them : Why are ye so fearfull ? 
How is it, that ye haue no faith ? And they 
feared exceadingly, g sayde one to another : 



" Mat. 10. d. Luc. 8. b. and 12. a. » Mat. 7. a. 

Luc. 6. d. c Mat. 13. b. and 25. c. Luc. 8. b. and 

19. c. d Mat. 13. d. * Mat. 13. d. Luc. 13. b. 



What is he this ? For wynde and see are 
obedient vnto him. 

Cfte b. Chapter. 
A ND they came ouer vnto the other syde 
_£\_ of the see in to the countre of the 
Gaderenites. ; And whan he wete out of the 
shippe, there met him a ma possessed of an 
vncleane sprete, which had his dwellinge in 
the graues. And no man coude bynde hym, 
no not with cheynes : for he was oft bounde 
with fetters g cheynes, and pluckte the cheynes 
in sunder, and brake the fetters in peces, and 
no man coude tame him. And he was allwaye 
both daye and night vpon the mountaynes 
and in the graues crienge, and beatinge him 
self with stones. But whan he sawe Iesus 
afarre of, he ranne, and fell downe before 
him, and cried loude, and sayde : * What haue 
I to do with the O Iesus thou sonne of f 
Hyest God ? I charge the by God, that thou 
torment me not. Neuertheles he sayde vnto 
him : Go out of the man thou foule sprete. 
And he axed him : What is thy name ? And 
he answered and sayde : My name is Legion, 
for there be many of vs. And he prayed him 
instantly, that he wolde not sende them awaye 
out of that countre. 

And euen there in the mountaynes there 
was a * greate heerd of swyne fedynge, and 
all the deuyls praied him, and sayde : Let vs 
departe in to the swyne. And anone Iesus 
gaue them leue. Then the foule spretes 
wente out, and intred in to the swyne. And 
the heerd of swyne, ranne heedlinges in to y 
see with a storme. They were aboute a two 
thousande swyne, and were drowned in the see. 

And the swyneherdes fled, and tolde it in 
the cite, and in the countre. And they wente 
out for to se what had happened, and came 
to Iesus, and sawe hym which was possessed 
and had had y legion, that he sat, and was 
clothed, and in his right mynde, and they 
were afrayed. And they that had sene it, 
tolde them what had happened to the pos- 
sessed, and of the swyne. 

And they beganne to praye him, that he 
wolde departe out of their coastes. And 
whan he came in to the shyppe, the possessed 
prayed him, that he might be with him. 



Mat. 13. e. 


r Mat. 8. c. 


Luc. 8. c. 


* Mat. 


Luc. 8. c. 


» Act. 16. c. 


k Mat. 8. d. 


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Neuertheles Iesus wolde not suffre hi, but 
saide vnto hi : Go I to thy house g to thi 
awne, and tell the how greate benefites the 
LORDE hath done for y, and how he hath 
had mercy vpon the. And he wente his 
waye, and beganne to publish in the ten cities 
how greate benefites Iesus had done for him. 
And euery man marueyled. 

And whan Iesus passed ouer agayne by 
shippe, there gathered moch people vnto him, 
and was by the see syde. "And beholde, 
there came one of the rulers of the synagoge, 
whose name was Iairus. And whan he sawe 
him, he fell downe at his fete, and besought 
him greatly, & sayde : My doughter is at the 
poynte (of death) let it be thy pleasure to 
come and laye thine honde vpon her, that she 
maye be whole and lyue. And he wente with 
him, and moch people folowed him, and 
thronged him. 

And there was a woman, * which had had 
the bloudeyssue twolue yeares, and had suffred 
moch of many phisicians, and spent all that 
she had, and was not helped, but rather in 
worse case. Whan she herde of Iesus, she 
came behynde amonge the people, and touched 
his garment. For she sayde : Yf I maye but 
touch his clothes, I shal be whole. 

And immediatly y fountayne of hir bloude 
was dryed vp, and she felt in hir body, y she 
was healed of the plage. 

And forth with Iesus felt in himself the 
power that was gone out of him, and turned 
him aboute amoge the people, and sayde: 
Who hath touched my clothes? And his 
disciples sayde vnto him : Thou seist that the 
people thrusteth the, and sayest: Who hath 
touched me ? And he loked aboute to se 
her, that had done it. 

As for the woman, she feared and trembled 
(for she knew, what was done in her) and 
came and fell downe before him, and tolde 
him the whole trueth. And he sayde vnto 
her: c Doughter, thy faith hath made the 
whole : go thy waye in peace, g be whole of 
thy plage. 

d Whyle he yet spake, there came certayne 
from the ruler of the synagoges house, and 
sayde : Thy doughter is deed, why troublest 
thou the master eny more ? But Iesus herde 
right soone the worde that was spoken, and 

" Mat. 9. c. Luc. 8. e. » Mat. 9. c. Luc. 8. e. 

c Luc. 7. c. ''Mat. 9. c. Luc. 8. f. «Ioua. 11. b. 



sayde vnto the ruler of the synagoge : Be not 
thou afrayed, beleue onely. 

And he suffred no ma to folowe him, but 
Peter and lames and Ihon his brother. And 
he came in to the ruler of the synagoges 
house, and sawe the busynes, and them that 
wepte and wayled greatly : and he wente in 
and sayde vnto them : Why make ye this 
a doo, and wepe? e The mayde is not deed, 
but slepeth. 

And they laughed him to scorne. *And 
he droue them all out, and toke the father 
and mother of the mayde, and them that were 
with him, and wente in where the mayden 
laye. And he toke the mayde by the honde, 
and sayde vnto her: Thabitha Cumi (which 
is by interpretacion) Mayde, I saye vnto the : 
Aryse. t And immediatly the mayden arose, 
and walked. She was twolue yeare olde, and 
they were astonnyed out of measure. And 
he charged them strately, that no man shulde 
knowe of it, and sayde vnto them, that they 
shulde geue her to eate. 

Cftj bi. Chapter. 
ND he departed thence, and came in to 
_ his awne -^countre, and his disciples 
blowed him. And wha y Sabbath came, he 
begane to teach in their synagoge. And 
many that herde it, marueled at his lernynge, 
and sayde : From whece hath he these thinges? 
And what wyszdome is this, y is geue him : 
I soch actes as are done by his handes? Is 
not this the Carpenter the sonne of Mary, 
and the brother of lames and loses, and of 
Iude and Symon ? Are not his sisters here 
with vs also ? And they were offended at 
him. But Iesus saide vnto the: e A prophet 
is nowhere lesse set by, the in his awne 
countre, g at home amonge his awne. And 
he coude not shew one miracle there, but 
layed his handes vpon a few sicke, and healed 
them. And he marueyled at their vnbeleue. 
And he wente aboute in the townes on 
euery syde, and taught them. And called the 
twolue, and begane to sende them two and 
two, and gaue them power ouer the vncleane 
spretes. And commaunded the, that they 
shulde take nothinge with them towarde 
their iourney, saue onely a rodde : no scrippe, 
no bred, no money in the gerdell, but shulde 



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be shod with sandales, and that they shulde 
not put on two cotes. And he sayde vnto 
them : Where so euer ye shal entre in to an 
house, there abyde, tyll ye go thence. And 
who so euer wyll not receaue you," ner heare 
you, departe out from thence, and shake of 
the dust from youre fete, for a wytnesse vnto 
them. I saye vnto you verely: It shal be 
*easyer for Sodome and Gomorra in the daye 
of Judgment, then for that cite. 

c And they wete forth, and preached, that 
men shulde amede them selues, and they cast 
out many deuyls : and many that were sicke 
anoynted they with oyle, and healed the. 

''And it came to kynge Herods eares (for 
his name was now knowne) and he sayde 
Ihon the baptist is rysen agayne from the 
deed, and therfore are his dedes so mightie. 
But some sayde : It is Elias. Some sayde : 
It is a prophet, or one of y prophetes. But 
when Herode herde it, he sayde : It is Ihon 
whom I beheeded, he is rysen againe from 
the deed. This Herode had sent forth, and 
taken Ihon, and put him in preson, because 
of Herodias his brother Philippes wife, for 
he had maried her. Neuertheles Ihon sayde 
vnto Herode : *It is not laufull for the to 
haue thy brothers wife. But Herodias layed 
wayte for him, and wolde haue slayne him, 
and coude not. Notwithstodinge Herode 
feared Iho, for he knew that he was a iust 
and holy man : and he kepte him, and her- 
kened vnto him in many thinges, and herde 
him gladly. 

And there came a conuenient daye, that 
Herode on his "byrth daye made a supper to 
the lordes, captaynes and chefe estates of 
Galile. Then the daughter of Herodias came 
in, and daunsed, and pleased Herode, and 
them that sat at the table. Then sayde the 
kynge vnto y damsel: Axe of me what thou 
wilt, I wil geue it the. And he sware vnto 
her : What soeuer thou shalt axe of me, I wil 
geue it the, euen vnto y one half of my kyng- 
dome. She wente forth, and sayde vnto hir 
mother : what shal I axe ? She sayde : Ihon 
baptistes heade. And immediatly she wete 
in to the kinge with haist, and sayde : I will 
that thou geue me straight waye in a platter 
the heed of Ihon the baptist. Then the 
kynge was sory : Yet for the oothes sake and 



<• Mat. 10. b. Luc. 9. a. 
Mat. 10. a. d Mat. 14. a. 



4 Mat. 
Luc. 9. 



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Leui. 18. b. 



the that sat at the table, he wolde not saye 
her nay. l 

And immediatly he sent the hangman, and 
commaunded his heade to be brought in. 
So he wete, and heeded him in the preson, 
and brought his heade in a platter, and gaue 
it vnto the damsell, and the damsell gaue it 
vnto hir mother. And whan his disciples 
herde that, they came and toke his body, g 
layed it in a graue. 

•^And the Apostles came together vnto 
Iesus, and tolde hi all, and what they had 
done and taught. And he sayde vnto them : 
Let vs go out of the waye in to the wyldernes, 
and rest a litle. For there were many c5mers 
and goers, and they had not tyme ynough to 
eate. And there he passed by shippe out of 
f waye in to a deserte place. And the people 
sawe the departynge awaye, and many knewe 
of it, 5 ranne thither together of fote out of 
all cities, g came before the, (t came vnto 
him. s And Iesus wente out, and sawe moch 
people, and had copassion vpon them: for 
they were t as the shepe, that haue no shep- 
herde, and he begane a loge sermon. 

Now whan the daye was farre past, his 
disciples came vnto him, and sayde : This is 
a deserte place, let them departe/' that they 
maye go in to the vyllagies and townes rounde 
aboute, and bye them selues bred, for they 
haue nothinge to eate. But Iesus answered 
and sayde vnto them : geue ye them to 
eate. 

And they sayde vnto him : Shal we go then, 
and bye two hundreth peny worth of bred, 
and geue them to eate? He sayde vnto 
them : ' How many loaues haue ye ? Go and 
se. And when they had searched, they sayde : 
Fyue, and two fiszhes. And he commaunded 
them all to syt downe by table fulles vpon the 
grene grasse. And they sat downe here a 
rowe and there a rowe by hundreds and by 
fifties. And he toke the fyue loaues and two 
fiszhes, and loked vp vnto heauen, and gaue 
thankes, and brake the loaues, and gaue to 
the disciples, to set before them. And the 
two fiszhes parted he amonge them all. And 
they all ate, and were satisfied. And they 
toke vp twolue baskettes full of y broken peces 
and of the fiszhes. And they that ate, were 
aboute fyue thousande men. And anone he 



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caused his disciples" to go in to the shippe, 
and to passe ouer before him vnto Bethsaida, 
whyle he sent awaye the people. And at 
euen was the shippe in the myddest of the see, 
and he alone vpon the londe. And he sawe 
that they were in parell with rowynge, for the 
wynde was agaynst them. 

And aboute the fourth watch of f night he 
came vnto them, and walked vpon the see, 
and wolde haue gone ouer by the. And whan 
they sawe him walkinge vpon the see, they 
thought it had bene a sprete, and cried out, 
for they sawe him all, and were afrayed. 
But immediatly he talked with them, and 
sayde vnto them : Be of good comforte, it is 
I, be not afrayed. *And he wete vnto them 
in to the shippe, and the wynde ceassed. And 
they were astonnyed, and marueled excead- 
ingly : for they had forgotten the * loaues, and 
their hert was blynded. 

And whan they were passed ouer, they 
came in to y lande of Genezareth, and drue vp 
in to the hauen. And whan they were come 
out of the shippe, immediatly they knewe him, 
and ranne thorow out all the region aboute, 
and beganne on euery syde to brynge vnto 
him in beddes soch as were sicke, where they 
herde that he was. And whither so euer he 
entred in to townes, cities or vyllagies, there 
layed they the sicke in the market place, and 
prayed him, that they might but touch the 
hemme of his garment. And as many as 
touched him, were made whole. 

Cijc bij. Chapter. 

AND there came vnto him the Pharises, 
and certayne of the scrybes/ that were 
come from Ierusale. And wha they sawe 
certayne of his disciples eate bred with comon 
(that is, with vnwashen) handes, they com- 
playned. For the Pharises g all the Iewes 
eate not, excepte they wash their handes oft 
tymes: obseruynge so the tradicions of the 
elders. And whan they come from the 
market, they eate not, excepte they waszhe. 
And many other thynges there be, which they 
haue taken vpon them to obserue, as the 
washinge of cuppes and cruses, and brasen 
vessels and tables. 

Then the Pharises and scrybes axed him : 
Why walke not thy disciples after the tradi- 



" Mat. 14. c. Ioha. 6. b. 
Mat. 15. a. <* Esa. 29. i 



Mat. 14. < 
c Exo. 2 



Marc. 6. e. 
Deut. 5. a. 



cions of the elders, but eate bred with vn- 
waszhen handes ? But he answered j sayde 
vnto them : Full well hath Esay prophecied 
of you Ypocrytes, as it is wrytte : ''This people 
honoureth me with their lippes, but their hert 
is farre fro me. But in vayne do they serue 
me, whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are 
nothinge but the commaundemetes of me. 
Ye leaue the comaundement of God and 
kepe the tradicions of men, as the wasshynge 
of cruses and cuppes, & many soch thinges 
do ye. 

And he saide vnto the : How goodly haue 
ye cast asyde the comaundement of God, to 
manteyne youre owne tradicions? Tor Moses 
sayde : Honoure father (t mother. t Who so 
curseth father and mother, shal dye the death 
But ye saye : A ma shal saye to father or 
mother : Corban, that is, The thinge y I 
shulde helpe the withall, is geue vnto God. 
And thus ye suffre him nomore to do ought 
for his father or his mother, (j make Gods 
worde of none effecte, thorow youre owne 
tradicions that ye haue set vp. And many 
soch thinges do ye. 

And he called vnto him all the people,/ 
and sayde vnto them : Herken vnto me ye 
all, and vnderstonde me. There is nothinge 
without a man, that can defyle him, whan it 
entreth in to him. But that goeth out of him, 
that is it that maketh the man vncleane. Yf 
eny man haue eares to heare, let him heare. 
And whan he came from the people in to ;y 
house, his disciples axed him of this symi- 
litude. And he sayde vnto them : Are ye so 
then without vnderstondinge ? Perceaue ye 
not yet, y euery thinge which is without, and 
goeth in to the ma, can not defyle him ? For 
it entreth not in to his hert, but in to y bely, 
and goeth out in to the draught, that purgeth 
all meates. 

And he sayde : The thinge that goeth out 
of the man, that defyleth the man. For from 
within out of the hert of man proceade euell 
thoughtes, aduoutrye, whordome, murthur, 
theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, disceate, vn- 
clennes, a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, 
foolishnes. All these euell thinges go from 
within, and defyle the man. 

s And he arose, and wente from thence in 
to the borders of Tyre and Sydon, (j entred 

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in to an house, and wolde let no man knowe 
of it, and yet coude he not be hyd: For a 
certayne woman (whose doughter had a foule 
sprete) herde of him, and came and fell downe 
at his fete (and it was an Heithe woman of 
Syrophenices) and she besought him, that he 
wolde dryue out the deuell from hir doughter. 
But Iesus sayde vnto her: Let the children 
be fed first : It is not mete to take the childres 
bred, and to cast it vnto dogges. She an- 
swered and sayde vnto him : Yee LORDE, 
neuertheles the whelpes also eate vnder y 
table, of y childres cromes. And he sayde 
vnto her : Because of this sayenge go thy 
waye, the deuell is departed out of thy 
doughter. And she wente vnto her house, 5 
founde that the deuell was departed, and hir 
doughter lyenge on the bed. 

a And whan he wente out agayne from the 
coastes of Tyre and Sydon, he came vnto the 
see of Galile, thorow the myddes of f coastes 
of the te cities. And they brought vnto him 
one that was deaf, and had impediment in his 
speach. And they prayed him, that he wolde 
laye his hande vpon him. 

And he toke him a syde from the people, 
and put his fyngers in his eares, and dyd spyt, 
and touched his tonge, and loked vp vnto 
heauen, sighed, and sayde vnto him : Ephatha, 
that is, be opened. And immediatly his 
eares were opened, and the bonde of his toge 
was lowsed, and he spake right. *And he 
charged them, that they shulde tell noman. 

But the more he forbad them, the more 
they published it, 5 marueyled out of mea- 
sure, and sayde : * He hath done all thinges 
well. The deaf hath he made to heare, and 
the domme to speake. 

Ei)t bii). Chapter. 

AT the same tyme whan there was moch 
people there, and had nothinge to eate, 
Iesus called his disciples to him, and sayde 
vnto them: I haue compassion vpon the 
people, for they haue taried with me now thre 
dayes, u haue nothinge to eate. And yf I 
let them go home fro me fastynge, they 
shulde faynte by the waye. tFor some of 
them were come from farre. And his dis- 
ciples answered him : Where shulde we get 



a Mat. 9. c. Luc. 11. b. * Marc. 1. d. and 9. a, 

: Gen. 1. d. Eccll. 39. c. t Tob. 13. b. Esa. 60. a, 

Marc. 6. e. d Mat. 16. a. Ioha. 6. d. ' Mat. 12. b. 



bred here in the wyldernes, to satisfie them ? 
And he axed the: "How many loaues haue 
ye ? They sayde : Seuen. And he com- 
maunded the people to syt downe vpon the 
grounde. And he toke the seuen loaues, and 
gaue thakes, and brake them, and gaue the 
vnto his disciples to set them before the people. 
And they set the before the people. And 
they had a few small fyshes, and whan he 
had geuen thankes, he bad set the same before 
the people. They ate, and were satisfied, g 
toke vp seue baszkettes full of y broke meate 
that was left. And they y ate, were vpo a 
foure thousande. And he sent the awaye. 

And forth with he wente in to a shippe with 
his disciples/ and came in to the coastes of 
Dalmanutha. And the Pharises wente out, 
and begane to dispute with him, and tempted 
him, and desyred a token of him from heaue. 
And he sighed in his sprete, and sayde : e Why 
doth this generacion seke a token ? Verely I 
saye vnto you : There shal no toke be geue 
vnto this generacion. And he left them, and 
wete againe in to the shippe, and passed ouer. 

f And they forgat to take bred with them, 
and had nomore with them in the shippe but 
one loaf. And he comaunded them, and 
sayde : Take hede, and bewarre of the leuen 
of the Pharises, and of the leuen of Herode. 
And their myndes wauered here and there, 
and sayde amonge them selues : This is it, 
that we haue no bred. And Iesus vnderstode 
that, and sayde vnto them : Why trouble ye 
youre selues, that ye haue no bred ? Are ye 
yet without vnderstondinge ? Haue ye yet a 
blynded hert in you? Haue ye eyes, j se not? 
and haue ye eares, and heare not ? and re- 
mebre ye not, Hhat I brake fyue loaues 
amonge fyue thousande, how many baszkettes 
full of broken meate toke ye then vp ? They 
sayde : twolue. And % whan I brake the 
seuen amonge the foure thousande, how many 
baskettes full of broken meate toke ye then 
vp ? They sayde : Seuen. And he sayde 
vnto the : Why are ye then without vnder- 
stondinge ? 

And he came to Bethsaida, a they brought 
one blynde vnto him, and prayed him to 
touch him. And he toke the blynde by the 
hande, and led him out of the towne, and spat 



. a. / Mat. 16. a. Luc. 12. a. s Marc. 6. c, 
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in his eyes, and layed his handes vpon him, 
and axed him whether he sawe ought. And 
he loked vp, and sayde : I se men goynge 
as yf I sawe trees. After this he layed his 
handes vpon his eyes ageyne, and made him 
to se. And he was brought to right againe, 
and sawe all clearly. And he sent him home, 
and sayde : Go not in to f towne, and tell it 
also vnto noman therin. 

And Iesus wente out and his disciples into 
the townes of the cite Cesarea Philippic And 
in y waye he axed his disciples and sayde vnto 
them : What do men saye, that I am ? They 
answered : They saye, thou art Ihon the bap- 
tist : Some saye thou art Elias, some that 
thou art one of the prophetes. And he sayde 
vnto them : But whom saye ye that I am ? 
Then answered Peter 4 and sayde vnto him: 
Thou art very Christ. And he charged them 
strately, that they shulde tell no man of him. 
And he begane to teach them: c The sonne of 
man must suffre many thinges, and be cast 
out of the elders & hye prestes and scrybes, and 
be put to death, and after thre dayes ryse 
agayne. And that worde spake he fre openly. 
And Peter toke him vnto him, and beganne 
to rebuke him. But he turned him aboute, 
and loked vpon his disciples, and reproued 
Peter, and sayde : Go after me thou Sathan, 
for thou sauourest not the thinges that be of 
God, but of men. 

And he called vnto him the people with his 
disciples, and sayde vnto them : d Who so euer 
wyl folowe me, let him denye himself, and 
take vp his crosse, and folowe me. e For who 
so euer wyl saue his life, shal lose it : and who 
so euer loseth his life for my sake and y 
gospels, y same shal saue it. What helpeth 
it a ma though he wane the whole worlde, and 
yet toke harme in his soule ? Or, what can a 
man geue, to redeme his soule withall? J Who 
so euer is ashamed of me and of my wordes 
amonge this aduouterous and synfull genera- 
cion, of him shal the sonne of man also be 
ashamed, whan he commeth in the glory of 
his father with the holy angels. ^And he 
sayde vnto them : Verely I saye vnto you : 
There stode here some, which shal not taist 
of death, tyll they se the kyngdome of God 
come with power. 

" Mat. 16. b. Luc. 9. c. b Ioha. 6. g. c Mat. 16. c. 
17. d. 20. b. d Mat. 16. d. Luc. 9. e. « Luc. 17. d. 
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Cfic ir. Chapter. 

AND after sixe dayes Iesus toke vnto him 
Peter, lames and Ihon/' and brought 
them vp in to an hye mountayne out of the 
waye alone, and was trasngured before them, 
and his clothes were bright and very whyte as 
f snowe, so whyte as no fuller can make vpon 
earth. And there appeared vnto the Elias 
with Moses, and they talked with Iesus. And 
Peter answered, and sayde vnto Iesus : Rabbi, 
here is good beynge for vs. Let vs make thre 
tabernacles : one for the, one for Moses, and 
one for Elias. For he knewe not what he 
sayde, and they were very fearfull. And there 
was a cloude, which ouershadowed the. 'And 
out of the cloude there came a voyce, and 
sayde : This is my deare sonne,* heare him. 
And immediatly they loked aboute them, 
and sawe noman more then Iesus onely with 
them. 

k But whan they wente downe from the 
mountayne, Iesus charged them, that they 
shulde tell no man what they had sene, tyll 
the sonne of man were rysen agayne from the 
deed. 

And they kepte that sayenge by them, and 
axed one another : What is that rysinge agayne 
from the deed? And they axed him, and 
sayde : Why saye the scrybes then, that t Elias 
must first come ? He answered and sayde vnto 
them: Elias shal come first in dede, and 
brynge all thinges to right agayne. The sonne 
of man also shal suffre many thinges, and be 
despysed, % as it is wrytten. But I saye vnto 
you : Elias is come, and they haue done vnto 
him what they wolde, acordinge as it is 
wrytten of him. 

'And he came to his disciples, and sawe 
moch people aboute them, and the scrybes 
disputynge with them. And as soone as the 
people sawe, they were astonnyed, and ranne 
vnto him, and saluted him. And he axed the 
scrybes : What dispute ye with them ? And 
one of the people answered, and sayde : 
Master, I haue brought vnto the my sonne, 
which hath a domme sprete : and whan so 
euer he taketh him, he teareth him, and 
he fometh, and gnaszheth with the teth, 
and pyneth awaye, a I haue spoken to thy 

' Mat. 3. b. Marc. 1. a. Luc. 3. c. * Deu. 18. c. 

4 Mat. 17. b. f Mala. 3. d. % Esa. 53. a. Psal. 21. a. 
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disciples that they shulde cast him out, and 
they coude not. 

He answered him, and sayde : O thou vn- 
faithfull generacion, how longe shal I be with 
you ? How longe shal I suffre you ? Brynge 
hi hither to me. And they brought him vnto 
him. And as soone as the sprete sawe him, 
he tare him, and fell vpon the earth, and 
weltred and fomed. And he axed his father : 
How longe is it, sens this happened vnto him? 
He sayde : Of a childe, and oft tymes hath 
he cast him in to the fyre and water, to 
destroye him: but yf thou canst do eny thinge, 
haue mercy vpon vs, and helpe vs. Iesus 
sayde vnto him : Yf thou couldest beleue : 
All thinges are possible vnto him that be- 
leueth. And immediatly the father of the 
childe cried with teares, and sayde: LORDE 
I beleue : O helpe thou myne vnbeleue. 

Now whan Iesus sawe that the people ranne 
to, he rebuked the foule sprete, and sayde 
vnto him : Thou domme and deaf sprete, I 
charge the, departe out of him, and entre no- 
more in to him from hence forth. And he 
cried, and rent him sore, and departed. And 
he was as though he had bene deed, in so 
moch that many sayde : he is deed. But 
Iesus toke him by the hande, and set him vp. 
And he arose. And whan he came home, his 
disciples axed him secretly : a Why coulde not 
we cast him out ? And he sayde : This kynde 
ca go out by no meanes, but by prayer and 
fastynge. 

And they departed thece, and toke their 
iourney thorow Galile,* and he wolde not that 
eny man shulde knowe of it. But he taught 
his disciples, and sayde vnto them : The sonne 
of ma shalbe delyuered in to the handes of 
men, and they shal put him to death : and 
whan he is put to death, he shal ryse ageyne 
the thirde daye. But they vnderstode not 
that worde, and were afrayed to axe him. 

And he came to Capernaum. c And whan 
he was at home, he axed them : What dis- 
puted ye amonge youre selues by y waye? But 
they held their tuges : d For they had disputed 
by the waye amonge them selues, who shulde 
be y greatest. And he sat downe, and called 
the twolue, and sayde vnto them : e Yf eny 
man wyl be the first, the same shal be the last 

" Mat. 17. c. b Mat. 17. d. Marc. 8. d. and 10. d. 

Luc. 18. d. and 9. c. c Mat. 18. a. d Marc. 10. c. 

Mat. 20. d. / Luc. 9. e. and 10. b. Ioha. 13. c. 



of all, and the seruaunt of all. And he toke 
a childe, and set him in the myddest of them, 
and toke him in his armes, and sayde vnto 
them: -^Who so euer receaueth soch a childe 
in my name, receaueth me : and who so euer 
receaueth me, receaueth not me, but him that 
hath sent me. 

Ihon answered him, and sayde: Master, 
we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name, 
but he foloweth not vs, and we forbad him 
because he foloweth vs not. But Iesus sayde: 
Forbyd him not : for * there is no ma that 
doth a myracle in my name, and can soone 
speake euell of me. For who so euer is not 
agaynst vs, the same is for vs. And who so 
euer geueth you a cuppe of water g to drynke 
in my name, because ye belonge vnto Christ, 
verely I saye vnto you : he shal not lose his 
rewarde. And '' who so offendeth one of these 
litle ones that beleue in me, it were better for 
him, that a mylstone were haged aboute his 
neck, and he cast in to the see. 'Yf thy hade 
offende the, cut him of. Better it is for the 
to entre in to life lame, the hauynge two 
hondes to go in to hell in to the euerlastinge 
fyre, where their worme dyeth not, and their 
fyre goeth not out. 

Yf thy fote offende the, cut him of. Better 
it is for the to entre in to life crepell, the 
hauynge two fete to be cast in to hell in the 
fyre euerlastynge, where their worme dyeth 
not, and their fyre goeth not out. Yf thine 
eye offende the, cast him from the. Better it 
is for the to entre in to y kyngdome of God 
with one eye, then hauynge two eyes to be 
cast in to the fyre of hell : where their worme x 
dyeth not, and their fyre goeth not out. For 
euery ma must be salted with fyre, & t euery 
offerynge shalbe seasoned with salt. ' The 
salt is good : but yf y salt be vnsauery, wher- 
with all shal it be salted ? Haue salt in you, (j 
peace amonge youre selues one with another. 

€i)e v- Chapter. 

AND he rose vp, and came from thence in 
to the places of Iewry beyonde Iordan. 
And the people wete agayne vnto him by 
heapes, and as his maner was he taught them 
agayne. And the Pharises came vnto him, 
and axed him, yf it were laufull for a man to 



* 1 Co. 12. a. g Mat. 10. c. '• Mat. 18. a. Luc. 17. a. 
i Mat. 5. d. and 18. a. k Esa. 66. d. Ezec. 20. f. 

t Leui. 2. d. ' Mat. 5. b. Luc. 14. d. 



Cfjap, *:♦ 



Cfje gos^ell of &, itofee. 



So. jdKfc 



put awaye his wife, and tempted him withall. 
But he answered and sayde : What hath Moses 
comaunded you? " They sayde : Moses suffred 
to wryte a testimoniall of deuorcemet, and to 
put her awaye. Iesus answered, and sayde 
vnto them : Because of y hardnesse of youre 
hert dyd Moses wryte you this commaunde- 
ment. But from the first creacion God 
made the man and woman. * For this cause 
shal a man leaue his father (j mother, and 
cleue vnto his wife, and they two shalbe one 
flesh. Now are they not twayne the, but one 
flesh. Let not man therfore put asunder 
that, which God hath coupled together. 

And at home his disciples axed him agayne 
of f same. And he sayde vnto the : Who 
so euer putteth awaye his wife/ 5 marieth 
another, breaketh wedlocke to her warde. 
And yf a woma forsake hir huszbande, 5 be 
maried to another, she comitteth aduoutrie. 

And they brought childre vnto him, that 
he might touch them. rf But the disciples re- 
proued those that brought the. Neuertheles 
whan Iesus sawe it, he was displeased, and 
sayde vnto them : Suffre the children to come 
vnto me, and forbyd them not, for of soch is 
the kyngdome of God. Verely I saye vnto 
you : Who so euer receaueth not the kyng- 
dome of God as a childe, he shal not entre 
therin. And he toke them vp in his amies, 
and layed his handes vpon them, and blessed 
them. 

And whan he was gone forth vpon the waye, 
there came one runninge, 6 and kneled vnto 
him, (J axed him : Good Master, what shal I 
do, that I maye inheret euerlastinge life? 
But Iesus saide vnto him : Why callest thou 
me good ? There is no man good/ but God 
onely. Thou knowest the commaundementes : 
g Thou shalt not breake wedlocke : thou shalt 
not kyll: thou shalt not steale: thou shalt 
beare no false wytnesse : thou shalt begyle no 
man: Honoure thy father and mother. But 
he answered, and sayde vnto him: Master, 
all these haue I kepte fro my youth vp. And 
Iesus behelde him, and loued him, g sayde 
vnto him : Thou wantest one thinge : Go thy 
waye, and * sell all that thou hast, and geue it 
vnto y poore : so shalt thou haue a treasure 
in heauen, and come j folowe me, and take 



" Deu. 24. a. Mala. 2. c. Mat. 5. a. * Gen. 2. d. 

c Mat. 5. d. and 19. b. Luc. 16. c. d Mat. 19. b. 

Luc. 18. b. e Mat. 19. c. Luc. 18. c. f Deut. 32. f. 



the crosse vpon y. And he was disconforted 
at the sayenge, (j wente awaye sory, for he 
had greate possessions. 

And Iesus loked aboute him, and sayde 
vnto his disciples: *0 how hardly shal the 
ryche come in to f kyngdome of God ? And 
the disciples were astonnyed at his wordes. 
But Iesus answered agayne, and sayde vnto 
them: Deare children, how harde is it for 
them that trust in riches, to come in to the 
kyngdome of God? It is easier for a Camell 
to go thorow the eye of a nedle, then for a 
rich man to entre in to y- kyngdome of God. 
Yet were they astonnyed y more, and sayde 
amonge the selues : Who can the be saued ? 
But Iesus behelde them, and sayde: With 
men it is vnpossyble, but not with God : ' for 
with God all thinges are possyble. 

Then sayde Peter vnto him: Beholde, we 
haue forsaken all, and folowed the. * Iesus 
answered (j sayde : Verely I saye vnto you : 
There is no man that forsaketh house, or 
brethren, or sisters, or father or mother, or 
wife, or children, or londes for my sake and 
the gospels, that shal not receaue an hundreth 
folde now in this tyme, houses, and brethre, 
and sisters, and mothers and children, and 
londes with persecucions, and in the worlde 
to come euerlastinge life. But many that 
are the first, shal be the last: and the last the 
first.' 

They were in the waye goinge vp to Ie- 
rusalem, and Iesus wente before them. " And 
they were astonnyed, and folowed him, and 
were afrayed. And Iesus toke the twolue 
agayne, and tolde them what shulde happe 
vnto him. Beholde, we go vp to Ierusalem, 
and the sonne of man shalbe delyuered vnto 
the hye prestes and scrybes, and they shal 
condemne him to death, and delyuer him 
vnto the Heythe. And they shal mocke hi, 
and scourge him, and spyt vpon him, and put 
him to death, and on the thirde daye shal he 
ryse agayne. 

"Then wete vnto him lames and Ihon y 
sonnes of Zebede, and sayde: Master, We 
desyre, that what soeuer we axe of the, thou 
wilt do it for vs. He sayde vnto the : What 
desyre ye that I shal do to you? They sayde 
vnto him : Graunte vs, that we maye syt one 



e Exo. 20. b. * Act. 2. e. and 4. d. * Mat. 19. c. 

Luc. 18. c. ' Zach. 8. a. * Mat. 19. d. Luc. 18. c. 
' Luc. 13. c. m Mat. 20. b. Luc. 18. d. ■ Mat. 10. c. 



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at thy right hande, and one at thy left hande 
in thy glory. But Iesus sayde vnto the : Ye 
wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the 
cuppe, y I shal drynke? and be baptysed 
with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed 
withall ? They sayde vnto him : Yee y we 
maye. Iesus sayde vnto them : The cuppe 
that I drynke, shal ye drynke in dede : and 
be baptysed with the baptyme that I shall 
be baptysed withall. Neuertheles to syt at 
my right hande and at my left, is not myne 
to geue you, but vnto them for whom it is 
prepared. 

And wha the ten herde that, they disdayned 
at lames and Ihon. But Iesus called them, 
and sayde vnto them: Ye knowe that the 
prynces of y worlde haue domynacion of the 
people, 3 and y mightie exercise auctorite 
amonge them. So shal it not be amonge 
you : but who so euer wil be greate amoge 
you, shal be youre mynister : and who so wyl 
be chefest amonge you, shalbe seruaunt of 
all. For the sonne of man also came not to 
be serued, but to do seruyce, and * to geue his 
life to a redempcion for many. 

And they came vnto Iericho. And whan 
he wente out of Iericho,* and his disciples, 
and moch people, there sat one blynde Bar- 
thimeus the sonne of Thimeus by y waye, 
and begged. And wha he herde that it was 
Iesus of Nazareth, he beganne to crie and 
saye : Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy 
vpon me. And many reproued him, that he 
shulde holde his tunge. But he cried moch 
more : Thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpo 
me. And Iesus stode styll, and bad call him. 
And they called the blynde, and sayde vnto 
him : Be of good conforte, aryse, he calleth 
the. And he cast awaye his garment from 
him, stode vp, and came to Iesus. And Iesus 
answered, & sayde vnto him : What wilt thou 
that I do vnto the? The blynde sayde vnto 
him: Master, that I might se. Iesus sayde 
vnto him: Go thy waye, thy faith hath 
helped y. And immediatly he had his sight 
and folowed him in the waye. 



Che ri. Chapter. 
ND whan they came nye Ierusalem to 
Bethphage' and Bethanye vnto mount 



A 



« Mat. 20. d. Marc. 9. d. Luo. 9. e. and 22. b, 
* lob. 10. b. 'Mat. 20. d. Luc. 18. d. c Mat. 21. a 
Luc. 19. c. ''Ioha. 12. c. <-Psal.ll7. c. /Mat .21. b, 



Oliuete, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde 
vnto them: Go in to the towne that lyeth 
before you, and as soone as ye come in, ye 
shal fynde a foale bounde, wher vpon no man 
hath sytte: lowse it, and brynge it hither. 
And yf eny man saye vnto you: wherfore do 
ye that? Then saye ye: The LORDE hath 
nede therof, and forth with he shal sende it 
hither. They wete their waie and founde the 
foale tyed by y dore without at the partynge 
of the waye, and lowsed it. And certayne of 
those y stode there, axed them : What do ye, 
that ye lowse the foale? But they sayde vnto 
the, like as Iesus had commaunded them. 
And so they let them alone. And they 
brought the foale vnto Iesus, and layed their 
clothes theron, and he sat theron. But many 
spred their garmetes in the waye : d some cut 
downe braunches fro the trees, and strowed 
the in the waye. And they that wente before, 
and that folowed after, cried, and sayde : 
Hosyanna/ blessed be he, that commeth in 
the name of the LORDE : blessed be the 
kyngdome of oure father Dauid, which com- 
meth in the name of the LORDE. Hosyanna 
in the height. 

And the LORDE entred in to Ierusalem, 
and wente in to the temple, and loked vpon 
all. And at euen he wente out vnto Bethany 
with the twolue: and on the morow^wha they 
departed from Bethanye, he hugred, and sawe 
a fygge tre afarre of, which had leaues. Then 
came he nye, ? (to se) yf he coude fynde eny 
thinge theron. And whan he came to it, he 
founde nothinge but leaues (for the tyme of 
fygges was not yet.) And Iesus answered, 
and sayde vnto it: Neuer ma eate frute of 
the for euermore. And his disciples herde it. 

And they came to Ierusalem. And Iesus 
wente in to the temple, and beganne to dryue 
out the sellers and byers in the teple/' % ouer- 
threw the tables of the money chaungers, and 
the stoles of the doue sellers, and suffred not 
eny man to cary a vessell thorow the temple. 
And he taught and sayde vnto them: Is it 
not wrytten: t My house shalbe called a house 
of prayer for all people? But ye haue made 
it a denne of murthurers. 

'And the scrybes and hye prestes herde of 
it. And they sought how they might destroye 

e Luc. 13. a. * Mat. 21. b. Luc. 19. d. Ioha. 2. b. 

f Esa. 56. b. Iere. 7. a. 3 Reg. 8. d. • Mat. 21. c. 

Ioha. 7. d. 



Cfcap* xij. 



€f)t sosfpell of &. itofee. 



So. Ii, 



him, but they were afrayed of him, for all the 
people marueled at his doctryne. And at 
euen he wente out of the cite. And on the 
morow they passed by, a and sawe the fygge 
tre, that it was wythred vnto the rote. And 
Peter thought theron, and sayde vnto him : 
Master, beholde, the fygge trey thou cursedest, 
is wythred awaye. lesus answered, and sayde 
vnto them : * Haue faith in God. Verely I 
saye vnto you : Who so euer saieth vnto this 
mountayne : Avoyde, and cast thy self in to 
the see, and *douteth not in his hert, but 
beleueth that the thinges shal come to passe 
which he saieth, then loke what he sayeth, it 
shal come to passe. c Therfore I saye vnto 
you : What so euer ye desyre in youre prayer, 
beleue that ye shal receaue it, and ye shal 
haue it. rf And whan ye stonde and praye, 
forgeue yf ye haue ought ageynst eny man, 
that youre father also in heauen, maye forgeue 
you youre trespaces. 

And they came agayne vnto Ierusalem and 
whan he wente in the temple/ there came 
vnto him the hye prestes and scrybes and the 
elders, and sayde vnto him : By what auctorite 
dost thou these thinges ? and who gaue the 
this auctorite to do soch ? 

But lesus answered and sayde vnto the : 
I wil axe you a worde also, answere me, and 
I wyl tell you, by what auctorite I do these. 
The baptyme of Ihon, was it from heauen, or 
of men!* Answere me. 

And they thought in them selues : yf we 
saye, it was from heauen, then shal he saye : 
Why dyd ye not then beleue him ? But yf 
we saye : It was of men, then feare we the 
people, for they all helde that Ihon was a 
true prophet. And they answered, and saide 
vnto him : We can not tell. And lesus an- 
swered, and sayde vnto them: Nether tell I 
you, by what auctorite I do these thinges. 

Cfie rtj. Cfiaptev. 

AND he beganne to speake vnto them 
by parables: A certayne ma planted 
a vynyarde, -^and made a hedge aboute it, 
and dygged a wynne presse, and buylded a 
tower, and let it out vnto huszbande men, 
and wente in to a straunge countre. And 
whan the tyme was come, he sent a seruaut 



"Mat. 81. b. 4 Mat. 17. c. Luc. 17. c. *Iaco. 1. a. 
c Ioha. 14. b. 15. a. 16. c. • d Mat. 6. b. 18. c. d. Luc. 
17. a. 'Mat. 21. c. Luc. 20. a. /Mat. 21. d. 



to the huszbande men, that he might receaue 
of the huszbandmen, of the frute of the 
vynyarde. But they toke him, and bet him, 
and sent him awaye emptye. Agayne, he 
sent vnto them another seruaunt, whom they 
stoned, and brake his heade, and sent him 
awaye shamefully dealt withall. Agayne he 
sent another, whom they slew, and many 
other : some they bett, and some they put to 
death. 

Then had he yet one sonne onely, whom he 
loued, him he sent also vnto them at the last, 
and sayde: they wyl stonde in awe of my 
sonne. But the same huszbandmen sayde 
amonge them selues: This is the heyre, Come, 
let vs kyll him, so shal the inheritaunce be 
ours. And they toke him, and slewe him, 
and cast him out of the vynyarde. What 
shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do ? He 
shal come and destroye the huszbande men, 
and geue the vynyarde vnto other. Haue ye 
not red this scripture : g The same stone which 
the buylders refused, is become the headstone 
in the corner? This was the LORDES 
doynge, and it is maruelous in oure eyes. 
''And they wente aboute to take him (but 
they feared the people) for they perceaued, 
that he had spoke this parable agaynst the. 
And they left him, and wente their waye. 

And they sent vnto him certayne of the 
Pharises and Herodes ' officers to take him in 
his wordes. And they came, and sayde vnto 
hi : Master, we knowe that thou art true and 
carest for no man. For thou regardest not 
the outwarde appearaunce of men, but teach- 
est y waye of God truly. Is it laufull to geue 
tribute vnto the Emperoure, or not ? Ought 
we to geue it, or ought we not to geue it ? 
But he perceaued their ypocrisye, and sayde 
vnto them : Why tempte ye me ? Brynge 
me a peny, that I maye se it. And they 
brought it him. Then sayde he: Whose 
ymage and superscripcion is this? They 
sayde vnto him : The Emperours. Then 
answered lesus and sayde vnto the : t Geue 
therfore vnto the Emperoure that which is 
the Emperours, and vnto God that which is 
Gods. And they marueled at him. 

*Then came vnto him the Saduces (which 
holde that there is no resurreccion) these 



Luc. 20. a. I Psal. 117. c. * Mat. 22. b. Luc. 20. b 
' Luc. 20. c. -f- Mat. 17. d. Rom. 13. b. * Mat 

22. c. Luc. 20. d. Act. 23. a. 



fo. Itj- 



€i)t gosptfl of & ilarfo* 



Cfrap* #ij. 



axed him, and sayde : Master, Moses wrote 
vnto vs. a Yf eny mans brother dye, and 
leaue a wife, and leaue no children, his 
brother shal take his wife, and rayse vp sede 
vnto his brother. Now were there seuen 
brethren : the first toke a wife, and dyed, and 
left no sede : and the seconde toke her, and 
dyed, and left no sede also : the thirde in like 
maner. 

And they all seuen toke her, and left no 
sede. At the last after them all, the wyfe 
dyed also. Now in the resurreccion whan 
they shal ryse agayne, whose wife shal she be 
of them ? For seuen had her to wife. 

Then answered Iesus, and sayde vnto 
them : Do not ye erre ? because ye knowe 
not the scryptures ner y power of God ? Whan 
they shal ryse agayne from the deed, they 
shal nether mary ner be maried, but they are 
as the angels in heauen. As touchinge the 
deed, that they shal ryse agayne, haue ye not 
red in the boke of Moses, how God spake 
vnto him in the bush, and sayde : J I am the 
God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, u the 
God of Iacob ? Yet is not God a God of the 
deed, but of the lyuynge. Therfore ye erre 
greatly. 

And there came vnto him one of the 
scrybes, that had herkened vnto the how they 
disputed together, and sawe that he had 
answered them well, and axed him : Which 
is the chefest comaundement of all? Iesus 
answered him: The chefest commaundemet 
of all commaundementes is this : rf Heare O 
Israel, the LORDE oure God is one God, 
and thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God 
with all thy hert, with all thy soule, with all 
thy mynde, and with all thy strength. This 
is the chefest commaundement, and the se- 
conde is like vnto it : e Thou shalt loue thy 
neghboure as thy self. There is none other 
greater commaundement then these. 

And the scrybe sayde vnto him : Master, 
Verely thou hast sayde right : for there is but 
one God, (j there is none other without him, 
and to loue him with all the hert, with all the 
mynde, with all the soule, and with all the 
strength, and to loue a mans neghboure as 
himself, is more then brent sacrifices and all 
offerynges. But wha Iesus sawe that he 

° Deut. 25. a. * Exod. 3. a. Act. 7. d. c Mat. 

22. d. d Deut. 6. b. and 30. b. e Leui. 19. c. Ro. 
13. b. /Mat. 22. d. Luc. 20. c. * Psal. 109. a. 



answered discretly, he sayde vnto him : Thou 
art not farre from the kyngdome of God. 
And after this durst no man axe him eny mo 
questions. 

And Iesus answered, and sayde, whan he 
taught in the temple : f How saye the scrybes, 
y Christ is the sonne of Dauid? But Dauid 
himself saieth thorow the holy goost : ^The 
LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE : Syt thou 
on my right honde, tyll I make thine enemies 
thy fotestole. There Dauid calleth him his 
LORDE. How is he the his sonne? And 
many people herde him gladly. 

And he taught the, and sayde vnto the 
; 'Bewarre of the scrybes, that loue to go in 
longe garmentes, and loue to be saluted in 
the market, and syt gladly aboue in the syna- 
goges and at the table : they deuoure wyd- 
dowes houses, and vnder a coloure they make 
longe prayers. These shal receaue the more 
damnacion. 

'And Iesus sat ouer agaynst the *Gods 
chest, and behelde how the people put money 
in to the Gods chest. And many that were 
riche : put in moch. And there came a poore 
wyddowe, and put in two mytes, which make 
a farthinge. And he called vnto him his 
disciples, and sayde vnto them : Verely I 
saye vnto you : this poore wyddowe hath put 
more in y Gods chest, then all they that haue 
put in : For they all haue put i of their super- 
fluyte, but she of hir pouerte hath put in all 
that she had, euen hir whole lyuynge. 

Clje rttj. Chapter. 

AND whan he wete out of the temple, 
one of his disciples sayde vnto him:* 
Master, se, what stones and what a buyldinge 
is this ? And Iesus answered and sayde vnto 
him : Seist thou all this greate buyldinge ? 
There shal not one stone be left vpo another, 
y shal not be broken downe. 

And whan he sat vpon mount Oliuete ouer 
ageynst the temple, Peter and lames, and 
Ihon, and Andrew axed him pryuatly: Tell 
vs, Whan shal all these come to passe ? And 
what shalbe the toke, wha all these shalbe 
fulfilled ? Iesus answered them, and beganne 
to saye : Take hede, that no man disceaue 
you, for there shal many come vnder my 



Mat. 23. a. Luc. 20. c. * Luc. 21. a. * 4 Reg. 

12. b. * Mat. 24. a. Luc. 21. a. 



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name, and saye : I am Christ, 5 shal disceaue 
many. But whan ye shal heare of the noyse 
of warres, be not ye afrayed : for so must it 
be, but f ende is not yet. " One people shal 
ryse ageynst another, and one realme ageynst 
another, and there shal be earth quakes here 
and there, and derth shal there be and trou- 
bles. These are the begynnynge of sorowes. 

But take ye hede to youre selues. *For 
they shal delyuer you vp to the *councels, 
and synagoges, and ye shal be beaten, and 
shalbe brought before prynces and kynges for 
my namessake, for a wytnesse vnto the. And 
y gospel must first be preached amoge all 
people. 

'Now whan they shal lede you and delyuer 
you vp, take ye no thought afore what ye shal 
saye : and ymagyn ye nothinge afore hande, 
but what so euer shal be geue you at the 
same ho lire, that speake : for it is not ye that 
speake, but the holy goost. One brother 
shal delyuer another vnto death, and the 
father the sonne, d the children shal ryse 
ageynst their fathers and mothers, and shal 
helpe them to death, and ye shal be hated of 
all men for my names sake. But who so en- 
dureth to the ende, shalbe saued. 

^Whan ye shal se the abhominacio of de- 
solacion (wherof it is spoke by tDaniel the 
prophet) stonde where it ought not (who so 
readeth it, let him marck it well) then let the 
which be in Iewry, flye vnto the mountaynes: 
and let him that is on the house toppe not 
descede in to the house, ner come therin, to 
fetch eny thinge out of the house. And let 
him that is in the felde, not turne backe to 
fetch his clothes. 

But wo vnto them that are with childe, 
and to them that geue suck in those dayes. 
Neuertheles praye ye, that youre flight be 
not in the wynter. For in those dayes there 
shal be soch trouble as was not from the 
begynnynge of y creatures which God created, 
vnto this tyme, nether shal be. And yf y 
LORDE had not shortened those dayes, 
there shulde no man be saued. But for the 
electes sake whom he hath chosen, he hath 
shortened those dayes. 

e Now yf eny man shal saye vnto you at y 
tyme : Lo, here is Christ : o, he is there, 

* Esa. 19. a. b Mat. 10. b. * Some reade : coueell- 
hoiises. e Mat. 10. c. Luc. 12. b. and 21. b. 

d Mat. 24. b. Luc. 21. c. t Dan. 9. c. e Mat. 24. b. 
Luc. 17. c. f Mat. 24. c. Luc. 21. c. Ioel 2. b. 



beleue it not. For there shal aryse false 
Christes, and false prophetes, which shal do 
tokens j wonders, to disceaue euen the very 
chosen, yf it were possyble. But take ye 
hede, Beholde, I haue tolde you all before. 

•''But at the same tyme after this trouble, 
the Sonne and Mone shal lose their light, 
and the starres shall fall from heauen, and 
the powers of the heauens shal moue : { and 
then shal they se the sonne of man commynge 
in the cloudes with greate power and glory. 
And the shal he sende his angels, and shal 
gather together his chosen fro the foure 
wyndes, from one ende of the earth to the 
other. 

Lerne a symilitude of the fyge tre: Wha 
s his braunch is yet teder, and hath brought 
forth leaues, ye knowe that the Sommer is 
nye. So lykewyse wha ye se all these thinges 
come to passe, be ye sure, that it is nye euen 
at the dores. Verely I saye vnto you: this 
generacio shal not passe, tyll all these be ful- 
filled. Heauen and earth shal perishe, but 
my wordes shal not perishe. But of that daye 
and houre knoweth no man, nether the angels 
in heauen, no not the sonne him self, but the 
father onely/' 

! Take hede, watch, j praye, for ye knowe 
not whan the tyme is. Like as a man that 
wente in to a straunge countre, and left his 
house, and gaue his seruauntes auctorite, vnto 
euery one his worke, and commaunded f 
porter, that he shulde watch. Watch ye ther- 
fore, for ye knowe not wha the master of y 
house cometh, whether he cometh in the 
euenynge, or at mydnight, or aboute the cock 
crowynge, or in the mornynge, that he come 
not sodenly, and fynde you slepynge. Loke 
what I saye vnto you, that saye I vnto all. 
Watch. 

Che vtttj. Chapter. 

AND after two dayes was Easter, and the 
daies of swete bred. *And y hye prestes 
5 scrybes sought how they might take him with 
disceate, & put him to death. But they sayde : 
Not in the feast daye, lest there be an vproure 
in the people. 

'And when he was at Bethanye in the 
house of Symon the leper, and sat at the 

t Dan. 7. b. e Mat. 24. c. Luc. 21. d. '' Act. 1. a. 
' Mat. 24. b. and 25. a. Luc. 12. d. and 19. a. * Mat. 

26. a. Luc. 22. a. Ioha. 11. e. ' Mat. 26. a. Luc. 

7. d. Ioha. 12. a. 



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table, there came a woman, which had a boxe 
of pure and costly Nardus oyntment. And 
she brake y boxe, 5 poured it vpo his heade. 
Then were there some, y disdayned and 
sayde : Where to serueth this waist ? This 
oyntment might haue bene solde for more 
then thre hundreth pens, 5 bene geue to y 
poore. And they grudged agaynst her. 

But Iesus sayde : let her be in rest. Why 
trouble ye her ? She hath done a good worke 
vpo me. Ye haue allwaye the poore with you, 
and wha so euer ye wil, ye maye do the good: 
but me haue ye not allwaie. She hath done 
what she coulde, she is come before, to anoynte 
my body for my buriall. Verely I saye vnto 
you : Where so euer this gospell shal be 
preached in all the worlde, there shal this also 
that she hath now done, be tolde for a remem- 
braunce of her. 

And Iudas Iscarioth° one of the twolue 
wente vnto the hye prestes, to betraye him 
vnto them. Whan they herde y, they were 
glad, 5 promysed that they wolde geue him 
money. And he sought, how he might 
coueniently betraye him. 

* And vpon f first daye of swete bred, wha 
the Easter lambe was offered, his disciples 
sayde vnto him : Where wilt thou y we go 
and prepare, y thou mayest eate y Easter 
labe ? And he sent two of his disciples, and 
sayde vnto them : Go youre waye in to the 
cite, and there shal mete you a ma bearinge a 
pitcher with water, folowe him, (j where so 
euer he goeth in, there saye ye to the good 
man of the house : The Master sendeth the 
worde : Where is the gest house, wherin I 
maye eate the Easter labe, with my disciples? 
And he shal shewe you a greate parlour, which 
is paued & prepared, there make readye for 
vs. And y disciples wete forth, & came in to 
y cite, (j foiide it as he had sayde vnto the. 
And they prepared y Easter lambe. 

At euen he came with the twolue. And as 
they sat at the table & ate, Iesus sayde : Verely 
I saye vnto you : c One of you y eateth with 
me, shal betraye me. And they were sory, & 
sayde vnto hi one after another : Is it I ? 5 
another (sayde:) is it I? He answered g saide 
vnto the : One of the twolue, euen y same y 
dyppeth with me in y platter. The sonne of 
man truly goeth forth, as it is wrytte of hi. 



' Mat. 26. b. Luc. 22. 
Mat. 26. b. Luc. 22. a. 



Ioha. 13. a. 
c Mat. 26. ' 



Exod. 12. c. 
Luc. 22. b. 



But wo vnto that ma, by whom the sonne of 
man is betrayed. It were better for the same 
man, that he had neuer bene borne. 

d And as they ate, Iesus toke the bred, gaue 
thankes, CE brake it, and gaue it the, g sayde : 
Take, eate, this is my body. And he toke 
the cuppe, thaked, and gaue it the, and they 
all dranke therof. And he sayde vnto them : 
This is my bloude of the new Testament, 
which shalbe shed for many. Verely I saye 
vnto you, that from hence forth I wil not 
drynke of the frute of the vyne, tyll y daye y 
I drynke it new in y kyngdome of God. And 
wha they had sayde grace, they wete forth 
vnto mount Oliuete. 

And Iesus sayde vnto them : e This night 
shal ye all be offended in me, for it is wrytten : 
* I wil smyte the sheperde, 5 the shepe shal 
be scatred abrode. Neuertheles after y I am 
rysen agayne, I wil go before you in to Galile/ 
But Peter sayde vnto him : And though all 
men shulde be offended, yet wolde not I be 
offended. And Iesus sayde vnto him : Verely 
I saye vnto y : To daye in this same night, 
before y cock crowe two tymes, shalt thou 
denye me thryse. But he saide yet more : 
Yee though I shulde dye with f, yet wil I not 
denie y. So saide they all I like maner. 

And they came in to y felde called Gethse- 
mane, and he saide vnto his disciples : Syt ye 
here, tyll I go yonder, and praye. And he 
toke with him Peter & lames, & Ihon, and 
begane to waxe fearefull, j to be in an agonye, 
& sayde vnto the : My soule is heuy eue vnto 
y death : tary ye here and watch. And he 
wente forth a litle, fell vpon the grounde and 
prayed, that, (yf it were possyble) y houre 
might passe fro him, and sayde : Abba, my 
father, all thinges are possyble vnto the, take 
this cuppe awaye fro me : Neuertheles not 
what I wyl, but what thou wilt. 

And he came vnto them, and founde the 
slepynge, and sayde vnto Peter: Symon, 
slepest thou ? Couldest thou not watch with 
me one houre ? Watch and praye, that ye fal 
not in to temptacion. The sprete is wyllinge, 
but y flesh is weake. And he wete forth 
agayne, and prayde, and spake the same 
wordes, and returned, and founde them slep- 
ynge agayne : for their eyes were heuy, cj they 
knewe not what they shulde answere him. 



Ioha. 13. c. 

<■ Mat. 26. 



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And he came the thirde tyrae, and sayde vnto 
them : Slepe on now, and take youre rest. It 
is ynough, the houre is come: beholde, y 
sonne of man shalbe delyuered in to the 
handes of synners : aryse, let vs be goynge. 
Beholde, he is at hande, that betrayeth me. 

" And immediatly whyle he yet spake, came 
Iudas one of the twolue, and with him a greate 
multitude, with swerdes and staues from the 
hye prestes and scrybes and elders. And the 
traytoure had geuen them a toke, and sayde : 
Whom so euer I kysse, that same is he, laye 
handes vpon him, and lede him awaye warely. 
And wha he was come, he wente straight waye 
vnto him, and sayde vnto him: O master, 
master, and kyssed him. Then layed they 
their handes vpon him, & toke him. But one 
of the that stode by, drew out his swerde, 
and smote the hye prestes seruaunt, and cut 
of his eare. 

And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto the : 
Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer 
with swerdes and with staues to take me. I 
was daylie with you in the temple, and taught, 
and ye toke me not. * But this is done, that 
the scrypture maye be fulfilled. And all the 
disciples forsoke him, and fled. And there 
folowed him a yonge ma, which was clothed 
in lynnen vpon the bare skynne, and the 
yonge me toke holde of him. But he let the 
lynnen go, and fled naked from them. 

c And they led Iesus vnto the hye prest, 
where all y hye prestes, and elders and scrybes 
were come together. As for Peter, he folowed 
him afarre of in to the hye prestes palace. 
And he was there, and sat with the seruauntes, 
and warmed him. 

d But the hye prestes and the whole councell 
sought wytnesse agaynst Iesus, y they might 
brynge him to death, and they founde none 
Many gaue false wytnesse agaynst him, but 
their wytnesses agreed not together. And some 
stode vp, and gaue false wytnes agaynst him, 
and sayde : We herde him saye: I wil breake 
downe this temple that is made with hodes/ 
and in thre dayes buylde another not made 
with handes. But their wytnesse agreed not 
together. 

And the hye prest stode vp amonge them, 
and axed Iesus, and sayde : f Answerest thou 

' Mat. 26. d. Luc. 22. d. Ioha. 18. a. » Mat. 26. f. 

Luc. 22. d. * Esa. 53. b. Marc. 15. c. c Mat. 26. f. 

Luc. 22. d. Ioh. 18. b. '* Mat. 26. f. ' Ioha. 2. a. 

/ Mat. 26. f. s Luc. 22. c. * Ioha. 6. g. 



nothinge vnto it, that these testifie agaynst 
the ? But he helde his tunge, and answered 
nothinge. «The the hye prest axed him agayne, 
and sayde vnto him : Art thou Christ the 
sonne of the blessed ? Iesus sayde : I am. 
And ye shal se the sonne of man syt at the 
''right hande of power, and come in the 
cloudes of heaue. Then the hye prest rent 
his clothes, & sayde : What nede we eny mo 
wytnesses? Ye haue herde the blasphemy. 
What thynke ye ? They all codemned him, 
that he was giltie of death. Then beganne 
there some to spyt vpo him, and to couer his 
face, and to smyte him with fistes, and to saye 
vnto him Prophecie vnto vs. • And the ser- 
uauntes smote him on the face. 

And Peter was beneth in y palace. The 
came one of the wenches of the hye prest : 
And wha she sawe Peter warmynge him, she 
loked vpo hi, and sayde : And thou wast with 
Iesus of Nazareth also. But he denyed, (j 
sayde: I knowe him not, nether can I tell 
what thou sayest. And he wente out in to 
the fore courte, and the cock crew. And a 
damsell sawe him, and beganne agayne to 
saye vnto them that stode by : This is one of 
them. And he denyed it agayne. And after 
a litle whyle they y stode by, sayde agayne 
vnto him : Of a trueth thou art one of them 
for thou art a Galilean, and thy speach 
soundeth euen alike. But he begane to curse 
and sweare : I knowe not the man, that ye 
speake of. And the cock crew agayne. Then 
thought Peter vpon the worde, that Iesus 
sayde vnto him : t Before y cock crow two 
tymes, thou shalt denye me thryse. And he 
beganne to wepe. 

Clje rb. Chapter. 

AND soone in the mornynge the hye 
prestes helde a councell with the elders 
and scrybes and the whole councell/ J bounde 
Iesus, and led him awaye, and delyuered him 
vnto Pylate. And Pylate axed him: Art 
thou the kynge of the Iewes ? He answered 
and sayde vnto him : Thou sayest it. And 
the hye prestes accused him sore. But Pylate 
axed him agayne, and sayde : Answerest thou 
nothinge? Beholde, how sore they laye to 

•' 3 Re. 22. d. lob 16. b. * Mat. 26. g. Luc. 22. d. 

Ioha. 18. b. t Marc. 14. d. ' Psal. 2. a. Mat. 27. a. 
Luc. 23. a. Ioha. 18. d. Mat. 27. b. 



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thy charge. Neuertheles Iesus answered no 
more, in so moch y Pylate marueyled. 

a At that feast of Easter he was wonte to 
delyuer vnto them a presoner, whom so euer 
they wolde desyre. There was I preson with 
the sedicious, one called Barrabas, which in 
the vproure had committed murthur. And 
the people wente vp, and prayed him, that he 
wolde do, as he was wonte. Pylate answered 
them : wyl ye that I geue lowse vnto you the 
kynge of the Iewes ? For he knew, that y 
hye prestes had delyuered him of envye. But 
the hye prestes moued f people/ that he 
shulde rather geue Barrabas lowse vnto them. 

Pylate answered agayne, and sayde vnto 
them : c What wil ye the that I do vnto him, 
whom ye accuse to be kynge of the Iewes? 
They cried agayne : Crucifie hi. Pylate 
sayde vnto the : What euell hath he done ? 
But they cried yet moch more : Crucifie him. 
So Pylate thought to satisfie the people, and 
gaue Barrabas lowse vnto them, and delyuered 
the Iesus, to be scourged % crucified. 

rf And the soudyers led him in to the como 
hall, and called the whole multitude together, 
and clothed him with purple, and plated a 
crowne of thorne, and crowned him withall, 
and beganne to salute him : Hayle kynge of 
the Iewes. And smote him vpon the heade 
with a rede, and spytted vpo him, and fell 
vpo the kne, g worshipped him. 'And wha 
they had mocked him, they toke f purple of 
him, and put his clothes vpon him, 5 led him 
out, that they might crucifye him. 

And they compelled one that passed by, 
called Symon of Cyren (which came from the 
felde/ and was the father of Alexander and 
Ruffus) to beare his crosse. And they 
brought him to the place Golgatha, which is 
by interpretacion : a place of deed mens 
skulles. And they gaue him wyne myxted 
with myrre, to drynke, 5 he toke it not. And 
whan they had crucified him, they parted his 
garmetes/ 5 cast lottes therfore, what euery 
one shulde take. And it was aboute y thirde 
houre, 5 they crucified him. And the tytle of 
his cause was wrytte ouer aboue him (namely:) 
The kynge of the Iewes. And they crucified 
him with two murthurers, one at y right 
hande, and one at the left. Then was the 

" Mat. 27. b. » Mat. 27. c. c Mat. 27. c. Luc. 23. b. 
d Mat. 27. d. Ioha. 19. a. « Ioba. 19. b. / Mat. 27. d. 
Luc. 23. c. S Psal. 21. b. Mat. 27. d. Ioha. 19. c. 

h Esa. 53. b. Marc. 14. f. * Mat. 27. e. Luc. 23. d. 



scrypture fulfilled, which sayeth : "He i 
couted amonge the euell doers. 

'And they that wete by, reuyled him, and 
wagged their heades, and sayde : Fye vpon 
the, how goodly breakest thou downe f teple, 
& buyldest it agayne in thre dayes ? Helpe 
thy self now, % come downe fro the crosse. 
The hye prestes also in like maner laughed 
him to scorne amonge the selues, with the 
scrybes, u sayde : He hath helped other, him- 
self can he not helpe. Yf he be Christ and 
y kynge of Israel, let him come downe now 
fro the crosse, y we maye se it, 5 beleue. 
And they y were crucified with hi, checked 
hi also. 

And wha it was aboute the sixte houre, 
there was a darcknesse ouer the whole lode/ 
tyll aboute y nyenth houre. And aboute y 
nyenth houre Iesus cried loude, and sayde: 
Eli, Eli, lamma asabthani? which is inter- 
preted: My God, my God, why hast thou 
forsaken me?' And some that stode by, 
whan they herde y, they sayde : Beholde, he 
calleth Elias. '"Then rane there one, g fylled 
a spoge with vyneger, j stickte it vpo a rede, 
j gaue hi to drynke, $ sayde : Holde styll, let 
se, whether Elias wil come, and take him 
downe. But Iesus cried loude, and gaue vp 
the goost. And the vale of the teple rent in 
two peces, from aboue tyll beneth. 

The captayne that stode thereby ouer 
agaynst him, "whan he sawe y he gaue vp the 
goost with soch a crye, he sayde : Verely this 
man was Gods sonne. 

And there were wemen there also, which 
behelde this afarre of," amoge who was Mary 
Magdalene, j Mary of lames y litle, j the 
mother of loses, & Salome, which had folowed 
him wha. he was in Galile, and mynistred 
vnto hi : 5 many other y wete vp with hi to 
Ierusalem. And at euen'' (for so moch as it 
was the daye of preparinge, which is the fore 
Sabbath) there came one Ioseph of Arimathia, 
a worshipfull Senatoure (which loked also for 
the kyngdome of God) 5 wete in boldely vnto 
Pilate, 1 axed f body of Iesus. But Pylate 
marueyled y he was deed all ready, 5 called y 
captayne, g axed hi, whether he had loge bene 
deed. And wha he had gotten knowlege of 
the captayne, he gaue Ioseph y body. And 

* Mat. 27. e. Luc. 23. d. ' Psal. 21. a. ■ Mat. 27. e. 
Ioh. 19. c. » Mat. 27. f. Luc. 23. e. » Ioha. 19. c. 
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he bought a lynne cloth, (j toke him downe, g 
wrapped hi in y lynne clothe, (j layed him in 
a sepulcre, which was hewe out of a rocke, g 
rolled a stone before y dore of y sepulcre. 
"But Mary Magdalene and Mary loses be- 
helde, where he was layed. 

Eije ybi. Chapter. 

AND whan the Sabbath was past, 4 Mary 
Magdalene, ce Mary lames, and Salome, 
bought spyces, y they might come, (j anoynte 
hi. And they came to the sepulcre vpo a 
daye of y Sabbathes very eai'ly, wha y Sonne 
arose, a sayde one to another : Who shal rolle 
vs y stone fro y dore of the sepulcre ? And 
whan they loked, they sawe, that the stone 
was rolled awaye : for it was a very greate 
one. And they wente in to the sepulcre, and 
on the right hande they sawe a yonge man 
syttinge, which had a longe whyte garmet 
vpon him, and they were abaszhed. But he 
sayde vnto the : Be not ye afrayed, ye seke 
Iesus of Nazareth which was crucified : he is 
rysen, he is not here. Beholde, y place, 
where they layed him. But go ye youre 
waye, and tell his disciples and Peter, that he 
wil go before you in to Galile, c there shal ye 
se him* as he sayde vnto you. And they 
wente forth in all the haist, and fled from 
the sepulcre : for there was a tremblynge 
j feare come vpon them, nether sayde 
they eny thinge to eny man, for they were 
afrayed. 



' Mat. 27. 
c Act. 1. a. 
1 Cor. 15. a. 



6 Mat. 28. a. Luc. 24. a. Ioha. 20. a. 

Mar. 14. d. d Mat. 28. a. Luc. 24. a. 

e Luc. 24. b. / Luc. 24. c. 



rf But Iesus, whan he was rysen vp early 
vpo the first daye of the Sabbathes, he 
appeared first vnto Mary Magdalene, out of 
whom he had cast out seuen deuels. And 
she wete and tolde the that were with him, 
as they mourned and wepte. And whan they 
herde that he lyued, and had appeared vnto 
her, they beleued it not. After warde as two 
of the were walkynge, he shewed himself 
vnder another figure," whan they were goynge 
vpon the felde. And they wente, and tolde 
the other : these they beleued not also. 

f At the last, as the eleuen sat at the table, 
he shewed him self vnto them, and rebuked 
their vnbeleue, and y hardnesse of their hert, 
because they beleued not the which had sene 
him rysen. And he sayde vnto them : « Go 
ye youre waye in to all the worlde, and preach 
the gospell vnto all creatures. Who so be- 
leueth and is baptysed, shalbe saued : but who 
so beleueth not, shalbe damned. 

As for the tokens, which shal folowe the 
that beleue, these are they : h In my name 
shal they cast out deuyls : t Speake with new 
tunges : Dryue awaye serpetes : And yf they 
drynke eny deedly thinge, it shal not hurte 
them : X They shal laye their handes vp5 the 
sicke, and they shal recouer. 

And the LORDE, after that he had spoken 
vnto them, was taken vp in to heauen, and 
sytteth at the right hade of God. And they 
wente out, and preached euery where. And 
the LORDE wrought with them, and con- 
firmed the worde with tokens folowynge. 

s Mat. 28. c. Toha. 20. c. h Act. 5. b. 8. a. 16. c. 19. a. 
t Act. 2. a. Luc. 10. b. Act. 28. a. f Act. 14. b. 

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Cljap. I. 

The cScepcion and byrth of Ihon the baptist. 
The conception of Christ. The thakful songes 
of Mary, and Zachary. 

Ci)ap. II. 

The byrth a circucision of Christ. How he was 
receaued in to the teple, how Symeon and 
Anna prophecie of him, and how he was 
founde in the teple arnoge the doctours, 

Cijap. III. 
The preachinge, baptyme, and presonment of 
Ihon. The baptyme of Christ, and a rehearsall 



of the generacion of the fathers 



Cfjap. IIII 

Iesus is led in to the wyldernesse, 5 fasteth all 
the tyme of his temptacion, ouercometh the 
deuell, goeth in to Galilee, preacheth at 
Nazareth and Caphernau : the Iewes despyse 
him, the deuels knowlege him : he c5meth in 
to Peters house, healeth his mother in lawe 
and doth create miracles. 



Cljap. V. 

Christ preacheth in the shippe: The disciples 
forsake all, and folowe him. He clenseth the 
leper, healeth the man of the palsye, calleth 
Mathew the customer, and eateth with open 
synners. 

CI; a p. VI. 

He excuseth the disciples, that plucke the eares of 
corne, he healeth the man with the wythred 
hande, choseth his twolue Apostles, maketh a 
swete sermon, and teacheth to do good for 
euell. 



VII. 



Cljap. 

He healeth the captaynes seruaunt, rayseth vp 
the wyddowes sonne from death to life, en- 
fourmeth the disciples whom Ihon baptist 
sent vnto him, commendeth Ihon, and re- 
proueth the Iewes for their vnthankfulnesse. 
He eateth with the pharisee. The woman 
waszheth his fete with hir teares, and he for- 
geueth her hir synnes. 

Cfjap. VIII. 

Christ with his apostles goeth fro towne to 
towne and preacheth, sheweth the parable of 
the sede, telleth who is his mother and his 
brother, stilleth the raginge of the see, 
delyuereth the possessed, and dryueth the 
deuels in to the heerde of swyne, helpeth the 
sick woman and Iairus daughter. 



Cljap. IX. 

He sendeth out the twolue Apostles to preach, 
Herode heareth tell of hi, He fedeth fyue 
thousande men with fyue loaues and two fishes, 
the disciples confesse him to be the sonne of 
God, he transfigureth himself vpon the mount, 
delyuereth the possessed, and teacheth his dis- 
ciples to be lowly. They desyre vegeaunce, 
but he reproueth them. 

Cfjap. X. 

He sendeth the seuentye before him for to preach, 
and geueth the a charge how to behaue them 
selues, prayseth his heauenly father, answereth 
the scrybe that tempted him, and (by the ex- 
ample of the Samaritane) sheweth who is a 
mas neghbour. Martha receaueth the LORDE 
in to hir house, Mary Magdalene is feruent in 
hearinge his worde. 



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Chap. XI. 

He teacheth his disciples to praye, dryueth out a 
deuel, and rebuketh the blasphemous pharises. 
They requyre sygnes and tokens. He eateth 
with the pharisee, and reproueth the ypocrisy 
of the pharises, scrybes and ypocrites. 



Chap. XII. 

The leuen of the pharises. Christ conforteth his 
disciples agaynst persecution, warneth them to 
bewarre of cuvetousnesse, by the symilitude of 
a certayne rich man : he wyll not haue them 
to hange vp5 earthly thinges, but to watch and 
to be ready agaynst his commynge. 



Chap. XIII. 

Of the Galileans whom Pilate slew and of those 
that dyed in Syloe. The symilitude of the 
fyge tre. Christ healeth the sicke woman. The 
parable of the mustarde sede and leuen. Few 
entre in to the kyngdome. Christ reproueth 
Herode and Ierusalem. 



Chap. XIIII. 

Iesus eateth with the pharisee, healeth 



the 



dropsye vpon the Sabbath, teacheth to be 
lowly, telleth of the greate supper, and 
warneth them that wyll folowe him, to laye 
their accomptes before, what it wyll cost the. 
The salt of the earth. 



Chap. XV. 

The louynge mercy of God openly set forth in the 
parable of the hundreth shepe, and of the 
sonne that was lost. 



Chap. XVI. 

The parable of the wicked Mammon. Not one 
title of Gods worde shal perish. Of the rich 
man, and of poore Lazarus. 

Chap. XVII. 

Christ teacheth his disciples to avoyde occasions 
of euell, one to forgeue another, stedfastly to 
trust in God, and no man to presume in his 
owne workes. He healeth the ten lepers, 
speaketh of the latter dayes, and of the ende 
of the worlde. 



Chap. XVIII. 

He teacheth to be feruet in prayer cotinually. 
Of the pharisee and the publican. The kyng- 
dome of God belongeth vnto childre. Christ 
answereth the ruler, and promiseth rewarde 
vnto all soch as suffre losse for his sake and 
folowe him. The blynde ma is restored to his 



Chap. XIX. 

Of Zacheus, and the ten seruauntes to wh5 the 
ten taletes were delyuered. Christ rydeth to 
Ierusalem, and wepeth ouer it. 



Chap. XX. 

They axe Christ one questyon, and he axeth them 
another. The parable of the vynyarde. Of 
tribute to be geue vnto the Emperoure, & how 
Christ stoppeth the mouthes of the Saducees. 

Chap. XXI. 

Christ commendeth the poore wyddow, telleth of 
the destruccion of Ierusalem, of false teachers, 
of the tokes and troubles for to come, of the 
ende of the worlde, and of his owne commynge. 



Chap. XXII 

Christ is betrayed, they eate the easter lambe. 
The institucion of the sacramet. They stryue 
who shalbe greatest, he reproueth them : He 
prayeth thre tymes vpon the mount. They 
take him and bringe him to the hye prestes 
house : Peter denyeth him thryse, and they 
bringe him before the councell. 



Chap. XXIII. 

Iesus is brought before Pilate and Herode. The 
weme make lametacion for him. He prayeth 
for his enemies, forgeueth the synner vpon his 
right hande, dyeth on the crosse, and is buried 



Chap. XXIIII. 

The wemen come to the graue, Christ apeareth 
vnto the two disciples that go towarde Emaus, 
stondeth in the myddest of all his disciples, 
openeth their vnderstondinge in the scriptures, 
geueth them a charge, and ascendeth vp in to 
heauen. 



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FOR so moch as many haue taken in 
hande, to set forth f wordes of the actes 
that are come to passe amonge vs, like as they 
delyuered the vnto vs, which from the be- 
gynnynge sawe them their selues, and were 
mynisters of the worde, I thought it good 
(after that I had diligently searched out all 
from the begynnynge) to wryte the same 
orderly vnto the (good Theophilus) that thou 
mightest knowe the certete of y wordes, 
wherof thou art infourmed. 

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IN the tyme of Herode kynge of Iewry, 
there was a prest named Zachary of the 
* course of Abia: and his wife of the doughters 
of Aaron, g hir name Elizabeth. They were 
both righteous before God, and walked in all 
the commaundementes and statutes of the 
LORDE vnreproueably. And they had no 
childe, for Elizabeth was baren, and they 
were both well stricken in age. 

And it came to passe as he executed the 
prestes office before God whan his course 
came (acordinge to the custome of the prest- 
hode) it fell to his lott to burne incense. And 
the wente in to the temple of the LORDE, 
and the whole multitude of the people was 
without in prayer, whyle the incense was 
aburnynge. And the angell of the LORDE 
appeared vnto him, and stode on the right 
syde of the altare of incese. And whan 
Zachary sawe him, he was abaszhed, (j there 
came a feare vpon him. 

But the angell sayde vnto him : Feare not 
Zachary, for thy prayer is herde. And thy 

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wife Elizabeth shal beare the a sonne, whose 
name thou shalt call Ihon, ij thou shalt haue 
ioye and gladnesse : and many shal reioyce at 
his byrth, for he shal be greate before the 
LORDE. Wyne and stronge drynke shal he 
not drynke. And he shalbe fylled with the 
holy goost, euen in his mothers wombe. And 
many of the children of Israel shal he turne 
vnto the LORDE their God. And he shal 
go before him in the sprete and power of 
t Elias, to turne the hertes of y fathers vnto 
the children, and the vnfaithfull vnto the 
wyszdome of the righteous, to make the people 
ready for the LORDE. 

And Zachary sayde vnto the Angel: 
" Wherby shal I knowe this ? For I am olde, 
and my wife well stricken in age. The angell 
answei'ed, and sayde vnto him : I am Gabriell 
that stonde before God, and am sent to speake 
vnto the, and to shewe the these glad tydinges. 
And beholde, thou shalt be domme, and not 
able to speake, vn tyll the daye that this come 
to passe, because thou hast § not beleued my 
wordes, which shalbe fulfylled in their season. 

And the people wayted for Zachary, and 
marueyled, that he taried so longe in the 
teple. And wha he wete out, he coude not 
speake vnto them. And they perceaued, that 
he had sene a vision in the teple. And he 
beckened vnto them, and remayned speach- 
lesse. 

And it fortuned wha the tyme of his office 
was out, he wente home in to his house. 
And after those dayes Elizabeth his wife 
conceaued, and hyd hir self fyue monethes, & 
sayde : Thus hath y LORDE done vnto me 
in f dayes, wherin he hath loked vpo me, to 
take awaye fro me my rebuke amoge men. 

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a And in the sixte raoneth was the angell 
Gabriel sent from God in to a cite of Galile, 
called Nazareth, vnto a virgin that was spoused 
vnto a man, whose name was Ioseph, of the 
house of Dauid, and the virgins name was 
Mary. And the angell came in vnto her, and 
sayde : Hayle thou full of grace, the LORDE 
is with the : blessed art thou amonge wemen. 

Wha she sawe him, she was abaszhed at 
his sayenge, and thought : What maner of 
salutacion is this ? And the angell sayde vnto 
her : b Feare not Mary, for thou hast foude 
grace with God. Beholde, thou shalt c5ceaue 
in thy wobe, g beare a sonne* j shalt call 
his name Iesus : he shalbe greate, j shalbe 
called y sonne of the Hyest. And the 
LORDE God shal geue him y seate of 
Dauid his father/ (j he shal be kinge ouer y 
house of Iacob for euert & there shalbe no 
ende of his kyngdome. Then sayde Mary 
vnto the angell : How shal this be, seinge I 
knowe not a ma? The angell answered, j 
sayde vnto her : The holy goost shal come 
vpon the, j the power of the Hyest shal ouer- 
shadowe the. Therfore that Holy also which 
shalbe borne (of the) shalbe called the sonne 
of God. And beholde, thy cosen Elizabeth 
she also hath coceaued a sonne in hir olde 
age, (J this is the sixte moneth of her, which 
is reported to be baren : t for with God is 
nothinge vnpossyble. And Mary sayde : Be- 
holde, here am I the handmayde of the 
LORDE : be it vnto me, as thou hast sayde. 
And the angell departed fro her. 

And Mary arose in those dayes, and wente 
in to the moutaynes with haist, into §y cite 
of Iewry, and came in to y house of Zachary, 
and saluted Elizabeth. And it fortuned as 
Elizabeth herde the salutacion of Mary, the 
babe sprange in hir wombe. And Elizabeth 
was fylled with the holy goost, (t, cried loude, 
and sayde : Blessed art thou amoge wemen, 
and blessed is the frate of thy wombe. And 
how happeneth this to me, that y mother of 
my LORDE commeth vnto me ? Beholde, 
whan I herde the voyce of thy salutacion, the 
babe sprange in my wombe with ioye, And 
blessed art thou that hast beleued, for y 
thinges shalbe perfourmed, which were tolde 
y fro f LORDE. And Mary sayde : 



a Mat. 1. c. 
' Esa. 9. b. 
t Mar. 9. c. Luc. 



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t Dan. 7. d. Mich.4.b. Heb. l.b, 
L8. c. § Ierusale. "* Esa. 61. b 



d My soule magnifieth the LORDE. 

And my sprete reioyseth I God my Sa- 
uioure. 

For he hath loked vpo the lowe degre of 
his hande mayde. Beholde, fro hence forth 
shal all generacions call me blessed. 

For he that is Mightie, hath done greate 
thinges vnto me, and holy is his name. 

And his mercy endureth thorow out all 
generacions, vpon them that feare him. 

He sheweth strength with his arme, and 
scatreth them that are proude in the ymagi- 
nacion of their hert. 

e He putteth downe the mightie from the 
seate, and exalteth them of lowe degre. 

He fylleth the hongrie with good thinges, 
and letteth the riche go emptye. 

He remebreth mercy, and helpeth vp his 
seruaunt Israel. 

Euen as he promysed vnto oure fathers, 
|| Abraham and to his sede for euer. 

And Mary abode with her aboute thre 
monethes, and then returned home agayne. 

And Elizabethes tyme was come, that she 
shulde be delyuered, j she brought forth a 
sonne. And hir neghbours and kynsfolkes 
herde, y the LORDE had shewed greate 
mercy vpo her, g they reioysed with her. And 
it fortuned vpon the eight daye/ they came to 
circumcyse y childe, and called him Zachary 
after his father: And his mother answered, 
and sayde : No, but he shalbe called Ihon. 
And they sayde vnto her : There is none in 
thy kynne, y is so called. And they made 
signes vnto his father, how he wolde haue him 
called. And he axed for wrytinge tables, 
wrote tt sayde : His name is Ihon. And they 
marueyled all. And immediatly was his mouth 
and his t5ge opened, and he spake, (t praysed 
God. And there came a feare vpon all their 
neghbours. And all this acte was noysed 
abrode thorow out all the hill countre of 
Iewry : And all they y herde therof, toke it 
to hert, and sayde : What maner of man wil 
this childe be? For the hande of the LORDE 
was with him. 

And Zachary his father was fylled with the 
holy goost, and prophecied, and sayde : 

Blessed be y LORDE God of Israel, for 
he hath vysited and redemed his people. 



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And hath set vp an * home of saluacion in 
the house of his seruaunt Dauid. 

Euen as he promysed afore tyme, by the 
mouth of his holy prophetes. 

That he wolde delyuer vs fro oure enemies, 
d from f hande of all soch as hate vs. 

And y he wolde shewe mercy vnto oure 
fathers, & thynke vpo his + holy couenaut. 

Euen the ooth y he sware vnto oure father 
Abraham, for to geue vs. 

t That we delyuered out of y hade of oure 
enemies, might serue him without feare all 
the dayes of oure life, in soch holynes and 
righteousnes as is accepte before him. 

And thou childe shalt be called a prophet 
of the Hyest: for thou shalt go before y 
LORDE, to prepare his wayes. 

And to geue knowlege of saluacion vnto 
his people, for the remyssion of their synnes. 

Thorow the tender mercy of oure God, 
wherby the daye sprynge from an hye hath 
vysited vs. 

That he might geue light vnto them y syt 
in darcknesse and shadowe of death, and to 
gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace. 

And the childe grew, and waxed stronge 
in sprete, and was in the wyldernes, tyll the 
tyme that he shulde shewe him self vnto the 
people of Israel. 

Cfie n. Chapter. 

IT fortuned at the same tyme, that there 
wete out a cdmaundement fro Augustus 
the Emperoure, that the whole worlde shulde 
be taxed. And this taxynge was the first that 
was executed, whan Syrenius was leftenaunt 
in Siria. And they wente all, euery one to 
his owne cite to be taxed. Then Ioseph gat 
him vp also fro Galile, out of the cite of 
Nazareth, in to Iewry, to y cite of Dauid 
which is called Bethleem, (because he was of 
y house and lynage of Dauid) that he might 
be taxed with Mary his spoused wife, which 
was with childe. 

"And it fortuned whyle they were there, y 
tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered. 
And she brought forth hir first begotte sonne, 
(t wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed 
him in a maunger : for they had els no 
rowme in the ynne. 

And there were in f same region shep- 



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herdes in the felde by the foldes, and watchinge 
their flocke by night. And beholde, y angell 
of the LORDE stode by the, andy- brightnes 
of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them, 
and they were sore afrayed. And the angell 
sayde vnto them : Be not afrayed. Beholde, 
I brynge you tydlges of greate ioye, which 
shall happen vnto all people: for vnto you 
this daye is borne y Sauioure, eue Christ f 
LORDE, in the cite of Dauid. And take this 
for a token : Ye shal fynde the babe swadled, 
and layed in a maunger. And straight waye 
there was by the angell a multitude of hea- 
uenly hoostes, which praysed God, and sayde : 
Glory be vnto God an hye, (t peace vpon earth, 
and vnto men a good wyll. 

And it fortuned wha the angels were gone 
from the in to heaue, the shepherdes sayde 
one to another: let vs go now euen vnto 
Bethleem, and se this thinge that is happened, 
which f LORDE hath shewed vnto vs. And 
they came with haist, (j founde both Mary and 
Ioseph, (j the babe layed in y maunger. And 
whan they had sene it, they published abrode 
the sayenge, y was tolde the of this childe. 
And all they that herde it, wondred at the 
wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them. 
But Mary kepte all these sayenges, and 
pondred them in hir hert. And the shepherdes 
returned, praysinge and laudinge God, for all 
that they had herde and sene, euen as it was 
tolde them. 

s And whan eight dayes were ended, that 
the childe shulde be circumcysed, his name 
was called Iesus,ll which was named of y 
angell, before he was conceaued in his mothers 
wombe. 

And wha the dayes of their purificacion 
'after the lawe of Moses, were come, they 
brought him to Ierusale, that they might 
present him vnto the LORDE (As it is 
wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE: f Euery 
machilde that first openeth the Matrix, shalbe 
called holy vnto y LORDE) and that they 
might geue the offerynge, as it is wrytte in 
the lawe of the LORDE (namely) a payre of 
turtle doues, or two yonge pigeons. 

And beholde, there was a man (at Ierusale) 
whose name was Symeon, and the same ma 
was iust, and feared God, and loged for the 
consolacion of Israel, and the holy goost was 



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in him. And an answere was geue him of 
the holy goost, that he shulde not se death, 
before he had sene f LORDES Christ. And 
he came by inspiracion into the teple. 

And whan the elders brought the childe 
Iesus in to the temple, to do for him after y 
custome of the * lawe, then toke he him vp 
in his armes, and praysed God, and sayde : 

LORDE, now lettest thou thy seruaiit 
departe in peace, acordinge to thy promesse. 

For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure, 
wh5 thou hast prepared before all people. 

t A light for the lightenynge of the Heytb 
(j for the prayse of thy people of Israel. 

And his father and mother marueyled at 
the thinges that were spoke of him. And 
Symeon blessed them, and sayde vnto Mary 
his mother : Beholde, this (childe) shalbe set 
to a fall, and to an vprysinge agayne of many 
in Israel, and for a token, which shalbe spoke 
agaynst. And the swerde shal pearse thy 
soule, that the thoughtes of many hertes maye 
be opened. 

And there was a prophetisse, one Anna, 
the doughter of Phanuel of the trybe of Aser, 
which was of a greate age, and had lyued seuen 
yeares with hir huszbade from hir virginite, 5 
had now bene a wedowe aboute foure score g 
foure yeares, which came neuer fro the teple, 
seruynge God with fastynge and prayenge, 
daye and night : the same came forth also the 
same houre, and praysed the LORDE, and 
spake of him vnto all that loked for the 
redempcion at Ierusalem. 

And whan they had perfourmed all acord- 
inge to the lawe of the LORDE, they 
returned I to Galile, to their owne cite 
Nazareth. And the childe grewe, and wexed 
stronge in sprete, full of wyszdome, (t the 
grace of God was with him. 

And his elders wente to Ierusalem euery 
yeare at the feast of Easter. And whan he 
was twolue yeare olde, they wente vp to 
Ierusalem,| a f ter the custome of the feast. 
And whan they had fulfilled the dayes, and 
were gone home agayne," the childe Iesus 
abode styll at Ierusalem. And his elders 
knewe it not, but thought he had bene in the 
company, and they came a dayes iourney, 
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acquataunce. And wha they founde him not. 
they wete agayne to Ierusale, and sought 
him. 

And it fortuned after thre dayes, y they 
founde him in the temple, syttinge amonge 
the teachers, hearynge the, and opposynge 
them. * And all they that herde him, wodred 
at his vnderstondynge and answeres. And 
whan they sawe him, they were astonnyed. 
And his mother sayde vnto him : My sonne, 
why hast thou done this vnto vs ? Beholde, 
thy father and I haue sought the sorowynge. 
And he sayde vnto them : $ What is it, that 
ye haue sought me ? Wyst ye not, y I must 
go aboute my fathers busynes? And they 
|| vnderstode not the sayenge y he spake vnto 
them. And he wente downe with the, and 
came to Nazareth, and was obediet vnto them. 
And his mother kepte all these wordes in hir 
hert. And Iesus increased in wyszdome, age 
and fauoure with God and men. 

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IN the fiftenth yeare of the raigne of 
Tiberius the Emperoure, wha Pontius 
Pilate was leftenaut in Iewry f and Herode 
one of the foure princes in Galile, and his 
brother Philippe one of the foure prynces in 
Iturea, & in the coastes of Traconites, and 
Lysanias one of the foure princes of Abilene, 
when Hannas and Caiphas were hye prestes, 
the came y worde of" God vnto Ihon the 
sonne of Zachary in the wyldernes. And he 
came in to all y coastes aboute Iordan, and 
preached the baptyme of repetaunce for the 
remyssion of synnes. As it is wrytte in y 
boke of f sayenges of Esaye the prophet/ 
which sayeth : The voyce of a cryer in the 
wyldernes : d prepare the waye of the LORDE, 
and make his pathes straight. Euery valley 
shalbe fylled, and euery mountayne g hyll 
shalbe brought lowe. And what so is croked, 
shalbe made straight: and what rough is, 
shalbe made smooth, and all flesh shal se the 
Sauioure of God. 

Then sayde he vnto the people, y wente 
out to be baptysed of him : e Ye generacion of 
vipers, who hath certified you, that ye shal 
escape y wrath to come ? Take hede, brynge 
forth due frutes of repetaiice, (t begynne not 



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to saye : We haue Abraha to oure father. For 
I saye vnto you : God is able of these stones to 
rayse vp children vnto Abraham. The axe is 
put vnto the tre allready : " so that euery tre 
which bryngeth not forth good frute, shalbe 
hewen downe, and cast in to the fyre. And 
the people axed him, and sayde: * What shal 
we do then ? He answered, j sayde vnto the : 
He that hath two coates, let him parte with 
him y hath none : and he that hath meate, 
let him do likewyse. 

The publicans came also, to be baptysed 
and sayde vnto him : Master, what shal we 
do ? He sayde vnto them : Requyre nomore, 
then is appoynted you. Then y soudyours 
axed him likewyse, and sayde : What shal we 
do then? And he sayde vnto the: Do no man 
violence ner wronge, and be content with 
youre wages. 

But whan the people were in a doute, 5 
thought all in their hertes, whether he were 
Christ, Ihon answered, and sayde vnto the 
all : * I baptyse you with water, but after me 
there cometh one stronger the I, whose shue 
lachet I am not worthy to lowse : t he shal 
baptyse you with the holy goost and with fyre. 
Whose fanne is in his hande, and he shal 
pourge his floore, and shal c gather y wheate 
in to his barne, and shal burne the chafFe with 

quencheable fyre. And many other thynges 
more exorted he, & preached vnto the people. 

^But Herode the Tetrarcha (wha he was 
ebuked of him because of Herodias his bro- 
thers wife, and for all the euels that Herode 
dyd) besydes all this he layed Iho in preson. 

"And it fortuned whan all the people re- 
ceaued baptyme, and whan Iesus also was 
baptysed and prayed, that heauen opened, 
and the holy goost came downe in a bodely 
shappe like a doue vpon him. And out of 
heauen there came a voyce, which sayde: 
Thou art my deare sonne, in who I delyte. 

And Iesus was aboute thirtie yeares whan 
he beganne. J And he was taken for the 
sonne of Ioseph,-^ which was the sonne of Eli, 
which was the sonne of Mathat. 
Which was the sonne of Leui. 
Which was the sonne of Melchi. 
Which was the sonne of I anna. 
Which was the sonne of Ioseph. 
Which was the sonne of Mathathias. 



Mat. 3. a. and 7. b. 
Marc. l.a. Ioha. 1. c. 



* Act. 2. d. 
t Ezec.36. d. 



Mat. 3. b. 
c Mat.3.b. 



Which was the sonne of Amos. 
Which was the sonne of Nahum. 
Which was the sonne of Eszli. 
Which was the sonne of Nange. 
Which was the sonne of Maath. 
Which was the sonne of Mathathias. 
Which was the sonne of Simei. 
Which was the sonne of Ioseph. 
Which was the sonne of Iuda. 
Which was the sonne of Iohanna. 
Which was the sonne of Resia. 
Which was the sonne of Zorobabel. 
Which was the sonne of Salathiel. 
Which was the sonne of Neri. 
Which was the sonne of Melchi. 
Which was the sonne of Abdi. 
Which was the sonne of Cosam. 
Which was the sonne of Elmadam. 
Which was the sonne of Her. 
Which was the sonne of Ieso. 
Which was the sonne of Eliezer. 
Which was the sonne of Iorem. 
Which was the sonne of Mattha. 
Which was the sonne of Leui. 
Which was the sonne of Simeon 
Which was the sonne of Iuda. 
Which was the sonne of Ioseph. 
Which was the sonne of Ionam. 
Which was the sonne of Eliachim. 
Which was the sonne of Melca. 
Which was the sonne of Menam. 
Which was the sonne of Mathathan. 
Which was the sonne of Nathan. 
Which was the sonne of Dauid. 
Which was the sonne of Iesse. 
Which was the sonne of Obed. 
Which was the sonne of Boos. 
Which was the sonne of Salmon. 
Which was the sonne of Naasson. 
Which was the sonne of Aminadab 
Which was the sonne of Aram. 
Which was the sonne of Esrom. 
Which was the sonne of Phares. 
Which was the sonne of Iuda. 
Which was the sonne of Iacob. 
Which was the sonne of Isaac. 
Which was the sonne of Abraham. 
Which was the sonne of Thara. 
Which was the sonne of Nahor. 
Which was the sonne of Serug. 
Which was the sonne of Regu. 



d Mat. 14. : 
i Mat. \i 



"•Mat. 3. b. Marc. 1. 
Marc. 6. a. / Luc. 4. c 



, Ioha. 1. d, 
Ioha. 1. e. 



Cijap* Hi). 



&i)t so$$tU of ^ Euke* 



So. Ijcb* 



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Peleg. 

Eber. 

Salah. 

Caynan. 

Arphachsad. 

Sem. 

Noe. 

Lamech. 

Mathusalah. 

Henoch. 

Iared. 

Mahaleel. 

Kenan 

Enos. 

Seth. 

Adam. 

God. 



Che Hi). Chapter. 

IESUS full of the holy goost, came agayne 
from Iordane," and was led of y sprete in 
to wyldernes, 5 fourty dayes loge was he 
tepted of y deuell. *And in those dayes ate 
he nothinge. And whan they were ended, he 
hongred afterwarde. And the deuell sayde 
vnto him: Yf thou be f sonne of God, co- 
maunde this stone, y it be bred. And Iesus 
answered & sayde vnto hi : It is wrytten : 
f Man shal not lyue by bred onely, but by 
euery worde of God. And f deuell toke him 
vp in to an hye moutayne, and shewed him 
all the kyngdomes of y whole worlde in y 
twinckelinge of an eye, g sayde vnto him: 
All this power wil I geue vnto the, and the 
glory therof, for it is geue ouer vnto me, and 
I geue it, to whom I wil. Yf thou now wilt 
wo'rshippe me, they shal all be thine. Iesus 
answered him, and sayde : Auoyde fro me 
thou Satan. It is wrytten: * Thou shalt wor- 
shippe the LORDE thy God, and him onely 
shalt thou seme. 

And he caried him to Ierusalem, and set 
him vpon a pynnacle of the temple, and sayde 
vnto him : Yf thou be y sonne of God, cast 
thy self downe from hence. For it is wrytte : 
He shal geue his angels charge ouer the, to 
kepe the/ and with their handes they shal 
holde the vp, that thou dashe not thy fote 
agaynst a stone. And Iesus answered, and 



"Mat. 4. a. Marc. 1. b. * Exo. 34. d. 3 Re. 19. b. 

t Deut. 8. b. h Deut. 6. c. c Psal. 90. b. •> Deut. 6. c. 
c Mat. 4. b. Marc. I.e. / Mat. 13. g. Marc. 6. a. 



sayde vnto him: It is sayde: ""Thou shalt not 
tempte the LORDE thy God. And whan f 
deuell had ended all the temptacions, he de- 
parted from him for a season. 

And e Iesus came agayne in the power of 
the sprete in to Galile. And the fame of him 
was noysed thorow out all f region rounde 
aboute. And he taught in their synagoges, 
and was commended of euery man. 

And he came vnto Nazareth where he was 
noursed/ and as his custome was, he wete in 
to the synagoge vpon y Sabbath, and stode 
vp for to rede. Then was there delyuered 
him the tboke of y prophet Esay. And 
whan he had turned ouer the boke, he founde 
the place where it is wrytten : The sprete of 
the LORDE is with me/ because he hath 
anoynted me : to preach the Gospell vnto y 
poore hath he sent me : to heale the broken 
harted : to preach delyuerauce to the captyue, 
and sight to the blynde : and frely to set at 
liberty them that are brused : and to preach 
the acceptable yeare of the LORDE. 

And whan he had closed the boke, he gaue 
it agayne to y mynister, (j sat him downe. 
And the eyes of all that were in the synagoge, 
were fastened on him. And he begane to 
saye vnto them : This daye is this scripture 
fulfilled in youre eares. § And they all gaue 
him wytnesse, and wodred at the gracious 
wordes, which proceaded out of his mouth, 
and they saide : Is not this Iosephs sonne ? h 

And he sayde vnto them : Doutles ye wyl 
saye vnto me this prouerbe : Phisician, heale 
thyself. For how greate thinges haue we 
herde done at Capernau ? Do the same here 
also in thine owne countre. But he saide: 
Verely I saye vnto you : There is no prophet 
accepted in his owne countre.' Neuertheles 
of a trueth I saye vnto you : II There were 
many wedowes in Israel in y tyme of Elias, 
wha the heaue was shut thre yeares and sixe 
monethes, and whan there was a greate derth 
in all the lande: & to none of the was Elias 
sent, but onely vnto Sarepta of the Sydonyans 
to a wedowe. 1TAnd many lepers were there 
in Israel in the tyme of Eliseus y prophet, 
and none of the was clensed, saue onely Naa- 
man of Syria. 

And as many as were in the synagoge, 



t 2 Esd. 8. 1 
" Ioha. 6. e 
II 3 Re. 17. 



e Esa. 61 . a. § Mat. 13. g. Marc. 6. 
' Mat. 13. g. Marc. 6. a. Ioha. 4. 
f 4 Reg. 5. c. 



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wha they herde y, were fylled with wrath. 
And they rose vp, and thrust him out of the 
cite, and led him vp to the edge of the hyll 
whervpo their cite was buylded, that they 
might cast him downe headlynge. But he 
wente his waye euen thorow the myddest of 
them," and came to Capernaum a cite of 
Galile, and taught the vpo the Sabbathes. 
And they wondred at his doctryne, *for his 
preachinge was with power. 

And in the Synagoge there was a man 
possessed with a foule deuell, 5 he cryed 
loude, and sayde : Let me alone, what haue 
we to do with the thou Iesus of Nazareth?* 



Art thou come to destroye 



I knowe y 



who thou art, euen the Holy of God. And 
Iesus rebuked him and sayde : holde thy tiige, 
and departe out of him. And the deuell 
threw hi in the myddest amonge them, and 
departed from him, and dyd him no harme. 
And there came a feare ouer the all, and they 
spake amonge them selues, and sayde ; What 
maner of thinge is this ? He commaundeth 
the foule spretes with auctorite and power, 

d they departe out. And f fame of him was 
noysed thorow out all the places of y countre 
rounde aboute. 

And he rose vp out of the synagoge," and 
came in to Symons house. And Symos mo- 
ther in lawe was take with a greate feuer, 
& they prayde him for her. And he wete vnto 
her, u comaunded the feuer. And it left 
her, d imediatly she rose vp, 5 mynistred 
vnto the. 

And whan the Sonne was gone downe 
all they that had sicke of dyuerse d diseases, 
brought the vnto him. And he layed his 
hades vpon euery one of the, & made the 
whole. "The deuels also departed out of 
many, criege and sayenge : Thou art Christ 
the sonne of God. And he rebuked the, 5 
suffred them not to speake : for they knewe 
that he was Christ. But wha it was daye, he 
wete out in to a deserte place. And the 
people sought hi, and came vnto him, g kepte 
him, y he shulde not departe fro the. But he 
sayde vnto the : I must preach the Gospell of 
y kyngdome of God to other cities also : for 
there to am I sent. And he preached in the 
synagoges of Galile. 



" Mat. 4. b. Marc. 1. b. Ioha. 2. b. * Mat. 7. c. 

Luc. 2. g. b Marc. 1. c. c Mat. 8. b. Marc. 1. c. 

* Mat. 8. b. Marc. 1. c. e Marc. 3.b. / Mat. 4. c. 



€f)e 6. Chapter. 

IT came to passe, y the people -'preassed 
vpon him to heare the worde of God, and 
he stode by the lake of Genazereth, and sawe 
two shippes stode by y lake syde, but y 
fishers were gone out of the, and had waszhed 
their nettes. Then wente he in to one of the 
shippes, which was Symons, and prayed him, 
y he wolde thrust out a litle fro the londe. 
And he sat him downe, and taught the people 
out of y shippe. 

And whan he had left of talkynge, he sayde 
vnto Symon : Launch out in to the depe j let 
slyppe youre nettes, to make a draught. And 
Symon answered and sayde vnto him: Master, 
we haue laboured all f night, and taken 
nothinge. But vpo thy worde, I wil lowse 
forth the nett. And wha they had so done, 
they toke a greate multitude of fiszhes, g 
their net brake. And they made sygnes to 
their felowes which were in f other shippe, 
y they shulde come, & helpe the. And they 
came, g fylled both the shippes full, so y they 
soncke. Whan Symon Peter sawe y, he fell 
downe at Iesus knees, & sayde : LORDE, go 
fro me, for I am a synfull man : For he was 
astonnyed and all that were with him, at this 
draught of fishes which they toke, and so were 
lames and Ihon also the sonnes of Zebede, 
which were Symons companyons. And Iesus 
sayde vnto Symo : Feare not, for fro hence 
forth thou shalt take men. And they brought 
the g shippes to londe, and left all, and folowed 
him. 

*And it fortuned as he was in a cite, be- 
holde, there was a man full of leprosy. Wha 
he sawe Iesus, he fell vpo his face, & besought 
him, and sayde : LORDE, yf thou wilt, thou 
canst make me cleane. And he stretched out 
his hade, and touched him, and sayde : I wil, 
be thou cleane. And immediatly the leprosy 
departed from him. And he charged him, y 
he shulde tell no ma, but go thy waye (sayde 
he) and she we thy self vnto y prest, and offre 
for thy clensynge,t as Moses comaunded, for 
a witnesse vnto the. But y fame of hi wete 
out farther abrode, u there came moch people 
together, to heare him, g to be healed by 
hi fro their sicknesses. And he departed 



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t Led. 14. a. 



a. Marc. 1. d. 



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in to the wyldernesses, (j gaue him self to 
prayer. 

And it fortuned vp5 a daye, y he taught, 
and there sat y Pharises and scrybes, which 
were "come out of all the townes of Galile, 
and Iewry, and fro Ierusale, and the power of 
the LORDE wete fro him, 5 healed euery 
man. And beholde, certayne men brought 
vpon a bed, a man y had y palsye, and they 
sought how they might brynge him in, and 
laye him before him. And whan they coude 
not fynde by what waye they might bringe 
him in (for y people) they clymmed vp to y 
toppe of the house, 5 let him downe thorow 
the tylinge with the bed, amoge the before 
Iesus. And whan he sawe their faith, he 
sayde vnto hi: Man, thy synnes are forgeue 
f. And the scrybes and pharyses begane to 
thynke, g saide : What is he this, y speaketh 
blasphemy. *Who ca forgeue synnes, but 
onely God? 

Neuertheles wha Iesus perceaued their 
thoughtes, he answered, and saide vnto the : 
* What thynke ye in youre hertes ? Whether 
is easier to saye : Thy synnes are forgeue y, 
Or to saye : Aryse, and walke ? But that ye 
maye knowe, that the sonne of ma hath power 
to forgeue synnes vpon earth, he sayde vnto y 
icke of the palsie : I saye vnto y : Aryse, 
take vp thy bed, and go home. And imme- 
diatly he rose vp before the, (t toke vp the 
bed y he had lyen vpo, and wete home, and 
praysed God. And they were all astonnyed, 
and gaue God y prayse, and were fylled with 
feare, and sayde : We haue sene maruelous 
thynges to daye. 

And afterwarde he wete out, and sawe a 
publican named Leui, syttinge at y receate 
of custome, & he sayde vnto him : c Folowe 
me. And he left all, rose vp, a Mowed him. 
And Leui made hi a greate feast 1 his house. 
And many publicans g other sat with hi at y 
table. And the scrybes and Pharyses mur- 
mured agaynst his disciples, & saide : Wherfore 
do ye eate (t drynke with publicas (j synners? 
d And Iesus answered, (j sayde vnto the : The 
whole nede not y phisician, but they y are 
sicke. I am not come to call y righteous, 
but sinners to repentauce. 6 

But they sayde vnto him: Wherfore fast 



' Mat. 9. a. Marc. 2. a. * Esa. 43. d. and 44. d. 

» Mat. 9. a. Marc. 2. a. Ioha. 5. a. c Mat. 9. a. 

Marc. 2. b. Luc. 15. a. * Luc. 7. e. and 15. a. 



y disciples of Iho so of, $ praye so moch, ij 
the disciples of the Pharises likewyse, but thy 
disciples eate and drynke i And he sayde 
vnto them : Can ye make the weddynge 
childre fast, so loge as the brydegrome is with 
the ? But the tyme wil come that the bryde- 
grome shalbe take fro the, then shal they fast. 
And he sayde vnto them a symilitude : 
No man putteth a pece of new cloth in to an 
olde garment : for els he renteth the new, 
and the pece of the new agreeth not with the 
olde. And no man putteth new wyne in to 
olde vessels, for els y new wyne barsteth the 
vessels, and runneth out it self, and the vessels 
perishe. But new wyne must be put in to 
new vessels, and so are they both preserued. 
And there is no man that drynketh the olde, 
and wolde straight waye haue the new, for he 
sayeth : the olde is pleasaunter. 

Cfie bt. Chapter. 

AND it fortuned vpon an after pryncipall 
Sabbath/ that he wente thorow the 
corne felde, cs his disciples plucked the eares 
of corne, and ate, and rubbed the with their 
hades. But certayne of the Pharises sayde 
vnto them : Wherfore do ye that, which is not 
laufull to do vpon the Sabbath ? And Iesus 
answered, and sayde vnto the : e Haue ye not 
red what Dauid dyd, wha he was hongrie, and 
they that were with him, how he wente in to 
the house of God, and toke the tshewbred, 
and ate, and gaue also vnto them that were 
with him, which was laufull for no man to 
eate, but for the prestes onely? And he 
sayde vnto them: ; 'The sonne of man is 
LORDE euen ouer the Sabbath. 

It came to passe vpo another Sabbath, that 
he wete in to the synagoge, and taught: and 
there was a man, whose right hande was 
wythred. But y scrybes and Pharises marked 
him, whether he wolde heale vpon the Sab- 
bath, that they might fynde an occasion 
agaynst him. Neuertheles he perceaued 
their thoughtes, and sayde vnto the ma with 
the wythred hande : Aryse, and steppe forth 
here. And he arose, and stepped forth. 
Then sayde Iesus vnto the : I wil axe you a 
question : What is it laufull to do vpo the 
Sabbath ? good, or euell ? to saue life, or to 



1 Tim. 1. c. / Mat. 12. a. Marc. 2. c. M Reg 

21. c. t Exo. 25. c. h Mat. 12. b. Marc. 3. a. 



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destroye it ? And he behelde the all rounde 
aboute, and sayde vnto the ma : Stretch out 
thine hande. And he dyd so. Then was his 
hande restored him to right, euen as whole as 
the other. But they were fylled full of mad- 
nes, and commoned together, what they wolde 
do to him. 

" And it fortuned at the same tyme, that he 
wente out in to a mountayne to praye, and 
continued all night in prayer to God.* And 
wha it was daye, he called his disciples, and 
chose twolue of them, whom he called also 
apostles. Symon, whom he named Peter, 
and Andrew his brother, lames and Ihon, 
Phylippe and Bartylmew, Mathew and Tho- 
mas, lames the sonne of Alpheus, Symon 
called Zelotes, Iudas the sonne of lames, and 
Iudas Iscarioth, which was the traytoure. 

*And he wente downe with them, and 
stode vpon a playne in the felde, and the 
company of his disciples, and a greate multi- 
tude of people, from all Iewry, and Ierusale, 
and from Tyre and Sydon by the see coast, 
which were come to heare him, and to be 
healed of their diseases, and they that wex*e 
vexed with foule spretes, were healed. And 
all the people sought to touch him, for there 
wente vertue fro him, and healed the all. 

And he lift vp his eyes vpo his disciples, 
and sayde : c Blessed are ye poore, for yours is 
the kyngdome of God. Blessed are ye that 
honger here, for ye shalbe satisfied. Blessed 
are ye y wepe here, for ye shal laugh. Blessed 
are ye, whan men hate you, and put you out 
of their copanyes, and reuyle you, and cast 
out youre name as an euell thinge, for the 
sonne of mans sake. Reioyse ye then, and 
be glad : for beholde, youre rewarde is greate 
in heauen. rf Euen thus dyd their fathers vnto 
the prophetes also. 

But wo vnto you riche, for ye haue youre 
cosolacion allready. Wo vnto you that are 
full, for ye shal honger. Wo vnto you that 
laugh here, for ye shal wepe and wayle. Wo 
vnto you whan euery man prayseth you, 
Euen so dyd their fathers vnto the false pro- 
phetes also. 

But I saye vnto you that heare: Loue 
youre enemies : do good vnto them that hate 
you : blesse them that curse you : praye for 

Mat. 14. c. Marc. 6. e. * Mat. 10. a. Marc. 3. b. 

and 6. a. Luc. 9. a. Act. 1. b. » Mat. 4. c. Marc. 3. a. 

c Mat. 5. a. d Amos 6. a. t Tob. 4. c. Eccll. 31. b. 

Mat. 7. a. ' Mat. 5. c. f Mat. 7. a. and IP., c. 



them that wrongfully trouble you. And who 
so smyteth the on the one cheke, offre him f 
other also. And who so taketh awaye thy 
cloake, forbyd him not thy cote also. Who 
so euer axeth of the, geue him : and who so 
taketh awaye thyne, axe it not agayne. t And 
as ye wolde that men shulde do vnto you, 
'euen so do ye vnto them likewyse. 

And yf ye loue them that loue you, what 
thake haue ye therfore ? For synners also loue 
their louers. And yf ye do good for youre 
good doers, what thanke haue ye therfore? 
For synners also do euen the same. And yf 
ye lende vnto them, of who ye hope to re 
ceaue, what thake haue ye ther fore ? For 
synners also lende vnto synners, that they 
maye receaue as moch agayne. But rather 
loue ye youre enemies, do good, and lende, 
lokynge for nothinge therof agayne : so shal 
youre rewarde be greate, and ye shalbe the 
children of the Hyest, for he is kynde, euen 
to the vnthankfull and to the euell. 

Be ye therfore mercifull/ as youre father 
also is mercifull. Iudge not, and ye shal not 
be iudged. Condepne not, and ye shal not 
be condempned. Forgeue, and ye shal be 
forgeuen. +Geue, and to you shalbe geue. 
A good measure, pressed downe, shaken to- 
gether, (j runynge ouer, shal me geue in to 
youre bosome. g For with what measure ye 
meete, with the same shal it be measured to 
you agayne. 

And he sayde a symilitude vnto the : * Can 
the blynde shewe the waye to y blynde ? Do 
they not both the fall in to the dyche ? The 
disciple is not aboue his master. 2 But whoso- 
euer is perfecte, y same shalbe as his master. 
But why seist thou a moote I thy brothers 
eye, and considrest not the beame, that is in 
thine awne eye ? Or how canst thou saye 
vnto thy brother : holde styll brother, I wil 
plucke f moate out of thyne eye/ and thou 
thy self seist not y beame in thine awne eye ? 
Thou ypocryte, Fyrst cast the beame out of 
thine awne eye, and the shalt thou se clearly 
to pull the moote out of thy brothers eye. 

For it is no good tre, l y bryngeth forth 
euell frute : and no euell tre y bi'ingeth forth 
good frute. Euery tre is knowne by his frute. 
For me gather not fygges of thornes, ner 

+ Pro. 11. c. e Mat. 7. 
« Mat. 10. c. Ioha. 13. b. 
and 12. d. 



Marc. 4. c. * Mat. 15. b. 
k Mat. 7. a. ' Mat. 7. b. 



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grapes of buszhes. A good ma out of y good 
treasure of his hert, bryngeth forth y which 
is good: and an euell ma out of the euell 
treasure of his hert, bryngeth forth that which 
is euell. For of the abundaunce of the hert, 
the mouth speaketh. 

"But why call ye me LORDE LORDE, g 
do not that I saye vnto you ? * Who so euer 
commeth vnto me, and heareth my wordes 
and doth the, I wil shewe you to whom he is 
lyke. He is like vnto a man which buylded 
an house, and digged depe, and layed y foun- 
dacion vpon a rocke. Whan the waters came, 
the floudes bett vpon that house, and coulde 
not moue it : for it was grouded vpo y rocke. 
But he that heareth and doth not, is like vnto 
a man that buylded his house vpo the earth 
without foundacion, and the streames bett vpo 
it, and it fell immediatly, and greate was the 
fall of that house. 

Che bij. Chapter. 

WHAN he had ended his talkynge vnto 
the people,* he wente in to Caper- 
naum : and a captaynes seruaunt laye deed 
sicke, whom he loued. Wha he herde of 
Iesus, he sent the elders of the Iewes vnto 
him, and prayed him, that he wolde come, 
and make his seruaunt whole. But wha. they 
came to Iesus, they besought him instantly, (j 

yde : He is worthy y thou shuldest shewe 
this for him, for he loueth oure people, & hath 
buylded vs y synagoge. And Iesus wente 
with them. 

Now whan they were not farre from y 
house, y captaine sent fredes vnto hi, saiege 
vnto him: Oh LORDE, trouble not thy self, 
I am not worthy, y thou shuldest enter vnder 
my rofe, and therfore I thought not my self 
worthy to come to y: but speake y worde, a 
my seruaut shalbe whole. For I my self also 
am a ma, subiecte to the hygher auctorite, (j 
haue soudyers vnder me. And I saye vnto 
one : Go, (j he goeth. And to another : 
Come, and he cometh. And to my seruaut : 
Do this, & he doeth it. Whan Iesus herde y, 
he marueyled at hi, j turned him aboute, & 
sayde vnto y people y folowed hi : I saye vnto 
you : So greate faith haue I not founde, no 
not in Israel. And wha they that were sent, 



Mat. 7. t 
* Mat. 8. 



and 25. a. 
. Ioha. 4. f. 



* Mat. 7. 
3 Re. 17. 



came home agayne, they founde the seruaut 
that was sicke, whole. 

And it fortuned afterwarde, that he wete 
in to a cite called Nairn, and many of his 
disciples wente with him, and moch people. 
Whan he came nye to the gate of the cite, 
beholde, there was caried out one deed, which 
was the onely sonne of his mother, and she 
was a wyddowe, and moch people of the cite 
wente with her. And whan the LORDE 
sawe her, he had copassion on her, and sayde 
vnto her : Wepe not. And he came nye, and 
touched the Coffyn. And they that bare him, 
stode styll. And he sayde: Yonge man, I 
saye vnto the: Aryse. And tthe deed sat 
vp, and beganne to speake. And he dely- 
uered him vnto his mother. And there came 
a feare on them all, and they praysed God, 
and sayde : + A greate prophet is rysen amonge 
vs, and God hath vysited his people. And 
this fame of him was noysed in all Iewry, and 
in all y regions that laye rounde aboute. 

And the disciples of Iho shewed him of 
all these thinges. And Ihon called vnto him 
two of his disciples, and sent the vnto Iesus 
sayenge : Art thou he that shal come, or shal 
we loke for another ? Whan the men came to 
him, they sayde : Ihon y baptist hath sent vs 
vnto the, sayenge : Art thou he that shal 
come, or shal we loke for another? 

At the same houre healed he many from 
sicknesses & plages, and fro euell spretes, and 
vnto many that were blynde, he gaue sight. 
And Iesus answered, 5 sayde vnto the : Go 
youre waye, shewe Ihon, what ye haue sene 
I herde. c The blynde se, the halt go, the 
lepers are clensed, the deaf heare, the deed 
aryse, § the Gospell is preached vnto y 
poore, and blessed is he, that is not offended 
at me. 

rf Whan the messaungers of Iho were de- 
parted, Iesus begane to speake vnto y people 
cocernynge Iho : What are ye gone out for to 
se in y wyldernesse? Wolde ye se a rede, 
that is shake with the wynde ? Or what are ye 
gone out for to se ? Wolde ye se a ma clothed 
in soft rayment? Beholde, they that are 
gorgiously arayed, & lyue delycately, are in 
kynges courtes. Or what are ye gone out for 
to se ? Wolde ye se a prophet ? Yee I saye 
vnto you: one that is more the a prophet. 

4 Re. 4. d. Act. 9. f. and 20. b. % Ioha. 4. c. and 6. b. 
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This is he, of whom it is wrytten : " Beholde, 
I sende my messaunger before thy face, which 
shal prepare thy waye before the. For I 
saye vnto you : Amonge the y are borne of 
weme, there is no greater prophet the Ihon 
the baptist. Notwith stondynge he that is 
lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater 
then he. 

And all the people that herde him, and y 
publicans, iustified God, and were baptysed 
with the baptyme of Ihon. But the Pharises 
and scrybes despysed y councell of God against 
the selues, & were not baptised of hi. 

But the LORDE saide : Where vnto shal 
I licken the men of this generacion ? s And 
whom are they like? They are like vnto 
childre which syt in the market, and crye one 
to another, and saye : We haue pyped vnto 
you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue 
mourned vnto you, g ye haue not wepte. 
For Ihon y baptist came, and *ate no bred, 
and drake no wyne, and ye saye : he hath y 
deuell. The sonne of man is come, eateth 
and drynketh, g ye saye : This man is a 
glutton and a wyne bebber, a frende of pub- 
licans and synners. And wyszdome is iustified 
of all hir children. 

And one of the Pharises desyred him, y he 
wolde eate with him/ And he wente in to 
the Pharises house, and sat him downe at y 
table, t And beholde, there was in the cite a 
woma, which was a synner. Whe she knewe 
that Iesus sat at the table in the Pharises 
house, she brought a boxe with oyntment, & 
tode behynde at his fete, and wepte, and 
beganne to water his fete with teares, and to 
drye the with the hayres of hir heade, and 
kyssed his fete, (t anoynted the with oyntmet. 

But whan the Pharise which had called 
him sawe that, he spake within himself/ and 
sayde : Yf this ma were a prophet, he wolde 
knowe who, g what maner of woman this is 
that toucheth him, for she is a synner. And 
Iesus answered, and saide vnto him : Simo, 
I haue somewhat to saye vnto the. He sayde : 
Master saye on. A certayne lender had two 
detters, the one ought fyue hundreth pens, 
the other fiftie : but whan they had nothinge 
to paye, he forgaue the both. Tell me which 
of them wyl loue him most? Symon an- 
swered, and sayde: He, (I suppose) to who 



" Mai. 3. : 
Mat. 26. a. 



. Marc. 1. 
Mar. 14. a. 



'Mat. 11 
Ioha. 12. 



* Mat. 3. a. 
Luc. 15. d. 



he forgaue most. Then sayde he vnto him: 
Thou hast iudged right. 

And he turned him to the woman, and 
sayde vnto Symo : Seist thou this woma ? I 
am come in to thine house, thou hast geue 
I me no water vnto my fete, but she hath watred 
I my fete with teares, and dryed the with the 
hayres of hir heade : Thou hast geue me no 
kysse, but she (sens the tyme she came in) 
hath not ceassed to kysse my fete : Thou hast 
not anointed my heade with oyle, but she hath 
anoynted my heade with oyntment. Ther- 
fore I saye vnto the : Many synnes are for- 
geuen her, for she hath loued moch. But 
vnto whom lesse is forgeuen, the same loueth 
the lesse. 

And he sayde vnto her: Thy synnes are 
forgeuen the. Then they that sat at the table 
with him, beganne to saye within themselues: 
What is he this, that forgeueth synnes also ? 
But he sayde vnto the woman : Thy faith hath 
saued the, Go thy waye in peace. 

Clje btij. Chapter. 

AND it fortuned afterwarde, that he wente 
thorow the cities and townes, and 
preached, and shewed y Gospell of the kyng- 
dome of God, and the twolue with him. And 
certayne wemen also,' who he had healed fro 
euell spretes and infirmities : Namely, Mary + 
which is called Magdalene, out of whom 
wente seuen deuels, and Ioanna y wife of 
Chusa Herodes stewarde, and Susanna, and 
many other, that mynistred vnto them of their 
substaunce. 

f Now wha moch people were gathered to- 
gether, and haisted vnto him out of the cities, 
He spake by a symilitude : There wente out 
a sower to sowe his sede, & whyle he was 
sowynge, some fell by the waye syde, and 
was trodde vnder fote, and the foules of the 
ayre ate it vp. And some fell on stone, and 
whan it was spronge vp, it wythred awaye, 
because it had no moystnesse. And some 
fell amonge thornes, and the thornes sprange 
vp with it, and choked it. And some fell vpo 
a good grounde, and sprange vp, and bare 
frute an hundreth folde. Wha he sayde this 
he cryed: Who so hath eares to heare, let him 
heare. 



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33 And his disciples axed him, and sayde : 
" What symilitude is this ? And he sayde : 
Vnto you it is geue, to knowe the mysteryes 
of the kyngdome of God, but vnto the other 
in parables, y though they se it, they shulde 
not se it,* and though they heare it, they 
shulde not vnderstonde. 

This is the parable : The sede is the worde 
of God: As for those that are by y wave 
syde, they are they that heare it, afterwarde 
commeth the deuell, and taketh awaye the 
worde out of their hertes, that they shulde 
not beleue, and be saued. But they on f 
stone, are soch as whan they heare it, receaue 
the worde with ioye, and these haue no rote 
they beleue for a whyle, and in the tyme of 
temptacion they fall awaye. As for it that 
fel amonge the thornes, are soch as heare it, 
and go forth amonge the cares, riches and 
volupteousnesses of this life, and are choked 
and brynge forth no frute. But that on the 
good grounde, are they that heare the worde, 
and kepe it in a pure good hert, and brynge 
forth frute in pacience. 

c No man lighteth a cadell, and couereth it 
with a vessell, or putteth it vnder a table, but 
setteth it vpon a candelsticke, that soch as go 
in maye se light. ''For there is nothinge hyd, 
that shal not be openly shewed : and there is 
nothinge secrete, that shal not be knowne, 
and come to light. Take hede therfore how 
ye heare. * For who so hath, vnto him shalbe 
geue : but who so hath not, from him shalbe 
taken awaye, eue the same that he thynketh 
to haue. 

There wente vnto him his mother and 
his brethren, and coude not come at him for 
the people. And it was tolde him. Thy 
mother and thy brethren stonde without/ and 
wolde se the. But he answered, & sayde vnto 
the : My mother and my brethren are these, 
which heare the worde of God, and do it. 

•^And it fortuned vpon a certayne daye, y 
he wente in to a shippe, and his disciples with 
him, d he sayde vnto the : Let vs passe ouer 
to the other syde of y lake. And they thurst 
of fro the lode. And as they sayled, he slepte. 
And there came a storme of wynde vpon y 
lake, and the wawes fell vpon the, and they 
stode in greate ioperdy. Then wete they 



Mat. 13. b. Marc. 4. a. » Esa. 6.b. ' Mat. 5. b. 
Marc. 4. b. Luc. 11. c. d Mat. 10. d. Marc. 4. b. 

Mat. 13. b. and 25. c. Marc. 4. c. Luc. 19. c. e Mat.l2. e. 



vnto him, and waked him vp, j sayde : 
Master master, we perishe. Then he arose, 
and rebuked the wynde, and the tepest of 
water, and they ceassed, and it waxed calme. 
But he sayde vnto the : Where is youre faith ? 
Neuertheles they were afrayed, and wodred, 
and sayde one to another : What is he this ? 
For he comaundeth the wyndes and the 
water, and they are obedient vnto him. s And 
they sayled forth in to the countre of the 
Gadarenites, which is ouer agaynst Galile. 

And whan he wente out to londe, there 
met him out of y cite a ma, which had a 
deuell longe tyme, (j ware no clothes, & taried 
in no house, but in the graues. Neuertheles 
wha he sawe Iesus, he cried, and fell downe 
before him, and cried loude, g sayde : What 
haue I to do with the Iesus, thou sonne of the 
Hyest God ? I beseke the, that thou wilt not 
tormete me. For he comaunded the foule 
sprete, that he shulde departe out of the ma 
for he had plaged hi a loge season. And he 
was bounde with cheynes, and kepte with 
fetters, and he brake the bondes in sonder, 
and was caried of the deuell in to the wyl- 
dernesse. 

And Iesus axed him, and sayde : What is 
thy name ? He sayde : Legion. For there 
were many deuels entred in to him. And 
they besought him, that he wolde not co- 
maunde the to go in to the depe. '' But 
there was there a greate heerd of swyne 
fedynge vpon the mountayne, and they 
besought him, that he wolde geue them leue, 
to entre in to y same. And he gaue the 
leue. Then departed y deuels out of the 
ma, and entred in to the swyne. And the 
heerd ruszhed headlynges with a storme in 
to the lake, and were drowned. But wha y 
herdmen sawe what had chaunsed, they fled, 
and tolde it in the cite and in the vyllagies. 

Then wente they out, for to se what was done, 
and came to Iesus, and founde the ma (out of 
whom the deuyls were departed) syttinge at 
Iesus fete, clothed, and in his right mynde, 
and they were afrayed. And they y had 
sene it, tolde the how the possessed was healed. 
And the whole multitude of y countre of the 
Gadarenites besought him, that he wolde 
departe from them, for there was a greate 



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feare come vpon the. * And he gat him in 
to y shippe, and turned agayne. And the 
man out of who the deuels were departed, 
besought him, y he might be with him. But 
Iesus sent him awaye, and sayde : Go home 
agayne, and shewe how greate thinges God 
hath done for the. And he wente his waye, 
5 preached thorow out all y cite, how greate 
thinges Iesus had done for hi. 

And it fortuned wha Iesus came agayne, 
the people receaued him, for they wayted for 
him. And beholde, there came a man named 
Iairus (and he was a ruler of the synagoge) 
and fell at Iesus fete, j besought him, that he 
wolde come in to his house. For he had but 
one doughter (vpon a twolue yeare of age) 
and she laye at y poynt of death. h And as he 
wente, the people thronged him. And a 
woma hauynge the bloudyssue twolue yeares, 
(which had spent all hir substaunce vpon 
phisicians, and coude be healed of none) came 
behynde, 5 touched the hemme of his garmet, 
and immediatly hir yssue of bloude was 
staunched. 

And Iesus sayde : Who hath touched me ? 
But whan they all denyed, Peter sayde, and 
they that were with him : Master, the people 
thronge the and thrust the, and thou sayest : 
Who hath touched me ? Iesus saide : Some 
body hath touched me, for I fele, that there 
is vertue gone out fro me. But whan the 
woman sawe that she was not hyd, she came 
treblynge, and fell downe before him, and 
tolde him before all the people, for what 
cause she had touched him, 5 how she was 
healed immediatly. And he sayde vnto her : 
Doughter, be of good comforte, thy faith 
hath made the whole, go thy waye in peace. 

c Whyle he yet spake, there came one fro y 
ruler of y synagoges house, and sayde vnto 
him : Thy doughter is deed, disease not the 
master. Whan Iesus herde that, he answered 
him, and sayde : Feare not, beleue onely, and 
she shal be made whole. But whan he came 
in to the house, he suffred no man to go in, 
saue Peter, and lames and Iho, and the 
father and mother of the mayden. They 
wepte all, and sorowed for her. But he 
sayde : Wepe not, for she is not deed, but 
tslepeth. And they laughed hi to scorne, 

*Marc.5.b. " Mat. 9. c. Marc. 5. c. b Mat. 9. c. 
Marc. 5. c. c Mat. 9. c. Marc. 5. d. t Ioha. 11. b. 
d Mat. 10. a. Marc. 3. b. and 6. a. Luc.6.b. J Mar. 6. a. 



knowynge well that she was deed. But he 
thrust them all out, and toke her by the 
hande, and cryed, and sayde : Mayde aryse. 
And hir sprete came agayne, & she arose 
straight waye. And he comaunded to geue 
her meate. And hir elders were astonnyed. 
But he charged them, that they shulde tell no 
man, what was done. 

Wt)t tr. Chapter. 

AND he called the twolue together, rf and 
gaue them power and auctorite ouer 
all deuels, and that they might heale diseases. 
And he sent the out to preach the kyngdome 
of God, and to heale y sicke, and sayde vnto 
them : t Ye shal take nothinge with you by 
the waye, nether staff, ner scryppe, ner bred, 
ner money : ner haue two coates. And in to 
what house so euer ye entre, there abyde, tyll 
ye go thence. e And who so euer receaue you 
not, departe out of the same cite, and shake 
of the dust from youre fete, for a wytnesse 
ouer them. And they departed, and wente 
thorow the townes, preachinge y Gospell, & 
healynge euery where. 

■^Herode the Tetrarcha herde of all that was 
done by him. And he toke care, for so moch 
as it was sayde of some : Iho is rysen agayne 
from the deed: of some, Elias hath appeared: 
of some, One of the olde prophetes is rysen 
agayne. And Herode sayde : Iho haue I 
beheaded, who is this then, of who I heare 
soch thinges ? And he desyred to se him. 

§ And the Apostles came agayne, and tolde 
him how greate thinges they had done. And 
he toke them to him, and wente asyde in to a 
solytary place by the cite called Bethsaida. 
Whan the people knew of it, they folowed him. 
And he receaued them, and spake vnto them 
of the kyngdome of God, and healed soch as 
hade nede therof. But the daye beganne to 
go downe. Then came the twolue to him, 
and sayde vnto him : let the people departe 
fro the, that they maye go in to the townes 
rounde aboute, and in to y vyllagies, where 
they maye fynde lodgynge (j meate, for we are 
here in y wyldernesse. But he sayde vnto 
them : Geue ye them to eate. They sayde : 
We haue nomore but fyue loaues and two 
fyszhes. Excepte we shulde go g bye meate 



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for so moch people (for there were vpon a 
fyue thousande men) But he sayde vnto his 
disciples : Cause them to syt downe by fifties 
in a copany. And they dyd so, and made 
them all to syt downe. Then toke he the 
fyue loaues and two fiszhes, and loked vp 
towarde heaue, and sayde grace ouer them, 
brake them, and gaue them to the disciples, 
to set the before the people. And they ate, 
and were all satisfied. And there were taken 
vp of that remayned to them, twolue bas- 
kettes full of broken meate. 

And it fortuned whan he was alone, "and at 
his prayer, and his disciples with him, he 
axed them, and sayde : Whom saye the 
people that I am? They answered, and 
sayde : They saye, thou art Ihon the baptist : 
Some, that thou art Elias: Some, that one of 
the olde prophetes is rysen agayne. But he 
sayde vnto them : Whom saye ye that I am ? 
Then answered Peter and sayde : * Thou art 
the Christ of God. And he charged them 
strately, and commaunded them, that they 
shulde tell this vnto no ma, and sayde : * For 
the sonne of man must suffre many thinges, 
and be cast out of the Elders and of y hye 
prestes, and scrybes, and be put to death, and 
ryse agayne the thirde daye. 

Then sayde he vnto them all : c Yf eny ma 
wil folowe me, let hi denie himself, & take vp 
his crosse daylie, (t folowe me. t For who so 
euer wil saue his life, shal lose it. But who 
so loseth his life for my sake, shal saue it. 
For what auauntage hath a man, though he 
wanne the whole worlde, and loseth himself, 
or runneth in dammage of himself ? d Who 
so is ashamed of me and of my sayenges, of 
him shall the sonne of ma also be ashamed, 
whan he commeth in his glory, and in the 
glory of his father, and of the holy angels. 
I saye vnto you of a treuth : e there be some 
of them that stonde here, which shall not 
taist of death, tyll they se the kyngdome of 
God. 

And it fortuned, that aboute an eight 
dayes after these wordes, -^he toke vnto him 
Peter, Ihon and lames, and wente vp in to a 
mout for to praye. i And as he prayed, the 
shappe of his countenaunce was chaunged of 
another fashion, and his garment was whyte, 

° Mat. 16. a. Marc. 8. d. h Ioha.6. g. * Mat. 16. c. 
and 20. b. Marc. 8. d. 9. d. 10. d. Luc. 18. d. * Marc. 8. e. 
t Luc. 17. d. d Mat. 10. d. Marc. 8. e. Luc. 12. a. 

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and shyned : and beholde, two men talked 
with him, Which were Moses and Elias, that 
appeared gloriously, and spake of his depart- 
ynge, which he shulde fulfill at Ierusalem. 
As for Peter and them that were with him, 
they were full of slepe. But whan they 
awoke, they saw his glory, and the two men 
stondynge with him. 

«And it chaunsed, whan they departed fro 
him, Peter sayde vnto Iesus : Master, here is 
good beynge for vs. Let vs make thre 
tabernacles : one for the, one for Moses, and 
one for Elias, and wyst not what he sayde. 
But whyle he thus spake, there came a cloude, 
and ouershadowed them. And they were 
afrayed, whan the cloude couered them. 
And out of the cloude there came a voyce, 
which sayde : This is my deare sonne, § heare 
him. And whyle this voyce came to passe, 
they founde Iesus alone. And they kepte it 
close, and tolde no ma in those dayes eny of 
the thinges which they had sene. 

'And it chaunsed on the nexte daye after, 
whan they came downe from the mount, 
moch people met him, and beholde, a man 
amonge the people cryed out, and sayde : 
Master, I beseke the, loke vpon my sonne, 
for he is my onely sonne : beholde, the sprete 
taketh him, and sodenly he crieth, and he 
teareth him, that he fometh, and with payne 
departeth he from him, whan he hath rente 
him. And I besought thy disciples to cast 
him out, and they coulde not. Then answered 
Iesus, and sayde: Oh thou vnfaithfull and 
croked generacion, how longe shal I be with 
you, & suffre you ? Brynge hither thy sonne. 
And whan he came to him, the deuell rente 
him and tare him. But Iesus rebuked the 
foule sprete, and healed the chylde, and de- 
lyuered him vnto his father agayne. And 
they were all amased at the mighty power 
of God. 

And whyle they wondred euery one at all 
thinges which he dyd, he sayde vnto his 
disciples: Comprehende these sayenges in 
youre eares. k For the sonne of man must be 
delyuered in to the hades of men. But they 
wyst not what that worde meaned, and it was 
hyd from them, that they vnderstode it not. 
And they were afrayed to axe him of that 

t 2 Pe. 1. d. s Mat. 17. a. Marc. 9. a. § Deut. 18. c. 

* Mat. 17. b. Marc. 9. b. ' Marc. 1. c. Luc. 4. d. 

* Mat. 16. c. and 20. b. Marc. 8. d. and 9. d. Luc. 2. g. 
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worde.* There came a thought also amonge 
them, which of them shulde be the greatest. 
But wha Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their 
hert, he toke a childe, g set him harde by 
him, and sayde vnto them : " Whosoeuer re- 
ceaueth this childe in my name, receaueth 
me : and who so euer receaueth me, receaueth 
him that sent me.t But who so is leest 
amoge you all, y same shal be greate. 

Then answered Iho, and sayde: Master, 
we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name, 
and we forbad him, for he folowed the not 
with vs. And Iesus saide vnto him : For byd 
him not, for he that is not agaynst vs, is 
for vs. 

And it fortuned whan the tyme was ful- 
fylled that he shulde be receaued vp from 
hence, he turned his face to go straight to 
Ierusalem, and before him he sent messaun- 
gers, which wente their waye, and came in 
to a towne of the Samaritans, to prepare 
lodginge for him. And they wolde not re- 
ceaue him, because he had turned his face to 
go to Ierusale. But whan his disciples lames 
and Ihon sawe that, they sayde : LORDE, 
wilt thou, that we commaunde, that fyre fall 
downe from heauen, and consume them,! as 
Elias dyd? Neuertheles Iesus turned him 
aboute, and rebuked them, and sayde : 
Knowe ye not, what maner of sprete ye are 
of? The sonne of man is not come to de- 
stroye mens soules, but to saue them. And 
they wente in to another towne. 

*And it fortuned as they went by the waye, 
one sayde vnto him : I wil folowe the, 
whyther so euer thou go. And Iesus sayde 
vnto him : The foxes haue holes, and the 
byrdes vnder the heaue haue nestes : but the 
sonne of man hath not wheron to laye his 
heade. 

"And he sayde vnto another: Folowe me. 
He sayde : Syr, geue me leue first to go, and 
burye my father. But Iesus sayde vnto him : 
$Let the deed burye their deed. But go 
thou thy waye, and preach the kyngdome 
of God. 

And another sayde : Syr, I will folowe 
the, II but geue me leue first, to go byd them 
farwele, which are at home in my house. 
Iesus sayde vnto him : Who so putteth his 

* Mat. 18. a. Marc. 9. d. Luc. 22. b. " Mat. 10. e. 

Marc. 9. d. Luc. 10. b. Ioha. 13. c. t Mat. 20. d. 

Marc. 9. d. and 10. e. Luc. 22. b. J 4 Re. I.e. 

b Mat. 8. c c Mat. 8. c. § Leu. 21. b. 



hade to the plowe, and loketh backe, is not 
mete for the kingdome of God/ 

Cf)e v. Chapter. 

AFTERWARDE the LORDE ap- 
poynted out other seuentie, and sent 
them two and two before him in to euery cite 
and place, whither he himself wolde come, 
and sayde vnto them : e The haruest is greate, 
but the labourers are fewe. Praye therfore 
the LORDE of the haruest, to sende forth 
labourers in to his haruest. -^ Go youre waye : 
beholde, I sende you forth as the labes amonge 
y wolues. Beare nether wallet, ner scryppe, 
ner shues, and T salute no ma by the waye. 
In to what so euer house ye entre, first saye : 
Peace be in this house. And yf the childe of 
peace be there, youre peace shal rest vpon 
him. Yf no, then shal youre peace turne to 
you agayne. But tary ye still in the same 
house, eatinge and drynkinge soch as they 
haue. For the labourer is worthy of his 
rewarde. 

Go not from house to house. And in to 
what so euer cite ye entre, and they receaue 
you, eate soch thinges as are set before you. 
And heale the sicke that are there, and saye 
vnto them : The kyngdome of God is come 
nye vnto you. s But in to what so euer cite 
ye come, and they receaue you not, go youre 
waye out in to the stretes of the same, and 
saye : Euen the very dust which cleaueth 
vpon vs of youre cite, wype we of vpon you. 
But of this ye shal be sure, that the kyng- 
dome of God was come nye vnto you. I 
saye vnto you : It shalbe easyer for Sodome 
in that daye, then for that cite. 

Wo vnto the Chorazin, wo vnto the Beth- 
saida : * for yf the mhacles which haue bene 
done amonge you had bene done at Tyre and 
Sidon, they had done pennaunce longe agoo, 
syttinge in sackcloth and in asshes. Neuer- 
theles it shalbe easyer for Tyre and Sidon at 
the iudgment, then for you. And thou 
Capernaum which art exalted vnto the 
heauen, shalt be thrust downe vnto hell. He 
that heareth you, heareth me : ' and he that 
despyseth you, despyseth me : but who so 
despyseth me, despyseth him y sent me. 

|| 3 Re. 19. d. d 2 Pet. 2. d. ' Mat. 9. d. 

/ Mat. 10. a. Marc. 6. a. Luc. 9. a. f 4 Re. 4. d. 

s Mat. 10. b. Marc. 6. b. Luc. 9. a. Act. 13. e. and 18. a. 
" Mat. 11. b. ' Mat. 10. e. Ioha. 13. c. Marc. 9. d. 



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The seuetye came agayne with ioye, and 
sayde : LORDE, the deuels also are subdued 
vnto vs in thy name. But he sayde vnto 
them : a I sawe Sathan fall downe from 
heauen as a lightenynge. Beholde, *I haue 
geuen you power to treade vpon serpetes and 
scorpions, and ouer all power of the enemye, 
and nothinge shall hurte you. Neuertheles, 
reioyce not ye in this, that the spretes are 
subdued vnto you : but reioyse, t that youre 
names are wrytten in heauen. 

At the same houre reioysed Iesus in sprete, 
and sayde: 4 I prayse the (O father and 
LORDE of heauen and earth) that thou hast 
hyd these thinges from the wyse and prudent, 
and hast opened them vnto babes. Euen so 
father, for so it pleased the. C A11 thinges are 
geuen ouer vnto me of my father : * and no 
man knoweth who the sonne is, but onely the 
father : nether who the father is, saue onely 
the sonne, and he to whd the sonne will 
open it. 

And he turned him vnto his disciples, and 
sayde in especiall : Blessed are the eyes, 
which se that ye se. For I saye vnto you : 
d Many prophetes and kynges, wolde haue 
sene the thynges that ye se, and haue not 
sene them : and to haue herde the thynges 
that ye heare, and haue not herde them. 

And beholde, there stode vp a scrybe and 
tempted him, and sayde : Master, what must 
I do, to inheret euerlastinge life ? He sayde 
vnto him : What is wrytten in the lawe ? 
How readest thou ? He answered and sayde : 
• Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all 
thy hert, with all thy soule, with all thy 
strength, and with all thy mynde, and § thy 
neghboure as thy self. He sayde vnto him : 
Thou hast answered right : this do, and thou 
shalt lyue. But he wolde haue iustified him- 
self, (t sayde vnto Iesus : Who is then my 
neghboure ? 

Then answered Iesus, and sayde : A cer- 
tayne man wente downe from Ierusalem 
vnto Iericho, and fell amonge murthurers, 
which stryped him out of his clothes, and 
wounded him, and wente their waye, and left 
him half deed. And by chauce there came 
downe a prest the same waye : and whan he 
sawe him, he passed by. And likewyse a 



<• Esa. 14. b. Apo. 12. c. * Mar. 16. c. Act. 28. a. 
t Phil. 4. a. Apo. 17. b. b Mat. 11. c. « Mat. 28. c. 
Ioba. 13. a. t Mat. 11. e. Ioha. 7. c. 8.b. 10. b. 



Leuite, wha he came nye vnto the same place 
and sawe him, he passed by. But a Samari- 
tane was goynge his iourney, and came that 
waye, and whan he sawe him, he had com- 
passion vpon him, wente vnto him, bounde vp 
his woundes, and poured oyle and wyne therin, 
and lifte him vp vpon his beast, and brought 
him in to the ynne, and made prouysion for 
him. Vpon the next daye whan he departed, 
he toke out two pens, and gaue them to the 
oost, and sayde vnto him : Take cure of him, 
and what so euer thou spendest more, I wil 
paye it the, whan I come agayne. Which of 
these thre now thinkest thou, was neghboure 
vnto him, that fell amonge the murtherers ? 
He sayde : He that shewed mercy vpon him. 
Then sayde Iesus vnto him : Go thy waye 
then, and do thou likewyse. 

It fortuned as they wete, that he entred in 
to a towne, where there was a woman named 
Martha, which receaued him in to hir house. 
And she had a sister, called Mary,/ which sat 
hir downe at Iesus fete, and herkened vnto his 
worde. But Martha made hir self moch to 
do, for to serue him. And she stepte vnto 
him, and sayde : LORDE, carest thou not, 
that my sister letteth me serue alone ? Byd 
her therfore, that she helpe me. But Iesus 
answered, and sayde vnto her: Martha Martha, 
thou takest thought, and combrest thy self 
aboute many thinges : II there is but one 
thinge nedefull. Mary hath chosen a good 
parte, which shal not be taken awaye from her. 

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AND it fortuned that he was in a place, 
and prayed. And whan he had ceassed, 
one of his disciples sayde vnto him : LORDE, 
teach vs to praye, as Ihon also taught his 
disciples. He sayde vnto the : Whan ye praye, 
saye : O oure father which art in heauen, 
halowed be thy name. Thy kyngdome come. 
Thy wil be fulfilled vpon earth, as it is in 
heauen. Geue vs this daye oure daylie bred. 
And forgeue vs oure synnes, for we also 
forgeue all them that are detters vnto vs. 
And lede vs not in to temptacion, but delyuer 
vs from euell. 

And he sayde vnto them : Which of you 
is it that hath a frende, and shulde go to him 



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at mydnight, and saye vnto him : frende, 
lende me thre loaues, for a frende of myne is 
come to me out of the waye, and I haue 
nothinge to set before him : and he within 
shulde answere and saye : Disquyete me not, 
the dore is shutt allready, and my children 
are with me in the chamber, I can not ryse, 
and geue the. I saye vnto you : and though 
he wolde not aryse and geue him, because he 
is his frende, Yet because of his vnshamefast 
begginge he wolde aryse, and geue him as 
many as he neded. 

And I saye vnto you also : Axe, and it 
shal be geuen you: " Seke, and ye shal fynde: 
knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you. For 
who so euer axeth, receaueth : and he that 
seketh, fyndeth : and to him that knocketh, 
shal it be opened. Yf the sonne axe bred of 
eny of you that is a father, wyl he geue him 
a stone therfore ? Or yf he axe a fyszhe, wyl 
he for the fish offre him a serpent ? Or yf he 
axe an egg, wyl he profer him a scorpion ? Yf 
ye then which are euell, can geue youre 
children good giftes, how moch more shal the 
father of heauen geue the holy sprete vnto 
them that axe him ? 

b And he droue out a deuell that was domme : 
and it came to passe whan the deuell was 
departed out, the domme spake, and the 
people wondred. But some of" them sayde \ 
He dryueth out the deuels, thorow Beelzebub 
the chefe of the deuels. The other tempted 
him, and desyred a token of him from heauen. 
But he knewe their thoughtes, and sayde vnto 
them : Euery kyngdome deuyded within it 
self, shal be desolate, and one house shal fall 
vpo another. Yf Sathan then be at variaunce 
within himself, how shal his kyngdome endure ? 
Because ye saye, that I dryue out deuels 
thorow Beelzebub. 

And yf I dryue out deuels thorow Beelzebul, 
by whom the do youre children dryue them 
out? Therfore shall they be youre iudges. 
But yf I cast out the deuels by the fynger of 
God, then is the kyngdome of God come 
vnto you. 

Whan a stronge harnessed man kepeth his 
house/ that he possesseth is in peace : * but 
whan a stronger then he commeth vpo him, 
and ouer commeth him, he taketh fro him all 

Pro. 8. b. Mat. 7. a. Ioha. 14. b. 15. a. 16. c. 
4 Mat. 9. d. and 12. c. c Marc. 3. b. d Mat. 12. c. 

* Col. 2. b. e Mat. 12. c. / Marc. 8. b. t Ionae 



his wapens, wherin he trusted, and deuydeth 
the spoyle. He that is not with me, is 
agaynst me : and he that gathereth not with 
me, scatereth abrode. 

e Whan the vncleane sprete is gone out of 
a man, he walketh thorow drye places, sekynge 
rest, and fyndeth none. Then sayeth he : I 
wil turne agayne in to my house, from whence 
I wente out. And whan he commeth, he 
fyndeth it swepte, and garnished. Then 
goeth he, and taketh vnto him seuen other 
spretes, worse the himself. And whan they 
are entred in, they dwell there. And the ende 
of that man is worse then the begynnynge. 

And it fortuned whan he spake soch, a cer- 
tayne woman amonge the people lift vp hir 
voyce, and sayde vnto him : Blessed is y 
wombe that bare the, and the pappes that thou 
hast sucked. But he sayde : Yee blessed are 
they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it. 

Whan the people were gathered thicke 
together, he beganne to saye : -^This is an 
euell generacion, they desyre a toke, and there 
shal no token be geuen them, but the toke of 
the prophet Ionas. t For like as Ionas was 
a toke vnto the Niniuytes, so shal the sonne 
of man be vnto this generacion. g The quene 
of the south shal aryse at the iudgmet with 
the men of this generacion, and shall con- 
dempne them : for she came from the ende 
of the worlde, to heare the wyszdome of 
Salomon. And beholde, here is one more 
then Salomon. The men of Niniue shal 
aryse at the iudgment with this generacion, 
and shall condempne them : for they dyd 
pennaunce after the preachinge of Ionas : and 
beholde, here is one more the Ionas. 

* No man lighteth a candell, and putteth it 
in a preuy place, nether vnder a buszhell, 
but vpon a candilsticke, that they which come 
in, may se f light, t The eye is the light of 
the body, Yf thine eye then be syngle, all 
thy body shal be full of light : but yf thine 
eye be wicked, then shal all thy body be full 
of" darcknesse. Take hede therfore, that the 
light which is in the, be not darcknesse. Yf 
thy body now be light, so that it haue no 
parte of darknesse, then shal it be all full of 
light, and shall light the euen as a cleare 
lightenynge. 



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But whyle he yet spake, a certayne Pharise 
prayed him, that he wolde dyne with him. 
And he wente in, and sat him downe at the 
table. Whan the Pharise sawe that, he 
marueyled, that he waszhed not first before 
dyner. But the LORDE sayde vnto him : 
Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde 
of the cuppe and platter, " but youre inwarde 
partes are full of robbery and wickednesse. 
Ye fooles, is a thinge made cleane within, 
because the outsyde is clensed ? Neuertheles 
geue almesse of that ye haue, and beholde, 
all is cleane vnto you. 

But wo vnto you Pharises,* ye that tythe 
mynt and rewe, and all maner herbes, and 
passe ouer iudgmet and y loue of God. These 
ought to haue bene done, and not to leaue 
the other vndone. 

Wo vnto you Pharises, for ye loue to syt 
vppermost in the synagoges, and to be saluted 

the market. 

Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses, ye 
ypocrites, for ye are like couered sepulcres, 
where ouer men walke, and are not awarre of 
them. 

Then answered one of the scrybes, and 

?de vnto him: Master, with these wordes 
thou puttest vs to rebuke also. But he saide : 
And wo vnto you also ye scrybes, for ye lade 
men with vntollerable burthens, and ye youre 
selues rf touch them not with one of youre 
fyngers. 

Wo vnto you, for ye buylde the sepulcres 
of the prophetes, e but youre fathers put them 
to death. Doutles ye beare wytnesse, and 
consente vnto the dedes of youre fathers: 
for they slewe them, and ye buylde their 
sepulcres. 

J Therfore sayde the wyszdome of God : I 
wil sende prophetes and Apostles vnto the : 
and some of them shal they put to death and 
persecute, that the bloude of all the prophetes 
which hath bene shed sens the foundacion of 
the worlde was layed, maye be requyred of this 
generacion: from the bloude of AbehV vnto y 
bloude of * Zachary, which perished betwene 
the altare and y temple. Yee I saye vnto 
you : it shalbe requyred of this generacion. 

Wo vnto you scrybes, for ye haue receaued 
y keye of knowlege. 7 ' Ye are not come in 

" Mat. 23. c. * Mat. 23. c. c Mat. 23. a. Marc. 

12. d. Luc. 10. c. d Mat. 23. a. e Mat. 23. d. 

/ Mat. 23. c. s Gen. 4. b. * 2 Pa. 24. b. h Mat. 
23. b. ■ Mat. 16. a. Marc. 8. a. t Sap. 1. b. Mat. 



youre selues, and haue forbydden them that 
wolde haue bene in. 

Whan he spake thus vnto them, the scrybes 
and Pharyses beganne to preasse sore vpon 
him, and to stoppe his mouth with many 
questions, and layed wayte for him, and 
sought to hunte out some thinge out of his 
mouth, that they might accuse him. 

Cfie rtj. Cfjapttv. 

THERE were gathered together an innu- 
merable multitude of people, in so moch 
that they trode one another: Then beganne 
he, and sayde first vnto his disciples : 'Bewarre 
of the leuen of the Pharises, which is ypocri- 
sye. t But there is nothinge hyd, that shal 
not be discouered : nether secrete, that shal 
not be knowne. Therfore whatsoeuer ye 
haue spoke in darknesse, that same shal be 
herde in light: and that ye haue spoken in to 
the eare in the chabers, shalbe preached vpon 
the house toppes. 

But I saye vnto you my frendes: 'Be not 
afrayed of them that kyll the body, and after 
that haue nomore that they can do. But I 
wil shewe you, whom ye shal feare. Feare 
him, which after he hath kylled, hath power 
also to cast in to hell : Yee I saye vnto you : 
Feare him. Are not fyue sparowes bought 
for two farthinges ? Yet is not one of them 
forgotten before God. The very hayres of 
youre heade also are nombred euery one. 
Feare not therfore, for ye are better then 
many sparowes. 

I saye vnto you : 'Who so euer knowlegeth 
me before men, him shal the sonne of ma 
also knowlege before the angels of God: 
But he that denyeth me before men, shal be 
denyed before the angels of God. And who 
so euer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne 
of man, it shalbe forgeuen him : '" But who so 
blasphemeth the holy goost, it shal not be 
forgeuen him. 

Whan they brynge you in to their syna- 
goges," and to the rulers g officers, take ye 
no thought, how or what ye shal answere 
or what ye shal speake : for the holy goost 
shal teach you in the same houre, what ye 
ought to saye. 

10. d. Marc. 4. b. Luc. 8. b. * Mat. 10. d. 2 Par. 

20. c. 'Mat. 10. d. Marc. 8. e. Luc. 9. c. Apo. 3. a. 
" Mat. 12. c. Marc. 3. c. " Mat. 10. c. Marc. 13. b. 
Luc. 21. b. 



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But one of the people sayde vnto him : 
Master, byd my brother deuyde the enheri- 
taunce with me. Neuertheles he sayde vnto 
him : Man, who hath set me to be a iudge or 
heretage parter ouer you? And he sayde 
vnto them : Take hede, and bewarre of 
couetousnesse, for noman lyueth therof, that 
he hath abundaunce of goodes. And he tolde 
them a symilitude, and sayde : There was a 
riche man, whose felde had brought forth 
frutes plenteously, and he thought in himself, 
and sayde : What shal I do ? I haue nothinge 
wher in to gather my frutes. And he sayde : 
This wil I do, I wil breake downe my barnes, 
5 buylde greater, and therin wil I gather all 
myne increace, & my goodes, & wil saye vnto 
my soule : a Soule, thou hast moch goodes 
layed vp in stoare for many yeares, take now 
thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. But 
God sayde vnto him : * Thou foole, this night 
shal they requyre thy soule from the, *and 
whose shal it be that thou hast prepared? 
Thus goeth it with him y gathereth treasure 
for himself, and is not riche in God. 

But he sayde vnto his disciples : Therfore 
I saye vnto you : c Take ye no thought for 
youre life, what ye shal eate : nether for youre 
body, what ye shal put on. The life is more 
then meate, and the body more then raymet. 
Consydre the rauens, they nether sowe ner 
reape, they haue also nether stoarehouse ner 
barne, and yet God fedeth them. But how 
moch better are ye then the foules ? 

d Which of you (though he toke thought 
therfore) coulde put one cubyte vnto his 
stature ? Seinge then ye be not able to do 
that which is least, why take ye thought for 
the other? Considre the lilies vpo the felde, 
how they growe : they laboure not, they spynne 
not. But I saye vnto you : that euen Salomon 

all his royalte was not clothed like one of 
these. Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse, 
y is to daye in f felde, and tomorow shalbe 
cast in to the fornace, how moch more shal he 
clothe you, o ye of litle faith ? Axe not ye 
therfore what ye shal eate, or what ye shal 
drynke, and clymme not vp an hye: The 
Heithen in the worlde seke after all soch 
thinges. But seke ye the kyngdome of God, 
and all these shal be mynistred vnto you. 



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Feare not thou litle flocke, for it is youre 
fathers pleasure to geue you the e kyngdome. 
Sell that ye haue, and geue almesse. Make 
you bagges, which waxe not olde : euen a 
^treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen, where 
no thefe commeth, and no moth corruppeth : 
for where youre treasure is, there wil youre 
hert be also. 

? Let youre loynes be gerded aboute, and 
youre lightes burnynge, and be ye like vnto 
men that wayte for their lorde, agaynst he 
returne from the mariage, that whan he 
cometh (j knocketh, they maye straight 
waye open vnto him. Blessed are those ser- 
uauntes, whom the LORDE (whan he cometh) 
shal fynde wakynge. Verely I saye vnto you: 
t He shal gyrde vp him self, and make them 
syt downe at the table, and shal go by them, 
and mynister vnto them. And yf he come in 
the seconde watch, and in the thirde watch, 
and fynde them so, blessed are those ser- 
uauntes. ''But be sure of this, that yf the 
good man of the house knewe, what houre 
the thefe wolde come, he wolde surely watch, 
and not suffre his house to be broken vp, 
Therfore be ye ready also, for at an houre 
whan ye thynke not, ! shal the sonne of man 
come. 

But Peter sayde vnto him : LORDE, 
tellest thou this symilitude vnto vs, or to all 
men also ? The LORDE sayde : How greate 
a thinge is a faithfull and wyse stewarde, 
whom his lorde setteth ouer his houszholde. 
to geue the their dewtye in due season : 
Blessed is that seruaunt, whom his lorde 
(whan he cometh) shal fynde so doynge.* 
Verely I saye vnto you : 'he shal set him 
ouer all his goodes. But yf the same seruaiit 
shal saye in his hert : Tush, it wil be longe or 
my lorde come, and shal begynne to smyte y 
seruauntes and maydens, yee & to eate and 
drynke, (t to be dronke : the same seruauntes 
lorde shal come in a daye whan he loketh not 
for him, and in an houre that he is not aware 
of, 5 shal hew him in peces, and geue him his 
rewarde with the vnbeleuers. 

The seruaunt that knewe his lordes wil 
and prepared not himself, nether dyd acor- 
dinge to his will, shal be beaten with many 
strypes : But he that knewe it not, and yet 



Ephe. 6. d. 1 Pet. I.e. t Luc. 22. b. A Mat. 

24. d. Marc. 13. d. * Mat. 25. a. * Apo. 16. c. 

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dyd thinges worthy of strypes, shal be beaten 
with few strypes. For loke vnto whom moch 
is geuen, of him shal moch be sought: and 
loke to whom moch is commytted, of him 
shal moch be requyred. 

I am come to kyndle fyre vpo earth, and 
what wolde I rather, the that it were kyndled 
allready. Notwithstodinge I must first be 
baptised with a baptyme, and how am I 
payned tyll it be ended ? Thynke ye, that I 
am come to brynge peace vpon earth ? " I 
tell you nay, but rather debate. For from 
hence forth there shal be at varyauce in one 
house : thre agaynst two, and two agaynst 
thre. The father shal be deuyded agaynst y 
sonne, and the sonne agaynst the father : the 
mother agaynst the doughter, g the doughter 
agaynst the mother : the mother' in lawe 
agaynst hir doughter in lawe, and y doughter 
in lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe. 

And he sayde vnto the people : b Whan ye 
se a cloude ryse out of y west, straight waye 
ye saye : there cometh a shower, and so it is : 
and whan ye se the southwynde blowe, ye 
saye : It wil be hote, and it commeth so to 
passe. O ye ypocrytes, ye can discerne the 
fashion of the skye and of the earth : Why 
can ye not discerne this tyme also ? Yee 
and why iudge ye not of youre selues, what is 
right ? 

Whyle thou goest with thine aduersary 
vnto the Prynce, geue diligece by the waye, 
that thou mayest be quyte of him, lest he 
brynge the before the iudge, and the iudge 
delyuer the to the iaylar, and the iaylar cast 
the in to preson. I tell the, thou shalt not 
come out thence, tyll thou paye the vttemost 
myte. 

Cft« rtrj. Chapter. 

THERE were present at the same season 
certayne, that shewed him of y *Gali- 
leans, whose bloude Pilate had megled with 
their awne sacrifice. And Iesus answered, 
and sayde vnto them : Suppose ye, that these 
Galileas were greater synners then all the 
other Galileans, because they suffred soch 
punyshment? I tell you naye, but excepte 
ye amede youre selues, ye shal all perishe 
likewyse. Or thinke ye that y eightene 
(vpon whom the tower in Siloe fell and slewe 
them) were giltie aboue all men that dwell at 

"Mat. 10. e. Mich. 7. a. * Mat. 16. a. *Act.5.c. 



Ierusalem? I tell you naye : but excepte ye 
amende youre selues, ye shal all perishe 
likewyse. 

And he tolde them this symilitude : A cer 
tayne ma had a fygge tre, which was planted 
in his vynyarde, 3. he came and sought frute 
theron, and founde none. Then sayde he 
vnto the wynegardener : Beholde, This thre 
yeare longe haue I come euery yeare, and 
sought frute vpon this fygge tre, and fynde 
none : cut it downe, why hyndreth it the 
grounde ? But he answered, and sayde : 
Syr, let it alone yet this yeare, tyll I dygge 
roude aboute it and donge it, yf it wyl 
brynge forth frute: Yf no, then cut it downe 
afterwarde. 

And he taught in a synagoge vpon the 
Sabbath : and beholde, there was a woma, 
which had a sprete of infirmyte eightene 
yeares, and was croked, and coulde not well 
loke vp. Whan Iesus sawe her, he called her 
to him, and sayde vnto her : Woman, be 
delyuered from thy disease. And he layed 
his handes vpo her, and immediatly she was 
made straight, and praysed God. Then 
answered the ruler of the synagoge, and toke 
indignacion (because Iesus healed vpo y 
Sabbath) and sayde vnto the people : There 
are sixe dayes, wherin men ought to worke, 
in them come and be healed, and not on the 
Sabbath. 

Then the LORDE answered him, and 
sayde : Thou ypocryte, doth not euery one of 
you lowse his oxe or asse fro the crybbe vpo 
Sabbath, and leade him to the water? But 
shulde not this (which is Abrahams doughter) 
whom Sathan hath bounde now eightene 
yeares, be lowsed from this bonde vpo the 
Sabbath? And whan he thus sayde, all his 
aduersaries were ashamed. And all the people 
reioysed ouer all the excellent dedes, that 
were done by him. 

And he sayde : e What is the kyngdome of 
God like ? Or wher vnto shal I copare it ? 
It is like a grayne of mustarde sede, which a 
man toke, and cast in his garden: and it 
grewe, and waxed a greate tre, and the 
foules of the ayre dwelt amonge the braunches 
of it. 

And agayne he sayde : d Where vnto shal I 
licken the kyngdome of God? It is like vnto 
leuen, which a woman toke, and myxte it 

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araoge thre peckes of meele, a tyll it was all 
leuended. And he wete thorow cities and 
townes, and taught, and toke his iourney 
towarde Ierusalem. 

And one sayde vnto him: LORDE, are 
there few (thinkest thou) that shalbe saued 
But he sayde vnto them : * Stryue ye to entre 
in at the strayte gate, for many (I saye vnto 
you) shal seke to come in, and shal not be 
able. From that tyme forth, whan the good 
man of the house is rysen vp, and hath shut 
the dore, then shal ye begynne to stonde 
without, and to knocke at y dore, and saye : 
LORDE LORDE, open vnto vs. c And he 
shal answere, and saye vnto you: I knowe you 
not whence ye are. 

Then shal ye begynne to saye : We haue 
eaten and dronken before the, and thou hast 
taught vs vpon y stretes. And he shal saye : 
I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are. 
d Departe fro me all ye workers of iniquyte. 
There shalbe wepynge and gnaszhinge of teth, 
when ye shal se Abraham, and Isaac, and 
Iacob and all the prophetes in y kyngdome 
of God, and youre selues thrust out, And 
wha they shal come from the east and from 
the west, 'from the north and from the south, 
which shal syt at y table in the kyngdome of 
God. And beholde/ there are last, which 
shal be fyrst: and there are first, which 
shalbe last. 

Vpon the same daye there came certayne 
of y Pharises, and sayde vnto him : Get the 
out of the waye, and departe hence, for 
Herode wyl kyll the. And he sayde vnto the : 
Go ye and tell that foxe : beholde, I cast out 
deuels, and heale the people todaye and to- 
morow, and vpo the thirde daye shal I make 
an ende : for it can not be, that a prophet 
perishe without Ierusalem. 

g O Ierusalem Ierusale, thou that kyllest the 
prophetes, and stonest the that are sent vnto 
y, how oft wolde I haue gathered thy children 
together, euen as the henne gathereth hir 
nest vnder hir wynges, and ye wolde not? 
Beholde, youre habitacion shal be left vnto 
you desolate. For I saye vnto you : ye shal 
not se me, tyll y tyme come that ye shal 
saye : '' blessed be he, y cometh in y name of 
the LORDE. 



Gen. 18. a. » Mat. 7. b. c Mat. 25 
Mat. 7. b. and 25. d. « Mat. 8. b. 

6- Mat. 23. e. h Luc. 19. d. 



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"Psal. 6. 
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Wf)t rttij. Chapter. 

AND it fortuned that he came in to the 
house of one of f chefe Pharises vpo a 
Sabbath, to eate bred, (j they watched him. 
And beholde, there was a ma before him, 
which had y dropsye. And Iesus answered, & 
spake vnto the scrybes and Pharises, g sayde: 
' Is it laufull to heale on the Sabbath ? But 
they helde their tonge. And he toke him, 
and healed him, <j let him go, and answered, 
and sayde vnto the : Which of you shal haue 
an oxe or an asse fallen in to a pytte,* and wil 
not straight waye pull him out on the Sabbath 
daye? And they coude not answere him agayne 
to that. 

And he tolde a symilitude vnto y gestes, 
wha he marked how they chose the hyest 
seates, j sayde vnto the : Whan thou art 
bydde of eny man to a weddynge, syt not 
downe in the hyest rowme, lest a more honor- 
able man the thou be bydde of him, and he 
that bade both the and him, come & saye vnto 
y: geue this ma rowme, and thou the be- 
gynne with shame to take y lowest rowme. 
But rather wha thou art bydde, go and syt in 
y lowest rowme, that wha he that bade the, 
cometh, he maye saye vnto the: Frende, syt 
vp hyer : then shalt thou haue worshipe in the 
presence of them that syt at the table.' For 
who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought 
lowe : '" and he y humbleth himself, shalbe 
exalted. 

He sayde also vnto him that had bydden 
him : Wha thou makest a dyner or a supper, 
call not thy frendes, ner thy brethren, ner thy 
kynsfolkes, ner thy riche neghbours, lest they 
call the agayne, and recompece be made y. 
But wha thou makest a feast," call the poore, 
the crepell, the lame, the blynde, then art 
thou blessed, for they can not recompece y. 
But it shalbe recompensed the in the resur- 
reccion of the righteous. 

Whan one of them that sat by at the table 
herde this, he sayde vnto him : Blessed is he, 
that eateth bred in y kyngdome of God. 
But he sayde vnto him : A certayne ma made 
a greate supper," and called many ther to. 
And in y houre of the supper he sent his 
seruaute, to saye vnto the y were bydde : 



Psal.ll7.c. 'Luc. 6. a. and 13. b. Mat. 12. b. Marco. 
* Exo. 23. a. Deut. 22. b. ' Pro. 25. a. <•> Mat. 23. 
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Come, for now are all thinges ready. And 
they begane all together to excuse the selues 
one after another : The first saide vnto hi : 
I haue bought a ferme, and I must nedes go 
forth and se it, I praye y haue me excused. 
And y seconde sayde : I haue bought fyue 
yoke of oxen, and now I go to proue them, I 
praye the haue me excused. And the thirde 
sayde : I haue maried a wife, therfore can I 
not come. And the seruaunt came, and 
brought his lorde worde agayne therof. 

Then was the good man of the house dis- 
pleased, and sayde vnto his seruaut : Go out 
quyckly in to the stretes and quarters of y 
cite, and brynge in hither the poore and 
crepell, and lame and blynde. And the ser- 
uaut sayde : lorde, it is done as thou hast 
comaunded, and there is yet more rowme. 
And the lorde sayde vnto the seruaunt : Go 
out in to the hye wayes, and to the hedges, 
and compell them to come in, that my house 
maye be fylled. But I saye vnto you : that 
none of these men which were bydden, shal 
taist of my supper. 

There wente moch people with him,* and 
he turned him aboute and sayde vnto them: 
Yf eny man come vnto me, and hate not his 
father, mother, wife, childre, brethre, sisters, 
yee and his owne life also, he can not be my 
disciple. And whosoeuer beareth not his 
crosse, and foloweth me, can not be my 
disciple. 

Which of you is it y wil buylde a tower, 
and sytteth not downe first and counteth y 
cost, whether he haue sufficiet to perfourme, 
it ? lest after he hath layed the foundacio, and 
is not able to perfourme it, all they that se it, 
begynne to laugh him to scorne, £ to saye : 
This man beganne to buylde, and is not able 
to perfurme it. Or what kynge wil go to 
make battayl agaynst another kynge, and 
sytteth not downe first, and casteth in his 
mynde, whether he be able with ten thou- 
sande, to mete him that commeth agaynst 
him with twentye thousande ? Or els, whyle 
the other is yet a greate wave of he sendeth 
embassage, and desyreth peace. So likewyse 
euery one of you that forsaketh not all that 
he hath, can not be my disciple. 

Salt is a good thinge : * but yf the salt be 
vnsauery, what shal they season withall? It 



■ Deut. 13. b. Mat. 10. e. and 16. d. » Mat. 5. b. 

Marc. 9. e. c Mat. 9. a. Marc. 2. b. Luc. 5. d. 



is nether good vpon the lande, ner in the 
donge hyll, but shal be cast awaye. He that 
hath eares to heare, let him heare. 

Cfte rb. Chapter. 

THERE resorted vnto him all the pub- 
licans and synners/ that they might 
heare him. And y Pharises and scrybes 
murmured, and sayde : * This man receaueth 
synners, and eateth with them. But he tolde 
the this symilitude, and sayde : What man is 
he amonge you, that hath an hundreth shepe. 
and yf he loose one of the/ that leaueth not 
the nyne and nyentye in the wyldernesse, and 
goeth after that which *s lost tyll he fynde it? 
And whan he hath founde it, he layeth it 
vpon his shulders with ioye: and whan he 
commeth home, he calleth his fredes and 
neghbours, and sayeth vnto the : Reioyce with 
me, for I haue founde my shepe, y was lost. 
I saye vnto you : Eue so shal there be ioye in 
heauen ouer one synner that doth pennaunce, 
more then ouer nyne and nyentye righteous, 
which t nede not repentaunce. 

Or what woman is it that hath ten grotes, 
yf she loose one of them, that lighteth not a 
candell, and swepeth the house, and seketh 
diligently, tyll she fynde it ? And whan she 
hath founde it, she calleth hir frendes j negh- 
bouresses, and sayeth : Reioyce with me, for 
I haue foiide my grote, which I had lost. 
Euen so (I tell you) shal there be ioye before 
the angels of God, ouer one synner y doth 
pennaunce. 

And he sayde : A certayne man had two 
sonnes, and the yonger of them sayde vnto 
the father: Father, geue me the porcion of 
y goodes, that belongeth vnto me. And he 
deuyded the good vnto them. And not longe 
therafter, gathered the yonger sonne all to- 
gether, & toke his iourney in to a farre countre, 
and there waisted he his goodes with ryotous 
lyuynge. Now whan he had spent all that he 
had, there was a greate derth thorow out all 
the same lode. And he begane to lacke, and 
wente his waye, and claue to a cytesin of that 
same countre, which sent him in to his felde, 
to kepe swyne. And he wolde fayne haue 
fylled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne 
ate. And noman gaue him them. 



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Then came he to him self, and sayde : How 
many hyred seruauntes hath my father, which 
haue bred ynough, and I perish of honger? 
I wil get vp, and go to my father, and saye 
vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst 
heauen and before the, and am nomore 
worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as 
one of thy hyred seruauntes. And he gat 
him vp, j came vnto his father. But whan 
he was yet a greate waye of, his father sawe 
him, and had c6passion, a and ranne, and fell 
aboute his neck, and kyssed him. Then sayde 
the sonne vnto him : Father, I haue synned 
agaynst heaue, and before the, I am no more 
worthy to be called thy sonne. But the 
father sayde vnto his seruauntes: Brynge 
forth the best garment, and put it vpon him, 
and geue him a rynge vpon his hande, and 
shues on his fete, and brynge hither a fed 
calfe, and kyll it, lat vs eate and be mery : for 
this my sonne was deed, and is alyue agayne : 
he was lost, and is founde. And they beganne 
to be mery. 

But the elder sonne was in the felde. And 
whan he came, and drewe nye to the house, 
he herde y mynstrelsye and daunsynge, and 
called one of the seruauntes vnto him, and 
axed what it was. He sayde vnto him : Thy 
brother is come, and thy father hath slayne a 
fed calfe, because he hath receaued him safe 
and sounde. Then was he angrie, and wolde 
not go in. Then wente his father out, and 
prayed him. But he answered, and sayde 
vnto his father : Lo, thus many yeares haue I 
done the seruyce, nether haue I yet broken 
thy commaundement, and thou gauest me 
neuer one kydd, y I might make mery with 
my frendes. But now that this thy sonne is 
come, which deuoured his goodes with har- 
lottes, thou hast slayne a fed calfe. But he 
sayde vnto him : My sonne, thou art allwaye 
with me, and all that is myne, is thine : thou 
shuldest be mery and glad, for this thy brother 
was deed, and is alyue agayne : he was lost, 
and is founde agayne. 

Che rbt. Chapter. 

HE sayde also vnto his disciples : There 
was a certayne riche man, which had a 
stewarde, that was accused vnto him, that he 
had waisted his goodes. And he called him, 
and sayde vnto him : How is it, that I heare 

" Psal.31.a. Iobl3.b. 6 Mat. 6. c. 'Mat. 11. b. 



this of the ? geue acomptes of thy steward- 
shipe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde. 
The stewarde sayde within himself: What 
shal I do? My lorde wil take awaye the 
stewardshipe fro me. I ca not dygge, and to 
begg I am ashamed. I wote what I wil do, 
that wha I am put out of the stewardshipe, 
they maye receaue me in to their houses. 

And he called vnto hi all his lordes detters, 
and sayde vnto the first : How moch owest 
thou vnto my lorde ? He sayde : an hundreth 
tonnes of oyle. And he sayde: Take thy 
byll, syt downe quyckly, (t wryte fiftie. Then 
sayde he vnto another: How moch owest 
thou ? He sayde : An hundreth quarters of 
wheate. And he sayde vnto him : Take thy 
byll, and wryte foure score. And the lorde 
comended the vnrighteous stewarde, because 
he had done wysely. For the children of this 
worlde are in their kynde wyser, the the 
children of light. And I saye vnto you: 
Make you frendes with the vnrighteous Mam- 
mon, y whan ye shal haue nede, they maye 
receaue you in to euerlastinge Tabernacles. 

He that is faithfull in the least, is faithfull 
also in moch : and he that is vnrighteous in 
the least, is vnrighteous also in moch. Yf ye 
then haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous 
Mammon, who wyll beleue you in that which 
is true ? And yf ye haue not bene faithfull 
in another mans busynesse, who wil geue you 
that which is youre awne ? 

*No seruaunt can seme two masters: for 
either he shal hate the one, and loue y other: 
or els he shal leane to the one, and despyse 
the other. Ye can not serue God and Mammon. 

All these thinges herde the Pharises, which 
were couetous, and they mocked hi. And he 
sayde vnto them : Ye are they that iustifie 
youre selues before men, but God knoweth 
youre hertes. For y which is hye amonge 
men, is an abhominacion before God. 

The lawe and y prophetes prophecied vnto 
Ihon, c and from that tyme forth is y kyng- 
dome of God preached thorow y Gospell, and 
euery man preasseth in to it by violence. But 
easier is it, for heauen and earth to perishe, 
then one tittle of y lawe to fall. Who so euer 
putteth awaye his wife, (t marieth another, 
breaketh matrimonye : d and he that marieth 
her which is deuorced fro hir huszbande, 
breaketh wedlocke also. 

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There was a certayne riche man, which 
clothed him self with purple and costly lynnen, 
and fared deliciously euery daye. And there 
was a poore man named Lazarus which laye 
at his gate full of sores, and desyred to be 
fylled with the crommes, that fell from the 
riche mans table. Yet came the dogges, and 
licked his sores. But it fortuned, that the 
poore man dyed, and was caried of the angels 
in to Abrahams bosome. The riche man 
dyed also, and was buried. 

Now whan he was in the hell, he lift vp his 
eyes in the payne, and sawe Abraham afarre 
of, and Lazarus in his bosome : and he cried, 
and sayde : Father Abraham, haue mercy 
vpon me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye 
dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water, (t 
coole my tonge, for I am tormeted in this 
flame. But Abraha saide : Remebre sonne, 
y thou hast receaued good in thy life, (j con- 
trary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But 
now is he comforted, and thou art tormented. 
And beside all this, there is a great space set 
betwene vs and you : so y they which wolde 
go downe from hence vnto you, can not: 
nether maye they passe ouer from thence 
vnto vs. 

Then sayde he: I pray the then father, 
that thou wilt sende him vnto my fathers 
house, for I haue yet fyue brethren, that he 
maye warne them, lest they also come in to 
this place of torment. Abraham sayde vnto 
him : They haue Moses and the prophetes, 
let them heare them. But he sayde : Nay 
father Abraham, but yf one wente vnto them 
fro the deed, they wolde do pennaunce. 
Neuertheles he sayde vnto him : Yf they 
heare not Moses (j the prophetes, then shal 
they not beleue also, though one rose agayne 
fro the deed. 

Cfie rbtj. Chapter. 

HE sayde vnto his disciples : It is vnpos- 
sible that offences shulde not come : " 
but wo vnto him by whom they come : It 
were better for him, that a mylstone were 
hanged aboute his neck, and he cast in to the 
see, then that he shulde offende one of these 
litle ones. Take hede to youre selues. Yf 
thy brother trespace agaynst the, rebuke him : 
and yf he amende, *forgeue him. And 
though he synne agaynst the seuen tymes in 

° Mat. 18. a. Marc. 9. e. » Mat. 18. b. 



a daye, and come seuen tymes in a daye to 
y agayne, and saye : It repenteth me, forgeue 
him. 

And the Apostles sayde vnto y LORDE : 
Increace oure faith. The LORDE sayde: Yf 
ye haue faith as a grayne of mustarde sede,' 
and saye vnto this Molbery tre : Plucke thy 
self vp by the rotes, and plate thy self in the 
see, it shalbe obediet vnto you. Which of you 
is it, that hath a seruaunt (which ploweth, or 
fedeth the catell) wha he commeth home 
from y felde, that he wil saye vnto him : Go 
quyckly, and syt the down to meate ? Is it 
not thus ? that he sayeth vnto him : Make 
•eady, that I maye suppe, gyrde vp thyself, 
and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, 
afterwarde shalt thou eate and drynke also. 
Thanketh he the same seruaunt also, because 
he dyd that was commaunded him ? I trowe 
not. So likewyse ye, wha ye haue done all 
that is comaunded you, saye : We are vnpro- 
fitable seruauntes, we haue done that we were 
bounde to do. 

And it fortuned, whan he toke his iourney 
towarde Ierusalem, he wente thorow the 
myddest of Samaria and Galile. And as he 
came in to a towne, there met him ten 
leporous men, which stode afarre of, and lift 
vp their voyce, and sayde : Iesu master, haue 
mercy vpon vs. And whan he sawe them, he 
sayde vnto the : * Go, and shewe youre selues 
vnto y prestes. And it came to passe, as they 
wente, they were clensed. And one of them 
wha he sawe that he was clensed, he turned 
backe agayne, and praysed God with loude 
voyce, and fell downe on his face at his fete, 
and gaue him thankes. And the same was a 
Samaritane. Iesus answered and saide : Are 
there not ten clensed ? But where are those 
nyne ? There were els none founde, that 
turned agayne, and gaue God the prayse, saue 
onely this strauger. And he sayde vnto him : 
Aryse, go thy waye, thy faith hath made y whole. 

But whan he was demaunded of y Pha- 
rises : Whan cometh the kyngdome of God ? 
He answered them, and sayde : The kyng- 
dome of God commeth not with outwarde 
appearaunce, nether shal it be sayde : lo, here 
or there is it. For beholde, y kyngdome of 
God is inwarde in you. 

And he sayde to the disciples : The tyme 
shal come, wha ye shal desyre to se one daye 



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of the sonne of man, and shal not se it. And 
they shal saye vnto you : a Se here, Se there 
Go not ye, nether folowe, for as the lighten- 
ynge shyneth aboue from the heauen, and 
lighteth ouer all that is vnder the heaue, so 
shal the sonne of ma be in his daye. But 
first must he suffre many thinges/ and be 
refused of this generacion. 

And as it came to passe in the tyme of 
Noe, so shal it come to passe also in f dayes 
of the sonne of man. They ate, they dranke, 
they maried, and were maried, euen vnto y 
daye that Noe wente in to the Arke, and y 
floude came, and destroyed them all. 

Likewyse also as it came to passe in the 
tyme of Lot, they ate, they dranke, they 
bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded. 
But euen the same daye that Lot wente out 
of Sodom/ it rayned fyre and brymstone from 
heaue, and destroyed them all. After this 
maner also shal it go, in the daye whan the 
sonne of man shal appeare. 

In that daye, who so is vpo the rofe, and 
his stuffe in y house/ let him not come downe 
to fetch it : Likewyse he that is in the felde, 
let him not turne backe, for it that is behynde 
him. * Remebre Lottes wife. Who so euer 
goeth aboute to saue his life/ shal lose it: and 
who so euer shal lose it, shal saue it. 

I saye vnto you : In y night shal two 
lye vpon one bed, the one shalbe receaued, 
the other shalbe for saken. s Two shalbe 
gryndinge together, the one shalbe receaued, 
the other shalbe forsaken. And they answered, 
and sayde vnto him : Where LORDE? He 
sayde vnto the : Where so euer y deed carcase 
is there wil y Aegles be gathered together. 



Ctje rfittj. Cftapter. 

HE tolde them a symilitude/ signifienge, 
y men ought allwayes to praye, & not 
to leaue of, j sayde : There was a iudge in a 
cite, which feared not God, and stode in awe 
of no man. And in the same cite there was 
a wedowe, which came vnto him, and sayde : 
delyuer me fro myne aduersary. And he 
wolde not a greate whyle. But afterwarde he 
thought within hi self: Though I feare not 
God, i stonde in awe of no man, yet seynge 



" Mat. 24. b. Marc. 13. c. * Mat. 16. c. c Gen. 7. b. 
Mat. 24. d. " Gen. 19. c. £ Mat. 24. b. * Gen. 19. c. 
/ Mat. 10. e. Marc. 8. e. e Mat. 24. d. '' 1 Tess. 5. c. 



this weddowe is so importune vpon me, I wil 
delyuer her, lest she come at the last, and 

yle vpon me. 

Then sayde the LORDE : Heare what f 
vnrighteous iudge sayeth. But shall not God 
also delyuer his chosen, that crye vnto hi 
daye and night, though he differre the ? I 
saye vnto you : He shal delyuer them, and 
that shortly. Neuertheles, whan the sonne of 
man cometh, suppose ye, that he shal fynde 
faith vpon earth ? 

And vnto certayne which trusted in the 
selues, that they were perfecte, and despysed 
other, he spake this symilitude : There wente 
vp two men in to the teple, to praye : the one 
a Pharise, the other a publican. The Pharise 
stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: 
I thanke the God, that I am not as other 
men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as 
this publican. I fast twyse in the weke, I 
geue the tithes of all that I haue. And the 
publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp 
his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, 
and sayde : God be thou mercyfull vnto me 
synner. I tell you : This man wente downe 
in to his house iustified more the the other/ 
For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe 
brought lowe : and he that humbleth himself, 
shalbe exalted. 

'They brought yonge children also vnto 
him, that he shulde touch them. But whan 
the disciples sawe that, they rebuked them. 
Neuertheles lesus called them vnto him, and 
sayde : Suffre childre to come vnto me, and 
forbyd the not, for of soch is y- kyngdome of 
God. Verely I saye vnto you: Whosoeuer 
receaueth not f kyngdome of God as a childe, 
shal not enter therin. 

And a certayne ruler axed him, and sayde : 
m Good master, what must I do, that I maye 
enheret euerlastinge life? But lesus sayde 
vnto him : Why callest thou me good ? There 
is no man good, but God onely. Thou 
knowest the comaundementes : Thou shalt 
not breake wedlocke : Thou shalt not kyll 
Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare 
false wytnesse : Honoure thy father and th 
mother. But he sayde : All these haue I 
kepte fro my youth vp. Whan lesus herde 
that, he sayde vnto him : Yet lackest thou one 



Deu. 26. c. Eccls. 7. 
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Exo. 20. c. 



k Mat. 23. b. Luc. 14. 
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thinge, sell all that thou hast, and geue it 
vnto y poore, and thou shalt haue a treasure 
in heauen, and come j folowe me. Whan he 
herde that, he was sory, for he was very riche. 
"Whan Iesus sawe that he was sory, he 
sayde : How hardly shal the riche come in to 
the kyngdome of God? It is easyer for a 
Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle, the 
for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of 
God. Then sayde they y herde that : Who 
can then be saued ? But he sayde : loke 
what is vnpossible with me, is possible with 
God.* 

Then sayde Peter : Beholde, we haue for- 
sake all, and folowed the. He sayde vnto 
the : c Verely I saye vnto you : There is no 
ma y forsaketh house, or elders, or brethren, 
or wife, or children for the kyngdome of Gods 
sake, which shal not receaue moch more in 
this tyme, and euerlastinge life in the worlde 
to come. 

He toke vnto him the twolue, and sayde 
vnto them : d Beholde, we go vp to Ierusale, 
and it shal all be fulfilled, that is wrytten by 
the prophetes of the sonne of man. For he 
shal be delyuered vnto y Heythen, and shalbe 
mocked/ and despytefully intreated, and 
spitted vpon : and whan they haue scourged 
him, they shal put him to death, and vpon 
the thirde daye shal he aryse agayne. *And 
they vnderstode nothinge of these thinges. 
And this sayenge was hyd from them, and 
they perceaued not the thinges that were 
spoken. 

-'And it came to passe, whan he came nye 
vnto Iericho, there sat one blynde by the 
waye, and begged. And whan he herde the 
people passe by, he axed what it was. Then 
sayde they vnto him, that Iesus of Nazareth 
passed by. And he cryed, and sayde : Iesu 
thou sonne of Dauid, haue mercy vpon me. 
But the people that wente before, rebuked 
him, that he shulde holde his tunge. Neuer- 
theles he cried moch more : Thou sonne of 
Dauid haue mercy vpo me. Iesus stode styl, 
j comaunded hi to be brought vnto hi. And 
whan he was come neare, he axed him and 
sayde : What wilt thou, that I do vnto the ? 
He sayde: LORDE, that I maye receaue my 
sight. And Iesus sayde vnto him : Receaue 
thy sight, thy faith hath saued the. And 



" Mat. 19. c. Marc. 10. c. b Luc. 1. c. 
Mar. 10. c. d Mat. 20. b. Marc. 10. d. 



Mat. 19. d. 
■ Luc. 23. a. 



immediatly he sawe, and folowed him, j praysed 
God. And all the people that sawe it, gaue 
God the prayse. 

Che rtr. Chapter. 

AND he entred in, and wente thorow 
Iericho : 5 beholde, there was a man 
named Zacheus, which was a ruler of the 
publicans, and was riche, and desyred to se 
Iesus what he shulde be, and he coulde not 
for the people, for he was lowe of stature. 
And he ranne before, and clymmed vp in to 
a wylde fygge tre, that he might se him : for 
he shulde come y waye. And whan Iesus 
came to the same place, he loked vp, and 
sawe him, and sayde vnto him : Zache, come 
downe haistely, for to daye must I turne in to 
thy house. And he came downe hastely, and 
receaued himt with ioye. Whan they sawe 
that, they murmured all, and sayde, y he was 
gone in, to a synner. 

But Zacheus stode forth, and sayde vnto 
the LORDE : Beholde LORDE, the half of 
my goodes geue I to the poore : and yf I 
haue defrauded eny man, I restore him foure 
folde. Iesus sayde vnto him : This daye is 
health happened vnto this house, for so moch 
as he also is Abrahams sonne.l For the 
sonne of ma is come, to seke and to saue that 
which was lost. 

Now whyle they herkened, he tolde 
symilitude also, because he was nye vnto 
Ierusalem, and because they thought, that the 
kyngdome of God shulde appeare immediatly. 
And he sayde : S A certayne noble ma wete in 
to a farre countre, to receaue hi a kyngdome, 
and then to come agayne. This man called 
ten of his seruauntes, and delyuered them 
ten pounde, and sayde vnto them : Occupye, 
tyll I come agayne. But his citesyns hated 
him, and sent a message after him, and 
sayde : We wil not haue this man to raigne 
ouer vs. 

And it fortuned whan he came agayne, 
after that he had receaued the kyngdome, he 
bade call for the seruauntes, vnto whom he 
had geue his money, y he might knowe, what 
euery one had done. Then came the first 
and sayde : Syr, thy pounde hath wonne ten 
pounde. And he sayde vnto him : Well thou 
good seruaut, for so moch as thou hast bene 



Luc. 2. g. f Mat. 20. d. Marc. 10. c. t Act. 16. c. 
| Mat. 15. c. s Mat. 25. a. Marc. 13. d. 



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faithfull in the least, thou shalt haue auctorite 
ouer ten cities. The seconde came also, and 
sayde : Syr, thy pounde hath wonne fyue 
pounde. And to him he sayde: And thou 
shalt be ouer fyue cities. And y thirde came, 
and sayde: Lo syr, here is thy pounde, which 
I haue kepte in a napkyn. I was afrayed of 
the, for thou art an harde man, thou takest 
vp y thou hast not layed downe, and reapest 
that thou hast not sowne. He sayde vnto 
him : * Of thine awne mouth iudge I the 
thou euell seruaunt. Knewest thou that I 
am an harde man, takynge vp that I layde 
not downe, and reapynge that I dyd not 
sowe ? Wherfore then hast thou not delyuered 
my money to the exchaunge banke ? And at 
my commynge might I haue requyred myne 
awne with vauntage ? 

And he sayde vnto them that stode by: 
Take y pounde from him, and geue it vnto 
him that hath ten pounde. And they sayde 
vnto him : Syr, he hath ten pounde already. 
But I saye vnto you : ° Whosoeuer hath, vnto 
him shal be geue : but from him that hath 
not, shal be taken awaye euen that he hath. 
As for those myne enemies, which wolde not 
that I shulde raigne ouer them, bringe them 
hither, and slaye them before me. And 
whan he had thus sayde, he wete on forwarde, 
and toke his iourney vp to Ierusalem. 

*And it fortuned whan he came nye to 
Bethphage and Bethany vnto mount Oliuete, 
he sent two of his disciples, and sayde : Go 
in to the towne that lyeth ouer agaynst you, 
and assone as ye are come in, ye shal fynde a 
foale tyed, wheron yet neuer man satt, lowse 
it, and brynge it hither. And yf eny ma axe 
you wherfore ye lowse it, saye thus vnto him. 
The LORDE hath nede therof. 

And they that were sent, wete their waye 
and founde euen as he had sayde. But wha 
they lowsed y foale, the owners therof sayde 
vnto the : Why lowse ye the foale ? They 
sayde : The LORDE hath nede therof. And 
they brought it vnto Iesus, and cast their 
clothes vpo the foale, and set Iesus theron. 
c Now as he wente, they spred their garmentes 
in the waye. 

And whan he wete downe fro mount 
Oliuete, y whole multitude of his disciples 

* 2 Reg. 1. c. Mat. 12. d. a Mat. 13. b. and 25. c. 

Marc. 4. c. Luc. 8. b. » Mat. 21. a. Marc. 11. a. 

c Ioha. 12. b. * Luc. 13. d. t Eph. 2. c. 

t Abac. 2. b. § Ioha. 11. d. e Iere. 52. a. Mich. 3. c. 



begane ioyfully to prayse God with loude 
voyce, ouer all the miracles that they had 
sene, and sayde : d Blessed be he, that cometh 
a kynge in the name of the LORDE. 
t Peace be in heauen, and prayse in the 
height. And some of the Pharises amonge 
the people sayde vnto him : Master, rebuke 
thy disciples. And he answered and sayde 
vnto them: I tell you, tyf these holde their 
peace, yet shal the stones crye. 

And whan he was come neare, he behelde 
the cite, and § wepte vpo it, and sayde : Yf 
thou knewest what were for thy peace, thou 
shuldest remebre it euen in this present daye 
of thine. But now is it hyd from thine eyes. 
e For the tyme shal come vpon the, that thine 
enimies shal cast vp a bake aboute the, and 
aboute thy children with the, and besege y, 
and kepe the in on euery syde, and make the 
eauen with the grounde, and shal not leaue 
in the one stone vpon another, because thou 
hast not knowne f tyme, wherin thou hast 
bene visited. 

■f And he wente in to the temple, and begane 
to dryue out them that bought and solde 
therin, and sayde vnto them : It is wrytten : 

My house is an house of prayer, but ye haue 
made it a denne of murthurers. And he 
taught daylie in the teple. But the hye prestes 
and the scrybes and the chefest of f people 
wente aboute to destroye him/ and founde 
not, what to do vnto him. For all the people 
stacke by him, and gaue him audience. 

%ty rr. Chapter. 

AND it fortuned one of those dayes, whan 
he taught the people in the teple/' and 
preached the Gospell, the hye prestes and 
scrybes came to him with the Elders, and 
spake vnto him, and sayde : Tell vs, by what 
auctorite doest thou these thinges ? Or who 
gaue the this auctorite ? But he answered, g 
sayde vnto the : I wil axe you a worde also, 
tell it me : The baptyme of Ih5 was it from 
heauen, or of men ? But they thought in them 
selues, and sayde : Yf we saye, from heauen, 
then shal he saye : Why dyd ye not the beleue 
him ? But yf we saye, of men, then shal all 
the people stone vs, for they be persuaded, 
that Ihon is a prophet. And they answered, 

Mat. 24. a. Marc. 13. a. Luc. 21. a. / Mat. 21. b. 

Marc. 11. b. Ioha. 2. b. Esa. 56. b. Iere. 7. a. 

3 Re. 8. d. * Mat. 21. e. Luc. 20. b. Ioha. 7. c. 

and 8. d. * Mat. 21. c. Marc. 11. d. 



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that they coulde not tell, whence it was. And 
Iesus sayde vnto them : Nether tell I you, by 
what auctorite I do these thinges. 

And he beganne to tell the people this 
symilitude f A certayne man planted a vyn- 
yarde, and let it out vnto huszbadmen, and 
wente himself in to a straunge countre for a 
greate season. And whan his tyme was come, 
he sent a seruaiit to the huszbadmen, that 
they might geue him of the frute of the vyn- 
yarde. But the huszbandmen bet him, and 
sent him awaye emptye. And agayne he sent 
yet another seruaiit : but they bet him also, 
and intreated him shamefully, & sent him 
awaye emptye. And besydes this, he sent 
the thirde : but they wounded him also, and 
thrust him out. Then sayde the lorde of the 
vynyarde : What shal I do ? I wil sende my 
* deare sonne, peraduenture they wil stonde 
in awe of him, whan they se him. 

But whan the huszbande men sawe the 
sonne, they thought in the selues, and sayde : 
This is the heyre, come,* let vs kyll him, y 
the inheritaunce maye be oures. And they 
thrust him out of f vynyarde, and slew him. 
What shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do 
vnto them ? He shal come, and destroye those 
huszbandmen, and let out his vynyarde vnto 
other. Whan they herde that, they sayde : 
God forbyd. 

But he behelde the, and sayde : What is 
this then that is wrytten : * The same stone 
which the buylders refused, is become the 
head corner stone ? Who so euer falleth vpon 
this stone, shalbe broken in sunder : but vpo 
who so euer he falleth, he shall grynde him 
to pouider. c And the hye prestes and scrybes 
wente aboute to laye handes vpon him the 
same houre, and they feared the people : for 
they perceaued, that he had spoke this symi- 
litude agaynst them. 

And they watched hi, g sent forth spyes, 
which shulde fayne the selues perfected that 
they might take him in his wordes, to delyuer 
him vnto the power and auctorite of f debite. 
And they axed him, g sayde : Master, we 
knowe that thou sayest g teachest right, and 
regardest the outwarde appearauce of no man, 
but teachest the waye of God truly. Is it 
laufull, that we geue tribute vnto the Em- 



" Mat. 21. d. Marc. 12. a. * Ioha. 3. c. Rom 
Phil. 2. a. t Gen. 37. d. » Psal. 117. c. Esa. 

c Mat. 21. c. Marc. 12. a. Luc. 19. d. d Mat. 



peroure, or not? But he perceaued their 
craftynes, and sayde vnto them : Why tepte 
ye me? She we me the peny. Whose ymage 
and superscripcion hath it ? They answered, 
and sayde: The Emperours. Then sayde he 
vnto them: Geue the vnto the Emperoure, 
that which is the Emperours: g vnto God, 
that which is Gods. And they coude not 
reproue his worde before the people, and 
marueyled at his answere, and helde their 
peace. 

e Then came vnto him certayne of the 
Saduces (which holde that there is no resur- 
reccion) and axed him, and sayde : Master, 
Moses wrote vnto vs, yf eny mans brother dye 
hauynge a wife, and dyeth without childre/ 
then shal his brother take his wife, and rayse 
vp sede vnto his brother. Now were there 
seue brethre : the first toke a wife, and dyed 
childlesse : and the seconde toke the wife, and 
dyed without children also: and the thirde 
toke her, likewyse all the seue, and left no 
children behynde the, and dyed. At the last 
after them all, the woman dyed also. Now in 
the resurreccion, whose wife shal she be of 
them? For seuen had her to wife. And 
Iesus answered and saide vnto them : The 
childre of this worlde mary, g are maried, but 
they y shalbe worthy to enioye that worlde 
and the resurreccion from the deed, shal 
nether mary ner be maried, for they can dye 
nomore. For they are like vnto the angels, 
and are the j children of God, in so moch as 
they are children of the resurreccion. 

But that the deed ryse agayne, hath Moses 
also signified besydes the bush, when he called 
the LORDE, the God of Abraham, 5 the God 
of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. But God is 
not a God of the deed but of the lyuynge, for 
they lyue all vnto him. Then answered cer- 
tayne of the scrybes, and sayde : Master, thou 
haist sayde well. And from that tyme forth 
they durst axe him no mo questions. 

* But he sayde vnto them : How saye they 
that Christ is Dauids sonne? And Dauid him- 
self sayeth in the boke of the Psalmes : The 
LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE: <Syt thou 
on my right honde, tyll I make thine enemies 
thy fote stole. Dauid calleth him LORDE, 
how is he then his sonne ? 



Marc. 12. b. e Mat. 22. d. Marc. 12. b. / Deut. 25. a. 
t 1 Ioha. 3. a. e Exod. 3. a. ' h Mat. 22. d, 

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8 Now whyle all the people gaue audience, 
he sayde vnto his disciples : Bewarre of the 
scrybes, which wyl go in longe garmentes, and 
loue to be saluted vpon the market, and 
desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges, and at 
the table. They deuoure wedowes houses, and 
that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge : These 
shal receaue the greater, danacion. 

HLl)t rvt. Chapter. 

AND he loked vp, and behelde y riche/ 
how they put in their offerynges in to 
the Gods chest. He sawe also a poore wedowe, 
which put in two mytes, and he sayde : Verely 
I saye vnto you : * This poore wedowe hath 
put in more the they all : For these all haue 
of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of 
God, but she of hir pouerte hath put in all 
hir lyuynge that she had. 

c And wha some spake of the temple, that 
it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels, 
he saide : t The time shal come, wherin of all 
this that ye se, there shal not be left one stone 
vpon another, which shal not be broken downe. 
They axed him, and sayde : Master, wha 
shal these be? and what shalbe the token, 
whan these shal come to passe? 

He sayde: Take hede, that ye be not 
disceaued: rf For many shal come in my name, 
and saye, I am he, 5 the tyme is come hard 
by. Folowe them not. 

But whan ye heare of warres and insur- 
reccions, be not ye afrayed, for soch must 
come to passe, but the ende is not yet there 
so soone. Then sayde he vnto them : One 
people shal ryse agaynst another/ and one 
realme ageynst another, (j shal be greate earth- 
quakes here and there, pestilence, and derth, 
and fearfull thinges. And greate tokes shal 
there be fro heaue. But before all these, they 
shal laye handes vpon you/ and persecute you, 
and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and 
presons, and brynge you before kynges g 
prynces for my names sake. But this shal 
happen vnto you for a wytnesse. Be at a 
poynt therfore in youre hertes, that ye take 
no thought, how ye shal answere : for I wil 
geue you mouth u wyszdome/ agaynst the 

"Mat. 23. a. Marc. 12. d. Luc. 11. d. b Marc. 12. d. 

2 Cor. 8. b. c Mat. 24. a. Marc. 13. a. t 3 Re. 9. b. 
Iere. 7. b. Luc. 19. d. d 1 Ioh. 4. a. ' Esa. 19. a. 

/Mat. 10. b. and 24. a. Marc. 13. b. Luc. 12. b. Ioha. 

. b. and 16, a. e Exod. 4. c. Esa. 54. c. Act. 6. b. 



which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to 
speake ner to resist. But ye shal be delyuered 
vp euen of youre elders, brethren, kynszfolk 
and frendes/' and some of you shal they put 
vnto death, and ye shal be hated of euery 
man for my names sake, and yet shal not one 
hayre of youre heade perishe. Holde fast 
youre soules with pacience. 

But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with 
an hoost, then vnderstonde, ' that the de& " 
cion of it is nye. Then let them which be in 
Iewry, flye vnto the mountaynes: and let 
soch as be in the myddest therof, departe out : 
and let soch as be in the countrees, not come 
therin. For these are the dayes of ven- 
geaunce, that euery thinge which is wrytten, 
maye be fulfilled. But wo vnto them that are 
with childe, and to them that geue sucke in 
those dayes : for there shalbe greate trouble 
vpon earth, and wrath ouer this people, and 
they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde, 
and be led captyue amdge all nacions.t And 
Ierusale shalbe troden downe of the Heithen, 
vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled. 

*And there shal be tokens in the Sonne 
and Mone, and starres, and vpon earth the 
people shalbe in soch perplexite, that they 
shal not tell which waye to turne them selues. 
And the see and the waters shal roare, and 
men shal pyne awaye for feare, and for lokynge 
after the thinges which shal come vpo earth. 
For euen the very powers of heauen shal 
moue. 

'And then shal they se the sonne of man 
commynge in the cloude with power and 
greate glory. But whan these thinges be- 
gynne to come to passe, the loke vp, and lift 
vpp youre heades, for youre redemption 
draweth nye. 

And he tolde them a symilitude : Beholde 
the fygge tre,"' and all the trees, wha they now 
shute forth their buddes, ye se by them, and 
perceaue, that Sommer is now at hande. So 
likewyse ye, whan ye se all these thinges come 
to passe, be sure that the kyngdome of God is 
nye. Verely I saye vnto you : This generaciS 
shal not passe, tyll all be fulfilled. Heauen 
and earth shal passe, but my wordes shal not 



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Mat. 24. c. Marc. 13. c. Ezec. 38. c. Ose. 20. b. 

Apoc. 6. c. ' Esa. 19. a. Luc. 17. c. Ioha. 1. c. 

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3 But take hede vnto youre selues, that 
youre hertes be not ouerlade with excesse of 
eatinge and with dronkennes, and with 
takinge of thought for lyuynge, and so this 
daye come vpo you unawares. For as a snare 
shal it come on all them that dwell vpon 
earth. * Watch therfore cotynually, and praye, 
that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that 
shal come, & to stode before y sonne of man. 

And on the daye tyme he taught in the 
temple, but in the night season he wente out 
and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete. 
And all the people gat them vp early vnto him 
in the temple, for to heare him. 

Clje rrrj. Chapter. 

THE feast of swete bred (which is called 
Easter) drue nye. c And y hye prestes 
and Scrybes sought how they might put him 
to death, and were afrayed of the people. 
But * Satan was entred in to Iudas, named 
Iscarioth (which was of y nombre of y twolue) 
and he wete his waye, and talked with the 
hye prestes and with f officers, how he wolde 
betraye him vnto them. And they were glad, 
and promysed to geue him money. And he 
cosented, a sought oportunite, y he might 
betraye hi without eny rumoure. 

^Then came y daye of swete bred, wherin 
the Easter lambe must be offered. And he 
sent Peter and Ihon, and sayde: Go youre 
waye, prepare vs the Easter lambe, that we 
maye eate. But they sayde vnto him : Where 
wilt thou, that we prepare it ? He saide vnto 
them : Beholde, wha ye come in to f cite, 
there shal mete you a man, bearinge a pitcher 
of water, folowe him in to the house y he 
entreth in, and saye vnto the good man of the 
house : The master sendeth y worde : Where 
is y gesthouse, wherin I maye eate the Easter 
labe with my disciples ? And he shal shewe 
you a greate parlour paued. They wente 
their waye, and founde as he had sayde vnto 
them, and made ready the Easter lambe. 

And whan the houre came, he sat him 
downe, and the twolue Apostles with him, and 
he sayde vnto them : I haue hertely desyred 
to eate this Easter labe with you before I 
suffre. For I saye vnto you: that henceforth 
I wil eate nomore therof, tyll it be fulfilled 

" Rom. 13. b. * Mat. 24. d._ Marc. 13. d. 1 Pet. 5. b. 
c Mat. 26. a. Mar. 14. a. Ioha. 7. c. 11. e. and f. * Ioh. 
12. a. and 13. c. d Mat. 26. b. Mar. 14. b. c Mat. 

26. c. Mar. 14. c. 1 Cor. 11. c. tloha. 6.f. /Mat. 



in the kyngdome of God. e And he toke the 
cuppe, gaue thankes, and sayde : Take this 
and deuyde it amonge you. For I saye vnto 
you : I wil not drynke of the frute of y vyne, 
vntyll the kyngdome of God come. 

And he toke the bred, gaue thankes, and 
brake it, and gaue it them, and sayde : This 
is my body, t which shalbe geuen for you. 
This do in the remembraunce of me. Like- 
wyse also the cuppe, after they had supped, 
and sayde : This cuppe is the new Testamet 
in my bloude, which shalbe shed for you. 

'But lo, the hande of him that betrayeth 
me, is with me on the table. And the sonne 
of man trulye goeth forth, as it is appoynted. 
But wo vnto that man, by whom he is be- 
trayed. And they beganne to axe amonge 
them selues, which of them it shulde be, that 
shulde do that. 

e There rose a strife also amoge the, which 
of them shulde be take for the greatest. But 
he sayde vnto them : The kynges of y worlde 
haue domynion ouer y people, and they that 
beare rule ouer the, are called gracious lordes. 
t But ye shal not be so : But the greatest 
amonge you, shalbe as the yongest : and the 
chefest, as a seruaunt. For which is the 
greatest ? he that sytteth at the table, or he 
that serueth ? Is not he that sytteth at the 
table ? § But I am amoge you as a mynister, 
As for you, ye are they, that haue bydde with 
me in my temptacions. And I wil appoynte 
the kyngdome vnto you, euen as my father 
hath appoynted me, that ye maye eate and 
drynke at my table in my kyngdome, Hand 
syt vpon seates, and iudge the twolue trybes 
of Israel. 

But the LORDE sayde: Simon Simon, 
beholde, Satan hath desyred after you, that 
he might siffte you euen as wheate : but I 
haue prayed for f, that thy faith fayle not. 
And whan thou art couerted, strength thy 
brethren: /( But he sayde vnto him: LORDE, 
I am ready to go with the in to preson, and 
in to death. Neuertheles he sayde : Peter, I 
saye vnto the : The cock shal not crowe this 
daye, tyll thou haue thryse denyed, y thou 
knewest me. 

And he sayde vnto them : H" Whan I sent 
you without wallet, without scryppe, and 

26. b. Mar. 14. c. s Mat. 20. d. Marc. 9. d. and 10. e. 
Luc. 9. e. | 1 Pet. 5. a. § Luc. 12. d. || Mat. 

19. d. Apoc. 3. d. * Mat. 26. c. Marc. 14. c. Ioha. 
13. d. f Mat. 10. a. Marc. 6. a. Luc. 9. a. 

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without shues, lacked ye eny thinge ? They 
sayde : No. Then sayde he vnto them : But 
now, he that hath a wallet, let him take it 
vp, likewyse also the scryppe. But he that 
hath not, let him sell his coate, 5 bye a swerde. 
For I saye vnto you : It must yet be fulfilled 
on me, that is wrytte : * He was counted 
amonge the euell doers. For loke what is 
wrytten of me, it hath an ende. But they 
sayde : LORDE, Beholde, here are two 
swerdes. He sayde vnto the : It is ynough. 

"And he wente out (as he was wonte) vnto 
moiit Oliuete. But his disciples folowed him 
vnto the same place. And whan he came 
thither, he sayde vnto the : t Praye, that ye 
fall not in to teptacion. And he gat him 
from them aboute a stones cast, and kneled 
downe, prayed, & sayde : Father, yf thou wilt, 
take awaye this cuppe fro me: Neuer- 
thelesse, not my wyll,* but thyne be fulfylled. 
And there appeared vnto him an angell fro 
heauen, and conforted him. And it came so, 
that he wrestled with death, and prayed the 
longer. And his sweate was like droppes of 
bloude, runnynge downe to the grounde. 
And he rose vp fro prayer, and came to his 
disciples, and founde them slepinge for heuy- 
nesse, and sayde vnto them : What, slepe ye? 
ryse vp and praye, that ye fall not in to ten- 
tacion. 

But whyle he yet spake, beholde, the mul- 
titude, c and one of the twolue called Iudas 
wente before them, and he came nye vnto 
Iesus, to kysse him. But Iesus sayde vnto 
him : Iudas, betrayest thou the sonne of ma 
with a kysse ? Whan they that were aboute 
him, sawe what wolde folowe, they sayde vnto 
him : LORDE, shal we smyte with the 
swerde ? And one of the stroke a seruaut 
of y hye prestes, (j smote of his eare. But 
Iesus answered, and sayde : Suffre the thus 
farre forth. And he touched his eare, & 
healed him. 

rf But Iesus sayde vnto the prestes and 
rulers of the temple, and to the Elders that 
were come vnto him: Ye are come forth as it 
were to a murthurer with swerdes, & with 
staues. I was daylie with you in the temple, 
and ye layed no handes vpon me. But this 
is youre houre, and the power of darknesse. 

* Esa. 53. c. " Mat. 26. c. Ioha. 18. a. t Mat. 

6. b. " Ioha. 6. d. c Mat. 26. e. Marc. 14. e. 

Ioha. 18. a. <* Mat. 26. f. Marc. 14. f. e Ioha. 18. b. 
$ Luc. 22. c. Mat. 26. c. Mar. 14. c. / Mat. 16. c. 



Neuerthelesse they toke him, and led him,' 
and brought him in to the hye prestes house. 
As for Peter, he folowed hi a farre of. 

Then kyndled they a fyre in the myddest of 
the palace, and sat them downe together. 
And Peter sat him downe amonge them. 
Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the 
light, and behelde him well, and sayde vnto 
him : This same was also with him. But he 
denyed him, and sayde : Woma, I knowe him 
not. And after a litle whyle, another sawe 
him, and sayde : Thou art one of them also. 
But Peter sayde : Man, I am not. 

And aboute the space of an houre after, 
another affirmed, g sayde: Verely this was 
with him also, for he is a Galilean. But 
Peter saide : Ma, I wote not what thou 
sayest. And immediatly whyle he yet spake, 
y cock crewe. And the LORDE turned him 
aboute and loked vpo Peter. And Peter 
remembred the wordes of y LORDE, how 
he sayde vnto him : t Before the cock crowe, 
thou shalt denye me thryse. And Peter 
wente out, and wepte bytterly. 

The men that helde Iesus, mocked him,/ 
and stroke him, blyndfolded him, and smote 
him on the face, and axed him, and sayde : 
Prophecie, who is it that smote the? And 
many other blasphemies sayde they vnto hi. 

g And whan it was daye, there gathered 
together the Elders of the people, the hye 
prestes and scrybes, and led him vp before 
their councell, and sayde : Art thou Christ ? 
Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them : Yf I tell 
you, ye wyl not beleue : But yf I axe you, ye 
wyl not answere me, nether wyl ye let me go. 
* From this tyme forth shal the sonne of man 
sytt at the right hade of the power of God. 
Then sayde they all : Art thou then y sonne 
of God ? He sayde vnto them : Ye saye it, 
for I am. They sayde : What nede we anye 
farther wytnesse ? We oure selues haue herde 
it of his awne mouth.' 

CIje rrttj. Chapter. 

AND the whole multitude of the arose,* 
and led him vnto Pilate, and begane to 
accuse him, and sayde : We haue founde this 
felowe peruertinge the people, and forbyd- 
dinge to geue trybute vnto the Emperoure, 



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and sayeth, that he is Christ a kynge. But 
Pilate axed him, and sayde : " Art thou the 
kynge of the Iewes ? He answered him, and 
sayde : Thou sayest it. Pilate sayde vnto y 
hye prestes and to the people : I fynde no 
cause in this man. But they were the more 
fearce, and sayde : He hath moued the people, 
in that he hath taught here j there in all the 
londe of Iewry, and hath * begonne at Galile 
vnto this place. 

Whan Pilate herde mencion of Galile, he 
axed whether he were of Galile. And whan 
he perceaued that he was vnder tHerodes 
iurisdiccion the sent him to Herode, which 
was also at Ierusale in those dayes. When 
Herode sawe Iesus, he was exceadinge glad, 
for he had longe bene desyrous to se him : 
because § he had herde moch of him, j 
hoped to se a miracle of hi. And he axed 
him many thinges. Neuertheles he answered 
him nothinge. The hye prestes and scrybes 
stode, and accused him sore. But Herode 
with his men of warre despysed him, and 
mocked him, put a whyte garmet vp5 him, 
and sent him agayne vnto Pilate. Vpo y 
same daye were Pilate and Herode made 
frendes together, for afore they had bene at 
variaunce. 

Pilate called the hye prestes, and the rulers, 
and the people together, and sayde vnto the : 
* Ye haue brought this man vnto me, as one 
that peruerteth the people, and beholde, I 
haue examyned him before you, & fynde in 
the ma none of the causes, wherof ye accuse 
him: Nor yet Herode: for I sent you to him, 
and beholde, there is brought vpon hi nothinge, 
that is worthy of death. II Therfore wil I 
chasten him, and let him lowse : For he must 
haue let one lowse vnto them after the custome 
of the feast. 

c Then cried the whole multitude, and 
sayde : Awaye with him, and delyuer vnto vs 
Barrabas, which for insurreccion made in the 
cite, and because of a murthur, was cast in to 
preson. Then called Pilate vnto them agayne, 
d wolde haue let Iesus lowse. But they cried, 
and sayde : Crucifye him, Crucifye him. Yet 
sayde he vnto them, the thirde tyme : What 
euell the hath he done ? I fynde no cause of 
death in hi, therfore wil I chasten him, and 

" Mat. 27. b. * Mat. 4. b. f Luc. 3. a. % Luc. 18. d. 
§ Luc. 9. a. b Mat. 27. b. Marc. 15. a. Ioha. 18. c. 

|| Ioha. 19. a. c Mat. 27. c. Marc. 15. b. d Mat. 27. c. 
Act. 3. b. ' Mat. 27. d. Ioha. 19. b. / Zach. 12. c. 



let him go. But they laye styll vpon him with 
greate crye, and requyred y he might be 
crucified. And the voyce of the and of the 
hye preastes preuayled. 

d And Pilate gaue sentence, that it shulde 
be as they requyred, and let lowse vnto the, 
him, that for insurreccio and murthur was 
cast in to preson, whom they desyred, but 
gaue Iesus ouer vnto their wyll. And as they 
led him awaye, they toke one Simon of Cyren 
(which came from the felde) "and layed y 
crosse vpon him, to beare it after Iesus. 

' And there folowed him a greate multitude 
of people and of wemen, which bewayled and 
lamented him. But Iesus turned him aboute 
vnto the, and sayde : Ye doughters of Ierusale, 
wepe not ouer me : but wepe ouer youre selues, 
and ouer youre childre. For beholde, the 
tyme wil come, wherin it shal be sayde : 
Blessed are the baren, and the wombes that 
haue not borne, and the pappes that haue not 
geuen sucke.t Then shal they begynne to 
saye vnto the mountaynes : Fall vpon vs. 
And to the hylles : Couer vs. For yf this be 
done to a grene tre, what shal be done then to 
the drye ? 

g And two other (which wei*e myszdoers) 
were led out also, to be put to death with him. 
And wha. they came to y place, which is called 
Caluery, they crucifyed him euen there, and 
the two myszdoers with him, the one on the 
ighte hande, the other on y left. But Iesus 
sayde : ; ' Father, forgeue them, for they wote 
not what they do.** And they parted his gar- 
mentes, and cast lottes therfore. And the 
people stode and behelde. 

And the rulers mocked him with them, and 
sayde : He hath helped other, let him helpe 
him self now, yf he be Christ f chosen of 
God. The soudyers also mocked him, wete 
vnto him, g brought him vyneger, and sayde : 
Yf thou be the kynge of the Iewes, then 
helpe thyself. And aboue ouer him was this 
superscripcion ' wrytten with letters of Greke, 
Latyn, and Hebrue : This is the kynge of the 
Iewes. 

And one of the myszdoers that hanged 
there, blasphemed him, and sayde : Yf thou 
be Christ, then helpe thy self and vs. Then 
answered the other, rebuked him, and sayde : 

1" Iere. 8. a. Ose. 10. b. Apoc. 6. c. s Esa. 53. c 

'' Act. 7. g. ** Psal. 21. b. Mat. 27. c. Marc. 15. c. 

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And thou fearest not God also, which art 
yet in like danacion. And truly we are therin 
by right, for we receaue acordinge to oure 
dedes. As for this man, he hath done nothinge 
amysse. And he sayde vnto Iesus : LORDE, 
remembre me, whan thou commest in to thy 
kyngdome. And Iesus sayde vnto him : 
Verely I saye vnto the : To daye shalt thou 
be with me in Paradyse. And it was aboute 
the sixte houre, fl and there was darknesse ouer 
y whole londe vntyll the nyenth houre. And 
the Sonne was darkened, and the vayle of 
the temple rente in two euen thorow the 
myddes. 

And Iesus cryed loude, & sayde : Father, * in 
to thy handes I commende my sprete. And 
whan he had so sayde, he gaue vp the goost. 
But *whan the Captayne sawe what had 
happened, he praysed God, and sayde: Verely 
this was a iust ma. And all the people that 
stode by g behelde, whan they sawe what was 
done, smote vpon their brestes, & turned backe 
agayne. But all his acquantaunce, and the 
wemen that had Mowed him out of Galile, 
stode a farre of, and behelde all these thinges. 

c And beholde, a ma named Ioseph, a 
Senatour, which was a good iust man, the 
same had not consented vnto their councell, 
and dede, which was of Arimathia a cite of 
the Iewes, which same also wayted for the 
kyngdome of God : he wete vnto Pilate, and 
axed the body of Iesus. And he toke him 
downe, wrapped him in a lynnen cloth, and 
layed him in a hewen sepulcre, wherin neuer 
man was layed. And it was the daye of 
preparinge, and the Sabbath drue on. 

d The wemen that were come with him out 
of Galile, folowed him, and behelde the 
Sepulcre, & how his body was layed. But 
they returned, and made ready the spyces (t 
anontmetes. And vpon the Sabbath they 
rested, acordinge to the lawe. 

QLty rrtttj. Chapter. 

BUT vpon one of the Sabbathes veiy 
early in the mornynge/ they came vnto 
the Sepulcre, and brought y spyces which 
they had prepared, and certayne wemen with 
the. Neuertheles they founde the stone rolled 
awaye from the sepulcre, and wente in, and 



<• Mat. 27. e. Marc. 15. d. * Psal. 30. a. Act. 7. g. 
* Mat. 27. f. Marc. 15. d. c Mat. 27. g. Marc. 15. e. 

Ioha. 19. d. d Luc. 8. a. < Mat. 28. a. Marc. 16. a. 



founde not the body of y LORDE Iesu.+ 
And it happened as they were amased therat, 
beholde, there stode by them two men in 
shyninge garmentes. And they were afrayed, 
and cast downe their faces to the earth. Then 
sayde they vnto the: What seke ye? the 
lyuynge amoge the deed? He is not here. 
He is rysen vp. Remembre, how y he tolde 
you wha he was yet in Galile, and sayde : t 
The sonne of man must be delyuered in to 
the hades of synners, and be crucified, and 
the thirde daye ryse agayne. 

And they remebred his wordes, and wente 
from the sepulcre, and tolde all this vnto the 
eleuen/ and to all the other. It was Mary 
Magdalene, and Iohanna, and Mary lames, 
and the other with them, that tolde this vnto 
the Apostles. And theyr wordes semed vnto 
them, as though they had bene but fables, 
and they beleued them not. But Peter arose, 
and ranne to the sepulcre, and stouped in, and 
sawe the lynnen clothes layed by them selues, 
and departed. And he wondred within him- 
self at that which had happened. 

g And beholde, two of them wente that 
same daye, to a towne (which was thre score 
furl5ges from Ierusalem) whose name was 
called Emaus. And they talked together of 
all these thinges y had happened. And it 
chaunced 7 ' as they were thus talkinge and 
reasonynge together, Iesus himself drue nye, 
and wente with them. But their eyes were 
holden, that they shulde not knowe hi. And 
he sayde vnto them : What maner of comuni- 
cacions are these that ye haue one to another 
as ye walke, and are sad ? Then answered the 
one, whose name was Cleophas, and sayde 
vnto him : Art thou onely a straunger at 
Ierusale, not knowinge what is come to passe 
there in these dayes? And he sayde vnto the: 
What ? They sayde vnto him : That of Iesus 
of Nazareth, § which was a prophet, mightie 
in dede and worde, before God and all y 
people, how oure hye prestes and rulers 
delyuered him to the condemnacion of death, 
and crucified him. But we hoped that he 
shulde haue delyuered Israel. And besydes 
all this, todaye is the thirde daye that this 
was done. II Yee & certayne wemen also of 
oure company which were early at the Sepulcre, 



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and founde not his body, came and tolde, that 
they had sene a visio of angels, which sayde 
he was alyue. And certayne of them that 
were with vs, wente vnto the sepulcre, and 
founde it euen so as f weme sayde, but hi 
founde they not. 

And he sayde vnto the : O ye fooles and 
slowe of hert to beleue all that the prophetes 
haue spoke ? * Ought not Christ to haue 
sufrred these thinges, and to eTitre in to his 
glory ? And he beganne at Moses and at all 
the prophetes, and expounded vnto them all 
the scriptures, that were spoken of him. And 
they drue nye vnto the towne, which they 
wete vnto, and he made as though he wolde 
haue gone farther, t And they compelled 
him, and sayde : Abyde with vs, for it draweth 
towages night, and the daye is farre passed. 
And he wente in to tary with the. And it 
came to passe whan he sat at the table with 
the, he toke the bred, gaue thankes, brake it, 
and gaue it them. Then were their eyes 
opened, and they knewe him. And he 
vanyshed out of their sight. And they sayde, 
betwene the selues : Dyd not oure hert burne 
with in vs, whan he talked with vs by the 
waye, whyle he opened the scriptures vnto vs? 
And they rose vp the same houre, turned 
agayne to Ierusalem, and founde y eleue 
gathered together, and them that were with 
them, which sayde : The LORDE is rysen 
of a trueth, and hath appeared vnto Symon. 
And they tolde the what had happened by y 
waye, and how they knewe him in breakynge 
of the bred. 

" But whyle they were talkynge therof, Iesus 
himself stode in the myddes amonge the, and 
sayde : Peace be with you. But they were 



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abashed and afrayed, supposinge that they 
had sene a sprete. And he saide vnto the : 
Why are ye abashed ? 5 wherfore ryse there 
soch thoughtes in youre hertes ? Beholde my 
hades g my fete, it is euen I my self. Handle 
me, and se, for a sprete hath not flesh and 
bones, as ye se me haue. And whan he had 
thus spoke, he shewed the his hodes and his 
fete. But whyle they yet beleued not for ioye 
and wondred, he sayde vnto them : * Haue ye 
eny thinge here to eate ? And they set before 
him a pece of a broyled fish, and an hony 
combe. And he toke it, and ate it before the. 

And he sayde vnto them: t These are the 
wordes, which I spake vnto you, whyle I 
was yet with you. For it must all be fulfilled 
that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moses, 
in the prophetes, & in the Psalmes. The 
opened he their vnderstondinge, that they 
might vnderstonde the scriptures, and sayde 
vnto them : § Thus is it wrytte, and thus it 
behoued Christ to suffre, g the thirde daye to 
ryse agayne fro the deed, and to let repen- 
taunce and remyssion of synnes be preached 
in his name amoge all nacions,ll and to 
begynne at Ierusale. As for all these thinges, 
ye are wytnesses of the. And beholde, c I wil 
sende vpon you the f promes of my father : 
but ye shal tary in the cite of Ierusalem, tyll 
ye be endewed with power from aboue. 

d But he led them out vnto Bethany, and 
lift vp his handes, and blessed them. And it 
came to passe wha he blessed them, he 
departed from them, and was caried vp in to 
heauen. And they worshipped him, and 
turned agayne to Ierusalem with greate ioye ■ 
and were contynually in y teple, geuynge 
prayse and thankes vnto God. Amen. 

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Chap. I. — The euerlastinge byrth of the Sonne of 
God, and how he became man. The testimony 
of Ihon and of his baptyme. The callinge of 
Andrew, Peter, Philip and Nathanael. 

Chap. II. — Christ turneth the water vnto wyne 
at the mariage in Cana, and dryueth the mar- 
chauntes out of the temple. 

Cfiap. III. — The swete talkinge of Christ with 
Nicodemus. The doctryne (j baptyme of Iho, 
and what wytnesse he beareth of Christ. 

Cfiap. IIII. — The louynge communicacion of 
Christ with the woman of Samaria by the welles 
syde. How he commeth in to Galile, and 
healeth the rulers sonne. 

Chap. V. — He healeth the man that was sicke 
eight (j thirtie yeare. The Iewes accuse him 
as a breaker of the Sabbath : he answereth for 
him self, and reproueth them. 

CI)ap. VI. — Iesus fedeth fyue thousande men 
with fyue barlye Loaues, departeth awaye, that 
they shulde not make him kynge, goeth vp5 the 
see, and reproueth the fleshly hearers of his 
worde. The carnall are offended at hi, and 
forsake him. 

Chap. VII. — Iesus commeth to Ierusale at the 
feast, teacheth the Iewes and reproueth the : 
The pharises j the hye prestes hearinge that 
the people begynne to fauour Christ and to 
beleue in him, sende out officers to take hi. 
There are dyuerse opinions of him amoge the 
people. The pharises rebuke the officers 
because they haue not taken him, and chyde 
with Nicodemus for takinge his parte. 

Chap. VIII. — A woman is taken in aduoutrie : 
Christ delyuereth her. The fredome of soch 
as folowe Christ, whom they accuse to haue 
the deuel within him, and go aboute to stone 
him. 

Chap. IX. — Christ maketh the man to se that 
was borne blynde, where thorow he getteth 
him self more displeasure amonge the Iewes and 
Pharises. 



Chap. X. — Christ is the true shepherde, and the 
dore of the shepe. Some saye : Christ hath the 
deuell, and is madd, some saye : he speaketh 
not the wordes of one that hath the deuell. 
Because he telleth the trueth, the Iewes take 
vp stones to cast at him, call his preachinge 
blasphemy, and go aboute to take him. 

Chap. XI. — Christ rayseth Lazarus fro death. 
The hye prestes 5 the pharyses gather a coun- 
cell, and cast their heades together agaynst 
him, therfore he getteth him out of the waye, 

Cijap. XII. — Mary anoynteth Christes fete, 
Iudas murmureth, Christ excuseth her, rydeth 
in to Ierusalem, and is louyngly receaued of the 
thankfull, butvtterly despysed of the vngodly. 

Cfiap. XIII. — Christ washeth the disciples fete, 
telleth them of Iudas the traytour, and com- 
maundeth the earnestly to loue one another. 

Chap. XIIII. — He armeth his disciples with 
consolacion agaynst trouble for to come, taketh 
fro the the heuynesse that they had because of 
his departinge, and promiseth them the holy 
goost, the spirite of comforte. 

CI) a p. XV. — The true vyne, the huszbandman 
I the braunches. A doctryne of loue, and 
a swete comforte agaynst persecucion. 

Chap. XVI. — Cosolacion agaynst trouble. 
Prayers are herde thorow Christ. 

Chap. XVII. — The most hartely & louinge 
prayer of Christ vnto his father, for all soch as 
receaue the trueth, and be his awne. 

Cftap. XVIII. — Christ is betrayed. The wordes 
of his mouth smyte the officers to the grounde. 
Peter smyteth of Malchus eare. Iesus is 
brought before Anna, Caiphas, and Pilate. 

Cfiap. XIX. — Christ is crucified. He com- 
mendeth his mother vnto Ihon, sheddeth his 
bloude, and is buried. 

CI)ap. XX. — The resurreccion of Christ, which 
appeareth to Mary Magdalene and to all his 
disciples, to their greate comforte. 

Chap. XXI. — He appeareth to his disciples 
agayne by the see of Tyberias, and com- 
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Wt)t first Chapter. 

IN the begynnynge was the worde, and the 
worde was with God, and God was f 
worde. The same was in the begynnynge 
with God.* All thinges were made by the 
same, and without the same was made 
nothinge that was made. In him was the 
+ life, and the life was the t light of men: and 
the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the 
darknesse comprehended it not. 

There was sent from God a man, whose 
name was Ihon. The same came for a wit- 
nesse, to beare wytnesse of y light, that thorow 
him they all might beleue.S He was not 
that light, but that he might beare witnesse 
of y light. That was the true light, which 
lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde. 
He was in the worlde, g the worlde was made 
by him, and y worlde knewe him not. He 
came in to his awne, and his awne receaued 
him not. But as many as receaued him, II to 
them gaue he power to be the children of 
God : euen soch as beleue in his name. Which 
are not borne of bloude, ner of the wyl of the 
flesh, ner of the wyl of man, but of God. 

"And the worde became flesh, and dwelt 
amonge vs : 1T and we sawe his glory, a glory 
as of the onely begotte sonne of the father, 
full of grace and trueth. 

Ihon bare wytnesse of him, cryed, and 
sayde : * It was this, of whom I spake : After 
me shal he come, that was before me, For he 
was or euer I : and **of his fulnesse haue all 
we receaued grace for grace. For the lawe 
was geuen by Moses, grace and trueth came 

* Gen. 1. a. Pro. 8. b. f Ioha. 14. b. } Ioha. 8. b. 
9. a. 12. e. § Ioha. 5. d. || Ose. 1. b. Rom. 8. b. 

Gal. 4. a. ' Baruc 2. e. f Mat. 17. a. 2 Pet. 1. c. 

1 Ioha. 1. a. 'Mat. 3. b. Marc. 1. a. ** Col. 2. b. 



by Iesus Christ. c No man hath sene God at 
eny tyme. The onely begotte sonne which is 
in the bosome of the father, he hath declared 
the same vnto vs. 

And this is the recorde of Ihon, whan the 
Iewes sent prestes and Leuites fro lerusalem, 
to axe him: Who art thou? And tthe con- 
fessed and denyed not. And he confessed, 
and sayde : I am not Christ. And they axed 
him : What the ? Art thou Elias ? He sayde : 
I am not. Art thou the U Prophet ? And he 
answered : No. Then sayde they vnto him : 
What art thou the, y we maye geue answere 
vnto the that sent vs? What sayest thou 
of thy self? He sayde: d I am f voyce of a 
cryer in the wyldernesse. Make straight y 
waye of the LORDE. § §As f prophet Esay 
sayde. 

And they that were sent, were of y Pharises. 
And they axed him, a sayde vnto him : Why 
baptysest thou then, yf thou be not Christ, 
ner Elias, ner a prophet? Ihon answered 
them, and sayde : " I baptyse with water, but 
there is one come in amonge you, whom ye 
knowe not. It is he that cometh after me, 
which was before me : whose shue lachet I am 
not worthy to vnlowse. This was done at 
Bethabara beyonde Iordane, II II where Ihon 
dyd baptyse. 

The nexte daye after, Ihon sawe Iesus 
commynge vnto him, and sayde : Beholde 
the ITIQabe of God, which taketh awaye the 
synne of the worlde. This is he, of whom I 
sayde vnto you : After me commeth a man, 
which was before me. For he was or euer I, 
and I knewe him not : but that he shulde be 

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declared in Israel, therfore am I come to 
baptyse with water. 

And Ihon bare recorde, (j sayde: "I sawe 
the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a 
doue, and abode vpon him, a I knewe him not. 
But he that sent me to baptyse with water, 
y same sayde vnto me : Vpon whom thou 
shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on 
him, the same is he, that baptyseth with the 
holy goost. And I sawe it, and bare recorde, 
that this is the sonne of God. 

The nexte daye after, Ihon stode agayne, 
and two of his disciples. And wha he sawe 
Iesus walkynge, he sayde : Beholde the *labe 
of God. And two of his disciples herde him 
speake, and folowed Iesus. And Iesus turned 
him aboute, and sawe them folowinge, and 
sayde vnto the : What seke ye ? They sayde 
vnto him : Rabbi, (which is to saye by inter- 
pretacion, Master.) Where art thou at lodg- 
inge ? He sayde vnto them : Come and se 
it. They came and sawe it, g abode with him 
the same daye. It was aboute the tenth houre. 

One of the two, which herde Ihon speake, 
and folowed Iesus, was Andrew the brother of 
Symon Peter : the same founde first his 
brother Symon, and sayde vnto him : We 
haue founde Messias (which is by interpreta- 
cion, y Anoynted) and brought him to Iesus. 
Whan Iesus behelde him, he sayde : Thou art 
Symon the sonne of Ionas, t thou shalt be 
called Cephas, which is by interpretacion, a 
stone. 

The nexte daye after, wolde Iesus go 
agayne in to Galile, and founde Philippe, and 
sayde vnto him : * Folowe me. Philippe was 
of Bethsaida the cite of Andrew and Peter. 
Philippe founde Nathanael, and sayde vnto 
him: We haue founde him, of who* Moses 
in the lawe, and y Sprophetes haue wrytten, 
euen Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth. 
And Nathanaell sayde vnto him : II What 
good can come out of Nazareth? Philippe 
sayde vnto him : Come, and se. 

Iesus sawe Nathanael comynge to him, 
and sayde of him : Beholde, a righte Israelite, 
in whom is no gyle. Nathanael sayde vnto 
him : From whence knowest thou me ? Iesus 
answered, and sayde vnto him : Before y 
Philippe called the, whan thou wast vnder 



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the fygge tre, I sawe the. Nathanaell an- 
swered, and sayde vnto hi : Rabbi, thou art 
y sonne of God, thou art f kynge of Israel. 
Iesus answered, g sayde vnto him : Because I 
sayde vnto the, that I sawe the vnder the 
fygge tre, thou beleuest: thou shalt se yet 
greater thinges the these. And he sayde vnto 
him : Verely verely I saye vnto you : c Fro 
this tyme forth shal ye se the heauen open, 
and the angels of God goinge vp g downe 
ouer the sonne of man. 

Ci)e ij. Chapter. 

AND vpon the thirde daye there was a 
manage at Cana in Galile, and the 
mother of Iesus was there. Iesus also and 
his disciples was called vnto y mariage. And 
whan the wyne fayled, the mother of Iesus 
saide vnto him : They haue no wyne. Iesus 
sayde vnto her : T Woma, what haue I to do 
with the? Myne houre is not yet come. 
His mother sayde vnto y mynisters: What- 
soeuer he sayeth vnto you, do it. There 
were set there sixe water pottes of stone, after 
y maner of the purifienge of f Iewes, euery 
one coteyninge two or thre measures. 

Iesus sayde vnto the : Fyll the water 
pottes with water. And they fylled the vp 
to f brymme. And he sayde vnto the: 
Drawe out now, (j brynge vnto the Master of 
the feast. And they bare it. Wha the master 
of y feast had taisted f wyne which had bene 
water, and knewe not whence it came (but 
the mynisters that drue f water, knewe it) 
the Master of the feast called the bryde- 
grome, and sayde vnto him : Euery man at 
the first geueth the good wyne : (t whan they 
are dronken, the that which is worse. But 
thou hast kepte backe the good wyne vntyll 
now. 

This is the first token that Iesus dyd at 
Cana in Galile, and shewed his glory, and 
his disciples beleued on him. rf Afterwarde 
wente he downe to Capernaum, he, his 
mother, his brethre, and his disciples, and 
taried not longe there. 

e And the Iewes Easter was at hande. 
And Iesus wete vp to Ierusalem, and founde 
syttinge in the teple, those that solde oxen, 
shepe, and doues, and chaungers of money. 



| Ioha. 7. e. c Gen. 28. c. Luc. 21. d. f Luc. 2. 
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And he made a scourge of small cordes, and 
droue them all out of the teple with the shepe 
and oxen, and poured out the chaungers 
money, and ouerthrewe the tables, and sayde 
vnto them that solde the doues : Haue these 
thinges hece, and make not my fathers house 
an house of marchaundyse. His disciples 
remembred it, that is wrytten : * The zele of 
thine house hath euen eaten me. 

Then answered the Iewes, and sayde vnto 
him : a What token shewest thou vnto vs, that 
thou mayest do these thinges ? Iesus an 
swered <j sayde vnto the : t Breake downe this 
temple, and in thre dayes wil I set it vp 
agayne. Then sayde the Iewes : X Sixe and 
fourtye yeare was this temple abuyldinge, 
and wilt thou set it vp in thre dayes ? But 
he spake of y teple of his body. Now wha 
he was rysen agayne from the deed, his dis- 
ciples remembred that he thus sayde, and 
they beleued the scripture, and the wordes 
which Iesus spake. 

Wha he was at Ierusale at Easter in y 
feast, many beleued on his name, whan they 
sawe f tokes y he dyd. But Iesus comytted 
not himself vnto the, for he knewe the all, 5 
neded not y eny ma shulde testifye of man, 
$for he knewe well what was in man. 

Che ii). Chapter. 
r I ^HERE was a man of the Pharises, 
_|_ named Nicodemus* a ruler amoge the 
Iewes. The same came vnto Iesus by night, 
d sayde vnto hi : Master, we knowe y thou 
art come a teacher fro God : for II no ma can 
do these tokes y thou doest, excepte God be 
with him. Iesus answered, and sayde vnto 
him : Verely verely I saye vnto the : Excepte 
a man be borne a new, he can not se the 
kyngdome of God. Nicodemus sayde vnto 
him : How can a man be borne, whan he is 
olde ? Can he entre in to his mothers wombe, 
and be borne agayne ? Iesus answered : 
Verely verely I saye vnto the : f Excepte a 
ma be borne of water and of the sprete, he 
can not come in to y kyngdome of God. 

* That which is borne of flesh, is flesh : 5 
that which is borne of the sprete, is sprete. 
Maruell not, that I sayde vnto y : Ye must 
be borne of new. The wynde bloweth where 

* Psal. 68. b. ' Mat. 16. a. Ioha. 6. d. t Mat. 26. f. 
t 1 Esd. 5. 6. § Iere. 17. b. Apo. 2. d. b Ioha. 7. c. 
and 19. d. || Ioha. 9.b. f Ioha. 4. b. and 7. d. Tit. 3. a. 
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he wyl, and thou hearest his sounde : +tbut 
thou canst not tell whece he commeth, and 
whither he goeth. So is euery one, that is 
borne of the sprete. 

Nicodemus answered, and sayde vnto him : 
How maye these be? Iesus answered, j 
sayde vnto hi : Art thou a Master in Israel, & 
knowest not these ? Verely I saye vnto y : 
We speake that we knowe, and testifie that 
we haue sene, and ye receaue not oure wyt- 
nesse. Yf ye beleue not whan I tell you of 
earthly thinges, how shulde ye beleue, wha I 
speake vnto you of heauenly thinges ? 

tf And noman ascendeth vp in to heauen, 
but he that is come downe from heaue, 
(namely) the sonne of man which is in 
heauen. 'And like as Moses lift vp the 
serpent in the wyldernes, euen so must the 
sonne of man be lift vp, that who so euer 
beleueth in him, shulde not perish, but haue 
euerlastinge life. 

d For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue 
his onely sonne, that who so euer beleueth in 
hi, shulde not perishe, but haue euerlastinge 
life.S$ For God sent not his sonne in to y 
worlde to condempne the worlde, but that 
the worlde might be saued by him. He that 
beleueth on him, shal not be codemned. But 
he that beleueth not, is codemned allready : 
because he beleueth not on the name of the 
onely sonne of God. But this is y codempna- 
cion, e that the light is come in to the worlde, 
and men loued the darknesse more the y 
light: for their workes were euell. Whoso- 
euer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh 
not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be 
reproued. But he that doth the trueth, 
commeth to the light, that his workes maye 
be knowne : for they are done in God. 

Afterwarde came Iesus (t. his disciples in to 
the lode of Iewry, and had his beynge there 
with them, and -^baptysed. Illllhon baptysed 
also in Enon besyde Salem: for there was 
moch water there. And they came thither, 
and were baptysed : for Ihon was not yet put 
in preson. 

Then arose there a question amonge the 
disciples of Ihon with the Iewes aboute the 
purifienge, and they came vnto Ihon, and 
sayde vnto him : Master, he y was with the 

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beyonde Iordan, of whom thou barest wyt- 
nesse, beholde, he baptyseth, and euery man 
cometh vnto him. Ihon answered and sayde : 
A man can receaue nothinge, excepte it be 
geuen him from heaue. Ye youre selues are 
my witnesses, how *that I sayde, I am not 
Christ, but am sent before him. He that 
hath the bryde, is the brydegrome : but the 
frende of the brydegrome stondeth, and 
herkeneth vnto him, and reioyseth greatly 
ouer the voyce of the brydegrome, this same 
ioye of myne is now fulfilled. He must in- 
creace, but I must decreace. 

He that commeth from an hye, is aboue 
all. He that is of the earth, is earthly, and 
speaketh of the earth. He that commeth fro 
heauen, is aboue all, and testifieth what he 
hath sene & herde, and no man receaueth his 
wytnesse. But he that receaueth it, hath set 
to his seale, Uhat God is true. For he who 
God hath sent, speaketh y wordes of God : 
t for God geueth not the sprete (vnto him) by 
measure. " The father loueth the sonne, and 
hath geuen him all thinges in to his hande. 
§ He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euer- 
lastinge life : he that beleueth not the sonne, 
shal not se the life, but y wrath of God 
abydeth vpon him. 

Cfte iiij. Chapter. 

NOW whan Iesus had knowlege, y it was 
come to the eares of the Pharises, that 
Iesus made and baptised mo disciples the 
Ihon (howbeit Iesus himself baptysed not, 
but his disciples) II he left the londe of Iewry, 
and departed agayne in to Galile. But he 
must nedes go thorow Samaria. Then came 
he in to a cite of Samaria, called Sichar, nye 
vnto y pece of lode, f y Iacob gaue vnto 
Ioseph his sonne. And there was lacobs well. 
Now whan Iesus was weerye of his iourney, 
he satt hi downe so vp5 the well. And it was 
aboute the sixte houre. Then came there a 
woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus 
sayde vnto her : Geue me drynke. (For his 
disciples were gone their waye in to y cite, 
to bye meate.) So the woman of Samaria 
sayde vnto him: How is it that thou axest 
drynke of me, seynge thou art a Iewe, and I 



*Ioha. l.b. t Rom. 3. a. |Esa.61. 
Luc. 10. c. § Ioha. 6. f. 1 Ioha. 5. 
If Gen. 48. d. »* 4 Re. 17. c. Ioha. 8 



Iarc. 11. c. 
Mat. 4. b. 
Iere. 2. b. 



a woman of Samaria ? For the Iewes medle 
not with the ** Samaritans. 

Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her : Yf 
thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is 
that sayeth vnto the, geue me drynke, thou 
woldest axe of him, and he wolde geue the, 
the water of life.* The woman sayde vnto 
him : Syr, thou hast nothinge to drawe withall, 
and the well is depe, from whence hast thou 
then that water of life? Art thou greater 
then oure father Iacob, which gaue vs this 
well ? And he himself dranke therof, and his 
children, and his catell. Iesus answered, and 
sayde vnto her : Who so euer drynketh of this 
water, shal thyrst agayne: But whosoeuer 
shal drynke of the water that I shal geue him, 
shal neuer be more a thyrst: ttbut the water 
that I shal geue him, shalbe in him a well of 
water, which spryngeth vp in to euerlastinge 
life. 

The woman sayde vnto him : U Syr, geue 
me that same water, that I thyrst not, nether 
nede to come hither to drawe. Iesus sayde 
vnto her : Go, call thy huszbande, and come 
hither. The woman answered, and sayde 
vnto him : I haue no huszbande. 

Iesus sayde vnto her: Thou hast sayde 
well, I haue no huszbande : for thou hast had 
fyue huszbandes, and he whom thou hast now, 
is not thine huszbande: there saydest thou 
right. The woma sayde vnto him: Syr, I 
se, that thou art a prophet. Oure fathers 
worshipped vpon this mountayne, and $§ye 
saye, that at Ierusalem is the place, where 
men ought to worshippe. Iesus sayde vnto 
her : Woman, beleue me, the tyme commeth, 
that ye shal nether vpon this mountayne ner 
at Ierusalem worshippe the father. Ye wote 
not what ye worshippe, but we knowe what 
we worshippe, for II II Saluacion commeth of the 
Iewes. But the tyme commeth, and is now 
allready, that the true worshippers shal wor- 
shippe the father in tT sprete and in the trueth: 
For the father wil haue soch so to worshippe 
him. ***God is a sprete, and they that wor- 
shippe him, must worshippe in sprete and in 
the trueth. 

The woma sayde vnto him : I wote that 
Messias shal come, which is called Christ. 
Whan he commeth, he shal tell vs all thinges. 

Ioha. 7. d. tt Ioha. 3. a. Tit. 3. a. J| Ioha. 6. d. 

§§ 3 Reg. 9. a. 2 Par. 7. c. |||| Gen. 22. c. f f Rom. 
1. a. *** 2 Cor. 3. c. 



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Iesus sayde vnto her : I that speake vnto the, 
am he. And in the meane season came his 
disciples, and they marueyled that he talked 
with the woman. Yet sayde no man : What 
axest thou, or what talkest thou with her? 
Then the woman let hir pot stonde, and 
wente in to the cite, and sayde vnto the 
people : Come, se a man, which hath tolde 
me all that euer I dyd, Is' not he Christ? 
Then wente they out of the cite, and came 
vnto him : In the meane whyle his disciples 
prayed him, and sayde : Master, eate. But 
he sayde vnto them : I haue meate to eate, 
that ye knowe not of. Then sayde the dis- 
ciples amoge them selues: Hath eny man 
brought him meate ? Iesus sayde vnto the : 
My meate is this, that I do the wyll of him 
that sent me, and to fynish his worke. Saye 
not ye youre selues: There are yet foure 
monethes, and then commeth the haruest? 
Beholde, I saye vnto you : lift vp youre eyes, 
and loke vpon the felde, * for it is whyte 
allready vnto the haruest. 

And he that reapeth, receaueth rewarde, 
and gathereth frute to euerlastinge life, that 
both he that soweth and he that reapeth, 
maye reioyse together. For herin is the pro- 
uerbe true : One soweth, another reapeth. I 
haue sent you to reape that, wheron ye 
bestowed no laboure. Other haue laboured, 
and ye are come in to their laboures. 

Many Samaritans of the same cite beleued 
on him, for the sayenge of the woman, which 
testified : He hath tolde me all that euer I 
dyd. Now whan the Samaritans came to 
him, they besought him, that he wolde tary 
with them. And he abode there two dayes, 
and many mo beleued because of his worde, 
and sayde vnto the woman : We beleue now 
hence forth, not because of thy sayenge, t we 
haue herde him oureselues, and knowe, that 
this of a trueth is Christ the Sauioure of the 
worlde. 

After two dayes he departed thence, and 
wente in to Galile. t For Iesus himself testi- 
fied, that a prophet is nothinge set by at 
home. Now wha he came in to Galile, the 
Galileas receaued him, which had sene all 
that he dyd at Ierusalem in the feast: for 
they also were come thither in the feast. 
And Iesus came agayne vnto Cana in 



Mat. 9. d. Luc. 10. a. 
Mar. 6. a. Luc. 4. c. 



t Ioha. 17. b. 
§ Ioha. 2. a. 



t Mat. 13. g. 
|| Act. 18. a. 



Galile, § where he turned the water vnto 
wyne. 

And there was a certayne ruler, whose 
sonne laye sicke at Capernaum. This herde 
that Iesus came out of Iewry in to Galile, 
and wente vnto him, and besought him, that 
he wolde come downe, and helpe his sonne, 
for he laye deed sicke. And Iesus sayde vnto 
him : Excepte ye se tokens and wonders, ye 
beleue not. The ruler sayde vnto him : Come 
downe Syr, or euer my childe dye. Iesus 
sayde vnto him: Go thy waye, thy sonne 
lyueth. The man beleued the worde, that 
Iesus sayde vnto him, and wente his waye. 
And as he was goinge downe, his seruauntes 
mett him, and tolde him, and sayde: Thy 
childe lyueth. Then enquyred he of them 
the houre, wherin he beganne to amende. 
And they sayde vnto him: Yesterdaye aboute 
the seueth houre the feuer left him. Then 
the father perceaued, that it was aboute the 
same houre, wherin Iesus sayde vnto him: 
Thy sonne lyueth. II And he beleued with 
his whole house. This is now the seconde 
token that Iesus dyd, whan he came from 
Iewry in to Galile. 

€^j 6. Chapter. 

A FTERWARDE, there was a feast of 
j^\_ the Iewes, and Iesus wente vp to Ieru- 
salem. There is at Ierusalem by the slaughter 
house a pole, which in Hebrue is called Beth- 
eda, (j hath fyue porches, wherin laye many 
sicke, blynde, lame, wythred, which wayted, 
whan the water shulde moue. For the angell 
wente downe at his tyme in to the pole, and 
stered the water. Who so euer now wente 
downe first, after that the water was stered, f 
same was made whole, what soeuer disease he 
had. And there was a man, which had lyen 
sicke eight and thirtie yeares. Whan Iesus 
sawe him lye, & knewe that he had lyen so 
longe, he saide vnto him : Wilt thou be made 
whole ? The sicke answered him : Syr, I 
haue no man, whan the water is moued, to 
put me in to the pole. And whan I come, 
another steppeth downe in before me. 

Iesus sayde vnto him : Aryse, take vp thy 
bed, and go thy waye. And immediatly the 
man was made whole, 3 and toke vp his bed 

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and wente his waye. * But vpon the same 
daye it was the Sabbath. Then sayde the 
Iewes vnto him that was made whole: To 
daye is y Sabbath, it is not laufull for the to 
cary the bed. He answered them : He that 
made me whole, sayde vnto me : Take vp thy 
bed, and go thy waye. Then axed they 
him: What man is that, which sayde vnto 
the: Take vp thy bed, and go thy waye? 
But he that was healed, wyst not who he was : 
for Iesus t had gotte him self awaye, because 
there was moch people. 

Afterwarde founde Iesus him in the teple, 
and sayde vnto him : Beholde, thou art made 
whole, t synne nomore, lest a worse thinge 
happen vnto the. The ma departed, and 
tolde the Iewes, that it was Iesus, which had 
made hi whole. Therfore dyd f Iewes per- 
secute Iesus, and sought to slaye him, because 
he had done this vpo y Sabbath. 

But Iesus answered them : § My father 
worketh hither to, and I worke also. Ther- 
fore sought the Iewes the more to slaye hi: 
because he brake not onely f Sabbath, but 
saide also, that God was his father, and made 
him self equall with God. The answered 
Iesus, and sayde vnto them : Verely verely 
I saye vnto you : II The sonne can do nothinge 
of himself, but that he seyth the father do. 
For what soeuer he doeth, that doeth y sonne 
also. The father loueth the sonne, j sheweth 
him all that he doth, and wyll shewe him yet 
greater workes, so that ye shal marueyle. 
For as the father rayseth vp the deed, and 
maketh them lyue, eue so the sonne also 
maketh lyuynge whom he wyll. For the 
father iudgeth no man, but T hath geuen all 
iudgmet vnto the sonne, that they all might 
honoure the sonne, euen as they honoure f 
father. Who so honoureth not the sonne, the 
same honoureth not the father which hath 
sent him. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you: Who so 
heareth my worde, "and beleueth him that 
sent me, hath euerlastinge life, and ** c5meth 
not in to damnacion, but is passed thorow 
from death vnto life. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you : +t The houre 
cometh, g is now allready, y the deed shal 

Mat. 12. a. Marc. 2. c. and 3. a. Luc. 6. a. 13. b. 14. a 

Ioha. 7. b. and 9. b. t Ioha. 6. b. J Ioha. 8. a 

1 Cor. 12. a. || Ioha. 9. a. f Mat. 11. c. <• Ioha. 8. c 

* Luc. 23. d. tt Marc. 5. e. Ioha. 11. e. J:f Ioha 

a. and 14. a. §§ Dan. 12. a. Mat. 25. d. |||| Ioh 



heare f voyce of y sonne of God : and they 
that heare it, shal lyue. For tt as the father 
hath life in him self, so likewyse hath he 
geuen vnto the sonne, to haue life in him self 
(j hath geue hi power also to execute iudgmet 
because he is the sonne of ma. Maruayle not 
ye at this : $§ for f houre cometh, in y which 
all that are in y graues, shal heare his voyce, 
and shal go forth, they that haue done good, 
vnto the resurreccion of life: but they that 
haue done euell, vnto the resurreccion of 
damnacion. 

I can do nothinge of my self. As I heare, 
so I iudge : g my iudgmet is iust. For I seke 
not myne owne wyll, but the wyll of the 
father which hath sent me. II II Yf I beare 
wytnesse of my self, my wytnesse is not true. 
There is another that beareth wytnesse of 
me, and I am sure, that the wytnesse which 
he beareth of me, is true. 

ft Ye sent vnto Ihon, and he bare wytnes 
of the trueth. As for me, I take no recorde 
of ma, but these thinges I saye, that ye might 
be saued. He was a burnynge and shyninge 
light, but ye wolde haue reioysed a litle whyle 
in his light. Neuertheles I haue a greater 
wytnesse then the wytnesse of Ihon. For the 
workes* which the father hath geue me to 
fynish, the same workes which I do, beare 
wytnesse of me, that the father hath sent me. 
c And y father him self which hath sent me, 
beareth wytnesse of me.*** Ye haue nether 
herde his voyce at eny tyme, ner sene his 
shappe : and his worde haue ye not abydinge 
in you, for ye beleue not him, whom ye hath 
sent. 

d Searche the scripture, for ye thinke ye 
haue euerlastinge life therin : £ and the same is 
it that testifyeth of me, and ye wil not come 
vnto me, that ye might haue life. f l receaue 
not prayse of men. But I knowe you, that 
ye haue not the loue of God in you. I am 
come in my fathers name, and ye receaue me 
not.ttt Yf another shal come in his awne 
name, him wil ye receaue. How can ye beleue 
which receaue prayse one of another, and 
seke not the prayse, that is of God onely ? 

Ye shall not thynke that I wyll accuse 
you before y father : there is one y accuseth 



f T Ioh. l. b. 
Mat. 3. b. and 17. a. Ioh. 



* 1 Ioha. 5. a. Ioh. 10. c. 

b. *** Deut. 5. c. 

Ioh. 1. b. and 6. e. 1 Ioh. 4. b. d Act. 17. b, 

Deut. 18. c. / Ioh. 12. f. ttt 1 Ioh. 2. c. 

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you, euen Moses, in who ye trust. Yf ye 
beleued Moses, ye shulde beleue me also: 
For he hath wrytte of me.* But yf ye beleue 
not his wrytinges, how shal ye beleue my 
wordes ? 

Che bt. Chapter. 

A FTER this wente Iesus ouer the see 
f\^ vnto the cite Tiberias in Galilee. "And 
moch people folowed him, because they sawe 
the tokens that he dyd vpon the which were 
diseased. But Iesus wete vp in to a moun- 
tayne, and there he sat with his disciples. 
And Easter f feast of the Iewes was nye. 
Then Iesus lift vp his eyes, and sawe y there 
came moch people vnto him, and he sayde 
vnto Philippe : Whence shal we bye bred, y 
these maye eate ? But this he sayde to proue 
him, for he himself knewe, what he wolde do. 

Philippe answered him : Two hundreth 
peny worth of bred is not ynough amonge 
the, y euery one maye take a litle. The sayde 
vnto hi one of his disciples, Andrew y brother 
of Symo Peter : There is a lad here, y hath 
fyue barlye loaues, and two fishes, but what is 
that amoge so many?* Iesus sayde: Make the 
the people syt downe. There was moch grasse 
in the place. Then they sat the downe, aboute 
a fyue thousande men. Iesus toke the loaues, 
thanked, and gaue them to the disciples : the 
disciples (gaue) to them that were set downe. 
Likewyse also of the fishes as moch as they 
wolde. 

Whan they were fylled, he sayde vnto his 
disciples: Gather vp the broken meate that 
remayneth, that nothinge be lost. The they 
gathered, and fylled twolue baskettes with the 
broke meate, that remayned of the fyue barlye 
loaues, vnto them which had eaten. Now 
whan the men sawe the token y Iesus dyd, 
they saide : t This is of a trueth the Prophet, 
y shulde come into the worlde. Whan Iesus 
now perceaued that they wolde come, and 
take him vp, to make him kynge,! he gat him 
awaye agayne in to a mountayne himself alone. 

At euen wente his disciples downe to y see, 
and entred in to the shippe/ and came to the 
other syde of f see vnto Capernau. And it 
was darcke allready. And Iesus was not come 
to the. And f see arose thorow a greate 
wynde. Now whan they had rowed vpo a 



* Deut. 1{ 
4 Re. 4. c. 



" Mar. 14. b. Marc. 
Luc. 7. b. Ioh. 4. c. 



Luc. 9. 
Ioba. 5. 



fyue and twetie or thirtie furlonges, they sawe 
Iesus goinge vpon the see, and came nye to 
the shippe. And they were afrayed. But he 
sayde vnto them : It is I, be not afrayed. 
Then wolde they haue receaued him in to y 
shippe. And immediatly y shippe was at the 
londe whither they wente. 

The nexte daye after, the people which 
stode on the other syde of the see, sawe that 
there was none other shippe there saue that 
one, wherinto his disciples were entred : and 
that Iesus wete not in with his disciples in to 
the shippe, but y his disciples were gone 
awaie alone. Ho wbeit there came other shippes 
from Tiberias, nye vnto f place where they 
had eate the bred, after y the LORDE had 
geuen thankes. Now whan the people sawe 
that Iesus was not there, nether his disciples, 
they toke shippe also, and came to Caper- 
naum, and sought Iesus. 

And whan they founde him on the other 
syde of the see, they sayde vnto him : Master, 
whan earnest thou hither? Iesus answered 
the, (j sayde : Verely verely I saye vnto you : 
Ye seke me not because ye sawe y tokes, but 
because ye ate of the loaues, and were fylled. 
Laboure not for the meate which perisheth 
but y endureth vnto euerlastinge life, which 
the sonne of ma shal geue you : For him hath 
God the father sealed. 

The sayde they vnto him : What shal we 
do, that we maye worke y workes of God? 
Iesus answered, and sayde vnto the : This is 
the worke of God, that ye beleue on him, 
whom he hath sent. Then sayde they vnto 
him : $ What token doest thou the, that we 
maye se and beleue y ? What workest thou ? 
Oure fathers ate Mana in the wyldernesse, as 
it is wrytte: ''He gaue the bred frd heauen 
to eate. Then sayde Iesus vnto the : Verely 
verely I saye vnto you : Moses gaue you not 
bred from heaue, but my father geueth you 
the true bred from heauen : For this is that 
bred of God, which commeth from heauen, 
and geueth life vnto the worlde. 

The sayde they vnto him : II Syr, geue vs 
allwaye soch bred. But Iesus sayde vnto the : 
I am y bred of life. He that cometh vnto 
me, shal not huger: (j he that beleueth on 
me, shal neuer thyrst. But I haue sayde vnto 
you, y ye haue sene me, and yet ye beleue 



c Mat. 14. c. 
Ioba. 2. c. 



Marc. 6. e. 
d Exo. 16. a. 



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Psal. 77. c. || lob. 4. b 



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not. All that my father geueth me, cometh 
vnto me : and who so cometh vnto me, him 
wyl not I cast out : for I am come downe from 
heaue, not to do myne awne wyll, but the wyll 
of him that hath sent me," 

This is y will of the father, which hath 
sent me,* that of all that he hath geue me, I 
shulde lose nothinge, but shulde rayse it vp 
agayne at the last daye. This is the wyl of 
him which hath sent me/ that, who soeuer 
seyth the sonne and beleueth on him, haue 
euerlastinge life, and I shal rayse him vp at 
the last daye. 

The murmured the Iewes ther ouer, that 
he sayde : I am y bred which is come downe 
from heaue, and they sayde : Is not this Iesus. 
Iosephs sonne, whose father and mother we 
knowe ? How sayeth he then, I am come 
downe from heauen? Iesus answered, and 
sayde vnto them: Murmur not amonge youre 
selues. * No man can come vnto me, except* 
the father which hath sent me, drawe him 
And I shal rayse him vp at the last daye. It 
is wrytten in the prophetess They shal all be 
taught of God. Who so euer now heareth it of 
the father, and lerneth it, commeth vnto me. 
* Not that eny man hath sene the father, saue 
he which is of the father, the same hath sene 
the father. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you : t He that 
beleueth on me, hath euerlastinge life. I i 
that bred of life. Youre fathers ate Manna 
in the wyldernes, and are deed. This is that 
bred which commeth from heauen, that who 
so eateth therof, shulde not dye. I am that 
lyuynge bred, which came downe fro heauen : 
Who so eateth of this bred, shal lyue for euer. 
And the bred that I wil geue, is my flesh $ 
which I wil geue for y life of the worlde. 

Then stroue the Iewes amonge them selues, 
and sayde : How ca this felowe geue vs his 
flesh to eate ? Iesus sayde vnto the : Verely 
verely I saye vnto you: Excepte ye eate y 
flesh of y sonne of man and drynke his bloude, 
ye haue no life in you. Who so eateth my 
flesh, and drynketh my bloude, hath euer- 
lastinge life : and I shal rayse him vp at the 
last daye. For my flesh is f very meate, and 
my bloude is y very drynke. Who so eateth 
my flesh, and drynketh my bloude, 6 abydeth 



" Luc. 22. c. * Ioha. 10. c. and \ 

Mar. 16. c. lob. 6. g. 2 Tess. 3. : 

Iere.31. f. Mat. 11. e. Luc. 10. c. 



c Ioha. 5. 
d Esa. 54. 
t Deut. 5. 



in me, and I in him. As the lyuynge father 
hath sent me, and I lyue for the fathers sake 
Euen so he that eateth me, shal lyue for my 
sake. This is y bred which is come fro 
heauen : Not as youre fathers ate Manna, and 
are deed. He that eateth of this bred, shal 
lyue for euer. 

These thinges sayde he in the synagoge. 
wha he taught at Capernaum. Many now 
of his disciples that herde this, sayde : This 
is an harde sayenge, who maye abyde the 
hearynge of it ? But when Iesus perceaued 
in hi self, that his disciples murmured therat 
he sayde vnto them : Doth this offende you 
What and yf ye shal se the sonne of man 
ascende vp thither, where he was afore ? It is 
y sprete that quyckeneth, f flesh profiteth 
nothinge. The wordes that I speake, are 
sprete, and are life. But there are some 
amoge you, that beleue not. For Iesus knewe 
well from the begynnynge, which they were 
that beleued not, and who shulde betraye 
him. And he sayde : Therfore haue I sayde 
vnto you : II No man can come vnto me. 
excepte it be geuen him of my father. 

From that tyme forth, many of his disciples 
wente backe, and walked nomore with him. 
Then sayde Iesus vnto the twolue : Wyll ye 
also go awaye? Then answered Simon Peter 
LORDE, Whither shal we go? Thou hast the 
wordes of euerlastinge life : and we haue 
beleued 5 knowne, that thou art Christ the 
sonne of the lyuynge God. Iesus answered 
them. Haue I not chosen you twolue, and 
one of you is a deuell? But he spake of Iudas 
Symon Iscarioth: the same betrayed him 
afterwarde, and was one of the twolue. 

Cfte btj. Chapter. 

AFTER that wente Iesus aboute in Galile, 
for he wolde not go aboute in Iewry, 
because the Iewes sought to kyll him. But 
the Iewes feast of Tabernacles-^ was at hande. 
Then sayde his brethren vnto him : Get the 
hece, and go in to Iewry, that thy disciples 
also maye se thy workes, that thou doest. He 
that seketh to be openly knowne, doth nothinge 
in secrete. Yf thou do soch thinges, the 
shewe thy self before the worlde : For his 
awne brethren also beleued not in him. 



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Then sayde Iesus vnto them: My tyme 
is not yet come, but youre tyme is allwaye 
ready. "The worlde can not hate you,* but 
me it hateth : because I testifye of it, that 
the workes of it are euell. Go ye vp vnto 
this feast, I wyll not go vp yet vnto this 
feast, for my tyme is not yet fulfylled. Whan 
he sayde this vnto them, he abode styll in 
Galile. But as soone as his brethren were 
gone vp, then wente he vp also vnto the feast, 
not openly, but as it were secretly. Then 
sought him f Iewes at y feast, and sayde : t 
Where is he? And there was a greate murmur 
of him amonge the people. Some sayde : 
He is good. But other sayde : No, he doth 
but disceaue the people. *Howbeit no man 
spake frely of him, for feare of the Iewes. 

But in the myddes of the feast wete Iesus 
vp in to the temple, and taught. And the 
Iewes marueyled and sayde : How can he y 
scrypture, seynge he hath not lerned it ? Iesus 
answered them, and sayde : My doctryne is 
not myne, but his that hath sent me. Yf 
eny man wyl do his will, he shal knowe, 
whether this doctryne be of God, or whether 
I speake of my self. He that speaketh of 
himself, seketh his awne prayse : but he that 
seketh the prayse of him that sent him, the 
same is true, % there is no vnrighteousnes in 
him. c Hath not Moses geuen you the la we, 
and none of you kepeth the lawe? Why go 
ye aboute to kyll me ? The people answered, 
and sayde : Thou hast the deuell, who goeth 
aboute to kyll the ? Iesus answered and sayde : 
t One worke haue I done, and ye all maruayle. 
Moses gaue you the circumcision, (not be- 
cause it commeth of Moses, but of y § fathers:) 
Yet do ye circumcyse a man vpon the Sab- 
bath. Yf a man receaue circucision vpon the 
Sabbath, that the lawe of Moses shulde not 
be broken, diszdayne ye then at me, because 
I haue made a ma euery whyt whole on the 
Sabbath ? ^Iudge not after the vtter appear- 
ance, but iudge righteous iudgment. 

Then sayde some of them of Ierusalem : 
Is not this he, who they go aboute to kyll ? 
And beholde, he speaketh boldely, and they 
saye nothinge to him. Do oure rulers knowe 
in dede, that he is very Christ ? Howbeyt || 

' Ioh. 15. b. * Sap. 2. c. t Ioh. 11. f. b Ioh. 12. f. 
c Exo. 20. a. Leui. 14. d. t Ioh. 5. a. § Gen. 17. b, 
d Deut. 1. b. || Mat. 13. g. Marc. 6. a. Luc. 4. c 

IT Ioha. 8. b. e Luc. 19. d. 20. b. 22. a. Ioh. 8. b. 

** Ioh. 8. c. and 11. e. / 1 Re. 19. d. Mat. 22. b. 



we knowe, whence this is. But wha Christ 
commeth, no man shal knowe whence he is. 

Then cryed Iesus in the temple as he 
taught, and sayde: Yee ye knowe me, and 
whence I am ye knowe, T and of my self am 
I not come, but he y sent me, is true, whom 
ye knowe not. But I knowe him, for I am 
of him, and he hath sent me. Then sought 
they to take him/ but no man layed handes 
vpon him, for his houre was not yet come. 
** But many of the people beleued on him, 
and sayde : Whan Christ commeth, shall he 
do mo tokens, then this doth? 

And it came to the Pharises eares/ that f 
people murmured soch thinges of him. And 
the Pharises and hye prestes sent out ser- 
uauntes, to take him. Then sayde Iesus vnto 
them : I am yet a litle whyle with you and 
then go I vnto him that hath sent me. Ye 
shal seke me, a not fynde me : g and where I 
am, thither can ye not come. Then sayde 
the Iewes amonge them selues : Whyther wil 
he go, that we shal not fynde him ? Wyl he 
go amdge the Grekes that are scatred abrode, 
and teach the Grekes ? What maner of say- 
enge is this, that he sayeth : ye shal seke me, 
and not fynde me : and where I am, thither 
can not ye come ? 

But in the last daye which was f most 
solempne daye of the feast, Iesus stode vp, 
cried, and sayde : '' Who so thyrsteth, let him 
come vnto me, and drynke. He that beleueth 
on me, as the scripture sayeth, out of his body 
shal flowe ryuers of the water of life. (But 
this spake he of the ft sprete, which they that 
beleue on him, shulde receaue. For the holy 
goost was not yet there, because Iesus was 
not yet glorifyed.) Many of the people now 
whan they herde this sayenge, sayde : This is 
a very prophet/ Other sayde : U He is Christ. 
But some sayde: Shal Christ come out of 
Galile ? Sayeth not the scripture/ that Christ 
shal come of the sede of Dauid, and out of 
the towne of §§ Bethleem, where Dauid was? 
Thus was there discencion amonge the people 
for his sake. Some of them wolde haue taken 
him, but no man layed handes on him. 

The seruauntes came to the hye prestes 
and pharises, and they sayde vnto them : 

Marc. 12. b. Luc. 20. c. Ioh. 16. b. s I ere . 29. c. 

Ioh. 8. b. and 13. d. * Esa. 55. a. Esa. 12. a. Ioel 

2. f. Ioh. 3. a. and 4. b. tt Act. 2. a. 'Mat. 21. b. 

U Mat. 16. c. Ioh. 1. e. k Psal. 131. b. §§ Mich. 
5. a. Mat. 2. a. 



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Why haue ye not brought him? The ser- 
uauntes answered: Neuer ma spake as this 
man doth. Then answered them the pharises : 
Are ye also disceaued? * Doth eny of the 
rulers or pharises beleue on him ? But the 
comon people which knowe not the lawe, are 
cursed. Nicodemus sayde vnto them, he that 
came to him by night," which was one of 
them: + Doth oure lawe iudge eny man, 
before it heare him, and knowe what he hath 
done ? They answered and sayde vnto him ? 
Art thou a Galilean also? t Searche and 
loke, out of Galile aryseth no prophet. And 
so euery man wente home. 

€ht bttj. Chapter. 

IESUS wente vnto mount Oliuete,* and 
early in the mornynge came he agayne in 
to the temple, and all the people came vnto 
him. And he sat downe, and taught them. 
And y scrybes and Pharises brought vnto him 
a woman taken in aduoutrye, and set her 
there openly, and sayde vnto him : Master, 
this woman was taken in aduoutrye, eue as 
the dede was adoynge. c Moses in the lawe 
commaunded vs to stone soch. What sayest 
thou ? This they sayde, to tempte him, that 
they might haue wherof to accuse him. But 
Iesus stouped downe, and wrote with his 
fynger vpo the grounde. Now whyle they 
contynued axynge him, he lift him self vp, 
and sayde vnto them: He that is amonge 
you without synne, let him cast the first stone 
at her. And he stouped downe agayne, and 
wrote vpon the grounde. But whan they 
herde that, they wente out, one after another : 
the eldest first, and left Iesus alone, and the 
woman stondinge before him. Iesus lift him- 
self vp, and whan he sawe noman but the 
woman, he sayde vnto her : Woman, where 
are thine accusers? Hath noman condempned 
the ? She sayde : LORDE, no man. Iesus 
sayde : Nether do I codempne the/ Go thy 
waye, and synne nomore. 

Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, and 
sayde : I am the light of the worlde/ He 
that foloweth me, shal not walke in darknesse, 
but shal haue the light of life. Then sayde 
the Pharises vnto him : Thou bearest recorde 
of thy self, thy recorde is not true. 

* Ioh. 12. f. 1 Cor. 1. d. ' Ioh. 3. a. t Exo. 

23. a. Leui. 19. d. f Ioh. 1. e. 'Mat. 21. b. 

Marc. 11. b. r Leui. 20. b. d Ioha. 5. b. c Ioh. 

1. a. 9. a. 12. e. § Deut. 17. a. and 19. c. / Mat. 17. a 



Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them: 
Though I beare recorde of my self, yet my 
recorde is true : for I knowe whence I came, 
and whither I go : but ye can not tell whence 
I come, and whither I go. Ye iudge after 
the flesh, I iudge no man : but yf I iudge, 
my iudgment is true : for I am not alone, but 
I and the father that hath sent me. It is 
wrytten also in youre lawe, §that the testi- 
mony of two men is true. I am one that 
beare wytnesse of my self: And the father 
that sent me/ beareth wytnes of me also. 
Then sayde they vnto him: Where is thy 
father? Iesus answered : e Ye nether knowe 
me ner yet my father. Yf ye knewe me, ye 
shulde knowe my father also. These wordes 
spake Iesus vpon the Godschest, as he taught 
in the teple. And noman toke him/' for his 
houre was not yet come. 

Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them : ' I go 
my waye, and ye shal seke me, and shal dye 
in youre synnes : whither I go, thither can not 
ye come. Then sayde y Iewes : Wyl he kyll 
him self then, that he sayeth : whither I go, 
thither can not ye come ? And he sayde vnto 
them : Ye are from beneth, I am from aboue: 
Ye are of this worlde, I am not of this worlde. 
Therfore haue I sayde vnto you, that ye 
shal dye in youre synnes. II For yf ye be- 
leue not that I am he, ye shal dye in youre 
synnes. 

Then sayde they vnto him : Who art thou 
then ? And Iesus sayde vnto the : Eue the 
very same thinge that I saye vnto you. I 
haue many thinges to saye and to iudge of 
you. But he that sent me, is true : ''and loke 
what I haue herde of him, that speake I before 
the worlde, Howbeit they vnderstode not, that 
he spake of the father. 

Then sayde Iesus vnto them: Whan ye 
haue lift vp an hye the sonne of man, then 
shal ye knowe that I am he, and that I do 
nothinge of my self:' but as my father hath 
taught me, euen so I speake. And he that 
sent me, is with me. The father leaueth me 
not alone, for I do alwaie that pleaseth him. 
Whan he thus spake, t many beleued on him. 
Then sayde Iesus vnto the Iewes, that be- 
leued on him : Yf ye contynue in my worde, 
then are ye my very disciples, and ye shall 

s Mat. 11. e. Luc. 10. c. Ioh. 7. c. * Ioh. 7. c. 

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knowe the trueth, and the trueth shal make 
you # fre. 

Then answered they him: We are Abra- 
hams sede, we were neuer bonde to eny man, 
how sayest thou then : Ye shal be fre r Iesus 
answered them, and sayde : Verely verely I 
saye vnto you : t Who so euer doth synne, is 
the seruaunt of synne : As for the seruaunt, 
he abydeth not in the house for euer, but the 
sonne abydeth euer. Yf the sonne therfore 
make you fre, then are ye fre in dede. I 
knowe that ye are Abrahams sede, but ye 
seke to kyll me. For my worde taketh not 
amonge you. I speake that I haue sene of 
my father, g ye do that ye haue sene of youre 
father. 

They answered, and sayde vnto him: 
Abraham is oure father. Iesus sayde vnto 
them : Yf ye were Abrahams children, ye 
wolde do the dedes of Abraham. But now 
ye go aboute to kyll me, a man, that haue 
tolde you the trueth, t which I haue herde 
of God, this dyd not Abraham. Ye do the 
dedes of youre father. Then sayde they vnto 
him : We are not borne of fornicacion, we 
haue one father, euen God. Iesus sayde vnto 
them : Yf God were youre father, then wolde 
ye loue me. For I am proceaded forth, and 
come from God. For I am not come of my 
self, but he hath sent me. Why knowe ye not 
the my speach? Eue because ye can not 
abyde the hearinge of my worde. 

Ye are of the father the deuell, and after 
the lustes of youre father wyl ye do. $The 
same was a murthurer from the begynnynge, 
and abode not in the trueth : for the trueth is 
not in him. Whan he speaketh a lye, then 
speake th he of his awne : for he is a lyar, and 
a father of the same. But because I saye the 
trueth, ye beleue me not. 

Which of you can rebuke me of one synne? 
Yf I saye the trueth, why do ye not beleue 
me? II He that is of God, heareth Gods 
worde. Therfore heare ye not, because ye 
are not of God. 

Then answered the Iewes, and sayde vnto 
him: Saye we not right, that thou art 
Samaritane, IT and hast the deuell? Iesus 
answered : I haue no deuell, but I honoure 
my father, and ye haue dishonoured me. I 

* Rom. 6. b. and 8. a. Gal. 4. a. t Rom. 6. b. 

2 Pet. 2. d. $ Ioh. 3. c. and 7. b. § Gen. 3. a. 

1 Ioh. 3. b. || Ioha. 10. a. 1 Ioha. 4. a. IT Ioha. 10. b. 
" Ioha. 5. c. ** Mat. 9. d. and 21. c. Marc. 3. b, 



seke not myne awne prayse, but there is one 
that seketh it, and iudgeth. Verely verely I 
saye vnto you : " Yf eny man kepe my worde, 
he shal neuer se death. 

Then sayde the Iewes vnto him : Now 
knowe we, that **thou hast the deuell. Abra- 
ham is deed and the prophetes, and thou 
sayest : Yf eny ma kepe my worde, he shal 
neuer taist of death. Art thou greater then 
oure father Abraham ? which is deed, and the 
prophetes are deed ? Who makest thou thy 
self? Iesus answered : tt Yf I prayse my self, 
then is my prayse nothinge. But it is my 
father that prayseth me, which ye saye is youre 
God, and ye knowe hi not: but I knowe him. 
And yf I shulde saye, I knowe him not, I 
shulde be a lyar, like vnto you. But I knowe 
him, and kepe his worde. 

Abraham youre father was glad, that he 
shulde se my daye, tlAnd he sawe it, and 
reioysed. Then sayde the Iewes vnto him : 
Thou art not yet fiftie yeare olde, and hast 
thou sene Abraham ? Iesus sayde vnto the : 
Verely verely I saye vnto you: Or euer Abra- 
ham was, $$ I am. Then toke they vp stones, 
to cast at him. But Iesus hyd himself, and 
wente out of the temple. 

Cfie ir. Cfcapfer. 
A ND Iesus passed by, and sawe a man 
jr\_ that was borne blynde. And his dis- 
ciples axed him, & sayde : Master, Who hath 
synned ? this, or his elders, that he was borne 
blynde ? Iesus answered : Nether hath this 
synned, ner his elders, II II but that f workes of 
God shulde be shewed on him. I must worke 
the workes of him that hath sent me, whyle it 
is daye. The night commeth, whan no man 
can worke. As longe as I am in the worlde 
I am the IT IT light of the worlde. 

Whan he had thus sayde, he spat on the 
grounde, and made claye of the spetle, and 
rubbed the claye on the eyes of the blynde, 
and sayde vnto him : Go thy waye to the pole 
of ***Syloha (which is interpretated, sent) 
and wash the. Then wete he his waye and 
waszhed him, and came seynge. The negh- 
bours and they that had sene him before, that 
he was a begger, sayde: Is not this he that 
sat, and begged ? Some sayde : It is he. 



Ioh. 7.b. tt Ioh. ; 

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Other sayde : he is like him. But he him- 
self sayde : I am euen he. Then sayde they 
vnto him : How are thine eyes opened ? He 
answered, and sayde : The ma that is called 
Iesus, made claye, and anoynted myne eyes, 
and sayde : Go thy waye to the pole of Siloha, 
and wash the. I wente my waye, (t washed 

, and receaued my sight. Then sayde 
they vnto him : Where is he ? He sayde : I 
can not tell. 

Then brought they vnto the pharises, him 
that a litle before was blynde. *It was the 
Sabbath, whan Iesus made the claye, and 
opened his eyes. Then agayne the Pharises 
also axed him, how he had receaued his sight. 
He sayde vnto the : He put claye vpon myne 
eyes, and I waszhed me, % now I se. 

Then sayde some of the pharises: This 
man is not of God, seynge he kepeth not y 
Sabbath. t But the other sayde : How can 
a synfull man do soch tokens? And there 
was a stryfe amonge the. They sayde agayne 
vnto y blynde : What sayest thou of him, that 
he hath opened thine eyes? He sayde: he is 
a prophet. 

The Iewes beleued not hi, that he was 
blynde, and had receaued his sight, tyll they 
called the elders of him, that had receaued 
his sight, and they axed them, and sayde : Is 
this youre sonne, whom ye saye, was borne 
blynde ? How doth he now se then ? His 
elders answered them, and sayde : We knowe, 
that this is oure sonne, and that he was borne 
blynde. But how he now seyeth, we can not 
tell: or who hath opened his eyes, can we not 
tell. He is olde ynough himself, axe him, let 
him speake for him self. 

This sayde his elders, because they feared 
the Iewes. tFor the Iewes had conspyred 
allready, that yf eny man dyd confesse that 
he was Christ, the same shulde be exco- 
municate. Therfore sayde his elders : He is 
olde ynough, axe him. 

Then called they the ma agayne y was 
blynde, and sayde vnto him: SGeue God f 
prayse, we knowe that this man is a synner. 
He answered, j sayde: Whether he be a 
synner or no, I can not tell : one thinge am I 
sure off, that I was blynde, and now I se. 
The sayde they vnto him agayne : What dyd 
he vnto the ? How opened he thine eyes ? 



* Mat. 12. a. Marc. 
Ioha. 7. d. 10. b. 12. 1 



Luc. 6. 
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f. & Iosue 7. 



He answered them: I tolde you right now. 
Herde ye it not? What, wil ye heare it 
agayne ? Will ye also be his disciples? Then 
rayted they him, and sayde : Thou art his 
disciple. We are sure that God spake with 
Moses: As for this felowe, we know not 
whece he is. 

The man answered, and sayde vnto the: 
This is a maruelous thinge, that ye wote not 
whence he is, and he hath opened mine eyes. 
For we knowe that God heareth not y sin- 
ners : but yf eny ma be a fearer of God, and 
doth his will, him heareth he. Sens y worlde 
beganne was it not herde, that eny man 
opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde. 
Yf this man were not of God, he coulde haue 
done nothinge. They answered, and sayde 
vnto him: Thou art alltogether borne in 
synne, and teachest thou vs? And they 
thrust him out. 

Iesus herde, y they had thrust him out, 
and wha he had founde him, he sayde vnto 
him: Beleuest thou on the sonne of God? 
He answered, and sayde: LORDE, who is it, 
y I might beleue on him ? Iesus sayde vnto 
him : Thou hast sene him, and he it is, that 
talketh with the. He sayde : LORDE, I 
beleue. And he worshipped him. 

And Iesus sayde : I am come to iudgmet 
in to this worlde, that they which se not, 
might se : and that they which se, might be 
made blynde. And some of the Pharises y 
were with him, herde this, and sayde vnto 
him : Are we then blynde also ? Iesus sayde 
vnto the: Yf ye were blynde, ye shulde 
haue no synne. But now that ye saye, we 
se, therfore youre synne remayneth. 

Cfic r. Cfjapttr. 

VERELY verely I saye vnto you : He y 
entreth not in at the dore in to the 
shepefolde, but clymmeth vp some other waye, 
the same is a thefe j a murthurer. But he 
that goeth in at the dore, is the shepherde of 
the shepe : to him y porter openeth, and the 
shepe heare his voyce, a and he ^calleth his 
awne shepe by name, and ledeth them out. 
And whan he hath sent forth his awne shepe, 
he goeth before them, and the shepe folowe 
him: for they knowe his voyce. As for a 
straunger, they folowe him not, but flye from 

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him: for they knowe not the voyce of 
straungers. This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto 
them, but they vnderstode not what it was, 
that he sayde vnto them. 

Then sayde Iesus vnto them agayne: 
Verely verely I saye vnto you: *I am the 
dore of the shepe. All they that are come 
before me, are theues and murthurers. But 
f shepe harkened not vnto them. I am the 
dore. Yf eny man entre in by me, he shalbe 
saued, and shal go in and out, and fynde 
pasture. A thefe cometh not, but for to 
steale, kyll, and destroye. I am come, y 
they might haue life, and haue it more 
abundauntly. 

I am a good shepherde. A good shepherde 
geueth his life for the shepe. " But an hyred 
seruaunt, which is not the shepherde, nether 
the shepe are his awne, seyth y wolfe comynge, 
and leaueth y shepe, and flyeth. And the 
wolfe catcheth 5 scatereth f shepe. But the 
hyred seruaut flyeth, because he is an hyred 
seruaunte, and careth not for the shepe. I 
am a good sheperde, +and knowe myne, and 
am knowne of myne. Eue as my father 
knoweth me, and I knowe y father. And 1 1 
geue my life for my shepe. And I haue yet 
other shepe, which are not of this folde, and 
those same must I brynge also, and they shal 
heare my voyce, and there shalbe one flocke 
and one shepherde. 

Therfore doth my father loue me, because 

I leaue my life, that I maye take it agayne. 
No ma taketh it fro me, but I leaue it of my 
self. I haue power to leaue it, and haue 
power to take it agayne. This commaunde- 
ment haue I receaued of my father. Then 
was there discension amoge the Iewes for 
these sayenges. h Many of the sayde : He 
hath the deuell, and is madd, why heare ye 
him ? Other sayde : § These are not wordes 
of one that is possessed. Can the deuell also 
open y eyes of the blynde ? 

It was the dedicacion of the teple at Ieru- 
sale, c g was wynter, and Iesus walked in 

II Salomos porche. The came f Iewes rounde 
aboute hi, g saide vnto hi: How loge dost 
thou make vs doute? Yf thou be Christ, 
tell vs planely. Iesus answered the : I tolde 
you, g ye beleue not. The workes y I do 

* Ioh. 14. a. <" Eze. 34. d. Mich. 5. a. t 2 Tim. 
2. b. } Marc. 10. e. * Mat. 9. d. Marc. 3. c. 

& Ioh. 7. d. 8. e. 9.b. c 2 Mac. 10. b. |) 3 Re. 6. a. 
1" Ioh. 14. a. and 17. c. ** Ioha. 5. b. tt Psal. 



in my fathers name, they beare wytnesse of 
me. But ye beleue not, because ye are not 
of my shepe as I sayde vnto you. My shepe 
heare my voyce, g I knowe the, g they folowe 
me. And I geue the euerlastinge life, g they 
shal neuer perishe, and noma shal plucke the 
out of my hande. My father which gaue the 
me, is greater the all: g noman is able to 
plucke them out of my fathers hande. f I and 
the father are one. Then the Iewes toke vp 
stones agayne, to stone him. Iesus answered 
the : Many good workes haue I shewed you 
fro my father, for which of the stone ye me ? 

The Iewes answered hi, and sayde : For 
the good worke sake we stone the not, * *but 
for the blasphemy : and because y thou beynge 
a man, makest thy self God. Iesus answered 
the : Is it not wrytten in youre lawe : I haue 
sayde, Ye are Goddes?tt Yf he call them 
Goddes, vnto whom the worde of God came 
(g the scripture can not be broke) saye ye 
the vnto hi, who f father hath sanctified g 
sent in to y worlde : "'thou blasphemest God, 
because I sayde : I am y sonne of God ? ttYf 
I do not y workes of my father, beleue me 
not : but yf I do the, the (yf ye beleue not 
me) yet beleue y workes, y ye maye knowe ij 
beleue, y the father is in me, g I in y father. 

"They wente aboute agayne to take him, 
but he escaped out of their hades, and wete 
awaye agayne beyode Iordane, in to y place 
§§ where Iho had baptysed before, g there he 
abode. And many came to hi, and sayde : 
Iho dyd no tokes, but all y Ihon spake of 
this man, is true. And many beleued on him 
there. 

Wt)t ri. Cfiapfer. 

THERE laye one sicke, named Lazarus 
of Bethania, in y towne of Mary g hir sis- 
ter Martha. II II (It was y Mary which anoynted 
y LORDE with oyntment, g dryed his fete 
with hir heer, whose brother Lazanis laye 
sicke.) The sent his sisters vnto hi, g sayde: 
LORDE, beholde, he who thou louest lyeth 
sicke. Wha Iesus herde that, he sayde : 
*1TThis sicknesse is not vnto death, but for the 
prayse of God, y the sonne of God maye be 
praysed there thorow. Iesus loued Martha 
g hir sister, g Lazarus. Now wha he herde 

81. d. d Mat. 26. g. Mar. 14. b. Luc. 22. e. 

tt Ioha. 9. a. and 15. c. e Mat. 21. e. Marc. 3. a. 

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that he was sicke, he abode two dayes in f 
place where he was. 

After warde sayde he vnto his disciples : 
Let vs go agayne i to Iewry. His disciples 
sayde vnto him : Master, * lately wolde the 
Iewes haue stoned the, (j wilt thou go thither 
agayne? Iesus answered: Are there not 
twolue houres in y daye ? He y walketh in 
the daye, stombleth not, for he seyeth y light 
of this worlde. But he that walketh in the 
night, stobleth : for there is no light in him. 

This he spake, 5 after warde sayde he vnto 
the : Lazarus oure frende t slepeth, but I go 
to wake him out of slepe. The sayde his 
disciples : LORDE, yf he slepe, he shal do 
well ynough (Howbeyt Iesus spake of his 
death but they thought y he had spoke of y 
bodely slepe.) The sayde Iesus vnto the 
planely: Lazarus is deed, j 1 am glad for 
youre sakes, y I was not there, that ye maye 
beleue. Neuertheles let vs go vnto hi. The 
sayde Thomas (which is called Didimus) a vnto 
y disciples : Let vs go also, y we maye dye 
with hi. 

The came Iesus, j founde y he had lyen in 
y graue foure dayes allready. Bethanye was 
nye vnto Ierusale, aboute fiftene furloges. 
And many of the Iewes were come to 
Martha & Mary, to coforte the ouer their 
brother. Now wha Martha herde y Iesus 
came, she wete to mete him. But Ma 
styl at home. 

The sayde Martha vnto Iesus : LORDE, 
yf thou haddest bene here, *my brother had 
not bene deed. But neuertheles I knowe 
also, what soeuer thou axest of God, that God 
wyl geue it the. Iesus sayde vnto her : Thy 
brother shal ryse agayne. Martha sayde vnto 
hi: I knowe, y he shal ryse agayne in the 
resurreccion at y- last daye. Iesus saide vnto 
her: I am the resurreccion & the life. t He y 
beleueth on me, shal lyue, though he were 
deed allready : & whosoeuer lyueth and be- 
leueth on me, shal neuer dye. Beleuest thou 
this? She saide vnto him: Yee LORDE, I 
beleue, that thou art Christ the sonne of God, 
which shulde come in to the worlde. And 
wha she had sayde this, she wete hir waye, 
d called Mary hir sister secretly, 5 saide : The 
maister is come, j calleth for the. She whan 
she herde that, rose vp quyckly, and came 



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vnto him : For Iesus was not yet come in to 
y towne, but was yet in the place, where 
Martha met him. The Iewes that were with 
her in the house and comforted her, whan 
they sawe Mary, that she rose vp haistely, 
(j wente out, they Mowed her, & saide : She 
goeth to the graue, to wepe there. 

Now wha Mary came where Iesus was 
(E sawe him, she fell downe at his fete, j sayde 
vnto hi: c LORDE, yf thou haddest bene 
here, my brother had not bene deed. Wha 
Iesus sawe her wepe, j the Iewes wepinge 
also y came with her, he groned in the sprete, 
U was sory with in himself, (j sayde : Where 
haue ye layed him? They sayde : LORDE 
come, d se it. And $ Iesus wepte. Then 
sayde y Iewes : Beholde how he loued him. 
But some of the saide : Coulde not he II which 
opened the eyes of y blynde, haue made also, 
that this ma shulde not haue dyed? But 
Iesus groned agayne in himself, and came to 
the graue. It was a caue, and a stone layed 
on it. Iesus saide: Take awaye y stone. 
Martha the sister of him y was deed, saide 
vnto hi : LORDE, he stynketh allready, for 
he hath bene deed foure dayes. Iesus sayde 
vnto her : Sayde I not vnto the, that yf thou 
dyddest beleue, thou shuldest se the glory of 
God? 

Then toke they awaye the stone, where the 
deed laye. Iesus lift vp his eyes, and sayde 
Father, I thake y, that thou hast herde me. 
Howbeit I knowe, that thou hearest me 
allwaye : but If because of y people that stonde 
by, I sayde it, that they maye beleue, that 
thou hast sent me. 

Whan he had sayde this, he cryed loude : 
Lazarus come forth. And y deed came forth 
bounde hande & fote with graue clothes, & his 
face bounde with a napkyn. Iesus sayde vnto 
the : Lowse him, j let him go. Many now 
of y Iewes which were come vnto Mary, and 
sawe what Iesus dyd, beleued on him. But 
some of the wente their waye vnto the pharises, 
and tolde the what Iesus had done. 

^Then the hye prestes, and the pharises 
gathered a councell, and sayde : * * What do 
we ? This man doth many tokens. Yf we 
let him go thus, all me wyl beleue in him 
+ Uhe shal the Romaynes come, and take 
awaye oure londe and people. But one of 



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them, named Caiphas, which was hye prest 
that same yeare, sayde vnto them : Ye knowe 
nothinge nether considre ye eny thinge at 
all. * It is better for us that one ma dye for 
the people, then that all the people shulde 
perishe. 

This spake he not of himself, but for so 
moch as he was hye prest of the same yeare, 
he prophecied. For Iesus was for to dye for 
the people, and not for the people onely, but 
that he shulde gather together the children of 
God, which were scatered abrode : From 
that daye forth they toke coucell, how they 
might put him to death. Iesus walked nomore 
openly amonge the Iewes, but wente from 
thence in to a countre by the wyldernesse, to 
a cite called Ephraim, 5 there had he his 
beynge with his disciples. 

The Iewes Easter was nye at hande. And 
there wente vp many to Ierusale out of that 
countre before y Easter, to purifye them 
selues. Then stode they vp, and axed after 
Iesus, and spake amonge them selues in the 
temple: What thynke ye, that he cometh 
not to y- feast ? The hye prestes & pharises 
had geuen a commaundement, that yf eny 
man knewe where he were, he shulde shewe 
it, that they might take him. 

Wi)t rvj. Chapter. 

SIXE dayes before Easter came Iesus 
vnto "Bethanye, where Lazarus was, 
which was deed, whom Iesus raysed vp from 
the deed. There they made him a supper, 
and Martha serued. But Lazarus was one 
of them, that sat at the table with him. 
t Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntment of 
pure and costly Nardus, and anoynted Iesus 
fete, (j dryed his fete with hir heer. The 
house was full of the sauoure of the oyntment. 
Then sayde one of his disciples, Iudas 
Iscarioth Symons sonne, which afterwarde 
betrayed him: Why was not this oyntment 
solde for thre hundreth pens, and geuen to 
the poore ? (This sayde he not that he cared 
for the poore, but because he was a thefe, 
and §had the bagge, and bare that which was 
geue.) Then sayde Iesus : Let her alone, 
this hath she kepte agaynst the daye of my 

* Ioha. 18. b. t Ioha. 7. a. ■ Mat. 26. a. Mar. 

14. a. Luc. 22. a. f Luc. 7. d. § Ioh. 13. c. 

Ioha. 11. e. ' Mat. 21. a. Marc. 11. a. Luc. 19. c. 

1" Psal. 117. c. ** Esa. 62. c. Zach. 9. b. c 3 Reg. 



buryenge. For the poore haue ye allwaye 
with you, but me haue ye not allwaye. 

Then moch people of the Iewes had know- 
lege, that he was there, and they came not for 
Iesus sake onely, but also y they might se 
Lazarus, whom he had raysed from the deed. 
But y hye prestes were aduysed to put 
Lazarus to death also : because y for his sake 
many of the Iewes wete awaye and beleued 
on Iesus. 

*Vpon the nexte daye moch people which 
were come vnto the feast, whan they herde 
that Iesus came towarde Ierasalem, they toke 
braunches of palme trees, and wete out to 
mete him, and cryed : Hosianna, f Blessed be 
he, that in the name of the LORDE com- 
meth kynge of Israel. Iesus gat a yonge 
Asse, and rode theron, As it is wrytte : 
* * Feare not thou doughter of Sion, beholde, 
thy kynge cometh rydinge vpo an Asses 
foale. Neuertheles his disciples vnderstode 
not these thinges at the first, but whan Iesus 
was glorified, then remebred they that soch 
thinges were wrytte" of him, and that they had 
done soch thinges vnto him. 

The people that was with him whan he 
called Lazarus out of y graue and raysed him 
from the deed, commended the acte. Ther- 
fore the people met him, because they herde, 
that he had done soch a miracle. But the 
pharises sayde amonge them selues : Ye se, 
that we preuayle nothinge, beholde, all y 
worlde runneth after him. 

There were certayne Grekes (amonge the 
that were come vp to Ierusale to worshipe at 
the feast) c the same came vnto Philippe, 
tt which was of Bethsaida out of Galile, (j 
prayed him, and sayde : Syr, we wolde fayne 
se Iesus. Philippe came, j tolde Andrew. 
And agayne, Philippe and Andrew tolde 
Iesus. Iesus answered the, and sayde : rf The 
houre is come, that the sonne of man must 
be glorified. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you: Excepte 
the wheatcorne fall in to the grounde, 6 and 
dye, it bydeth alone : But yf it dye, it bryngeth 
forth moch ffute. -Tie that loueth his life, 
shal lose it: and he that hateth his life in 
this worlde, shal kepe it vnto life euerlastinge. 
He that wyl serue me, let him folowe me. 



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And where I am, there shal my seruaunt be 
also : and he that serueth me, him shal my 
father honoure. 

" Now is my soule heuy, and what shal I 
saye ? Father, helpe me out of this houre. 
But therfore am I come in to this houre. 
Father, glorifye thy name. 

Then came there a voyce from heauen : I 
haue glorified it, and wyl glorifye it agayne. 
Then sayde the people that stode by and 
herde : It thondereth. Other sayde : An 
angell spake vnto him. Iesus answered, and 
sayde : * This voyce came not because of me, 
but for youre sakes. 

Now goeth the iudgment ouer the worlde. 
Now shal the prynce of this worlde be thrust 
out. And I whan I am lift vp from the 
earth, wyl drawe all vnto me. (But this he 
sayde, to signifye, what death he shulde dye.) 
Then answered him the people : We haue 
herde in the t lawe, that Christ endureth for 
euer: and how sayest thou then, that the 
sonne of man must be lift vp ? Who is this 
sonne of man ? 

6 Then sayde Iesus vnto them : The light is 
yet a litle whyle with you, walke whyle ye 
haue the light, that the darknesse fall not vpo 
you. He that walketh in the darknesse, 
woteth not whither he goeth. Beleue ye on 
the light, whyle ye haue it, that ye maye be 
the children of light. 

These thinges spake Iesus, and departed 
awaye, and hyd himself from them. And 
though he had done soch tokens before the, 
yet beleued they not on him, that the sayenge 
of Esay the prophet might be fulfylled, c which 
he spake : LORDE, who beleueth oure preach- 
inge ? Or to whom is the arme of the LORDE 
opened? Therfore coulde they not beleue, 
for Esay saide agayne : He hath blynded their 
eyes/ and hardened their hert, that they 
shulde not se with the eyes, ner vnderstonde 
with the hert, 5 shulde be conuerted, and he 
shulde heale them. This sayde Esay, whan 
he sawe his glory, and spake of him. 

Neuertheles many of the chefe rulers be- 
leued on him/ but because of the Pharises 
they wolde not be aknowne of it/ lest they 
shulde be excommunicate, t For they loued 
more the prayse with men, then with God. 

Mat. 26. d. Mar. 14. d. Luc. 22. c. * Ioha. 11. e. 
t Psal. 109. a. Esa. 9. b. Dan. 7. c. Mich. 5. a. » Eph. 
5. a. 1 Tess. 5. a. c Esa. 53. a. Ro. 10. c. d Esa. 6. b. 
' Ioba. 7. e. / Ioh. 9. c. J Ioha. 5. d. e Ioha. 3. 



Iesus cryed and sayde : He that beleueth 
on me, beleueth not on me, but on him that 
sent me. And he that seyth me, seyth him y 
sent me. s I am come a light in to the worlde, 
that whosoeuer beleueth on me, shulde not 
byde in darknesse. And he that heareth my 
wordes and beleueth not, I iudge him not, 
for I am not come to iudge the worlde, * but 
to saue the worlde. He that refuseth me, and 
receaueth not my wordes, hath one allready 
that iudgeth him. § The worde that I haue 
spoken, that shall iudge him at the last daye, 
For I haue not spoken of my self:' but the 
father that sent me, hath geuen me a com- 
maundement, what I shulde do and saye. 
And I knowe that his commaundement is life 
euerlastinge. Therfore loke what I speake, 
that speake I eue so, as the father hath sayde 
vnto me. 

Cfie rttj. Chapter. 

BEFORE the feast of Easter whan Iesus 
knewe that his tyme was come, that he 
shulde departe out of this worlde vnto y 
father, as he loued his which were in the 
worlde, euen so loued he them vnto the ende. 
And after supper, whan the deuell had all- 
ready put in to f hert of Iudas Iscarioth* 
Symons sonne, to betraye him, Iesus know- 
inge that the father had geuen all thinges in 
to his handes,' & that he was come from God, 
and wente vnto God, he rose from supper, 
and layed asyde his vpper garmentes, and 
toke a towell, and gyrde it aboute him. After- 
warde poured he water in to a basen, and 
beganne to wash the disciples fete, and dryed 
them with the towell, y he was gyrded withall. 

Then came he vnto Symon Peter, and f 
same sayde vnto him : LORDE, shalt thou 
washe my fete? Iesus answered and sayde 
vnto him : What I do, thou knowest not now, 
but thou shalt knowe it herafter. The sayde 
Peter vnto him : Thou shalt neuer wash my 
fete. Iesus answered him : Yf I wash y not, 
thou shalt haue no parte with me. Symon 
Peter sayde vnto him : LORDE, not the fete 
onely, but the handes also and the heade. 

Iesus sayde vnto him : He that is waszhe, 
nedeth not, saue to washe y fete, but is cleane 
euery whytt. And ye are cleane II but not 

c. 8. b. 9. a. * Ioh. 3. c. § Deut. 18. c. ' Ioh. 

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all. For he knewe his betrayer, therfore sayde 
he : ye are not all cleane. 

Now whan he had waszhen their fete, and 
taken his clothes, he sat him downe agayne, 
and sayde vnto the: Wote ye what I haue 
done vnto you? Ye call me master and 
LORDE, and ye saye right therin, for so I 
am. Yf I then youre LORDE and master 
haue waszhen youre fete, ye ought also to 
wash one anothers fete. "I haue geue you an 
ensample, that ye shulde do as I haue done 
vnto you. Verely verely I saye vnto you: 
* the seruaunt is not greater then his lorde, 
nether is the Apostell greater then he that 
sent him. Yf ye knowe these thinges, * blessed 
are ye yf ye do them. I speake not of you 
all, I knowe whom I haue chosen, but that 
the scripture might be fulfilled : t He y eateth 
my bred, hath lift vp his hele against me. I 
tell it you now, before it come/ that whan it is 
come to passe, ye maye beleue, that I am he. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you : He that 
receaueth whom so euer I sende/ receaueth 
me : and he that receaueth me, receaueth him 
that sent me. Whan Iesus had thus sayde, 
he was heuy in sprete, and testified, and 
sayde : 'Verely verely I saye vnto you: One 
t amonge you shal betraye me. Then the 
disciples loked one vpon another, 5 were in 
doute, of whom he spake. But there was one 
amoge his disciples, that leaned at the table 
on Iesus bosome, who Iesus loued:^ to him 
beckened Symon Peter, that he shulde axe, 
who it was, of whom he spake. For the same 
leaned vpo Iesus brest, and sayde vnto him : 
LORDE, who is it? Iesus answered: It is 
he, vnto whom I dyppe the soppe 5 geue it. 
And he dypte in the soppe, and gaue it vnto 
Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne. And after y 
soppe the deuell entred in to him. 

Then sayde Iesus vnto him : That thou 
doest, do quyckly. But y same wyst no man 
at the table, for what intent he sayde it vnto 
him. Some thought (for so moch as Iudas 
had the bagge^) that Iesus had sayde vnto 
him : Bye that is necessary for vs agaynst the 
feast : Or that he shulde geue some thinge 
vnto the poore. Whan he had receaued the 
soppe, he wente out immediatly, and it was 
night. 

" Ephe. 5. a. 1 Pet. 2. c. * Mat. 10. c. Luc. 6. d 
Ioh. 15. b. » Mat. 5. b. t Psal. 40. b. c Ioha 

14. c. and 16. a. d Mat. 10. e. Mar. 9. d. Luc. 10. b 
c Mat. 26. b. Marc. 14. c. Luc. 22. a. J 1 Io. 2. c 



Whan he was gone forth, Iesus sayde : 
Now is the sonne of ma glorified/' and God is 
glorified in him. Yf God be glorified in 
him, the shal god glorifie him also in hlself, 
CE straight waye shal he glorifye him. Deare 
childre, I am yet a litle whyle with you. Ye 
shal seke me, and (as I sayde vnto f Iewes') 
whither I go, thither can ye not come. And 
now I saye vnto you, k A new comaundemet 
geue I you, that ye loue together as I haue 
loued you, y euen so ye loue one another. 
By this shal euery man knowe that ye are 
my disciples/ yf ye haue loue one to another. 
Symon Peter sayde vnto him: LORDE, 
whither goest thou ? Iesus answered him : 
Whither I go, thou canst not folowe me now, 
§but thou shalt folowe me herafter. Peter 
sayde vnto him: LORDE, why ca not I 
folowe the now? I wil geue my life for thy 
sake. Iesus answered him : Wilt thou geue 
thy life for my sake ? Verely verely I saye 
vnto y. II The cock shal not crowe, tyll thou 
haue denyed me thryse. 

Cfie rut). Cftapttr. 

AND he sayde vnto his disciples : Let not 
youre hert be afrayed. Yf ye beleue 
on God, the beleue also on me. In my 
fathers house are many dwellinges. Yf it 
were not so, I wolde haue tolde you : I go to 
prepare the place for you. And though I go 
to prepare the place for you, yet wil I come 
agayne, and receaue you vnto my self, y ye 
maye be where I am. And whither I go, ye 
knowe, and the waye knowe ye also. 

Thomas sayde vnto him: LORDE, we 
knowe not whither thou goest, & how can we 
knowe the waye ? Iesus sayde vnto him : I 
am the waye, and the trueth, and the life. 
m Noman cometh to the father but by me. Yf 
ye knewe me, ye knewe my father also. And 
frd hece forth ye knowe hi, g haue sene him 
Philippe sayde vnto him : LORDE, shewe vs 
the father, and it sufficeth vs. Iesus sayde 
vnto him: Thus longe am I with you, and 
hast thou not knowne me ? Philippe, he that 
seyth me, seyth the father. And how sayest 
thou then : Shewe vs the father ? Beleuest 
thou not that I am in the father," and that y 

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12. c. and 17. a. i Ioh. 7. d. and 8. b. * Ioha. 15. b, 
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father is in me ? The wordes that I speake 
vnto you, those "speake not I of my self: but 
the father that dwelleth in me, he doth the 
workes. Beleue me, that I am in the father, 
and that f father is in me : Or els, beleue me 
at the leest for the workes sake. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you: He that 
beleueth on me, shal do the workes that I do, 
and shal do greater then these : for I go to 
the father. And what soeuer ye axe f father 
in my name, *that wyl I do, that the father 
maye be praysed in the sonne. Yf ye axe eny 
thinge in my name, I wyl do it. 

Yf ye loue me, kepe my commaundementes. 
And I wyl praye the father, and he shal geue 
you another comforter, that he maye byde with 
you for euer: euen y sprete of trueth, whom 
y worlde can not receaue, for it seyth him 
not, nether doth it knowe him : but ye knowe 
him, for he abydeth with you, & shalbe in 
you.* I wil not leaue you cofortles, I come 
vnto you. It is yet a litle whyle, the shal the 
worlde se me nomore, t but ye shal se me : 
for I lyue, and ye shal lyue also. In y daye 
shal ye knowe, that I am in the father and 
ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my 
comaundementes, c and kepeth them, the same 
is he that loueth me : and he that loueth me, 
shalbe loued of my father : g I wyl loue him, 
and wyl shewe myne awne self vnto him. 
tludas sayde vnto hi: (not that Iscarioth) 
LORDE, What is the cause the, that thou 
wilt shewe thy self vnto vs, and not vnto the 
worlde ? 

Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him : He 
that loueth me, wyl kepe my worde, and my 
father wyl loue him : and we wyl come vnto 
him, and wyll make oure dwellynge with him. 
But he that loueth me not, kepeth not my 
sayenges. And the worde that ye heare, is 
not myne, but the fathers which hath sent me. 

This haue I spoken vnto you, whyle I was 
with you. rf But that comforter euen y holy 
goost, §who my father shal sende in my name, 
he shal teache you all thinges, g bringe all to 
youre remembraunce, what soeuer I haue 
tolde you. 

Peace I leaue vnto you, my peace I geue 
you: I geue not vnto you, as the worlde 
geueth. Let not youre hert be troubled, 

' Ioh. 3. e. 7. b. 8. c. 12. f. 14. c. » Mat. 21. c. 

Marc. 11. c. Ioh. 15. a. and 16. c. * Mat. 28. c. 

t Ioh. 20. h. c. d. 21. a. b. c Ioha. 15. a. 1 Ioh. 5. a. 

t Act. 15. c. d Act. 2. a. 2 Tim. 1. a. § Ioh. 16. b. 



nether let it be afrayed. Ye haue herde, that 
1 1 sayde vnto you : I go, g come agayne vnto 
I you. Yf ye loued me, ye wolde reioyse, be- 
cause I saide, I go to the father : for f father 
is greater the I. And now haue I tolde you, 
before it come, that whan it is come to passe, 
ye maye beleue : Here after wyl not I talke 
moch with you. e For the prynce of this 
worlde cometh, and hath nothinge in me. 
But that the worlde maye knowe that I loue 
f father. And as the father hath comaunded 
me, so do I. Aryse, let vs go hence. 

€i)e rb. Chapter. 

I AM a true Tvyne, and my father is an 
huszbande man. Euery braunch that 
bringeth not forth frute in me, shal he cut of: 
and euery one that bryngeth forth frute, shal 
he pourge, y it maye bringe forth more frute. 
Now are ye cleane, because of the worde, that 
I haue spoke vnto you. Byde ye in me, and 
I in you. Like as f braunch can not brynge 
forth frute of it self excepte it byde in the 
vyne, Euen so nether ye also, excepte ye 
abyde in me. 

I am the vyne, ye are the braunches. He 
that abydeth in me, and I in him, the same 
bryngeth forth moch frute : for without me 
can ye do nothinge. He that abydeth not in 
me, is cast out as a vyne braunche, and it 
wythereth, and men gather it vp, and cast it 
in to the fyre, and it burnetii. ** Yf ye abyde 
in me, and my wordes abyde in you, ye shal 
axe what ye wyl, g it shal be done vnto you. 
Herin is my father praysed, that ye brynge 
forth moch frute, and become my disciples. 
Like as my father hath loued me, eue so 
haue I loued you. Cotynue ye I my loue.tt 
Yf ye kepe my comaundementes, ye shal 
cotynue in my loue : like as I haue kepte my 
fathers cdmaundementes, and cotynue in his 
loue. 

These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that 
my ioye might remayne in you, and y youre 
ioye might be perfecte. ^This is my co- 
maundement, that ye loue together, as I haue 
loued you. No man hath greater loue, then 
to set his life for his frende. ttYe are my 
frendes, yf ye do that I commaunde you. 
Hence forth call I you not seruauntes, for a 

Ioh. 13. b. and 16. a. ' Ioha. 12. d. IT Eccli. 24. c. 
** Mat. 21. c. Marc. 11. c. Ioh. 14. b. and 16. c. 
tt Ioh. 14. d. / Ioh. 13. d. 1 Ioh. 3. c. tt Mat. 12. e. 



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seruaunt knoweth not what his lorde doeth. 
But I haue sayde that ye are frendes : For 
all that I haue herde of my father, haue I 
shewed vnto you. "Ye haue not chosen me, 
but I haue chosen you, and ordeyned you, 
that ye go, and *bringe forth frute, and that 
youre frute contynue, that what soeuer ye axe 
the father in my name, he shulde geue it you. 

This I commaunde you, that ye loue one 
another. Yf the worlde hate you, then knowe, 
that it hath hated me before you. Yf ye 
were of the worlde, the worlde wolde loue his 
awne. Howbeit because ye are not of the 
worlde, but I haue chosen you from the 
worlde, therfore the worlde hateth you. Re- 
membre my worde, that I sayde vnto you: 
*The seruaunt is not greater then his lorde. 
Yf they haue persecuted me, they shal per- 
secute you also: Yf they haue kepte my 
worde, they shal kepe yours also. 

But all this shal they do vnto you for my 
names sake, because they knowe not him y 
sent me. Yf I had not come g spoke vnto 
the, the shulde they haue no synne. But now 
haue they nothinge to cloake their synne 
withall. He y hateth me, hateth my father 
also. Yf I had not done amoge the the 
workes which no other ma dyd, they shulde 
haue no synne. But now haue they sene it, 
and yet haue they hated both me 5 my father. 
Neuertheles that the sayenge might be ful- 
filled, which is wrytten in their lawe : c They 
haue hated me without a cause. 

But wha the comforter commeth, who d I 
shal sende you from the father eue the sprete 
of trueth which proceadeth of the father, 
he shal testifie of me +and ye shal beare 
wytnesse also : for ye haue bene with me 
from the begynnynge. 

Cfie rbt. Chapter. 

THESE thinges haue I sayde vnto you, 
that ye shulde not be offended. They 
shal excomunicate you. The tyme commeth, 
that who soeuer putteth you to death, shal 
thynke that he doth seruyce vnto God. e And 
soch thinges shal they do vnto you, because 
they haue nether knowne f father ner yet me. 
But these thinges haue I sayde vnto you, 
-^that whan the tyme cometh ye maye thynke 



Ephe. 1. a. * Col. 1. a. * Mat. 10. c. Luc. 6. d. 
loh. 13. b. c Psal. 31. c. and 68. a. d Ioh. 14. c. 

and 16. a. Act. 2. a. t Act. 1. a. and 2. d. e Act.9.a. 



theron, that I tolde you. But these thinges 
haue I not sayde vnto you from the begyn- 
nynge : For I was with you. 

But now I go vnto him that sent me, 
none of you axeth me : Whither goest thou 
but because I haue sayde these thinges vnto 
you, youre hert is full of sorowe. Neuer- 
theles I tell you the trueth, It is better for 
you y I go awaye : For yf I go not awaye 
that comforter commeth not vnto you: but 
yf I departe, s I wil sende hi vnto you. And 
whan he commeth, he shal rebuke the worlde 
of synne, and of righteousnes, (j of iudgment. 
Of synne, because they beleue not on me. 
Of righteousnes, because I go to the father, 
and ye shal se me nomore. Of iudgmet, be- 
cause the ''prynce of this worlde is iudged 
allready. 

I haue yet moch to saye vnto you, but ye 
can not now beare it awaye : howbeit whan 
he (the sprete of trueth) commeth ! he shal 
lede you in to all trueth. For he shal not 
speake of himself, but what soeuer he shal 
heare, that shal he speake : and he shall 
shewe you, what is for to come. He shal 
glorifye me : for he shal receaue of myne, and 
shal shewe vnto you. tAll that the father 
hath, is myne. Therfore haue I sayde : he 
shal receaue of myne, and shewe vnto you. 

After a litle whyle, and ye shal not se me : 
and agayne after a litle whyle, and ye shal se 
me : for I go to the father. The saide some 
of his disciples amonge them selues : What 
is this that he sayeth vnto vs, After a litle 
whyle, and ye shal not se me : & agayne after 
a litle whyle, g ye shal se me : for I go to the 
fatner ? Then sayde they : What is this, that 
he sayeth : After a litle whyle ? We can not 
tell what he sayeth. Then perceaued Iesus 
that they wolde axe him, and he sayde vnto 
them : Ye enquyre of this amonge youre 
selues, that I sayde : After a litle whyle, and 
ye shal not se me : (j agayne after a litle 
whyle, and ye shal se me. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you : Ye shal 
wepe and lamente, but the worlde shal reioyse : 
Ye shal be soiy, but youre sorowe shal be 
turned in to ioye. A woman whan she tra- 
uayleth, hath sorowe, for hir houre is come. 
But whan she is delyuered of the childe, she 



Ioha. 15. c. 1 Cor. 2. a. / Ioh. 13. b. and 14. c. ffloh. 
:. and 15. c. h Ioh. 12. d. ' Ioh. 14. c. Ioha. 12. f. 
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thinketh nomore of the anguyshe, for ioye 
that a man is borne in to the worlde. And 
now haue ye sorowe also : but I wil se you 
agayne, and youre hert shal reioyse, and youre 
ioye shal noman take from you. And in that 
daye shal ye axe me no question. "Verely 
verely I saye vnto you : Yf ye axe y father 
ought in my name, he shal geue it you. 
Hither to haue ye axed nothinge in my name. 
Axe, and ye shal receaue, y youre ioye maye 
be perfecte. These thinges haue I spoken 
vnto you by *prouerbes. Neuertheles the 
tyme commeth, that I shal speake nomore by 
prouerbes, but I shal shewe you planely of 
my father. 

In that daye shal ye axe in my name. 
And I saye not vnto you, that I wyl praye 
vnto the father for you : for the father him- 
self loueth you, because ye haue loued me, g 
beleued that I am come out from God. +1 
wente out from the father, and came in to the 
worlde : Agayne, I leaue y worlde, and go to 
the father. 

His disciples sayde vnto him: Beholde, 
now talkest thou planely, and speakest no 
prouerbe. Now are we sure y thou knowest 
all thinges, and nedest not that eny ma shulde 
axe the. Therfore beleue we, that thou 
earnest out from God : Iesus answered them : 
Now ye do beleue : * Beholde, the houre 
draweth nye, and is come allready, that ye 
shalbe scatred, euery man in to his awne, and 
shal leaue me alone : c and yet am I not 
alone, for the father is with me. 

These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, 
that in me ye might haue peace/ In f 
worlde haue ye trouble, but be of good com- 
forte, I haue ouercome the worlde. 

Che rbrj. Chapter. 

THESE thinges spake Iesus, and lift vp 
his eyes towarde heauen, and sayde : 
e Father, the houre is come, that thou glorifye 
thy sonne, that thy sonne also maye glorifye 
the. Like as thou hast geuen him power 
ouer all fleshe, Ahat he shulde geue euer- 
lastinge life to as many as thou hast geuen 
him.t But this is the life euerlastinge, that 
they knowe the (that thou onely art the true 
God) and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ. 

"Mat. 7. a. and 21. c. Marc. 11. c. Luc. 11. b. Ioha. 14. b. 
and 15. a. * Mat. 13. a. Marc. 4. a. t Ioh. 20. a. 

b Zach. 13. b. Mat. 26. c. Marc. 14. d. c lob. 14. b. 

d Rom. 5. a. ' Ioha. 12. c. and 13. d. / Ioh. 5. b. 



I haue glorified f vpo earth, (j §fynished 
y worke, y thou gauest me to do. And now 
glorifye me thou father by thine awne self, 
with y glory which I had or euer the worlde 
was. I haue declared thy name vnto y men, 
whom thou gauest me from the worlde. They 
were thine, and thou gauest them vnto me, 
and they haue kepte thy worde. 

Now knowe they, that all thinges what 
soeuer thou hast geuen me, are of the. For y 
wordes which thou gauest me/ haue I geue 
vnto them, and they haue receaued them, g 
knowne of a trueth, that I am come forth 
from the, and haue beleued, that thou hast 
sent me. I praye for them, and praye not for 
the II worlde, but for them whom thou hast 
geuen me, for they are thine. And all that is 
myne, is thine : and what thine is, that is 
myne. And I am glorifyed in them. And 
now am I nomore in the worlde, and they are 
in y worlde, and I come to the. Holy father, 
kepe in thy name, those whom thou 1" hast 
geue me, that they maye be one, like as we 
are. Whyle I was with the in the worlde, I 
kepte them in thy name. Those y thou 
gauest me, haue I kepte, and none of them is 
lost, but that lost childe/' that the ** scripture 
might be fulfylled. But now come I vnto 
the, and this I speake in the worlde, that they 
maye haue my ioye perfecte in them. I haue 
geuen them thy worde, t+ and the worlde hateth 
the : for they are not of the worlde, euen as 
I also am not of the worlde. I praye not that 
thou shuldest take them out of" the worlde, 
It but that thou kepe the fro euell. They are 
not of the worlde, as I also am not of the 
worlde. 

Sanctifye them in thy trueth. Thy worde 
is the trueth. Like as thou hast sent me in 
to the worlde, so haue I sent them in to the 
worlde: and for their sakes I sanctifye my 
self, that they also maye be sanctifyed in the 
trueth. 

Neuertheles I praye not for them onely, 
but also for those, which thorow their worde 
shal beleue on me, that they all maye be one, 
like as thou father art in me, and I in f, that 
they also maye be §§ one in vs: that the worlde 
maye beleue, that thou hast sent me. And 
the glory which thou gauest me, haue I geuen 

I Ioh. 1. a. $ Ioha. 19. c. s Ioh. 4. e. || 1 Ioh. 2. c. 
% Esa. 8. d. * Ioh. 18. a. ** Psal. 40. b. and 108. a. 
tt Ioh. 15. b. Sap. 2. c. ft Mat. 6. b. §§ Gal. 3. d. 



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them : that they maye be one, like as we are 
one. I in the, and thou in me, that they maye 
be perfecte in one, and that the worlde maye 
knowe, that thou hast sent me and hast loued 
them, as thou hast loued me. 

" Father, I wil, that they whom thou hast 
geuen me, be with me where I am, y they 
maye se my glory, which thou hast geue me : 
for thou hast loued me, or euer y worlde was 
made. * Righteous father, the worlde hath not 
knowne y, but I haue knowne f : and these 
haue knowne, that thou hast sent me. And 
I haue declared thy name vnto them, & wyl 
declare it, y the loue wherwith thou hast 
loued me, maye be in the, a I in them. 

Ci)? rbirj. Cijaptcv. 

WHAN Iesus had thus spoke,' he wete 
forth with his disciples ouer the broke 
Cedron, where there was a garde, in to the 
which Iesus entred and his disciples. But 
Iudas y betrayed hi, knewe the place also. 
For Iesus resorted thither oft tymes with his 
disciples. ''Now whan Iudas had take vnto 
him the copany, j mynisters of the hye prestes 
and Pharises, he came thither with creshettes, 
with lanternes, and with weapens. Iesus now 
knowinge all y shulde come vpon him, wete 
forth, and sayde vnto the: Whom seke ye? 
They answered him : Iesus of Nazareth. Iesus 
sayde vnto them : I am he : Iudas also which 
betrayed him, stode with the. Now whan 
Iesus sayde vnto the : I am he, they wete 
bacwardes, and fell to the grounde. Then 
axed he the agayne : Whom seke ye ? They 
sayde : Iesus of Nazareth. Iesus answered : 
I haue tolde you, that I am he. Yf ye seke 
me, then let these go their waye. That the 
worde might be fulfylled, which he sayde : Of 
them who thou gauest me/ haue I not lost 
one. Then had Symon Peter a swerde, and 
drewe it out, and smote the hye prestes seruaiit, 
and cut of his right eare. And y seruautes 
name was Malchus. 

Then sayde Iesus vnto Peter: Put vp thy 
swerde in to the sheeth. Shal I not drynke 
of y cuppe, which my father hath geue me ? 
Then the company and the captayne & the 
officers of the Iewes toke Iesus, and bounde 
him, (j led him awaye first vnto Annas, that 



" Ioh. 12. e. and 14. a. b Mat. 11. e. Ioh. 15. c. 

and 16. a. c Mat. 26. a. Mar. 14. d. Luc. 22. c. 

d Mat. 26. e. Mar. 14. d. Luc. 22. d. ' Ioh. 17. b. 



was fatherlawe vnto Caiphas, which was hye 
prest y same yeare. It was Caiphas/ which 
gaue coucell vnto y Iewes that it were good, 
that one man shulde dye for the people. 

As for Symon Peter, he and another dis- 
ciple folowed Iesus. The same disciple was 
knowne vnto the hye prest, and wete in with 
Iesus in to the hye prestes palace. But Peter 
stode without at the dore. Then y other 
disciple which was knowne vnto the hye 
prest, wente out, and spake to the damsell y 
kepte the dore, and brought in Peter. Then 
the damsell that kepte the dore, sayde vnto 
Peter: Art not thou also one of this mans 
disciples ? He sayde : I am not. 

The seruauntes & officers stode, and had 
made a fyre of coles (for it was colde) j 
warmed the selues. Peter also stode with 
them, and warmed him self. The hye pi-est 
axed Iesus of his disciples, and of his doctryne. 
Iesus answered him: g I haue spoken openly 
before the worlde, I haue euer taught in the 
synagoge and in the teple, whither all the 
Iewes resorted, <j in secrete haue I spoke 
nothinge. Why axest thou me ? Axe the y 
haue herde, what I haue spoken vnto the : 
beholde, they can tell what I haue sayde. But 
whan he had thus spoke/' one of the officers 
that stode by, smote Iesus on the face, and 
sayde : Answerest thou the hye prest so ? 
Iesus answered him : Yf I haue euell spoke, 
the beare wytnesse of euell: but yf I haue well 
spoken, why smytest thou me? And Annas 
sent him bounde vnto Caiphas y hye prest. 

' Symo Peter stode and warmed him self. 
The sayde they vnto him : Art not thou one 
of his disciples? He denyed, and sayde : I am 
not. A seruaiit of the hye prestes, a kynszma 
of his, whose eare Peter had smytten of, sayde 
vnto him : Dyd not I se the in the garde with 
him ? 

Then Peter denyed agayne. And imme- 
diatly the *cock crew. * Then led they Iesus 
from Caiphas in to the comon hall. And it 
was early in the mornynge. And they them 
selues wete not in to the como hall, lest they 
shulde be defyled, but y they might eate y 
Pascall lambe. Then wente Pilate out vnto 
the, and sayde: What accusacion brynge ye 
agaynst this man? They answered, and sayde 



/Ioh. 11. e. 
Act. 23. a. 
" Ioh. 13. d. 



s Ioh. 7. b. '' Iere. 30. a. Mat. 26. g. 
'" Mat. 26. g. Mar. 14. g. Luc. 22. d. 
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vnto him : Yf he were not an euell doer, we 
had not delyuered him vnto the. Then sayde 
Pilate vnto the : Take ye him, and iudge him 
after youre lawe. Then sayde y Iewes vnto 
him : It is not laufull for vs to put eny ma to 
death. That y worde of Iesus might be fid- 
filled,* which he spake, whan he signified, 
what death he shulde dye. 

a Then entred Pilate in to the comon hall 
agayne, and called Iesus, g sayde vnto him : 
Art thou the kynge of the Iewes? Iesus 
answered: Sayest thou that of thy self, or 
haue other tolde it the of me ? 

Pilate answered : Am I a Iewe ? Thy 
people and the hye prestes haue delyuered 
the vnto me. What hast thou done? Iesus 
answered : My kyngdome is not of this worlde. 
Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde, my 
mynisters wolde fight therfore, y I shulde not 
be delyuered vnto the Iewes. t But now is 
my kyngdome not from hence. The sayde 
Pilate vnto hi : Art thou a kynge the ? Iesus 
answered : Thou sayest it, for I am a kynge. 
For this cause was I borne, and came in to 
the worlde, that I shulde testifye the trueth. 
Who so euer is of the trueth, heareth my 
voyce. Pilate sayde vnto hi: What is the 
trueth? *And whan he had sayde that he wete 
out agayne to the Iewes, and sayde vnto them : 
I fynde no gyltinesse in him : t But ye haue 
a custome, that I shulde geue one vnto you 
lowse at Easter. Wyl ye now y I lowse vnto 
you the kynge of y Iewes? The cryed they 
agayne alltogether, and sayde : Not him, but 
Barrabas. Yet was Barrabas a murthurer. 

Clje rtr. Chapter. 

THEN Pilate toke Iesus, and scourged 
him. And the soudyers platted a crowne 
of thornes/ and set it vpon his heade, and put 
a purple garment vpon him, and sayde : Hayle 
kynge of the Iewes. And they smote him on 
the face. Then wente Pilate forth agayne, 
and sayde vnto the : Beholde, I brynge him 
forth vnto you, y ye maye knowe, y I fynde 
no faute in hi. So Iesus wente out, g ware a 
crowne of thorne and a purple robe. And he 
sayde vnto them : Beholde, the man. Whan 
the hye prestes g the mynisters sawe him, they 
cryed, g sayde : Crucifye, crucifye. Pilate 

* Ioh. 12. d. " Mat. 27. b. Marc. 15. a. Luc. 23. a. 
t Ioh. 6. b. ' Mat. 27. c. Marc. 15. b. Luc. 23. b. 

t Mat. 27. b. Marc. 15. a. Luc. 23. a. c Mat. 27. c. d. 
Marc. 15. b. Luc. 23. b. d Leui. 24. c. & Ioh. 5. b. 



saide vnto the : Take ye him, and crucifye 
him, for I fynde no giltynesse in him. The 
Iewes answered him : We haue a lawe/ g after 
oure lawe he ought to dye, § because he made 
him self the sonne of God. Whan Pilate 
herde that worde, he was the more afrayed, 
and wente agayne in to the comon hall, and 
sayde vnto Iesus: Whence art thou? But 
Iesus gaue him no answere. The sayde 
Pilate vnto him: Speakest thou not vnto me? 
Knowest thou not, y I haue power to crucifye 
y, g haue power to lowse y ? Iesus answered: 
Thou shuldest haue no power vpo me, yf it 
were not II geue the from aboue. Therfore 
he that delyuered me vnto y, hath the more 
synne. From that tyme forth Pilate sought 
meanes to lowse him. But the Iewes cryed, 
g sayde : Yf thou let him go, thou art not the 
Emperours frede. For e whosoeuer maketh 
himself kynge, is agaynst the Emperoure. 

Whan Pilate herde y worde/ he brought 
Iesus forth, g sat hi downe vpo y iudgmet 
seate, in the place which is called the Paue- 
ment, but in the Hebrue, Gabbatha. It was 
the daye of preparinge of the Easter aboute 
the sixte houre. And he sayde vnto the 
Iewes: Beholde youre kynge. But they 
cryed: Awaye with him, awaye with him, 
crucifie him. Pilate saide vnto the : Shal I 
crucifye youre kynge? The hye prestes 
answered: We haue no kynge but y Em- 
peroure. The delyuered he him vnto them, 
to be crucifyed. 

They toke Iesus, and led him awaye. And 
he bare his crosse,1T and wente out to the place 
called y place of deed mens skulles, which in 
Hebrue is named Golgatha, where they cru- 
cified him, and two other with him, on either 
syde one, but Iesus in the myddes. ** Pilate 
wrote a superscripcion, and set vpon the 
crosse. And there was wrytten : Iesus of 
Nazareth, kynge of the Iewes. This super- 
scripcion red many of the Iewes. For y place 
where Iesus was crucifyed, was nye vnto the 
cite. And it was wrytten in Hebrue, Greke 
g Latyn. Then sayde the hye prestes of the 
Iewes vnto Pilate: Wryte not kynge of the 
Iewes, but y he sayde, I am kynge of the 
Iewes. Pilate answered : What I haue wryt- 
ten, that haue I wrytten. 

|| Sap. 6. a. Ioh. 3. d. Rom. 13. a. « Act. 17. b. 

/ Mat. 27. d. Mar. 15. c. Luc. 23. c. 1" Luc. 23. c. 

Heb. 13. b. ** Mat. 27. d. Marc. 15. c. Luc. 23. d. 



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The soudyers," whan they had crucifyed 
Iesus, toke his garmentes, and made foure 
partes, to euery soudyer one parte, and tne 
cote also. As for the cote, it was vnsowed 
fro aboue, wrought thorow and thorow. Then 
sayde they one to another : Let vs not deuyde 
it, but cast lottes for it, who shal haue it, that 
the scripture might be fulfilled, which sayeth : 
*They haue parted my garmentes amonge 
them, and on my cote haue they cast lottes. 
This dyd the soudyers in dede. 

There stode by the crosse of Iesus, hi 
mother, and his mothers sister Mary, the wife 
of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Now 
whan Iesus sawe his mother, and the disciple 
stondynge by, who he loued, he sayde vnto 
his mother: Woman, beholde, that is thy 
sonne. Then sayde he to the disciple: be- 
holde, that is thy mother. And from that 
houre the disciple toke her vnto him. 

After that, whan Iesus knewe that all was 
perfourmed, t that the scripture might be ful 
fylled, he sayde : I am a thyrst. There stode 
a vessell full of vyneger. They fylled a 
sponge with vyneger and d wonde it aboute 
with ysope, and helde it to his mouth. Now 
whan Iesus had receaued the vyneger, he 
sayde : It is fynished, and bowed his heade, 
and gaue vp the goost. 

The Iewes then, for so moch as it was the 
daye of preparinge, that f bodies shulde not 
remayne vpon the crosse on the Sabbath, (for 
y same Sabbath daye was greate) besought 
Pilate, that their legges might be broken, and 
that they might be taken downe. Then came 
the soudyers, and brake the legges of the 
first, and of the other that was crucifyed with 
him. But whan they came to Iesus, and 
sawe that he was deed allready, they brake 
not his legges, but one of the soudyers opened 
his syde with a speare. +And immediatly 
there wente out bloude and water. 

And he that sawe it, bare recorde, and his 
recorde is true. And he knoweth that he 
sayeth true, that ye might beleue also. For 
this is done, y the scripture might be ful- 
fylled: §Ye shal not breake a bone of him. 
And agayne, another scripture sayeth : II They 
shal se him, whom they haue pearsed. 

After that, Ioseph of Arimathia, which was 



Mat. 27. d. Marc. 15. c. * Psal. 21. b. fPsal. 68. c. 
» Mat. 27. e. Marc. 15. d. + Zach. 13. a. § Exod. 12. g. 
|| Zach. 12. c. c Marc. 15. e. Mat. 27. g. Luc. 23. c. 



a disciple of Iesus (but secretly c for feare of 
the Iewes) besought Pilate, y he might take 
downe the body of Iesus. And Pilate gaue 
him lycence. There came also IT Nicodemus, 
(which afore came vnto Iesus by night) (j 
brought of Myrre g Aloes mingled together, 
aboute an hiidreth poude weight. 

The toke they the body of Iesus, (j wonde 
it with lynnen clothes, and with the spyces, as 
the maner of the Iewes is to burye. And by 
y place where Iesus was crucified, there was 
a garde, and in the garden a new sepulchre, 
where in was neuer man layed: there layed 
they Iesus, because of the preparinge daye 
of y Iewes, for the sepulcre was nye at hande. 

Cfie rr. CljapUr. 

VPON one daye of the Sabbath, came 
Mary Magdalene early (whe it was yet 
darcke) vnto the sepulcre, & sawe that the 
stone was take from the sepulcre. Then 
ranne she, g came to Symon Peter, and to f 
other disciple, **whom Iesus loued, and sayde 
vnto them : They haue take awaye the 
LORDE out of the sepulcre, j we can not 
tell where they haue layed him. The wete 
Peter forth and the other disciple, and came 
to the sepulcre. They rane both together, 
and that other disciple out rane Peter, and 
came first to the sepulcre, and loked in, and 
sawe the lynnen clothes layed. But he wete 
not in. The came Symon Peter after him, 
and wente in to the sepulcre, j sawe the 
lynne clothes lye, and the napkyn that was 
bounde aboute Iesus heade, not layed with 
the lynnen clothes, but wrapped together in 
a place by it self. The wete I also y other 
disciple, which came first to y sepulcre, (t he 
sawe & beleued : for as yet they knewe not y 
scriptures/ y it behoued hi to ryse agayne 
fro y deed. The wete f disciples againe 
together. 

As for Mary, she stode before f sepulcre j 
wepte without. Now as she wepte, she loked 
in to the sepulcre, and sawe two angels in 
hyte garmentes syttinge, y one at the heade, 
(j the other at y fete, where they had layed 
the body of Iesus. And they sayde vnto her: 
Woma, why wepest thou? She saide vnto 
the : They haue taken awaye my LORDE, & 



f Ioh. 3. a. ** Ioh. 13. c. 19. c. 21. a. 

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I wote not where they haue layed hi. And 
whan she had sayde y, she turned her self 
backe, g sawe Iesus stondinge, g knewe not y 
it was Iesus. Iesus sayde vnto her: Woman, 
why wepest thou ? Whom sekest thou ? She 
thought y it had bene y gardener, g sayde 
vnto him : Syr, yf thou hast borne him 
hence: then tell me where thou hast layed 
him ? and I wil fetch hi. Iesus sayde vnto 
her : Mary. Then turned she her aboute, g 
sayde vnto him : Rabboni, y is to saye : 
Master. Iesus sayde vnto her : Touche me 
not, for I am not yet ascended vnto my 
father. But go thou thy waye vnto my 
* brethre g saye vnto the : I ascede vp vnto 
my father and youre father : to my God, g 
youre God. a Mary Magdalene came, g tolde 
y disciples:* I haue sene the LORDE, g soch 
thinges hath he spoken vnto me. 

The same Sabbath at eue wha y disciples 
were gathered together/ and the dores were 
shut for feare of y Iewes, came Iesus, and 
stode I y- myddes, g sayde vnto the : Peace be 
with you. And wha he had so sayde, he 
shewed the his hades g his syde. tThe were 
f disciples glad, y they sawe y LORDE. 
The sayde Iesus vnto the agayne : Peace be 
with you. t Like as my father sent me, eue 
so sede I you. And whan he had sayde y, 
he brethed vpo the, and sayde vnto the : 
Receaue the holy goost. Whose synnes so- 
euer ye remytte, they are remytted vnto the : 
and whose synnes so euer ye retayne, they are 
retayned. 

But Thomas one of the twolue$ which is 
called Didimus, was not with the wha Iesus 
came. The sayde the other disciples vnto 
him : We haue sene the LORDE. But he 
sayde vnto the : Excepte I se in his handes 
the prynte of the nales, and put my hade in 
to his syde, I wil not beleue. 

And after eight dayes agayne were his dis- 
ciples with in, ii Thomas with the. The came 
Iesus (wha y dores were shutt) g stode in the 
myddes, g sayde : Peace be with you. After 
y sayde he vnto Thomas : Reach hither thy 
fynger, and se my handes, and reach hither 
thy hade, and put it I to my syde, g be not 
faithlesse, but beleue. Thomas answered, g 
sayde vnto him : My LORDE, and my God. 
Iesus sayde vnto him : Thomas, because thou 



* Psal. 21. 
Luc. 24. c. 



" Ioha. 16. d. b Luc. 24. 

+ Ioh.l6.c. +Esa. 61. a. Mar. 16. 



hast sene me, thou hast beleued. Blessed are 
they, that se not, and yet beleue. 

Many other tokes dyd Iesus before his 
disciples, which are not wrytte in this boke. 
But these are wrytte, y ye shulde beleue, y 
Iesus is Christ the sonne of God, g that ye 
thorow beleue might haue life in his name. 

Ojf rrt. Chapter. 

AFTER that shewed Iesus himself agayne 
at the see of Tiberias. But on this 
wyse shewed he himself. There were together 
Symo Peter, g Thomas which is called Didi- 
mus, g II Nathanael of Cana a cite of Galile, 
g the sonnes of Zebede, g two other of his 
disciples. Symon Peter sayde vnto the : I go 
a fyshinge. They sayde vnto hi : We also 
wil go with the. They wete out, g entred in 
to a shippe straight waye. And y same night 
toke they nothinge. But wha it was now 
morow, Iesus stode on the shore, but his dis- 
ciples knewe not y it was Iesus. Iesus sayde 
vnto the : Childre, haue ye eny thinge to 
eate ? They answered hi : No. He sayde 
vnto the : d Cast out the nett on y right syde 
of the shippe, g ye shal fynde. The they 
cast out, g coulde nomore drawe it for y mul- 
titude of fishes. The sayde y disciple IF who 
Iesus loued, vnto Peter: It is the LORDE. 

Whan Simon Peter herde that it was the 
LORDE, he gyrde his mantell aboute him 
(for he was naked) and sprange in to y see. 
But other disciples came by shippe (for they 
were not farre fro londe, but as it were two 
hundreth cubytes) and they drewe the net 
with the fiszhes. Now whan they were come 
to londe, they sawe coles layed, and fysh 
theron, and bred. Iesus sayde vnto the : 
e Bringe hither of the fyshes, that ye haue 
taken now. Symon Peter stepped forth, and 
drew the nett to the londe, full of greate 
fyszhes, an hundreth and thre and fyftie. 
And for all there were so many, yet was not 
the net broken. 

Iesus sayde vnto them : Come, and dyne. 
But none of the disciples durst axe him : 
Who art thou ? For they knewe, that it was 
the LORDE. Then came Iesus, and toke y 
bred, and gaue it the : and the fyszhe like- 
wyse. This is now the thirde tyme that Iesus 



Luc. 4. a. Ioh. 17. 
d Luc. 5. a. 



:. § Ioh. 11. 

1T Ioh. 13. c. 



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Luc. 24. d. 



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appeared vnto his disciples, after that he was 
rysen agayne from the deed. 

Now wha they had dyned, Iesus sayde vnto 
Symon Peter : Symd Iohana, louest thou me 
more then these do ? He sayde vnto him : 
Yee LORDE, thou knowest y I loue the. 
He sayde vnto him : Fede my labes. He 
sayde vnto him agayne the seconde tyme : 
Symo Iohana, louest thou me ? He sayde 
vnto him : Yee LORDE, thou knowest, y I 
loue y. He sayde vnto him : Fede my shepe. 
He saide vnto him f thirde tyme : Symon 
Iohana, louest thou me ? Peter was sory, 
because he sayde vnto him, louest thou me ? 
And he sayde vnto him: " LORDE, thou 
knowest all thinges, thou knowest, that I 
loue y. Iesus sayde vnto him : Fede my shepe. 

Verely verely I saye vnto the : Whan thou 
wast yoge, thou gerdedst thyselfe, and walkedst 
whither thou woldest. s But wha thou art 
olde, thou shalt stretch forth thy handes, ° and 
another shal gyrde the, and lede the whither 
thou woldest not. But this he sayde, to 



signifye with what death he shulde glorifye 
God. 

Whan he had spoken this, he sayde vnto 
him : Folowe me. Peter turned him aboute 
and sawe the disciple folowinge, whom Iesus 
loued, (*which also leaned vpo his brest at 
the supper, and sayde : LORDE, who is it 
that betrayeth the) ? Wha. Peter sawe him, 
he sayde vnto Iesus: LORDE, but what shal 
he do ? Iesus sayde vnto him : Yf I wil that 
he tary tyll I come, what is that to the? 
Folowe thou me. Then wente there out a 
sayenge amonge the brethren : This disciple 
dyeth not. And Iesus sayde not vnto him : 
He dyeth not, but : Yf I wil that he tary tyll 
I come, what is that to the ? This is the 
same disciple, which testifyeth of these thinges, 
and wrote these thinges, and we knowe that 
his testimony is true. 

There are many other thinges also that 
Iesus dyd, which, yf they shulde be wrytte 
euery one, I suppose the worlde shulde not 
contayne the bokes, that were to be wrytten. 



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Chap. I.— The ascension of Christ. Mathias is 
chosen in the steade of Iudas. 

Chap. II. — The commynge of the holy goost. 
The sermon of Peter before the cogregacion at 
Ierusalem, and the increase of the faithfull. 

Chap. III.— The halt is restored to his fete. 
Peter preacheth Christ vnto the people. 

Chap. IIII. — The Apostles are take and brought 
before the councell. They are forbydden to 
preach, but they turne them vnto prayer, and 
are more obedient vnto God then vnto men. 

Chap. V. — The dyssemblynge of Ananias and 
Saphira is punyshed. Miracles are done by the 
Apostles, which are taken, but the angel of God 
bryngeth them out of preson. They are brought 
before the councell, The sentence of Gamaliel. 
The apostles are bett, they reioyse in trouble. 

Chap. VI. — Ministers (or deacons) are ordened 
in the congregacion to do seruyce in necessary 
thinges of the body, that the Apostles mayewayte 
onely vpo the worde of God. Steuen is accused. 

Chap. VII. — Steuen maketh answere to his ac- 
cusacion, rebuketh the hardnecked lues, and is 
stoned vnto death. 

Chap. VIII.— Saul persecuted the Christe, The 
Apostles are scatred abrode. Philip commeth in 
to Samaria. Simon magus is baptised, he dys- 
sembleth. Philip baptiseth the chamberlayne. 

Chap. IX. — Paul is conuerted, and confoundeth 
the lues. Peter rayseth Tabitha. 

Chap. X. — The vision that Peter sawe. How 
he was sent to Cornelius. The Heithen also 
receaue the sprete, and are baptised. 

Chap. XI. — Peter sheweth the cause wherfore he 
wente to the Heithen. Barnabas and Paul 
preach vnto the Heithen. Agabus prophecieth 
derth for to come. 

Chap. XII. — Herode persecuteth the christe, 
kylleth lames, and putteth Peter in preson, who 
the LORDE delyuereth by an angell. The 
shamefull death of Herode. 

Chap. XIII.— Paul and Barnabas are called to 
preach amonge the Heithen. Of Sergius Paulus 
and Elymas the sorcerar. Paul preacheth at 
Antioche. 

Chap. XIIII. — Paul and Barnabas preach at 
Iconium : some beleue, some stere vp sedicion. 
At Listra they wolde do sacrifice to Barnabas and 
Paul, which refuse it, and exorte the people to 
worshipe the true God. Paul is stoned, after 



lystra, Iconium and 



that commeth he to Derba 
to Antioche. 

Chap. XV. — Variaunce aboute circumcision, 
The Apostles pacifie the matter at Ierusale. 
Paul and Barnabas preach at Antioche. 

Cf)ap. XVI. — Timothy is circumcised, Paul 
preacheth at Philippos, and there is he put in 
preson. 

Chap. XVII.— Paul cometh to Thessalonica 
where the lues set the cite on a roore. Paul 
escapeth, and commeth to Athens, where he 
preacheth the true and vnknowne God. 

Chap. XVIII. — Paul preacheth at Corinthum 
contynuinge there a yeare and a half, goeth 
agayne in to Syria, commeth to Ephesus, Cesarea 
and Antioche. Of Apollos, Aquila and Priscilla. 

Chap. XIX. — Of the xij. men whom Paul bap- 
tised at Ephesus, and what miracles were done by 
him. Demetrius moueth sedicion in the cite. 

Chap. XX. — Paul goeth in to Macedonia and in 
to Grekelonde. At Troas he rayseth vp a deed 
body. At Ephesus he calleth the elders of the 
congregacion together, committeth the kepinge 
of Gods flocke vnto them, warneth the for false 
teachers, maketh his prayer with them, and 
departeth to shippe. 

CI)ap. XXI. — Pauls iourneye by shippe. Of 
Philippe the Euagelist, and Agabus the Prophet, 
which warneth Paul not to go to Ierusalem. He 
remayneth stedfast in his purpose, and is taken 
in the temple. 

Chap. XXII. — Paul answereth the Iewes, is 
scourged, and layed in preson agayne. 

Chap. XXIII. — Paul commeth before the coun- 
cell. Debate ariseth amonge the people, the 
captayne delyuereth him, God conforteth him. 

Chap. XXII1I. — Paul is accused before felix, he 
answereth for himself. 

Chap. XXV.— The Iewes accuse Paul before 
Festus, he appealeth vnto the Emperoure, and is 
sent vnto Rome. 

Chap. XXVI.— Kynge Agrippa heareth Paul, 
which telleth him his callinge from the be- 
gynnynge. 

Chap. XXVII. — Pauls shippinge towarde Rome, 
Iulius the captayne intreateth Paul curteously, 
at the last they suftre shipwrake. 

Chap. XXVIII.— The vyper hurteth not Pauls 
hande, he healeth Publius father, and preacheth 
Christ at Rome. 



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Wfyt 6nSt Cfiaptar. 

THE first treatise (deare Theophilus) 
haue I made of all that Iesus beganne 
to do and to teache, vntyll y daye that he 
was taken vp, after that he (thorow the holy 
goost) had geuen commaundementes to the 
Apostles, whom he had chosen : to who also 
he shewed himself " alyue after his passion, by 
many tokes, and appeared vnto them fourtye 
dayes longe, and spake vnto them of the 
kyngdome of God. 

And whan he had gathered them together, 
he commaunded them that they shulde not 
departe from Ierusalem, but to wayte for the 
promyse of the father, wherof (sayde he) ye 
haue herde b of me :* For Ihon baptysed with 
water, but ye shalbe baptysed with y holy 
goost, (j that within this few dayes. 

Now whan they were come together, they 
axed him, and sayde : LORDE, shalt thou 
at this tyme set vp the kyngdome of Israel 
agayne? But he sayde vnto them: It be- 
longeth not vnto you to knowe the c tymes or 
seasons, which the father hath kepte in his 
awne power, but ye shal receaue the power 
of y holy goost/ which shal come vpon you, 
and ye shalbe my witnesses at Ierusalem, and 
in all Iewrye and Samaria, and vnto the 
ende of the earth. 

And whan he had spoken these thinges, 
whyle they behelde, he was taken vp, and a 
"cloude receaued him from their sight. And 
whyle they loked after him, as he wente in 
to heauen, beholde, there stode by them two 
men in whyte garmentes, which also sayde : 
Ye men of Galile, Why stonde ye gasynge vp 



Ioh.20. 21. 4 Ioh. 14. c. 
Mat. 24. c. d Luc. 24 

Marc. 16. b. Luc. 24. d. t Dan. 7. 



Mat. 28. 



Act. 11. b. Ioh.S.b. 
Act. 2. a. Act. 2. d. 



in to heauen ? This Iesus which is take vp 
from you in to heauen t shal come euen so 
as ye haue sene him go in to heauen. 

Then turned they agayne from f mount 
that is called Oliuete, which is nye to Ieru- 
salem, and hath a Sabbath dayes iourney. 
And whan they came in, they wente vp in 
to a parler, where abode -^Peter and lames, 
Ihon and Andrew, Philippe and Thomas, 
Bartilmew and Mathew, lames the sonne of 
Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Iudas the 
sonne of lames. These all contynued with 
one acorde in prayer and supplicacion, with 
the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and 
with his brethren 

And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the 
myddes amonge the disciples, and sayde: 
(The company of the names together, was 
aboute an hundreth and twentye.) Ye men 
and brethren, this scripture must nedes be 
fulfylled, which y holy goost by the mouth of 
Dauid spake before of Iudas, which was a 
gyde of the that toke Iesus: t for he was 
nombred with vs, and had opteyned the 
felashippe of this mynistracion. This same 
trulye possessed the § felde for the rewarde 
of vnrighteousnes, and hanged himself, and 
brast a sunder in the myddes, and all his 
bowels guszhed out. And it is knowne vnto 
all the that dwell at Ierusalem, in so moch 
that the same felde is called in their mother 
tonge Acheldema, that is to saye, the bloude 
felde. 

For it is wrytten in the boke of psalmes : 
His habitacion be voyde, and noman be 
dwellinge therin. And: II His biszhoprike 
another take. Wherfore amonge these men 

Mat. 24. c. Marc. 13. c. Luc. 17. c. and 21. d. 
/ Mat. 10. a. Marc. 3. b. Luc. 6. b. and 9. a. f Mat. 10. a. 
Mat. 27. a. II Psal. 68. d. Psal. 108. a. 



tfo* tmU 



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which haue bene gathered together with vs 
(all the tyme that the LORDE Iesus wete 
out and in amonge vs, begyrmynge from the 
baptyme of Ihon, vntyll f daye that he was 
take vp from vs) must one be a wytnesse with 
vs of his resurreccion. 

And they appoynted two (Ioseph" called 
Barsabas, whose syrname was Iustus, and 
Mathias.) makinge their prayer and sayenge : 
Thou LORDE, * which knowest the hertes of 
all men, shewe whether of these two thou hast 
chosen, that the one maye take the rowme of 
this mynistracion and Apostelshippe, from the 
which ludas by transgression fell, that he 
might go awaye in to his awne place. And 
they gaue forth the lottes ouer them, and the 
lot fell vpon Mathias. And he was counted 
with the eleuen Apostles. 

€i)e tj. Chapter. 

AND whan the * Whit sondaye was ful 
fylled, they were all with one acorde 
together in one place. And sodenly there 
came a sounde from heauen, as it had bene 
the c5mynge of a mightie wynde, and it 
fylled the whole house where they sat. And 
there appeared vnto them clouen tunges, like 
as they had bene of fyre. And he sat vpon 
ech one of them, and they were all fylled with 
the holy goost. t And they beganne to preach 
with other tunges, euen as the sprete gaue 
them vtteraunce. 

There were dwellinge at Jerusalem lewes, 
men that feared God, out of euery nacion 
that is vnder heauen. Now whan this voyce 
came to passe, the multitude came together, 
and were astonyed: For euery one herde, 
that they spake with his awne tunge. They 
wondred all and marueyled, and sayde amonge 
them selues : Beholde, are not all these which 
speake, of Galile ? How heare we the euery 
one his awne tunge, wherin we were borne ? 
Parthians and Medes, and Elamites, and we 
that dwell in Mesopotamia, and in lewry and 
Capadocia, Pontus, and Asia, Phrigia and 
Pamphilia, Egipte, and in the partes of Lybia 
by Cyren, and straungers of Rome, lewes 
and $ Proselytes, Cretes and Arabians : we 
heare them speake with oure awne tunges the 
greate workes of God. 



" Act. 4. d. » 1 Par. 29. c. * Deut. 16. b. Leui. 
14. d. t Mar. 16. c. | Mat. 23. b. c Ioel 2. f. 

Luc. 2. f. Act. 21. b. § Act. 10. b. and 16. b. 



They were all amased, and wondred, and 
sayde one to another: What wil this be? 
But other mocked them, and sayde : They 
are full of swete wyne. Then stode Peter vp 
with the eleuen, and lift vp his voyce, and 
sayde vnto them : 

Ye men of lewry, and all ye that dwell at 
Ierusale, be this knowne vnto you, and let 
my wordes entre in at youre eares. For these 
are not dronken, as ye suppose, for it is yet 
but the thirde houre of y daye : but this is it, 
that was spoke before by the prophet Ioel: 
And it shal come to passe in the last dayes/ 
sayeth God, I will poure out of my sprete 
vpon all flesh, and youre sonnes and youre 
doughters shal prophecye, and youre yonge 
men'' shal se visions § and youre olde men 
shall dreame dreames, and on my seruauntes 
and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of 
my sprete in those dayes, & they shal prophecye, 

And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue. 
and tokens on the earth beneth, 6 bloude and 
fyre, and the vapoure of smoke. The Sonne 
shalbe turned in to darknesse, and the Moone 
in to bloude, before that greate and notable 
daye of the LORDE come. And it shall 
come to passe, /Who so euer shal call vpo the 
name of the LORDE, shalbe saued. 

Ye men of Israel, heare these wordes: Iesus 
of Nazareth, y man approued of God amonge 
you with miracles, and wonders and tokens, 
which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge 
you, as ye youre selues knowe also, II him 
(after that he was delyuered by the deter- 
minate councell and foreknowlege of God) 
haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous 
personnes, and crucifyed him, & slayne him, 
who God hath raysed vp/ and lowsed the 
sorowes of death, for so moch as it was vn- 
possyble that he shulde be holden of it. For 
Dauid speaketh of him : ''A fore honde haue I 
set the LORDE allwayes before me, for he 
is on my right hode, that I shulde not be 
moued. Therfore dyd my hert reioyse, and 
my tunge was glad: For my flesh also shal 
rest in hope. For thou shalt not leaue my 
soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffer thy Holy 
to se corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the 
wayes of life, thou shalt make me full of ioye 
with thy countenaunce. 



Mat. 27. f. Luc. 23. d. / Ro. 10. b. || Mat. 27. c. 
e Act. 10. e. * Psal. 15. b. 



Cfcap* ffj* 



Cfee &iti$ oi tf)t apostles* 



So. twiij. 



Ye men and brethren, let me frely speake 
vnto you of the Patryarke Dauid : For he ' 
deed and buried," and his sepulcre is with vs 
vnto this daye. Wherfore now seinge y he 
was a prophet, and knewe that God had 
promised him with an ooth, that the frute of 
his loynes shulde syt on his seate,* he sawe it 
before, and spake of the resurreccion of Christ 
for his soule was not left in hell, nether hath 
his flesh sene corrupcion. This lesus hath 
God raysed vp, c wherof we all are witnesses. 

Seynge now that he by the right hande of 
God * is exalted, and hath receaued of y 
father y promyse of the holy goost, he hath 
shed forth this, that ye se and heare. For 
Dauid is not ascended in to heauen, but he 
sayde: TheLORDEsaydevntomy LORDE: 
Syt thou on my righte hande/ vntyll I make 
thine enemies thy fote stole. So therfore let 
allthe house of Israel knowe for a suertye, y 
God hath made this same lesus (whom ye 
haue crucified) LORDE and Christ. 

*Whan they herde this, their hert pricked 
them, and they sayde vnto Peter and to the 
other Apostles : Ye men and brethre, f What 
shal we do ? Peter sayde onto them : Amede 
youre selues, and let euery one of you be 
baptysed in the name of lesus Christ, for the 
remyssion of synnes, and ye shal receaue the 
gifte of the holy goost. For this J promyse 
was made vnto you and youre children, and 
to all that are farre of, who so euer the 
LORDE oure God shal call. And with many 
other wordes bare he witnesse, and exorted 
them, and sayde : Saue youre selues from this 
vntowarde generacion. They that gladly re- 
ceaued his preachinge, were baptysed, j the 
same daye there were added vnto them aboute 
thre thousande soules. 

They contynued in the Apostles doctryne, 
and in the felashippe, and in breakynge of 
bred, and in prayer. And feare came vpo 
euery soule, and many wonders and tokens 
were done by y Apostles. But all they that 
beleued, were together, -'"and had all thinges 
commen. They solde their goodes and pos- 
sessions, and parted them out amonge all, 
acordinge as euery ma had nede. And they 
contynued daylie with one acorde in the teple, 
and $ brake bred in euery house : they toke 



• 3 Reg-. 2. b. 


* Psal. 131. b. c Act. 1. a. 


Ioh. 15. c. 


* Philip. 2. a. <* Psal. 109. a. 


c Zach. 12. c. 


t Luc. 3. b. Act. 9. a. and 16. d 



their meate with ioye (j synglenesse of hert, 
praysinge God, and had fauoure with all y 
people. And the LORDE added to the con- 
gregacion daylie soch as shulde be saued. 

€i)e ttj. Chapter. 

PETER and Ihon wente vp together in to 
the temple aboute the nyenth houre to 
praye. And there was a certayne man halt 
from his mothers wombe, whom they brought 
and layed daylie at the gate of the teple, 
which is called, the Bewtyfull, that he might 
axe ahnesse of them that wete in to the temple. 
Now whan he sawe Peter and Ihon, that they 
wolde in to the temple, he desyred to receaue 
an almesse. Peter behelde him with Ihon, 
and sayde : Loke on vs. And he gaue hede 
vnto them, hopynge to receaue some thinge 
of them. Howbeit Peter saide : Syluer and 
golde haue I none : but soch as I haue geue 
I the. li In the name of lesus Christ of 
Nazareth ryse vp j walke. And he toke him 
by the righte hande and liffce him vp. Im- 
mediatly his legges & ancle bones were made 
stroge, and he sprange, stode and walked, and 
entred with them in to the teple, walkynge, 
and leapinge and praysinge God. 

And all the people sawe him walke and 
prayse God. And they knewe him, y it was 
he, which sat for almesse at the bewtyfull gate 
of the temple. And they were fylled with 
wondrynge, and were astonnyed at that, which 
had happened vnto hi. But as this halt 
which was healed helde him to Peter and 
Ihon, all the people ranne vnto them in to 
the IT porche, which is called Salomos, and 
wondred. 

Whan Peter sawe that, he answered vnto 
the people : Ye men of Israel, why maruayle 
ye at this, or why loke ye so at vs, as though 
we by oure awne power or deseruynge, had 
made this man to walke ? The God of Abra- 
ham and of Isaac, and of lacob, y God of 
oure fathers hath glorifyed his childe lesus,** 
whom ye delyuered and denyed in the presence 
of Pilate, whan he had iudged him to be 
lowsed. But ye denyed the holy and iust, 
and desyred the murthurer to be geuen you, 
but ye slewe the prynce of life, whom God 
hath raysed from the deed, of the which we 



I Ioel 2. f. / Act. 4. d. § Esa. 58. b. || Act. 4. a. 
f 3 Re. 6. a. Ioh. 10. c. Act. 5. a. ** Mat. 27. c. 



jftu rmt'tj* 



€i)t artes! ot fi)t a^po^tless* 



Cfrap* iiij. 



are witnesses. And thorow y faith in his 
name, hath he confirmed his name vpon this 
man, whom ye se and knowe : and faith 
thorow him, hath geue this man this health 
before youre eyes. 

Now deare brethre, I knowe that ye haue 
done it * thorow ignoraunce, as dyd also youre 
rulers. But God, which by the mouth of all 
his prophetes had shewed before, y his Christ 
shulde suffre, hath so fulfilled it. Do penaunce 
now therfore and turne you, that youre synnes 
maye be done awaye, whan the tyme of 
refreshinge shal come before the presence of 
the LORDE, and whan he shal sende him, 
which now before is preached vnto you, euen 
Iesus Christ: which must receaue heauen 
vntyll the tyme that all thinges, which God 
hath spoken by the mouth of his holy pro 
phetes sence y worlde beganne, be restored 
agayne. 

For Moses sayde vnto y fathers : A prophet 
shal the LORDE youre God rayse vp vnto you," 
euen from am5ge youre brethren, like vnto 
me : him shal ye heare, in all that he shal 
saye vnto you. And it shal come to passe, 
what soule soeuer shal not heare the same 
prophet, shal be destroyed from amonge the 
people. And all the prophetes from Samuel 
and thence forth as many as haue spoken, 
haue likewyse tolde of these dayes. 

Ye are the children of the prophetes and 
of the couenaunt, which God made vnto oure 
fathers, whan he sayde vnto Abraha : * Thorow 
thy sede shal all y nacios of y earth be blessed. 
t First vnto you hath God raysed vp his 
childe Iesus, $ sent hi vnto you, to blesse you 
y euery one shulde turne fro his wickednesse. 

Cftc tit}. Chapter. 

BUT as they spake to y people, there 
came vnto the the prestes and the rulers 
of the teple, and the Saduces, wh5 it greued 
y they taught the people, & preached in Iesu 
y resurreccion fro the deed and they layed 
handes vpon them, and put the in holde tyll 
the morow: for it was now euentyde. How- 
beit many of the which herde the worde, 
beleued, and the nombre of y men was aboute 
fyue thousande. 

And it chaunced on y morow, that their 
rulers and Elders and scrybes (as Annas y 



1 Cor. 2. 
and 22. c. 



i. "Deut. 18. 
t Mat. 10. a. 



Act. 7.e. 
Mat. 21. c 



Gen. 12. a. 
t Act. 3. a. 



hye prest and Caiphas, and Ihon j Alexander, 
and as many as were of the hye prestes 
kynred) gathered them selues together at 
Ierusalem, and set them before them, and 
axed them : By what auctorite, c Or in what 
name haue ye done this ? 

Peter full of the holy goost, sayde vnto 
them : Ye rulers of the people, and ye Elders 
of Israel, Yf we this daye be examyned con- 
cernynge this good dede vpon the sicke ma, 
by what meanes he is made whole, be it 
knowne then vnto you and to all the people 
of Israel, t that in y name of Iesus Christ of 
Nazareth, whom ye crucified, who God hath 
raysed vp from the deed, stodeth this man 
here before you whole. rf This is the stone 
refused of you buylders, which is become the 
heade corner stone, nether is there saluacion 
in eny other : $ Ner yet also is there geue 
vnto me eny other name, wherin we must be 
saued. 

They sawe the boldnesse of Peter (j Ihon 
and marueyled, for they were sure y they were 
vnlerned men and laye people. And they 
knewe the also, that they were with Iesu. As 
for the man y was made whole, they sawe hi 
stodinge by the, (j coulde not saye agaynst it. 
Then comaunded they the to stode asyde out 
of y councell, g comened amoge the selues, j 
saide : II What shal we do to these me ? for a 
manyfest token is done by them, and is openly 
knowne vnto the that dwell at Ierusalem, and 
we can not denye it. But that it breake out 
no farther amoge the people, let vs threate 
them earnestly, that hence forth they speake 
of this name vnto noman. 

And they called them, and c5maunded the, 
that in eny wyse they shulde not speake ner 
teache in the name of Iesu. But Peter 5 
Ihon answered, and sayde vnto the : Iudge 
ye youre selues, whether it be right before 
God, that we shulde be more obedient vnto 
you, then vnto God. We can not chose, but 
speake that we haue sene g herde. But they 
threatened them, and let them go, and founde 
nothinge how to punyshe them because of y 
people : for they all praysed God because of 
that, T which was done. For the man, vpon 
whom this token of health was done, was 
aboue fourtye yeare olde. 

And whan they were let go, they came to 



d Psal. 117. c 
Phil. 2. 



Mar. 21. e. 
|| Ioh. 



1 Pet. ' 
11. e. 



§ Mat. 
f Act. 3. a. 



Cf)ap* & 



€i)t %tti$ of tf)e apostle 



#o* Wb* 



their folowes, and tolde them what f hye 
prestes and Elders sayde vnto them. Wha 
they herde that, they lifte vp their voyce with 
one acorde vnto God, and sayde: LORDE, 
thou that art the God which made heauen 
and earth, and the see, and all that therin is 
thou that by the mouth of Dauid thy seruaut 
hast sayde : Why do the Heythe rage ? and 
y people ymagin vayne thinges ? The kynges 
of the earth stonde vp," and the prynces haue 
gathered them selues together agaynst y 
LORDE, and agaynst his Christ. Of a 
trueth agaynst thy holy childe Iesus, whom 
thou hast anoynted, both Herode g Pontius 
Pilate with the Heythen and people of Israel, 
haue gathered the selues together, to do what 
soeuer thy hande and thy councell determyned 
before to be done. And now LORDE, 
beholde their threatenynges, and graunte vnto 
thy seruauntes with all stedfast boldnesse to 
speake thy worde : and stretch out thine 
hande, that healinge and tokes and wonders 
maye be done by the name of thy holy childe 
Iesus. 

And wha they had prayed, the place moued 
where they were gathered together, g they 
were all fylled with y holy goost, g spake the 
worde of God boldly. The multitude of them 
that beleued, were of one hert and of one 
soule. Also none of them sayde of his goodes, 
that they were his awne, but had all thinges 
comen. And with greate power gaue the 
Apostles witnesse of the resurreccion of the 
LORDE Iesu, and greate grace was with them 
all. Nether was there eny amonge them that 
lacked. For as many as were possessers of 
londes or houses, solde the and brought f 
money of the goodes that were solde, and 
layed it at the Apostles fete. And distribu- 
cion was made vnto euery ma, acordinge as 
he had nede. 

loses which was also called of y Apostles, 
Barnabas (that is to saye, the sonne of con- 
solacion) a Leuite, of the countre of Cypers, 
had londe, and solde it, g brought the money, 
and layed it at the Apostles fete. 

Cfie b. Cfiaptev. 

BUT a certayne man named Ananias 
with Saphira his wife, solde his posses- 
sion, and kepte awaye parte of the money (his 
wife knowinge of it) and broughte one parte, 

ial. 2. a. * 3 Reg. 6. a. Ioha. 10. c. Act. 3. e. 



g layed it at the Apostles fete. But Peter 
sayde : Ananias, Wherfore hath Sathan fylled 
thine hert, that thou shuldest lye vnto the 
holy goost, and withdrawe awaye parte of the 
money of the lyuelod? Mightest thou not 
haue kepte it, whan thou haddest it ? And 
whan it was solde, the money was also in thy 
power: Why hast thou then conceaued this 
thinge in thine hert? Thou hast not lyed vnto 
me, but vnto God. Whan Ananias herde 
these wordes, he fell downe, g gaue vp the 
goost. And there came a greate feare vpon 
all the that herde of this. The yonge men 
rose vp, and put him asyde, and caried him 
out, and buried him. 

And it fortuned as it were aboute f space 
of thre houres after, his wife came in, and 
knewe not what was done. But Peter answered 
vnto her. Tell me, solde ye the londe for 
somoch? She sayde: Yee, for so moch. Peter 
sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, 
to tempte the sprete of the LORDE ? Be- 
holde, the fete of the which haue buried thy 
huszbande, are at the dore, g shal carye the 
out. And immediatly she fell downe at his 
fete, and gaue vp the goost. Then came in 
the yonge men, and founde her deed, and 
caried her out, and buried her by hir huszbade. 
And there came a greate feare ouer the whole 
congregacion, and ouer all the that herde it. 

Many tokens and wonders were done 
amonge the people by the hades of the 
Apostles (and they were all together with one 
acorde in* Salomons porche: but of other there 
durst no man ioyne him self vnto the, neuer- 
thtles the people helde moch of them. The 
multitude of the men and wemen that beleued 
in the LORDE, grewe more and more) In 
so moch that they brought out the sycke in 
to the stretes, and layed them vpon beddes 
and barowes, that at the leest waye the shadowe 
of Peter (whan he came by) might ouer- 
shadowe some of the. There came many also 
out of y cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem, 
and brought the sicke and the that were vexed 
with vncleane spretes, and they were healed 
euery one. 

But the hye prest rose vp, and all they y 
were with him, *which is the secte of the 
Saduces, and were full of indignacion, g layed 
handes on the Apostles, and put them in the 
comon preson. But the angell of y LORDE f 



go. rjcjrbu 



Cfte grtesi of tf)e apostle 



Cfcap, bu 



s 



by night opened the preson dores, and brought 
the out, and sayde : Go youre vvaye and steppe 
vp, and speake in the temple to the people 
all the wordes of this life. Whan they herde 
that, they entred in to the temple early in the 
mornynge : and taught. 

But the hye prest came, and they y were 
with him, and called the councell together, 
(j all f Elders of the children of Israel, and 
sent to the preson to fet them. The mynisters 
came and founde them not in the preson, 
came agayne, and tolde, and sayde : The 
preson founde we shut with all diligence, and 
the kepers stondinge without before the dores : 
but wha we had opened, we founde noman 
therin. Whan the hye prest, and the rulers 
of the temple and the other hye prestes herde 
these wordes, they douted of them, wher vnto 
this wolde growe. 

Then came there one, which tolde them 
Beholde, the men that ye put in preson, are 
in the temple, stondinge and teachinge the 
people. Then wete y rulers with their 
mynisters, and fetched them without violence : 
*for they feared the people, lest they shulde 
haue bene stoned. And whan they had 
brought them, they set the before the coun 
cell. And the hye prest axed them, and 
sayde : Dyd not we t comaunde you strately, 
that ye shulde not teache in this name. And 
beholde, ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre 
doctryne," and ye intede to brynge this mans 
bloude vpon vs. 

But Peter and the Apostles answered, and 
sayde : We ought more to obeye God then 
men. The God of oure fathers hath raysed 
vp Iesus, who ye slewe, and hanged on tre. 
Him hath the righte hande of God exalted, 
to be a prynce and Sauioure, to geue re- 
pentaunce and forgeuenesse of synnes vnto 
Israel. And we are his recordes of these 
wordes, and the holy goost, who God hath 
geuen vnto the that obeye him. Wha they 
herde that, it wente thorow the hertes of them, 
and they thoughte to slaye them. 

Then stode there vp in y councell a 
pharyse,* named Gamaliel, a scribe, had in 
greate reputacion before all y people, and bad 
put the Apostles asyde a litle, and sayde vnto 
them: Ye men of Israel, take hede to youre 
selues, what ye do as touchinge these men. 



* Mat. 21 
Luc. 13. a 



t Act. 4. b. ■ Mat. 27. 
t Mala. 1. a. Mat. 15. b. 



' Act. 22. a. 
* Mat. 5. a. 



Before these dayes rose vp one Theudas, 
boostinge himself. (And there cleued vnto 
him a nobre of me, aboute a foure hundreth) 
which was slayne, and all they y enclyned 
vnto him, were scatred abrode, and brought 
to naught. "After this stode vp Iudas of 
Galile in f dayes of trybute, and drewe awaye 
moch people after him, g he also perished, j 
all they that enclyned vnto him, are scatred 
abrode. And now I saye vnto you : refrayne 
youre selues fro these men, and let the go. 
tYi this councell or worke be of me, it wil 
come to naught : but yf it be of God, ye are 
not able to destroye it, lest ye be founde to 
be the men, that wil stryue agaynst God. 
Then they agreed vnto him, and called the 
Apostles, and bet them, and commaunded 
them, that they shulde speake nothinge in 
the name of Iesu, and let them go. 

But they departed from the presence of 
the councell, reioysinge/ that they were worthy 
to suffre rebuke for his names sake. And 
daylie in the temple and in euery house they 
ceassed not, to teache and to preache the 
Gospell of Iesus Christ. 

Cije fet. Cfjapttv. 

IN those dayes whan the nombre of the 
disciples increased, there arose a grudge 
amoge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues, be- 
cause their wyddowes were not loked vpon in 
the daylie handreachinge. Then the twolue 
called the multitude of the disciples together, 
and sayde : It is not mete that we shulde 
leaue the worde of God, and to serue at the 
tables. Wherfore brethren, loke out amonge 
you seue men, § that are of honeste reporte, 
and full of the holy goost and wyszdome, 
whom we maye appoynte to this nedefull 
busynes. But we wil geue oure selues vnto 
prayer, and to the mynistracion of the worde 
of God. And the sayenge pleased the whole 
multitude. And they chose Steuen, a man 
full of fayth and of the holy goost, and 
Philippe, and Procorus, and Nicanor, and 
Thimon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas the 
Proselite of Antioche. II These they set 
before y Apostles, and they prayed, and 
layed their handes vpon them. And the 
worde of God increased, and the nombre of 
the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem. 

?im. 3. b. U Nu. 27. d. Act. 1. d. 1 Ti. 4. b. 

2 Tim. 1. b. 



Cfrap* btj* 



€f)t %itt& of tf)t 9^ositle& 



go. mbij. 



And there were many prestes also obedient 
vnto the fayth. 

Steuen full of faith and power, dyd wonders 
and greate tokens amonge the people. Then 
arose there certayne of the synagoge, which 
is called (the synagoge) of y Libertynes, j of 
the Cyrenites, and of the Alexadrines, and of 
the y were of Celicia and Asia, £ disputed 
with Steue, * and they coulde not resiste the 
wyszdome and the sprete, out of the which 
he spake. Then sent they in certayne men, 
that sayde : a We haue herde him speake 
blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses, and 
agaynst God. And they moued the people, 
and the Elders and the scrybes, and came 
vpon him, (j caught him, and brought him 
before the councell, and set false witnesses 
there, which sayde: This man ceasseth not 
to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this 
holy place and the lawe. For we herde him 
saye : Iesus of Nazareth shall destroye this 
place, and chaunge the ordinaunces which 
Moses gaue vs. And all they that sat in the 
councell, loked vpo him and sawe his face as 
the face of an angell. 

Cfic 6tj. Chapter. 

THEN sayde the hye prest : Is it eue so ? 
He sayde : Deare brethren and fathers, 
herken to, The God of glorye appeared vnto 
oure father Abraha, whyle he was yet in 

isopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and 
sayde vnto him : Get y out of thy cofitre, and 
fro thy kynred, and come in to a londe which I 
wil shewe y. The wente he out of the lande of 
the Caldees/ and dwelt in Haran. tAnd from 
thece, whan his father was deed, he brought 
him ouer in to this londe (where ye dwell 
now) and gaue him no enheritaiice therin, no 
not f bredth of a fote : and promysed him, 
that he wolde geue it him to possesse, c and to 
his sede after him, whan as yet he had no 
childe. 

rf But thus sayde God vnto him : Thy sede 
shalbe a straunger in a straunge londe, and 
they shal make bonde men of them, and in- 
treate the euell foure hundreth yeares: and f 
people whom they shal serue, wil I iudge, 
sayde God. And after that shal they go 
forth, and serue me in this place. And he 

* Luc. 21 . b. " Mat. 26. f. * Gen. 11. d. 

tGen. 12. a. « Gen. 13. d. d Gen. 15. c. 

' Gen. 17. b. / Gen. 21. a. Gen. 25. c. % Gen. 29. f, 

s Gen. 37. e. Sap. 10. c. § Gen. 41. f. h Gen. 41. g. 



gaue him the couenaiit of circiicision. 6 And 
he begat Isaac, S and circiicised him the eight 
daye. And Isaac begat Iacob tand Iacob 
begat the twolue Patriarkes. 

And the Patriarkes had indignacion at 
Ioseph/ and solde hi in to Egipte. And God 
was with him, and delyuered him out of all 
his troubles, and gaue him fauoure ad wysz- 
dome i the sight of Pharao kynge of Egipte 
' which made him prynce ouer Egipte and 
ouer all his house. 

But there came a derth ouer all the londe 
of Egipte and Canaan, and a greate trouble, 
and oure fathers founde no sustenaunce. 
But Iacob herde that there was corne in 
Egipte, and sent oure fathers out the first 
tyme. II And at the seconde tyme was 
Ioseph knowne of his brethren, and Iosephs 
kynred was made knowne vnto Pharao. But 
Ioseph sent out, and caused his father and all 
his kynred to be broughte, eue thre score and 
fyftene soules. 'And Iacob wente downe in 
to Egipte, and dyed, both he and oure fathers 
tand were brought ouer vnto Siche, and 
layed in the sepulcre, *that Abraham boughte 
for money of the children of Hemor at 
Sichem. 

'Now wha the tyme of the promes drue nye 
(which God had sworne vnto Abraha) the 
people grewe and multiplied in Egipte, tyll 
there rose another kynge, which knewe not of 
Ioseph. The same dealte suttely with oure 
kynred, and intreated oure fathers euell and 
made them to cast out the yonge children, 
that they shulde not remayne alyue. 

m At the same tyme was Moses borne, and 
was a proper childe before God, and was 
norished thre monethes in his fathers house. 
But whan he was cast out, Pharaos doughter 
toke him vp, and norished him vp for hir 
awne sonne. And Moses was learned in all 
maner wyszdome of the Egipcians, and was 
mightie in dedes & wordes. 

But whan he was fourtye yeare olde, it 
came in to his mynde to vyset his brethren 
the children of Israel. And whan he sawe 
one of them suffre wroge, he helped him, and 
delyuered him, that had the harme done vnto 
him, and slewe the Egipcian. But he 
thoughte that his brethren shulde haue 

and 42. a. || Gen. 45. a. ' Gen. 46. a. Gen. 49. e. 

f Ge. 50. b. Iosue 24. f. k Gen. 23. d. l Exod. 1. a. 
Psal. 104. a. "' Exod. 2. a. 



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vnderstonde, how that God by his hande 
shulde saue the, howbeit they vnderstode it 
not. 

And on the nexte daye he shewed himself 
vnto them as they stroue together, and wolde 
haue set them at one agayne, and sayde : 
Syrs, ye are brethren, why hurte ye one 
another? But he that dyd his neghboure 
wronge, thrust him awaye, and sayde : " Who 
made the a ruler and iudge ouer vs ? Wilt 
thou slaye me also, as thou slewest the Egip- 
cian yesterdaye ? But Moses fled at that 
sayenge, and was a straunger in the lande of 
Madian, where he begat two sonnes. 

*And after fourtye yeares, the angell of f 
LORDE appeared vnto him vpon mount 
Sina, in a flamme of fyre in a buszhe. Wha 
Moses sawe it, he wondred at the sighte. 
But as he drue nye to beholde, y voyce of y 
LORDE came vnto him : I am the God of 
thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the 
God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. How- 
beit Moses trebled, and durst not beholde. 
But f LORDE sayde vnto hi: *Put of 
thy shues from thy fete, for f place where 
thou stondest, is an holy grounde. I haue well 
sene the trouble of my people in Egipte, and 
haue herde their gronynge, and am come 
downe to delyuer them. And now come, I 
wil sende the in to Egipte. 

This Moses, whom they refused, and sayde : 
c Who made y a ruler and iudge ouer vs ? 
him had God sent to be a ruler u delyuerer 
by the hande of the angell, that appeared 
vnto him in the buszhe. The same broughte 
them out, and dyd wonders and tokens in 
Egipte, and in the reed see, and in y wylder- 
nesse fourtye yeares. This is that Moses, 
which sayde vnto the children of Israel : d A 
prophet shal the LORDE youre God rayse 
vp vnto you euen from amonge youre bre- 
thren, like vnto me. Him shal ye heare. 
This is he, e that was in the congregacion in 
the wyldernesse with the angell, which talked 
with him, vpo mount Sina, and with oure 
fathers. This man receaued the worde of 
life to geue vnto vs, vnto whom oure fathers 
wolde not be obediet, but thrust him fro the, 
and in their hertes turned backe agayne in to 
Egipte, and sayde vnto Aaron : -^Make vs 



" Exod. 2. b. »Exod. 3. a. *Iosue5.d. c Exod. 

2. b. d Deut. 18. c. Act. 3. d. ' Exo. 19. a. Gal. 

3. c. / Exo. 32. a. t Rom. 1. d. t Amos 5. d. 



goddes to go before vs, for we can not tell 
what is become of this Moses, y broughte vs 
out of the lande of Egipte. And they made 
a calfe at the same tyme, and offred sacrifice 
vnto the ymage, and reioysed in the worke 
of their awne handes. 

But God turned himselfe, % tgaue them 
vp, so that they worshipped the hooste of 
heaue, as it is wrytten in the boke of the pro- 
phetes: JO ye house of Israel, gaue ye me 
sacrifices and catel those fortye yeares in the 
wyldernesse ? And ye toke vnto you f taber- 
nacle of Moloch, and the starre of youre 
god Remphan, ymages which ye youre selues 
made to worshippe the. And I wil cast you 
out beyonde Babilon. 

Oure fathers had the tabernacle of witnesse 
in y wyldernesse, like as he appoynted them, 
§whan he spake vnto Moses, that he shulde 
make it (acordinge to the patrone, y he had 
sene.) which oure fathers also receaued, and 
brought it with Iosue in to the londe that the 
^Heythe had in possession, whom God droue 
out before the face of oure fathers, vntyll the 
tyme of Dauid, which founde fauoure with 
God, and desyred that he might fynde a 
tabernacle for the God of Iacob. 

But Salomon buylte hi an house. II How- 
beit y Hyest of all dwelleth not in temples 
that are made with handes: As he sayeth 
by the prophete: 7 ' Heaue is my seate, and 
the earth is my fote stole. What house then 
wil ye buylde vnto me? sayeth the LORDE : 
Or which is the place of my rest ? Hath not 
my hande made all these thinges ? 

'Ye styffnecked & of vncircumcysed hertes 
and eares, ye allwaye resiste the holy goost : 
Eue as youre fathers dyd, so do ye also. 
Which of the prophetes haue not youre 
fathers persecuted? And they slewe the, 
which tolde before of the comynge of y 
righteous, whose traytours and murthurers ye 
are now become. *Ye receaued the lawe by 
the mynistracion of angels, ^and haue not 
kepte it. 

Whan they herde this, it wente thorow y 
hertes of the, and they gnaszhed vpo him 
with their tethe. But he beynge full of the 
holy goost, loked vp towarde heauen, **and 
sawe the glorye of God, and Iesus stodinge 



ere. 7. c. § Exo. 25. d. Heb. 8. a. s Iosu. 3. a. 

3 Re. 6. a. Act. 17. d. '' Esa. 66. a 
Act. 7. b. % Act. 15. b. 



Deut. 9. d 
1 Mat. 16. c. 



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on the righte hande of God, and sayde : Be- 
holde, I se the heauens open, and the sonne 
of ma stondinge on f righte honde of God. 
But they cried out with a loude voyce, _ g* 
stopped their eares, and rane violently vpon 
him all at once, and thrust him out of the 
cite, and stoned him. t And y witnesses 
layed downe their clothes at the fete of a 
yonge man, which was called Saul. And 
they stoned Steuen, which cryed, & sayde : 
LORDE Iesu, receaue my sprete. And he 
kneled downe, (j cried with a loude voyce : 
"LORDE, laye not this synne to their 
charge. And wha he had thus spoken, he 
fell a slepe. 

%\)t bit). Chapter. 
OAUL had pleasure in his death. At y 
>^ same tyme there was a greate persecucion 
ouer the congregacion at Ierusale. And they 
were all scatered abrode in the regions of 
Iewrye & Samaria, excepte the Apostles. As 
for Steuen, men y feared God dressed him 
and made greate lamentacion ouer him 
* But Saul made hauocke of the congregacion 
entred in to euery house, and drue out men (j 
wemen, g delyuered the to preson. They 
now y were scatered abrode wete aboute g 
preached the worde. The came Philippe in 
to a cite of Samaria, and preached Christ 
vnto them. And the people gaue hede with 
one acorde vnto y thinges that Philip spake, 
hearinge him, and seynge the tokes that he 
dyd. For the vncleane spretes cryed loude, 
and departed out of many y were possessed. 
And many that were sicke of the palsie and 
lame, were healed. And there was greate 
ioye in the same cite. 

But afore there was in y same cite a cer- 
tayne ma, called Simon, which vsed witche 
craft, and bewitched f people of Samaria, 
sayenge, that he was a man which coulde do 
greate thinges. And they all regarded him 
from the leest vnto y greatest, j sayde : This 
is the power of God which is greate. But 
they regarded him, because that of longe 
tyme he had bewitched them with his sorcery. 
Howbeit whan they beleued Philips preach- 
inge of y kyngdome of God, and of the name 
of Iesu Christ, they were baptysed both me 
I weme. Then Symon himself beleued also, 

* Psal. 57. a. t Act. 22. b. " Luc. 23. c. 

Act. 9. a. 22. a. 26. b. 1 Cor. 15. a. Gal. 1. b. J Act. 



and was baptysed, and cleued vnto Philippe. 
And wha he sawe the dedes and tokens that 
were done, he wondred. 

Whan the Apostles which were at Jerusa- 
lem, herde, that Samaria had receaued y 
worde of God, they sent vnto the Peter and 
Ihon. Which, wha they were come, prayed 
for the, y they might receaue the holy goost. 
For as yet he was come vpon none of them 
but they were baptysed onely in the name of 
Christ Iesu. t Then layecl they their hades 
on them, and they receaued the holy goost. 

But whan Simon sawe, that by the layenge 
on of the Apostles hades f holy goost was 
geuen, he offred the money, and sayde: Geue 
me also this power, that, on whomsoeuer I 
put the hodes, he maye receaue the holy goost, 
Howbeit Peter sayde vnto him: Perishe thou 
with thy money, $ because thou thinkest that 
f gifte of God maye be optayned with money, 
Thou shalt haue nether parte ner felashipe in 
this worde, for thy hert is not righte before 
God. Repente therfore of this thy wicked 
nesse, and praye vnto God, yf happly the 
thought of thy hert maye be forge ue y 
For I se, y thou art full of bytter gall, and 
wrapped in with vnrighteousnesse. 

Then answered Simon, j sayde : II Praye 
ye vnto the LORDE for me, y none of these 
thinges wherof ye haue spoken, come vpon 
me. And they, wha they had testified and 
spoke the worde of the LORDE, turned 
agayne to Ierusalem, and preached the Gos- 
pell in many townes of the Samaritanes. 

But the angell of the LORDE spake vnto 
Philippe, and sayde : Aryse, (j go towarde 
the South, vnto the waye that goeth downe 
from Ierusalem vnto Gaza, which is deserte. 
And he rose, and wente on. And beholde, a 
ma of the Morians lode (a chamberlayne and 
of auctorite with Candace y quene of the 
londe of the Morians) which had the rule of 
all hir treasuries, f same came to Ierusale to 
worshipe. And returned home agayne, and 
satt vpon his charet, and red the prophet Esay. 

The sprete sayde vnto Philippe : Go neare, 
and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet. The 
ranne Philippe vnto him, and herde him rede 
the prophet Esay, and sayde : Vnderstodest 
thou what thou readest ? He sayde : How 
can I, excepte some ma enfourme me ? 

i. and 19. a. 1 Tim. 4. b. and 5. c. 2 Tim. i. b. 

« Mat. 10. a. II Nu. 21. b. 



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And he desyred Philippe, that he wolde 
come vp, and syt with him. The tenoure of 
the scripture which he red, was this : * He 
was led as a shepe to be slayne, and as a 
lambe voycelesse before his sherer, so opened 
he not his mouth. In his humblenesse is his 
iudgment exalted. Who shal declare his 
generacion? for his life is taken awaye from 
the earth. Then answered the chamberlayne 
vnto Philippe, and sayde : I praye the, of 
whom speaketh the prophet this? of himselfe, 
or of some other man ? 

Philippe opened his mouth, and beganne at 
this scripture, and preached him the Gospell 
of Iesus. And as they wete on their waye, 
they came to a water. And the chamberlayne 
sayde : Beholde, here is water, what hyndereth 
me to be baptysed? Philippe sayde : Yf thou 
beleue from thy whole herte, thou mayest. 
He answered, and sayde: I beleue, that Iesus 
Christ is the sonne of God. And he com- 
maunded to holde styll the charet, and they 
wente downe in to the water, both Philippe 
and the chamberlayne. And he baptysed 
him. But whan they were come vp out of 
the water, the sprete of the LORDE toke 
Philippe awaye. And the Chamberlayne sawe 
him nomore. But he wente on his waye 
reioysinge. As for Philippe, he was founde 
at Aszdod, and walked aboute, and preached 
the Gospell vnto all the cities, tyll he came to 
Cesarea. 

Clje tr. Chapter. 

SAUL was yet breathinge out threatnynges 
and slaughter" agaynst the disciples of 
the LORDE. And wente vnto y hye preste, 
and desyred of him letters to Damascon 
vnto the synagoges, that yf he foude eny of 
this waye (whether they were men or wemen) 
he mighte brynge the bounde vnto Ierusalem. 
And as he was goinge on his iourney, it for- 
tuned, that he came nye vnto Damasco, and 
sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hi a light 
fro heaue, and he fell to the earth, and herde 
a voyce, which sayde vnto him: Saul Saul 
t why persecutest thou me ? He sayde : 
LORDE, who art thou? The LORDE 
sayde : I am Iesus, who thou persecutest. It 
shalbe harde for y to kycke agaynst the 
prycke. And he both tremblinge and as- 

* Esa. 53. b. " Act. 26. b. 1 Cor. 15. a. Gal. 1. b. 

t 4 Re. 19. d. Zach. 2. b. Mat. 25. d. J Act. 2. d. 



tonnyed, sayde: LORDE twhat wilt thou 
that I shal do? The LORDE sayde vnto 
him : Aryse, and go in to the cite, there shal 
it be tolde the what thou shalt do. 

As for y me that iourneyed with him, they 
stode and were amased: for they herde a 
voyce, but sawe noman. Saul rose from the 
earth, and whan he had opened his eyes, he 
sawe noman. Neuertheles they toke him 
by the honde, g broughte him to Damasc5 : 
and he was thre dayes without sighte, and 
nether ate ner dranke. At Damascon there 
was a disciple named Ananias, and vnto 
him sayde the LORDE in a vision : Ananias 
And he sayde : beholde, here am I LORDE. 
The LORDE sayde vnto him : Aryse, and go 
in to the strete which is called straight, and 
axe in the house of Iuda after one called 
Saul of § Tharsis : for beholde, he prayeth, g 
hath sene in a vision a ma named Ananias 
comynge vnto him, g layenge the hade vpo 
him, that he mighte receaue his sighte. 

Ananias answered : LORDE, I haue herde 
by many of this man, how moch euell he hath 
done to thy sayntes at Ierusale. And here 
hath he auctorite of the hye prestes, to bynde 
all those y call vpon thy name. The 
LORDE sayde vnto him : Go thy waye, II 
for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me, that 
he maye beare my name before the Heythen, 
and before kynges, and before the children of 
Israel. I wil shewe him, how greate thinges 
he must suffre for my names sake. 

And Ananias wente his waye, and came in 
to the house,* and layed the handes vpon him, 
and sayde : Brother Saul, the LORDE which 
appeared vnto y in the waye as thou earnest, 
hath sent me, that thou mightest receaue thy 
sight, and be fylled with the holy goost. And 
immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had 
bene scales, and he receaued his sighte, and 
rose, and was baptysed, and toke meate, and 
was conforted. 

Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the 
disciples that were at Damascon. And straight 
waye he preached Christ in the synagoges, 
how that he was y sonne of God. But all 
they that herde him, were amased, and sayde : 
Is not this he, which at Ierusalem spoyled all 
those that called on his name? and came 
hither to the intent that he shulde brynge 



§ Act. 21. e. and 
*Act. 22. b 



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them bounde vnto the hye prestes? But 
Saul increased in strength, (t cofounded y 
Iewes which dwelt at Damascon, and affirmed 
y this was very Christ. 

And after many dayes the Iewes helde a 
councell together to kyll him. But it was 
tolde Saul, that they layed wayte for him. 
"And they wayted at y gates daye g night, 
that they might kyll him. *Then the dis- 
ciples toke him by nighte, a put him thorow 
the wall, and let him downe in a baskett. 

*But whan Saul came to Ierusalem, he 
assayed to ioyne himself to f disciples. And 
they were all afrayed of him, and beleued 
not, y he was a disciple. Neuertheles Bar- 
nabas toke him, and broughte him to the 
Apostles, and tolde them how he had sene the 
LORDE in the waye, and how he spake to 
him, & how he had done boldly at Damascon 
in the name of Iesu. And he was with them, 
and wente out and in at Ierusale, and quyte 
him selfe boldly in y name of y LORDE 
Iesu. He spake also, and disputed with y 
Grekes. But they wete aboute to slaye him. 
Whan the brethren knewe y, c they brought 
him to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tharsis. 
So the congregacions had rest thorow out 
all Iewry, and Gable, and Samaria, $ were 
edified, and walked in the feare of the 
LORDE, and were fylled with the comforte 
of the holy goost. 

It chaunced that as Peter walked thorow 
all quarters, he came also vnto y sayntes 
which dwelt at Lydda. There founde he a 
man named Eneas, which had lyen vpon his 
bedd eight yeares sicke of f palsye. And 
Peter sayde vnto him : Eneas, Iesus Christ 
make the whole, aryse, and make thy bedd 
for thy self. And he arose immediatly. And 
all they that dwelt at Lydda and at Sarona, 
sawe him, and turned vnto the LORDE. 

At Ioppa there was a certayne woman that 
was a disciple, named Tabitha, which by 
interpretacion is called Dorcas : f same was 
full of good workes and almesse dedes, which 
she dyd. But it chaunced at the same tyme, 
that she was sicke, and dyed. Then waszhed 
they her, and layed her in a chaber. But 
for so moch as Lydda was nye vnto Ioppa, 
and the disciples herde that Peter was there, 
they sent two men vnto him, and desyred 

' 2 Cor. 11. d. *Iosu. 2. c. lRe.l9.c. *Gal.2.b. 
c Act. 22. b. t Some reade : She sat vp. 1 Eccll. 35. b. 



him, y he wolde take it for no grefe to come 
vnto them. 

Peter rose, and came with the. And wha 
he was come, they broughte him in to the 
chamber, and all the wyddowes stode rounde 
aboute him, wepynge, and shewed him the 
cotes and garmetes, which Dorcas made whyle 
she was with them. And wha Peter had put 
them all forth, he kneled downe, made his 
prayer, and turned him vnto the body, and 
sayde : Tabitha, ryse vp. And she opened 
hir eyes : and whan she sawe Peter t she sat 
hir downe agayne. But he gaue her the 
hande, and lifte her vp, and called the sayntes 
and the wedowes, and shewed her there alyue. 
And it was knowne thorow out all Ioppa, 5 
many beleued on y LORDE. And it for- 
tuned, y he taried a loge season at Ioppa by 
one Simo, which was a tanner. 

©fie r. Chapter. 

THERE was a man at Cesarea, named 
Cornelius (a captayne of y copany, 
which is called y Italianysh) a deuoute man, 
CE one that feared God with all his house, j 
gaue moch almesse to y people, and prayed 
God allwaye. The same sawe in a vision 
openly (aboute the nyenth houre of the daye) 
an angell of God entringe in to him, and 
sayenge vnto him: Cornelius. He loked 
vpon him, and was afrayed, and sayde : 
LORDE, what is it ? He sayde vnto him : 
fThy prayers & thine allmesses are come vp 
in to remebraunce before God. And now 
sende men vnto Ioppa, & call for Simo, whose 
syrname is Peter, which is at lodginge with 
one Symon a tanner, whose house lyeth by y 
see syde : he shal tell y, what thou oughtest 
to do. And wha the angell which spake to 
Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his 
housholde seruauntes, 5 a deuoute soudyer, of 
the that wayted vpon him: and tolde them 
all, and sent the to Ioppa. 

On the nexte daye after whan these were 
goinge on their iourney, and came nye vnto 
the cite, Peter $ wente vp in to a chamber to 
pi'aye aboute the sixte houre. And whan he 
was hogrie, he wolde haue eate. But whyle 
they made ready for him, he fell in to a 
traunce, and sawe heaue open, and a vessell 
comynge downe vnto him, as it had bene a 

$ 4 Re. 4. d. Mat. 6. a. Luc. 6. b. 



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greate lynne clothe, knytt at the foure corners, 
and was let downe to y earth, wherin were all 
maner of foure foted beestes of the earth, $ 
wylde beestes, and wormes, and foules of the 
ayre. And there came a voyce vnto him : 
Ryse Peter, slaye, j eate. But Peter sayde : 
Oh no, LORDE, *for I neuer ate eny corn- 
men or vncleane thinge. And the voyce 
spake vnto him agayne y secode tyme : 
t What God hath clensed, y make not thou 
vncleane. This was done thryse. And y 
vessell was receaued vp agayne in to heauen. 

But whyle Peter was combred in him selfe, 
what maner of vision this shulde be which he 
had sene, beholde, the men y were sent from 
Cornelius, enquered after Simos house, and 
stode before the dore, and called, and axed 
whether Simon (whose syrname was Peter) 
were lodged thei'e. Whyle Peter was musinge 
of the vision, the sprete sayde vnto him : be- 
holde, the men seke the. Aryse therfore, 
and get the downe, (t go with the, and doute 
not, for I haue sent them. 

Then wente Peter downe to the men, y 
were sent vnto him from Cornelius, and sayde : 
lo, I am he whom ye seke : what is y cause, 
wherfore ye are come ? They sayde : Cor- 
nelius the captayne, a iust man and one that 
feareth God, and of good reporte amoge all 
the people of the lewes, was warned by an 
holy angell, to sende for the in to his house, 
and to heare wordes of the. t Then called 
he them in, and lodged them. 

The nexte daye after wente Peter forth 
with them, and certayne brethren of Ioppa 
bare him company. And y daye folowinge 
came they to Cesarea. Cornelius wayted for 
the, and had called together his kynszfolkes 
and speciall frendes. And as it chaunced y 
Peter came in, Cornelius mett him, and fell 
downe at his fete, j worshipped him. But 
Peter toke him vp, and sayde : $ Stonde vp, 
I am a man also. And as he talked with him, 
he wente in, and founde many that were come 
together, and he sayde vnto them : Ye knowe, 
that it is not laufull for a man beynge a Iewe 
a to ioyne him selfe or to come to a straunger. 
But God hath shewed me, y I shulde call no 
ma comen or vncleane. Therfore haue I not 
douted to come, as soone as I was sent for. 

* Leuit. 11. a. Deut. 14. a. t Mat. 15. b. Ro. 14 b. 
1 Tim. 4. a. Tit. 1. c. % Gen. 19. a. and 24. rl. 1 Pet. 
4. b. § Act. 14. c. Apo. 19. b. and 22. b. " Deut. 7. a. 
* Rom. 2. b. Eph. 6. a. Col. 3. c. || Esa. 56. b. 



I axe you therfore, for what intent haue ye 
sent for me ? 

Cornelius sayde : It is now foure 
agoo, then fasted I, and at the nyenth houre 
I prayed in my house, and beholde, there 
stode a ma before me in a bryghte clothinge, 
and sayde : Cornelius, thy prayer is herde, 
and thine allmesse dedes are had in reme- 
braunce in the sighte of God. Sende therfore 
to Ioppa, and call for one Simon (whose syr- 
name is Peter) which is at lodginge in y 
house of Simon f taner, by the see syde : f 
same wha he commeth, shal speake vnto y. 
Then sent I vnto the immediatly, and thou 
hast done well, that thou art come. Now are 
we all here presente before God, to heare all 
thinges that are commaunded the of God. 

Peter opened his mouth, & sayde: *Now 
perceaue I of a trueth, that God hath no 
respecte of personnes, II but in all people he 
y feareth him, and worketh righteousnes, is 
accepted vnto him. Ye knowe of y preach- 
inge that God sent vnto the children of Israel, 
preachinge thorow Iesus Christ (which is 
LORDE ouer all) which preachinge was 
published thorow out all Iewry, 1 and begane 
in Galile after y baptyme that Ihon 
preached, how God ** anoynted the same 
Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goost and 
with power, which wente aboute, a dyd good, 
and healed all those that were oppressed of 
the deuell, for God was with him. And we 
are witnesses of all that he dyd in the londe 
of the lewes, (j at Ierusalem. Whom they 
slewe, and hanged on tre. 

Him God raysed vp on the thirde daye, 
and caused him be openly shewed, not to all 
the people, but to y chosen witnesses of God 
euen vnto vs, which ate (j dronke with him, 
after he was rysen vp from the deed/ And 
he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people/ 
and to testifye, that it is he which is ordeyned 
of God a iudge of the lyuynge and of the 
deed. e Of him beare all the prophetes wyt- 
nesse, that thorow his name all they y beleue 
in him, shal receaue remyssion of synnes. 
Whyle Peter was yet speakynge these wordes, 
the holy goost fell vpo all the that herkened 
vnto the worde. And the faithfull of the 
circucision which came with Peter, were 



1~ Mat. 4. b. 
d Mat. 28. c. 
Dani. 9. d. 



Esa. 61. a. c Luc. 24. d. Ioh. 21. b. 
e Esa. 42. d. and 53. c. Iere. 50. d. 



Cfcajn jt 



€\)t 9Lttt$ of tl)t SlpoStfeS, 



fo. tmii)* 



astonnyed, because that the gifte of f holy 
goost was shed out also vpon the Heythen. 
For they herde that they spake with tunges, 
and magnified God. The answered Peter : 
"Maye eny man forbydde water, that these 
shulde not be baptysed, which haue receaued 
the holy goost as well as we ? And he com- 
maunded them to be baptysed in the name of 
the LORDE. The prayed they him, that he 
wolde tary there certayne dayes. 



Clje yi. Cljaptn-. 

THE Apostles and the brethren that were 
in Iewrye, herde saye, that the Heythen 
also had receaued the worde of God. And 
whan Peter was come vp to Ierusalem, they 
that were of the circiicision, chode with him, 
and sayde : * Thou wentest in to men that ; 
are vncircumcysed, and hast eaten with them, j 
But Peter beganne, and expounded the thinge 
in order vnto the and sayde : I was in y cite 
of Ioppa prayege,* and in a traunce I sawe a 
vision, a vessel! commynge downe, as it had 
bene a greate lynnen clothe with foure corners, 
and let downe from heauen, and came vnto 
me. In to the which I loked, and considered, 
and sawe foure foted beestes of the earth, 
and wylde beestes, and wormes, and foules of 
the ayre. And I herde a voyce, which sayde 
vnto me : Ryse Peter, slaye, & eate. But I 
sayde : Oh no, LORDE, for there neuer 
entred eny commen or vncleane thinge in to 
my mouth. Neuertheles the voyce answered 
me agayne from heauen : What God hath 
clensed, that call not thou vncleane. This 
was done thre tymes, and all was taken vp 
agayne in to heauen. 

And beholde, immediatly stode there thre 
men before the dore of the house that I was 
in, sent from Cesarea vnto me. But the 
sprete sayde vnto me, that I shulde go with 
the and doute nothinge. c These sixe brethre 
also came with me, and we entred in to the 
mas house. 

And he shewed vs, how he had sene an 
angell stondinge in his house, which sayde 
vnto him : Sende men to Ioppa, and call for 
Simon (whose syrname is Peter) he shall tell 
y wordes, wherby thou and all thy house shal 
be saued. But whan I beganne to speake, 



° Act. 8. d. 
Act. 10. c. 



* Deut. 7. a. 
t Act. 2. a. t Act. 



Act. 10. b. 
d Act. 8. a. 



the holy goost fell vpo them, t like as vpon vs 
at y begynnynge. Then thoughte I vpon the 
worde of the LORDE, how he sayde : tlhon 
baptysed with water, but ye shalbe baptysed 
with y holy goost. For as moch then as God 
hath geuen them like giftes, as vnto vs, which 
beleue on the LORDE Iesus Christ, who 
was I, that I shulde be able to withstode God ? 
Whan they herde this, they helde their peace, 
and praysed God, and sayde : Then hath God 
also to the Heithen graunted repentaunce 
vnto life. 

d They that were scatred abrode thorow y 
trouble y rose aboute Steuen, walked on euery 
syde vntyll Phenices, and Cipers, and Antioche, 
and spake the worde vnto noman but onely 
vnto y Iewes. Neuertheles some of the were 
men of Cipers and Cyren, which came to 
Antioche, and spake also vnto the Grekes, (j 
preached the Gospell of the LORDE Iesu 
And y hande of the LORDE was with the, 
And a greate nombre beleued, and turned 
vnto the LORDE. 

This tydinges of them came to y eares of 
the cogregacion at Ierusalem. And they sent 
Barnabas, that he shulde go vnto Antioche 
Which whan he was come thither, <j sawe the 
grace of God, he was glad, § and exorted them 
all, that with purpose of hert they wolde con 
tynue in the LORDE. For he was a good 
man, full of the holy goost and faith. And 
there was a greate multitude of people added 
vnto the LORDE. But Barnabas departed 
vnto Tharsus, to seke Saul. And wha he had 
foiide hi, he brought hi to Anthioche. It 
chauced, that a whole yeare they were there 
couersaunte together in the cogregacio. 
taughte moch people, so that the disciples at 
Antioche were first called Christen. 

In those dayes came there prophetes fro 
Ierusalem vnto Antioche. And one of them 
(whose name was II Agabus) stode vp, and 
declared by the sprete a greate derth, that 
shulde come ouer the whole compasse of the 
earth: which came to passe vnder the Em 
peroure Claudius. But the disciples cocluded 
(euery one acordinge to his abylite) to sendee 
an handreachinge vnto y brethren that were 
in Iewry: which thinge they also dyd, and 
sent it by the handes of Barnabas and 
Saul. 



§ Act. 13. d. 



|| Act. 
2 Cor. 8. 



tfo. tvwiiij. 



Cfoe &ttt& of t\)t aposstle^* 



C&ap* tfj. 



Chertj. Chapter. 

AT the same tyme layed kynge Herode 
handes vpon certayne of the congre- 
gacion, to vexe them. As for * lames the 
brother of Ihon, him he slewe with the swerde. 
And whan he sawe that it pleased the Iewes, 
he proceaded farther to take Peter also. But 
it was Easter. Now whan he had taken him, 
he put him in preson, and delyuered him vnto 
foure quaternions of soudyers, to kepe him : 
and thought after Easter to bringe him forth 
to the people. And Peter was kepte in the 
preson. t But prayer was made without 
ceassinge of the congregacion, vnto God for 
him. And whan Herode wolde haue broughte 
him out vnto the people, in the same nighte 
slepte Peter betwene two soudiers, bounde 
with two cheynes. And the kepers before the 
dore kepte the preson. 

And beholde, the angell of the LORDE 
was there presente, and a lighte shyned in the 
habitacion, and he smote Peter on the syde, 
and waked him vp, and sayde : Aryse vp 
quyckly. And the cheynes fell of from his 
hondes. And the angell sayde vnto him : 
Gyrde the, and put on thy shues. And he 
dyd so. And he sayde vnto him : Cast thy 
mantle aboute the, and folowe me. And he 
wente out, and folowed him, and wyst not, 
that it was trueth that was done by f angell, 
but thoughte he had sene a vision. Neuer- 
theles they wente thorow the first and seconde 
watch, and came to the yron gate, that ledeth 
vnto the cite, which opened to the by his 
awne acorde. And they wente out, and passed 
thorow one strete, and immediatly the angell 
departed from him. 

And whan Peter was come to himself, he 
sayde : Now I knowe of a trueth, that y 
LORDE hath sent his angell, and delyuered 
me out of the honde of Herode, and from all 
the waytinge for of the people of the Iewes. 
And as he considered the thinge, he came to 
the house of Mary the mother of one Ihon, 
(which after his syrname was called Marke) 
where many were gathered together, t and 
prayed. As Peter knocked at the entry dore, 
there came forth a damsell to herken, named 
Rhoda. And whan she knewe Peters voyce, 
she opened not the entrye for gladnes, but 
rane in, and tolde, that Peter stode before f 

Mat. 4. c. t Act. 4. c. t Act. 1. b. § Act. 13. b. 



entrye. But they sayde vnto her : Thou art 
mad. Neuertheles she abode by it, that is 
was so. They sayde : it is his angell. But 
Peter contynued knockinge. Whan they 
opened the dore, they sawe him, and were 
astonnyed. § But he beckened vnto them 
with the hande, to holde their peace, & tolde 
them, how the LORDE had broughte him 
out of the preson. And he sayde: Shewe 
this vnto lames, and to the brethren. And 
he departed, and wete in to another place. 

Whan it was daye, there was not a litle a 
doo amoge the soudyers, what was become of 
Peter. Whan Herode had called for him, and 
founde him not, he caused the kepers to be 
examyned, and commaunded the to be caried 
awaye, and he wente downe fro Iewry vnto 
Cesarea, and there abode. But he was dis- 
pleased with them of Tyre and Sido. Neuer- 
theles they came vnto him with one accorde, 
and made intercession to Blastus the kynges 
chamberlayne, and desyred peace, because 
their countre was norished by the kynges londe, 
But vpon a daye appoynted, Herode put on 
y kyngly apparell, sat him downe vpon the 
iudgment seate, and made an oracion vnto 
them. As for the people, they cried therto : 
This is a voyce of God, and not of a man. 
Immediatly the angell of the LORDE smote 
him, because he gaue not God the honoure : 
And he was eaten vp of wormes," and gaue vp 
the goost. But the worde of God grewe, and 
multiplyed. As for Barnabas and Saul, they 
came agayne to Ierusalem, and delyuered II 
the handreachinge, and toke with them Ihon,. 
whose syrname was Marke. 

Efij ru'}. Chapter. 

THERE were at Antioche in the congre- 
gacion, prophetes and teachers, as Bar- 
nabas, and Simon called Niger, and Lucius of 
Cyren, and Manahen Herodes the Tetrachas 
norsfelowe, and Saul. As they serued y 
LORDE, and fasted, the holy goost sayde : 
Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the 
worke,1T where vnto I haue called them. Then 
fasted they and prayed, and layed the handes 
on them, and let them go. And they beynge 
sent of the holy goost, came vnto Seleucia, 
from thence they sayled vnto Cypers. And 
whan they were come in to the cite Salamin, 
they shewed the worde of God in the syna- 



a 2 Mac. 9. b. 



f Act. 9. 



Cftap* jritjU 



€i)t actes of ti)t apostles 



tfo. im&* 



goges of y Iewes. And they had # Ihon to 
their mynister. 

And whan they had gone thorow out the 
yle vnto the cyte of Paphos, they founde a 
certayne Sorcerer and false prophete, a Iewe 
(whose name was Bariesu) which was with 
Sergius Paulus the ruler of the countre, a ma 
of vnderstondinge. The same called Barnabas 
and Saul vnto him, and desyred to heare y 
worde of God. Then the t Sorcerer Elimas 
(for so was his name by interpretacion) with- 
stode the, and soughte to turne awaye the 
ruler fro the faith. But Saul which is also 
called Paul, beynge full of the holy goost, 
loked vpon him, and sayde : O thou childe of 
the deuell, full of all suttyltie and all disceat- 
fulnesse, and enemye of all righteousnes, thou 
ceassest not to peruerte the straight wayes of 
y LORDE. And now beholde, the hade of 
the LORDE commeth vpon the, and thou 
shalt be blynde, and not se the Sonne for a 
season. And immediatly there fell on him a 
myst and darknesse, and he wente aboute, and 
soughte them that shulde lede him by the 
hande. Whan the ruler sawe what was done, 
he beleued, and wodred at the doctryne of 
the LORDE. 

Whan Paul and they that were with him, 
were departed by shippe fro Paphos, they 
came to Perga in the londe of Pamphilia. 
tBut Ihon departed from them, and wente 
agayne to Ierusalem. Neuertheles they wan- 
dred thorow from Perga, and came to An- 
tioche in the londe of Pisidia, and wete in to 
the synagoge vpon the Sabbath daye, and sat 
downe. But after the lecture of the lawe and 
of the prophetes, the rulers of the synagoge 
sent vnto them, sayenge : Good brethren, yf 
ye haue eny sermon to exorte the people, 
saye on. Then stode Paul vp, and §beck- 
ened with the hande (that they shulde holde 
their peace) and sayde : 

Ye men of Israel, and ye that feare God, 
herke to : The God of this people chose oure 
fathers, and exalted the people, whan they 
were straungers in the lode of Egipte, and 
"with a mightie arme broughte he them out of 
it. And by the space of fortye yeares suffred 
he their maners in the wyldernesse, and 
destroyed seuen nacions in the lande of 



* Act. 12. d. t Exod. 7. b. and 8. b. Act. 8. a. 

t Act. 15. e. § Act. 12. d. " Exo. 14. e. b Iosue 
13. b. c Iudic. 1. a. d 1 Reg. 8. a. < 1 Re. 10. a. 



Canaan,* and parted their londe amonge them 
by lott. c After that gaue he them iudges by 
the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yeares, 
vnto the prophet Samuel. rf And after that 
they desyred a kynge, and God gaue vnto 
them 'Saul the sonne of Cis, a man of the 
trybe of Ben Iamin, fortye yeares longe. 
/ And whan he had put him downe, he set vp 
Dauid to be their kynge, of whom he reported, 
sayenge : II I haue founde Dauid the sonne of 
Iesse, a man after my hert, he shal fulfyll all 
my wyll 

Of this mans sede hath God ("facordinge 
to the promesse) broughte forth vnto the 
people of Israel, y Sauioure Iesus : whan 
Ihon had first preached before his comynge 
the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel. But 
whan Ihon had fulfylled his course, he sayde : 
I am not he, that ye take me for. But 
beholde, there commeth one after me, whose 
shues of his fete I am not worthy to lowse. 
Ye men and brethren, ye children of the 
generacion of Abraham, and they that feare 
God amonge you, **vnto you is y worde of this 
saluacion sent. For the inhabiters of Ierusa- 
lem, and their rulers, for somoch as they 
knewe him not, s ner yet the voyces of the 
prophetes (which are red euery Sabbath) 
haue fulfylled them in condemnynge him. 
k And though they founde no cause of death 
in him, yet desyred they Pilate to kyll him. 
And whan they had fulfylled all that was 
wrytten of him, they toke him downe from 
the tre, and layed him in a sepulcre *' But 
on y thirde daye God raysed him vp from the 
deed, and he appeared many dayes vnto the, 
that wente vp with him from Galile vnto 
Ierusalem, which ttare his witnesses vnto the 
people. 

And we also declare vnto you f promes, 
which was made vnto oure fathers, how that 
God hath fulfylled the same vnto vs their 
children, in y he raysed vp Iesus agayne. 
As it is wrytten in the seconde Psalme : Thou 
art my sonne, this daye haue I begotten the. 
But that he hath raysed him vp fro the deed, 
now nomore to returne to corrupcion, he sayde 
on this wyse: 'The grace promysed to Dauid, 
wyl I faithfully kepe vnto you. Therfore 
sayeth he also in another place : Thou shalt 



'1 Re. 16. a. ||Psal.88.c. fPsal.lSl.a. 2 Re. 7. c 
** Mat. 10. a. e 1 Cor. 2. a. * Luc. 23. a. ' Luc 
23. e. tt Act. 1. a. k Esa. 55. a. 



tfo. tptfbu 



€i)t %tti& at ti)t %$o$tlt$. 



Cfrap, fiiij. 



not suffre thy Holy to se corrupcion." For 
Dauid, whan he in his tyme had. serued the 
wyll of God, *he fell a slepe, and was layed 
by his fathers, & sawe corrupcion. But he 
who God raysed vp agayne, sawe no cor- 
rupcion. 

Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and 
brethre, y thorow this man is preached vnto 
you f forgeuenesse of synnes, * and fro all y 
thinges, wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in 
the lawe of Moses. But whosoeuer beleueth 
on this man, is iustifyed. Bewarre therfore, 
that it come not vpon you, which is spoken in 
the prophetes : Beholde ye despysers/ and 
wonder at it, and perishe, for I do a worke in 
youre tyme, which ye shal not beleue, yf eny 
man tell it you. 

Whan the Iewes were gone out of the 
synagoge, the Heythen besoughte them, y 
they wolde speake y worde vnto them betwene 
the Sabbath dayes. And wha the cogregacion 
of the synagoge was broken vp, many Iewes 
and Proselites y serued God, folowed Paul 
and Barnabas, which spake to them, and 
exorted them, that they shulde contynue in 
the grace of God. 

On y Sabbath folowinge, came almost the 
whole cite together, to heare the worde of 
God. But whan the Iewes sawe the people, 
they were full of indignacion, and spake 
agaynst that which was spoken of Paul, 
speakinge agaynst it, j blasphemynge. But 
Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde, and sayde : 
rf It behoued first the worde of God to be 
spoken vnto you : but now that ye thrust it 
fro you, and counte youre selues vnworthy of 
euerlastinge life, lo, * we turne to the Gentyles. 
For so hath the LORDE comaunded vs : e I 
haue set the to be a lighte vnto y Gentyles, y 
thou be y Saluacion vnto the ende of the 
earth. Whan the Gentyles herde that, they 
were glad, and praysed the worde of the 
LORDE, and beleued, eue as many as were 
ordeyned to euerlastinge life. And the worde 
of f LORDE was spred abrode thorow out 
all the region. •'Howbeit the Iewes moued 
the deuoute and honorable wemen, and the 
chefe men of the citie, and raysed vp a per- 
secucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and 
expelled them out of their coastes. But 

' Psal. 15. b. * 3 Reg. 2. b. » Luc. 24. d. 

c Abac. 1. a. t Act. 11. c. d Mat. 10. a. and 15. c. 

+ Mat. 21. e. £ Esa. 49. b. Mat. 5.b. Luc. 2. e. 



they Sshoke of the dust of their fete agaynst 
them, and came to Iconium. And the dis- 
ciples were fylled with ioye and with the 
holy goost. 

©he rtttj. Cfjaptar. 

IT fortuned at Iconium, that they wete both 
together in to the synagoge of the Iewes, 
and spake so, that a greate multitude of the 
Iewes (j of the Grekes beleued. But the 
vnbeleuynge Iewes moued and disquyeted the 
soules of the Heythe agaynst the brethre. 
So they had their beynge there a loge season, 
and quyte them selues boldly in the LORDE, 
which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his 
grace, and caused tokens and e wonders to be 
done by their handes. Howbeyt the multi- 
tude of the cite was deuyded, some helde 
with the Iewes, and some with the Apostles. 

But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of 
the Heythe and of f Iewes, and of their 
rulers, to put them to shame, and to stone 
the, they perceaued it, and lined vnto lystra 
and Derba cities of f countre of Licaonia, 
and vnto f region that lyeth rounde aboute, 
and there they preached the Gospell. 

And amonge them of Lystra, there was a 
man, which sat beynge impotent of his fete, 
and was crepell fro his mothers wombe, and 
had neuer walked, the same herde Paul 
speake. And whan he behelde him, and 
perceaued that he had faith to be made 
whole, he sayde with a loude voyce : Stonde 
vp righte on thy fete. And he sprange vp 
and walked. But whan the people sawe 
what Paul had done, they lifte vp their voyce, 
and sayde in y speache of Lycaonia: The 
goddes are become like vnto men, and are 
come downe vnto vs. And they called Bar- 
nabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because 
he was the preacher. But Iupiters prest 
which dwelt before their cite, broughte oxen 
and garlandes before the gate, and wolde haue 
done sacrifice with the people. 

Whan y Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde 
that, they rent their clothes, and ranne in 
amonge the people, cryenge and sayenge: 
; 'Ye me, Why do ye this? We are mortall 
me also like vnto you, j preach vnto you y 
Gospell, that ye shulde turne from these 



/ 2 Tim. 3. b. § Mat. 10. b. Mar. 6. b. Luc. 9. 

g Marc. 16. c. II Mat. 10. c. h Act. 10. c. 



CI)ap* yb. 



Cfte Sctes of t\)t Apostles 



tfo. imbih\ 



vayne thinges vnto f lyuynge God, which 
made heaue and earth/ and the see, and all 
that therin is, which in tymes past suffred all 
y Heythen to walke after their awne wayes. 
Neuertheles he hath not left hi selfe without 
wytnesse, in y he hath shewed his benefites, 
and geuen vs rayne from heauen, and frute- 
full seasons, fyllynge oure hertes with fode 
and gladnesse. And whan they sayde this, 
they scarse refrayned the people, that they 
dyd not sacrifice vnto them. 

But there came thither certayne Iewes 
from Antioche and Iconiu, and persuaded the 
people, and * stoned Paul, and drue him out 
of the cite, supposinge he had bene deed. 
Howbeyt as y disciples stode rounde aboute 
him, he rose vp, & came in to the cite. And 
on the nexte daye he departed with Barnabas 
vnto Derba, and preached the Gospell vnto 
the same cite, and taughte many of them. 
And they wete agayne vnto Lystra, and Ico- 
nium and Antioche, strengthinge the soules 
of y disciples, and exortinge the to cotynue 
in the faith : and that we thorow moch tribu- 
lacion must *entre in to the kyngdome of 
God. And wha they had ordeyned them 
Elders by eleccion thorow all the congre- 
gacions, they prayed and fasted, and co- 
mended them vnto the LORDE, on whom 
they beleued. 

And they wente thorow Pisidia, and came 
to Pamphilia, and spake the worde at Perga, 
and wete downe to Attalia, and fro thence 
departed they by shippe vnto Antioche : from 
whence they were delyuered to the grace of 
God vnto f worke, which they had fulfylled. 
Whan they came there, they gathered the 
congregacion together, & shewed them, how 
greate thinges God had done with the, and 
how he had opened the dore of faithe vnto 
the Heithen. And there they abode a longe 
tyme with the disciples. 

Clje rb. Chapter. 

AND there came certayne fro Iewry, and 
taughte the brethren : t Excepte ye be 
circumcysed after the maner of Moses, ye can 
not be saued. Now wha there rose a discesion, 
and Paul and Barnabas had set them selues 
harde agaynst them,* they ordeyned, that 
Paul and Barnabas and certayne other of 

«Psal.l45.a. Act. 17. d. Apo. 14. b. * 2 Cor. 11. c. 
4 Luc. 24. d. 1 Tim. 3. b. t Gal. 5. a. t Gal. 2. a. 



them shulde go vp to Ierusalem vnto the 
Apostles and Elders, aboute this questio. 
And they were broughte on their waye by f 
cogregacion, 3. wente thorow Phenices and 
Samaria, and declared the $ conuersacion of 
the Heythen, and brought greate ioye vnto 
all the brethren. Whan they came to Ierusale, 
they were receaued of y cogregacion, j of the 
Apostles, and of the Elders, g they tolde how 
greate thinges God had done with the. Then 
rose there vp certayne of the secte of y Pha- 
rises (which beleued) and sayde : They must 
be circumcysed and comaunded, to kepe the 
lawe of Moses. But the Apostles and Elders 
came together, to reason vpon this matter. 

Now whan there was moch disputinge Peter 
rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men and 
brethren, ye knowe that a good whyle agoo, 
God chose amonge vs, y the Heythe by my 
mouth shulde heare the worde of the Gospell, 
and beleue. And God the knower of hertes 
bare wytnesse ouer the, II and gaue the the 
holy goost, like as vn to vs, & put no dyfference 
betwixte vs & them, and purified their hertes 
thorow fayth. Now therfbre why tempte ye 
God, with layenge vpon y disciples neckes 
the yocke,^ which nether oure fathers ner we 
were able to beare? But we beleue to be 
saued thorow the grace" of the LORDE Iesu 
Christ, like as they also. Then all y multi- 
tude helde their peace, and gaue audience 
vnto Paul and Barnabas, which tolde how 
greate tokens and wonders God had done by 
the amoge the Heythen. Afterwarde whan 
they helde their peace, lames answered, and 
sayde : Ye men and brethren, herke vnto me, 
Simo hath tolde, how God at the first vysited 
to receaue a people vnto his name from 
amonge the Heythen. And vnto this agree 
f wordes of the prophetes, as it is wrytte: rf 
After this wyl I returne and wyl buylde agayne 
y tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen downe, 
and that which is fallen in decaye therof, wyl 
I buylde agayne, and wyl set it vp, that the 
residue of men maye seke after the LORDE: 
(t also the Heythen vpo whom my name is 
named, sayeth the LORDE, which doth all 
these thinges. Knowne vnto God are all his 
workes from the begynnynge of y worlde. 
Wherfore my sentence is, that they which 
from amonge the Heythen are turned vnto 



some reade : conuersion. 

c Ephe. 2. a. Tit. 3. 



Act. 10. e. f Act. 7. 
d Amos 9. c. 



tfo. twfbiij. 



CJje 9Lttt$ oi t\)t 9Lpo$tk$. 



Cftap, jtu 



God, be not disquyeted, but to wryte vnto 
them, that they absteyne them selues from 
fylthynesse of * Idols, from t whordome, and 
from t strangled, and bloude. For Moses 
hath of olde tyme in euery cite them that 
preach him : and he is red in the synagoges 
euery Sabbath daye. 

And the Apostles and Elders with the 
whole congregacion thoughte it good, to chose 
out men of them, and to sende them vnto 
Antioche with Paul and Barnabas, namely $ 
Iudas, whose syrname was Barsabas, and Sylas 
(which were chefe men amoge the brethre) 
and gaue the letters in their handes after this 
maner : 

We the Apostles and Elders tj brethren, 
wysh health vnto the brethre of the Heythe 
which are at Antioche, and Syria and Celicia. 
For so moch as we haue herde that certayne 
of oures are departed, 2 and haue troubled you, 
and combred youre myndes, sayenge : ye must 
be circumcysed, and kepe y lawe (to whom 
we gaue no soch commaundemet) it semed 
good vnto vs, beynge gathered together with 
one accorde, to chose out men, and to sende 
them vnto you, with oure beloued Barnabas 
and Paul, men that haue II ioperded their 
lyues for y name of oure LORDE Iesus 
Christ. Therfore haue we sent Iudas and 
Sylas, which shal also tell you the same with 
wordes. For it pleased the holy goost and vs, 
to laye no charge vpon you, more then these 
necessary poyntes : That ye absteyne from 
the IT offeringes of Idols, and from bloude, 
and from strangled, and from whordome. 
From the which yf ye absteyne youre selues, 
ye shal do well. Fare ye well. 

Whan these were sent forth, they came 
vnto Antioche, and gathered the multitude 
together, and delyuered the epistle. Whan 
they had red it, they were glad of that coso- 
lacion. As for Iudas (j Sylas (which were 
prophetes also) they exorted y brethre with 
moch preachinge, and stregthed them. And 
whan they had taried there for a season, 
they were let go of the brethren in peace 
vnto the Apostles. Notwithstondinge Sylas 
thoughte it good to byde there styll. But 
Paul and Barnabas cotynued at Antioche, 
teachinge and preachinge the worde of the 
LORDE, with other many. 



* Exo. 20. a. t Ephe. 5. a. % Gen. 9. 
Gal. 2. a. || Act. 13. e. and 14. c. 



. § Ioh. 14. b. 
II 1 Cor. 8. a. 



Neuertheles after certayne dayes Paul sayde 
vnto Barnabas : let vs go agayne, and vyset 
oure brethren thorow all the cities (wherin 
we haue shewed the worde of the LORDE) 
how they do. But Barnabas gaue councell, 
that they shulde take with the Ihon, whose 
syrname was Marke. Howbeit Paul thoughte 
it mete, not to take him with them, ** which 
departed from them in Pamphilia, and wente 
not with them vnto the worke. And so sharpe 
was the strife betwene them, that they de- 
parted asunder f one fro the other, and Bar- 
nabas toke Marke vnto him, and sayled vnto 
Cypers. But Paul chose Sylas, and departed, 
beynge comytted of the brethren vnto the 
grace of God. He wente thorow Syria and 
Celicia, stablishynge the congregacions. 

€3)c ybi. Chapter. 

HE came vnto Derba and to Lystra, and 
beholde, a certayne disciple was there 
named Timotheus, the sonne of a Iewish 
woman, which beleued, but his father was a 
Greke : y same had a good reporte amonge 
the brethre of Lystra and at Iconium. Paul 
wolde that the same shulde go forth with him, 
and toke and M circumcysed him because of 
the Iewes that were in those quarters. For 
they knewe all, that his father was a Greke. 
But as they wente thorow the cities, they 
delyuered them the sentence to kepe, it which 
was concluded of the Apostles and Elders at 
Ierusalem. The were the congregacions 
stablyshed in the faith, and increased in 
nombre daylie. 

But as they wente thorow Phrygia and the 
londe of Galacia, they were §§ forbydden of 
the holy goost, to preache the worde in Asia. 
Howbeit as they came in to Mysia, they 
proued to take their iourney in to Bithinia, 
and the sprete suffred them not. 

Neuertheles whan they had passed thorow 
Mysia, they came downe to Troada, and 
there appeared a II II vision vnto Paul by night, 
that there was a man of Macedonia which 
stode and prayed him, and sayde : Come 
downe to Macedonia, and helpe vs. Whan 
he had sene y vision, we soughte immediatly 
to go, vnto Macedonia, beynge certified, that 
y LORDE had called vs thither, to preach 
the Gospell vnto them. The departed we 

and 10. c. ** Act. 13. b. tt Gal. 2. a. Jf Act. 15. d. 
§§ Rom. l.b. mi Act. 18. a. and 23. b. 



Cftap, jrbtj. 



€i)t 9Wes; of tfte apostle 



tfo. tmiV* 



from Troada, and came the straight course 
vnto Samothracia, on the nexte daye to 
Neapolis, and from thence to Philippis, which 
is the chefe cite of the londe of Macedonia, 
and a fre cite. In this cite abode we certayne 
dayes. 

On the daye of the Sabbathes wete we out 
of the cite besyde the water, where men were 
wonte to praye, and we sat downe, and spake 
vnto the wemen that resorted thither. And 
a deuoute woman (named Lydia) a seller of 
purple, out of the cite of Thiatira, herkened 
to, whose hert the LORDE opened that she 
gaue hede vnto the thinges that Paul spake. 
Whan she was baptysed and hir housholde, 
she besoughte vs, and sayde : Yf ye thynke 
that I beleue on the LORDE, then come in 
to my house, and a byde there. And she * 
constrayned vs. 

It fortuned whan we wente to prayer, y 
there met vs a damsel, which had a sprete of 
soythsayenge, and broughte hir master and 
mastresse greate vauntage with soyth sayenge : 
y same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, and 
sayde : These men are the seruauntes of the 
most hye God, which shewe vs y waye of 
saluacion. This dyd she many dayes. But 
Paul was not content with it, and turned him 
aboute, and sayde vnto the sprete : I comaunde 
the in the name of Iesu Christ, that thou 
departe out of her. ffl And he departed out at 
the same houre. 

But wha hir master and mastresse sawe 
that the hope of their vauntage was gone,* 
t they toke Paul and Sylas, drue them in to 
the market place before y rulers, (j broughte 
the vnto the officers, and sayde : These men 
trouble oure cyte, 5 are Iewes, and preach an 
ordynaunce, which is not laufull for vs to 
receaue, ner to obserue, seynge we are Ro- 
maynes. And the people rane on them, and 
the officers rente their clothes, and comaunded 
them to be beaten with roddes/ And whan 
they had beaten them sore, they cast the in 
preson, and commaunded the iayler, to kepe 
them diligetly. Which whan he had receaued 
soch commaundement, he cast the in to the 
ynner preson, and put their fete in the 
stockes. 

But at mydnight prayed Paul and Sylas, 
and praysed God. And the presone-rs herde 



1 Gen. 19. a. 

t 1 Tess. 2. 



Mar. 16. c. 

c 2 Cor. 11. 



them. Sodenly was there a greate eaith 
quake, so that the foundacions of the preson 
were shaken. And immediatly were all the 
dores open, j all their bondes lowsed Wha 
the keper of the preson waked out of slepe, 
and sawe the preson dores open, he drue out 
his swerde, and wolde haue kylled him selfe : 
for he thoughte y presoners had bene fled. 
But Paul cryed loude, and sayde: Do thy self 
no harme, for we are all here. 

He called for a lighte, and sprange in, and 
trembled, and fell at the fete of Paul and 
Sylas, and broughte them out, and sayde: 
Syrs, what must I do, to be saued ? They 
sayde-/ Beleue on the LORDE Iesus, and 
so shalt thou and thy housholde be saued. 
And they preached the worde of the LORDE 
vnto him, and to all that were in his house. 

And he toke them to him in the same houre 
of the night, and waszhed their strypes. And 
immediatly was he baptysed, and all his. And 
he broughte them in to his house, and set them 
a table, and t reioysed with all his housholde, 
that he was become a beleuer on God. 

And whan it was daye, the officers of the 
cite sent mynisters, and sayde : Let those men 
go. And the keper of the preson tolde this 
sayenge vnto Paul: The officers haue sent 
hither, that ye shulde be lowse. Now ther- 
fore get you hece, and go in peace. But 
Paul sayde vnto them : They haue beaten 
vs openly vncondempned (where as we are 
yet Romaynes) and haue cast vs in preson, 
and shulde they now thrust vs out preuely? 
Not so, but let them come them selues, and 
brynge vs out. The mynisters tolde these 
wordes vnto the officers. And they feared, 
whan they herde that they were Romaynes, 
and came and besoughte them, and prayed 
the to departe out of the cite. Then wente 
they out of the preson, and entred in to the 
house of Lydia. And whan they had sene 
the brethren and comforted them, they de- 
parted. 

Wtyt rbtj. Chapter. 

AS they made their iourney thorow 
Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came 
to Thessalonica, where was a synagoge of the 
Iewes. And Paul (as his maner was) wete 
in vnto them, and vpon thre Sabbathes he 



Ioh. 6. f. Mar. 16. ' 



$ Luc. 5. d. and 19. a. 



tfo. rjt 



€f)t gctes of tbt apostle 



Cfjap, jrbtju 



spake vnto them of the scripture, opened it 
vnto the, and alleged, *that Christ must 
nedes haue suffred, (j ryse agayne from the 
deed: and this Iesus, whom I preach vnto 
you (sayde he) is y same Christ. And some 
of the beleued, and were ioyned vnto Paul 
and Sylas, a greate multitude also of the 
deuoute Grekes, and of the chefe wemen not 
a fewe. 

But the styffhecked Iewes had indignacion 
and toke vnto them certayne euell men which 
were vagabundes, and gathered a company, 
and set the cite in a rore, and preassed vnto 
the house of Iason, and soughte to brynge 
them out vnto the comon people. But whan 
they founde them not, they drue Iason, and 
certayne brethren vnto the rulers of the cite, 
and cryed: These that trouble all the worlde, 
are come hither also, whom Iason hath re- 
ceaued preuely. And these all do contrary to 
the decrees of the Emperoure, sayenge, that 
there is another kynge," one Iesus. They 
troubled the people, and the rulers of the cite, 
that herde this. And whan they had receaued 
a sufficient answere of Iason and of the other, 
they let them go. 

But the brethren immediatly sent awaye 
Paul and Sylas by night vnto Berea. Whan 
they came there, they wete in to the synagoge 
of the Iewes (for they were the Eldest amonge 
the at Thessalonica) which receaued the 
worde maruelous wyllingly, and t searched the 
scriptures daylie, whether it were euen so. 
Then beleued many of them, and worshipfull 
wemen off the Grekes, and men not a fewe.t 
But whan the Iewes off Thessalonica had 
knowlege, that the worde off God was preached 
off Paul at Berea, they came, and moued the 
people there also. Howbeit the brethren 
sent Paul awaye then immediatly, to go vnto 
the see. As for Sylas and Timotheus, they 
abode there styll. 

They that conueyed Paul, brought him 
vnto Athens. And whan they had receaued 
a commaundement vnto Sylas and Timotheus, 
that they shulde come vnto him in all the 
haist, they wente their waye. But whyle Paul 
wayted for them at Athens, his sprete was 
moued in him, whan he sawe the cite geue so i 
to the worshippinge of ymages. And he spake 
vnto the Iewes and deuoute personnes in the 



Luc. 24. d. Mat. 16. i 
[ 19. a. t Ioh. 5. d. 



id 17. d. 
t 1 Tess. 2. c. 



synagoge, g in y market daylie vnto the that 
came to him. But certayne Philosophers of 
y Epicurees and Stoikes disputed with him. 
And some sayde : What will this babler saye ? 
But some sayde : He semeth to be a tidinges 
brynger of new Sgoddes (That was, because 
he had preached vnto the the Gospell of 
Iesus, i of the resurreccion.) And they toke 
him, and broughte him before the councell 
house, and sayde : Maye we not knowe, what 
new doctryne this is that thou teachest ? For 
thou bryngest strauge tidinges to oure eares ? 
We wolde knowe therfore, what this meaneth. 
As for all they of Athens, and straungers g 
gestes, they gaue the selues to nothinge els, 
but either to tell, or to heare some newes. 

Paul stode on the myddes of the comon 
place, and sayde : Ye me of Athens, I se that 
in all thinges ye are to supersticious. I haue 
gone thorow, (t sene youre gods seruyce, and 
founde an altare, where vpo was wrytten : To 
the vnknowne God. Now shewe I vnto you 
y same, whom ye worshippe ignorauntly. God 
which made f worlde,* and all that therin is, 
for so moch as he is LORDE of heauen and 
earth, lldwelleth not in temples made of 
handes, nether is he worshipped with mens 
handes, as though he had nede of eny man, 
seynge he himself "geueth life and breth vnto 
all men euery where : and hath made of one 
bloude all the generacion of men to dwell vpo 
all the face of y earth: and hath assygned 
borders appoynted before, how longe and farre 
they shulde dwell, that they shulde seke the 
LORDE, yf they mighte fele and fynde 
him. 

And truly he is not farre from euery one 
of vs. For in him we lyue, moue, and haue 
oure beynge, as certayne of youre awne 
Poetes also haue sayde : We are his genera- 
cion. For as moch then as we are the genera- 
cion of God, we oughte not to thinke that the 
Godheade is like vnto golde or syluer, or 
ymagery worke of the crafte or ymaginacion 
of man. ''And truly God hath ouersene the 
tyme of ignoraunce : f But now he com- 
maundeth all men euery where to repente, 
because he hath appoynted a daye, in the 
which he wyl iudge the copasse of the worlde, 
with righteousnesse, by that one man in who 
he hath appoynted it : and ofrred faith vnto 



reade : deuyls. 
66. a. Act. 7. f. 



6 Psal. 145. 
Gen. 2. b. 



. Act. 14. c. || Esa. 

Rom. 2. a. f Lu. 24. d. 



SI 



Cfcap* jrtiuj* 



Cfte %itt& of ti)t gpostfles* 



Jfa* cjrtu 



all men, after that he had raysed him vp from 
the deed. 

Whan they herde of the resurreccion of 
the deed, some mocked. But some say(" 
We wyl heare the agayne of this matter. So 
Paul departed from amonge them. Howbeit 
certayne men claue vnto him, and beleued 
amonge whom was Dionisius, one of the 
councell : and a woman named Damaris, and 
other with them. 

Che rbiij. Cfiaptev. 

FTER that departed Paul fro Athens, 
and came to Corinthum, and founde a 
ewe named * Aquila, borne in Potus, which 
was lately come out of Italy : and his wife 
Priscilla (because the Emperoure Claudius 
had commaunded all Iewes to departe from 
Rome) and he drue vnto the. And because 
he was of the same crafte, he abode with the, 
and wroughte. Their crafte was to make 
tentes. And he preached in the synagoge 
euery Sabbath daye, and exhorted the Iewes 
and the Grekes. 

Whan Sylas and Timotheus were come fro 
Macedonia, Paul was constrayned by the 
sprete to testifye vnto y Iewes, that Iesus was 
very Christ. But wha they sayde cotrary 
and blasphemed, the shoke his rayment, and 

yde vnto them : Youre bloude be vpon 
youre awiie heade. From hence forth I go 
blamelesse vnto the Gentyles. And he de- 
parted thence, and came in to the house of 
a man named Iustus, which feared God, and 
his house was nexte vnto the synagoge. How- 
beit Crispus the chefe ruler of the synagoge, 

leued on y LORDE with all his housholde. 
And many of the Corinthians that gaue 
audience, beleued, and were baptysed 

The LORDE spake vnto Paul by a vision 
in f nighte: Be not afrayed, but speake, and 
holde not thy peace, for I am with the : and 
noman shal inuade the that shal hurte the, for 

haue moch people in this cite. He con- 
tynued there a yeare and sixe monethes, and 
taught them the worde of God. 

But whan Gallio was ruler of the countre 
of Achaia, the Iewes made insurreccion with 
one acorde agaynst Paul, & broughte him 
before the iudgment seate, and sayde : This 



Ro. 16. a. 2 Tim. 4. c. 
Act. 13. c. t Num. 6. b 



t Mat. 10. b. 
S Heb. 6. a. 



Luc. 10. a. 
Iaco. 4. b. 



felowe counceleth men to worshipe God 
c5trary to the lawe. Whan Paul was aboute 
to open his mouth, Gallio sayde vnto y Iewes : 
Yf it were a matter of wronge or an euell 
dede (O ye Iewes) reason wolde that I shulde 
heare you: but yf it be a question of wordes, 
and of names, and of f lawe amoge you, loke 
ye to it youre selues, I thinke not to be iudge 
there ouer. And he droue them from the 
iudgmet seate. Then all the Grekes toke 
Sosthenes the ruler of the Sinagoge, and 
smote him before the iudgment seate. And 
Gallio cared for none of tho thinges. 

Paul after y he had taried a good whyle, 
toke his leue of the brethren, and sayled in to 
Syria, Priscilla g Aquila bearinge him com- 
pany. And he shore his heade at Cenchrea 
(for he had a + vowe) g came downe to Ephe- 
sus, (j lefte them there. But he himselfe wete 
in to the synagoge, and reasoned with the 
Iewes. And they desyred him, that he wolde 
tary with them a longer season. And he 
cosented not, but bad them farwele, and sayde : 
I must nedes in eny wyse kepe this feast that 
commeth, at Ierusalem : but $ yf God wyl, I 
wil returne agayne vnto you. 

And he departed from Ephesus, and came 
to Cesarea, and wente vp, and saluted y con- 
gregacion, and toke his iourney downe to 
Antioche, and taried there a certayne tyme, 
and departed, and walked thorow all f 
countre of Galatia and Phrigia by ordre, and 
strengthed all the disciples. 

There came vnto Ephesus a certayne Iewe, 
named II Apollo (borne at Alexadria) an 
eloquent man, and mightie in the scriptures : 
the same was infourmed in the waye of the 
LORDE, and spake feruently in the sprete, 
and taughte diligently the thinges of the 
LORDE, and knewe but the baptyme off 
Ihon onely. The same beganne to speake 
boldly in the synagoge. Whan Aquila and 
Priscilla herde him, they toke him vnto the, 
and expounded the waye of God vnto him 
more perfectly. But whan he wolde go in to 
Achaia, the brethren wrote, and exorted the 
disciples to receaue him. And whan he was 
come thither, he helped them moch which 
beleued thorow grace. For he ouercame the 
Iewes mightely, and shewed openly by y 
scripture, that Iesus was Christ. 

II 1 Cor. 1. b. 3. a. 16. b. 



ffo. ivliu 



Wbe atteg of tf>e gpostto* 



Cfjap* *#♦ 



Cfic rtf. Chapter. 

BUT it fortuned whan Apollo was at 
Corinthum, that Paul walked thorow 
the vpper coastes, and came to Ephesus, and 
founde certayne disciples, vn to whom he 
sayde : Haue ye receaued y holy goost, sence 
ye beleued ? They sayde vnto hi : We haue 
not herde, whether there be an holy goost. 
He sayde vnto them : Where with then were 
ye baptysed? They sayde: With the baptyme 
of Ihon. Paul sayde : Thon baptysed with 
the baptyme of repentaunce, and spake vnto 
y people, that they shulde beleue on him, 
which shulde come after him, that is, on Iesus, 
that the same is Christ. Whan they herde 
that, they were baptysed in the name of the 
LORDE Iesu. And whan Paul layed the 
hades on the, the holy goost came vpon them, 
and they spake with tunges, and prophecied. 
And all the men were aboute twolue. 

He wete in to y synagoge, and preached 
boldly thre monethes longe, teachinge, and 
geuynge them exortacions of the kyngdome of 
God. But whan dyuerse waxed herde herted, 
and beleued not, and spake euell of the waye 
of the LORDE before the multitude, he 
departed from them, and separated the dis- 
ciples, and disputed daylye in the scole of one 
called Tyrannus. And this was done two 
yeares loge, so that all they which dwelt in 
Asia, herde the worde of the LORDE Iesu, 
both Iewes j Grekes. And God wroughte no 
small miracles by the handes of Paul, so that 
from his body there were broughte napkyns 
or partlettes vnto the sicke, and the diseases 
departed from them, and the euell spretes 
wente out of them. 

But certayne of the vagabounde Iewes 
which were coniurers, vndertoke to name y 
name of the LORDE Iesus, ouer those that 
had euell spretes, and sayde : We charge you 
by Iesus whom Paul preacheth. They were 
seuen sonnes of one Sceua a Iewe the hye 
prest, which dyd so. The euell sprete an- 
swered, and sayde : Iesus I knowe, and Paul 
I knowe, but who are ye ? And the ma in 
who the euell sprete was, ranne vpon them, 
and ouercame them, and cast them vnder 
him, so that they fled out of the same house 
naked and wounded. This was knowne vnto 
all the Iewes and Grekes which dwelt at 

' Mat. 3. b. Mar. 1. a. Luc. 3. c. Ioh. 1. c. 



Ephesus, and there fell a feare vpon them all. 
And y name of the LORDE Iesus was mag- 
nified. *Many of the also that beleued, came 
and cofessed, and shewed their workes. But 
many of them that had vsed curious craftes, 
broughte the bokes together, and burnte them 
openly : and they counted the pryce of them, 
and founde it of money fiftye thousande pens. 
So mightely grewe y worde of the LORDE, 
and preuayled. 

Whan this was done, Paul purposed in 
sprete to take his iourney thorow Macedonia 
and Achaia, and to go to Ierusale, and sayde: 
After that I haue bene there, I must se Rome 
also. And he sent in to Macedonia two that 
mynistred vnto him, Timotheus and Erastus. 
But he himselfe remayned in Asia for a 
season. At the same tyme there rose no litle 
a doo aboute that waye. For a certayne man 
named Demetrius a goldsmyth, which made 
syluer shrynes for Diana, and broughte them 
of the crafte no small vauntage. Them he 
gathered together, and the feloweworkme of 
the same occupacion, and sayde : Syrs, ye 
knowe that by this crafte we haue vauntage, 
and ye se and heare, that not onely at 
Ephesus, but almost also thorow out all Asia, 
this Paul turneth awaye moch people with his 
persuadynge, and sayeth : t They be not 
goddes that are made with hondes. Howbeit 
it shal not onely brynge oure occupacion to 
this poynte to be set at naught, but also the 
temple of greate Diana shal from hence forth 
be despysed, and hir maiestye also shalbe 
destroyed, who neuertheles all Asia and the 
worlde worshippeth. 

Whan they herde this, they were full of 
wrath, cried out, and sayde : Greate is Diana 
of the Ephesians. And all y cite was on a 
roore, and they ruszhed in with one assent in 
to the open place, and toke Gaius and Aris- 
tarchus of Macedonia, Pauls companyons. 
Whan Paul wolde haue gone in amonge the 
people, the disciples suffred him not. Cer- 
tayne also of y chefe of Asia which were 
Pauls good frendes, sent vnto him, and de- 
syred him, that he shulde not preasse in to 
the open place. Some cried one thinge, some 
another. And the congregacion was out of 
quyete, and the more parte knewe not wherfore 
they were come together. Some of the people 
drue forth Alexander, whan y Iewes thrust 



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him forwarde. Alexader beckened with the 
hande, and wolde haue geuen the people an 
answere. But whan they knewe that he was 
a Iewe, there arose a shoute of all, and cried 
the space of two houres : Greate is Diana of 
the Ephesians. 

Whan the towne clarke had stylled the 
people, he sayde : Ye men of Ephesus, what 
man is it which knoweth not, that the cite of 
y Ephesias is a worshipper of the greate 
goddesse Diana, and of the heauenly ymage ? 
Seinge now that this can not be sayde agaynst, 
ye ought to be contente, and to do nothinge 
without aduysement. Ye haue broughte 
hither these men, which are nether church- 
robbers ner blasphemers off youre goddesse. 

But yff Demetrius and they that are 
craftesmen with him, haue ought to saye vn 
to eny man, the lawe is open, and there are 
rulers, let them accuse one another. But yf 
ye wil go aboute eny other thinge, it maye be 
determyned in a laufull congregacion. For 
we stonde in ioperdy to be accused of this 
dayes vproure: and yet is there no man 
giltye, of whom we mighte geue a rekenynge 
of this vproure. And whan he had sayde this, 
he let the congregacion departe. 

€!)£ rr. Chapter. 

NOW whan the vproure was ceassed, 
Paul called the disciples vnto him, and 
toke his leue of them, and departed *to go 
in to Macedonia. And whan he had gone 
thorow those partes, and exhorted them with 
many wordes, he came in to Grekelonde, and 
there abode thre monethes. But whan the 
Iewes layed wayte for him, as he was aboute 
to sayle in to Syria, he purposed to turne 
agayne thorow Macedonia. There accompa- 
nied him in to Asia, Sopater of Berrea : and 
of Thessalonica, Aristarchus and Secundus : 
and Gaius of Derba, and Timotheus : but of 
Asia, Tychicus and +Trophimus. These 
wente before, and taried for vs at Troada : 
but we sayled after the Easter dayes from 
Philippos, vnto f fyfth daye, and came to 
them vnto Troada, and taried there seuen 



Vpon one of the Sabbathes, whan the dis- 
ciples came together to breake bred, Paul 
preached vnto them, wyllinge to departe on 
the morow, and contynued the preachinge 

* 1 Tim. 1. a. t Act. 21. d. 2 Tim. 4. c. 



vnto mydnight. And there were many 
lightes in the chamber, where they were 
gathered together. There sat a yonge man 
named Eutychos, in a wyndow, and fell in to 
a depe slepe (whyle Paul was speakinge) and 
was ouercome with slepe, and fell downe from 
the thirde lofte, and was taken vp deed. But 
Paul wente downe, and fell on him, and 
enbraced him, and sayde : Make nothinge a 
doo, for his soule is in hi. Then wente he 
vp, and brake the bred, and ate, and talked 
moch with the, tyll the daye brake, and so 
departed. As for the yoge man, they broughte 
him alyue, and were not a litle conforted. 

But we wente afore in to the shippe, and 
sayled towarde Asson, wyllinge there to re- 
ceaue Paul. For so had he appoynted, and 
wolde himselfe go on fote. Whan he was 
come to vs vnto Asson, we toke him in, and 
came to Mitylenes, and sayled from thence, 
and came on the nexte daye ouer agaynst 
Chios, and on the daye folowinge we aryued 
at Samos, and taried at Tragilion, and on the 
nexte daye came we to Mileton : for Paul had 
determed to sayle ouer by Ephesus, that he 
nede not to spende the tyme in Asia : for he 
haisted to be at Ierusalem vpo the Whitson- 
daye, yf it were possible for him. 

But from Mileton he sent vnto Ephesus, 
and called for the Elders of the congregacion. 
Whan they were come to him, he sayde vnto 
them : Ye knowe sence the first daye t that I 
came in to Asia, after what maner I haue 
bene with you at all tyme, and serued y 
LORDE with all humblenesse of mynde, 
and with many teares and tentacions, which 
happened vnto me by y layenges of wayte of 
the Iewes, how y I haue kepte backe nothinge 
y was profitable, but that I haue shewed you, 
and taughte you openly, and priuately from 
house to house. And haue testifyed both 
vnto the Iewes (j to the Grekes the repent- 
aunce towarde God, and faith towarde oure 
LORDE Iesus. 

And now beholde, I go bounde in y sprete 
vnto Ierusale, not knowinge what shal happen 
there vnto me, but y the holy goost § witnes- 
seth in euery cite, and sayeth, that bondes 
and troubles abyde me there. But II I re- 
garde none of them, nether counte I my life 
dearer then my selfe, that I maye fulfyll my 
course with ioye, and the office y I haue 



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receaued of the LORDE Iesu, to testifye the 
Gospell of the grace of God. 

And now beholde, I knowe that ye shal se 
my face nomore, all ye, thorow whom I haue 
gone, and preached the kyngdome of God 
Wherfore I take you to recorde this daye, that 
I am pure from the bloude of all men : For I 
haue kepte nothinge backe, but haue shewed 
you all the councell off God. Take hede 
therfore vnto youre selues, and to all the 
flocke, amonge the which the holy goost hath 
set you to be Bishoppes, to fede the congrega- 
cion of God, which he hath purchaced thorow 
his owne bloude. For this I knowe, *that 
after my departinge there shal enter in amonge 
you greuous wolues, which shal not spare the 
flocke. Yee eue t from amonge youre awne 
selues shal men aryse, speakynge peruerse doc- 
tryne, to drawe disciples after them. Ther- 
fore awake, and remembre, that by the space 
of thre yeares I ceassed not to warne euery 
one off you both nighte and daye with teares. 

And now brethren I commende you vnto 
God, and to y worde of his grace, which is 
mightie to edifye you, and to geue you the 
enheritaunce amoge all them that are sanc- 
tified. "I haue not desyred syluer, golde or 
rayment off eny off you. For ye youre selues 
knowe, that t these handes haue mynistred 
vnto my necessities, and them that were with 
me. I haue shewed you all thinges, how that 
so labouringe ye oughte to receaue the weake, 
and to remembre the worde of the LORDE, 
how that he sayde: It is more blessed to 
geue, then to receaue. 

And whan he had sayde this, he kneled 
downe, and prayed with them all. But there 
was moch wepynge amonge them all, and they 
fell aboute Pauls necke, and kyssed him, and 
were sory, most of all because of the worde 
which he had sayde, that they shulde se his 
face nomore. And they accopanied him vnto 
the shippe. 

€f)« jrvt. Chapter. 

NOW whan it fortuned that we had 
launched forth and were departed from 
them, we came with a straight course vnto 
Coon, and on the daye folowinge vnto the 
Rhodes, and from thence vnto Patara. And 
whan we founde a shippe ready to sayle vnto 
Phenices, we wente aborde and set forth. 



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But wha we came within the sighte of Cypers, 
we lefte it on the lefte hande, and sayled vnto 
Syria, and came vnto Tyre: for there the 
shippe shulde laye forth the ware. And whan 
we had founde disciples, we taried there 
seuen dayes. And they tolde Paul thorow 
the sprete, that he shulde not go vp to Ieru 
salem. And it fortuned wha we had fulfilled 
those dayes, we departed, and wente oure 
wayes, and they all broughte vs on oure waye 
with wyues and childre, tyll we were come 
out of f cite, and we kneled downe vpo the 
shore, and prayed. And whan we had taken 
oure leue one off another, we toke shippe, but 
they turned agayne vnto theirs. As for vs we 
ended the course from Tyre, and came to 
Ptolomaida, and saluted the brethren, and 
abode with them one daye. 

On the nexte daye we y were with Paul, 
departed, and came vnto Cesarea, 5 entred 
in to the house of § Philippe the Euangelist 
(which was one of the seue) and abode with 
him. The same had foure doughters, which 
were virgins, II and prophecied. And as we 
taried there mo dayes, there came downe 
from Iewry a prophet, named *Agabus, 
Wha he was come vnto vs, he toke Pauls 
gerdell, and bounde his hades and fete, and 
sayde: Thus sayeth y holy goost : ** The man 
whose gerdell this is, shal the Iewes bynde 
thus at Ierusalem, and shal delyuer him in to 
the handes of the Heythe. Whan we herde 
this, both we and they that were of the same 
place, besoughte him, that he wolde not go 
vp to Ierusalem. Then answered Paul and 
sayde : What do ye, wepynge, and breakynge 
my hert ? For I am redye not onely to be 
bounde, but also to dye at Ierusalem for y 
name of the LORDE Iesu. But wha he 
wolde not be persuaded, we ceassed, and 
sayde : tt The will of the LORDE be ful- 
fylled. And after those dayes we were ready, 
g wente vp to Ierusalem : There came with 
vs also certayne of the disciples off Cesarea, 
and broughte with them one of Cypers, 
named Mnason, an olde disciple, with whom 
we shulde lodge. Now wha we came to 
Ierusalem, the brethren receaued vs gladly. 
But on the nexte daye Paul wente in with vs 
vnto lames, and all the Elders came together. 
And whan he had saluted them, he tolde by 



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IT Act. 11. 



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order, what God had done amoge the Heythen 
by his mynistracion. 

Whan they herde that, they praysed the 
LORDE, and sayde vnto him : Brother, thou 
seyst how many thousande Iewes there are 
which beleue, and are all Zelous ouer y lawe. 
But they are enfourmed agaynst the, that 
thou teachest all the Iewes which are amoge 
the Heythe, to forsake Moses, and sayest 
that they oughte not to circumcyse their 
children, ner to walke after the same custome. 
What is it therfore? The multitude must 
nedes come together, for they shal heare that 
thou art come. Do this therfore that we saye 
vnto the : We haue foure men, which haue a 
*vowe on them, take them vnto y, and 
purifye thyselfe with them, and do the cost 
on them, that they maye shaue their heades : 
and they shal knowe, that it is nothinge, 
wherof they are enfourmed agaynst the, but 
that thou also walkest and kepest the lawe. 
For as touchinge them that beleue amonge the 
Heythen, t we haue wrytten, and concluded, 
that they shulde obserue no soch, but onely to 
kepe them selues from the offeringes of Idols, 
from bloude, from stragled, and from whor- 
dome. "Then Paul toke the men vnto him, 
and was purified with them on the nexte daye, 
and entred in to the temple, declaringe that 
he fulfylled the dayes of purificacion, tyll there 
was an offeringe offred for euery one of them. 

But whan the seuen dayes were allmost 
fulfylled, the Iewes of Asia sawe him in the 
temple, and moued all the people, layed 
handes vpon him, and cryed: Ye men of 
Israel, helpe, this is the man, that teacheth all 
men euery where agaynst oure people, the 
lawe, and this place. He hath broughte 
Grekes also in to the temple, and hath defyled 
this holy place. For they had sene t Tro- 
phimus the Ephesian with him in the cite, 
him they thoughte y Paul had broughte in to 
the temple. And all the cite was moued, and 
the people ranne together. And they toke 
Paul, and drue him out off the temple, and 
forth with the dores were shut to. 

But whan they wete aboute to kyll him, 
tydinges came to the chefe captayne of the 
company, that all Ierusalem was moued. 
Which immediatly toke soudyers and cap- 
taynes vnto him, and ranne in amoge them. 



* Num. 6. b. Act. 18. 
t Act. 20. a. 2 Tim. 4. c. 



+ Act. 15. d. 
«Act. 21. b. 



Whan they sawe the captayne and the sou- 
dyers, they lefte smytinge of Paul. 

Whan the captayne came nye, he toke him, 
and commaunded him Ho be bounde with 
two cheynes, and axed what he was, and what 
he had clone. One cried this, another that 
amonge the people. But whan he coulde not 
knowe the certente because of the rumoure, 
he commaunded him to be caried in to the 
castell. And wha he came to the steppes, it 
fortuned that he was borne of y soudyers 
because of the violence of the people. For 
the multitude off the people folowed after, 
and cryed: IIAwaye with him. Whan Paul 
was now to be caried in to the castell, he 
sayde vnto y captayne : Maye I speake vnto 
the ? He sayde : Canst thou Greke ? Art 
not thou the Egipcian, which before these 
dayes maydest an vproure, g leddest out in to 
the wyldernesse foure thousande preuy mur- 
thurers ? Paull sayde : I am a man which am 
a Iewe off 1f Tharsis, a citesyn of a famous 
cite in Celicia: I beseke the, suffre me to 
speake vnto the people. Whan he had geuen 
him lycence, Paul stode on the steppes, and 
beckened with the hande vnto the people. 
Now whan there was made a greate sylece, he 
spake vnto them in Hebrue, and sayde : 

CIjc rrtj. Chaptei 

YE men, brethren, and fathers, heare 
myne answere which I make vnto you. 
Whan they herde that he spake vnto them in 
the Hebrue, they kepte the more sylence. 
And he sayde : I am a man which am a Iewe, 
borne at Tharsis in Celicia, and broughte vp 
in this cite at the fete off ** Gamaliel, en- 
fourmed diligently in the lawe of the fathers, 
and was feruent mynded to God warde, as ye 
all are also this daye, tt and I persecuted this 
waye vnto the death. I bounde them and 
delyuered them vnto preson, both men and 
wemen, as y hye prest also doth beare me 
wytnesse, and all f Elders: of whom I re- 
ceaued letters vnto the brethren, and wente 
towarde Damascon, that I mighte brynge 
them which were there, bounde to Ierusalem, 
to be punyshed. 

But it fortuned as I made my iourney, and 
came nye vnto Damascon, aboute noone, 
sodenly there shone a greate lighte aboute 



' Act. 24. b. f Act. 9. b. 
|| Luc. 23. b. and 



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1 Cor. 15. a. Gal. 



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me from heauen, and I fell to the earth, and 
herde a voyce which sayde vnto me: Saull 
Saull, why persecutest thou me ? I answered : 
Who art thou LORDE ? And he sayde vnto 
me : I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou per- 
secutest. As for them that were with me, 
they sawe y lighte and were afrayed, but they 
herde not the voyce of him that spake with 
me. I sayde : LORDE, what shal I do ? 
The LORDE sayde vnto me : Aryse, and go 
in to Damascon, there shal it be tolde y of all 
that is appoynted the to do. But whan I 
sawe nothinge for the bryghtnesse of the 
lighte, I was led by the hande of them that 
were with me, and came to Damascon. 

There was one Ananias, a deuoute man 
after the lawe,* which had a good reporte of 
all the Iewes that dwelt there, the same came, 
and stepte vnto me, and sayde : Brother Saul, 
loke vp. And I loked vp vpon him the same 
houre. He sayde : The God of oure fathers 
hath ordeyned the before, that thou shuldest 
knowe his wyll, and se the thinge y is rightfull, 
and heare the voyce out of his mouth: for 
thou shalt be his wytnesse vnto all men, of 
tho thinges which thou hast sene and herde. 
And now why tariest thou ? Aryse, and be 
baptysed, and wasze awaye thy synnes, and * 
call vpon the name of the LORDE. 

But it fortuned, that whan I was come 
agayne to Ierusale, and prayed in the temple, 
I was in a traunce, and sawe him. Then 
sayde he vnto me : Make haist, + and get the 
soone out of Ierusalem, for they wyl not 
receaue the witnesse that thou bearest of me. 
And I sayde : LORDE, they the selues knowe 
that I put in preson and bett in euery syna- 
goge them that beleued on the. t And wha 
the bloude of Steue thy witnesse was shed, 
I stode by also, & consented vnto his death, 
and kepte the clothes of them that slewe him. 
And he sayde vnto me : Go thy waye, for § 
I wil sende the farre amonge the Heythen. 

They gaue him audience vnto this worde, 
and lifte vp their voyce, 5 sayde: Awaye 
with soch a felowe from the earth, for it is 
not reason that he shulde lyue. But as they 
cried, and cast of their clothes, ij thrue dust 
in to the ayre, the captayne bad brynge him 
in to the castell, and commaunded him to be 
beaten with roddes and to be examyned, that 

»Act.9.b. *Ro. 10. b. t Mat. 10. b. Act. 9. d. t Act. 
7. g. § Act. 13. a. Gal. 1. c. Epbe. 3. a. || Act. 24. b. 



he mighte knowe, for what cause they cried 
so vpon him. And whan he bounde him with 
thonges, Paul sayde vnto the vndercaptayne 
that stode by : Is it laufull for you to scourge 
a man that is a Romayne, and vncondemned? 
Whan the vndercaptayne herde that, he wete 
to the vpper captayne, and tolde him, and 
sayde ? What wilt thou do ? This man is a 
Romayne. Then came y vpper captayne, 
and sayde vnto him: Tell me, art thou a 
Romayne ? He sayde : Yee. And the vpper 
captayne answered: With a greate summe 
optayned I this fredome. But Paul sayde: 
As for me, I am a Romayne borne. The 
straight waye departed from him, they that 
shulde haue examyned him. And y chefe 
captayne was afrayed, whan he knewe that 
he was a Romayne, and because he had bounde 
him. On the nexte daye wolde he knowe 
the certentye wherfore he was accused of the 
Iewes, and he lowsed him from the bondes, 
and commaunded the hye prestes and all their 
councell to come together, and broughte Paul 
forth, and set him amonge them. 

Cfie rrttj. Cljaptev 

PAUL behelde the councell, and sayde : 
Ye men and brethren, II I haue lyued 
with all good conscience before God vnto this 
daye : U But the hye prest Ananias com- 
maunded them that stode aboute him, to 
smyte hi on the mouth. Then sayde Paul 
vnto him : God shal smyte the thou paynted 
wall. * Syttest thou and iudgest me after the 
lawe, and commaundest me to be smytten 
cotrary to y lawe? And they that stode 
aboute hi, sayde: Reuylest thou Gods hye 
prest? And Paul sayde : Brethre, I wyst not 
that he was the hye prest. For it is wrytte: ** 
The ruler of thy people shalt thou not curse. 
But whan Paul knewe that the one parte 
was Saduces, and the other parte Pharises, 
he cried out in y councell: Ye men and 
brethren, I am a Pharise, and the sonne of a 
Pharise, +tOf hope and resurreccion of the 
deed am I iudged. And whan he had so 
sayde, there arose a dissencion betwene y 
Pharises and the Saduces, and the multitude 
was deuyded: for the Saduces saye that 
there is no resurreccion, nether angell, ner 



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sprete : * but the Pharises graiite both. And 
there was made a greate crye. And y Scrybes 
of the Pharyses secte, stode vp, and stroue, 
and sayde : We fynde no euell in this ma. 
But yf a sprete or an angell haue spoke vnto 
him, let vs not stryue agaynst God. 

But whan the discension was greate, y 
vpper captayne feared, that Paul shulde haue 
bene pluckte a sonder of them, and com- 
maunded the soudyers to go downe, and to 
take him from them, and to brynge him in to 
the castell. But in the nighte folowinge, the 
LORDE stode by him, and sayde : Be of good 
cheare Paul, for as thou hast testified of me at 
Ierusalem t so must thou testifye at Rome also, 

Now whan it was daye, certayne of the 
Iewes gathered them selues together, and 
made a vowe nether to eate ner drynke, tyll 
they had kylled Paul. They were mo then 
fortye, which had made this conspyracion 
These came to the hye prestes and Elders, 
and sayde : We haue bounde oure selues with 
a vowe, that we wil eate nothinge, tyll we 
haue slayne Paul. Now therfore geue ye 
knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the 
councell, that he maye brynge him forth vnto 
you tomorow, as though ye wolde heare him 
yet better : As for vs, we are ready to kyll 
him, or euer he come nye you. 

But whan Pauls sisters sonne herde of their 
layenge awayte, he came, and entred in to 
the castell, and tolde Paul. So Paul called 
vnto him one of y vnder captaynes, and 
sayde : Brynge this yonge man to the vpper 
captayne, for he hath somewhat to saye to 
him. He toke him, and broughte him to the 
vpper captayne, and sayde : Paul the presoner 
called me vnto him, and prayed me to brynge 
to the this yonge man, which hath somwhat 
to saye vnto the. Then the hye captayne 
toke him by the hande, and wente a syde 
with him out of the waye, and axed him: 
What is it, that thou hast to saye vnto me ? 
He sayde : The Iewes are agreed together, 
to desyre the, to let Paul be broughte forth 
tomorow before the councell, as though they 
wolde yet heare him better. But folowe not thou 
their myndes, for there laye wayte for him mo 
then fortye men off them, which haue bounde 
them selues with a vowe, nether to eate ner 
drynke, tyll they haue slayne Paul : and euen 
now are they redye, and loke for thy promes. 



Mat. 22. c. Marc. 12. 



t Ephe. 3. a. 



Then the vpper captayne let the yonge 
man departe, and charged him to tell noman, 
that he had shewed him this. And he called 
vnto him two vndercaptaynes, and sayde : 
Make redye two hundreth soudyers, that they 
maye go to Cesarea, and thre score and ten 
horsmen, and two hundreth speare men at 
the thirde houre of the nighte, and delyuer 
the beastes, that they maye set Paul theron, 
and brynge him safe vnto Felix the debyte, 
and he wrote a letter on this maner : 

Claudius Lysias, vnto the most mightie 
Debyte Felix, gretynge. t The Iewes had 
taken this man, and wolde haue slayne him, 
then came I with soudyers, and rescued him, 
and perceaued that he is a Romayne. And 
whan I wolde haue knowne the cause, wherfore 
they accused hi, I broughte him in to their 
councell: then perceaued I, that he was accused 
aboute questions of their lawe. But there was 
no accusacion worthy of death or of bondes. 
And whan it was shewed me, that certayne 
Iewes layed wayte for him, I sent him straight 
waye vnto the, and commaunded the accusers 
also, that loke what they had agaynst him, 
they shulde tell the same before the. Fare well. 
The soudyers (as it was commaunded them) 
toke Paul, and broughte him to Antipatras. 
But on the nexte daye, they lefte y horse men 
to go with him, and turned agayne to the 
castell. When these came to Cesarea, they 
delyuered the letter vnto the Debyte, g pre- 
sented Paul before him also. Whan the 
Debyte had red the letter, he axed off what 
countre he was. And wha he vnderstode that 
he was of Celicia, he sayde : § I wil heare the, 
whan thine accusers are come also. And he 
commaunded him to be kepte in Herodes 
iudgment house. 

Cftf yriitj. Ci)aptn\ 

AFTER fyue dayes the hye prest Ananias 
came downe with the Elders, and with 
the Oratour Tertullus, which appeared before 
the Debyte agaynst Paul. Whan Paul was 
called forth, Tertullus begane to accuse him, 
and sayde : Seynge that we lyue in greate 
peace by the meanes of y, and that many 
good thinges are done for this people thorow 
thy prouydence (most mightie Felix) that 
alowe we euer and in all places with all 
thankes. Notwithstondinge y I be nomore 



+ Act. 21. d. 



$ Deut. 17. 



tfo. rjLlbttj, 



W)t 9Ltti$ ot ti)t apogtlesi. 



Cfjaj). jrjib. 



tedious vnto the, I praye the, that of thy 
curtesy thou woldest heare vs a few wordes. 

We haue founde this man a pestilent felowe, 
and a sterer vp of sedicion amonge all the 
Iewes thorow out all the worlde, and a 
manteyner of the secte of the Nazaretes, * 
and hath taken in hande also to suspende the 
temple, whom we toke, and wolde haue 
iudged him acordinge to oure lawe. But 
Lysias the hye captayne came vp5 vs, and 
with greate violence delyuered him out of oure 
handes, and commaunded his accusers to come 
vnto the : of whom (yf thou wilt enquyre) 
thou mayest haue knowlege of all these thinges, 
wherof we accuse him. The Iewes likewyse 
affirmed and sayde, that it was euen so. 

But Paul (whan the debyte had beckened 
vnto him, that he shulde speake) answered : 
Seynge 1 knowe that thou hast bene iudge 
now many yeares amonge this people, I wil 
not be afrayed to answere for my selfe, 
because that thou mayest knowe, that there 
are yet nomore but twolue dayes sence I came 
vp to Ierusalem for to worshippe, and that 
they nether founde me in the temple disputinge 
with eny man, or makynge eny vproure amonge 
the people, ner in y synagoges, ner in the cite : 
nether can they proue the thinges, wherof 
they accuse me. But this It confesse vnto 
the, that after this waye which they, call 
heresye, so worshippe I the God of my fathers, 
that I beleue all that is wrytten in the lawe 
and in the prophetes, and haue hope towardes 
God, that the same resurreccion of the deed 
(which they them selues loke for also) shalbe, 
both of che iust and vniust. Therfore studye 
I to haue allwaye a cleare conscience towarde 
God and towarde men." 

* But after many yeares I came and broughte 
allmesse vnto my people, and offeringes : t 
whervpon they founde me purifyed in the 
temple without eny maner of rumoure or 
vnquyetnesse. Howbeit there were certayne 
Iewes out of Asia, which shulde be here 
presente before the, and accuse me, yf they had 
oughte agaynst me : or els lett these same here 
saye, yf they haue founde eny vnrighteousnes 
in me, whyle I stonde here before y councell : 
excepte it be for this one worde, that I cried 
stondinge amonge them : § Of the resurreccion 
off the deed am I iudged of you this daye. 



* Act. 21. d. t Mat. 10. d. Marc. ! 
Act. 23.a. 'Rom. 15. d. 2 Cor. 9. a 



Luc. 12. c. 
t Act. 21. c. 



Whan Felix herde this, he dyfferred the 
(for he knewe very well of that waye) and 
sayde : Whan Lysias the vpper captayne 
commeth downe, I wyl knowe f vttemost of 
youre matter. II But he commaunded the 
vndercaptayne to kepe Paul, and to let him 
haue rest, and that he shulde forbydde none 
of his acquauntauce to mynister vnto him, or 
to come vnto him. 

But after certayne dayes came Felix with 
his wife Drusilla, which was a Iewesse, and 
called for Paul, and herde him of the faith 
in Christ. Howbeit whan Paul spake off 
righteousnesse, and off chastite and off the 
iudgment to come, Felix trembled, and an- 
swered : Go thy waye for this tyme. Whan 
I haue a conuenyent tyme, I wil sende for 
the. He hoped also, that money shulde haue 
bene geuen him of Paul, therfore called he 
oft for him, and commened with him. But 
after two yeares came Portius Festus in to 
felix rowme. Yet Felix wyllinge to shewe the 
Iewes a pleasure, left Paul bounde. 

GTfte rrb. Cljapter. 

NOW whan Festus was come in to the 
countre, ouer thre dayes he wente vp 
from Cesarea to Ierusalem. Then appeared 
the hye prestes and the chefe of the Iewes 
before him agaynst Paul, and intreated him, 
and desyred fauoure agaynst him, that he 
wolde sende for him to Ierusalem, and layed 
wayte for him, that they might slaye him by 
the waye. Then answered Festus, that Paul 
shulde be kepte at Cesarea, but that he him- 
selfe wolde shortly go thither agayne. Let 
them therfore (sayde he) which are able 
amonge you, come downe with vs to accuse 
the man, yf there be ought in him. 

Whan he had taried amonge them more 
then ten dayes, he wente downe to Cesarea. 
And on the nexte daye he sat downe on the 
iudgment seate, and commaunded Paul to be 
broughte. "Whan he was come, y Iewes which 
were come downe from Ierusalem, stode rounde 
aboute him, and broughte vp many and greu- 
ous quarels agaynst Paul, which they coulde 
not proue, whyle he answered for himselfe : 
I haue nether offended ought agaynst the 
lawe of the Iewes, ner agaynst the teple, ner 
agaynst the Emperoure. 

« Act. 23. a. II Iere. 39. b. Act. 27. a. and 28. b. 



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But Festus wyllinge to shewe the Iewes a 
pleasure, answered Paul, and sayde: Wilt 
thou go vp to Ierusalem, and there be iudged 
off these thinges before me? But Paul sayde: 
I stonde at the Emperours iudgmet seate 
where I ought to be iudged: to the Iewes 
haue I done no harme, as thou also knowest 
very well. Yf I haue hurte eny man, or com 
mitted eny thinge worthy off death, I refuse 
not to dye. But yf there are no soch thinges 
as they accuse me off, then maye no man de- 
lyuer me vnto them. I appeale vnto the Em- 
peroure. Then spake Festus with the Councell, 
and answered: Thou hast appealed vnto the 
Emperoure, to the Emperoure shalt thou go. 

After certayne dayes came kynge Agrippa 
and Bernice to Cesarea to welcome Festus. 
And whan they had taried there many dayes, 
Festus rehearsed Pauls cause vnto the kynge, 
and sayde : There is a man left bounde of 
Felix, for whose cause the hye prestes and 
Elders of the Iewes appeared before me whan 
I was at Ierusalem, and desyred a sentence 
agaynst him. Vnto whom I answered : * It 
is not the maner off the Romaynes to delyuer 
eny man that he shulde perishe, before that he 
which is accused, haue his accusers presente, 
and receaue libertye to answere for him selfe to 
the accusacion. Wha they were come hither 
together, I made no delaye, but sat the nexte 
daye in iudgment, andcommaunded the man to 
be broughte forth. Of whom, whan the accusers 
stode vp, they broughte no accusacion of soch 
thinges as I supposed : But had certayne ques- 
tions agaynst him of their awne supersticions, 
and of one Iesus deed, whom Paul affirmed 
to be alyue. Howbeit because I vnderstode 
not the question, I axed hi, whether he wolde 
go to Ierusale, and there be iudged of these 
matters. But wha Paul had appealed, that he 
might be kepte vnto the knowlege of the 
Emperoure, I comaunded him to be kepte, 
tyll I mighte sende him to the Emperoure. 

Agrippa sayde vnto Festus : I wolde fayne 
heare the man also. He sayde : Tomorow 
shalt thou heare him. And on the nexte 
daye came Agrippa & Bernice with greate 
pompe, and wete in to the comon hall with 
the captaynes & chefe me of the cite. And at 
Festus comaundement, Paul was brought 
forth. And Festus sayde: Kynge Agrippa, 
and all ye men which are here with vs, ye se 

Deut. 17. a. ' Act. 23. a. Phil. 3. a. t Gen. 3. c. 



this man, aboute whom all the multitude of 
the Iewes haue entreated me, both at Ierusale 
and here also, and cried, that he ought not to 
lyue eny lenger. But whan I perceaued that he 
had done nothinge worthy off death, and that 
he himselfe also had appealed vnto the Em 
peroure, I determyned to sende him, of who 
I haue no certayne thinge to wryte vnto my 
lorde. Therfore haue I caused hi to be 
broughte forth before you, specially before the 
(O kynge Agrippa) that after examinacion 
had, I might haue somwhat to wryte. For 
me thynke it an vnreasonable thinge to sende 
a presoner, and not to shewe the causes which 
are layed agaynst him. 

Cftt vrbt. Cljapttr. 

AGRIPPA sayde vnto Paul : Thou hast 
leue to speake for thy selfe. The Paul 
stretched forth the hande, and answered fo 
himselfe : I thinke my selfe happye (O kyng< 
Agrippa) because I shal answere this daye 
before the, of all the thinges wherof I am 
accused of the Iewes : specially for so moch 
as thou art experte in all customes and ques- 
tions, which are amonge the Iewes. Wher- 
fore I beseche the, to heare me paciently. 

My lyuynge truly from youth vp (how it 
was led from the begynnynge amonge this 
people at Ierusale) knowe all the Iewes which 
knewe me afore at the first, yf they wolde 
testifye, for after the most strayte secte of oure 
Iewysh lawe," I lyued a Pharise. And now 
stonde I, and am iudged because of the hope 
of the tpromes, that was made of God vnto 
oure fathers, vnto the which (promes) oure 
twolue trybes hope to come, seruynge God 
instatly daye and nighte. For the which hopes 
sake (O kynge Agrippa) I am accused of the 
Iewes. Wherfore is this iudged amonge you not 
to be beleued, that God rayseth vp the deed ? 

I also verely thoughte by my selfe, that I 
oughte to do many cotrary thinges cleane 
agaynst the name off Iesus off Nazareth,* 
which I dyd at Ierusalem, whan I shut vp 
many sayntes in preson, whervpon I receaued 
auctorite of y hye prestes. And wha they 
shulde be put to death, I broughte the 
sentence. And thorow all the synagoges I 
punyshed them oft, and compelled the to 
blaspheme, and was exceadinge mad vpon 
them, and persecuted them euen vnto straunge 

and 22. c. Deut. 18. c. Psal. 15. b. J Act. 8. a. and 9. a. 



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Cfeajp, wbij. 



cities. Aboute which thinges as I wente to 
warde Damascon with auctorite and lycence 
of the hye prestes, euen at myddaye (O kynge) 
I sawe in the waye, that a lighte from heaue 
(clearer then the brightnesse of the Sonne) 
shyned rounde aboute me, and them that 
iourneyed with me. 

But whan we were all fallen downe to the 
earth, I herde a voyce speakynge vnto me, 
and sayege in Hebrue : Saul Saul, why perse- 
cutest thou me ? It shalbe harde for the to kycke 
agaynst the prycke. But I sayde : LORDE, 
who art thou ? He sayde : I am Iesus, whom 
thou persecutest. But ryse vp, and stonde 
vpon thy fete, for therfore haue I appeared 
vnto the, that I mighte ordeyne the to be a 
mynister and witnesse of it that thou hast 
sene, and that I wyll yet cause to appeare 
vnto the. And I wil delyuer the from the 
people, and from the Heythen, amonge who 
I wil now sende the, to ope their eyes, that 
they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the 
* lighte, and from the power of y deuell vnto 
God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of 
synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that 
are sanctified by faith in me. 

Wherfore (O kynge Agrippa) I was not 
faithlesse vnto y heauely vision, but shewed 
it first vnto them at Damascon, and at Ierusale, 
and in all the coastes of Iewry, and to the 
Heythen, that they shulde tdo pennaunce, 
and turne vnto God, and to do the righte 
workes of pennaunce. For this cause the 
Iewes toke me in the temple, and wente 
aboute to kyll me. But thorow the helpe of 
God lent vnto me, I stonde vnto this daye, and 
testifye both vnto small and greate, and saye 
no other thinge, the that y prophetes haue 
sayde (that it shulde come to passe) and Moses, 
that Christ shulde suffre, and be the first of the 
resurreccion from the deed, and shew light 
vnto the people, and to the Heythen. 

Whan he thus answered for himselfe, Fes- 
tus sayde with a loude voyce : Paul, thou art 
besydes thy selfe, moch lernynge maketh f 
madd. But Paul sayde: I am not madd 
(most deare Festus) but speake the wordes of 
trueth and sobernesse : for y kynge knoweth 
this well, vnto whom I speake frely. For I 
thinke that none off these thinges is hyd from 
him : for this was not done in a corner. Be- 
leuest thou the prophetes, O kynge Agrippa ? 

* Esa. 60. a. t Act. 2. d. 3. c. 17. e. 



I knowe that thou beleuest. Agrippa sayde 
vnto Paul: Thou persuadest me in a parte to 
become a Christen. Paul sayde : I wolde to 
God, that (not onely in a parte but all- 
together,) I mighte persuade not the onely, 
but all them that heare me this daye, to be 
soch I am, these bondes excepte. And whan 
he had spoken this, the kynge rose vp, and 
the Debyte, and Bernice, and they that sat 
with them, and wente asyde, and talked 
together, and sayde : This man hath done 
nothinge that is worthy of death or of bondes. 
But Agrippa sayde vnto Festus: This man 
mighte haue bene lowsed, yf he had not 
appealed vnto the Emperoure. 

Che tfbij. Chapter. 

WHAN it was concluded that we shulde 
sayle in to Italy, they delyuered Paul 
and certayne other presoners to the vnder- 
captayne named Iulius, of the Emperours 
soudyers. And whan we were entred in to a 
shippe of Adramitium, to sayle by Asia, we 
lowsed from londe. And there was with vs 
one t Aristarchus out of Macedonia off Thes- 
salonica, and on the nexte daye we came vnto 
Sidon. And Iulius intreated Paul curteously, 
and gaue him liberty to go to his frendes, 
and to refresh himselfe. And from thence 
launched we, and sayled harde by Cypers 
(because the wyndes were agaynst vs) and 
sayled ouer the see of Celicia and Pamphilia, 
and came to Myra in Lycia. 

And there the vndercaptayne founde a 
shippe of Alexadria, ready to sayle in to Italy, 
and put vs therin. And whan we had sayled 
slowly, and in many dayes were scarcely come 
ouer agaynst Gnydon (for the wynde with 
stode vs) we sayled by Candy nye vnto the 
cite off Salmo, and came scarcely beyonde it. 
Then came we to a place, which is called 
Goodhauen, nye where vnto was the cite 
Lasea. Now whan moch tyme was spent, 
and saylinge was now ioperdous, because that 
they also had fasted ouerlonge, Paul exhorted 
them, and sayde vnto them : Syrs, I se that 
this saylinge wyl be with hurte and moch 
dammage, not onely of the ladynge and of 
the shippe, but also of oure lyues. 

Neuertheles f vndercaptayne beleued the 
gouernoure of tne shippe and y master, more 
then it that was spoken of Paul. And for so 

t Col. 4. a. 



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moch as the haue was not comodious to wynter 

, the more parte off them toke councell to de- 
parte thece, yf by eny meanes they might come 
to Phenices to wynter there, which is an hauen 
of Candy, towarde the Southwest and North- 
west wynde. Whan the South wynde blewe, 
they supposinge to haue had their purpose, 
lowsed vnto Asson, and sayled past all Candy. 

But not longe after, there rose agaynst 
their purpose a flawe of wynde, which is called 
the Northeast. And whan the shippe was 
caught, and coulde not resist y wynde, we let 
her go, and draue with the wedder. But we 
came to an lie named Claudia, where we 
coulde scarce get a bote. Which they toke 
vp, and vsed helpe, and bounde it vnder harde 
to the shippe, fearinge lest they shulde haue 
fallen in to the *Syrtes, and let downe the 
vessell, and so were caried. And whan we 
had bydden a greate tepest, on the nexte daye 
they made an outcastinge. And on the thirde 

'e with oure awne handes we cast out the 
tacklynge of the shippe. But wha nether 
Sonne ner starres appeared in many dayes, 
and no small tempest laye vpon vs, all the 
hope of oure life was taken awaye. 

And after longe abstinence, Paul stode 
forth in the myddes of the, and sayde : Syrs, 
ye shulde haue herkened vnto me, and not 
to haue lowsed from Candy, and not to haue 
broughte vs this harme and losse. And now I 
exhorte you to be of good cheai-e, for there shal 
none of ourelyues perishe,but the shippe onely. 

For this night stode by me the angell off 
God (whose I am, (j who I seme) (j saide : 
Feare not Paul, thou must be broughte before 
the Emperoure. And lo, God hath geuen 
vn to the all the that sayle with the. Wher- 
fore syrs be of good cheare : for I beleue 
God, y it shal come so to passe, as it was 
tolde me. Howbeit we must be cast in to a 
certayne ylonde. 

But whan the fourtenth night came, as we 
were caried in Adria aboute mydnight, y- 
shipmen demed that there appeared some 
countre vnto them, and they cast out the 
leade, and founde it twetye feddoms : and wha 
they were gone a litle farther, they cast out 
the leade agayne, and founde fyftene feddoms. 

Then fearinge lest they shulde fall on some 
rocke, they cast foure anckers out of the 
sterne, and wyszhed for the daye. Whan the 

* Syrtes, are perlous places I the see. * Mat. 10. d. 



shipmen were aboute to flye out of the shippe, 
d let downe the bote in to the see, (vnder a 
coloure as though they wolde cast ankers out 
of the fore shippe) Paul sayde to y vnder- 
captayne and to the soudyers : Excepte these 
byde in the shippe, ye can not be saued. 
Then the soudyers cut of the rope from the 
bote, and let it fall. And whan it beganne 
to be daye, Paul exhorted them all to take 
meate, and sayde : To daye is the fourtene 
daye that ye haue taried and contynued 
fastinge, and haue receaued nothinge: Wher- 
fore I praye you to take meate, for youre 
health: "for there shal not one heer fall from 
the heade of eny of you. And whan he had 
thus spoken, he toke bred, and t gaue thankes 
to God before them all, and brake it, and 
begane to eate. Then were they all of good 
cheare, and toke meate also. We were all 
together in the shippe two hundreth thre 
score and sixtene soules. And whan they 
had eaten ynough, they lightened the shippe, 
and cast out the wheate in to the see. 

Whan it was daye, they knewe not the 
londe. But they spyed an hauen with a 
banke, in to which they were mynded (yf it 
were possible) to thrust in the shippe. And 
whan they had take vp the anckers, they 
commytted them selues to the see, and lowsed 
the rudder bandes, and hoyssed vp the mayne 
sayle to the wynde, and drue towarde londe. 
And whan we chaunced on a place which had 
the see on both the sydes, the shippe daszhed 
vpon it. And the fore parte abode fast 
vnmoued, but the hynder parte brake thorow 
the violence of the wawes. 

The soudyers councell was to kyll y pre- 
soners, lest eny of them whan he had swymmed 
out, shulde flye awaye. But the vndercap- 
tayne wyllinge to saue Paul, keped them from 
their purpose, and commaunded that they 
which coulde swymme, shulde cast them 
selues first in to the see, and escape vnto 
londe : and the other, some on bordes, some 
on broken peces of the shippe. And so it 
came to passe, that all the soules came safe 
vnto londe. 

Wi)t rr&trj. Chapter. 

AND wha we were escaped, we knewe 
that the He was called Melite. As for 
the people, they shewed vs no litle kyndnesse : 



Luc. 12. a. t Mar. 6. e. and : 



Ioh. 6. a. lTim.4. 



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for they kyndled a fyre, and receaued vs all 
because of the rayne that was come vpo vs, 
and because of the colde. Whan Paul had 
gathered a bondell of stickes, and layed them 
on the fyre, there came a vyper out of the 
heate, and leape on Pauls hande. Whan the 
people sawe the beest hange on his hande, 
they sayde amonge them selues: This man 
must nedes be a murthurer, whd vengeaunce 
suffreth not to lyue, though he haue escaped 
the see. But he shoke of y beest in to the 
fyre, *and felt no harme. Howbeit they 
wayted, wha he shulde haue swollen, or fallen 
downe deed sodenly. But whan they had 
loked a greate whyle, and sawe y there hap- 
pened no harme vnto him, they chaunged 
their myndes, and sayde that he was a God. 

In the same quarters the chefe man of the 
He whose name was Publius had a lordshipe : 
the same receaued vs, and lodged vs thre 
dayes curteously. It fortuned wha Publius 
father laye sicke of the feuers and of a bloudy 
fluxe, Paul wente in vnto him, and prayed, 
and layed the handes on him, and healed him. 

Whan this was done, other also which had di- 
seases in the He, came, and were healed. And 
they dyd vs greate honoure. And whan we de- 
parted, they laded vs with thinges necessary. 

After thre monethes we sayled in a shippe 
of Alexandria, which had wyntred in the lie, 
and had a badge of Castor and Pollux. And 
whan we came to Syracusa, we taried there 
thre dayes. And whan we had sayled aboute, 
we came to Rhegium : and after one daye 
whan the south wynde blewe, we came to 
Putiolus, where we founde brethre and were 
desyred of them to tarye there seue dayes, 
and so came we to Rome. And from thence 
whan the brethren herde of vs, they came 
forth to mete vs to Apiforum and to the Thre 
tauerns. Whan Paul sawe them, he thaked 
God, and waxed bolde. But wha we came 
to Rome, the vnder captayne delyuered the 
presoners to y chefe captayne. As for Paul, 
he had leue to byde alone with one soudyer 
that kepte him. 

After thre dayes it fortuned, y Paul called 
y chefe of y lewes together. And wha they 

* Luc. 10. b. t Act. 24. b. and 25. b. j:Act.26.a. 
§ Luc. 2. c. 

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were come, he sayde vnto the: Ye me (j 
brethre 1 1 haue comytted nothinge agaynst 
oure people, ner agaynst y lawes of y fathers, 
yet was I boude, delyuered out of Ierusale in 
to f Romaynes hades : which wha. they had 
examyned me, wolde haue let me go, for so 
moch as there was no cause of death I me. 
But wha y lewes spake y cotrary, I was 
costrayned to appeale vnto y Emperoure : not 
as though I had ought to accuse my people of. 
For this cause haue I called you, eue to se 
you, & to speake with you : because y I for y 
hope of Israel, I am bounde with this cheyne. 
They sayde vnto hi : We haue nether receaued 
letter out of Iewry cocernynge the, nether 
came there eny of the brethre, y shewed or 
spake eny harme of y. But we wyl heare of 
y, what thou thinkest : for we haue herde of 
this secte, that euery where $ it is spoken 
agaynst. And wha they had appoynted hi 
a daye, there came many vnto hi in to his 
lodginge : vnto who he expouded y kyngdome 
of God (j preached vnto the of Iesu, out of y 
lawe and out of the prophetes, eue fro morn- 
ynge vntyll the eue. And some beleued f 
thinge y he sayde, but some beleued not. 

But wha they agreed not amoge the selues, 
they departed, wha Paul had spoke one worde : 
Full well hath the holy goost spoke by f 
prophet Esay vnto oure fathers, cj sayde : " Go 
vnto this people, and saye : With eares ye shal 
heare, a not vnderstode : & with eyes shal ye 
se, ct not perceaue. For y hert of this people 
is waxed grosse, 5 they heare hardly with their 
eares : & their eyes haue they closed, y they 
shulde not once se with their eyes, & heare 
with their eares, & vnderstode I their hertes, 
and be couerted, y I mighte heale the. Be 
it knowne therfore vnto you, y this saluacio 
of God is sent vnto y Heythe, and they shal 
heare it. And wha he sayde y, y- lewes de- 
parted, ct had a greate disputacion amonge 
the selues. But Paul abode two whole yeares 
in his owne hyred dwellinge, & receaued all 
the y came in vnto hi, preachinge f kyng- 
dome of God, and teachinge those thinges 
which concerne the LORDE Iesus with all 
boldnesse, vnforbydden. 



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Cfjap. I. 

Paul declareth his loue towarde the Romaynes, 
. sheweth what the gospell is with the frute 

therof, and rebuketh the beestlynesse of the 

flesh. 

Cfjap. II. 

He rebuketh the Iewes, which as touchinge synne 
are like the Heythe, yee worse then they. 

Cfjap. III. 
He sheweth what preferment the Iewes haue, 
and that both the Iewes and Getiles are vnder 
synne, and are Justified only by the grace of 
God in Christ. 

Cfjap. IIII. 
He declareth by the exaple of Abraha, that faith 
iustifieth, and not the lawe, ner the workes 
therof. 

Cfjap. V. 
The power of faith, hope, and loue : and how 
death raigned fro Ada vnto Christ, by who 
only we haue forgeuenesse of synnes. 

Cfjap. VI. 
For so moch as we be delyuered thorow christ 
from synne, we must fashion oure selues to 
lyue as the seruauntes of God, and not after 
oure awne lustes. The vnlike rewarde of 
righteousnes and synne. 

Cfjap. VII. 

Christ hath delyuered vs from the lawe and death. 
Paul sheweth what the flesh and outwarde 
man is, and calleth it the lawe of the membres. 

Cfjap. VIII. 
The lawe of the sprete geueth life. The sprete of 
God maketb vs Gods children and heyres with 
Christ. The abundaunt loue of God can not 
be separated. 



Cfjap. IX. 

Paul complayneth vpon the hard hertes of the 
Iewes, that wolde not receaue Christ, and how 
the Heythe are chosen in their steade. 

Cfjap. X. 

The vnfaithfulnes of the Iewes. Two maner of 
righteousnesses. 

Cfjap. XI. 

All the Iewes are not cast awaye, therfore Paul 
warneth the Gentiles that be called, not to be 
hye mynded, ner to despyse the Iewes, for the 
iudgmetes of God are depe and secrete. 

Cfjap. XII. 

The swete conuersacion, loue, and workes of soch 
as beleue in Christ. 

Cfiap. XIII. 
The obedience of men vnto their rulers. Loue 
fulfilleth the lawe. It is now no tyme to 
folowe the workes of darknesse. 

Cfjap. XIIII. 

The weake ought not to be despysed. No man 
shulde offende anothers conscience. Agayne, 
for outward thinges shulde no man condemne 
another. 

Cfjap. XV. 

The infirmite and fraylnesse of the weake ought 
to be borne with all loue and kyndnesse, after 
the ensample of Christ. 

Cfjap. XVI. 
A chapter of salutacions. He warneth them to 
bewarre of mens doctryne, and commendeth 
vnto them certayne godly men, that were 
louers and brethren in the trueth. 



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€fy West Cfiapto. 

PAUL the seruaunte of Iesus Christ, 
called to be an Apostle, * put aparte to 
preach the Gospell of God (which t he pro- 
mysed afore by his prophetes in f holy 
scriptures) off his sonne, which was begotte 
tof y sede of Dauid after the flesh: and 
mightely declared to be the sonne of God 
after the sprete which sanctifieth, sence the 
tyme that he rose agayne from the deed, 
namely, Iesus Christ oure LORDE, by whom 
we haue §receaued grace and Apostelshippe 
amonge all Heythen, to set vp the obedience 
of faith vnder his name, of whom ye are a 
parte also, which are called of Iesus Christ. 

To all you that be at Rome, beloued of 
God, and sayntes by callynge II Grace be with 
you and peace fro God oure father, and the 
LORDE Iesus Christ. 

First, I thanke my God thorow Iesus 
Christ for you all, that youre faith is spoken 
of thorow out all the worlde. For God is 
my witnesse (IT whom I serue in my sprete 
in the Gospell of his sonne) that without 
ceassynge I make mencion of you **besekinge 
allwayes in my prayers, that I mighte once 
haue a prosperous iourney (ttby the will oft 
God) to come vnto you. For I longe to se 
you, that I mighte bestowe vpon you some 
spirituall gifte to stregth you (that is) that I 
mighte be conforted with you, thorow youre 
faith (j myne, which we haue together. 

But I wolde ye shulde knowe (brethren) 
how that I haue often tymes purposed to 
come vnto you (but haue bene 1 1 let hither to) 

* Act. 13. a. t Deut. 18. c. Act. 26. d. t Mat. 1. a. 
2 Tim. 2. a. § Act. 9. c. || 1 Cor. 1. a. Gal. 1. a. 

f Ioh. 4. c. 2 Tim. 1. a. ** Phil. 1. a. Col. 1. a. 

tt Iere. 10. d. ft Act. 16. a. ' Eccll. 41. c. 



that I mighte do some good amonge you, like 
as amonge other Gentyles. I am detter both 
to the Grekes, and to the vngrekes, to the 
wyse and to the vnwyse. Wherfore (as moch 
as I me is) I am ready to preach the Gospell 
vnto you at Rome also. 

a For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of 
Christ: for it is the §§ power of God, which 
saueth all that beleue theron, the Iewe first 5 
also the Greke : for in it y righteousnes that 
is of value before God, is opened, which 
cometh out of faith i to faith. As it is wrytte : 

1 The iust shal lyue by his faith. For y wrath 
of God is declared from heauen vpon all vn- 
godlynes and vnrighteousnes of me, which 
witholde the trueth of God in vnrighteousnes: 
because that it, which maye be knowne of 
God, is manifest with the. For God hath 
shewed it vnto the, that the inuisible thinges 
of God (that is, his euerlastinge power and 
Godheade) mighte be sene llllwhyle they are 
considered by the workes from the creacion 
of the worlde : so that they are without ex- 
cuse, in as moch as they knewe, that there is 
a God, and haue not praysed him as God 
ner thanked him, but became vayne in their 
ymaginacions, and 1T1T their foolish hert was 
blynded. Whan they counted them selues wyse, 
they became fooles: and turned ***y glory of 
the incorruptible God in to f symilitude of y 
ymage of a corruptible ma, 5 of byrdes, (j of 
fbure foted, tttj of crepinge beestes Ut Wher- 
fore God likewyse gaue them vp vnto their 
hertes lustes in to vnclennes, to defyle their 
awne bodies in them selues, which turned the 
trueth of God vnto a lye, 5 worshipped and 

2 Tim. 1. b. §§ 1 Cor. 1. c. » Abac. 2. a. Gal. 3. b. 
Heb. 10. d. mi Psal. 18. a. 1T1T Deut. 28. c. 
*** Psal. 105. c. Iere. 2. d. ttt Bel d. f if 2 Re. 24. a. 
Eze. 14. a. 



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serued the creature more then the maker, 
which is blessed for euer. Amen. 

Therfore God gaue the vp vnto shamefull 
lustes. * For their wemen chaunged the 
naturall vse in to the vnnaturall : likewyse f 
me also lefte the naturall vse of the woman, 
and brent in their lustes one on another, and 
man with man wrought fylthines, and receaued 
in them selues the rewarde of their erroure, 
as it was acordinge. tAnd as they regarded 
not to knowe God, euen so +God gaue the vp 
in to a lewde mynde, to do those thinges 
which were not comly, beynge full of all 
vnrighteousnes, whordome, wickednes, couet- 
ousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuye, murthur, 
strife, disceate, euell codicioned whisperers, 
backbyters, despysers of God, doers of wronge, 
proude, boosters, bryngers vp of euell thinges, 
disobedient to their Elders, without vnder- 
stondinge, couenaunt breakers, vnlouynge, 
stubborne, vnmercifull : which men, though 
they knowe the righteousnes of God (that they 
which do soch, are worthy of death) yet not 
onely do the same, but also haue pleasure in 
those that do the. 

Cfte ij. Chapter. 

THERFORE canst thou not excuse thy 
selfe (O ma) who soeuer thou be that 
iudgest : " for § loke wherin thou iudgest 
another, thou condemnest thy selfe, in so 
moch as thou that iudgest, doest euen the 
same. For we are sure that the iudgment of 
God is (acordinge to the trueth) ouer them 
that do soch. But thinkest thou this O thou 
man, that iudgest them which do soch thinges, 
and doest euen the very same thy selfe, that 
thou shalt escape y iudgmet of God? Or 
despysest thou the riches of his goodnesse, 
pacience, and loge sufferinge? II Knowest 
thou not, that f louynge kyndnesse of God 
leadeth the to repentaunce ? 

But thou after thine harde and impenitent 
hert, heapest vnto thy selfe a treasure of wrath, 
agaynst the daye of wrath and of the openynge 
of the righteous iudgment of God, f which 
shal rewarde euery man acordinge to his 
dedes : namely, prayse & honoure, and vncor- 
rupcion, vnto them that with pacience in 
doinge good, seke euerlastinge life : But vnto 

*Leui. 18. e. t Pro. I.e. t Act. 7. e. « Mat. 7. a. 
2 Re. 12. b. || Esa. 30. c. Act. 17. e. f Psal. 61. b. 
* 2 Thess. 1. b. tt Act. 10. d. Eph. 6. a. Gal. 2. a. 



them that are contencious ** g not obedient 
vnto the trueth, but obeye vnrighteousnes, 
shal come indignacion and wrath, trouble and 
anguysh vpo all the soules of me that do 
euell, of the Iewe first and also of the Greke 
But vnto all the that do good (shal come) 
prayse and honoure, and peace, vnto the Iewe 
first, and also to the Greke. 

tt For there is no respecte of personnes 
before God : Who so euer haue synned without 
lawe, shal perish also without lawe : and 
whosoeuer haue synned in the lawe, shalbe 
iudged by the lawe. rtFor before God, they 
are not righteous, which heare y lawe : but 
they that do the lawe, shalbe iustified. For 
yf the Gentyles which haue not the lawe 
do of nature the thinges conteyned in the 
lawe, then they hauynge not the lawe, are a 
lawe vnto them selues, in that they shewe, 
that the worke of y lawe is wrytte in their 
hertes: whyle their conscience beareth wit- 
nesse vnto the, and also the thoughtes which 
accuse or excuse them amonge them selues, 
in the daye whan God shal iudge the secretes 
of men by Iesus Christ, acordinge to my 
Gospell. 

But take hede,^ thou art called a Iewe, 
and trustest in the lawe, & makest thy boost 
of God, and knowest his will : (j for so moch 
as thou art enfourmed out of y lawe, thou 
prouest what is best to do, and presumest to 
be a leader of the blynde : a lighte of them y 
are in darcknes : an enformer of y vnwyse : a 
teacher of y symple : which hast the ensample 
of knowlege ij of the trueth in the lawe. 

Now teachest thou other, and teachest not 
thy selfe. Thou preachest that a man shulde 
not steale, and thou stealest. Thou sayest, 
that a man shulde not breake wedlocke, and 
thou breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest 
ymages, and robbest God of his honoure. 
Thou makest thy boost of the lawe, and 
thorow breakynge of the lawe thou dishonorest 
God. For thorow you is the name of God 
euell spoken of amonge the Gentyles, llll as it 
is wrytten. 

The circucision verely avayleth, yf thou 
kepe the lawe : but yf thou breake the lawe, 
then is thy circumcision become vncircum- 
cision. Therfore yf the vncircumcision kepe 



Mat. 7. c. Luc. 6. e. Iaco. 1. c. §§ Ioh. 8. c. 

llll Esa. 52. a. Eze. 36. d. 



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the righte thinges conteyned in the lawe, shal 
not his vncircumcision be counted for circum- 
cision ? And so it that of nature is vncircum- 
cision, and fulfilleth the lawe shal iudge the, 
which vnder the letter and circumcision tras- 
gressest the lawe. For he is not a lew 
which is a Iewe outwarde : nether is that cir- 
cucision which is done outwardly in y- flesh : 
"But he is a Iewe, which is hydd within. 
And * the circumcision of y hert is the cir- 
cumcision, which is done in the sprete and 
not in the letter : whose prayse is not of men, 
but of God. 

Che ttj. Chapter. 

WHAT furtheraunce then haue the 
Iewes? Or what avauntageth circii- 
cision? Surely very moch. First + Vn to them 
was commytted what God spake. But where 
as some of them dyd not beleue theron, what 
then ? shulde their vnbeleue make the promes 
of God of none effecte ? God forbyd. Let it 
rather be thus, that *God is true,t and all me 
lyers. As it is wrytten : That thou mayest 
be iustified in thy sayenges, and shuldest 
ouercome, wha thou art iudged. 

But yf it be so, that oure vnrighteousnes 
prayseth f righteousnes of God, what shal we 
saye? Is God then vnrighteous, that he is 
angrie therfore? (I speake thus after the 
mauer off men) God forbyd. How mighte 
God the iudge y worlde ? For yf the trueth 
of God be thorow my lye the more excellent 
vnto his prayse, why shulde I the be iudged 
yet as a synner ? & not rather to do thus (as 
we are euell spoken of, and as some reporte, 
that we shulde saye) Let vs do euell, y good 
maye come therof. Whose danacio is iuste. 

What saye we then ? Are we better then 
they ? No, in no wyse : for we haue proued 
afore, y both the Iewes and Grekes are all 
vnder synne. c As it is wrytte: There is none 
righteous, no not one. There is none y vn- 
derstondeth, there is none that seketh after 
God. They are all gone out of the waye, 
they are alltogether become vnprofitable : 
there is none that doeth good, no not one.§ 
Their throte is an open sepulcre, with their 
tunges they haue disceaued,^ the poyson off 
Aspes is vnder their lippes. Their mouth is 



- Ioh. 8. d. Rom. 9. a. * Col. 2. b. t Rom. 9. b. 
b Ioh. 3. e. t Psal. 115. a. Psal. 50. a. c Psal. 13. a. 
and 52. a. § Psal. 5. b. < l Psal. 139. a. II Pro. 1. a. 



full of cursynge and bytternesse.il Their fete 
are swifte to shed bloude. Destruccion (i 
wrechidnes are in their wayes, and y waye of 
peace haue they not knowne. IT There is no 
feare of God before their eyes. 

But we knowe, y, what soeuer the lawe 
sayeth, it sayeth it vnto them which are vnder 
the lawe, y euery mouthe maye be stopped, j. 
y all the worlde maye be detter vnto God,** 
because y by y dedes of the lawe no flesh 
maye be iustified in his sighte.+t For by the 
lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne. 
But now without addinge to of y lawe is the 
righteousnes which avayleth before God, de- 
clared, hauynge witnesse of y lawe and the 
prophetes : but I speake of y righteousnes 
before God, which cometh by the faith on 
Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vp5 all them that 
beleue. 

For here is no difference. For they are all 
synners, and wate the prayse that God shulde 
haue of the, but without deseruynge are they 
made righteous eue by his grace, thorow the 
redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu, whom 
God hath set forth for a tt Mercy seate thorow 
faith in his bloude, to she we the righteousnes 
which avayleth before him, in that he for- 
geueth the synnes, which were done before 
vnder the sufferaunce of God, which he 
suffred, that at this tyme he mighte shewe y 
righteousnes which avayleth before him : y he 
onely mighte be righteous, <j the righteous 
maker of him which is of the faith on Iesus. 

Where is now then thy reioysinge ? It is 
excluded. By what lawe ? By the lawe ol 
workes? Nay, but by the lawe of faith. We 
holde therfore that a man is iustified §§ by 
faith, without the workes of the lawe. Or is 
God the God of the Iewes onely? Is he not 
also the God of the Heythen? Yes verely the 
God of the Heythen also, for so moch as he 
is the God onely that iustifieth the circum- 
cision which is of faith, and the vncirciicision 
thorow faith. Destroye we then the lawe 
thorow faith? God forbyd. But we mantayne 
the lawe. 



w 



Che tit). Chapter. 
HAT shal we saye the, that Abraha 
oure father as pertayninge to y flesh 



Esa. 59. a. 1[ Psal. 35. a. 
It Exo. 25. c. Heb. 5. a. 
onely. 



**Gal. 2. c. ttHeb.7.c. 
§§ Some reade : By faith 



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dyd fynde ? This we saye : Yf Abraham were 
made righteous thorow workes, then hath he 
wherin to reioyse, but not before God. But 
what sayeth y scripture ?* Abraha beleued 
God, (j y was counted vnto him for righteous- 
nes. Vnto hi y goeth aboute with workes, is 
the rewarde not rekened of fauoure, but of 
dutye: Howbeit vnto him, y goeth not aboute 
with workes, but beleueth on him y iustifieth 
the vngodly, is his faith counted for righteous- 
nes. Euen as Dauid sayeth also, that blessednes 
is onely that mans, vnto who God counteth 
righteousnes without addinge to of workes, 
where he sayeth: "Blessed are they, whose 
vnrighteousnesses are forgeuen, and whose 
synnes are couered. Blessed is the man, vnto 
whom the LORDE imputeth no synne. 

Now this blessednes, goeth it ouer the cir- 
cucision, or ouer the vncircumcision ? We 
must nedes graunte, y Abrahas faith was 
coiited vnto hi for righteousnes. How was it 
the rekened vnto him ? In the circiicision, or 

the vncircumcision ? Doutles t not in the 
circiicision, but in the vncircumcision. As 
for the toke of circiicision t he receaued it for 
a seale off the righteousnes off faith, which he 
had yet in y vncirciision, y he shulde be a 
father of all the y beleue, beinge in y vncir- 
cucisio, y it might be coiited vnto the also 
for righteousnes : (t that he might be a father 
of circumcision, not onely of the that are of 
y circumcision, but of them also that walke 
in the fotesteppes of the faith, which was in 
the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham. 

For the promes (that he shulde be f heyre 
of the worlde) was not made vnto Abraham 
or to his sede thorow the lawe, but thorow the 
ighteousnes of faith. § For yf they which 
.re of the lawe be heyres, the is faith vayne, 
and the promes of none effecte, for so moch 
as the lawe causeth but wrath. For where 
the lawe is not, there is also no transgression. 
Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth, 
that it myght come off fauoure, wherby the 
promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the 
sede : not onely vnto him which is off the 
lawe, but also vnto him that is of the faith of 
Abraha II which is the father of vs all. As 
it is wrytten : If I haue made the a father of 
many Heythe before God, whom thou hast 

Gen. 15. b. Gal. 3. a. Iacob. 2. c. ' Psal. 31. a. 
t Gen. 15. b. + Gen. 17. d. § Gal. 3. c. || Esa. 51. a. 
Luc. 13. b. and 19. a. Ioh. 8. c. Gal. 3. a. f Ge.17. a. 
** Gen. 15. a. tt Rom. 15. a. }| 1 Tim. 2. a. 



beleued : which quyckeneth the deed, and 
calleth it which is not, that it maye be. 

And he beleued vpo hope, where nothinge 
was to hope, that he shulde be a father of 
many Heythen. Acordinge as it was sayde 
vnto him: **Euen so shal thy sede be. And 
he was not faynte in faith, nether cosidred 
his awne body, which was deed allready, 
whyle he was almost an hundreth yeare olde, 
nether the deed wombe of Sara. For he 
douted not in the promes of God thorow 
vnbeleue, but was stroge in faith, and gaue 
God the prayse : (j was sure, that loke what 
God promyseth, he is able to make it good. 
And therfore was it rekened vnto him for 
righteousnes. tt But this is not wrytte onely 
for his sake, y it was counted vnto him, but 
also for oure sakes: vnto who it shalbe counted, 
yf we beleue on him, that raysed vp oure 
LORDE Iesus from the deed. Which ttwas 
geuen for oure synnes, and raysed vp for oure 
righteousnesse sake. 

Cfie b. Chapter. 

BECAUSE therfore that we are iustified 
by faith, we haue peace with God thorow 
oure LORDE Iesus Christ, by who also we 
haue an intraunce in faith vnto this grace, 
wherin we stonde, g^ reioyse in the hope of y 
glorye for to come, which God shal geue. Not 
onely y, but we reioyse also I troubles, for so 
moch as we knowe, ylll, trouble bryngeth 
paciece, paciece bryngeth experiece, experiece 
bryngeth hope : As for hope, is letteth vs not 
come to cofusion, because the loue of God is 
shed abrode in oure hertes, by the holy goost 
which is geuen vnto vs. For whan we were 
yet weake acordinge to the tyme, * Christ dyed 
for vs vngodly. Now dyeth there scarce eny 
man for the righteous sake : Peraduenture for 
a good man durst one dye. Vf Therfore doth 
God set forth his loue towarde vs, in y Christ 
dyed for vs, whan we were yet synners : Moch 
more then shal we be saued from wrath by 
him seynge we are now made righteous thorow 
his bloude. 

For yf we were recScyled vnto God by f 
death of his sone, wha. we were yet enemies: 
moch more shal we be saued by him, now y 
we are reconcyled. Not onely that, but we 

§§ Heb. 3. a. |||| Iaco. 1. a. b Epb. 2. a. Col. 1. b- 
and 2. b. fH lob. 3. c. 1 Pet. 3. c. 1 Ioh. 4. b. 

Heb. 9. c. d. 



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reioyse also in God thorow oure LORDE 
Iesus Christ, by whom we haue now receaued 
the attonement. 

Wherfore * as by one man synned entred 
in to the worlde, and death by f meanes off 
synne : euen so wente death also ouer all men, 
in so moch as they all haue synned. For synne 
was in y worlde vnto the lawe : but where no 
lawe is, there is not synne regarded. Neuer- 
theles death reigned from Adam vnto Moses, 
euen ouer them also that synned not with like 
trangression as dyd Adam, which is f ymage 
of him y was to come. 

But it is not with the gifte as with the 
synne : for yf thorow the synne of one many 
be deed, yet moch more plenteously came the 
grace and gifte of God vpon many + by the 
fauoure that belonged vnto one man Iesus 
Christ. 

And the gifte is not onely ouer one synne, 
as death came thorow one synne of one that 
synned. For the iudgment came of one synne 
vnto condempnacion, but the gifte to iustifye 
fro many synnes. For yf by y synne of one, 
death raigned by the meanes of one, moch 
more shal they which receaue the abudaunce 
of grace and of the gifte vnto righteousnes, 
raigne in life by y meanes of one Iesus Christ. 
Likewyse the as by the synne of one, con- 
demnacion came on all men, euen so also by 
the righteousnes of one, came the iustifienge 
off life vpon all men. For as by the diso- 
bedience of one, many became synners, euen 
so by the obedience of one shal many be made 
righteous. 

" But the lawe in the meane tyme entred, 
that synne shulde increace.t Neuertheles 
where abundaunce of synne was, there was 
yet more plenteousnes of grace : that, like as 
synne had reigned vnto death, eue so mighte 
grace reigne also thorow righteousnes to euer- 
lastinge life by the meanes of Iesus Christ. 

Wtyt 6t. Chapter. 

WHAT shal we saye then? Shal we 
contynue in synne, that thero maye 
be abundaunce of grace ? God forbyd. How 
shal we lyue in synne, y are deed from it ? § 
Knowe ye not, that all we which are baptysed 
in to Iesu Christ, are baptysed in to his death? 
Therfore are we buried with him by baptyme 



* Gen. 3. 
$ Gal. 3. d. 



. t Ioh. 
Col. 2. b. 



. ' Gal. 
Pet. 3. c. 



% Luc. 7. b. 
|| Ephe. 4. c. 



in to death, that, like as Christ was raysed vp 
from the deed by the glory of the father, I 
euen so we also shulde walke in a new life. 
For yf we be grafted with him vnto like 
death, then shal we be like the resurreccion 
also : For so moch as we knowe, that oure 
olde man is crucified with him, that the synfull 
body mighte ceasse, that hence forth we 
shulde serue synne nomore. V For he that is 
deed, is made righteous fro synne. 

h But yf we be deed with Christ, we beleue 
that we shal lyue also with him, and are sure,** 
that Christ raysed from the deed, dyeth no- 
more: Death shal haue nomore power ouer 
him. For as touchinge that he dyed, he dyed 
cocernynge synne once : but as touchinge that 
he lyueth, he lyueth vnto God. Likewyse ye 
also, counte youre selues to be euen deed 
concernynge synne, and to lyue vnto God 
thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE. Let not 
synne reigne therfore in youre mortall bodye. 
that ye shulde obeye vnto the lustes of it 
Nether geue ye ouer youre membres vnto 
synne to be wapens of vnrighteousnes, but 
geue ouer youre selues vnto God, as they that 
off deed are become lyuynge, and youre mem- 
bres vnto God to be wapes off righteousnes. 
For synne shal not haue power ouer you, in so 
moch as ye are not vnder the lawe, but vnder 
grace. 

How then? Shal we synne, because we are 
not vnder f lawe, but vnder grace ? God 
forbyd. tt Knowe ye not, that loke vnto who 
ye geue ouer youre selues as seruauntes to 
obeye, his seruauntes ye are to whom ye 
obey, whether it be of synne vnto death, or 
of obediece vnto righteousnes ? But God be 
thanked, that though ye haue bene the ser- 
uauntes of synne, ye are now yet obedient 
of herte to the ensample off the doetryne, 
whervnto ye are commytted. For now that 
ye are made fre from synne, ye are become 
the seruauntes of righteousnes. 

I wil speake grosly, because of the weaknes 
of youre flesh. Like as ye haue geuen ouer 
youre membres to the seruyce of vnclennesse, 
from one wickednesse to another: Eue so now 
also geue ouer youre membres to the seruyce 
of righteousnesse, that they maye be holy. For 
whan ye were the seruauntes of synne, ye 
were lowse from righteousnes. What frute 



Heb. 9. c. 
Apoc. 1. d. 



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tt loh. 8. c. 



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had ye at that tyme in those thinges, wherof 
ye are now ashamed ? For the ende of soch 
thinges is death. But now that ye be fre from 
synne, and are become the seruauntes of God, 
ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy : 
but the ende is euerlastinge life. * For death 
is the rewarde of synne, but the gifte of God 
is euerlastinge life. 

€f)j btj. CljapUr. 

KNOWE ye not brethren (for I speake 
vnto them that knowe the lawe) how 
that y lawe hath power vpon a man as longe 
as he lyueth ? " For the woman y is in sub- 
ieccion to the man, is bounde vnto the lawe 
whyle the man lyueth : but yf the man dye, 
then is she lowsed from the lawe that con- 
cerneth the man. +Yf she be now with another 
man, whyle the man lyueth, she shal be called 
a wedlocke breaker. But yf the man be deed, 
then is she fre from the lawe, so that she is no 
wedlocke breaker, yf she be with another man. 

Euen so my brethren, ye also are deed vnto 
the lawe by the body of Christ, that ye shulde 
be with another (namely with him which is 
raysed vp from the deed) that we shulde 
brynge forth frute vnto God. For whan we 
were in the flesh, the synfull lustes (which 
were stered vp by the lawe) were mightie in 
oure membres to brynge forth frute vnto death. 
But now are we lowsed from the lawe, and deed 
vnto it, that helde vs captyue, so that we shulde 
seme in a new conuersacion of the sprete, and 
not in the olde conuersacion of the letter. 

What shal we save then? Is the lawe synne? 
God forbyd: Neuertheles I knewe not synne, 
but by y lawe. For I had knowne nothinge 
of lust, yf the lawe had not sayde : t Thou 
shalt not lust. But then toke synne occasion 
at the commaundement, and stered vp in me 
all maner of lust. For without the lawe synne 
was deed. As for me, I lyued some tyme 
without lawe. Howbeit whan the commaunde- 
ment came, synne reuyued, but I was deed. 
And the very same commaundement that was 
geuen me vnto life, was founde to be vnto me 
on occasion of death. For synne toke occasion 
at the comaundement, and disceaued me, and 
slewe me by the same commaundement.? 
The lawe in dede is holy, and the commaunde- 
ment holy, iust and good. Is that then which 



* Gen. 2. c. Rom. 5. 
t Exo. 20. c. Deut. 5. 



1 Cor. 7. d. 
§ Esa. 48. c 



t Mat. 5. d. 
1 Tim. 1. b. 



is good, become death vnto me ? God for- 
byd. But synne, that it mighte appeare how 
y it is synne, hath wroughte me death thorow 
good : that synne mighte be out of measure 
synfull by the commaundement. For we 
knowe, that the lawe is spirituall, but I am 
carnall, II solde vnder synne : because I knowe 
not what I do. For I do not y I will, but 
what I hate, y do I. Yf I do now that which 
I wil not, the graunte I, that the lawe is good. 

So then it is not I that do it, but synne that 
dwelleth in me: for I knowe that in me (y is, 
in my ITflesh) there dwelleth no good thinge. 
To wyll is present with me, but to perfourme y 
which is good, I fynde not. For f good that I 
wyll, do I not : but the euell which I wil not, 
that do I. Yf I do now that I wil not, then is it 
not I that do it, but synne that dwelleth in me. 

Thus fynde I now by the lawe, y whan I 
wyl do good, euell is present with me. For 
I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde 
man : but I se another lawe in my membres, 
which stryueth agaynst y lawe of my mynde, 
and taketh me presoner in y lawe of synne, 
which is in my membres. O wretched man 
that I am, who shal delyuer me from the body 
of this death? I thanke God thorow Iesus 
Christ oure LORDE. So then with the 
mynde I serue y lawe of God, but with the 
flesh the lawe of synne. 

Cije biij. Cljaptev. 

THEN is there now no damnacion vnto 
the that are in Christ Iesu, which walke 
not after the flesh, but after y sprete. For y 
lawe of y sprete (y bryngeth life I Christ Iesu) 
hath made me **fre fro the lawe of synne (j 
death. ttFor what vnpossible was vnto y lawe 
(in as moch as it was weake because of the 
flesh) y perfourmed God, j sent his sonne in 
y similitude of synfull flesh, cj by II synne 
daned synne in y flesh : that the righteousnes 
requyred of the lawe, mighte be fulfilled in 
vs, which walke not after the flesh, but after 
the sprete. For they that are fleshly, are 
fleshly mynded: but they that are goostly, are 
goostly mynded. To be fleshly mynded, is 
death : but to be goostly mynded, is life and 
peace. For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte 
agaynst God, §§ syth it is not subdued vnto y 
lawe of God, for it can not also. As for the 



sa. 52. a. 1" Gen. 6. a. 

ttHeb.7. c. ft 2 Cor. 5. 



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SS Esa. 55. c. 



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that are fleshlye, they can not please God. 
Howbeit ye are not fleshly, but goostly, yf so 
be that the sprete of God dwell in you. But 
who so hath not the sprete of Christ, the 
same is not his. Neuertheles yf Christ be in 
you, then is the body deed because of synne. 
But the sprete is life for righteousnes sake. 

Wherfore yf the sprete of him, that raysed 
vp Iesus from the deed, dwell in you, then 
shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from 
the deed, quycke youre mortal bodies, be- 
cause y his sprete dwelleth in you. Therfore 
brethre we are now detters, not to the flesh, 
to lyue after the flesh : for yf ye lyue after y 
fleshe, ye must dye : but yf ye mortyfye the 
dedes of the body thorow the sprete, ye shal 
lyue. For who so euer are led by the sprete 
of God, are Gods childre : " for ye haue not 
receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny 
more, but ye haue receaued y sprete of adop- 
cion, wherby we crye : Abba, deare father.* 
The same sprete certifieth oure sprete, that 
we are the childre of God. Yf we be childre, 
then are we heyres also, namely the heyres of 
God, and heyres annexed with Christ, yf so 
be that we suffer together, that we maye be 
also glorified together. 

For I suppose, that the affliccions off this 
tyme, *are not worthy of f glorye, which 
shalbe shewed vpon vs. + For the feruent 
loginge of y creature loketh for the appearinge 
of the children of God, because the creature 
is subdued vnto vanyte agaynst hir will, but 
for his wyll that hath subdued her vpon hope. 
For the creature also shal be fre from the bond- 
age of corrupcion, vnto the glorious libertye 
of the childre of God. For we knowe, that 
euery creature groneth, and t trauayleth with 
vs in payne vnto the same tyme. 

Not they only, but we oure selues also, 
which haue the first frutes of the sprete, 
grone within in oure selues for the child- 
shippe, and loke for f delyueraunce of oure 
bodye. For we are saued T dede, howbeit i 
hope : but y hope that is sene, is no hope : 
for how can a man hope for that which he 
seyeth? But yf we hope for that which we se 
not, the do we thorow pacience abyde for it. 

Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure 
weaknesse : for we knowe not what we shulde 
desyre as we oughte : § neuertheles y sprete 



a. 2Tiiu. 1. 
2 Cor. 4. b. 



* 2 Cor. I.e. and 5. a. Eph. 
t 2 Co. 5. a. t Ioh. 16. c. 



it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs 
with vnoutspeakable gronynges. Howbeit he 
y searcheth the hert, knoweth what the 
mynde of the sprete is: for he maketh interces- 
sion for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure 
of God. But sure we are, that all thinges 
serue for the best vnto them that loue of God, 
which are called of purpose. For those whom 
he knewe before, hath he ordeyned also be- 
fore, y they shulde be like fashioned vnto y 
shappe of his sonne, y he mighte be the first 
begotte amoge many brethre. As for those 
whom he hath ordeyned before, them hath he 
called also : and whom he hath called, the hath 
he also made righteous : and whom he hath 
made righteous, them hath he glorified also. 

What shal we saye then vnto these thinges? 
c Yff God be on oure syde, who can be agaynst 
vs. Which spared not his owne sonne, but 
hath geuen him for vs all : how shal he not 
with him geue vs all thinges also ? Who wyl 
laye eny thinge to y charge of Gods chosen ? 
Here is God that maketh righteous, who wil 
then condemne? Here is Christ that is deed, 
yee rather which is raysed vp agayne, which 
is also on y righte hande of God, and maketh 
intercession for vs. 

Who will separate vs from the loue of God? 
Trouble? or anguysh? or persecucio? or 
honger? or nakednesse ? orparell? orswerde? 
As it is wrytten : d For thy sake are we kylled 
all the daye longe, we are counted as shepe 
appoynted to be slayne. Neuerthelesse in all 
these thinges we ouercome farre, for his sake 
that loued vs. For sure I am, that nether 
death ner life, nether angell, ner rule, nether 
power, nether thinges present, nether thinges 
to come, nether heyth, ner loweth, nether eny 
other creature shalbe able to separate vs from 
the loue of God, which is in Christ Iesu oure 
LORDE. 

Cljt tr. Chapter. 

I SAYE the trueth in Christ, and lye 
not (wherof my conscience beareth me 
witnesse in the holy goost) that I haue greate 
heuynesse j contynuall sorowe in my hert. 
1T I haue wyszhed my selfe to be cursed from 
Christ for my brethren, that are my kynsmen 
after the flesh, which are off Israel: "vnto 
whom pertayneth the childshippe, and the 
glory, and the couenauntes and lawe, and the 



Esa. 26. c. 
Psal. 43. c, 



Nu. 14. a. Esa. 50. b. || Ge. 22. c. Esa. 53. c. 
1T Exo. 31. g. ** Exo. 19. a. Deut. 7. a. 



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seruyce of God, and the promyses : whose are 
also the fathers, off whom (after the flesh) 
commeth Christ, * which is God ouer all, 
blessed for euer. Ame. But I speake not 
these thinges, as though the worde of God 
were of none effecte : "for they are not all 
Israelites, which are of Israel: t nether are 
they all children, because they are the sede of 
Abraham : t but in Isaac shal the sede be 
called vnto the, that is, They which are 
children after the flesh, are not the children 
of God, but the children of the promes are 
counted for the sede. For this is a worde of 
the promes, where he sayeth : *Aboute this 
tyme wyl I come, and Sara shal haue a sonne. 

Howbeit it is not so with this onely, but 
also whan Rebecca was with childe c by one 
(namely by oure father Isaac) or euer the 
childre were borne, j had done nether good 
ner bad (that the purpose of God might 
stode acordinge to the eleccion, not by the 
deseruynge of workes, but by the grace of the 
caller) it was sayde thus vnto her : The 
greater shal seme the lesse. As it is wrytten: 
§Iacob haue I loued, but Esau haue I hated. 

What shal we saye then? Is God then 
vnrighteous ? God forbyd. For he sayeth 
vnto Moses : d I shewe mercy, to whom I 
shewe mercy : and haue copassion, on who I 
haue compassion. So lyeth it not then in 
eny mans wyll or runnynge, but in the mercy 
of God. For the scripture sayeth vnto 
Pharao : e For this cause haue I stered the 
vp, euen to shewe my power on the, that my 
name mighte be declared in all lodes. Thus 
hath he mercy on whom he wyl : and whom 
he wyl, he hardeneth. 

Thou wilt saye then vnto me : Why blameth 
he vs yet ? For who can resiste his will ? O 
thou man, who art thou, that disputest with 
God ? Sayeth the worke to his workman : 
Why hast thou made me on this fashion ? 
•Tlath not the potter power, out of one lompe 
of claye to make one vessell vnto honoure, 
and another vnto dishonoure ? Therfore 
whan God wolde shewe wrath, and to make 
his power knowne, he broughte forth with 
greate pacience the vessels off wrath, which 
are ordeyned to damnacion : that he mighte 
declare the riches off his glorye on y vessels 



* Rom. I.e. " Rom. 2. c. t Gal. 4. c. + Gen. 21. b. 
Gen. 18. b. c Gen. 25. c. § Mai. 1. a. <* Exo. 33. d. 
Exo. 9. c. / Iere. 18. b. Eccli. 33. b. 2 Tim. 2. c. 



of mercy, which he hath prepared vnto glorye, 
whom he hath called (namely vs) not onely 
of the Iewes, but also of the Gentyles. As 
he sayeth also by Osee: g l wil call that my 
people, which is not my people : and my be- 
loued, which is not f beloued. And it shal 
come to passe in f place, where it was sayde 
vnto them : Ye are not my people, there shal 
they be called the children of the lyuynge 
God. But Esay crieth ouer Israel : H Though 
the nombre of the children of Israel be as 
the sonde of the see, yet shal there but a rem- 
naunt be saued. For there is the worde, that 
fynisheth and shorteneth in righteousnes: for a 
shorte worde shal God make vpon earth. And 
as Esay sayde before : /( Excepte the LORDE 
of Sabbaoth had lefte vs sede, we shulde 
haue bene as Sodoma, and like vnto Gomorra. 
What shal we saye then? This wil we 
saye : The Heythen which folowed not right- 
eousnes, haue ouertaken righteousnes : but I 
speake of the righteousnes that commeth of 
faith. Agayne, Israel folowed the lawe of 
righteousnes, and attayned not vnto the lawe 
of righteousnes. Why so ? Euen because 
they soughte it not out of faith, but as it were 
out of the deseruynge of workes. For they 
haue stombled at the stomblinge stone. As 
it is wrytten : ' Beholde, I laye in Sion a 
stone to stoble at, and a rocke to be offended 
at: and *who so euer beleueth on him, shal 
not be confounded. 

Che r. Chapter. 

BRETHREN, my hertes desyre, & prayer 
vnto God for Israel is, that they might 
be saued. For I beare them recorde, that 
they are zelous for Gods cause, but not with 
vnderstondinge. For they knowe not the 
righteousnes which auayleth before God, and 
go aboute to manteyne their awne righteous- 
nes : and thus they are not subdued vnto the 
righteousnes, that is off value before God. f 
For Christ is the ende of the lawe, vnto 
righteousnes for euery one y beleueth. * Moses 
wryteth of y righteousnes which commeth of 
the lawe, that the man which doth y same, shal 
lyue therin. But y righteousnes which cometh 
of faith, speaketh on this wyse : ** Saye 
not in thine hert : Who wil go vp in to heaue? 



s Osee 1. b. and 2. c. 1 Pet. 2. b. 
Zacb. 13. b. '' Esa. 1. b. j Esa. i 
5f Mat. 5. b. ' Leui. 18. b. Gal. 3. 



|| Esa. 10. d. 
* Esa. 49. e. 
Deut. 30. c. 



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(that is nothinge els then to fetch 
downe) Or who wyl go downe in to j 
(that is nothinge els the to fetch vp Christ from 
the deed.) But what sayeth the scripture ? 
The worde is nye the, euen in thy mouth and in 
thine hert. This is f worde of faith y we preach. 

For yf thou knowlegest Iesus with thy 
mouth, that he is the LORDE, and beleuest 
in thine hert, that God hath raysed him vp 
from the deed, thou shalt be saued. For yf 
a man beleue from the hert, he shalbe made 
righteous : and yf a ma knowlege with the 
mouth, he shal be saued. For the scripture 
sayeth : "Who so euer beleueth on him, shal 
not be confounded. 

Here is no difference, nether of the Iewe 
ner of the Gentyle. For one is LORDE of 
all, which is riche vnto all y call vpo him. 
For who so euer shal call vpon the name of the 
LORDE, shalbe saued. But how shal they 
call vpo him, on who they beleue not ? How 
shal they beleue on him, of who they haue 
not herde ? How shal they heare without a 
preacher ? But how shal they preach, excepte 
they be sent? As it is wrytte : b How beutyfull 
are the fete of the y preach peace, y brynge 
good tidinges ? But they are not all obedient 
vnto the Gospell. For Esaye sayeth : LORDE, 
who beleueth oure preachinge ? So the faith 
cometh* by hearynge, but hearinge cometh 
by the worde of God. 

But I saye : Haue they not herde ? ' No 
doute their sounde wete out in to all londes, 
and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde. 
But I saye : Hath not Israel knowne ? First, 
Moses sayeth: d l wil prouoke you to enuye, 
by them that are not my people: a by a 
foolish nacion wyl I anger you. Esaye after 
him is bolde, and sayeth : e I am founde of 
them, that sought me not : a haue appeared 
vnto them, that axed not after me. But vnto 
Israel he sayeth : 'All the daye loge haue I 
stretched forth my handes vnto a people y 
beleueth not, but speaketh agaynst me. 

€i)e rt. Chapter. 

I SAYE then: Hath God thrust out his 
people? God forbyd:^ for I also am an 
Israelite, of the sede of Abraham out of the 
trybe of Ben Iamin. God hath not thrust 

" Esa. 28. c. b Esa. 52. b. * Some reade : By 

preachinge. c Psal. 18. a. d Deut. 32. c. ' Esa. 
62. e. and 65. a. / Esa. 65. a. *Iere.31.f. " 3 Re. 19. c. 



out his people, whom he knewe before. Or 
wote ye not what the scripture sayeth of 
Elias, how he maketh intercession vnto God 
agaynst Israel, and sayeth: ''LORDE, they 
haue slayne thy prophetes, ij dydged downe 
thine altares, and I am lefte ouer onely, and 
they seke my life ? But what sayeth the 
answere of God vnto him ? ' I haue reserued 
vnto me seuen thousande men, which haue 
not bowed their knee before Baal. Eue so 
goeth it now at this tyme also with this 
remnaunt after y eleccion of grace.* Yf it 
be done of grace, the is it not of deseruynge : 
els were grace no grace. But yf it be of 
deseruynge, then is grace nothinge : els were 
deseruynge no deseruynge. 

What the ? Israel hath not optayned y 
which he soughte, but the eleccion hath 
optayned it. As for y other, they are blynded. 
As it is wrytten : God hath geuen them the 
sprete of vnquyetnesse, *eyes that they shulde 
not se, and eares that they shulde not heare, 
eue vnto this daye. And Dauid sayeth: Let 
their table be made a snare ' to take the with 
all, & an occasion to fall, g a rewarde vnto the. 
Let their eyes be blynded that they se not, 
and euer bowe downe their backes. 

I saye then : Haue they therfore stombled, 
y they shulde cleane fall to naughte ? God 
forbyd : but thorow their fall is saluacion 
happened vnto f Heythen, that he mighte 
prouoke them to be zelous after them. For 
yf their fall be the riches of the worlde, and 
the mynishinge of the the riches of the Hey- 
then : how moch more shulde it be so, yf their 
fulnesse were there ? I speake vnto you Hey- 
then : for in as moch as tl amy Apostle of 
the Heythen, I wil prayse myne office, yf I 
mighte prouoke them vnto zele, which are my 
fleshe, and saue some of them. For yf the 
losse of them by the recocylinge of the worlde, 
what were that els, then as yf life were taken 
of the deed ? Yf the begynnynge be holy, then 
is all y dowe holy -A and yf the rote be holy, 
then are the braunches holy also. 

But though some of y braunches now be 
broke, and thou, wha thou wast a wylde olyue 
tre, art grafte in amonge them, and made 
partaker of the rote and sappe of the II olyue 
tre, boost not thy selfe agaynst the braunches. 



* 3 Re. 19. d. t Deut. 9. a. k Esa. 6. b. ' Psal. 68. d. 
X Rom. 1. a. 1 Tim. 2. b. 2 Tim. 1. b. § Esa. 65. b. 

|] Iere.ll. c. 



Cfeap* vij. 



€\)t O^ptsitle to tfte Momapnesu 



So. tlxiij* 



Yf thou boost thy selfe agaynst them, then 
bearest not thou the rote, but the rote beareth 
the. Thou wilt saye then : the braunches are 
broke of, that I mighte be grafted in. Thou 
sayest well. They are broken of because off 
their vnbeleue, but thou stondest thorow be- 
leue. * Be not thou hye mynded, but feare, 
seynge God hath not spared the naturall 
braunches, lest he also spare not the. 

Beholde therfore the kyndnesse and rigor- 
ousnes off God: on them which fell, rigor- 
ousnes: but towarde the, kyndnes, yf thou 
contynue in the kyndnesse. Els shalt thou 
be hewe of: tand they, yf they byde not styll 
in vnbeleue, shal be grafted in agayne. For 
God is of power to grafte the in agayne. 
For yf thou be cut out of the naturall wilde 
olyue tre, and grafted (contrary to nature) in 
the good olyue tre, how moch more shal they 
that are naturall, be grafted in their awne 
olyue tre agayne ? 

I wolde not that this secrete shulde be hyd 
from you brethre (lest ye shulde be wyse in 
your awne cosaytes) that partly blyndnesse is 
happened vnto Israel, t so longe tyll the ful- 
nesse of the Heythen be come in, and so all 
Israel shalbe saued. As it is wrytten : " There 
shal come out of Sion he that doth delyuer, 
and shal turne awaye vngodlynes from Iacob. 
And this is my couenaiit with them, wha I 
shal take awaye their synnes. As concernynge 
the Gospell, I holde them as enemies for 
youre sakes : but as touchinge the eleccion, I 
loue them for the fathers sakes. 

For verely the giftes ij callynge of God are 
soch, that it can not repente him of them. 
For likewyse as ye also in tyme passed haue 
not beleued, but now haue optayned mercy 
thorow their vnbeleue : Euen so now haue 
they not beleued on the mercy which his hap- 
pened vnto you, that they also maye optayne 
mercy. For God hath closed vp all vnder 
vnbeleue, that he mighte haue mercy on all. 
.0 the depenesse of the riches, both of the 
wyszdome and knowlege of God? How in- 
comprehensible are his iudgmentes/ and his 
wayes vnsearcheable ? § For who hath knowne 
the mynde of the LORDE? Or who hath 
bene his councell geuer ? Or who hath geue 
him ought a fore hande, that he mighte be 



* Eccl. 7. c. t 2 Cor. 3. c. X Luc. 21 
13. a. Esa. 59. e. » Sap. 17. a. 

Esa. 40. b. 1 Cor. 2. b. Esa. 44. e. 



recompenced agayne? For of him, and thorow 
him, and in him are all thinges. To him be 
prayse for euer, Amen. 



€J)e rij. Cfiapter. 
BESEKE you brethre by the mercyful 
nesse of God, that ye geue ouer youre 



I 



bodies for a II sacrifice, y is quycke holy, and 
acceptable vnto God, which is youre reason 
able seruynge off God. And fashion not youre 
selues like vnto this worlde, but be chaunged 
thorow the renewynge off youre mynde, y ye 
maye proue, what thinge that good, y accept- 
able, i perfecte wil of God is. For I saye 
thorow the grace y is geue me, vnto euery 
man amonge you: II that no man esteme off 
him selfe more, then it becometh him to 
esteme : but that he discretly iudge of him 
selfe, acordinge as God hath dealte vnto euery 
man the measure of faith. Tor like as we 
haue many membres in one body, but all the 
membres haue not one maner of operacion : 
Euen so we beynge many are one body in 
Christ. But amonge oure selues euery one is 
the membre of another, and haue dyuers 
giftes, acordinge to the grace that is geuen 
vnto vs.** Yf eny man haue the gifte of pro- 
phecienge, let it be acordinge to the faith. 

ttLet him that hath an office, wayte vpo 
the office : let him that teacheth, take hede to 
the doctryne : Let him that exhorteth, geue 
attedaunce to the exhortacion. Yf eny ma 
geueth, let hi geue with synglenesse. Let 
him that ruleth/ be diligent.** Yf eny man 
shewe mercy, let him do it with chearfulnesse. 
Let loue be without dissimulacion. Hate 
that which is euell : Cleue vnto that which is 
good. Be kynde one to another with brotherly 
loue. In geuynge honoure go one before 
another.^ Be not slouthfull in the busynesse 
that ye haue in hande. Be feruent in the 
sprete. Applye youre selues vnto the tyme. 
Reioyse in hope, be pacient in trouble. Con- 
tinue in prayer. Distribute vnto the necessi- 
ties of the sayntes. II II Be glad to harbarow. 
Blesse the that persecute you. Blesse, (j 
curse not. Be mery with them that are 
mery and wepe with them that wepe. 

Be of one mynde amonge youre selues. 
Be not proude in youre awne consaytes, but 



Eccli. 3. c. 
r 1 Pet. 4. b. 
i Eccli. 31. c. 



1 Cor. 12. b. Eph. 4. b. ** 1 Co. 14. 
J Eccli. 32. a. H Deu. 15. 

Illl Heb. 13. a. 



tfo* rljmtj, 



%\)t O^jjtgtle to t\)t EomapittsJ* 



Cftap* xiii* 



make youre selues equall to them of y lowe 
sorte. Be not wyse in youre awne opinions, 
Recompese vnto no man euell for euell. Pro- 
uyde honestie afore hade towarde euery 1 
Yf it be possible (as moch as in you is) haue 
peace with all men. 

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, 
but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. 
For it is wrytte : "Vengeaunce is myne, and 
I wil rewarde, sayeth y LORDE. Therfore 
yf thine enemye hunger, fede him : Yf he 
thyrst, geue him drinke. *For in so doinge 
thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpo his heade, 
Be not ouercome with euell, but ouercome 
thou euell with good. 

Cfit ritj. Cljaptcv. 

LET euery soule submytte him selfe to 
the auctorite off the hyer powers, t 
For there is no power but of God. The 
powers that be, are ordeyned of God : so that 
who so euer resisteth the power, resisteth the 
ordinaunce of God. And they that resiste, 
shal receaue to them selues danacion. For 
rulers are not to be feared for good workes, 
but for euell. Yf thou wilt be without feare 
off the power, do well then, and thou shalt 
haue prayse of the same : for he is the minister 
off God for thy wealth. But yff thou do 
euell, then feare, for he beareth not the swerde 
for naughte. For he is the mynister of God, 
a taker of vengeaunce, to punyshe him that 
doth euell. Wherfore ye must nedes obeye, 
not onely for punyshmet, but also because of 
conscience. For this cause must ye geue 
trybute also. For they are Gods mynisters, 
which mateyne y same defence. 

Geue to euery man therfore his dutye : 
c tribute, to whom tribute belongeth : custome, 
to whom custome is due : feare, to whom 
feare belongeth: honoure, to whom honoure 
pertayneth. Owe nothinge to eny man, but 
to loue one another. rf For he that loueth 
another, hath fulfylled the lawe. For where 
it is sayde : (t Thou shalt not breake wed- 
locke : thou shalt not kyll : thou shalt not 
steale : thou shalt not beare false witnesse : 
thou shalt not lust) and yf there be eny 
other commaundement, it is compreheded in 
this worde : § Thou shalt loue thy neghboure 



Pro. 20. c. 1 Pet. 3. 
t Sap. 6. a. 1 Pet. 2. b. 
<< Gal. 6. a. 1 Tim. 1. b. 



Deut. 32. e. b Pro. 23. a. 

c Mat. 17. d. and 22. c. 

t Exo. 20. c. Deut. 5. c. 



as thy selfe. Loue doth his neghboure no 
euell. Therfore is loue y fulfillynge of the lawe. 
And for so moch as we know this, namely 
the tyme II that the houre is now for vs to 
ryse from slepe. (For now is oure saluacion 
nearer, then whan we beleued : the nighte is 
past, but the daye is come nye.) Let vs ther- 
fore cast awaye y e workes of darknesse, and 
put on the armoure of lighte. Let vs walke 
honestly as in the daye, 1T not in excesse off 
eatinge and in dronkennesse, not in cham- 
burynge and wantonnesse, not in stryfe arid 
enuyenge : but put ye on the LORDE Iesus 
Christ, **and make not prouysion for f flesh, 
to fulfill the lustes of it. 

Cfte rtttj. Cfiap ter. 

HIM that is weake in the faith, receaue 
vnto you, and trouble not the con- 
sciences. One beleueth that he maye eate 
all thinge : but he that is weake, eateth 
herbes. Let not him that eateth, despyse 
him that eateth not: and let not him which 
eateth not, iudge him that eateth : for God 
hath receaued him. tt Who art thou, that 
iudgest another mans seruaut? He stondeth 
or falleth vnto his LORDE: Yee he maye 
well stode, for God is able to make hi stode. 
Some man putteth differece betwene daye g 
daye, but another man counteth all dayes 
alyke. U Let euery man be sure of his mean- 
ynge. He that putteth difference in the da_ 
doth it vnto the LORDE : g he that putteth 
no differece in the daye, doth it vnto y 
LORDE also. He y eateth, eateth vnto 
the LORDE, for he geueth God thakei 
and he that eateth not, eateth not vnto y 
LORDE, and geueth God thankes. For 
none of vs lyueth to him selfe, and none 
dyeth to him selfe. Yf we lyue, we lyue vnto 
the LORDE : Yf we dye, we dye vnto the 
LORDE. Therfore, whether we lyue or 
dye, we are the LORDE S. 

For therto dyed Christ, and rose agayne, 
and reuyued, that he mighte be §§LORDE 
both of deed and quycke. But why iudgest 
thou thy brother? Or thou other, why 
despysest thou thy brother ? We shal all be 
broughte before f iudgmet seate of Christ.'' 
For it is wrytte : As truly as I lyue, (sayeth 



$ Leui. 19. e. Mat. 22. d. || 1 Tess. 5. a. ' Col. 3. 
IT Luc. 21. d. ** Gal. 5. c. 1 Pet. 2. b. tt Iaco. 4. 
tt Col. 2. c. ^ Act. 2. d. Phil. 2. a. / Gal. 6. 



Cfcap* jcb* 



€f)t <£ptetfr to tfte Bomapnes* 



#o> rljcb* 



the LORDE) all knees shal bowe vnto me," 
& all tuges shal knowlege vnto God. Thus 
shal euery one of vs geue acomptes for him- 
selfe vnto God. Let vs not therfore iudge one 
another eny more. But iudge this rather, y 
noma put a stombling blocke or an occasion to 
fall in his brothers waye. *I knowe, (t am full 
certified in y LORDE Iesu, y there is nothinge 
comen of it selfe : but vnto him y iudgeth it 
to be comen, to him is it comen. But yf thy 
brother be greued ouer thy meate, the walkest 
thou not now after charite. Destroye not 
with thy meate, him, for whom Christ dyed. 

Se therfore that youre treasure be not euell 
spoke of. For the kyngdome of God is not 
meate and drynke, but righteousnes, (j peace, 
and ioye in the holy goost. He that in these 
thinges serueth Christ, pleaseth God, & is 
c5mended of me. Let vs therfore folowe 
those thinges which make for peace, & thinges 
wherwith one maye edifye another. Destroye 
not y worke of God for eny meates sake. *A11 
thinges truly are cleane, but it is euell for y 
ma, which eateth with hurte of his coscience.t 
It is moch better y thou eate no flesh, and 
drynke no wyne, nor eny thinge, wherby thy 
brother stombleth, or falleth, or is made 
weake. Hast thou faith, haue it with thy 
selfe before God. Happye is he, that c5- 
demneth not him selfe in y thinge which he 
aloweth. But he that maketh conscience of 
it and yet eateth, is dampned : because he 
doth it not of faith. For + what so euer is not 
of faith, that same is synne. 

Cljc rb. Chapter. 

WE that are stronge Sought to beare y 
fraylnesse of them which are weake, 
and not to stonde in oure awne consaytes. 
Let euery one of vs ordre himselfe so, that he 
please his neghboure vn to his welth, and 
edifienge: For Christ pleased not himselfe, 
but as it is wrytten : c The rebukes of them 
which rebuked the, are fallen vpon me. II What 
so euer thinges are wrytte a fore tyme, are 
wrytten for oure learnynge, that we thorow 
pacience and comforte off the scriptures, 
might haue hope. The God of pacience and 
consolacion graunte you to be like mynded 
one towarde another, acordinge vnto Iesu 
. Christ, that ye beynge of one mynde, maye 



" Esa. 45. 
+ 1 Cor. 8. 



4 Tit. I.e. 
§ Gal. 6. a. 



with one mouth prayse God the father of oure 
LORDE Iesu Christ. 

Wherfore receaue ye one another, as Christ 
hath receaued you to the prayse off God. 
But I saye that Christ Iesus was a mynister 
of the circumcision for the trueth of God, to 
cofirme the promyses made vnto the fathers, 
and that the Heythen mighte prayse God 
because of mercy, as it is wrytten : *For this 
cause wyl I prayse the amoge the Getyles, 
and synge vnto thy name. And agayne he 
sayeth : e Reioyse ye Heythen with his people. 
And agayne : 1" Prayse the LORDE all ye 
Gentiles, and laude him all ye nacios. And 
agayne Esay sayeth : There shalbe the rote 
of Iesse, and he that shal ryse to rule the 
Gentyles, in him shal the Gentyles trust. 
The God off hope fyll you with all ioye and 
peace in beleuynge, y ye maye be plenteous 
in hope thorow y power of the holy goost. 

I my selfe am full certified of you (my 
brethren) that ye youre selues are full of 
goodnes, fylled with all knowlege, so that 
ye are able to exhorte one another. Neuer- 
theles (brethre) I haue somwhat more boldly 
wrytten vnto you, as one that putteth you in 
remembraunce, for the grace that is geue me 
of God, that I shulde be a mynister of Iesu 
Christ amonge the Heythen, to declare the 
gospell of God, that the Heythen mighte be 
an acceptable offerynge vnto God, sanctified 
by the holy goost. Therfore maye I boost 
myselfe thorow Iesu Christ, that I medle 
with thinges perteyninge vnto God. For I 
durst not speake ought, excepte Christ had 
wroughte the same by me, to make the Hey- 
then obediet thorow worde and dede, thorow 
the power of tokens and wonders, and thorow 
the power of the sprete of God, so that from 
Ierusale, and roude aboute vnto Illyricon, I 
haue fylled all with the Gospell of Christ. So 
haue I enforced my selfe to preach y Gospell, 
not where Christes name was knowne, lest I 
shulde buylde on another mans foundacion, 
but as it is wrytten : To whom he was not 
spoken of, they shal se : -' and they that haue 
not herde, shal vnderstonde. This is also the 
cause, wherfore I haue bene oft tymes let to 
come vnto you. But now syth I haue nomore 
place in these countrees, hauynge yet a de- 
syre many yeares sence to come vnto you ? 



Psal. 68. b. 
^Deu.32.f. 



Ro. 4. d. 
f Psa. 116. 



2 Re. 22, g. Psal. 17. e. 
/ Esa. 52. c. 



tfo. tlvht 



Wbt (Epistle to tf)t &omapw& 



Cfrap, to'. 



whan I shal take my iourney in to Spayne, I 
wil come to you : for I trust that I shal passe 
y waye and se you, and to be broughte on 
my waye thitherwarde by you : but so, that I 
first refresh my selfe a litle with you. 

But now go I to Ierusalem, to mynister 
vnto the sayntes. For they of Macedonia 
and Achaia "haue wyllingly prepared a com- 
men colleccion together, for the poore sayntes 
at Ierusalem. They haue done it wyllingly, and 
their detters are they. * For yf y Heythen 
be made partakers off their spiritual thinges, 
their dutye is to mynister vnto the in bodely 
thinges. Now whan I haue perfourmed this, 
and haue broughte the this frute sealed, I wil 
take my iourney by you in to Spayne. But I 
am sure whan I come vnto you, that I shal come 
with y full blessynge of the Gospell of Christ. 

I beseke you brethren thorow oure LORDE 
Iesu Christ, and thorow the loue of the 
sprete, y ye helpe me in my busynes with 
youre prayers vnto God for me, that I maye 
be delyuered from the vnbeleuers in Iewrye 
and that this my seruyce which I do to Ieru- 
salem, maye be accepted of the sayntes, y I 
maye come vnto you with ioye by y wyll of 
God, and refreshe my selfe with you. The 
God of peace be with you all. Amen. 

Che rbt. Cljaptm 

ICOMMENDE vnto you Phebe oure sis- 
ter, which is a mynister of the congre- 
gacion of Cenchrea, that ye receaue her in 
the LORDE, as it be cometh the sayntes, 
and that ye helpe her in what soeuer busy- 
nesse she hath neade off you. For she hath 
succoured many, and myne awne selfe also. 

Grete Prisca and t Aquila my helpers in 
Christ Iesu, which for my life haue layed 
downe their awne neckes : vnto whom not I 
onely geue thankes, but all the congregacions 
of the Heythen. Grete the congregacion 
also in their house. Salute Epenetos my 
beloued, which is f first frute amoge the of 
Achaia I Christ. Grete Mary, which hath 
bestowed moch laboure on vs. Salute An- 
dronicus g Iunia my cosens, g felowe presoners, 
which are awncient Apostles, g were before 
me in Christ. Grete Amplias my beloued in 
y LORDE. Salute Vrban oure helper in 

" Act. 11. c. 1 Co. 16. a. 2 Cor. 8. a. and 9. a. 

* 1 Co. 9. b. Gal. 6. a. t Act. 18. a. 2 Tim. 4. c. 

b Col. 2. b. Tit. 2. b. } Phil. 3. c. c Mat. 10. d. 



Christ, g Stachis my beloued. Salute Apelles 
approued in Christ. Salute them which are 
of Aristobolus housholde. Salute Herodion 
my kynszman. Grete the which are of Nar- 
cissus housholde in the LORDE. Salute 
Tryphena g Tryphosa, which haue laboured 
in y LORDE. Salute my beloued Persida, 
which hath laboured moch g f LORDE. 
Salute Ruffus y chosen in y LORDE : g his 
mother g myne. Grete Asyncritus, Phlego, 
Herman, Patrobas, Hermen, g y brethre with 
the. Salute Philologus g Iulia, Nerius g his 
sister, g Olympa, g all the sayntes with the. 
Salute one another with an holy kysse. The 
cdgregacions of Christ salute you. 

' I beseke you brethren, marke them which 
cause deuysion g geue occasions of euell, con- 
trary to y doctryne which ye haue learned, g 
avoyde them. For they y are soch, serue not 
the LORDE Iesu Christ, t but their awne 
belly : g thorow swete preachinges g flateringe 
wordes, they disceaue y hertes of y innocentes. 
For youre obedience is published amonge all 
men, therfore am I glad of you. 

But yet I wolde haue you wyse in that 
which is good, g symple in euell. c The God 
of peace treade Sathan vnder youre fete 
shortly. The grace of oure LORDE Iesu 
Christ be with you. § Timotheus my helper, u 
II Lucius, g ITlason, g ** Sopater my kynsme 
salute you. I Tertius which haue writte this 
epistle in y LORDE, salute you. tt Gaius 
myne ooste g y oost of y whole cogregacion 
saluteth you. Erastus y chaberlaine of y 
cite saluteth you g Quartus a brother saluteth 
you. The grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ 
be with you all Ame. 

To him y is of power to stablyshe you, 
acordinge to my Gospell g preachinge of Iesu 
Christ, wherby is vttered y mystery which 
hath bene kepte secrete, sence f worlde 
begane, but now is opened, g shewed by the 
scriptures of y prophetes, at the comaundemet 
of the euerlastinge God, to set vp y obediece 
of the faith amonge all Heythen :ti to the 
same God, which alone is wyse, be prayse 
thorow Iesus Christ for euer, Amen. 
To the Romaynes. 

Sent from Corinthum, by Phebe, which was 
a mynister of the congregacion at Cenchrea. 



Act. 16. a 
* Act. 20. 



Phil. 2. b. || Act. 
:. tt 1 Cor. 1. a. 



IT Act. 17. a. 
If Rom. 11. d. 











Z1)t tot SEptetle 






of tbt Upostle &« Paul, to tbt ©orintfnans* 






Cfte siumme of t&fe ti&ptsitle* 






Chap. I. 


Chap. IX. 






He commendeth the Corinthians, exhorteth the 


Loue forbeareth the thinge that she maye do by 






to be of one mynde, & rebuketh the diuysion 


the lawe. He exorteth them to runne on 






that was amonge them. Wordly wysdome is 


forth in the course that they haue begonne. 






foolishnes before God, yee there is no wysdome 








but in the despysed crosse of Christ. 


Chap. X. 
He feareth them with the ensamples of the olde 






Chap. II. 


Testament, and exorteth them to a godly 






It is not eloquence and glorious paynted wordes 


conuersacion. 






of wordly wysdome, that can edifie and con- 








uerte soules vnto Christ: but the playne 


Chap. XL 






wordes of the scripture, for, they make men- 


He rebuketh the for the abuse and misordre that 






cion of him and his crosse. 


they had aboute the Sacramet of the body 
and bloude of Christ, and bringeth them 






Chap. III. 


agayne to the first institucion. 






Paul rebuketh the sectes and authores therof. 








Christ is the foudacio of his church; No man 


Chap. XII. 






ought to reioyce in men, but in God. 


The diuersite of the giftes of the holy goost, 
geuen to the coforte and edifienge of one 






Chap, mi. 


another, as the membres of a mans body serue 






The preachers are but ministers. Iudgment 


one another. 






belongeth onely vnto God. 


Chap. XIII. 






Chap. V. 


The nature and condicions of loue. 






After what maner Paul curseth the man, that had 








committed fornicacion with his mother in lawe. 


Chap. XIIII. 
Paul sheweth that the gift of prophecie, inter- 






Chap. VI. 


pretinge, or preachinge, excelleth the gift of 






He rebuketh the for goinge to lawe together 


tunges, and how they ought both to be vsed. 






before the Heithen, and reproueth vnclen- 








nesse. 


Chap. XV. 






Chap. VII. 


The resurreccion of the deed. 






Of mariage, virginite and wyddowheade. 


Chap. XVI. 






CI) an. VIII. 


He putteth the in remembraunce of the gadder- 






He rebuketh the that vse their lyberte to the 


ynge for the poore christe at Ierusale, and 






slaunder of other, j sheweth how men ought 


concludeth his epistle with the salutacions of 






to behaue the towarde soch as be weake. 


certayne louynge brethren. 











Zi>e fivtit (Bpititlt 

of tfre Apostle £♦ Haul, to tf)t itovintUaw. 



Clje firtt Cftapttr. 

PAUL, called to be an Apostle of Iesus 
Christ thorow y will of God, and 
brother * Sosthenes, vnto the congregacion off 
God which is at Corinthum, to them that are 
t sanctified in Christ Iesus, sayntes by callinge, 
with all them that call vpon the name of oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ, in euery place both off 
theirs and oures. t Grace be with you and 
peace from God oure father, and from the 
LORDE Iesus Christ. 

I thake my God allwayes on youre behalfe, 
for the fauoure of God which is geue you in 
Iesus Christ, that in all poyntes ye are made 
ryche by him, in euery worde, and in all 
maner of knowlege (eue as y preachinge of 
Christ is confirmed in you) so that ye wante 
nothinge in eny gifte, and wayte but for the 
appearinge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ: 
which shal strength you also vnto y ende, that 
ye maye be blamelesse in the daye of oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ. § For God is faithfull, 
by who ye are called vnto the fellishippe of 
his sonne Iesus Christ oure LORDE. 

But I beseke you brethre thorow the name 
of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that ye all 
speake one thinge, and let there be no discen- 
sion amonge you, but that ye be perfecte in 
one meanynge. For it is shewed me (my 
brethren) of you, by them which are of y 
housholde of Cloes, that there is stryfe amonge 
you. I speake of that, which euery one of 
you sayeth: I holde of Paul. Another, I 
holde of II Apollo. The thirde, I holde of 
Cephas. The fourth, I holde off Christ. Is 
Christ then deuyded in partes ? Was Paul 

* Act. 18. b. t Ioh. 17. c. Heb. 9. c. * 2 Cor. 1. a. 
§ Num. 23. c. 1 Co. 10. b. 1 Tess. 5. c. || Act. 18. c. 



crucified for you ? Or were ye baptysed in y 
name of Paul ? I thanke God that I haue 
baptised none of you, but Crispus and Gaius: 
lest eny shulde saye, y I in myne awne name 
had baptised. I baptysed also y housholde 
of Stephana. Farthermore knowe I not, 
whether I baptysed eny other. For Christ sent 
me not to baptyse, but to preach the Gospell, 
not with wyszdome of wordes, lest y crosse of 
Christ shulde haue bene made of none effecte. 

For the worde of y crosse is foolishnesse 
to the that perishe 1f but vnto vs which are 
saued, it is the power of God. For it is 
wrytte : ** I wyl destroye the wyszdome of 
the wyse, g wil cast away the vnderstondinge 
of y prudet. Where are the wyse? Where 
are y scrybes ? where are y disputers of this 
worlde ? Hath not God made the wyszdome 
of this worlde foolishnesse ? For in so moch 
as the worlde by the wyszdome therof knewe 
not God in his wyszdome, it pleased God 
thorow foolish preachinge to saue them y 
beleue. For ++ the Iewes requyre tokens, and 
the Grekes axe after wyszdome. But we 
preach Christ the crucified : to the Iewes an 
occasion off fallinge, and vnto the Grekes 
foolishnes. But vnto them that are called 
(both Iewes and Grekes) we preach Christ the 
power of God and tt the wyszdome off God. 

For the foolishnes of God is wyser then 
men : and the weaknes of God is stroger the 
men. Brethren loke on youre callinge, how 
that §S not many wyseme after the flesh, not 
many mightie, not many of hye degre are 
called : but that foolish is before the worlde, 
hath God chosen, that he mighte cofounde 
the wyse : And that weake is before y worlde, 



H Rom. l.b. ** 
Ioh. 2. c. and 6. d. 



29. c. tt Mat. 12. d. Luc. 11. c. 
It Col. 2. a. §§ Ioh. 7. e. 



Cfcap* ttj* 



€i)t fifrsit epteitle to tfte Corinthians;* 



4fo* djrfr 



hath God chosen, y he mighte confounde the 
mightye. And the vyle and despysed before 
the worlde hath God chosen, yee and that 
which is nothinge, that he mighte destroye that 
which is oughte, that no flesh shulde reioyse 
in his presence. Of the same are ye also in 
Christ Iesu, which of God is made vnto vs 
wyszdome and * righteousnes, and + sancti- 
fienge and redepcion, that, acordinge as it is 
wrytten : t He that reioyseth, shulde reioyse 
in the LORDE. 

Cije i). Chapter. 

AND I brethre, wha I came vnto you 
came not with hye wordes or hye wysz- 
dome, to shewe vnto you the preachinge of 
Christ. For I shewed not forth my selfe 
amonge you that I knewe eny thinge, saue 
onely Iesus Christ, euen the same that was 
crucified. And I was amonge you in weaknes, 
and in feare, and in moch tremblinge : § and 
my worde and my preachinge was not with 
entysinge wordes of mans wyszdome, but in 
shewinge of the sprete and of power : that 
youre faith shulde not stonde in the wyszdome 
of men, but in the power of God. 

That we speake of, is wyszdome amonge 
the y are perfecte : not y wyszdome of this 
worlde, nether of the rulers of this worlde 
which go to naughte : but we speake of the 
wyszdome of God, which is in secrete and 
lyeth hyd : which God ordeyned before the 
worlde vnto oure glorye : II which none of y 
rulers of this worlde knewe. For yf they 
had knowne it, they had not crucified the 
LORDE of glorye, but as it is wrytten : 
IT The eye hath not sene, and the eare hath 
not herde, nether hath it entred in to the hert 
of man that God hath prepared for them that 
loue him. 

But God hath opened it vnto vs by his 
sprete. **For the sprete searcheth out all 
thinges, yee euen the depenesses of the God- 
heade. For what ma knoweth what is in 
man, saue the sprete of ma which is in him ? 
Euen so no man knoweth what is in God, 
saue y sprete of God. As for vs, we haue 
not receaued the sprete of this worlde, but 
the sprete which c5meth of God, so that we 
ca knowe what is geue vs of God : which we 



* Iere. 23. b. Ioh. 17. c. + Esa. 65. c. t Iere. 9. d. 
1 Cor. 11. a. $lTess. 1. a. || Mat. 11. e. f Esa. 64. a. 
** Rom. 8. b. ft Pro. 28. a. U Sap. 9. b. Esa. 40. b. 



also speake, not with connynge wordes of mas 
wyszdome, but with the conynge wordes of 
the holy goost, and iudge spirituall matters 
spiritually. Howbeit the naturall man per- 
ceaueth nothinge of y sprete of God. It is 
foolishnes vnto him, and he can not perceaue 
it : for it must be spiritually discerned. tt But 
he that is spirituall, discusseth all thinges, 
and he is iudged of noman. tt For who hath 
knowne y mynde of the LORDE ? Or who 
shal enfourme him ? But we haue the mynde 
of Christ. 

€J)« it). Chapter. 

AND I brethren, coulde not" speake vnto 
you as vnto spirituall, but as vnto carnall, 
euen as vnto babes in Christ. §§ I gaue you 
mylke to drynke, and not meate, for ye mighte 
not then awaye withall, nether maye ye yet 
euen now, in so moch as ye are yet fleshlye. 
For llllseynge there is enuyenge, stryfe, and 
discencion amonge you, are ye not fleshly, (i 
walke after y maner of men ? For whan one 
sayeth : " I holde of Paul : another, I holde 
of Apollo, are ye not the fleshlye ? What is 
Paul ? What is Apollo ? Eue mynisters are 
they, by whom ye are come to the beleue, 
and the same, acordinge as the LORDE hath 
geuen vnto euery man. I haue planted, 
Apollo hath watred, If If but God hath geuen 
the increace. So then nether is he that 
planteth, eny thinge, nether he that watreth, 
but God which geueth the increace. As for 
him that planteth, and he that watreth, y one 
is as the other : but yet shal euery one re- 
ceaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure. 
For we are Gods labourers, ye are Gods 
huszbandry, ye are Gods buyldinge. 

Acordinge to the grace of God which is 
geuen vnto me, as a wyse buylder haue I 
layed the foundacion, but another buyldeth 
theron. Yet let euery man take hede how he 
buyldeth theron. ***For other foudacion can 
noman laye, then that which is layed, the 
which is Iesus Christ. But yf eny man 
buylde vpon this foundacion, golde, syluer, 
precious stones, tymber, haye, stobble, euery 
mas worke shal be shewed, ttt For the daye 
of the LORDE shal declare it, which shal be 
shewed with fyre : and the tit fyre shal trye 



Rom. 11. d. §§ Heb. 5. c. |||| Gal. 5. c. 

" 1 Cor. 1. a. If 1" Ioh. 6. g. Act. 2. c. *** Mat. 16. c. 
t+t Esa. 28. c. |tt 1 Pet. 1. b. and 4. b. 



jfo/dnv 



€\)t first Cpt0tk to tfre CortntI)ian& 



Cftap, t'ttj. 



euery mas worke what it is. Yf eny mans 
worke that he hath buylde theron, abyde, he 
shal receaue a rewarde : Yf eny mans worke 
burne, he shal suffre losse : but he shal be 
saued himselfe, neuertheles as thorow fyre. 

* Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of 
God, and that the sprete of God dwelleth in 
you ? Yf eny man defyle the teple of God, 
him shal God destroye. For the temple of 
God is holy, which ye are. Let no ma dis- 
ceaue himselfe. Yf eny man thinke himselfe 
wyse amoge you, let him become a foole in 
this worlde, that he maye be wyse. For + the 
wyszdome off this worlde is foolishnes with 
God. For it is wrytten : t He compaseth the 
wyse in their craftynesse. And agayne : 
§ The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the 
wyse, that they are vayne. Therfore let no 
man reioyse in men. For all is youres, 
whether it be Paul or Apollo, whether it be 
Cephas or the worlde, whether it be life or 
death, whether it be presente or for to come. 
All is youres, but ye are Christes, and Christ 
is Gods. 

€i)t Hi). Chapter. 

LET euery man this wyse esteme vs, 
euen for the mynisters of Christ," and 
stewardes of the II secretes of God. Now is 
there no more requyred of the stewardes, 
then, that they be founde faithfull. "if It is but 
a small thinge vnto me, that I shulde be 
iudged of you, or of mans daye, nether iudge 
I myne awne selfe. I knowe noughte by my 
selfe, **yet am I not therby iustihed. It is 
the LORDE that iudgeth me. Therfore 
iudge ye nothinge before y tyme, vntyll the 
LORDE come, which shal brynge it to lighte 
that is hyd in darknesse, and ope the councels 
of y hertes, and the shal euery one haue 
prayse of God. 

These thinges brethren haue I described in 
yne awne preson 5 in Apollos for youre 
sakes, that ye mighte lerne by vs, that noman 
counte hygher of him self, then aboue is 
wrytten, that one be not puft vp agaynst 
another for eny mans cause. For who pre- 
ferreth the? tt What hast thou that thou hast 
not receaued ? Yf thou hast receaued it, why 
makest thou the thy boost, as though thou 



1 Cor. 6. c. 2 Cor. 6. c. Heb. 3. a. t Rom. 1. c. 

| lob 5. b. $ Psal. 93. b. »2 Cor. 6. a. || Deu. 29. d. 
f Iere. 23. c. Luc. 12. ** lob. 9.- a. tt Iaco. 1. a. 



haddest not receaued it? Now ye are full, 
now ye are made riche, ye raigne without vs, 
and wolde God ye dyd raigne, that we might 
raigne with you. 

Me thynketh that God hath set forth vs 
Apostles for the lowest off all, tteuen as those 
that are appoynted vnto death. For we are 
a gasynge stocke vnto f worlde and to the 
angels, and vnto men. We are fooles for 
Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christ : We 
weake, but ye stroge : Ye honorable, but we 
despysed. Euen vnto this daye we hoger and 
thyrst, and are naked, and are boffetted with 
fystes, and haue no certayne dwellinge place, 
§§and laboure and worke with oure awne 
handes. We are reuyled, h II and yet we blesse: 
we are persecuted, and suffre it: We are euell 
spoken of, and we praye : We are become as 
it were the very outswepinges of y worlde, yee 
the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme. 

I wryte not this to shame you, but as my 
deare childre I warne you. For though ye 
haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet 
haue ye not many fathers. For I haue 1f1f be- 
gotten you in Christ Iesu thorow y Gospell ? 
Wherfore I exhorte you, ***be ye my folowers. 
For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus 
(which is my deare sonne, and faithfull in the 
LORDE) that he maye put you in remem- 
braunce of my wayes, which are in Christ, eue 
as I teach euery where in all congregacions, 
Some are puft vp, as though I wolde come 
nomore at you. But I wil come to you 
shortly (tttyf the LORDE wyl) and wyl 
knowe, not the wordes of the that are puft 
vp, but y power. For the kyngdome of God 
is not i wordes, but in power. What wil ye ? 
Shal I come vnto you with the rodd, or with 
loue and the sprete of mekenesse ? 

Cije 6. Chapter. 

THERE goeth a commen reporte, that 
there is whordome amoge you, and soch 
whordome, as is not once named amoge the 
Heythen, Wthat one shulde haue his fathers 
wife. And ye are puft vp, and haue not 
ather sorowed, that he which hath done this 
dede, mighte be put fro amoge you. For I 
verely as absent in body, but present in sprete, 

tt Psal. 43. c. Rom. 8. e. ^ Act. 18. a. |||| Ro. 12. b. 
IF IT Gal. 4. b. Iaco. 1. b. *** 1 Co. 10. a. Phil. 3. c. 

ttt Pro. 20. d. Iere. 10. d. ttt Leuit. 18. a. 



Cfrap, ut, 



Wbt firsft Cpt^tle to t\)t €Qtintf)imx& 



So, tint 



haue determyned allready as though I were 
present (cocernynge him that hath done this 
dede) in y name of oure LORDE Iesus 
Christ, wha. ye are gathered together with my 
sprete, and with the power of oure LORDE 
Iesus Christ, * to delyuer him vnto Sathan for 
the destruccion of the flesh, that the sprete 
maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE 
Iesus. 

Youre reioysinge is not good, t Knowe ye 
not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole 
lompe of dowe ? Pourge out therfore the olde 
leuen, that ye maye be new dowe, like as ye 
are swete bred. For we also haue an $ Easter 
lambe, which is Christ, that is offred for vs. 
Wherfore let vs § kepe Easter, not in f olde 
leuen, ner in the leuen of maliciousnes, and 
wickednes, but in the swete bred of purenesse 
and of the trueth. 

I wrote vnto you in the Epistle, that ye 
shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremogers, 
(j that meant I not at all of the whoremongers 
of this worlde, ether of the couetous, or of 
extorcioners, or of the that worshippe ymages, 
for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the 
worlde. II But now haue I wrytte vnto you, 
y ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them : 
(Namely,) yf there be eny man that is called 
a brother, and is an whoremonger, or couetous, 
or a worshipper of ymages, ether a raylar, or 
a dronkarde, or an extorcioner, IT with soch 
shal ye not eate. For what haue I to do to 
iudge them that are without? Do ye not 
iudge the that are within ? As for them that 
are without, God shal iudge them. **Put 
awaye fro you him that is euell. 

Hfyt bi. Cijaptjr. 

HOW dare one off you hauynge busynes 
with another, go to lawe before the 
vnrighteous, and not before the sayntes? 
t+Do ye not knowe that the sayntes shal iudge 
the worlde ? • Yf the worlde then shalbe 
iudged off you, are ye not good ynough to 
iudge small matters ? Knowe ye not that we 
shal iudge the angels? how moch more thinges 
that pertayne to the teporall life ? Therfore 
yf ye haue iudgmentes of temporall matters, 
take them that are despysed in the congrega- 



* Mat. 18. b. 1 Tim. I.e. t Gal. 5. a. J Esa. 53. b. 

Ioh. I.e. § Exo. 12. a. || 2 Tes. 3. a. f Iere. 16. a. 

Deut. 13. a. tt Mat. 12. d. and 19. d. ft Mat. 5. e. 



cion, and set them to be iudges. This 
saye to youre shame. Is there vtterly no 
wyse man amoge you ? What not one at all, 
that can iudge betwene brother j brother? 
but one brother goeth to lawe with another, 
and that before the vnbeleuers ? 

Now therfore is there vtterly a faute amoge 
you, that ye go to lawe one with another, 
tt Why rather suffre ye not wronge? Why 
suffre ye not youre selues rather to be de- 
frauded ? but ye youre selues do wroge and 
defraude, and that euen the brethre. Knowe 
ye not that y vnrighteous shal not inheret 
the kyngdome of God? Be not disceaued. 
"Nether whoremongers, ner worshippers off 
ymages, ner breakers off wedlocke, ner 
weaklinges, nether abusers of them selues 
with mankynde, ner theues, nether the coue- 
tous, ner drokardes, ner cursed speakers, ner 
extorcioners shal inheret the kyngdome of 
God. And soch haue some of you bene, but 
ye are waszhed, ye are sanctified, ye are made 
righteous by the name of the LORDE Iesus, 
and by the sprete of oure God. 

I maye do all thinges, but all ^thinges are 
not profitable. I maye do all thinges, but I 
wil be broughte vnder no mas power. Meates 
are ordeyned for y bely, & the bely for meates. 
But God shal destroye both it and them 
The body belongeth not vnto whordome, but 
vnto the LORDE, and the LORDE vnto the 
body. 1111 God hath raysed vp the LORDE, 
and shal rayse vs vp also by his power. 
Knowe ye not that youre bodies are the 
mebres of Christ? Shal I now take the mem- 
bres of Christ, and make them the membres 
of an harlot? God forbyd. Or do ye not 
knowe, that he which cleueth vnto an harlot, 
is one body? For they shalbe two (HITsayeth 
he) in one fleszhe. But he that cleueth vnto 
the LORDE, is one sprete. 

Fie whordome. All synnes y a man doth, 
are without the body. But he that commyt- 
teth whordome, synneth agaynst his awne 
body. *** Or knowe ye not that youre body is 
the temple of the holy goost ? Whom ye 
haue of God, and are not youre awne ? tttFor 
ye are dearly boughte. Prayse ye God ther- 
fore in youre body j in youre sprete, which 
are Gods. 



Gal. 5. c. Ephe. 5. a. §§ Eecli. 37. d. 1 Co. 10. c. 

Illl Rom. 8. b. ff Gen. 2. d. *** 1 Cor. 3. b. 

2 Cor. 6. c. ttt 1 Co. 7. c. 1 Pet. 1. c. 



tfo* tWh 



Cf)e first epistle to tfte Cortnt&ianss. 



Cfrap, bij* 



Cf)e brj. Chapter. 

AS concernynge the thinges wherof ye 
wrote vnto me, I answere : It is good 
for a man not to touche a woman. Neuer- 
theles to avoyde whordome, let euery man 
haue his awne wife, and let euery woman 
haue hir awne huszbande. Let the ma geue 
vnto the wife due beneuolence : likewyse also 
the wife vnto y man. The wife hath not 
power ouer hir awne body, but the huszbande 
(j likewyse the man hath not power ouer his 
awne body, but the wife. *Withdrawe not 
youre seines one fro another, excepte it be 
with the consent of both for a tyme, that ye 
maye geue youre selues vnto fastinge and 
prayer, and the come together agayne, lest 
Sathan tempte you for youre incontynecye. 
But this I saye of fauoure, and not of com- 
maundemet. Howbeit I wolde rather y all 
me were as I am. Neuertheles euery one 
hath his proper gifte of God: one thus, 
another so. To them verely y are vnmaried 
and to wedowes I saye: It is good for the 
that they abyde also as I do. + But yf they 
can not absteyne, let them mary. For it is 
better to mary, then to burne. 

But vnto them that are maried, commaunde 
not I, but the LORDE, t that the wife se- 
parate not her selfe from the huszbande : but 
yf she separate her selfe, y she remayne vn- 
maried, or be reconcyled to hir huszbande : 
and let not the huszbande put awaye his wife 
from him. 

As for the other, vnto the saye I, not y 
LORDE: Yf eny brother haue an vnbeleu- 
ynge wife, and she is content to dwell with 
him, let him not put hir awaye. And yf 
a woman haue an vnbeleuynge huszbande, 
and he is content to dwell with her, let her 
not put him awaye. For the vnbeleuynge 
huszbande is sanctified by the wife, and the 
vnbeleuynge wife is sanctified by the husz- 
bande : or els were youre children vncleane, 
but now are they holy. But yf the vnbeleu- 
ynge departe, let him departe. A brother or 
a sister is not boude in soch cases, but God 
hath called vs in peace. § For what knowest 
thou O woma, whether thou shalt saue y ma? 
Or what knowest thou O man, whether thou 
shalt saue the woman ? But euen as God 



* Tob. 6. d. and 8. a. 
t Mat. 3. d. § 1 Pet. 



II Eph. 



Tim. 5. 

ir iTii 



hath distributed vnto euery one II and as the 
LORDE hath called euery man, so let him 
walke : and so orden I in all congregacions. 

Yf eny man be called beynge circumcysed 
let him take no Heythenshippe vpon him. 
Yf eny man be called in the Heythenshippe, 
let him not be circumcysed. Circumcision is 
nothinge, and vncircumcision is nothinge, but 
the kepynge of the commaundementes of 
God. Let euery one abyde in the callynge 
wherin he is called, f Art thou called a ser- 
uaiit, care not for it : neuertheles yf thou 
mayest be fre, vse it rather. For he that is 
called in the LORDE beynge a seruaute, is 
a fre man of the LORDE. Likewyse he 
that is called beynge fre, is a seruaut of 
Christ. **Ye are dearly boughte, be not ye 
the seruauntes of men. Brethren let euery 
one wherin he is called, therin abyde with God. 

As concernynge virgins, I haue no com- 
maundement of the LORDE, neuertheles I 
saye my goodmeanynge, as I haue optayned 
mercy of the LORDE to be faithfull. I 
suppose it is good for y present necessite : for 
it is good for a man so to be. Art thou 
bounde vnto a wife, seke not to be lowsed: 
Art thou lowsed fro a wife, seke not a wife. 
But yf thou take a wife, thou synnest not. 
And yf a virgin mary, she synneth not. Ne- 
uertheles soch shal haue trouble in the fleszhe. 
But I fauoure you. 

Howbeit this I saye brethren: ttthe tyme 
is shorte. Farthermore this is the meanynge, 
y they which haue wyues, be as though they 
had none : and they that wepe, be as though 
they wepte not : and they that reioyse, be as 
though they reioysed not : & they that bye, 
be as though they possessed not: (t they 
that vse this worlde, be as though they vsed 
it not. For the faszhion off this worlde 

seth awaye. "But I wolde that ye shulde 
be without care. H He that is syngle, careth 
for the thinges of the LORDE, how he maye 
please the LORDE. But he that is maried, 
careth for the thinges of the worlde, how he 
maye please his wife, and is deuyded. A 
woman and a virgin that is syngle, careth for 
the thinges of the LORDE, that she maye 
be holy both in body g also in sprete. But 
she that is maried, careth for y thinges of the 
worlde, how she maye please hir huszbande. 



Cor. 6. c. 1 Pet. I.e. 
"Mat. 6. a. Luc. 12. . 



tt Psal. 
tt 1 Tine 



Cfeap, tr* 



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fo. tlmih 



This I saye for youre profit, not that I wil 
tangle you in a snare, but for that which is 
honest and comly vnto you, that ye maye 
cotynually cleue vnto the LORDE without 
hynderaunce. But yf eny man thinke that 
it is vncomly for his virgin yf she passe the 
tyme of mariage, and yf nede so requyre, let 
him do what he lyst, he synneth not, let the 
be coupled in mariage. Neuertheles he that 
purposeth surely in his hert, hauynge no nede, 
but hath power of his awne wyll, and deter- 
meth so in his hert to kepe his virgin, doth 
well. Fynally, he that ioyneth his virgin in 
mariage, doth well : but he that ioyneth not 
his virgin in mariage, doth better. *The 
wife is bounde to the lawe, as longe as hir 
huszbande lyueth. But yf hir huszbande 
slepe, she is at liberty to mary vnto whom 
she wil, onely that it be done in the LORDE. 
But she is happier yf she so abyde after my 
iudgment. I thinke verely that I also haue 
the sprete of God. 

Cfje btij. Chapter. 

S touchinge thinges + offred vnto Idols 
t we are sure y we all haue knowlege. 
nowlege puffeth a ma vp, but loue edifyeth. 
Neuertheles yf eny ma thinke y he knoweth 
eny thinge, he knoweth not yet how he oughte 
to knowe. But yf eny man loue God, the 
same is knowne of him. 

So are we sure now cocernynge the meates 
offred vnto Idols, §that an Idoll is nothinge 
in the worlde, and that there is none other 
God but one. And though there be that are 
called goddes, whether in heauen or in earth 
(as there be goddes many and lordes many) 
yet haue we but one God, euen the father, 
|| of who are all thinges, and we in him : & one 
LORDE Iesus Christ, by who are all thinges, 
and we by him. 

But euery man hath not knowlege : for 
some make yet 1f consciece ouer the Idoll, 
and eate it as a thinge offred vnto Idols : and 
so their conscience beynge weake, is defyled. 
Neuertheles meate furthureth not vs vnto 
God. Yf we eate, we shal not therfore be 
the better : yf we eate not, we shal not ther- 
fore be the lesse. But take hede that this 



* Rom. 7. a. t Act. 15. d. $ Ro. 14. b. 

, 1 Co. 10. c. || Rom. 11. d. f 1 Co. 10. d. 

■* Rom. 14. c. ttAct. 9. a. iiMar. 3.b. Luc.4.d 



youre liberty be not an occasion of fallynge 
vnto y weake. For yf eny man se the (which 
hast knowlege) syt at the table in the Idols 
house, shal not his conscience whyle it is 
weake, be occasioned to eate of the Idoll- 
offeringes ? And so thorow thy knowlege 
shal the weake brother perishe, for who Christ 
dyed. But whan ye synne so agaynst the 
brethren, and wounde their weake coscience, 
ye synne agaynst Christ. Wherfore # *yf meate 
offende my brother, I wyl neuer eate flesh, 
lest I offende my brother. 

C^e if. Cfiaptev. 

AM I not an Apostle ? Am I not fre ? 
it Haue I not sene Iesus Christ oure 
LORDE? Are not ye my worke in the 
LORDE ? Yf I be not an Apostle vnto 
other, yet am I youre Apostle : for the seale of 
myne Apostelshippe are ye in the LORDE. 
Myne answere vnto them that axe me, is this : 
Haue we not power to eate and drynke ? 
Haue we not power also to leade aboute a 
sister to wife, as well as other Apostles, and 
as the brethren of the LORDE, and ^Cephas? 
Or haue onely I and Barnabas not power 
this to do ? Who goeth a warfare at eny tyme 
vpon his awne wages ? Who planteth a vyn- 
yarde, and eateth not of the frute therof? 
Who fedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the 
mylke of the flocke ? 

Saye I these thinges after the maner of 
men ? Sayeth not the lawe the same also ? 
For §§ it is wrytten in the lawe off Moses : 
Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the oxe 
that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take 
thought for the oxen ? Or sayeth he it not 
alltogether for oure sakes ? For no doute it 
is wrytte for oure sakes. For he that eareth, 
shulde eare vpon hope : and he y throszheth, 
shulde troszhe vpon hope, y he mighte be 
partaker of his hope. illlYf we haue sowne 
vnto you spiritual thinges, is it a greate thige 
yf we reape youre bodely thiges? But yf 
other be partakers of this power on you, 
wherfore are not we rather ? f f Neuertheles 
we haue not vsed this power, but suffre all 
thinges, lest we shulde hynder the Gospell off 
Christ. Knowe ye not that they which laboure 
in the temple, haue their lyuynge of y temple : 



Deut. 25. a. 1 Tim. 5. c. |||| Rom. 15. d. Gal. 6. a 
fir 2 Cor. 11. a. 



fo. dmttjt 



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and they that wayte at the altare, enioye the 
altare ? * Euen thus also hatb LORDE 
ordeyned, that they which preach the Gospell, 
shulde lyue of y Gospell. t But I haue vsed 
none of these thinges. 

Nether wryte I therof, that it shulde be 
done so vnto me : for I had rather dye, the 
that eny man shulde brynge my reioysinge to 
naughte. For in that I preach the Gospell, 
I neade not boost my selfe, for I must nedes 
do it. And wo vnto me, yff I preach not 
the Gospell. Yf I do it with a good wyll, 
I shal haue my rewarde : but yff I do it 
agaynst my wyll, yet is the office commytted 
vnto me. Wherfore the shal I be rewarded ? 
(Namely therfore) that I preach the Gospell, 
and do the same frely for naughte, that I 
abuse not my libertye in y Gospell. For 
though I am fre from all men, yet haue I 
made my selfe euery mans seruaunt, y I 
mighte Wynne y moo. t Vnto the Iewes I am 
become as a Iewe, to wynne y Iewes. To 
them that are vnder the lawe, I am become 
as though I were vnder the lawe, to wynne 
them which are vnder the lawe. 

Vnto them that are without lawe, I am 
become as though I were without lawe (where 
as yet I am not without the lawe of God, but 
am in y lawe of Christ) to wynne the that are 
without lawe. To the weake, am I become 
as weake, to wynne the weake. § I am be- 
come of all faszhions vnto euery man, to saue 
some at y leest. But this I do for the Gos- 
pels sake, that I mighte be partaker therof. 

Knowe ye not, that they which runne in a 
course, runne all, yet but one receaueth the 
rewarde ? Runne ye so, that ye maye optayne. 
Euery one that proueth mastrye, absteyneth 
from all thinges, and they do it, that they 
maye optayne a corruptible crowne, but we 
to optayne an llvncorruptible crowne. I 
therfore so runne, not as at an vncertayne 
thinge : So fighte I, not as one y beateth y 
ayre : but I tame my body, and brynge it in 
to subieccion, lest whan I preach vn to other : 
I my selfe be a cast awaye. 



Clje y. Chapter. 
RETHREN, I wolde not that ye shulde 
be ignoraunt of this, f that oure fathers 



B 



* Mat. 10. a. t Act. 20. e. 2 Tess. 3. a. $ Act. 16. a. 
, 1 Co. 10. d. || 1 Pet. 5. a. 1" Exo. 13. d. 

f * Exo. 14. c. tt Exo. 16. c. it Exo. 17. b. 

§§ Nu. 20. a. Mat. 16. c. ||j| Num. 14. c. Iff Exo. 



were all vnder the cloude,** and all passed 
thorow the see, g were all baptised vnder 
Moses in the cloude and in the see, ttand dyd 
all eate of one spirituall meate, and M dyd all 
drynke of one spirituall drynke : but they 
dronke of the spirituall §§rocke that folowed 
the, which rocke was Christ. Neuertheles in 
many of them had God no delyte, llllfor they 
were smytten downe in the wyldernesse. 

These are ensamples vnto vs, y we shulde 
not lust after euell thinges, as they lusted. 
Nether be ye worshippers off ymages, as were 
some of them. Acordinge as it is wrytte 
VI" The people sat downe to eate and drynke. 
and rose vp to playe. Nether let vs commytte 
whordome, *** as some of them corny tted 
whordome, and fell in one daye thre (j twenty 
thousande. Nether let vs tempte Christ, tttas 
some of them tempted him, and were de- 
stroyed of serpetes. Nether murmur ye, Ui 
some of them murmured, and were destroyed 
thorow the destroyer. 

All these thinges happened vnto the for 
ensamples, but they are wrytte to warne vs, 
vpon whom the ende of y worlde is come. 
Therfore let him that thinketh he stondeth, 
take hede, lest he fall. There hath yet no 
teptacion ouertaken you, but soch as foloweth 
the nature of man. Neuertheles §§§ God is 
faithfull, lilil! which shal not suffre you to be 
tempted aboue youre strength, but shal in the 
myddes of y temptacion make a waye to 
come out, that ye maye beare it. Wherfore 
my dearly beloued, fie from worshippinge of 
Idols. I speake vnto them which haue dis- 
creci5, iudge ye what I saye. The cuppe of 
thakesgeuynge wherwith we geue thankes, is 
it not the partakinge of the bloude of Christ ? 
The bred that we breake, is it not y par- 
takinge of y body of Christ ? For we many, 
are one bred (j one body, in as moch as we 
all are partakers of one bred. 

Beholde Israel after the fleszhe. They y C 
eate the sacrifices, are they not partakers of 
the altare ? What shal I now saye then ? I'll" IT 
Shal I saye that the Idoll is eny thinge ? Or 
that it which is offred vnto the Idoll is eny 
thinge? Nay. But this I saye, that loke 
what the Heythen offre, that offre they vnto 
deuels, and not vnto God. Now wolde I not 

32. b. *** Num. 25. a. Psal. 105. d. ttt Num. 21. a. 
lit Num. 11. g. ^§§ 1 Cor. 1. a. 1 Thes. 2. c. 

IIIHI 2 Pe. 2. b. fH IT 1 Cor. 8. a. 



Cfcajh n. 



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#o- tlnb. 



that ye shulde be in the fellishippe of deuels. 
Ye can not drynke of the cuppe of the 
LORDE and of the cuppe of the deuels. Ye 
can not be partakers of the LORDES table, 
and of the table of deuels. Or wyl we pro- 
uoke the LORDE ? *I maye do all thinges, 
but all thinges are not profitable. I maye do 
all thinges, but all thinges edifye not. Let 
noman seke his awne profit, but let euery 
man seke anothers welth. 

What soeuer is solde in the fleshmarket, 
that eate, and axe no question for conscience 
sake, t For the earth is the LORDES, and 
all y therin is. Yf eny of the y beleue not, 
byd you to a feast, and yf ye be disposed to 
go, what soeuer is set before you, that eate, 
axinge no question for conscience sake. 

But yf eny man saye vnto you: This is 
offred vnto Idols, the eate not of it, for his 
sake that shewed it, and for hurtinge of con- 
science. (The earth is the LORDES and 
all that therin is.) Neuertheles I speake oft 
consciece, not thine, but of y other. For 
why shulde my liberty be iudged of another 
mas coscience ? § For yf I take my parte 
with thankesgeuynge, why am I euell spoken 
of, for y thinge wherfore I geue thankes ? 

II Therfore whether ye eate or drynke, or 
what so euer ye do, do all to f prayse of God. 
Be not ye an occasion of fa'llinge, nether to 
the Iewes, ner to the Gentyles, ner to the 
congregacion of God, feue as I also please 
all men in all thinges, not sekinge myne 
awne profit, but the profit of many, that they 
mighte be saued. ** Folowe ye me, as I do 
Christ. 

Cije j:i. Chapter. 

ICOMMENDE you brethren, that ye re- 
membre me in all poyntes, and kepe the 
ordinaunces, eue as I delyuered them vnto 
you. But I certifye you, that Christ is the 
heade of euery man. tt As for f man, he is the 
heade of y woman, but God is Christes heade. 
Euery man that prayeth or prophecieth, and 
hath eny thinge on his heade, shameth his 
heade. But euery woman that prayeth or 
prophecieth with vncouered heade, dishonest- 
eth hir heade. For it is euen a lyke moch as 
yf she were shauen. Yf the woma be not 



* 1 Cor. 6. c. Eccli. 37. d. t Psal. 23. b. t 1 Cor. 
b. § 1 Tim. 4. b. || Col. 3. b. If 1 Cor. 9. d. 

1 Cor. 4. c. tt Epbe. 5. c. tt Ephe. 4. c. 



couered, let hir heer also be cut of. But yf 
it be vncomely for a woman to haue hir heer 
cut of or to be shauen, then let hir couer hir 
heade. Neuertheles the man oughte not to 
couer his heade, tt for so moch as he is the 
ymage and glory of God: but the woma is 
the glory of the man. §§ For the man is not 
of the woman, but the woman of the man. 
Nether was the man created for the womans 
sake, but the woma for the mans sake. 

Therfore ought the woman to haue a power 
vpon hir heade, for the angels sakes. Neuer- 
theles nether is the man without y woman, 
nether the woman without the ma in the 
LORDE. For as the woman is of the man, 
euen so commeth the man also by the woman, 
but all of God. ludge ye by youre selues, 
whether it be comly, y a woma praye before 
God bare headed ? Or doth not nature teach 
you, y it is a shame for a man yf he weere 
loge heer, & a prayse to f woma, yf she weere 
loge heer? For hir heer is geue heer to 
couer her withall. But yf there be eny man 
amoge you that hath lust to stryue, let him 
knowe, that we haue no soch custome, nether 
the congregacions of God. But this must I 
warne you of: I commende it not, that ye 
come together not after a better maner but 
after a worse. First, whan ye come together 
in the congregacion, I heare, that there are 
discensions amonge you, and I partly beleue 
it. Illl For there must be sectes amonge you, 
that they which are perfecte amonge you, 
mighte be knowne. 

Now whan ye come together, the LORDES 
supper can not be kepte. For whan it shulde 
be kepte, euery ma taketh his awne supper 
afore. And one is hogrie, another is dronke. 
Haue ye not houses to eate and drynke in ? 
Or despyse ye f cogregacion of God, and 
shame them that haue not? What shal I 
saye vnto you ? Shal I prayse you ? in this 
prayse I you not. That which I delyuered 
vnto you, receaued I of the LORDE. f f For 
the LORDE Iesus the same nighte in the 
which he was betrayed, toke the bred, & gaue 
thankes, and brake it, and sayde : Take ye, & 
eate ye, this is my body, which is broken for 
you. This do in the remembraunce of me. 
After the same maner also he toke y cuppe 



^ Gen. 2. d. |j|| Mat. 18. a. 1 Ioh. 2. c. Iff Mat. 

26. c. Mar. 14. c. Luc. 22. b. 



tfo* rirrbu 



Cfee first Epistle to tfte eormt&fan*. 



Cftajp. rtj* 



whan supper was done, and sayde : This 
cuppe is the new Testament in my bloude, 
this do (as oft as ye drynke it) in the reme- 
braiice of me. For as oft as ye shal eate of 
this bred, & drynke of this cuppe, ye shal 
shewe the LORDES death, vntyll he come. 
Wherfore who soeuer shal eate off this bred, 
and drynke off this cuppe of the LORDE 
vnworthely, shalbe giltye of the body and 
bloude of the LORDE. * But let a man 
examen himselfe, and so let him eate of this 
bred, and drynke of this cuppe. For he that 
eateth and drynketh vnworthely, eateth 
drynketh his awne damnacion, because he 
maketh no differece of the LORDES body. 
Therfore are there so many weake and sicke 
amoge you, and many slepe. tFor yf we 
iudged oure selues, we shulde not be iudged. 
But whan we are iudged, we are chastened 
of y LORDE, that we shulde not be daned 
with the tworlde. Wherfore my brethren, 
whan ye come together to eate, tary one for 
another. But yf eny man honger, let him 
eate at home, that ye come not together vnto 
codempnacion. As for other thinges, I wil 
set them in order whan I come. 

Cijc jrij. Chapter. 

AS concernynge spirituall giftes (brethren) 
I wolde not that ye were ignoraunt. 
Ye knowe that ye were Heythe and wente 
youre wayes vnto dome Idols, eue as ye were 
led. Wherfore I declare vnto you, § that no 
man speakynge thorow the sprete of God, 
defyeth Iesus. And no man can saye that 
Iesus is the LORDE, but by the holy goost. 
° There are dyuerse giftes, yet but one 
sprete : and there are dyuerse offices, yet but 
one LORDE : and there are dyuerse opera- 
cions II yet is there but one God, which worketh 
all in all. The giftes of the sprete are geuen 
vnto euery man to profit the cogregacion. To 
one is geuen thorow the sprete the vtteraunce 
of wiszdome : to another is geuen the vtter- 
aunce of knowlege acordinge to the same 
sprete : to another, faith in the same sprete : 
to another, the giftes of healinge in the same 
sprete : to another, power to do miracles : to 
another, prophecienge : to another, t iudg- 
ment to discerne spretes : to another, dyuerse 
tunges : to another, the interpretacion of 



*2Co. 13. b. tEcclI.18. c. t 
9. (1. ■ Rom. 12. a. II Ioh. 5. 



lob. 2.c. § Marc, 
i. H" 1 lob. 4. a. 



tunges. These all doth y same onely sprete 
worke, and distributeth vnto euery man, 
acordinge as he will. 

* For as the body is one, and hath yet many 
membres, neuertheles all the membres of the 
body though they be many, are yet but one 
body : euen so Christ also. For we are all 
baptysed in one sprete to be one body, whether 
we be Iewes or Gentyles, whether we be bonde 
or fre, and haue all **dronke of one sprete. 
For the body also is not one membre, but 
many. Yf the fote saye : I am not y hande, 
therfore I am not a membre of the body, is 
he therfore not a membre of y body ? And 
yf the eare saye : I am not the eye, therfore 
am I not a membre of the body, is he therfore 
not a membre of the body ? Yf all the body 
were an eye, where were then the hearinge 
Yf all were hearinge, where then the smell- 
inge ? But now hath God set the membres. 
euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath 
pleased him. Neuertheles yf all the mebres 
were one membre, where were then the body? 
But now are the membres many, yet is the 
body but one. 

The eye can not saye vnto the hande : I 
haue no nede of the : or agayne the heade 
vnto the fete, I haue no nede of you : but 
rather a greate deale the mebres of the body 
which seme to be most feble, are most neces- 
sary : and vpon those membres of the body 
which we thinke least honest, put we most 
honestie on : and oure vncomly partes haue 
most beutye on. For oure honest membres 
neade it not. But God hath so measured y 
body, and geuen most honoure vnto that 
mebre which had nede, that there shulde be 
no stryfe in the body, but that the membres 
shulde indifferently care one for another. 
And yf one membre suffre, all the membres 
suffre with him : and yf one membre be had 
in honoure, all the membres are glad with 
him also. But ye are the body of Christ, and 
membres, euery one of another. 

And God hath ordeyned in the congrega- 
cion, first the tt Apostles, sec5dly prophetes, 
thirdly tt teachers, then doers of miracles, after 
that the giftes of healinge, helpers, gouerners, 
dyuerse tunges. Are they all Apostles ? 
Are they all prophetes? Are they all teachers? 
Are they all doers of miracles ? Haue they 



b Rom. 12. 
tt Mat. 10. 



Epbe. 4. 
Luc. 9. a 



** Esa. 55. a. Ioh. 7. d. 
Ephe. 4. a. ft Act. 13. a. 



all the giftes of healinge ? Speake they all 
i tunges ? Can they all interprete ? But 
et ve the best sriftes. And vet shewe I 



%\)t grgt Ogpfgtle to t\)t Corintftiansu tfo. rlyrbij* 



covet ye the best giftes. And yet shewe 
you a more excellent waye. 

Cfte rtij. Chapter. 

THOUGH I spake with the tunges of 
men and angels, and yet had not loue, 
I were euen as sowndinge brasse, or as a 
tynklinge Cymball. *And though I coulde 
prophecy, & vnderstode all secretes, and all 
knowlege, and had all faith, so t that I coulde 
moue moutaynes out of their places, and yet 
had not loue, I were nothinge. And though 
I bestowed all my goodes to fede f poore, and 
though I gaue my body euen that I burned, 
and yet haue not loue, it profiteth me nothinge. 

Loue is pacient & curteous, loue envyeth 
not, loue doth not frowardly, is not puft vp, 
dealeth not dishonestly, + seketh not hir awne, 
is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell, 
reioyseth not ouer iniquyte, but reioyseth in 
the trueth, beareth all thinges, beleueth all 
thinges, hopeth all thinges, suffreth all thinges. 

Though prophecienges fayle, or tunges 
ceasse, or knowlege perishe, yet loue falleth 
neuer awaye. For oure knowlege is vnpar- 
fecte, and oure prophecienge is vnparfecte. 
But wha that which is perfecte, commeth, 
then shal the vnparfecte be done awaye. 
Whan I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I 
vnderstode as a childe, I ymagined as a childe. 
But as soone as I was a man, I put awaye 
childishnes. Now we se thorow a glasse in a 
darke speakynge, but the shal we se face to 
face. Now I knowe vnperfectly : but the 
shal I knowe eue as I am knowne. Now 
abydeth faith, hope, loue, these thre: but the 
greatest of these is loue. 

Cfje rt'ttj. Cljaptfr. 

LABOURS for loue. Couet spirituall 
giftes, but specially that ye maye pro- 
phecye. For he y speaketh with tunges, 
speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God : for no 
man heareth him. Howbeit in y sprete he 
speaketh misteries. But he that prophecieth, 
speaketh vnto men to edifienge, j to exhorta- 
cion, and to coforte. He that speaketh with 
tunges, edifieth himselfe : but he that pro- 
phecieth, edifieth the cogregacion. I wolde 
that ye all spake with tunges, but rather that 



ye prophecied. For greater is he that pro- 
phecieth, then he that speaketh with tuges : 
excepte he also expounde it, that the congre- 
gation maye haue edifienge. But now brethren 
yf I come vnto you, and speake with tunges, 
what shal I profet you, excepte I speake vnto 
you ether by reuelacion or by knowlege, or 
by prophecienge, or by doctryne ? 

Likewyse is it also in y thinges that geue 
sounde, and yet lyue not: whether it be a 
pype or an harpe, excepte they geue distyncte 
soundes from them, how shal it be knowne 
what is pyped or harped ? And yf the trope 
geue an vncertayne sounde, who wil prepare 
him selfe to the battayll? Euen so ye like 
wyse, whan ye speake with tunges, excepte ye 
speake playne wordes, how shal it be knowne 
what is spoke ? for ye shal but speake in f 
ayre. So many kyndes of voyces are in the 
worlde, and none of them is without signifi- 
cation. Yf I knowe not now what y voyce 
meaneth, I shalbe an aleaunt vnto him that 
speaketh : (j he that speaketh, shalbe an aleaut 
vnto me. " Eue so ye (for so moch as ye couet 
spirituall giftes) seke y ye maye haue plentye 
to the edifienge of the congregation. Wher- 
fore let him that speaketh with tunges, praye, 
that he maye interprete also. Yf I praye 
with tunges, my sprete prayeth, but my vnder- 
stodinge bryngeth no man frute. How shal 
it be then ? Namely thus : I wil praye with y 
sprete, and wil praye with the vnderst5dinge 
also : I wil synge psalmes in the sprete, and 
wil synge psalmes with y vnderstondinge also. 

But whan thou geuest thankes with y sprete, 
how shal he that occupieth the rowme of the 
vnlearned, saye Ame at thy geuynge of 
thankes, seynge he knoweth not what thou 
sayest? Thou geuest well thankes, but the 
other is not edifyed. I thanke my God, that 
I speake with tunges more then ye all. Yet 
had I leuer in the cogregacion to speake fyue 
wordes with my vnderstondinge y I maye 
enfourme other also, rather then ten thousande 
wordes with tunges. § Brethren be not child 
in vnderstondinge, howbeit as concerninge 
maliciousnes be childre, but in vnderstonding 
be parfecte. In the la we it is wrytten:ll With 
other tunges and with other lippes wyl I 
speake vnto this people, and yet shal they not 
so heare me, sayeth the LORDE. H Therfore 
are tunges for a token, not to the that beleue, 



Epb. 4. ; 



|| Esa. 28. b. 

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IT Act. 2. b. | 



Fjfcu ilwMij. 



€i)t first epistle to tf)t €avintWn& 



Cfjap, rb* 



but to them that beleue not. Contrary wyse, 
prophecienge, not to them that beleue not, 
but to them which beleue. 

Yf the whole cogregacion now came to- 
gether in to one place, & spake all with tunges, 
and there came in they that are vnlearned, or 
they which beleue not, shulde they not saye, 
that ye were out of youre wyttes? But yff 
all prophecied, and there came in one y 
beleueth not, or one vnlerned, he shulde be 
rebuked of them all, and iudged of all, and so 
shulde the secrete of his hert be opened, and 
so shulde he fall downe vpon his face, wor- 
shippinge God, and knowleginge, that of a 
trueth God is in you. How is it then brethren ? 
Whan ye come together, euery one hath a 
psalme, hath doctryne, hath a tunge, hath a 
reuelacion, hath an interpretacion. Let all 
be done to edifyenge. Yf eny ma speake 
with tunges, let him do it him selfe beynge 
the seconde, or at the most him selfe beynge 
y thirde, and one after another, and let one 
nterprete it. But yf there be not an inter- 
preter, then let him kepe sylence in the 
congregacion, howbeit let him speake to him- 
selfe and to God. As for the prophetes, let 
two or thre speake * and let the other iudge. 
But yf eny reuelacion be made vnto another 
that sytteth, then let the first holde his peace. 

Ye maye all prophecye one after another 
that they all maye lerne, and that all maye 
haue comforte. And the spretes of the pro- 
phetes are subiecte vnto the prophetes. For 
God is not a God off discension, t but off 
peace, like as in all congregacions off the 
sayntes. t Let youre wyues kepe sylence in 
the cogregacion, for it shal not be permytted 
vnto the to speake, but to be vnder obedience, 
§ as y lawe sayeth also. But yf they wyll 
lerne eny thinge, let them axe their huszbades 
at home. For it becommeth not weme to j 
speake in the congregacion. Or spronge the] 
worde of God from amonge you? Or is it 
come vnto you onely ? Yf eny man thynke 
himselfe to be a prophet, or spirituall, let him 
knowe what I wryte vnto you, for they are, 
the commaundementes of the LORDE. Butj 
yf eny man be ignoraunt, let him be igno- 
raunt. Wherfore brethren, couet to prophecye, 
and forbyd not to speake with tunges. Let! 
all thinges be done honestly and in order. 

* 1 Ioh. 4. a. t Rom. 15. d. t 1 Cor. 1: 

1 Tim. 2. b. § Gen. 3. c. 



Cije yb. CljapUtr. 

I DECLARE vnto you brethren, the 
Gospell that I haue preached vnto you 
(which ye haue also accepted, and in the 
which ye stode, by the which also ye are 
saued) after what maner I preached it vnto 
you, yf ye haue kepte it, excepte ye haue 
beleued in vayne. For first of all I delyuered 
vnto you that which I also receaued, how that 
Christ dyed for oure synnes acordinge to the 
scriptures, and that he was buried, and that 
he rose agayne y thirde daye acordinge to the 
scriptures, and that he was sene of Cephas, 
then of the twolue : after that was he sene of 
mo then fyue hundreth brethren at once, 
wherof there are yet many alyue, but some 
are fallen aslepe. Afterwarde was he sene of 
lames, then of all the Apostles. Last of all 
was he sene of me also, as of one borne out of 
due tyme. II For I am y leest of the Apostles, 
which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, 
^because I persecuted the congregacion of 
God. But by the grace of God I am that I 
am. And his grace in me hath not bene 
vayne, but I haue laboured more then they 
all : howbeit not I but the grace of God 
which is with me. Now whether it be I or 
they, thus haue we preached, and thus haue 
ye beleued. 

But yf Christ be preached, that he is lysen 
from the deed, how saye then some amoge 
you, that there is no resurreccion of the deed? 
Yf there be no resurreccio of the deed, then 
is Christ not rysen. Yf Christ be not rysen, 
then is oure preachinge in vayne, and youre 
faith is also in vayne : yee and we are founde 
false witnesses of God, because we haue 
testified agaynst God, that he hath raysed vp 
Christ, whom he hath not raysed vp, yf the 
deed ryse not agayne. For yf the deed ryse 
not agayne, the is Christ also not rysen 
agayne. But yf Christ be not rysen agayne, 
then is youre faith in vayne, and ye are yet 
in youre synnes : they also that are falle a 
slepe in Christ, are perished. Yf in this life 
onely we hope on Christ, then are we of all 
men the most miserable. 

But now is Christ rysen from the deed, and 
is become **y first frutes of them that slepe. 
For by one man commeth death, and by one 

|| Ephe. 3. b. 1T Act. 8. a. and 9. a. ** Col. 1. b. 



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€f)t first O^ptsftle to tfte Corintlnansu 



#o, rljrrir* 



man the resurreccion of the deed. For as 
they all dye in Adam, so shal they all be 
made alyue in Christ, but euery one in his 
order. The first is Christ, then they that 
beloge vnto Christ, whan he commeth. Then 
the ende, wha he shal delyuer vp the kyng- 
dome vnto God the father, whan he shal put 
downe all rule, and all superiorite, (t power. 
* For he must raygne, tyll he haue put all 
his enemies vnder his fete. The last enemye 
that shal be destroyed, is death, for he hath 
put all thinges vnder his fete. But wha he 
sayeth, that all thinges are put vnder him, it 
is manifest that he is excepted, which put all 
thinges vnder him. Whan all thinges shalbe 
subdued vnto him, then shal the sonne him 
selfe also be subiecte vnto him, which put all 
thinges vnder him, that God maye be all in all. 

Or els what do they which are baptised 
ouer y deed, yf the deed ryse not at all ? Why 
are they then baptysed ouer the deed ? And 
why stonde we in ioperdy euery houre ? By 
oure reioysinge which I haue in Christ Iesu 
oure LORDE, I dye daylie. That I haue 
foughte with beestes at Ephesus after y maner 
of men, what helpeth it me, yf the deed ryse 
not agayne ? t Let vs eate and drynke, for 
tomorow we shal dye. Be not ye disceaued. 
Euell speakinges corruppe good maners. 
Awake righte vp, and synne not: for some 
haue not y knowlege of God. This I saye to 
youre shame. 

But some man mighte saye : How shal the 
deed aryse ? And with what maner off body 
shal they come ? Thou foole, t y which thou 
sowest is not quyckened, excepte it dye. And 
what sowest thou ? thou sowest not y body 
that shalbe, but a bare corne, namely of 
wheate, or of some other. But God geueth 
it a body as he wil, and vnto euery one of y 
sedes his owne body. 

All fleszhe is not one maner of fleszhe, but 
there is one maner fleszhe of men, another of 
beastes, another of fiszhes, another of byrdes. 
And there are heauenly bodies, and there are 
earthy bodies: but the heauenly haue one 
^lory, and f earthy another. The Sonne 
lath one clearnes, the Moone hath another 
clearnesse, and the starres haue another clear- 
nesse, for one starre excelleth another in 
clearnesse : Euen so the resurreccion of the 



* Psal. 109. a. Heb. 2. b. 
t Ioh. 12. c. § Gen. 2. b. 



t Esa. 22. b. Sap. 2. 
lTess.4.c. 1[Phil.3. 



deed. It is sowne in corrupcion, and shal 
ryse in vncorrupcion : It is sowne in dis- 
honoure, (j shal ryse in glory : It is sowne in 
weaknesse, and shal ryse in power : It is sowne 
a naturall body, g shal ryse a spirituall body 

Yf there be a naturall body, there is a 
spirituall body also. As it is wrytten : § The 
first man Adam was made in to a naturall 
life, and the last Ada in to a spiritual life 
Howbeit the spirituall body is not the first, but 
y naturall, and then the spirituall. The first 
man is of the earth, earthy : y seconde ma is 
fro heaue, heauely. As the earthy is, soch 
are they also that are earthy : and as f 
heauenly is, soch are they also y are heauenly, 
And as we haue borne the ymage of the 
earthy, so shal we beare the ymage of the 
heauenly also. This I saye brethren, that 
flesh & bloude can not inheret y kyngdome of 
God: nether shal corrupcion inheret vncor- 
rupcion. 

Beholde, I saye vnto you a mystery : II We 
shal not all slepe, but we shal all f be 
chaunged, and that sodenly and in the twink- 
lynge of an eye, at the tyme of the last trompe. 
For the trompe shal blowe, and the deed shal 
ryse vncorruptible, and we shalbe chaunged. 
For this corruptible must put on vncorrup- 
cion, and this mortall must put on immortalite. 
But whan this corruptible shal put on vn- 
corrupcion, and this mortall shal put on 
immortalite, the shal the worde be fulfilled 
that is wrytte : Death is swalowed vp in 
victory. ** Death, where is thy stynge? Hell, 
where is thy victory ? The stynge of death is 
synne : The strength of synne is the lawe. 
But thankes be vnto God,tt which hath geue 
vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus 
Christ. Therfore my deare brethre, be ye 
stedfast, vnmoueable, j allwaye riche in the 
worke of the LORDE, for as moch as ye 
knowe, that youre laboure is not in vayne in 
the LORDE. 

Cfie rbt. Chapter. 

CONCERNYNGE the tigadderynge that 
is made for the sayntes, as I haue or- 
deyned in the congregacions of Galacia, euen 
so do ye also. Vpon some Sabbath daye let 
euery one of you put aside by him selfe, and 
laye vp what so euer he thinketh mete, that 



! Ose. 13. c. Heb. 2. 



ttlloh.5. a. tfRo 
, a. and 9. a. 



tfo. dm* 



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Cfcap, rbu 



the colleccion be not to gather whan I come. 
Whan I am come, whom so euer ye shal alowe 
by youre letters, the wyll I sende to brynge 
youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem. Neuertheles 
yf it be mete that I go thither also, they shal 
go with me. * But I wil come vnto you, 
whan I go thorow Macedonia: for thorow 
Macedonia wyl I take my iourney. With you 
peradueture wil I abyde, or els wynter, that 
ye maye brynge me on my waye, whither so 
euer I go. 

I wyl not se you now in my passage, for I 
hope to abyde a whyle with you, yf the 
LORDE shal suffre me. t But I wil tary at 
Ephesus vntyll whitsontyde. For a greate 
and frutefull dore is opened vnto me, and 
there are many aduersaries. Yf Timotheus 
come, se that he be without feare with you, 
for he worketh f worke of the LORDE, as I 
do. Let no man therfore despyse him, but 
conuaye him forth in peace, that he maye 
come vnto me, for I loke for him with the 
brethren. 

As for brother Apollo, be ye sure, that I 
greatly desyred him to come vnto you with 
the brethre. And his mynde was not at all 
to come at this tyme, but he wyl come wha 
he hath oportunyte. Watch ye, stonde fast in 
* Act. 19. c. 2 Cor. 1. c. 



the faith, quyte you like men, and be stronge : 
let all youre thinges be done in loue. 

But brethren (ye knowe the house off 
t Stephana, that they are the first frutes in 
Achaia, and that they haue appoynted the 
selues to mynister vnto the sayntes) I exhorte 
you to be obedient vnto soche, and to all that 
helpe and laboure. I am glad of the comynge 
of Stephana and Fortunatus, and Achaicus. 
For loke what was lackynge vnto me on youre 
parte, y haue they suppleed : they haue re- 
freszhed my sprete and youres. Knowe them 
therfore that are soch. 

The congregacions of Asia salute you. 
Aquila and Priscilla salute you moch in the 
LORDE, and so doth the cogregacion that is 
in their house. All the brethren salute you. 
§ Salute ye one another Math an holy kysse 
The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne 
hande. Yf eny ma loue not the LORDE 
Iesus Christ, the same be Anathema Maharan 
Matha. The grace of the LORDE Iesus 
Christ be with you. My loue be with you all 
in Christ Iesu. Amen. 

The first Epistle to the Corinthians sent out 
of Asia, by Stephana and Fortunatus, and 
Achaicus, and Timotheus. 



t 1 Cor. 1. b. 



s Rom. 16. b, 



of tht Apostle &. Paul, to fbt &ovinfhiaw. 



€i)t sumiw of t&fe <£pfetle. 



Cijap. I. 



The consolacion of God in trouble. The loue of 
Paul towarde the Corinthians, and his excuse 
that he came not vnto them. 

Cijap. II. 

He sheweth the cause of his absence and exorteth 
the to forgeue the man that was fallen and to 
receaue him agayne with loue. 

CJjap. III. 

He prayseth the preachinge of the Gospell aboue 
the preachinge of the lawe. 

Cijap. IIII. 

A true preacher is diligent, he corruppeth not the 
worde of God, he preacheth not himselfe, but 
seketh the honoure of Christ, yee though it be 
with the parell of his life. 

C$ap. V. 

The reward e for suffringe trouble. 

Cfjap. VI. 

An exortacion to receaue the worde of God with 
thankfulnesse and amendmet of life. The 
diligence of Paul in the gospell, and how he 
warneth them to eschue the company of the 
Heythen. 



CJjap. VII. 

He exorteth the to receaue the promises of God 
thankfully. The Corinthias are commended 
for their obediece and loue towarde Paul. 



€I)ap. VIII. IX. 

He putteth them in remembraunce to helpe the 
poore sayntes at Ierusalem acordinge as the 
Macedonians dyd. 

Cljap. X. 

He toucheth the false apostles, and defendeth 
hi? auctorite and callynge. 



Cijap. XI. 

Paul (vnder sufferauce) comendeth himselfe, and 
defendeth his auctorite agaynst the false pro- 
phetes. 

C|)ap. XII. 

Paul is take vp in to the thirde heauen, and 
heareth wordes not to be spoken off. 



Cijap. XIII. 

He promiseth to come vnto them, and exhorteth 
them so to ordre them selues that he maye 
fynde them pavfecte, and of one mynde. 



of ifa Upostlc g. Haul, to tht <£or intbiam. 



%ty fitot Chapter. 

PAUL an Apostle of Iesu Christ, by the 
will of God, and brother Timotheus. 
Vnto the congregacion of God which is at 
Corinthii, with all the sayntes which are i all 
Achaia. * Grace be with you, and peace fro 
God oure father, and from the LORDE 
Iesus Christ. 

Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE 
Iesus Christ, the father of mercy and y God 
of all comforte, which comforteth vs in all 
oure trouble : in so moch y we are able to 
comforte them that are in eny maner of 
trouble, with the same comforte wherwith we 
oure selues are comforted of God. For as 
the affliccios of Christ are plenteous in vs, 
euen so is oure cosolacion plenteous by Christ. 
But whether we haue trouble or comforte, it 
is done for youre welth. Yf it be trouble, it 
is done for youre coforte and health, which 
health sheweth hir power, in that ye sufFre 
the same affliccions which we sufFre. Yf it be 
comforte, it is done also for youre comforte 
and health. Therfore is oure hope fast for 
you, in as moch as we knowe, that, like as ye 
are partakers of the affliccios, so shal ye be 
partakers also of the consolacion. 

Brethren we wolde not haue you ignoraunt 
of oure trouble, * which happened vnto vs in 
Asia, for we were greued out off measure 
passynge strength, so that we euen dispared 
of life, and had concluded in oure selues y 
we must nedes dye. But this was done, 
because we shulde not put oure trust in oure 
selues, but in God, which rayseth vp the deed 
to life agayne : which delyuered vs from so 



* Gal. 1. a. Ephe. 1. a. 1 Pet. 1. a. t Act. 19. c. 

2 Cor. 4. c. § Phil. 2. b. 1 Tess. 2. c. ° 1 Co. 16. a. 



greate a death, and yet delyuereth daylie 
On whom we trust, that he wil delyuer vs 
here after also, by the helpe of youre prayer 
for vs + that on oure behalfe many thankes 
maye be geuen by many personnes, for the 
gifte that is geuen vs. 

For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testi 
mony of oure conscience, that in synglenes (j 
godly purenesse, not in fleshlye wyszdome, but 
in the grace of God, we haue had oure con- 
uersacion in the worlde, but most of all with 
you. For we wryte nothinge els vnto you, 
then that ye rede and also knowe. Yee g I 
trust that ye shal fynde vs vnto the ende, euen 
as ye haue founde vs partly. 

For we are youre reioysinge, eue as ye also 
are oure § reioysinge in y daye of the LORDE 
Iesus. And in this confidence was I mynded 
the other tyme to come vnto you (that ye 
mighte haue yet another pleasure more) & "to 
passe by you in to Macedonia, (j to come 
againe out of Macedonia vnto you ij to be 
led forth to Iewrye warde of you. 

Whan I thus wyse was mynded, dyd I vse 
lightnesse? Or are my thoughtes fleshly? 
Not so II but with me yee is yee, and nay is 
naye. O faitfull God, that oure worde vnto 
you hath not bene yee and naye. For Gods 
sonne Iesus Christ, which was preached amonge 
you by vs (namely, by me and Siluanus and 
Timotheus) was not yee and naye, but in him 
it was yee. For all the promyses of God are 
yee in him, j are Ame in him, to the prayse 
of God by vs. But it is God which stably- 
sheth vs with you in Christ, and hath anoynted 
us, * and sealed us, and geuen the ernest of the 
sprete in oure hertes. 



|| Mat. 5. d. Iaco. 5. c. 



Ephe. 4. c. 



Cfcap* tij« 



Cfte ()♦ epistle to tf)t €atittibwi& 



fo. tivmti* 



Cfie f). Chapter. 

BUT I call God to recorde vnto my soule, 
that to fauoure you" withall I came not 
agayne vnto Corinthum. Not that we are * 
lordes ouer youre faith, but we are helpers of 
youre ioye, for ye stonde in faith. But I 
determyned this with my selfe, that I wolde 
not come agayne to you in heuynes. For yf 
I make you sory, who is it that shal make 
me glad, but the same which is made sory by 
me? And the same haue I wrytten vnto you, 
lest wha I come, I shulde take heuynes of 
them, of whom I oughte to reioyse : for so- 
moch as I haue this confidence in you all, that 
my ioye is the ioye of you all. For in greate 
trouble and anguysh of hert wrote I vnto you 
with many teares : not y ye shulde be sory, 
but that ye mighte perceaue the loue, which I 
haue most specially vnto you. 

But yf eny man haue caused sorowe, the 
same hath not made me sory, but partely, lest 
I shulde greue you all. It is sufficient, that 
t the same man is so rebuked of many, so 
that from hence forth ye oughte the more to 
forgeue him and to comforte him, lest he be 
swalowed vp in ouer moch heuynesse. Wher- 
fore I exhorte you, that ye shewe loue vpo 
him. For therfore dyd I wryte vnto you also, 
that I mighte knowe the profe of you, whether 
ye were obediet in all thinges. But loke vnto 
who ye forgeue eny thinge, I forgeue hi also. 
For I also, yf I forgeue ought vnto eny ma, 
that forgeue I for youre sakes in the rowme of 
Christ, lest we shulde be preuented of Sathan. 
For his thoughtes are not vnknowne vnto vs. 

But wha I came to t Troada to preach f 
Gospell of Christ (and a dore was opened 
vnto me in f LORDE) I had no rest in my 
sprete, because I founde not Titus my brother: 
but I toke my leue of them, and wente awaye 
in to Macedonia. Yet thankes be vnto God, 
which allwaye geueth vs the victory in Christ,^ 
and openeth y sauoure of his knowlege by 
vs in euery place. For we are vnto God the 
good sauoure of Christ, both amonge the y are 
saued, j amonge them y perishe.|| To these, 
y sauoure of death vnto death : but vnto f 
other, the sauoure of life vnto life. And who 
is mete therto ? For we are not as many are, 



" Rom. 9. a. * 1 Pet. 5. a. +1 Cor. 5. b 

t Act. 16. b. § Col. 1. c. || Luc. 2. c. 1T Exo. 34. c 
** Iere. 31. e. tt Phil. 2. b. tt 1 Cor. 4. b. 2 Co. 6. a 



which choppe & chaunge with the worde of 
God, but eue out of purenesse, and out of God, 
in f sighte of God, so speake we in Christ. 

Cfje ii). Cfjapter. 

BEGYNNE we then agayne to prayse oure 
selues ? Or nede we (as some other) of 
pistles of commedacion vnto you or letters of 
commedacion from you ? Ye are oure epistle 
wrytten in oure hertes : which is vnderstonde 
and red of all me, in that ye are knowne, how 
that ye are y epistle of Christ, mynistred by 
vs, and wrytte, not with ynke, but with the 
sprete of the lyuynge God : IT not in tables of 
stone,** but in fleshy tables of the hert. 
Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God 
warde, not that we are sufficient of oure 
selues to thynke eny thinge, as of oure selues, tt 
but oure ablenesse commeth of God, which 
hath made vs able, to be It mynisters of the 
new Testament : not of the letter, but of the 
sprete. For the letter kylleth, but the sprete 
geueth life. 

But yf the mynistracion y kylleth thorow 
the letter, and was figured in stones, was glo- 
rious,^ so that the childre of Israel mighte not 
beholde the face of Moses, for f clearnesse 
of his countenance, (which glory neuertheles 
is done awaye) how shal not f mynistracion 
of f sprete be moch more glorious ? For yf 
the office that preacheth damnacion be glo- 
rious, moch more doth the office that preacheth 
righteousnes exceade in glory. For y other 
parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified 
in respecte of this exceadinge glory. For yf 
that which is done awaye, be glorious, moch 
more shal y which remayneth, be glorious. 

Seynge then that we haue soch trust, we 
vse greate boldnesse, and do not as Moses, II II 
which put a vayle before his face, so that y 
children of Israel mighte not se the ITf ende of 
it, that is done awaye. But their myndes are 
blynded. *** For vnto this daye remayneth 
the same coueringe vntake awaye in the olde 
Testament, whan they rede it, which in Christ 
is put awaye. But euen vnto this daye whan 
moses is red, the vayle hangeth before their 
hertes : ttt Neuertheles wha they turne to the 
LORDE, the vayle shalbe taken awaye. 
ttt For the LORDE is a sprete : (t where the 



§$Exo.34.d. 
*** Mat. 13. ' 



Exo. 34. d. 
ttt Rom. 11. c. 



Iff Rom. 10. ; 
ttt Ioh. 4. 



jftu rlro'uj* 



Wi)t iU Cpt^tle to ti)t Carfot&ianas* 



C&ap* utj. 



sprete of the LORDE is, there is libertye. 
But now the glory of y LORDE apeareth in 
vs all with open face, and we are chaunged 
in to the same ymage, from one clearnes to 
another, eue as of the sprete of the LORDE. 

Che utj. Chapter. 

THERFORE seynge we haue soch an 
office (euen as mercy is come vpon vs) 
we faynte not, but cast from vs the clokes of 
vnhonestye, and walke not in craftines : nether 
corruppe we the worde of God but open the 
trueth, and reporte oure selues to euery mans 
conscyence in the sighte of God. 

Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd, it is hyd in 
them that are lost: amonge whom the God 
of this worlde * hath blynded y myndes of 
them which beleue not, that y lighte of the 
Gospell of the glory of Christ (t which is the 
ymage of God) shulde not shyne vnto them. 
For we preach not oure selues, but Iesus 
Christ to be the LORDE, and oure selues 
youre seruauntes for Iesus sake. 

For God t that comaunded the light to 
shyne out of darcknesse, § hath geuen a cleare 
shyne in oure hertes, y by vs y light of y 
knowlege of the glory of God mighte come 
forth, in the face of Iesus Christ. 

But this treasure haue we in 11 earthen ves- 
sels, that y power which excelleth might be 
of God, and not of vs. We are troubled on 
euery syde, yet are we not without shift. We 
are in pouertie, but not vtterly without som- 
what. We are persecuted, but we are not 
forsaken. We are oppressed, neuertheles we 
perish not. f We allwayes beare aboute in 
oure body the dyenge of the LORDE Iesus 
y the life also of the LORDE Iesus might 
appeare in oure body. **For we which lyue, 
are alwayes delyuered vnto death for Iesus 
sake, that the life also of Iesus might appeare 
in oure mortall flesh. 

Therfore is death now mightie in vs, but 
life in you. But seynge that we haue the 
same sprete of faith (acordinge as it is wryt- 
ten : tt I beleued, and therfore haue I spoke.) 
we also beleue, g therfore we speake, for we 
knowe that he, which raysed vp y LORDE 
Iesus, shal rayse vs vp also by y meanes of 
Iesus, and shal set vs with you. For all 



* Ioh. 12. e. 
t Gen. J. a. 
T Gal. 6. b. 



t Col. 1. b. Phil. 2. a. Heb. 
§ 2 Pet. 1. (1. || 2 Cor. 

** Rom. 8. c. tt Psal. 11 



thinges do I for youre sakes, tithat the ple- 
teous grace by the thakesgeuynge of many, 
maye redounde to the prayse of God. Ther- 
fore are we not weery, but though oure out- 
warde man be corrupte, yet the inwarde is 
renewed daye by daye. §§For oure trouble, 
which is but temporall and lighte, worketh 
an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of 
glorye vnto vs, which loke not on the thinges 
that are sene, but on them which are not 
sene. For f thinges which are sene, are 
temporall : but the thinges that are not sene, 
are eternall. 

Cfie b. Chapter. 

WE knowe surely, y yf oure II [i earthy 
house of this dwellynge were de- 
stroyed, we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of 
God, an house not made with handes, but 
euerlastynge in heauen. Hf And in the same 
sighe we also after oure masion, which is from 
heauen : and longe to be clothed therwith, so 
yet, ***yf that we be founde clothed, and not 
naked. For as longe as we are in this taber- 
nacle, we sighe and are greued, for we had 
rather not be vnclothed, but to be clothed 
vpon, that mortalite might be swalowed vp 
of life. But he that hath ordeyned vs for 
this, is God, tttwhich hath geuen vs the earnest 
of the sprete. Therfore are we allwaye of 
good cheare, and knowe, that as longe as we 
dwell here in the body, we are not at home 
with the LORDE : for we walke in faith, and 
se him not. Neuertheles we are of good 
comforte, and had leuer to be absent from the 
body, (t. to be at home with the LORDE. 

Wherfore, whether we be at home or fro 
home, we endeuoure oure selues to please 
him. Ut For we must all appeare before the 
iudgment seate of Christ, y euery one maye 
receaue in his body, acordinge to y he hath 
done, whether it be good or bad. Seynge 
then that we knowe, how that the LORDE is 
to be feared, we fare fayre with men, but we 
are knowne well ynough vnto God : I trust 
also, that we are knowne in youre consciences. 
We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you, 
but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs, y 
ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them, which 
reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce, and 



»2Cor.l. b. §§ Psal. 29. a. Ro.8. c. |||| 2 Cor.4. b. 

f 1T Rom. 8. c. *** Apoc. 16. c. ttt Rom. 8. b. 

ttt Mat. 25. c. Ro. 14. b. 



Cor. 1. c. 



Cfjap, btj* 



Cfje i), €pt5tk to ti)t Cormtftiansf, 



jfturijwkl 



not after the hert. For yf we do to moch, 
we do it vnto God : yf we kepe measure, we 
do it for youre sakes. For the loue of Christ 
constrayneth vs, in as moch as we thus iudge 
that yf one be deed for all, then are all deed. 
*And therfore dyed he for all, that they 
which lyue, shulde not hence forth lyue vnto 
them selues, but vnto him, which dyed for 
them and rose agayne. 

Therfore hence forth knowe we noman 
after f flesh : and though we haue knowne 
Christ also after the flesh, yet knowe we him 
now so nomore. Therfore yf eny man be in 
Christ, he is a new creature. Olde thinges 
are past awaye, tbeholde, all are become 
new. Neuertheles all thinges are off God 
which hath reconcyled vs vnto himselfe by 
Iesus Christ, and hath geuen vs the office to 
preach the attonement. t For God was in 
Christ, and $ reconcyled the worlde vnto him- 
selfe, and counted not ther synnes vnto them, 
and amonge vs hath he set vp the worde of y 
attonemet. Now the are we messaungers in 
the rowme of Christ, euen as though God 
exhorted by vs. We beseke you now therfore 
in Christes steade, that ye be at one with God : 
lor he hath made him which knewe no synne, 
to be 1" synne for vs, y we by his meanes 
shulde be that righteousnes, which before God 
is alowed. 

Che &i. Chapter. 

WE as helpers therfore exhorte you, that 
ye receaue not y grace of God in 
vayne. For he sayeth : ** I haue herde the in 
the tyme accepted, and in the daye of salua- 
cion haue I succoured the. Beholde, now is 
the accepted tyme, now is the daye of salua- 
cion. Let vs geue no man occasion of euell, 
that oure office be not euell spoken of: but in 
all thinges let vs behaue oure selues as the 
ttmynisters of God: in moch pacience, in 
troubles, in necessities, in anguysshes, in 
strypes, in presonmentes, in vproures, in la- 
boures, in watchinges, in fastynges, in pure- 
nesse, in knowlege, in longe sufferynge, in 
kyndnesse, in the holy goost, in loue vnfayned, 
in the worde of the trueth, in the power of 
God, by the armoure of righteousnes on the 
rightehande and on the lefte, by honoure and 



1 Tess. 5. b. t Apoc. 21. i 

am. 3. c. Col. 1. b. 1 Ioh. 4. b 
If Rom. 8. a. Heb. 9. c. ** Esa. 



t Col. 2. 
|| Esa. 53. 
tt 1 Co. 4. 



dishonoure, by euell reporte and good reporte : 1 33 
as disceauers, j yet true : as vnknowne, and 
yet knowne: Mas dyenge, and beholde, we 
lyue : as chastened, and not kylled : as sorow- 
ynge, and yet allwaye mery : as poore, j yet 
make many riche : as hauynge nothinge, g 
yet possessynge all thinges. 

O ye Corinthians, oure mouth is open vnto 
you, oure hert is made large. Ye are in no 
straytnesse on oure behalfe : but where as y 
are in straytnesse, that do ye of youre owne 
hertely meanynge. I speake to you, as to 
childre, that haue like rewarde with vs. Set 
youre selues therfore at large. 

§§ Beare not a straunge yock with the vn- C 
beleuers. For what fellishippe hath right- 
eousnes with vnrighteousnes ? What com- 
pany hath lighte with darknesse ? Illl How 
agreeth Christ with Belial ? Or what parte 
hath the beleuer with the infydele? How 
acordeth y teple of God with ymages ? Ye 
are the temple of the lyuynge God, as sayeth 
God : I wyl dwell in them, and walke in them, 
3 and wyl be their God, $ they shalbe my 
people. Wherfore come out from amoge 
them, and separate youre selues f f (sayeth the 
LORDE) and touche no vncleane thinge, so 
wyl I receaue you, (j be youre father, (£ ye 
shalbe my sonnes and doughters, sayeth f 
Allmightie LORDE. 

Cfte &ij. Chapter. 

SEYNGE now that we haue soch promyses 
(dearly beloued) let vs dense oure selues 
from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete, and 
growe vp to full holynes in y feare of God. 
Vnderstode vs righte. We haue hurte no 
ma, we haue corrupte no man, we haue de- 
frauded no man. I speake not this to co- 
demne you, for I haue shewed you before, 
that ye are in oure hertes, to dye and to lyue 
with you. I am very bolde towarde you, I 
make moch boost of you, I am fylled with 
comforte, I am exceadynge ioyous in all oure 
tribulacion. *** For whan we were come in 
to Macedonia, oure flesh had no rest, but we 
were troubled on euery syde : outwarde was 
fightinge, inwarde was feare. Neuertheles 
God that comforteth the abiecte,* comforted 
vs by the comynge of Titus. 



1 Cor. 3. a. 
Illl Math. 8. c 
Act. 16. 



tt Esa. 26. c. 
' Leui. 26. b 
2 Cor. 1. a. 



§§ Deut. 7. a. 
ff Esa. 52. b. 



tfo. tlvtfbu 



€f)t ij* Cpfetle to tfre Coriiit&ian& 



Cfrap* bttj. 



Not onely by his commynge, but also by 
the cosolacion wherwith he was coforted of 
you, whan he tolde vs youre desyre, youre 
wepynge, youre feruet mynde for me, so y I 
now reioyse y more. For where as I made 
you sory by the letter, it repenteth me not, 
though I dyd repete. For I se, that the same 
epistle made you sory (though it were but for 
a ceason). But now I reioyce, not that ye 
were sory, but that ye were sory to repent- 
aunce. For ye sorowed godly, so that in 
nothinge ye were hurte by vs. For godly 
sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion, 
not to be repented of : * but worldly sorowe 
causeth death. Beholde, where as ye haue 
had godly sorowe, what diligence hath it 
wrought in you ? Yee a sufnciet answei'e, 
displeasure, feare, desyre, a feruet mynde, 
punyshment. For in all poyntes ye haue 
shewed youre selues, that ye are cleare in 
that matter. 

Wherfore though I wrote vnto you, yet is 
it not done for his cause that dyd hurte, 
nether for his cause that was hurte, but that 
youre diligence (which ye haue for vs in the 
sighte of God) mighte be manifest with you 
Therfore are we comforted, because ye are 
comforted: but exceadingly the moi'e ioyed 
we, for the ioye of Titus, because his sprete 
was refreszhed of you all. I am therfore not 
now ashamed, though I boasted my selfe vnto 
him of you : but like as all is true that I haue 
spoke vnto you, euen so is oure boastinge 
vnto Titus founde true also. And his inwarde 
affeccion is more abundaunt towarde you, 
whan he remembreth the obedience of you 
all, how ye receaued him with feare and 
treblynge. I reioyse, that I maye be bolde 
ouer you in all thinges. 

Cfie bttj. Chapter. 

I DO you to wit (brethren) the grace of 
God, which is geue in the congregacions 
of Macedonia. For their reioysinge was most 
abundaunt, whan they were tryed by moch 
trouble : & though they were exceadinge poore, 
yet haue they geue exceadinge richely, and 
that in synglenesse. For to their power (I 
beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power, 
they were wyllinge of their awne acorde, and 
prayed vs with greate instance, that we wolde 



* Ecoli. 30. c. t Act. : 
2 Cor. 9. a. %1 Pet. 4. 



c. Rom. 1; 
Pro. 3. b. 



d. 1 Cor. 16. 
§ Luc. 21. 



receaue their benefite and fellishippe of the 
+ hadreachinge that is done for the sayntes: 
And not as we Ioked for, but gaue ouer them 
selues first to the LORDE, and afterwarde 
vnto vs by y wyl of God, so that we coulde 
not but desyre Titus, that like as he had be 
gonne afore he wolde euen so accomplish the 
same beniuolence amonge you. Now as ye 
are riche in all poyntes, in faith and in worde, 
and in knowlege, and in all diligence, and in 
youre loue towarde vs, euen so se that ye be 
plenteous also in this benyuolece. This I 
saye not as commaiidynge, but seynge, other 
are so diligent, I proue youre loue also, 
whether it be perfecte or no. For ye knowe 
the liberalite of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, 
which though he be riche, yet for youre sakes 
he became poore, y ye thorow his pouerte 
mighte be made riche. 

And my councell herin I geue, for this is 
profitable for you, which haue begonne a 
yeare a goo, not onely to do, but also to wyll. 
But now perfourme the dede also, that like 
as there is a ready mynde to wil, there maye 
be a ready mynde also to perfourme the dede 
t of that which ye haue. § For yf there be a 
wyllinge mynde, it is accepted acordinge to 
that a man hath, not acordinge to that he 
hath not. This is not done to the intent, that 
other shulde haue ease, and ye cobraunce, 
but that it be a lyke. Let youre abundaunce 
sucker their lacke in this tyme off derth, that 
their abundaunce also herafter maye supplee 
youre lacke, that there maye be equalite. As 
it is wrytten : " He y gathered moch, had not 
the more : and he that gathered little, wanted 
nothinge. Thakes be vnto God, which put 
in the hert of Titus, the same diligence to- 
warde you. For he accepted the request in 
dede, yee he was rather so well wyllynge, that 
of his awne acorde, he came vnto you. 

We haue sent with him that brother, whose 
prayse is in the Gospell thorow out all the 
congregacions. Not onely that, but he is 
chosen also of the congregacions, to be a 
felowe with vs in oure iourney, for this beny- 
uolence that is mynistred by vs vnto the 
prayse of the LORDE, and to stere vp youre 
prompte mynde, and to bewarre, lest eny ma 
reporte euell of vs because of this plenteousnes, 
which is mynistred by vs : II and therfore make 

" Exo. 16. (1. |, Rom. 12. c. 



Cfjaj), jr. 



€i)t ij. Cptstle to ti)t Corinthians:, 



#o, rljrjrtfrij. 



we prouision for honest thinges, not onely 
before the LORDE, but also before men. 

We haue sent with them also a brother of 
oures, whom we haue oft proued diliget in 
many thinges, but now moch more diligent. 
And this haue we done in greate hope towarde 
you, whether it be for Titus sake (which is 
my felowe and helper amonge you) or for 
oure brethre (which are Apostles of the 
cogregacions, j the prayse of Christ.) Shewe 
now the profe off youre loue and off oure 
boastinge of you, vnto these, and opely in the 
sighte of the cogregacions. 

Cfte tr. Chapter. 

OF the * handreachinge vnto y sayntes, it 
is no nede for me to wryte vnto you : 
for I knowe youre redynesse of mynde, wherof 
I boast my selfe amonge them of Macedonia, 
and saye : Achaia was ready a yeare agoo, 
And youre feruentnesse hath prouoked many, 
Neuertheles yet haue we sent these brethren, 
lest oure reioy singe ouer you shulde be in 
vayne in this behalfe, that ye mighte be ready, 
as I haue reported of you : lest whan they of 
Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vn- 
prepared, we (I wyl not saye ye) shulde be 
ashamed in this presumpcion of boostinge. 

Wherfore I thoughte it necessary to ex- 
horte the brethren, to come before hande vnto 
you, for to prepare this blessynge promysed 
afore, that it mighte be ready, so that it be a 
blessynge, and not a defraudynge. This I 
thynke : that t he which soweth litle, shal 
reape litle also : and he y soweth plenteously, 
shal likewyse reape plenteously, euery one 
acordynge as he hath purposed in his hert, 
not grudgingly, or of compulsion, t For God 
loueth a chearfull geuer. God is able to 
make you riche in all grace, f ye in all thinges 
hauynge sufficiet to the vttemost, maye be 
riche to all maner of good workes. As it is 
wrytte : "He hath. sparsed abrode d geue to y 
poore, his righteousnes remayneth for euer. 

He that geueth sede vnto the sower, shal 
mynistre bred also for fode, and shal multi- 
plye youre sede, and increase the frutes of 
youre righteousnes, that in all thinges ye maye 
be made riche vnto all singlenesse, which 
causeth thorow vs, thankesgeuynge vnto God. 
For the hadreachinge of this colleccion not 

* Rom. 15. d. 1 Co. 16. a. 2 Cor. 8. a. t Pro. 11. c. 
Gal. 6. a. f Exod. 25. a. and 35. a. Eccli. 35. a. 



onely suppleeth the nede off the sayntes, but 
also is abiidaunt herin, that for this laudable 
mynistracion many mighte geue thakes vnto 
God, and prayse God for youre obedient pro- 
fessynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for youre 
synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to 
all men, and in their prayer for you, which 
longe after you, for the abundaunt grace of 
God in you. Thankes be vnto God for his 
vnoutspeakeable gifte. 

Cfte r. Chapter. 

I PAUL my selfe beseke you by the meke- 
nesse and softnesse off Christ, which when 
I am present amonge you, am of small repu- 
tacion, but am bolde towarde you beynge 
absent. I beseke you that I nede not be 
bolde whan I am present, g to vse y boldnesse 
wherwith I am supposed to be bolde, agaynst 
some, which repute vs as though we walked 
after y flesh : for though we walke in the 
flesh, yet fighte we not after a fleshly maner. 
For the §wapens of oure warre are not fleshly, 
but mightie before God to cast downe stroge 
holdes, wherwith we ouerthrowe ymaginacions, 
(j euery hye thinge y exalteth it selfe agaynst 
the knowlege of God, and brynge in to cap- 
tiuyte all vnderstondinge to the obedience of 
Christ, ij are ready to take vengeaunce on all 
disobedience, whan youre obediece is fulfylled. 
Loke ye on thinges after y vtter appearauce ? 
Yf eny man trust of himselfe y he is 
Christes, let him thinke this also by himselfe, 
y like as he is Christes, eue so are we Christes 
also. And though I shulde boast my selfe 
somwhat more of oure auctorite I which y 
LORDE hath geue vs to edifye and not to 
destroye, it shulde not be to my shame. This 
I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente 
aboute to make you afrayed with letters. For 
the pistles (saye they) are sore and stronge 
but his bodely presence is weake, and hi; 
speache rude. Let him y is soche, thinke on 
this wyse, that as we are in worde by letters 
wha we are absente, soch are we also in dede 
whan we are present. For we darre not 
reken or compare oure selues, vnto some that 
prayse them selues : Neuertheles whyle they 
measure them selues by them selues, and 
holde onely of them selues, they vnderstonde 
nothinge. 



1 Psal. 111. b. 



$ Ephe. 6. b. 



I 2 Cor. 13. b. 



go* ilmbiti* 



Wbt ij. <£pt£tie to tin Corint&iansi* 



Cfcap* xu 



Howbeit we wil not boast oure selues aboue 
measure, but onely acordinge to the measure 
of the rule, wherwith God hath distributed 
vnto vs the measure to reach euen vnto you, 
For we stretche not oure selues to farre as 
though we had not reached vnto you. For 
euen vnto you haue we come with the Gospell 
of Christ, and boast not oure selues out of 
measure in other mens laboures : Yee and 
we hope whan youre faith is increased in you 
that we wil come farther (acordinge to oure 
measure) and preach the Gospell vnto them 
that dwell beyonde you, and not to reioyse in 
that, which is prepared with another mans 
measure. 

Cfte ri. Chapter. 

LET him that reioyseth, reioyse in the 
LORDE: for "he y *prayseth' him 
selfe, is not alowed, but he who y LORDE 
prayseth. Wolde God ye coulde suffre me a 
litle in my foloshnes, yet do ye forbeare me. 
For I am gelous ouer you with godly gelousy. 
For I haue maried you vnto one ma, to 
brynge a chaste virgin vnto Christ. But I 
feare, lest t as f serpet begyled Eue with his 
sutteltie, eue so youre wyttes shulde be cor- 
rupte from the synglenesse that is in Christ. 
For yf he that commeth vnto you, preach 
another Iesus, whom we haue not preached, 
or yf ye receaue another sprete, y ye haue 
not receaued, or another Gospell which ye 
haue not accepted, ye might right well haue 
bene cotent. For I suppose that I am no 
lesse the the hye Apostles are. And though 
I be rude in speakynge, yet am I not rude in 
knowlege. Howbeit amoge you I am knowne 
to the vttemost. Or dyd I synne therin 
because I submytted my selfe, that ye mighte 
be exalted? 

For I preached vnto you the Gospell of God 

frely, and robbed other cogregacions, and 

toke wages of the, to preach vnto you. §And 

whan I was present with you, and had nede, I 



was greuous to no 



for y which was 



lackynge vnto me, the brethren which came 
fro Macedonia, suppleed. And in all thinges 
I kepte myselfe so, y I shulde not be greuous 
to you, (j so wyl I kepe my selfe. As surely 
as the trueth of Christ is in me, this reioys- 
inge sbal not be taken fro me in the regions 



Esa. 65. c. Iere. 9. d. 1 Cor. 1. d. 
t Gen. 3. a. | 1 Cor. 9. b. § Act. 20. c. 



* Pro. 27. a. 
|| Phil. 4. c. 



ofAchaia. Wherfore ? ' Because I shulde not | 
loue you ? God knoweth. Neuertheles what 
I do and wyl do, that do I to cut awaye occa- 
sion, from the which seke occasion, that they 
mighte boast the selues to be like vnto vs. 
For soch false Apostles j disceatfull workers 
fashion them selues like vnto the Apostles of 
Christ. And that is no maruell : for Sathan 
himselfe is chaunged in to y fashion of an 
angell of light. Therfore is it no greate 
thinge, though his mynisters fashion them 
selues as though they were the preachers of 
righteousnes, II whose ende shalbe acordinge to 
their dedes. 

I saye agayne, lest eny man thynke that I 
am folish : or els take me euen now as a 
fole, y I maye boast my selfe a litle also. 
That I speake now, that speake I not after 
the LORDE, but as it were in folishnes, 
whyle we are now come to boastinge : Seynge 
that many boaste them selues after f flesh, I 
wil boast my selfe also. For ye suffre foles 
gladly, in so moch as ye youre selues are 
wyse. For ye suffre euen yf a man brynge 
you in to bondage, yf a man put you to dis- 
honesty, yf a man take ought fro you, yf a 
man exalte him selfe ouer you, yf a man 
smyte you on the face. I speake concernynge 
rebuke, as though we were weake. 

Wherin so euer now eny man darre be 
bolde (I speake folishly) therin darre I be 
bolde also. They are Hebrues, so am I 
They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are 
the sede of Abraham, so am I. They are the 
mynisters of Christ (I speake as a fole) I am 
more : in laboures more abudaunt, in strypes 
aboue measure, in presonmentes more plen- 
teously, in death oft. **' Of the Iewes receaued 
I fyue tymes fortye strypes, one lesse. ttThryse 
was I beaten with roddes. ttl was once stoned, 
§$ I suffred thryse shypwracke : nighte and 
daye haue I bene in the depe of the see : I 
haue oft iourneyed : I haue bene oft in parels 
of waters, in parels amonge murthurers, in 
parels amonge the Iewes, in parels amonge 
the Heythen, in parels in cities, in parels in 
the wylderners, in parels vpon the See, in 
parels amonge false brethre, in laboure (j 
trauayle, in moch watchinges, in honger and 
thyrst, in moch fastinges in colde and naked- 
nesse : Besyde those thynges which are out- 



f 2 Pet. 



a. ** Deut. 25. a. tt Act. 16. d. 

|| Act. 14. c. §§ Act. 27. c. 



Cfjap* yiij. 



€l)t ij. OSptstk to tfce Corintfttansu 



jfiu dmfa 



warde, namely my daylie combraunce, my 
daylie care for all cogregacions. * Who is 
weake, and I be not weake? Who is offended, 
(j I burne not ? Yf I must nedes make my 
boast, I wil boast my selfe of myne infirmyte. 
God y father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, 
which is blessed for euer, knoweth that I lye 
not. t At Damascon the gouernoure of y 
people vnder kynge Aretas, kepte y cite of 
the Damascenes, $ wolde haue taken me, and 
at a wyndowe was I let downe in a basket 
thorow the wall, g so escaped his handes. 

Che rtj. Chapter. 

IT profiteth me nothinge (no doute) to 
boaste. Neuertheles I wil come to y 
visions and reuelacions off the LORDE. I 
knowe a man in Christ aboue fourtene yeares 
a goo (whether he was in y body, I can not 
tell : or whether he was out of the body, I 
can not tell, God knoweth.) the same was 
taken vp in to the thirde heauen : and I 
knowe the same man (whether he was in y 
body or out of the body, I can not tell, God 
knoweth) how that he was take vp in to 
Paradise, and herde wordes not to be spoken, 
which no man can vtter. Here of will I 
boast, but of my selfe wil I make no boast, 
excepte it be of myne inflrmyties. And 
though I wolde boast my selfe, I dyd not 
foolishly, for I wolde saye the trueth. But 
I refrayne my selfe, lest eny ma shulde thinke 
of me aboue y he seyth in me, or heareth of 
me. tAnd lest I shulde exalte my selfe out 
of measure because of the hye reuelacions, 
there is a warnynge geuen vnto my flesh, 
euen y messaunger of Satan, to buffet me, 
that I shulde not exalte my selfe out off mea- 
sure : for y which I besoughte the LORDE 
thryse, that it mighte departe fro me. And 
he sayde vnto me : My grace is sufficiet for 
the. For my strength is made perfecte thorow 
weaknes. Very glad therfore wil I reioyse in 
my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ 
maye dwell in me. 

Therfore am I contente in infirmities, in 
rebukes, in necessities, in persecucions, in 
anguyszhes for Christes sake : for wha I am 
weake, the am I stroge. I am become a fole 
I boastinge my selfe : Ye haue copelled me. 
For I oughte to be c5mended of 



t Act. 9. d. 
Cor. 9. a. 



you, § in so 



t lob 1. b. 



moch as I am in nothinge inferior to y hye 
Apostles. Though I be nothinge, yet are y 
tokens of an Apostle wrought amoge you, 
with all paciece, with signes, g with woders (j 
with mightie dedes. For what is it, wherin 
ye are inferiours to the other congregations? 
excepte it be y I haue not bene greuous vnto 
you. Forgeue me this wroge. Beholde, I 
am ready the thirde tyme to come vnto you, 
and wyl not be chargeable vnto you. II For I 
seke not youres, but you. For y childre 
ought not to gather treasure for the elders, 
but the elders for the children. I wil very 
gladly bestowe, and wyl be bestowed for youre 
soules : though y more I loue you, the lesse 
am I loued agayne. 

But let it be so that I greued you not, 
neuertheles for so moch as I was crafty e, I 
toke you with gyle. Haue I defrauded you 
by eny of the, who I sent vnto you ? I 
desyred Titus, (j with him I sent a brother : 
dyd Titus defraude you? Haue we not 
walked in one sprete ? Wete we not in like 
fotesteppes ? Agayne, thynke ye y we excuse 
oure selues? We speake in Christ in the 
sighte off God. But all this (dearly beloued) 
is done for youre edifyenge. For 1 feare, lest 
whan I come, I shal not fynde you soch as I 
wolde : and lest ye shal fynde me soch as ye 
wolde not : lest there be amonge you, debates, 
envyenges, wrathes, stryuynges, bacbytinges, 
whysperinges, swellinges, vproures : lest whan 

I come agayne, God bringe me lowe amoge 
you & lest I be constrayned to bewayle many 
of the y haue synned before, j haue not 
repented ouer y vnclennesse and whordome, 
and wantonnes, which they haue comytted. 

Che rttj. Chapter. 

NOW" come I the thirde tyme vnto you. 
IT In the mouth of two or thre witnesses 
shal euery matter be stabliszhed. I haue 
tolde you before, ij tell you before as present 
y seconde tyme, (j wryte it now beynge absent, 
vnto the which in tyme passed haue synned, 
(t. to all other : (j yf I come agayne, I wil not 
spare, seynge that ye seke experiece of him, 
** which speaketh in me, euen Christ, which 
amonge you is not weake, but is mightie, 
amoge you. And though he was crucified in 
weaknes, yet lyueth he in the power of God 

II Act. 20. c. 1" Deut. 19. c. Mat. 18. b. ** Mat. 10. c 



tfo. wt. 



Cfa Cpfetle to t\)t 4ialatg)ian& 



Cfrap, u 



And though we are weake in him, yet lyue we 
with him in the power of God amonge you. 

* Proue youre selues, whether ye are in the 
faith, exame youre selues. Or knowe ye not 
youre selues, y Iesus Christ is in you? Excepte 
ye be cast awayes. But I trust ye knowe, y 
we are not cast awayes. I desyre before God 
y ye do no euell: not y we shulde seme 
comendable, but y ye shulde do y which is 
good, (E let vs be as cast awayes. For we 
maye do nothinge agaynst y trueth, but for f 
trueth. We are glad whan we are weake, cj 
ye stronge : & the same also we wyszhe for, 
namely youre perfectnesse. Therfore wryte 
I these thinges beynge absent, lest wha I am 



present, I shulde vse sharpnesse, acordinge to 
the power t which the LORDE hath geue me 
to edifye, and not to destroye. 

Fynally brethren, reioyse, be parfecte, 
coforte youre selues, be of one mynde, be 
peaceable, and the God of loue and peace 
shalbe with you^ Salute one another with an 
holy kysse. All the sayntes salute you. The 
grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, 5 the 
loue of God, and the fellishippe of f holy 
goost be with you all. Amen. 

The seconde Epistle to the Corinthians. Sent 
from Phillippos in Macedonia, by Titus 
and Lucas. 

t 2 Co. 10. b. 



of fyt 3ijjo0tle &♦ Paul to fbt igalatfuans* 



Cfre sumnw of tin's OEpfetle, 



Cijap. I. 
Paul rebuketh them, because they were fallen 
awaye from the gospel 1, sheweth his awne 
couersion, magnifieth his office and apostel- 
shippe, and declareth himself to be equall with 
the hye apostles. 

Chap. II. 
He withstondeth Peter in the face, and proueth, 
that the lawe and circumcision are not neces- 
sary to saluacion. 

Cftap. III. 
He rebuketh the vnstedfastnesse of the Gala- 
thians, shewinge the vnparfectnesse of the 
lawe, and declareth neuerthelesse that it was 
not geuen for naught. 



IIII. 



Cljap 

Paul sheweth that thorow Christ we be delyuered 
from the lawe, and rebuketh the vnthankful 
nesse of the Galathians. 



Cfiap. V. 

He laboureth to drawe them awaye from circu- 
cision, sheweth them the battayll betwixte the 
sprete and the flesh, and the frutes of them 
both. 



Chap. VI. 

He exorteth them to brotherly loue, and one to 
beare with another. In the ende he warneth 
them to bewarre of circucision. 



of tljc Apostle Jp. IJaiil to tfjr ©alatfnaits. 



Che first Chapter. 

PAUL an Apostle (not of men, nor by 
ma, but by Iesus Christ j by God the 
father, which raysed him vp fro y deed) {j all 
the brethre which are with me. Vnto the 
cogregacios in Galacia. * Grace be with you, 
and peace frd God the father, and oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ, which gaue him selfe 
for oure synnes, that he mighte delyuer vs 
from this present euel worlde, acordinge to 
the wyll of God oure father, to whom be 
prayse for euer and euer. Amen. 

I maruell y ye are so soone turned (from 
him that called you in the grace of Christ) 
vnto another Gospell : which is nothinge els, 
but that there be some, which t trouble you, 
and intende to peruerte the Gospell of Christ. 

Neuertheles though we oure selues, or an 
angell from heaue preach vnto you eny other 
Gospel, the y which we haue preached vnto 
you, the same be acursed. As we haue sayde 
afore, so saye we now agayne : Yf eny ma 
preach vnto you eny other thinge, the y ye 
haue receaued, y same be acursed. Preach I 
men now or God ? Or go I aboute to please 
men ? Yf I shulde yet please men, I were 
not the seruaunt of Christ. 

But I certifye you brethren, y the Gospell 
which is preached of me, is not of men. For 
I nether receaued it ner lerned it of ma, but 
by the reuelacion of Iesus Christ. For ye 
haue herde of my conuersacion afore tyme in 
the Ieweshippe, thow that beyode measure 
I persecuted the cogregacion of God, and 
spoyled it, and preuayled in the Ieweshippe 
aboue many of my companyons in my nacion, 



2 Cor. 1. a. Ephe. 1. 
t Act. 8. a. 9. 



1 Pet. 1. a. t Act. 15. 

§ 2 Cor. 11. d. 



(t was a moch more feruent manteyner of the 
tradicions of the fathers. 

But whan it pleased God which separated 
me fro my mothers wombe, and called me by 
his grace, for to declare his sonne in me, that 
I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell 
amonge the Heythen, immediatly 1 commened 
not of the matter with flesh and bloude 
nether came I to Ierusalem vnto them which 
were Apostles before me : but wente my 
wayes in to Arabia, and came agayne to 
Damascon. Then after thre yeare I came to 
Ierusale to se Peter, and abode with him fyf- 
tene dayes. As for the other Apostles, I 
sawe none of them, saue lames the LORDES 
brother. 

The thinges that I wryte vnto you, beholde 
§ God knoweth, I lye not. After that wente 
I in to the coastes of Syria and Celicia : but 
of face I was vnknowne to y Christen con- 
gregacions in Iewrye. Neuertheles they had 
herde onely, that : He that persecuted vs in 
tyme passed, preacheth now y faith which 
some tyme he destroyed : and they praysed 
God in me. 

Che rj. Chapter. 

THEN after fourtene yeares, II I wente vp 
agayne to Ierusale with Barnabas, and 
toke Titus with me also. But I wente vp by 
reuelacion, and commened with the of y 
Gospell, which I preach amonge the Heythe: 
but specially with the which were in reputa- 
cion, lest 1 shulde runne or had runne in 
vayne. 1T But Titus which was also with me, 
was not compelled to be circucysed, though 
he was a Greke : and that because of certayne 



So. tmu 



€in <£pt's;tle to t\)t <MatI)t'an& 



CJmp, iij. 



incommers beynge false brethre, which came 
in amoge other, to spye out oure libertye, 
which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they 
might brynge vs in to bondage : To whom we 
gaue no rowme, no not for the space of an 
houre, as concernynge to be broughte in to 
subieccion : y the trueth of the Gospell 
mighte contynue with you. 

As for the that semed to be greate, what 
they were in tyme passed, it maketh no matter 
to me. *For God loketh not on the out- 
warde appearaunce of men. Neuertheles they 
which semed greate, taught me nothinge: 
but contrary wyse, whan they sawe that the 
Gospell ouer the vncircumcision was comytted 
vnto me, as y Gospell ouer y circiicision was 
commytted vnto Peter. (For he y was mightie 
with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the cir- 
cumcision, the same was mightie with me 
also amoge the Hey then) they perceaued 
the grace that was geuen vnto me. 

lames and Cephas and Ihon, which semed 
to be pilers, gaue me and Barnabas y righte 
handes, and agreed with vs, that we shulde 
preach amonge the Heythe, and they amonge 
the Iewes: onely that we shulde remebre 
the poore, t which thinge also I was diligent 
to do. 

But wha Peter was come to Antioche, I 
withstode him in y face : for he was worthy to 
be blamed. For afore there came certayne 
from lames, he ate with the Heythe. But 
wha they were come, he withdrue and sepa- 
rated himselfe, fearinge the which were of 
the circumcision. And the other Iewes dys- 
sembled with him likewyse, in so moch y 
Barnabas was brought in to their symulacion 
also. But whan I sawe that they walked not 
right after y trueth of the Gospell, I sayde 
vnto Peter openly before all : Yf thou beynge 
a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the Gentyles, 
and not as do the Iewes, why causest thou the 
Gentyles then to lyue as do the Iewes ? 

t Though we be Iewes by nature, and not 
synners of the Gentyles, yet (in so moch as 
we knowe, that a man is not made righteous 
by the dedes off the lawe, but by the faith on 
Iesus Christ) we haue beleued also on Iesus 
Christ, y we might be made righteous by the 
faith of Christ, and not by the dedes of the 



.•* Act. 10. d. Rom. 2. b. Ephe. 6. a. t Act. 11. c. 
2 Co. 9. a. t Phil. 3. a. Rom. 3. b. $ Ephe. 5. a. 

|| Gen. 15. b. Rom. 4. a. Iaco. 2. c. If Gen. 12. a. 



I lawe, because that by the dedes of the lawe 
no flesh shal be iustified. 

Yf we then which seke to be made righteous 
by christ, shulde be yet founde synners oure 
selues, is not Christ then the mynister of 
synne? God forbyd. For yf I buylde agayne 
y which I haue destroyed, then make I my 
selfe a trespacer. But I thorow the lawe am 
deed vnto the lawe, that I might lyue vnto 
God. I am crucified with Christ, yet do I 
lyue: neuerthelesse now not I, but Christ 
lyueth in me. For y life which I now lyue 
in y fleszhe, I lyue in the faith of y sonne of 
God § which loued me, and gaue himselfe for 
me. I cast not awaye the grace of God. For 
yf righteousnes come by the lawe, then dyed 
Christ in vayne. 

Cije ttj. Chapter. 

OYE folishe Galathias, who hath be- 
witched you, that ye shulde not beleue 
the trueth? To who Iesus Christ was de- 
scrybed before the eyes and amonge you 
crucified. This onely wolde I lerne of you : 
Receaued ye the sprete by the dedes of the 
lawe, or by the preachinge of the faith ? Are 
ye so vnwyse ? Ye beganne in the sprete, 
wolde ye ende now the in the flesh ? Haue 
ye suffred so moch in vayne ? Yf it be els in 
vayne. He that geueth you the sprete, and 
doth soch greate actes amoge you, doth he it 
thorow the dedes of the lawe, or by y preach- 
inge of the faith ? II Euen as Abraha beleued 
God, and it was counted vnto him for right- 
eousnes. Thus ye knowe, that they which 
are of faith, are Abrahams children. 

The scripture sawe afore hade, that God 
iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith. Ther- 
fore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto 
Abraham, and sayde : H In the shal all the 
Heythen be blessed. So then they which be 
of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham. 
For as many as go aboute with the workes of 
the lawe, are vnder y curse : For it is wrytte : 
** Cursed be eueryman, which cotynueth not 
in all thinges that are wrytte in the boke of 
the lawe, to do them. That no man is 
iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God, it 
is euydet: ttFor y hist shal lyue by his faith. 
The lawe is not of faith, ttbut the ma that 



Deut. 27. c. tt Abac. 2. a. Rom. 1. 
tt Leuit. 18. a. 



Cfrap* iiij. 



€l)t Cptstle to tf)t 4ialatfuan& 



tfo. tjrn'ij. 



doth y same, shal lyue therin. But Christ 
hath delyuered vs from y curse of the lawe, 
whan he became a curse for vs. (For it is 
wrytte : * Cursed is euery man that hangeth 
on tre) y the blessynge of Abraham mighte 
come on the Gentyles in Christ Iesu, and y 
we might so receaue y promysed sprete, 
thorow faith. 

Brethren, I wil speake after the maner of 
men. Though it be but a mas Testamet, 
yet no man despyseth it, or addeth eny thinge 
therto, twhan it is confirmed. To Abraham 
and his sede were the promyses made. He 
sayeth not : In the sedes, as in many, but in 
thy sede, as in one, which is Christ. This 
Testament (I saye) which afore was confirmed 
to Christ warde, is not disanulled (that the 
promes shulde be made of none affecte) by 
the lawe* which was geuen beyonde foure 
hundreth j thirtie yeares therafter. ^For yf 
the enheritaunce be gotten by the lawe, then 
is it not geuen by promes. But God gaue it 
frely vnto Abraham by promes. 

Wherfore the serueth the lawe ? II It 
was added because of transgression, tyll the 
sede came, to the which the promes was 
made. 1T And it was geuen of angels, by the 
hande of the **mediatoure. A mediatour is 
not a mediatour of one onely, but God is one. 

Is the lawe then agaynst the promyses 
of God? God forbyd. Howbeit yf there 
had bene geuen a lawe which coulde haue 
geue life, the no doute righteousnes shulde 
come of the lawe. ttBut y scripture hath 
shut vp all vnder synne, that y promes shulde 
come by the faith on Iesus Christ, geue vnto 
the that beleue. Before faith came, we were 
kepte and shut vp vnder the lawe, vnto the 
faith which shulde afterwarde be declared. 
Thus y lawe was oure scolemaster vnto Christ, 
that we might be made righteous by faith. 
But now that faith is come, we are nomore 
vnder the scolemaster. it For ye all are the 
children of God by the faith in Christ Iesu. 
$$ For as many of you as are baptysed, haue 
put on Christ. Here is nether Iewe ner Greke : 
here is nether bode ner fre : here is nether 
man ner woman, for ye are all II II one in Christ 
Iesu. Yf ye be Christes, the are ye Abrahas 
sede and heyres acordynge to the promes. 



* Deut. 21. d. + Heb. 9. c. $ Iudith. 5. b. 

$ Act. 7. a. || Rom. 4. c. 7. b. 8. a. % Act. 7. e. 

** Deut. 5. a. tt Rom. 3. b. It Ioh. 1. a. 



Cfie ttrj. Chapter. 

BUT I saye : As longe as the heyre is a 
childe, there is no difference betwene 
him and a seruaunt, though he be lorde of 
all y goodes : but he is vnder tuters and 
gouerners, vntyll the tyme appoynted of the 
father. Euen so we also, wha we were chil- 
dren, were in bondage vnder the outwarde 
tradicions. But whan the tyme was fulfylled, 
God sent his sonne, borne of a woma, t If and 
put vnder the lawe, to redeme them which 
were vnder the lawe, that we mighte receaue 
y childshippe. *** For so moch the as ye are 
children, God hath sent the sprete of his 
sonne in to oure hertes, which cryeth : Abba, 
deare father. Wherfore now, thou art not a 
seruaunt, but a sonne. Yf thou be a sonne, 
then art thou the heyre of God thorow Christ. 
Notwithstondinge whan ye knewe not God, 
ye dyd seruyce vnto them, which by nature 
are no Goddes. But now seynge ye knowe 
God (yee rather are knowne off God) how is 
it ttt that ye turne you backe agayne vnto the 
weake and beggerly tradicions, wher vnto ye 
desyre agayne a fresh to be in bondage ? 

Ye obserue dayes and monethes, and tymes 
and yeares. I am in feare of you, lest I haue 
bestowed laboure on you in vayne. Brethre 
I beseke you, be ye as I am, for I am as ye 
are. Ye haue not hurte me at all. For ye 
knowe how that in weaknes after y flesh I 
preached y Gospell vnto you at the first: 
and my tentacion which I suffred after the 
flesh, ye despysed not, nether abhorred, but 
receaued me as an angell of God, yee euen 
as Christ Iesus. How happy were ye then ? 
For I beare you recorde, that yf it had bene 
possible, ye had plucked out youre awne eyes, 
and geue them vnto me. Am I therfore 
become youre enemy, because I tell you y 
trueth ? 

They are gelous ouer you amysse. Y 
they wolde make you to fall backe, that ye 
might be feruet to the warde. It is good to 
be feruent, so y it be allwaye in a good 
thinge, and not onely whan I am present with 
you. My litle children (of whom I trauayl 
in byrth agayne, vntyll Christ be fashioned 
in you) I wolde I were with you now, and 



§$ Rom. 6. a. and 13. b. Col. 2. 
TfMat. 5. b. ***Rom.i 



IHI Ioh. 17. c 
ttt Col. 2. c 



tfo. ixtiixj. 



Cfee Cpfetfe to ti)t #alatfrian$. 



Cftap, b» 



coulde chauge my voyce, for I stode I doute 
of you. 

Tell me ye that wylbe vnder the lawe, 
haue ye not herde the lawe? For it is wrytten, 
that Abraham had two sonnes * the one by 
a bonde mayde, t the other by a fre woman. 
As for him that was of the bode mayde, he 
was borne after y flesh : but he which was of 
the fre woman, was borne by promes. These 
wordes betoken somwhat. For these wemen 
are the two Testamentes : The one from the 
mount Sina, that gendreth vnto bondage, 
which is Agar. For Agar is called in Arabia 
y mount Sina, and reacheth vnto Ierusalem 
which now is, and is in bondage with hir 
children. 

$ But Ierusalem that is aboue, is the fre 
woman, which is the mother of vs all. For 
it is wrytte : § Reioyse thou baren, that 
bearest no childre: breake forth and crye 
thou y trauaylest not, for the desolate hath 
many mo childre, then she which hath an 
huszbande. As for vs (brethren) we are the 
children of Isaac acordinge to the promes. 

II But like as at that tyme, he that was 
borne after the flesh, persecuted him y was 
borne after the sprete, euen so is it now also. 
But what sayeth the scripture ? " Put awaye 
the bonde mayden and hir sonne : for the 
sonne of y bondmayde shal not be heyre with 
y sonne of the fre woman. So now brethren, 
we are not children of the bonde mayde, but 
of the fre woman. 

Cf)t b. Chapter. 

STONDE fast therfore in the libertye 
wherwith Christ hath made vs fre, and 
be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off 
bondage. Beholde, I Paul saye vnto you: 
Yf ye be circumcysed, Christ profiteth you 
nothinge at all. I testifye agayne vnto euery 
man which is circumcysed, that he is bounde 
to kepe the whole lawe. Ye are gone quyte 
from Christ, as many off you as wylbe made 
righteous by the lawe, and are fallen from 
grace. But we wayte in the sprete off hope, 
to be made righteous by faith, f For in 
Christ Iesu nether is circumcision eny thinge 
worth ner vn circumcision, but faith which ** 
by loue is mightie in operacion. Ye ranne 



* Gen. 16. d. 
§ Esa. 54. a. 
11 Gal. 6. b. 



f Gen. 2 
Gen. 27. 



Co. 13. 



i Cor. 5. 



t Apoc. 21. a. 

1 Gen. 21. b. 

tt Leuit. 



well, who was a let vnto you, that ye shulde 
not obeye the trueth ? Soch councell is not 
of him that hath called you.+t A litle leuen 
sowreth the whole lompe of dowe. 

I haue trust towarde you in y LORDE, 
that ye wylbe none otherwyse mynded. But 
he that troubleth you, shal beare his iudg- 
ment, what so euer he be. Brethren yf I 
yet preach circumcision, why do I suffre per- 
secution? then had the slaunder off the crosse 
ceassed. Wolde God they were roted out fro 
amoge you, which trouble you. But brethre, 
ye are called vnto liberty, onely let not youre 
libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh, but by 
loue serue one another. For all the lawe is 
fulfylled in one worde, namely in this : tt loue 
thy neghboure as thy selfe. But yf ye byte 
and deuoure one another, take hede, that ye 
be not consumed one of another. 

I saye : Walke in the sprete, and so shal ye 
not fulfill the §§ lustes off the fleszhe. For 
the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete, and the 
sprete agaynst the flesh. These are contrary 
one to the other, so that ye can not do that 
which ye wolde : But and yf ye be led of the 
sprete, then are ye not vnder the lawe. II II The 
dedes of y flesh are manifest, which are these : 
Aduoutrye, whordome, vnclenes, wantanes, 
Idolatrye, witchcraft, hatred, variaunce, zele, 
wrath, stryfe, sedicion, sectes, envyenge, 
murthur, dronkennes, glotony, and soch like : 
of the which I tell you before, as I haue 
tolde you in tyme past, If that they which 
commytte soch, shal not inheret the kyngdome 
of God.*** But the frute of the sprete, is 
loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, getlenes, 
goodnesse, faithfulnes, mekenesse, teper- 
aunce, ttt Agaynst soch is not y lawe : ttt But 
they that are Christes, haue crucified their 
flesh, with the lustes and desyres. 

Cije bt. Chapter. 

YF we lyue in the sprete, let vs walke 
also in the sprete. Let vs not be vayne 
glorious, prouokinge one another, and envy- 
enge another. Brethren, Yf eny ma be 
ouertaken of a faute, ye which are spirituall, 
enfourme him with a meke sprete : and con- 
sidre thine owne selfe, that thou also be not 
tempted. §§§ Beare ye one anothers burthe, 



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and so shal ye fulfyll the lawe of Christ. 
But yf eny man thinke himselfe to be som- 
what (whan in dede he is nothinge) the same 
disceaueth himselfe. Let euery man proue 
his owne worke, and the shal he haue re- 
ioysinge in his awne selfe, and not in another. 
For * euery one shal beare his owne burthen. 
t But let him that is taughte with the 
worde, mynister in all good thinges, vnto him 
that teacheth him. Be not disceaued, God 
wil not be mocked, t For what soeuer a man 
soweth, that shal he reape. He that soweth 
vpon the flesh, shal of the flesh reape de- 
struccion : But he that soweth vpon f sprete, 
shal of the sprete reape life euerlastinge. 
§ Let vs not be weery of well doynge : for 
wha the tyme is come, we shal reape without 
ceassinge. Whyle we haue tyme therfore, 
let vs do good vnto all men II but specially 
vnto the which are of y housholde of faith. 

Beholde, with how many wordes I haue 
wrytten vnto you with myne awne hande. 



t Rom. 15. d. 1 Cor. 9. b. 
§ 2 Tess. 3. b. || 1 Tim. 5. 



t Luc. 



They that wil please in the flesh, constrayne 
you to be circumcysed, onely lest they shulde 
be persecuted with the crosse of Christ. For 
eue they them selues which are circumcysed, 
kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you cir- 
cucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre 
flesh. But God forbyd that I shulde reioyse, 
saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE 
Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified 
vnto me, and I vnto the worlde. If For in 
Christ Iesu nether circiicision avayleth eny 
thinge, ner vncircumcision, but a new crea- 
ture. ** And as many as walke acordynge to 
this rule, peace and mercy be vpon the, and 
vpon Israel of God. From hence forth let 
no man put me to busynesse, tt for I beare in 
my body the markes of the LORDE Iesu. 
Brethren, the grace of oure LORDE Iesu 
Christ be with youre sprete Amen. 

Vnto the Galathians, sent from Rome. 



f Gal. 5. a. *• Psal. 124. i 



of fbt gtyostle &♦ Haul to tfo iSjjfttgiattg. 



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Chap. I. 
The euerlastinge ordinaunce and eleccion of God 
in sauynge all men thorow Christ Iesus his 



sonne. We are ordened vnto 
The dominion of Christ. 



workes. 



Chap. II. 
Paul sheweth them what maner of people they 
were before their conuersion, and what they 
are now in Christ. 

Chap. III. 
He sheweth the cause of his presonment, desyreth 
them not to faynte because of his trouble, and 
prayeth God to make the stedfast in his sprete. 

Chap. IIII. 

He exhorteth them vnto mekenes, longe sufferinge, 

vnto loue and peace, euery one to serue and 

edifie another with the gifte that God hath 

geue him, to bewarre of straunge doctrine, to 



laye asyde the olde conuersacion of gredy 
lustes, and to walke in a new life. 



Chap. V 

He exhorteth them vnto loue, warneth them to 
bewarre of vnclennes, cuvetousnesse, foolish 
talkynge and false doctryne : to be circum- 
specte, to avoyde dronkennesse, to reioyse and 
to be thankfull towarde God, to submytt the 
selues one to another, He teacheth how wemen 
shulde obeye their huszb5des, and how lou- 
yngly men ought to intreate their wyues. 

Chap. VI. 

How children shulde behaue them selues towarde 
their fathers and mothers : Likewyse fathers 
towarde their children : Seruauntes towarde 
their masters : Agayne, masters towarde their 
seruautes. An exhortacion to the spirituall 
battayll, and what weapens christen men 
shulde fight withall. 



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Cftt first Chapter. 

PAUL an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the 
will of God. To f sayntes which are at 
Ephesus, j to the that beleue on Iesus Christ. 
* Grace be with you and peace from God 
oure father, j fro the LORDE Iesus Christ. 
Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE 
Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all 
maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly 
thynges by Christ t acordinge as he had chosen 



Cor. 1. a. Gal. 1. a. 



tloh. 15. b. 2 Tim. 1. 



vs by him, or euer the foundacion of the 
worlde was layed, that we shulde be holy and 
without blame before him in loue, ij ordeyned 
vs before, to receaue vs as children thorow 
Iesus Christ, acordinge to the pleasure of his 
will, vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace, 
wherby he hath made vs accepted in the* 
Beloued, in whom we haue redempcion thorow 
his bloude (namely) the forgeuenes of synnes, 
acordynge to y riches of his grace, which he 
hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wysz- 

t Mat. 3. b. and 17. a. 



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dome and prudece : and hath opened vnto 
vs the mystery of his wil acordinge to his plea- 
sure, which he had purposed in himselfe, y it 
shulde be preached *wha the tyme was full 
come, that all thinges shulde be gathered 
together by Christ, both the thinges which are 
in heauen, and also the thinges that are vpon 
earth, euen by him, by whom also we are 
come to the inheritaunce t we that were therto 
predestinate before, acordinge to y purpose of 
him, which worketh all thinges after y councell 
of his owne wyll, that we mighte be to the 
prayse of his glory, euen we that before 
beleued on Christ, on who also ye beleued, 
after that ye herde the worde of trueth, namely 
y Gospell of youre saluacion : wherin whan 
ye beleued, ye were t sealed with the holy 
sprete of promes, which is the ernest of oure 
inheritaunce to oure redempcion, that we 
mighte be his owne to the prayse off his glory. 
Wherfore I also, (in so moch as I haue 
herde of the faith which ye haue in y LORDE 
Iesu, and of youre loue vnto all f sayntes) 
ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and make 
mencion of you in my prayers, that y God of 
oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of 
glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wysz- 
dome, and open vnto you the knowlege of 
himselfe, and lighten the eyes of youre vnder- 
stondinge, that ye maye knowe what is the 
hope of youre callynge, and what the riches 
of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the 
sayntes, g what is the exceadinge greatnesse 
of his power towarde vs, which beleue acord- 
inge to y workynge of his mightie power, 
which he wroughte in Christ, whan he raysed 
him vp fro the deed,$ and set him on his 
righte hade I heauely thinges, aboue all rule, 
power, and mighte, and dominacio, and aboue 
all that maye be named, not onely in this 
worlde, but also in y worlde to come. II And 
hath put all thinges vnder his fete, and hath 
made him aboue all thinges f the heade of 
the cogregacion, which is his body, and the 
fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all. 

Cfie i). Chapter. 

AND quyckened you also, whan ye were 
deed thorow trespaces and synnes, in 
the which in tyme past ye walked, acordinge 



* Gal. 4. a. t Rom. 8. d. t 2 Cor. 1. c. and 5. a. 

^ Psal. 109. a. || Psal. 8. b. IT Ephe. 4. b. and 5. c. 

Col. 1. c. ** Col. 3. a. tt Esa. 25. b. Act. 15. b. 



to the course off this worlde, and after the 
prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely, after y 
sprete, which now worketh in the "children of 
vnbeleue,** amonge whom we also had oure 
conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure 
flesh, and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the 
mynde, and were naturally the children of 
wrath, euen as well as other. 

But God which is riche in mercy thorow 
his greate loue wherwith he loued vs eue wha 
we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in 
Christ (ttfor by grace are ye saued) and hath 
raysed vs vp with him, and set vs with him in 
heauely thinges thorow Christ Iesus, y in 
tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge 
riches of his grace, in kyndnesse to vs warde 
in Christ Iesu. For by grace are ye saued 
thorow faith, and that not of youre selues, 
For it is y gifte of God, not of workes, lest 
eny ma shulde boast him selfe. For we are 
his workmanshippe, created in Christ Iesu tt 
vnto good workes, to y which God ordeyned 
vs before, that we shulde walke in them. 

Wherfore remebre, that ye (which afore 
tyme were Gentyles after the flesh, and were 
called vncircumcision, of the that are called 
§§ circumcision after the flesh, which circum 
cision is made with the hande) that ye at the 
same tyme were without Christ, and reputed 
aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel, and 
were straungers from the Testamentes of 
promes, therfore had ye no hope, and were 
without God in this worlde. But now-ye that 
be in Christ Iesu, and afore tyme were farre 
of, are now made nye by the bloude of 
Christ. 

For he is oure II II peace, which of both hath 
made one, and hath broken downe the wall, 
that was a stoppe betwene vs, and hath also 
thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred 
(namely the lawe of the commaundemetes 
contayned in the lawe wrytten) that of twayne 
he mighte create one new man in him selfe, 
and make peace, and to reconcyle both vnto 
God in one body thorow the crosse, and so he 
slewe y- hatred thorow his owne selfe, and 
came tHand preached peace in the Gospell, 
vnto you which were afarre of, and to the that 
were nye. For thorow him we both haue 
intraunce in one sprete vnto the father. 



tt Tit. 2. b. 



§i Phil. 3. a. Col. 2. b. mi Esa. 9. b 

Col.l.b. If 1" Esa. 57. c. 



tfo. wtMij. 



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Now therfore ye are nomore gestes and 
straungers, but citesins with the sayntes, j of 
the housholde of God, buylded vpon * y 
foundacion of y Apostles and prophetes 
where Iesus Christ is y heade corner stone 
in whom euery buyldinge coupled together 
groweth to an holy temple in the LORDE, 
in whom ye also are buylded together, to be 
an habitacion of God in the sprete. 

Che tij. Chapter. 

FOR this cause I Paul am t a presoner of 
Iesus Christ for you Heythen, acordinge 
as ye haue herde of y office of the grace of 
God which is geuen me to you warde. For 
by § reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto 
me, as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes : wherby 
whan ye rede it, ye maye perceaue myne 
vnderstondynge in y- mystery of Christ, which 
(mystery) in tymes past was not opened vnto 
the childre of me as it is now declared to his 
holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete : 
namely, that the Heythen shulde be inherit- 
ours also, and of the same body, and par- 
takers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell, 
wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to 
the gifte of the grace of God, which is geue 
me acordinge to the workynge of his power. 

Vnto me II the leest of all sayntes is this 
grace geuen, that I shulde preach amonge the 
Heythe y vnsearcheable riches of Christ, and to 
make all men se, what is the fellishippe of the 
IT mystery, which fro the begynnynge of the 
worlde hath bene hyd in God, which made all 
thlges thorow Iesus Christ : to the intent that 
now vnto the rulers and powers in heaue 
mighte be knowne by the congregacion the 
manifolde wyszdome off God, acordinge to y 
eternall purpose, which he hath shewed in 
Christ Iesu oure LORDE by whom we haue 
boldnesse and intraunce in all confidece thorow 
faith on him. Wherfore I desyre that ye 
faynte not because of my tribulacions, y I 

suffre for you, which is youre prayse. 

For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the 
father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which 
is the true father, ouer all that is called father 

heauen and in earth, that he graunte you 
(acordinge to y- riches of his glory) to be 
strengthed with power by his sprete in f 



1 Cor. 3. b. f 1 Pet. 2. a. t Act. 21. d. 

§Gal. 1. b. || 1 Cor. 15. a. f Col. 2. c. ** Col. 

ttRo. 12. a. 1 Cor. 12. a. ft Psal. 67. c. 



inwarde ma, that Christ maye dwell in youre 
hertes by faith, that ye beynge roted and 
grounded in loue, maye be able to coprehende 
with all sayntes, what is the bredth, and the 
length, and the deepth, and the heyth : and 
to knowe the loue of Christ, which loue yet 
passeth all knowlege : that ye maye be fylled 
with all maner of fulnesse of God. 

Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge 
abundauntly, aboue all that we axe or vnder- 
stonde (acordinge to y power that worketh in 
vs) be prayse in the congregacion, which is in 
Christ Iesu, at all tymes for euer and euer, 
Amen. 

Che iiij. Chapter. 

I THERFORE which am presoner in the 
LORDE, exhorte you, that ye walke 
as it becometh youre callinge wherin ye are 
called, with all humblenes off mynde and 
mekenes, and longe sufferinge, forbearinge one 
another in loue, and be diligent to kepe the 
vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of 
peace. One body and one sprete, eue as ye 
are called in one hope of youre callynge. 
One LORDE, one faith, one baptyme, one 
God and father of vs all, which is aboue all, 
and thorow all, and in you all. 

ttVnto euery one of vs is geuen grace, 
acordinge to the measure off the gifte off 
Christ. Therfore sayeth he : tt He is gone vp 
an hye, and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue, 
and hath geue giftes vnto men. That he 
wente vp, what is it, but that he first came 
downe in to y lowest partes of y earth? §§He 
that came downe, is euen the same which 
is gone vp aboue all heauens, to fulfill all. 
Illl And y same hath set some to be Apostles, 
some to be prophetes, some to be Euange- 
listes, some to be shepherdes j teachers, 
wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled toge- 
ther thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge 
of y body of Christ, tyll we all come vnto 
one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne 
of God, and become a perfecte man in to the 
measure of the perfecte age of Christ 1T1T that 
we be nomore children, ***waueringe j caried 
aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow 
the wickednes of men and craftynes, wherby 
they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. 



^ Ioh. 3. b. 



Illl 1 Cor. 12. c. 
*** Col. 2. i 



TIT 1 Cor. 14. 



Cfcap* b. 



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But let vs folowe the trueth in loue, and in 
all thinges growe in him, * which is the 
heade, euen Christ, in whom all the body is 
coupled together, and one membre hangeth by 
another thorow out all f ioyntes. t Wherby 
one mynistreth vnto another (acordinge to 
the operacion as euery membre hath his mea- 
sure) and maketh, that f body groweth to the 
edifienge of it selfe in loue. 

This I saye therfore, and testifye in the 
LORDE, that ye walke nomore as f other 
Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde, 
blynded in their vnderstondinge, beynge 
straungers fro the life which is in God thorow 
the ignoraunce that is in them, because of 
the blyndnes of their hert : which beynge 
past repentaunce, haue geue them selues ouer 
vnto wantonnes, to worke all maner of vn- 
clennes euen with gredynesse. 

But ye haue not so learned Christ, yf so be 
that ye haue herde of him, g are taught in 
him, euen as the trueth is in Iesu. So then 
as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past 
t laye from you that olde man which marreth 
himselfe thorow disceauable lustes : but be ye 
renued in the sprete of youre mynde, and put 
on that new man, which is shapen after God, 
in true righteousnes and holynes. § Wherfore 
put awaye lyenge, and speake euery man the 
trueth vnto his neghboure, for as moch as we 
are membres one of another. || Be angrie, 
but synne not. Let not y Sonne go downe 
vpo youre wrath : nether geue place to the 
bacbyter. He that hath stollen, let him 
steale nomore : f but let him laboure 
rather, and do some good with his hondes, 
that he maye haue to geue vnto him that 
nedeth. 

Let no filthy communicacion proceade out 
of youre mouth, "but that which is good to 
edifye withall, wha nede is, that it be gracious 
to heare. And greue not the holy sprete of 
God, wherwith ye are ** sealed vnto f daye 
of redempcion. Let all bytternes, and fears- 
nes, and wrath, and roaringe, 5 cursed speak- 
ynge be farre fro you with all maliciousnes. 
But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, 
tt and forge ue one another, eue as God hath 
forgeuen you in Christ. 

* Ephe. 1. c. and 5. c. t Ro. 12. a. 1 Cor. 12. b 

t Rom. 6. a. Col. 3. a. § Zach. 8. c. 1 Pet. 2. a 

|| Psal. 4. a. f 2 Tess. 3. a. - Mat. 12. d. Ephe. 5. a 
** 2 Cor. 1. c. tt Mat. 6. b. J| Mat. 5. e. Ioh. 13. b 
§§ Gal. 1. a. Nil Eccll. 23. c. f IT 1 Cor. 6. b 



Cftt 6. Chapter. 

BE ye the tt Mowers therfore of God as 
deare children, and walke in loue, euen 
as Christ loued vs, and ^ gaue him selfe for 
vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure 
vnto God. As for whordome and all vnclen- 
nes, or couetousnes, let it not be named 
amoge you, as it becommeth sayntes: II II ne- 
ther fylthines, ner folish talkynge, ner ieast- 
ynge (which are not comly) but rather geuynge 
of thakes. tf For be sure, that no whore 
monger, or vncleane person, or couetous per- 
son (which is a worshipper off ymages) hath 
inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and 
of God. *** (Let no man disceaue you with 
vayne wordes) for because of these commeth 
the wrath of God vpon the children of vn- 
beleue. Be not ye therfore companions with 
them. For sometyme ye were darknesse, 
ttt but now are ye lighte in the LORDE. 

Walke as the children of lighte. ttt (For the 
frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes, 
and righteousnes and trueth:) and proue 
what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE, and 
haue no fellishippe with y vnfrutefull workes 
of darknes, but rather rebuke the. For it is 
shame euen to name those thinges, which are 
done of them in secrete. But all thinges are 
manifest, whan they are rebuked of the lighte. 
For what so euer is manifest, that same is 
lighte. Therfore sayeth he : §§§ Awake thou 
that slepest, and stonde vp fro the deed, and 
Christ shal geue the lighte. 

Illlll Take hede therfore how ye walke cir- 
cumspectly, not as the vnwyse, but as y wyse, 
and redeme the tyme, for it is a miserable tyme. 
Wherfore be not ye vnwyse, but vnderstonde 
what the wil of the LORDE is, M IF and be not 
dronken with wyne, wherin is excesse : but be 
full of the sprete, ****and talke amoge your 
selues of Psalmes and ymnes, and spirituall 
songes, synginge and makynge melody vnto 
the LORDE in youre hertes tttt geuynge 
thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the 
father, in the name of oure LORDE Iesus 
Christ, submyttinge youreselues one to another 
in the feare of God. 

* Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto 

Col. 3. a. *** Col. 2. a. 

ttt Gal. 5. c. §>§§ Esa. 60. a. R 

4. a. f f f Eccll. 31. c. »*** Col. 3. b 

5. c. b Col. 3. c. 1 Pet. 3. a. 



ttt 1 Tess. 5. a, 

i. b. mm coi. 

tttt 1 Tess. 



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their huszbandes, as vnto the LORDE. 
* For the huszbande is the wyues heade, eue 
as Christ also is the heade of the congrega- 
cion, and he is the Sauioure of his body. 
Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion 
to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subiec- 
cion to their huszbandes in all thinges. 

Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues, euen as 
Christ loued the congregacion, t and gaue 
himselfe for it, to sanctifye it, t and clensed 
it in the fountayne of water by the worde, to 
make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion, 
hauynge no spot ner wrynkle, ner eny soch 
thinge, but that it shulde be holy and without 
blame. 

So oughte men also to loue their wyues. 
euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth 
his wife, loueth him selfe. For no ma euer 
yet hated his awne fleszhe, but norisheth and 
cheriszheth it, euen as the LORDE doth also 
the congregacion. For we are membres of 
his body, of his flesh and of his bones. § For 
this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, 
and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be 
one flesh: This is a greate secrete: but I 
speake of Christ and the congregacion. Ne- 
uertheles do ye so, that euery one of you 
loue his wife euen as himselfe: but let the 
wife feare hir huszbande. 

€J)e bt. Chapter. 

YE II children, obey youre elders in the 
LORDE, for that is righte. Honoure 
thy father and thy mother (1f That is the 
first commaundement, that hath eny promes) 
that thou mayest prospere, and lyue longe 
vpon earth. And ye fathers, prouoke not 
youre children vnto wrath, but brynge the 
vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the 
LORDE. 

** Ye seruauntes, obey youre bodely mas- 
ters, with feare and tremblynge, in synglenes 
of youre hert, euen as vnto Christ, not with 
seruyce onely in the eye sighte, as men 
pleasers: but as the seruauntes off Christ, 
doynge the wyll off God from the hert with 
good wyll. Thynke that ye serue the LORDE 

d not me: and be sure, that what good 
soeuer a man doth, he shal receaue it agayne 
of the LORDE, whether he be bonde or fre. 

* 1 Co. 11. a. + Ephe. 5. a. Gal. 2. c. t Tit. 3. a. 

Pet. 3. c. § Gen. 2. d. Mat. 19. a. Marc. 10. a. 

|| Col. 3. c. f Exo. 20. b. ** Col. 3. c. Tit. 2. b. 

Pet. 2. c. ° Eccll. 33. d. Col. 3. c. ft Act. 10. d. 



"And ye masters, do euen the same vnto 
the, puttynge awaye threatenynges, and knowe 
that euen youre master also is in heauen, 
tt nether is there eny respecte of personnes 
with him. 

Fynally my brethren, be stronge in the 
LORDE, and in the power of his mighte : 
put on the armoure of God, that ye maye 
stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off 
the deuell. For we wrestle not agaynst flesh 
and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power 
namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of 
the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst y spretes 
of wickednes vnder the heauen. For this 
cause take ye the armoure of God, y ye maye 
be able to resiste in the euell daye, and stonde 
perfecte in all thinges. 

ti Stonde therfore, and youre loynes gyrde 
aboute with the trueth, hauynge on the brest 
plate of righteousnes, and shod vpo youre 
fete with the gospell of peace, that ye maye 
be prepared: Aboue all thinges take holde 
of the shylde of faith, wherwith ye maye 
quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked. 
And take the helmet of saluacion, <j the 
swerde of the sprete, which is the worde of 
God. 

§§And praye allwayes with all maner of 
prayer and supplicacion in the sprete, and 
watch there vnto with all instaunce and sup- 
plicacion for all sayntes and for me, 'that the 
worde maye be geuen me, that I maye open 
my mouth boldly, to vtter the secretes of the 
Gospell, wherof I am a messaunger in bondes, 
that I maye speake therin frely, c as it be- 
commeth me to speake. 

But that ye maye also knowe, what case 
I am in, and what I do, Tichicus my deare 
brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE, 
shal shewe you all : whom I haue sent vnto 
you for the same cause, that ye mighte knowe 
what case I stonde in, and that he mighte 
comforte youre hertes. 

Peace be vnto the brethre, and loue with 
faith, from God the father, g from the LORDE 
Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that 
loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly. 
Amen. 

Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians, by 
Tichicus. 

Rom. 2. b. Col. 3. c. 1 Pet. 5. b. jj Deut. 23. b. 

Psal. 131. a. Esa. 11. a. 2 Cor. 10. a. Sap. 5. c. 

§ Luc. 18. a. 1 Tess. 5. c. * Col. 4. a. 2 Tess. 3. a. 

Act. 4. c. 



of fbt Apostle &♦ Haul to tl>* ilftiiippiane. 



Wi)t summe of tin's tpfetle* 



Chap. I. 
He exhorteth them to increace in loue, in know- 
lege and experience of godly thinges : maketh 
mencion of his presonment at Rome, is glad to 
heare Christ preached, is cotent ether to dye 
or lyue, and prayeth them to lede a godly 
connersacion, to be of one mynde, and to feare 
no persecucion. 

Chap. II. 
He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue, 
and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory : 



lple he layeth Christ 



And for a sure er <■" 
before them. 

Chap. III. 
He warneth the to bewarre of false teachers, 
whom he calleth dogges and enemies of Christ, 
and reproueth mas owne righteousnesse. 

Chap. IIII. 
He saluteth certayne of them, exhorteth them to 
be of honest conuersacion, and thanketh them 
because of the prouysion, that they made for 
him beynge in preson. 



Che first Chapter. 

PAUL and Timotheus the seruauntes of 
Iesu Christ. Vnto all the sayntes in 
Iesu Christ, which are at Philippos, with the 
Biszhoppes and * mynisters. 

Grace be with you and peace from God 
oure father, and from the LORDE Iesus 
Christ. 

t I thanke my God, as oft as I remebre 
you (which I allwayes do in all my prayers 
for you all, and praye with gladnesse) because 
of youre fellishippe which ye haue in the 
Gospell from the first daye vnto now, and 
am surely certified of this, y he which hath 
begonne that good t worke in you, shal go 
forth with it vntyll y daye of Iesus Christ : 
as it becommeth me to iudge of you all, be- 
cause I haue you in my hert, as those that 
are partakers with me of grace in my 
bondes, in defendinge and stablyshinge of the 
Gospell. 

For God is my § recorde, how I loge after 
you all euen fro the very hert rote in Iesus 
Christ. II And for the same I praye, y youre 



loue maye increace more (j more in all maner 
of knowlege and in all experience, y ye maye 
proue what is best, that ye maye be pure, % 
soch as hurte no mans conscience, vnto thi 
daye of Christ : fylled with the frutes of right 
eousnes, which come by Iesus Christ vnto the 
glorye and prayse of God. 

I wolde ye vnderstode brethren, that my 
busynes is happened vnto the greater fur 
theraunce of the Gospell, so that my bondes 
in Christ are manifest thorow out all y iudg 
met hall, and in all other places : In so moch 
that many brethren in the LORDE, are 
boldened thorow my bodes, and darre more 
largely speake the worde without feare. Some 
(no doute) preach Christ of enuye and stryfe, 
but some of good wil. The one parte preacheth 
Christ off stryfe and not purely, supposynge 
to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes. The 
other parte of loue, for they knowe that I 
lye here for the defence of the Gospell. 

What then? So that Christ be preached 
all maner of wayes (whether it be done by 
occasion or of true meaninge) I reioyce therin. 
and wil reioyce. For I knowe that the same 



§ 1 Tess. 2. 



Ephe. 1. c. Col. 1. 



4fru ttij. 



&t)t epfetfr to ti)t f fttltpptans!. 



Cfcap* ij. 



shal chaunce to my saluacion, * thorow youre 
prayer and mynistrynge of the sprete of Iesu 
Christ, as I loke for and hope, that in nothinge 
I shalbe ashamed: but y with all cofidence 
(as allwayes in tymes past, eue so now) Christ 
shalbe magnified in my body whether it be 
thorow life or thorow death. For Christ is 
to me life, g death is to me auaiitage. But 
in as moch as to lyue in f flesh is frutefull to 
me for the worke, I wote not what I shal 
chose, for both these thinges lye harde vpon 
me. +1 desyre to be lowsed, & to be with 
Christ, which thinge were moch better (for 
me) but to abyde in the flesh is more nedefull 
for you. 

And this am I sure of, that I shal abyde, 
and contynue with you all, for the further- 
aunce and ioye of youre faith, that ye maye 
abundauntly reioyse in Christ Iesu thorow 
me, by my comynge to you agayne. Onely 
let youre conuersacion be t as it becommeth 
the Gospell of Christ, that whether I come a 
se you, or els be absent, I maye yet heare of 
you that ye cotynue in one sprete and one 
soule, labourynge (as we do) to mayntayne 
the faith of the Gospell, and in nothinge 
fearinge youre aduersaries, which is to them 
a token off perdicion, but vnto you of sal- 
uacion, and that of God. For vnto you it is 
geuen, not onely that ye shulde beleue on 
Christ, but also suffre for his sake, and to 
haue euen the same fighte, which ye haue 
sene in me, and now heare of me. 

Cfie rj. Chapter. 

YF there be amonge you eny consolacion 
in Christ, yf there be eny comforte of 
loue, yf there be eny fellishippe off the sprete, 
yf there be eny compassion and mercy, fulfyll 
my ioye, that ye drawe one waye, hauynge 
one loue, beynge of one accorde, and of one 
mynde : that there be nothinge done thorow 
stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow meke- 
nesse of mynde euery man esteme another 
better then himselfe : and let euery ma loke 
not for his awne profet, but for the profet of 
other. 

Let the same mynde be in you, that was 
in Christ Iesu : which beyinge in the shappe 
of God, thought it not robbery to be equall 



* 2 Cor. 1. h. t 2 Cor. 5. a. t Epbe. 4. a. Col. 

l.a. lTess. 4. a. § Heb. 5. a. || Mat. 28. e. Heb. 2. b. 
IT Esa. 43. c. Dan. 7. c. Ro. 14. b. ** Deu. 8. d. 



with God, but made him selfe of no reputa- 
cion, and toke vpon him the shappe of a 
seruaunt, § became like another man, and 
was founde in his apparell as a man: he 
humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto 
the death, euen vnto the death of the crosse. 

II Therfore hath God also exalted him, and 
geuen him a name, which is aboue all names, 
IT that in the name of Iesus euery kne shulde 
bowe, both of thinges in heauen, of thinges 
vpo earth, and of thinges vnder the earth, 
and that all tunges shulde confesse, that Iesus 
Christ is the LORDE vnto the prayse of 
God the father. 

Wherfore my dearly beloued, as ye haue 
allwayes obeyed (not onely in my presence, 
but now also moch more in my absence) euen 
so worke out youre awne saluacion with 
feare and tremblynge. ** For it is God which 
worketh in you both the wyll and the deed, 
euen of his owne good wyll. Do all thinges 
without murmurynges and disputinges, that 
ye maye be fautles and pure, and the childre 
of God tt without rebuke, in the myddes of y 
croked and peruerse nacion, it amonge whom 
se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde, 
holdinge fast the worde of life, vnto my 
reioysinge in the daye of Christ, that I haue 
not runne in vayne, nether laboured in vayne. 
§§Yee and though I be offred vp vpo the 
offerynge $ sacrifice of youre faith, I am glad, 
and reioyce with you all : be ye glad also, 
and reioyce ye with me. 

I trust in the LORDE Iesus, to sende Ti- 
motheus shortly vnto you, that I also maye 
be of good comforte, whan I knowe what 
case ye stonde in. For I haue no man that 
is so like mynded to me, which with so pure 
affeccio careth for you: for all other seke 
their awne, not that which is Iesus Christes. 
But ye knowe the profe of him : for as a 
childe vnto the fathei", so hath he mynistred 
vnto me in the Gospell. Him I hope to 
sende, as soone as I knowe how it wyll go 
with me. But I trust in the LORDE, that 
I also my selfe shal come shortly. 

Neuertheles I thoughte it necessary to 
sende vnto you the brother Ephraditus, which 
is my companyon in laboure and felowe sou- 
dyer, and youre Apostell, and my mynister at 



Ezec. 36. e. 2 Cor. 3. 

it Matb. 



Heb. 13. d. ft 1 Pet. 2. 

$$ Col. I.e. 



Cftap. iiij* 



CI)e Cjristk to tf)e pi)tlijpptans; + 



fo. itiij. 



my nede, for so moch as he longed after you 
all, and was full of heuynes, because ye had 
herde that he was sicke. And no doute he 
was sicke, and that nye vnto death : but God 
had mercy on him, and not on him onely, 
but on me also, lest I shulde haue had sorowe 
vpon sorowe. 

I haue sent him therfore the more haistely, 
that ye mighte se him, and reioyce agayne, 
and that I also mighte haue the lesse sorowe. 
Receaue him therfore in the LORDE with 
all gladnes,* and make moch of soche : for 
because of the worke of Christ, he wente so 
farre, that he came nye vnto death, and 
regarded not his life, to fulfyll that seruyce 
which was lackynge on youre parte to- 
warde me. 

Che ii). Chapter. 

MOROUER my brethren, reioyce in the 
LORDE. Where as I wryte euer 
one thinge vnto you, it greueth me not, and 
maketh you the surer. Bewarre off dogges, 
bewarre of euell workers, bewarre off discen- 
sion : t for we are the circumcision, euen we 
that serue God in the sprete, and reioyce in 
Christ Iesu, and haue no confidence in the 
flesh, though I haue wherof I mighte reioyce 
in y flesh. Yf eny other ma thynke that he 
hath wherof he mighte reioyce in the flesh, 
moch more I, which was circucysed on the 
eight daye, one of the people of Israel, of the 
trybe off Ben Iamin, an hebrue of the Hebrues : 
as concernynge the la we t a Pharise : as con- 
cernynge feruentnes §1 persecuted the co- 
gregacion : and as touchinge the righteousnes 
which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable. 

II But the thinges that were vauntage vnto 
me, haue I counted losse for Christes sake. 
Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that 
excellent IT knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my 
LORDE : for whom I haue counted all 
thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, 
that I mighte wynne Christ, g be founde in 
him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes 
which commeth of the lawe, but by the faith 
of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which 
commeth of God in faith, to knowe him and 
the vertue of his resurreccion, and the fel- 
lishippe of his passion, **that I maye be con- 



* Rom. 15. d. Mat. 10. a. 1 Tess. 5. c. t Rom. 2. i 
Col. 2. b. t Act. 23. a. § Act. 9. a. Gal. 1. 1 

|| Mat. 13. f. IT Ioh. 17. a. Col. 2. a. **Rom.6\ : 



formable vnto his death, yff by eny meanes I 
mighte attayne to the resurreccion from the 
deed. Not that I haue attayned vnto it all 
ready, or that I am allready perfecte : but I 
folowe, yf I maye comprehende that, wherin 
I am comprehended off Christ Iesu. Brethren, 
I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten 
it : but one thinge I saye : I forget that which 
is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that 
which is before, g preace vnto f marck 
apoynted, to optayne the rewarde of the hye 
callynge of God in Christ Iesu. 

Let vs therfore (as many as be parfecte) 
be thus wyse mynded : and yf ye be otherwyse 
mynded, I praye God open euen this vnto 
you. Neuertheles in that wher vnto we are 
come, let vs procede by one rule, that we 
maye be of one accorde. ft Brethren, be ye y 
folowers of me, and loke on the which walke 
eue so as ye haue vs for an ensample. For 
many walke (off whom I haue tolde you often, 
but now I tell you wepynge) eue enemies of 
the crosse of Christ, whose ende is damnacion, 
M whose God is the bely, g whose glory shalbe 
to their shame, which are earthly mynded. 
^But oure conuersacion is in heauen, from 
whence we loke for the Sauioure Iesu Christ 
y LORDE, llll which shal chaiige oure vyl 
body, y it maye be like fashioned vnto his 
glorious body, acordinge to y workynge 
wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto 
himselfe. 

Clje tiij. Chapter. 

WHERFOREmybrethre dearly beloued 
g longed for, my ioye g my crowne con- 
tynue so in the LORDE ye beloued. I 
praye Euodias, g beseke Syntiches, that they 
be of one mynde in the LORDE. Yee and 
I beseke the my faithfull yock felowe, helpe 
the wemen, which haue laboured with me in 
the Gospell, with Clement g with my other 
helpers, t If whose names are in the boke of 
life. Reioyce in the LORDE allwaye, g 
agayne I saye, Reioyse. Let youre softnes 
be knowne vnto all men. The LORDE 
euen at honde. Be not carefull, but in all 
thinges let youre peticions in prayer and sup 
plicacion, with geuynge of thankes be knowne 
before God. And y *** peace of God, which 



t+ 1 Cor. 4. c. and 10. d. it Ro. 16. b. §§ Col. 3. a 
llll 1 Cor. 15. f. « Luc.lO.b. Apo. 17. b. *** Ioh 
14. c. Rom. 5. a. 



tfo. ttiiih 



Cfte eptetle to tl)t Colosfsftans;* 



Cfjap, 



passeth all vnderstodinge, kepe youre hertes 
and myndes in Christ Iesu. 

Furthermore brethren, what soeuer thinges 
are true, what soeuer thinges are honest, what 
soeuer thinges are iust, what so euer thinges 
are pure, what soeuer thinges pertayne to 
loue, what soeuer thinges are of honest reporte : 
yf there be eny vertuous thinge, yf there be 
eny laudable thinge, haue those same in youre 
mynde, which ye haue both lerned and re- 
ceaued, and herde and sene in me : those 
thinges do, and the God of peace shal be with 
you. I reioyse greatly in y LORDE, that 
now at the last ye are reuyued agayne to 
care for me, as ye cared for me afore, but ye 
lacked oportunyte. I speake not this because 
of necessite : for I haue lerned in what soeuer 
estate I am, *therwith to be contete. I can 
be lowe, and I ca be hye. Euery where and 
in all thinges I am mete, both to be full, and 
to be hongrie : to haue plentye, and to suffre 
nede. I can do all thinges thorow Christ, 
which stregtheth me. Notwithstondinge ye 
haue done well, that ye bare parte with me in 
my tribulacion. 

* 1 Tim. 6. b. 



But ye of Philippos knowe, that in the 
begynnynge of the Gospell whan I departed 
fro Macedonia, no congregacion bare parte 
with meconcernynge geuynge and receauynge, 
but ye onely. For vnto Tessalonica ye sent 
once and afterwarde agayne vnto my necessite. 
Not that I seke giftes, but I seke the frute, 
that it be abiidaunt in youre rekenynge. For 
I haue all, and haue plentye. I was euen 
fylled wha I receaued of Epaphroditus, that 
which came from you, an odoure of swetenes, 
+ a sacrifice accepted g pleasaunt vnto God. 
My God fulfyll all youre nede, acordinge to 
his riches in glory I Christ Iesu. 

Vnto God and oure father be prayse for 
euer and euer Amen. 

Salute all y sayntes in Christ Iesu. The 
brethre that are with me, salute you. All the 
sayntes salute you, but specially they that 
are of the Emperours house. The grace of 
oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with you all, 
Amen. 

Wrytten from Rome by Epaphroditus. 

t Rom. 12. a. Heb. 13. c 



o( tfce jostle £♦ Paul to fbt <£olo00tait0. 



Cfce stomm* of tfcts; <£ptetk* 



Chap. I. 

He geueth thankes vnto God for their faith, loue, 
and hope : prayeth for their increase and 
sheweth how we are the kyngdome of God, 
optayned by Christ, which is the heade of the 
congregacion. 

Cfiap. II. 

What greate care Paul toke for all congre- 
gacions. He exhorteth them to be stedfast in 
Christ, to bewarre of false teachers and worldly 
wyszdome, and descrybeth the false prophetes. 



Cijap. III. 

He putteth them in remembraunce of the spi- 
rituall resurreccio, to laye asyde all maner of 
corrupte lyuynge, to be frutefull in all godly- 
nesse and vertue, and sheweth all degrees 
their dutye. 

C^ap. IIII. 

He exhorteth them to be feruent in prayer, to 
walke wysely vnto them that are not yet come 
to the true knowlege of Christ, and so saluteth 
them. 



Cfrap* tj* 



&t)t Cptetle to t\)t Coiossiansf* 



tfo* ttb. 



€!)« first Chapter 

PAUL an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the 
will of God, and brother Timotheus. 

To f sayntes which are at Colossa and 
brethren that beleue in Christ. 

Grace be with you and peace from God 
oure father j fro the LORDE Iesus Christ. 

*We geue thankes vnto God and the father 
of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, prayenge 
allwayes for you (sence we herde of youre 
faith in Christ Iesu, and of youre loue to all 
sayntes) for y hopes sake which is layed vp 
in stoare for you in heauen : of the which ye 
haue herde before by the worde of trueth in 
the Gospell, which is come vnto you, eue as 
it is in to all the worlde : and is frutefull, as it 
is in you, sence y daye y ye herde and knewe 
the grace of God in y trueth, as ye learned of 
t Epaphras oure deare felowe seruaunt, which 
is a faithfull mynister of Christ for you, which 
also declared vnto vs youre loue in the sprete. 

t For this cause we also, sence the daye y 
we herde of it, ceasse not to praye for you, & 
desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the 
knowlege of his will, in all wyszdome and 
spirituall vnderstondinge, that ye mighte walke 
worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all 
thinges, §and to be frutefull in all good workes, 
and growe in the knowlege of God: (t to be 
strengthed with all power acordinge to the 
mighte of his glory, to all pacience and long- 
sufferynge with ioyfulnes, and geue thankes 
vnto the father, which hath made vs mete for 
the enheritaunce of sayntes in lighte. 

Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of 
darknesse, & translated vs in to the kyngdome 
of his deare sonne (II in whom we haue re- 
dempcion thorow his bloude, namely, the 
forge uenes of synnes.) f Which is the ymage 
of the inuisyble God, first begotte before all 
creatures. **For by him were all thinges 
created, that are in heauen and earth, thinges 
vysible and thinges inuysible, whether they be 
maiesties or lordshippes, ether rules or powers : 
All thinges are created by him and in him, 
and he is before all thinges, and in him all 
thinges haue their beynge. 

tt And he is the heade of the body, namely, 
of the cogregacion: it he is the begynnynge 

* Phil. 1. a. 1 Tess. 1. a. t Col. 4. b. t Ephe. 

I.e. Phil. 1. b. 2 Tess. l.b. § Ioh. 15. b. || Ephe. 
l.a. IT 2 Cor. 4. a. Heb. l.a. ** Psal. 32. a. Heb. 
l.a. tt Ephe. 1. c. and 4. b. ft 1 Cor. 15. c. Apoc. 1. a. 



and first begotten from the deed, that in all 
thinges he mighte haue the preemynence. 
For it pleased the father, that in him shulde 
dwell all §§fulnesse, and that by him all 
thinges shulde be II II reconciled vnto himselfe, 
whether they be thinges vpon earth or in 
heauen, that thorow the bloude on his crosse 
he mighte make peace euen thorow his owne 
selfe. And you (which were in tymes past 
straungers and enemies, because youre myndes 
were set in euell workes) hath he now recon- 
cyled in the body of his flesh thorow death, 
to make you holy, and vnblameable g with 
out faute in his awne sighte, yf ye contynue 
grounded and stablished in the faith, and be 
not moued awaye from y hope of the Gospell, 
wherof ye haue herde : which is preached 
amonge all creatures y are vnder heauen, 
wherof I Paul am made a mynister. 

1" f Now ioye I in my sufferynges, which I 
suffre for you, and fulfill that which is be- 
hynde of the passions of Christ in my flesh, 
for his bodyes sake, which is the congregacion, 
*** wherof I am made a mynister, acordinge to 
y Godly office of preachinge, which is geuen 
vnto me amonge you, that I shulde richely 
preach the worde of God, namely, that 
ttt mystery which hath bene hyd sence the 
worlde beganne, and sence the begynnynge 
of tymes : but now is ttt opened vnto his 
yntes, to whom God wolde make knowne 
the glorious riches of this mistery amoge f 
Heythen : which (riches) is Christ in you, 
eue he that is the hope of glory, who we 
preach, and warne all men, and teach all men 
in all wyszdome, to make euery man parfecte 
in Christ Iesu: Wherin I also laboure, and 
stryue acordinge to the workynge of him 
which worketh mightely in me 

Cfje fj. Cljaptcr. 

I WOLDE ye knewe what fightinge I haue 
for youre sakes, and for them of Laodicea, 
and for as many as haue not sene my personne 
in the flesh, that their hertes mighte be com- 
forted and knytt together in loue, to all riches 
of full vnderstodinge, §§§ which is in the know- 
lege of the mystery of God the father and of 
Christ, II II II in whom are hyd all the treasures of 
wyszdome and knowlege. 

%S Col. 2. b. IHI Rom. 3. c. 2 Cor. 5. c. 1T1T 2 Co. 
1. a. Ephe. 3. b. Phil. 2. b. *** t Cor. 4. a. 

ttt Ephe. 3. b. ttt Math. 11. e. §§§ Ioh. 17. a. 

HUH 1 Cor. 1. c. 



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* This I saye, lest eny man shulde begyle 
you with entysinge wordes. t For though I 
be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with 
you in the sprete : ioyenge, and beholdinge 
youre order and the stedfastnes of youre faith 
in Christ. $As ye haue therfore receaued 
Christ Iesu the LORDE, euen so walke in 
him, and be roted 5 buylded in him, and be 
stedfast in faith, as ye haue learned: 5 be 
plenteous in the same in geuynge thankes. 

§ Bewarre lest eny ma spoyle you thorow 
philosophy and disceatfull vanite after the 
tradicions of men, and after the ordinances of 
the worlde, and not after Christ. II For in 
him dwelleth all the fulnes of the Godheade 
bodely, and ye are complete in him, which is 
the heade of all rule and power: in whom 
also ye are circumcysed with f circumcision 
without handes, by puttynge of the synfull 
body of the flesh : (namely) with the circum- 
cysion of Christ, **in that ye are buried with 
him thorow baptyme : in whom ye are also 
rysen agayne thorow faith, that is wrought by 
the operacion of God, which raysed him vp 
from the deed. 

ttAnd with him he quyckened you, whan 
ye were deed in synnes, and in the vncircum- 
cision of youre flesh, and hath forgeuen vs all 
synnes, and put out the handwrytinge that 

: agaynst vs (cotayned in the lawe wrytten) 
and that hath he taken out of the waye, and 
fastened it to the crosse : tt And hath spoyled 
rule and power, and hath made a shewe of 
them openly, and triumphed ouer them in his 
awne persone. 

Let no man therfore trouble youre con- 
sciences aboute meate or drynke, or for a pece 
of an holy daye, as the holy daye of y newe 
Mone, or of the Sabbath dayes, §§ which are 
the shadowe of the thinges that were for to 

ne : but the body selfe is in Christ. Let 
no man make you shote at a wronge mark, 
which after his owne chosynge walketh in 
humblenes and spiritualtye of angels, thinges 
which he neuer sawe, and is vayne, and puft 
vp in his owne fleshly mynde : and holdeth 
not himselfe to the heade, wherof the whole 
body by ioyntes and couples receaueth norish- 
ment, and is knyt together, and so groweth to 
the greatnes that commeth of God. 

* Ephe. 5. a. t 1 Cor. 5. a. t Gal 3. d. 

§ Ro. 16. b. || 2 Cor. 5. c. f Rom. 2. c. 

Phil. 3. a. ** Rom. 6. a. ft Rom. 5. a. Ephe. 2. a. 
Col. 1. b. tt Gen. 3. c. Luc. 11. c. Ioh. 12. d. 



" Wherfore yf ye be deed with Christ from 
the ordinaunces of the worlde, why are ye 
holden the with soch tradicions, as though ye 
lyued after the worlde ? As whan they saye : 
Touch not this, taist not that, handle not that. 
All these thinges do hurte vnto men, because 
of the abuse of them, which abuse commeth 
onely of the commaundementes and doctrynes 
of men: llll which thinges haue a shyne of 
wyszdome thorow chosen spiritualtie and 
humblenes, and in that they spare not the 
body, and do the flesh no worshipe vnto his 
nede. 

€f)e u'j. Cfcaptm 

YF ye be rysen now with Christ, seke 
those thinges then which are aboue 
where Christ is, syttinge on the righte hande 
of God. Set youre mynde on the thinges 
which are aboue, not on y thinges that are 
vpon earth. For ye are deed, HIT and youre 
life is hyd with Christ in God. ***But whan 
Christ oure life shal shewe himselfe, the shal 
ye also appeare with him in glory. 

ttt Mortifye therfore youre mebres which 
are vpon earth, whordome, vnclennes, vn- 
naturall lust, euell concupiscece, and couet- 
ousnes, which is a worshippynge of Idols : 
Hi for which thinges sakes the wrath of God 
commeth vpon the children of vnbeleue : §§§ in 
the which thinges ye walked some tyme, whan 
ye lyued in them. 

Illlll But now put all awaye fro you : wrath, 
fearcenesse, maliciousnes, cursed speakynge, 
fylthie wordes out of youre mouth. Lye not 
one to another. W1T Put of y olde ma with his 
workes, and put on y newe, which is renued 
in knowlege after y ymage of him that made 
him : **** where there is no Greke, Iewe, cir- 
cumcision, vncircumcision, Barbarous, Sithian, 
bode, fre : but Christ is all and in all. 

Now therfore as the electe of God, holy 
and beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, 
humblenes of mynde, mekenesse, longe suffer- 
ynge, forbearinge one another, and forgeuynge 
one another, yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst 
another. Like as Christ hath forgeuen you, 
euen so do ye also. But aboue all thinges 
put on loue, which is the bonde of perfect- 
nesse. And the peace of God rule in youre 

^Heb. 8. a. 8. b. 10. a. ' Gal. 4. a. |||| lTim. 4. b. 

1T1" lPet.l.a. *** Phil. 3. c. 1 Ioh. 3. a. ttt Ephe. 5. a. 

t Gen. 6. 19. 1 Cor. 10. a. §§§ Ephe. 2. a. ||||||Rom. 

a. Ephe. 4. c. f f IT Rom. 13. b. **** Gal. 6. b. 



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Jfo» rrbij* 



hertes, to the which (peace) ye are called also 
in one body : and se y ye be thanfull. 

Let y worde of Christ dwell in you plen- 
teously in all wyszdome. * Teach and exhorte 
youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes, 
and spirituall songes which haue fauoure 
with them, synginge in youre hertes to the 
LORDE. t And what soeuer ye do in worde 
or worke, do all in the name of the LORDE 
Iesu, t and geue thankes vnto God the father 
by him. 

§Ye wyues, submytte youre selues vnto 
youre huszbandes, as it is comly in the 
LORDE. 

Ye huszbandes, loue youre wyues, and be 
not bytter vnto them. 

II Ye children, obeye youre elders in all 
thinges, for that is well pleasynge vnto the 
LORDE. 

Ye fathers, rate not youre children, lest 
they be of a desperate mynde. 

1 Ye seruauntes, be obedient vnto youre 
bodely masters in all thinges, not with eye 
seruyce as men pleasers, but in synglenes of 
hert, fearinge God. What so euer ye do, do 
it hertely, euen as vnto the LORDE and not 
vnto men. And be sure, that of the LORDE 
ye shal receaue the rewarde of y enheritaunce : 
For ye serue the LORDE Christ. But he 
that doth wronge, shal receaue for the wronge 
that he hath done, **for there is no respecte 
of persons (with God.) 

ttYe masters, do vnto youre seruauntes that 
which is iust and equall, and knowe, y ye also 
haue a master in heauen. 

Cfje tttj. Chapter. 

CONTYNUE in prayer, and watch in the 
same with thankesgeuynge," and praye 
also together for vs, that God open vnto vs 
the dore of the worde, to speake the mystery 
of Christ, (wherfore I am also in bodes) that 

* Ephe. 5. D. t 1 Cor. 10. d. J Ephe. 5. b. 

§ Ephe. 5. c. 1 Pet. 3. a. || Ephe. 6. a. f Ephe. 6. a. 
Tit. 2. b. 1 Pet. 2. c. ** Act. 10. d. Rom. 2. b. 

tt F phe. 6. a. " Ephe. 6. c. 2 Tess. 3. a. ft Eccll. 



I maye vtter y same, as it. becommeth me to 
speake. ttWalke wysely towarde them that 
are without, and redeme y tyme. Let youre 
speach be allwaye fauorable, seasoned with 
§§ salt, that ye maye knowe how to answere 
euery man. 

Tichicus the deare brother and faithfull 
mynister g felowe seruaut in y LORDE, shal 
tell you what case I am in. Whom I haue 
sent vnto you for the same purpose, that he 
mighte knowe how ye do, g that he mighte 
comforte youre hertes, with one II II Onesimus a 
faithfull and beloued brother, which is one of 
you : they shal shewe you of all thinges, which 
are adoynge here, f H Aristarchus my preson 
felowe salutethyou, and*** Marcus Barnabasses 
sisters sonne, touchinge whom ye receaued 
commaundementes : Yf he come vnto you, 
receaue him, and Iesus, which is called Iustus, 
which are of the circumcision. These onely 
are my helpers in the kyngdome of God, 
which were to my consolacion. 

ttt Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ, which is 
one of you, saluteth you, g allwaye laboureth 
feruently for you in prayers, y ye maye stonde 
perfecte and full, in all that is the wil of God. 
I beare him recorde, that he hath a feruent 
mynde for you, and for the at Laodicea, and 
at Hierapolis. Deare Lucas the Phisician 
saluteth you, and so doth ttt Demas. Salute 
the brethre, which are at Laodicea, and salute 
Nymphas, and the cogregacion which is in his 
house. And whan the epistle is red of you, 
cause it to be red also in the cogregacio at 
Laodicea, & that ye likewyse reade the epistle 
of Laodicea. And saye to Archippus: Take 
hede to the office which thou hast receaued in 
the LORDE, that thou fulfyll it. My saluta- 
cion with the hande of me Paul. Remembre 
my bodes. §§§ Grace be with you, Amen. 

Sent from Rome by Tichicus and Onesimus. 

27. a. Ephe. 5. b. §§ Mat. 5. b. Marc. 9. e. |||| Philem. 
1. b. ff Act. 27. a. *** 2 Tim. 4. b. ttt Col. 1. a. 
ttt 2 Tim. 4. a. &§& 2 Tess. 3. b. 



of tbt Apostle &♦ Paul to t&e Sessalotuattg* 



Cfa smmnw of tin's o^pisstle. 



Chap. I. 
He thanketh God for them, that they are so 
stedfast in faith and good workes, and receaue 
the gospel! with soch earnest. 

Cfiap. II. 
He putteth them in mynde of the godly con- 
uersacion that he led amonge them when he 
preached the gospell vnto them, thanketh God 
that they receaue his worde so frutefully, and 
excuseth his absence. 

Chap. III. 
He sheweth how greatly he was reioysed, wha 
Timothy tolde him of their faith and loue. 



Cijap. IIII. 

He exhorteth them to stedfastnesse, to kepe 
them selues from synne and vnclenly co- 
uersacion, to loue one another : rebuketh ydil- 
nesse, and speaketh of the resurreccion. 



Chap. V. 

He enfourmeth them of the daye of dome and 
comynge of the LORDE, exhorteth them to 
watch, and to regarde soch as preach Gods 
worde amonge them. 



Cfte first Chapter. 

PAUL and Siluanus and Timotheus. 
Vnto the cogregacion of the Tessa- 
lonyans, in God the father and in the LORDE 
Iesus Christ. 

Grace be with you, and peace from God 
oure father and from the LORDE Iesus 
Christ. 

We geue thankes vnto God allwaye for 
you all, makynge mesion of you in oure prayers 

ithout ceassynge, and call to remembraunce 
youre worke in the faith, and youre laboure 
in loue, 5 youre pacience in hope, * which 
is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God 
oure father : Because we knowe (brethren, 
beloued of God) how that ye are electe : + for 
oure Gospell hath not bene with you in worde 
onely, but both in power and in the holy 

oost, and in moch certayntie, as ye knowe 
after what maner we were amonge you for 
youre sakes. 



- Phil. 1. a. Col. 



t 1 Cor. 2. 



And ye became the folowers of vs and of J3 
the LORDE: and receaued the worde i: 
moch affliccion with ioye of the holy goost 
so that ye were an example to all that beleued 
in Macedonia and Achaia. For fro you was 
the worde of the LORDE noysed out, not 
onely in Macedonia g Achaia, but i all quar- 
ters also is youre faith I God spred abrode 
so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge 
at all. For they them selues shewe of you, 
what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you, 
and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages, 
for to seme the lyuynge and true God, and to 
loke for his sonne t from heaue : whom he 
raysed vp from the deed, euen Iesus, which 
hath delyuered vs fro the § wrath to come. 

QLfy i). Chapter. 

FOR ye youre selues (brethren) knowe of 
oure intrauce vnto you, how that it was 
not in vayne, but as we had suffred afore, 
& II were shamefully intreated at Philippos (as 



I Act. 



§ Ioh. 3. c. || Act. 16. c. 



Cftap* iij. 



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jfo* crir. 



ye knowe) we were bolde in oure God, # to 
speake vnto you y Gospel of God with moch 
stryuynge. For oure exhortacion was not to 
brynge you to erroure ner yet to vnclennes, 
nether was it with gyle : but as we are alowed 
of God, that the Gospell shulde be commytted 
vnto vs to preache, euen so we speake, tnot 
as though we wolde please me, but God, 
which tryeth oure hertes. 

For we haue not gone aboute with flateringe 
wordes (as ye knowe) ner wayted for oure 
owne profit (tGod is recorde) nether sough te 
we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny 
other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable 
vnto you as the Apostles off Christ, but we 
were tender amonge you. 

Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children, 
euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you, 
and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto 
you, not onely the Gospell of God, but oure 
lyues also, because ye were deare vnto vs. 

Ye remembre brethren oure laboure and 
trauayle. §For daye and nighte wroughte 
we (because we wolde not be chargeable vnto 
eny of you) and preached the Gospell of God 
amonge you. Ye are witnesses, and so is 
God, how holyly and iustly and vnblameable 
we behaued oure selues am5ge you that be- 
leue : as ye knowe, how that as a father his 
children, euen so exhorted we and comforted 
and besoughte euery one of you, that ye wolde 
walke worthely before God, which hath called 
you vnto his kyngdome (t glory. 

For this cause thanke we God without 
ceassynge, because that wha ye receaued of 
vs the worde of the preachinge of God, ye 
receaued it not as y worde of men, but (eue 
as it is of a trueth) the worde of God, which 
worketh in you that beleue. 

For ye brethren are become the folowers 
off II the congregacions off God which in Iewry 
are in Christ Iesu, so that ye haue suffred 
euen like thinges of youre kynsmen, as they 
haue suffred of the Iewes. Which as they, 
put the LORDE Iesus to death, and their 
awne prophetes, euen so haue they persecuted 
vs also, and please not God, and are cotrary 
to all men, ** forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the 
Heythen that they mighte be saued, to fulfill 
their synnes allwaye : for the wrath is come 
vpon them allready vnto y vttemost. 



Act. 17. a. t Gal. 1. b. t Phil, 
e. 2 Tess. 3. a. II Heb. 10. d. 



f Mat. 



Act. 
23. d. 



I But we (brethren) for as moch as we haue 
jbene kepte from you for a season, as con- 
, cernynge the bodely presence, but not in the 
jhert, we haue haisted the more with greate 
desyre to se you personally. Therfore wolde 
we haue come vnto you, (I Paul) two tymes, 
| + tbut Sathan withstode vs. For who is oure 
hope, or ioye, or crowne of ttreioysinge? are 
not ye it in y sighte of oure LORDE lesus 
Christ at his commynge ? Yes ye are oure 
prayse and ioye. 

€l)t iij. Chapter. 

WHERFORE sence wecoulde no longer 
forbeare, we thoughte it good to re- 
mayne at §§ Athens alone, g sent Timotheus 
oure brother and mynister of God, and oure 
helper in y gospell of Christ, to stablysh you 
and to comforte you in youre faith, that 
noman shulde be moued in these troubles : 
(for ye youre selues knowe, that we are euen 
appoynted there vnto. And whan we were 
with you, we tolde you before, that we shulde 
suffre tribulacion, euen as it is come to passe, 
(E as ye knowe.) For this cause seynge I 
coulde no longer forbeare, I sent, that I 
mighte haue knowlege of youre faith, lest 
happly the tempter had tempted you, and 
lest oure laboure had bene in vayne. 

But now that Timotheus is come fro you 
vnto vs, and hath shewed vs of youre faith 
and loue, & how that ye haue allwaye good 
remembraunce of vs, desyringe to se vs as we 
also longe to se you: therfore brethren we 
haue consolacion in you in all oure trouble 
and necessite thorow youre faith. For now 
are we alyue, yf ye stonde stedfast in y 
LORDE. For what thankes can we recom- 
pece to God agayne for you, because of this 
ioye that we haue concernynge you before 
oure God ? We praye exceadingly daye and 
nighte, that we mighte se you presently, and 
fulfill that which is lackynge in youre faith. 

God himselfe oure father j oure LORDE 
Iesus Christ gyde oure iourney vnto you. But 
the LORDE increace you,. & make you flowe 
ouer in loue one towarde another, and towarde 
all men (euen as we do towarde you) that 
youre hertes maye be stable and vnblameable 
in holynes before God oure father, at the 



** Act. 17. a. 



ft Dan. 10. b 
§§ Act. 17. c. 



t| Phil. %, b. 



ffo. W. 



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commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with 
all his sayntes. 

ftfij Hi). Chapter. 

FURTHERMORE we beseke you bre- 
thren and exhorte you in the LORDE 
Iesus, that ye increace more and more, euen 
as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte 
to walke and to please God. For ye knowe 
what commaundementes we gaue you by 
oure LORDE Iesus Christ. For this is the 
* will of God, euen youre sanctifienge, that ye 
shulde absteyne from whordome, ty euery 
one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his 
vessell in holynes and honoure, (j not in the 
lust of concupiscence, t as the Heythen which 
knowe not God. And that no man go to 
farre, ner defraude his brother in bargayninge. 
For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch 
thinges, as we haue sayde ij testified vnto you 
afore tyme. For God hath not called vs to 
vnclennesse, but vnto holynes. § He therfore 
that despyseth, despyseth not man, but God, 
II which hath geuen his holy sprete in to you. 

But as touchinge brotherly loue, ye nede 
not that I wryte vnto you, If for ye youre selues 
are taught of God to loue one another : yee 
and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethre, 
which are thorow out all Macedonia. But we 
beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more 
and more, and that ye study to be quyete, 
and to medle with youre awne busynesse, 
**and to worke with youre awne hades, as we 
commaunded you, that ye maye walke honestly 
towarde the that are without, and that no- 
thinge be lackynge vnto you. 

We wolde not brethren that ye shulde be 
ignoraunt concernynge them which are fallen 
a slepe, that ye sorowe not as other do which 
haue no hope. For yf we beleue that Iesus 
dyed and rose agayne, euen so the also which 
slepe by Iesus, shal God brynge with him. 
For this we saye vnto you in the worde of 
the LORDE, ttthat we which lyue and are 
remaynynge in the comynge of the LORDE, 
shal not come yer they which slepe. U For 
the LORDE himselfe shal come downe fro 
heauen with a shoute and voyce of y Arch- 
angell and with the trompe of God, and the 
deed in Christ shal aryse first : then shal we 

* Rom. 12. a. Ephe. 5. b. t Tob. 6. d. 1 Cor. 7. a. 

| Rom. 1. c. § Luc. lO.b. || 1 Cor. 3. b. and 6. c. 

f Ioh. 6. e. ** Act. 20. e. 2 Tess. 3. b. ft 1 Cor. 

15. f. |t Mat. 24. c. Ioh. 5. c. Act. 1. b. 2 Tess. 2. a. 



which lyue and remayne, be caught vp with 
them also in the cloudes, to mete the LORDE 
in the ayre, and so shal we euer be with the 
LORDE. Wherfore comforte youre selues 
one another with these wordes. 

Che b. Chapter. 

BUT of y tymes and seasons (brethre) it 
is no nede to wryte vnto you. For ye 
youre selues knowe perfectly, that f§ the daye 
of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in 
the nighte. For whan they shal saye : Tush, 
It is peace, there is no daunger, II II then shall 
soden destruccion come vp5 the, euen as the 
payne of a woman trauaylinge with childe, 
and they shal not escape. But ye brethren 
are not in darknes, that that daye shulde 
come on you as a thefe. Ye are alltogether 
children of lighte, and children of the daye. 
We are not of the night, nether of darknesse. 

1f1f Therfore let vs not slepe as do other, but 
let vs watch, and be sober. For they that 
slepe, slepe in the nighte : and they that be 
dronken, are dronken in the nighte. But let 
vs which are of the daye, be sober, armed with 
the brestplate of faith and loue, and with y 
helmet of hope to saluacion. 

For God hath not appoynted vs vnto wrath, 
but to optayne saluacion by y meanes of oure 
LORDE Iesu Christ, which dyed for vs: that 
whether we wake or slepe, we shulde lyue 
together with him. Wherfore comforte youre 
selues together, and edifye one another, euen 
as ye do. 

We beseke you brethren, ***that ye knowe 
them which laboure amonge you, and haue 
the ouersighte of you in the LORDE, and 
geue you exhortacion, that ye haue the the 
more in loue for their workes sake, and be at 
peace with them. We desyre you brethre, 
warne them that are vnruly, coforte the feble 
mynded, forbeare the weake, be pacient to- 
warde all men. ttt Se that none recompence 
euell for euell vnto eny man : but euer folowe 
that which is good, both amoge youre selues 
and to all men. 

Reioyse alwaye, praye contynually, ttt in all 
thinges be thankfull: for this is the wyll of 
God in Christ Iesu towarde you. §§§ Quech 
not y sprete : despyse not prophecieges : 

§§ Mat. 24. d. 2 Pet. 3. b. Apoc. 3. a. |||| Iere. 15. b. 

1T1T Rom. 13. b. *** Gal. 6. a. 1 Tim. 5 c. ttt Mat. 
5. e. ttt Ephe. 5. b. §.§§. 1 Co. 14. d. 



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proue all thiges, tj kepe y which is good. 
Abstayne fro all suspicious thinges. The 
very God of peace sanctifye you thorow out. 
And I praye God, that youre whole sprete, 
soule & body be kepte blameles vnto y 
comynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. 
* Faithfull is he which hath called you, which 
wil also do it. Brethren, praye for vs. Grete 



all the brethre with an holy kysse. I charge 
you by y LORDE, that this epistle be red 
vnto all y holy brethren, t The grace of oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ be with you, Amen. 

The first Epistle to the Tessalonians, 
sent from Athens. 

* 1 Cor. 1. a. and 10. b. + 2 Tess. 3. b. 



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Cfjap. I. 
He thanketh God for their faith and loue, and 
prayeth for the increase of the same. 

Cfjap. II. 
He sheweth them that the daye of the LORDE 
shal not come, till the departinge fro the faith 
come first : and therfore he exhorteth them not 



the 



to be disceaued, but to stonde stedfast 
thinges that he hath taught them. 

Cfiap. III. 
He desyreth them to praye for him that the 
gospell maye prospere, and geueth the warn- 
ynge to reproue the ydle, and yf they wil not 
laboure with their handes, that they shal not 
eate. 



€hf fait Chapter. 

PAUL and Siluanus and Timotheus. 
To the congregacion of y Tessalonias 
in God oure father and in the LORDE Iesus 
Christ. 

Grace be with you, and peace from God 
oure father, and from the LORDE Iesus 
Christ. 

We are bounde to thanke God allwayes for 
you brethren, as it is mete : because that 
youre faith groweth exceadingly, and the 
loue of euery one of you increaseth towarde 
another amoge youre selues, so that we oure 



Mat. 24. c. and 25. c. 



t 2 Pet. 3. a. 



selues make oure boast of you (in the congre- 
gacions of God) of youre paciece and faith in 
all youre persecucions and troubles that ye 
suffre, which is a token of the righteous 
iudgment of God, that ye are counted worthy 
of the kyngdome of God, for the which ye 
also suffre. 

For it is a righteous thinge with God, to 
recdpence tribulacion vnto the y trouble you: 
but vnto you which are troubled, rest with vs, 
*wha the LORDE Iesus shal shewe himselfe 
from heauen, with the angels of his power, 
and with flammynge t fyre, to geue vengeauce 
vnto them that knowe not God, t and to them 



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that obeye not the Gospell of oure LORDE 
Iesus Christ. * Which shalbe punyshed with 
euerlastinge damnacion, t from y presence 
of the LORDE, and from the glory of his 
power, whan he shal come to be glorified 
his sayntes, and to become maruelous in all 
them that beleue : because ye haue beleued 
oure testimony vnto you of the same daye 
Wherfore we praye allwayes for you, that 
oure God make you worthy of f callynge. 
and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes, and the 
worke of faith in power, that y name of oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ maye be praysed in 
you, and ye in him, acordinge to the grace of 
oure God, and of the LORDE Iesus Christ. 

Cije ij. Cfjapfer. 

WE beseke you brethren by the com- 
mynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, 
and in that we shal assemble vnto him, that 
ye be not sodenly moued fro youre mynde, 
and be not troubled, nether by sprete, nether 
by wordes, ner yet by letter, which shulde 
seme to be sent from vs, as though y daye of 
Christ were at hande. Let noman disceaue 
you by eny meanes. For the LORDE 
commeth not, excepte the t departynge come 
first, and that that Man of synne be opened, 
euen the sonne of perdicion, which is an 
aduersary, and is exalted aboue all y is called 
God or Gods seruyce, so that he sytteth as 
God in the § temple of God, li and boasteth 
himselfe to be God 

Remembre ye not, that whan I was yet 

ith you, I tolde you these thinges? And 

now ye knowe what witholdeth it, eue that it 

mighte be vttered at his tyme. ( ? For the 

mystery of the iniquyte worketh allready, tyll 

which now onely letteth, be take out of the 
waye.) And then shal that wicked be vttered, 

whom the LORDE shal cosume with y 
sprete of his mouth, & shal destroye with the 
appearaunce of his commynge : euen him, 
whose commynge is after the workynge of 
Sathan ttwith all lyenge power, and signes 
and wonders, and with all deceauablenes of 
mrighteousnes amonge them that perishe, 
because they receaued not the loue of y 
trueth, that they might haue bene saued. 
tt Therfore shal God sende them stroge delu- 



* Sap. 5. t Esa. 2. b. f Dan. 9. e. 1 Tim. 4. 

I Cor. 3. b. || Dan. 11. e. If 1 Ioh. 2. 

lob 15. d. Esa. 11. a. Dan. 8. d. tt Deut. 13. 



sion, that they shulde beleue lyes, y all they 
might be daned, which beleued not the trueth, 
but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes. 

But we are bounde to geue thankes allwaye 
vnto God for you, brethren beloued of the 
LORDE, because that God hath from the 
begynnynge chosen you to saluacion in the 
sanctifienge of the sprete and in beleuynge of 
the trueth, whervnto he hath called you by 
oure Gospell, to optayne the glory of oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ. 

Therfore brethren stonde fast, and kepe the 
ordinaunces which ye haue lerned, whether it 
were by oure preachinge or by epistle. But 
oure LORDE Iesus Christ himselfe, and God 
oure father, which hath loued vs and geuen vs 
euerlastinge consolacion, and a good hope 
thorow grace, comforte youre hertes, and 
stablysh you in all doctryne j good doynge. 

Wi)t ii). Cijapttr. 

FURTHERMORE brethren §§praye for 
vs, that the worde of God maye haue fre 
passage and be glorified as it is with you, and 
that we maye be delyuered from vnreasonable 
and euell me. II II For faith is not euery mas. 
But the LORDE is faithfull, which shal 
stablyshe you and kepe you from euell. We 
haue confidence in the LORDE to you warde, 
that ye both do and wyll do that which we 
comaunde you. The LORDE gyde youre 
hertes vnto the loue of God and pacience of 
Christ. 

ITtfBut we requyre you brethren, in the 
name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that y 
withdrawe youre selues from euery brother 
that walketh inordinatly, and not after the 
institucion which he receaued of vs. For ye 
youre selues knowe, how ye oughte to folowe 
vs : for we behaued not oure selues inordinatly 
amonge you, nether toke we bred of eny man 
for naughte ***but wrought with laboure and 
trauayle night and daye, lest we shulde be 
chargeable to eny of you. Not but that we 
had auctorite, but to geue oure selues for an 
ensample vnto you to folowe vs. And whan 
we were with you, this we warned you of, that 
yf there were eny which wolde not worke, y 
same shulde not eate. For we heare saye, 
that there ai-e some which walke amonge you 

Mat. 24. b. $$ Zach. 5. a. Rom. 1. d. 4§ Mat. 9. d. 
Ephe. 6. c. Col. 4. a. |||| Ioh. 6. c. f T 1 Cor. 5. b. 
'** Act. 18. a. and 20. e. 2 Cor. 8. c. 



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inordinatly, and worke not at all, but are busy 
bodies. * But them that are soche, we com- 
maunde and exhorte by oure LORDE Iesus 
Christ, that they worke with quyetnes, and 
eate their awne bred. 

Neuertheles brethren, t be not ye weery of 
well doynge. t But yf eny man obey not 
oure sayenges, sende vs worde of him by a 
letter, and haue nothinge to do with him, 
y he maye be ashamed. Yet counte him 



not as an enemye, but warne him as a 
brother. 

The very LORDE of peace geue you peace 
allwayes by all meanes. The LORDE be 
with you all. The salutacion of me Paul with 
myne awne hande : This is the token in all 
epistles, So I wryte, The grace of oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 

Sent from Athens. 



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Chap. I. 

He exhorteth Timothy to wayte vpo his office : 
namely, to se that nothige be taughte but 
Gods worde, gc. He sheweth also wherfore 
the lawe is good, and telleth these swete and 
glad tidinges, that Christ Iesus came in to the 
worlde to saue synners, example of himselfe. 

Chap. II. 
He exhorteth to praye for all men. He will not 
haue wemen to be ouer costly arayed, ner to 
teach in the congregacion, but to be in sylence, 
and obeye their huszbandes. 

Chap. III. 

What maner of man a byszhoppe or prest ought 
to be, and what condicions his wife and chil- 



dren shulde haue. The properties also re 

quyred in a deacon or mynister, and in hi 

wife. 

Chap. IIII. 
He prophecieth of the latter dayes, and ex 

horteth Timothy to the diliget readynge of the 

holy scripture. 

Chap. V. 
He teacheth him how he shal behaue himselfe in 

rebukynge all degrees. An ordre concernynge 

wyddowes. 

Chap. VI. 
The dutye of seruauntes towarde their masters 

Agaynst soch as are not satisfied with the 

worde of God, Agaynst cuvetousnes, A good 

lesson for riche men. 



€h« first Chapter. 

PAUL an Apostle of Iesus Christ acord- 
inge to the * commaundement of God 
oure Sauioure, and of the LORDE Iesus 
Christ, + which is oure hope. 

* Act. 9. b. t 1 Tess. 1. a. 



Vnto Timothy my naturall sonne in the 
faith. 

Grace, mercy, and peace from God oure 
father, and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. 

As I besoughte y to abyde still at Ephesus 
(t whan I departed in to Macedonia) eue so 



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do, that thou commaunde some, that they 
teach none other wyse, * nether geue hede to 
fables and genealogies, which are endlesse, 
and brede doutes more then godly edifyenge, 
which is by faith, f For y chefe summe of 
the commaundement is loue of a pure hert, 
and of a good coscience, and of faith vnfayned. 
From the which some haue erred, j haue 
turned vnto vayne iangelynge, wyllinge to be 
doctours of the scripture, and vnderstonde 
not what they speake, nether wher of they 
affirme. 

t But we knowe that the lawe is good, yf 
a man vse it laufully, vnderstodinge this, 
§ that the lawe is not geuen vnto the right- 
eous, but to the vnrighteous j dishobedient, 
to the vngodly j to synners, to the vnholy g 
vncleane, to murthurers of fathers and mur- 
thurers of mothers, to manslayers, to whore- 
mongers, II to the that defyle them selues 
with mankynde, to menstealers, to lyars, to 
periured, j so forth yf there be eny other 
thinge y is cotrary to y wholsome doctryne, 
acordinge to y Gospell of y glory of the 
blessed God, which (Gospell) is comytted 
vnto me. 

And I thanke Christ Iesus oure LORDE, 
which hath made me stroge, for he counted 
me faithfull, 5 put me in office, wha before I 
was a blasphemer, Ija persecuter, g a ty- 
raunt : but I optayned mercy, because I dyd 
it ignorauntly in vnbeleue. Neuertheles the 
grace of oure LORDE was more abudaunt 
thorow y faith j loue which is in Christ Iesu. 
For this is a true sayenge, and by all meanes 
worthy to be receaued, ** that Christ Iesus 
came in to y worlde to saue synners, of whom 
I am chefe. Notwithstondynge for this cause 
optayned I mercy, that Iesus Christ mighte 
pryncipally shewe in me all longe pacience, 
to the ensample of them which shulde beleue 
in him vnto eternall life. So then vnto God 
kynge euerlastinge, immortall and tt invisible, 
and wyse onely, be honoure and prayse for 
euer and euer Amen. 

This commaundement commytte I vnto the 
(my sonne Timotheus) acordinge to y pro- 
phecies which in tyme past were prophecied 
of the, that thou in them shuldest fighte a 
good fighte, hauynge faith j good conscience, 

* 2 Tim. 2. c. Tit. 3. b. t Rom. 13. b. Gal. 6. a. 

t Rom. 7. b. § Gal. 5. c. || Rom. 1. d. f Act. 

9. a. Gal. 1. b. **Mat.9.b. lob. 3. c. tt Col. l.b. 

J± 2 Tim. 2. b. SS 2 Tim. 4. b. 1111 1 Cor. 5. a. 



which some haue put awaye fro them, and as 
concernynge faith haue made shypwrake : of 
whose nombre is tt Hymeneos and §$ Alex 
ander, II II whom I haue delyuered vnto Sathan 
that they might be taught, nomore to blas- 
pheme. 

Cftc rj. Chapter. 

IEXHORTE therfore, y aboue all thinges, 
prayers, supplicacions, intercessions and 
geuynge of thakes be had for all men flf for 
kynges, and for all that are in auctorite, that 
we maye lyue a quyete j peaceable life in all 
godlynes and honestie. For that is good and 
accepted in y sighte of God oure Sauioure, 
which wil haue all men saued, and to come 
vnto the knowlege of y trueth. For there is 
one God, and *** one mediatour betwene God 
and men, (namely) the man Christ Iesus, 
which gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men, 
that at his tyme it shulde be preached, where- 
vnto ttt I am ordeyned a preacher (j an Apostle 
(I tell y trueth in Christ and lye not) a 
teacher of the Heythe in faith and in the 
trueth. 

I wil therfore that men praye ttt in all 
places, liftinge vp pure hades without wrath 
or dowtynge. ^Likewyse also the wemen, 
that they araye them selues in comly apparell 
with shamfastnes and discrete behaueoure, 
not with broyded heer, or golde, or perles, or 
costly araye : but with soch as it becommeth 
weme that professe godlynes thorow good 
workes. HUH Let the woman lerne in sylece 
with all subieccion. I suffre not a woma to 
teach Tf 1 ner to haue auctorite ouer the man, 
but for to be in sylence. For Adam was first 
formed, and the Eue: Adam also was not 
disceaued, but the woman was disceaued, and 
hath brought in the trasgression. Notwit- 
stondynge thorow bearynge of children she 
shalbe saued, yf she contynue in faith and in 
loue d in the sanctifyenge with discrecion. 

Wtft ttj. Chapter. 

THIS is a true sayege: Yf a ma covet y 
office of a Biszhoppe, he desyreth a 
good worke. But a Biszhoppe must be blame- 
lesse, **** the huszbade of one wife, sober, 

1T1T Iere. 29. b. Baruc. I.e. *** Heb. 9. c. ttt Rom. 

2 Tim. 1. b, |ttIoh.4.c. §§§ Tit. 2. a. 1 Pet. 
3. a. mm 1 Co. 14. e. f flf Gen. 3. c. Ephe. 5. c. 

Leui. 21. b. Eze. 44. d. Tit. 1. b. 



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discrete, manerly, harberous, * apte to teach : 
Not geuen to moch wyne, no fighter, not 
geuen to filthy lucre : but gentle, abhorrynge 
stryfe, abhorrynge couetousnes : j one that 
ruleth his awne house honestly, hauynge obe- 
dient children with all honestye. (But yf a 
man can not rule his owne house, how shal 
he care for the congregacion of God?) He 
maye not be a yoge scolar, lest he be puft vp, 
and fall in to the iudgment of y euell speaker. 
He must also haue a good reporte of them 
which are without, lest he fall in to the rebuke 
and snare of the euell speaker. 

Likewyse must the t mynisters be honest, 
not double tonged, not geuen to moch wyne, 
nether vnto fylthie lucre, but hauynge the 
mystery of faith in pure conscience. And let 
them first be proued, and then let them my- 
nister, yf they be blamelesse. 

Euen so must their wyues be honest, not 
euell speakers, but sober and faithfull in all 
thinges. Let the mynisters be, euery one the 
huszbade of one wyfe, and soch as rule their 
children well, and their owne housholdes. 
i For they that mynister well, get them selues 
a good degree and greate libertye in the faith 
which is in Christ Iesu. 

These thinges wryte I vnto the, trustinge 
shortly to come vnto the : but yf I tary loge, 
that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege, 
how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in 
Gods house, which is the congregacion of the 
lyuynge God, the piler and grounde of trueth : 
and without naye, greate is that mystery of 
godlynes. § God was shewed in the flesh : 
was iustified in the sprete : II was sene of 
angels : was preached vnto the Heythen : 
was beleued on in the worlde : 1" was receaued 
vp in glory. 

Cfie iitj. Chapter. 

THE sprete speaketh euydently, ** that in 
y latter tymes some shal+tdeparte from 
the faith, and shal geue hede vnto spretes of 
erroure, and deuelish doctrynes, of them which 
speake false thorow ypocrysie, and haue their 
coscience marked with an whote yron, for- 
byddinge to mary, and comaundynge to ab- 
stayne fro the meates, which God hath created 
to be receaued with geuynge thankes of them 

* 2 Tim. 2. c. + Act. 6. a. f Mat. 13. b. 25. b. c. 
§ Ioh. 1. b. || Luc. 2. b. Ephe. 3. b. f Phil. 2. a. 

** 2 Tim. 3. a. 2 Pet. 3. a. Iudic. I.e. tt 2 Tess. 2. a. 
ft Gen. 1. d. Eccli. 39. f. Act. 10. b. §§ 2 Tim. 3. b. 



which beleue and knowe the trueth. tt For 
euery creature off God is good, and nothinge 
to be refused, y is receaued with thankes- 
geuynge : for it is sanctifyed by the worde of 
God and prayer. Yf thou shalt put the 
brethren in remembraunce of these thinges, 
thou shalt be a good mynister of Iesu Christ, 
§§ which hast bene norished vp in the wordes 
of faith and of good doctryne, which thou hast 
folowed hither to. 

Illl As for vngoostly and olde wyuesh fables, 
cast them awaye, but exercyse thy selfe vnto 
godlynes. For bodely exercyse profyteth 
litle, but godlynes is profytable vnto all 
thinges, as a thinge which hath promyses of 
the life that is now, and of the life for to come. 
This is a sure sayenge, a of all partes worthy 
to be receaued. For therfore we laboure and 
suffre rebuke, because we hope in the lyuynge 
God, which is the Sauioure of all men, but 
specially of those that beleue. Soch thinges 
commaunde thou and teach. ITf Let no man 
despyse thy youth, *** but be thou vnto them 
that beleue, an ensample, in worde, in couer- 
sacion, in loue, in y sprete, in faith, in pure- 
nesse. 

Geue attendaunce to readynge, to exhorta- 
cion, to doctryne, vntyll I come. Be not 
necligent in the gifte that is geuen the thorow 
prophecye, ttt with layege on of the handes of 
the Elders. These thinges exercyse, and 
geue thy selfe vnto them, that thine increace 
maye be manifest vnto euery man. Take 
hede vnto thy selfe, and to learnynge, cotynue 
in these thinges. For yf thou so do, thou 
shalt saue thy selfe, and them that heare the. 

Cfie b. Chapter. 

REBUKE not an Elder, but exhorte him 
as a father : and the yoger men as 
brethren : the elder wemen as mothers : the 
yonger as sisters with all purenes. Honoure 
wedowes, which are true wedowes. Yf eny 
wedowe haue children or neves, let them lerne 
first to rule their awne houses godly, and to 
recompence their elders. For y is good (t 
acceptable before God. ttt But she that is a 
right wedowe, g desolate, putteth hir trust in 
God, n cotynueth in prayer and supplicacion 
nighte and daye. But she that lyueth in 

Illl 1 Tim. 1. a. 2 Tim. 2. b. f f Tit. 2. b. *** Tit. 

2. a. IPet. 5. a. ttt Act. 6. a. and 8. b. ttt Luc. 2. f. 
1 Cor. 7. d. 



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pleasui'es, is deed, euen yet a lyue. And these | 
thinges commaunde, that they maye be with- 
out blame. * But yf there be eny man that 
prouydeth not for his awne, and specially for 
them of his houszholde, the same hath denyed 
I the faith, and t is worse then an infydele. 

Let no wedowe be chosen vnder thre score 
yeare olde, and soch one as was f wife of one 
man, and well reported of in good workes, yf 
she haue brought vp children well, yf she haue 
bene t harberous, yf she haue wasshed the 
sayntes fete, yf she haue mynistred vnto the 
which were in aduersite, yf she were con- 
tinually geuen to all maner of good workes 
But f yonger wedowes refuse. For whan 
they haue begonne to waxe wanton agaynst 
Christ, then wil they mary, hauynge their 
damnacion, because they haue broke y first 
faith. Besydes this they are ydell, and lerne 
to runne aboute fro house to house. §Not 
onely are they ydell, but also tryflinge (j 
busybodies, speakynge thinges which are not 
comly. 

II I wil therfore that the yonger wemen 
mary, beare children, gyde the house, to geue 
f aduersary no occasion to speake euell. For 
some are turned back allready after Satha. 
Yf eny man or woman that beleueth haue 
wedowes, let them make prouysion for the, 
and let not the congregacion be charged : 
that they which are righte wedowes, maye 
haue ynough. 

The Elders that rule well, are worthy of 
double honoure, most specially they which 
laboure in the worde g in teachinge. For y 
scripture sayeth : f Thou shalt not mosell the 
mouth of y oxe y treadeth out y corne. And : 

The labourer is worthy of his rewarde. 

tt Agaynst an Elder receaue none accusa- 
cion, but vnder two or thre witnesses. The 
that synne, rebuke in the presence of all, that 
other also maye feare. 

I testifye before God and the LORDE 
Iesus Christ, and y electe angels, that thou 
obserue these thinges without haistie iudg- 
ment, and do nothinge parcially. Laye hondes 
sodenly on no ma, nether be partaker of other 
mes synnes. Kepe thy selfe pure.tt Drynke 

lenger water, but vse a litle wyne for thy 
stomackes sake, and because thou art oft 



Gal. 6. b. t 1 Pet. 2. d. +1 Pet. 4. b. $ Tit. 2. a. 
|| 1 Cor. 7. a. % Deut. 25. a. 1 Cor. 9. b. ** Mat. 10. a. 
tt Deut. 19. c. tt Eccli. 31. d. §$ Tit. 3. b. 



tymes sicke. Some mes synnes are ope, so 
that they maye be iudged afore hande : but 
some mens (synnes) shal be manifest herafter. 
Likewyse also good workes are manifest afore 
hade : and they that are other wyse can not 
be hyd. 

Cfte bt. Chapter. 

LET as many seruauntes as are vnder the 
yocke, counte their masters worthy of 
all honoure, that the name of God and his 
doctrine be not euell spoken of. Se that they 
which haue beleuynge masters, despyse them 
not because they are brethre, but rather do 
seruyce, for so moch as they are beleuynge 
and beloued, and partakers of the benefite. 

These thinges teach and exhorte. Yf eny 
ma teach otherwyse, and agreeth not vnto the 
wholsome wordes of oure LORDE Iesus 
Christ, and to the doctryne of godlynes, he is 
puft vp, and knoweth nothinge, but waysteth 
his brayne aboute questions and stryuynges of 
wordes: $§ wherof sprynge envye, stryfe, rayl 
inges, euell surmysinges, vayne disputacios of 
soch men as haue corrupte myndes,llll and are 
robbed of the trueth, which thynke that god- 
lynes is lucre : From soch separate thy selfe. 
Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, 
HIT and holdeth him content with that he hath. 
***For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, 
therfore is it a playne case y we can cary 
nothinge out. ttt Whan we haue fode and 
rayment, let vs therwith be content, tit For 
they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion 
and snare, and in to many foliszhe g noysome 
lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and 
damnacion. For Couetousnes is the rote of 
all euell, which whyle some lusted after, they 
erred from the faith, and tangled them selues 
with many sorowes. 

§§§ But thou man of God, flye soche thinges : 
folowe righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, 
pacience, mekenes : fighte a good fighte of 
faith : laye honde on eternall life, where vnto 
thou art called, and hast professed a good 
profession before many witnesses. 

1 geue the charge before God, Mill which 
quyckeneth all thinges, 15 before Iesu Christ, 
which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good 
witnessynge, that thou kepe the commaunde- 

2 Tess. 2. b. f f Pro. 15. b. Heb. 13. a. 
* lob 1. c. ttt Eccli. 29. d. |tt Pro. 23. a. 

Mat. 13. c. §§§ 2 Tim. 2. c. |||||| 1 Reg. 2. b. Act. 17. e. 



Cfiap, 



€t)t ij. CpiStle bnto Ctmot&p. 



#o, ttvbih 



ment, without spot, vnreproueable, vntyll the 
appearynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, 
which appearynge (at his tyme) he shal shewe 
that is blessed, and mightie onely, * the kynge 
of all kynges, and LORDE of all lordes : 
which onely hath immortalite, and dwelleth 
in a lighte, that no man can attayne : t whom 
no man hath sene, nether can se. Vnto whom 
be honoure and empyre euerlastinge, Amen. 

Charge the which are riche in this worlde, 
that they be not proude, ner trust in the 
vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God 
(which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to 
enioye them :) That they do good : that they 



1 Apo. 17. c. and 19. c. 



Ioh. 



be rich in good workes : that they geue and 
distribute with a good wyll : t gatherynge vp 
treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, 
agaynst f tyme to come, that they maye laye 
honde on eternall life. 

O Timothy, kepe that which is committed 
vnto the, and avoyde vngoostly vayne wordes. 
and opposicions of science falsly so called, 
which whyle some professed, they haue erred 
as concernynge the faith. Grace be with the 
Amen. 

Wrytten from Laodicea, which is the chefest 
cite of Phrigia Pacaciana. 

t Mat. 6. c. 



of fbt Apostle £♦ Paul to ^tmotftj) 



Wi)t &umm of tfrtss epfetle* 



Cfiap. I. 
Paul exhorteth Timothy to stedfastnesse and 
pacience in persecucion, and to continue in the 
doctryne that he had taught him. A com- 
mendacion of Onesiphorus. 

Chap. II. 
Like as in the first chapter, so here he exhorteth 
him to be constant in trouble, to suffre manly, 
and to byde fast in the wholsome doctrine of 
oure LORDE Iesus Christ. 



Chap. III. 
He prophecieth of the parelous tymes, setteth 
out ypocrites in their culours, telleth vs what 
they be within, for all their fayre faces out- 
wardly. Persecucion for the gospell. 

Chap. IIII. 
He exhorteth Timothy to be feruet in the worde, 
and to suffre aduersite : maketh mension of his 
awne death, and byddeth Timothy come vnto 
him. 



Cfje fi'nst Cfeapttr. 

PAUL an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the 
wyll of God, to preach the promes of y 
life which is in Christ Iesu. 

To my deare sonne Timotheus. 



father and from Christ Iesu oure LORDE. 

I thanke God, * whome I serue fro my fore 
elders in a pure conscience, that without 

* Act. 22. a. Phil. 3. a. 



So. ttftiij. 



Wt)t ii* <&pi$tk bntfl CtmiDtftp, 



€J)ap + \). 



ceassynge I make mencion of the in my 
prayers night and daye : and longe to se the 
(whan I remembre thy teares) so that I am 
fylled with ioye, whan I call to remembraunce 
the vnfayned faith that is in the, which dwelt 
first in thy graundemother Lois, and in thy 
mother Eunica : And am assured, that it 
dwelleth in f also. Wherfore I warne the, 
that thou stere vp f gifte of God which is in 
the by puttynge on of my handes. *For God 
hath not geuen vs the sprete of feare, but of 
power, and of loue, and of right vnder- 
stondynge. 

t Be not thou aszhamed therfore of y tes- 
timony of oure LORDE, nether of me, 
t which am his presoner : but suffre thou ad- 
uersite also with the Gospell, acordinge to the 
power of God § which hath saued vs, and 
called vs with an holy callynge : not acordinge 
to oure dedes, but acordinge to his owne pur- 
pose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christ 
Iesu before the tyme of the worlde, but is now 
declared openly by the appearynge of oure 
Sauioure Iesu Christ. II Which hath taken 
awaye y power of death, and hath brought 
life and immortalite vnto lighte, thorow the 
Gospell : f whervnto I am appoynted a 
preacher and an Apostell, and a teacher of 
the Heythen : for the which cause I also suffre 
these thinges, neuertheles I am not ashamed. 
For I knowe whom I haue beleued, and am 
sure that he is able to kepe that which I haue 
commytted vnto his kepynge agaynst that 
daye. 

**Holde the after y ensample of the whol- 
some wordes, which thou heardest of me, 
concernynge faith and loue in Christ Iesu. 
This hye charge kepe thou thorow the holy 
goost, which dwelleth in vs. This thou know- 
est, that all they which are in Asia, be turned 
fro me, of which sorte are Phigelus and Her- 
mogenes. The LORDE geue mercy vnto 
the house of tt Onesiphorus : for he oft re- 
freszhed me, and was not aszhamed of my 
cheyne: but whan he was at Rome tthe 
soughte me out very diligently, and founde 
me. The LORDE graunte vnto him, that 
he maye fynde mercy with the LORDE in 
that daye. And how moch he mynistred vnto 
me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. 

* Rom. 8. b. t Ro. 1. b. $ Ephe. 3. a. § Tit. 

3. a. || 1 Cor. 15. f. Heb. 1. c. f Ro. 1. a. 1 Tim. 
2. a. ** 2 Tim. 3. b. tt 2 Tim. 4. c. XX Mat. 

23. c. §§ Tit. 1. b. mi 1 Cor. 9. b. f f Rom. 



€l)c tj. Chapter. 

THOU therfore my sonne, be stronge 
thorow the grace which is in Christ 
Iesu. And what thinges thou hast herde of 
me by many witnesses, §Hhe same commytte 
thou vnto faithfull men, which are apte to 
teach other. Thou therfore suffre affliccion 
as a good soudyer off Iesu Christ. No ma 
that warreth, tangleth him selfe with wordly 
busynesses, & that because he wolde please 
him, which hath chosen him to be a soudyer. 
And though a man stryue for a mastrye, yet 
is he not crowned, excepte he stryue laufully. 
Illl The huszbandman that laboureth, must first 
enioye the frutes. Consydre what I saye. 
The LORDE shal geue the vnderstondynge 
in all thinges. 

Remembre that Iesus Christ, beynge HIT of 
the sede of Dauid, rose agayne fro the deed, 
acordynge to my Gospell, where in I suffre as 
an euell doer euen vnto bandes : but the 
worde of God is not bounde. ***Therfore 
suffre I all for the electes sakes, that they also 
mighte optayne the saluacion in Christ Iesu 
with eternall glory. 

This is a true sayenge : ttt Yf we be deed 
with him, we shal lyue with him also: ttt Yt 
we be pacient, we shal also raigne with him : 
§§§Yf we denye him, he also shal denye vs : 
llllll Yf we beleue not, yet abydeth he faithfull, 
he can not denye himselfe. Of these thinges 
put thou them in remebraunce, and testifye 
before the LORDE, that they stryue not 
aboute wordes, which is to no profit, but to 
peruerte the hearers. 

Study to shewe thy selfe vnto God a lau- 
dable workman, that nedeth not to be ashamed, 
deuydynge the worde of trueth iustly. 1Ff f As 
for vngoostly and vayne talkynges, eschue 
them : for they helpe moch to vngodlynes, 
and their worde fretteth as doth a canker : 
Of whose nombre is **** Hymeneos (j Philetus, 
which as concernynge the trueth haue erred, 
sayenge, that the resurreccion is past allready, 
and haue destroyed the faith of dyuerse 
personnes. 

But f sure grounde of God stondeth fast, 
and hath this seale: tttt The LORDE knoweth 
them that are his, and let euery ma. that 

1. a. ***Act. 20. c. Ephe. 3. a. Col. i.e. ttt Rom. 

6. b. ttt Rom. 8. b. §^§ Luc. 12. a. |||||| Nu. 

23. c. Rom. 3. a. f f IT 1 Tim. 1. a. 4. a. 6. a. 
**** 1 Tim. 1. c. tttt Ioh. 10. b. 



CJjap* iiij. 



€l)t ij* (Ejptstfk bnto Cimot&p* 



rfo. tipiv* 



calleth vpon the name of Christ, departe from 
iniquyte. Notwithstondynge *in a greate 
house are not onely vessels of golde and of 
syluer, but also of wod and of earth: some for 
honoure, and some to dishonoure. But yf a 
man pourge himselfe from soch felowes, he 
shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto honoure, mete 
for the LORDE, and prepared vnto all good 
workes. t Fie thou the lustes of youth, but 
fqlowe righteousnes, faith, loue, peace, with 
all them that call vpon the LORDE with 
pure hert. t As for folish questions and soch 
as teach not, put them fro the : for thou 
knowest that they do but geder stryfe. The 
seruaunt of the LORDE ought not to stryue, 
but to be gentle vnto euery man : " apte to 
teach, one that can forbeare the euell, one y 
can Swith mekenesse enfourme them y resist: 
yf God at eny tyme wyl geue them repent- 
aunce for to knowe the trueth, and to turne 
agayne from the snare of the deuell, which are 
holden in preson of him at his will. 

Clje ttj. Chapter. 

BUT this shalt thou knowe,* that in the 
last dayes shal come parelous tymes. 
For there shalbe me which shal holde of the 
selues, couetous, boasters, proude, cursed 
peakers,dishobedientto their elders, vnthank- 
full, vngoostly, vnkynde, truce breakers, false 
accusers, ryatours, fearce, despysers of them 
which are good, traytours, heady, hye mynded, 
gredy vpon voluptuousnes more then the 
louers of God, hauynge a shyne off godly 
lyuynge, but denyenge the power therof. 
And soch avoyde. 1, Of this sorte are they 
which rime fro house to house, j brynge in to 
bondage weme lade with synne: which (wemen) 
are led with dyuerse lustes, euer lernynge, 
and are neuer able to come vnto the know- 
lege of the trueth. 

T But like as Iamnes and Iabres withstode 
Moses, euen so do these also resist the trueth: 
me they are of corrupte myndes, and lewde 
as cocernynge f faith : but they shal preuayle 
no longer. For their folishnes shal be mani- 
fest vnto all men, as theirs was. 

But thou hast sene the experience of my 
doctryne, my faszhion of lyuynge, my purpose, 
my faith, my longsufferynge, my loue, my 

* Rom. 9. c. t 1 Tim. 6. c. {1 Tim. 1. a. 4. a. 

6. a. 2 Tim. 2. b. Tit. 3. b. " 1 Tim. 3. a. § Gal. 
6. a. » 1 Tim. 4. a. 2 Pet. 3. a. Iud. I.e. || Tit. 

1. c. f Exod. 7. b. ** Act. 13. a. and 14. a. 



pacience, my persecucions, my affliccions, 
which happened vnto me **at Antioche, at 
Iconium, at Lystra, which persecucions I 
suffred paciently, and from the all the LORDE 
delyuered me. t+Yee and all they that wil 
lyue godly in Christ lesu, must suffre perse- 
cucion. But the euell men and disceauers 
shal waxe worse and worse, disceauynge and 
beynge disceaued. 

JtBut contynue thou in the thinges that 
thou hast lerned, which also were comytted 
vnto the, seynge thou knowest of who thou 
hast learned them, And for so moch as thou 
hast knowne holy scripture of a childe, the 
same is able to make y wyse vnto saluacion 
thorow the faith in Christ lesu. $$For all 
scripture geue by inspiracion of God, is pro- 
fitable to teach, to improue, to amende, and 
to instructe in righteousnes, that a man off 
God maye be perfecte, and prepared vnto all 
good workes. 

&\)t iiij. Chapter. 

ITESTIFYE therfore before God g before 
the LORDE lesu Christ, which shal 
come to iudge the lyuynge and the deed, at 
his appearynge in his kyngclome : Preach 
thou the worde, be feruent, be it in season or 
out of season : Improue, rebuke, exhorte with 
all longe sufferynge and doctryne. For the 
tyme wil come, whan they shal not suffre 
wholsome doctryne, but after their awne lustes 
shal they (whose eares ytche) get them an 
heape of teachers, and shal turne their eares 
from the trueth, and shalbe geuen vnto fables. 
But watch thou in all thinges, suffre aduersite, 
do the worke of a preacher of the Gospell, 
fulfyll thine office vnto the vttemost. 

III! For I am now ready to be offered, and 
the tyme of my departinge is at honde. I 
haue foughte a good flghte : I haue fulfylled 
the course : I haue kepte the faith. From 
hence forth there is layed vp for me IT I' a 
crowne of righteousnes, which the LORDE 
the righteous iudge shal geue me in j daye : 
Howbeit not vnto me onely, but vnto all 
them that loue his comynge. Make spede to 
come vnto me atonce. 

For ***Demas hath lefte me, and loueth 
this present worlde, and is departed vnto 

2 Cor. 1. b. ft Eccll. 2. a. Psal. 33. c. tt 2 Tim. 

1. c. §§ 2 Pet. 1. d. mi 2 Pet. 1. c. f 1[ 1 Co. 

9. d. 1 Pet. 5. a. *** Col. 4. b. Phil. 1. c. 



tfo. aw. 



Cfre Cafetle bnto €itu& 



Cfjaj), u 



Tessalonica, Crescens in to Galacia, Titus 
vnto Dalmacia, Onely Lucas is with me. 
Take *Marke, (j brynge him with the: for 
he is profitable vnto me to the mynistracion. 
Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus. The cloke 
that I lefte at Troada with Carpus brynge 
with the whan thou commest : and the bokes, 
but specially the parchemet. t Alexader the 
coppersmyth dyd me moch euell,the LORDE 
rewarde him acordynge to his dedes, of whom 
be thou ware also. For he withstode oure 
wordes sore. 

In my first answerynge no man assisted 
me, but all forsoke me. I praye God that it 
be not layed to their charges. Notwitston- 
dynge the LORDE stode by me, 5 stregthed 
me, that by me the preachinge shulde be 
fulfylled to the vttemost, and that all the 



Col. 



Tim. 



t Act. 18. a. Ro. 16. s 



Heythe shulde heare. And I was delyuered 
out of the mouth of the lyon. And the 
LORDE shal delyuer me from all euell 
doynge, and shal kepe me vnto his heauenly 
kyngdome. To whom be prayse for euer and 
euer, Amen. 

Salute Prisca and $ Aquila, and f housz- 
holde of Onesiphorus. $ Erastus abode at 
Corinthum. But II Trophimus left I sicke at 
Miletu. Make spede to come before wynter. 
Eubolus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, 
and all the brethren salute the. The LORDE 
Iesus Christ be with thy sprete. Grace be 
with you, Amen. 

The seconde epistle vnto Timothy, wrytten 
from Rome, wha Paul was presented the 
seconde tyme before the Emperoure Nero. 



§ Ro. 16. 



|j Act. 21. 



of fbt apostle &♦ Paul tottto JEttua 



Cfce siumme of t&tss epistle* 



Chap. I. 

Paul exhorteth Titus to ordene prestes or biszhop- 
pes in euery cite, declareth what maner of men 
they ought to be that are chosen to that office, 
and chargeth Titus to rebuke soch as with- 
stonde the gospell 



Chap. II. 

He telleth him how he shal teach all degrees to 

behaue them selues. 

Cfiap. III. 
Of obedience to soch as be in auctorite. He 

warneth Titus to bewarre of foolish and vn 

profitable questions. 



Che fiwit Chapter. 

PAUL the seruaunt of God, and an Apostle 
off Iesus Christ, *to preach the faith off 
Gods electe, and the knowlege of y trueth, 



which ledeth vnto godlynes, vpon the hope of 
eternall life: which God t that can not lye 
hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde : 
but at his tyme hath opened his worde thorow 
preachinge, which is commytted vnto me 



t Rom. 3. a. 



Cfrap* iij. 



Cfte Cpfeile fotto €itm* 



lo. tori 



acordinge to the commaundemet of God oure 
Sauioure. 

* Vnto Titus my naturall sonne after y 
comen faith. 

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the 
father, and fro the t LORDE Iesu Christ 
oure Sauioure. 

For this cause left I the in Creta, that 
thou shuldest perfourme that which was lack- 
ynge, and shuldest ordeyne Elders in euery 
cite, as I appoynted f. Yf eny be blamelesse, 
the huszbande of one wife, hauynge faithfull 
children, which are not slaundred of ryote, 
nether are dishobedient. t For a Bisshoppe 
must be blamelesse, as the §stewarde of God: 
not wylfull, not angrye, II not geuen vnto 
moch wyne, no fyghter, not gredye of filthye 
lucre: but harbarous, one that loueth goodnes, 
sober mynded, righteous, holy, temperate, and 
soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of 
doctryne : that he maye be able to exhorte 
with wholsome lernynge, 5 to improue them 
that saye agaynst it. 

f For there are many dishobedient, and 
talkers of vanite, and disceauers of myndes : 
namely they of the circiicision, whose mouthes 
must be stopped : ** which peruerte whole 
houses, teachinge thinges which they oughte 
not, because of filthye lucre. One of them 
selues euen their awne prophet, sayde : tt The 
Cretayns are alwayes lyars, euell beestes, and 
slowe belies. This witnesse is true. Wher- 
fore rebuke them sharply, y they maye be 
sounde in the faith, and not to take hede vnto 
Iewes fables and commaundementes of men, 
which turne them awaye from the trueth. 
tt Vnto y cleane are all thinges cleane : §$ but 
to the vncleane j vnbeleuers, there is nothinge 
cleane, but both their mynde g conscience 
is defyled. They saye that they knowe God, 
but with the dedes they denye him : for so 
moch as they are abhominable and dishobe- 
dient, and vnmete to all good workes. 

Cftt ij. Chapter. 

BUT speake thou that which becommeth 
wholsome learnynge. That f elder men 
be sober, honest, discrete, sounde in the faith, 
in loue, in pacience. And the elder wemen 
likewyse that they shewe them selues as it 

* 2 Cor. 8. c. t Ephe. 1. c. Phil.l.a. 1 1 Tim. 3. a. 
§ Leui. 10. c. || Ephe. 5. b. f Act. 15. a. ** 2 Tim. 
3. a. ft Epimenides. tt Mat. 12. a. and 23. c. 

<^'Ro. 14. c. mi Gen. 3. c. HIT 1 Tfln. 4. b. 1 Pet. 5. a. 



becommeth holynes, that they be no false 
accusers, not geuen to moch wyne, that they 
teach honest thinges, that they enfourme the 
yonge wemen to be sober mynded, to loue 
their huszbandes, to loue their childre, to be 
discrete, chaste, huszwyfly, good, llll obedient 
vnto their awne huszbandes, that the worde 
of God be not euell spoken of. Exhorte the 
yonge men likewyse, that they be sober 
mynded. Aboue all thinge shewe thy selfe 
f f an ensample off good workes, with vncor- 
rupte doctryne, with honestye, with the whol- 
some worde which can not be rebuked: ***that 
he which withstodeth maye be ashamed, hau- 
ynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse. 
ttt Exhorte the seruauntes, to be obedient 
vnto their masters, to please in all thinges, 
not answeringe agayne, nether to be pykers, 
but to shewe all good faithfulnes, that in all 
thinges they maye do worshippe vnto the 
doctryne off God oure Sauioure. For the 
grace off God that bryngeth Saluacion vnto all 
men, hath appeared, and teacheth vs, that we 
shulde denye vngodlynes, and tttwordly lustes: 
and that we shulde lyue discretly, righteously, 
and godly in this worlde, lokynge for that 
blessed hope and appearynge of the glory of 
y greate God and of oure Sauioure Iesu 
Christ: §§$ which gaue him selfe for vs, to 
redeme vs fro all vnrighteousnes, and to 
pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto him- 
selfe, to be feruently geuen llllll vnto good 
workes. These thinges speake and exhorte, 
and rebuke with all earnest. Tf f Se that no 
man despyse the. 

Clje tt). Chapter. 

WARNE them **** that they submytte 
them selues vnto Prynces and to the 
hyer auctorite, to obey the officers, to be ready 
vnto all good workes, that they speake euell 
of no man, that they be no stryuers, but soft, 
shewynge all mekenes vnto all men. For we 
oure selues also were in tymes past, vnwyse, 
dishobedient, in erroure, seruynge lustes and 
dyuerse maners of voluptuousnes, lyuynge in 
maliciousnes and envye, full of hate, hatynge 
one another. 

But after that y kyndnesse and loue of God 
oure Sauioure to man warde appeared, not 

*** 1 Pet. 2. b. and 3. b. ttt Ephe. 6. a. Col. 3. c. 

1 Pet. 2. c. ttt 1 Ioh. 2. c. §§§ Rom. 8. a. Gal. 3. b. 
IHIII Ephe. 2. b. Tf f 1 Tim. 4. b. **** Rom. 13. a. 
1 Pet. 2. b. 



go* mij* 



Cfte dEjitetk imto pfotfrmon* 



Cfoap* t. 



for f dedes of righteousnes which we wroughte, 
but after his mercy he saued vs by the * foun- 
tayne of the new byrth, and renuynge of the 
holy goost, which he shed on vs abundauntly, 
thorow Iesus Christ oure Sauioure: y we 
beynge made righteous t by his grace, shulde 
be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope. 
This is a true sayege. 

Of these thinges wolde I that thou shuldest 
speake earnestly, that they which are become 
beleuers in God, might be diligent to excell 
in good workes : for these thinges are good 
and profitable vnto me. t As for folysh 
questions, and genealogies, and braulynges 
and stryuynges aboute y lawe, auoyde the, 
for they are vnprofitable and vayne. § A ma 
that is geuen vnto heresye, after y first and 



t Act. 15. 
and 6. a. 



>. Ephe. 2. 
2 Tim. 2. c. 



t 1 Tim. 1. a. 



seconde monicion, auoyde, and knowe, that 
he that is soch, is peruerted, (j synneth euen 
damned by his awne iudgment. 

Whan I shal sende Artemas or Tichicus 
vnto y, make spede to come to me vnto 
Nicopolis, for I haue determyned there to 
wynter. Brynge Zenas f Scrybe and Apollos 
on their iourney diligently, that nothinge be 
lackynge vnto them. And let oures also 
learne to excell in good workes, as farre 
forth as nede requyreth, that they be not 
vnfrutefull. 

All they that are with me, salute the. 
Grete them that loue vs in the faith. Grace 
be with you all, Amen. 

Wrytten from Nicopolis in Macedonia. 

Mat. 18. b. 2 Tess. 3. a. Ro. 16. b. 



Zt)t (Bptetlt 

of it)t Styofitlc &. Paul Unto Ufnicmoit. 



Cfie jiumme of tftte lEpfetlt. 

He reioyseth to heare of the faith and loue ot 
Philemon, whom he desyreth to forgeue his 
seruaut Onesimus, and louyngly to receaue him 
agayne. 

PAUL the presoner of Iesu Christ, and 
brother Timotheus. 
Vnto Philemon the beloued, and oure 
helper, and to the beloued Appia, and to 
Archippus oure felowe soudyer, and to the 
congregacion in thy house. 

Grace be with you, and peace from God 
oure father and from the LORDE Iesus 
Christ. 



I thanke my God, makynge mencion all 
wayes of the in my prayers (for so moch as 
I heare of thy loue and faith which thou hast 
on the LORDE Iesu, and towarde all sayntes) 
that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in 
the, thorow knowlege of all f good that ye 
haue in Christ Iesu. Greate ioye and con 
solacion haue I in thy loue. For by the 
(brother) the sayntes are hertely refreszhed, 

Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in 
Christ to commaunde the that which becom 
meth the, yet for loues sake I rather beseke 
y, though I be as I am, eue Paul aged, and 
now a presoner also of Iesu Christ. I beseke 
the for my sonne * Onesimus (whom I haue 

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begotten in my bondes) which in tyme past 
was to the vnprofitable, but now profitable 
both to the and me. Whom I haue sent 
agayne : but receaue thou him (that is) euen 
myne awne hert. For I wolde haue kepte 
him styll with me, that in thy steade he might 
haue mynistred vnto me in f bondes of y 
Gospell : Neuertheles without thy mynde 
wolde I do nothinge, that f good which thou 
doest, shulde not be of compulsion, but wyl- 
lingly. 

Happly he therfore departed for a season, 
that thou shuldest receaue him for euer : not 
now as a seruaunt, but aboue a seruaunt, euen 
a brother beloued, specially to me, but how 
moch more vnto y, both in y flesh and in the 
LORDE? Yf thou holde me for thy com- 
panyon, receaue him then euen as my selfe. 



But yf he haue hurte the, or oweth the oughte, 
that laye to my charge. I Paul haue wrytten 
it with myne awne hande, I wil recompence 
it : so that I do not saye vnto y, how that thou 
owest vnto me euen thine owne selfe. Euen 
so brother, let me enioye the in the LORDE: 
refresh thou my hert in the LORDE. 

Trustinge in thine obediece, I haue wrytten 
vnto the, for I knowe that thou wilt do more 
then I saye. Morouer prepare me lodginge, 
for I hope that thorow youre prayers I shalbe 
geuen vnto you. There saluteth the, Epa- 
phras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu, 
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my help- 
ers. The grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ 
be with youre sprete, Amen. 

Sent from Rome by Onesimus a seruaunt. 






Wt)t siumme oi ti)i# Cpfetle* 



Cfiap. I. 

He sheweth that thorow the abundaunt mercy of 
God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope : 
and how faith must be tried : how the salua- 
cion in Christ is no newes, but a thinge pro- 
phecied of olde. He exhorteth them to a godly 
conuersacion, for so moch as they are now 
borne a new by the worde of God. 
Cfiap. II. 

He exhorteth men to laye asyde all vyce, sheweth 
that Christ is the foundacion wher vpon they 
be buylt, prayeth them to absteyne fro fleshly 
lustes, and to obeye worldly rulers. How 
seruauntes shulde behaue them selues towarde 
their masters. He exhorteth to suffre after the 
ensample of Christ. 

Cfiap. III. 

How wyues ought to ordre them selues towarde 
their huszbandes and in their apparell. The 



dutye of me towarde their wyues. He exor- 
teth all men to vnite and loue, and paciently 
to suffre trouble. Of true baptyme. 

Cfiap. mi. 
He exhorteth men to ceasse from synne, to 
spende no more tyme in vyce, to be sober and 
apte to prayer, to loue ech other, to be pacient 
in trouble, and to bewarre that no man suffre 
as an euell doer, but as a Cristen man, and 
not to be ashamed. 

C£ap. V. 
A speciall exhortacion for all bisshoppes or 
prestes to fede the flocke of Christ, and what 
their dutie is, and what rewarde they shal haue 
yf they be diliget. He exhorteth yonge per- 
sonnes to submytt the selues to the elder, euery 
one to loue another, to be sober, (j to watch, 
that they maye resist the enemye. 






Che fi'nit Chapter. 

PETER an Apostle of Iesu Christ, to the 
that dwell here and there as straungers 
thorow out Pontus, Galacia, Capadocia, Asia 
and Bithinia, electe acordinge to the fore- 
knowlege of God the father thorow sancti- 
fienge of the sprete, vnto obedience and 
* sprenklynge of the bloude of Iesus Christ. 

Grace and peace be multiplied with you. 

t Blessed be God and the father of oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ, which acordinge to his 
greate mercy hath begotten vs agayne vnto a 
lyuely hope t by the resurreccion of Iesus 
Christ from the deed, to an vncorruptible and 
vndefyled inheritaunce, which neuer shal fade 
awaye, but is reserued in heauen for you that 
are kepte by the power of God thorow faith 
to saluacion, which is prepared all ready to be 
shewed in the last tyme : in the which ye shal 
reioyse, though now for a litle season (yff nede 
requyre) ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde 
temptacions : that youre faith once tryed 
(beynge moch more precious then the corrupt- 
ible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre) might 
be founde vnto laude, glory and honoure at the 
appearynge of Iesus Christ : whom ye haue 
not sene, and yet loue him : § in whom now 
ye beleue, though ye se him not. Euen so 
shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and 
glorious ioye, receauynge the ende of youre 
faith, euen the saluacion of youre soules. 

Of which saluacion the prophetes haue 
enquyred and searched, which prophecied off 
the grace that shulde come vpon you : search- 
inge whan or at what tyme the sprete off 
Christ that was in them, shulde signifye, which 
(sprete) testified before the passions that shulde 
come vnto Christ, and the glory that shulde 
folowe after. Vnto the which (prophetes) it 
was declared, that not vnto them selues, but 



* Heb. 9. b. and 10. c. + 2 Cor. 1. a. Ephe. 1. a, 

t 1 Co. 15. c. § Ioh. 20. (1. || Luc. 2. b. f Luc. 12. d. 
**Leuit. 11. g. and 19. a. tt Mat. 25. c. ti 1 Cor. 6. c. 



vnto vs they shulde mynister the thinges which 
are now shewed vnto you, by them which 
thorow f holy goost sent downe from heauen, 
haue preached vnto you the thinges II which 
the angels delyte to beholde. 

Wherfore gyrde op the f loynes off youre 
mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the 
grace that is brought vnto you, by the de- 
clarynge of Iesus Christ, as obedient childre, 
not faszhionynge youre selues to youre olde 
lustes of ignoraunce : but as he which hath 
called you is holy, eue so be ye holy also in 
all youre conuersacion : for it is wrytte : **Be 
ye holy, for I am holy. 

And yf so be that ye call on the father, 
which without respecte of personnes iudgeth 
t+ acordynge to euery mans worke, se y ye 
passe y tyme of youre pilgremage in feare :$$ 
and knowe, that ye were not redemed with 
corruptible syluer and golde, from youre vayne 
conuersacion (which ye receaued by the tra- 
dicios of the fathers)^ but with the precious 
bloude of Christ, as of an innocet and vnde- 
fyled lambe, which was ordeyned before the 
worlde was made, but is declared in these last 
tymes II II for youre sakes, which thorow him 
beleue on God, that raysed him vp from the 
deed, 1T1F and hath geue him the glory, that 
ye might haue faith (j hope in God : Euen ye 
which haue purifyed youre soules ***in obey- 
enge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue 
brotherly without faynynge, (j feruently one 
to loue another with a pure hert, as they that 
are borne a new, not of corruptible sede, but 
of vncorruptible, eue by the lyuynge worde of 
God, which endureth for euer. tttFor all flesh 
is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the 
floure of grasse. The grasse withereth, j the 
floure falleth awaye, but the worde of the 
LORDE endureth for euer. This is the 
worde, that is preached amonge you. 

and 7. c. §§ Heb. 9. b. 1 lob. 1. b. Apo. 1. a. 

Illl Esa. 9. b. Luc. 2. b. f f Phil. 2. a. *** Act. 15. b. 
ttt Esa. 40. a. Eccli. 14. b. Iaco. 1. b. 



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Clje tj. Chapter. 

WHERFORE laye asyde all malicious- 
nes and all gyle, and ypocrisye, and 
envye, and all bacbytinge, $ *as new borne 
babes desyre that reasonable mylke, which is 
without corrupcion, that ye maye growe therin, 
yf so be that ye haue t taisted how frendly the 
LORDE is. Vnto whom ye are come, t as 
to the lyuynge stone, which is disalowed of 
men, but chosen of God and precious. And 
ye also as lyuynge stones are made a spirituall 
house, and an holy presthode, to offre vp 
§ spirituall sacrifices, acceptable vnto God by 
Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is conteyned in the 
scripture : II Beholde, I put in Sion an heade 
corner stone, electe & precious, and he that 
beleueth on him, shal not be cofounded. 
Vnto you therfore which beleue, he is pre- 
cious : but vnto them that beleue not, is f 
same stone which the f buylders refused, made 
the heade stone in the corner,** and a stone 
to stomble at, and a rock to be offended at, 
namely in the which stomble at y worde, and 
beleue not that wheron they were set. 

tt But ye are that chosen generacion, that 
kyngly presthode, that holy nacion, that pe- 
culier people, y ye shulde shewe the vertues 
of him, which hath called you out of dark- 
nesse in to his maruelous lighte : tt Euen you 
which in tyme past were not a people, but 
now are the people of God : which were not 
vnder mercy, but now haue optayned mercy. 

Dearly beloued, I beseke you as straungers 
and pilgrems, §§absteyne fro the fleshly lustes, 
which fighte agaynst the soule, and lede an 
honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen, 
llll that they which bacbyte you as euell doers, 
maye se youre good workes, and prayse God 
in the daye of visitacion. 

" Submytte youre selues vnto all maner 
ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake : 
whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto y chefe 
heade, or vnto rulers, as vnto them that are 
sent of him, for the punyshment of euell doers, 
but for the prayse of the that do well. For 
so is the will of God, that ye with well doynge 
shulde put to sylence the ignoraunce of folish- 
men : as fre, and not as hauynge the libertye 

* Ephe. 4. a. Col. 3. a. Heb. 12. a. t Psal. 33. a. 
J Ephe. 2. c. § Rom. 12. a. || Esa. 28. c. Mat. 21. e. 
Aot. 4. a. IT Psal. 117. c. ** Esa. 8. c. tt Exo. 19. a. 
tt Ose. 2. c. Rom. 9. c. §§ Rom. 13. b. Gal. 5. c. 

llll Mat. 5. b. 1 Pet. 3. b. " Rom. 13. a. Tit. 3. a. 



for a cloke of wickednes, but eue as the ser- 
uauntes of God. Honoure all men. Loue 
brotherly fellishippe. Feare God. 1111 Honoure 
the kynge. 

*'** Ye seruautes, obey youre masters with 
all feare : not onely yf they be good and cur- 
teous, but also though they be frowarde. 
For that is grace, yf a man for conscience 
towarde God endure grefe, and suffre wronge. 
For what prayse is it, yf wha ye be buffeted 
for youi-e fautes, ye take it paciently ? ttt But 
yf whan ye do well, ye suffre wronge, and take 
it paciently, that is grace with God. For here 
vnto are ye called, for so moch as Christ also 
suffred for vs, leauynge vs an ttt ensample, 
that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes, which 
dyd no synne, nether was there gyle founde 
in his mouth: §H which whan he was reuyled, 
reuyled not agayne : wha he suffred, he 
threatened not : but commytted the cause 
vnto him, that iudgeth righteously : llllll which 
his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his body 
vpon the tre, that we shulde be delyuered 
from synne, j shulde lyue vnto righteousnes : 
by whose strypes ye were healed.tif IT For ye 
were as shepe goinge astraye, but now are ye 
turned vnto the shepherde and Biszhoppe of 
youre soules. 

Cfic itj. Chapter. 

LIKEWYSE ****let the wyuesbe in sub- 
ieccion to their huszbandes, that euen 
they which beleue not the worde, maye without 
the worde be wonne by y couersacion of the 
wyues, whan they beholde youre pure conuer- 
sacion in feare. Whose apparell ttttshal not be 
outwarde with broyded heer, (j hanginge on 
of golde, or in puttynge on of gorgious araye, 
but let y inwarde ma of y hert be vncorrupte 
with a meke (j a quyete sprete, which before 
God is moch set by. For after this maner in 
the olde tyme, dyd y holy weme which trusted 
in God, tyer the selues, (t were obedient 
vnto their huszbades : Euen as Sara obeyed 
Abraham, tttt and called him lorde : whose 
doughters ye are, as loge as ye do well, not 
beynge afrayed for eny trouble. 

Likewyse ye men, dwell with them acord- 
inge vnto knowlege, geuynge honoure vnto 

f % Mat. 22. c. *** Ephe. 6. a. Col. 3. c. Tit. 2. b. 

ttt Mat. 5. a. 1 Pet. 3. c. ttt Ioh. 13. b. Phil. 2. a. 

§§§, Mat. 27. c. Ioh. 8. c. |||||| Esa. 53. b. 1 Ioh. 3. a. 
ff.f Esa.oS.b. Ezec.34.c. Luc. 15. a. **** 1 Cor. 11. a. 
Ephe. 5. c. Col. 3. c. tttt 1 Tim. 2. b. tttt Gen. 18. b 
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the wife,* as to the weaker vessel: 5 as vnto 
the y are heyres with you of the grace of life, 
that youre prayers be not let. 

But in conclusion be ye all of one mynde, 
one suffre with another, loue as brethren, be 
pitefull, be curteous. t Recopence not euell 
for euell, nether rebuke for rebuke : but 
cotrary wyse, blesse : and knowe that ye are 
called therto, euen y ye shulde be heyres of y 
t blessynge. For $ who so listeth to lyue, 
and wolde fayne se good dayes, Let him re- 
frayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes y 
they speake no gyle. Let him eschue euell, 
g do good : Let him seke peace and ensue it. 
For y eyes of the LORDE are ouer the 
righteous, rt his eares are open vnto their 
prayers. But y face of the LORDE be- 
holdeth the y do euell. And who is it that 
can harme you, yf ye folowe that which is 
good ? Notwithstondinge II blessed are ye, 
yf ye suffre for righteousnes sake, t Feare 
not ye their threatnynge, nether be troubled, 
but sanctifye the LORDE God in youre 
hertes. **Be ready allwayes to geue an 
answere to euery ma, that axeth you a reason 
of the hope that is in you, and that with 
mekenes g feare, hauynge a good conscience, 
ttthat they which bacbyte you as euell doers, 
maye be ashamed, that they haue falsely 
accused youre good couersacion in Christ. 

ttFor it is better (yf the wyll of God be 
so) that ye suffre for well doynge, the for 
euell doynge. For as moch as Christ hath 
once suffred for oure synnes, y iust for the 
vniust, for to brynge vs to God: g was slayne 
after the flesh, but quyckened after the 
sprete. 

In the which sprete he also wente, and 
preached vnto y spretes that were in preson, 
which in tyme past beleued not, whan God 
once a bode and suffred pacietly in the tyme 
of Noe, whyle the Arke was a preparynge : 
§§Wherin fewe (that is to saye eight soules) 
were saued by water. Which signifieth llllbap- 
tyme y now saueth vs : not y puttinge awaye 
of the fylth of the flesh, but in y a good 
cosciece cdsenteth vnto God by y resurreccion 
of Iesus Christ, which is on the righte hande 
of God, and is gone in to heaue, angels, 
power and mighte subdued vnto him. 

* 1 Tess. 4. a. t Pro. 20. c. Mat. 5. e. Rom. 12. c. 
X Gen. 12. a. Mat. 25. c. $ Psal. 33. b. || Mat. 5. a. 
f Esa. 8. c. Mat. 10. d. ** Psal. 118. f. Act. 4. a. 

tt 1 Pet. 2. b. Tit. 2. a. ft 1 Pet. 2. c. Mat. 5. a. 



Cftc tttj. Chapter. 

FOR as moch then as Christ hath suffred 
for vs in y flesh, arme youre selues like- 
wyse with the same mynde. IT For he which 
suffreth in the flesh, ceasseth fro synne, y 
hece forth (as moch tyme as yet remayneth 
in y flesh) he shulde not lyue after the lustes 
of me, but after the wil of God. For it is 
ynough, y we haue spent y tyme past of the 
life, after the will of y Heythen, wha we 
walked in wantannesse, lustes, dronkenes, 
glotony, ryotous drynkynge, g i abhominable 
Idolatrye. And it semeth to the a straunge 
thinge, y ye runne not also with them vnto 
the same excesse of ryote, g speake euell of 
you. (Which shal geue acoptes vnto hi y is 
ready to iudge y quycke g y deed.) For vnto 
this purpose also was y Gospell preached vnto 
the deed, y they shulde be iudged like other 
me I y flesh, but shulde lyue vnto God in y 
sprete. The ende of all thlges is at hade. 

*** Be ye therfore sober g watch vnto 
prayers: but aboiie all thinges haue feruent 
loue amonge you one to another, ttt For loue 
couereth the multitude of synnes. Be ye 
herberous one to another without grudginge, 
g mynister one to another, euery one with the 
gifte y he hath receaued, as good stewardes 
of the manifolde grace of God. tttYf eny ma 
speake, let hi speake it as y wordes of God. 
§§§ Yf eny man haue an office, let him execute 
it as out of the power y God mynistreth vnto 
hi, y God maye be praysed in all thinges 
thorow Iesus Christ, To who be honoure and 
domynion for euer and euer Amen. 

Derely beloued, maruell not at this llllllheate 
(which is come amoge you to trye you) as 
though some strauge thinge happened vnto 
you : but reioyce, in as moch as ye are par- 
takers of Christes passios, y wha his glory 
appeareth, ye maye be mery g glad, f IFf Yf 
ye be reuyled for y name of Christ, blessed are 
ye, for y sprete (which is y sprete of glory g 
of God) resteth vpon you. On their parte he 
is euell spoken of, but on youre parte he is 
praysed. 

**** But se that none of you suffre as a 
murthurer, or as a thefe, or as an euell doer, 
or as a busy body in other mens matters. Yf 

§§ Gen. 7. c. |||| Rom. 6. a. f f Rom. 9. a. 

*** Mat. 24. d. ttt Pro. 10. b. ttt lere. 23. b. 

^ Ro. 12. b. mm Luc. 12. f. 1 Cor. 3. b. 1 Pet. 1 . b. 

Ifiri" Mat. 5. a. **** 1 Pet. 2. c. and 3. c. 



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eny man sufFre as a Christen man, let him not 
be ashamed, but let him prayse God on this 
behalfe. * For y tyme is come, that iudgmet 
must begynne at the house of God. Yf it 
first begynne at vs, what shal the ende be of 
the which beleue not the Gospell of God? 
t And yf y righteous scacely be saued, where 
fe-hal y vngodly & synner appeare ? Wherfore 
let them that suffer acordynge to the will off 
God, commytte their soules vnto him with 
well doynge, as to the faithfull creator. 

Che 6. Chapter. 

THE Elders which are amonge you I 
exhorte, which am also an Elder, t and 
a witnes off the affliccions in Christ, and 
partaker of the glory that shal be opened. 
§ Fede Christes flocke which is amonge you, 
and take the ouersighte of the, not as though 
ye were copelled therto, but wyllingly : not 
for the desyre of filthye lucre, but of a good 
mynde : not as though ye were lordes ouer 
the parishes, II but that ye be an ensample to 
the flocke : & whan the chefe shepherde shal 
appeare, ye shal receaue the vncorruptible 
crowne of glory. 

Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues 
vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery 

* Iere. 25. d. and 40. b. Ezec. 8. b. t Pro. 11. d. 

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man one to another, and knyt youre selues 
together in lowlynes of mynde. f For God 
resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the 
humble. Submytte youre selues therfore 
vnder the mightie hande of God, that he maye 
exalte you whan the tyme is come. ** Cast 
all youre care on him, for he careth for you. 

Be sober and watch, tt for youre aduersary 
y deuell, walketh aboute as a roaringe lyon, 
sekynge whom he maye deuoure, ttwhom 
resiste stedfast in the faith, and knowe, that 
youre brethren in the worlde haue euen the 
same affliccions. 

But f God of all grace, which hath called 
you to his euerlastinge glory in Christ Iesu, 
shal his owne selfe make you perfecte, which 
suffre §§ a litle season : eue he shal settle, 
strength, and stablish you. To him be prayse 
and domynion for euer and euer, Amen. 

By Siluanus youre faithfull brother (as I 
suppose) haue I wrytte vnto you breuely, 
exhortinge and testifyenge, how that this is 
the true grace of God vvherin ye stode. The 
companyons of youre eleccion that are at 
Babilon, salute you, and Marcus my sonne. 
Grete ye one another with the kysse of loue. 
Peace be with you all which are in Christ 
Iesus, Amen. 



Iaco. 4. a. 
tt Iaco. 4. 



Mat. 6. c. Luc. 12. c. 
§§ Rom. 8. c. 1 Pet. 



tt lob 1. b. 
a. Heb. 10. d. 



of tbt apo0tle &. ^tttt. 



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Chap. I. 

For so moch as the power of God hath geuen 
them all thinges pertayninge vnto life, he ex- 
horteth the to flye the corrupcion of worldly 
lust, to make their callynge sure with good 
workes and frutes of faith. He maketh men- 
cion of his owne death, declaringe the LORDE 
Iesus to be the true sonne of God, as he him- 
self hath sene vpon the mount. 
Chap. II. 

He prophecieth of false teachers, and sheweth 
their punyshment. 



Chap. III. 

He exhorteth men to bewarre of soch as wolde 
make the beleue, that the daye of the 
LORDE were slacke in commynge : prayeth 
them to lede a godly life, and to loke verely 
for the commynge of the LORDE, whose 15ge 
tarienge is saluacion, and because he wolde 
haue no man lost, but wolde receaue all me 
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€l)e fiv<St Chapter. 

SYMON Peter a seruaut and an Apostle 
of Iesus Christ. 3 

Vnto the which haue optayned like faith 
with vs in the righteousnes that commeth of 
oure God, and Sauioure Iesus Christ. 

* Grace and peace be multiplied with you 
thorow the knowlege of God and of Iesus 
Christ oure LORDE. 

For so moch as his godly power hath geuen 
vs all thinges (that pertayne vnto life and 
godlynes) thorow the knowlege of him that 
hath called vs by his owne glorie and power, 
wherby the excellent and most greate pro- 
myses are geue vnto vs : namely, that ye by 
the same shulde be partakers of the godly 
nature, yf ye flye the corrupte lust of the 
worlde : Geue ye all youre diligence therfore 
here vnto, and in youre faith mynister vertue : 
in vertue, knowlege : in knowlege, temper- 
ancy : in temperancy, pacience : in pacience, 
godlynes : in godlynes, brotherly loue : in 
brotherly loue, generall loue. For yf these 
thinges be plenteous in you, they will not let 
you be ydle nor vnfrutefull in y knowlege of 
oure LORDE Iesus Christ. But he that 
lacketh these thinges, is blynde, j gropeth for 
the waye with the hade, and hath forgotten, 
that he was clensed from his olde synnes. 

Wherfore (brethre) geue the more diligence 
to make youre callynge and eleccion sure : 
for yf ye do soch thinges, ye shal not fall, and 
by this meanes shal there be plenteously 
mynistred vnto you an entrynge in vnto y 
euerlastinge kyngdome of oure LORDE and 
Sauioure Iesus Christ. 

Therfore wil I not be necliget to put you 
allwayes in remembraunce of soch thinges : 
though ye knowe them youre selues, and be 
stablished in the present trueth. Notwith- 
stondinge I thinke it mete, as loge as I am 
in this t tabernacle, to stere you vp by put- 
tinge you in remembraunce. For I am sure, 
that I must shortly put of my tabernacle, 
euen as oure LORDE Iesus Christ hath 
shewed vnto me. Yet wyl I do my diligece, 
that allwaye after my departynge ye maye 
haue wherwith to kepe these thinges in re- 
membraunce. 



" 1 Pet. 1. a. *Ioh. l.a. Col.2.b. t 2 Cor. 5. a. 
X lob. 1. b. 1 lob. 1. a. § Mat. 17. a. Marc. 9. a. 

Luc. 9. d. II 2 Cor. 4. b. f Dan. 9. b. Zach. 7. b. 



For we folowed not deceaueable fables, 
whan we declared vnto you the power and 
commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ: 
I but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie, 
whan he receaued of God the father honoure 
& prayse, by a voyce that came vnto him from 
the excellent glory, after this maner : §This 
is my deare sonne, in whom I haue delyte. 
And this voyce herde we broughte downe fro 
heauen, whan we were with him on the holy 
mount. 

We haue also a sure worde of prophecie, 
and ye do well that ye take hede thervnto, as 
vnto a lighte II that shyneth in a darke place 
vntyll the daye dawne, and the daye starre 
aryse in youre hertes. And this shal ye 
knowe first, that no prophecie in the scrip- 
ture is done of eny priuate interpretacion. 
IT For the prophecie was neuer broughte by 
the wyll of man, but the holy men of God 
spake, as they were moued of y holy goost. 

€ty tj. Chapter. 

BUT there were false prophetes also 
amonge the people, ** euen as there 
shalbe false teachers amonge you likewyse, 
which preuely shal brynge in damnable sectes, 
euen denyenge the LORDE that hath 
boughte them, and shal brynge vpon them 
selues swift damnacion: and tt many shal 
folowe their damnable wayes, by who the 
waye of the trueth shal be euell spoke of: 
and thorow cuvetousnes shal they with fayned 
wordes make marchaundise of you, vpo who 
the iudgment is not necliget in tarienge of 
olde, and their damnacion slepeth not. 

tlFor yf God spared not the angels that 
synned, but cast them downe with the cheynes 
of darknes in to hell, and delyuered the ouer 
to be kepte vnto iudgment : §§ Nether spared 
the olde worlde, but saued Noe the preacher 
of righteousnes himselfe beynge y eight, and 
brought the floude vpo the worlde of the 
vngodly: IIIIAnd turned the cities of Sodom 
and Gomor in to aszhes, ouerthrue them, 
damned them, and made on them an en- 
sample, vnto those that after shulde lyue 
vngodly: And delyuered iust Loth which 
was vexed with the vngodly conuersacion of y 
wicked. For in so moch as he was righteous 



2 Tim. 3. b. ** Mat. 24. a. Act. 20. d. 1 Tim. 4. 

ttMat. 7.b. J} lob. 4. b. Apoc. 20. a. §§Gen.7. 
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and dwelt amonge them, so that he must 
nedes se it and heare it, his righteous soule 
was greued from to daye to dave with their 
vnlaufull dedes. * The LORDE knoweth 
how to delyuer the godly out of tentacion 
and how to reserue the vniust vnto the daye 
of iudgment for to be punyshed : but specially 
them that walke after the flesh in y lust of 
vnclennes, and despyse the rulers : beynge 
presumptuous, stubborne, and feare not to 
speake euell of the y are in auctorite t wha 
the angels yet which are greater both in 
power and might, beare not that blasphemous 
iudgment agaynst them of the LORDE.* 
But these are as y brute beestes, which na- 
turally are broughte forth to be take and 
destroyed : § speakynge euell of y they knowe 
not, and shal perishe in their owne destruc- 
cion, and so receaue y rewarde of vnrighfr 
eousnes. 

They counte it pleasure to lyue deliciously 
for a season : Spottes are they and fylthynes : 
lyuynge at pleasure and in disceaueable wayes : 
feastynge with that which is youres, hauynge 
eyes full of aduoutrye, and ca not ceasse from 
synne, entysinge vnstable soules : hauynge an 
hert exercysed with couetousnes: they are 
cursed children, and haue forsaken the righte 
waye, and are gone astraye : folowinge the 
waye of II Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which 
loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnes : but was 
rebuked of his iniquyte. The tame and domme 
beast spake with mas voyce, g forbad the fool- 
ishnes of y prophet. 

These are welles without water, & fcloudes 
caried aboute of a tepest: to who f myst 
of darknesse is reserued for euer. For they 
speake f proude wordes of vanite, vnto y 
vttemost, and entyse thorow wantannes vnto 
f luste of the flesh, euen them that were 
cleane escaped, and now walke in erroure : 
and promyse them libertye, where as they 
them selues are seruauntes off corrupcion.** 
For off whom so euer a man is ouercome, 
vnto the same is he in bondage. ttFor yf 
they (after they haue escaped from the fyl- 
thynes of the worlde, thorow the knowlege of 

LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ) are 
yet tangled agayne therin and ouercome, U 

1 Cor. 10. b. t IudcE 1. b. t Iere. 12. a. 

§ Iudse 1. b. || Num. 22. 23. 24. f Iudae 1. c 

Ioh. 8. c. Rom. 6. b. tt Luc. 9. f. \t Mat. 12. c 

Heb. 6. a. §§ Act. 5. a. |j|| Pro. 26. b. Eccll 

34. d. |f 1 Tim. 4. a. 2 Tim. 3. a. Iudae 1. c 



then is the latter ende worse vnto them then 
the begynnynge. For it had bene better for 
them, not to haue knowne the waye of right- 
eousnes, then after they haue knowne it, 
to turne from the holy commaundemet, that 
was geuen vnto them. It is happened vnto 
them acordynge vnto the true prouerbe 
y dogg is turned to his vomyte agayne : and 
y sowe that was waszhed, vnto hir walowynge 
in the myre. 

Cfie ttj. Chapter. 

THIS is the seconde Epistle that I now 
wryte vnto you (ye dearly beloued) 
wherin I stere vp and warne youre pure 
mynde, that ye maye remembre the wordes, 
which were tolde before of the holy prophetes: 
and also the commaundement of vs, that be 
the Apostles of the LORDE and Sauioure. 

This first vnderstonde, HITthat in the last 
dayes there shal come mockers, which wyll 
walke after their awne lustes, g saye : *** Where 
is the promes of his commynge ? For sence 
the fathers fell on slepe, euery thinge con- 
tynueth as it was from the begynnynge of y 
creature. This they knowe not (and that 
wylfully) how that the heauens were afore 
tyme also, and the earth out of the water, & 
was in the water by the worde of God, ttt yet 
was the worlde at that tyme destroyed by 
the same with the floude. But the heauens 
which are yet, and y earth, are kepte in 
stoare by his worde, to be reserued Ut vnto 
fyre agaynst the daye of iudgment and 
damnacion of vngodly men. 

Dearly beloued, be not ignoraunt of this 
one thinge, §§§ how that one daye is with the 
LORDE as a thousande yeare : and a thou- 
sande yeare as one daye. The LORDE is 
not slacke to fulfyll his promes (as some 
me counte slacknesse) but is 111111 paciet to vs 
warde, tlf and wyl not that eny ma shulde be 
lost, but that euery man shulde amende him- 
selfe. Neuertheles **** the daye of the LORDE 
shal come euen as a thefe in the night : in 
the which (daye) the heauens shal perishe 
with a greate noyse, and the Elementes shal 
melte with heate, and the earth and f workes 
that are therin, shal burne. 

*** Eze. 12. d. ttt Gen. 7. d. t# 2 Tess. 1. b. 

§§§, Psal. 89. a. Eze. 12. d. 1 Pet. 4. a. || || || Rom. 2. a. 
ftff Eze. 18. d. **** Mat. 24. d. 1 Tess. 5. a. 

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Yf all these thinges shal perishe, what 
maner persons then ought ye to be in holy 
couersacion and godlynes, lokynge for and 
hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE? 
~n the which the heauens shal perishe with 
fyre, and the elementes shal melt with heate. 
Neuertheles * we loke for a new heauen and 
a new earth (acordynge to his promes) wherin 
dwelleth righteousnes. 

Wherfore dearly beloued, seynge that ye 
loke for soch thinges, be diligent, y ye maye 
be founde before him in peace without spot 
and vndefyled : and counte the longsufferynge 
of oure LORDE youre saluacion, Euen as 

* Esa. 65. c. Apo. 21. a. 



oure dearly beloued brother Paul (acordinge 
to the wyszdome geue vnto him) wrote vnto 
you: yee speakinge therof allmost in all 
Epistles, wherin are many thinges harde to 
be vnderstonde, which they that are vnlerned 
and vnstable, peruerte, as they do the other 
scriptures also, to their awne danacion. 

Ye therfore beloued, seynge ye knowe it 
before hande, bewarre, lest ye also be plucte 
awaye thorow the erroure of y wicked, and 
fall from youre owne stedfastnes. But growe 
in grace, and in the knowlege of oure LORDE 
and Sauioure Iesus Christ. To him be prayse 
now and for euer, Amen. 



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Chap. I. 

True wytnesse of the euerlastinge worde of God. 
The bloude of Christ is the purgacion from 
synne. No man is without synne. 

Chap. II. 
Christ is oure aduocate. Of true loue, and how 
it is tryed. 

Chap. III. 
The synguler loue of God to warde vs : and how 
we agayne oughte to loue one another. 



Chap. IIII. 

Difference of spretes, and how the sprete of God 
maye be knowne from the sprete of erroure 
Of the loue of God and of oure neghbours. 

Chap. V. 

To loue God, is to kepe his commaundemetes. 
Faith ouercommeth the worlde. Euerlastinge 
life is in the sonne of God. Of the synne vnto 
death. 



Che first Chapter. 

THAT which was from y begynnynge, 
which we haue herde, which *we haue 
sene with oure eyes, which we haue loked 
vpon, tand oure handes haue handled of the 
worde of life : and the life hath appeared, and 
we haue sene, and beare wytnes, and shewe 
vnto you y life that is euerlastinge, "which 

* Ioh. 1. b. 2 Pet. 1. c. t Ioh. 20. d. 



was with the father, and hath apeared vnto 
vs. That which we haue sene $ herde, 
declare we vnto you, that ye also maye haue 
fellishippe with vs, and that oure fellishippe 
maye be with the father and with his sonne 
Iesus Christ. And this wryte we vnto you, 
tfchat youre ioye maye be full. 

And this is the tydinges which we haue 
herde of him, 5 declare vnto you, that God 



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is lighte, and in him is no darknes at all. 
Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him, 
and yet walke in darknes, we lye, and do not 
the trueth. But yf we walke in lighte, euen 
as he is in lighte, then haue we fellishippe 
together, * and the bloude of Iesus Christ his 
sonne clenseth vs from all synne. 

+ Yf we saye that we haue no synne, we 
disceaue oure selues, and the trueth is not in 
vs. t But yf we knowlege oure synnes, he is 
faithfull and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes, j 
to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes. Yf we 
saye, we haue not synned, we make him a 
lyar, and his worde is not in vs. 

Cfte i). Chapter, 

MY litle children, these thinges wryte I 
vnto you, that ye shulde not synne : 
and yf eny man synne, we haue an § aduo- 
cate with the father, euen Iesus Christ which 
is righteous : II and he it is that optayneth 
grace for oure synnes : not for oure synnes 
onely, but also for the synnes of all the 
worlde. And hereby are we sure that we 
knowe him, yf we kepe his comaundemetes. 
f He that sayeth : I knowe him, and kepeth 
not his c5maundemetes, is a lyar, and the 
trueth is not in him, But who so kepeth his 
worde, in him is the loue of God perfecte in 
dede. ** Hereby knowe we, that we are in 
him. He y sayeth he abydeth in him, oughte 
to walke euen as he walked. 

Brethren, I wryte no new commaundement 
vnto you, but that olde commaundement, 
which ye haue herde from the begynnynge. 
The olde comaundement is the worde, which ye 
haue herde from the begynnynge. Agayne, +t a 
new comaundemet wryte I vnto you, a thinge 
that is true in him & also in you : for the dark- 
nesse is past, and the true lighte now shyneth. 

He that sayeth he is in lighte, and hateth 
his brother, is yet in darknesse. He y loueth 
his brother, abydeth in the lighte, and there 
is none occasion of euell in him. But he y 
hateth his brother, is in darknes, and walketh 
in darknes, and can not tell whither he goeth, 
for y darknes hath blynded his eyes. 

Babes, I wryte vnto you, ttthat youre 
synnes are forge uen you for his names sake. 
I wryte vnto you fathers, how that ye haue 

* Heb. 9. b. 1 Pet. 1. c. Apoc. 1. a. + Pro. 29. b. 
t lob 13. b. Pro. 28. b. Deut. 7. c. Psa. 31. a. § Heb. 
7. d. || Rom. 3. c. f Ioh. 4. c. ** Ioh. 13. d. 

tt Ioh. 13. d. it Luc. 24. d. Act. 4. a. §§ 1 Cor. 7. d. 



knowne him which is from f begynnynge. 
I wryte vnto you yonge me, how that ye haue 
ouercome the wicked. I wryte vnto you 
litle children, how that ye haue knowne the 
father. I haue wrytten vnto you fathers, how 
that ye haue knowne him, which is fro the 
begynnynge. I haue wrytten vnto you yonge 
men, how that ye are stronge, and the worde 
of God abydeth in you, and ye haue ouercome 
that wicked. 

Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether f 
thinges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man 
loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not 
in him : for all that is in the worlde (namely 
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, 
and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but 
of the worlde. And the §§ worlde passeth 
awaye and the lust therof. But he that ful- 
fylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer. 

Litle children, it is the last houre, and (as 
ye haue herde that II H Antechrist shal come) 
euen now are there many become Ante- 
christes allready : wherby we knowe, that it is 
y last houre. They wente out Iff fro vs, but 
they were not of vs : for yf they had bene of 
vs, they wolde no doute haue contynued with 
vs. But *** that they maye be knowne, how 
that they are not all of vs. 

But ye haue the ttt anoyntinge of him y is 
holy, (j ye knowe all thiges. I haue not wrytte 
vnto you, as though ye knewe not y trueth 
but ye knowe it, & are sure, y no lye cometh 
of y trueth. Who is a lyar, but he y denyeth 
y Iesus is Christ ? The same is y Antichrist, 
y denyeth the father (j y sonne. Whosoeuer 
denyeth the sonne, the same hath not the 
father. Loke what ye haue herde now from 
y begynnynge, let the same abyde in you. 
Yf y which he herde from the begynnynge 
shal remayne in you, then shal ye also abyde 
in y sonne and in the father. And this is the 
promes y he hath promysed vs, eue eternall life. 

This haue I wrytte vnto you cocerninge 
the that disceaue you. ttt And the anoyntinge 
which ye haue receaued of him, dwelleth in 
you : J ye nede not y eny ma teach you, but 
as the anoyntinge teacheth you all thiges, 
euen so is it true, j is no lye. And as it hath 
taughte you, eue so abide ye therin. And 
now babes, abyde in hi, y wha he shal 

llll Mat. 24. a. Ioh. 5.d. 1f1[ Ioh. 13. c. Act. 20. d. 

*** 1 Co. 11. b. ttt Heb. 11. b. Jti Esa. 54. c. 

Ioh. 6. e. 14. c. 16. b. 



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appeare, we maye be bolde, 5 not be made 
ashamed of him at his commynge. Yf ye 
knowe y he is righteous, knowe also that he 
which doth righteousnes, is bome of him. 

Cfie itj. Chapter. 

BEHOLDE what loue the father hath 
shewed on vs, y we shulde be called the 
childre of God. Therfore y worlde knoweth 
you not, because it knoweth not him. Dearly 
beloued, we are now y * childre of God, and 
yet hath it not appeared what we shalbe. 
t But we knowe y when he shal appeare, we 
shal be like him : for we shal se him as he is. 
And euery man y hath this hope in him, 
pourgeth him selfe, euen as he is pure. Who 
so euer comytteth synne, c5mytteth vnrighl- 
eousnes also, and synne is vnrighteousnes. 
t And ye knowe that he appeared to take awaye 
oure synnes : and in him is no synne. Who so 
euer abydeth in him, synneth not : who soeuer 
synneth, hath not sene him nether knowne him. 

Babes, let noman disceaue you. He that 
doeth righteousnes, is righteous, euen as he is 
righteous. He that commytteth synne, is of 
the deuell : § for the deuell synneth sence y 
begynnynge. For this purpose appeared the 
sonne of God, to lowse the workes of the 
deuell. I Who so euer is borne of God, 
synneth not: for his T sede remayneth in 
him, & he ca not synne, because he is borne 
of God. ** By this are the children of God 
knowne g the children of the deuell. Who 

euer doeth not righteousnes, is not of God, 
nether he that loueth not his brother. 

For this is the tydinges which ye haue 
herde from the begynnynge, that ye shulde 
loue one another, tt not as Cain, which was 
of the wicked, and slewe his brother. And 
wherfore slewe he him ? euen because his 
awne workes were euell, and his brothers 
righteous. tt Maruayle not (my brethren) 
though the worlde hate you. We knowe y 
we are traslated from death vnto life, because 
we loue the brethren. He that loueth not his 
brother, abydeth in death. §§ Who soeuer 
hateth his brother, is a mansleyer. And ye 
knowe that a mansleyer hath not eternall life 
abydinge in him. 

Hereby haue we perceaued loue, that he 

1 Luc. 20. d. t Ro. 8. c. 1 Cor. 15. f. Col. 3. a. 

Phil. 3. c. t Esa. 53. d. 1 Tim. 1. c. Tit. 2. b. 

1 Pet. 2. c. §Ioh. 8. d. || 1 Ioh. 5. c. fl.Pet. l.d. 
** Ioh. 13. d. tt Gen. 4. b. J* Ioh. 15. b. 



gaue his life for vs, and therfore ought we also 
to geue oure lyues for the brethre. But he y 
hath this worldes good, g seyth his brother 
haue nede, and shutteth vp his hert fro him, 
how dwelleth the loue of God in him ? My 
litle children, llll let vs not loue with worde 
nether with tonge, but with y dede, and with 
the trueth. Hereby knowe we, that we are of 
the verite, and can quyete oure hertes before 
him. But yf oure hert condemne vs, God is 
greater the oure hert, and knoweth all thinges. 
Dearly beloued, yf oure hert condemne vs 
not, then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde. 
f 1" And what so euer we axe, we shal receaue 
it: because wekepe his comaundemetes, and do 
those thinges, which are pleasaunt in his sighte. 
And this is his comaundement, that we 
beleue on y name of his sonne Iesus Christ, 
and loue one another, *** as he gaue com- 
maundement. And he that kepeth his com- 
maundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him. 
And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs, 
euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs. 

Che tit). Chapter. 

DEARLY beloued, beleue not ye euery 
sprete, tt+but proue the spretes, whe- 
ther they be of God. For many false pro- 
phetes are gone out in to the worlde. Hereby 
shal ye knowe the sprete of God: Euery 
sprete which confesseth, that Iesus Christ is 
come in the flesh, is of God : And euery 
sprete which confesseth not that Iesus Christ 
is come in the flesh, is not off God. And 
this is that sprete of Antechrist, off whom ye 
haue herde, how that he shal come, and euen 
now allready is he in the worlde. Litle 
children, ye are off God, and haue ouercome 
them : for greater is he that is in you, then 
he that is in the worlde. They are off the 
worlde, therfore speake they off the worlde, 
and the worlde herkeneth vnto them. We 
are of God, tttand he that knoweth God, 
herkeneth vnto vs : he that is not of God, 
heareth vs not. Hereby knowe we the sprete 
of trueth, and y sprete of erroure. 

Dearly beloued, let vs loue one another, 
for loue commeth of God. And euery one y 
loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God. 
He that loueth not, knoweth not God : for 

§§ Mat. 5. c. mi Iaco. 2. b. f f Ioh. 16. c. 1 Ioh. 5. b. 
Iaco. 4. a. *** Ioh. 13. d. tt f 3 Reg. 1 3. d. Mat. 7. b. 
W Ioh. 8. d. 



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God is loue. * By this appeared the loue of 
God to vs warde, because that God sent his 
onely begotten sonne in to this worlde, that we 
mighte lyue thorow him. Herein is loue, not 
that we loued God, but that he loued vs, 
tand sent his sonne to make agremet for oure 
synnes. 

Dearly beloued, yf God so loued vs, we 
oughte also to loue one another, t No man 
hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one 
another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is 
perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we 
dwell in him, and he in vs, because he hath 
geuen vs of his sprete. And we haue sene, (j 
testifye that the father sent the sonne to be the 
Sauioure of the worlde. § Whosoeuer now con- 
fesseth y Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwell- 
eth God, and he in God: and we haue knowne 
and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. 

God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue 
dwelleth in God, and God in him. Here in 
is the loue perfecte with vs, that we shulde 
haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment : 
for as he is, eue so are we in this worlde. Feare 
is not in loue, but perfecte loue casteth out 
feare: for feare hath paynefulnes. He that 
feareth, is not perfecte in loue. 

Let vs loue him, for he loued vs first. II Yf 
eny man saye : I loue God, g yet hateth his 
brother, he is a lyar. For he that loueth not 
his brother whom he seyth, how can he loue 
God, whom he seyth not ? And this comaun- 
dement haue we of him, Ithat he which loueth 
God, shulde loue his brother also. 

Cfie b. Chapter. 

WHO so euer beleueth that Iesus is 
Christ,** is borne of God. And who 
soeuer loueth him that begat, loueth him also 
which was begotten of him. By this we 
knowe that we loue Gods children, whan we 
loue God, and kepe his commaundementes. 
For this is the loue of God, that we kepe 
his commaundementes, ttand his commaunde- 
metes are not greuous. For all that is borne 
of God, ouer commeth the worlde : and this 
is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde, 
eue oure faith. Who is it y ouercommeth 
the worlde, but he which beleueth that Iesus 
is the sonne of God ? 

* Ioh. 3. c. Rom. 5. a. t 2 Cor. 5. c. Col. 1. b. 

t Exo. 33. d. Deut. 4. b. Ioh. 1. b. 1 Tim. 6. c. § Ioh. 
6. f. || Ioh. 2. a. f Leuit. 10. e. Ioh. 13. d. 

**Mat. 16. c. Ioh.l. a. ' ft Mat. 11. e. ft Mat. 3. b. 



This is he that cometh with water and 
bloude, euen Iesus Christ : not with water 
onely, but with water and bloude.tt And it is 
the sprete that beareth wytnes : for the sprete 
is the trueth. (For there are thre which 
beare recorde in heauen : the father, the 
worde, and the holy goost, 5 these thre are 
one.) And there are thre which beare recorde 
in earth : the sprete, water and bloude, and 
these thre are one. 

Yf we receaue the witnesse of men, the 
witnesse of God is greater: for this is the 
wytnesse of God, which he testifyed of his 
sonne. §& He that beleueth on f sonne of 
God, hath the wytnes in him selfe. He that 
beleueth not God, hath made him a lyar; And 
this is that recorde, euen y God hath geue vs 
euerlastinge life. III! And this life is in his 
sonne. He that hath the sonne of God, hath 
life : He that hath not the sonne of God, hath 
not life. 

These thinges haue I wrytte vnto you, 
which beleue on the name of the sonne of 
God, that ye maye knowe, how that ye haue 
eternall life, and that ye maye beleue on f 
name of the sonne of God. And this is the 
fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him, 
that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his 
wyll, he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that 
he heareth vs what so euer we axe, then are 
we sure that we haue y peticions, which we 
haue desyred of him. 

Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne 
not vnto death, let him axe, and he shal geue 
him life, for the y synne not vnto death. 
There is a f T synne vnto death, for the which 



saye 



not that a man shulde 



praye 



All 



vnrighteousnes is synne, and there is synne 
not vnto death. 

We knowe, that whosoeuer is borne off God, 
synneth not : but he that is begotte of God, 
kepeth himselfe, j y wicked toucheth him not. 
We knowe that we are of God, (5 the worlde is 
set altogether on wickednes. But we knowe, 
that the sonne of God is come, ***and hath 
geuen vs a mynde, to knowe him which is 
true : and we are in him y is true, in his 
sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God, and 
euerlastinge life. Babes kepe youre selues 
from ymages. Amen. 

and 17. a. Ioh. 1. d. and 12. d. §§Ioh.3.e. Rom. 8. b. 
Gal. 4. a. |||| Ioh. 1. a. HI" Iere. 7. b. Mat. 12. c. 

Ioh. 8. b. *** Luc. 24. d. 

_ 



Zi)t secotttre lEptetle of |b r SJftotu 



Che fiumme of this qptetle. 
He wryteth vnto a certayne lady, reioysetb that 
her children walke in the trueth, exhorteth the 
vnto loue, warneth them to bewarre of soch 
disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came 
in the flesh, prayeth thern to contynue in the 
doctryne of Christ, and to haue nothinge to 
do with them that bringe not this lernynge. 

THE Elder. To y electe lady and hir 
childre whom I loue in the trueth: 5 
not I onely, but all they also that haue knowne 
the trueth, for the truthes sake which dwelleth 
in vs, and shalbe with vs for euer. 

Grace, mercy, and peace be with you fro 
the LORDE Iesus Christ y sonne of the 
father in the trueth and in loue. 

I am greatly reioysed, that I haue founde 
amonge thy children, them that walke in y 
trueth, as we haue receaued a commaunde- 
ment of the father. And now lady I beseke 
the (not as though I wrote a new commaunde- 
ment vnto the, but the same which we haue 
had from the begynnynge) that we loue one 

* 1 Ioh. 2. c. and 4. a. 



another. And this is the loue, that we walke 
after his commaundementes. 

This is the commaundement (as ye haue 
herde fro the begynnynge) that we shulde 
walke therin. * For many disceauers are come 
in to the worlde, which confesse not y Iesus 
Christ is come in the flesh: this is a disceauer 
and an Antechrist. Take hede to youre 
selues, that we lose not that which we haue 
wrought, but that we maye receaue a full 
rewarde. Who so euer transgresseth, and 
abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ, hath 
not God : he that abydeth in y doctryne of 
Christ, hath both the father and the sonne. 

+ Yf eny man come vnto you, and brynge 
not this doctryne, receaue him not in to the 
house, nether salute him : for he that saluteth 
him, is partaker of his euell dedes. I had 
many thinges to wryte vnto you : neuertheles 
I wolde not wryte with papyre and ynke, but I 
trust to come vnto you, and to speake with 
you mouth mouth, that oure ioye maye be 
full. The children of thy electe sister salute 
the. Amen. 



W&e fyivXit <B$i£tU of & $i>on. 



Che summe of this epfetU. 
He is glad of Gaius, that he walketh in the trueth : 
exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore 
christen in their persecucion, sheweth the vn- 
kynde dealynge of Diotrephes, and the good 
reporte of Demetrius. 

THE Elder. To the beloued Gaius, 
whom I loue in the trueth. My be- 
loued, I wysshe in all thinges, that thou 
prospere and fare well euen as thy soule pros- 
pereth. I reioysed greatly, whan the brethren 
came, and testified of the trueth that is in y, 
how thou walkest in the trueth. I haue no 



greater ioye, the to heare that my childre walke 
in the trueth. 

My beloued, * thou doest faithfully what 
so euer thou doest to the brethren and to 
straiigers, which haue borne witnesse of thy 
loue before the congregacion : and thou hast 
done well that thou dyddest brynge them for- 
warde on their iourney, worthely before God. 
For because of his names sake they wente 
forth, and toke nothinge of the Heythen. 
We therfore oughte to receaue soch, that we 
mighte be helpers vnto the trueth. 

I wrote to the congregacion, but Diotri- 

* Heb. 13. a. 



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Jfc, rTOt« 



phes, which loueth to haue the preemynence 
amonge them, receaued vs not. Wherfore, 
yf I come, I wil declare his dedes which he 
doeth, ieastinge vpo vs with malicious wordes : 
nether is he therwith cotent. Not onely he 
himselfe receaueth not the brethre, but also 
he forbyddeth them that wolde, and thrusteth 
them out of the congregacion. 

My beloued, folowe not y which is euell, 
but that which is good. He that doeth well, 



is of God : but he that doeth euell, seyth not 
God. Demetrius hath good reporte of all 
men, and of the trueth: yee and we oure 
selues also beare recorde, and ye knowe that 
oure recorde is true. I had many thinges to 
wryte, but I wolde not with ynke, and pen 
wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the 
and so wyl we speake together mouth to 
mouth. Peace be with the. The louers 
salute the. Grete the louers by name. 



of tie apostle &♦ Haul to t%t ffitbvutz. 



%\)t summe 

Chap. I. 
How God dealt louyngly with the of the olde 
tyme in sendynge them his prophetes, but 
moch more mercy hath he shewed vs in that 
he sent vs his owne sonne. Of the most ex- 
cellent glory of Iesus Christ, which in all 
thinges is like to his father. 

Chap. II. 

He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the new 
lawe which Christ hath geuen vs and not to 
be offended at the infirmite and lowe degre of 
Christ : & why ? it was necessary that for oure 
sakes he shulde take soch an humble state vpon 
him, that he might be like vnto his brethren. 

Chap. III. 

He requyreth vs to be obedient vnto the worde 
of Christ, which is more worthy then Moses. 
The punyshment of soch as wyll nedes harden 
their hertes. 

Chap, mi. 

The Sabbath or rest of the Christen . Punyshment 
of vnbeleuers. The nature of the worde of God. 
Chap. V. 

Christ is oure hye prest, the seate of grace, and 
more excellent then the hye prestes of the olde 
lawe. 

Chap. VI. 

He goeth forth with the thige that he beganne in 
the latter ende of the fyfft chapter, and ex- 
horteth them not to faynt, but to be stedfast 
and pacient : for so moch as God is sure in 
his promesse. 



oi tfrte epistle* 

Chap. VII. 
He copareth the presthode of Christ vnto Mel- 
chisedech, but to be farre more excellent. 

Chap. VIII. 

The office of Christ is more worthy then the 
prestes office of the olde lawe, which was 
vnperfecte, and therfore abrogate. 

Chap. IX. 

The profit and worthynesse of the oldeTestament, 
and how farre the new excelleth it. 

Chap. X. 
The olde lawe had no power to clese awaye 
synne, but Christ dyd it with offerynge vp his 
body once for all. An exhortacion to receaue 
this goodnesse of God thakfully with pacience 
and stedfast faith. 

Chap. XI. 
What faith is, and a commedacion of the same. 
The stedfast beleue of the fathers in olde tyme. 

Chap. XII. 
An exhortacion to be pacient and stedfast in 
trouble and aduersite, vpon hope of euerlast- 
inge rewarde. A commedacion of the new 
Testament aboue the olde. 

Chap. XIII. 

He exhorteth vs vnto loue, to hospitalite, to 
thinke vpon soch as be in aduersite, to man- 
teyne wedlocke, to avoyde cuvetousnesse, to 
make moch of the that preach Gods worde, to 
bewarre of straunge lernynge, to be content 
to suffre rebuke with Christ, to be thankful! 
vnto God, and obedient vnto oure heades. 



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Cfcap, I 



Cfie first Chapter. 

GOD in tyme past dyuersly g many wayes, 
spake vnto y fathers by prophetes, but 
in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by 
his sonne, * whom he hath made heyre of all 
thinges, by whom also he made the worlde. 
t Which (sonne) beynge the brightnes of his 
glory, g the very ymage of his substaunce, 
bearinge vp all thinges with the worde of his 
power, t hath in his owne personne pourged 
oure synnes, and is set on the righte hande of 
the maiestie on hye: beynge eue as moch 
more excellet the y angels, as he hath optayned 
a more excellet § name then they. 

For vnto which of the angels sayde he at 
eny time : II Thou art my sonne, this daye 
haue I begotten the ? And agayne : f I will 
be his father, g he shalbe my sonne: And 
agayne, wha he bryngeth in the fyrst begotte 
sonne in to the worlde, he sayeth : ** And all 
the angels of God shal worshippe him. "And 
of the angels he sayeth : He maketh his angels 
spretes, g his mynisters flames of fyre. But 
vnto y sonne he sayeth : tt God, thy seate 
endureth for euer g euer : the cepter of thy 
kyngdome is a right cepter. Thou hast loued 
righteousnes, g hated iniquyte : wherfore God 
(which is thy God) hath anoynted the with 
the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes. 
MAnd thou LORDE in f begynnynge hast 
layed the foundacion of the earth, and y 
heaues are the workes of thy handes, §§ they 
shal perishe, but thou shalt endure : they all 
shal waxe olde as doth a garmet, and as a 
vesture shalt thou chaunge them, and they 
shalbe chaunged. But thou art y same, and 
thy yeares shal not fayle. Vnto which of the 
angels sayde he at eny tyme : II II Syt thou on 
my righte hade, tyll I make thyne enemies 
thy fote stole? Are they not all mynistrynge 
spretes, sent to mynister for their sakes, which 
shalbe heyres of saluacion ? 

CIjc rj. Chapter. 

WHERFORE we ought to geue the 
more hede vnto the thinges which we 
haue herde, lest we periszhe. For yf the 
orde which was spoke by angels, was stedfast, 
and euery trasgression and dishobedience 

* Mat. 28. c. t Sap. 7. d. J Ephe. 1. a. § Luc. 

2. c. Phil. 2. a. || Psal. 2. a. If 2 Reg. 7. c. 

** Psal. 96. a. - Psal. 103. a. tt Psal. 44. b. 

tt Psal. 101. d. §& 2 Pet. 3. b. Illl Psal. 109. a. 



receaued a iust recompence of rewarde, how 
shal we escape, yf we despyse so greate a 
saluacion: which 11" after that it beganne to be 
preached by the LORDE himselfe, *** was 
confirmed vpon vs, by them that herde it, 
God bearynge witnesse therto, with tokens, 
wonders and dyuerse powers, and giftes of the 
holy goost acordinge to his awne wyll. 

For vnto the angels hath he not subdued 
the worlde to come, wherof we speake. But 
one in a certayne place witnesseth g sayeth : 
t+t What is man, that thou art myndefull of 
him ? or the sonne of man, that thou vysitest 
him? After thou haddest for a litle season 
made him lower the y angels, thou crownedst 
him with honoure and glory, and hast set him 
aboue the workes of thy handes. Thou hast 
put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete.W 
In that he subdued all thinges vnto him, he 
lefte nothinge that is not put vnder him. 
Neuertheles now se we not all thinges yet 
subdued vnto him. But him, which for a 
litle season was made lesse then the angels, 
we se that it is Iesus : which is §$§ crowned 
with honoure and glory for the sufferynge of 
death, that he by the grace of God, shulde 
taist of death for all men. For it became 
him, for whom are all thinges, and by who 
are all thinges (after y he had broughte many 
children vnto glory) that he shulde make the 
LORDE of their saluacion perfecte thorow 
sufferynge, for so moch as they all come of 
one, both he that sanctifieth, g they which 
are sanctified. 

For the which causes sake, he is not 
ashamed to call them brethren, sayenge : II II II I 
will declare thy name vnto my brethren, and 
in the myddes of the cogregacion wil I prayse 
the. And agayne : 1111 wyl put my trust in 
him. And agayne : **** beholde, here am I 
and my children, which God hath geuen me. 

For as moch then as the children haue 
flesh and bloude, tttt he also himselfe likewyse 
toke parte with them, tttt y he thorow death, 
mighte take awaye f power of him, which 
had lordshippe ouer death, that is to saye, y 
deuell : g that he mighte delyuer the which 
thorow feare of death were all their life tyme 
in daiiger of bodage. For he in no place 
taketh on him the angels, but y sede of 

Iflf Marc. l.b. *** Marc. 16. c. ttt Psal. 8. b. 

ttt 1 Cor. 15. c. $§§ Phil. 2. a. |||||| Psal. 21. c. 

Iff 1" Psal. 17. a. Esa. 12. a. **** Esa. 8. d. tttt Phil. 
2. a. tttt Ose. 13. c. 1 Cor. 15. f. 2 Tim. 1. b. 



\ 



Cfoap* ittj, 



€f)t CEpfetle tonto tfje ^efcruea. 



So* ttmbi). 



Abraham taketh he on him. Wherfore in all 
thinges it became him to be made * like vnto 
his brethren, that he mighte be mercyfull and 
a faithfull hye prest in thinges coneernynge 
God, to make agrement for the synnes of y 
people, t For in that he himselfe suffred and 
was tempted, he is able to sucker them that 
are tempted. 

€i)e ttj. Chapter. 

WHERFORE holy brethren, ye that 
are partakers of the heauely callynge. 
consyder the Embasseatour and hye prest of 
oure profession, Christ Iesus, which is faith- 
full to him that ordeyned him, euen as was 
X Moses in all his house. But this man is 
worthy of greater honoure then moses, in as 
moch as he which prepareth the house, hath 
greater honoure in it, then the house it selfe. 
For euery house is prepared of some ma : 
§but he that ordeyned all thinges, is God. And 
Moses verely was faithfull in all his house as 
a mynister, II to beare witnes of those thinges 
which were to be spoken afterwarde: But 
Christ as a sonne hath rule ouer his house, 
1f whose house are we, yf we holde fast the 
confidence and reioy singe of that * # hope vnto 
the ende. 

Wherfore, as y holy goost sayeth : tt To- 
daye yf ye shal heare his voyce, harden not 
youre hertes, it as in the prouokynke in the 
e of temptacion in the wyldernes, where 
youre fathers tempted me, proued me, and 
sawe my workes fortye yeares longe. Wher- 
fore I was greued with that generacion, and 
sayde : They erre euer in their hertes. But 
they knewe not my wayes, so that I sware in my 
wrath, that they shulde not enter in to my rest. 

Take hede brethren, that there be not in 
eny of you an euell hert of vnbeleue, to de- 
parte from the lyuynge God: but exhorte 
youre selues daylie, whyle it is called to daye, 
lest eny of you waxe harde harted thorow f 
disceatfulnes of synne. For we are become 
partakers of Christ, yf we kepe sure vnto y 
ende the begynnynge of the substace, solonge 

it is sayde : Todaye, yf ye shal heare his 
voyce, harde not youre hertes, as in the pro- 
uocacio. For some whan they herde, pro- 
uoked. Howbeit not all they y came out of 



Phil. 2. a. t Heb. 5. a. X Num. 12. a. § Gen. 

| Deut. 18. c. 1[ 1 Cor. 3. b. ** Rom. 5. a. 

it Exo. 17. a. W Num. 14. c. 



++ Psal. 94. b. 



Egipte by Moses. But with whom was he 
displeased fortye yeares longe ? Was he not 
displeased with them y synned, whose carcases 
were ouerthrowne in f wyldernesse? §§To 
whom sware he, y they shulde not enter in to 
his rest, but vnto the y beleued not? And we 
se y they coulde not enter in because of vn- 
beleue. 

Cfie ttfj. Chapter. 

LET vs feare therfore, lest eny of vs for 
sakynge the promes of entrynge in to 
his rest, shulde seme to come behinde : for it 
is declared vnto vs as well as vnto the. But 
the worde of preachinge helped not the, wha 
they that herde it, beleued it not. (For we 
which haue beleued, enter in to his rest) acor- 
dynge as he sayde : Euen as I haue swome in 
my wrath, They shal not enter in to my rest. 
And that (spake he) verely loge after that the 
workes fro the begynnynge of the worlde were 
made : For he spake in a certayne place of 
the seueth daye, on this wyse : III! And God 
rested on the seuenth daye from all his 
workes. And in this place agayne : 1 1 They 
shal not come in to my rest. 

Seynge it foloweth the, that some must 
enter there in to : and they, to whom it was 
first preached, entred not therin for vnbeleues 
sake, therfore appoynteth he a daye agayne 
after so longe tyme, and sayeth: Todaye (as it 
is rehearsed by Dauid) Todaye yf ye shal 
heare his voyce, then harden not youre hertes. 
For yf Iosua had geuen them rest, the wolde 
he not afterwarde haue spoken, of another 
daye. Therfore remayneth there yet a rest 
vnto the people of God. For he that is 
entred in to his rest, ceasseth from his workes, 

* as God doth from his. 

Let vs make haist therfore to enter in to 
that rest, lest eny man fall after the same 
ensample of vnbeleue. For y worde of God is 
quycke, and mightie in operacion, and sharper 
the eny two edged swerde, and ttt entreth 
thorow, euen to the deuydinge of the soule j 
the sprete, and of f ioyntes J the mary, and 
is a iudger of the thoughtes j intetes of the 
hert, nether is there eny creature invisible in 
y sighte of him. But all thinges are naked (j 
bare vnto y eyes of hi of who we speake. 



Illl Gen. 



ITf Psa. 94. 
ttt Eccli. 12 



fo. timbiih 



€f)t <&$i$t\z bnto ti)t lefcruess. 



Cfcajh &♦ 



Cfie b. Chapter. 

SEYNGE then that we haue a greate hye 
prest, eue Iesus y sonne of God, which 
is entred in to heauen, let vs holde oure pro- 
fession. For we haue not an hye prest which 
ca not haue copassion on oure infirmities, but 
was in all poyntes tepted, like as we are, but 
* without synne. Let vs therfore go boldely 
vnto the tseate of grace that we maye re- 
ceaue mercy, and fynde grace to helpe in 
the tyme of nede. 

For euery hye prest that is taken fro amoge 
men, is ordeyned for men in thinges pertayn- 
inge to God, t to offer giftes and sacrifices for 
synne : which can haue copassion on the 
ignoraunt, and on them that are out of the 
waye, for so moch as he himselfe also is com- 
pased aboute with infirmyte. Therfore is he 
bounde to offer for synnes, as well for him 
selfe as for y people. And noma taketh y 
honoure vnto himselfe, but he that is called 
of God, § as was Aaron. 

Euen so Christ glorified not himselfe to 
be made hye prest, but he y sayde vnto him : 
II Thou art my sonne, this daye haue I be- 
gotten the. As he sayeth also in another 
place : f Thou art a prest for euer after y 
order of Melchisedech. ** And in y dayes of 
his fleshe, he offred vp prayers g supplicacions, 
with stroge cryenge 5 teares vnto him y was 
able to saue him fro death : 5 was herde also, 
because he had God in honoure. tt And 
though he was Gods sonne, yet lerned he 
obedience, by those thinges which he suffred. 
And he beynge made perfecte, became the 
cause of euerlastinge saluacio, vnto all the y 
obeye him, and is called of God an hye prest 
after the order of Melchisedech. Wherof 
we haue many thinges to saye, which are 
harde to be vttered, because ye are dull of 
hearynge. ttFor where as concernynge the 
tyme ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye 
nede agayne, y we teach you the first pre- 
ceptes of the worde of God : and are become 
soch as haue nede of mylke, and not stronge 
meate. For euery one that is fed yet with 
mylke, is vnexperte in the worde of righteous- 
nes, for he is but a babe. But stronge meate 
belongeth vnto them y are perfecte, which 



* Esa. 53. b. Rom. i 
t Leuit. 9. b. § Exo. 
109. a. ** Luc. 23. 



2 Cor. 5. c. t Ro. 3. c. 

, a. || Psal. 2. a. f Psal. 
Ioh. 17. a. tt Phil. 2. a. 



thorow custome haue their wyttes exercysed 
to iudge both good and euell. 

Cije bi. Chapter 

WHERFORE let vs leaue the doctryne 
pertaynynge to the begynnynge of a 
Christen life, and let vs go vnto perfeccion : 
and now nomore laye y foundacion of repe- 
taunce from deed workes, and of faith towarde 
God, of baptyme, of doctryne, of layenge on 
of hades, of resurreccion of the deed, g of 
eternall iudgment. And so wil we do §§ yf 
God permytte. Illl For it is not possible, that 
they which were once lighted, and haue taisted 
of the heauely gyfte, and are become par- 
takers of the holy goost, (j f IT haue taisted of y 
good worde of God, and of the power of the 
worlde to come, yf they fall awaye (and con- 
cernynge them selues crucifye the sonne of 
God afreszhe, and make a mocke off him) 
that they shulde be renued agayne vnto re- 
pentaunce. 

For the earth, that drynketh in the rayne, 
which commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth 
forth herbes mete for them that dresse it, 
receaueth blessynge of God : But y grounde 
which beareth thornes and thistles, is nothinge 
worth, and nye vnto cursynge : whose ende is 
to be brent. Neuertheles (ye dearly beloued) 
we trust to se better of you, and y saluacio 
is nyer, though we thus speake. *** For God 
is not vnrighteous, that he shulde forget youre 
worke and laboure of loue, which ye shewed 
in his name, whan ye mynistred vnto the 
sayntes, and yet mynister. Yee and we 
desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same 
diligence, to the stablyshinge of hope euen 
vnto the ende, that ye faynte not, but folowe 
them which thorow faith and paciece inheret 
the promyses. For whan God made promes 
to Abraham, because he had none greater to 
sweare by, ttthe sware by himselfe, and sayde: 
Surely I wil blesse the and multiplye f in 
dede. And so he abode pacietly, and op- 
tayned the promes. 

As for men, they sweare by him that is 
greater then them selues : tU and the ooth is 
the ende of all stryfe to conflrme the thinge 
amoge them. But God, wyllinge very abun- 



tt 1 Cor. 3. a. §§ Act. 18. c. Iaco. 4. b. |[|| Heb. 

10. c. f f 2 Pet. 2. a. *** Mat. 25. d. ttt Gen. 
22. c. ttt Exo. 22. b. 



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dauntly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes 
the stablenes of his councell, added an ooth 
y by two immutable thinges (in the which it 
is vnpossible y God shulde lye) we mighte 
haue a stronge consolacion : euen we, which 
are fled to holde fast the hope that is set 
before vs, which (hope) we haue as a sure and 
stedfast anker of oure soule. Which (hope) 
also entreth in, in to those thinges that are 
within y vayle, whither the foreruner is for vs 
entred in, eue Iesus, which is made an hye 
prest for euer after y order of Melchisedech. 

Cfce bi). Chapter. 

THIS Melchisedech * kynge of Salem 
(which beynge prest of the most hye 
God, met Abraham as he returned agayne 
from the slaughter of the kynges, & blessed 
him, vnto whom Abraham also gaue tithes of 
all the goodes) first is by interpretacion kynge 
of righteousnes : after that is he kynge of 
Salem also (that is to saye, kynge of peace) 
without father, without mother, without kynne, 
and hath nether begynnynge of dayes, ner 
ende of life : but is likened vnto the sonne of 
God, and contynueth a prest for euer. 

But c5sider how greate a man this was, to 
whom the Patriarke Abraham gaue tithes 
of the spoyles. t And verely the children of 
Leui, whan they receaue the presthode, haue 
a commaundement acordynge to the lawe, 
to take the tithes of the people, that is to 
saye, of their brethre, though they also came 
out of the loynes of Abraham. 

But he whose kynred is not counted amoge 
them, receaued tithes of Abraham and blessed 
him that had the promes. Now is it so with- 
out all naysayenge, that the lesse receaueth 
blessynge of y better. And here men that 
dye, receaue tithes. But there he receaueth 
tithes, of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth. 
And to saye the trueth, Leui himselfe also 
which receaueth tithes, payed tithes in Abra- 
ham: for he was yet in the loynes of his 
father Abraham, whan Melchisedech met him. 

Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the 
presthode of the Leuites (for vnder the same 
(presthode) the people receaued the lawe) 
what neded it then furthurmore, that another 
prest shulde ryse after the order of Melchise- 
dech, and not after the order of Aaron ? 



* Gen. 14. 
Mat. l.a. 



t Num. 18. <1. 
Psal. 109. a. II 1 Ioh. 



t Mala. 2. 
. 1 Tim. 2. 



t For yf the presthode be traslated, th 
of necessite must the lawe be translated alsc 
For he of whom these thinges are spoken is 
of another trybe, of the which neuer man 
serued at the altare. 

For it is euidet, § that oure LORDE 
spronge of the trybe of Iuda, to the which 
trybe Moses spake nothinge cocernynge prest 
hode, And it is yet a more euident thinge, yf 
after the symilitude of Melchisedech there 
aryse another prest, which is not made after 
y lawe of the carnall commaundement, but 
after the power of the endlesse life ( " For he 
testifieth : Thou art a prest for euer after the 
order of Melchisedech) then the commaunde- 
ment that wente before, is disanulled, because 
of his weaknesse, and vnprofitablenes. For 
the lawe made nothinge perfecte, but was an 
introduccion of a better hope, by y which 
hope we drawe nye vnto God. And for this 
cause is it a better hope, _y it was not pro- 
mysed without an ooth. Those prestes were 
made without an ooth, but this prest with 
ooth, by him that sayde vnto him : The 
LORDE sware, and wyl not repente : Thou 
ai*t a prest for euer after the order of Mel 
chisedech. Thus is Iesus become a stabliszher 
of so moch a better Testamete. 

And amonge them many were made prestes, 
because they were not suffred to endure by 
the reason of death. But this man, because 
that he endureth euer, hath an euerlastinge 
presthode. Wherfore he is able also euer to 
saue them, that come vnto God by him: (t 
lyueth euer, || to make intercession for vs. 

For it became vs to haue soch an hye 
prest as is holy, innocent, vndefyled, separate 
from synners, and made hyer then heauen : 
which nedeth not day lie (Has yonder hye 
prestes) to offre vp sacrifice first for his awne 
synnes, and then for the peoples synnes. For 
that dyd he once for all, whan he offered vp 
him selfe. ** For the lawe maketh men prestes 
which haue infirmitie : but the worde of the 
ooth, that came sence the lawe, maketh the 
sonne prest, which is perfecte for euermore. 

dj* biij. Chapter. 
/^XF the thinges which we haue spoken, 
V_/ this is the pyth: t+ We haue soch an 
hye prest, that is set on y righte hande of the 



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seate of maiestie in heaue : and is a mynister 
of holy thinges, and of the true Tabernacle, 
which God pitched, j not man. For euery 
hye prest is ordened to offre giftes and sacri- 
fices : Wherfore it is of necessite, y this man 
haue somwhat also to offer. For he were not 
a prest, yf he were vpon earth, where are 
prestes y acordynge to the lawe offer giftes 
(which prestes serue vnto the ensample and 
shadowe of heauely thinges, euen as the an- 
swere of God was geuen vnto Moses, whan he 
was aboute to fynish the Tabernacle : * Take 
hede (sayde he) that thou make all thinges 
acordinge to the patrone shewed the in the 
mount.) But now hath he optayned a more 
excellent office, in as moch as he is the 
mediatour of a better Testament, which was 
made for better promyses. For yf that first 
(Testament) had bene fautles, then shulde no 
place haue bene soughte for the secode. For 
in rebukynge the he sayeth : + Beholde, the 
dayes wyll come (sayeth the LORDE) that I 
wyl fynish vpd the house of Israel, and vpon 
the house off Iuda, a new Testament : not as 
the Testament which I made with their 
fathers, in that daye whan I toke them by the 
handes, to lede them out of the londe of 
Egipte: tfor they contynued not in my Tes- 
tament, and I regarded them not, sayeth the 
LORDE. 

For this is the Testament, that I wil make 
with the house of Israeli after those dayes, 
sayeth the LORDE. I wyl geue my lawes 
in their mynde, and in their hertes wyl I 
wryte them: §And I wil be their God, and 
they shal be my people : and they shal not 
teach euery ma his neghboure, and euery 
man his brother, sayenge : knowe y LORDE, 
for they shal knowe me from the leest to the 
most of them : for I wil be mercifull ouer their 
vnrighteousnesses : And on their synnes a on 
their iniquyties wyl I not thynke eny more. 
~n that he sayeth : A new, he weereth out y 
olde. Now y which is worne out and waxed 
olde, is ready to vanish awaye. 

Cfie tr. Chapter. 

THAT first Tabernacle verely had ordi- 
naunces, and seruynges off God and 
outwarde holynes. II For there was made a 

* Exo. 25. t Iere. 31. c. J Act. 7. c. § Zacb. 
b. Apoc. 21. b. || Exod. 25. a. f Leui. 24. b. 

Exod. 25. b. ft Exod. 16. f. H Num. 17. a. 

Exo. 30. b. Leui. 16. g. Luc. 1. a. |||| lob. 10. a. 



foretabernacle, wherin was y candilsticke, and 
the table, and the f shewe bred : and this is 
called y Holy. But behynde the seconde 
vayle was the Tabernacle which is called 
Holiest of all, which had the golden censor, 
and the ** Arke of the Testament ouerlayed 
rounde aboute with golde, wherin was the 
tt golden pot with Manna, and Aarons roddtt 
that florished, and the tables of the Testa- 
ment : Aboue therin were the Cherubins off 
glory ouershadowynge the Mercyseate: Of 
which thinges it is not now to speake per- 
ticularly. 

When these thinges were thus ordeyned, 
the prestes wente allwayes in to the first 
Tabernacle, and excuted y seruyce of God. 
$§But in to the seconde wente the hye prest 
alone once in the yeare, not without bloude, 
which he offred for himselfe and for the igno- 
raunce of the people. Wherwith the holy 
goost this signifyeth, that the II II waye of holy- 
nes was not yet opened, whyle as yet the first 
Tabernacle was stondynge. Which was a 
symilitude for the tyme then present, in the 
which were offred giftes and sacrifices, and 
coulde not make perfecte (as partaynynge 
to the conscience) him, that dyd the Gods 
seruyce onely with meates and drynkes, and 
dyuerse waszhinges, and iustifienges of the 
flesh, which were ordeyned vnto the tyme of 
reformacion. 

But Christ beynge an hye prest of good 
thinges to come, came by a greater and a 
more perfecte HIT Tabernacle, not made with 
handes, that is to saye, not of this maner 
buyldynge : nether by the bloude of goates or 
calues : ***but by his owne bloude entred he 
once for all in to the holy place, and hath 
founde eternall redempcion. For yff the 
bloude off oxen and off goates, tttand the 
aszhes off the cowe whan it is sprenkled, 
haloweth the vncleane as touchynge the puri- 
ficacion of the flesh, How moch more shal the 
bloude of Christ (which thorow the eternall 
sprete offred him selfe without spot vnto God) 
pourge oure conscience from deed workes, ttt 
for to serue the lyuynge God ? And for this 
cause is he y §§$mediatour of the new Testa- 
ment, that thorow death which chaunsed for 
the redempcion of those trasgressions (that 

and 14. a. f f Esa. 33. c. 2 Cor. 5. a. *** 1 lob. 

1. b. 1 Pet. 1. c. Apoc. 1. a. ttt Num. 19. b. 

ttt Rom. 6. a. 1 Pet. 4. a. §&§ 1 Tim. 2. a. 



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were vnder the first Testament) they which 
were called mighte receaue the promes of 
eternall inheritaunce. For where soeuer is a 
Testament, there must also be the death of 
him that maketh the testament. 

*For a Testamet taketh auctorite whan 
men are deed : for it is of no value, as longe 
as he that made it is alyue. For the which 
cause that first Testamet also was not ordeyned 
without bloude. For whan all the commaun- 
dementes (acordinge to the lawe) were red of 
Moses vnto all the people, he toke y bloude 
of calues and of goates, with water and purple 
woll and ysope, and sprenkled the boke and 
all the people, sayenge : This is the bloude 
of the Testament, which God hath appoynted 
vnto you. And the Tabernakle and all the 
vessels of the Gods seruyce sprenkled he with 
bloude likewyse. And allmost all thinges are 
pourged with bloude after the lawe : and with- 
out sheddynge of bloude is no remyssion. It 
is necessary then, that the symilitude of hea- 
uenly thinges be purified with soche : but y 
heauenly thinges them selues are purified 
with better sacrifices, then are those. 

For Christ is not entred in to the holy 
places y are made with handes (which are but 
symilitudes of true thinges) but in to the very 
heauen, for to apeare now before the face of 
God for vs: Not to offer himselfe offt +as 
the hye prest entreth in to the holy place 
euery yeare with straunge bloude : for the 
must he often haue suffred sence the worlde 
beganne. But now in the ende of the worlde 
hath he appeared once, to put synne to flight, 
by the offerynge vp of himselfe. And as it is 
appoynted vnto me y they shal once dye, and 
then cometh the iudgmet : t Eue so Christ was 
once offred, to take awaye the synnes of many. 
And vnto them that loke for him, shal he 
appeare agayne without synne vnto saluacion. 

€i)f v. Cfiaptcr. 

FOR the lawe § which hath but the sha- 
dowe off good thinges to come, and not 
the thinges in their awne fashion, can neuer 
by the sacrifices which they offer yeare by 
yeare continually, make the commers there 
vnto perfecte : Els shulde they haue ceassed 
to haue bene offred, because that the offerers 
once pourged, shulde haue had nomore con- 

* Gal. 3. c. t Leui. 16. g. t Rom. 5. a. 1 Pet. 

3. c. § Col. 2. c. || Leuit. 19. e. H Psal. 39. b. 



science of synnes. Neuertheles in those 
sacrifices there is made but a remembraunce 
of synnes euery yeare. II For it is vnpossible 
y the bloude of oxen and of goates shulde 
take awaye synnes. Wherfore whan he com- 
meth in to the worlde, he sayeth : 1T Sacrifice 
& offerynge thou woldest not haue, but a body 
hast thou ordeyned me. Burntofferynges and 
synneofferynges hast thou not alowed. Then 
sayde I : Lo, I come. In the begynnynge of 
the boke it is wrytten of me, that I shulde do 
thy wyll O God. Aboue wha he had sayde : 
Sacrifice and offerynge, and burntsacrifices g 
synofferynges thou woldest not haue, nether 
hast alowed (which yet are offered after y 
lawe). The sayde he : Lo, I come to do thy 
wil O God : there taketh he awaye the first, 
to stablyszhe the latter : In the which wyll we 
are sanctified by the offerynge vp of the body 
of Iesus Christ once for all. 

And euery prest is ready daylie mynistringe, 
and oftymes offereth one maner of offerynges, 
which can neuer take awaye synnes. But 
this man whan he had offred for synnes, one 
sacrifice which is of value for euer, sat him 
downe on the righte hande of God, and from 
hence forth tarieth, **tyll his foes be made his 
fote stole. For with one offerynge hath he 
made perfecte for euer, the that are sanctified. 
And the holy goost also beareth vs recorde of 
this, euen whan he sayde before : ft This is the 
Testament, that I wyl make vnto them after 
those dayes, sayeth y LORDE : I wyl geue 
my lawes in their hertes, and in their myndes 
wyl I wryte them, and their synnes and ini- 
quities wil I remebre nomore. And where 
remyssion of these thinges is, there is nomore 
offerynge for synne. 

Seynge now brethre, that we haue a it fre 
sure intraunce in to that Holy place, by the 
bloude of Iesu (which he hath prepared vnto 
vs for a new and lyuynge waye, thorow the 
vayle, that is to saye, by his flesh) and seynge 
also that we haue an hye prest ouer the house 
of God, let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a 
full faith, sprenkled in oure hertes from an 
euell conscience, and washed in oure bodies 
with pure water: and let vs kepe the pro- 
fession of oure hope without wauerynge (for 
he is faithfull that hath promysed) and let vs 
considre one another to y prouokinge of loue 



Esa. 50. b. ** Psal. 109. a. ft Iere. 3 
10. a. and 14. Rom. 5. Heb. 

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and of good workes : and let vs not forsake 
the fellishippe that we haue amoge oure selues, 
as the maner of some is : but let vs exhorte 
one another, and that so moch the more, 
because ye se that the daye draweth nye. 

*For yf we synne wylfully after that we 
haue receaued the knowlege of the trueth, 
there remayneth vnto vs nomore sacrifice 
for synnes, but a fearfull lokynge for iudg- 
ment, and violente fyre, which shal deuoure 
y aduersaries. +He y despyseth Moses lawe, 
dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre wit- 
nesses : Of how moch sorer punyshment 
(suppose ye) shal he be counted worthy, which 
treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God, and 
coiiteth the bloude of y Testamet (wherby 
he is sanctified) an vnwholy thinge, & doth 
dishonoure to the sprete of grace? For we 
knowe him that hath sayde : t Vengeaunce is 
myne, I wil recompence, sayeth the LORDE. 
And agayne : ^ The LORDE shal iudge his 
people. It is a fearfull thinge to fall in to the 
handes of the lyuynge God. 

But call ye to remebraiice f dayes y are 
past, i y which after ye had receaued lighte, 
ye endured a greate fighte off aduersities : 
partly whyle all me wodred & gased at you 
for the shame and tribulacion that was done 
vnto you: and partly whyle ye became co- 
panyons of them which so passed their tyme. 
For ye haue suffred with my bodes, and toke 
a worth y spoylinge of youre goodes, and that 
with gladnes, knowynge in youre selues, how 
that ye haue in heauen a better g an endur- 
inge substaunce. Cast not awaye therfore 
youre confidence, which hath so greate a 
rewarde. II For ye haue nede of pacience, 
that after ye haue done the wil of God, ye 
mighte receaue the promes. f For yet ouer 
a litle whyle, and then he that shal come, wy~ 
come, and wyl not tary. **But the iust shal 
lyue by his faith : And yf he withdrawe him- 
selfe awaye, my soule shal haue no pleasure 
in him. As for vs, we are not of those which 
withdrawe them selues to damnacion : but of 
them that beleue to the wynnynge of the soule 

®i)c rt. Chapter. 

FAITH is a sure confidence of thinges 
which are hoped for, and a certaynte of 



* Num. 15. e. Heb.6. a. t Deut. 17. b. 19. c. * Deu. 
32. e. Rom. 12. c. §Deu.32.e. || Heb. 12. a. f Abac. 
2. a. ** Gal. 3. b. tt Gene. 4. a. tf Gene. 5. c. 



thinges which are not sene. By it y Elders 
were well reported of. Thorow faith we vn- 
derstonde, that the worlde and all the thinges 
which are sene, were made of naughte by the 
worde of God. 

tt By faith offered Abell vnto God a more 
plenteous sacrifice : by the which he optayned 
wytnesse, that he was righteous : God testify- 
enge of his giftes, by the which also he beynge 
deed, yet speaketh. 

tt By faith was Enoch take awaye, that he 
shulde not se death : and was not founde, 
because God had taken him awaye. For 
afore he was taken awaye, he had recorde that 
he pleased God. But without faith it is vn- 
possible to please God. For he that commeth 
vnto God, must beleue that God is, g y he is 
a rewarder of them that seke him. 

§§ By faith Noe honoured God, after y he 
was warned of thinges which were not sene, u 
prepared the Arke, to y sauinge of his hous- 
holde : thorow the which Arke he condemned 
the worlde, and became heyre of the right- 
eousnes, which commeth by faith. 

"By faith Abraham (wha he was called) 
obeyed, to go out in to the place, which he 
shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce 
and he wente out, not knowynge whither he 
shulde go. 

By faith was he a straunger in the lode of 
promes as in a straunge countre, (j dwelt in 
tabernacles: and so dyd Isaac j Iacob, heyres 
with him of the same promes : for he loked 
for a cite which hath a foundacion, whose 
buylder and maker is God. 

By faith Sara also receaued strength to be 
with childe, and *was delyuered of a childe 
whan she was past age, because she iudged 
him to be faithfull which had promysed. And 
therfore spronge there of one (yee euen off 
one which was as good as deed concernynge 
the body) so many in multitude II II as the 
starres off the skye, and as the sonde off the 
See shore, which is innumerable. 

All these dyed acordinge to faith, and re- 
ceaued not the promyses, but sawe the afarre 
off, and beleued them, and saluted them 
1[1T and cofessed, that they were straungers & 
pilgrems vpo earth. For they that saye soch 
thinges, declare, that they seke a naturall 



Sap. 4. b. Eccl. 44. 
" Gen. 12. 13. 
f1[ Gen. 47. b. 



>. 49. c. §^ Gen. 6. d. Eccli. 44. b, 
* Gen. 21. a. |||| Gen. 15. a, 



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countre. And doutles yf they had bene 
myndefull off that countre from whence they 
came out, they had leysure to haue returned 
agayne. But now they desyre a better, that 
is to saye, a heauely. * Wherfore God is not 
ashamed of the, eue to be called their God : 
for he hath prepared a cite for them. 

By faith Abraha offered vp Isaac, wha he 
was tempted, and "gaue ouer his onely be- 
gotten sonne, in whom he had receaued the 
promyses, of whom it was sayde: In Isaac 
shal thy sede be called : For he considered, y 
God was able to rayse vp agayne from the 
deed. Therfore receaued he him for an en- 
sample. 

By faith Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau, 
concernynge thinges to come. 

By faith Iacob, whan he was a dyenge, 
blessed both the sonnes off Ioseph, g bowed 
himselfe towarde the toppe of his cepter. 

By faith Ioseph whan he dyed, remembred 
y departynge of the childre of Israel, j gaue 
comaundemet concernynge his bones. 

* By faith Moses wha he was borne, was 
hyd thre monethes of his Elders, because they 
'e that he was a proper childe, nether 
feared they the kynges comaundemet.- 

c By faith Moses whan he was greate, refused 
to be called the sonne of Pharaos doughter : 
and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the 
people of God, then to enioye y pleasures of 
synne for a season : and estemed the rebuke 
of Christ greater riches, then the treasure of 
Egipte : for he had respecte vnto the rewarde. 

d By faith he forsoke Egipte, and feared not 
the fearcenes of the kynge : for he endured, 
eue as though he had sene him which is 
inuisible. 

By faith he helde Easter, and the effusion 
of bloude, lest he which slewe the firstborne, 
shulde touche them. 

By faith they passed thorow the reed See 
as by drye londe : which wha the Egipcians 
assayed to do, they were drowned. 

By faith the walles of Iericho fell, wha they 
were compased aboute seuen dayes. 

By faith the harlot Raab perished not with 
the vnbeleuers, wha she had receaued the 
spyes to lodginge peaceably 

And what shal I more saye ? y tyme wolde 

Exo. 3. c. Mat. 22. d. " Gen. 22. a. Eccli. 44. c. 

'Exod. 2. a. c Exod. 2. b. i Exod. 12. f. t Exod. 12. b. 

Exod. 14. e. % Iudi. 7. 4. 14. 11. § 1 Reg. 17. 

|| 1 Reg. 12. IT Dan. 3. **3 Re. 17. c. 4 Re.4.d. 



be to shorte for me to tell of tGedeon, of 
X Barac, and of t Samson, j of t Iepth 
§ and of Dauid, and II Samuel, and of the 
prophetes, which thorow faith subdued kyng- 
domes, wroughte righteousnes, optayned y pro- 
myses, stopped f mouthes of lyos IT quenched 
the violece of fyre, escaped y edge of the 
swerde, of weake were made stronge, became 
valeaunt in batayll, turned to flighte the 
armyes of the aleauntes, **thewemen receaued 
their deed agayne from resurreccion. But 
other were racked, and accepted no delyuer- 
aunce, that they mighte optayne the resurrec- 
cion that better is. 

Other taisted of mockinges and scourginges, 
of bondes also and presonment : tt were stoned, 
were hewen a sunder, were tempted, were 
slayne with the swerde, ttwente aboute in 
shepe skynnes and goates skynnes, in nede, in 
tribulacion, in vexacion, which (men) the 
worlde was not worthy of: they wandred 
aboute in wyldernesses, vpon mountaynes, in 
dennes and caues of the earth. And these 
all thorow faith optayned good reporte, and 
receaued not y promes : because God had 
prouyded a better thinge for vs, that they 
without vs shulde not be made perfecte. 

Cfie vij. Chapter. 

WHERFORE seynge we haue so greate 
a multitude of witnesses aboute vs 
§§\et vs also laye awaye all y presseth downe, 
and the synne that hangeth on, and let vs 
runne with pacience vnto the batayl that is 
set before vs, lokynge vnto Iesus f auctoure 
and fyniszher of faith : II II which whan the ioye 
was layed before him, abode the crosse, and 
despysed the shame, and is set downe on f 
righte hade of y trone of God. Cosidre him 
therfore that endured soch speakinge agaynst 
hi of synners, lest ye be weery and faynte in 
youre myndes : for ye haue not yet resisted 
vnto bloude, stryuynge agaynst synne, and 
haue forgotten the consolacion, which speaketh 
vnto you as vnto children: ft My sonne, 
despyse not the chastenynge off the LORDE, 
nether faynte whan thou art rebuked of him : 
***for who the LORDE loueth, him he chas- 
teneth, yee and he scourgeth euery sonne 
that he receaueth. 



tt 3 Re. 21. tt 4 Re. 1. b. Mat. 3. 
Col. 3. a 1 Pet. 2. a. |||| Phil. 2. a 
*«* Apoc. 3. d. 



^Ephe. 4. 

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tfo. ttjMiij. 



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Cftap. nij* 



Yf ye endure chastenynge, God offereth 
himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What 
sonne is that, whom the father chasteneth 
not ? Yf ye be not vnder correccion (wherof 
all are partakers) then are ye bastardes and 
not sonnes. Morouer seyenge we haue had 
fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs, £ 
we gaue them reuerence, shulde we not then 
moch rather be in subieccion vnto y father 
of spirituall giftes, y we mighte lyue ? And 
they verely for a few dayes nurtred vs after 
their awne pleasure : but he lerneth vs vnto 
y which is profitable, that we mighte receaue 
of his holynes. No maner chastisynge for the 
present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but gre- 
uous : neuertheles afterwarde it bringeth the 
quyete frute of righteousnes, vnto them which 
are exercysed therby. * Lifte vp therfore the 
handes which were let downe, and the weake 
knees, and se that ye haue straight steppes 
vnto youre fete, lest eny haltinge turne you 
out of the waye, yee let it rather be healed. 

Folowe after peace with all men, and 
holynes, without the which no man shal se the 
LORDE, and loke well, that no man desti- 
tute of the grace of God, lest there sprynge 
vp eny bytter rote, and cause disquyetnes, and 
therby many be defyled: that there be no 
whoremonger, or vncleane person, as Esau, 
t which for one meate sake solde his byrth 
righte. For ye knowe. how that afterwarde 
whan he wolde haue inhereted the blessynge, 
he was put by: for the foude no place of 
repetaunce, though he desyred (y blessynge) 
with teares. For ye are not come to y mout 
that can be touched $ and burneth with fyre, 
nether yet to myst and darcknes, and tempest 
of wedder, nether to the sounde of the 
trompe, and y voyce of wordes : which they 
that herde, wyszhed awaye, that the worde 
shulde not be spoken to them, for they were 
not able to abyde that which was spoken. 
II And yf a beest had touched the mountayne, 
it must haue bene stoed, or thrust thorow 
with a darte. And so terrible was the sighte 
which appeared, that Moses sayde: I feare 
and quake. But ye are come to the mount 
Sion, and to the cite of the lyuynge God, to 
the celestiall IF Ierusalem, and to the multi- 
tude of many thousande angels, and vnto the 



* Esa. 35. a. t Gen. 25. d. * Gen. 27. f. 

§ Gen. 19. c. || Exo. 19. b. 1" Apo. 21. b. ** Gen. 
4. b. ft Agg. 2. b. |t 1 Pet. 2. a. §§ Deut. 4. d. 



congregacion of the first borne, which are 
wrytten in heauen, and to God the iudge of 
all, and to the spretes of iust and perfecte 
men, and to Iesus the mediatoure of the new 
Testament, and to the sprenklynge off bloude, 
that speaketh better then the bloude of 
**Abel. 

Se that ye despyse not him that speaketh 
vnto you: for yf they escaped not which 
refused him that spake on earth, moch more 
shal we not escape, yf we turne awaye from 
him that speaketh from heaue : whose voyce 
shoke the earth at that tyme. But now pro- 
myseth he, & sayeth : tt Yet once more wyl I 
shake, not the earth onely, but also heauen. 
No doute that same that he sayeth yet once 
more, signifieth the remouynge awaye of those 
thinges which are shaken, as off thinges which 
are made : that y thinges which are not 
shake, maye remayne. Wherfore, seynge we 
receaue the vnmoueable kyngdome, we haue 
grace, tt wherby we maye serue God, & please 
him, with reuerence and godly feare. §§ For 
oure God is a consumynge fyre 

Cfic rttj. Chapter. 

LET brotherly loue cotynue. till Be not 
forgetfull to lodge straungers : for therby 
haue dyuerse receaued angels in to their 
houses vnawares. Remembre them that aie 
in bondes, eue as though ye were bounde 
with them : and be myndefull off them which 
are in aduersite, as ye which are also in the 
bodye. Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all 
poyntes, g let y chamber be vndefyled. For 
whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge. 
Let youre conuersacion be without couetous- 
nes, f land be content with that ye haue 
allready, for he hath sayde : ***I wyl not fayle 
the nether forsake the, so that we maye boldely 
saye: ttt The LORDE is my helper, and I 
wyl not feare what man maye do vnto me. 
Remembre the which haue the ouersighte of 
you, which haue declared vnto you the worde 
of God. The ende of whose couersacion se 
that ye loke vpon, and folowe their faith. 

Iesus Christ yesterdaye and tttTodaye, j 
the same cotinueth for euer. Be not caried 
aboute with dyuerse and straunge lernynges : 
for it is a good thinge that the herte be 



llll Gen. 18., 
29. d. * ; 
and 117. a. 



and 19. a. Ro. 12. b. 1 Pet. 4. b. 1T1" Eccll. 
'* Deut. 31. b. Iosue 1. a. ttt Psal. 55. a. 

Ut Heb. l.b. 



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stablyszhed with grace, and not with meates, 
which haue not profited them, that haue 
had their pastyme in them. We haue an 
altare, wherof they haue no power to eate, 
which serue in the Tabernacle. For the 
bodies of those beestes, * whose bloude is 
broughte in to the holy place by y hye prest 
to pourge synne, are brent without the tetes. 
Therfore Iesus also, to sanctifye y people by 
his awne bloude, tsuffred without y gate. 
Let vs go forth therfore out of the tentes, and 
suffre rebuke with him : t for here haue we no 
contynuynge cite, but we seke one to come. 

§ Let vs therfore by him offre allwayes 
vnto God the sacrifice of prayse : that is to 
saye, the frute of those lippes which confesse 
his name. To do good and to destribute 
forget not, II for with soch sacrifices God is 
pleased. Obey them that haue the ouer- 
sighte off you, and submytte youre selues 
vnto them : for they watch for youre soules, 
euen as they that must geue accoptes therfore, 
that they maye do it with ioye, and not with 
grefe : for that is an vnprofitable thinge for 

* Exo. 29. b. Num. 19. a. Leuit. 4. c. t Ioh. 19. b. 

i Phil. 3. c. $ Psal. 91. a. || Phil. 4. c. 



you. Praye for vs. We haue confidence, 
because we haue a good coscience in all 
thinges, and desyre to lyue honestly. But I 
desyre you y more abundauntly, that ye so do, 
y I maye be restored vnto you the more 
quyckly. 

The God of peace (that broughte agayne 
fro the deed oure LORDE Iesus the ITgreate 
shepherde of the shepe thorow the bloude of 
the euerlastinge Testament) make you per- 
fecte in all good workes, to do his wyll, 
workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in 
his sighte thorow Iesus Christ, to whom be 
prayse for euer and euer Amen. I beseke 
you brethren, suffre the worde of exhortacion, 
for I haue wrytten vnto you in few wordes. 
Knowe oure brother Timotheus, whom we 
haue sent from vs, with whom (yf he come 
shortly) I wil se you. Salute the that haue 
the ouersighte of you and all y sayntes. The 
brethren of Italy salute you. Grace be with 
you all, Amen. 

Sent from Italy by Timotheus. 

f Eze. 34. b. Ioh. 10. a. 1 Pet. 5. a. 



VEfyz <&$i#tlt of gb* Uametf. 



Cfre summe oi tf)fe qptetle* 



Cfiap. I. 

He exhorteth to reioyse in trouble, to be feruent 
in prayer with stedfast beleue, to loke for all 
good thinges from aboue, to forsake all vyce : 
and thankfully to receaue the worde of God, 
not onely hearynge it and speakynge of it, but 
to do therafter in dede. True religion or de- 
uocion what it is. 

Cfjap. II 

He forbyddeth to haue eny respecte of personnes, 
but to regarde the poore as wel as the ryche, 
to be louynge and mercifull, and not to boast 
of faith where no dedes are : for it is but a 
deed faith, where no good workes folowe not. 
Chan. III. 

What good and euell commeth thorow the 



tonge. The dutye of soch as be lerned. The 
difference betwixte the wyszdome of the gospell 
and the wyszdome of the worlde. 

Cijap. IIII. 

Warre and fightinge commeth of volupteousnesse. 
The frendishipe of the worlde is enemyte be- 
fore God. An exhortacion to flye slaunder 
and the vanite of this life. 

Chap. V. 

He threateneth the wicked rych me, exhorteth 
vnto pacience, to bewarre of swearynge, one to 
knowlege his fautes to another, one to praye 
for another, and one to laboure to brynge 
another to the trueth. 



tfo* rrjdfou 



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Cfeap, u 



€f)e first Cfjapttr. 

I AMES the seruaunt of God and of the 
LORDE Iesus Christ, sendeth gretinge 
to the xij. trybes which are *scatered here 5 
there. My brethren, counte it exceadynge 
ioye whe ye fall in to diuers temptacions, for 
as moche as ye knowe, how y the t tryinge of 
youre faith bringeth pacience : and let pa- 
cience haue her parfect worke, y ye maye be 
parfecte and sounde, lakinge nothinge. 

$ Yf eny of you lacke wyszdome, let him axe 
of God, which geueth to all men indifferentlie, 
and casteth no man in the teth : and it shal be 
geue him. But let him axe in faith and wauer 
not. For he that douteth, is lyke the wawes of 
y See, tost of the wynde, and caried with vio- 
lence. Nether let f man thinke that he shal 
receaue eny thige of y LORDE. A wauer- 
ynge mynded ma ys vnstable in all his waies. 

Let the brother of lowe degre reioyce, in 

}*r he is exalted : and the rich, in y he is made 
owe. For eue as the floure of y grasse shal 
he vanyshe awaye. The Sonne ryseth with 
heat and the grasse wydereth, g his floure 
falleth awaye, and the beautie of the fassion 
of it periszheth : euen so shal the ryche man 
perisshe with his abundaunce. 

a Happy is the man that endureth in tepta- 
cion, for when he is tryed, he shal receaue 
the crowne of life, which the LORDE hath 
promised to them that loue him. 

Let no man saye when he is tempted, y he 
is tempted of God. For God tepteth not 
vnto euell, nether tepteth he eny man. But 
euery ma is tepted, drawne awaye, g entysed 
of his awne cocupiscece. The whe lust hath 
conceaued, she bringeth forth synne, g synne 
when it is fynished, bringeth forth deeth. 

Erre not my deare brethre. § Euery good 
gifte, g euery parfait gift, is from aboue, and 
cometh downe from y father of light, with 
whom is no variablenes, nether is he chaunged 
vnto darcknes. || Of his awne will begat he 
vs with the worde of life, that we shulde be 
the fyrst frutes of his creatures. 

1T Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man 
be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe 
to wrath. For the wrath of ma worketh not 
that which is righteous before God. 

Wherfore laye aparte all fylthines, all 
superfluite of maliciousnes, g receaue with 

* Act. 8. a. t Ro. 5. a. 1 Pet. 1. b. Zach. 13. b. 

t Pro. 2. a. <• lob 5. b. § Pro. 2. a. || Ioh. 1. a. 

3. d. % Pro. 17. d. Eocl. 5. b. ** Rom. 2. b. 



meknes f worde y is grafted in you, which is 
able to saue youre soules. **And se that ye 
be doers of f worde ij not hearers only, de- 
ceauinge youre awne selues. tt For yf eny 
heare the worde, and do it not, he is like vnto 
a ma. that beholdeth his bodily face in a glasse. 
For assone as he hath loked on himselfe, he 
goeth his waye, and forgetteth immediatly 
what his faszhion was. H But who so loketh in 
y perfect la we of libertie, and continueth therin 
(yf he be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of 
the worke) the same shalbe happie in his dede. 
Yf eny man amonge you seme deuoute, g 
refrayne not his toge : but deceaue his awne 
herte, this mannes deuocion is in vayne. 
Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the 
father, is this: to visit the frendlesse and 
widdowes in their aduersite, and to kepe him 
selfe vnspotted of the §§worlde. 

€3)e ij. Chapter. 

BRETHREN, haue not the faith of oure 
LORDE Iesus Christ f LORDE of 
glory in illl respecte of persons. Yf ther come 
in to youre copany a ma with a golde rynge 
and in goodly aparell, g ther come in also a 
poore man in vyle raymet, g ye haue a re- 
specte to him y weareth the gaye clothinge g 
saye vnto hi : Sit thou here I a good place, g 
saye vnto y poore, stonde thou there or sit here 
vnder my fote stole : are ye not parciall in youre 
selues, and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes? 

Harken my deare beloued brethre. 1T 1f Hath 
not God chosen the poore of this worlde, 
which are ryche in faith, and heyres of the 
kyngdom which he promysed to the that loue 
him ? But ye haue despised the poore. Are 
not the rych they which oppresse you : g they 
which drawe you before iudges? Do not 
they speake euell of that good name after 
which ye be named. 

Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe acordinge to 
the scripture which saith: *Thou shalt loue 
thyne neghbour as thy selfe, ye do well. But 
yf ye regarde one person more then another, 
ye comit synne, and are rebuked of the lawe 
as trasgresso urs. * * * Whosoeuer shal kepe the 
whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he 
is gyltie in all. For he that sayde: Thou 
shalt not commit adulterie, sayed also : thou 
shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adul- 

tt Luc. 6. e. ti Mat. 5. b. §§ 1 Ioh. 2. c. |||| Leu. 
19. b. ff Mat. 5. a. b Leuit. 19. e. *** Ezec. 18. b. 



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fa. ajrlirij. 



terie, yet yf thou kill, thou art a transgresser 
of the lawe. So speake ye, and so do as they 
that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie. 
* For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him 
that sheweth no mercy, 5 mercy reioiseth 
against iudgment. 

t What a vayleth it my brethre, though a 
man saye he hath faith, when he hath no 
dedes ? Can faith saue him ? * If a brother 
or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode, 
I one of you saye'vnto them: Departe in 
peace, God sende you warmnes and fode : 
not withstodinge ye geue them not tho thinges 
which are nedfull to the body : what helpeth 
it them ? Euen so faith, yf it haue no dedes, 
is deed in it selfe. 

Ye d a man might saye : Thou hast faith, 
and I haue dedes: Shewe me thy faith by 
thy dedes : and I wil shewe the my faith by 
my dedes. Beleuest thou y ther is one God? 
Thou doest well. $ The deuils also beleue 
and tremble. 

Wilt thou vnderstode o thou vayne man 
that faith with out dedes is deed : Was not 
Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes 
when he offered Isaac his sonne vpon the 
aulter ? Thou seist how y faith wrought with 
his dedes, and through y dedes was the faith 
made perfect: s the scripture was fulfilled 
which saith : II Abraha beleued God and it 
was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes : and 
he was called f frende of God. Ye se then 
how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not 
of faith only.1T Likewise also was not Raab 
the harlot iustified thorow workes, when she 
receaued the messengers, and sent them out 
another waye ? For as the body, with oute 
the sprete is deed, euen so faith with out 
dedes is deed. 

Che ii). Chapter 
A /|~ Y brethre, be not euery man a ** master, 
1\X remebrynge how that we shall receaue 
the more damnacion : for in many thinges we 
synne all. a Yf a man synne not in worde, the 
same is a parfecte man, 5 able to tame all the 
body. Beholde, we put bittes into the horses 
mouthes y they shulde obeye vs, and we 
turne aboute all the body. Beholde also y 
shyppes, which though they be so gret, and 
are dryuen of fearce windes, yet are they 
turned about with a very smale helme, whither 

* Mat. 18. d. t Mat. 7. c. * 1 Ioh. 3. c. § Mat. 8. d. 
Marc. 1. c. || Gen. 15. b. Rom. 4. b. f Gal. 3. a. 



soeuer the violence of the gouerner wyll. 
Euen so the toge is a lyttell member, and 
bosteth great thinges. 

Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre 
kyndleth, and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde 
of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge 
oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, 
and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, 
and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell. 

All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, 
and of serpentes, and thinges of the see, are 
meked and tamed of the nature of ma. But 
the toge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely 
euell full of deedly poyson. Therwith blesse 
we God the father, and therwith cursse we 
men which tt are made after the similitude of 
God. Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge 
and cursynge. My brethre these thinges 
ought not so to be. Doth a fountayne sende 
forth at one place swete water and bytter also? 
Can the fygge tree, my Brethren, beare oliue 
beries : ether a vyne beare fygges ? So can 
no fountayne geue bothe salt water and freszhe 
also. If eny man be wyse and endued with 
learnynge amonge you, let him shewe the 
workes of his good couersacion in meknes that 
is coupled with wiszdome. 

But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe 
in youre hertes, reioyce not : nether be lyars 
agaynst the trueth. This wiszdome descendeth 
not from aboue : but is erthy, and naturall, 
and dyuelishe. For where enuyenge and 
stryfe is, there is vnstablenes and all maner 
of euell workes. But the wiszdom that is fro 
aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and 
easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good 
frutas, without iudgynge, and without simu- 
lacion : yee, and the frute of rightewesnes is 
sowen in peace, of the that mayntene peace. 

Che Hi). Chapter. 

FROM whence commeth wane and fight- 
ynge amonge you : come they not here 
hence ? euen of youre volupteousnesses that 
rayne in youre mebres ? Ye lust, and haue 
not. Ye envie and haue indignacion, and can 
not obtayne. Ye fight g warre, and haue not, 
because ye axe not. Ye axe g receaue not 
because ye axe amysse : eue to cosume it vpo 
youre voluptuousnes. Ye aduouterars, <j weme 
that breke matrimonie: knowe ye not It how 
that the frenshippe of y worlde is ennimite 

** Mat. 23. a. a Eccli. 14. a. 19. c. 25. b. ft Gen. 1. d. 
ttlloh. 2.c. Gal. l.b. 



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Cfcap* b. 



to godwarde? Whosoeuer wilbe a frende of 
the worlde, is made y enemie of god. Ether 
do ye thinke y the scripture sayth in vayne. 
The * sprete y dwelleth in you, lusteth euen 
contrary to enuie : but geueth more grace. 

Submit youre selues to God, and t resist 
the deuell, & he wil flye fro you. Drawe nye 
to God & he wil drawe nye to you. Clense 
youre hondes ye synners, and pourge youre 
hertes ye wauerynge mynded. Suffre afflic- 
cions : sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter 
be turned to mornynge, and youre ioye to 
heuynes. " Cast downe youre selues before the 
LORDE, and he shal lift you vp. Backbyte 
not one another, brethren. He that back- 
byteth his brother, and he y iudgeth his bro- 
ther, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the 
lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou 
art not an obseruer of the lawe : but a iudge. 
There is one lawe geuer, which is able to saue 
and to distroye. t What art thou that iudgest 
another man ? 

$ Go to now ye that saye : to daye 5 to 
morow let vs go into soche a citie and con- 
tinue there a yeare, and bye and sell, and 
wynne : g yet ca not tell what shal happe to 
morowe. For what thinge is youre life ? It 
is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell 
tyme, and the vanysheth awaye : For that ye 
ought to say : II yf the LORDE wil, and yf we 
liue, let vs do this or that. But nowe ye reioyce 
in youre bostinges. All soche reioysynge is 
euell. Therfore IT to him that knoweth how 
to do good, and doth it not, to him it is synne. 

Ci)e b. Chapter. 

GOO to now ye riche men. Wepe, and 
howle on youre wretchednes* that shal 
come vpon you. Youre riches is corrupte, 
youre garmetes are motheaten. Youre golde 
d youre siluer are cancred, & the rust of them 
shalbe a witnes vnto you, (j shal eate youre 
fleszhe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped 
treasure togedder in youre last dayes : **Be- 
holde, the hyre of the labourers which haue 
reped downe youre feldes (which hyer is of 
you kept backe by fraude) cryeth : and the 
cryes of the which haue reped, are entred in 
to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth. Ye 
haue liued in pleasure' on the earth and in 
wantannes. Ye haue noryszhed youre hertes, 

Gal. 5. c. t 1 Pet. 5. b. » 1 Pet. 5. a. + Ro. 14. a. 

e. 18. a. Luc. 12. b. || Act. 28. a. Heb. 6. a. 

T Luc. 12. e. b 1 Tim. 6. b. ** Leui. 19. c. 



as m a daye of slaughter. Ye haue co- 
dempned and haue killed the iust, and he 
hath not resisted you. 

Be pacient therfore brethren, vnto the 
comynge of the LORDE. Beholde, the 
huszbade man wayteth for the precious frute 
of y earth, and hath longe pacience there 
vpon, vntill he receaue the erly and the latter 
rayne. Be ye also pacient therfore, and settle 
youre hertes, for the commynge of the 
LORDE draweth nye. Grodge not one 
agaynst another brethren, lest ye be damned. 
Beholde, the iudge stondeth before the dore. 
Take (my brethren) the prophetes for an 
ensample of sufferynge aduersitie, and of longe 
pacience, which spake in the name of the 
LORDE. Beholde we counte them happy 
which endure. Ye haue hearde tt of y pa- 
ciece of lob, and haue knowen what ende the 
LORDE made. For the LORDE is very 
pitifull and mercifull. 

But aboue all thinges my brethre, sweare 
not, nether by heaue, rf nether by earth, nether 
by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye, and 
youre naye naye : lest ye faule in to ypocricy. 
Yf eny of you be euell vexed, let hi praye. 
Yf eny of you be mery, let him singe Psalmes, 
Yf eny be deseased amonge you, let him call 
for the elders of the congregacion, (j let the 
praye ouer him, and anoynte him with oyle 
in the name of the LORDE : and y prayer 
of faith shal saue the sicke, and the LORDE 
shal rayse him vp : and yf he haue comitted 
synnes, they shalbe forgeuen him. 

Knowlege youre fautes one to another: 
and praye one for another, that ye maye be 
healed. The prayer of a righteous man 
auayleth moche, yf it be feruet. tt Helias 
was a ma mortall euen ■ as we are, and he 
prayed in his prayer, that it might not rayne : 
I it rayned not on the earth by the space 
of thre yeares and sixe monethes. §§ And he 
prayed agayne, and y heaue gaue rayne, & y 
earth brought forth her frute. 

Brethren, yf eny of you erre fro the trueth 
and another conuert him, let y same knowe 
that he which conuerted the synner from 
goynge astraye out off his waye, shal saue a 
soule fro death, and shal hyde the multitude 
of synnes. 

Cfie etrtle ol tfje epistle of &. Same?. 



Deut. 24. c. Tob. 4. 
d Mat. 5. d. 



z. c Luc. 16. c. 
XX 3 Reg. 17. 



tt lob 

«3R 



Hfyt m%i$tlt of & gu&e- 



Che surmne of thte eptetU. 
He rebuketh soch as beynge blynded with their 
owne lustes, resist the trueth, & that we maye 
knowe them the better, he sayeth they be soch 
as synne beastly agaynst nature, and despise 
rulers gc. He exhorteth vs to edifie one an- 
other, to praye in the holy goost, to continue in 
loue, to loke for the comynge of the LORDE, 
and one to helpe another out of the fyre. 

IUDAS the seruaunt of Iesus Christ, the 
brother off lames. To the which are 
called, and sanctified in God the father, and 
preserued in lesu Christ. Mercy vnto you, 
and peace and loue be multiplied. 

Beloued, when I gaue all diligence to wryte 
vnto you of the commen saluacion : it was nede- 
full for me to wryte vnto you, to exhorte you, 
that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith 
which was once geue vnto the sayntes. * For 
there are certayne craftely crept in, of which it 
was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement. 
They are vngodly, and turne the grace of oure 
God vnto wantanes, and denye God the onely 
LORDE, and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. 

My minde is therfore to put you in reme- 
brauce, for as moche as ye once knowe this, 
how that y LORDE (after that he had de- 
liuered the people out of Egipt) destroyed 
them which afterwarde beleued not.* tThe 
angels also which kept not their first estate: 
but lefte their awne habitacion, he hath re- 
serued in euerlastinge chaynes vnder darck- 
nes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye: 
euen as t Sodom and Gomor, and the cities 
aboute them (which in lyke maner defiled them 
selues with fornicacion and folowed straunge 
fleszhe) are set forth for an ensample, and suffre 
the vengeaunce of eternal! fyre. Lykewyse 
these dremers defyle the fleszhe, despyse rulers, 
and speake euell of them that are in auctorite. 

$Yet Michael the archangell when he 
stroue agaynst the deuell, g disputed aboute 
the body of Moses, durst not geue raylinge 
sentence, but sayde : the LORDE rebuke 
the. II But these speake euell off those thinges 
which they knowe not: and what thinges 
they knowe naturally, as beastes which are 

* 2 Pet. 2. a. " Nu. 14. d. t lob 4. b. Apo. 20. a. 
t Gen. 19. c. § Zach. 3. a. || 2 Pe. 2. c. 4 Gen. 4. a. 



without reason, in tho thinges they corrupte 
them selues. * Wo be vnto the, for they haue 
folowed the waye of Cain, and are vtterly 
geue to the erroure of Balaam for lukers sake, 
and peryszhe in the treason of Core. 

These are spottes which of youre kindnes 
feast togedder, without feare, fedynge the 
selues. "Cloudes they are withouten water, 
caried about of wyndes, and trees without 
frute at gadringe tyme, twyse deed and plucked 
vp by the rotes. They are the ragynge waues 
of the see, fominge out their awne shame. 
They are wandrynge starres, to who is re- 
serued the myst of darcknes for euer. 

H Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophe- 
cied before of suche, saienge : Beholde, the 
LORDE shal come with thousandes of sayntes, 
to geue iudgemet agaynst all men, and to 
rebuke all that are vngodly amonge the, of all 
their vngodly dedes, which they haue vngodly 
committed, and of all their cruell speakynges, 
which vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst 
him. 

These are murmurers, complaners, walk- 
ynge after their awne lustes, whose mouthes 
speake proude thynges. They haue me in 
greate reuerence because of avauntage. But ye 
beloued, remeber the wordes which were spoken 
before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus 
Christ, how that they tolde you y their shulde 
be begylers in the last tyme/ which shulde 
walke after their awne vngodly lustes. These 
are makers off sectesfleshlie,hauynge no sprete. 

But ye derlye beloued, edifye youre selues 
in youre most holy faith, prayenge in the holy 
goost, and kepe youre selues in the loue of 
God, lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE 
Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life. And haue 
copassion on some, separatinge the : and other 
saue with feare, pullinge them out of the fyre, 
and hate the fylthy vesture of the fleshe. 

Vnto him that is able to kepe you, that ye 
faule not, and to present you fautlesse before 
y presence of his glory with ioye, y is to save, 
to God oure saueoure which only is wyse, be 
glory, maiestie, dominion, g power, now and 
for euer. Amen. 

Nu. 24. a. Num. 16. c 2 Pet. 2. d. IT Apoc. 1. a. 

Esa. 3. c. d 1 Tim. 4. a. 2 Tim. 3. a. 2 Pet. 3. a. 



or mielacion of & 06gk* 



Wbt siumme of tfa 2&ntelaj:fom 



Chap. I. 

Happie are they that heare the worde of God 
and kepe it. He wryteth to the seuen con- 
gregacios in Asia, seyth seue candilstickes, 
and in the myddest of them, one like vnto the 
sonne of man. 

Chap. II. 
He exhorteth foure congregacions to amende, 
and sheweth the rewarde of him that ouer- 
commeth. 

Chap. III. 
He instructeth and enfourmeth the angels of thre 
cogregacions, declaringe also the rewarde of 
him that ouercommeth. 

Chap, mi. 

He seyth the heauen open, and the seate and 
one syttinge vpon it, and xxiiij. seates aboute 
it with xxiiij. elders syttinge vpon the, and 
foure beastes praysinge God daye and night. 

Chap. V. 
He seyth the la.be openynge the boke, and 
therfore the foure beastes, the xxiiij . elders and 
the angels prayse the lambe and do him 
worshipe 

Chap. VI. 

The lambe openeth the vi. seales, J many thinges 
folowe the openynge therof. 

Chap. VII. 
He seyth the seruauntes of God sealed in their 
foreheades out of all nacions and people : 
which though they suffre trouble, yet the lambe 
fedeth the, ledeth them to the fountaynes of 
lyuynge water, and God shal wype awaye all 
teares from their eyes. 



Chap. VIII. 
The seuenth seale is opened, there is sylence in 
heauen: the foure angels blowe their trom- 
pettes, and greate plages folowe vpon the earth. 

Chap. IX. 
The fifth and sixte angell blowe their trompettes : 
the starre falleth from heauen: the locustes 
come out of the smoke : The first wo is past : 
the foure angels that were bounde are lowsed, 
and the thirde parte of me is kylled. 

Chap. X. 

The angell hath the boke open, he sweareth there 
shalbe nomore tyrae : he geueth the boke vnto 
Ihon, which eateth it vp. 

Chap. XI. 

The temple is measured, The seconde wo is past. 

Chap. XII. 

The seuenth angel bloweth his tropet : There 
apeareth in heauen a woman clothed with the 
Sonne : Michael fighteth with the dragon, 
which persecuteth the woman. 

Chap. XIII. 

A beest ryseth out of the see with seuen heades 
and ten homes. Another beest commeth out 
of the earth with two homes. 

Chap. XIIII. 
The la.be stondeth vpon the mount Sion, and the 
vndefyled congregacion with him : The angell 
exhorteth to the feare of God and telleth of the 
fall of Babilom 



He seyth seuen angel 
full of wrath. 



Chap. XV. 

hauynge seuen 



^yalles 



Cfcap* t. 



C&e 2&weIarfon of #> Sfton* 



#o + rclu 



Chap. XVI. 
The angels poure out their vyalles. 

Chap. XVII. 
He descrybeth the woman syttinge vpon the 
beast with ten homes. 

C^ap. XVIII. 
The louers of the worlde are sory for the fall off 
Babilon, but they that be off God, haue cause 
to reioyse for hir destruccion 

Chap. XIX. 
Prayse and thankes are geue vnto God for 
iudginge the whore, and for auenginge the 
bloude of his seruautes. The angel wyl not 
be worshipped. The foules and byrdes are 
called to the slaughter. 



Chap. XX. 

The dragon is boiide for a thousanae yeares. 
The deed arise, and receaue iudgment. 

Chap. XXI. 
In this chapter is descrybed the new and spi- 
ritual! Ierusalem. 



Chap. XXII. 
The ryuer of the water of life, the frutefulnesse 
and light of the cite of God. The LORDE 
geueth euer his seruauntes warnynge of thiisges 
for to come : The angel wyl not be wor- 
shipped. To the worde of God maye nothinge 
be added ner mynished there from. 



Che tot Chapfcr. 

THE reuelacion of Iesus Christ, which 
God gaue vnto him, for to shewe vnto 
his seruautes thlges which muste shortly come 
to passe. And he sent and shewed by his 
angel vnto his seruaunt Ihon *which bare 
recorde of the worde of God, and of the testi- 
mony of Iesus Christe, and of all thinges that 
he sawe. t Happy is he y readeth, and they 
that heare the wordes of the prophesy and 
kepe thoo thinges which are wrytten therin. 
For the tyme is at honde. 

Ihon to the seuen cogregacions in Asia. 
Grace be with you g peace, fro him which 
is and which was, and which is to come, g fro 
the seuen spretes which are present before his 
trone, and from Iesus Christ which is a faith- 
full witnes, and first begotten of the deed : & 
LORDE ouer y kinges of the earth. Vnto 
him that loued vs and weszhed vs fro synnes 
in his awne tbloud, and made vs kinges (j 
Prestes vnto God his father, be glory, and 
dominion for euer more. Amen. Beholde, 
he commeth with cloudes, and all eyes shall 
se him : §j they also which peersed him. And 
all kinredes of the earth shal wayle. Euen 
so. Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the be- 
gynninge and the endinge, II sayeth y LORDE 
almighty, which is and which was and which 
is to come. 

* Ioh. 19. d. and 21. d. t Apo. 22. a. J Col. 1. b. 
1 Cor. 15. c. Heb. 9. b. 1 Pet. 1. c. 1 lob. 1. b. 
j, Zach. 12. c. Ioh. 19. d. || Esa. 44. b. Apo. 22. c. 



I Ihon youre brother and copanyon in 
tribulacion, and in the kyngdome and paciece 
which is in Iesu Christe, was in the yle ol 
Pathmos for the worde of God, and for y 
witnessynge of Iesu Christe. I was in the 
sprete on a sondaye, and herde behynde me, 
a gret voyce, as it had bene of a trompe, 
sayenge : I am Alpha and Omega, the fyrst 
and y laste. That thou seist, write in a boke, 
and sende it vnto the cogregacions which are in 
Asia, vnto Ephesus and vnto Smyrna, and vnto 
Pargamos, and vnto Thiatira, and vnto Sardis, 
and vnto Philadelphia, and vnto Laodicia. 

And I turned backe to se the voyce that 
spake to me. And whe I was turned: I sawe 
seue golde candelstyckes, and in the myddes 
of the candelstyckes," one like vnto the sonne 
of man clothed with a lynnin garmet downe 
to the ground, and gyrd aboute the brest with 
a golden gyrdle. His heed, and his heares 
were whyte, as whyte woll, (j as snowe : f and 
his eyes were as a flamme of fyre : and his 
fete like vnto brasse, as though they bret in a 
fornace : and his voyce as the sounde of many 
waters. And he had in his right honde seue 
starres. **And out of his mouth went a shar.pe 
two edged swearde. And his tt face shone 
euen as the sonne in his strength. 

And when I sawe him, I fell at his fete, 
euen as deed. And he layde his right honde 
vpon me, sayenge vnto me: feare not. I am 



Dan. 7. b. 10. a. 



f Apo. 2. c. 19. c. ** Apo. 19. c. 
tt Mat. 17. a. 



Jtu iclij. 



Cfre &tXKl%iion of &. Sfcon* 



Cfoap* ih 



the fyrst, and the laste, and am alyue, and 
was deed. And beholde, I am alyue for euer 
mere *and haue the kayes of hell j of deth 
Wryte therfore the thinges which thou hast 
sene, and the thinges which are, and y thinges 
which shalbe fulfylled here after: & the mistery 
of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my 
right honde, and the seuen golden candel- 
stickes. The seuen starres are the angels of 
the seue congregacions : And the seuen can- 
delstyckes which thou sawest, are the seuen 
congregacions. 

€i)t tj. Chapter. 

VNTO the angell of the congregacion of 
Ephesus wryte: These thinges sayth 
he that holdeth the seuen starres in his right 
honde, and walketh in the myddes of the 
seuen golde candelstickes : I knowe thy workes, 
and thy labour, and thy pacience, j howe thou 
cannest not forbeare them which are euell : 
and examinest them which saye they are 
Apostles, and are not : & hast founde the lyars 
and hast suffred. And hast paciece : and for 

y names sake hast laboured and hast not 
faynted. Neuerthelesse I haue somwhat 
agaynst the, for thou hast lefte thy fyrst loue. 
Remember therfore fro whence thou art fallen, 
and repent, and do the fyrst workes. + Or elles 
~ wyl come vnto the shortly, and wil remoue 
thy cadelstycke out of his place, excepte thou 

pent. But this thou hast because thou 
hatest y dedes of the t Mcolaitans, which 
dedes I also hate 



Let him y hath 
heare, what f sprete saith vnto the congrega- 
cions. To him that ouercommeth, will I 
geue to eate of the tree of life, which is in 
the myddes of y paradise of God. 

And vnto the angell of the congregacion of 
Smyrna wryte : These thinges saith he that 
fyrst, and the last, which was deed, and is 
aliue : I knowe thy workes and tribulacion 
and pouerte, but thou art ryche : And I knowe 
the blasphemy of them which call them selues 
Iewes and are not : but are the cogregacion 
of Sathan. Feare none of tho thinges which 
thou shalt soffre. Beholde, y deuell shal cast 
of you in to preson, to tempte you, and ye 
shal haue tribulacion x. dayes. Be faithfull 
vnto the deeth, and I wil geue y a crowne of 
life. Let him that hath ears, heare, what 



* Esa. 22. d. lob 12. 
| Act. 6. a. §Gen. 2. 



Apoc. 3. b. 
|| Esa. 41. 



t Luc. 13. a. 
f Heb. 4. c, 



the sprete saith to the congregacions : He that 
ouer cometh, shal not be hurte of the seconde 
deeth. 

And to the angell of the congregacion in 
Pergamos wryte : This sayth he which f hath 
the sharpe swearde with two edges : I knowe 
thy workes, and where thou dwellest, euen 
where Sathans seat is, and thou kepest my 
name, 5 hast not denyed my faith. And in 
my dayes Antipas was a faithfull witnes of 
myne, which was slayne amonge you, where 
Sathan dwelleth. But I haue a fewe thinges 
agaynst the : that thou hast there, the that 
mayntayne the doctryne of ** Balaam, which 
taught in Balak, to put occasion of syn before 
the children of Israeli, that they shulde eate 
of meate dedicat vnto ydoles, and to commyt 
fornicacion. Euen so hast thou them that 
mayntayne f doctryne of the Nicolaytans, 
which thinge I hate. But be couerted, or 
elles I wil come vnto the shortly, and wil fight 
agaynste the with the swearde of my mouth. 
Let him y hath eares, heare, what the sprete 
saith vnto the cogregacions : To him that, 
ouercommeth, wil I geue to eate mana that is 
hyd, and wil geue him a whyte stone, 5 in the 
stone a newe name wrytte, which no man 
knoweth, sauinge he that receaueth it. 

And vnto the angell of the cogregacion of 
Theatira write : This saith the sonne of God, 
" which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of 
fyre, whose fete are like brasse : I knowe thy 
workes and thy loue, seruice, and faith and 
thy pacience, and thy dedes, which are mo at 
the last then at the firste. Not withstondinge 
I haue a feawe thinges agaynst the, that thou 
sufferest that woman tt Iesabell (which called 
her selfe a prophetisse) to teache and to 
deceaue my seruauntes, to make them com- 
mitt fornicacion, and to eate meates offered 
vp vnto ydoles. And I gaue her space to 
repet of her fornicacion, and she repented not. 
Beholde, I wil cast her into a bed, and them 
that commit fornicacion with her, in to gret 
aduersite, excepte they turne from their dedes. 
And I wil kyll her childre with deeth. And all 
the cogregacios shal knowe, y I am he which 
searcheth the reynes and hertes. And I wil 
geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto 
youre workes. 

Vnto you I saye, and vnto other of the of 



Num. 25. a. and 31. c. 
16. d. 



"Apo. I.e. 19. c. 
4 Re. 9. e. 



tt 3 Re. 



Cfrap, Hi). 



€t)t &euelacu>n of &. M)on» 



So* itliij. 



Thiatyra, as many as haue not this lernynge 
and which haue not knowen the depnes of 
Sathan (as they saye) I wil put vpo you none 
other burthen, but y which ye haue already. 
Holde fast tyll I come, and whosoeuer ouer- 
cometh and kepeth my workes vnto f ende, 
to him wil I geue power ouer nacions, "and he 
shal rule them with a rodde of yron : and as 
the vessels of a potter, shal he breake them to 
sheuers. Eue as I receaued of my father, so 
wil I geue him y mornynge starre. Let him 
y hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth to 
the cogregacions. 

Cfie iij. Chapter. 

AND wryte vnto the angell of the congre- 
gacion off Sardis: this sayth he that 
hath the seuen spretes of God,. 5 the seuen 
starres. I knowe thy workes, thou hast a 
name that thou lyuest, and thou art deed. 
Be awake, and strength the thinges which 
remayne, that are redy to dye. For I haue 
not founde thy workes perfecte before God. 
Remember therfore how thou hast receaued 
and hearde, and holde fast, and repent. Yf 
thou shalt not watche, *I wil come on the as a 
thefe, and thou shalt not knowe what houre I 
wil come vpon y. Thou hast a fewe names in 
Sardis, which haue not defyled their gar- 
mentes : and they shal walke with me in 
whyte, for they are worthy. He that ouer- 
commeth, shalbe clothed in whyte araye, and 
I wil not put out his name out of the boke ot 
life, * and I wil cofesse his name before my 
father, and before his angels. Let him y 
hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth vnto 
the congregacions. 

And wryte vnto y angell of the cogregacio 
of Philadelphia : this sayth he y is holy and 
true, which hath the keye of Dauid: which 
topenyth and noman shutteth, and shutteth 
and no man openeth. I knowe thy workes. 
Beholde, I haue set before the an open doore, 
and no man can shut it, for thou hast a lyttell 
strength and hast not denyed my name. 
Beholde, I shal geue some of the congrega- 
cion of Sathan, which call them selues Iewes 
and are not, but do lye : Beholde : I wil 
make them, that they shal come & worshippe 
before thy fete : and shal knowe that I haue 
loued the. 



' Psal.2.b. Apoc. 19. c. 
Pet. 3. b. * Luc. 12. a 



* Mat. 24. d. 1 Tess. 5. 
+ Esa. 22. d. lob 12. 



Because thou hast kept the wordes of my 
pacience, therfore wil I kepe the from the 
houre of temptacion, which will come vpon 
all the worlde, to tempte them that dwell vpo 
the earth. Beholde, I come shortly. Holde 
that which thou hast, that no ma take awaye 
thy crowne. Him that ouer commeth, will I 
make a pyllar in the temple of my God, and 
he shal goo no more out. 

And I will wryte vpon him, the name of 
my God, and the name of y cite of my God, 
newe Ierusalem, which cometh downe out of 
heauen from my God, and I will wryte vpo 
him my newe name. Let him that hath 
eares, heare, what the sprete saith vnto the 
congregacions. 

And vnto the angell of the cogregacion, 
which is in Laodicia wryte : This sayth Amen 
the faithfull and true witnes, the begynnynge 
of y creatures of God. I knowe thy workes, 
y thou art nether colde nor hot : I wolde thou 
were colde or hote. So then because thou 
art bitwene bothe, and nether colde ner hote 
I wyll spew the out off my mouth : because 
thou saist thou art riche and incresyd with 
goodes and hast nede of nothinge, and knowest 
not how thou art wretched g miserable, poore, 
blynde, and nakyd. I counsell the to bye of 
me golde tryed in the fyre, that thou mayste 
be riche : and whyte rayment, that thou mayste 
be clothed, that thy fylthy nakednes do not 
apere : anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, y 
thou mayste se. 

t As many as I loue, I rebuke j chasten. 
Be feruent therfore and repent. Beholde, I 
stonde at the doore 5 knocke. Yf eny man 
heare my voyce and open the dore, I wil come 
in vnto him and will suppe with him, j he 
with me. To him that ouer comth, will I 
graute$ to sytt with me on my seate, eue as 
I ouer cam and haue sytte with my father on 
his seate. Let him that hath eares, heare, 
what the sprete saith vnto the cogregaciSs. 

Che ttrj. Chapter. 

AFTER this I loked, and beholde, a dore 
was open in heaue, and the fyrste voyce 
which I harde, was as it were of a trompet 
talkinge with me, which sayde : come vp 
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I was in the sprete : & beholde, a seate was set 
in heauen, and one sat on the seate. And 
he that sat, was to loke vpon like vnto a 
iaspar stone, and a sardyne stone : And there 
was a rayne bowe aboute the seate, in syght 
like to a smaragde. * And aboute the seate 
were xxiiij. seates. And vpon the seates xxiiij. 
elders syttinge clothed in whyte rayment, and 
had on their heades crownes of golde. 

And out of y seate proceded lightnynges, 
and thundrynges, g voyces, and there wer 
seuen lapes of fyre, burninge before the seate, 
which are the seuen spretes of God. And 
before the seate there was a see of glasse like 
vnto crystall, and in the mydes off the seate, 
and rounde aboute the seate, were foure 
beastes full of eyes before and behynde. And 
the first beest was like a lion, the seconde beest 
like a calfe, and the thyrde beest had a face 
as a man and the fourth beest was like a 
flyenge egle. And the foure beestes had eche 
one off them vj. wynges aboute him, and they 
were full of eyes with in. And they had no 
rest daye nether night, sayenge : t holy, holy, 
holy, is the LORDE God almyghty, which 
was, and is, and is to come. 

And when those beestes gaue glory and 
honour and thankes to him that sat on the 
seate, which lyueth for euer and euer : y 
xxiiij. elders fell downe before him that sat on 
the trone, and worshipped him y lyueth for 
euer, and cast their crounes before y trone, 
sayenge: thou art worthy LORDE to receaue 
glory, and honour, and power, for thou hast 
created all thinges, and for thy willes sake 
they are, and were created. 

Che b. Chapter. 

AND I sawe in the righte hode of him, 
t that sat in the trone, a boke wrytten 
with in j on the backside, sealed with seue 
seales. And I sawe a stroge angell preach- 
inge with a loude voyce : Who is worthy to 
open the boke, and to loose the seales therof ? 
And no ma in heaue ner in earth, nether 
vnder y earth, was able to ope y boke, nether 
to loke thereon. And I wepte moch, because 
no man was founde worthy to open and to 
rede the boke, nether to loke thereon. 

And one of the elders sayde vnto me : 
wepe not : § Beholde, the lyon which is off 

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§ Esa. 49. b. Esa. 31. b. II Heb. 9. b. 1 Pet. 1. 



the trybe of Iuda, y rote of Dauid, hath 
obtayned to ope the boke, and to lowse the 
seue seales therof. And I behelde, j lo, in 
the myddes of the seate, and of y foure 
beastes, and in the myddes of f elders, stode 
a lambe as though he had bene kylled, which 
had seuen homes and seue eyes, which are 
the seue spretes of God, sent in to all the 
worlde. And he came and toke the boke 
out of the right hode of him that sat vpon 
the seate. 

And when he had taken the boke, the foure 
beestes and the xxiiij. elders fell downe before 
the lambe, hauinge harpes and golden vialles 
full of odoures (which are f prayers of the 
sayntes) and they songe a newe songe saynge: 
thou art worthy to take the boke g to ope the 
seales therof : for thou II wast kylled, and hast 
redemed vs by thy bloud, out of all kynreddes, 
and tdges, and people, and nacions, & hast 
made vs vnto oure God, kynges and prestes, 
and we shal raygne on y earth. 

1And I behelde, and I herd the voyce of 
many angilles aboute the trone, and aboute 
the beestes and y elders, and I herde thou- 
sand thousandes, sayenge with a loude voyce : 
Worthy is the lambe that was killed, to re- 
ceaue power, and riches & wiszdome, and 
strength, and honoure and glory, and bless- 
ynge. And all creatures, which are in heaue, 
CE on the earth, (j vnder the earth, j in the 
see, ij all y are in the, herd I sayenge : bless- 
inge, honoure, glory, & power, be vnto him, y 
sytteth vpo the seate, and vnto the labe for 
euermore. And the foure beestes saide : Ame. 
And y xxiiij. elders fell vpon their faces, and 
worshipped him that lyueth for euermore. 

Che &t. Chapter. 
ND I sawe when the labe opened one of 
the seales, j I herde one of the foure 
beestes saye, as it wer the noyse off thonder : 
come and se. And I sawe, and beholde 
** there was a whyte horsse, and he y sat on 
him had a bowe, and a crowne was geuen 
vnto him, and he went forth conquerynge and 
for to ouercome. And whe he opened the 
seconde seale, I herde the seconde beeste 
saye : come and se. And there went out 
another horsse that was reed, g power was 
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from the earth, and that they shulde kyll one 
another. And there was geue vnto him a 
gret swearde. 

And when he opened the thyrde seale, I 
herde the thyrde beeste saye : come (j se. And 
I behelde, and lo, a blacke horsse : and he 
that sate on him, had a payre of balances in his 
honde. And I herde a voyce in the myddes 
of the foure beastes saye : a measure of whete 
for a peny, and thre measures of barly for a 
peny: and oyle and wyne se thou hurte not 

And when he opened the fourth seale, I 
herde the voyce of the fourthe beaste saye 
come and se. And I loked, and beholde a 
pale horsse, and his name that sat on him was 
deeth, and hell folowed after him, (j power 
was geue vnto them ouer the fourthe parte of 
the earth, to kyll with swearde, and with honger, 
and with deeth, of the vermen of the earth. 

And when he opened the fyfte seale, I 
sawe vnder the aultre, the soules of them y 
were kylled for the worde of God, and for f 
testimony which they had, and they cryed 
with a lowde voyce sayege : How loge tariest 
thou *LORDE holy and true, to iudge 5 to 
auenge oure bloude on them that dwell on 
the earth? And longe whyte garmentes were 
geuen vnto euery one of them, t And it was 
sayde vnto them, that they shulde reste for a 
lyttle season, vntyll the nomber of their 
felowes, and brethre, and of them that shulde 
be killed as they were, were fulfilled. 

And I behelde when he opened the sixte 
seale, and loo, there was a grett earthquake, 
and y sonne was as blacke as sacke cloth 
made of heare. And the mone wexed eue as 
bloude : and the starres of heauen fell vnto 
the earth, euen as a fygge tree castith from her 
her fygges, when she is shaken off a mighty 
wynde. And heauen vanyszhed awaye, as a 
scroll when it is rolled togedder. And all 
mountayns and yles, were moued out of their 
places, t And the kynges of y earth, and the 
grete men, and the riche men, and the chefe 
captaynes, and the myghte men, and euery 
free man, hyd them selues in dennes, and in 
rockes of y hylles, " and sayde to the hylles, 
and rockes : fall on vs, and hyde vs from the 
presence of him that sytteth on the seate, 
and from the wrath of the lambe, for the 
grete daye of his wrath is come. And who 
can endure it ? 

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A ND after that sawe I foure angels 
j[\_ stode on y foure corners of the earth, 
holdinge y foure wyndes of f earth, y f 
wyndes shulde not blowe on f earth, nether 
on y see, nether on eny tree. And I sawe 
another angel ascende fro the rysinge of the 
sonne : which had the seale of y lyuinge God 
and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure 
angelles (to whom power was geuen to hurt 
the earth and the see) sayenge : $ Hurt not 
the earth nether the see, nether the trees, till 
we haue sealed the seruaiites of oure God in 
their forheddes. 

And I herde the nombre of them which 
were sealed, and there were sealed an c. and 
xliiij. M. of all the trybes of the children of 
Israeli. Of f trybe of Iuda were sealed xij. 
M. Of the trybe of Ruben were sealed xij. 
M. Of the trybe of Gad were sealed xij. M. 
Of the trybe of Asser were sealed xij. M. Of 
the trybe of Neptalym were sealed xij. M. 
Of f trybe of Manasses were sealed xij. M. 
Of the trybe of Symeon were sealed xij. M. 
Of the trybe of Leui were sealed xij. M. Of 
the trybe of Isacar were sealed xij. M. Of the 
trybe of Zabulon were sealed xij. M. Of the 
trybe of Ioseph were sealed xij. M. Of the 
trybe of Beniamin were sealed xij. thousande. 

II After this I behelde, and lo, a gret mul- 
titude (which no man coulde nombre) of all 
nacions and people, and tonges, stode before 
the seate, and before the lambe, clothed with 
longe whyte garmetes, and palmes in their 
hondes, end cryed with a loude voyce, sayenge : 
saluacion be asscribed to him y sytteth vpon 
the seate of oure God, and vnto the lambe. 
And all the angels stode in the compase of 
the seate, and of the elders and of the foure 
beastes, and fell before y seat on tbeir faces, 
and worshipped God, sayenge, Amen : Bless- 
ynge and glory, wiszdome and thanks and 
honour, and power and might, be vnto oure 
God for euermore Amen. 

And one of the elders answered, sayenge 
vnto me : what are these which are arayed in 
longe whyte garmetes, and whence cam they ? 
And I sayde vnto him: LORDEthou wotest. 
And he sayde vnto me : these are they which 
cam out of gret tribulacion and made their 
garmentes large, and made the whyte in the 

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bloude of the lambe : therfore are they in the 
presence of the seate of God, and seme him 
daye and night in his temple, and he that 
sytteth in the seate, wyll dwell amonge them. 
They shal honger *no more, nether thyrst, 
nether shal the sonne lyght on them, nether 
eny heate : For the labe which is in the 
myddes of the seate, shal fede them, and shal 
leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge water, 
and God shal wype awaye all teares from 
their eyes. 

Cfte Imj. Chapter. 

AND when he had opened the seuenth 
seale, there was silece in heauen aboute 
the space of halfe an houre. And 1 sawe 
seue angels stondinge before God, and to 
them were geuen seuen trompettes. And 
another angell cam and stode before the 
aultre, hauynge a golden senser, and moch of 
odoures was geuen vnto him, that he shulde 
offre of the prayers of all sayntes vpon the 

olden aultre, which was before the seate. 

And the smoke of the odoures which came 
of the prayers of all sayntes, ascended vppe 
before God out of the angelles honde. And 
the angell toke the senser, and fylled it with 
fyre of the aultre, and caste it into the earth, 
and voyces were made, and thodrynges and 
lightnynges, and earthquake. 

And the seuen angels which had the seuen 
trompettes, prepared them selues to blowe. 
The first angel blewe, and there was made 
hayle and fyre, which were myngled with 
bloud, & they were cast in to the earth : and 
the thyrd parte of trees was burnt, and all 
grene grasse was brent. And the seconde 
angell blewe : and as it were a greate moun- 
tayne burnynge with fyre was cast in to the 
see, and the thyrde parte of the see turned 
to bloud, and the thyrde parte of the creatures 
which had life, dyed, and the thyrde part of 
shippes were destroyed. 

And the thyrde angell blewe, and there fell 
a greate starre from heauen, burnynge as it 
were a lampe, and it fell in to the thyrde 
parte of the ryuers, and in to fountaynes of 
waters, and the name of the starre is called 
Wormwod. And the thyrde parte of the 
waters was turned to Wormwod. And many 
men dyed of the waters, because they were 
made bytter. And the fourth angel blew, and 

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the thyrde parte of y Sonne was smytten, and 
y thyrde parte of the mone, & the thyrde 
parte of starres : so that the thyrde parte of 
them was darckned. And the daye was 
smytte, that the thyrde parte of it shulde not 
shyne, and lyke wyse the nyght. And I be- 
helde, and herde an angel flyenge thorowe the 
myddes of heaue, and sayege with a lowde 
voyce : Wo, wo, wo to the inhabiters of the 
earth, because of the voyces to come of the 
trompe of the thre angels which were yet 
to blowe. 

Che ir. Chapter. 

AND the fyfte angell blewe, g I sawe a 
starre fall from heaue vnto y earth. And 
to him was geue the kaye of the bottomlesse 
pytt. And he opened the bottomlesse pytt, and 
there arose the * smoke of a greate fornace. 
And the sunne and y ayer were darkned by 
the reason of the smoke of the pytt. And 
there came out of the smoke locustes vpon 
the earth : and vnto the was geuen power as 
the scorpions of the earth haue power. And 
it was sayde vnto them, that they shulde not 
hurt the grasse of the earth : c nether eny 
grene thinge : nether eny tre : but onely those 
men which haue not the seale in their for- 
hedes, and to them was comaunded, that they 
shulde not kyll the, but that they shulde be 
vexed fyue monethes, and their payne was as 
the payne that cometh of a scorpion, when he 
hath stonge a man. And in those dayes shal 
me seke deeth, and shal not fynde it: rf and 
shal desyre to dye, and death shal flye from 
them. 

And the similitude of the locustes was lyke 
vnto horses prepared vnto battayll, and on 
their heades were as it were crownes, lyke 
vnto golde : and their faces were as it had 
bene the faces of men. And they had heere 
as the heere of wemen. And their tethe were 
as the tethe of lyons. And they had habber- 
gions, as it were habbergions of yron. And 
the sounde of their wynges, was as y sounde 
of charettes whe many horsses runne together 
to battayle. And they had tayles lyke vnto 
scorpions, and there were stynges in their 
tayles. And their power was to hurt me fyue 
monethes. And they had a kinge ouer them 
which is the angel of the bottomlesse pyt, 
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but in the greke tonge, Apollion. One wo is 
past, and beholde two woes come yet after this. 
And the sixte angel blewe, and I herde a 
voyce from the foure corners of the golden 
aultre which is before God, sayenge to the 
sixte angel, which had the trompe : Lowse 
the foure angels, which are bounde in the 
greate ryuer Eufrates. And y foure angels 
were lowsed, which were prepared for an 
houre, for a daye, for a moneth, and for a 
yeare, for to slee the thyrde parte of men. 
And the nombre of horsmen of warre, were 
twenty tymes x M. And I herde y nombre 
of them. And thus I sawe the horses in a 
vision, and them that sat on the hauynge 
fyry habbergions of a yalowe and brymstony 
coloure, and the heades of y horses werre as 
the heades of lyons. And out of their mouthes 
went forth fyre, and smoke, and brymstone. 
And of these thre was the thirde parte of men 
kylled : that is to saye, of fyre, smoke, and brym- 
stone : which proceded out of the mouthes of 
the : For their power was in their mouthes and 
in their tayles : for their tayles were like vnto 
serpetes, and had heades, and with the they 
dyd hurt: And the remnaunt of the me 
which were not kylled by these plages, repeted 
not of the dedes of their hondes, y they shulde 
not worshippe deuels, and ymages of golde, 
and syluer, and brasse, (t stone, and of wod, 
which nether can se, nether heare, nether go. 
Also they repented not of their murthur, and 
of their witchcraft, nether of their whordome, 
nether of their thefte. 

Che r. Chapter. 

AND I sawe another mightye angell come 
doune fro heauen, clothed with a cloude, 
and the rayne bowe vpon his heed. And his 
face as it were f Sonne, and his fete as it 
were pyllars of fyre : and he had in his honde 
a lytell boke opyn : and he put his right fote 
vpon y- see, and his lifte fote on y earth. 
And cryed with a lowde voyce, as when a 
lyon roreth. And when he had cryed, seue 
thondres spake their voyces. And when the 
seue thodres had spoke their voyces, I was 
aboute to wryte. And I herde a voyce from 
heauen sayenge vnto me : seale vp those 
thinges which the seuen thondres spake, and 
wryte them not. 

"And the angel which I sawe stonde vpo 

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the see, and vpon the earth, lifte vppe his 
honde to heauen, and swore by him that 
liueth for euermore, which created heauen, 
and the thinges that there in are, and y see, 
and the thinges which are therin : that there 
shalbe nomore tyme : but in the dayes of the 
voyce of the seueth angel, when he shal be- 
gynne to blowe, the mistery of God shalbe 
fyniszhed, as he preached by his seruauntes 
the prophetes. 

And the voyce which I herde from heaue, 
spake vnto me agayne, and sayde : go and 
take the lytle boke which is open in the 
honde of the angel, which stondeth vpo the 
see, and vpon the earth. And I went vnto 
the angel, and sayde vnto him : geue me the 
lytle boke. And he sayde vnto me : * Take 
it, and eate it vp, and it shal make thy belly 
bytter, but it shalbe in thy mouth as swete as 
hony. And I toke the lytle boke out of his 
honde, and ate it vp, and it was in my mouth 
as swete as hony, and as sone as I had eaten 
it, my belly was bytter. And he sayde vnto 
me: thou muste prophesy agayne vnto the 
people, and to the Heythen, and tonges, and 
to many kynges. 

Che rt. Chapter. 

AND there was geuen me a rede lyke 
vnto a rodd, and it was sayde vnto me : 
*Ryse and mete the teple of God, and the 
aultre, and them that worshippe therin : and 
the quyre which is within the temple, cast 
out, and mete it not : for it is geuen vnto the 
Gentyles, and y holy cite shal they treade 
vnderfote xlij. monethes. And I wil geue 
power vnto my two wytnesses, and they shal 
prophesy M. ij. c. and lx. dayes clothed in 
sacke cloth. c These are two olyue trees, and 
two candelstyckes, stondinge before the God 
of the earth. 

And yf eny man wil hurt them, fyre shal 
procede out of their mouthes, and consume 
their enemyes. And yf eny ma wil hurt the, 
this wyse muste he be kylled. These haue 
power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the 
dayes of their prophesyinge : and haue power 
ouer waters, to turne them to bloud, and to 
smyte the earth with all maner plages, as 
often as they will. 

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lesse pytt, shal "make warre agaynst the, and 
shal ouer come them, and kyll the. And 
their bodies shal lye in the stretes of the 
greate cite, which spiritually is called zodom 
and Egypte, where oure LORDE is crucified. 
And some of the people and kynredes, and 
tonges, tj of the nacios, shal se their bodies, 
thre dayes, and an halfe, and shal not suffre 
their bodies to be put in graues. And they 
that dwell vpo the earth, shal reioyce ouer 
them and be glad, and shal send giftes one to 
another : for these two prophetes vexed them 
that dwelt on the earth. 

*And after thre dayes and an halfe the 
sprete of life from God, entred in to them. 
And they stode vp vpon their fete : j t greate 
feare came vpon them which sawe them. 
And they herde a greate voyce from heaue, 
sayenge vnto them : Come vp hidder. And 
they ascended vp in to heaue in a cloude, 
and their enemyes sawe the. And the same 
houre was there a greate earthquake, cj the 
tenth parte of the cite fell, and in the earth 
quake were slayne names of men seuen M. and 
the remnaunt were feared, and gaue glory to 
God of heauen. The seconde wo is past, and 
beholde, the thyrd wo wyl come anone. 

Cije rtj. Chapter. 

AND the seuenth angel blewe, and ther 
were made greate voyces in heauen, 
sayege : the kyngdoms of this worlde are 
oure LORDES and his Christes, and he shal 
reigne for euermore. And the foure and 
twentye Elders, which sat before God on their 
seatts, fell vpon their faces, and worshipped 
God sayenge : we geue the thankes LORDE 
God allmyghte : which art and wast, and art 
to come, for thou hast receaued thy greate 
might, and hast raygned. And the Heythen 
were angry, (j thy wrath is come, and the 
tyme of the deed that they shulde be iudged, 
and that thou shuldest geue rewarde vnto thy 
seruaiites the prophettes and saynctes, and to 
the that feare thy name, small & greate : and 
shuldest destroye them which destroye the 
i-th. And the temple of God was opened 
in heauen, and there was sene in his temple 
the arcke of his testament: and there folowed 
lightnynges, and voyces, and thondrynges and 
earth quake, and a greate hayle. 



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And there appeared a greate token in 
heauen. A woman clothed with the Sonne, 
and the mone vnder her fete, and vpon her 
heed a crowne of twolue starres. And she 
was with childe, and cryed trauaillinge in 
byrth, and payned redy to be delyuered. And 
there appeared another token in heauen, and 
beholde a greate reed dragon, hauinge seuen 
heades, and ten homes and seue crownes vpo 
his heades: and his tayle drue the thyrde 
parte of the starres, and cast them to the 
earth. 

And the dragon stode before the woma, 
which was ready to be delyuered: for to de- 
voure ner childe as sone as it were borne. 
And she brought forth a man childe, which 
shulde rule all nacions with a rod of yron. 
And her sonne was taken vp vnto God, and 
to his seate. tAnd the woman fled in to 
wyldernes, where she had a place prepared off 
God, that they shulde fede her there a M. ij, 
C. and lx. dayes. 

And there was a greate batayll in heaue, 
Michael and his angels foughte with the 
dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels, 
and preuayled not, nether was their place 
founde eny more in heauen. And the greate 
dragon that olde serpent (called the deuell 
and Sathanas) was cast out. Which disceaued 
all the worlde. * And he was cast in to the earth, 
and his angelles were cast out with him also. 

And I harde a lowde voyce, which sayde 
in heauen: Now is saluacion, and strength 
and the kyngdome become oure Gods, and y 
power his Christes: For he is cast downe, 
which accused them before God daye and 
night. And they ouercame him by the bloude 
of the lambe, and by the worde of their testi- 
mony, and they loued not their lyues vnto the 
deeth. Therfore reioyce ye heauens, and ye 
that dwell in them. Wo to the inhabiters of 
the earth, and of the see : for the deuell is 
come downe vnto you, which hath greate 
wrath, because he knoweth, that he hath but 
a short tyme. 

And when the dragon sawe, that he was 
cast vnto the earth, he persecuted the woman, 
which brought forth the man childe. And to 
the woman were geue two wynges of a greate 
egle Hhat she might flye in to the wylder- 
nes, in to her place, where she is noryszhed 



' Esa. 14. b. Luc. 10. b. 



§ Apoc. 12. c. 



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for a tyme, two tymes, and halffe a tyme," 
from the presence of the serpet. And the 
dragon cast out of his mouth water after the 
woma, as it had bene a ryuer, that he might 
cause her to be caught of f floud. And the 
earth holpe the woman, and the earth opened 
her mouth, and swalowed vp the ryuer which 
the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the 
dragon was wroth with the woma : and went 
and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr 
sede, which kepe the comaundementes of 
God, and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. 
And I stode on the see sonde. 

Che rtrj. Chapter. 
A ND I sawe a beest rise out of the see, 
_/~X_ hauinge seuen heades, and x. homes, 
and vpon his homes x. crownes, and vpo his 
heed, the names of blasphemy. *And the 
beest which I sawe was lyke a catt of the 
mountayne, and his fete were as the fete of a 
bear, c and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon. 
And y dragd gaue him his power and his 
seate, and greate auctorite : and I sawe one of 
his heades as it were wounded to death, and 
his dedly wounde was healed. And all the 
worlde wodred at the beest, and they wor- 
shipped the dragon which gaue power vnto 
the beest, and they worshipped the beest, 
sayenge : who is like vnto the beest ? who is 
able to warre with him? 

And there was geuen vnto him a mouth to 
speake greate thinges 5 blasphemies, and 
power was geuen vnto him, to do xlij.monethes. 
And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemy 
agaynst God, to blaspheme his name, and his 
tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen. 
* And it was geuen vnto him to make warre 
with the sayntes, and to ouercome them. 
And power was geuen him ouer all kynred, 
tonge, and nacion : + and all that dwell vpon 
the earth worshipt him : whose names are not 
wrytten in the boke of life of the lambe, which 
was kylled from the beginnynge of the worlde. 
Yf eny man haue an eare, let him heare. He 
that leadeth in to captiuite, shal go in to 
captiuite : t He that killeth with a swearde, 
must be killed with y swearde. $ Heare is 
the pacience, and the faith of the saynctes. 

And I behelde another beest commynge 
vp out of the earth, and he had two homes 



Dan. 7. b. 
11. b. i 



" Apo. 17. 
Dan. 11. f. 



c Dan. 
t Gen. 9. 



a. * Apoc 
Mat. 26. e. 



like a lambe, and he spake as dyd the drago. 
And he dyd all that the first beest coulde do 
in his presence, and he caused the earth, and 
them which dwell therin, to worshippe the 
fyrst beest, whose deedly woude was healed. 
And he dyd greate wonders, so that he made 
fyre come downe from heaue in the sight ot 
men. And deceaued them that dwelt on the 
earth by y meanes of those signes which he 
had power to do in the sight of the beest, 
sayenge to them that dwelt on the earth : 
that they shulde make an ymage vnto the 
beest, which had the wounde of a swearde 
and dyd Hue. 

And he had power to geue a sprete vnto 
the ymage of the beest, and that the ymage 
of the beest shulde speake, and shulde cause, 
that as many as wolde not worshippe the 
ymage of the beest, shulde be kylled. And 
he made all bothe smale and greate, ryche 
and poore, fre and bond, to receaue a marke 
in their right hondes, or in their forheades. 
And that no man might by or sell, saue he y 
had y marke, or the name of the beest, ether 
the nombre of his name. Here is wiszdome 
Let him that hath wyt, count the nombre of 
the beest. For it is the nombre of a man 
and his nombre is sixe hondred, thre score 
and sixe. 

Che rtirj. Chapter. 
A ND I loked, and lo, a lambe stode on 
J~\_ the mout Syon, and with him, C. and 
xliiij. thousande hauynge his fathers name 
wrytten in their forheades. And I herde a 
voyce from heauen, as the sounde of many 
waters, and as the voyce of a greate thondre. 
And the voyce that I herde, was as the harpers 
that playe vpon their harpers. And they 
songe as it were a newe songe, before the 
seate, $ before y foure beestes, and the elders, 
and no man coulde learne y songe, but the 
hondred and xliiij. M. which were redemed 
from the earth. These are they, which were 
not defyled with wemen, for they are virgyns, 
These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he 
goeth. II These were redemed from men 
beynge the fyrst frutes vnto God and to the 
lambe, and in their mouthes was founde no 
gyle. For they are with oute spot before the 
trone of God. 

§ Apo. 14. c. || 1 Cor. 6 c. Apo. 5. b. 



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And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes 
of heauen hauinge an euerlastinge Gospell, 
to preache vnto them that syt and dwell on 
the earth, and to all nacions, kinreddes, and 
tdges and people, sayege with a lowde voyce : 
Feare God, and geue honour to him, for the 
houre of his iudgement is come : and worshippe 
him *that made heauen and earth, and the 
see, and the fountaynes off water. And there 
folowed another angell, sayenge : " She is fallen, 
she is fallen : eue Babilon that greate cite, for 
she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off 
hyr whordome. 

And the thyrde angel folowed the, sayenge 
with a loude voyce : Yf eny man worshippe 
the beest and his ymage, and receaue his 
marke in his forhed, or on his honde, the 
same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of 
God, which is powred in the cuppe of his 
wrath. And he shalbe punyszhed in fyre 
and brymstone, before the holy Angels, and 
before the lambe. 

* And the smoke of their torment ascendeth 
vp euermore. And they haue no rest daye 
ner nyght, which worshippe the beast and his 
ymage, and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of 
his name, t Here is the pacience of sayntes. 
Heare are they that kepe the commaunde- 
mentes and the faith off Iesu. 

And I herde a voyce from heauen, sayenge 
vnto me : wryte : Blessed are y deed, which 
here after dye in the LORDE. Yee the 
sprete sayeth, that they rest from their la- 
boures, for their workes folowe them. And I 
loked and beholde, a whyte cloude, and vpo 
y cloude one syttynge like vnto the sonne of 
man, hauinge on his heed a golden crowne, 
and in his hode a sharpe sykle. And another 
angell came out of the temple, cryenge with a 
loude voyce to him that sat on the cloude : 
t Thruste in thy sycle and reepe : for the tyme 
is come to reepe, for the corne of the earth 
is rype. And he that sat on y cloude thrust 
in his sykle on the earth, and the earth was 
reeped. 

And another angell came out of the temple, 
which is in heauen, hauinge also a sharpe 
sykle. And another angel came out from the 
aultre, which had power ouer fyre, and cryed 
with a loude crye vnto hym that had the 
harpe syckle, and sayde: Thruste in thy 

*Psal. 145. a. c. "Esa.21.b. Hie. 51. b. Apo.18. a. 
Apo. 9. a. 19. a. + Apo. 13. b. | Ioel 3. b. Mat. 13. c. 



sharpe syckle, and gather the clusters of f 
earth, for hir grapes are rype. And the angell 
thrust in his syckle on the erthe, and cut 
downe the grapes of the vynyarde of the 
earth, and cast them in to the greate wynefat 
of y wrath of God : (t the wynefat was trodden 
without the cite, and bloude came out of the 
fat, euen vnto the horsse brydles by the space 
of a thousande and sixe hundreth furlonges. 

Cije j*. Chapter. 

AND I sawe another signe in heuen grett 
(j mervellous, vii. angells havinge the 
seven laste plages, for in the is fulfylled the 
wrath of god. And I sawe as it were a 
glassye see, mingled with fyre, and. them that 
had gotten victory of the beest, and of his 
ymage, and of his marke, and of the nombre 
of his name, stonde on the glassye see, hau- 
inge y harpes of God: and they songe the 
songe of Moses the seruaunt of God, and the 
songe of the lambe, saynge : Greate and 
maruellous are thy workes LORDE God 
almyghty, iust and true are thy wayes, thou 
kynge of sayntes. § Who shal not feare the 
O LORDE and gloryfie thy name? For 
thou only art holy, for all getiles shall come 
and worshippe before the, for thy iudgmentes 
are made manyfest. 

And after that, I loked, and beholde, the 
temple of the Tabernacle of testimony was 
open in heauen, and the seuen angelles came 
out of the temple, which had the seuen plages, 
clothed in pure and bi7ght lynne, and hauynge 
their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles. 
And one of the foure beestes gaue vnto the 
seuen angelles seuen golden vialles, full of 
the wrath of God which liueth for euermore. || 
And the temple was full of smoke for the 
glory off God, and for his power, and no man 
was able to entre in to the temple, tyll the 
seuen plages of the seue angels were fulfilled. 

Ci)t rbt. Chapter. 

AND I herde a greate voyce out of the 
temple, sayenge to the seuen angels: 
go youre wayes, poure out youre vialles of 
ath vpon the earth. And the fyrst went, 
and poured out his viall vpon the earth, and 
there fell a noysom (j a sore botch vpon the 
men which had the marke of the beest, and 



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vpon them that worshipped his ymage. And 
the seconde angel shed out his viall vpo the 
see, and it turned as it were in to the bloud 
of a deed man: and euery lyuinge thinge 
dyed in the see, And the thyrde angel shed 
out his vyall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes 
of waters, and they turned to bloude. And 
I herde an angel saye : LORDE which art 
and wast, thou art righteous and holy, because 
thou hast geue soche iudgmentes, for they 
shed the bloude of sayntes, and prophetes, and 
therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to 
drynke : for they are worthy. And I herde 
another angell out of the aulter, saye : euen 
so LORDE God almighty, true and righteous 



thy iudgmentes. 



And the fourth angell poured out his viall 
on the Sonne, and power was geuen vnto him 
to vexe men with heate of fyre. And the 
men raged in gret heate, and spake euell of 
the name of God, which had power ouer those 
plages, and they repented not, to geue him 
glory. And the fifte angell poured out his 
vyall vpon the seate of the beest, and his 
kyngdome wexed derke, and they gnewe their 
tonges for sorowe, and blasphemed the God 
of heaue for sorowe, and payne of their sores, 
and repented not of their dedes. 

And the sixte angell poured out his vyall 
vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates, and the water 
dryed vp, that the waye of the kynges of the 
Easte shulde be prepared. And I sawe thre 
vncleane spretes like frogges come out of the 
mouth of the dragon, and out off the mouth 
off the beest, and out off the mouth of the 
false prophet. For they are the spretes of 
deuels workynge myracles, to go out vnto the 
kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde, 
to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret 
daye of God allmighty. *Beholde, I come 

i thefe. Happy is he that watcheth and 
kepeth his garmentes, lest he be founde naked, 
and men se his filthynes. And he gaddered 
them togedder in to a place, called in the 
hebrue tonge, Armagedon. 

And the seue nth angell poured out his 
viall in to the ayre. And there came a greate 
voyce out of heauen from the seate, sayenge : 
It is done. And there folowed voyces, thon- 
dringes, and lightnynges, and there was a 
gret earthquake, soch as was not sence me 
were vpon the earth, so myghty an earth- 
Mat. 24. (1. Luc. 12. c. 1 Tess. 5. a. 2 Pet. 3. b. 



quake and so greate. And the greate cite 
was deuyded in to thre parties. And the 
cities of nacions fell. And greate Eabilon 
came in remembraunce before God, to geue 
vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes 
of his wrath. And euery yle fled awaye, and 
the mountaynes were not founde. And there 
fell a greate hayle, as it had bene talentes, 
out of heaue vpon the men, and the men 
blasphemed God, because of the plage of 
the hayle, for it was greate, and the plage of 
it sore. 

Cfie rbtj. Chapter. 

AND there cam one of the seue angels, 
which had the seuen vialles, and talked 
with me, sayenge vnto me: Come, I wil shewe 
the the iudgment of the greate whore, that 
sytteth vpon many waters, with whom the 
kynges of the earth haue commytted whor- 
dome, and the inhabiters of the earth are 
dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion. 
And he caryed me awaye into the wildernes 
in f sprete. And I sawe a woman syt vpon 
arose colored beest, full of names of blas- 
phemie, which had seue heades g ten homes. 
And y woman was arayed in purple and rose 
color, and decked with golde, precious stone, 
and pearles, and had a cupp of golde in her 
honde, full of abhominacions, and fylthines of 
her wordome. And in her forhed was a name 
wrytte, a mistery : greate Babilon the mother 
of whordome, and abominacios of the earth. 
And I sawe the wyfe dronke with the bloude 
of sayntes, and with the bloud of the wit- 
nesses of Iesu. And when I sawe her, I 
wondred with greate mervayle. 

And the angell sayde vnto me : wherfore 
meruayllest thou ? I wyl shewe the the mis- 
tery of the woman, and of the beest that 
beerith her, which hath seuen heades, and 
ten homes. The beest that thou seest, was, 
and is not, and shall ascende out of the bot- 
tomlesse pytt, and shal go in to perdicion, 
and they that dwell on the earth shal wondre 
(whose names are not wrytten in the boke of 
life from the begynnynge of the worlde) when 
they beholde the beest that was, and is not. 
And here is a mynde, that hath wiszdome. 

The seuen heades are seuen mountanes, on 
which the woman sytteth: they are also seuen 
kynges. Fyue are fallen, and one is, and the 
other is not yet come. When he commeth, 
he muste continue a space. And the beest 



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that was, and is not, is eue the eyght, and is 
of the seuen, and shal go in to destruccion. 
* And f ten homes which thou sawest, are ten 
kynges, which haue not yet receaued the 
kyngdome, but shal receaue power as kynges 
at one houre with f beest. These haue one 
mynde, and shal geue their power and stregth 
vnto f beeste. These shal fyght with the 
lambe, and the labe shal ouercome them : 
For he is t LORDE of all lordes, and kinge 
of all kinges : and they that are on his syde, 
are called, and chosen and faithfull. 

And he saide vnto me : The t waters which 
thou sawest, where f whore sytteth, are people, 
and folke, and nacions, and tonges. And the 
ten homes, which thou sawest vpon the beest, 
are they that shal hate the whore, and shal 
make her desolate, and naked, and shall eate 
hir fleszhe, and burne her with fyre. For 
God hath put in their hertes, to fulfill his 
wyll, and to do with one consent, for to geue 
hir kyngdome vnto the beest, vntill the wordes 
of God be fulfilled. And the woma which 
thou sawest, is that greate cite, which raigneth 
ouer the kynges of the earth. 

©he rbifj. Chapter. 

AND after that I sawe another angel 
come downe fro heaue, hauinge greate 
power, and y earth was lyghtned with his 
bryghtnes. And he cryed mightely with a 
stronge voyce, sayenge : § She is fallen, she 

fallen, euen greate Babilon, and is become 
the habitacion of deuels, and y holde of all 
fowle spretes, and a cage of all vncleane and 
hateful! byrdes : for all nacios haue dronken 
of the wyne of the wrath of her whordome. 
And the kynges of the earth haue committed 
fornicacion with her, and her marchauntes 
wexed ryche of the abundaunce of her 
pleasures. 

And I herde another voyce from heauen 
saye : II come awaye from her my people, that 
ye be not partakers of her synnes, lest ye 
receaue of her plages. For her synnes are 
gone vp to heauen, and the LORDE hath 
remembred her wyckednes. Rewarde her 
euen as she rewarded you, and geue her 
dubble acordinge to her workes. And poure 
in dubble to her in the same cuppe, which 
she fylled vnto you. And as moche as she 



* Dan. 7. 
t Esa. 8. b. 



Apo. 13. a. 
& Esa. 21. 



t 1 Tim. 
Iere. 51. b, 



Apoc. 19. 
Apo. 14. b. 



gloryfied her selfe and lyued wantanly, so 
moch poure ye in for her of punyszhmet, and 
sorowe, for she sayeth in her herte : If I syt 
beinge a quene, and am no wyddowe, and shall 
se no sorowe. Therfore shal her plages come 
at one daye, death, and sorowe, and honger, 
and she shalbe bret with fyre : for stronge is 
the LORDE God which shal iudge her. 

And the kynges of the earth shal bewepe 
her and wayle ouer her, which haue committed 
fornicacion and lyued wantanly with her, when 
they shal se the smoke of her burnynge, and 
shal stonde a farre of for feare of her punyszh- 
ment, sayenge : Alas, Alas, that greate cite 
Babylon, that mighty cite : For at one houre 
is thy iudgment come. And the marchauntes 
off the earth shall wepe and wayle in them 
selues, because no man will bye their ware 
eny more, the ware of golde, and syluer, and 
of precious stones, off pearle, 5 sylke, and 
pm-ple, and skarlet, g all Thynen wod, and 
all manner vessels of yuery, and all manner 
vessels of most precious wod, and of brasse, 
and of yron, 5 synomom and odours, and 
oyntmentes, and frankynsence, and wyne, and 
oyle, and fyne floure, and wheate, and catell, 
and shepe, and horses, and charrettes, and 
bodies and soules of men. 

And the apples that thy soule lusted after, 
are departed from the. And all thinges 
which were deyntie, and had in pryce, are 
departed from the, and thou shalt fynde them 
no more. The marchauntes of these thinges 
which were wexed ryche by her, shall stonde 
afarre of for feare of the punyszhment of her, 
wepynge and waylinge, and sayenge : alas 
alas, "that greate cite, that was clothed in 
sylke, and purple, and scarlet, and decked 
with golde, and precious stone, and pearles : for 
at one houre so greate ryches is come to naught. 

And euery shippe gouerner, and all they 
that occupie shippes, and shippmen which 
worke in the see, stode a farre of, and cryed, 
when they sawe the smoke of her burnynge, 
and sayde : what cite is like vnto this greate 
cite? And they cast dust on their heades, 
and cryed wepynge, and waylinge, and sayde : 
Alas, Alas the greate cite, wherin were made 
ryche all that had shippes in the see, by the 
reason of her wares : for at one houre is she 
made desolate. 



|| Gen. 19. c. 



IT Esa. 47. a. Dan. i 
<• Iere. 51. b. 



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Reioyce ouer her thou heaue, and ye holy 
Apostles, and prophetes : for God hath geuen 
youre iudgmet on her. And a mighty angell 
toke vp a greate stone lyke a mylstone, and 
cast it in to the see, sayenge: with suche 
violece shal that greate cite Babylon be cast, 
and shalbe founde nomore. And the voyce 
of harpers, and musicions, and of pypers, and 
trompetters, shalbe herde no more in the : 
and no craftes man (of what soeuer craft he 
shalbe founde eny more in the : and the 
sounde of a myll shalbe herde no more in 
the : * and the voyce of the brydegrome and 
of the bryde, shalbe herde nomore in the 
for thy marchauntes were prynces of the earth. 
And with thyne inchaiitment were deceaued 
all nacions : and in her was founde the bloude 
of the prophetes, and of the sayntes, and of all 
that were slayne vpo the earth. 

Che rtr. Chapter. 

AND after that, I herde the voyce of moch 
people in heauen, sayenge : Alleluia. 
Saluacion and glory and honour, and power be 
ascribed to the LORDE oure God, for true and 
righteous are his iudgmentes, because he hath 
iudged the greate whore (which did corrupt y 
earth with her fornicacion) and hath auenged 
the bloud of his seruautes of her hond. And 
agayne they sayde : Alleluia. " And smoke 
rose vp for euermore. And f xxiiij : elders 
(j the foure beestes fell downe, and worshipped 
God that sat on the seate, sayenge : Amen : 
Alleluia. And a voice came out of the seate, 
sayenge : prayse oure LORDE God all ye 
that are his seruautes, 5 ye that feare him 
both small and greate. 

And I herde the voyce of moch people, 
eue as f voyce of many waters, & as y voyce 
of stronge thondrynges, sayenge : Alleluia, 
for God omnipotent raigneth. Let vs be 
glad and reioyce, and geue honour to him : 
for the mariage of the labe is come, and his 
wife made her selfe ready. And to her was 
graunted, that she shulde be arayed with pure 
and goodly sylke. (As for the sylke, it is the 
rightewesnes of sayntes.) And he sayde vnto 
me : t Blessed are they which are called vnto 
the Lambes supper. And he sayde vnto me : 



* Iere. 16. 25. * Apo. 9. c. 14. c. t Luc. 1 4. a, 

X Act. 10. c. 14. c. Apo. 22. c. § Apo. 1. c. 2. c. || Esa, 
63. a. IfApoc. I.e. ** Psal. 2. b. tt Dan. 12. a. 



these are the true sayenges of God. And 
I fell at his fete, to worshippe him. And he 
sayde vnto me : t Se thou do it not. For 

I am thy felowe seruaunt, and one of thy 
brethren, and of them that haue the testimony 
of Iesus. Worshippe God. For the testimony 
of Iesus is f sprete of prophesy. And I sawe 
heaue open, j beholde, a whyte horsse and he 
y sat vpon him, was called faithfull and true, 
g in rightewesnes dyd iudge and make battayle. 
His eyes § were as a flame of fyre, and on his 
heade were many crounes: g he had a name 
wrytten, that noman knewe but him selfe. 

II And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in 
bloude, and his name is called, y worde of 
God. And y warriers which were in heauen, 
folowed him vpon whyte horsses, clothed with 
whyte and pure sylke and ^ out of his mouthe 
wente a sharppe swerde, that with it he shulde 
smyte the Heithen : **And he shall rule them 
with a rodde of yron, and he trode the wyne- 
fatte of the fearcenesse and wrath of all- 
mightye God. And hath on his vesture and 
on his thyghe a name wrytten : tt Kynge of 
all kinges, and LORDE of all lordes. 

And I sawe an angell stonde in the Sonne, 
and he cryed with a lowde voyce, sayenge to 
all the fowles that flye by the myddes vnder 
the heauen : Come and gaddre youre selues 
togedder vnto the supper of the gret God, that 
ye maye eate the tt fleszhe of kynges, and of 
hye captaynes, and the fleszhe of mighty men, 
and the fleszhe of horsses, and of the that syt 
on them, and the fleszhe of all free men and 
bond men, both of small and greate. And I 
sawe the beeste and the kynges of f earth, 
and their warriers gaddred togedder, to make 
battayle agaynste him that sat vpon the horsse, 
and agaynst his sowdiers. 

And the beeste was taken, and with him 
that false prophet that wrought myracles be- 
fore him, with which he disceaued them that 
receaued the beestes marke, and them that 
worszhipped his ymage. §§ These both were 
cast in to a ponde of fyre burnynge with 
brymstone : and the remnaunte were slayne 
with the llll swearde of him that sat vpon the 
horsse, which swearde proceded out of his 
mouth, and all the foules were filled with 
their fleszhe. 



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Cfie rr. Chapter. 

AND I sawe an angell come downe from 
heauen, hauinge the keye of the bottom- 
lesse pyt, and a gret chayne in his honde. 
*And he toke the dragon that olde serpent 
(which is the deuell and Satanas) and he 
bounde him a thousand yeares : and cast him 
in to the bottomlesse pyt, and he bounde him, 
and set a seale on him, that he shuld disceaue 
the people nomoare, tyll the thousand yeares 
were fulfilled. And after that muste he be 
lowsed for a littell season. 

t And I sawe seates, and they sat vpon them, 
and the iudgement was geuen vnto them : and 
I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded 
for the witnes of Iesu, and for the worde of 
God: which had not worshipped the beest, 
nether his ymage, nether had taken his marke 
vpon their forheades, or on their hondes : and 
they lyued, and raygned with Christ a thou- 
sand yeare: but the other of the deed men 
lyued not agayne, vntill the thousand yeare 
were fyniszhed. This is that fyrst resurreccion. 
Blessed and holy is he that hath parte in the 
fyrst resurreccion. On soch hath the seconde 
deeth no power, but they shalbe the prestes 
of God and of Christ, and shall raygne with 
him a thousande yeare. 

And when the thousand yeares are expyred, 
Sathan shalbe lowsed out of his preson, and 
shal go out to deceaue the people which are 
in the foure quarters of the earth, t Gog and 
Magog, to gadder them togedder to batayle, 
whose nombre is as the sonde off the see : and 
they went vp on the playne of the earth, and 
compased the tentes of the sayntes aboute, 
and the beloued cite. And fyre cam doune 
from God out of heauen, and deuoured them : 
§ and the deuell that disceaued them, was 
cast in to a lake of fyre and brymstone, where 
the beest and the false prophet were, and 
shalbe tormented daye and night for euermore. 

And I sawe a gret whyte seate, and him 
that sat on it, from whose face fled awaye 
both the earth and heauen, and their place 
was nomore founde. II And I sawe the deed, 
both gret and small stonde before God : And 
the bokes were opened, and another boke was 
opened, which is (the boke) of life, and the 



* lob 4. b. 2 Pet. 2. b. 
t Ezec. 5. a. and 39. § Dan. 7. 
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. Apo. 19. b. Mat. 25. d. 
** Eze. 43. a. tt Esa. 



deed were iudged of tho thinges which were 
wrytten in the bokes accordinge to their 
dedes : and the see gaue vp her deed, which 
were in her, and deeth and hell delyuered vp 
the deed, which were in them : and they were 
iudged euery man accordynge to his dedes, 
And deth and hell were cast in to the lake of 
fyre. This is that second deeth. And who- 
soeuer was not founde wrytten in the boke off 
life, was cast in to the lake of fyre. 

Cfte rrt. Chapter. 

A ND I sawe a^ newe heauen and a newe 
X\_ earth. For the fyrst heauen, and the 
fyrst earth were vaniszhed awaye, and there 
was nomore See. And I Ihon sawe that holy 
cite newe Ierusalem come downe from God out 
of heauen, prepared as a bryde garniszhed for 
hyr huszband. And I herde a greate voyce 
from the seate, sayenge : beholde, the taber- 
nacle of God ** is with men, and he wil dwell 
with them. And they shalbe his people, and 
God himselfe shalbe with the, and shalbe 
their God. tt And God shal wipe awaye all 
teares from their eyes. And there shalbe 
nomore deeth, nether sorowe, nether shal 
there be eny more payne, for y olde thinges 
are gone. And he that sat vpon the seate, 
sayde : tt Beholde, I make all thinges newe. 
And he sayde vnto me : wryte for these 
wordes are faithfull and true. 

And he sayde vnto me : it is done. §§ I am 
Alpha and Omega, the begynnynge, and the 
ende. I wil geue to him that is a thyrst of 
the well of the water of life fre. He that 
ouercommeth, shal inheret all thinges llll I wil 
be his God, and he shalbe my sonne. But the 
fearefull and vnbeleuynge, and the abhomin- 
able, and murthurers, and whormongers, and 
sorcerers, and ydolaters, g all lyars, shal haue 
their parte in the lake, that burneth with fyre 
and brymstone, which is the seconde death. 

And there came vnto me one of the seuen 
angels, which had the seuen vials full of the 
seuen last plages : and talked with me, say- 
enge : come hydder, I wil shewe the the 
bryde, y labes wyfe. And he caryed me 
awaye in y sprete to a greate and an hye 
moutayne, and he shewed me the greate cite, 
holy Ierusale descendinge out of heauen from 



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God, hauynge the brightnes of God. And 
her shynynge was lyke vnto a stone most 
precious, euen a Iaspar cleare as cristall : a 
had greate and hye walles, and had twolue 
gates, and at y gates twolue angels: and 
names wrytten, which are the twolue trybes 
of Israel : on the est parte thre gates, and on 
the north syde thre gates, and towarde the 
south thre gates, and from the west thre 
gates : and the wall of the cite had twolue 
foundacios, and in them the names of the 
lambes twolue Apostles. 

* And he that talked with me, had a golden 
rede to measure the cite with all, and the 
gates therof, and the wall therof. And the 
cite was bylt foure square, and the length 
was as large as the bredth of it, and he mea- 
sured the cite with the rede twolue M. fur- 
longes : and the length and the bredth, and 
y heyth of it, were equall. And he measured 
the wall therof, an cxliiij. cubittes, after y 
measure of a man, which the angel had. And 
the buyldinge of the wall of it was of Iaspar. 
And the cite was of pure golde, like vnto 
cleare glasse : and y foundacios of the walles 
and of y cite were garnyszhed with all maner 
of precious stones. The fyrst foundacion was 
a Iasper, the seconde a Saphyre, y thyrde a 
Calcedony, the fourth a Smaragde : the fyft 
a Sardonix : the sixt a Sardeos : the seuenth 
a Crysolite, the eyght berall: the nynth a 
Topas : the tenth a Crysoprasos : the eleueth 
a Iacyncte : the twelfte an Amatist. 

And the twolue gates were twolue pearles, 
and euery gate was of one pearle, and y strete 
of the cite was pure golde, as a thorowe- 
shyninge glasse. And I sawe no temple 
therin. For the LORDE God allmighty and 
the lambe is the temple of it, and the cite 
hath no nede of the Sonne, nether of the 
mone to lyghten it. For the bryghtnes of 
God doth light it : and the lambe is the lyght 
of it. And y people which are saued, shal 
walke in the light of it : and the kynges of 
the earth shal brynge their glory vnto it, 
+And the gates of it shal not be shut by daye. 
For there shalbe no nyght there. And there 
shal entre in to it none vncleane thinge : 
nether what soeuer worketh abhominacion : 
or maketh lyes : but they which are wrytten 
in the lambes boke of life. 



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AND he shewed me a pure ryuer of water 
of life clere as cristall : " proceadinge out 
of the seate of God and of y lambe in the 
myddes of the strete of it, and of ether syde 
of the ryuer was there wod of life : which 
bare twolue maner of frutes : and gaue frute 
euery moneth : and the leaues of the wodd 
serued to heale the people with all. 

And there shalbe no more cursse, but the 
seate of God and y labe shalbe in it : and his 
seruauntes shal serue him : And shal se his 
face, and his name shalbe in their for heades. 
$ And there shalbe no night there, and they 
nede no candle, nether light of the Sonne : 
for the LORDE God geueth the light, and 
they shal reygne for euermore. 

And he sayde vnto me : these sayenges are 
faithfull, and true. And the LORDE God 
of the holy prophetes sent his angell to shewe 
vnto his seruauntes, the thinges which muste 
shortly be fulfylled. Beholde, I come shortly. 
§ Happy is he y kepeth y sayege of y prophesy 
of this boke. I am Ihon, which sawe these 
thinges and herde them. And whe I had 
herde and sene the, I fell downe to worshippe 
before the fete of the angell which shewed me 
these thinges. And he saide vnto me: II se 
thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt 
and the felowe seruaiit of thy brethren the 
prophetes, and of them, which kepe the say 
enges of this boke. Worshippe God. 

And he sayde vnto me : seale not the say- 
enges of the prophesy of this boke. For the 
tyme is at hode. f He that doeth euell, let 
him do euell styll : and he which is filthy, let 
him be filthy styll : and he that is righteous, 
let him be more righteous : and he that is 
holy, let him be more holy. And beholde, I 
come shortly, and my rewarde with me, to 
geue euery ma acordinge as his dedes shalbe 
** I am Alpha and Omega, y beginnynge and 
the ende : the first j the last. Blessed are 
they that do his commaundementes, that their 
power maye be in the tree of life, and maye 
entre in thorow the gates in to the cite, tt For 
without are dogges and inchaunters and 
whormongers, and mortherers, and ydolaters, 
and whosoeuer loueth or maketh lesinges. 
I Iesus haue sent myne angell, to testifie 

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I am the rote and the generacion of Dauid, 
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him that heareth, saye also: Come.* And 
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soeuer wyll, take of the water of life fre. 

I testifye vnto euery man that heareth the 
wordes of prophesy of this boke t yf eny man 
shal adde vnto these thinges, God shal adde 



vnto him the plages that are wrytten in this 
boke. And yf eny man shal mynishe of the 
wordes of the boke of this prophesy, God s" 
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and out of the holy citie, and fro tho thinges 
which are wrytten in this boke. He which 
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